Chapter 116: Scenery of Chang'an
Gu Qing was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that a problem he had unintentionally had hidden such a big thunder.
It is said that there are two major hatreds in the world that cannot be resolved, one is the hatred of killing one's father, and the other is the hatred of taking one's wife. Strictly speaking, these two goods can be regarded as having a hatred of taking their wives.
No wonder the two will always look like they don't share the sky, and finally have to come together because of the interests of the porcelain kiln, the two don't know how much they have endured psychological struggle, how much nausea they have endured.
The more noisy the two shopkeepers became, slapping the table to express their strong desire to have a relationship with each other's female elders that was not purely male and female, and the more they scolded, the more unpleasant it became.
Gu Qing was too lazy to persuade him, so he had to sit on the futon and think about his plans after arriving in Chang'an.
Do things with a plan, whether it is in a barren mountain village or in the most prosperous capital of Chang'an.
After thinking for a while, the battle situation between the two shopkeepers had escalated, and the two fought.
Gu Qing sighed, silently got up and left the courtyard and entered the house, leaving plenty of space for the two to fight.
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Liangzhou rested for three days and set off again.
Five days later, Gu Qing and his entourage finally came to the outside of Chang'an City.
Seeing the outline of Chang'an City from afar, Gu Qing felt a simple and vicissitudes of life rushing to his face, and the towering city wall stood quietly on the bank of the Weishui River, silently telling each generation the joys and sorrows of the rise and fall of dynasties.
Gu Qing stood outside Chang'an City, and couldn't help but have a sentence in his mind, "The deceased is like a husband."
Princes will eventually pass away, and the walls of fortified cities will eventually collapse, what can be eternal in the world?
Gu Qing couldn't give himself an answer, this was a very middle school philosophical question.
A group of people entered the city from the south of Yanping Gate, the team of three carriages was very inconspicuous in the flow of people entering Chang'an City, this is the most prosperous city in the world, the daily flow of people is hundreds of thousands, the guards outside the city gate did not look at Gu Qing, but the appearance of Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing made them a little suspicious, but they still let them into the city.
Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing fought for 300 rounds at the Liangzhou Inn, and both sides hung up their colors, and the blue noses and swollen faces of the two were indeed suspicious.
After entering the city, Gu Qing and his entourage once again admired the prosperity of Chang'an City, the traffic was endless, the ordinary streets were about ten to twenty zhang wide, and the Vermilion Bird Avenue on the meridian was even close to fifty zhang, such a wide avenue actually seemed a little crowded, those Hu merchants with camels and people with bamboo baskets, as well as the Wuhou who patrolled the streets, the officials who led the horses, the children who ran around, and the women who quarreled......
The scenes of all beings in the world are displayed one by one in this wonderful picture.
Gu Qing walked with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
He suddenly liked the city. I like its fireworks in the world, I like its appearance covered with mortal dust, and I also like the elegant dancing posture of the light lotus dancing shoes spinning on the dust.
This is a capital city that is both elegant and vulgar, but does not feel abrupt at all.
The poet chanted in the hustle and bustle of the city, the swordsman bought drunk in the open-air wine shop, the monk held the purple bowl and passed by the beautiful girl, the eye touch was a story, the down-and-out literati held the muddy cheap wine cup, drunk seven points drunk and whispered begging for poetry for wine money, the powerful lady in the luxury carriage quietly opened the curtain, and found a handsome strange man in the crowd, a white embroidered handkerchief deliberately thrown at his feet, the carriage went away with her naughty chuckle, and the man picked up the embroidered handkerchief and was stunned......
The greatness of Chang'an is not because of its strong walls, but because of its spirit and weather.
It is a city that can contain everything, the ambition of the emperor, the desire of human nature, the iron pen of the literati, the rusty sword of the general, and the poems and paintings that seem to have spread from the Nine Heavens Palace to the world, all of which are contained in this magnificent city.
Gu Qing and the two shopkeepers found an inn to live in, and then Gu Qing inquired about the location of the Zuowei Mansion in Chang'an with the official notice and the waist card, and walked along the street to the Zhuque Avenue, and came to the Zuowei Mansion on the side of the Zhuque Avenue.
handed over the notice to the soldiers at the door, and saw that Gu Qing was the record of the Zuowei family's mansion to join the army, and the soldiers saluted one after another, and then a soldier led Gu Qing into the side door, through the winding corridor, and came to a side room, the soldier told him that this was the place where Cangcao joined the army on an errand, and Zuowei Cangcao was in charge of the list of soldiers.
Gu Qing quickly understood, which is commonly known as the freshman registration office, or the company's human resources department.
According to the rank of military attaché, Gu Qing's record of joining the army is one level older than Cang Cao's joining the army, but the registration procedure still has to be followed.
Cang Cao joined the army is a man in his thirties, surnamed Zhou, wearing a silk official uniform in the house on a hot day, so hot that he poured cold water, after Gu Qing handed over the notice, Cang Cao joined the army and looked at Gu Qing carefully, and then got up very enthusiastically to perform the official salute, the attitude was a little too enthusiastic, Gu Qing cautiously replied with the etiquette allowed by social etiquette, and never gave him any illusion of masculinity.
After Zhou Cangcao and Gu Qing greeted each other for a long time, he smiled and told Gu Qing that the Xingqing Palace had already passed down a will, and after Zuo Wei Lu joined the army, he could enter the palace to face the monarch, and His Majesty and the concubine Niangniang wanted to summon him.
Gu Qing suddenly realized, no wonder this Cangcao was so enthusiastic about himself, it turned out to be because of this.
There are many officials who have been transferred to Chang'an from other places, but before they have entered Chang'an, the emperor and the concubine in the palace are waiting to summon him, which is not much, and it can be said that it is unique. With this alone, Gu Qing was enough to win the enthusiasm of others.
Gu Qing was quite surprised, he had met Yang Guifei once in Shuzhou, he didn't expect Yang Guifei to have such a good impression of him, and he was going to summon him as soon as he entered Chang'an.
The Cang Cao in front of him was barely an acquaintance, and he would still be a colleague in the same unit in the future, Gu Qing was also happy to befriend him, and after chatting, he asked him about the procedure for entering the palace.
Zhou Cangcao patted his chest and said, this matter is on him, since there is a will, everything is not a problem. It's just a trip to the Ministry of Rites to report.
Some magistrates go to Chang'an to report on their work, and the process of meeting the monarch often takes a month or two, and some even wait for half a year without waiting for the summons, Gu Qing is different, people who have a will can cut the queue and walk sideways.
Early the next morning, Gu Qing put on his official uniform for the first time, and the cyan official robe stood outside the gate of Xingqing Palace and looked particularly abrupt.
According to the color level of the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty, the officials who can usually appear outside the Xingqing Palace are wearing purple official uniforms, and the most common ones are also crimson official uniforms.
But...... Who hath called a man a will?
handed the body and waist card to the soldiers in front of the palace gate, and after the soldiers checked it, they asked Gu Qing to wait outside the palace gate, and it didn't take long for a eunuch wearing a crimson official uniform to come out of it, carrying the dust and leading Gu Qing into the palace gate.
As he walked, the eunuch told Gu Qing the etiquette of the saint in a sharp voice, where he should stand before entering the hall, how many steps he should take into the hall after entering the hall, where to stop, what kind of salute he should give to the Son of Heaven and the concubine, etc., which are tedious and boring.