In the fifth year of Taihe, October Gengchen, Shen Zheng.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Xingning Fang.

After a one-day walking trip to Chang'an with Zhang Yijun, Li Shangyin only felt that his waist was about to break, and the soles of his feet were even more sore. Although he lived in Luoyang, the eastern capital, for a long time because he studied poetry and poetry under Ling Huchu, and he could be regarded as having seen the appearance of a big city in the Tang Dynasty, today he is also impressed by the scale of Chang'an from the bottom of his heart.

One hundred and eight squares is not for fun.

However, what made Li Shangyin even more admired in his heart was that Zhang Yijun looked the same as when he went out this morning, still walking lightly and with a straight waist, while Li Shangyin was already a little stumbling after walking to Danfeng Gate.

In fact, Zhang Yijun originally only planned to take Li Shangyin to visit Chang'an County, but Li Shangyin really wanted to see the magnificent Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, so he had to take him across most of Chang'an City and along the wide Danfengmen Street to the north, which was considered to satisfy Li Shangyin's long-standing wish.

When it was finally time for Shen Shi to eat, when Li Shangyin proposed to find a nearby mile to solve the dinner problem, even if he knew that the Li Fang near the Daming Palace was a super high consumption area in Chang'an, and the food was not cheap, after all, the nobles of Chang'an were not stingy with money, but Zhang Yijun agreed without thinking about it.

However, Zhang Yijun took a slight detour and took Li Shangyin to Xingningfang.

Xingningfang is located on the north side of Tonghuamen Street, the north boundary of the Sixteen Wang's Mansion, the west of Daning Fang, the south across Tonghuamen Street and Yongjiafang, if you stand at the south side of the Fangmen, you can also see the Xingqing Palace called "Nannei" in the tall diligent government building and calyx Xianghui Building, that is the residence of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother today.

The scale of Xingning Fang is much smaller than that of each square in the south of Ancheng, and even half the size of the larger Yong'an Fang and Jiaohua Fang, so every inch of land is gold. And because Xingningfang is adjacent to Tonghua Gate in the east of the city, in order to facilitate the literati to practice sending each other, there are many orchid wine shops that are twice as expensive as ordinary wine houses.

As soon as Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyinfu walked in front of an orchid restaurant, they noticed the beautiful orchid in a pomegranate skirt who was soliciting visitors at the door, and the orchid had a slender waist and a strange fragrance, and hurriedly beckoned to lead in.

"Two sons, do you want to have a cup of three pulp?"

Zhang Yijun looked up and saw that this orchid shop had three floors, and the decoration was very high-end and exquisite, and the silver sign in front of the store was impressively printed with the words "Spring Breeze" in italics.

Zhang Yijun said: "Let's open a private room." ”

"Ah, it's a coincidence that the private rooms are full, is the long case on the first floor okay?"

Zhang Yijun frowned, generally speaking, the first floor of the wine store is overcrowded, and the private rooms on the second and third floors are more expensive due to consumption, so they will be empty, why is it the other way around here today?

However, Zhang Yijun looked at Li Shangyin's tired eyes, and knew that he couldn't walk anymore, so he followed the orchid into the wine shop, and found that the first floor was also four or five full, but he didn't expect that they were patronizing a famous store.

After sitting down, Chang'an's orchid was very eye-catching, and after Zhang Yijun and the two sat down, they brought two pepper teas.

After Li Shangyin stepped into this rather high-end wine shop, he was like an uncooked eagle, looking around incessantly, so he handed Zhang Yijun a "anything is casual" look. Zhang Yijun turned around and asked the orchid for a pound of roasted mutton, a cage of soufflé and two cups of the store's signature Sanle syrup.

After a short time, the orchid will first bring up the three mule, this is a sweet wine from Persia, is the standard configuration of the famous orchid wine shop in Chang'an, according to legend, it is with the "three le": the fruit of the halil, the pilil, and the anmol are each mashed in three taels, with a bucket of white honey, and the two buckets of new water are cooked and adjusted, and it is brewed, the taste is sweet, the drink is intoxicating, and the food is down.

