Chapter 3 The city is like a chess game, and the street is like a furrow
Chang'an Yanxing Gate is the southernmost gate of the east city wall, and there are only three city gate holes in the Yanping Gate opposite.
When they arrived at the gate of the city, a group of Jin Wuwei stood on both sides of the sword, and the fire chief saw Wu Yuandai who was the head, but he was just familiar with him, and their top boss Chengmen Lang was Wu Qilang's eldest brother, shouting that Qilang was bringing distinguished guests to settle in and waved him into the city.
Wu Qilang laughed and led the team into the city.
The city cave is about twenty steps, wide and quiet, through the city gate, Dugu Xinxin suddenly let the carriage stop, jump off the carriage, look up at the city wall, the city wall is four people high, huge blue bricks are built, simple and magnificent.
"Let's go, go up and have a look," Dugu Xinci said suddenly, raising his legs and walking towards the side of the city wall stairs.
Wu Yuandai and Wu Qilang were shocked when they heard this, the city wall is a military location, how can they say that they can just take a look?
"Dugu Langjun, this can't be done" Wu Qilang hurriedly stopped, there was a row of military houses under the city, and a few people poured out at this moment, and the leader was actually a captain.
"Shichiro? What's the matter? The lead lieutenant shouted.
"This is Dugu Langjun, my friend," Wu Qilang hurriedly shouted.
Dugu Xinci stopped and grinned.
"This Lang Jun, the city wall is not a place to play," the captain was kind.
"Oh, Ben Langjun first came to the capital, don't blame it if it's rare" Dugu Xinci is even more kind.
The lieutenant stretched out his hand towards their carriage, the meaning was very clear, since I don't know, I won't blame it, let's go!
Dugu Xinci took out a few pieces of gold leaf from the big bear's bag and pulled it, leaving a piece and a piece of jewelry.
Dugu Xinci first took a look at the wishful hairpin-shaped jewelry, and handed it to the school captain.
The captain didn't answer, staring at him, Wu Qilang almost covered his face and sighed, such a blatant bribe? But I don't know that today's saints hate corruption and perversion of the law the most, and they are often punished with capital punishment when they find out the situation.
"Captain, let's take a look," Dugu Xinci was still smiling.
The captain took it suspiciously, and when he looked at it again, his face changed abruptly.
The non-gold and non-silver jewelry is simple and elegant, but the tail of one end is engraved with a plum character.
The lieutenant hurried back to the outpost, and after a while, three green-robed men rushed out, pinching their jewelry and looking at Dugu Xinci, and the black-robed soldier smiled and was not afraid.
"Lang Jun is going back to Beijing on business?" The leader asked, the three of them were not Jin Wuwei, but the hairpin of Lijingmen.
Each gate and workshop in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was guarded by the left and right Jinwu guards, and Wuhou shops were set up, and Wuhou was sent by Chang'an and Wannian counties to assist, and Lijingmen also sent personnel to supervise.
Captain Jin Wuwei is not familiar with the hairpin token, and the three of them are Li Jingmen hairpin flower lang, and they can naturally see that this order is true at a glance, and it is a second-level token, and only the personal entourage of the four hairpins of peach lotus chrysanthemum and plum can have it.
Dugu Xinci smiled silently, and the leader hairpin Hualang was not annoyed, knowing that the envoys of this door were responsible for confidential matters, it was abrupt to ask rashly, and hurriedly confessed, "It's a certain trespasser, Lang Jun wants to go up to the city wall to check?" ”
"I haven't returned to Kyoto for many years, and I suddenly have the interest of climbing to the top, and please fulfill it" Dugu Xinci bowed his hand and said warmly.
"Lang Jun, please take care of yourself" Hairpin Hualang turned sideways and made way for the black-robed scholar and his party.
"Excuse me, please take care of a certain carriage" Dugu Xinci handed over a piece of gold leaf, which was the same as the gold leaf paid by the Bahe Wine Shop, which was half a tael.
