In the afternoon, Li Xi and Chi Zhong had already come to Chang'an City together.

According to the schedule, of course, the two of them can enter Chang'an immediately, but Li Xi is a foreign official, and the imperial court has a system, and foreign officials are not allowed to enter Chang'an privately without being edicted, which is in the same vein as officials are not allowed to transfer and leave their offices without permission, so although he has arrived, he still has to go to the west of Chang'an City to live in the post house specially built for officials in the west and southwest.

You must wait until Na Chizhong replies to the holy order, and then transfer it to the Ministry of Rites of Zhongshu Province for approval, and Li Xi gets the approval before he is allowed to enter the city and stay in the city, otherwise it is a violation.

Don't look at him from the sesame petty official on the nine grades, and he is also a loose official, but the Yushitai specializes in this, no matter how small your official is, as long as you violate the imperial court decrees, then once you are discovered, someone will immediately impeach you, and this kind of unethical crime, unless the emperor is particularly fond of you and is willing to cover you up, it is almost a quasi-sue. What's more, not long ago, he just killed a Zhao Fengling who went out of Beijing without permission, and the officials are on the alert at this time!

It is said that when the Han Gaozu first set the world, the monarchs and ministers had no etiquette, and the ministers were extremely arrogant and unscrupulous, and the uncle and grandson designated a tribute ceremony for Liu Bang, and the hundred officials advanced and retreated to a certain extent, so Liu Bang was happy, and couldn't help but say, "Now I know the nobility of the Son of Heaven!" ”

What does that mean? To put it bluntly, what is the emperor for, there is one person in the whole world! The thing they enjoy most is that the subjects of the world are behaving in front of them, so the reason why the emperors of all dynasties immediately formulated the etiquette of the dynasty as soon as they ascended the throne is to order the world, and the so-called order of the world is actually to maintain the imperial power.

As a court official, to put it bluntly, you are working for the emperor Lao Tzu, if you don't go out and don't tell you, what do you like, then what kind of emperor is the emperor! This is called illegality, and it is one of the most serious violations of the feudal dynasty!

Therefore, even after a month of hard work, Li Xi had already longed for Chang'an City in his heart, but he still had to stop at a place close to Chang'an and wait patiently for the call. Compared with him, Chizhong is a eunuch subordinate to the Inner Servant Province, and he is ordered to come back from a business trip, so he can naturally go straight to Chang'an to restore his life without asking for orders.

So just outside Chang'an City, Li Xi took his hand, Chi Zhong led the horse, and the two talked all the way to Chang'an City, until they walked a few miles away, and then the two cherished each other, and then broke up.

When Li Xi saw the Chizhong horse go away, he stood beside the official road, looking at the majestic ancient city wall of Chang'an City a few miles away, listening to the vague bustling crowd in his ears, although he was extremely curious, he had to go back.

At present, this is already under a lot of pressure to slip to Chang'an, there is no need to make people grasp the shortcomings for the sake of working one day earlier and one day later, but Li Xi can carry this in his heart.

This way slowly walked back to the post house, along the way to see the official road pedestrians in an endless stream, and the clothing accents are different, and there are even many Persians wearing Tang Dynasty costumes, but they have an authentic Chang'an dialect, and the British devils who met on the subway in later generations complained that English was too difficult to learn with fluent Yanjing dialect, which is also a scene.

The afterglow is slowly sprinkled, the pedestrians are in a hurry, or they are talking and laughing, between the horses and the saddle, although they have not yet entered Chang'an, but a sudden atmosphere of the wind of the prosperous world has come to their faces.

Unconsciously, Li Xi watched it very happily.

When he returned to the door of the post house, he suddenly saw Li Yifeng standing at the door with a smile on his face.

Li Xi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

On the way here, I was still planning to spend some money to ask someone to help send a letter into the city after staying in the post house, but I didn't expect that Li Yifeng would already come out before his letter was delivered.

"How did the gentleman know I was here?" Li Xi greeted him with a smile and asked.

Li Yifeng smiled and bowed to salute, then straightened up and said with a smile: "There has been a letter from the family for a long time, saying that the date of the adult's behavior is inferred from the old decay, and the adult arrived in Chang'an, that is, the left in the past few days, so he came to see it every afternoon in these days, and when the prince and the servant arrived just now, the old man was already there, but he felt that the adult and the man had something to say, so he didn't come out to greet him at that time, and hoped that the prince would forgive his sins." ”

Li Xi laughed when he heard this, and said, "Mr. is serious, it's hard work!" ”

It can be said that Li Yifeng has been acting as Li Xi's role in Chang'an, and more importantly, he is also responsible for helping Li Xi to become famous in Chang'an, and according to the current results, he has completed this mission quite successfully, because when he went to the post house just now, the officials of the post house even heard Li Xi's name.

