Chapter 467: Chonglou Town
The town here is called Chonglou, which is less than thirty miles away from Luoyang.
Therefore, most merchants and pedestrians who were going to Luoyang were willing to stop here, but they were not only cheap, but also gathered all kinds of people from all walks of life.
Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao left the caravan and acted alone. Chen Kuang told the Feng family manager in advance, and told him that if they hadn't come back tomorrow morning, they wouldn't have to wait for them.
The night gradually surged, and the small array of lights shone back and forth.
Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao walked with horses and were no different from others. They were like people coming and going, and there was nothing special about them.
The most numerous are inns and restaurants on both sides of the central road. At night, there are some small vendors, and there are all kinds of sales.
Even Chen Kuang, who had walked through many places, was a little surprised to see such a scene. Luoyang gave Chen Kuang a very different feeling from Jinling, the capital of Nanliang, and it can even be said to be completely opposite.
"It's the first time I'm back in Luoyang. The capital of the capital is really different." Chen Kuang led his horse and walked along the way.
Dugu Nanqiao and Chen Kuang walked side by side. After hearing this, she also said, "I haven't been here for a long time. I didn't expect that all of them have gathered here to form a small town."
"Aren't it here before?" Chen Kuang asked subconsciously.
"In the past, this place was just a small village, which was a relatively large one. Perhaps people who came and went from south to north stopped here, and over time they changed to this."
The development of Chonglou Town is actually related to the system implemented by the Great Wei Dynasty, because before that, the imperial court ordered that large towns were not allowed to gather within fifty miles of the capital.
The origin of this system is related to a long-standing secret, and many people know it now.
Walking in it, you can often hear the conversations between the guests in the restaurants on both sides of the road.
In fact, the two of them had already planned to leave the caravan and act alone. As for the explanation to the Feng family manager, it was just a concealment.
The two of them passed the crowded crowd and walked through the long alley, and found an inn to stay.
Because it was already evening, there were many people who chose to settle here, and Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao followed the crowd in.
Although the inn is not too luxurious, there are still many rooms to choose from.
Chen Kuang and Lin Wanzhao waited for a while and it was their turn. The middle-aged shopkeeper on the cabinet saw that it was a group of young men and women and dressed simply, so he knew that there should be no money.
The middle-aged shopkeeper looked at the two of them with a slightly impatient tone and said, "There are not many cheap guest rooms, five taels of silver per night, how many do you want?"
The middle-aged shopkeeper subconsciously attributed the two to those who had no money, so he reacted like this.
Chen Kuang felt a little ridiculous when he heard this. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing in the world.
Chen Kuang didn't want to worry about anything with the shopkeeper, because they had met all kinds of people, so they could divide people into different levels at a glance.
However, Dugu Nanqiao, who was standing beside her, couldn't stand this anger. She took out a ingot of gold from her arms and placed it on the table.
The sound of gold falling on the table suddenly woke up the middle-aged shopkeeper.
"Our best rooms, one... two." Dugu Nanqiao said.
When the snobbish shopkeeper knew that Chen Kuang and the others were going to live in the best room, they immediately changed into smiling faces, even their tone became much more kind.
"It turns out they were two distinguished guests, and they didn't know Mount Tai anymore. There are also top-notch guest rooms, so I'll take you two to take a look."
As he said that, the middle-aged shopkeeper called a friend to continue to handle the hotel for other customers, while he lowered his body to meet Chen Kuang and the others.
Seeing the shopkeeper's reaction, Dugu Nanqiao felt even more disgusted, but the shopkeeper himself would not feel so.
Chen Kuang has seen many people, so he didn't find it strange to the shopkeeper's reaction. There are too many such people.
The middle-aged shopkeeper walked in front and turned back to Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao from time to time and said, "Two distinguished guests, come with me. There are still many high-quality rooms in the shop now. However, in addition to the high-quality rooms, there is also a separate elegant courtyard in the shop. If it is a guest..."
The shopkeeper's meaning was obvious, so before he could finish it, Dugu Nanqiao said impatiently: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Do you think we have no money?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, although he was scolded, he was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled, "Okay, I'll take you two here now."
There are only two small courtyard inns like this, and because the price is expensive, few guests stay.
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The shopkeeper smiled and introduced Chen Kuang, who said that Dugu Nanqiao ignored half of the sentence, and Chen Kuang occasionally answered a few words.
Two small courtyards were adjacent to each other. When passing by the room ahead, Shi Chenkuang and Dugu Nanqiao even saw two guards standing guard outside the door.
Although the two guards were dressed in ordinary clothes, they could not be special, but Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao, who were keenly conscious, still saw that they were extraordinary at first glance.
