After a whole day of traveling, the carriage finally arrived at the most prosperous place in the early morning of the next day, Chang'an, Kyoto.

After entering Chang'an City from Mingde Gate, you will see a prosperous and lively scene. On the carriage, Zhai Ying gave Tan Luo a general explanation of the layout of Kyoto.

Chang'an City is composed of three parts: the outer city, the palace city, and the imperial city.

There are three gates on each side of the outer city, and the six main streets that run through these twelve gates are the main traffic arteries of the city. They were entering the city along Suzaku Street, the north-south street that was the central axis of Kyoto, connecting the Jotenmon Gate of the Miyagi, the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City, and the Myeongtokumon Gate of the Outer Castle, dividing Chang'an Castle into two symmetrical parts.

Kyoto's layout is symmetrical, and its shape resembles a chessboard.

Miyagi is located in the northern center of Kyoto and contains the Taiji Palace in the middle, the Prince East Palace in the east, and the Yetei Palace Palace in the west.

I have heard of this Tan Luo of the Ting Palace, which is the place where the palace maids and eunuchs live in the story.

The imperial city is connected to the south of the palace city, the left temple, the right Sheji, with the central government office and subsidiary agencies, which is also the place where Zhai Ying wants to go.

"Childe, let's rest here first." The boy who was driving the car said outside the curtain.

"Hmm." Zhai Ying got up and looked at the girl, "Miss Tanluo will also follow the next one and walk around." ”

"After holding in the car for so long, it's time to go out for a walk."

She jumped out of the car and followed Zhai Ying to the crowded street, which is worthy of Kyoto, not only the houses are tall, but even the men are tall. However, this black-clothed soft-armor outfit looks so familiar.

Outside the restaurant directly across from her, a man in black looked around with a portrait. Aren't these people the Tiance Army under King Qin?

Unexpectedly, she also met those people here, Tan Luo covered her face with her hands, turned her head and left.

"Miss Tanluo, where are you going?" Zhai Ying suddenly stood in front of her.

"Brother Shadow, there are a lot of people on this road, I want to go to a quieter place."

"It's also said that it's really not convenient for a person as beautiful as a girl to walk on the street."

Zhai Ying said to the entourage beside him: "Lin Yuan, you wait for me around here." ”

"Okay, Childe." The boy led the carriage to the shade of the tree.

Tan Luo saw that Tiance Jun was just coming, she lowered her head and hurried to the remote place.

There were many remote alleys on Chang'an City Street, and she walked in without looking back, Zhai Ying frowned slightly, and immediately followed.

"The girl seems to have something on her mind, huh?"

"No, absolutely not." She shook her head weakly, and in her spare light, she caught a glimpse of a man in black squatting on a tree planted in the alley.

Why is she wearing black again, now she really sees the man in black and has to take a detour, which way is it this time?

Tan Luo covered her face with her hands and looked over secretly, well, the ghost pattern on this black dress was the killers of Weiyang Palace, the man squatted quietly on the tree, and the eyes of the yin owl probed the suspicious people around.

And a certain woman, who was the target of everyone's pursuit, hurriedly hid behind Zhai Ying.

"How?" Zhai Ying lowered her eyes to look at her.

Tan Luo's expression was extremely unnatural, bending over, trying to reduce her presence.

"Brother Shadow, it's too hot out there, let's go back to the carriage and rest."

"It's not just a short while, or maybe I'll accompany the girl back later."

The two walked out of the alley and returned the same way, and the attendant Lin Yuan, who was waiting in front of the carriage, saw them coming from afar.

"Childe, why are you back again?" Lin Yuan was surprised, this Chang'an City is so big, you have to walk for a long time to walk around.

"The girl is tired and wants to come back and rest." Zhai Ying smiled gently and reached out to lift the curtain.

Tan Luo sat in the carriage and closed her eyes as if she was tired.

It seems that this Kyoto Chang'an is not very safe, and the streets are full of people chasing him. Brother Shadow came to Beijing to take the exam, and it is impossible to rely on him all the time. Now he was going to the Imperial City, where women were not allowed to come and go at will, and she had to find a place to stay as soon as possible.

Tan Luo thought hard, she was now penniless, and the fish talisman and token she carried with her could not be sold at the pawnshop.

Speaking of this token, she suddenly remembered that she had rescued a man named Xuan Cheng on the road, and he said that with this token, she could go to Chang'an East Palace to find him. At present, her biggest difficulty is that she does not have a safe place to stay, so it is better to disguise herself as a teenager and sneak into the East Palace to avoid the limelight.

After making up her mind, Tan Luo swept away the haze that had been in place for many days, and her big smart eyes shone brightly.

I heard that the life in the palace is all brocade clothes and jade food, wine ponds and meat forests, singing and dancing. Not only can she avoid these two plague gods, but the most important thing is that she will be able to eat and drink without worry, and she will be able to rise steadily!

So, a certain female thief grinned and snickered, and it wasn't until Zhai Ying cast a puzzled gaze that she pretended to be serious and coughed a few times.

"Brother Shadow, I suddenly remembered that I still have an old friend in Chang'an, and this time I came to catch up with him, so let's say goodbye."

"Miss Tanluo, Kyoto is so big, it's really not convenient for you to travel alone, why don't you go there next?" Zhai Ying said very kindly.

