"What the hell?" One of the guards grabbed the reins of his horse, and a black mass leaped past him.

"Boar!" Huang Qin shouted and chased after the horse, and before the arrow was wound, he heard the sound of the bowstring. There was a wail in front of him, and it was apparently that the boar that had almost startled the horse had been shot.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded behind, and a yellow horse galloped past, and the knight on the horse controlled the horse with his legs, and shouted, and the cat's waist reached out and took the hind legs that were still shaking in his hands. Huang Qin couldn't help but applaud: "Good riding skills!"

"Hey, it's really rare, there is actually a place in this place that is faster than the Nine Peaks Arrow!" Zhang Cymbal and Li Dan chased after him from behind, and after he finished making this joke, the expression on his face froze, and he asked Li Dan puzzled:

"What's the matter, how can this place in Gyeonggi have a fanzi (a contemptuous name for the Egu people)?"

Li Dan heard about the Ula tribe's entry into Beijing to pay tribute, and quickly touched Zhang cymbals: "Don't talk nonsense. Don't open your mouth yet, lest it cause misunderstanding, let me ask him."

In his previous life, he participated in military exercises and had been to the grassland many times, so he still had an impression of the language and customs there.

When the other party realized that they were three riders, they slowed down. Li Dan pressed his right hand on his chest, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Hello!"

The other party was stunned, and also pressed his hand to his chest and bowed slightly. Zhang and Huang exchanged glances in surprise, and quickly returned their attention to the rider.

He wore a light blue satin jacket, a felt hat on his head, a leather belt tied around his waist with leopard skin trim, and a short cowhide armor, and the handle of the scimitar on his waist seemed to have jewels, which did not sparkle in the light.

This man should not be very old, the short beard on his mouth is not thick, and the eye sockets are slightly sunken, making him look a little mixed-race.

"Where do friends come from?" Li Dan asked, then pointed at the prey, "You shot?" But the other party didn't react, but looked at him with a playful gaze. Li Dan muttered a little in his heart: "Could it be that what I said is not right, I remember wrong?"

"How do you take our word? It's rare." The other party suddenly spoke, but in Chinese: "After I entered the Central Plains, you were the first Han Chinese who could speak Ergu, and I bet you weren't from the north, right?"

"Yo, you even know how to bet? Yes, you've been learning Chinese for a long time?" Zhang Bo couldn't help but ask.

"I've been learning Chinese from my master since I was a child." The man replied, and nodded at Huang Qin after speaking: "You should be familiar with bows and arrows, but you are not very good at horseback riding, so you are cheaper for me." After saying that, he raised the prey in his hand.

Only then did Li Dan notice that it was a small wild boar, although it was small, it must have weighed more than a dozen catties. He has been carrying it in his hand for so long, which shows that he is quite strong.

"You, it's yours." Li Dan smiled: "People with ability are worthy of respect everywhere."

The man raised his eyebrows, jumped off his horse, put the boar on his horse's back, and came over. Li Dan also dismounted and walked towards him. The two stood facing each other and saluted each other.

The man asked, "The geese will leave their voices when they pass by, can I know who I am talking to?"

"Below is Li Dan from Jiangnan West Road, who came to the capital to take the Jinshi exam."

"Oh, I've heard that because there is an exam, His Majesty the Emperor has arranged for an official from the Ministry of Rites to show me the whole process. Although I was allowed to study in Guozijian, I can't be unaware of how the imperial examination was conducted."

Li Dan knew that this person must be a member of the tributary group, and he immediately asked, "So, who are you?"

"I am Karen, the eldest son of the beggar Khan. Oh, my father has been knighted as Ergus Khan, and is treated as a prince, and I will soon be his son."

Although he knew that he was here to pay tribute, but he didn't expect that it was actually the prince of the Great Khan of Egu, Li Dan hurriedly took a step back and saluted deeply:

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, Li Dan to see you! It's abrupt, don't blame." Zhang Cymbal and Huang Qin also hurriedly dismounted and saluted.

