Daxing City is located in the southwest of Longshou Plateau, which was expanded to the south by Emperor Wen of Sui on the basis of the original Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty, and was completed by the overall design and construction of Yuwenkai at that time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with the Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty, the current Daxing City is wide and majestic, and as an imperial capital of the Great Sui, it was definitely one of the largest cities in the world at that time.

Li Xiang and his entourage, Ma Xiaoxing, stayed overnight, and finally arrived at this magnificent capital five days after leaving Tongguan.

Standing outside the south gate of Daxing City, Li Xiang sighed with emotion, he stayed here more than once in the previous life, and never had a good heart to feel the beauty here.

Looking at the city wall that is more than ten zhang higher, the mottled doorway, the noisy cars and horses and the hurried pedestrians, Li Xiang suddenly returned to thousands of years later, the traffic is still the same, but things are not people, and everything is sealed in the vast scroll of history.

Qin Qiong watched Li Xiang always staring at the plaque of the city gate embedded in the city wall on the Daxing City Gate, and didn't know what he was thinking. But knowing that Li Xiang had always liked a person and suddenly thought about problems sluggishly, Qin Qiong still chose to stand quietly beside him and let Li Xiang's thoughts fly.

"Eight rivers around Chang'an!" Li Xiang muttered in his mouth, his eyes looked around from the city wall to the outside of Daxing City, in addition to the south where he came, there were waterways on the east, west and north sides of Chang'an City, and he could see some waterways as far as he could see.

"My lord, are we camping outside the city, or are we going into the city?" Cen Wenwen couldn't help but ask, interrupting Li Xiang's thinking, turned his head to look at him and said, "Jingren, tell me about the history of Daxing!" ”

Cen Wenwen didn't expect Li Xiang to suddenly say such a thing at this time, and he didn't have an interface for a while, so he slowed down for a while before saying: "My lord, the history of Daxing has to be told for a long time, you see this summer is scorching, why don't we go to the city to find a place to settle down, and then talk to the adults about it in the future?" ”

"It's okay, let's go to the city first!" Li Xiang looked back at the hundred and ten soldiers behind him and frowned: "Jingren, this is not our own place after all, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to bring so many soldiers into the city, but what is the best way!" ”

Cen Wenwen looked at it, it was indeed like this, not only the number of people, but the key was that these soldiers who followed Li Xiang were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and a clear-eyed person knew at a glance that they were not ordinary soldiers, if they entered the city openly like this, it was estimated that there would be a lot of trouble.

After thinking for a while, he said to Li Xiang: "My lord, why don't you break them into pieces, take off their armor, tell them where they gather, and let them dress up as ordinary people and enter the city on their own?" ”

"Let's do it!" Li Xiang didn't have the heart to think about this, he was now full of eight rivers around Chang'an and that mysterious national teacher.

Cen Wenwen and Qin Qiong discussed it, and then Qin Qiong ordered the soldiers to take off their armor and told them to find a way to find some people's clothes to change into, and break them into pieces and enter the city. Leave two liaison scouts behind, and wait for Li Xiang to settle down, and then go to inform them when they will meet.

After all arrangements were made, Li Xiang only took Qin Qiong, Cen Wenwen and four or five soldiers into Daxing City lightly.

In the end, it is an ancient city, an ancient capital of several dynasties, and obviously has a different feeling from Luoyang and Longmen. The ground paved with blue bricks was not as wide as it could be, and it was more than enough to walk five double-wheeled carriages side by side.

The shops in the market are all open, the little ones are shouting loudly, and there are many vendors with small stalls on the roadside selling the game they have hunted in the mountains, or the needlework made by a few mothers-in-law.

People come and go, and the prosperity is abnormal.

In the market, you can constantly see Hu people shuttling around, bargaining with the traders with a non-standard Guanzhong accent, which is obviously the feeling of the economic center of the later generations!

From the moment he entered the city, Li Xiang began to pay attention to the details and did not be blinded by the prosperity. He found that young adults were rarely seen in the city, and most of them were women or old people, and even small dolls were rare.

In the market, you can often see black-clad and black-armored soldiers patrolling back and forth in formations, and sometimes they will stop someone for careful questioning, obviously because they are very vigilant.

In addition, there are soldiers stationed there in the grain shops and blacksmith shops in the market, and those bosses seem to be accustomed to it, and it is estimated that there has been such a practice for a long time. It is not difficult to guess what the purpose is, probably Li Yuan has already implemented military management here, and Li Yuan has long controlled the war resources such as grain and iron tools.

