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Shi Liang was silent for a moment and said, "Xiancheng is Xiancheng, and Cross Street is Cross Street!"

Chu Ci was startled when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "If that's the case, then the people who came to Cross Street are probably only rich and powerful people?"

"Ordinary people are not willing to spend thirty copper coins just to go shopping in the street."

Shi Liang stood at the cross street, looked at the clean and tidy environment inside, and said, "The rich and powerful people in Xiancheng live in the cross street."

"I only went in once, and it was a rich outsider who hired me to go in and buy something."

Chu Ci nodded slightly and said, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look."

After paying ninety copper coins, Chu Ci, Leng Ruxue, and Shi Liang walked to the cross street.

As soon as I came to Cross Street, I really seemed to have come to another place.

The streets were wider enough for four carriages to pass abreast.

The road surface is paved with large stone slabs, clean and beautiful.

There are also flowers and trees planted on both sides of the street, and there are bursts of fragrance in the air.

The architectural style of the shops and restaurants on both sides is also very different from the traditional style of the Longyan Empire, and it looks like an exotic beauty.

Chu Ci looked around and said aloud, "The environment here is really good!"

"In some respects, even Shengjing City can't keep up!"

Even though Shi Liang came here once, he still looked at the surrounding environment dazedly.

"My lord, isn't Cross Street very beautiful? Is it exotic?"

"I heard from Brother Shiyou that the style of Shizijie is very similar to that of Xianzhu Kingdom."

Chu Ci looked at Shi Liang and asked aloud, "Who is Shi You?"

Shi Liang introduced aloud, "Brother Shi You is my distant cousin. He has been working with a merchant since he was a child, and he has been to many places."

"Brother Shi You once said that coming to Shizijie is like coming to the Kingdom of Xianzhu."

Shi Liang pointed to a lush tree by the side of the road and said, "Look at this tree, my lord, it's the unique Bashao tree of Xianzhu Kingdom!"

Chu Ci looked at this mother-in-law tree. The straight trunk was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and the thick round leaves hung on the branches like strings of copper coins.

"Is this brought from Xianzhu Kingdom?"

Shi Liang scratched his head and said, "It should be?"

"Brother Shi You said that the Xianzhu Kingdom fell apart five years ago and was occupied by the empire. Many things were transferred to the empire."

Chu Ci nodded clearly, looked at the shops on both sides of the street and said, "I see that there are many shops on Cross Street, restaurants and Gou Lan, why are there no inns?"

Shi Liang explained, "Except for overnight stays in Goulan, only those who own real estate in Shizi Street can stay overnight in Shizi Street."

"Even shopkeepers who don't have real estate must leave Cross Street at night and are not allowed to live in shops."

There was a strange look in Chu Ci's eyes, and he asked, "Then who are the people living in Cross Street?"

"Um···"

Shi Liang frowned and thought for a moment, then said with his fingers, "The most famous one is of course His Royal Highness Xianwang!"

"Besides that, there are officials from Xiancheng, wealthy households and many other people."

Chu Ci pondered, "It seems that the upper class people in Xiancheng are all concentrated in Cross Street."

Chu Ci looked at the tidy streets and shops in Shizijie, with a look of curiosity in his eyes.

"Cross Street should have been newly built a few years ago, right?"

Shi Liang nodded, "It should have been five years ago?"

"His Royal Highness King Xian presided over the construction of Cross Street, and then many officials and wealthy households moved in one after another."

Looking at Chu Ci, Shi Liang asked aloud, "My lord, what do you want to buy? I'll take you there."

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's buy some jewelry and rouge and gouache first."

Shi Liang thought for a while and said, "Come with me, my lord. I remember that there is a shop in front that specializes in jewelry and rouge and gouache."

Relying on the memory of the last time he came to Cross Street, Shi Liang brought Chuci to a shop.

"This is it!"

Shi Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally brought it to the wrong place.

"Go in and have a look."

Chu Ci stepped into the shop.

The store specializes in women's needs, including jewelry, rouge and gouache.

"Hi customer, what can I buy?"

Seeing the guests coming to the door, the shop boy hurriedly greeted them.

Chu Ci looked at Leng Ruxue, signaling that Leng Ruxue made up her mind.

Leng Ruxue looked around, and said in a cold voice, "Let's take a look first."

Seeing that Leng Ruxue was wearing a bronze mask, the young man was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile, "Then just look at it, and call me whenever you need it."

Leng Ruxue waved her hand, and the servant retreated knowingly.

Leng Ruxue walked to the jewelry counter and looked at it carefully.

While Leng Ruxue was choosing jewelry, Chu Ci found a chair in the shop to sit down and rest.

"Shi Liang, come and sit down too."

"Women always take a long time to buy things."

Shi Liang hesitated for a moment, and sat down not far from Chuci.