"No need, there's really no need to be so troublesome, don't you still have to go to the imperial city to catch the exam, hurry up!" Tan Luo walked out of the carriage without saying anything, and finally stood in front of the door and arched his hand, "Brother Shadow, we will have a meeting later, farewell!" ”

"Take care, girl." Zhai Ying narrowed her eyes and smiled gently.

Until the light green figure disappeared completely, Zhai Ying suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice: "Lin Yuan, follow that girl." ”

The boy bowed slightly, and jumped onto the roof by the street with agility.

It is said that after saying goodbye to the scholar, Tan Luo found a corner where no one was around, and then took off her clothes and climbed over the wall.

This is an ordinary house, and a few clothes are scattered in the quaint house. Tan Luo sneakily touched the vicinity of the bamboo frame, looked around, and when he confirmed that no one was passing by, he quickly fished out a set of men's clothes and put them in his arms.

After half a cup of tea, a handsome young man with a face like a crown of jade walked out of the alley, Emei specially painted with firewood ash, and wore a popular hat on his head, swaggering down the street.

"Stop, what are you doing?" The guards stepped forward to stop Than.

She took out the token and handed it to the guard: "This is the token of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace, you all know each other!" ”

"It turned out to be a guest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the little one is much offended."

"It doesn't matter." Tan Luo waved her hand, pretending to look like Wen Zou Zou.

After entering the palace through the side gate, she followed the east, and finally found the way to the east palace.

The huge and magnificent palace appeared in front of him, and Tan Luo had also mixed up in the Shengtian Sect no matter how he said it, and he had never seen any fairyland palace.

Seeing the two rows of guards appearing in front of the door, Tan Luo took the initiative to take out the token and shook it a few times this time.

"I'm here to find Lord Xuancheng."

The guards took the token and saw that the word "Jing" was engraved on it, which was indeed a token given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the guests and staff.

"Please wait a minute, the little one will go and pass it on to the adult."

After a while, a man walked to the front of the palace gate, and when he saw the young man waiting outside, he called excitedly: "Young man, it's really you!" Why, all the way here, does the young man encounter any difficulties, as long as Xuan Cheng can help, the young man just asks! ”

"Brother Xuancheng, in fact, I want to come to the East Palace to get a job." Tan Luo spoke directly, only by hiding here, would he not be found by the gang outside.

What's more, the treatment here is high and the benefits are good, how many people squeeze their heads and wave knives from the palace, just to enter the palace!

"It's so good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince opened the palace door and recruited talents, and the young man was willing to defect to His Royal Highness, and Xuancheng was grateful. However, what kind of errand does the young man want to get? ”

"I don't know how to do ink in Wuwen, I'm good at laundry, cooking and boiling water, massaging and warming beds and guards, Brother Xuancheng, you can do it!"

"What Shaoxia said are all errands for the Bureau, why don't you let Director Liu arrange it for you!"

"Just listen to you!"

Under Xuancheng's threading needle, Tan Luo finally met the supervisor, that is, the legendary eunuch without a handle.

"Yo, Gonggong Liu, little Tan Luo, I want to eat in the East Palace."

"Tan Luo?" This middle-aged eunuch over forty years old scared Tan Luo as soon as he opened his mouth, and his voice was neither yin nor yang, just like the melody pulled out by the erhu, with a little trilling in the sharpness.

"Do you know that this East Palace is not such a good place to treat, especially if you have never been castrated, and you want to enter our bureau to set up a bureau?" Father-in-law Liu pinched the orchid finger and almost waved a small handkerchief.

Tan Luo suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, this eunuch meant not to drag her out to castrate.

"But ......"

Well, there was still, she listened with her ears pricked up.

"But I heard what Lord Wei said, your baby's kung fu is not bad, but it's a pity that the Praetorian Guards of our East Palace are all appointed by His Royal Highness the Prince, so you can stay in the Bureau for the time being!"

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, what does the bureau do?"

Gonggong Liu squinted at her: "It's the place in charge of Tang Mu, sprinkling and sweeping, and laying out, but with your thin arms and legs, can you chop wood and carry water?" ”

"Yes, of course I can, don't look at my thin body, I can withstand ten cows." Tan Luo is full of confidence.

"Your baby's tone is not small, and now the hot water room of the Bureau of Pawning happens to be short of handymen, so you can try it."

"Okay!" Isn't this just going back to her old job, chopping wood and carrying water, it's easy for her.

"Do a good job, maybe one day His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take a fancy and promote you kid." Gonggong Liu led her to the door of the hot water room.

A strong man walked out of the house, he raised his eyes to look at Tan Luo, and said disdainfully: "Just this kid, can he stir up water?" ”

Tan Luo didn't say a word, grabbed his arm and walked to the bath bucket, lifted the half-person-high bath bucket filled with clean water, and then walked around the courtyard in the surprised and frightened eyes of others.

She smiled without blushing and panting: "My strength, is it small?" ”

"It's not small, it's just a natural power!" The strong man looked at her with a smile, "I'm the Cui steward of this hot water room, what do you call the little brother?" ”

"Epiphany!"

"Tan Luo? This name is easy to remember, Brother Tan, in the future, you will be responsible for boiling water to bathe and cleanse the body, especially the girl Nian who lives on the other side of Sile Pavilion, with fine skin and tender meat, you have to serve well. ”

Tan Luo had long heard that there were many rules in this palace, and if she didn't do it well, she was dragged out to play the board and give her a red or something. Could it be that Miss Nian is the crown princess in the East Palace?