Li Xiang and his entourage had been walking along Suzaku Avenue all the way, and when they were about to reach the Suzaku Gate, Cen Wen pulled Li Xiang's sleeve and asked, "My lord, where are we going?" Further on, there is the Imperial City, but we can't get in! ”

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he had already arrived at the imperial city while walking! Raising his eyes to look at the towering city walls and the high palace roof not far away, he immediately shook his head and said, "It's me who is confused, let's go, let's find a place to live first!" ”

After making trouble for a long time, this adult actually had no purpose, just went into the city and wandered around for a long time! Cen Wen was depressed, so he had to follow Li Xiang to return, this time Li Xiang did not take Suzaku Street, but turned a corner and entered the small street next to him.

The current Daxing City and the future Datang Chang'an City have basically changed little, and they are all lined with squares, the streets are horizontal and vertical, very neat, and there is another street when you turn the corner. The group began to look for inns to stay on this street.

Li Xiang didn't care about that, and still observed the unknown things in Daxing City according to his own thoughts.

At this time, Qin Qiong came to Li Xiang's side and whispered: "My lord, let's not go over ahead, it seems that something has happened." ”

Li Xiang looked up, and sure enough, there were many people surrounding not far away, and there were actually a lot of soldiers with knives and guns on the periphery, all wearing black armor, and they didn't know what they were doing.

Li Xiang has seen this kind of armor more than once, it is the equipment of the famous Xuanjia Army. The Xuanjia Army is the trump card in Li Yuan's hands, the number is fixed, and new people must be added every year, and some of the older old people will be used as partial generals or Sima in other armies.

Therefore, the Xuanjia Army has always maintained high combat effectiveness and discipline, and has become a strong army that cannot be underestimated in the last years of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Seeing the figure of the Xuanjia Army, Li Xiang still chose to avoid it, after all, it was the first time he came to Daxing, and the city was basically the forces of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, and if he was not careful, he would really be cared for if he died here.

So Li waved his hand, and everyone followed him and walked back.

After leaving the alley, I walked towards another lower road, but I still encountered people checking the pedestrians one by one.

This is not normal, even if Daxing's precautions are strict, it is impossible to be so cautious every day, unless something unexpected happens.

Thinking of this, Li Xiang decided to take a detour again, he didn't want to come to Daxing quietly, and in a blink of an eye, he was discovered by Li Yuan and his son.

After going back and forth for a long time, I found a small inn. It is said that it is a small inn, and it is also compared to those grand inns. After Li Xiang and a few people came in, Xiao Er came up to greet the guests warmly.

I didn't eat all the way, so Li Xiang called some food up, and while eating, he and Qin Qiong and the others discussed in a low voice about coming to Daxing this time.

Li Xiang didn't make a noise about it, so his arrival was relatively safe. In this kind of dark place, there are many things that can be done.

Li Xiang needed to arrange for someone to draw the actual map of Daxing, and emphasized that the eight rivers outside and in the city of Daxing must be accurately drawn.

Only if you settle down to inquire about the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Daxing City, the focus is to inquire about the situation of that national teacher.

Qin Qiong wrote them down one by one, and at this time, the food also came up, and Li Xiang beckoned everyone to eat together. After eating, Li Xiang went to the house to rest, waiting for the person arranged by Qin Qiong to come back and report.

Maybe it's because the journey is too exciting, maybe Li Xiang is really tired and falls asleep after a while in the house. But he didn't expect that someone had just fallen asleep and quietly entered his room, looked at him, frowned, hammered his fist twice on his head, and shook his head vigorously, not knowing what he was doing.

When he heard footsteps outside, the man disappeared into the house, not knowing where he was hiding. Then I heard the door open and a man walked in.

When the man hiding in the shadows saw the people coming in, he held his breath and didn't dare to make a sound. But the person who came in didn't seem to be Li Xiang's own, his eyes looked around, then he smiled coldly at Li Xiang, took out a paper bag from his arms, opened the small teapot on the table in the room, and poured a little powder from the paper bag into it.

Turning his head to look at Li Xiang, who was asleep and not waking up, he shook his head and sighed, and he didn't know what he meant. I picked up the teapot and shook it in the air for a long time, then I put it down gently, turned my head to Li Xiang and bowed to get up, turned to the door and said: "The teacher's fate is difficult, in a certain heart, you Li Xiang is also a man, so dying like this is a good home, rest in peace!" ”

After speaking, the man opened the door of the house and walked out quickly, leaving Li Xianghe, who was still asleep, and the stranger who looked at him in a daze.

"This, no, I want to save people, right?" This person spoke intermittently, as if he was not a normal person, but it seemed that he also realized that what the person put in Li Xiang's teapot just now was definitely not a good thing.

He walked to Li Xiang's couch and shook it for a long time without responding, so he was in a hurry and shouted out directly.

"Ahhh

This person really didn't seem to be very good at talking, and actually yelled at Li Xiang twice in the most primitive monkey gathering voice. The effect was quite obvious, Li Xiang simply turned over and stood on the ground from the bed.

After getting up and looking at the person in front of me, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here!