Changan! Changan!

This is the capital of the Han Dynasty, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the soul of the world, and the center of the world!

The thin man stepped into the gate of the outer city, although there was a sergeant guarding him, but the sergeant did not embarrass him, but greeted him: "Hey, Jiao Langjun, have you come back, how many times have you been drunk, how many beatings have you been beaten, and how much money have you paid for wine?" ”

The thin man known as Jiao Langjun suddenly glared: "What nonsense, when have I been drunk, and when have I relied on wine money?" ”

"Last time at Lu Sanniang's house, who was poured out of the water?" The soldier sneered: "Also, when I went back to the Cyclamen Restaurant in the West Market, who was almost hanged up?" ”

That Jiao Langjun's face suddenly turned red, and then he glared: "What do you know, I am a master wine taster, and the master wine taster drinks wine, do I still need to pay?" Even if you have to pay, how can you say that you have to pay a few days late? At most, you owe, and you don't pay back the money you owe! ”

Then everyone burst into laughter, but no one paid attention to the large package that Jiao Langjun was carrying on his back. Or in the eyes of those who are familiar with him, Jiao Langjun, a drunken maniac, the things he carries on him must be related to drinking, if it is not a good wine, it is a special drinking utensil.

Jiao Langjun was about to say a few words, but at this time, he saw a rider coming from a distance behind him. It was Ye Chang who was riding on the horse, and it was Shanzhi who followed him.

"Ah, these two are here too, let's go, let's go!"

Thinking of the "quirks" of these two people, Jiao Langjun felt creepy, avoiding these two people, this is more important than arguing with the soldiers guarding the city gate! Jiao Langjun didn't care about the ridicule of the soldiers, he walked away, and ran away in a blink of an eye.

"Hey, why did this guy go, he used to make trouble for a while." The soldiers guarding the city gate were surprised: "Changed sex today? ”

It didn't take long for Ye Chang and Shi Shanzhi to arrive at the city gate.

"It's really amazing, it's amazing, it's no wonder that the masters in the temple, whoever has been to Chang'an, will chant a few words!"

This is the seventh time that Shanzhi has said the same thing, and he was shocked by the grandeur displayed by Chang'an City, which made the originally straightforward monk become a nagging old woman, constantly breaking his thoughts, Ye Chang was sure that he recited "Amitabha" many times a day, and he did not recite Chang'an City as many times.

But Ye Chang had no way to laugh at him, because he himself was no better.

Ye Chang is not an uninformed person, but in the face of such an imposing Chang'an City, he was so shocked that he could hardly take a step at the first time.

This city gate, is the south gate of Chang'an City, named Mingde, the east and west span is nearly 20 zhang, there are five doorways under the city, each is more than two zhang wide, and the city wall between the two adjacent doorways is one zhang thick.

When he walked into the city gate, he was even more stunned for a moment by what he saw.

Passing through the Mingde Gate, it is the largest street in Chang'an City, Zhuque Street, the width of the long street is 50 zhang, which is equivalent to 150 meters in later generations! The streets are lined with elm and locust trees, and there are drainage ditches on the side of the trees.

On such a bold street, there is a bustling crowd of people, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going, including typical Tang people with black hair and black eyes, as well as exotic businessmen with colorful eyes and hair. Ye Chang was shocked by this familiar and unfamiliar scene, standing in the middle of the street, he forgot to take a step.

It wasn't until someone behind him urged him to move his steps and head towards the city.

In the whole Chang'an City, there are more than 100 squares in two cities, around each square city, there are walls, the walls are generally equipped with four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, but the dozens of squares facing the palace are only the east and west gates and no north and south gates because of the "feng shui". The doors of almost all houses and shops are open to the square or the cross street in the city, and people without a certain status are not allowed to open to the main street. Therefore, Ye Chang did not see any shops on both sides of Suzaku Street while he was traveling.

"It's so big, how long will it take to get to the end?" Shi Shanzhi asked after walking beside Ye Chang for a distance.

"I'll ask, and I'll say it's in Lizheng Fang." Ye Changdao.

They entered Chang'an, and Ye Chang had already dismounted because he was a civilian, so he could only lead the horse forward. Ye Chang stopped the old man who was walking slowly on the side of the road, and just wanted to ask, when suddenly a strong wind rose, and in Chang'an City, which was originally tidy, there was suddenly yellow sand flying and dust blowing on his face. It was so blocked that Ye Chang had difficulty breathing, let alone ask.