It is conceivable that Li Yifeng has really worked hard these days, so at first sight, Li Xi pulled his sleeve and said: "Mr. has worked hard for me in Chang'an, I will see you tonight, and I will not return if I am not drunk!" ”

Li Yifeng shook his head with a smile, and said "don't dare to be", but he didn't refuse Li Xi's proposal to get drunk, and accepted it calmly. just said: "Childe is here, things are not yet secure, this wine is to be drunk, and the old decay will not give in, but it seems that it is better to hold off for a few days." ”

Li Xi thought about it, knowing that what he said was not true, if he got drunk tonight and didn't wait for him early tomorrow morning, it happened that the Ministry of Rites sent a clerk to send you an approval document, wouldn't the first impression be bad at that time?

Even if there is no such concern, at present, this post house is a place where officials who go west and south must pass through, which can be called a mixture of dragons and snakes, and he has just had a good reputation in Chang'an City, if he just arrived at the post station and got drunk, he was seen by others, although it was not a big deal, it was still not good, so after thinking about it, Li Xi was also good.

After talking with Na Chizhong several times before, Li Xi already knew the attitude he should maintain when he came to Chang'an, but it had to wait until he settled down to spread it one by one, but now it is better to be honest.

Some things fall in the eyes of small people, called floating waves, called loss of manners, and the same things fall in the eyes of big people, especially some specific people, but they will win a free, easy, and uninhibited evaluation.

At that moment, Li Xi took Li Yifeng into the post house, and the two of them only ordered some simple dishes and two pots of locally brewed spring wine, so they found a secluded corner in the tavern of the post house and chatted while drinking.

Li Yifeng briefly explained the things he had done since he came to Chang'an, Li Xi also told him about his explanation and assignment to his family before he came, and Li Yifeng said some interesting things that he had heard and witnessed after coming to Chang'an.

At the end, Li Yifeng said: "The old man has gone to the house of the nine-year-old man on behalf of the adult to hand over the post, and the eldest son of the family came out to see it, saying that the nine-year-old man has a mother mourning today, and it is inconvenient to see guests, so please stay directly after you come, do whatever you have to do, and wait for the call of the nine-year-old prince." ”

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, which meant that before the situation was unknown, this master was not going to see him.

After getting this news, Li Xi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but think about it again, it's okay to do so.

Whether it is from the mouth of the teacher Zhou Qiong, or the outside world, everyone says that Jiuling Gong is upright and graceful, but just looking at the shrewdness of the master Zhou Zhang, it is not difficult to know that Zhang Jiuling is upright and upright, and he is naturally personable, but a person who has studied for many years and finally got into the Jinshi examination, and he can be mixed in the bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty for many years, until his mother's funeral, he is already in the high position of the Chinese scholar, and he is not just stupid and upright.

If it is said that he, an old man with a very high reputation in the court and almost worshipping the prime minister several times, has no scheming in his stomach, Li Xi does not believe it.

That piece passed through Zhou Qiong's hand, he must have seen it, and he didn't know his opinion, because since then, he has been silent, but judging from his current attitude towards his disciple, I am afraid that he is still worried in his heart.

Therefore, this attitude is a bit uninteresting.

Of course, maybe it's because your identity is too light? Maybe people didn't take their part of the music seriously at all? It's really hard to talk about this kind of thing.

Therefore, Li Xi just took it in his heart for a while, and then put this matter behind him.

Anyway, his edict was just to transfer to Guozixue, Emperor Xuanzong did not say that he would let himself enter the court, nor did he say that he would ask himself for the blame, and even his attitude was still very ambiguous, so it was normal for other people's attitudes to be vague.

It's just that since I'm here, I definitely can't be an honest cat.

With a pot of wine as a base, this sleep is extraordinarily sweet, and the next morning, the fatigue of this road seems to have rested for most of the time. Yesterday afternoon, the two of them chatted happily while drinking, and it was not until night approached and the gates of Chang'an were about to close that Li Yifeng returned to the city.

It is said that Li Yifeng is also from Jiupin and is an official, and he is also qualified to live in the official post when he travels, but firstly, he has not been summoned, without any approval, and secondly, he has quietly come to Chang'an this time, and the local government has not reported it at all.

So this time when he entered Chang'an, his true identity was hidden, and before leaving Chang'an, he naturally had to keep it hidden, otherwise it would be a big trouble. Therefore, he naturally can't live in this station, even if it is late, he must go back to Chang'an City. What's more, Li Xi was about to enter the city, so he naturally had to go back in advance to arrange the arrangement.

As soon as he woke up and felt comfortable, Li Xi simply asked for breakfast and ate some, and then walked around the post station, waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Rites.

Because Chang'an is the capital of the world, so the officials come and go very frequently, and the officials want to enter Chang'an, must wait for approval in the post station, so this post station has naturally become a thoroughfare, even if the post station is built very large, covers a very wide area, and there are many houses, but it is still crowded every day.

When Li Xi arrived yesterday afternoon, if he hadn't been accompanied by Chizhong, a eunuch in Xingqing Palace, he would have had a problem staying in. It's just that Li Xi saw that there were many people in the post station, and he never was quiet for a moment, so it can be seen that it was bustling.

And people are not like Li Xi, who comes alone and rides alone, even if they come to report on their work, they just have to leave after a trip, and they have to bring a bunch of maids and servants, as for those who are transferred to Chang'an, their pomp and circumstance are not to mention.

