In the fifth year of Taihe, October Gengchen, the beginning of the year.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, Guangdefang.

"Brother Yijun, where are we going?"

"Hey, Brother Yijun, I heard that Pingkangfang is a must-go place to enter Beijing, although Yishan is not crowned, we can also go and have a look!"

"Brother Yi Jun, where is the orchid wine shop?"

"Brother Yijun, are the fire crystal persimmons sold in that stall?"

Zhang Yijun never expected that as soon as he returned home, his grandfather would smile and throw him an extremely difficult task with a relieved expression - to take Li Shangyin to Chang'an.

What did Grandpa say?

“…… My father is very busy, and recently some people want to buy a house in the Eastern Capital, I am afraid that they will have to pack up and go to the Eastern Capital in a few days...... I'll leave this kid to Jun'er......"

That's a light way to put it......

And Li Shangyin, who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, did not let Zhang Yijun "disappointed", since he opened the door of Zhang's mansion, he has been like a joy, learning the Jingzhao dialect, asking left and right about the size of everything in Chang'an, almost from Chang'an One Hundred and Eight Squares, East and West Fourteenth Street, and even has a tendency to expand to rumors. At first, Zhang Yijun would answer carefully, but later, either Zhang Yijun had a dry mouth, or Li Shangyin asked something that even Zhang Yijun himself didn't know.

At the end, when he was about to leave Guangdefang, Zhang Yijun interrupted politely: "Sixteen Lang, didn't you come to Chang'an this time to take the exam?" Why do you just want to wander around? ”

Li Shangyin smiled when he heard this, "The exam is important, but this Chang'an, you have to go shopping, don't you?" ”

Zhang Yijun was helpless, and he didn't know where to go, "Is there anything in Yishan that you particularly want to go?" ”

"It doesn't matter if Yishan goes, where Brother Yijun goes, I will go wherever I go." The smile on Li Shangyin's face was quite bright, like the morning sun.

Zhang Yijun did not feel that the waist was in difficulty, Chang'an one hundred and eight squares, they are located in the Guangdefang location is about the west of the center of Chang'an, there is Jingzhao Mansion, under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, and many landmarks in Chang'an, historic sites, such as the tower of Jianfu Temple is located in Anrenfang, the famous Daci'en Temple is located in Jinchangfang, Pingkangli is far away on the side of the East City, all are located in the jurisdiction of Wannian County, they did not ride a horse this time, want to walk to play again, I am afraid it will take a whole day.

What's more, Zhang Yijun still has his own arrangements tonight......

Zhang Yijun stopped in front of the gate for a long time, and suddenly had an idea, so he asked Li Shangyin: "Do you want to take you to Xuandu to watch?" ”

Xuandu Temple is the holy land of Taoism in Chang'an, and it is famous all over the world in the past, but the only reason why Zhang Yijun chose this place is not that he believes in Taoism, but because Xuandu Temple is located in Chongye Fang, which belongs to Chang'an County.

"That's the best!"

To Zhang Yijun's surprise, Li Shangyin's eyes lit up, making Zhang Yijun think for a while that he had actually met a fellow practitioner, Li Shangyin said a little complacently: "I Tang take Laozi Li Er as the ancestor, don't look at Yishan now, but a certain is the Li family of Longxi, if you look at the genealogy, but it is also the imperial Tang clan!" Therefore, every time Yishan encounters Taoism, he must worship Sanqing, not to mention that this time he entered Beijing, which was originally to rush for the exam, if he could get a hexagram ......"

"Okay, okay, I'll take you." Zhang Yijun saw that Li Shangyin had a tendency to stop again, and hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt the conversation. The two then went straight out of Guangdefang, along Anhuamen Street, following the flow of people out of the city, and heading south.

After walking on the splendid and prosperous street for some time, Li Shangyin, who had just been looking around all the way, asked with some curiosity at this time: "Brother Yi Jun, Yi Shan heard Uncle Xi say last night that Brother Yi Jun had been away from home alone for three years before, and I heard that he also became a staff member of the Xichuan Marshal Mansion, but is it a fact?" ”

"It's true......

