Qiu Yizhi walked out of the alley slowly, racking his brains and couldn't figure out why he had only come to the Yang Mansion a few days ago, and his subordinate Zhao Chengxiao was still here early this morning, and now the old Zhang who was guarding the door actually said that he didn't know him.

Qiu Yizhi was like falling into a five-mile fog, and was walking aimlessly, but a little boy ran behind him and hit him on the buttocks. Qiu Yizhi stumbled, was almost knocked to the ground, turned around and was about to teach the reckless child, but recognized that the child was none other than Yang Yuanzhi's grandson Yang Jin.

He was just about to open his mouth to ask the reason, but Yang Jin smiled at him, forced the crumpled note in his hand into his hand, blinked his eyes twice, stuck out his tongue, and ran away again.

Qiu Yizhi is a smart person, knowing that there must be a mystery in this note, so he no longer chased Yang Jin, but immediately moved to a secluded corner, carefully flattened the note, but saw that the handwriting on the paper was not lacking in the graceful bones, it was the old Prime Minister Yang Yuanzhi's handwriting.

I saw that this letter was only a few dozen words, without half a greeting and greeting, but only wrote: At present, the situation in Luoyang is treacherous, Yangfu is already a land of tigers and wolves, and those who know their fate do not stand under the rock wall, and they want Qiu Yizhi to go out of the city as soon as possible in order to be perfect. As for the matter of connecting with the emperor's eldest son Zheng Chang, Yang Yuanzhi has his own Yang Yuanzhi to dispose of it cheaply in the capital, so you can rest assured. Finally, he also instructed that the letter should be destroyed immediately after reading.

After reading Qiu Yizhi, he knew that this was the old prime minister's heart of preservation, and he was a little excited in his heart, so he obeyed his orders, tore the paper into pieces the size of a fingernail, and threw them all into the pond stream on the side.

The closest city gate away from here is the Jianchun Gate on the east city wall of Luoyang. This gate tower was built extremely tall, and Qiu Yizhi could see it from a distance, so he looked in the direction and walked towards the city gate.

Walking to a place two or three hundred steps away from the city gate, Qiu Yizhi saw a long queue at the city gate. He thought to himself that there were a total of twelve gates on the four walls of Luoyang, and there were five or six that were often opened, and when he entered the city that day, he only saw the gatekeeper checking the belongings of the people entering the city, and those who went out of the city were let go without looking at it, and it should not be as crowded as it is today.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi did not line up obediently at the back of the line, but only pretended to be lively, and slowly walked to the front of the line, so as to see what happened.

But I saw that there were about 20 officials deployed at the gate of the city, checking the people who went out of the city one by one. They inspected them very carefully, and all the packages they were carrying had to be opened and checked, and all the belongings they had with them were taken out. There were even a few lustful officials who took the opportunity to pat the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, and they couldn't stop screaming with shame.

I saw a porter in his twenties, who asked in authentic Luoyang dialect: "May I ask these poor masters, what is the big deal today?" I've never seen it so tightly checked! ”

The official did not answer, but only scolded: "Persuade the good secretary to do things, what are you talking about?" ”

When the young porter heard the words "Persuasion of the Good Division", he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, settled down, and mustered up the courage to ask again: "Wang Zhong...... The old husband and the old man are all dead, how can there be any matter of persuading the good division? ”

"Fart! According to you, if the emperor dies, will the court be dissolved? Halfway through speaking, the official realized that he had made a big taboo by speaking freely, and pointed at the porter angrily, "I don't think you look like a good person!" Come on! Arrest him! ”

As soon as the officer gave the order, five or six soldiers came up to him, threw aside the picks on the shoulders of the porter, pressed them to the ground and tied them together with ropes, and escorted him away without hesitating the shouts of "wronged" in his mouth.

When Qiu Yizhi saw this scene, he thought that he was wearing a treasure knife from the Western Regions, a package containing gold and silver treasures worth 50,000 taels of silver, and the name of Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, in his arms.

However, in this Luoyang City, the Guangyang Chamber of Commerce is mixed, and it is inconvenient for Prime Minister Yang Cheng's Mansion to disturb, and as for the Nuanxiang Pavilion, it is the territory of the Tianzun Sect, and it is even more difficult to reside. Qiu Yizhi thought about it, but he was only glad that he did not shirk Zhou Cijing's gift this morning, and he had a huge amount of money around him, so he thought about finding an inn to live in Luoyang City, and at the same time inquiring about the news, waiting for the wind to pass, and then going home from the city.

With this plan, Qiu Yizhi was no longer in a hurry, and while asking for directions, he slowly walked to Zhengpingfang, where the restaurants and inns gathered, and chose a small inn, and chose a clean and elegant room to live in.

After staying for three or four days in a row, there was no sign of laxity in the gate of Luoyang, and the officials of the Quanshan Division were still meticulously checking passers-by every day.

