Chapter Eighty-Four: The Mighty City of the World
Hundreds of thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and the 12th street is like a vegetable garden. ------Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi "Climbing the Guanyin Terrace and Looking at the City"
It is said that Chen Long entered the North Palace at night, eliminated a faint monarch, and returned an idiot Han Ling Emperor of the Han Dynasty. During the day, Chun Yuqiong specially invited the Yellow River Gang, the first largest gang in Luoyang, to the inn to snipe Chen Long unsuccessfully, and he fled.
Chun Yuqiong returned from Emperor Ling of Han and scolded his subordinates bitterly, but he did not dare to let the Imperial Forest Army launch a city-wide search, so he had to let his subordinates go to the city gate and the city wall to ambush him, in order to prevent Chen Long from climbing over the wall at night. In the house, he stared blankly at the short moon crossbow and short arrows in his hand. The short arrow came from the throat of the spy who was shot by Chen Long during the day, and became the only clue to find Chen Long.
Chun Yuqiong stayed awake all night, and finally came up with a plan to continue chasing and killing Chen Long. Early the next morning, he went to Nangong to wait for Emperor Han Ling, and wanted to report the follow-up actions to his master, which could be regarded as exhausting. Finally waited for Emperor Han Ling to ascend to the court, the strange thing is that today Emperor Han Ling seems to be in poor health, and he helped Empress He all the way to the throne, so he let Empress He sit beside him.
The worship of the hundred officials has ended, and the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has not moved, and He went in and out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, it was not good for Lu Zhi to exterminate the Yellow Turban that day, and it has now been tried, and it has been found that his charges of deliberately delaying without fighting and neglecting the morale of the army are true. ”
Emperor Han Ling was dumbfounded, as if he was listening, but he didn't respond for a long time. He Jin bowed and waited for a long time, but there was no movement, and he rolled his eyelids strangely to observe, Empress He smiled secretly in her heart, secretly pinched the waist and eyes of Emperor Han Ling, and a few words popped out of her mouth slightly: "Amnesty to the world." ”
Emperor Han Ling's waist and eyes hurt, and he suddenly sat up straight, and said loudly: "Amnesty to the world!" Amnesty to the world! ”
When the ministers heard this, they exploded the pot and buzzed. Zhao Zhong hurriedly stopped: "The emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, from now on, he will amnesty the world, pardon Lu Zhi's capital crime, release him on the same day, and make him return to his hometown!" ”
Chun Yuqiong was dumbfounded when she heard it below, thinking to herself why did the emperor change his sex overnight? He Jin looked even more innocent and depressed, seeing that the matter had come to this point, and he had no big enmity with Lu Zhi, so he had to push the boat down the river, and Xie En retreated into the court.
The hundred officials slowly retreated from the court, Chun Yuqiong was a little anxious, and when she saw Empress He leading Emperor Han Ling to get up, she hurriedly bowed forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has a matter, and I want to report it to the emperor in private." ”
Zhao Zhong knew that Chun Yuqiong was the leader of the emperor's secret agents, and he did not dare to stop him. Empress He led Emperor Han Ling to stand still and said, "Chun Yu Aiqing, what do you have to say?" ”
Chun Yuqiong opened his mouth and stammered, seeing that Emperor Han Ling looked demented, and did not object to Empress He standing beside him, and thought that the emperor would not shy away from letting Empress He know about this matter, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I have arranged everything and opened the net to capture Long Chen." The plan is here, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it. As he spoke, he offered a bamboo slip with both hands.
Empress He stretched out her hand to take it, stuffed it into Emperor Han Ling's arms and said, "Catch Chen Long?" But the new Jiaozhou assassin history? ”
"Hui Niangniang, exactly."
Empress He frowned and said, "My woman is a Taoist family, and I don't want to care about these things in the court. But the emperor just said that there will be an amnesty for the world, haven't you heard? No matter what Chen Long's crime is, his crime has been forgiven, and there is no need to pursue it further. ”
Chun Yuqiong was shocked when she heard this, and her mood was extremely depressed, thinking about how everything had changed. looked at the emperor blankly, but he didn't get any feedback. Empress He suddenly smiled at Emperor Han Ling and said, "Your Majesty, look at this person, you have to listen to you again!" You've always given amnesty to the world, right? Saying that, the slender jade fingers secretly pinched the waist and eyes of Emperor Han Ling.
Emperor Han Ling suddenly stood up straight and said loudly: "Yes, yes, amnesty to the world!" Amnesty to the world! ”
Empress He led Emperor Han Ling to turn around and leave, no longer paying attention to Chun Yuqiong. Chun Yuqiong hurriedly knelt down and buckled his head, and sent off the emperor. When I looked up again, it was already empty, and the hall was empty. Chun Yuqiong's big eyes were round, and she gritted her back molars, leaving only a suspicious look.
The words were divided into two ends, Chen Long and the others did not know what happened in the capital, and everyone rushed for three days, got off the boat at Fenglingdu, and continued to march towards Chang'an, the Xiongcheng City of the world. Visiting Xiyue Huashan along the road, I was deeply moved by the beautiful nature, and at the same time, the nerves that had been tense were finally relaxed, and several people began to talk and laugh. Before dusk, several people finally saw a corner of the golden Xiongcheng in the setting sun.
