Starting from Edo Castle and heading west for about a hundred kilometers, you will reach Kyoto.

The next afternoon, Wei Xiaobao and his party arrived in Kyoto City.

Kyoto City is where the emperors of all dynasties lived. After being built and repaired by more than one hundred emperors, it has become the undisputed first city in Japan.

A group of people gathered at the city gate, watching the soldiers guarding the city posting notices. Wei Xiaobao had sharp eyes and could tell from a distance that it was a wanted notice for him.

There were five portraits of four women and one man on the notice. Two of the women were masked (Su Quan and Zhao Ling), the man wore a melon-shaped hat and had his hair untied, and each of the women was more charming than the other. The five portraits were at most three-quarters similar.

The notice read: "There is a male and four female Chinese bandits who have committed murder and arson in Edo Castle. They are extremely evil. The shogunate is offering a reward of 1,000 taels of silver for the capture of these bandits. Anyone who knows about this but does not report it will be punished as well."

"Ling Zhao, you are a princess, but the notice only offers a reward of 1000 taels of silver for your capture. It seems that the Tokugawa family really doesn't know their value." Wei Xiaobao teased Ling Zhao after reading the notice.

"Brother Xiaobao, I am a millionaire now, with one million taels of silver on me. I don't care about the one thousand taels!" Ling Zhao's situation is different now that she has money.

Shuang'er listened to the two people's incoherent conversation, one from the East Mountain and the other from the West Mountain, and smiled without saying a word.

"My benefactor, please rest here for a while. Let me go into the city first to buy kimonos for the ladies and Senior He, and then buy you a samurai uniform. After we change our clothes, we will enter the city in batches." Park Ji-hwan said.

Wei Xiaobao looked at himself and the others. Except for Ling Zhao who was wearing a bloodstained kimono, the others were all dressed in Chinese clothes. If they entered the city like this, they would definitely be regarded as suspects.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Ride this horse, but you have to be careful." Wei Xiaobao said and handed over the reins.

"It's okay. I have a pass issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate." Park Ji-hwan said.

After Park Ji-hwan finished speaking, he took the reins and rode towards the city gate.

Half an hour later, Park Ji-hwan came back with two large packages. The four girls changed their clothes in the carriage and, under Ling Zhao's guidance, each of them tied their hair into a Japanese bun.

At first glance, the four Japanese beauties are more beautiful than each other.

Wei Xiaobao also changed into a samurai outfit, taking off his melon-shaped hat, having short hair, a samurai sword, and wooden clogs. Except for the fact that he was taller than the Japanese, no one would say that Wei Xiaobao was not a fake Japanese.

Park Zhihuan stretched out his hand and handed the pass token in his arms to Wei Xiaobao. Wei Xiaobao looked at the token, then reached into his pocket and took out a token with "Ba Tiao Beipiao" printed on it from the system warehouse and handed it to Park Zhihuan.

"My benefactor, this is an identity token, and it belongs to the Royal Lord Hachijo family, which means you have a noble status." Park Ji-hwan said.

"This was forged last year, but you can tell it's different?" said Wei Xiaobao.

Park Ji-hwan looked at the identity token in his hand carefully again and said, "It's exactly the same as the real one."

"Then I will use this identity token and return the pass to you." Wei Xiaobao said.

Afterwards, Park Zhihuan drove the carriage, carrying Su Quan, Ling Zhao and He Tishou slowly to the city gate. Park Zhihuan waved the pass in his hand, and the soldiers guarding the city let them pass without asking any questions.

When it was Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er's turn, the soldiers guarding the city saw that they were tall and unfamiliar, so they stepped forward and asked, "Show me your identity cards."

In Japan, people above the rank of samurai all have status orders, and those without status orders are lowly pariahs in the social hierarchy.

Wei Xiaobao didn't want to get involved, so he obediently took out his identity token.

The soldier took it and saw that it was from Wang Jue Bajo's family. He immediately nodded and bowed, handed back the identity token with both hands and let him go.