After staying for another two or three days, the situation still hasn't changed at all, Qiu Yizhi finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked the innkeeper: "In this Luoyang City, the control is so strict, but it's normal?" If this is often the case, how can the people in Luoyang City stand it? ”

The boss was thirty or forty years old, and took over this ancestral inn from his father, because he saw Qiu Yizhi's very generous gesture in the past few days, so he was familiar with him, and he knew everything: "This is a common thing." Whenever the emperor goes on patrol, pays tribute to foreign vassals, important ceremonies, or has a big case, it must be controlled for a period of time. This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it should be more rules, and the son is from out of town, so he is naturally a little unaccustomed. ”

Qiu Yizhi asked again: "Then how long will this last?" ”

The boss replied, "Usually it's about the same for two or three days." But this time, I heard that there was a big case in the palace - the great eunuch Wang Zhonghai died. I also heard that the envoys of the Bohai Kingdom had also arrived in the capital to meet the Son of Heaven. With these two major events, it is not surprising that the control period is slightly extended? ”

"What? Has the envoy of the Bohai Kingdom arrived in Luoyang? Boss, where did you hear this news? Qiu Yizhi asked.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "The dissatisfied guest officer said that the villain's cousin is running an errand in the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites has been busy with this matter these days!" ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, and then remembered that when he left Guangyang that day, the county lord of Bohai Kingdom Yiran said that he would send Yelu to the capital to do business, and he could ask him for help when there was anything.

Of course, it is not a bad thing to meet a familiar and reliable person in a strange place, thinking of this, Qiu Yi finally had some joy in his heart, so he flattered: "The boss has hands and eyes, and there is such a cousin who is a big official, it is really disrespectful." ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head and said a little shyly: "There are more officials in the capital than there are sparrows flying in the sky, which of the people in the city is not related to the officials?" My cousin is not a big official, just a seven-grade outsider, if the little one had listened to his father's words and studied hard to make a name for himself, he might be even older than him now!. ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "That is, as the saying goes, 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'!" But now I have to ask, where is the envoy of the Bohai Kingdom staying? Don't hide it from the boss, I haven't seen a foreigner in the past 20 years! It's a good time to take this opportunity to see the world. ”

The shopkeeper listened, nodded and smiled: "Childe is right, this foreigner is a rare thing, and I can't see it without fate!" I heard that the people who came from the north were all blood-drinking and ruthless, if it weren't for the prince of Youyan to help the emperor guard the northern frontier, this group of Hu people might have to fight to the capital! Therefore, I hope that the son must be careful and don't suffer a loss. As he spoke, he took a pen and paper from his hand, drew a simple map and handed it to Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi took the map, thanked the innkeeper for a few dollars and scattered the silver, and went out.

This capital Luoyang covers a huge area, but the streets are carefully planned, horizontal and vertical, and it looks very regular. Therefore, although the map drawn by the innkeeper was simple, Qiu Yizhi easily found the location drawn in the map according to the map.

This is a rather luxurious and atmospheric mansion, the lintel is hung with the plaque of "Honglu Temple", one of the autumn ceremonies to see that this is the place where the Ministry of Rites is responsible for entertaining foreign envoys. So I searched around again, and finally found a rather large courtyard, with a sign of "Siyi Pavilion" hanging next to the lintel.

Qiu Yizhi knew that this was the place where the envoys of the tribute waited for the emperor or the officials of the Ministry of Rites to stay and stay, so he took a few steps forward and asked the soldiers guarding the door: "Dare to ask this eldest brother, does the envoy from Bohai who came to pay tribute live here?" ”

The soldier was very tall, a head and a half taller than Qiu Yizhi, squinted at him and said, "What are you asking about?" ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't answer positively when he heard him, rolled his eyes, and asked again: "It's nothing." I heard my grandmother say that the Hu people have three eyes and four ears, but they don't have a tongue in their mouths, so they can't speak Chinese, so I came to see the excitement. ”

The janitor smiled disdainfully: "Listen to your old woman's nonsense." Except for being shorter and having more beards on their faces, the Hu people are no different from us. ”

"Will the old man in my family still talk nonsense? Don't be this big brother who hasn't seen Hu Ren, is he talking nonsense? Qiu Yizhi asked again.

The soldier was so provoked by him that he blurted out: "Who said I haven't seen it?" I see Hu people walking in and out here every day, will there be a vacation? ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he already knew that the Bohai envoy here was now living in this courtyard, so he pretended to be unreasonable, and broke into the door with his head down.

The soldier naturally couldn't let him in, stretched out his palm, pushed Qiu Yizhi out, and said, "You little grass people are full of food?" If you disturb the rest of the Bohai envoys and cause a big disaster, do you want to die? ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, and deliberately amplified his voice and shouted: "What's the big deal?" Isn't it just a few Bohai people, let me go in and have a look, and a few pieces of meat are indispensable! "Then I'm going to go in again.

When the soldier saw him shouting, he finally became anxious, kicked Qiu Yizhi down with his long legs, and scolded: "You kid don't open your eyes? Come to Lao Tzu to spread the wild and see how Lao Tzu gets you! ”

Qiu Yizhi was kicked to the ground by him, although his body was not very painful, lying on the ground on all fours, but his appearance was very ugly. The package he was carrying with him also fell to the ground, revealing countless gold and silver hidden inside.

The soldier saw that this rude and troublesome kid was carrying so much belongings, and his eyes flashed with golden light, and he was about to step forward with a strange scream, but at this moment, a very authentic official voice suddenly came from the door of the Siyi Pavilion: "Wait! ”