"Admire......" Li Shangyin couldn't help but show reverence, "Don't hide it from Brother Yijun, don't say three years, Yishan left home in September, went out of Luoyang, walked Tongguan, and entered Chang'an, so far it has only been more than a month, but he has been homesick for ......"

Zhang Yijun's eyes were stunned, he didn't expect that Li Shangyin, who seemed to be carefree all day long, would also be homesick, and he admired him for this.

Zhang Yijun sighed in his heart, and his thoughts couldn't help but recall all kinds of things in Xichuan, and he secretly smiled bitterly with some wistfulness. At that time, he was hiding in Victoria, in the tundra; Even though it was spring and summer, the night was still bitterly cold and fishy, and how could he not feel homesick for countless days and nights there?

"A-Niang died early," Xu was moved by the sincerity of this uncrowned young man, and Zhang Yijun actually said: "Sometimes I also recall that when I was a child, in Chang'an, I sacrificed the moon and admired the moon with my sister and grandfather during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so happy." Even I will miss the fairy and clear in Pingkangli, and the orchid liquor shop in the West City Bureau......"

Seeing that Zhang Yijun seemed to have opened the conversation, Li Shangyin couldn't help asking: "Then why does Brother Yijun want to go out alone?" ”

Zhang Yijun raised his head slightly to look at the cloudless blue sky over Chang'an, and there were a few swallow-tailed kites in the direction of the southwest corner in the distance, and said lightly: "If I was born in Chang'an and died in Chang'an, I wouldn't know that this world is so big ......."

After passing through Tongyi, Xinghua and Chongde three squares, you can see the busy Anhua Yanping Cross Street not far ahead.

And Li Shangyin is still gushing: "Tell Brother Yijun sincerely, what Yishan wants in his life, say big or big, say small or small, if you can really be like Guo Ziyi, Guo Linggong, Li Mi, Li Yehou, help the people, turn the tide, then it is the best ......"

Zhang Yijun glanced at Li Shangyin, smiled lightly, and didn't say anything. And Li Shangyin couldn't help but pause when he said this, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "But if it is destined to become a small family and a small business, if you can be carefree, Yishan ...... But I have no regrets......"

After Li Shangyin finished speaking, he didn't see Zhang Yijun say anything for a long time, and then he realized that Zhang Yijun was no longer by his side, so he hurriedly stopped, looking left and right, until he turned around and looked, only to see Zhang Yijun standing more than a dozen steps away from him.

Li Shangyin thought that he had just lost his words, did he say something that he shouldn't have said? hurriedly walked over, and before he could ask, Zhang Yijun just pointed to the east side of the street, "It's time to turn left." ”

As soon as you enter the Chongye Fang, the towering white lacquered blue tile courtyard wall of the Xuandu Taoist Temple can be seen from afar, the hour is still early, there are not many pilgrims who offer incense to the Taoist Temple, the Taoist children in the temple are cleaning the fallen leaves in front of the Taoist Temple, the two of them can't help but say, go straight to the door.

Li Shangyin remembered Liu Yuxi's poems more than ten years ago, and added some tunes of Xinyuefu by himself, and sang: "'Zimo red dust is blowing on the face, and everyone is looking at the flowers and returning to the ......'" but stopped suddenly after bypassing the shadow wall.

What is very different from what Li Shangyin thought in his heart is that the Xuandu Temple at this time is far from the peach trees of the past, as far as the eye can see, there are only sunflower oats in the corner of the courtyard wall, and there are artemisia grass and cauliflower flowers all over the ground. Except for the architectural form and the huge viewing garden hall, it is not much different from ordinary Taoist temples.