The strange wind blew for a while before it stopped, and then looked at Chang'an City, which was still amazing, and now it was hidden in the dust.

Ye Chang snorted a few times in a row, and spit out all the dust and sand that he accidentally ate in his mouth, at this time, he suddenly remembered the very famous sentence in Tang poems, "Weicheng Dynasty Rain and Light Dust", where is this light dust, it is clearly a sandstorm!

"Ahem...... Uncle, how to get to Xuanpingfang? ”

The old man covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve before the dust rose, so he was fine, and said with a smile: "Lang Jun is the first time he came to our Chang'an, when the wind is together, you have to cover your mouth and nose, and you will remember it in the future." ”

"Why is Chang'an so big dust......"

"There are a lot of people, muddy floors, and naturally dusty, and in the autumn of the old year, there was waterlogging, and the ground in the city was blistered, so this year there was more dust than usual. Fang Cai Langjun asked about Xuanpingfang? That's not far, from now on to the north, to Jingshanfang and Guangfufang and then turn east, all the way through Yongle Fang, Yongning Fang, and then Xuanping Fang. ”

A series of shop names spit out from the old man's mouth, although he said it simply, Ye Chang felt that his mind was rising. The old man looked at the outfits of the two of them again: "In the old and foolish opinion, the two of you should find an inn to live in first, we have an inn in Baoning Fang, and now it is not early, at most there will be a curfew at the most hour, if the two of you can't get to the place, I am afraid that they will be invited by the martial marquis." ”

Ye Chang knew that this was the rule at this time, and if there were still people wandering on the street after the curfew, they would have to go to Jingzhao to eat the board. He looked at the sky, and it was getting late, so he asked the old man again: "What the old man said is true, but how can I go to Xuanpingfang tomorrow?" ”

"If you enter the city from the Yanxing Gate in the east, then after Xinchangfang is Xuanpingfang. But from here...... By the way, do you see that kind of car? ”

Ye Chang looked into the middle of the road, only to see a gray and hazy strange carriage coming, this carriage was longer than any one Ye Chang had seen before, held by two horses, and there was a sign on the body, the handwriting on the sign was "Mingde Gate, Vermilion Bird Gate" six words, in the middle of the six big characters, there were some small characters, Ye Chang looked carefully, but it was eighteen square names.

Bus!

Ye Chang's first thought was this, he stared at the strange carriage incredulously.

Datang already has a bus! And how similar the appearance of the brand on this car is to those bus brands in later generations!

"You take this kind of oil-walled car, pay attention to the sign on it, and you can get to where you want to go." The old man said.

"Oil-walled truck...... The concubine rode the oil wall car, Lang rode the green horse, where to get together, Xiling pine and cypress ...... "Ye Chang originally didn't know what the name of this car was, because Xiuwu County was too small, and he had never seen such a car over there. But after listening to the old man's words, he immediately remembered Su Xiaoxiao's famous poem in the Southern Dynasty, and it turned out that this car was an oil-walled car!

The car is painted with oil, so it is not afraid of the sun and rain, so it can be used as a bus carriage. Those rich and noble families have a special luxury elongated version of the oil-walled car, decorated with brilliance, and with a famous horse, it is really a BMW carved car full of fragrance.

Datang used oil-walled cars as public transportation in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, which Ye Chang had not been psychologically prepared for. He looked at the appearance of the oil-walled cart and realized that it still had the big drawback of the mainstream carriage in ancient China, that is, the lack of steering device.

"Hey, Eleven Lang, what are you doing in a daze at a car, the old donor has said, we have to find a place to live quickly...... I have heard that the masters of Chang'an said that Chang'an can have a good order, that is, a cake, there are Hu cakes, steamed cakes, pancakes, soup cakes, and cakes......"

"Okay, okay, stay right away, let your monk eat enough!" Ye Chang immediately interrupted the monk's chatter.

The two of them followed the old man's instructions and entered Boryeongfang.

Ye Chang previously thought that the bazaar in Chang'an City was the East and West Second City, and at that time he was still curious, with the size of Chang'an, if anyone wanted to buy a needle and thread brain, they would have to rush to the East and West Second City, wouldn't it be a waste of time. Now he realized how ridiculous his original idea was, the two cities of the east and west have a great reputation, and business travelers gather, but they are places like high-end commercial districts in later generations, and in the "squares" where the people live, there are also their own small businesses, whether it is a shop selling groceries and snacks, or an inn for travelers, everything is available.