Taking advantage of the time to serve the wine, Zhang Yijun asked: "How is this private room full today, isn't there some kind of banquet?" ”

"This boy guessed right," the orchid said, a pair of green eyes narrowed into a crescent moon shape, smiled, and a slightly huyin voice was very seductive, "There is a noble son who celebrates his birthday today, and he is very generous, and he has a full two floors of private ......."

"Wow, how many people do you have to feast?" Li Shangyin looked sideways and said strangely.

"Hmm......" Hu Ji's eyes flickered, and then looked at Zhang Yijun, "I'm afraid there are dozens of people, specifically...... The slave doesn't know much either. When the orchid had finished speaking, she bowed a little and went on to take care of the other guests.

After Zhang Yijun left, he stared at her for a long time, and thought to himself, although the wine shop here is large, according to Zhang Yijun's observation before entering the store, there are eleven or twelve window lattices facing the market on each floor, so the total number of private rooms on the two floors is no more than twenty. If there were really dozens of people drinking the banquet on the second and third floors, even if it would be full, the banquet would inevitably be noisy, but Zhang Yijun listened with his ears up, and more noisy came from the toasts and chatter of the guests on the first floor.

seemed to notice Zhang Yijun's gaze, and when the orchid turned around, her eyes inadvertently met Zhang Yijun's, and then she smiled skillfully and saluted this side.

Don't you think too much?

Li Shangyin looked back at Zhang Yijun's gaze, and asked Zhang Yijun what he saw in confusion.

Zhang Yijun just shook his head, said haha, picked up a cup of porcelain with three pulp and poured wine for Li Shangyin, and said in a harmonious voice: "Regardless of it, let's eat it first!" ”

"Brother Yijun," after the dishes were all served, Li Shangyin sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Yishan originally thought that there were enough nobles in Luoyang, the eastern capital, but today I know that compared with this Chang'an, it is dwarfed. ”

Zhang Yijun responded, and then listened to Li Shangyin's comments on what he saw and heard today, and tore a piece of roasted mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, the mutton was roasted just right, far from being comparable to the stall in the West Market yesterday.

But he doesn't know how many times he can enjoy such delicate food.

“…… This is Chang'an, every day you see a different scenery, not to mention that you have been away for three years? ”

“…… Chang'an, something big will happen......"

Zhang Yijun sighed lightly in his heart, and the words of his grandfather and Li Deyu echoed in his mind one after another. However, it has been the second day since he came to Chang'an, although he has not forgotten his mission, but as Li Shangyin said, the huge Chang'an, with officials and nobles all over the city, where to start? Zhang Yijun, who is the best at finding clues, reluctantly found that he has no clues at the moment......

Except for the ethereal word "ghost soldier......

The thought of "Ghost Soldier ......" left a long echo in Zhang Yijun's mind.

"Hey, what did you say, Brother Yijun?" Li Shangyin was stunned when he heard this, he was looking for words and sentences in his mind, comparing them in his mouth, so that he could improvise a poem about what he saw today.

Zhang Yijun realized that he had just spoken out involuntarily, and was thinking about how to perfunctory the past, when a guest in the wine shop approached, walked to Li Shangyin's side, held a cup of green liquor in his hand, and said, "Two honorable drivers, can you ask you a question?" ”

Zhang Yijun raised his eyes and found that this person had a short beard, a red complexion, thinking that he was a little drunk, wearing a new beige silk regular clothes, embroidered with elegant bamboo leaf patterns, and the snow-white piping complemented this person's temperament, presumably he was also a child of an official eunuch.

Without waiting for Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin to react, the man continued: "What is the name of this wine shop?" ”

"Remember it's called 'Spring Breeze'......" Li Shangyin thought for a while.

"Yes, I don't know why it's called 'Spring Breeze'?" Apparently the man didn't realize that this was already the second problem.

