Chapter 555: Entering the Northern Realm for the first time
Feng Yuheng sat in the carriage and gently lifted the curtain. Snowflakes immediately poured in with the wind. Even though she was so cold that she immediately shrank her neck.
Punishment Lu Tong glared at her, and Feng Yuheng quickly put the curtain down. Mrs. Lu was eating dry food. She had been spending most of the past two months in the carriage. Even if she stopped, she would go to the inn to rest. She had to eat and sleep all day long. After two months, she gained a lot of weight again.
Feng Yuheng asked her: "Madam, how long will it take to get to Guanzhou?" She said as she hugged her body, "It's so cold."
Mrs. Lu also felt cold, but she was fat and had thick fat, so she couldn't stand it. Finally, she finished her last bite of snack and drank another sip of water, and then said, "It's almost the same for two days. The first time you have come to the North Realm, you have to be careful. This place is not as good as the Central Plains, and the people are fierce. Sometimes you can fight if you buy a bun."
Feng Yuheng made a surprise statement: "Really?"
As it turns out, it is true.
Two days later, the Lu family's carriage stopped outside Guanzhou City. Feng Yuheng got off the car first, and the coachman helped Lu Tongzhuo, and she went to help Mrs. Lu.
But when Mrs. Lu got off the car, a roasted sweet potato outside the city gate was placing the raw sweet potatoes into the iron stove. One of them didn't hold them and rolled out, just rolling to Mrs. Lu's feet. She didn't see it, and she stepped on it, and her body fell down and almost fell. Fortunately, Feng Yuheng and Lu Tongzhang worked together to support her, so she barely stabilized her body. Mrs. Lu looked down at the sweet potato, raised her feet and kicked it away, and said casually: "A group of unruly people."
She actually spoke very little, and even the coachman who was pulling the horse in front didn't pay attention to it, but he fell into the ears of the man who rushed over to pick up the sweet potato. In addition, Mrs. Lu kicked his sweet potato with her feet, and the man turned against him on the spot, fucking a northern accent and asked, "Who are you talking about? Who are you talking about? You think I'm happy when the sweet potato comes over by yourself? You also kicked it with your feet. This is something people eat and listen to. Is your feet made of gold?"
"You--" Mrs. Lu is also an official wife. She can't do such a quarrel in the street. But she can't scold herself, but it doesn't mean she has no other tricks. She saw her push Lu Tong in front and whispered: "A big man should be standing up at such a time. What's the point of hiding behind me?"
Lu Tong also felt that he should stand out, so he pointed to the sweet potato selling, saying, "Bold! Just a small minority dared to stop the official car. Even if the Japanese official beat you to death, no one would stand out for you!"
Feng Yuheng laughed secretly. A mere magistrate really treats himself as a high-ranking official. However, the folk customs in the north are indeed fierce. The Lu family's carriage is not good, but it is definitely not the kind that can't be picked out if thrown into the carriage. The small vendors who can take out things at the city gate are naturally used to seeing people coming and going, and should have the most basic judgment ability of large and small households. However, he still dares to talk to Mrs. Lu. This is not only due to the nature of the northerners, but there must be some other reasons.
The sweet potato seller saw that Lu Tong had come forward, and his anger suddenly changed. He was not scared by the word "I am the official". Instead, he pointed at him contemptuously and said, "A broken official with a bigger sesame seed is still a good intention to call him Yaowu and Yang Wei. Look at your clothes, then look at your carriage. If I ask me, at most, he is a sixth-rank official, but he still has no real power. What's the point of showing off?"
Feng Yuheng almost suffered internal injuries. His eyesight was so accurate!
Lu Tong was also scolded and blushed, and then the seller of the sweet potatoes said: "You don't look at what Guanzhou City is. It's the southern gate of the northern border! After passing Guanzhou and going north, it's Songzhou, which is the Duanmu Metropolitan Terminal. At this time of year, the officials who come to celebrate the birthday of the Magistrate are unable to count the number of officials from all over the place. I have seen all the ranks of people. Which one is not better than you? Let me tell you, kicked my sweet potatoes, five taels of silver! Give the money! If you don't give it, stay here for me. Calculate this day, it's not a few days before the birthday of the Magistrate Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal Terminal
Punishment Lu Tong was completely convinced. The northern border was indeed full of fierce people. They were still unreasonable. Is there any other kingly law?
But he was angry, just as the man said, it was a few days before Duanmu Anguo's birthday. If he didn't hurry up, it would be too late. What's more, when people talked about this, everyone was coming and going at the gate of the city. If he continued to get entangled with it, he would not take the generals seriously, which means that in his heart, the generals could not afford five taels of silver.
This hat was very good. Even if President Lu Tong was reluctant, he still had to take out the money obediently and then he was able to enter the city smoothly.