"Didn't you say, 'Why bother if you don't know.'" Karen lifted them up, "It's not too far from our camp, do you want to play around?"

"I still have friends with me, I want it today

Hurry into the business capital. The prince will definitely stay here for many days, and when he is free, Li Dan will come to the door to disturb him."

Clen laughed and said that the chatter was welcome. He also said that when he entered the Guozijian and Li Danzhong entered the Hanlin Academy, maybe they would get along for a long time.

Li Dan also had the idea of learning more about the grassland situation from him, so he ordered Zhang Bo to fetch two bottles of Fengquan wine brought by him and give them to him, and then he left.

After Li Dan and the others galloped back to the avenue, more than a dozen Ergu knights appeared from the woods, and a leader looked at Li Dan and their backs and whispered, "There are officers and soldiers in the team, as well as village warriors."

"Well, I saw it." Karen nodded and replied, "He said that he was going to Beijing to take the exam, but what kind of move would have such a big battle?

And you look at the two strong men around him, they have obviously been on the battlefield, and their eyes are the same as those defenders on the nine sides. What is the origin of this man? It's weird!"

When officials and nobles returned to Beijing to enter the imperial city, they usually went to the Great Song Gate, but Li Dan and others had to go to various guilds and inns to settle down, so they parted ways with King Ding and the princess near the canal wharf outside the Great Song Gate, and watched them get into their own carriages.

Li Dan walked to King Ding's carriage and arched his hand: "The minister lives in the Raozhou Hall on Jincheng West Road, and Chitose can make people call if he has time."

King Ding replied with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of others gossiping?"

"Gossip is said by idlers to idlers, and the ministers are too busy to pay attention to it."

King Ding laughed: "Okay, good, after taking you to the exam, I will set up a few drinking parties to invite you to participate, you bring wine, but you are not allowed to break your word and get fat!"

Li Dan came to Miyun's car again, and hesitated for a moment and didn't know where to start. "I'm going to take an exam."

"I wish you the top of the high school rankings, and the fish leaps over the dragon gate." The princess said.

Knowing that there were still grandmothers and maids sitting inside, Li Dan didn't say much, so he waved outside the car: "By the princess's auspicious words, on the day of the title of the gold list, the ministers will bow in the direction of Changqing Palace (the place where the princesses lived before they got married). Take care, princess!"

After saying these dry things, Li Dan himself felt stupid, but it seemed that there was nothing else.

"Li Sanlang, your short gun is still lonely here!" King Ding remembered and poked his head out of the car window and shouted.

"It's for Chitose, just be careful when you play, don't hurt yourself!"

"Okay, okay, if you have a new or better one, don't forget to give it to me!" After Wang Ding's instructions, he returned to the carriage: "Zhou Yiwei, let's go!"

Bidding farewell to King Ding and the princess, everyone had relaxed expressions on their faces. "Oh, it's relieved, like a heavy burden on your shoulders!" Yao Huang said and deliberately rubbed his shoulders, as if he was really resistant to too many heavy things.

"How many shoulders can you Yao Xuanping pick? I'll try!" Zhang Wenhe jumped on his back as he spoke, and quickly pressed Yao Huang, who was caught off guard, and fell to the ground begging for mercy, and everyone laughed.

Most of the people have to live around Xuefu Road, or Zhongzhou Street, where the halls built in various provinces are concentrated, and they have to enter through Guide Gate.

Li Dan's own Raozhou Hall is on Jincheng West Road, so he said goodbye to everyone under the Minglun Gate, he dismounted and changed the car, and the carriage turned around and drove into the city gate.

Minglun Gate has three openings on both sides for entry and exit, and the middle one is only opened on important occasions.

Li Dan looked at the bricked city gate and the green pillars and red towers above from the car window, and then looked at the continuous rammed earth city wall, thinking that Emperor Taizong must have made a great determination to abandon Jinling and rebuild Shangqiu.