Hairpin Hualang hesitated, then took it and said with a smile, "Ask Mei Linghao on behalf of me"
So Wu Qilang and Wu Yuandai followed their tenants to the city tower in a daze.
Although his eldest brother is the city gate, but he is strict and law-abiding, never privately bring relatives and friends to the city wall to watch the scenery, Wu Kan Wu Yuandai has lived in Chang'an for nearly 20 years, and climbing the city wall is only a few times, and the sage opened the city wall to let the people play.
The scenery above the city is very different from that under the city.
Chang'an City was built in the previous dynasty, Yan Tang only repaired it, built Daming Palace in the north of Longshouyuan, built Xingqing Palace in Xingqing Fang, and the rest did not change much.
The layout of Chang'an City is square, the law is like heaven and earth, between Longshou Yuan and Shaoling Yuan, a radius of more than 20 miles, and it is rare to have such a large plain in Guanzhong.
Dugu Xinci squinted at Chang'an City, and her mind didn't know where to go.
Wu Yuandai and Wu Qilang smiled bitterly, I didn't know if the Far Eastern tenant he recruited was a lucky star or a bad guest, so he had to cheer up at this moment, take out the host posture, and began to introduce the Xiongcheng Chang'an.
Chang'an City is built according to the six hexagrams of Qian, and the six earthen hills are from north to south, and are successively called the first nine, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, and upper nine. From the height of the six slopes, the terrain gradually decreases from south to north. Leyouyuan to the south of Yanxing Gate has the highest terrain. Miyagi is located in a relatively low position. There is another reason for not setting Miyagi at the top. According to the position of the stars in the sky, the most noble Ziwei Palace is located in the center of the northern sky, it takes the North Pole as the center, and a total of fifteen stars surround it in the east and west.
Chang'an City is composed of three parts: the palace city, the imperial city and the outer Guo city, and all industries in the city are prosperous, there are one hundred and eight squares, among which there are two cities in the east and west and Xingqing Palace.
Zhuque Street is like a white jade belt to divide Chang'an into two halves, 53 squares in Wannian County in the east, 55 squares in Chang'an County in the west, each square is set up with a workshop wall, the road between the squares is straight and smooth, the whole Chang'an City is square, the layout of the square in the city is also neat and tidy, 14 streets in the east and west, 11 streets in the north and south are crossed, and the whole Chang'an is like a Go game.
"Hundreds of thousands of homes are like a game of Go, and the twelfth street is like a vegetable garden" Dugu Xinci was carefully inspecting, and suddenly a poem came.
"Uh, is there a downlink?" Wu Yuandai was stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't help but ask after not seeing the black-robed scholar chanting for a long time.
"Well, that's it, let's continue it later, Shichiro continues"
Wu Qilang was stunned and continued to introduce.
Chang'an City has the saying that the south is void and the north is really the east and the west is rich, which refers to the fact that several squares around the west market are rich families, and the east market sells scarce things, which is unspeakably expensive, the north of Chang'an City is the imperial city and the palace city, the princes and princes of the court and the middle of the court all live around, the official mansions are majority, the population is dense, the more southward the market, the common people are the majority, the population is sparse, the cultivation and planting, and the Qianmo is connected.
"A certain house is in the south," Wu Yuandai was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, Ben Langjun went to the exam for quiet reading, and there is something wonderful about purity" Dugu Xinci waved his hand indifferently, and it was almost the same when he saw it, and led the team down to the city tower.
After thanking the Jinwuwei Forbidden Army and the hairpins again, the four of them continued to move forward, walking a square to the west and turning to the south.
"On the left-hand side is the Shengdao Fang, and most of the residents are government servants," Wu Yuandai said.
Dugu Xinci and the three of them took a closer look, and sure enough, the wall of the square was mottled, only half of the head of the tall bear was seen, and only the canopy of miscellaneous trees was seen, and the other square halls were towering and the attics were gathered.
"On the right hand side is Shengping Fang, this is Leyouyuan" Sure enough, Leyouyuan covers the westward view, and the trees are mixed and lush. In the south of Chang'an, each square is about 350 steps long, about 600 steps wide, there is a ditch under the wall of the square, there are many kinds of elm trees on the side of the ditch, just start to fall leaves, the color is still dark green.
