After two days of traveling, Tang Zheng and his entourage finally came to the outside of Luoyang City. "This is Luoyang City, it really deserves to be the imperial capital." Zhang Chao looked at the tall city wall in front of him and sighed. Tang Zheng was also stunned by the towering and tall city wall in front of him, and there was an endless stream of people coming in and out of the city gate. If you only look at what you see in front of you, you will never think that other places are already full of people, and corpses are scattered all over the field.

Tang Zheng showed his identity certificate and official disk, and the soldiers guarding the city let Tang Zheng and his party enter the city. "Zhang Chao, first go find an inn to live in and wash up, and then you will go to Shangshutai with me to report." "It's Childe." Tang Zheng and his entourage casually found a decent inn on the street and stayed, and after some washing, Tang Zheng took Zhang Chao and walked in the direction of Shangshutai.

"Lord Liu, there is a person named Tang Zheng outside who has come to report." A small official in Shangshutai said to Liu Yu. Liu Yu was originally the minister of state in Ganling, Jizhou, but he had just been transferred back to Luoyang to serve as Shangshuling because of his outstanding political achievements.

"Oh, who is this Tang Zheng? What is your job? Liu Yu asked the little official. The little official handed Tang Zheng's document in his hand to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu took the document and looked at it carefully. "Go and bring people in." Liu Yu said to the little official, and the little official was ordered to go out. After a while, Tang Zheng came to Shangshutai under the leadership of the little official, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting behind a desk and dealing with official business.

Tang Zheng knelt down on one knee and said to the middle-aged man: "Xiaguan Tang Zheng is the right lieutenant of Beiping Nongdu, see Lord Shang Shuling." ”

"Get up, please be seated." Liu Yu waved his hand and motioned for Tang Zheng to sit down, while he looked at the eighteen-year-old boy in front of him. It's not the first time he's heard of Tang Zheng's name, he had heard Tang Zheng's name when he was a prime minister in Ganling before, and after returning to Luoyang, he often heard his emperor's nephew often mention it.

"You are Tang Zheng, sure enough, the hero is a young man. I have long heard that Luoyang has a Cao Mengde, who is only twenty-nine this year, is a rare talent, and I never thought that the kind of border obstacle in Youzhou would not produce talents who are not as good as the weak champions. God bless the great man, God bless the great man! ”

"The adults have won the award, and the lower officials are just making some small contributions, how dare they be the names of the adults. Moreover, everyone who is a rebellious minister and thief will be punished, and as a subject of the Han Dynasty, he should be loyal to the Han Dynasty. ”

"Hahaha, what a rebellious thief everyone will be punished, not bad! You just arrived in Luoyang today? ”

"Yes, my lord, Xia Guan only arrived in Luoyang today, and after this is not washed, Xia Guan will immediately come to Shangshutai to report."

"Well, okay, you go down and rest for two days. In two days' time, the official will send someone to inform you to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty. ”

"Yes, the lower official will retire." After speaking, Tang Zheng turned around and withdrew, and left Shangshutai under the leadership of the little official.

"Childe, how's it going? Is everything going well? Zhang Chao, who was guarding the door, saw Tang Zheng come out and hurriedly asked. Well, everything is going well, the Shangguan allowed us to rest for two days, and only two days later did he send someone to inform me to enter the palace to meet the emperor. ”

"Childe, then can we go back to Rinshan after meeting the emperor?"

"I don't know about this, see if the emperor has any other arrangements, I estimate that if there is no other thing, we should be able to return to Rinshan soon." Tang Zheng said to Zhang Chao, and before he knew it, the two of them walked to the inn they rented.

"Zhang Chao, tell me to go down and let the brothers have a good rest, everyone has worked hard in the past 20 days. Tomorrow morning, we will go to visit Luoyang City. Tang Zheng said to Zhang Chao. He turned and went upstairs.

"Childe, Luoyang is really big, but it's still not as good as our Rinshan, you see that the people in Luoyang have a face facing the sky, as if they were born in Luoyang, they are superior." Zhang Chao said to Tang Zheng. Tang Zheng shook his head and didn't speak, and continued to look at this thousand-year-old capital.

"A pair of dirt buns, if you don't know Luoyang, how can you compare to any broken countryside." At this time, a little girl's voice reached Tang Zheng's ears, and Zhang Chao looked back at the little girl angrily.

To be exact, there are three little girls, one of whom is obviously the master. The dress is obviously different from the two around her, Dakai is about twelve or thirteen years old, and what she is talking about is a little girl next to her, Dakai is only ten years old. The three of them looked at Tang Zheng and Zhang Chao and looked back at them, and then the girl dressed as the master said to the little girl: "Liu'er, don't talk nonsense, don't apologize to the son soon." Saying that, the girl herself spoke first and said to Tang Zheng: "This son is embarrassed, please forgive me for offending the son if the family does not cover it." ”

Tang Zheng was also embarrassed to worry about the three minors, not to mention that it was still a woman, so he waved his hand and said to the girl: "It's okay, we were originally from the countryside, and when we saw the prosperous imperial capital for the first time, we were surprised for a while, so we blurted out." ”

The girl didn't expect Tang Zheng to answer like this, and she didn't know how to answer Tang Zheng's words for a while. In this era, others regard their faces as more important than their lives, and people like Tang Zheng who generously admit that they are from the countryside are definitely rare.

"Childe laughed, no matter where a person like Childe comes from, even if he is from the countryside, sooner or later he will get ahead." The girl said to Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng smiled and didn't speak, the girl lost her mind for a moment in an instant, she felt that Tang Zheng's smile had an indescribable taste, and she couldn't help but want to be close. Tang Zheng didn't notice the girl's gaffe and said to the girl: "I haven't experienced the prosperity of Luoyang when I first come to Luoyang, so I won't bother the girl, and I will say goodbye." After speaking, he led Zhang Chao to turn around and leave, leaving the distracted girl alone to look at Tang Zheng's distant back.

"Miss, miss." The maid came back to her senses at the shouts of the maid. "Miss, people have gone far." One of them, the maid named Liu'er, said to the girl. "Liu'er, are you begging for a beating, or have you itchy skin after a long time?" The girl pretended to be angry and Liu Er said. "Miss, I was wrong, I won't dare in the future." Liu Er knew that Miss was not really angry, but she was thin and couldn't get off the stage, so she deliberately said this.

"Let's go, let's go home too. It's been out for most of the day, and my dad will be worried if I'm late when I go back. After speaking, the girl led the two maids home.

"Childe, Luoyang is really prosperous, I don't know how many times more prosperous than Rinshan, if only we could have Luoyang as prosperous in the future."

"Don't worry, Rinshan will definitely be more prosperous than Luoyang in the future. How long was Luoyang founded? How long have we been building a city in Rinshan? So you have to believe that Rinshan will be more prosperous than Luoyang in the future. ”

Zhang Chao nodded, he had always believed in Childe's judgment, not to mention that Childe had never made a mistake. Just as Zhang Chao was about to say something, a shout interrupted him, and he looked back to see another girl shouting at Tang Zheng: "Second brother, is it you?" Where have you been in the past two years? ”