The time dates back to more than 100 years ago, when Wang Mang usurped the government and the world was in turmoil, and the ancestor Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu raised troops to set things right, and the Han dynasty was revitalized. At that time, because of the successive disasters, Chang'an was devastated, the transportation was abandoned, the economy and agriculture were in great decline, and it could not afford the huge expenses of the imperial family and various prefectures, temples and offices, so Emperor Guangwu chose the capital of the empire in Luoyang, which was located in the north of Luoshui and was already a metropolis at that time. And because the Han Dynasty was the king of Huode, he avoided water, so he went to the water and Jiajia, and changed Luo to Luo, which was for Luoyang.

There is an inner city in Luoyang, nine miles from north to south, six miles from east to west, in addition to the South Palace, the North Palace, the Yong'an Palace, the Haolong Garden, and then there are all kinds of government offices, Taicang, arsenals, gold markets, etc. Other facilities, major residential areas, and commercial areas are all outside the city, and there is no outer city, so it is called a city without a city.

There are 12 city gates in the inner city, and there are the upper east gate, the middle gate, and the Yang gate on the east side, and the horse market in the east city outside; On the south side, there are Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, Jinmen, Mingtang, Taixue, and Nanshi of Nancheng in the south of the city, overlooking Luoshui in the distance; The west side is Guangyang Gate, Yongmen, and Shangxi Gate, connecting Xicheng and Shanglin Garden; On the north side, there are summer gates, valley gates, and direct access to the mountains.

Luoyang together with the surrounding Henan Yin area is a basin, west of the Qinling Mountains, east of Songyue, south of the barberry, north of the Wangwu, and according to the danger of the river, surrounded by mountains on all sides, five rivers around the city, rivers and mountains arch Dai, the shape is better than the world.

This day is the fifth day of the seventh month, which is the day of rest, and the students and most of the officials in the whole city have a day off. Originally, in the middle of summer, even if you take a break, in addition to nesting at home to escape the heat, you can go to the suburbs to find a place of mountains and rivers to find some coolness. But in the past few months, Nancheng has been full of people, from morning to night, shoulder to shoulder, and most of them are officials and scholars. Not because of anything else, but because the Taixue Stone Scripture was completed at the beginning of this year, students from all over the world came to pay homage to the copying.

On the Kaiyang Bridge outside the Kaiyang Gate, here is the nearest moat bridge from Taixue, out of the Kaiyang Gate as soon as the bridge is crossed, turn to the east, bypass the courtyard wall of Taixue, and arrive at the gate of Taixue, that is, the place where the stone scripture is located. Therefore, the bridge is now the most congested, and the people entering and exiting are moving forward step by step, and it is even more difficult for those who are riding horses to drive an inch.

At noon, the sun was shining, and the four people in the crowd finally squeezed down from the bridge. The four of them straightened their grooming and clothes as they walked south along the road.

The first person is in his thirties, eight feet tall, broad shoulders and round waist, dark flowers and gold crown on his head, purple curved deep clothes embroidered with gold thread, thick eyebrows and big eyes, square mouth and big ears, three locks of long hair hanging down on his chest, and he is luxurious and generous, and his instruments are lofty, even if he is a little embarrassed by the weather and crowds, he has not lost his temperament.

The man on the left hand side of the man in purple was dressed in a bright red straight coat, his complexion was black and yellow, his eyebrows were short and his eyes were thin, and his sideburns, which were originally neatly combed, were also squeezed into a mess at this time, and his appearance and figure were much worse than those of the man in purple, but he also had his own bearing.

There is another person on the right hand side of the purple-clothed man, dressed elegantly, dressed as a scholar, with round and protruding fish eyes, upturned beard, and a goatee under his chin, revealing a bit of obscenity in his shrewdness.

The three of them were followed by a young man, who was younger, only in his early twenties, of medium stature, more than seven feet and half, dressed in a brocade dress with dark yellow and red lines, without a beard, with a high nose bridge, a square and handsome appearance, long earlobes, and a much longer arm than ordinary people.

The man in purple straightened the golden crown, pointed to the man in red, and said complainingly: "Mengde, Mengde, I said that I would wait for you to rest today, get up early and go to Taixue to study the scriptures, but you slept until three poles on the sun, not only told me to wait for a long time, but also coincided with the time when there were many people in this day. ”

The man in red didn't care when he was accused, he just laughed and said, "Haha, don't blame it in the first place, don't blame it in the first place!" I was on duty at the Taiwei Mansion last night, and I came home late, so I overslept. Why don't I apologize to you? ”

The man in red is Cao Cao, and the man in purple is Yuan Shao. Cao Cao is the only one of the four who has an official position, as a councilor, he was on duty in the Taiwei Mansion last night, and he came home late, so he overslept and missed the time when a few people met to go out of the city to see the Taixue Stone Scripture.

