Luoyang City is surrounded by mountains in the north and Luoshui in the south, and is an irregular rectangle that is narrow from east to west and wide from north to south. Its city was built in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, formerly known as Luoyang, and then was burned into white ground by Dong Zhuo, to the time when the emperor moved eastward, it was still "the palace was burned out, and the hundred officials were covered with thorns, according to the wall." The prefectures and counties each have strong troops, but the committee cannot lose, the bureaucrats are hungry, and Shang Shulang and the following go out to collect seeds, or starve to death between the walls...... "After Cao Cao was arrested and the emperor was offered to move to Xuchang, it was gradually restored according to its old foundation.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the royal palace is divided into two palaces, north and south, accounting for half of the area of the city, plus the royal gardens such as the Dragon Garden, as well as the official office, Taicang, arsenal, etc., the activity space of ordinary citizens is very limited. And catch Cao Wei Ding capital here, although still retain the basic pattern of 12 gates, 24 streets, but give up the South Palace, only camp the North Palace, and move the original city axis to the west, so that it is facing the main gate of the North Palace, because of the copper camel furnishings in the north of the road, so it is called "Copper Camel Street". The northern section on both sides of Tongtuo Street is based on the camp of hundreds of officials, and the south section is divided into the east and west to build the Taimiao and Taishe, which has since become the custom of the capital city of the past dynasties.

In addition, Cao Cao also ordered in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, north of the Dragon Garden, to build three new interconnected small cities, built palaces, the upper floors of the city are densely covered, tightly fortified, called "Jinyong City".

As a result, the number of inhabitants and dwellings in Luoyang City of Cao Wei far exceeded that of Luoyang City in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the eastern and western cities were also moved from the middle of the city to the south of the city, close to the thoroughfare, to facilitate commercial activities.

Originally, the main gate of the south city of Luoyang City was the flat city gate, which led directly to the south palace. The present province of Nangong. It is connected to Tongluo Street by the small garden gate on the west side of Pingcheng Gate. Connected to the North Palace, it was designated as the main gate and renamed "Xuanyang Gate". Ordinary people are not allowed to enter the city through Xuanyang Gate, but must go through the Jinyang Gate (雒阳津Gate) on the west side and the Pingchang Gate (雒阳平城門) on the east side, which can go straight to the east and west cities.

In the afternoon of this day, there were two horsemen galloping to the Jinyang Gate, and the knights were dressed up in long scarves. The defenders waved to stop. The two hurriedly jumped off their horses, checked the "legend", and immediately led their horses into the city. Not far away, about to the West Market, across the city gate, you will see a sea of people, gathered in one place, can't help but wonder. The first one was to hold a passing resident of the city and ask him, "What is the big gathering today?" How can you be like a promise? ”

Or am I a hillbilly, this Luoyang bazaar. Is it supposed to be so lively?

The resident looked up and saw that the man was in his thirties. The long beard is fluttering, although the dress is not gorgeous, and the wind and dust, but quite neat and decent, although a mouth is not the accent of the capital, but vaguely like the Tokyo (谯) tone, so I dare not take it big, quickly bow my hand, and replied: "These are all here to watch the people who abandon the city." ”

According to Wei Chenghan's law, the main death penalty is divided into three types, namely, killing, hanging, and poisoning (the first two are mostly used in the general road, allowing the people to watch and have a deterrent effect. As for deterrence, there are also three types: one is to kill or hang the body on the spot, and the other is to hang the head on a high pole or show it to the public after beheading, or to kill (including beheading and beheading) and hang the body on the side of the road -- this is called "abandoning the market".

In these years, the entertainment activities of the citizens were very scarce, so the onlookers and killings became a terrifying and perverted visual feast, not only in Luoyang, but also in all cities.

When the man heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and muttered in a low voice, "What a fool." But his companion seemed to be very interested, and approached and continued to ask the inhabitant, who was this killing? What are the charges for abandoning the market?

