Tang Chang'an City, is the most magnificent capital in the history of our country, the world's largest city at that time, with a population of one million, it is located in the south of the Dragon Shouyuan, by Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian in the second year of the emperor officially issued an edict to build, originally called Daxing City.

Chang'an is divided into three parts: the palace city, the imperial city, and the outer Guo city, arranged in parallel, the emperor lives in the palace city, and the palace city symbolizes the North Star, which is the center of Chang'an, and the imperial city is where the government departments such as the Hundred Officials and Government Affairs are located, symbolizing the purple micro wall that surrounds the North Star; The outer Guo City is the place where the life and residence are located, and it is divided into one hundred and eight squares, symbolizing the one hundred and eight stars of the outermost arch to the north.

Among them, Chang'an County is in the west, leading 55 squares; And Wannian County in the east, leading 53 squares, their central axis is Zhuque Street, extending to the north for Chengtianmen Street, and with Chengtianmen, Taiji Palace, Liangyi Palace, Ganlu Palace, Yanjia Hall and Xuanwu Gate and other groups of tall and majestic buildings pressed at the north end of the central axis, with its majestic momentum to show the majesty of imperial power.

This day is December 20th of the fifteenth year of Qingzhi, at this time the sky is dusk, ten thousand golden sprinkles on the towering city wall of Chang'an, Mingde Gate is crowded with people who want to enter the city, the voice of the people is boiling, very lively.

Zhang Huan and his entourage walked for three days after Fengxiang, and finally arrived at the destination of the trip, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the scholars were full of emotions along the way, and they were even more excited at this time, as if they had already been named on the gold list, and after this gate, they stepped into the hall of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Huan didn't tell everyone what happened on the road, although he had vaguely guessed Cui Qinggong's purpose, but before he met the head of the family, he didn't want to act rashly, with the huge power of the Cui family, how could he be shaken by a small examiner.

Everyone entered the Mingde Gate in turn, and a magnificent street immediately appeared in front of them, about 80 zhang wide (equivalent to the width of more than two football fields), which is the central axis of Chang'an - Suzaku Street, which is lined with high walls, painted red, and hidden in two rows of tall evergreen canopies.

The street was crowded with bustling Chang'an citizens, and sometimes a few merchants in wide clothes and big sleeves chatted and laughed; Sometimes the frivolous young man shouted left and right, rode his horse and galloped, causing passers-by to avoid him; A caravan of camels from the Western Regions passed by them, swaying in the direction of Dongshi, the camels were loaded with heavy boxes, and a dozen brown-haired and blue-eyed Hu people sat on the camelbacks and looked at the greatest city in the world, their eyes full of reverence and yearning.

Finally it was time to break up, Xin Lang will live in a branch of Longyou Academy in the capital, located in Yankangfang, which is close to Xishi, and Zhang Huan is going to the Gaosheng Sixth Inn in Pingkangfang, the shopkeeper of the inn is Zhao Yan's cousin, as early as a month before they set off from Taiyuan, Zhao Yan's father repaired a letter and arranged food and accommodation for them.

"Go to the sick, don't think too much about meritorious service for the time being, you still have to calm down and prepare for the exam, in a few days, I will settle down, and I will come to see you!"

Zhang Huan nodded, he smiled at the scholars of Longyou Academy: "There is only half a month left, the time is very tight, you also have to prepare well, I hope we can all be on the gold list." ”

"Let's have a competition to see who the champion falls today?"

"Haha! Naturally, our Jinyang Academy won the championship! ”

Pingkangfang is located between the East City and the Imperial City, which is also the place where the scholars live, and most of the scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam live here, so the inns, wine shops, and green buildings in Pingkangfang are dense, and the business is extremely prosperous. ’

Zhang Huan and the four of them found the inn when it was already dark, Lin Zhiyu and Lin Qiaoqiao had lived here for many days, Zhang Huan's safe return made the two of them happy, Lin Qiaoqiao pulled her husband back to the room to talk about the parting, Zheng Qingming and Song Lianyu although they were extremely tired, but the two had already been attracted by the prosperity of the capital along the way, and went shopping together.

The prosperity of Chang'an also attracted Zhang Huan, and he strolled to a small tavern opposite the inn, which was brightly lit and full of scholars from all counties, and a young orchid walked through the shop with a flask and a smile, and from time to time the scholars laughed a few words, poured them full of wine and flew away like a butterfly.

