A carriage slowly drove from the inner city to the outer city.
The old man in the car had a frown on his face, holding the book in his hand. He glanced at it from time to time, but turned his head and sighed, obviously absent-minded.
Suddenly I felt the car body shaking. I slowly lifted the curtain and looked outside. It turned out that I had gone deep into the outer city. The flat stone road had turned into a dirt road.
There were also ruffians and idlers joking on both sides of the road.
The old man frowned even deeper and couldn't help but sigh.
The carriage continued to move forward. After a while, there was a sudden bang and the shaft of the carriage and the horse were lifted up.
The old man in the car was also in great pain. His head hit the roof of the car with a thud.
Fortunately, the tilt was not too large and the carriage did not overturn.
After the carriage returned to normal, the driver approached the carriage with an apologetic look on his face and said loudly, "Master, are you okay? We just hit a big pothole!"
The old man rubbed his head, suppressed his anger, and said, "It's okay, just be careful!"
It's okay! The driver smiled and went back to driving.
The carriage began to move forward slowly, but the road ahead was not easy to travel on and it was still bumpy. Although the amplitude was not large, it combined with the pain in his head made the old man upset.
He got out of the carriage and asked the driver, "Where is this place?"
The driver answered honestly: "Sir, this is Pingkangfang, not far from Banshanfang."
“Stop! Stop the car!”
The carriage stopped by the roadside. The old man jumped off the carriage, holding the frame, and said to the driver, "You go to Banshanfang first. I will walk there on my own!"
The driver didn't say anything else. He just responded and drove towards Banshanfang.
The old man was walking slowly on the street with a gloomy look on his face.
The scene on the street is really not very beautiful, in short, it is a mess.
Seeing people making things easier for the old man, he covered his eyes with his sleeves, with a look of disbelief.
Suddenly, a carriage passed by behind him. Two old men appeared in the window, waved their hands at the old man, and shouted, "Mr. Li! Mr. Li!"
Li Yansong looked back and saw that it was Zheng Qiao and Zhang Dongxiang.
His brows relaxed and he couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"
Zhang Dongxiang said, "We also met him halfway. It's the day off. I haven't seen the prince for a while, so I was worried and wanted to go check on him!"
Zheng Qiao echoed: "That's right!"
Then the two of them got out of the car, and the three old men walked side by side on the road.
Zheng Qiao asked, "Mr. Li, why are you here too?"
Li Yansong stroked his beard and smiled: "I am just like you, I want to see how the crown prince is doing. His Majesty did not discuss such a big matter as the crown prince managing an entire district with us."
"Fang Zheng has been a shady person, I'm worried about him, so I came to see him."
Zhang Dongxiang said angrily: "How can Your Majesty be at ease? The prince has made friends with bandits by mistake. Fang Zheng will definitely lead the prince astray with his sweet words!"
"Not necessarily! Your Majesty has been to Taoyuan County and praised Fang Zhengyi highly. This shows that Fang Zhengyi's governance ability is outstanding. I think the prince might be able to learn something from him." Zheng Qiao looked like he did not agree.
"Haha, I think he will probably just learn his shamelessness! Don't I know what the prince is like? We are birds of a feather! Duke Zheng!" Zhang Dongxiang said sadly.
Li Yansong hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, you two, the truth will be out when we meet in person! What's there to argue about?"
"However, in my opinion, no matter how good it is, it will only be like Pingkangfang. What results can be achieved in less than a month... Alas..."
Zheng Qiao smiled and said, "I came to the outer city last year and saw that Banshanfang was even worse than Pingkangfang. If Fang Zhengyi and the prince can manage Banshanfang like this, it would be considered good."
The three old men continued walking, observing their surroundings.
However, the ministers had obviously stayed in the inner city and the palace for a long time, and the environment of Pingkangfang still seemed dirty and messy to them.
Especially after walking for a while, I saw many people urinating and defecating everywhere.
Such scenes are rare in the inner city! They certainly don't exist in the imperial palace.
As Zhang Dongxiang walked, he began to beat his chest and stamp his feet: "A son of a wealthy family should not be allowed to sit in the hall! Fang Zheng has ruined the country!!"
"Look at this! Look at this! What the hell is this! Shameless! Miserable!"
The two looked at Zhang Dongxiang with disdain, and Zheng Qiao teased, "Look at you! You are being pretentious, it's not like I haven't seen you being so particular before!"
Zhang Dongxiang said proudly: "The past is the past! Now the world is pacified and what we need is to educate the people. Is it ok for the people to defecate and urinate anywhere?"
Li Yansong sighed: "This is really outrageous... It's really worrying that the prince is in such an environment, and Banshanfang is even worse... I don't know how bad it will be!"
When they were near Banshanfang, Zheng Qiao suddenly stretched out his arms, stopped Zhang Dongxiang and Li Yansong, and whispered, "Be careful, you two! Banshanfang has very poor security, and there are many thieves and villains. Watch your money and don't let them steal it!"
The two looked at each other and nodded with heavy expressions.
...........
Finally we entered the area of Banshanfang, and the flow of people started to increase significantly.
The ground also appeared cleaner and smoother, with small trees planted on both sides of the road. The walls were painted white and there seemed to be some words written on them.
Li Yansong blinked and asked Zheng Qiao in confusion: "Is this... Banshanfang?"
Zheng Qiao frowned and said hesitantly, "We must have gone the wrong way... It wasn't like this before, and why are there so many people here?"
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