When the case in Julu County was completely settled; When the Cai and Wang parties in Yanjing City also began to have undercurrents; The broken carriage of Shen Gui and his group of five people had already stopped outside the Tonghua Gate of Chang'an City.

When Shen returned to his previous life, he also deliberately visited Chang'an City in the later generations because of a seven-character quatrain by the poet.

Wuling is young in the east of the gold city, and the silver saddle and white horse spend the spring breeze.

Falling flowers wander wherever they go, and laugh into the orchid restaurant.

Due to the reason of dragging his family and mouth, Shen Gui, who was standing outside the Tonghua Gate, did not realize the chic and heroic depicted by Taibai Shixian in the poems; These five visitors who had drunk the dust along the way, facing the majestic and magnificent Chang'an City in front of them, had no intention of watching the tour at all; On the contrary, they all want to find the most luxurious top inn as soon as possible, first wash the dust on their bodies comfortably, and then each person will have two large bowls of 'rotten meat soup' yokan, which may give birth to a leisurely and good taste of the exotic atmosphere of 'Orchid Restaurant'......

People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.

As the poem says, as long as everyone passes through the Tonghua Gate in front of them, and then walks through two neighborhoods to the south, they can completely integrate with the traffic in Chang'an City.

For Shen Gui and others, the first impression that this Chang'an City brings to them can be described as inclusive and prosperous; Just the scene of people in front of everyone, compared to the serious and dignified Yanjing City, it is simply incomparable.

They looked at the people from all over the world who were walking in a hurry around them, and even Yan Shuqing, who looked a little gloomy along the way, unconsciously put on a smile......

"The township parties who come and go from the south to the north are all keeping a close eye on their own things! There are more and more 'silk dolls' (thieves) in our land! If you lose something, you can find it for you! ”

There was a messenger in a half-soap suit, shouting warnings in the local dialect, and at the same time checking the baggage and goods of the caravan people passing by. Whether it is looking at the degree of his dexterity of hands and feet, or the speed of inspection and release, it is obviously not comparable to those 'uncles' in front of Yanjing City.

Shen Gui, who was in charge of driving the car, drank the two horses that were snorting, dusted off the dust stained by his robes vigorously, and walked forward with a kind smile:

"This little brother, I'm waiting for the Shizi who came to Chang'an from Yanjing City to travel! I want to inquire with you, little brother, where should we go to exchange this road guide to Chang'an City? ”

The city gatekeeper was originally helping a Hu merchant push a cart; At this time, as soon as he heard Shen Gui's question, he immediately lightly bumped Hu Shang with his right shoulder; After the bearded businessman rubbed over his body and stabilized his center of gravity, the little brother turned around:

"Huh? It's been a few days since we talked about the 'official language' in Chang'an City...... Official! Changing paths, huh? …… After you pass the city and enter the city, there is a small shed on the right-hand side, and you can go there and exchange directions; But I have one more thing to tell you! It's okay to exchange road guides, but when you enter the city, you go through this Tonghua Gate; Then when you go out of the city, you have to walk from here! Otherwise, no one will have the time to send it to you! ”

After finishing speaking, the pawn glanced at Shen Gui again, and after thinking that he had gone far enough, he muttered something to his colleague:

"What a coward! What's wrong, no! How many days have I never seen a change of way......"

Shen Gui was beaten inexplicably, and he really couldn't fight back, so he had to pull out five road guide certificates from his waist and buckle them in his hand, and called the little fat man Qi Hui out to pull the carriage, and walked into the 'inspection team' of Tonghuamen with him.

Except for two ladies and a white-faced descendant in their carriage, all that remained was a few delicate things for daily use; Therefore, the little yacha who was in charge of the inspection did not embarrass them, but after the release, he deliberately pointed out the direction of Shen Gui's right hand again......

"That's right! Just go all the way there, there's a cloth shed......"

Shen Gui and the others walked a few steps along the edge of the city wall, and they saw a simple 'awning' made of bamboo poles carrying a blue coarse cloth, and in this small shed there was a strong man with a bare chest, who was lying on a shabby wooden table and snoring, and this person's snoring was extremely loud, and the saliva flowed like a river, and it was about to flow down the table to the ground......

"Knock... Ahem...... Official? Uncle, wake up? ”

Shen Gui smiled and walked to the other party's table with five road leads, carefully knocked on the table twice, and shouted a few times in a row, but he never woke up the other party. Shen Gui shook his head and smiled bitterly, reached out and took out more than a dozen copper plates from his purse and threw them out! The bouncing copper coins landed on the table and began to dance......

"Wrap up! Hungry! (Don't move, my!) ）

Sure enough, there is money that can make the devil grind! This strong man, who had just slept like a dead pig, heard the sound of the copper plate hitting the tabletop, and immediately opened a pair of sleepy eyes......

