90, Luoyang Insight 9

Cao Yuan sighed with his sword, Yan Xing could actually understand his mood. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 He looked at the northwest sky of golden light, and thought, I don't know what is going on in my home now, is Father Yan, who is also a father and a teacher, an innocent little sister, okay? Yang Aruo, who is famous for his impatience and chivalry in the four counties of Hexi, I don't know if he can save his relatives from the tiger's mouth as promised?

The two sighed in their hearts, and comforted each other. Gan Ling, Wei Xuan, Ma Lin, Meng Tu and others also talked very happily, everyone rode along the south bank of the water, what they saw along the way, most of them were scholars and beauties, the powerful and rich went out outdoors, and there were more rich and noble families who chose the flat land to avoid the sun and ventilated by the river, set up curtains, spread the felt carpet, moved a few seats, put on the wine and food, gathered guests, friends, drummed and blown, in the light gauze curtain, the figure of the beautiful woman loomed, a gust of wind blew, the curtain fluttered with the wind, revealing the situation of feasting and drinking in the tent, there were beautiful maids serving wine, there were people playing music, The guests chatted and talked about the banquet, and the incense was fragrant, and the sound of silk and bamboo floated out of the tent.

"Beautiful!"

Zhou Liang couldn't help but stop the horses for a while, looked at the curtain by the river and admired, and didn't know whether he was talking about the beauty of the green gauze tent or the beauty of the maid in the tent. The scenery here is very good, there are many tourists who go out and go on an outing, and other people have also noticed the curtain banquet here, and they gather in twos and threes, and they also come here to play.

Yan Xing and the others simply dismounted like the others, unsaddled and dismounted, and let the horses find the lush water and grass around them to eat, and everyone gathered together to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river here.

At this time, the sun is slanting in the west, draping a layer of pale golden clothes on the sparkling water surface, and the golden light on the water is constantly flickering as the water ripples. The people on both sides of the strait are densely populated, although there is no grand occasion of scholars gathering in the past and studying in Beijing, but the sound of cars is reeling, pedestrians come and go, and there are also cooking smoke rising in the gathering where the people are located, and the ceremonial buildings such as Taixue, Mingtang, Lingtai, Sheji, and Zongmiao stand on both sides of this water, adding a beautiful scenery to the water.

Cao Yuan has been in the Northern Army for several years, and he has seen the beautiful scenery on the south bank of Luoyang many times, and now he is watching the prosperous and stable scene under the feet of the Son of Heaven with these Dongying soldiers from the border, and the feeling in his heart is slightly different, he smiled and pointed to the lively scene of people coming and going on both sides of the strait and said:

"It has been raining for a long time for several months, and it is rare that there is no rain on a sunny day today, and there are so many people inside and outside the city, who have come here to have fun!"

Yan Xing and the others nodded when they heard this, it has been raining non-stop in the past few months, although the barracks they are in are all built on high ground, and there is no worry about flooding, but it rains all day long, and the bedding in the military tents and barracks has a musty smell, which is annoying. Today, it is rare to have a good weather with a clear sky, the Qianshou family may be busy washing the mattress, and like the powerful and rich families in the city have no worries about food and clothing, and there is no daily trivial trouble, they can naturally drive and ride horses with great interest, and go out of the city to the suburbs.

Yan Xing and the others picked a high ground, lying among the grass at will, smelling the fresh smell of the soil and grass after the rain, although they could not let these military men who did not understand elegance and poetry flourish, chanting the wind and singing the moon, but this rare pure and peaceful atmosphere between the world also made them feel comfortable and comfortable.

Listening to Cao Yuan talk about the lively scene on the bank of the Luoshui River, Wei Xuan, who was ring-eyed and thick-armed, also said with a smile:

"If you want to talk about liveliness, you have to count the copper camel street in the city, in the past, the street was crowded, it really can be called Zhang Cheng Yin, sweating into rain, side by side!"

At this time, Meng Tu couldn't help but interject and said:

"But it's not, when I first entered the city, when I passed through Tongluo Street, I was also shocked by the number of people, if I hadn't followed the imperial road that the lieutenant colonel was ordered to take, I would have been stopped, but unfortunately I heard that Tongcamel Street is not so lively now——"

Copper Camel Street is a famous street in Luoyang City, named after the coordinates of a group of copper camels at the meeting place of Gongnan Road, and the pedestrians on the street come and go in the past, it is indeed very lively. Lu Ji of Eastern Wu in the Jin Dynasty entered Luoyang and saw the revival of Luoyang City, and couldn't help but write in his "Luoyang Chronicles" that "the sages are gathered outside the Golden Horse Gate, and the bronze camel is a collection of teenagers".

The main streets in the city of Luoyang are built in the middle of the royal road, and there are earthen walls on both sides of the royal road, each more than four feet high, separated from the road taken by the common people of Qianshou, and the royal road is only the officials who are edicted to walk, so Meng Tu has such a saying. It's just that his later words came to an abrupt end, but it was because it was related to what they had done before.

Now the copper camel street in the city is no longer as lively as usual, in addition to the long rainy weather, more because of the chaos that the Yuan brothers led troops to attack the palace province not long ago. Although these soldiers of the Northern Army only obey orders, but in this process, the red-eyed soldiers will inevitably kill innocents indiscriminately, and take the opportunity to plunder the people living in the city, so after the chaos is calmed down, in addition to the blood flowing in the palace province, the eunuchs were swept away and became empty, and there are many people in the city who unfortunately suffered military disasters or took refuge and escaped from the city, and the situation in the court has also been unstable recently. Some wise people have also sensed the slightest hint of danger, and they have learned from Yuan Shao and began to flee from the capital.

Meng Tu's words were not finished, and Yan Xing and the others, who understood what he meant later, did not continue to answer, the atmosphere became a little awkward for a while, and in a moment of silence, Meng Tu, who had stopped the topic, suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, breaking the silence between everyone.

"Look, what are the two horsemen doing over there?"

Following Meng Tu's finger direction, everyone looked not far away, and saw two knights in fresh clothes and angry horses chasing each other, riding their horses from the side of the Yushui River.

"Is this, on the go?"

Cao Yuan also said uncertainly, he looked at the direction of the two knights chasing the horses, which was the place where the crowd was most dense, and his brow couldn't help but furrow.

"Ha, I didn't expect to be able to see Zhuchi in this Luoyang City!"

Ma Lin was not as worried as Cao Yuan, he followed the direction of Meng Tu's finger and saw two knights chasing each other, so he couldn't help but cry out in surprise, his voice mixed with a hint of surprise.

The Han style is majestic, and the customs of the people of the time are more positive and enterprising, and they are fierce and fierce. This kind of dangerous competition to win quickly was all the rage in the Warring States period, and the most famous racing competition is the story of "Tian Ji Horse Racing", racing cars and horse racing are the most favorite and most dazzling competitive games for skilled masters and knights. In the former Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very fond of this kind of competitive game, and often competed with others in Shanglin Yuan.

"The counties of Guanxi, quite accustomed to military affairs, since the beginning of the war, the number of battles with Qiang, women still wear halberds and spears, carry bows and arrows", the land of Jincheng in Liangzhou, where Ma Lin is located, many women and children can ride horses and shoot arrows, and it is not uncommon to run horse races. But he didn't expect that in the hinterland of the Central Plains, in Luoyang, he could also see the common racing in the border area when he went on a casual trip, so he was both surprised and delighted.