Then there is the practice workshop and the Lizheng workshop, it is still the original Yupo of Leyou, and there are scattered palaces and dangerous eaves in the room, which is the building of the temple.
Walking across a wide bridge, standing on the carriage, I actually saw the sparkling west side, this is the Hibiscus Garden, Wu Qilang has no spirit, but the three of Dugu Xinci master and servant are full of interest.
The Furong Garden is in the Xiuzheng Workshop, and the side by side is the Dunhua Workshop, which is still sparsely populated.
"In the southwest corner of the Xiuzheng Workshop, there is a scholar Zhang Jiuling in the house, I heard that Zhang Xianggong is kind to Ziwei Ling, if you can visit it" Wu Yuandai Wu Qilang is worthy of the old Chang'an, speaking of the celebrities and eunuchs in each square is the way, and also knows that the scholars need to submit the form before the scientific examination, that is, they will be proud of their own work and the dignitaries.
Sure enough, the flow of people in this workshop has increased compared with before, and the people who come and go are dressed as scholars, and Dugu Xin continues to move forward with a smile.
The next east side is a doorless wall, and the inside is deserted.
"Qinglongfang has arrived, and a certain house is in the northwest corner" Wu Yuandai was a little embarrassed, this place is not more lively than Bahe Town.
Wu Yuandai entered the gate and saw that the three of them were still observing the east wall, explaining that it was a wasteland and no one was inhabited.
There is a river in the house, flowing north along the wall, the four people also crossed the bridge to the north, there are only a few families on the inside of the wall, and after a while, they came to a house, and the ancestral house of the Wu family arrived.
The ancestral house has some years, the courtyard wall is mottled, the moss on the green tiles is yellow and green, but a few elm trees are still green, the branches are staggered, and the whole house looks quiet and simple.
Wu Qilang asked Da Xiong and Ah Gou to pull the carriage to the right stable, and entered the mansion with the black-robed scholar Dugu Xinci.
The house is not set up with a house door, directly entered, the vestibule is really spacious, the main hall has three rooms and five frames, and the two corridors are also three rooms in the east and west.
"It's too remote, don't blame Lang Jun" Wu Yuandai apologized.
"It's good, it's pretty clean," Dugu Xinci looked at and praised.
"There are two scholars in the front yard, and there is no one in the backyard" Wu Yuandai walked through the hall with Dugu Xinci. There are a few cases in the middle hall of the hall, and there are four Hu beds in the east and west, although they are simple but refreshing.
The back of the hall is still a courtyard, the second hall is slightly shorter than the middle hall, there are still three rooms and five frames, and there are only two corridors on the left and right. The courtyard is surrounded by flower beds, and elm trees are still planted.
"Dugu Langjun can still see here?"
"Very well, this is some kind of dwelling?" Dugu Xinci asked.
"Lang Jun can choose any side" Wu Yuandai replied, and immediately said, "This courtyard belongs to Lang Jun"
"Very good, then Lang-kun will talk about Lao Shichiro"
Big Bear and Ah Dog followed in, and Dugu Xinci took out a few pieces of gold leaf from Big Bear's bag
"I don't know how much the rent is?"
"Dugu Langjun just live," Wu Qilang said generously.
"Business is business"
"The two scholars in the front yard are ten yuan, Lang Jun can press this" Wu Qilang knew that this scholar was not bad at opening Yuan Tongbao, so he generously offered the price.
Dugu Xinci counted out four and ten gold leafs and handed them over.
Wu Yuandai didn't dare to take it, ten pieces of gold leaf were five taels of gold, and they were folded into fifty yuan of Kaiyuan Tongbao.
"Lang Jun is extravagant, but he is also chivalrous, and he has the heart to collect rent, Lang Jun is so, he is afraid that his heart will be uneasy"
Dugu Xinci took back two and handed over eight.
"Anyway, this hospital has always been kept by Lang Jun, and Lang Jun can live in the capital at any time."