"This official ...... If you restrain yourself a little, no one will rob you of this... There are five of us, guests from Yanjing City......"

This strong man didn't have the heart to listen to Shen Gui's words at all, holding a small gong in his left hand and quickly wiping a few handfuls of his right arm into his arms, only then did he raise a warm and vivid smile, and greeted Shen Gui warmly in a slightly lame Beiyan official dialect:

"Yanjing is here! Yanjing is a great place! When I was hungry, I also went to the capital with Smashing Shuaiye, and the Forbidden Palace was very beautiful and beautiful! It's just that the weather is too stuffy, and it's not as lively as our Chang'an City...... Looking at a few of them, do you have to find a place to live and settle down first? Hungry to know a place ......"

"Official! Official! We've got a place to stay! Please lead the five of us to change the way first! Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to go to the number room in the inn! ”

Shen Gui said this, and the man who was in charge of exchanging road guides could be regarded as completely waking up from his sleep. He first carefully looked at Shen Gui and the other five people; Then he rummaged through his cloth bag for a long time with a slightly strange expression, and then found a stone seal, and threw it on the table with a 'bang', and then he continued to rummage...... After a while, the man said with a little embarrassment:

"O posterity, you still lead this way first; Hungry today with cinnabar...... Tomorrow, tomorrow hungry must be bringed! You have come only to find hunger ......."

Shen Gui was a little strange after hearing this, and shook the five road guides in his hand at the man:

"But if we don't have a waist plate, and we don't have a seal on the road guide and a letter from the yamen, how can we stay?"

"Yay? Such a handsome offspring, why is it a dead brain! As long as you have silver in your arms, just go to the shop and give it a try! We only don't see the road guide! No one checks the Northern Yan people! Those Hu businessmen need waist cards, but they don't belong to the smashing business! Don't worry, don't worry! Go ahead and play boldly, just have the silver. ”

After finishing speaking, the man lowered his head and counted the dozen or so copper coins that fell on his clothes, and then grinned at Shen Gui with a big mouth:

"Thanks, man!"

After finishing speaking, the man's head drooped again, and he continued to lie on the table and snore......

On this westward journey, every time Shen Gui crossed the state, he would inevitably be put into a small bowl of blood by the local yamen! But this time when he arrived at the prosperous Chang'an City, not only did the city gate officials not embarrass themselves, but even this errand official on duty didn't even bother to slaughter the fat sheep he sent to the door!

Could it be that he is really that sleepy?

The Northern Yan Dynasty has been in a state of foreign conquest recently; Therefore, the matter of recruiting reserve soldiers has become an extremely important task for the yamen in various places. Long before the outbreak of the 'Pingbei Campaign', the Northern Yan Dynasty issued a new way of recruiting troops and collecting taxes; Out of the city - the complex way of changing the road with the waist card, in addition to better statistics of local commercial taxes and control of foreign population; It can also prevent the people from leaving their homeland to a large extent to avoid the conscription of the army from all over the imperial court.

However, as the so-called policy at the top, there are countermeasures at the bottom, and this decree initiated by Wang Fang and Wang Zuocheng to control population flight has not achieved the desired effect, and it is difficult to conclude for the time being; But at least for the yamen of the county and county capitals, there is really a lot of 'extra income' that can be forcibly apportioned!

It stands to reason that this kind of petty greed and petty pollution is a matter of 'the people do not raise the blame and the officials do not hold them accountable'; and after decades of evolution, the people of the world have already acquiesced in this kind of 'reasonable extravagance'; so it is absolutely impossible to turn a blind eye to these two little soap officials who were paid on errands just now! But now Shen Gui and his entourage have not only not been subjected to increased 'taxes', but even the dozen or so copper plates taken away by others are all 'garbage' voluntarily scattered by Shen Gui......

At least for Shen Gui, he didn't even take out a tael of silver, and he was warmly entertained by these soap officials, which really made him feel a little flattered.

Since everyone passed through the Tonghua Gate, they can be regarded as stepping on the ground of Xingning Fang. This 'Xingning Fang' is one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Jiafang City' in Chang'an City, and belongs to the gathering place of doctors from all over the world. The entire vicinity of Xingningfang is filled with a strong aroma of medicinal herbs throughout the year......

Li Le'an, who was in the carriage, smelled this familiar smell, and he couldn't hold his breath anymore; Like a little mole, she poked her little round head out of the carriage's air window, and while she breathed in the rich medicinal fragrance that permeated her surroundings with enjoyment, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, and she looked at the people on the street......

Yes, although there are countless female medical officers on the Huayu continent; But except for Lin Siwei, an earth spirit vein, there is no female medical officer in the world who can get the respect she deserves; But today, everyone has just come to Chang'an City, and it is just a quick glance, and she has already found an old man, a young and two female gentlemen......

This 'inexplicable' sense of belonging made her laugh uncontrollably and uncontrollably shed two lines of tears......