Chapter 30 Outside the Donghua Gate
Whether it is Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, or Empress Cao and Miao Guifei, they naturally don't worry about letting their baby daughter Zhao Huiruo go out of the palace alone.
Like the previous two times out of the palace, the eight of them all changed into ordinary people's clothes, Zhao Huiruo was still a woman dressed as a man, dressed as the son of an official eunuch, Zhang Mao disguised himself as an old housekeeper, and the six inner guards accompanying him were family members.
After leaving the Funing Palace, she asked Zhang Mao, who was accompanying her: "Deputy Zhang knows, it's only too late now, if it's daytime, where is the latest prosperous place from the palace?" ”
Zhang Mao, as the deputy governor of the inner chamberlain, served by the side of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen since he was a child, and after Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was in power, whenever Song Renzong Zhao Zhen went out of the palace to hold a sacrificial ceremony, or went out of the palace to observe the people's conditions, he was accompanied by his side.
In addition, Zhang Mao is also in charge of the Imperial Dining Room, and he has personally inquired about the Imperial Dining Room's purchase of vegetables and pulp in Tokyo, so he naturally has an understanding of the prosperous places in Tokyo.
After Zhang Mao thought for a moment, he replied: "Princess, the little one has accompanied the official's family out of the palace many times, and I learned that outside the Donghua Gate of the palace, the market is the most prosperous, and the trade is here.
"If its taste is ten ten, the guest will ask for one or twenty flavors of wine, and he will have it at will. At that time, fruits, melons and vegetables were newly listed, and new ones such as eggplant gourds were released, and each pair could be straight thirty or fifty thousand, and all the people were competing for it at a high price. If the princess goes this time, she will definitely not disappoint the princess. ”
Hearing Zhang Mao say this, Zhao Huiruo didn't say a word, and went directly to Donghua Gate.
Zhao Huiruo, who was holding a token, showed it to the guards of the forbidden army when he went out of Donghua Gate, and he could enter and exit freely, and his group did not take a carriage, but on foot.
At this time, it is already the middle of March, and the climate is relatively cool due to the many rivers in Tokyo.
A group of eight of them left the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, walked for about two moments, and then arrived at the bustling street market outside the Donghua Gate.
After walking for about half an hour, Zhao Huiruo remembered that she went out of the palace on behalf of her father this time, but with a very important task, she picked up the mood of watching the lively market.
Just by taking a look, Zhao Huiruo immediately found that about ten zhang away from her, there was a restaurant named "Joy" on the south side of the street, and on the outer wall of the side house on the east side of the main entrance of the restaurant, there was a white eye-catching word "demolition" written on it.
At this time, there were five big men in coarse cloth short clothes, who were removing tiles and beams on the roof of the side house, which immediately aroused Zhao Huiruo's curiosity.
"Big brothers, why are you demolishing this side house facing the street?" Zhao Huiruo, who walked closer, asked knowingly.
In the face of Zhao Huiruo's inquiry, a big man who stood on the roof and stopped his work replied with an embarrassed face: "Don't you know this son? Two days ago, the partial house of the restaurant opened by our shopkeeper Liu was identified by the Street Division as an illegal building that encroached on the street and occupied the road, and Kaifeng Mansion also posted a notice that we must demolish it within three days.
"Tomorrow afternoon, it's the deadline. If this side house is not demolished by noon tomorrow, then the commissioners of the street division will come and forcibly demolish it. Rather than letting the commissioners of the street division do it, we might as well dismantle it ourselves.
"We will demolish it ourselves, and the bricks and rafters of this side house can continue to be used, if the street division comes to demolish it, it will be another matter!"
Then, another big man standing on the roof wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and sighed: "You son, at first glance, is from a big family, presumably you have stayed at home for the past few days and only read the sages and sages, and you don't hear anything outside the window!"
"Do you know that a few days ago, the Street Division marked more than 200 illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane, and it was only for one day, and finally the dignitaries and nobles living in Hanlin Lane did not obediently demolish it themselves.
"Even the dignitaries and nobles who live in Hanlin Lane dare not go against the Kaifeng Mansion and the Street Division, although our shopkeeper has also made friends with some officials in Beijing, but no one dares to intercede for our shopkeeper.
"It seems that this time the investigation of illegal buildings encroaching on the street and occupying the road is very strong, and our shopkeeper has no way to ask for help, seeing that tomorrow noon is the deadline, and there is no way to demolish it."
After listening to what the big man said, Zhao Huiruo arched his hand and said goodbye, and continued to walk along Donghuamen Street.
After walking a short distance, I saw that on both sides of the street, there were more than a dozen shops facing the side houses or side houses, with the word "demolition" written on the outer wall, and there were also people who were dismantling bricks and tiles and unloading beams.
Not only that, Zhao Huiruo also went to several alleys along the street, and also saw many people who encroached on the street and occupied the road, and had already moved the outer wall of their house facing the street a foot or two away, all of which were within the boundaries of the "surface wood" on both sides of the alley.
After walking forward for about a moment, at the intersection of a cross street, I saw a notice posted by Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Huiruo didn't like to practice martial arts on weekdays, but he didn't leave behind to read and write.
After a while, Zhao Huiruo memorized all the text content of the notice posted in Kaifeng Mansion, reaching the level of familiarity with it.
Seeing that it was about to come to the time of You, the sunset was slanting westward, and at dusk, Zhao Huiruo was out of the palace for almost two hours, and after a field investigation along Donghuamen Street and alleys, she felt that her father Zhao Guan's family should be worried.
Just as Zhao Huiruo was about to leave Donghuamen Street and return to the palace the same way, she had just turned around and left about a cup of tea, when she heard a familiar and unfamiliar baritone behind her: "Childe, young man, please stay." Today, let's meet again, I have something to look for you, can you take a step to talk?! ”
When Zhao Huiruo stopped, turned around, and looked at it, about ten zhang away from her, the guy who annoyed her trotted over with a hippie smile.
At this time, Zhao Huiruo thinks that it is not a good thing for this nasty guy to find himself, and he has no common language with her, seeing that the smoke screen is coming, and his father is still waiting for her news in the palace, it is not worth staying for this guy for a while.
Thinking of this, Zhao Huiruo turned around again, ignoring the young man who was catching up from behind, she waved her hand, and took Zhang Maoze and the six inner guards to walk briskly along Donghuamen Street in the direction of the palace.