Zheng Changshe immediately left the Criminal Department and rushed to Dongshi, he is a wealthy and noble son with a huge fortune, although he is a middle-aged son, but this also proves that he has seen countless taverns or restaurants, especially the tavern opened by Hu Ren in Dongshi, there is almost nothing he doesn't know!

Hurried all the way, Zheng Changshe rushed to the East Market, and before he entered the gate, he saw an old man in brocade clothes riding a horse, with two attendants, who was also about to enter the East City, Zheng Changshe hurriedly shouted: "Yan Weng, is Yan Weng in front?" ”

The old man in brocade in front turned around and saw Zheng Changshe, and the old man in brocade said with a smile: "It's Zheng Xian's nephew, at this time, you also come to Dongshi?" Looks like I don't want to go home tonight! ”

This old man is none other than Yan Liben, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty. Yan Liben is over sixty years old this year, but his health is very good, his spirit is full of energy, he can really be said to be old and strong, and he once studied under Zheng Fashi, Zheng Fashi is Zheng Changshe's grandfather, so in terms of generation, Zheng Changshe should call Yan Liben his uncle, however, because Yan Liben is a high-ranking official, and Zheng Changshe is a civilian, so in order to show respect, Zheng Changshe called Yan Liben Yan Weng.

Because the East Market and the West Market are the same as the Li Fang, there are Fang walls and Fang Gates, the gate follows the opening time of the Chang'an City Gate, in the early Tang Dynasty, the gates of the East and West Cities are still opened and closed on time, unlike the Tang Dynasty, even the city gate can not be closed, and there is no curfew, so if you enter the East and West markets before dark, you basically have to drink all night, and only leave the next day.

Anyway, the curfew is a thing, that is, people are not allowed to go to the street in the middle of the night, but as long as they don't run around on the street, the patrolling Wuhou will not care, even if they want to take care of those ordinary people, as long as the officials are not too excessive, they honestly eat, drink and have fun behind closed doors in the restaurant, then there will be no Wuhou who is full to meddle in things.

Zheng Changshe listened to Yan Liben's question, and he hurriedly said: "No, no, no, the little nephew doesn't want to drink all night here, well, now like this, it is estimated that I don't want to stay here all night tonight, and it is unlikely, Yan Weng is going to go in and have a good drink?" ”

Yan Liben touched his beard and said with a smile: "Yes, the old man will rest tomorrow, so I want to find an old friend to get together tonight, if you don't get drunk, you won't return, of course you won't be able to return!" ”

After that, he laughed, and seemed to be in a very good mood, and he didn't know what to be happy about, he and Zheng Changshe rode into the East City.

After laughing a few times, Yan Li said strangely: "Nephew Zheng Xian, why did you enter the workshop at this time, you don't want to get drunk in this East Market, what are you here for, you won't open a store in the East Market, right?" ”

Entering the shop when the East Market was about to close, if it wasn't for drinking, Yan Liben really couldn't think of any other reason, unless Zheng Changshe opened a store in the East Market, it was still possible to go in and check the accounts or something, but Zheng Changshe was not the kind of person who was willing to check the accounts by himself!

Zheng Changshe sighed and said: "Today, someone came to inform me, saying that the cannibal crocodile Deng Ao who harmed my child was caught, so I went to the Criminal Department and went to see Deng Io, and then asked the people from the Ministry who caught this murderer, saying that it was a person named Li Rizhi who took the lead in arresting him, and now he has come to Dongshi, saying that he wants to find a Huren restaurant to eat and drink, so I hurried over and wanted to find him and thank him in person." ”

Yan Liben said: "Li Rizhi? The old man seems to have seen this name, but every day, what do you know? A native of Xingyang, Zhengzhou? ”

Zheng Changshe sighed and said: "Yan Weng knows this person, he is a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam, it seems to be a native of Xingyang, I heard that he also helped Chu Qiangzhi of Huayin solve the case!" ”

"The old man saw his name on the official document some time ago, as if he was helping Zheng County Ling solve the case in Xingyang, and it was an official document passed from Zhengzhou Cui Assassin History, but because the old man has not served in the Criminal Department for a long time, he didn't pay too much attention to it, I don't know if it's the Li Rizhi you said." Yan Liben Dao.

Yan Liben is not only very good at painting, but also has a lot of support for young people, in the officialdom of Chang'an, he is definitely a loyal elder, and because he used to serve in the Criminal Department, so until now, if there is anything in the Criminal Department, he will also ask him for advice, so Li Rizhi's name has also been on Yan Liben's table with the official document, and it has left some impressions on Yan Liben, otherwise Yan Liben has so many things every day, how can he remember his name!

Zheng Changshe said: "The little nephew doesn't know, so he can only find it from store to store!" ”

Yan Liben said: "The old man will help you find it, if this Li Rizhi is really Li Rizhi, then this old man wants to see it, this person is proficient in criminal law, and he can definitely be regarded as a talent!" ”

So, the two of them began to look for it in Mandong City, but the direction they walked was a little different, and they made a little detour, and they couldn't immediately find the restaurant where Li Rizhi and they were drinking, and they went astray.

In the restaurant, it has been three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, even the Hu people and dancers have stepped forward and twisted several times, the scholars are already full of wine and food, they have just arrived in Chang'an, and they don't dare to be too presumptuous, so although they have all drunk, there are no people who are drunk, and they are quite normal.

Li Rizhi didn't drink much, although he was very worried now, but he also knew that wine was sad, and it was easier to get drunk, in case his mouth was not firm, and he said something badly, wouldn't it be even worse, so he couldn't help but didn't drink much, of course, he ate a lot of roast mutton.