Although the resident was very gossipy, he couldn't understand who he killed, so he only said: "It's all officials." "All of them are officials, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor personally conquered Guanzhong a while ago to fight the traitor Liu Bei, who could have taken advantage of the victory and destroyed Liu Bei in one fell swoop, but there were some officials who were greedy for ink and food, which led to unfavorable military performance, and His Majesty was forced to return to the division. So after I came back, I arrested all these officials, and all of them talked about abandoning the city, and today I want to kill more than 30 people in one go! If the two of you want to see it, let's go together, if you are not interested, the villain will leave first, and if you are afraid that you will not be able to squeeze into the crowd later, then you will not see anything.

The resident hurriedly resigned, and the two scholars couldn't help but glance at each other. The person who asked the first question was stunned and said: "I have also heard about this matter, but Ma Boyong, the chief of Yuduke in Hongnong County, is the main offender, and he deserves to be a capital crime. Killing more than 30 officials in one day will not be a punishment! ”

This person is quite angry, his companion is the same age as him, but he looks a lot older, he smiled faintly at the moment, and replied: "Liu Bei ravaged Guanlong, His Majesty can expel him from the conquest in person, and there is no way to enter Hanzhong, if you don't kill people and establish authority, how can you serve the public?" "Of course Cao Cao wants to kill a few people, and put the blame on those unlucky bastards - you see, it's all these ink officials who have harmed our army, it's not that I can't beat him Liu Bei!

Then he asked: "Do you want to watch it?" ”

The scholar pouted in disgust: "Am I like such fools? "I didn't see the bad taste of killing!" Yuan Ze and go with me, you can still catch up with the evening meal. ”

So the two of them led their horses, bypassed the West Market, and traveled north - they were all new to Luoyang, and they knew that there were many imperial relatives and nobles in the capital, and if they accidentally collided, they were afraid that they would be beaten or humiliated for no reason before they could visit their relatives and friends, so it was better to be honest and not to ride a horse. Bypassing the West Market is the Taishe, to the north of the Taishe is the Hundred County Residence, and then to the north is the official offices at all levels, as well as the residences of some noble officials. I asked all the way, and when I came to the front of the Taiwei Mansion, I saw that the cars and horses at the door were blocked, and there was a long queue.

These are all people who came to pay homage to Captain Shixun, and the purpose is different, but if you want to get on the thigh of Shixun, or at least it will not be rude, and the basic road is nothing more than that. In later generations, there was a saying that "Prime Minister Menzi Seven Officials", which seemed to be Xun's identity, which was not easy to see, and the vast majority of visitors were blocked by Menzi. It's just that the Xun family law is very much, especially on the door, and you can't act recklessly, so as not to lose his Confucian bearing. Therefore, Menzi's attitude was quite polite, and he took the famous thorns one by one, and after a glance, he immediately smirked: "The thorns will be accepted first, but the Taiwei is a state official, I am afraid it is inconvenient to see each other, and wait for the summons." ”

If there is someone who is not interested and wants to talk nonsense, or who quietly stuffs Menzi with gold and silver, but Menzi immediately changes his face and directly stretches out his hand to grab people - everyone wants to see Taiwei, if he doesn't put on some dead faces, then how can this job be done?

Finally, it was the turn of the two scholars who came from afar-Period and Yuan Ze-Period Zuo handed over the name thorn, and Menzi glanced at it with squinted eyes, only to see that it was written: "Foolish nephew Lian Zhao worships Uncle Taiwei." "I have seen a lot of people who climb relatives in vain--I have never heard that the Taiwei has a relative surnamed Lian--the current repeater generally replied: "The thorn will be accepted first, but the Taiwei is a state affair, I am afraid it is inconvenient to meet, and wait for the summons." ”

Lian Zhao hurriedly explained: "I am not in vain, my mother's real surname is also." ”

If you want to say that the surname "yes" is really rare - in fact, it is the two families of Yi and Shixun - ordinary people really can't pretend to be, so Menzi listened, a little vague, so he ordered the two to wait on the side of the doorway, waiting for me to go in and try back.

