Chapter 7 Nine Heavens Open the Palace
"Big soup and Xuanjiu, few and tasteless, but it is a must-have dish for the ancestors of the festival, honored and indispensable" Dugu Xinci added.
"Only when you know their style can you do what they like?" Wei Erlang sneered.
"A waiter needs to do what he likes?" Dugu's heart smiled colder.
"This is "Wei Erlang sat down in a gloomy manner, and suddenly smiled again, "This canon is formulated by the sage, and there is still a court test after the provincial examination, and the final ranking is discussed by the sage and the minister." If many scholars take Han Shilang's style as a model, I am afraid that they will be clever and self-inflicted."
"Dugu Saburo, is there something important tomorrow?" Wen Yu asked.
"It's nothing important, I'm going to wander around and enjoy the style of Yantang Kyoto"
"This is not bad, tomorrow there will be nothing to do, you can travel with you" Wei Erlang asked Ying to be a tour guide.
"Don't bother, a certain car is simple, just a horse and flowers" Dugu Xin is kind and respectful, if you are accompanied by this handsome gentleman, how can you come quietly, go quietly.
"Tomorrow, the Qi Wangfu will invite many scholars to take the exam, and Erlang will accompany a certain person to the banquet" Wen Dalang also knew that Dugu Saburo did not want to be publicistic at the moment.
"I also received an invitation, but I hated the noise and didn't want to go to the banquet, Da Lang invited him, so I reluctantly went with him" Wei Erlang was a little hypocritical.
"The day after tomorrow, when Yu Qujiang returned to invite San Lang, the three of them will seek to get drunk again" Wen Dalang promised again.
"That's a good thing," Wei Erlang agreed.
"A certain three of them should be a picnic, no need to bring food and drink, just go to the neighborhood to find edible materials" Dugu Xinci was also a little moved, Qujiang indiscriminately Qujiang flowed and drank.
"Then it's late today, let's rest" Wen Yu Dalang proposed, and Erlang Saburo seconded.
The next day, when Wu Yuandai and Wu Qilang woke up, the Chang'an morning drum had not passed Baitong.
The hangover headache made Wu Qilang look in a trance, and he was barely sure that this was the inner courtyard of his rented house, listening to the sound of city drums in the distance, and seeing that the sky was already bright, so he rubbed his face and went out of the house.
The three of Dugu Xinci in the courtyard have finished freshening up, and they are lining up to do the head and tail movement by the Bahe River yesterday.
The three masters and servants who are tall and short in a stepped shape are making strange movements, which are quite joyful.
"Three, morning, but do the morning class again" Wu Qilang said hello, "I was tired to take care of it last night, and I worked hard."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's a sin to do morning exercises, disturbing Wu Qilang's dreams" Dugu Xinci waved his hand and continued his morning exercises.
When Wu Qilang finished cleaning his face and returned to the courtyard, he saw that the big bear was squatting on the side and standing on the stake, and Ah Gou hung a ring under the elm tree, trying to pierce it with a branch iron drill.
Dugu Xinci continued to do exercises under the corridor, and this action made Wu Qilang see that it was a bit of a way, which was to imitate the trend of a tiger and a bear.
"Is it a five-bird play?" Wu Qilang pondered.
It is said that the five poultry operas were created by Hua Tuo, a divine doctor in the Han Dynasty, and can be traced back to the two poultry operas written by Qin Zhuangzi: Xiong Jing Bird Shen. The play of five birds: one is a tiger, two is a deer, three is a bear, four is an ape, and five is a bird. It is also used to remove diseases, and to benefit the hooves and feet, so as to be a guide. The body is unhappy, acting like a bird, sweating happily, because of the powder, the body is light and hungry.
Wu Yuandai has seen Taoist people practice it, and there are some differences between it and Dugu Xinci, but the general appearance is still as if the rhythm of Dugu Xinci is even more soothing.
Just in doubt, Wen Yu and Wei Bin from the front yard came, Wen Yu had a two-foot short sword, and Wei Bin was a nearly five-foot long sword.
Dugu Xinci didn't pause, just nodded.
The two looked at Dugu Xinci's movements for a while, and recognized that it was the five fowl play, so they stopped paying attention to it and danced their swords.
Wen Yu's sword momentum is as gentle and mellow as his character, and his moves are square and magnificent.
Wei Bin is a disciple of the Eastern Capital Sword Pavilion, the pavilion master of the Luoyang Sword Pavilion Su Youxing and the sword idiot are both masters in the empire, and the sword cultivation is second only to the sword god Yang Xiu, but the swordsmanship of the pavilion master Su Youxing is gorgeous, and the swordsmanship in the autumn is weird and amazing.
