An, Li Qing lives in Chongrenfang's Yizhou Jinfeng Yuan, the so-called Jinfeng Yuan, the long-term institution set up in the capital, which is equivalent to the current Beijing offices in various provinces and cities, eating and lodging, convenient for local officials to live in Beijing, and the general local officials are also willing to live in Jinfengyuan, what they see and hear here is the local people's native voice, not to mention, and the accommodation is free, so that the travel allowance can fall into their own pockets, but more importantly, the officials here gather, it is easy to meet a thorn history, a long history or something, if you set up friendship, This is very beneficial to my future career.

Yizhou is fertile for thousands of miles, treasures and Tianhua, plus a hundred years of operation, so Yizhou Jinfeng Yuan has always been the crown of all the Fengyuan in the capital regardless of grade and living conditions, and it is comparable to the most high-end inn in Chang'an.

Li Qing is from the seventh rank, according to the system should live with people, but the steward who entered the Fengyuan is the one who eats this bowl of rice, who is a high-grade idle position, who is a low-grade important position, and there are white-clothed staff, he knows everything, so Li Qingjiedu envoy Cao joined the army Although the rank is low, but the position is important, although it cannot be preferential in terms of specifications, it can be flexible, and in the end, the room shared by the two only lived in him.

Li Qing was lying on the bed at this time, the loss of the first arrival in Chang'an, grabbed his joy, his withered eyes, was staring blankly at a black and ugly spider on the beam, busy mending the broken web, from the streets and alleys with the wind came a half simple and familiar huqin sound, the strings sounded, on his heart that was about to be numb, he shot an arrow deeply, he gently stroked his face, the whiplash on his face was no longer painful, but his heart was faintly painful.

From the first year of Tianbao fell from the mountain to the Tang Dynasty, unconsciously it has been three years, after several ups and downs, the pride and ambition of the first come have been worn away, only to find that the Tang Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty, and did not change anything because of his arrival, he lived ignorantly, became a chess game in the hands of others, step by step, involuntarily.

But today's whip woke him up.

Strength! If he has strength, he will not become someone else's chess, if he has strength, others will not dare to whip him at will, and if he has strength, what princess and county lord will not treat him as a piece of wood. Without strength, everything is! What is strength, in his Li Qing's view, is power, money and knives.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, Li Qing turned over and opened the door, but saw a thin man standing outside, about the same age as himself, with an unusually pale face, as if he had just slipped out of the dressing room of the theater.

"In the lower Chengdu County master Li Changyou, does Li Dongzhu still remember me?"

This Li Changyou is a side branch of the clan, he is the opposite of Li Qing, although the position is low, but the rank is high, he attacked the county baron from the fifth grade of the ancestor, and relied on the shadow of his father, he got a real shortage of the county master book, he made friends with Yang Zhao, went to Wangjianglou to taste the slush a few times, so he knew Li Qing.

Li Qing scratched his head, vaguely impressed by him, oh! sighed, arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Changyou, what's the matter, did you also come to Beijing to do business?" ”

"That's not it, my family is in Chang'an, I went home to visit relatives during the New Year, and I was tired of living, so I came to live in Fengyuan for two days to see if I could meet acquaintances, and I happened to see Li Dongzhu in the registration book, no! Li Senjun is also there. ”

He looked inside the room again, and asked with a smile, "Li joins the army and lives alone?" ”

"Exactly! Precisely! Living together, the loneliness of this New Year really suppressed him.

"Brother Changyou, would you like to move in with you?"

Li Changyou had already heard Yang Zhao say that Li Qing's backstage was very hard, how could he be unwilling, so he patted Li Qing's shoulder and laughed, "I have this intention, but now it's getting late, I'll take you to drink first, and then move in at night." ”

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Chunming Avenue close to Chongrenfang is another important street in Chang'an City second only to Zhuque Street, it leads to Cao Canal in the west, crosses the East Market, so there are many merchants living along the road, and at the other end of Chunming Street is Pingkangfang, which is the gathering place of candidates entering Beijing, so another characteristic of Chunming Street is that restaurants and brothels gather, noisy day and night, endlessly.

Li Changyou is a native of Chang'an Township, and he is familiar with the road here, and he took Li Qing to Chunming Street after three turns and two turns.