Yuan Shao waved his hand, pointed to the scholar on his right, and said, "What do you do to apologize to me?" Ziyuan first arrived in Luoyang, so he met to observe the scriptures. If you want to apologize, and apologize with Ziyuan. It turned out that Xu You (Ziyuan) had just come to Luoyang from his hometown in Nanyang, and Yuan Shao organized a few close friends to go to Taixue to observe the scriptures.

Cao raised his hands and was just about to salute Xu You, when Xu You saw Cao Cao so solemn, with his understanding of Cao Cao, he couldn't make sure that he would have any bad ideas, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Stop!" Stay! Mengde, this apology is not necessary, but let me wait for a long time, this night of wine, but it is inevitable. ”

Cao Cao smiled again and said: "Hehe, Zi came from afar, it should be like this, which restaurant in Luoyang, Ziyuan said yes." ”

"Hmph," Xu Yu pretended to be angry and said, "Meng De deceived me, when I first arrived in Luoyang, how did I know which wine shops?" Let's let this primary! ”

Yuan Shao thought about it, and suddenly a wicked smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said: "In my opinion, the newly opened orchid wine shop in the south of the city is called Jinfeng Tower, which is very good!" As he spoke, ignoring Cao Cao, whose smile was already stiff, he turned back and asked the young man behind him: "Xuande, what do you think?" ”

The handsome young man with big ears and long arms is Liu Bei (the word Xuande), Liu Bei thought about it, and said seriously: "What the first brother said is very good, but Meng De's wife is also Fang Zhiyang, and it may be inconvenient to go to the orchid wine shop." ”

"Oops!" Cao Cao stepped forward and patted Liu Bei's hand, almost grateful, and said: "Xuande is still loyal, knowing that I am afraid of guilt, not like the original and Ziyuan, I only think about harming me Cao someone." Cao Cao said that he was afraid of guilt, but it was just a joke.

Seeing Cao Cao's coy demeanor, Yuan Shao's heart was numb for a while, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, Hugh is going to mess around anymore." I don't want to study too much, if there are many people there, I don't know when I have to queue up! ”

A few people then continued to walk along the courtyard wall, but they kept talking and laughing along the way.

The Lingtai, Mingtang, Biyong, and Taixue in the south of the city are basically built in one place, and the south is adjacent to Luoshui, and there is a wall to separate it from the surrounding residential shops.

Outside the Lu Gate, a group of people came to the east, three men, one woman and one child, that is, Jiang Xun took Shi A, Jing Wei, Jing Zhen and Xiao Yuan, and they had already arrived in Luoyang.

At that time, the four of them first buried Jing Lao in Zaoyang Pavilion, and then bid farewell to Dian Wei, settled down slightly, abandoned the carriage and horses, found a fleet, entered Luoshui from the river, swam upstream, and took the waterway until Luoyang. Because Xiao Yuan was alone and had no relatives and no reason, Shi Ah took Xiao Yuan with him.

Jing Wei was still carrying filial piety, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, pulled his clothes and fanned in some cool breeze, and said: "Jiang Jun, just after getting off the boat, there are royals asking each other to rent a car and sell horses, and there is a wine shop to go out of the residence, why rush into the city?" ”

Jiang Xun smiled and didn't answer, but Shi Ah said: "You idiot, Jiang Jun is a scholar, and when he arrives at the capital, he naturally goes to pay homage to the Taixue Stone Scripture." Besides, I'm from Ruoyang, can I still find a place to live? ”

Hearing this, Jing Zhen also said: "I have studied the Stone Scripture too much, and I have always heard Gongzi and Zitai mention it these days, and Zhen'er also wants to go and see it together." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to a good place, Xiao Yuan, who had been led by Jing Zhen, also shouted: "I want to go, I want to go!" I'm going too! ”

Seeing that Jing Zhen and Xiao Yuan were also very interested in learning the Stone Scripture, Jiang Xun smiled and said, "Okay, of course we will go together." ”

Seeing this, Jing Wei couldn't complain anymore, so he had to follow all the way north.

The south gate is also the main gate, regardless of officials, foreign envoys, business travelers...... All enter from the south gate, the street outside the south gate is lined with wine shops and shops, which is the real prosperous place, and there are people coming and going all the way. Along the way, there are all kinds of snacks and sweets for sale. Xiao Yuan is blessed, you buy a little, I buy some, but Xiao Yuan's arms are stuffed with all kinds of cakes, stone honey, cane sugar, eat while walking, so unhappy!

