Chapter 23 Everyone is looking at me with awe. I always act with discretion.
The two cities of Yu and Qing were only a hundred or two hundred miles apart. This group of soldiers only rested once halfway and arrived outside Qingcheng in the evening.
Qingcheng is not the location of the governor's residence, but the governor of Xiguan County still stationed his officials and palace soldiers here. When the palace soldiers guarding the gate saw that the person coming was the Marquis of Xiguan, and that there were also imperial guards and Xiguan palace soldiers to protect him, they immediately respectfully let the group of people into the city.
However, until this point, Pan Yi still didn't know why this unruly young marquis came.
He was not afraid that the young marquis would get into trouble.
Want to get into trouble? Go ahead! He's so happy.
However, he had to remove himself from these troubles quietly.
He maintained a respectful attitude throughout the journey.
In addition, the young Marquis of Xiguan asked others to give him a ride along the way, and he was comfortable and did not suffer any hardship. He seemed to be in a good mood.
So, when Pan Yi entered the city and rode forward tentatively to ask, the young Marquis of Xiguan told him directly.
Liu Ziye was still sitting in front of the horse of Jin Jie, her private guard in the mansion.
Although Jin Jie had an ordinary appearance, his body was indeed the broadest with the longest shoulders and was strong and powerful. Not only did he make her feel very comfortable leaning on him along the way, but his long legs and arms almost blocked most of the wind and sand when he stretched out.
Originally, Liu Ziye just wanted to put on a show in front of others and had no illusions about whether it was comfortable for two people to ride on the same horse. He really enjoyed the whole journey in a daze and even almost fell asleep.
Seeing that Pan Yi had finally lost his patience and was asking questions, and that his troops had already entered the city, Liu Ziye sat up a little straighter and said with a smile, "Captain Pan, didn't you see the goods I brought with me? I came here in person, so of course I want to sell them."
"Selling goods?"
Pan Yi's eyes moved back and forth between the batch of goods and the Marquis of Xiguan, and he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Pan Yi: You call that a commodity? Who would spend a fortune on that kind of stuff?
Liu Ziye seemed to understand what he meant, and changed his tone to a friendly and flattering one, saying, "If the goods are hard to sell, Captain Pan, please help me! This Marquis's Xiguan Mansion has nearly a hundred people, and they have to eat, right?"
"Me? How can I help?"
Pan Yi was confused.
Liu Ziye stretched out his arm wrapped in a leather sheath and pointed at the hundreds of guards and palace soldiers in distinctive armor behind him.
He said lightly, "If anyone dares not buy my goods, Captain Pan will kill them for me! Okay?"
Pan Yi: ...
He expected that the young Marquis of Xiguan was here to cause trouble, but he didn't expect that his first move would be so powerful!
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Qingcheng has 1,500 permanent households. If this scale were in other prefectures and counties in the Zhou Dynasty, it would be only the size of a medium-sized county.
Hundreds of armored soldiers rushed into the city, which was several miles long and wide, with such momentum that they attracted the attention of the entire city in an instant.
The noise of the iron hooves stepping into the city gate alone almost shook the dilapidated rammed earth gate tower of Qingcheng!
When the officials stationed in Qingcheng heard the news, they hurried over.
My heart was in turmoil, not knowing what this youngest grandson of the Holy Ancestor, the third generation dandy ancestor of Xiguan County, was suddenly doing in Qingcheng.
But seeing the unfriendly look of the visitor, the subordinate Xicao had to put on a full smile and trotted to the front of Liu Ziye's horse to greet him: "Oh, it's you, the young Marquis of Xiguan! I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person, I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person!"
Liu Ziye took a look and found that Xicao, the official stationed in Qingcheng, looked familiar to him.
This person was someone the original owner had dealt with before, and he was the same kind of person as Iberly. He had always looked down on the Xiguan Palace and was not a good person.
If she hadn't had such a strong army today and looked so formidable, she wouldn't have believed that this man could still have such a fawning smile.
She was too lazy to even get off the horse, and nodded condescendingly at him.
The meaning is very clear. This Lord Marquis understands it. It has nothing to do with you. Please step back!
Official: ...
No, what on earth do you want to do?
He had not received any information from the Governor's Office beforehand, and he had no idea what to do.
If he caused any trouble, how would he explain it to the governor?
He forced himself to keep his composure, holding up his robe with one hand, and chased after the horse's rear end as the young Marquis of Xiguan began to trot forward again. "Young Marquis, young Marquis! I wonder what brings you to Qingcheng today? Look, if you could speak to me, I might be of some use to you, right?"
