Zuo Shaoyang told Miao Peilan that during this time, the medicinal materials purchased from all over the country by the medicine cabinet were planted in the two acres of special fields and on the slopes, as long as they could be transplanted successfully, it would be convenient to use the medicine in the future.

Because he went on a blind date in Beijing, he was afraid that he would be childish and affect his image if he took the squirrel, so Zuo Shaoyang didn't bring the little squirrel yellow ball and handed it over to Miao Peilan to help raise it.

Miao Peilan and Sang Xiaomei cried and laughed reluctantly and reluctantly followed the endless instructions, and finally waved goodbye, and the Qu family and the Zuo family took a few carriages and staggered towards the capital.

After Zuo Shaoyang got into the car, the carriage shook, he didn't sleep all night, and soon he was sleepy, so he leaned on Bai Zhihan's thighs and talked to her, and fell asleep while talking. It wasn't until noon that I stopped to eat in the courtyard of a small town restaurant that I woke up.

This is a small town, Zuo Shaoyang jumped out of the carriage and stretched comfortably, but when he turned around, he didn't see Bai Zhihan coming down, and said strangely: "Hey, why don't you come down yet, still lying in the car?" ”

"I, I'll wait a little while before I go down."

"Oh," Zuo Shaoyang walked to the hotel, suddenly felt that something was wrong, turned around and walked back, lifted the curtain, and saw Bai Zhihan beating his legs, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"I'm fine." Bai Zhihan struggled to get up. As soon as his legs were weak, he sat down on the mat again, and said with a wry smile: "I'll come down later, you go to eat first." ”

"What's wrong with your leg?" Left Shaoyang Road.

"It's nothing."

"Let me see!" Zuo Shaoyang climbed into the car, touched her thighs, pinched and kneaded, and looked at her.

Bai Zhihan's face turned red: "It's really nothing." ”

"It's nothing, so why can't you get up?"

"Me, my legs are a little numb, just stay for a while."

Zuo Shaoyang suddenly understood that this morning, she used her thighs as pillows, she was afraid of disturbing her sleep, and it was estimated that she didn't dare to move her legs for a whole morning, so she hugged her and kissed her distressedly: "You little fool, why don't you put me on the pillow." ”

Bai Zhihan smiled embarrassedly.

Ding Xiaosan's voice came from outside the carport: "Young master, the master has invited you down for dinner!" ”

"Tell the master that we'll come later!"

"Oh!"

"Wait!" Zuo Shaoyang probed out and said to Ding Xiaosan: "You go to find someone to ask, is there a temple in this town." ”

"Good!"

After a while, Ding Xiaosan ran back again: "Young master, the shopkeeper said that there is a small temple behind the east end." Walking along the mainland, it will take about two or three arrows to arrive. ”

"Uh, did you order?"

"I ordered it, but there are a lot of customers, so I may have to wait a while before I can eat."

"That's just right," Zuo Shaoyang said, "tell the master that we'll come back when we go to the temple." ”

Ding Xiaosan agreed to leave.

Bai Zhihan's leg numbness was almost better, and he got out of the car with Zuo Shaoyang's support, and the two came to the east of the town, where there was indeed a small temple.

Zuo Shaoyang found the temple host and talked about Xiao Yunfei's figure and appearance, emphasizing that he was a very pious and generous pilgrim. The temple presiding officer immediately happily told him that he had seen it, but only a few months ago. I haven't seen it recently, and I don't know where I've been.

Zuo Shaoyang was very disappointed, it should have been Xiao Yunfei who had seen it here in Huizhou. There is little value.

Along the way, Zuo Shaoyang had to go to the temple to find out the news of Xiao Yunfei. Almost every temple presiding officer knows about him, and he is full of praise, but they all say that they have seen him a few months ago, and they can't provide more information about him.

However, as he got closer and closer to the capital, the temples along the way gradually lost his news, and it seemed that he was not active in the temples near the capital, perhaps because he was afraid that the capital would catch quickly, or maybe it was something else. Zuo Shaoyang was very disappointed, so he planted a branch at the door of these temples. That was the signal for their appointment.

This day, I finally came to the capital.

The capital Chang'an, the most prosperous city in the world at that time! After entering the city, it is really magnificent, the streets are neat and uniform, horizontal and vertical, and the city buildings are quite shocking.

Their vehicle entered from the Mingde Gate in the south of the city, which is the south gate of Chang'an, and it is also the largest gate of Chang'an City, consisting of five city gate holes, and entering is the wide Suzaku Street that can parallel nine carriages, leading directly to the imperial city.

Zuo Shaoyang looked around to see what the palace looked like, but he lifted the curtain and looked into the distance, walked a long way forward, and didn't see the palace.

What he saw along the way made Zuo Shaoyang amazed, the whole Chang'an City can be said to be a set of cities in the city, surrounded by the big city wall, all the residents in the city are divided into neat lanes according to the area and are planned by the neat streets and alleys, just like tofu blocks, there are high walls to enclose each lane, and the high walls and gates. As soon as the gate was closed, this inner square became a large compound for reading.

