At noon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City was already in sight, and Ji Ping ordered a Qiang Huwei to go to Caifu to report the news first.

The topography of Guanzhong is like a dragon from west to east, Chang'an City is built on the dragon head plain at the highest place in Guanzhong, the main body is the two palace groups of Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace, around the main palace there are Gui Palace, North Palace, Jianzhang Palace, Mingguang Palace and other auxiliary palace groups, the whole palace has been built for more than 90 years.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor basically handled government affairs in Weiyang Palace, and Changle Palace was mostly the place where the Queen Mother lived. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Chang'an Palace was destroyed in the war, and the Eastern Han Dynasty set the capital of Luoyang, only taking Chang'an as the accompanying capital, and never repairing the palace.

In the first year of the first peace, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Luoyang, mobilized the people to repair the Weiyang Palace, the repaired timber mainly came from the Zhongtiao Mountain in the east of the river, and then because Ji Ping seized the east of the river, Dong Zhuo could only go to Guanzhong to harvest timber, plus the construction of the dock, resulting in the repair of the Weiyang Palace lagging behind, and there are still some palaces in the Weiyang Palace are still being repaired, not to mention the Changle Palace and other affiliated palace groups.

The city wall of Chang'an City is made of loess ramming, more than five zhang high, the thickness is also five or six zhang, and outside the wall is the moat that is four zhang wide and nearly two zhang deep, which can be described as a solid defense.

There are twelve gates on all sides of the city wall, three on each side, and each gate has three doorways, each doorway is more than three zhang wide, which can accommodate four carriages in parallel. The original wooden gatehouse on the city gate was burned down at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and has not been repaired now.

Ji Ping and Cai Yan entered through the Qingming Gate of the East Main Gate, and Qiang Huwei showed the warrant issued by Dong Zhuo to Zhang Ji's army, and the guards let them enter the city gate.

After entering the city, the carriage slowly moved west along Xiangmuro Street, following Cai Yan's guidance. Rush to Cai's house.

Ji Ping looked at the situation in the city, Xiangmuro Street is one of the main roads in Chang'an City. It is seven miles long and twenty zhang wide. It is divided into three roads, the left, the middle and the right, the middle road is the royal road, which is specially used for the Son of Heaven to pass, and the left and right side roads are for officials and civilians to walk.

The trees of acacia, elm, pine, and cypress on the side of the street are dense and shady, and there are many dilapidated palace rooms on both sides, which has a sense of vicissitudes and retro.

After a short walk, several horses galloped from afar, and pedestrians on the side of the road avoided one after another, including the Qiang Huwei who went to Caifu to report the news first.

Ji Ping smiled: "Cai, everyone." Someone from the house has welcomed you home. ”

Cai Yan lifted the curtain of the carriage, and couldn't hide her excitement in her words: "Ah Weng is old, it should be his cousin Ah Fu who came, and I don't know what happened to Ah Weng?" ”

"I'm more timid about homesickness, and I don't dare to ask anyone." Ji Ping turned his head and said with a smile: "Since everyone Cai has a younger brother to pick them up, then it is time to retire in the future. ”

"It's more timid to be close to home. I didn't expect Liu Gongzi to ......" Cai Yan just said half a sentence, and suddenly her expression changed greatly, and she shouted in a low voice: "It's not good, why did Dong Huang come too." ”

Ji Ping heard this. Turning his head and sweeping, his complexion changed slightly, and he was riding in the oncoming number of horses. When the head is about thirty years old, he wears a golden crown. Dressed in a brocade robe, his waist is decorated with beautiful jade. Wearing a long sword, it is Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang! Now Dong Huang, who serves as a lieutenant in the middle and middle military schools, takes care of the Son of Heaven on behalf of Dong Zhuo, and commands the Praetorian Guards such as Huben and Yulin!

Ji Ping couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, he said in front of Dong You that he knew Dong Huang was not a fool, when he was in the Luoyang Palace, it was Dong Huang who brought him in and escorted him from the South Palace to the North Palace under house arrest. So Dong Huang is naturally one of the "old acquaintances" who know him.

