Five days later, Guo Song and his entourage arrived at the eastern capital of Luoyang, which was the most prosperous city in the world in the era of Emperor Yang of Sui and Wu Zetian, but unfortunately suffered heavy losses in the Anshi Rebellion, not only destroyed by the rebels, but also looted by the Hui people, plundered a large amount of wealth and population, and became very dilapidated in the later stage of the war.

After more than ten years of slow recovery, Luoyang has gradually regained its vitality and become lively and prosperous again, of course, the current prosperity is far from being compared with before the Anshi Rebellion.

When Guo Song returned to Beijing from Yangzhou the year before last, he passed through Luoyang once, but he did not enter the city at that time, but went around the city directly, this time he wanted to rest in Luoyang for two days, and had time to visit Luoyang City.

Everyone is in the dust, but the interest is good, especially there is a well-behaved little lady in the team, small mouth and sweet, everyone knows each other, they are all called big brother, even the military doctor Xue Changshou is also called Uncle Xue, and people are very diligent, when eating in the tea shed on the road, she will use hot water to wash everyone's bowls, and will also sew clothes for the soldiers.

It is these details of intelligence and well-behaved that make everyone like her very much, and it is her presence in the team that makes the boring journey lively and interesting.

In the afternoon of this day, everyone came to the east of Luoyang, Guo Song pointed to the Luoyang city wall in the distance with a horsewhip and smiled: "Did the little fish girl come to Luoyang?" ”

"I've been here, I've been here several times! I lived there for about a month. ”

"Is there anything interesting in Luoyang?" Liang Wu next to him also asked with a smile.

"The south of Luoyang is fun, there is Longmen Mountain in the south of the city, and there is Pishan Mountain in the north, and the scenery is very good."

"What about inside the city?"

"The city is about the same as Chang'an! There are a lot of people, and it's very lively, shopping, buying something or something. ”

Guo Song smiled at everyone in front of him: "We will rest in Luoyang for two days, everyone can go out to play together, relax well, and we will set off early in the morning after tomorrow." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and they all accelerated their horses and ran towards Jianchun Gate.......

Jianchun Gate is more crowded, there are many people entering and leaving the city, and the city gate becomes extremely congested by a dozen or so cars in the team alone, and everyone can only wait in line patiently to enter the city.

Guo Song was looking at the city gate, and at this time, an old family member came over, clasped his fists and saluted: "May I ask if the son's surname is Guo?" ”

Guo Song then nodded, "I am!" ”

The old family smiled: "My little master is in a carriage in front of him, and he has a relationship with Guo Gongzi, please go over and talk about it." ”

Guo Song is a little strange, he doesn't know anyone in Luoyang!

He immediately urged his horse forward, and the old family pointed to a carriage, "That's my little master's carriage!" ”

I saw the curtain of the car open, revealing a very delicate face, looking at him with a smile, "Does Childe remember me?" ”

"You are.... You are Xue Tao! ”

Guo Song immediately recognized her, it was Xue Tao, who had a relationship in the Zhao Mansion, although Guo Song had forgotten her, but returning her at this time still made Guo Song very happy.

"Why is Miss Xue in Luoyang?"

Xue Tao smiled lightly, "My grandfather's house is in Luoyang, and I accompanied my mother to visit the two old people. ”

After speaking, she pointed to a carriage in front of her, and her mother, Han, was sitting in the carriage in front of her.

"I see, I'm passing through Luoyang, it's a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet someone I knew in Luoyang. ”

Xue Tao's smile was particularly heartwarming, and she smiled again: "The poem written by Childe is very good, I have identified it, it is indeed Childe's original work, and I apologize to Childe for the abruptness last time." ”

"It's a trivial matter, where do you need to apologize, Miss Xue is serious."

At this time, the road in front was opened, and the carriage began to move slowly, Xue Tao waved his hand and smiled: "Then I'll go first, and we will see you in Chang'an when we have a chance!" ”

Guo Song saluted her with a fist and watched her carriage go towards the city.

At this time, Guo Song's team also followed, and Liang Wu stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Confidante?" ”

Guo Song stretched out his hand and knocked a shudder on his head, and scolded angrily: "When will you become serious?" ”

Liang Wu stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to ask more, how could they talk and laugh with Xiao Yu Niang, Guo Song would not be angry, but he didn't allow anyone to joke about this little lady, it seemed that the weight in his heart was completely different!

