Commandery City

Lin Fan dismounted, holding the General Pacifying the Lands waist token previously issued by the Imperial Court. He stepped forward and handed it to the city gate captain for inspection.

The commandery city captain accepted the token and looked it over. Seeing that Lin Fan was a registered martial official of the Imperial Court, his expression immediately grew several degrees more respectful. He did not dare make things difficult and quickly raised a hand to let him through. "General, please enter the city!"

Ordinary carriages and horses entering the city had to undergo layers of inspection and pay entry taxes, but with Lin Fan holding a martial official's token, the entire massive convoy of more than twenty carriages passed through without inspection, smooth as silk. This was also one of the benefits of being General Pacifying the Lands.

The convoy slowly entered the commandery city.

The moment they stepped into the city, it was as though they had entered a wholly different world from the towns and villages.

Smooth bluestone avenues several times wider than those of Green Mountain Town crisscrossed the city. Towers and pavilions stood in rows on both sides, with teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, martial halls, pill shops, and merchant houses arranged along the streets. Signboards and banners swayed in the wind. Passersby wore neat clothing, while the cries of street vendors, the rumble of carriage wheels, and the laughter and chatter of guests intertwined, the bustling prosperity rushing straight at them.

Lin Ruoruo had kept the carriage curtain raised the entire way. Her bright eyes took in the dazzling sights along the street without pause, filled with shock and novelty. Since fleeing the Capital City, she had lived in Green Mountain Town for so long that she had not seen the splendor and liveliness of such a