[The third update, ask for red tickets, collect]

In the cold night, the inner city of Kaifeng is far less lively than the outer city. Walking on the wide royal street, I could only hear the horse's hooves knocking on the ground. The royal street is 200 paces wide, and in the darkless night, it is completely impossible to see the situation across the street. Only a lantern hung in front of the horse dispelled the darkness of the road ahead. And the lights of the Suzaku Gate in front also pointed the way.

Han Gang said goodbye and left Wang Anshi's mansion, and the horse he rode was still borrowed from the Wang family. Wang sent Han Gang out, knowing that Lu Dao and Anfang were different from the downtown area, and it was difficult to hire horses, so he sent a small colonel who worked as a groom from home to send Han Gang back.

At this time, the prince's official mansion usually had van soldiers and pawns as servants, and Wang Anshi's family was not exempt from vulgarity, but only a few veterans were left to guard the outer courtyard, plus a horseman who took care of the mounts. And the entourage of seventy or eighty people who usually escorted Wang Anshi's court all lived outside and came every morning, so they couldn't be regarded as servants of the Wang family.

After sitting at Wang's house for a long time, he drank two cups of tea, and Han Gang was a little hungry. Looking back at the little school who was a groom in the Wang family, he was pulling a face. I slept soundly in the middle of the night, but I was called to see off the guests, and if it was myself, I would inevitably have to scold, even if I couldn't scold it, the belly slander was certain. Han Gang knew that Xiao Xiao must be secretly scolding himself in his stomach, but this feud was a little wronged.

Han Gang and the two came out of the side gate of the Suzaku Gate in the south of the inner city, and the soldiers guarding the gate did not check carefully, and when they saw the sign displayed by the colonel, they let them go. Han Gang looked at it and shook his head, it was already night when he came in just now, and he hadn't even met the inspection.

The inner city of Kaifeng can really be said to be in name only, just Han Gang has entered and exited from the Suzaku Gate in the past few days, and found that the walls of several sections of the city wall have collapsed, and they have not been repaired there, not to mention that there are more city walls Han Gang has not seen yet. This is completely incomparable to the outer city and the imperial city with complete facilities and strong walls. However, the inner city wall was originally useless, but it was the Bianzhou city wall when it was not promoted to the capital in the old year, and with the current financial situation of the imperial court, even if the money was squeezed out, it would only be used to repair the outer city wall.

Out of the Suzaku Gate, after crossing the wide Longjin Stone Bridge in front of the door, there is the Suzaku Gate Street in front of you. Although it is not as wide as the 200 steps of Yujie, it is also 50 steps wide. It is one of the several main streets in the outer city, and it is also lined with shops, lining the sides of the street. However, Suzakumen Street is not as good as Little Sweet Water Lane, it is a daytime business, and at night, the shops on both sides of the street are basically closed, and the street is dark.

There are only a few stalls set up on the side of the street, near the intersection of Yujie and Suzakumen Street, with a hot fire, a few windproof lanterns, and a slight glimmer. They are a bit like the food stalls in the night market of later generations, which are put out at night and taken back in the early hours of the morning.

Even as it was approaching midnight, there were still people walking in the market, and Han Gang saw a group of more than a dozen people patrolling the city around the fire of a stall, drinking hot soup. With these people coming and going, there is no need to worry about the food stalls running out of business.

There were also many drunks who fell crookedly on the road, and some simply lay on the side of the road, but usually they were kicked up by the husband and the city patrol to make them hurry home and save them from freezing to death.

A group of drunken men crossed the road, singing out of tune, and came in a crooked manner. Han Gang carried the reins and manipulated his mount to avoid them. The horses used by the governor's family were not badly trained, although the horse that Han Gang rode was a small horse, but it was very clever to pass through the middle of the crowd, and he didn't even rub the corners of his clothes.

"Isn't that Han Guanren?!" At this time, a shout startled the few pedestrians on the street.

As soon as the voice came into his ears, Han Gang pursed his lips, this is Liu Zhongwu's voice, that is, there are some big tongues, most likely because he has drunk too much. He turned around immediately, and saw that across the street, Li Xiaoliu was holding Liu Zhongwu, who was staggering, and walked over with Lu Ming drunk.

Seeing that it was them, Han Gang jumped off the horse, arched his hand, and thanked him: "Traveling at night, I have a lot of trouble for my little brother." Next, I will go back to the post house with them, and the little brother will take care of himself. As he spoke, he took out a string of money from his arms and handed it over, "It's cold, little brother take it to buy some hot wine to warm up." ”

Xiao Xiaoxiao's stiff face eased, pushed a few times, and then accepted the money with a smile. He thanked Han Gang before getting on the horse and going back and forth. When they turned around with two horses, they passed through the group of drunks again, and now Han Gang saw clearly, Xiao Xiaoxiao's hands were completely caged in his sleeves, and he didn't touch the reins of the horses at all, and he passed through the drunks smoothly with only two horses himself.

Han Gang looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao's back thoughtfully. The horse he rode was able to avoid pedestrians, and it seems that he had not been trained to carry the reins. Liu Zhongwu's Chilu Han Gang has seen that the good horse in Hexi is not so dexterous, I don't know if it is the credit of this horseman.