At this time, it was dusk, it was dinner time, and Chunming Street was full of bustling crowds, and sometimes a few merchants in wide clothes and big sleeves talked and laughed, leaving a trace of copper smell; 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 towards the East Market, the camels were loaded with heavy boxes, and a dozen blue-eyed Hu people sat on the camelbacks and looked at the greatest city in the world, their eyes full of reverence and yearning.

Wandao golden sprinkled on the high wall of the distant East City actually made Li Qing's heart feel a little proud, as if he was already an old guest in Chang'an, but when he thought about it, he had only been here for half a day.

The two walked for a while, Li Changyou pointed to a four-story vermilion building across the street and said with a smile: "That is the Taibai Building, known as the first restaurant in Chang'an, not its first scale, it is really the high level of the poems inscribed on its wall, it is the crown of Chang'an, but it is a pity that Li Bai went to Qizhou, otherwise there would be a chance to see the demeanor of the immortals." ”

Li Qing looked up at the Taibai Building, although he saw that its floor was ordinary, much worse than his own Wangjiang Restaurant, but the admiration of the heart did not weaken by half a point, it carried the precipitation of the Tang Dynasty, just like the clay pot in the middle of the slope, although it was simple and unsightly, but who dared to despise it.

He was refreshed, grabbed Li Changyou's shoulder and smiled: "Go!" Drink and go, today I have a treat. ”

The two of them stepped into the wine with their heads held high

There was a guy who led them into the lobby in a panic, the lobby was already full of the second floor, only to see that every wall was inscribed with poems, and countless talented ink artists were moving to admire, among them, Li Taibai's "Will Enter the Wine" had the most viewers, all muttering to themselves, their eyes showed a look of intoxication, looking at that mentality, today must not be drunk and do not return.

The two walked around, from time to time heard the low chanting and singing, the sound of the pipa, the second floor was also full, had to go to the third floor, only to the staircase, then heard the cheers came out, it seems that there is a poet to leave ink again, Li Qing is interested, three steps and two steps rushed upstairs, sure enough, I saw a group of people around the wall, the applause has passed, everyone turned their heads to each other, whispered, their faces were puzzled, a man in a white robe on the wall held a cup in one hand, grabbed a pen in the other, full of drunkenness, was staggering, splashed ink on the wall, a moment, the poem has been writtenHe drank the glass of wine, shook his head and laughed wildly, "It's better to go back!" Why don't you go back! Then he burst into tears, threw the wine glass, and threw himself into the house to drink, Li Qing squeezed forward, only to see a poem written on the wall:

Thirty years of life and one life, eunuchs have a lot of desires.

Self-pity has no old karma, and does not dare to be ashamed of low-level officials.

The stream swallows the woodwood road, and the mountain flowers are drunk with medicine.

Only five buckets of rice, live up to a fishing rod.

The words are full of frustration and dissatisfaction, and the following is signed, Jiangling Cen Shen.

Li Qing's heart was shocked, Huo Di turned his head and looked into the room, although he had been in the Tang Dynasty for three years, but except for Wang Changling, he had never seen other poets, and when he first arrived in Chang'an today, he unintentionally met Cen Shen.

"This Cen Shen is last year's Jinshi Science List eye, awarded the right to lead the government soldiers Cao to join the army, look at his poem may be a small official, such scholars, think that the chest is a little ink, so to save the world as a responsibility, do not understand the world, is the official so easy to be?"

Li Changyou snorted coldly and patted Li Qing's shoulder again, "Brother Yangming, let's go!" ”

Li Qing was silent, what he knew and heard, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Wang Changling and this Cen Shen, all had great ambitions, but in the end they all ended up disappointed, it can be seen that officialdom is not a few good poems can be mixed, he can't understand bullshit, maybe in the end he will achieve a career, if he has an understanding, he seems to have touched the pulse of being an official.

He saw that there were a lot of admirers in front of Cen Shen's door, shook his head, and went up to the fourth floor, the fourth floor was luxuriously furnished, but there were not many people, only two private rooms were sitting, and the rest were empty, and there were more than a dozen soldiers standing tall at the door of one of them, it seemed that the people inside had a little identity, Li Qing entered the elegant room next door, and the guy hurriedly served tea for the two, Li Changyou just ordered food, and suddenly remembered something, and handed the menu book to Li Qing and smiled: "I forgot, you are the owner of the restaurant, and you are really an axe." ”

"It's okay, it's better to sell wine than to drink, it's my first time to come to Chang'an, or you should order food."