The five people followed the flow of people into a Lu gate, facing a circle of high walls, through the high wall, you can still see the heavy eaves reflected in the blue sky, although only this corner is exposed, but you can still feel the momentum.

Jing Wei became curious, and hurriedly pulled Shi A and asked, "Zitai, Zitai, what is such a big house?" ”

Jing Wei was talking to Shi Ah Dong all the way, and he was not quiet than Xiao Yuan, Shi Ah had long been impatient, so he replied angrily: "Mingtang! ”

"Mingtang...... But where did the emperor drink and have fun? ”

Shi Ah shook off Jing Wei's hand and said, "Nonsense, the Son of Heaven is naturally in the palace for drinking and having fun, how could he come here?" ”

Jing Zhen was not as reckless as Jing Wei, she gently tugged at Jiang Xun's sleeve and asked, "Childe, do you know, what is the use of this Mingtang?" Since Jing Lao died, Jing Zhen has not been so happy for a long time, and seeing that Jing Zhen's face naturally showed a faint smile, Jiang Hyun's mood has also improved a lot.

Many years ago, Jiang Xun was still young at that time, and when he went to Youzhou with his father to visit relatives, he passed by Luoyang, even if he had not been here, the usefulness of Luoyang's facilities was also heard from his father Jiang Tong. Seeing Jing Zhen asking, he patiently explained: "The Ming Hall is the so-called Hall of Kings and the Temple of the Son of Heaven. Every year, the Son of Heaven will worship his ancestors and worship the heavens here, and be worshiped by the princes. ”

"I see!" Before Jing Zhen could speak, Jing Wei asked again, and he saw that there was another high platform in the west, reaching into the sky, and while pointing to the high platform, he asked again: "Jiang Jun, what is that high platform for?" ”

Seeing that Jing Wei had never seen the world, Jiang Xun also felt funny, and seeing that Jing Zhen was also full of interest, Jiang Xun replied: "There is the Lingtai, the so-called Lingtai, the viewing platform." There is an armillary sphere and a geodynamic instrument, which are used to observe astronomy, know geography, check Furui, and wait for catastrophes. I don't know much about the armillary sphere, but this geodynamic instrument can detect earthquakes in all directions, but there are landslides and ground cracks, even if it is thousands of miles away from Luoyang, the geokinetic instrument can immediately sense, and the imperial court should prepare in advance for disaster relief. ”

"Immortals!" Seeing Mingtang first, and then seeing the Lingtai, Jing Wei had long forgotten the trouble of walking a few more steps and the hot weather.

Shi Ah patted the back of Jing Wei's head and scolded with a smile: "Idiot, don't be surprised, where are there any immortals?" You are so reckless, don't even bother Jiang Jun and be underestimated. ”

"......" Jing Wei muttered twice, no one heard what he said, but guessed that he must have scolded Shi A in his heart.

Jiang Xun waved his hand, beckoned everyone to turn around and walk east, and before he went far, there was a courtyard covering a wide area, which was Taixue. There are forty-six stone tablets in front of the south gate of Taixue, that is, the Lingxing Gate, and this stele forest is the famous Taixue Stone Scripture. There are many carriages and horses parked in front of the stele forest, and many scribes and Confucian scholars are stranded here.

Seeing the Forest of Steles, Jiang Hyun didn't show much excitement, just walked through the crowd, dressed up, and walked up to the front to take a closer look. Each of the 46 steles is one zhang high and four feet wide, which is quite magnificent, and the content is the most standard official Confucian classic, that is, the modern literary school.

In the fourth year of Xiping, that is, eight years ago, Cai Yong, who was then the Lang Lang, felt that the scriptures were long away from the writings of the sages, and there were many text errors, which were far-fetched by the vulgar Confucians, and delayed the students.

When today's son approved, Cai Yong will be "book", "poem", "rite", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn" and "Ram Biography", "Analects" Confucian seven classics written on the tablet, let people burn, a total of eight years, so far it has been completed, carved and stood outside the Taixue Gate, becoming a great holy place of Confucianism.

Although Jiang Xun majored in ancient literature, the teacher Zheng Xuan taught students not to stick to the difference between modern and ancient, and secondly, this is a scripture approved by the imperial court after all, so Jiang Xun still has a certain interest in it. What's more, the inscription is written by Cai Yong, a calligrapher in the world, even if it is not a Confucian classic, such a large number of Cai Yong's handwriting, it is also a treasure in the world.

Jiang Jiashi repaired "Rites", Jiang Hyun also happened to see a stone tablet engraved with "University", and was admiring and observing, when he suddenly heard a shout from the crowd behind: "The shaft is looking for death!" Immediately after, there was a scream.