I am a cat in the palace

"We're almost there. If the directions on the map are correct, you can see through that valley... Hey, what's that?" Standing on the mountain ridge, Flesh hugged me and pointed towards the distance.

I have better eyesight than meat, squinted and looked in the direction of his finger, and said to him with certainty: "It should be a small town."

You can see the city wall from here, look, the city gate is still open.

Rourou immediately called Ying Er, Lin Guanwei, and a few experienced hidden guards, and they gathered in a circle to discuss whether they had found the wrong place, why they came here with the idea of ​​looking for a treasure house, but found a small city.

"Anyway, let's go and have a look first. Follow the directions on the map, it should be right there, it's the location marked on the map."

Although it is said that it is outside the valley that can be seen by the eyes, it took almost a whole day to actually walk, and it was already dusk when we reached the gate of the city.

Considering that he didn't want to attract people's attention, Ying Er proposed to let everyone break up into parts and make some decorations to enter the city in batches, but Rourou waved his hand and said that it's better to forget it.

"This small town is located between heavy mountains, and there is no official road leading to the outside of the mountain. I think there won't be too many foreigners entering the city on weekdays. We don't have to do the thing of stealing our ears. It's better to go in openly, you guys It’s just that I’m a servant in the palace, protecting the young master and the young master Biao, who went out to visit the mountains and rivers, and strayed into this city.”

Ying Er listened to what Rourou said and thought about it, so he immediately nodded and gave instructions, ordering everyone to change their minds.

When we arrived at the gate of the city, it was already dark, and the guards guarding the gate had already started to turn the hinges to close the gate. An active hidden guard hurried forward and shouted. The guards immediately stopped their movements, and one of them ran away. Come over and ask Rourou and his party about their identity and purpose.

The hidden guard only thought that these guards wanted to take the opportunity to ask for some benefits, so he had already prepared two strings of copper coins in his hand, and while answering the guard's words, he stuffed the strings of money in his hand into the guard's hand.

Unexpectedly, the guard's face changed completely, and he pushed the hidden guard away, "Since you are a good family member, naturally let you enter the city, we will not accept bribes from you."

what?

Don't you want the money stuffed into your hand?

Ever since I left the palace with Flesh, I have often been exploited by these city gate guards on the way of fleeing. This seems to be an unwritten rule in every city and town. Most of these city gate guards are recruited. Corvettes, with extremely low salaries, are all meant to exploit people who enter and leave the city gate with a few small money to support their families. Everyone has long been accustomed to the practice of paying road money when they arrive at the city gate.

Suddenly, a clean and honest city gate guard appeared, and he firmly stated that he would not accept bribes. This - this is really surprising.

Even Rourou couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

"It's hard for my little brother to be upright, I was wrong. Then ask my brother, what is this place? Who is under the rule?" The hidden guard saw that the little brother didn't accept the copper coins, so he passed it over. A small packet of caramel, insisting on fortifying it to the little brother.

The little brother confiscated the copper coins, but when it comes to caramel, a snack that is not worth a lot of money, he declined politely a few times, and finally accepted it.

The hidden guard took this opportunity to talk to the little brother.

"This city is called Wangcheng, and it belongs to Suining County, the prefecture of the same state. However, Suining County has to climb two more mountains to get here. The mountain roads are rugged and difficult to pass news, so there are not frequent exchanges on weekdays."

"Oh? Then who is in charge of the city on weekdays?" Rourou heard from him that although this place belongs to Suining County of the same state, it doesn't have much communication with it, and she was very curious.

"It's our city lord."

"City Lord? Then may I ask your City Lord Gao's name." Rourou frowned as she thought about it, but she couldn't remember that there was such a Wangcheng City Lord in the list of officials in Tongzhou Jinshang.

"Our city owner's surname is Mu, and his name is Mu Lian."

"Mulian?"

"Yes, our City Lord Mu is a fair and honest official. Over the years, many people have entered our city and don't want to leave, so they settled down here." The young city guard said with a smile , with a look of pride on his face.

Rourou, however, exchanged a look with Ying Er suspiciously. Obviously, both of them are unfamiliar with this name, and I am also very unfamiliar, so I have never heard of it.

After making sure that he couldn't ask any more questions from the little brother, Rourou led everyone into the city.

Flesh hugged Zhen, led Ying Er and Lin Guanwei, surrounded by a group of hidden guards, entered the city gate in style, and looked curiously at this beautiful and exquisite small city along the way.

Although the city is small, it is well-ordered, like a piece of paradise. No matter men, women, old or young, their complexions are plump, and their clothes are bright and tidy. There is no bitter cold look on the faces of the people in the nearby border towns.

When I stood on a high place before, I had already seen the small town through. There are only two main streets in this small town, which are east-west and north-south, and they intersect evenly in the center of the city.

The two main streets are facing the Sifang City Gate, so when Zhen and Rourou came in, they stood on the street that walked from east to west.

Of course, it is said that it is a street, but it is not as wide as a branch road in the capital, that is, it can barely accommodate two double-wheeled carriages.

After walking for a while, Rourou looked at the stone pavement under his feet, "This city owner is very particular, he manages this small city so carefully."

I also looked towards the road, and saw that the entire road was paved with stones about a foot square, and the prepared mortar was filled between the stones, and each piece looked very weighty.

Although the patterns of these stones are ordinary stones from the nearby mountains, they are not as durable as the bluestones paved on the official roads of the capital, but laying the entire road surface is also time-consuming and laborious, especially in such an unknown small town. It took a lot of effort to pave the roads like this.

"Gu~~" At this moment, a voice came from someone's stomach.

Lin Guanwei scratched his head in embarrassment, and rubbed his stomach, "I haven't had a decent meal for several days, let's quickly find a place to settle down and eat something."

Rou Rou agreed, looking around, he saw a two-storey facade not far away, on which was a brocade banner with the word "客" written on it, "It seems that there are not many inns."

"Probably because people don't come often." Lin Guanwei took the lead and walked towards the inn.

"Then we have so many foreigners here today, the owner of the inn must be happy for two days." Rou Rou lightly smiled, but turned to Ying Er and said softly: "Let everyone be careful, I always feel that this There's something wrong with the small town, you have to be more careful when eating and using it later."

"Your Majesty understands, don't worry, Your Highness."