Li Rizhi looked left and right, and saw that there were no people passing by, so he sighed in his heart, did he break into the forbidden area, the people are not allowed to come here, and he rode a horse and walked over, there was something in his heart just now, and he didn't notice it much, this is terrible.

He immediately sweated in his head, if he really walked into the forbidden area, he had to get out quickly, but he couldn't go too fast, in case it was to make the soldiers guarding here think that he was running away, wouldn't it be bad, it could have been a small matter, but it would have turned into a big thing!

But just as Li Rizhi was about to withdraw from here, suddenly a group of soldiers rushed across the street, and a soldier who looked like a captain in the lead shouted: "Who are you, why did you come here on horseback, dismount and dismount!" ”

Li Rizhi listened, hurriedly dismounted, sweating, estimated that he was really in the wrong place, he knew that this was the case, then he should have found a guide, at least he should have called Cheng Zizi to come with him, if something happened to him, at least he could have a reporter, now it's good, if he is caught, no one can save him, Fu Guibao and Chen Yingying They don't know where they are, and they can't rescue them!

When the soldiers came to the front, the captain shouted, "Why did you come here on horseback?" ”

Li Rizhi stiffened his head and said: "If you say that you are lost, can you believe the general?" ”

The captain was stunned for a moment and said: "Who asked you if you were lost, I was asking why you came here on horseback, and I am not a general, which eye of you looks at me like a general, don't pat yourself!" ”

This captain is quite selfless, he doesn't eat Li Rizhi's set at all, and he is angry at Li Rizhi.

Li Rizhi was embarrassed, he led the horse, and said, "I was thinking about things just now, so I took the wrong path and came here......"

But before he finished speaking, not only the captain's face showed impatience, but even the soldiers were the same, the captain said: "You can come here if you want, no one won't let you come, but you are not allowed to ride horses here, you are a person, you talk upside down, hurry up and find a pharmacy, there are many pharmacy shops in the east and west markets, and it doesn't look like you can't afford to take medicine!" ”

Li Rizhi's face was flushed when he was said, he thought that ordinary people like him were not allowed to come to the forbidden area here, but he was just not allowed to ride a horse!

In order to hide his embarrassment, he smiled and said, "There is an elder in the palace who wants to meet him, but he doesn't know how to see him, so he is worried, so he forgot to dismount, and he hopes to ...... Thank you for your forgiveness. ”

With that, he hugged his fists at the group of soldiers and wanted to leave.

But the captain said: "If you want to see the people in the palace, it's best to go to the Yeting Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids live there, this is the imperial city, where the officials and masters work, you went to the wrong place." ”

After that, the captain took his soldiers and left, and when he left, he waved his hand and asked Li Rizhi to leave quickly.

Li Rizhi was stunned for a moment, and thought: "Imperial City? I came here yesterday, I signed up at the Ministry of Rites, and I was here, and I remember that it was Shangshu Province next to it. Well, I understand, we walked yesterday on the side door, from the small temple where Wannian County lived, and copied the shortcut, and today I came from Chang'an County, and I walked on Suzaku Street, and I took the right road, but horseback riding is not allowed here! ”

As a person who has just entered Chang'an, Chang'an is so big, go in the wrong direction, recognize the wrong door, it's no big deal, Li Rizhi laughed twice and left, he didn't dare to walk around with his own feelings, he should find a guide, find someone who understands and ask, Yeting Palace, where is this palace, alas, the layout of the palace, how can ordinary people, especially people from other places, know, you have to find a local person to ask.

Li Rizhi led the horse away, and suddenly saw an old man riding a tall horse, followed by two attendants, walked over, the old man was wearing a purple robe, wearing a Jinxian crown on his head, a goldfish bag hanging from his waist, a white beard on his face, sitting on the horse and shaking three times, muttering in his mouth, I don't know what to say, when passing by Li Rizhi, the old man glanced at him, and then continued to mumble, and walked to the front gate.

Li Rizhi retreated to the side, bowed slightly, and saluted the old man in the purple robe, he knew in his heart that this old man must be a big man above the third grade, but he didn't know who it was, don't ask yourself, hurry up and leave here and go to find a guide!

He left this time quickly, and when he reached the street where there were many people walking, he immediately got on his horse, and wanted to go back to Chen's house first, ask the servants of the Chen family, and ask them to find a guide for him, or simply let them be guides.

The purple-robed old man was none other than Yan Liben, he and Zheng Changshe looked for Li Rizhi for half a night the night before, but he didn't find it, and then finally found the restaurant where Li Rizhi and the scholars had a meal, saying that they had already left, Yan Liben and Zheng Changshe gave up, but at that time Yan Liben remembered Li Rizhi's name.

Yesterday Mu Xiu, Yan Liben rested at home for a day, and today he came to duty, riding on a horse He was thinking about what he had to deal with today, here in Chang'an County, there is a small river outside the city The embankment needs to be repaired, and the county magistrate of Chang'an County should come to see him today.

But as he was walking, he suddenly saw a small brown leather bag on the ground, flattened, the size of half a book in length and width, it should be a small bag for letters, I don't know who dropped it, it was on the ground in front.

Yan Liben waved his hand, and the attendant behind him hurriedly dismounted, picked up the small leather bag, and held it to Yan Liben, Yan Liben looked at this small leather bag, it was very exquisite, and at first glance, it was the use of the rich and noble, it may have been dropped by the young man who saluted him on the side of the road just now, and the young man himself did not notice.