Chu Ci looked around the store and saw another group of customers choosing rouge and gouache.

There were three people in total. It seemed that a lady led a little girl and a maid came to buy things.

Chu Ci looked at it for a while, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.

There is always something wrong with the feeling between the three of them.

The noble lady is very beautifully dressed, and she looks even more luxurious in a beaded hairpin skirt.

The little girl was eight or nine years old, she looked like the daughter of a noble lady, she was wearing a pink skirt, and she was very beautifully dressed.

It's just that the little girl's face was very pale, as if she hadn't recovered from a serious illness.

The little girl held up the hem of her skirt, and followed behind the lady carefully, for fear of soiling her skirt.

Seeing this, Chu Ci chuckled, secretly thinking that there is a cleanliness obsession at a young age?

His eyes fell on the little girl's wrist, and Chu Ci was slightly taken aback.

Chu Ci saw a circle of tattoos on the little girl's wrist.

Looking closely, the pattern of the tattoo is very beautiful, giving Chu Ci a familiar feeling.

"Is it a kind of decoration that has been passed down in the Xianzhu Kingdom?"

"Looking at the decorations, this little girl should have a very high status in Xianzhu Kingdom."

However, as a member of the Longyan Empire, he probably wouldn't have tattooed the tattoos of the Kingdom of Zhu on his body.

Especially a little girl of eight or nine years old.

Chu Ci looked at Shi Liang and asked aloud, "Shi Liang, look at that little girl."

Shi Liang followed Chu Ci's gaze and suddenly said, "Are you curious about her identity?"

Chu Ci was startled, "You know?"

Shi Liangliang nodded and said, "My lord, look at the tattoo on her wrist. It is a symbol of dedication to the survivors of the Zhu Kingdom!"

Chapter 415 Dedicated to the survivors of Zhu Kingdom

Remnant?

A look of surprise flashed in Chu Ci's eyes.

Chu Ci once looked through the information of Xianzhu Kingdom and saw a message.

People with status in the Xianzhu Kingdom will tattoo tattoos representing their status on their bodies.

Some are stabbed on the head and face, and some are stabbed on the wrists and ankles.

This kind of tattoo will be tattooed after the child is one year old, and will accompany the child's life.

When Chu Ci saw this clean little girl, he tattooed it on his wrist.

It turns out that this little girl is a survivor of the Xianzhu Kingdom!

After the collapse of the Xianzhu Kingdom, its citizens became adherents, and most of them lived in the surrounding small countries.

Xiancheng is next to Xianzhu Kingdom, so naturally there are remnants of Xianzhu Kingdom survivors living there.

It's just that the status of these adherents of the Xianzhu Kingdom is very low, and most of them do manual labor to make a living.

But the little girl in front of him is very much loved by the noble lady, and it seems that she really regards her as her own daughter.

Chu Ci wondered to himself, could it be because the little girl already had a high status in Xianzhu?

At this time, the lady has already picked out the rouge, gouache and some jewelry.

"Come here, baby, look at the bracelet that mother chose for you."

The lady was holding a green bracelet, and was about to put it on the little girl's wrist.

The little girl withdrew her hands, and there seemed to be some resistance on her face.

The lady was startled, and then said softly, "Mother knows that daughters like to be clean."

"Look, mother has wiped everything clean."

The little girl lowered her head slightly and took a step back.

The noble lady sighed softly, and asked in a low voice, "Don't you still recognize your mother?"

Hearing the words, the little girl slowly raised her head, stared at the lady for a while, and then raised her wrist.

There was a look of joy on the lady's face, and she put the bracelet on the little girl's wrist.

"Good girl."

"Mother will take you home!"

The lady took the little girl's hand and walked out of the shop.

When she reached the door, the lady stopped, turned around and shouted to the maid, "Hurry up and put on the fox fur!"

"If Miss is sick, I want you to look good!"

The maid trembled when she heard the words, and hurriedly put a snow-white fox fur on the little girl.

The lady leaned down and tightened the neckline of the fox fur coat, and said to the little girl with a smile, "My niece is so beautiful!"

"walk home!"

After finishing speaking, the lady picked up the little girl and boarded a luxurious carriage.

Looking at this scene, Chu Ci couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"Shi Liang, why do you think that lady would recognize a follower of the Zhu Kingdom as her daughter?"

Shi Liang was startled when he heard the words, scratched his head and said, "Maybe she adopted that little girl?"

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, then said, "Did you see the emblem on the carriage?"

Shi Liangliang nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I see, it seems to be the carriage of Lord Dutong's mansion of Xiancheng Guard!"

Just as Chu Ci was about to say something, Leng Ruxue came over with the jewelry she had chosen.

"Have you chosen?"

"En." Leng Ruxue nodded slightly.

Chu Ci stood up and said with a smile, "Why don't you choose some rouge and gouache?"