"Ah, this ......" Li Shangyin hurriedly turned his head to Zhang Yijun and asked as if confirmed: "Is this really the Xuandu Temple?" ”

After receiving Zhang Yijun's affirmative answer, Li Shangyin's face could not hide his disappointment: "This, this view is completely different from what is written in Liu Ting's epic!" ”

"In the second year of Taihe, didn't Liu Yuxi make another song after entering Beijing?" Zhang Yijun crossed the mountain gate with Li Shangyin with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help laughing: "'Half of the hundred-acre courtyard is moss, and the peach blossoms are clean and cauliflower blooming. Where is the peach Taoist now? Liu Lang is here again. 'The Xuandu Temple has been like this for a long time. ”

"But Yishan had a relationship with Liu Tingshi when he was in the Eastern Capital, I thought it was just temporary, who would have thought ......" Li Shangyin then looked around at the cauliflower in the garden, and stared at it for a long time, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity." ”

Zhang Yijun also stood next to Li Shang's invisibility, unconsciously remembering the scene of the Shangyuan Festival three years ago, when King Ying came here to enjoy the lanterns.

Zhang Yijun was thinking about it, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be urgent footsteps behind him, Zhang Yijun hurriedly subconsciously turned sideways, and then saw a man in a dark shirt walking quickly, almost passing by Zhang Yijun, and then along the stone road on the central axis of the meridian of the Taoist temple went straight to the Lingguan Palace.

The man in the dark shirt wore a dark blue head, with a majestic figure, although he didn't look like he had a big waist and a round waist, he was also a little burly than ordinary people, and his height was probably half a head taller than Zhang Yijun, but because he just wiped it over, Zhang Yijun didn't have a chance to see the person's appearance clearly.

"Isn't it a Taoist priest?" Seeing this, Li Shangyin said strangely: "But this guy ...... As for being in such a hurry? ”

Zhang Yijun was a little suspicious in his heart, although there was still a small half a moment of time before the time of offering incense, there were not many pilgrims in the view, but there were more than a dozen old and young men and women, most of them were chatting slowly, waiting for the opening of the innermost Sanqing Palace. Chang'an Taoist Temple has always adhered to the pure and inaction, leaving the country to sit and forget, quiet and natural-oriented, so there are few people like the man in the Xuandu shirt who is so fast Meng Lang, if you want to be bumped into by the Xuandu Taoist Chief, you have to be "invited back".

But...... Although the man in the shirt passed in front of Zhang Yijun for a moment, Zhang Yijun caught a glimpse of him under his right ear, and seemed to have lost his earlobe, but he didn't know if he was born like this, or if he was cut off by the day after tomorrow.

Just as Zhang Yijun was thinking about it, a contemptuous sneer suddenly came from behind the two of them: "Strange! Now that the Xuandu Temple has been dilapidated to such a state, and it is necessary to raise a son to worship incense? ”

This remark was very mean, and with some disdain, Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin looked back at the same time, only to see that at some point there were several men and a girl who seemed to be under the age of peach and plum behind the two of them, the leading brocade robe young man was dressed luxuriously, wearing a plain embroidered bamboo silk robe, covered with a silk cloak, and wearing a gold hook at the waist, which seemed to be the same age as Li Shangyin.

The tip of the young man's nose is straight, his face is round and small, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to the woman behind him, which makes people wonder whether they are brothers and sisters or sisters or brothers. Behind the two were several servants.

When the leading young man saw Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin turn around, his face was even more frivolous, deliberately raised his eyebrows slightly, and his contemptuous gaze swept over the two of them a few times.

Zhang Yijun could see from the young man's clothes that he was from an extraordinary background, obviously he saw that Zhang Yijun and Li Shangyin were both dressed in the usual clothes worn by civilians, and there was no redundancy on their bodies and waists, so they dared to ridicule like that.

Needless to say, Zhang Yijun was born and was low-key, so when he heard the sarcasm of this young man, he was not angry, so he took the initiative to take a step sideways to get out of the way of the stone road on the central axis.

Who knew that Li Shangyin couldn't swallow this breath, his brows wrinkled as if he had been greatly insulted, and a nameless fire suddenly appeared in his heart, not giving an inch, and immediately learning the tone of the young man, and sneering at each other: "Amazing! Now the Xuandu Temple is really dilapidated, and it is necessary to float the waves to offer incense in order to continue ......"

As soon as Li Shangyin's words fell, the young man's face was first surprised, and then immediately gloomy, and the evil servant behind him pointed at Li Shangyin and shouted: "Bold and sour! Dare to speak disrespectfully to the king and grandson of Langya! ”