Chang'an city is a different scene, and outside the city is another world entirely, the end of spring is the twilight of spring and early summer at the turn of the year, there is a month from the rainy season, just enter the Mingde Gate, the noisy and lively atmosphere will come to the face, the pedestrians are weaving, the river is endless, the shouting of the vendors on both sides of the city gate is one after another, a caravan composed of hundreds of camels is slowly walking.

On both sides are lush and dense trees and tall and sturdy red walls, in the middle is a straight and spacious Suzaku Avenue, which leads to the distance, at the end of the avenue is the majestic Imperial City and Taiji Palace, the new green willow branches are swaying in the wind, the palace and the pavilions reflect each other, the golden pagoda dome and the cornices are reflected in the early morning glow.

Huaxing's mind has also become broadened with the magnificent Tang Capital, which will be the starting point of his new life, no matter whether the future is stormy or sunny, he will go on without hesitation.

Tang Chang'an City is generally a symmetrical pattern of the central axis, the layout is extremely neat, the regulation is strict, the whole city takes the Zhuque Street in the north-south direction as the central axis, and the east and west sides are neatly arranged with the same number and area of the square market. The streets and squares are neatly side by side, and the east-west and north-south streets are intersected in a grid. The outer city is divided into grid formats, and each grid is a square. The 12 main streets in the Imperial City are intertwined with each other, dividing the Imperial City area into a grid pattern. The palace city, the imperial city, and the outer Guo are arranged in parallel, and the palace city symbolizes the North Star, which is thought to be in the sky; The purple wall that surrounds Beichen is symbolized by the Imperial City Hundred Officials Office; Wai Guo Castle symbolizes the stars arching to the north. Therefore, the Tang people have a poem to praise "the founding of the country and the east well, and the city starts from the north star".

There are eight north-south streets and fourteen east-west streets in Waiguo City. Drainage ditches are set up on both sides of the street, and street trees such as elm and locust are planted. Among them, the six main streets leading to the South Third Gate and connecting the East and West Sixth Gates are the main roads, and most of them are more than 100 meters wide. The widest Suzaku Street reaches 155 meters, which is the north-south axis of the city, with it as the boundary, the east of the city belongs to Wannian County, and the west of the city belongs to Chang'an County. Of course, there are two most important markets in Waiguo City - East Market and West Market, and the two cities, one east and one west, each occupy two squares. The two cities are almost identical in size, with a length of about 1,025 meters from north to south and a width of about 927 meters from east to west. The market is walled, with eight gates, tic-tac-toe streets and walled streets, dividing the city into nine districts. Each district is surrounded by shops and restaurants, jewellery shops and handicraft workshops. Most of the business in Chang'an City is concentrated in these two markets, and there are also some scattered commercial facilities in other squares.

Hua Xing took out a note from his arms and looked at it - Jinguangmen Huaide Fang, near the West Market. Then I asked for directions when I met people, and instead of taking the street, I walked through the alleys, passed through four or five miles, and came to a square. He raised his eyes and saw a horizontal plaque hanging on the door of the fang, on which the words "Huaide Fang" were written. Immediately straightened out his outfit and came to the front of the door. An old man sat in the school by the door, and when he saw him come up, he came out of the house and asked kindly, "What is the matter with you?" ”

"In the lower Luo Huaxing, I came to meet this Ju Tao Gong." While speaking, Hua Xing took out the road from the burden and handed it to the old pawn.

The old man took the road and looked at it, then stood up straight and asked, "But the townsman who rushed to take the exam?" ”

"Exactly."

"Alas, please forgive the villain's clumsiness." The old man was sincerely afraid, lifted his robe, and had to bow down.

Hua Xing stopped him and said with a smile: "Old man doesn't have to be like this!" Dare to ask Tao Gong if he is at home? ”

"You come with me."

The old pawn led the way and led Huaxing to the outside of the Tao family's courtyard.

Huaide Fang is medium in size, with about 60 households. The Tao family is in the depths of the alley, facing the south and facing the north, the courtyard is not large, the loess is the wall, and the chai door is empty. The old man asked Hua Xing to wait, stepped forward to push the door open, stood outside the steps, and asked respectfully, "Is Mr. Tao here?" ”

Huaxing looked into the courtyard and saw that the roof of the house was exposed, which was a hanging mountain type and a compound tile. There was a mulberry tree beside the house, and half of the trunk and desolate branches were exposed from the wall. He looked left and right, probably because of the cold in the late spring, or because of the opening of the West Market, there were few pedestrians in the alley, and there was a faint sound of light wind blowing. There was a child who probably heard the neighing of horses, poked his head out of a small courtyard not far away, snorted his nose, and was secretly watching them, met Huaxing's sight, suddenly retracted his head, waited for a while, and quietly poked out.

Huaxing thought it was funny, and just wanted to laugh, when he heard someone coming out of the courtyard, he didn't see him, he heard his voice first, and a woman replied: "Jiajun is at home." …… It's Zhang Weng from the school, please come in. "Listen to his voice, it is very clear.