"There is Rome in the west, and Chang'an in the east." Chang'an is definitely a first-class city in the world. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Western Han regime, he was persuaded by Zhang Liang and Lou Jing to build the capital in Chang'an. The capital city is built on the basis of the capital city of Chang'an in the Qin Dynasty, built according to the Wei River, because the Abang Palace was burned down by Xiang Yu, so the Xingle Palace of the Qin Dynasty was changed to the Changle Palace, and the Weiyang Palace was built on the basis of the Qin Zhangtai, and the Mingguang Palace, the North Palace, the Gui Palace, the Shanglin Garden, etc. were built successively. The capital city is nearly 100 miles in circumference, the layout planning is very neat, the northwest part of the city is mainly the residential city, and the rest of the palaces are lined up, which is divided into three major parts: the palace city, the imperial city, and the outer outline city. The eight rivers of Wei, Jing, Feng, Shui, Wei, Zhu, Chan and Ba flow endlessly around Xi'an City, forming the beautiful landscape of the so-called eight rivers around Chang'an.
Chen Long led everyone to the bottom of the fortified city, only to see the high city wall, stretched far along the moat, and there was no end in sight. Standing under the city, people are like ants, several arrow towers on the city wall are towering, and the soldiers who are watching are distributed on it in twos and threes. There are garrison troops at the drawbridge and the city gate, but fortunately, several people have a formal Han Dynasty road guide, and they crossed the majestic Xuanping Gate safely and soundly, and entered the outer Guo City.
Wai Guo Castle was a residential and commercial area for commoners and bureaucrats, and from the north it guarded the imperial city and the palace city. The residential area is famous, the commercial area is famous, and the square market is divided in the meantime, and it is scattered. A straight avenue leads to the east and west of the city.
A few people walked slowly on the street, and saw that on the right side of the street were layers of houses, and from time to time there were horizontal streets full of banners stretching north-south to the north of the city, which was very crowded. On the left side of the street, the red wall is towering, and you can see the palaces and pavilions of Mingguang Palace from afar, dazzling in the setting sun.
A few people picked a bustling street to go, looking at the scenery along the road, while looking for a suitable inn accommodation. Seeing a big house on the side of the street, the pavilions and pavilions in it are very neat, a huge plaque is picked out, and the four big characters of "Tongwen Inn" are written on it, Chen Long remembered Qin Shi Huang's book with the same text, and the car is on the same track, it seems that the owner of the inn admires Qin Feng very much, so he waved his hand and asked everyone to turn into the inn.
Several people were in ordinary casual clothes, and Xiao Er was busy receiving and picking them up. Lu Chang asked for a few of the best upper rooms, and the little two were in awe, and hurriedly called someone to call the innkeeper to receive him.
The boss came over, in his fifties, with a clear appearance, a mustache, three locks of short hair, thin long eyebrows, big eyes and heavy eyelids, and he seemed to be preoccupied. Said hello, claimed to be surnamed Zhong Mingyu, Yingchuan people, came to Chang'an in the prime of life, first engaged in business, and then ran an inn for business. After that, he personally led everyone into the guest room.
Chen Long asked Guo Jia and the others to rest by themselves, Zhang Ning was a little tired from climbing the mountain, leaned on the pillow and said, "Boss Zhong seems to have something on his mind." ”
Chen Long took off his robe, fell sideways beside Zhang Ning, and said with a smile: "How do we take care of other people's idle affairs, and take care of ourselves." My back hurts, you give me a slap on the back. As he spoke, he pulled Zhang Ning's jade hand and gnawed it all over the place.
Zhang Ning pretended to be unwilling, but in the end he couldn't resist Chen Long, so he had to gently beat Chen Long's back. After days of traveling, she has gradually freed herself from the failure of the Yellow Turban and the death of her relatives, and began to talk and laugh with everyone, restoring the appearance of the elf intelligent and resourceful saintess, but more modest and amiable than before.
Chen Long enjoyed Zhang Ning's massage, and his brain checked the information of Chang'an Taishou Shao Chong Shenfu. The investigation was boring, and suddenly remembered that this Chang'an is the seat of Yongzhou, and it should be the history of Yongzhou to talk about things here. Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled and killed Chen Yi, the former assassin of Yongzhou, but now I don't know who is here to temporarily lead Yongzhou? Not far west of Chang'an, it has fallen into the hands of the rebels of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and the officials of Chang'an are probably looking forward to the arrival of Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo's troops to quell the rebellion, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep.
Chen Long suddenly thought that it took him three days to get here, and I am afraid that the army of Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo is also ready to go, but I don't know if Sun Jian will follow the general Zhou Shen to Chang'an?
Everyone climbed Huashan, they were a little tired, and the night dinner was at the inn, so Boss Zhong arranged it. During the banquet, when asked about the current candidate for the temporary leadership of Yongzhou, Boss Zhong suddenly sighed.
Chen Long and Zhang Ning glanced at each other and knew that Boss Zhong's heart was actually related to the person who represented the Yongzhou assassin history. Chen Long asked, "Boss Zhong, is it the general who temporarily leads Yongzhou to embarrass you?" ”
When Boss Zhong asked, he hesitated for a while before saying, "It's not me, it's my nephew Zhong Xuan." To tell the truth, my nephew Zhong Xuan was originally engaged in Yongzhou and has been an official in Chang'an for many years. Yesterday, for some reason, he was arrested on trumped-up charges by the new Yongzhou assassin Shi Li Dao and sent to prison. Hence the troubles. ”
Chen Long was slightly stunned when he heard this, and blurted out and asked, "Li Dao, Guo Yan?!" ”