At this time, Li Xi looked all the way and found that these shops were really opened around the needs of these officials and their servants, and although it was still early in the morning, the business was not bad, and there were even a few restaurants that specialized in selling flavors from all over the world, which were extremely popular, so that Li Xi regretted that he should not have eaten breakfast in the post station.

Moreover, looking at the current bustling, especially a shop that seems to be specializing in selling Bashu-style food, he can smell a smell of dogwood that has never been seen elsewhere from afar, which makes Li Xi suddenly feel a little hometown in his heart.

Counting on the fingers, although even Chang'an City has not yet entered, but it has been more than a month since leaving Shuzhou. It seemed that all of a sudden, the distant relatives and the warm courtyard became so haunting.

Turning his head to the southwest for a long time, Li Xi shook his head and laughed at himself, and then walked back along the way he came.

It wasn't until nearly noon that the approval of the Ministry of Rites finally officially went down to the post station.

It was an official in a green coat, who seemed to be the head of the Ministry of Rites, with a large stack of approvals in his hand, and stood in the courtyard of the post station to summon them one by one.

There were a lot of foreign officials waiting to enter the city in this station, and at this time, everyone was waiting together, and many people caught a glimpse of Li Xi being a little too young, so they asked, "Where did this platform come from?" Li Xi replied that he was from Jiannan Road, and when people looked at his nine-grade green official uniform, they didn't bother to ask about his name, but just smiled in response to the story, and turned their heads.

Seeing this situation, Li Xi had no choice but to smile and stop talking.

Among the officials who were waiting for the approval to enter Beijing, several of them were wearing scarlet clothes, and they looked like local officials, but at this time, in the face of a small head of the Ministry of Rites, they were still very respectful, which made Li Xi sigh, sure enough, foreign officials are the most worthless in Chang'an, because the most important thing in Chang'an is officials, and a majestic assassin in the local area may not dare to offend even a porter of other people's houses when he comes to Chang'an.

The most important thing is that it is not easy for you to marry a good family, but it is much easier to offend people, in the same way, it takes a lot of effort to spread a good reputation, but a bad reputation can be passed on to you in the blink of an eye.

Just imagine, who wants to leave bad remarks about themselves in the central yamen of Chang'an, the old empire? Even if the person is just a small principal, as soon as he turns back to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, it will spread throughout the three provinces and six ministries in three or five days, and the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials will naturally be affected. It means that you are not the head of the official!

So looking back, what Chi Zhong said really makes sense, this place is really not where anyone can go wild casually.

The large stack of approvals in the hands of the chief is arranged according to the official position from high to low, the first one to read is an official named Li Chang, the former Shaanzhou assassin history, a prominent party member, Li Xi looked at it, saw that this person was dignified, but his face was kind, he thought that he should be a graceful and graceful person, even in the face of the director of the Ministry of Rites, his attitude was also calm, but the director was respectful to him, thinking that he was either famous, or he was promoted, and he wanted to stay in Beijing?

At this time, listening to the whispered discussions of the people around him, Li Xi couldn't help but be taken aback - it turned out that this Li Chang turned out to be a royal bloodline!

Li Chang, the word is suitable, a native of Chengji, Longxi, is said to be the grandson of the prince of Chengqian, and later the prince of Chengqian was offended, and the descendants were all deposed as concubines, until the time of Gaozong, he restored the status of his brother, but his descendants still have no special status, that is, there is an offering in the imperial court.

But this Li Shizhi is obviously a character who is unwilling to be a prince of the peace, according to an official next to him whispered, he has been out of office during the Shenlong years, and he has done Tongzhou Assassin History in the early years of Kaiyuan, and was later promoted to the governor of Taizhou.

Although there is no holy oracle, the post station has always been well-informed, so there has been a rumor, and those who are a little more active have already inquired after checking in, but Li Xi was busy drinking with Li Yifeng last night, so he didn't know at all.

At that moment, the director of the Ministry of Rites very politely handed over Li Chang and Li Shizhi's approval, Li Shizhi also politely thanked him, and the two exchanged a few words, then Li Shizhi knew that the other party still had a lot of official documents to send, so he didn't say much, but turned around and ordered his family to pack up their things and prepare to leave.

So the head of the Ministry of Rites continued to roll roll one by one, and many officials and officials who got up early in the morning in the post house to wait for the news were waiting one by one at this time, and after being sung to the name, they couldn't help but go over and say thank you politely, and some people even wanted to climb friendships, but the master in charge was not so humble to others except for being very polite to Li Shizhi, and they all blocked the conversations of these officials on the grounds of the current official business.

After the approval of the six scarlet clothes was issued, the next few officials in green clothes immediately became energetic. Because according to the convention, once the five products are over, it should naturally be the sixth product.

But at this time, the director of the Ministry of Rites picked up a copy of the approval document, frowned, and glanced hesitantly in the crowd, but suddenly called his name: "The former master of Jinyuan County, Shuzhou, Jiannan Province, from Jiupinxia, Fenglilang, a student member of Jinyuan County, where is Master Li Xi?" ”

As soon as this sound came out, the adults in the courtyard couldn't help but look at each other.

From the nine pins? Li Xi? Who?

(To be continued)