Especially Chen Kuang, seeing the two people's appearances, it was obviously not something that ordinary people could have. Dugu Nanqiao, who was born in the general's mansion, even felt a sense of familiarity when he saw these two people.
Of course, Chen Kuan and Dugu Nanqiao just walked by simply without anyone looking at them.
The shopkeeper seemed a little afraid when he passed by the door and didn't say much. After he led the two into the courtyard, the shopkeeper said, "There are two distinguished guests, and the other distinguished guests live next to them. The customer has a very special status. The subordinates of that guest are more fierce, so don't have a conflict with them."
Chen Kuang heard this and said, "Don't worry, the shopkeeper, we just stayed overnight and wouldn't cause any more troubles, and we don't have the ability."
The shopkeeper smiled after hearing this. He felt that Chen Kuang was easy to talk to, but he also felt that there would be no unnecessary losses.
After taking the two to the yard, the shopkeeper quickly withdrew.
After the shopkeeper left, Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao frowned at the same time. The two of them obviously noticed something unusual.
After entering the room, Chen Kuang made a simple trick and said, "Are the two people outside the door from the palace?"
Dugu Nanqiao heard this and said, "Even if it is not the person in the palace, he must be the guard of the imperial officials. There should be no ordinary person next to him."
After Dugu Nanqiao said that, Chen Kuang said, "My guess is similar to yours. Because when I passed by the door just now, I accidentally noticed a trace of extremely unusual aura inside. I should be a master of the Grandmaster realm and have a good cultivation level. In order not to cause unnecessary accidents, I did not dare to investigate too carefully."
Chen Kuang didn't expect that he could meet such a master in an inconspicuous inn, and he didn't know whether it was a good or a bad thing.
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Lin Wanzhao said: "We just slept for a night. We don't have to care about other irrelevant things. If we don't provoke them on our own, the other party will not be able to make trouble."
Chen Kuang nodded when he heard this. Even if the other party acted casually, there would be no problem with the senior from the General's Mansion.
The two elegant courtyards in the inn are really good. On the other side is a girl who is not very old.
There was only a girl's house and a maid in the room, but there were several people in the courtyard outside the room, an old man and a few young men.
The old man had been meditating on the ground in the yard, but when Chen Kuang and the others passed by the door, he opened his eyes.
The old man frowned unconsciously because at some moment he seemed to feel the breath of another fellow in his fellow man. When the breath was too short, he was not sure.
Soon after, the old man asked a young man next to him to go to the front hall to ask who was living next to him, and he turned around and headed towards the room.
When he arrived at the door, the old man knocked on the door gently.
Hearing the knock on the door, a response came from the door, "Come in."
??????????????????? The old man pushed the door and entered. Just above the round table in the center of the room, a luxuriously dressed woman was sitting carefully with Nu Hong. The maid next to him handed him some tools from time to time, and the maid just now responded.
After seeing that it was the old man, the woman who had been focusing on the girl-red stopped the meticulous work in her hand. He looked at the old man and whispered: "Old Zhuang, what's the matter?"
The old man named Zhuang Bei responded after hearing this: "Because I just noticed something strange, I'll come and see if there is anything happening here."
The girl smiled and said, "Mr. Zhuang was worried. Huarong and I were in the room all the time, and nothing happened."
Zhuangbeidao: "It's good that you're fine. There are also guests living in the yard next to us, so if your highness hears any abnormal movements in the future, you must immediately inform me."
The girl smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhuang, we will notify you as soon as possible if there is anything."
After saying that, Zhuang Bei no longer disturbed him and slowly retreated.
Not long after he left, he went to the front hall to inquire about the residents of the yard next to him and came back.
After seeing Zhuang Bei, the young man immediately said, "Old Zhuang, the shopkeeper said that there was a young couple living next to him, and they were all on the 24th and 5th."
Zhuang Bei frowned unconsciously when he heard this. Could it be that he was wrong about his feelings just now?
Although the news he received was just a pair of young men, for safety reasons, he still ordered everyone to cheer up, and as long as he returned to the capital tomorrow, it would be fine.
Zhuang Bei released his consciousness and investigated the two people in the courtyard next to him. When Zhuang Bei released his consciousness, Chen Kuang and Lin Wanzhao felt it as soon as possible.
The two of them immediately calmed down and tried not to let Zhuang Bei notice anything.
After exploring this, Zhuang Bei did not find anything unusual about Chen Kuan and Dugu Nanqiao.
However, Zhuang Bei did not slacken at all because of this. He had seen too many accidents, not to mention that the girl in the room had an extraordinary identity.
After this incident, Chen Kuang and Dugu Nanqiao became more and more alert.
Chapter completed!