Chapter Forty-Nine: A First Exploration of Chang'an
Kyoto Chang'an is divided into two parts from east to west from the middle of Suzaku Street, the east belongs to Chang'an County, leading the land of 55 squares, the west belongs to Wannian County, leading the land of 53 squares, except for a large square city in the east and west, the area of the other squares is roughly the same, and there are temples and residences and other buildings inside, more than hundreds, less than dozens.
Each square is surrounded by a square wall, the east and west sides are open, the residents are forbidden at night, and the east and west cities are forbidden at night.
After the carriage entered the city, he heard Ah Sheng's inquiry from outside the car, "Madam, I heard that Steward Li said that you should go to Dingshui Temple to inquire about your son's residence, and Gongzi told me to send you there first." ”
A few days ago, Lu Shi inquired from Steward Li about the address of the student's stay and could go to Dingshui Temple in Taipingfang to inquire, so he decided to go there to explore first.
The sound of people outside the car gradually increased, Yu Yu was curious, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out, the carriage was driving at a uniform speed in the middle of the road, a high Li Sefang wall stretched forward along the side of the road, pedestrians walked under the wall, there were gorgeously dressed people riding horses by, there were two or three hawkers selling along the street, occasionally you can see one or two high-rise buildings rising, after going forward more than ten zhang, you can see a square door that can accommodate six or seven people in parallel, a blue-headed stone carving is hung in the middle of the door, the word "Da'an" is hung, and you can glance at it in a hurry, there is a horizontal street straight road in the door, and the crowd comes and goes.
Seeing her curiosity, Lu Shi just smiled reluctantly, and didn't say much, Yi Yu had already noticed that Lu Shi's expression had changed slightly after entering the city, and he was a little stiff by his body, and he vaguely guessed something, so he took care of the excitement and pulled down the curtain.
After about a moment, the carriage gradually stopped, and Ah Sheng called out "Madam" before he lifted the curtain and said to Lu Shi with a smile, "It's here." ”
Lu Shi took the relics out of the carriage, turned around and saw Ah Sheng pointing to a wide open two-door dongfang door on East Street and said, "Go in and go straight, the second room in the west is Dingshui Temple, I am waiting for you at Anhua Gate in the evening, if you can't find the way, just ask the pedestrian." ”
Lu nodded in thanks, and said goodbye to Chang Gongzi, who was silent in the car, and then took Yu Yu's little hand and walked towards the Taiping Fang.
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The two of them successfully inquired about Lu Zhi's whereabouts in Dingshui Temple, and they were both happy to see Lu Zhi and Lu Jun, who had been separated for two months.
Inquire all the way to Hongfu Temple, enter the quiet and elegant temple, Lu Shi politely stopped a small novice who was sweeping the floor in the temple, and asked gently, "Little master, it's good to ask you about someone." ”
Seeing that the round-faced little novice responded, he said again, "There is a scientific examination student who is borrowed from your backyard guest room named Lu Zhi, I am his mother, can you take me to meet him?" ”
The round-faced little novice listened to her words, tilted his head and thought for a while, before he replied with a strange face, "There is a man named Lu Zhi, and he also has a brother, isn't it?" ”
Lu Shi hurriedly smiled and nodded yes, but saw that the novice looked at her with a strange face, Lu Shi was puzzled, and heard him say again, "They left a month ago, I heard that they didn't get a letter of recommendation - female donor, what's wrong with you?" Halfway through speaking, Na Shami noticed that Lu's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but ask.
Lu Shi forcibly suppressed the anxiety in his heart and pulled out an ugly smile, "Little master, do you know where they went?" In his heart, he was praying that the two brothers would still stay in Chang'an City.
The little novice replied uncertainly, "I must have gone home." ”
After hearing his words, Lu's head began to glow, only to feel that the last wisp of luck was also dispersed, his body shook twice, and he was hurriedly supported by Yiyu on the side, and persuaded, "Mother, don't worry, eldest brother may not go back." ”
When she said this, she was not less worried in her heart, if Lu Zhi and the others went back to the mountain village a month ago, it would be a bad thing, not to mention how anxious they should be if they couldn't find their mother and daughter, if they ran into the Zhang family, it would be really bad.
Seeing the appearance of the two of them, the little novice shook his head and left, and the Lu family took advantage of the support of the left jade, sat down by the tree on the side, rested for a while, and waited until the dizziness passed, then grabbed the hand of the left jade, and said hurriedly: "How is this good, if Zhi'er and Jun'er are-no!" Let's go back immediately, pack up our things and go back to the mountain village! ”
Yi Yu also knew that Lu Zhi and the possibility of them going home accounted for ninety percent, and now he suddenly regretted it, why didn't he think that Lu Zhi might not have gotten the letter of recommendation, why didn't he come to Chang'an City to find them earlier.
"Mother, don't worry, we don't have a carriage or horse, how can we go back, or wait until you go back to the town with Engong and them before making plans." Although Yi Yu was very anxious in her heart, she didn't mess up like the Lu family, briefly analyzed the current situation with her, and comforted her for a while, until the Lu family calmed down, and then decided to wait until the evening to return to Longquan Town, and then borrow a carriage from Chang Gongzi to go back to the mountain village.
When the two of them were sitting under the tree discussing countermeasures, a scholar in cloth with a beautiful face walked in at the gate of the temple, and was about to bypass the old tree against which they were leaning, when they suddenly heard the person under the tree vaguely mention the words "Zhi'er" and "Jun'er", looked at them curiously, hesitated for a moment and walked to a place five or six steps away in front of the two and stopped.
"This, this lady?" The scholar politely called Lu Shi, and after she looked up suspiciously, she said again, "I just overheard you talking, I don't know that the Zhi'er and Jun'er you mentioned in your mouth, but the two little brothers surnamed Lu, the younger brother accompanied the elder brother to refer to?" ”
Lu Shi had already recognized this accent, listened to his words again, and quickly stood up straight from under the tree, and said urgently, "Yes, yes, that's my son, this little brother, do you recognize my son?" ”
After the scholar showed a suddenly realized expression, he smiled slightly, "Yes, in the next season, Yiyan is also a township tribute from Qingyang County, and he came in a rented car with the two Lu brothers in February, why did you come here to find them, they are no longer here at this time." Coincidentally, the scholar who spoke was Ji De, who was living in Hongfu Temple with Lu Zhi at that time.
The little hope that had just risen in the Lu clan was extinguished again, and he nodded with an ugly face, and said, "I know, just now a little master said that they went home a month ago. ”
Ji De said with a puzzled face: "What does Madame mean by this, they didn't go home, I just looked for them back." ”
The expressions of the mother and daughter changed, and Lu Shi hurriedly took two steps forward and asked, "What?" They didn't go home? ”
Ji De saw that she was excited, and knew that there must be some misunderstanding, so Wen Yan comforted, "Madame, don't worry, they are now living in Guozijian, I just came back from there, I guess you don't know that Brother Lu was favored by an adult, wrote a letter of recommendation and entered the four schools of Guozijian, and moved to the student dormitory last month....."
After he told Lu Zhi about the situation in general, he offered to take them to Guozijian to find people, and Lu naturally thanked them gratefully.
Yi Yu looked at Lu's side face that couldn't hide his joy, and sighed secretly in his heart: It's good to meet this person, otherwise I would have really missed it by mistake.
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