"Ma Kee Inn...... There it is. Ye Chang said after seeing the swaggering flag.

As soon as they stopped in front of the inn, someone immediately came up to greet them earnestly. Although the scale of this inn is not large, there are also a few courtyards, Xiao Er led his horse to settle down, and the two came to choose a place to stay. If you change to an ordinary person, you must choose a cheap shop, but Ye Chang is somewhat greedy for enjoyment and asks for a single room for himself. When asked about the monk, the greeting Xiao Er said: "This master doesn't have to live in a small shop, only a few shops are separated from the shop, which is Baoning Temple, where the master can place an order and save a few pennies." ”

"You are sincere, others are soliciting guests inside, but you are chasing guests outside." Shanzhi smiled.

"The master has to go around, our Baoning Fang is so big, and when the master sees the Baoning Temple and then comes to check out, it will be troublesome." Xiao Er said with a smile: "Besides, our Ma Ji Inn is going to a century-old store, and reputation is more important than a few pennies." ”

Ye Chang listened to it: "Okay, good, but this monk doesn't like to live in the temple, there are many rules in the temple, and he is a person who does not abstain from meat." I saved money, so I arranged for him to live in Tongpu, and where is there a delicious soup and cake shop, tell us about it. ”

"Okay, the soup cake shop in this fang is Lao Ning's house, and there are a few more to the east when you go out, and you can look at their signboards. Although it is said that the Hu cakes in the West Market are good, in fact, they are all said by outsiders, and we have to find the best soup cakes in Chang'an City, and we have to find them in a market like our Baoning Fang. ”

Xiao Er's proud words made Ye Chang suddenly like the people of Chang'an City, the city was at its most glorious, the people in the city were confident and optimistic, and at the same time, they did not lose the atmosphere of a prosperous dynasty.

When you enter the square, you are not afraid of the curfew - the curfew of the Tang Dynasty is that no one is allowed to walk in the main street, and the square is not restricted. Ye Chang and Shanzhi were determined to try the Lao Ningjia soup cake strongly recommended by the shopkeeper, and before the two of them went out, they heard a burst of neighing. The little second rushed up again with interest, only to see a group of people, more than ten of them, rushing over together.

The costumes on these people are mostly not similar to the Tang people, but they are not the Hu people of the Western Regions, and they seem to be naturalized species from the frontier. Ye Chang looked over there with some surprise, he had always heard that people from all ethnic groups in the world gathered in Chang'an City, he thought that it was just a gathering in the two commercial and prosperous eastern and western cities, but he never thought that he could see it in this small place.

This glance immediately attracted the attention of one of the people who came, and when the person saw Ye Chang, his face changed suddenly: "Huh! ”

The man next to him asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Look at that Tang dog over there!" The man from before: "Look, doesn't it look like the one we killed?" ”

The person who asked the question also looked at Ye Chang, and then his expression also changed greatly: "Hey, this guy didn't die?" ”

"Damn, it looks like he was playing dead last time...... Did he recognize us? ”

"Looking at the appearance, I don't fully recognize it yet, but I have some doubts...... How is it good, if this guy is found by the government to prosecute, we are arrested for a small matter, and the big thing of the festival commander is ruined, it is a crime that the whole clan will be destroyed! ”

The two naturalized Hu people muttered in Hu language, Mo said that Ye Chang couldn't hear their words, and even if Ye saw them, he didn't understand what they meant. Ye Chang just felt a little strange, how could two of these Hu people always stare at him, and their eyes were extremely unkind.

"No matter what, you can't let this guy live." One of the two Hu people said again.

"But this is Chang'an, how can we do it?"

"Let's keep an eye on it first, see if this Tang dog has leaked the matter of the festival commander, if not, then find an opportunity to start, if it has been leaked, we have to go back immediately to report the festival commander."

The two naturalized Hu people muttered a few more words, so they didn't look at Ye Chang, and Ye Chang also lost interest in watching the excitement, he and Shanzhi and the two went east, and went to the soup and cake shop of Lao Ning's house to eat their dinner.

However, it didn't take long for the group of naturalized Hu people to scatter all over Baoningfang, and some of them also entered Lao Ning's soup and cake shop. They looked at Ye Chang and Shanzhi's eyes, they were always a little unkind, although Shanzhi was rude, but at this time, they also felt that it was wrong: "These guys are really hateful, are they trying to pick quarrels and provoke trouble?" ”