"It's okay," Dugu Xinci handed over the other two pieces of gold leaf, "Is there a meat and vegetable shop in the workshop?" I'm tired of Shichiro to buy some meat and vegetables, Ben Lang-kun is not used to eating outside"
"I have it, I don't know if Lang Jun has a favorite ingredient? The meat and vegetable shops in the workshop are scarce, so you can go to the East Market to buy them," Wu Qilang took it quickly. "It's just that a certain person lives alone, do you need to call the cook to come and rectify it?"
Dugu Xinci raised his eyes to look at the sky, and the sun had sunk in the west, "Today I will buy some in the workshop first, there is nothing to buy, there is no need for a cook, Ben Langjun can also rectify some food"
"Okay," Wu Qilang agreed, Bahe had seen him order food before, and he knew that this Langjun was familiar with the cook, so he didn't say much.
"Trouble Shichiro points out where the room is, Ah Dog, go boil some hot water, Big Bear, go and bring the luggage in first, and wash up somewhere" Dugu Xinci continued to instruct.
I was busy when I heard someone in the front yard shouting, "But Shichiro is home?" ”
"Exactly" Wu Qilang replied loudly first, and then introduced, "Wen Langjun Wen Shu in the front yard is back"
"Then go see you first," Dugu Xinci waved his hand.
The two came to the front yard, and there was a person standing in the courtyard between them, with a plain white robe and a green head, holding a scroll in his hand, and looking at the two with a gentle smile.
Gentle gentleman, anyone who sees this person will also sigh from the heart.
This person is of medium stature, moderately fat and thin, his face is like a jade plate, his eyebrows and eyes are like lacquer, the short beard on his lips is not sparse or dense, and the sparse black short beard under the jaw makes this person more mellow.
Dugu Xinci looked at it and remembered the cobblestone in the middle of the black water, smooth and slippery, but it could stand like a mountain when the torrent washed it.
Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo, there are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting, such as learning, such as grinding.
The description of the gentleman in the Book of Poetry is nothing more than that.
"Lantian Wenyu, I've seen Lang Jun and Qilang" The white-robed scholar bowed his forehead and bowed.
"Far Eastern Dugu Xinci, I've seen Wen Langjun" Dugu Xinci also did the same, bowing back.
"But Wu Qilang's family?" Before the two could continue, someone outside the hospital called loudly.
"Exactly," Wu Qilang replied.
Then Yilangjun came in from afar, and Wu Qilang saw that this one was more handsome than the two in the courtyard.
The person who came was also a handsome scholar, holding a bamboo bone paper folding fan, and standing tall and jade.
It is not an exaggeration to describe this person as a beautiful man. Nearly seven feet tall, thin, wearing a blue robe embroidered with green stripes, covered with a bright silk cream white placket. The robe was turned upside down and tucked into the white jade belt around his waist, and white deerskin boots were worn on his feet to facilitate horseback riding. The jet-black hair was neatly combed on the top of the head, nestled in a delicate white jade crown, and a short pale green silk crown hung from both sides of the jade crown, flowing on the ends of the hair.
A simple long sword on the waist, the hilt and scabbard are not superfluously decorated, the three-foot-long scabbard almost wants to touch the ground, and the saber does not damage Lang Jun's appearance, but adds a few points of heroism.
The sideburns are like a knife, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, the face is like peach petals, and the eyes are like autumn waves.
Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo like a basket. There are bandit gentlemen, such as gold and tin, and gui and bi.
There are still verses in the Book of Songs that describe such characters.
"Pian Pian Turbidity Shijia Gongzi" Dugu Xinci couldn't help but praise, Wen Yu glanced back at Dugu Xinci, smiled, and felt the same way.
"Which one is Wu Qilang-kun?" Jun Mei Langjun asked, fanning his hand, and his voice was cool to show his noble identity.
"Someone, Wu Qi," Wu Kan and Wu Yuandai replied.
"Puzhou Wei Bin, the fourth brother of the Wu family introduced this place to be quiet, and a special person came to disturb it"