Unceremoniously, Yan Liben opened the small leather bag, took out a few letters from it, opened one of them, he only glanced at it, and then ahhhhhhhhhh

Yan Liben glanced at ten lines, finished reading the letter, touched his beard and smiled: "That young man just now was Li Rizhi?" This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get here, I have been looking for him for so long that day, and I am so anxious that Zheng Xian's nephew can't do it, but I actually met him here today! ”

He turned to the attendant and said, "Go and get the young man back just now, and say that he has dropped something, and the old man will be waiting for you here!" ”

The attendant agreed, and immediately went to find Li Rizhi, and Yan Liben got off the horse, stood in place, and took out a letter from the small leather bag, this is a letter written by Ma Wenshang to his father Ma Shilang, and it is also recommended by Li Rizhi, Yan Liben read it, nodded again and again, and then read the next one, until he finished reading the recommendation letters of Cui Dongsheng and Zheng Gangling, Yan Liben put the letter back in the small leather bag.

Yan Liben thought to himself: "Li Rizhi written on the letter is good at solving cases and proficient in criminal law, Zheng Gangling and Cui Dongsheng's letters may be suspected of boasting, but Ma Wenshang's will not, because his letter is written to his father, there is no need for the son to deceive his father, and it is even more impossible for outsiders to deceive his father, so the degree of credibility is the highest, and Chu Qiangzhi's letter is just to ask Tong Guinu to take care of a Li Rizhi, there is no compliment in the letter, it can be regarded as a flat and straightforward narrative, plus what Zheng Changshe said, so what happened in Huayin County, It's also very credible. In this way, this Li Rizhi is really a talent, at least a talent in criminal law. ”

Li Rizhi rode a horse and walked on the street, didn't go far, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something missing in his pocket, pressed it with his hand, and a cold sweat broke out in an instant, he found that the small leather bag containing the letters was gone, but it contained all his letters, originally he was still hesitant, whether to take the letter of introduction written by Chu Qiangzhi and get to know Tong Guinu, now there is no need to hesitate, all the letters are lost!

How could he be so careless, Li Rizhi was suddenly anxious, and hurriedly hit the horse to return, he estimated that it must be that when he got on and off the horse just now, the leather bag slipped out of the pocket, and there were almost no pedestrians in that place just now, so it is still very possible to find the small leather bag back.

Before he could go far, there was a person running in front of him, it seemed that it was one of the attendants of the purple-robed old man just now, Li Rizhi saw it, and he was slightly relieved, it seemed that his small leather bag should have been picked up by the purple-robed old man, and this attendant came to find him.

Sure enough, the attendant came to him and said, "This son, what did you lose?" ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly arched his hand and said, "There is a small leather bag containing letters underneath, which accidentally slipped out of his arms, and he was very anxious, and he was about to look for it!" ”

"Then please come with me!" The attendant didn't say much, he led the way first, and took Li Rizhi back to the place just now.

This time Li Rizhi learned to be obedient, he got off the horse from afar, and led the horse to Yan Liben's side, he saw Yan Liben holding his small leather bag in his hand, and he didn't know if he had opened it, he hurriedly bent over, and saluted Yan Liben very respectfully, and said: "Student Xingyang Li Rizhi, I have seen the old man!" ”

Yan Liben smiled: "Your name is old man and uncle? This is a generational difference, you call Cui Dongsheng to be the uncle, but he calls the old man the uncle, do you want to be the same generation as Cui Dongsheng? ”

As soon as Li Rizhi heard this, he knew that the purple-robed old man in front of him had read his letter, so he had no choice but to squeeze out a smile and say, "Yes, the old man blamed him, and the student was reckless for a while." ”

Yan Liben said: "Old man Yan Liben, most of the younger generations are called old man Yan Weng, you should also call it that!" You came here to see the child slave? Then you're in the wrong place, this is the Imperial City, but not the Imperial Palace! ”

Li Rizhi was taken aback, Yan Li knew that this was a famous minister of this dynasty, he hurriedly saluted again, and said, "The junior Li Rizhi has seen Yan Weng!" ”

He didn't think that he would recognize Yan Liben, this Yan Shangshu is very respected, and his reputation spreads all over the world, although he is far away in Xingyang, but he has also heard of Yan Liben's reputation, Guo Youjun, the mountain chief of Shangyang Academy, has mentioned Yan Liben many times, and every time he mentions it, he is full of admiration.

Yan Liben smiled: "You haven't answered the old man's words yet, are you here to see Tong Guinu?" ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said, "Although the student got lost this time, he wanted to see Mr. Tong, but the student didn't know if he could see Mr. Tong, and he wanted to see him, and he was afraid of causing him trouble, so he thought too much about it, so that the small bag fell to the ground, and the student didn't notice it!" ”

Yan Liben hummed, nodded and said: "Tong Guinu is one of the most powerful eunuchs in the palace, if you want to see him, you just want to ask him to take care of one or two, you are still recommended by Chu Qiangzhi, this is nothing to be embarrassed about!" ”

Saying that, Yan Liben handed over the small leather bag and said, "You caught that man-eating demon Deng Ao, Zheng Changshe is very grateful to you, and he also wants to thank you personally, you might as well go and meet him when you have time!" ”

Li Rizhi took the small leather bag and said sincerely: "When the students are in their hometown, they often hear the teacher talk about Yan Weng, and every time the teacher mentions Yan Weng, he admires him very much, so the students have always admired Yan Weng. ”

Yan Liben was very happy to hear it, and was admired by the younger generations, this is a very happy thing!

As soon as he was happy in his heart, Yan Liben said: "Li Rizhi, otherwise you go to the yamen with the old man to sit down, and tell the old man how you caught Deng Ao!" ”

Li Rizhi was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Yes, the student obeys!"