The two people dancing the sword are swords walking dragons, overflowing with silver light, light as swallows, like thunder, Wu Yuandai is relaxed and happy, dizzy, compared to the five birds of Dugu Xinci, this swordsmanship is what young scholars should perform.
Dugu Xinci continued to practice his five-bird play unhurriedly, and it seemed that he was not affected by the swordsmanship of the two, and only stopped until his forehead sweated slightly.
"I want to visit Chang'an City today, and now the street drums are sounding, and the door must have been opened, so I will go first" Dugu Xinci tidied up, with a long-sleeved white robe on his right, a light yellow belt and a black head, and went out of the house to Wen Wei and the two Langjun.
"San Lang is at his own convenience," Wen Yu said with a smile.
"Wu Qilang has something important today?" Wei Erlang asked about the owner Wu Yuandai.
"Continue to rest today, nothing important," Wu Qilang replied.
"Dugu Langjun wants to visit Chang'an, can you bother the tour guide Qilang?" Wei Erlang turned from Dugu Xinci to "have a tour guide who is familiar with Chang'an people, it is convenient to be a little more convenient"
"Wu Qilang has nothing to do today, is it okay to bother to take a certain trip?" Dugu Xinci said.
"What's the bother? Dugu Langjun wants to travel to Chang'an, and a certain should lead the way" Wu Qilang is self-promised.
"Wait for San Lang and Shichiro in the mansion at night," Wen Yu put away his sword.
Dugu Xinci took the two guards, Da Xiong and Ah Dog, and only drove a carriage, and Wu Yuandai rode a horse.
"Let's find something to eat first," Dugu Xinci ordered.
So Wu Qilang took everyone to the Qinglongfang cross street, although the sky had just dawned, there were already people walking around in the streets and alleys.
The cake shop and porridge shop at the mouth of the north street are all complete, Dugu Xinci asked Wu Qilang to buy some Hu cake and flax porridge back, the big bear also muttered how there is no meat, Dugu Xinci was too lazy to respond, so he sat on the car to eat, and opened the road after eating.
"I don't know if Dugu Langjun wants to go there first?" Wu Qilang asked.
"Let's start from Suzaku Street, the Big and Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Chengtianmen, Sword God Mansion, Pingkangfang, Imperial City Palace Xingqing Palace, East and West Cities, Haotianguan Ximing Temple, Ben Langjun all want to see"
"Dugu Langjun, it takes a day and a half to visit each of these places"
"I'm just looking outside" Dugu Xinci replied lazily, "You don't have to rest, just keep walking, when you get to the place, Qilang will point out where it is"
"Alright then, let's start from Sixth Street first."
Chang'an City has three main streets, east and west, north and south, the north and south directions are centered on the avenue from Mingde Gate to Zhuque Gate, the east is Qixia Gate to Xing'an Gate, and the west is Anhua Gate to Fanglin Gate.
From the east-west Tonghua Gate to Kaiyuanmen Street, there is a square in front of the palace. Chunmingmen to Jinguangmen Street, Yanxingmen to Yanpingmen Street is the narrowest, and it was that street that entered the city yesterday.
The six-street drum refers to the drums on these six streets, which leak out every night and open the leaky drums; At the moment of the night leakage, the drum was closed, and the first drum was sent from the Miyagi Chengtian Gate and transmitted to the sixth street.
Dugu Xinci sits on the left side of the car, the right side is the position of the driver's dog, the big bear is tall and long-legged, follow the steps, a group of people out of the west gate of Qinglongfang, turn west at the northbound street entrance, and see a high tower in the north Jinchang Fang, this is the tower of Ci'en Temple, commonly known as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the name of the wild goose tower is here, Wu Qilang introduced, and congratulated Dugu Langjun and Wen Wei two Langjun and the first title.
The Pagoda of Mercy and Grace was originally built by Gaozong for his mother, the eldest grandson of the Empress, Master Xuanzang presided over the translation of the scriptures here after returning to the west, and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was also built under the supervision of Master Xuanzang.
This neighborhood is sparsely populated, and after a while you come to a wide street, there is a city tower in the south, called Qixiamen.
Along Qixiamen Street northbound through three squares, Wu Qilang introduced the right hand side as Qinren Fang, Dugu Xinci stopped and thought for a while, and wrote a letter in the car, "Labor annoyance Qilang sent to the North Street Liaoyang County Palace"
Wu Qilang went to deliver the letter, the three of them stopped on the side of the road and waited, the street is about 100 steps wide, there are five steps wide ditch on both sides of the road, there are two rows of elm trees planted every ten steps on the side of the ditch, the elm trees are also pruned neatly, there are countless palaces and pavilions across a few squares in the north, that is the imperial city and the palace city, the imperial city is probably the lowest terrain in Chang'an, the hundred rivers return to the sea, the imperial city is the center of the sea.