Huaxing put his smile back and straightened his robe,

The woman who spoke walked out of the courtyard, grabbed the sleeve of her robe with her hand, and waved to Huaxing.

Huaxing also smiled politely: "Shangluo Huaxing, I've seen the girl." ”

At this time, I looked up and saw this woman, only to see her wearing a dark red fairy dress, with red lips and bright teeth, radiant and glorious, even if it was a light makeup, but she showed that she was more beautiful, extraordinary, out of the world, just like a white lotus that could not be blasphemed, beautiful and enchanting at the same time, a cold arrogance emanated from her.

"Oh? Huajun? You come with me. The woman led Huaxing into the courtyard, and the old pawn retreated on his own.

There are three houses directly opposite the entrance to the courtyard, and the style is the common one and two houses. There was a kitchen on the west wall, and the mulberry tree stood on the edge of the kitchen. The east wall is a pigsty, a chicken ridge, and a thatched latrine. Although the floor of the precincts is muddy and not paved with masonry, it is smooth and clean.

The woman entered the house to report, and came out after a short time, saying, "Jiajun invites Huajun to come to the court." ”

She led Hua Xing to the front of the hall, and asked Hua Xing to go first, Hua Xing gave way, so humble three times, and the two of them climbed the stairs together. The east is the main position, the west is the guest position, the woman is from the east, and Huaxing is from the west. After completing this set of etiquette for the host to welcome guests to the hall, Huaxing entered the hall.

The breeze carried the fragrance of flowers from the courtyard into the small living room, and the interior of the hall was quite Han style - there were no chairs, only seats. In addition to a few seats and a few low cases, there is nothing else in the hall. There was a man kneeling on the seat facing the window in the east, who was looking at the book in his hand in the sunlight, and when he heard Huaxing and them come in, he gently closed the book.

Hua Xingbai fell to the ground: "Xing worship Tao Gong." It's been three months since I parted from the suburbs of the city, and I'm healthy? ”

Tao Hanting is thirty years old, wearing a white dress with a slight ink pattern, he is thin, his face is not deep, and his two dark thick eyebrows are very eye-catching. He looked at Huaxing, for Tao Hanting, there were too many people he had saved in his chivalrous deeds, and the people of the rivers and lakes gave him the good name of "Meng Wei in White", he did not answer, but looked at Huaxing, this young man has a square face of a northerner, a high forehead, high cheekbones, a high nose bridge, and the beautiful big eyes in the deep eye sockets are shining, he is really a handsome offspring.

Tao Hanting's ancestors were the officials who broke out of prison, and they were honest for several generations, so Tao Hanting made a wish to make a life for the people since he was a child. Then Tao Hanting and his wife saved the dead and helped the injured in Chang'an, wrote a petition to redress grievances, and the couple's reputation spread all over the world, and life passed quickly.

Speaking of the origin of Huaxing and this Tao Hanting has to start from three months ago, Huaxing contracted a cold and fell ill in the suburbs of Chang'an inn, Tao Hanting was a poor household to see a doctor, passing by the inn, seeing that the shopkeeper was afraid that Huaxing would die here to bomb away, he had a chivalrous heart, the road saw the unevenness of the needle to help, cured Huaxing, so how to say is also Huaxing's benefactor, whether it is the reborn Huaxing or the original Huaxing.

Tao Hanting is chivalrous and does not ask for anything in return, but Huaxing and his two generations know that the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated, and he cannot be an ungrateful person. Fortunately, Tao Hanting is very famous around the capital, especially among the people at the bottom, and Huaxing soon found out the address of Tao Hanting, so he had this visit.

"Tao Gong, I took the liberty to come to visit, and it was already very rude. You can't thank you enough for taking time out of your busy schedule to host you. Tao Gong has the grace of regeneration in me, and he has a sense of guilt! Hua Xing interrupted Tao Hanting's thoughts and bowed down.

Tao Hanting smiled and was about to speak, when the woman had already brought tea in and put two tea bowls in front of everyone. Then stand on the start.

"Sheng Guo, drink tea." Tao Hanting gestured.

Shengguo is the word for Huaxing.

Huaxing nodded in agreement, one of the two cups of tea was white water, and the other was clear tea. Huaxing came early in the morning, he hadn't drunk the water yet, and when he saw the white water, he felt really thirsty, so he took the white water and drank it all. The woman was standing behind Hua Xing, and when she saw this, her face showed a slight sneer. Tao Hanting glared at the woman, then took the white water and drank it all, and then waved his hand. The woman removed the tea bowl with mouthwash, and Tao Hanting picked up the tea bowl, "Drink tea." ”

Both of them took a sip of their teacups, and Tao Hanting asked, "How is Chunqiu?" ”。

"I couldn't take the exam because of illness." Huaxing replied.

"So what's the plan?" Tao Hanting then asked.