Chapter 13 Arrival at Anping Prefecture

"Shen Xiang thanks you for your help. May I ask your name? I will repay you in the future."

Pei Xuanjing calmed down his true energy and waved his hand, saying, "I am Pei Xuanjing. Boss Shen, there is no need to do this. It is the duty of warriors like us to help when we see injustice."

From the strength Pei Xuanjing showed just now, Shen Xiang knew that the other party's strength was at least a sixth-grade warrior, so he was very respectful.

"In any case, for us, it is a life-saving grace. Please accept my greetings." Shen Xiang bowed.

Pei Xuanjing reached out to support the other party and shook his head: "Don't do this."

He glanced at the tragic scene behind and said, "Boss Shen should deal with some things behind first."

Shen Xiang sighed and nodded: "In this case, please wait for a while."

Waiting for Shen Xiang to leave, Pei Xuanjing put away his sword, returned to his mount, took out a pill from the package on the horse's back and swallowed it. This is a pill he extracted from the essence of medicinal materials, which can be used to replenish true energy.

Although his last sword move that killed the bandit leader in an instant looked magnificent, it actually consumed a lot of true energy and could only be performed no more than three times. After three times, the true energy in his body would be completely consumed.

After a while, Shen Xiang dealt with the caravan's affairs and came to talk to Pei Xuanjing. He first expressed his willingness to give Pei Xuanjing money and property to express his gratitude, but was strongly rejected by Pei Xuanjing.

After that, when the two talked, they learned that Pei Xuanjing had the same goal as them, and immediately strongly invited him to go with them.

On the one hand, it was to wait for Pei Xuanjing to arrive in Anping Prefecture before repaying him, and on the other hand, it was to travel with such a master, which would naturally be much safer.

Along the way. For this lifesaver, Shen Xiang, except for some secrets related to the Shen's Chamber of Commerce that could not be told, would tell Pei Xuanjing everything he knew about other things.

After all, for Shen Xiang, a sixth-rank master is considered a first-class master even in Anping Prefecture. Being able to get close to such a master is beneficial to both the Chamber of Commerce and himself.

In this way, on the way to Anping Prefecture, Pei Xuanjing also learned about the information of the entire Anping Prefecture, and he was no longer in the dark like before.

Anping Prefecture is one of the major prefectures in the Northwest Road. The most powerful person is of course the prefecture master appointed by the court. He is a fourth-rank official and is in charge of all government affairs in the prefecture.

Under him are the violent agencies of the court, the six gates and the thousand households. The six gates are responsible for all public security and criminal cases in the country, while the thousand households are in charge of garrison soldiers. They are generally only responsible to the Weizhizhishisi of the state road and are not under the jurisdiction of the prefecture master.

As for the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories that Pei Xuanjing was curious about, Shen Xiang was a little taboo, and just quietly told him that there were no such agencies in the prefecture.

Pei Xuanjing made his own inference from the other party's obscure information. Such spy agencies are directly under the emperor. Such agencies will not set up open bases in the county government. According to the information given by Shen Xiang, only in the administrative center of the state road will there be bases of these agencies.

This is the official power, and it also symbolizes the ruling power of the Ming Empire. As for the civilian power below, that is, the Jianghu in everyone's mouth, there are several other forces.

In addition to their Shen's Chamber of Commerce, there are also two major families, Jin and Liu, which need to be paid attention to. After all, in addition to having power in the Jianghu, these families also have some relationships with the government, which can be regarded as eating both sides. The remaining small forces and small sects are not a big deal.

If it is changed to a simple and rough division, then the strength of the Ming government is the strongest. Whether it is the Six Gates or the Thousand Households, there are more than one fourth-grade warriors sitting in. They set the rules of the game for the entire Anping Prefecture, and everyone needs to act according to their rules.

Although the strength of Shen's Chamber of Commerce and the two great families of Jin and Liu is not as good as that of the government, they also have fourth-grade warriors in charge, and can obtain certain rights in the rules set by the government, master some of the rules, and obtain a share of the benefits.

As for the rest, as long as there are no fourth-grade warriors, they can only obey the rules and cannot violate or question the rules here.

The levels are clear, one layer is pressed on another.

However, according to Shen Xiang's words, not to mention that Pei Xuanjing himself is a sixth-grade strongman, he originally belongs to the middle level in this rule. Just because the other party is his lifesaver of Shen's Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't need to care. Everything will help Pei Xuanjing avoid some unnecessary troubles.

Pei Xuanjing just smiled at Shen Xiang's words and didn't comment.

For many years, he has been used to relying on himself for everything, and he must not put everything on others. Even if he saved the other party's life, so what? If he asks for a return of gratitude, I am afraid that he will inevitably end up turning against each other.

In this way, the group walked and stopped, and finally arrived at Anping Prefecture after half a month.

In a superior courtyard in the Shen's Inn, Shen Xiang said to Pei Xuanjing, "Brother Pei, this is an industry under the name of our Shen family. Do you think it is satisfactory?"

Pei Xuanjing looked at the courtyard and nodded, "Then I won't be polite."

Shen Xiang laughed and said, "In that case, you stay here first, and wait for me to find a good place for you to live in the next few days, and then you can move over, how about it?"

"In that case, I will trouble Brother Shen." Pei Xuanjing expressed his gratitude.

He estimated that he would stay here for quite a while, and he couldn't stay in the Shen family's inn for a long time, so he asked the other party to help him find a yard, whether it was rented or bought, as a place to stay.

Shen Xiang waved his hand, "Brother Pei, don't be polite, you have been traveling for a long time, you should have a good rest first. The Chamber of Commerce still has some things that need me to hand over, I will leave first, and won't disturb you."

After saying that, he added: "I will go back to see if there is anything you mentioned before, and then ask if anyone is willing to buy it."

Pei Xuanjing clasped his fists, "Thank you."

What the two were talking about was that Pei Xuanjing asked the other party to buy some martial arts notes for him.

The purpose of Pei Xuanjing's travel was to search for these martial arts notes to accumulate Dao rhyme, but because he had just arrived and had no channels or connections, he could only rely on Shen Xiang's connections to do this.

As for Pei Xuanjing's request, Shen Xiang agreed without thinking. After all, what Pei Xuanjing wanted was not some advanced martial arts, but just some notes and experiences left by their predecessors. These things were not expensive, and it would be the best thing to use them to do favors.