Zhan Zhao and the fourth son returned to Kaifeng in Man Muhua's car. After the carriage entered the city, they headed in the direction of Manji. Zhan Zhao jumped out of the carriage with the fourth son on his back, said goodbye to Man Muhua, and slipped away.

He trotted back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Feng Su ran back to the Yamen, only to find that the Miao Miao Building was empty, except for a bundle of ledgers on the table.

Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi looked at each other.

"Xiao Baitang has come back, has he gone out again?"

"Xiao Liangzi and the others should be back after signing up. Where have everyone gone?"

The first one and the second one calculated the time and it seemed that lunch was still early.

The two of them came out of Miaomiao Building and wandered to the front yard. Just when they were about to find someone to ask where Bai Yutang had gone, the little fourth child lowered his head.

"Oops..." Tuanzi felt a heavy weight on his head, as if he had been hit by some dumpling falling from the sky. He quickly stretched out his hands to support his chin.

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and saw that there was an extra lump on Tuanzi's head, which was a dark mass.

The little black dumpling raised his face and said "chichi" twice.

Zhan Zhao recognized it as a black rice dumpling. At the same time, a white lump fell on his shoulders - glutinous rice dumplings also came.

The little fourth son held his cheeks and looked up, while looking down at his black rice balls, he asked, "Little black rice, are you getting fat?"

In the doorway of the courtyard next door, Fang Jingxiao and Lu Yuelan came out chatting and laughing, and greeted them when they saw them.

Zhan Zhao helped the fourth boy lift the black rice balls off his head, and the glutinous rice balls also flew down. The two rice balls crowded together and landed on Zhan Zhao's hand.

When Fang Jingxiao saw the two of them, he said, "Brother Bai and Brother Lin have both gone to the military camp."

"Military camp?" Zhan Zhao thought for a while and finally understood, "The Imperial City Army may have some fun today..."

After saying that, he threw the two small dumplings into the air, Zhan Zhao picked up the little four dumplings, put them on his shoulders, turned around and ran out the door.

Behind them, the glutinous rice dumplings and the black rice dumplings chirped and flew away with them.

Fang Jingxiao looked at it and saw that it was still early, so she asked Lu Yuelan if she wanted to go to the Imperial City military camp as well.

Lu Yuelan smiled slightly, "It's indeed worth observing..."

The two of them left the Yamen together and walked towards the military camp. From a distance, they happened to see Zhan Zhao's back as he turned out of Nantian Street.

Both of them couldn't help but laugh - Zhan Zhao was carrying the fourth son, and there were two bird dumplings, one black and one white, standing on the shoulders of the fourth son. Zhan Zhao was so fast that he disappeared in a flash...

Pedestrians on both sides of the road looked back at the red figure with smiles, as if they were looking at their own little children. Many neighbors even commented that Zhan Zhao seemed to be running faster than before. In the past, he was "whooshing".

, now it’s a “swish” moment.

Fang Jingxiao looked at Lu Yuelan, what do you mean - how about I carry you and run away?

Lu Yuelan glanced at him, grabbed his sleeve and went into an alley next to him.

When the two of them passed through the alley, they happened to meet Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi coming towards them.

"Ah?!" Zhan Zhao was still wondering, "Why is there an extra road?"

Lu Yuelan said, "The Imperial City Army re-planned the nearby roads before. Although there was no big move, there were some more small roads extending in all directions."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "The road to the Imperial City Army's consolidation?"

Lu Yuelan and Fang Jingxiao both nodded.

"I haven't even reported to Kaifeng Mansion. I've been back for three days and I still don't know. Why is it so mysterious to change the road? All ground breaking, bridge construction and road paving in the imperial city must be reported to the Yamen!" Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied.

The fourth son also nodded. He didn’t even know there was an alley so close to him. He had always taken a detour when going to Taibaiju to eat in the past few days...

Lu Yuelan "tsk" twice and gave Zhan Zhao a "knowing" look, "Aren't there three new deputy commanders appointed?"

"Hey." Zhan Zhao also turned around, "You are so promising, are you deliberately holding back? You have quietly changed the terrain of the imperial city without telling anyone. Do you want to wait for Ouyang to come back and give him a show of strength?"

"Good or bad!" The fourth son was also dissatisfied, "Zheng Zheng is most familiar with the roads in the imperial city, and yet he secretly did something!"

"Imagine..." Lu Yuelan gave an analogy to Zhan Zhao, "Somewhere something went wrong. When Ouyang Shaozheng arrived with the Imperial City Army soldiers and horses, the three deputy commanders arrived before him. How often does this happen?

Come here a few times... and then send someone to spread some rumors, saying that Ouyang Shaozheng has no longer focused on the Imperial City Army since he got married, and he has delayed his work and is absent-minded. Can this ensure the safety of the Imperial City?"

Zhan Zhao and Xiaosi both looked unhappy, "How insidious!"

"By the way..." Zhan Zhao asked Lu Yuelan curiously, "How did you know?"

Lu Yuelan reached out and poked the glutinous rice ball that fell on his shoulder, "Isn't this an eyeliner?"

Fang Jingxiao also said, "The first thing Ye Ming did after he arrived was to inspect the entire Kaifeng road map. The Imperial City Army always made moves in the latter half of the night. Ye Ming informed me to go and see it, and I drew it in detail.

. But this group of people is quite smart in their tricks. They specially found some dead-end alleys, then bought the last house in the alley, installed their own people, and installed stone gates. Therefore, in addition to hidden alleys like this,

, they also have secret doors that only they can pass through, and take shortcuts anytime and anywhere.”

The fourth son was so angry that his cheeks were bulging, and he was so necrotic that he plotted against Zheng Zheng. He must tell Sister Xiao Taohua if he has the chance!