Xiao Yu Niang couldn't help but ask: "Did Childe meet an acquaintance?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I can't talk about acquaintances, I just know each other, it's a coincidence, I actually met in Luoyang." ”

Xiao Yuniang covered her mouth and smiled: "This is called a fate to meet thousands of miles away, and there is no chance to meet on the other side." ”

Although Xiao Yuniang also meant to be joking, Guo Song didn't knock on her head, and Liang Wu was angry in the back, why did I have to be beaten if I was joking?

When the team entered the city, Guo Song couldn't help but look around for the carriage just now, but the carriage could no longer be found, and Guo Song was a little disappointed in his heart.

The city of Luoyang was very lively, with people coming and going on the streets, horse-drawn carts and donkey carts staggering, and a long camel caravan passing by them, this was a caravan from the Western Regions, and the owners of the goods were several Sogdians.

It can be seen from this that the trade routes in the Western Regions have not been cut off, the relationship between the Sogdians and the Hui people is good, the Hui and the Shatuo people have not cut off their trade routes, and in history, until the Tibetan army completely occupied Anxi, the caravans in the Hexi Corridor were completely cut off.

Military doctor Xue Changshou has lived in Luoyang for a few years and is very familiar with Luoyang, he is now actually the logistics director, he smiled at Guo Song and said: "Go to Jiashanfang!" There are a lot of big inns in it, and it is opposite the South Market, which is very convenient. ”

Guo Song nodded, "Okay!" You show everyone the way! ”

Xue Changshou beckoned to everyone, "Everyone come with me, don't get separated, let's go to Jiashanfang!" ”

Xue Changshou introduced the situation of Jiashanfang to everyone all the way, Jiashanfang is located in the south of the city, it is a very famous business square in Luoyang, equivalent to Pingkangfang in Chang'an, the restaurants are dense, there are many inns, there are many brothels, music and teaching workshops, the opposite side of Jiashanfang is the South City, also called Liren City, so that a large number of businessmen in Jiashanfang gather, day and night are brightly lit, noisy and lively.

In fact, Guo Song didn't want to live in such a lively place, but seeing that the soldiers were very yearning in their eyes, he kept silent.

Everyone entered the workshop, only to see that the shops in the workshop were really dense, and the flow of people was like weaving, and it was very lively.

"That's it!"

Xue Changshou came to the door of an inn that occupied a large area, and smiled at everyone: "I lived here for a month five years ago, and I felt very good, and I also saw a doctor for this proprietor. ”

At this time, a guy ran out and greeted warmly: "Everyone, welcome to the shop!" ”

Xue Changshou smiled: "Ding San, do you still know me?" ”

"Are you ....."

"You forget, five years ago, when I was staying here, your proprietor had a poisonous sore on his back, and I healed him."

The guy suddenly realized, pointed at Xue Changshou and said, "Are you ..... You are Doctor Xue! ”

"Huh! The doctor can't talk about it, it's just a military doctor, and today we are staying in the hotel again. ”

"Come in! Come in! We have empty rooms, as well as private courtyards. ”

The man warmly welcomed Guo Song and his entourage into the courtyard and shouted, "Shopkeeper, the guest is here." ”

After a while, a chubby shopkeeper ran out, his eyesight was better than that of his buddy, and he pointed at Xue Changshou and said in surprise: "You are ..... Doctor Xue! ”

"I'm Doctor Xue, how are your proprietors doing?"

"Good! Good! However, the proprietor happened to go to Chengdu Mansion and would not be able to come back after a while. ”

"As long as we are in good health, we passed by Luoyang this time, stayed for three nights, and asked for three courtyards, two large and one small."

The shopkeeper said happily: "No problem, there is a yard, I will arrange it immediately!" ”

The shopkeeper and a few guys got busy together, and cleaned up three courtyards, which were not bad, the soldiers lived in the two largest courtyards, and the other courtyard was not small, Guo Song and Xiao Yuniang and Xue Changshou lived together.

Liang Wu has actually been appointed as a lieutenant by Li Shi, a military attache from the sixth grade, and he is only short of the official documents of the Ministry of War, but after all, he is young and likes to be crowded, so he goes to live with the soldiers.

Guo Song immediately took a two-day holiday and allowed the soldiers to go out to play together, but he said it first, he was not allowed to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, he was not allowed to get drunk, and he was not allowed to buy laughter.

Early the next morning, the soldiers went out to play together, and Guo Song was also idle, so he simply took Xiaoyu Niang and Xue Changshou to Nanshi to hang out.