Li Changyou smiled, "In that case, I won't save money for you." "More than a dozen dishes, and two pots of good wine,

After a while, the wine and food ordered by the two arrived, and the guy took the tip from Li Qing and said happily: "It's boring to drink dry, why don't I call two wine girls for the two guests." Without waiting for Li Changyou to speak, Li Qing waved his hand and said: "There is no need to accompany the wine, I don't know if there is anyone to sing, just sing two songs." ”

"Yes! Yes! ”

After a few glasses of wine, Li Changyou smiled and said: The capital has gone to work. ”

Li Qing was taken aback, why is this, in history, Yang Zhao should have gone to Beijing after Yang Yuhuan was named a concubine, could it be that Yang Yuhuan had already been named a concubine? I didn't know.

"What is the reason for this?"

"We don't know, ask that Yang Zhao, he is also at a loss, and only said that it was the recommendation of the Jie Du Envoy."

Li Qing's heart is already in a mess, if Yang Yuhuan is a concubine, it is impossible for him not to know, there must have been something wrong that he doesn't know, this matter is related to his future, Li Qing's heart is really a little worried.

His eyes squinted, but he saw that Li Changyou was staring at him with suspicion, as if he was about to find out something inside from his face. Don't talk about this, drink! Drink! ”

At this time, a singer in a red dress came in, wearing heavy makeup, and this Li Changyou is as white as a match, she is followed by two musicians, holding the pipa and copying the piano, the singer bowed deeply to the two, moved a stool and sat down, several musicians also found a stool to sit, and tuned the strings.

"The concubine is a little soft, I don't know what music the two guests want to hear."

Li Qing smiled: "Whatever you want, let's have a good one!" ”

Xiao Rou smiled lightly, "Then the concubine will sing a song and enter the wine, this is the signboard of Taibai Building." ”

She cleared her throat and sang in a low voice, "You don't see, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns." You don't see, Gao Tang Mingjing is sad and white-haired, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk.

The singing voice is tactful, sometimes agitated, sometimes melancholy, when the pipa is like a rainstorm, when it is slow, the piano sounds like spring water, Li Changyou listened to it as if he was drunk, but Li Qing was a little uneasy, at this moment, there was a 'knock! Boom! When the ground knocked on the wall, a woman shouted: "The drinker next door, be quiet for the old lady!" ”

Li Qing was stunned, this voice seemed familiar, and then he heard a young man complaining: "Third sister! If you don't listen to it, it's rude. ”

Li Qing jumped up suddenly, isn't this Yang Mo? That, the one who called herself the old lady was Yang Huahua, no wonder the voice was familiar.

He didn't have the heart to listen to the song anymore, so he strode towards the next door, and only when he got to the door, he saw Yang Mo, he

The old and honest one, only the brocade robe had already been changed, and he apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry my sister drank too much." ”

"Yang Mo, don't you know me?"

Yang Mo was stunned, suddenly screamed, jumped up, stepped forward and hugged him tightly, "Brother Li, is it you?" ”

Without waiting for Li Qing to answer, he grabbed him and ran towards the next door, "Third sister! Third sister! You see who this is. ”

When Li Qing entered the house, he saw a bright lady, her eyes were hazy, her eyebrows were frivolous, and she was a little drunk, and there was a fat white eunuch standing beside her, holding a wine jug, and pouring wine for her with a charming smile.

She is Yang Huahua, who has been separated for many years, Li Qing suddenly remembered the promise of Qingcheng Mountain that had promised her, and she had long forgotten it cleanly, and her heart was suddenly a little uneasy.

Yang Huahua glanced at Li Qing with slanted eyes, her eyes suddenly lit up, she jumped off the ground, stumbled and pounced on Li Qing, Yang Mo hurriedly held her up, but Yang Huahua shook him off, a slippery arm wrapped around Li Qing's neck, fell softly in his arms, burped, and smiled like silk: "You wrongdoer, I finally caught you." ”

This scene happened to be seen by Li Changyou, who rushed over, and he said with a haha: "I still have something to do, so I'll go first, you're busy!" You're busy! ”

After speaking, he squeezed his eyes ambiguously at Li Qing, and then slipped away from the overall situation.