So he hurriedly held the famous thorn and entered the house to report. Of course, he didn't dare to ask Shixun, but he went to find the eldest prince Shifu. At this moment, he was having a banquet in his courtyard, and he was sitting down with a man in white for a drink and had a good conversation. Menzi handed over the name thorn, and couldn't help frowning: "My family has relatives with the surname Lian?" ”

When the guest on the other side heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you have no cheap future?" If I hadn't been here, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to enter this door. Then he nodded: "It is indeed a relative." ”

It was Fu Yi who raised his eyebrows: "Fu is not sensitive, please introduce my brother." ”

The scholar he called his brother has the same surname, a single name with a detailed character, and the word is a public trial, and he is the son of Zheng County Ling is Jun, who is twenty-two years old this year. It is the fourth son of Yi, that is, the four brothers of Xun, the eldest son is a book, once won the imperial examination, and was awarded the secretary Peng, but his nature is broad, and he didn't do it long before he ran into walls on all sides, and finally was forced to resign and return to his hometown in a gloomy manner, and continue to serve his father is Yi. is to marry Chun Yu's wife, most of the children born to die, and the long house is about to be cut off.

The third son is Kuan, who once fell in love with Chen Changwen and was awarded the post of squire of the Ministry of Officials. But that was just the servant of the Wei State, and when the Wei State became the Wei Dynasty, his qualifications were not enough for a deputy position, and he was sent out to be the head of the Jizhou Officials Bureau - still under Chen Qun. It is Kuan who married the sister of Lu Zhu as his wife, and gave birth to a son and two daughters, and the son is the public power of Hengzi, and he has a good chance to inherit the identity of the patriarch.

The fourth son is Xuan, since Shi Cao has been working in the Tuntian system, has been to Chenliu, Yingchuan two counties of the Diannong Lang general, and then the two counties of the tun into the ordinary civil affairs system, so the new Jiyang County, ordered to be the Taishou. It was to marry Wang Xiong's sister as his wife, and gave birth to three sons and three daughters, the eldest son was a husband and a straight son, the second son was a public share, and the last son was Kan Shangyoung, without a word.

There is also Jun, see for Zheng County, but see that he is going to go further, may be a county guard, he married the daughter of the same clan of the late Han Fu Queen as his wife, and gave birth to a son, which is detailed, and the word public trial.

Shi Xun has always looked down on Shi Zhu, and he doesn't deal with Shi Kuan very much--otherwise Shi Kuan would not have gone to Chen Qun - but he has always been friendly with Shi Xun and Shi Jun, and the children of the two families often move around. This time, it was Jun who sent his son to Luoyang to meet Shixun, the purpose of course was to seek a good county for himself in the future through Shixun. It is easy to talk about it in detail, so it was extended to his own house and served with wine.

Let's say that it is a re-inquiry is detailed, do we have relatives surnamed Lian, why don't I know? Let's just say it in detail, I have two aunts, the younger one is said by Lingzun, married to Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong, which you are naturally familiar with, but there is also the older one, married to Lian Mou, a native of Le'an, I guess you have no impression.

The key is that this aunt married early, when Ling Zun ran from Lelang to Yingling to join her family, she had already left the cabinet and had never met. Later, Qingzhou was in turmoil, and the family moved south to Xuzhou, and the aunt also lost contact, until a few years ago, after many visits, she finally found her traces. It turned out that their family fled to Qian County, and now they live in the suburbs of the Eastern Capital, and their uncle Lian has also died, and the aunt lives according to the uncle.

And this Lian Zhao is the only son of the aunt.

Speaking of this, he suddenly pouted and smiled: "Lian Zhaoyuan is not a word, this is also an interesting thing." (To be continued.) )