They returned to the mansion rented by Li Siye in Xinchangfang, and the Wuhou Shop gang had been waiting at the door for a long time, and after seeing the three of them, they hurriedly went up to untie the objects on their backs and walked into the courtyard in a huddle.

Zhang Lu saw the copper coin hanging around Li Siye's neck, and asked in surprise: "You went out, how did you get so much money back, and the money in Chang'an City became so easy to earn." ”

Zhang Xiaojing nodded indifferently and said, "This money was earned by Hei Yelang from the hands of the Tuqi envoys. ”

The crowd became more and more curious and asked what was going on.

Zhang Xiaojing simply sold the guanzi, waved his hand and said, "Work first, and I'll talk to you in detail when I drink later." ”

A few men spread out the straw mats and wool felt beds, and the sheets and blankets were rolled up for the time being, and then covered when it was time to sleep. The room still looked empty, there was no furniture in the Tang Dynasty, and people were all low at dinner, sitting cross-legged or kneeling on mat felt.

This meal is also quite simple, open the lotus leaf wrapped in mutton and it will be a plate. When the owner of the house left, the pots and pans in the kitchen were not taken away, and Li Siye took the black porcelain bowl out of the cabinet and cleaned it as a wine utensil. The crowd sat in a circle, and he, as the host, held the wine jar and poured wine for everyone.

Everyone didn't need to eat a chopstick, three fingers between the meat and stuffed it into the mouth, Li Siye tasted the meat a little light, the wine was very sweet, but the degree was not high, about six or seven degrees, no wonder Wu Song could drink eighteen bowls in a row on Jingyang Gang, it turned out that it was not a large amount of wine, it was a good appetite.

After Zhang Xiaojing drank two bowls of wine, his face was slightly red, and he began to tell about Li Siye's fight in the ring. Li Siye didn't think there was anything about it, he used to do this, and winning one fight was just completing the final professional match. Zhang Xiaojing spoke in a thrilling manner, and there was a bit of boasting in it, which made him feel very embarrassed.

"That Hu Jiang was quite crazy at first, but after being punched a few times by the heir, he couldn't find the North ......"

Whenever they talked about the highlights, they began to clap their hands and drink in celebration. The sky was getting dark, and there were no lamps in the room, so Li Siye brought an oil lamp and dialed the wick high, and the red flame was dancing.

Li Siye held the wine bowl, the faint light shone in the wine bowl, and the pale red wine looked even redder. The few people in front of them drank heartily and laughed even more heartily, which is the unique heroism and open-mindedness of Guanzhong people. He's in this era, he's in the midst of these people, and there's more excitement than any adventure story.

The men present are very talkative, they were born and between the Li Fang of Chang'an City, they know the secular customs, and they are proficient in gossip, telling the strange past in Chang'an City, as well as the romantic stories in the streets, and from Chang'an to Saiwai, talking about the four towns of Anxi where Han and Hu live together, and there are all kinds of styles. Among them, only Zhang Xiaojing has been a soldier in the Western Regions for ten years, and everyone else is hearsay, but he has experienced it himself.

Zhang Xiaojing seemed to miss this period of military service, he looked at the oil lamp with a trace of warmth on his face, and said eloquently: "Whenever we return from the victory, the city envoys will set up piles of bonfires under the city gate, and we eight or nine people sit around the bonfire, and the musicians of Qiuzi play the pipa and play the huqin, and the music played is melodious and moving, which makes people can't help but feel homesick. The dancers of Kangdi and Shiguo were dancing among the bonfires, dancing Hu Xuan, their dancing postures were beautiful, their skirts fluttering like umbrellas, and sometimes the skirts let the bonfire light without noticing, or we armored soldiers helped to extinguish it. These women with pungent personalities threw a tender glance at us, which can warm and melt everyone's hearts that have been gradually frozen by the killing, and make us feel that it is worth protecting them and protecting Datang. ”

When they danced, they would take the initiative to pull up the soldiers sitting on the ground and dance together, some of the soldiers were bold and danced like a look, and some of them were blushing and thick-necked, so ashamed that they shrank their hands and feet, causing everyone to laugh and laugh, but even more cramped. Some will fall asleep in a tent while jumping. There were many sons of the Tang army in the city, Hu Khan was of mixed blood, and most of the Tang army generals had families in Anxi and Chang'an. ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed a look of fascination, there was envy in it, and there was also a yearning for meritorious service, and Li Siye was the most haunted. As a soul of later generations, the style of the Tang Western Regions only exists in his imagination, and what kind of magical world it is when he really sets foot there. No matter what, he will go to the Western Regions in the future, and the Western Regions who have not seen the Tang Dynasty will not really come to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Xiaojing wiped his face with emotion, when the night talk of the oil lamp always ended, everyone was already full of wine and food. He suddenly looked back at the window, and quickly stood up and said, "The drum is about to beat, so today's banquet will be dispersed, and there will be a chance to meet again another day." ”

Li Siye deeply regretted that Zhengnong's interest suddenly dissipated, such an atmosphere and style are hard to find, and when he wants to talk freely with Zhang Xiaojing and them in the future, his mood at that time is not the same as today.

Zhang Xiaojing paused when he walked to the door, and then turned back to explain his work: "Every day when the drum of the fifth watch is beating, I will wait outside the county party and wait for the county lieutenant to explain the matter. Now that you live in Xinchangfang, you are in charge of this area of Xinchangfang, and I know the Wuhou of Xinchangfang, and he is quite kind. We are not as good as the martial marquis, they only need to keep the law and order in the workshop, we also need to investigate and arrest the thieves who are active in the workshop, and you will get twice the result with half the effort if you have a good relationship with the martial marquis. ”

Li Siye pricked up his ears and remembered every word he said, being a bad person is not as good as boxing, and many times you still need a braincase.

