Xu Mingyuan and Li Mu stayed in a small town outside Chang'an last night, and walked for more than half an hour today, following the direction of the post road, and finally could see the corner of the towering city.

However, the distance was still far away, and only a shadow could be faintly seen, but it still made the two of them stare straight, and they wanted to see more clearly.

Not long after the donkey cart left, Xu Mingyuan got out of the car and fed Lao Huang some water, but Lao Huang, who has been declining a little bit in the past few days, looked a little excited today, licked the water that Xu Mingyuan poured in his hand, and raised his head and called twice.

Xu Mingyuan stroked Lao Huang's head with a smile, looked at the direction of the Xiongcheng and said softly: "Lao Huang, Lao Huang, Master said that you have a place you want to go to again, could it be Chang'an City?" ”

Lao Huang raised his head and called twice, as if in response to Xu Mingyuan's words, stepped on his feet, and began to urge Xu Mingyuan to get on the road quickly.

Xu Mingyuan sat on the wheel with a smile, patted Li Mu's shoulder, motioned for him to sit inside, and said with a smile: "It's almost Chang'an, do you have a place to stay?" ”

Li Mu sat in the carriage, rolled up the curtains, nodded and said: "My uncle is in Chang'an, I'll just go to him, as long as I get to him, unless my father comes in person, no one can arrest me back." ”

"That's good, follow me all the way, but you, the eldest young master, have lost weight." Xu Mingyuan put the water bladder in the carriage and looked at the farmland that had already been harvested on both sides of the post road, the withered yellow weeds and the rice stalks scattered in the fields, a sad scene.

It's been November now, and the weather is already a little cold, and Xu Mingyuan is also wearing an old jacket. Li Mu, who was sitting in the carriage, rolled the quilt directly. Look at his messy hair, where is there any appearance of the world's No. 1 Qian Zhuang young master. If it weren't for the brocade clothes on his body and the white hosta randomly inserted in his hair, he would be a sloppy beggar.

"Where are you going to live in Chang'an? If there is nowhere to stay. Then come with me to live with my uncle for a while, anyway, when you take the exam, I will almost start the martial arts exam. Li Mu looked at Xu Mingyuan and said.

Xu Mingyuan shook his head and said, "I have a place to live, and I have to help someone deliver something, you don't have to worry about me." ”

"Okay, then you give me the address, and when I get the money, let's go and visit all the restaurants and Qinglou in Chang'an. Li Mu nodded, but he was not reluctant, he licked his lips again and said, "I haven't been suffocated to death for more than half a month." I've almost forgotten what meat tastes like. ”

"I'm not sure where I'll stay yet, or you can give me your uncle's address, and then I'll come back to you when I'm settled, or I'll ask someone to give you the address." Xu Mingyuan shook his head, pouted again, and said, "And didn't you just eat beef noodles yesterday, I have half of the beef in my bowl for you." ”

"Okay, then when you settle down, come to Buzheng Fang to find me, you just need to ask Li Shangshu's mansion. When the time comes, I'll say hello to the porter by mentioning my name. Li Mu thought about it and said, "Don't mention the beef noodles yesterday, the boss is black-hearted." It's not that the proprietress saw that you were handsome and put so much beef in you, I took back my share. ”

The donkey cart continued on its way, and the two chatted all the way. Time flies.

Xu Mingyuan has never been to Chang'an, and even his master rarely mentions Chang'an. Therefore, his understanding of Chang'an is not only the few records in the book, but also some things made up by the storyteller Song Hu.

Li Mu is different. Although he has never been to Chang'an, he has a very deep understanding of Chang'an, except for the locals of Chang'an.

So along the way, he told Xu Mingyuan a lot about Chang'an, and even how many squares there were in Chang'an, which ones were inhabited by big businessmen, which ones were inhabited by powerful people in the court, and which ones were full of princes and nobles.

And Xu Mingyuan told him about the customs and customs on the border, and Li Mu's favorite thing to listen to was the four towns of Dawan Anxi in the Western Regions, and he had already pestered Xu Mingyuan to tell him four times, and he listened to it with relish every time.

After Li Mu's narration, Xu Mingyuan also knew the approximate location of Yongxingfang, which was next to the imperial city. However, compared with several other fangs near the imperial city, Yongxingfang is rarely owned by ministers and big businessmen in the court, which even Li Mu can't understand.

The two chatted all the way, and after more than an hour, the big city was finally clearly revealed in front of them.

A wall several feet high stretched in front of it, stretching out to both sides, as if there was no end.

Chang'an City is like a majestic beast, entrenched on this plain, after the vicissitudes of life, but still unmoved.

Xu Mingyuan opened his mouth slightly, looking at the giant city in front of him, shocked and speechless. He has been to countless places and seen thousands of great cities, but he has never seen such a majestic and majestic city.

Li Mu also put down the quilt, poked his head out, looked at Xiongcheng and sighed: "Uncle didn't brag, this Chang'an City is really fucking big." ”

Lao Huang stopped, the donkey cart stopped in the middle of the post road, it also looked up at Chang'an City slightly, and suddenly opened its mouth and called twice.

Li Mu was slightly stunned, and just wanted to speak, but a dense sound of horses' hooves came from behind him, and a group of more than a dozen people and horses rode from both sides of the donkey cart, all of them were freshly dressed and angry horses, both men and women.

At the front was a woman dressed in purple and wearing a snow-white fox fur.

Because the donkey cart just stopped in the middle of the post road, the four horses walking side by side were forcibly separated from the middle by the donkey cart, and they all slowed down a little when they passed the donkey cart.

One of the women in a red cloak passed by the donkey cart and chuckled, "What boy from a ravine dares to stop the donkey cart in the middle of the post road." ”

"That is, I don't understand the rules at all, is it possible that I still want to jump over the dragon gate by relying on the imperial examination?" A blue-jacketed woman in the same company glanced at Xu Mingyuan and said in response.

The group of men and women laughed, not looking at Xu Mingyuan and Li Mu in the slightest, but it seemed that these people didn't bother to deal with them and didn't stop.

Xu Mingyuan doesn't care, after all, this is Chang'an City, no better than Shuzhou City, the land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, maybe throwing a stone out can kill a child of a family, he doesn't want to get into trouble before he enters Chang'an City.

Xu Mingyuan doesn't care, Li Mu doesn't do it, he has suffered so many sins along the way, but he didn't expect to be ridiculed when he arrived in Chang'an. In Jiangnan Province, only he bullies people, who dares to kick his nose and face and call him a mud leg.

Li Mu was unhappy, and said to Xu Mingyuan in a loud voice: "Mingyuan, look, this woman in Chang'an has a big butt and is very well-raised!" (To be continued.) )