Liu Ziye turned his head from the saddle and looked at him: "Don't worry, my lord. I always act with discretion and will definitely not cause you any trouble. Now go back!"
"No... Young Marquis, Young Marquis..."
The subordinate ran after him a few steps in embarrassment.
What do you mean by 'always knowing how to act'? If our ancestors had known how to act, the throne of the Zhou Dynasty would have to be occupied by someone else!
However, the young Marquis of Xiguan had already ignored him.
As he was pondering, the sound of horse hooves approached and stopped before his eyes. The officer looked up and recognized the man from the regulations on his armor and uniform as a guard from Yanjing.
"Lord Xicao, my surname is Pan. I am the captain of the imperial guard from Yanjing who came to Xiguan by imperial order." Pan Yi introduced himself.
"It turned out to be Captain Pan!"
Liao Xicao had long known from the Governor's Office that there was such a captain of the imperial guards in Xiguan County, so he immediately greeted him warmly.
Pan Yi said, "Don't worry, my lord. With my imperial guards and the palace soldiers sent by your Lord Yi following the young Marquis of Xiguan, no matter what happens, it will definitely not bring trouble to you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials' hearts, which had been in turmoil, instantly settled down.
Pan Yi's words were equivalent to telling him clearly that no matter what trouble Xiguan Hou caused, Pan Yi guaranteed that the responsibility would not fall on him, a small Xicao.
He was extremely grateful and thanked Pan Yi repeatedly.
After surrounding Pan Yi with all due courtesy, he took the opportunity to say that he had some official business to deal with, leaving a clerk to follow the team. He patted his butt, feeling relieved that it was none of his business and left.
Shortly after entering the city, the horse slowed down and Liu Ziye changed back to his own mount.
She pulled the reins and led hundreds of soldiers to wander aimlessly around Qingcheng, attracting the attention of everyone in Qingcheng.
At the same time, they all smelled the scent of impending disaster, and they all packed up and closed their doors, fearing that they would be targeted by this evil-like noble from the royal family.
However, the judgment of fate finally came.
Liu Ziye wandered around this small city for half an hour, comparing the layout of Qingcheng's streets, buildings, and population distribution with the contents recorded in the atlas in his mind.
Finally, she reined in her horse and stopped in front of a courtyard with a thatched roof and rammed earth walls.
Jin Jie and Pan Yi waved their hands, and the marching team stopped in an instant.
Hundreds of soldiers and horses poured into the narrow alley, extending from the gate of this ordinary house with a wooden gate to the end of the alley.
For a moment, the whole street was cold and silent, with only the sound of horses' snorting and their iron hooves hitting the ground restlessly.
Even the most curious people would be frightened by the oppressive pressure like a dark cloud looming over their heads and would not dare to take another look.
Three generations, more than ten people in total, live in this house.
At this time, everyone was trembling and gathered in the main room. The men surrounded the women and children behind them, and looked through the cracks in the door and window lattices at the evil spirit that had stopped in front of their door and refused to take another step forward.
Oh my God!
Why would the young marquis of the Tian family stop in front of their house?
They were just an ordinary family, with only three or four acres of land, and they made a living by making a little skill in twisting hemp ropes and some fishing and hunting skills.
Why would such a big shot target their family?
Could it be that the patched and worn clothes hanging out to dry on the wooden gate of the courtyard wall were hung too high, and the noble man was displeased with them?
But just now I was in a hurry to hide in the room, but I never thought that hanging clothes to dry would cause such a disaster?
Or, could it be that the young marquis of the Tian family just stopped temporarily to think about something and would soon go on his way again?
The family, filled with hope, followed closely the evil marquis who was dressed in a dazzling white fur coat.
But they clearly saw this evil spirit, holding a whip and pointing in the direction of their house, saying -
"Tear down the roof of this house for me."
"ah--"
This light and clever sentence was like a bolt of lightning hitting one's head.
The family inside couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Outside the door, soldiers had already dismounted and rushed into the house in an instant.
“Dang!”
The leading soldier kicked open the wooden door of the main hall and shouted to the dozen or so people huddled together, "Everyone, get out into the yard!"
Two children, who were less than ten years old, were frightened by the scene and started crying.
The head of the household also crawled over and said, "Soldier, sir, what crime have I committed that you have to demolish our house? If our house is gone, how will my whole family survive the winter?"
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