Summon players, rebuild Dawei

Before the sun set, the carriage finally arrived outside the south gate of Miryang.

When the vast and majestic city wall came into view, Wang Xing couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

He put down the door curtain of the car, and said to his younger brother Wang Sui, "It's finally here, I can sleep peacefully tonight."

Different from his brother's joyful relaxation, the 12-year-old boy Wang Sui only felt more and more depressed when he heard this, and leaned against the carriage listlessly.

Wang Xing was not surprised by his reaction, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder to express comfort.

The two brothers are not from Xunzhou, but from Lu County, Wujun County, Yongzhou.

The Wang family can be considered a rather prestigious family in the local county town, but this family background is nothing in Wujun and Yongzhou, so that as the son of the patriarch, he has grown up for eight years, but he has not yet found a family. suitable office.

Wang Xing's visit to Miryang this time was precisely for the official selection assessment held for the gentry in mid-May.

As for the younger brother, he came here to enter the new school of Miryang County School.

As the youngest child in the family, Wang Sui has always been favored by the elders. He is used to being carefree at home. When he heard that he was going to go to school in other places, he was naturally displeased. However, considering his future, the family members finally discussed and decided to let him go to school. Miyang Xiangxu's School of Nobility.

So no matter how reluctant he was, he had no choice but to follow his brother to this place.

When the carriage drove to the gate of the city, it was stopped by the guards of the gate for routine inspection.

After checking his identity, the guard asked Wang Xing in a good manner, "Did you come here for the selection test?"

Wang Xing nodded: "Not bad."

"If you don't have a residence in the city, you can go to the Luming Mansion temporarily," the guard reminded, raising his arm to point out the direction. "After entering the city, go straight along Guangyan Street and go straight for four miles, and follow the signs to find the mansion. , the envoy ordered people to arrange a temporary residence for all the visitors."

Wang Xing was slightly surprised.

In order to avoid any accidents on the road that would delay the trip, he deliberately set off half a month earlier. As a result, the road was not only extremely smooth, but after entering the area of ​​Xunzhou, the official road was flat and wide, which made him arrive a few days earlier than expected.

I thought they would have to find a place to live because they came so early, but Governor Jiang was so thoughtful and had already arranged a place for them.

It seems that what his father said is true, Jiang Shishi really has plans to win over the gentry.

After entering the city, the lively and prosperous city scene comes into view.

Although it was already evening, the flow of people and horses on the main road was still as dense as a tide.

There are row upon row of houses next to the street trees, each door has a number plate, and some even hang a plaque, clearly explaining the purpose of each house or who lives in it.

Because it was the first time to enter this strange city, the carriage moved very slowly, allowing Wang Xing to see the roadside signs clearly and guide the driver in the direction.

In addition, he was also observing all kinds of passers-by on the road, and he noticed that this city has a strange thing that is different from other places.

In his hometown of Wu County, the origins of ordinary people can be seen just by looking at their faces. The nobles are elegant and calm, while the common people are rough and cowardly. Poverty and ignorance.

Here, the dividing line seems to be blurred.

The young men and women passing by, regardless of their clothing and appearance, showed expressions full of confidence and vitality.

He even saw a team of farmers carrying farm tools and carrying vegetable baskets, with a flamboyant smile on their faces, talking and laughing constantly on the road, as if what they had done before was not hard farm work, but something they participated in. meaning party.

This discovery made Wang Xing feel an indescribable sense of crisis. He felt that he was out of tune with the atmosphere here, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Compared with Wang Xing, Wang Sui, who was not deeply involved in the world, was quickly attracted by the prosperity and delicacy of the city after he entered the city.

He was dazzled by the colorful windmills on the hawker carts, the Little Red Riding Hood delivery men all over the streets, the colorful striped shade cloths of the tea stalls, the potted plants and birdcages hanging at the entrance of flower and bird shops, etc., and so on.

This young man who was originally repulsed by life far away from his hometown suddenly became full of expectations for the future.

When the sky was approaching dusk, they finally found the entrance of the Luming Mansion, which was specially designed to receive foreigners.

Before entering the gate, the guard checked their identities again, and then sent a sixteen or seventeen-year-old doorman to lead them to the residence.

After traveling for a short distance in the narrow lanes with the carriage, they arrived at the residence.

When Wang Xing got out of the car, he glanced at the wooden door plate hanging at the door of the house, which was engraved with "No. 28 Luming Mansion".

The doorman helped Wang's servants carry their luggage into the gate, and took them to a courtyard not long after.

The door of the main room in the courtyard was open for ventilation. The doorman put down the luggage and introduced to them how to use the facilities and supplies in the house, as well as the precautions for living here.

"There is a cook in the kitchen who will provide three basic meals for several of you, and the meal time is Chenshi, Noon and Youshi every day.

"For the convenience of management, the ingredients we match to each building are fixed, so we don't accept orders. If you are not satisfied with the food, you can go out to eat by yourself, or order takeaway."