Guanzhou has a rule that when entering and leaving the city, you must get off the horse and get off the car, and then check it by the gatekeeper before entering. Especially during this period, indigenous people from the three northern provinces must carry the identity signs issued by the government on their way out, and those who come to celebrate the birthday must hand over the greetings before entering. In addition, the number of maids and entourages brought by those who come to celebrate the birthday is also limited, and each master is limited to two.
Such rules are much stricter than entering the capital, but people still abide by them willingly, because Duanmu Anguo, the emperor of the northern border, could indeed make them benefit. Now, Qianzhou has caused chaos, and the three provinces of the northern border are the northern gates of Dashun. The status of Duanmu Anguo has been raised several levels in the eyes of others. Even if the third prince is abolished, people still believe that Emperor Tianwu will not touch the Duanmu family. After all, if they touch them, they will touch the foundation of the northern border.
But people don’t know that the Duanmu family has been in favour for thousands of weeks. The court has known it for a long time, but it has not been told to the world in order not to cause panic among the people. Duanmu Anguo must have known that his affairs have been exposed, but he still let these officials who came to celebrate their birthdays enter the city. I am afraid that there will be other articles here.
Feng Yuheng followed the Lu family and successfully entered Guanzhou. This was his first time to come to the northern border. There was still snow in the sky, and the snow on the ground had not passed the upper, and it was creaking when it stepped on.
But she did not show any freshness, and she didn't even smile on her face. This made Mrs. Lu make a conspiracy. When the three of them got on the carriage and continued to rush to Songzhou, she asked, "Qianxi, I see that you looked like you had been to the North Frontier before?"
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "Never."
"Oh, that's not like it." Mrs. Lu showed a cautious look on her face and said, "The people who come to the North Realm for the first time usually have novelties about being so icy and snowy world. Why do I look at you so ordinary and have no freshness at all?"
Feng Yuheng sighed lightly, "It should have been novel, but such heavy snow reminded me of the winter disaster in Beijing last winter. Many people died, which was so terrible."
She looked sad when she spoke, and suddenly brought the thoughts of the Lu couple back to last winter. That winter disaster was almost the entire northern region, and Xiaozhou was not spared. Feng Yuheng said this, which dispelled Mrs. Lu's doubts. She nodded and said, "Yes! That winter disaster was really terrible. The snow in Xiaozhou City lost its waist. I have never seen such heavy snow before, even in the northern border."
As the topic became heavier, people lost their minds to speak, which was just right for Feng Yuheng. She simply leaned on the carriage and stared blankly. But she seemed to be in a daze, but her mind was constantly moving, thinking about everything she might encounter after she arrived in Songzhou.
The carriage left for another five days and finally arrived in Songzhou.
Compared with Guanzhou, the city gate here is more restrictive, and outsiders even have to register in writing. Even if they encounter suspicious people, they must be asked to provide household registration certificates.
Mrs. Lu patted her forehead and said to Feng Yuheng: "When I bought you, I really forgot to ask them for your household registration."
Feng Yuheng also said with a bitter look: "Even if you want it, there shouldn't be any. The young master cannot bring those things with him when he goes out. After all, no one within the Hetian Mansion has the ability to cause trouble for him."
Mrs. Lu felt that what she said was reasonable, so she nodded and said, "It doesn't matter. We are relatives of the Duanmu family after all, and we have not been investigated too much in previous years."
As it turned out, Mrs. Lu was right. As soon as the gatekeeper saw the famous posts handed over by the Lu family, they immediately assigned someone to send them to the designated inn to rest.
When Mrs. Lu entered the city, she raised her head high, very proud and proud, as if she would be superior here.
Finally, the guide stopped in front of a three-story inn, pointed to Mrs. Lu and said, "This is the rest place specially prepared by Lord Dutong for his colleagues who came to celebrate his birthday. Please move on. There is a room reserved for you and Lord Tongzong."
When he arrived here, Mrs. Lu's status was naturally much stronger than that of Lu Tong, so the servants watched her speak, and Lu Tong became a subordinate. He was not unwilling to accept it, and honestly followed the wife into the inn, and then led her to the upper room by the waiter.
The upper room was two rooms inside and outside. The master inside slept, so he would naturally sleep at night. Feng Yuheng quickly took his luggage outside, then helped Mrs. Lu sit down, pouring her tea while saying happily: "Everyone said that he had reached the northern border, and even the third-rank official in Beijing was inferior. When he was in Feng Mansion, the master said that even if he came to the northern border, he had to wait for the Duanmu Metropolitan to be summoned to meet him. But I just saw that the servant here was so polite to the wife. I thought that the wife was also a good person here. It was a great honor for me to be with her."
Mrs. Lu was praised and immediately smiled, "That's right, although I am a branch of the Duanmu family, I have been running to the northern border many years and are naturally closer to the family." She said as she glanced at Lu Tongzong and said, "What's more, isn't there a concubine's daughter who has married? Although she has no blood relationship with me, I am also from the Lu family, and I have to give you some face. Master," she turned to Lu Tongzong and said, "Let's go back and ask about the girl's recent situation. We will meet again this time."
Chapter completed!