klisemfg Chapter 527 Entering the City Lord's Mansion
Chapter 527 Entering the City Lord's Mansion
When Xue Boxin, along with several of his personal guards and deputies, walked down from the tower to the city gate, General Su Huoling and a team of cavalry arrived at the gate.
A deputy general beside Su Huoling first dismounted and came to the city guards at the gate, and was about to speak when Xue Boxin came out with a dozen people and walked towards Su Huoling with his subordinates, "General Su! I am here to greet you." He saluted formally.
Then Su Huoling returned the greeting and joked, "Little General Xue, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have become a powerful young general now."
Xue Boxin smiled falsely and said in a friendly manner: "Uncle Su, you are making fun of Boxin."
"Hahaha, Boxin! Are you guys here at the city gate on purpose to welcome me?" Seeing that Su Huoling called him Uncle Su, he also called him Boxin, Boxin and didn't be polite to him, so as not to arouse their suspicion.
"Uncle Su, Boxin heard from the soldiers guarding the city that a team is coming. I recognized you, Uncle Su, on the tower a long time ago. Uncle Su, why are you here this time...?"
"Our general has come here on the orders of the emperor to support you in suppressing Di Rong's harassment. The general has brought the cavalry battalion to you first." One of Su Huoling's deputy generals said to Xue Boxin.
"Uncle Su, fellow soldiers, you must have had a very hard time coming here. Hurry up and go to the city lord's mansion to rest for a day."
Chu Chenjing, who had disguised himself as one of Su Huoling's lieutenants, looked at the boy's ease and sneered in his heart, thinking that he was trying to confuse Su Huoling, but that was impossible.
Su Huoling still laughed and said, "Okay, Boxin, you are thoughtful. Your uncle Su has been traveling for a long time and he really needs to rest for a while. Is your father, General Xue, in the mansion?"
"Uncle Su, let's go to the mansion first and talk about it." Xue Boxin's guards also brought a few horses. He asked General Su and the others to get on the horses, and he and his deputy also got on the horses.
Su Huoling, Chu Chenjing and others rode into the city on horseback, followed Xue Boxin through the city, and soon arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.
Looking at the gate tower of the City Lord's Mansion during the day, it feels even more majestic, with a team of soldiers guarding the door.
The entire city lord's mansion covers a very large area, which is several times larger than the city lord's mansions in other cities. Entering the gate, there is a tall screen wall in front of the gate.
After passing the screen wall, you will find that the architectural layout of the City Lord's Mansion is divided into three routes, with the middle route being the main building. The string of courtyards in the middle is the central axis of the entire building complex, from south to north, there are the gate courtyard, lobby courtyard, and so on.
The courtyard of the hall occupies the largest area, with three main doors and three secondary doors. The middle of the secondary doors is the ceremonial gate, and the two sides are corner gates. Behind them is the hall with a width of five rooms. There is a square terrace in front of the hall.
This is where all the functions of the city lord's office are concentrated, and it is the center of the entire building complex. On both sides of here, there are corridor buildings, which are the office locations of the various departments under the city lord.
The houses in this courtyard are all bungalows, including servants' rooms and so on. His city lord's mansion is different from other city lord's mansions. There is also a courtyard on the side of the entrance where some soldiers can be stationed, which can accommodate thousands of soldiers.
Behind the lobby is the courtyard of the second hall. There are also many houses here. First, there are three rooms in front, which is where the city lord tries cases. There is a plaque hanging above the door, which seems to be a very fair place.
In the courtyard of the second hall, there are the east accounting office, the west warehouse, the dining room, as well as the stables and the prison.
After passing the second hall courtyard, enter another door and the hall in front of you is the courtyard of the third hall.
The courtyard of the third hall has five large rooms and a veranda in front. Its structure is the same as that of the courtyards of the main hall and the second hall. The front has a high brick wall with flower railings, and there are verandas in front and back. The door in the middle is the inner door. The third hall is closely connected with the surrounding wing rooms and verandas, forming a courtyard-style courtyard.
This is where General and City Lord Xue Jianhai normally works, discusses government affairs and receives superior officials. It is also the place where cases involving confidential information, privacy and other matters that should not be made public are tried.
Behind the three halls is the real inner courtyard of the city lord, where Xue Jianhai's family lives. In fact, it is much larger than the front one. It is the place where Ouyang Yunyao and others went last night. There are also soldiers guarding the gate to the inner courtyard.
As soon as he entered the City Lord's Mansion, Xue Boxin asked his deputy to station the cavalry battalion brought by General Su in the side yard of the lobby courtyard.
In fact, the cavalry battalion of more than 300 people led by General Su Huoling was composed of some soldiers from the Jingyong Army's Divine Artifact Battalion led by Chu Chenjing, as well as some people from Chu Chenjing's Dark Guard Battalion, including Chu Feng and others.
These soldiers of the Artifact Camp, while training in various gun shooting, also trained in riding and shooting on horseback. These three hundred people were selected because they were better at riding horses.
The horses were the ones that Ouyang Yunyao and Chu Chenjing collected from Beiyue last time. There were still a thousand horses stored in the space and could be called upon at any time. This time, more than three hundred horses were called out.
Ouyang Yunyao and the others did not follow them into Xue Jianhai's City Lord's Mansion. If Ouyang Yunyao had entered the City Lord's Mansion, she would probably be amazed at the sight of a mansion that was no smaller than the imperial palace.
Ouyang Yunyao, with Wei Lei and several other secret guards and her two maids, had already driven a carriage into Shiha City long before this and found an inn to stay in. Their carriage, which she had stored in the space before, was used this time.
Her mother Yan Yuxin, Xiao Cui and Xing'er did not come out of the space. They lived in her space to take care of the queen who was still in a coma. After they resolved the affairs of Shiha City, they would rush to Yaowang Valley.
Here, in the City Lord's Mansion, Xue Boxin brought Su Huoling and his two deputy generals, as well as a personal bodyguard to the lobby of the City Lord's office.
Xue Boxin called the servants and asked them to make some good tea. While drinking the tea, they began to talk about the border affairs.
Su Huoling raised the teacup and took a sip of it. "Good tea." Then he said, "Boxin! Isn't your father, General Xue, in the mansion?"
"Uncle Su, my father led a group of troops to Ya'an County to rescue the people of Ya'an. Di Rong's people burned and killed people from our two villages in that area." Xue Boxin's eyes turned red as he spoke.
If they had not discovered last night that the leader of Di Rong was living in this mansion, they would probably have believed his words.
Chu Chenjing, who was sitting next to them, learned that Di Rong's men had attacked the people of Ya'an County. He, who was always calm, clenched his fists. His deep eyes were filled with murderous intent. He stared at Xue Boxin, wishing he could kill him with a sword.
Su Huoling couldn't help but reveal his murderous intent and said, "Boxin, how many people in Ya'an County have been killed by Di Rong's people? Is the loss serious? It seems that there are mountains everywhere."