It should be, right? Han Gang thought that if he could be sent to the governor's house to take care of the mount, the level would not be bad. It's just that such talents do not make meritorious contributions on the front line, nor do they work in pastoral prisons, but become pawns under the families of high-ranking officials, no wonder more than a dozen pastoral supervisors in the Great Song Dynasty smash millions of dollars every year, and there are not a few good horses coming out!

The three people on the opposite side had already walked over by this time. Especially Liu Zhongwu, I don't know how much wine he drank, he staggered away, and the thin Li Xiaoliu was almost crushed when he had to support him. Liu Zhongwu, who had just obtained the official body, still shouted loudly with alcohol: "Han Guanren, why are you here?" ”

As they approached, the smell of fragrant powder mixed with the smell of wine suddenly came to their faces. The pungent smell made Han Gang take a small half step back, frowning at the two drunken two. It's not that it's red and green, how can there be such a strange smell on the body. It seems that they are also having a good time in the Champion Building.

However, the champion building is an official office, and the official prostitutes from the Department of Education and Workshop are not accompanied by the law, that is, they do not sell their bodies. Although there are many exceptions, Liu Zhongwu and Lu Ming are not qualified, and they must have some talents and literary names to make those high-spirited courtesans put down their bodies. I think the two of them should have just smelled the fishy smell, but they didn't eat the fish. Han Gang regretted for the two of them, if Zhang Yu had a treat in Little Sweet Water Lane, he would not have come back so early.

Lu Ming's alcohol was a little less than Liu Zhongwu's, and he still maintained a certain degree of sobriety, and he asked cautiously: "I heard that the official went to the palace of the prince of the prince?" ”

Han Gang nodded, and said regretfully: "If it weren't for Wang Shenzheng's envoy to invite me to my private residence, I would have been able to go to the Zhuangyuan Building with Brother Ziwen and Brother Lu to drink." ”

After confirming that Han Gang was indeed invited by Wang Anshi, Lu Ming suddenly stood in awe, and asked again: "Old Commissioner Zhang also said that his son also went to the palace of the prince of Wang, I wonder if the officials have seen it?" ”

"I didn't see this, I only went to play two games of chess with the second yamen of the Wang family."

Han Gang said plainly, but Lu Ming was even more envious, "Ordinary people can say a few words to Menzi when they go to the slaughtering house." Officials can play chess with Wang Yanei, and they will inevitably be valued by Wang Shenzheng, and it is needless to say that they will soar in the future. ”

Han Gang sneered when he heard this. Playing chess next to the king, what does it have to do with his Lao Tzu?! When he had a deep conversation with Wang Hou overnight, they were all brothers and brothers, but Wang Shaohui took out the position of the Economic Strategy Division as an official business, not because of his own intelligence and ability, and it had nothing to do with his son. Wang Anshi is the ruler of a country, and he is also a famous figure in history, saying that he will look at him differently because he played chess well with Wang Bian, Han Gang will only laugh, but he will not believe it.

Wang Anshi let him run away, and Han Gang had a lot of words in his heart. It's just that thinking about it the other way, this is because his status is not enough, if he becomes the core figure of the Fa Reform Sect like Zhang Dian, Wang Anshi will not be able to let himself run in vain. Thinking like this, Han Gang was relieved and relaxed his thoughts. He has always been open-minded, and has always thought that it is easy to complain about others, but there is no point, it is better to ask for yourself. When you have the strength, you can take revenge, instead of complaining like a woman.

Not wanting to mention the coldness he received in Wang Anshi's Mansion, Han Gang turned around and walked in the direction of Chengnanyi first. Han Gang didn't walk fast, and he was leisurely like he was walking in the garden. Late at night under the moon, strolling on the side of the royal street of the capital city thousands of years ago, an arched bridge in front of me is like a rainbow, flying across the head of the Wuzhang River, looking at the pavilion houses on the top of the slope of the eaves, there is a magical feeling beyond reality. But Liu Zhongwu and Lu Ming were not magical at all, they followed with the smell of wine, and the sound of dragging footsteps shattered Han Gang's trance for a while.

Han Gang sighed lightly, turned sideways and asked Lu Ming and Liu Zhongwu, "I don't know what happened to the two of you in the Champion Building?" ”

"It's nothing more than a good wine woman." Lu Ming pretended to be flat and said, learning Han Gang's tone.

"It's all good, whether it's people, whether it's wine, it's all good. When I arrived in the capital, I realized that several restaurants in Qinzhou were all shit! At that time, I was still looking up my neck, and I was holding my fingers to see when I would be able to take Yulu to go shopping, but now I don't want to go! Liu Zhongwu was very drunk and had no words, "It's just that the companion that Mr. Zhang brought with him is too girly, not like a man, and he has his little finger cocked when he speaks." ”

"It's Liu Guanren, you don't understand, someone is good at this." Lu Ming is worthy of being a gossip party, his eyes are very poisonous, and he laughs lewdly [harmonious]: "Outside the old Zhang, this is called water and drought, and both men and women eat it!" ”

"If you have milk to eat on the waterway, what can you eat when you walk on the dry road? Eat? Liu Zhongwu laughed, thinking that he had told a funny joke. The pride of the palace and the wine and beauty of the champion building rushed his composure into the sewer, and he had no scruples about speaking.

Thinking of the sewer, Han Gang looked left and right, and there happened to be a sewer passing through the other side of the Wuzhang River in front of him. The dark outer mouth is like a hidden cave, at least more than one zhang high and two zhang wide, and it looks like it can even sail a boat.