Wang Xing came to Miryang for the first time, and he didn't know what "ordering takeaway" meant, so he was too embarrassed to ask, otherwise he would appear to be very ignorant, so he said casually: "I know."

The doorman saw that the introduction was almost finished, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and added: "By the way, during your stay here, if you hear any abnormalities coming from the next door, don't mind it, just ignore it."

This sounded a little bad, Wang Xing frowned and asked, "What is the change?"

The doorman seemed to be a little bit embarrassed, so he smiled and said, "There is a strange-tempered homeowner living in No. 32 next door to you. People from the government have warned them a few days ago, and they should be quieter."

After hearing this, Wang Xing understood that the resident next door is probably a person who likes to invite friends to a banquet. If he drank too much at the banquet, he would inevitably do some ridiculous things.

I was sketching some extravagant scenes in my mind, and suddenly my younger brother's surprised voice came from beside me: "Brother, come and see what this is?"

Wang Xing turned his head to look, and saw Wang Sui lying on the window sill, tapping the brown-red lattice window with his fingers.

"Isn't this the window?" Wang Xing didn't like his younger brother's new look, and his tone was a little harsh.

Although the patterns and shapes of the window lattices are very unique, each one is like a carved painting, but they are just windows, so there is nothing worth studying.

"No, it's not a window, come and see."

Wang Xing pursed his lips and glanced at the doorman next to him, then walked over with a straight face.

When he got to the window, he realized that what his younger brother knocked was not the window lattice, but something as pure and transparent as ice crystals.

"This is?" Wang Xing showed doubts, and put his hand on the transparent object, and there was a cold and smooth touch.

"That's a glass window, which is used to transmit light and prevent wind." The doorman came over in time, flipped the switch on the window, and then demonstrated to push the glass window, "Look, this is the window, this is the window. Close the windows, close the windows and doors, the outside wind will not come in, but you can still enjoy the view of the courtyard outside."

It was the first time for the two brothers to see such a thing, and the doorman pushed the window back and forth, all of them dumbfounded.

Glass utensils flashed through Wang Xing's mind, and he felt that this thing was clean and free of color, which was somewhat different from colored glaze, but there was no doubt that this thing called a glass window was both practical and beautiful.

Wang Xing tried to pull the window, and the more he looked at the ice crystal-like object, the more he liked it, and he couldn't help asking: "Is this thing valuable?"

"That's natural. This glass is a building material that has only come out in the past two months. It hasn't even been used by the government. It's only here and in the county school." The doorman replied in a straightforward and kind tone.

"So, this glass window is hard to buy?"

"I can't buy it. This thing has just come out now, and it can't be used by officials. It will be easy to buy in the future."

Wang Xing nodded, with a vague decision in his heart.

But the younger brother Wang Sui was concerned about another matter, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does the county school have windows like this?"

The doorman nodded with a smile and replied: "Mr. Shi has always cared about the students' learning environment the most. When the first batch of glass came out, it was used in Xiangxu."

"Great, I'm going to the academy." Wang Sui looked happy.

Wang Xing laughed when he heard that, he didn't expect that his younger brother who was depressed all the way and refused to go to the county school would change his attitude easily because of such a window.

But this object called glass is indeed beautiful, transparent and bright, and can also prevent wind. When the object starts to be sold, he will definitely install this glass window for his house, so that relatives and friends can open their eyes.

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"Recently, scholars from all over the world have arrived one after another, and they have been arranged to live in the mansion according to the envoy's instructions." Ruan Ying reported to work.

Jiang Shu nodded, and suddenly remembered to ask: "Is number 32 still honest?"

The reason why he cares about this resident of Luming Mansion is because the person living in Building No. 32 is a player.

This player won the one-year right to use the No. 32 house in the last La Festival ceremony, and then somehow had a whim, and started a script killing in the house. After that, there were rumors from nearby residents, saying that The courtyard often sounded eerie music playing and women's wailing at night, and occasionally there were people chasing and shouting in the courtyard.

Rumors spread unknowingly. When the government found out, the version of the rumors had become that the former owners of the house were cruelly tortured and killed by the Huns. Their ghosts were trapped in the house and suffered from captivity. Crying and howling is to let passers-by let them out.

Jiang Shu felt that there was probably some misunderstanding in this matter, and sent someone to investigate. Sure enough, it was the players who lived there who were causing trouble.

"The officers and soldiers were dispatched to punish them last time, so I think they will restrain themselves," Ruan Ying replied.

Jiang Shu nodded in response, and then chatted with Ruan Ying for a few words about the promotion of glass windows, and then asked the other party to back off.

Just as Ruan Ying walked out of the main hall, the guards who had been waiting outside the door for a while hurried in to deliver the letter.

Seeing that the letter was stamped with the seal of Wolong Pavilion, Jiang Shu opened it immediately after receiving it, and immediately frowned deeply.

The letter contained two pieces of information.

——"Xing Sang is engaged to Huyu, the daughter of the leader of the Di tribe."

——"Di Wangyu and Xing Sang's troops will split into two groups and jointly attack Lingzhou Wenchuan County and Luoyu County."