He himself had repaired the walls of Yugan and Anren, and knew how much money and labor it cost.

Rao used the bamboo tendon ramming method by himself, and with the help of cement, it was still very labor-intensive and expensive to repair the city for these two counties, not to mention such a magnificent city as Shangjing?

After the West Market, Mingbo Bridge directly arrived at the Raozhou Hall on Jincheng West Road, the original hall was divided into two parts, east and west, the main gate was in the southeast corner, and the west side door was actually equivalent to Li Dan's private residence, but there was a moon gate between the east and west parts.

Gao Cang, who arrived in advance, had already waited outside the door with Liu En, who was sent to be in charge of the hall, and Xu Datong, the shopkeeper of Jingshi Sihaiju, and when he saw the convoy, he came up to salute and invited Li Dan into the hall to visit.

Li Dan looked at the situation while walking, and when he arrived at Yuemen, he already knew about it.

The hall was opened last month, and at present, only two people have been introduced by the manager of the Jiujiang Flight, and a businessman from Poyang has just moved from another hostel. There are not many people, but they are very clean.

Li Dan washed up and changed his clothes, ate something to sleep, and suddenly felt refreshed when he got up. called Lu Jiu: "Old Lu, do you want to go to Sihaiju to eat something good?"

Lu Jiu is a big-bellied man, no matter what time it is, as long as he hears that there is something to eat, he immediately smiles. So they called the iron knife, and they and Jiao and the same group followed Liu En's guidance to live in the four seas.

The location choice of Sihaiju is not bad, and it is quiet in the middle of noisy. The main prosperous area of Shangjing is the Yuedai River (the inner part of the Bao River) in the north, and the Cai River in the south.

The south side is divided into two parts by the West Market, Haoyue Bridge to Chenghou Bridge is an elegant consumption area, concentrated with dignitaries, literati and scholars, Mingbo Bridge to the Painting Boat Bridge is a golden cave of bright lights and wine, day and night sheng songs.

These four seas are located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Yinmen Road and Jingzhao South Road, with Mingbo Bridge to the south, Yinmen Bridge to the west, and Jiuxian Bridge to the southwest.

On the east side of Jingzhao South Road, there are restaurants, teahouses, and hotels around one after another, and on the west side is a small bridge and flowing water house. Everywhere the fragrance is curling, and the laughter is delicate.

Tiedao has been a monk and has been to many places, so he doesn't care. Zhang Bo and Lu Jiu were almost stunned, and they were about to flow down, and they were made fun of by Lai Wubao and Huang Qin.

Gao Cang's face was faint, but his sharp face and straight posture attracted the attention of the women who passed by.

There were even those who boldly ran back to him to see, and occasionally those who were glanced at or smiled in return by him all fled in shame, and there was a giggling and laughing sound with their female companions in the distance.

"Oh, why are the girls here not ashamed? All of them are so daring!" Lu Jiu suddenly smacked his lips: "Alas, it's a pity!"

"It's a pity that I don't have anything to do with you?" Huang Qinle asked.

"It's not me." Lu Jiu waved his hand: "Lao Jiu, it's a pity that Chief of Staff Zhao is not here, otherwise these little ladies will see it, where can they move their legs?"

"Rammed goods, people are royal nobles, how can they come to such a place?"

"What's wrong with this place?"

"What Lao Lu said is that the girls here can't be arbitrary, and if they want to stay overnight, they will not only pay money, but also have their own consent, which is completely different from the practice of those courtyards in the south!" Li Dan said:

"Wait a while, let's go to Sihaiju, let Xiao Xu help us invite a few girls, don't come nonsense, be careful of making jokes!" He instructed.

In fact, he didn't need to open his mouth at all, Xu Datong was already ready. The seat specially set for them was emptied, and even the next door was emptied. Each of them was accompanied by a young woman who was serving, and three or four male and female musicians sat in the opposite room to listen to the call.

Li Dan raised his glass first and said, "First glass of wine, to the brothers who died in the previous battles!"