He sent everyone out of the courtyard, the sycamore leaves at the street entrance fell, their bast shoes stepped on the fallen leaves and made a rustling sound, a group of dark-robed men chatted and laughed and disappeared at the entrance of the alley, Li Siye could vaguely see the same head and different backs, this is a familiar but unfamiliar scene.

The night was dark, there was the chirping of crickets in the yard, the night breeze of Chang'an in Jixia was blowing, and Li Mei'er was covered with a quilt and fell asleep in the gentle beating of Li Siye.

He immediately lifted the corner of the quilt and covered his body, the excitement of the hunt in his heart has not been eliminated, this is the Tang Dynasty 1,500 years ago, as a person with a modern soul, his perspective is still attracted by the surroundings, there is no pollution, no mobile phones, no 9 to 5 work pressure, there is only Chang'an people at sunrise and sunset.

The sense of urgency and crisis that he used to have in his body completely disappeared here, and some of them were just relaxed in the ancient city, and he just closed his eyes, and then fell asleep, and when he woke up, he should have returned home, to his parents and girlfriend, everything seemed like a dream.

Wake up from the dream and continue to live the days of training and boxing.

Li Siye opened his eyes, and a ray of morning light shone down from the window sash supported by the wooden pole, and Li Mei'er knelt in front of him. He sat up from the floor with his hands propped up, and muttered to himself, "It seems that there is no going back." ”

"Brother, can't you go back? Gaoling: We can go back whenever we want. ”

He nodded in a daze, turned his head and saw the ten strings of copper coins discarded on the ground at will, and hurriedly moved the jug he had bought during the day, stuffed it into it one by one, and then covered it with a Ge cloth and stuffed it into the bamboo basket in the corner of the wall.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the most fatal thing, looked up at the slightly blue sky outside the window lattice, and muttered to himself: "The street drum of the fifth watch has not yet sounded."

Mei'er suddenly corrected him and said, "Brother, the drum of the fifth watch has already sounded."

"What, when!"

"Just now, when you didn't wake up."

Worst! Late for the first day of work!

Li Siye hurriedly got up from the cover, tied his robe, tied his head, quickly opened the door, took a breath and turned back to his sister Mei'er and said, "You just stay at home, don't run around, after I leave, I will top the courtyard gate, and my brother will buy you food for a while!"

He rushed out of the courtyard and ran in the direction of the fangmen, the four gates of Xinchangfang had been opened, and many vendors and people who needed to catch the morning market walked out one after another.

Li Siye had the moon on his head, and the dust under his robe brought up, all the way to the Wannian County Party in Xuanyangfang, but when he stood at the door of the county party, he found that the outside of the county party gate was empty, and no bad people came to order the errand. He was a little panicked in his heart, could it be that everyone had finished ordering and returned to their respective duty workshops?

He didn't have any ideas in his heart, he squatted at the root of the county yaqiang, and waited for about a stick of incense, and the bad guys Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiaojing followed each other late.

Li Siye asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that you will come over after the fifth watch drum is beaten?" Why are you here so late? ”

The bad guy Zhang Lu pinched his chin and nodded with satisfaction: "Sure enough, he is a punctual person." ”

Zhang Xiaojing walked over to him, walked to him and squatted down side by side, and briefly introduced: "The five drums sounded to the county party to report, this is only the rule of the county party for ten thousand years, but now no one abides by such regulations, the county order, the county and the lord, the county lieutenants, usually have to sleep after the drum, and then wear clothes and crowns, and make daily meals." However, when encountering major festivals such as Shangyuan and Mid-Autumn Festival, you will not show up for no reason after the drum is beaten, but you will be punished with all allowances. ”

This Li Siye can understand very well that security officers like them, the more holidays or grand celebrations, the busier they are, whether ancient or modern.

Sure enough, when the sun rose in the sky, the bad people gathered outside the county party gate in twos and threes, followed by the clerks in the county party hall who were late, and then the four county lieutenants. The real power of the county lieutenant of Wannian is Zhang Hong, and the other three are all empty and have no actual work. Zhao and Li's two lords arrived on horseback, and the county lord arrived in a carriage, as for the Wannian Order, I heard that the county commander went to visit his superiors, and it is estimated that he will show his head after noon.

really responded to that sentence, the real big guys often appear last.

Before Zhang Hong entered the county party, he rode on his horse and nodded to Zhang Xiaojing: "Zhang Xiaojing, have all these people you brought with you arrived?" ”

Zhang Xiaojing stepped forward and bowed slightly, made a cross-handed salute and said: "Qiqi Zhang County Lieutenant, everyone has arrived, and there are a total of fifty-three bad people in Wannian County. ”

"Well," Zhang Hong nodded and thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "There are no cases in the county today, and there are no important matters, you all go to your respective workshops to assist Wuhou in patrolling the security." ”

These few words are the same as Zhang Xiaojing's instructions last night, and it is estimated that the county lieutenant said the most in the face of their subordinates.

Li Siye suddenly felt relaxed, it seems that in addition to the low salary, the errand of bad people has a lot of freedom, and it is generally very easy.

Everyone left with their shoulders on their backs, Li Siye was also about to return to Xinchangfang, Zhang Xiaojing just turned around, and was stopped by the county lieutenant: "Zhang Xiaojing, you stay, I have something important to order." ”