Kyoto, Japan was first built during the Sui Dynasty of China (794 AD). The 50th emperor of Japan (Emperor Kammu) moved the capital here. As the capital of Japan, Kyoto has a history of nearly a thousand years.

Kyoto is a large city with a population of about 100,000 people. If you look down from the sky, it looks like a big Go board, with low wooden houses arranged in square streets.

The Imperial Palace in Kyoto is called the Imperial Palace, which was built in the city center. However, the Imperial Palace has been burned down seven times in history. The Imperial Palace that later generations see is no longer on the original site. It was rebuilt by Emperor Komei in the 11th century and covers an area of ​​ square meters.

The current Imperial Palace is located in the center of the Imperial Castle in Kyoto, covering an area of ​​6 square meters, forming a "go board"-style city within a city.

There is also a annexed castle to the west of Kyoto City, called Nijo Castle, which was ordered to be built in 1607 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Nijo Castle has the Fuki Shogun's Palace, which was used by the Tokugawa shogunate to supervise and control the emperor.

After entering the city, Park Ji-hwan led everyone to an inn near the Emperor's Palace like a guide and settled them down.

In the inn, Wei Xiaobao took out the alchemy furnace and the hundred-year-old Panax notoginseng from the system space, boiled some Panax notoginseng medicine for bruises and sprains and presented it to Su Quan. Just like when he gave the medicine soup to Shuang'er, Su Quan was moved beyond words.

After dinner, Park Ji-hwan went to inquire how to enter the Emperor's Palace.

The Emperor's Palace was heavily guarded by the Tokugawa Shogunate's troops. It was impregnable and difficult for ordinary people to enter.

Not only that, there were also masters of the Tokugawa shogunate stationed in the Imperial Palace. It was almost impossible to climb over the wall and enter without being noticed.

Wei Xiaobao took Shuang'er and Ling Zhao for a stroll outside the imperial palace to see if there was any chance to sneak in.

Princess Lingzhao introduced to Wei Xiaobao some information about the Emperor's Palace. The Palace is divided into the Front Palace and the Harem. The Front Palace is where the Emperor works and summons ministers, and the Harem is where the Emperor and his family live.

There are many eunuchs and palace maids serving in the front and back palaces. The Japanese call eunuchs eunuchs.

It was already dusk, and the front palace gate was closed. Standing at the door were the Emperor's guards.

These imperial guards were sent by the Tokugawa shogunate and did not obey the emperor. If the emperor wanted to leave the palace, he had to obtain the consent of the Shogun Tokugawa Koyasu.

The emperor is only thirteen years old now, and all power is exercised openly by the Tokugawa shogunate. The front palace is deserted every day. If any minister wants to meet the emperor, he must get the consent of the Tokugawa shogunate. Without the consent of the Tokugawa shogunate, no one can enter the gate of the Imperial Palace.

There are six gates in the Imperial Palace: Jianchun Gate in the east, Jianli Gate in the south, Shuoping Gate in the north, Empress Gate, Qingsuo Gate, and Yiqiu Gate in the west.

Jianchun Gate is the main gate and is only opened during major festivals.

Kenreimon and Supingon were both gates for ministers to enter and exit, but since the Tokugawa shogunate came to power in 1607, they have been heavily guarded and no one was allowed to enter or exit without a pass from the Tokugawa shogunate.

The Queen's Gate on the west side is for the convenience of the emperor's relatives to enter and exit, but these relatives are strictly controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate and are not allowed to enter the emperor's palace without special circumstances.

Qingsuo Gate and Yiqiu Gate were used by eunuchs and palace maids to enter and exit. They went through these two gates to purchase daily goods and transport garbage from the palace.

After hearing Princess Lingzhao's introduction, Wei Xiaobao knew that if he wanted to sneak into the imperial palace, he could only look for opportunities at Qingsuo Gate and Yiqiu Gate.

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