Sure enough, as Li Boyu said, the three of them had not been far away from withdrawing, and the house was already surrounded by officials and soldiers, Li Tianran secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, I escaped, otherwise it would be another unspeakable interrogation." Li Tianran looked at Xiaoluo again, he was a little embarrassed, he whispered: "Xiaoluo girl, where should we start now?" This Gao Lishi is gone, is it possible to go back to the palace? ”

Xiaoluo said in a low voice: "In the future... When you call me, can you take the word girl, just call me Xiaoluo, otherwise it will sound weird and awkward! ”

Xiaoluo replied unquestioned, which made Li Tianran a little embarrassed, he stumbled and said, "Huh? Well, little ... Fall, actually... My milk name is called Po Li, I heard Ah Lang say, there is a mountain in the Western Regions called Po Li Mountain, there are many crystals in it, it is very beautiful, so Ah Lang named me natural, I hope I can be like the crystal in Po Li Mountain. . . ”

Li Boyu suddenly put his hand between the two and said, "Stop! Let's talk about the introduction of the two of them to each other later, or discuss how to act first. ”

As soon as Li Boyu interrupted like this, Li Tianran was immediately a little embarrassed, he didn't know what was wrong with him, he actually started to say his name at such a critical juncture, his face turned red for a while, he became a little embarrassed, and he didn't answer again. Xiaoluo was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you going to check Gaolishi?" Then we will go ... How is the palace check? ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Tianran was shocked, and asked in a trembling voice: "Palace... Miyali Cha? Are you talking about the Huaqing Palace on Lishan? ”

Xiaoluo nodded and responded, "It's Huaqing Palace." ”

Li Boyu also looked surprised and said, "Huaqing Palace? Can we get in? It's heavily guarded there, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince manages, I'm afraid it's still possible, but right now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also... I'm afraid it won't be possible for us to go alone, right? Li Tianran nodded in agreement.

Xiaoluo smiled lightly and responded: "You still grew up in Chang'an City, don't you know the way?" ”

"Doorway?" Li Tianran said with a surprised face.

Xiaoluo said helplessly: "Forget it, come with me, talk as you go." With that, he turned around and left, and the two hurriedly followed.

In less than an hour, the two followed Xiaoluo to the West Market of Chang'an City. This West Market is also a prosperous appearance, no less than the East Market just now, every merchant door is full of people, shouting and selling one after another! The tragedy that happened in the East Market just now does not seem to have any impact here. Li Tianran asked in a low voice: "Xiaoluo, is the doorway you said here?" ”

Xiaoluo smiled: "Everything in the world intersects with profit, and the east and west cities of Chang'an City are the intersection of the interests of the world, if you don't come here, where are you going to go?" ”

Li Tianran said incredulously: "This is mixed in... The palace is a big sin for the Nine Clans! Anyone dares to make a living from this business? ”

"Murder, road robbery, digging people's graves, smuggling islands... What's not a head-scratching job? But isn't that still someone willing to do it? As long as the bid is reasonable, then someone will take the risk! Xiaoluo replied.

Li Tianran was shocked in his heart, and he didn't know how to continue to answer, but silently followed behind Xiaoluo, while speaking, the three of them had turned into a small shop, before entering the door, Li Tianran hurriedly looked up, only to see the signboard of "Fushoutang" hanging on the door! When I entered the store, I found out that it was actually a coffin shop!

The coffin shop is full of longevity timber on the left and right, and at a glance, the back hall seems to be full of piles, and this scene can't help but make people's hairs stand on end. There was a table in the middle of the room, and behind the table sat an old man, with a dying face, pale and lifeless, and at first glance no different from a dead man!

Xiaoluo walked over and said, "Shopkeeper, choose three pairs of longevity!" ”

Hearing this, the old man raised his head slightly, glanced at Xiao Luo and Li Tianran, and then slowly spoke: "What is the use of longevity?" "The voice is weak, as if the end is approaching, lying on the couch.

Xiaoluo answered: "See the real dragon in the compound!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he came to his senses, he glanced at the three of them left and right again, and muttered: "Seeing that the price of the real dragon's longevity material is not low?" Have you washed your bones? ”

Xiaoluo said with a smile: "If you can see a real dragon in the compound, you are not afraid of high prices, you are all little ghosts on weekdays, you don't need to wash more!" ”

The old man thought for a while, then nodded slightly, and then took a pen and wrote on the paper: "See the dragon in the hospital!" He handed it to Xiaoluo.

Xiaoluo took the paper and looked at it carefully, so he took out a stack of silver tickets from his body and handed it over, and then led the two out of the door, and after walking not far, Li Tianran couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart anymore, and asked softly: "This is it?" ”

Xiaoluo smiled: "Then what else do you want?" It cost me a thousand taels just now, when will you pay me back? ”

"What? One thousand taels? Li Tianran couldn't help but be shocked, the bad guy only paid a dozen taels of silver a year, and this time he used the equivalent of his fifty years of income, he couldn't help but secretly speak, and continued to ask: "I don't understand, people on weekdays spend so much money to go... A trip to the palace, what is the so-called? Speaking of the word "palace", Li Tianran couldn't help but deliberately lower his voice.