Zhang Huan found a corner and sat down, and the sharp-eyed Hu Ji saw him at a glance, she quickly put the wine glasses and chopsticks for him, and filled his wine glass with wine, and threw a wink at him: "Why doesn't Childe have a companion?" It's weird and cold, but do you want Jing Niang to have a few drinks with you? ”

Zhang Huan took the wine glass and drank it all, then smiled at Hu Ji: "Ask Xiao Er to come over first, I have something trivial to ask him." ”

Hu Ji gently filled the wine for him, and then called Xiao Er who ran the hall with a smile.

Xiao Er hurriedly ran over and said to Zhang Huan respectfully: "Why don't you come to a few small shops' signature dishes and a pot of wine?" ”

Zhang Huan nodded and said, "You can watch the wine and food!" However, I'd love to know the situation in Longyou, do you know the situation? ”

Speaking of the battle situation in Longyou, Xiao Er's face was full of pride, and he gave a thumbs up and said: "Yesterday, a battle report came that Marshal Cui completely annihilated the invading enemy north of Jincheng County, which is said to be caused by the other party's loss of grain and grass and the chaos of the army. ”

Speaking of grain and grass, the orchid next to her showed a look of great admiration on her face, and she sighed faintly, "Everyone said that General Cui Xiao single-handedly entered the grain and grass of the Hui people, and burned 200,000 stone of military rations, which is really a hero of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

"That's true!" A soldier sitting next to him interjected: "It was the scout captain Cui Xiong who found the grain storage place of the Hui people in Ma'anling, he took advantage of the night to touch the camp and burned all the grain in one fell swoop. ”

Sure enough, as he expected, since Cui Qinggong planned to kill people halfway, then he must be trying to risk his military exploits, Zhang Huan smiled faintly, is this the Cui family?

He drank the wine in one gulp, dropped a handful of copper coins and strode out of the wine shop, the cold wind was blowing outside, but it could not cool the blood in Zhang Huan's chest, he asked the innkeeper for the way, and rode towards the official residence of the head of the family.

Zhang Ruohao's official residence is located in Chongrenfang, his home is in Taiyuan, this official residence is also his bachelor dormitory, in fact, this is a luxurious mansion, with pavilions, gardens and ponds, and even more than 100 servants and concubines.

Zhang Huan signed up, and was soon led to a guest room by an old man who looked like a housekeeper, he was an old family member who liked to nag, and he had been in the Zhang family for nearly fifty years, and he came to Chang'an with the head of the family very early.

"You posterity, all of you have forgotten your roots, and you didn't come to visit the head of the family when you went to Chang'an for the scientific examination, the most hateful thing is that the eldest son, who haunts the brothel of Qinglou all day long, and actually wrote that he was busy with his homework, hum! He forgot the head of the house. ”

The old man was obviously very dissatisfied with Zhang Xuan, he pushed open a door tremblingly, turned back to Zhang Huan and said: "Only your baby is fine, I just came to meet the head of the house, you sit here for a while, and I will report to the head of the house." ”

Zhang Huan walked into the room, he looked around, the room was not big, the layout was very simple, two lotus leaf bronze lamps were suddenly lit,

There is only a bamboo couch in the room, the couch is cushioned with a soft mattress, and then a small table is placed on it, and the four treasures of the upper study room are complete, and the surrounding walls are bookshelves, and there are all kinds of books and scrolls on it, it seems that this is a study.

"Why did Eighteen Lang come to Chang'an today?" Zhang Ruohao's voice suddenly came from behind him, Zhang Huan turned around quickly, only to see Zhang Ruohao standing at the door, he was wearing a white wide-body Zen robe, his expression was leisurely, and his eyes revealed a gentle smile.

Zhang Huan hurriedly bowed to him, "Eighteen Lang see the head of the family!" ”

"Come on! Sit down and talk. ”

Zhang Ruohao asked Zhang Huan to sit down, and at this time, a maid came over to serve tea, Zhang Ruohao picked up the teacup and blew it, and said with a slight smile: "This year, there are twenty-two children of the Zhang family participating in the imperial examination, you are the latest to come to Beijing, but you are the first to come to see me, is the old man so unpopular?" ”

Zhang Huan apologized and explained: "I heard that nearly 100,000 scholars participated in the imperial examination this year, more than ever, maybe everyone is very nervous and can't get out for a while, if I don't have something important to tell me, I'm afraid I will come to see the head of the family after the imperial examination." ”

"Maybe others are like this, but my rebel is definitely not like this, forget it! Don't mention him. Zhang Ruoho sighed, he glanced at Zhang Huan again, and said, "Do you have anything important to come to tell you overnight?" ”

Zhang Huan sighed and said: "It only took me one day to get from Kaiyang County to Fengxiang, but the Fengxiang reinforcements walked on the road for three days, and they didn't arrive at Kaiyang County until the city was broken. ”

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