Looking at Dong Huang, who was sao bao, obviously coming for Cai Yan, Ji Ping scolded secretly, his face remained unchanged, but he calmly lifted the reins to catch the car, and said in a low voice: "Cai everyone, I am just the driver you picked up on the road." ”

Cai Yan hurriedly said: "No, Dong Huang is suspicious, if he participates in the assassination on the way, it will be bad, just say that you are Cai Yan's brother, and your father and Ah Weng are old friends." ”

After that, Cai Yan got into the car again and whispered to Lu Qi.

Soon, several horses arrived in front of the carriage, and Ji Ping also stopped the carriage.

Dong Huang said excitedly after a young man in Tsing Yi: "Sister, but Sister? I'm Afu, I'm here to pick you up. ”

Cai Yan lifted the curtain of the car cover, tears flashing in his eyes: "Ah Fu ......"

"Zhao Ji, Dong Huang is here to pick you up." Dong Huang interrupted the conversation between Cai Yan's sister and brother, and his eyes flashed with undisguised heat: "I haven't seen you for a year, if you don't see each other every three autumns, your appearance is more beautiful than in the past, which makes Dong Huang admire it even more." ”

Cai Yan was very cold about Dong Huang's enthusiasm, lifted the window and called "Captain Dong", then turned his head to look at another shy and excited young man in Tsing Yi behind Dong Huang: "Ah Fu, how is Ah Weng's body?" ”

The young man in Tsing Yi hurriedly said: "Sister, my uncle is in good health, and he always misses you." ”

Cai Yan's eyes were slightly moist: "That's good, that's good." He pointed to Ji Ping and said: "This is Brother Liu, the epigraph, the son of Uncle Liu's family in Dongping." ”

The young man in Tsing Yi hurriedly bowed and said, "Junior brother Cai Kuang has seen Brother Liu Shi. ”

Ji Ping secretly praised Cai Yan's intelligence in his heart, and first introduced himself naturally to his younger brother Cai Kuang, which was far better than Dong Huang's inquiry, and his preconceived thinking habits greatly reduced Dong Huang's suspicions.

Dong Huang's attention at this time was all on Cai Yan, staring at Cai Yan with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and only caring about accosting: "Zhao Ji, I heard that Zhong Dao died of illness a few years ago, and my brother was extremely sad in my heart, and the tea and rice were hard to swallow, and now I am very happy to see that Zhao Ji is safe." ”

Looking at his appearance, where did he grieve Wei Zhongdao, it was clearly a cat crying rat and glad that Wei Zhongdao died early, Ji Ping was a little speechless. This is to sprinkle salt on Cai Yan's wound.

Sure enough, Cai Yan put down the curtain of the car and did not answer, for Cai Yan, who was knowledgeable, this rather rude behavior proved that she was already very unhappy at this time.

The carriage continued west along the avenue.

Dong Huang also seemed to notice that something was wrong, the smile on his face decreased slightly, he turned his head to look at Ji Ping, his expression was stunned, and he looked carefully: "This little brother Liu is quite kind. ”

Ji Ping's expression remained unchanged, he hugged his fists and saluted slightly, and said with a smile: "In Xia Liu Changsheng, the capital was moved to Chang'an in the first year of Chuping, and his brother was also among them. ”

"Oh? I see, no wonder I feel quite attached to Changsheng. Dong Huang didn't have any doubts in his heart because Cai Yan had introduced Ji Ping to his cousin Cai Kuang before, he just asked casually, and then glanced at the carriage with the curtain closed, and laughed loudly: "At that time, I was dedicated to escorting Cai's family for my brother, but I didn't pay too much attention to it, I'm really sorry." ”

Ji Ping smiled, didn't speak, and opened the screen with a peacock, but compared to the simplicity of Zhang Xiu, this guy is even more hypocritical and clumsy.

Dong Huang glanced at the strip of cloth on Ji Ping's chest and said, "I don't know how Changsheng can walk with Zhao Ji?" How can there be injuries? ”

Ji Ping said angrily: "I met a robber on the lower road, and I was injured and fainted on the Huayin Ancient Road, but fortunately, the female brother of the Cai family saved her life." (To be continued.) )