Xiaoluo glanced at Li Tianran, and couldn't help laughing: "Let's just say that you are a little bad person, you really haven't seen the world!" What's wrong with this thousand taels? This is just the price of sneaking in and going around, as long as you bid in place, you can also arrange for you to meet with saints and concubines! If the saint and the concubine are happy to see you, maybe they will be crowned an official or given a knight, then it won't take long for these expenses to come back! ”

Xiaoluo's words really made Li Tianran a little dumbfounded, and he secretly pondered in his heart, he didn't expect that the current imperial court has been corrupted to this point, and it is prosperous on the surface, really... He could understand that he was trying to see the saint, but he couldn't figure out what to say about entering the palace and wandering around, so he asked Xiaoluo.

Xiaoluo said: "It seems that you idiot really doesn't understand!" Well, let me tell you, some businessmen, although they are rich in the world, but they can't enter the office, after a long time, don't they also want to see the sky? So I spent a lot of money to go in, and it was easy to show off in the circle! However, this is a minority after all, and most people enter the palace to do business. ”

"Doing business?" Li Tianrang was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but repeat in a low voice.

Xiaoluo replied: "The concubines in this palace, all those who please the saints, are all rewarded, and there will be no shortage of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but what is the use of the people in this palace asking for these?" In the end, it's not a pile of dust, it's meaningless! Therefore, some people started a business with the ladies in the palace, and tried to take these objects out of the palace, exchange them for silver taels, and make some connections everywhere, so that these people can say a few good words from time to time in front of the saint, so that when the saint is happy, he will be more favored! In the final analysis, the women in the palace have only one purpose in life, and that is - saints! Of course, there are other people who do business, such as palace maids and eunuchs, who have won the master's reward or have something to go to the palace, and will also try to sell them to these people, in exchange for some silver taels to send to the family, in short... If you go in this palace, you will get a lot of harvest! ”

Xiao Luo's words had already surprised the two Li Tianran brothers, and Li Tianran was stunned for a long time before asking: "Xiao Luo, what the hell are you... How do you know these things? ”

Xiaoluo disagreed, and said with a smile: "These things... I'm afraid only the saint and you don't know, right? While speaking, the three of them had already left the West Market.

Li Tianran looked left and right, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaoluo, where are we going?" Could it be that with the note just now, you can swagger into the Huaqing Palace? ”

Xiao Luo smiled when he heard this, and replied, "You idiot! It's really fun! Even if money can make the devil grind, it won't be so blatant, right? We're going to Pingkangfang! ”

"Pingkangfang? What are we going to do there in broad daylight? Li Tianran repeated in a low voice, even if he no longer understands the affairs of officialdom, he knows the name of Pingkangfang. Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang sandwich the north and south, candidates and candidates are less than thousands every year, up to tens of thousands of people, gather in the capital to go to the election, the two squares are because it is a street of divergence, then pour the two cities, day and night noisy, the lights are endless, the squares in Beijing, Mo is compared with each other, so Pingkangfang naturally becomes the place where the prostitutes live. It is said in the market: "Chang'an has a Pingkang Fang, where the prostitutes live, Kyoto is a young man, gathered here, and the people of the time call this Fang a merry Xuze." ”

Xiao Luo suddenly became slightly angry when he heard this, and responded: "It's not going during the day, is it possible that you still plan to go at night?" ”

Li Tianran was speechless for a while, and muttered for a long time before he said, "I... I don't mean that, I mean we go there... Do what? ”

Xiaoluo said with a serious face: "It's not serious, I know that I often go there when I see it!" You'll know when you arrive! ”

Li Tianran was told this by Xiaoluo, and his heart was suddenly anxious, and he hurriedly pointed to the sky and cursed: "I Li Tianran swears to the sky that I have never entered Pingkangfang!" ”

Seeing this, Xiaoluo hurriedly pressed Li Tianran's hand and said, "Okay, what's there to swear by here?" Besides, have you ever been ... What's the matter with me? Xiao Luo said, quickly turned around and walked forward.

Li Boyu looked at the two of them from the side, couldn't help but smile faintly, and when he saw Xiaoluo walking away, he hurriedly pulled Li Tianran's arm and followed.

Pingkangfang is not far from the West Market, and after walking a few streets, the three of them looked up at the square sign of Pingkangfang and walked in. But just a few steps into the door, only to see a big wall in front of the wall, on the wall impressively wrote: "You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and not returning." You don't see the sad white hair of Gao Tang Mingjing, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk. Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone. Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require 300 cups of drink. Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, will enter the wine, and the cup will not stop. Sing a song with you, please listen to it for me. ”

Xiaoluo smiled lightly and said, "I can't think of it... Ru Ah Lang is so famous here! ”