I'm reborn, so it's not too much to kill the one who traveled through the book, right?

Zhou Minglang recognized Xiao Zhuzi.

A few years ago, he stayed in Taohua Village for some time, and he still remembered Xiao Zhuzi, a villager who often went to the foot of Daqing Mountain to collect firewood.

Xiao Zhuzi naturally recognized Zhou Minglang and immediately shouted happily.

"Mr. Zhou, it's me! Little Zhuzi from Taohua Village, do you still remember me?"

Zhou Minglang got off his horse and helped Xiao Zhuzi and Pingping up from the ground. "What happened to you?"

Just as Xiao Zhuzi was about to open his mouth, the Bald King caught up with him.

Xiao Zhuzi shouted quickly: "Mr. Zhou is a bad guy, he wants to sell us to Qingfeng Pavilion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Minglang dodged and kicked the man to the ground. He didn't get up for a long time.

"Ouch!" The bald king lay on the ground, his skinny body bent like a shrimp.

When Xiao Zhuzi saw this scene, he felt relieved, but he was more amazed. He was amazed at Zhou Minglang's superb skills and at how the Bald King was defeated in just one encounter. Xiao Zhuzi felt so happy!

"Wow! Master Zhou, you are so awesome! Good fight! Hiss~" Xiao Zhuzi couldn't help laughing, and the laugh pulled the wound on his face.

"Wow! Uncle is the best!" Pingping jumped forward and kicked the Bald King a few times. Unfortunately, he was small and had little strength, so the damage was not painful at all.

Zhou Minglang didn't say anything nonsense. He took out a rope from somewhere and prepared to tie up the Bald King.

Before the bald king could even argue, his mouth was blocked by a piece of rag.

After Zhou Minglang tied the man up, Xiao Zhuzi pushed Pingping out.

He still remembered that Zhou Minglang was familiar with Shen Rong's family. He gently pushed Ping Ping in front of Zhou Minglang and said, "This is Ping Ping, the child of my aunt Rong and uncle Changsheng. We were..."

Xiao Zhuzi told Zhou Minglang what he saw at the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion: how Pingping was captured.

Zhou Minglang didn't seem surprised at all that Changsheng's family appeared in the capital.

"Let's go, let's go into the city first!" Zhou Minglang glanced at Pingping and lifted Pingping onto the horse's back.

It was Pingping’s first time to ride such a high horse. He was so nervous and excited that he forgot the danger he had just encountered.

Xiao Zhuzi looked up at Pingping with envy.

Seeing this, Zhou Minglang lifted Xiaozhuzi onto the horse's back. "You hold Pingping from above."

As for the Bald King, Zhou Minglang pulled him by the hands with a rope.

"Master Zhou, don't worry, I will hold Brother Ping tightly and will never let him fall."

Pingping, who was sitting in front of him, nodded quickly, "It won't fall!"

Zhou Minglang glanced at Ping Ping and asked, "When did you come to the capital?"

Although Pingping was more articulate than most older children, he could not explain the complicated matters among adults.

Xiao Zhuzi followed all the way to the capital, and he knew a little about the reason why Grandpa Shen Liu and his family came to the capital.

"Changsheng is from Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. His grandmother asked him to go home, so we came here..."

They were not far from the city gate. After walking for about a cup of tea, Xiao Zhuzi saw the tall and majestic city gate while sitting on the horse's back.

At this time, the situation outside the city gate was no different from when Xiao Zhuzi came out.

The city wall built of bluestone bricks is about 20 to 30 feet high, and the moat outside the city is like a silver ribbon, surrounding the capital.

In this vast expanse of white snow between heaven and earth, the majestic city walls pierce the sky, giving people a feeling of endless oppression.

That’s right, at this moment the city gate was an oppression to Xiao Zhuzi.

Xiao Zhuzi thought about the soldiers outside the city gate who accepted the bribes and stood on the side of the Bald King.

Xiao Zhuzi looked up at Zhou Minglang and carefully mentioned what the soldiers at the city gate had just done.

Zhou Minglang was silent for a moment, "It's okay, we'll go in later, and something like that won't happen again."

Xiao Zhuzi didn't know whether what he said was true or not, but with an adult around, he felt more confident.

Zhou Minglang led the horse gradually approaching the city gate.

Xiao Zhuzi couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and Pingping in front of him also tensed up.

Xiao Zhuzi: "But... those are the police officers. If they hadn't accepted the bribes from this person, I and Pingping wouldn't have..."

Just like the people entering the city from outside the city gate, they had to cross the bridge first, then enter the gate, and finally reach the city.

As soon as Xiao Zhuzi finished speaking, Zhou Minglang led the horse onto the bridge. At that moment Xiao Zhuzi's heart couldn't help but rise, and his eyes subconsciously scanned around outside the city gate.

With this glance, he found the soldiers who were guarding the city gate. Xiao Zhuzi looked at Zhou Minglang in panic.

Zhou Minglang noticed that Xiao Zhuzi was abnormal, so he said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. You can go home soon."

This time Zhou Minglang didn't say anything. He led the horse and stepped onto the bridge at the city gate.

Little Zhuzi had no idea that the man who was holding his horse was a favorite of the current emperor and also the youngest fourth-rank official in this dynasty.

Zhou Minglang was right. When the horse he was riding arrived in front of the gate, the two soldiers guarding the gate didn't even look at the horse. They just nodded and bowed to Zhou Minglang and sent them into the city gate.

Xiao Zhuzi looked at the soldiers being extremely polite to Zhou Minglang and wondered in his heart, could it be that Master Zhou was a high-ranking official?

Otherwise, why would those people who are blinded by money be so diligent?

Or maybe you didn't see them?

The soldiers guarding the city gate were filled with regret at this moment.

Then I looked at the man being dragged behind, wasn't he the one who beat the two children just now?

These soldiers deal with all kinds of people all day long, so naturally they have a keen eye.

Since no one mentioned it at this moment, they were naturally happy to play dumb.

It was not until the four of them and their horse entered the city that Xiao Zhuzi breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Minglang led a few people on horseback to a magnificent mansion.

Xiao Zhuzi had never seen such a magnificent house. The gate alone was enough to shock him so much that he could hardly fit an egg in his mouth.

The two big red doors alone are two or three meters high. The two stone lions in front of the doors are taller than the small pillars sitting on horseback, which is very imposing.

A servant had been waiting outside the mansion. He came forward to loosen the stirrups and asked the two children to dismount.

Zhou Minglang found it troublesome, so he lifted Xiao Zhuzi and the other man off the horse, one in each hand.

The servant at the side hurriedly opened the small door next to the main entrance and invited them in.

As you enter the door, you will see a screen wall carved with landscape paintings.

Go around the screen wall and meander forward along the bluestone paved corridor. Not far away, there are pavilions, towers, flying eaves, green tiles, carved railings and painted buildings. Nearby are beautiful maids, colorful flowers, and tall green bamboos. Every place is beautiful and exquisite.

Xiao Zhuzi and Pingping felt they couldn't bear to see it all.

If it weren't for the ice and snow outside, no one would think it was winter just by looking at the scenery in this mansion.

Although the Mansion of Marquis Pingyang is also large, and the courtyard used on a daily basis is also tidied up somewhat elegantly, it is only somewhat elegant, and the rest of the place is still deserted. It is completely incomparable to the exquisite and magnificent Mansion of the Duke.

If we have to compare, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion is just a bare house, while the Duke's Mansion is fully decorated.