The people stood up and poured their wine on the tiled floor. Originally, when they saw them hanging their swords and carrying swords, their hearts were beating, and then this formation frightened the girls so much that their faces turned white.

Unexpectedly, nothing happened next, Li Dan thanked everyone for their help along the way with a second glass of wine, and everyone had a smile on their faces. The third glass of wine called Xu Datong to thank him for his hospitality and wish him a prosperous business.

Xu Datong drank three glasses in a row before being let go in the laughter of everyone, and his face was shining.

Li Dan asked the musician to play the first tune, and everyone saluted each other again. was happy, when he heard someone talking outside, Lu Jiu gnawed on a hoof and shouted in his mouth

"Oh, what is this Xiao Xu doing, doesn't it mean that these rooms have been packed, how can anyone still ......?"

As soon as he said this, the door opened, revealing Xu Datong's embarrassed red face: "Childe, there is a visitor!"

"Huh?" The brothers were all stunned.

"Who's this? I won't even let a meal be delicious!" Lu Jiu dropped his hooves and was about to get up, but was held down by Li Dan. He has not preached until now when he entered the city, and he has no acquaintances in this city, who will come to the door?

And is it to find such a place?

A white face appeared behind Xu Datong, and he waved at everyone: "Brothers, are you happy? Let's beg for a cup of Fengquan and drink too much, right?"

"Liu ......." Lu Jiu pointed to the door and didn't dare to speak, and looked back at Li Dan.

"Come to think of it, the one I am most familiar with in this Jingshi is you." Li Dan smiled and got up and asked him, "Come, come, sit down and let's catch up."

"Childe, we didn't come alone." Liu Xichao pouted behind his back.

Li Danna's heart jumped when he saw it, and immediately turned around and asked everyone to eat first, walked to the porch by himself, and beckoned Xu Datong to order: "Anyone who doesn't get upstairs will be knocked out first, tied up and thrown in the firewood room!"

"Yes!" Xu Datong gave a military salute and retreated.

Only then did Li Dan bow his hand to the man: "Dare to ask who this waiter is?"

"Under Liu Kan." The middle-aged man, who was as pale and beardless as Liu Xi, replied.

Li Dan's eyes widened and he was stunned. He thought that Liu Xi had brought a senior eunuch tonight to introduce to him, but this ...... Liu Kan...... Eunuch Liu, the head of the Qianyuan Palace and the director of the inner court, Eunuch Liu?

Could it be that there are other eunuchs named Liu Kan? I guess he will have to change his name quickly if he has, right?

But that's all secondary, Eunuch Liu came here to find himself, what about the emperor? The emperor sent him? Isn't that Liu Xilai the same?

Li Dan looked at him, this person who was dressed as a big steward of a rich family, and then glanced at it, and found that there seemed to be three or two men standing in the dark in the corridor. What's going on?

"It turned out to be Liu Gong in person, and the student Li Dan has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please forgive me!" Li Dan said deeply.

Eunuch Liu smiled and stepped forward to help him up: "Li Sanlang's young talent is well deserved, but tonight's protagonist is not me, and we will also accompany my master out."

"Huh?" Li Dan almost pointed at his nose and said You are so bold, you dare to bring that person to eat flower wine! But he couldn't care about it, because Eunuch Liu had already turned around and walked to the private room next door.

"Gong Liu, my brothers...... Do you want to ......?" Li Dan pointed to his door, meaning to ask him if he needed to clear the scene.

"No need, Xiao Xizi is familiar with them, just have him." Eunuch Liu said and knocked on the door. As soon as the door opened, he was a sturdy man.

"This is General Liu Funian, the commander of the guards." Eunuch Liu introduced, and then went in first, I didn't know what to say, and returned to the door to wave.

Li Dan took a deep breath, even if he had lived two lifetimes and visited dozens of imperial tombs, but seeing the living emperor, after all, it was still "the first time the eldest girl went to the sedan chair"!