Zhan Zhao was curious, "Who is Ye Ming?"

Fang Jingxiao whistled.

After a while, a black cloud flew overhead.

Zhan Zhao raised his face and looked at the row of black crows falling on the roof nearby. He felt that the name "Ye Ming" was serious and handsome. Fang Jingxiao had a way of choosing names. The little tiger cubs of the Xiaowu family had to choose names after they were born.

When I was down, I asked Fang Jingxiao to give me some advice.

When Fang Jingxiao saw the little fourth boy pouting, she stretched out her hand to poke his little cheek, "Don't worry, I've prepared the map for Ouyang. I'll give it to him when he comes."

"What about Sister Yanyan and Sister Caicai today?" The fourth son was a little worried, "Jiujiu and his father were talking last night that someone might cause trouble for them today."

"They have been preparing for these roads for half a year in advance. This kind of trick is probably reserved for dealing with Ouyang, right?"

"The two generals are just acting as agents. If they are used to deal with them, Ouyang will naturally know..."

Fang Jingxiao and Lu Yuelan felt that it should not reach this point.

Zhan Zhao doesn't think so. After all, Miao Bacai and Li Yan are not easy-going. Zhao Pu and He Yihang brought these two girls here, maybe they guessed that the Imperial City Army would save a hand to deal with Ouyang. But they couldn't save this hand. Whether it can be retained or not may not be decided by the Imperial City Army themselves.

…

At the same time, in the military camp of the Imperial City Army.

The three deputy commanders of the Imperial City Army were frightened by Miao Bacai's dismounting force and instantly changed their strategies.

Zhai Qinbao and Shen Tu helped Tian Qiong up. They changed their provocative attitude and suddenly became friendly.

Shen Tu praised Miao Bacai for her great martial arts skills and that she was indeed a woman who could not be outdone by men.

Zhai Qinbao also pretended to apologize for Tian Qiong and his subordinates, saying that they were just joking and hoped that the general would not care about it.

On the tower, Lin Yehuo and Liangchenmei both had the same expressions, one eyebrow raised, their noses wrinkled and their mouths curled up - oh... there's something fishy! I believe them.

Cao Lan saw from the side that he had relented and quickly smoothed things over, hoping to put an end to the matter.

But Shen Tu and Zhai Qinbao changed the subject and said, "The two generals can't blame us. After all, the responsibilities of the Imperial City Army are different from those at the borders of the Western Regions. It doesn't mean that you are good at martial arts and go into battle to kill the enemy with a spear, and that's it. The Imperial City Army is The main responsibility is to maintain order, not to kill the enemy."

Miao Bacai looked at Shen Tu, who had a greasy face and pretended to be sincere, and guessed that he had some back-up plan. Instead of talking nonsense to him, he looked at Li Yan beside him.

Li Yan looked at Shen Tu and Zhai Qinbao with wide almond-shaped eyes, smiled and nodded, "That's what the two generals said."

Zhai Qinbao and Shen Tu smiled secretly and exchanged glances - they had fallen into the trap.

On the tower, Bai Yutang and Lin Yehuo both shook their heads.

Before Li Yan entered the Black Wind City military camp, she pretended to be everyone's bestie for more than ten years. None of her four brothers saw any flaws in the family. When it comes to pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, this girl is top notch...

"The two generals need to familiarize themselves with the terrain of the Imperial City first. You must know that the structure of the Imperial City in Kaifeng is complex. The reason why the vanguard became the commander of the Imperial City Army as soon as he came in is mainly because he grew up in Kaifeng and has a good understanding of the terrain. "Said, Shen Tu waved to his entourage, "Come on, bring the map of Kaifeng and nearby state capitals to the two generals."

After a while, four soldiers were seen carrying two oversized camphor wood boxes.

The wooden boxes were covered in dust, and the two big boxes made a "bang" sound when they were placed on the ground.

Shen Tu smiled and opened the lid of the box, and saw two boxes full of books and albums packed inside.

On the tower, Lin Yehuo and Liang Chenmei lowered their eyebrows raised on one side, raised them again on the other, and said "ha" in their mouths.

Bai Yutang also frowned, "How big is Kaifeng, but does it have so many maps?"

Zhe Ying and Zi Ying also sneered, "The map of the imperial city is redrawn every year, and the layout of each dynasty is also different. In order to avoid spies and assassins, defenses and patrols are rotated every once in a while, and the division of garrison areas is also changed. .In fact, this year you only need to look at this year’s copy, this is deliberately bringing out all the previous ones!”

"All generals of the Imperial City Army must be familiar with the terrain of the Imperial City. They must be assessed before taking office. If they fail, they will not be able to serve."

Shen Tu and Zhai Qinbao are paired together, which means that only after Li Yan and Miao Bacai pass the exam can they take over the position of commander of the Imperial City Army. The exam will be based on these maps, so you can memorize them yourself."

"Hoho, it's already started..."

Bai Yutang and Lin Yehuo turned around when they heard the sound, and saw a familiar red shadow falling down.

Zhan Zhao put the fourth son next to Xiao Liangzi and leaned next to the fifth master, "How much have I missed?"

Bai Yutang smiled when he saw Zhan Zhao. The first round had just ended, and now it was the second round.

While talking, Bai Yutang reached out and picked off a small white feather from Zhan Zhao's hair.

On the side, Yao Changtian and Lin Yehuo looked at the two people who got stuck together as soon as they arrived. Zhan Zhao specializes in treating Wu Ye's facial paralysis!

"How do I take the test?"

Fang Jingxiao and Lu Yuelan also walked up.
To be continued...