After eating, Li Ri knew: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not early at this time, let's go out quickly, it is estimated that Dongshi will be closed, and we have to find a place to rest as soon as possible!" ”

The scholars all nodded, it is true, they are not all children of wealthy families, it is best to have someone to treat, but after eating and drinking, everyone still has to go their own way, read their own books, and in the end, they still have to rely on themselves to answer the questions of the imperial examination, and it is too nonsense to rely on others!

Fu Guibao paid for the wine, and everyone immediately left the East Market, just in time to close the city gate, left the East Market, and went to find a place to stay, as soon as they left the East Market, the East Market closed the door!

Now, it's a joke, if you stay in Chang'an, if you want to live in a regular kind of big inn, you have to go to the East Market, which is the East Market they just came out, but they came out, and the door was closed again, so they couldn't go back.

And in the various squares in the city, there are also places that can provide accommodation, wine stores and shops in each square, but they are not too big, they can't accommodate dozens of people at the same time, and it's dark, if they venture into a square, and as a result, there is no store in that square that can accommodate so many of them, then they will have to live separately, and the scholars don't want to do this.

At this time, the door should also be closed, but the door will definitely be a little grinding when it is closed, so it is a little late, otherwise they will really be blind at this time.

Of course, at this time, they were already blind, and everyone didn't know how to go, Li Rizhi thought: "If I knew this, I should have sent a servant into the city to set the inn first, and then I went directly to the hotel, but now it's good, I don't know where to go."

Don't say that the scholars are stupid, even Chen Yingying is blind, it's over, where is her family's property, now to find it, it seems to be very difficult to find, it will be curfew soon, and the Wuhou patrolling the streets can't let them look around anymore!

Li Rizhi hurriedly found someone to ask, fortunately, there are people who are very good-hearted, a white-haired old man saw Li Rizhi's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Young man, I didn't inquire before entering Beijing, just wandering around, be careful that you will soon have a place to live, including food and accommodation!" ”

Quan Shu Fang Yile said: "Sure enough, it is the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place, and this good place, where is it?" ”

"It's either the prison in Chang'an County, or the prison in Wannian County, anyway, it depends on where you are caught!" The white-haired old man laughed.

Because Chang'an City is too big, it is divided into two counties, bounded by Suzaku Street, Wannian County to the east, and Chang'an County to the west.

The white-haired old man saw that so many people were full of helplessness, so he said: "There are so many of you, it is not easy to find an inn at this time, it is better for you to go to the temple, the cost is not much, and there are many empty rooms, wait until tomorrow during the day to find a new place." ”

He pointed to a workshop next to him and said, "There is a small temple here, you can go in, remember to donate more sesame oil money, and other monks also want to live!" ”

Li Rizhi thanked the white-haired old man, and took the scholars into the inner fang, and sure enough, he saw a small temple, and when he entered the temple, he told the monks inside, and the monks let a large group of people come in and arranged a place for them to stay, but there were indeed too many of them, except for Chen Yingying, they had to squeeze several people into a room, and they could only find a way after dawn.

Wait until dawn, all the scholars get up, go to the Ministry of Rites together, register in the Ministry of Rites, just wait for the exam, and then go back to the small temple, take out the luggage, the scholars don't want to stay in the city, although Chang'an is good, but the price is extremely high, the daily cost of firewood and rice is not small, even if you live in a small temple in the city, the daily cost is more than 100 Wen, where is the ordinary scholar can afford.

The monks in the small temple introduced them to a temple outside the city, and the cost of borrowing and daily expenses were at least half less than those in the city, so everyone discussed that it was better to borrow a place outside the city.

Li Rizhi doesn't have to go outside the city, he and Fu Guibao are at ease with them, and they want to go to Chen Yingying's family's property, the Chen family has money, and they also have a house in Chang'an City, so they can't go to live with the scholars.

According to the address, Fu Guibao asked Fu Laixi to inquire in front, and they successfully found the Chen family's house, the location of this house is a bit biased, in Yongyangfang in Chang'an County, it is already close to the city wall, but fortunately, the house is not small, there are not only servants cleaning inside, but there is also a large garden, if you don't care about the location, just the environment, it is quite good.

This day is mainly rest, Li Rizhi has a lot of worries, and after another night, when the dawn he gets up and simply eats and drinks to fill his stomach, and then freshens up, combs his hair neatly, and ties his hair with a silver crown, puts on a brocade robe, and rides a high-headed horse out, he plans to go to the palace to have a look, try his luck.

Cheng Zizi wanted to go with him, but Li Rizhi didn't take him, sometimes, some things, he still had to face it himself, and he felt that it was a loss of face to curry favor with a eunuch, so he didn't want Cheng Zizi to follow.

Li Rizhi is still too immature now, and some scholars are sour, in fact, in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, even if they are high-ranking officials or nobles with titles, they will not think that there is anything embarrassing about making friends with eunuchs.

Now it's not what the first emperor looked like when he was in power, now the power of the harem is very large, Queen Wu's right to speak is getting heavier and heavier, and befriending eunuchs, you can know Queen Wu's attitude in advance, so it's still very necessary, what can be embarrassing about this, if you can't make friends with eunuchs, then you're embarrassed!

Li Rizhi walked all the way and stopped, and walked to the Suzaku Gate, he looked at the gate from a distance, and did not dare to really walk over, he found that this gate did not seem to be the gate of the palace, and wanted to find the people around to inquire, but found that there was no one in front of him and behind the horse!