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Chapter 40: Flying Eagle City

Compared with Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, the market system in Dongjing City of the Later Zhou Dynasty was already in name only.

Although the inner city is still divided into districts, the movement of people on weekdays is no longer restricted, except during the curfew.

Relatively speaking, there are many dignitaries living in the inner city, so the public security situation is naturally better.

As for the outer city, the closed-type blocks were basically eliminated, and an urban structure with streets and alleys as the skeleton gradually took shape.

It is still very lively after dark, with various shops and stalls open until late and a constant stream of people.

Li Yi and his group of five rode their horses through the Suzaku Gate and headed straight for the breakfast shop at Longjin Bridge.

After receiving instructions, Mrs. Guo was already preparing the meal.

As soon as they entered the room, they all followed Li Yi and called her sister-in-law, which made Guo blush.

It's not that she is shy, she has known these people since childhood.

But now her relationship with Li Yi has progressed by leaps and bounds, and she feels a little guilty when facing acquaintances.

"Come on, brothers, let's drink first!"

Li Yi raised his glass to toast everyone around him, then tilted his head back and drank it in one gulp.

He seemed to have forgotten that he woke up from drinking too much two days ago, and was still complaining that he would never drink with Ma Renyu again.

I didn't expect that I would drink it first as a toast.

"That's great! Brother Yi, you should practice your drinking tolerance."

When it comes to drinking, Ma Renyu is more enthusiastic than anyone else. He held the bowl and complained that it was too small, so he simply picked up the jar and blew into it.

Like a whale drinking water.

But this guy can drink a lot, and Li Yi has never seen him fall down after drinking.

"Don't worry about him, let's drink."

Li Yi said this, picked up the wine bowl and motioned Xia Renhui and the other two to drink together.

"Ah——" After taking a sip of wine, Xu Kuangrong suddenly sighed and put down the wine bowl.

"Brother Rong, what's wrong?"

Li Yi picked up a piece of plum ginger and put it in his mouth. Suddenly, a sour, sweet and spicy taste burst out in his mouth.

He slurped his saliva, looked at Xu Kuangrong and asked, "Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Xu Kuangrong shook his head and said, "It's not that difficult. It's just that when I think about this expedition, I didn't gain any merit, only some money, which makes me feel very boring."

"We are still young and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Zhao Yanwu, standing by, consoled them, "Let's not talk about the Pseudo-Han. Just look at the Pseudo-Shu in the west, and the Pseudo-Tang and Jingchu in the south. Are you afraid there won't be any merit to be gained?"

"Second Brother Zhao, of course, has nothing to worry about." Xu Kuangrong said with a wry smile, "You at least earned some merit this time and were promoted to commander. I'm still just a captain."

"We are just a little luckier. Compared to Brother Yi and Brother Yu, our luck is nothing."

Listening to the two's conversation, Xia Renhui, who was sitting there drinking, suddenly said in a muffled voice, "You two at least got something, but look at me? I didn't get anything from staying in Tokyo!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yanwu and Xu Kuangrong paused, and then they worked together to comfort Xia Renhui.

"I think you are just making a fuss!"

In a blink of an eye, Ma Renyu drank the whole jar of wine, slammed the jar on the table, grinning,

"Brother Yi is now favored by His Majesty, and his status is rising day by day. Sooner or later, he will be on par with Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin, and may even surpass them."

"By then, promoting you won't just be a matter of a word from Brother Yi. What are you still worried about?"

Ma Renyu usually speaks without restraint, and now that he has drunk so much horse urine, he has become even bolder and dares to say anything.

"Thank you so much!"

Li Yi wanted to strangle this guy to death, but luckily they were just his brothers chatting casually, otherwise, if his words got out, it’s hard to say what the emperor would think.

But he would definitely offend Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin first.

"The apricot and cheese chicken is ready. Come try it. I don't know if it suits your taste."

Just at this moment, Mrs. Guo brought a plate of food to the table.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law..."

"Thank you, sister-in-law..."

Several people hurriedly thanked her. Guo smiled and turned around to continue her work.