The terrain of the imperial city further north is also getting higher, and the famous Daming Palace is out of Xing'an Gate.
Qinren Fang is in the 94 belt of Chang'an Liuyao, separated from the imperial city by two square distances, it is the ideal residence of the minister, and after a while, you will see several cars or exquisite and gorgeous, or the quaint atmosphere of the convoy out of the north, that is the important ministers of the court and the central government who entered the imperial city council.
After the tea effort, Wu Qilang turned around and brought one person, who was the left-handed sword Xuanqiu Bin, the guard of the king of Liaoyang County.
Qiu Bin is a master of the Sword Xuan Realm, and he is familiar with the Dugu Demon Wolf, so he snorted coldly, "On August 20, I will go to the examination room of the Ministry of Rites to pick you up."
"No, just pick up a certain person in front of the workshop, and prepare more food," Dugu Xinci instructed with a smile.
"It's okay" Most of the masters of the Sword Xuan Realm are indifferent and iron-hearted people, and after saying that, Qiu Bin entered the workshop and left.
Wu Qilang looked at his back blankly, and he didn't believe that this person had broken through the King Kong Realm and entered Xuantian early.
The north of Qinren Fang is Xuanyang Fang, Wannian County Party is in its southeast corner, and the north of Xuanyang Fang is Pingkang Fang, and both Fangs are to be noisy in the city.
Pingkangfang Beiqu rangers gather, but also Chang'an Kabuki residence.
Everyone turned east in Xuanyangfang and Pingkangfang Street, and the east of Xuanyangfang is where the East Market is located.
Wu Qilang is still looking at Pingkang Fang, he is a frequent visitor to Lifang, and he calls friends with the rangers in the Fang, and he is also familiar with the leaders of Pingkang Beili Sanqu Zhangtai, and he has watched the grand occasion of the Yuedan Review with his friends.
"Today is the release day of the Pingkangfang Yuedan review, can Dugu Langjun enter the workshop to see the grand occasion?" Wu Qilang suggested.
"Shichiro is one of the guests?" Dugu Xinci asked with a smile.
"Those who can enter the Yuedan review are all girls' school books, and they don't stay overnight on weekdays," Wu Qilang blushed.
"Hehe" Dugu Xinci just smiled.
"Dugu Langjun is handsome and elegant, maybe he can meet one or two confidants," Wu Qilang still persuaded.
"You don't know that the king of Liaoyang County is a square gentleman, and he once said in the past that if his son enters Pingkangfang, he will discount his legs," Dugu Xinci said with a smile.
"How can the King of Liaoyang County be so boring?" Wu Qilang muttered.
Dugu Xinci asked Ah Gou to drive east, and when he saw that Wu Qilang was still melancholy, he comforted him
"The drama is thin, as thin as one side. Prostitutes are unrighteous and widowed. ”
"How can it be so unbearable? The leaders of the north are light on wealth and righteousness, many poor scholars go to Beijing to take the exam, they can get funding in the north, and the first scholars can also get the capital to return to their hometowns, and many scholars are also grateful.
"First of all, there are no poor scholars who go to Beijing to take the exam, at least they are more generous than Wu Qilang" Dugu Xinci was still smiling, "Secondly, subsidizing a temporarily depressed scholar is the same as hoarding goods, and when the price rises every day, it is earned"
"Why? Why? Until he came to Dongshi, Wu Qilang was still muttering.
Just after the hour, the door of the East Market is still closed, and Dugu has no regrets.
Bypass the East Market to Chunmingmen Street, suddenly appear wide, the north of the East Market is Shengye Fang, and the east of Shengye Fang is one of the three major in Chang'an, Xingqing Palace.
Xingqing Palace has a square and a half place, the pavilion is towering, lush.
It is reported that the sage Tai is in the diligent government building of Xingqing Palace for half a day to discuss politics, Wu Qilang introduced.
The north of Shengye Fang is Anxing Fang, Shengye and Anxing are the residences of the noble princes, Wen Yu Langjun and Wei Bin Langjun are in Anxing Fang, Wei Bin Langjun's Xunguo Mansion is also in Anxing Fang, and Song Jing's house in the current Prime Minister's service is also in this Fang.
The northeast oblique angle of Anxing Fang is Xingning Fang, where former Prime Minister Yao Chong lives.
Anxingfang northbound street connects Tonghua Gate and Kaiyuan Gate, and the Imperial City and Miyagi are also separated by this street.
The west of Anxing Fang is Yongxing Fang, and there are three Fangs in the north, Daning Laiting and Yongchang.