Chang'an's Li Fang is very similar to the residential area of a modern city, but the Li Fang is a neat and uniform square layout, there are hundreds in total, different sizes, there are thousands of large Li Fang, and there are hundreds of small ones.

Chang'an City implements the system of separate management of residential areas and commercial areas, and has set up two special markets in the city, one in the east and the other in the west. That is, the bazaar. All commercial shops can only be opened in these two business districts, so there are no shops or shops to be seen along the way. All you can see is the high walls along the way, and the gates leading to the outside world.

Of course, there are three kinds of business names that are exceptions, that is, the inn, the medical hall and the spring building, because the spring building is mainly open at night, so it has opened a separate lane, that is, the red light district, called Pingkang Fang, within the red light district area, you can open all night without curfew.

The inn and medical center can also be opened not in the West Market and the East Market, but in all parts of the city, of course, in the small town of Lifang.

The reason is very simple, because the east and west markets are the same as the four city gates of the outer city, which are opened and closed at regular intervals, generally opening at the beginning of the morning and closing at the beginning of the evening. When the East and West markets are closed, all the consumers in the market have to leave, and then the guards close the doors and guard them, and they are strictly forbidden to enter.

At the same time, Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty had a curfew, which generally started at the second watch (half an hour later in summer and autumn), and lifted the curfew in the fifth watch (half an hour earlier in summer and autumn). There is still a gap of about an hour (two hours) between the closing of the market gate and the curfew. In this way, if the inn and the medical center are opened in the east and west markets, it will be very inconvenient for guests to enter and exit, and it will not be convenient for the people to seek medical treatment for emergencies at night.

However, a medicine store that simply buys and sells medicinal materials can only be opened in the east and west markets. In the Tang Dynasty, medicine and medicine were completely separated, and the shopkeeper of the medicine store was classified as a merchant and belonged to a lowly business, while the doctor in the medical hall was not a businessman, but an ordinary person, who could participate in the imperial examination, and there was a special medical examination to select talents. Of course, at the time, there was no insurmountable boundary between the two. The pharmacy manager is required to take the medical examination, but it is not strictly forbidden. However, this line of work is to be strictly managed.

Zuo Shaoyang's convoy walked forward for a while, and then turned into the street on the right.

The width of the side street is much smaller than that of Suzaku Street, and there are about four or five horse-drawn carriages in parallel. There are also many beggars and homeless people sleeping on the streets on both sides of the road.

Zuo Shaoyang was still a little disappointed, because the prosperity of Chang'an was not the same as he imagined. This is also understandable, after all, it is only the second year of Zhenguan, and the most prosperous and glorious period of the Tang Dynasty is actually after the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the early stage is only in its infancy.

However, the flow of people in the capital is indeed far from being comparable to Hezhou, and the streets and alleys are full of pedestrians, and they are very lively. There was a lot of traffic, and many of the cars had the same shape, several horses pulled by horses, and a long tow bucket behind them, on which more than a dozen people sat in rows. It's a bit like a bus in a modern city.

In order to facilitate transportation, the imperial court allowed horse-drawn carriages and sedan chairs to operate in various parts of the city, running between the various lanes of the city and between the east and west markets and the various lanes. Small horse-drawn carriages are available for rent individually, depending on the needs of the guests, similar to taxis in modern society. This kind of long trailer is a fixed direction, and the lines are written on the body, such as the East City to the West Market, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to the Imperial City, the Yanping Gate to the Yanxing Gate, etc., with a sign, beckoning to stop, similar to the bus in modern society.

The old lady Qu wanted to borrow the old friend of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and it was not easy to take them with him. Originally, Mrs. Qu was going to find a comfortable and luxurious inn for the Zuo family, but Zuo Gui's father refused, the reason was very simple: to save every penny to marry a daughter-in-law.

The Zuo family has a lot of wealth, but the cash is not much, only a little more than 78 yuan in total, and they also owe 400 yuan in foreign debts. This time when he entered Beijing, the Liang family took out a full seventy yuan, went to the money village and exchanged it for silver taels, and gave them a coil and a dowry. There were only eight times left at home.

Seventy taels to pay living expenses, travel expenses, and dowry, is indeed not too rich, so I want to save more.

So, after careful consideration, Mrs. Qu commanded the carriage to come to a neighborhood not far from his friend's house, and found a mid-range inn called "Penglai Inn" with cheap prices and good sanitary conditions to live in. It's not good to say that the living is too bad, and the women's family is afraid that they will underestimate it. Zuo Gui felt reasonable, and saw that the price of this house was relatively cheap and very clean, so he stayed. Zuo Gui and Ding Xiaosan live in a large suite with a living room, and Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan live in the small suite next door. The carriage was sent back, anyway, it was very convenient to rent a car and rent a sedan chair in the West City. The inn where they stay has this service.

After the arrangements were made, Mrs. Qu's family left by car, and agreed to come to them after finishing their errands.

After staying, Zuo Shaoyang saw that it was still early, so he suggested shopping, Zuo Gui's father said that he was tired from the journey and didn't want to move around, so he let him go shopping by himself. Ding Xiaosan stayed to take care of it, and Zuo Shaoyang went out happily with Bai Zhihan.

(To be continued)