Li Yi took advantage of Ma Renyu and the others not noticing and reached out to pinch Guo's plump breasts, causing her body to tremble slightly and turn her head to glare at him. "Haha..." Li Yi couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Brother Yi, what's wrong?"

Facing the puzzled looks of several people, Li Yi quickly waved his hands and said, "Nothing, come on, let's continue drinking!"

As he said this, he raised his glass to toast...

At the same time, several old men were drinking at the table, while Guo and Chen Xiaoniang had dinner and went out shopping together.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

There were already seven or eight empty wine jars on the ground, and all the food on the table had been cleared away.

Li Yi and his companions put down their cups and chopsticks, sat down and started chatting.

As they chatted, Ma Renyu suddenly touched the tattoo on his neck and sighed, "When we joined the late emperor's army, we were all assigned to the Flying Eagle Guard in front of the tent."

"Back then, there were about a hundred people in Feiying City, and everyone was quite close. But now, they're all scattered, and I don't know what's happened to them."

Li Yi didn't expect that Ma Renyu would feel sentimental. He seemed carefree in his daily life, as if he didn't care about anything.

Thinking of this, he opened his collar and looked at his neck... Nowadays, soldiers will have tattoos on their bodies, one for identification, and the other to prevent deserters.

Not only were Li Yi and his companions tattooed with patterns, but they also had the five words "Flying Eagles in Front of the Tent" tattooed on their shoulders.

It is said that when Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, joined the army in his youth, he also had a bird tattooed on his neck, so he was nicknamed "Guo Que'er".

Perhaps it was for this reason that when Guo Wei rebelled against the Later Han Dynasty, he specially selected Li Yi and his group to form Feiyingdu.

After all, tattooed hawks and tattooed birds are both birds.

Anyway, that's what Li Yi guessed...

"By the way, are you still in contact with the people in Feiyingdu?" Li Yi inexplicably became puzzled and asked a few people.

The group of people from Feiyingdu selected by Guo Wei back then were all carefully picked, and each of them was a brave and strong man.

Just like Li Yi and others, before the Battle of Gaoping, although they did not reach a very high position, they were at least promoted to lieutenant colonel.

And they are all in their early twenties.

The remaining people in Feiyingdu are not much worse.

"Brother Yi, why are you asking this?" Ma Renyu asked in confusion, "I know that Liu Si'er and Chang Ergou work for the Great Sword Division, but I'm not so sure about the others."

Zhao Yanwu continued, "I also have one in the scattered command, and there seem to be three more in the scattered commanders..."

"We also have one in our East and West class..."

"There are two outer palace guards. I know one, but I'm not very familiar with the other..."

Xia Renhui and Xu Kuangrong also spoke one after another.

"Okay! How about this..." Li Yi nodded and said, "You all go back to the army and find out how many of the people from Feiyingdu are still in the Imperial Guard."

He then pondered for a moment and continued, "If you know someone, get in touch with them. If you're not very familiar with them, just make a note of them and contact them when I have time."

There is a saying that goes, make more friends and fewer enemies.

Those who accomplish great things are no more than this.

"Okay, leave it to us."

Although they didn't know what Li Yi was going to do, Ma Renyu and the others didn't ask too many questions and agreed with confidence.

After chatting for a while, Ma Renyu and others said goodbye one after another.

Before leaving, Li Yi told them not to make a big fuss when asking about the people in Feiyingdu, and it would be best not to attract other people's attention.

Several people naturally agreed.

Not long after, Guo and Chen Xiaoniang also came back from shopping.

With Chen Xiaoniang as a light bulb these days, Li Yi has no chance to take advantage of Guo.

It's inevitable that I feel a little itchy.

He even began to regret bringing Chen Xiaoniang back... I can see her but I can't eat her, what's the point of this?

Li Yi made up his mind to take Guo to his new house tomorrow to see when it would be ready.

It would be better to move there earlier and arrange a separate room for Chen Xiaoniang.

So that Mrs. Guo wouldn't have to sleep with her...

(End of this chapter)