Between the imperial city and the palace city, there is a castle tower gate, which is called Jingxi Gate.
Go south along the wall of the imperial city, and pass the Yongxing Fang that is the Chongren Fang.
Chongrenfang and Pingkangfang two squares, one street radiates, then dumps two cities, day and night noisy, the lights are endless, the squares in Beijing, Mo is compared with it. It is only because there are many places in the two squares that the state capital is in the theater.
At this moment, it is almost noon, and the Chunming Street between the two squares is full of people, scholars from all over the country, officials of the state government, and pilgrims of the vassal clans, etc., with different clothes and ornaments, groups of three or five, all of them dancing with their eyebrows.
Wu Yuandai and Wu Qilang looked at them enviously, led Dugu Xinci and the three of them to Chunming Street, and saw the Vermilion Bird Gate two squares to the west.
The thick city walls, the towering battlements, exude a huge and majestic brilliance, although the magnificent square in front of the gate is full of people, but it makes people quiet in an instant.
The square and simple city tower arches and cornices, the gilded eaves ridge is shining with golden light, the mottled red wall is solemn and magnificent, and the Praetorian Guard flag on the battlements is hunting.
Dugu Xinci got out of the carriage, stood in front of the Suzaku Gate, looked up at the head of the Suzaku City, and then looked south at the Suzaku Street, the wide street extended to the sky with a gentle slope, and the huge figure of the Mingde Gate at the end of the south was still faintly visible.
The front foot of the Suzaku Gate can accommodate 50,000 military horses, and the Suzaku Street is also enough for 100 carriages to run in parallel, which can make people fearful, and the breadth can also make people worship.
"Nine days to open the palace, all nations to worship the crown"
Dugu Xinci stretched out his arms, with the warm autumn sun on his head, looking at this magnificent Suzaku Street, he couldn't help but groan.
"Good poetry, good spirit," praised an old man with a white head on an ox cart on the side.
Dugu Xinci arched his hand to thank him, but he had no intention of talking.
Dugu Xinci closed his eyes and felt about the cup of tea, and turned around and went to the carriage.
"Lang Jun stays," shouted the old man on the ox cart, but it caused a violent cough.
Dugu Xinci looked back, and the old man covered his mouth with a silk cloth, and there were blood spots on the silk cloth.
Dugu Xinci strolled to the ox cart and "tired old man stretched out his hand"
Although the old man was seriously ill, he looked calm, and stretched out his arm with a gentle smile when he heard the words.
Dugu Xinci stretched out his fingers and touched his pulse, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
The old man looked at the white-robed scholar in front of him, with a jade face and pale head, and couldn't help but show pity.
"Old decay is a disease of tuberculosis, and it has been three years, and it has long been terminally ill."
Dugu Xinci let go, looked at the sky with his hands, and thought for a while
"Chest pain, severe cough, thick phlegm and night sweats are indeed symptoms of tuberculosis, but this is the appearance"
Dugu Xinci waved his hand to summon the big bear and groped for a small porcelain bottle in his bag.
"This is a Yuehua pill, one in the morning and one before eating, it can replenish deficiency and resist tuberculosis, nourish yin and suppress cough, dissolve phlegm and stop bleeding" Dugu Xinci took out a pen and paper again, let the big bear squat, take his back as a case, and set up a book.
The prescription and the porcelain vase were handed over, but the white-headed old man was surprised but did not answer.
"Whether it is effective or not, I don't know, but it can talk about the pain of severe cough" Dugu Xinci squinted and smiled.
"Xie Langjun" The old man was no longer hypocritical, and took the prescription and the porcelain bottle.
"But the old man's tuberculosis is just a symptom, I am afraid that there is another hidden disease" Dugu Xin Ci Mo does not need a chin. "Does the old man know Sima Chengzhen's old immortal?"
"I have been bothered by Sima Immortal's diagnosis and treatment, and I can live for three years, and Sima Immortal has made great contributions," the old man replied.
"If you can ask him to diagnose and treat him again and investigate thoroughly, he will be aware," Dugu Xinci asserted, "Can the old man hear a dream of red dust and turn into a butterfly?" ”
"Unheard"
"Sima Lao Immortal heard that there must be a good prescription" Dugu Xinci smiled gently, "I can try it, old man"
The old man was thoughtful.
"My husband can hear about the five poultry plays, and if I match this play, I can keep my husband safe for three years."
"I just entered Kyoto yesterday, and I intend to visit Chang'an today, so I wish my husband good health and early departure."
Dugu Xinci walked away.
"Lang Jungui's surname?" The old man shouted.
"There are guests who come and go, and meeting is fate" Dugu Xinci laughed, made a carriage right, and then chanted a verse:
"In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery.
The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day. ”