"It's simple, it's an orchid wine shop here," Li Shangyin was interested, the corners of his lips hooked up a shallow smile, and he chanted Li Bai's "Youth Xing": "Wuling is young and young in the east of Jinshi, and the silver saddle and white horse spend the spring breeze......"

The man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he followed Li Shangyin and said, "...... Where do the fallen flowers go, laugh into the orchid restaurant! ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed, but the man was unceremonious, and sat down directly opposite Zhang Yijun, and asked the guy in the store to give him an identical meal, and then introduced himself to himself: "The contemptible Xihe section is a style, and I asked a small half circle in the wine shop, but I didn't expect that it was full of gentlemen who didn't read, and they hadn't even read Li Taibai's poems." ”

Zhang Yijun noticed that although this self-familiar Duan Chengshi seemed to be informal, he knew etiquette in the middle of the conversation, and his words were very exquisite.

"Xihe Duan's ......" Zhang Yijun thought for a while and said, "Dare to ask, but you are the son of Duan Jingnan?" ”

Duan Chengshi's face was happy, and he hurriedly picked up the wine cup and clinked glasses with Zhang Yijun, "I didn't expect this benevolent brother to know the name of his father, and he met in Pingshui, and there was fate!" ”

Only then did Li Shangyin know that the person in front of him was actually Duan Chengshi, the son of Duan Wenchang, the former prime minister and the current envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, so he crossed his hands and asked: "Since Ling Zun is in Jingzhou, why did Brother Duan come to Chang'an?" ”

"Huh," Duan Chengshi waved his hand and said: "Duan Mouben shared Jingchu with his father, and he came to Chang'an, but he was here to do some things for his friends, and he will return to ...... in a few days."

Li Shangyin casually asked, who is his friend? Duan Chengshi took a sip of wine and replied: "The surname is Wen, the name is Tingyun, a certain unfamous son, because his father and my family are friends, and his father died early, so he has been living in Duan's house." ”

Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin nodded silently, and each made a brief self-introduction, which can be regarded as knowing each other.

Shen Zheng three moments.

The roasted mutton has long been swept away, and Duan Chengshi drank to the end, and began to talk about all kinds of Chang'an jokes, first talking about the secret of Wannian County, saying that there are three treasures hidden inside, two of which are well known, respectively, Mobao and Bamboo Treasure, only the third treasure has always been secretive, and few people know Yunyun.

Later, he talked about the secret history of princes and nobles, down to the legends, and so on, but most of them sounded like adding oil and vinegar. And Duan Chengshi is a master of storytelling, although Zhang Yijun doesn't believe it, he just pays attention to the time while eating melon seeds, but he really attracts Li Shangyin and listens to it with relish, especially when he talks about the thieves who ravaged Chang'an.

“…… I wonder if you have ever heard of this thief who ravaged Chang'an? ”

"How do you hear about it?" Li Shang couldn't help nodding, "We are the victims!" ”

"As far as Duan knows, this matter is a gang! Theft is only the tip of the iceberg, and there are thirty-six members of the gang, each with a name, and its leader is the most vicious! Duan Chengshi talked about the sound and color, I don't know if it is the effect of alcohol, and even some eyebrows are dancing, but the voice is getting deeper and lower.

“…… It is said that its den is in a deep mountain cave on the Huayin border outside Chang'an City, Duan heard that several human heads are inserted with spears at the entrance of the cave to deter pedestrians, and his gang kills people and crosses goods, doing everything! ”

There were drums in the distance outside the wine shop, and Zhang Yijun knew that it was the beginning of the unitary period, so he got up silently and left the food money of the three of them in the puzzled eyes of Li Shangyin and Duan Chengshi.

"Brother Ren...... This is? ”

"Uh...... Brother Yi Jun, what does this mean? ”

"There are still some important things, Sixteen Lang can rent a fast horse and return to Guangdefang." Zhang Yijun apologized, then moved away from the table and went straight to the door of the restaurant.