Li Qing put the mollusk-like Yang Huahua back on the seat, turned around and asked Yang Modao, "Why did you come to Chang'an?" Where's your mother? "Jin Jing, now that he has met the Yang brothers and sisters again, this is what Li Qing is eager to know.

"My mother is not in good health, she is at home!" Believe it? In Wangjiang Restaurant. ”

"I didn't see it, tell me quickly." The day after accepting the task, Li Qing returned to Yibin again, took over the position, and then rushed directly from Yibin to Chang'an, and never went to Wangjiang Restaurant at all.

"Since November last year, our Yang family seems to be running from time to time, and the officials who came from all over the country almost stepped on the threshold of my house, and even came from Beijing, and the county order of Daojiang County also kowtowed to my mother to apologize, we didn't know at first, and then I learned that my sister may be a concubine."

Speaking of this, Yang Mo said indignantly: "When we were down, who ignored us, but now they come to the door one by one to please, compared with the eldest brother, hum!" What is the warmth and coldness of human affection, my mother often sighs, the eldest brother rescued us when we were in trouble, but now he is not coming, this is the person with a pure heart. ”

Li Qing blushed slightly when he heard this, he was not the same, but he took a step first, at this time, Yang Huahua's other hand grabbed his ear, pulled it towards his arms, and put his lips in his ear and said viciously: "You said that you came to climb the mountain with me in the spring, but the old lady waited for a year and didn't see you, how do you want to compensate me?" ”

"Third sister let go!" She said: "A toast is considered to be reparation." ”

Yang Huahua didn't take it either, stretched out her ruddy lips, sucked the wine out of Li Qing's hand, opened her mouth to bite the wine glass, threw it to the side, stroked his face and smiled: "Phew! You want to be beautiful, can a glass of wine satisfy my year's longing? Her eyes fluttered and she glanced at him, "Why don't you accompany me to Zhongnan Mountain to play." ”

At this time, the eunuch next to him coughed twice, reminding Yang Huahua to pay attention to the impact, and not to hug so much in front of everyone, but Yang Huahua glared at her, picked up a plate of vegetables and threw it at him, "You eunuch with no eggs, what kind of fart!" ”

The eunuch was caught off guard, and was slapped with flowers all over his face, Yang Huahua laughed, picked up the wine jug and poured a few sips, muttered a few words in his mouth, tilted his head, and fell asleep.

Li Qing gently took her arm off her neck, and sighed in her heart, "It seems that Mrs. Guo's appearance has come out." ”

He straightened his waist and glanced at Yang Mo, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, "I still have business to do, I will come to see you after finishing my business, where do you live?" ”

Yang Mo thought about it, but said with a bitter face: "We arrived in the afternoon, and I don't know that place, it seems to be the old mansion of Princess Taiping." ”

"I know, I'll come to see you in two days," Li Qing looked at Yang Huahua, who was still smiling, shook his head, and leaned over to pick her up, "Let's go!" I'll put you in the car. ”

Sending away the Yang family sisters and brothers, Li Qing called a carriage back to enter the courtyard, at this time it was already dark, Chunming Street was bright, full of drunk people, the sound of persuasion in the restaurant, the laughter in the green building, intertwined in the ears, Li Qing sighed for tonight's encounter, history seems to have taken a fork in the road, at this moment, he is like a dream, trance, everything around him is unreal.

The carriage turned, and the front was into the courtyard, Li Qing suddenly heard the shouting and scolding from the side of the courtyard, and then looked, there was a large group of soldiers standing at the door, he suddenly remembered his mission, his heart was taken aback, and he urgently ordered the carriage to stop, jumped out of the carriage, and under the cover of the night, he hid behind a tree and looked out, but saw that Li Changyou was tied up and caught by the five flowers, his mouth was blocked, and he was whining, Li Qing's eyes flashed a trace of fear, he suddenly understood, Li Changyou was also the master, and he lived in his room, These soldiers must have mistakenly arrested Chengdu Li Zhushu as Yibin Li Zhushu, the matter is not so simple, Li Linfu has already taken action.

Li Qing slowly left the tree, turned around and ran, his figure quickly disappeared into the thick night.