By the time the carriages arrived in the capital, it was already noon.

Follow the Zhengyang Gate into the city, this Zhengyang Gate is the main gate of the capital, commonly known as the front gate.

At this time, the layout of the capital division was still composed of three parts, the most central of which was naturally the palace city, which was the so-called Forbidden City, which was the residence of the emperor's concubines and the place where the ministers went to court.

And outside the palace is the imperial city, the imperial city is the temple, the altar of the community, as well as the royal inner garden, Jingshan these places are located, the outside of the imperial city is the real sense of the capital, here is the civil and military officials, including the place where ordinary people live.

The large and small commercial streets here are distributed, and the market is numerous, which is the most prosperous place in Beijing.

As for the outer city, I'm sorry, it hasn't been built yet, or there is no real outer city, and it won't be built until a few decades later, when the old Taoist Emperor Wanshou came to power.

However, although there is no outer city, there are still a lot of houses and tiled houses outside Zhengyang Gate, and a large area of farmland, which has been called the outer city in the mouth of the people, but it has not yet been fenced with a city wall.

Correspondingly, the area after stepping into Zhengyangmen can be called the inner city, after entering the inner city, the carriage continued to drive, and traveled for more than half an hour, and finally stopped at a crossroads.

Seeing that the carriage was stopped, Xia Yuan took Zhao Yuerong to get out of the car, looked around, and could faintly see the tall walls of the imperial city in the distance, and there were four archways standing at this crossroads, one on each side.

Xia Yuan visually inspected it, it was very high, about three or four stories high, Zhao Yuerong also looked up at it, and soon exclaimed, "Husband, it's the first time I've seen such a big archway." ”

"Don't talk about you, it's the first time I've seen it, and I don't know who these four chastity arches are for, and four of them were erected at once."

"Teacher, this is not the archway of chastity, this is the archway, and it is not for anyone."

Hearing this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but turn his head, only to find that Wang Shouren didn't know when he came over, but he was not used to this guy's ghostly spirit, so he asked casually: "It's not the archway of chastity, so what are these four archway pestles doing here?" ”

"This student doesn't know, but this archway has been standing here for many years, it was built during the Yongle period of Taizong, and this place is also named, and because it lives in the east of the imperial city, it is called the East Fourth Archway."

"East Fourth Archway..."

Xia Yuan took a look at the tall city wall over there, this place is in the east of the imperial city, and there are four archways, so it is called the East Fourth Archway.

He couldn't help but ask: "Then if it is in the west of the imperial city, will it be renamed Xisi Archway?" ”

"Don't hide it from the teacher, there is indeed a West Fourth archway in the west of the imperial city."

“......”

Xia Yuan smacked his lips, not to mention, the name of the ancestor is really quite capable.

"Master Xia, let's find you, the young master is asking you, let's go over quickly."

Listening to this voice, Xia Yuan was a little uncomfortable, and when he heard this, he quickly nodded, "Let's go, let's go now." ”

"Eh, okay, let's show you the way."

Gu Dayong lowered his posture, smiled brightly, and then silently led the way in front.

Just took a few steps forward, Zhao Yuerong suddenly said loudly: "Husband, look, there is a yard over there that is on fire, it can't be the yard we want to move, right?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense....."

Although he didn't believe it, Xia Yuan still chuckled in his heart, and instinctively looked in the direction she pointed, there was indeed a place where smoke was rising, but he didn't know if it was his own yard.

Gu Dayong said with a smile: "Madame, don't worry, that is not the courtyard of you and Master Xia, that place is the Daci Yanfu Palace, and it is not a water, but the incense on the people, this Yanfu Palace can be very effective, you can also go to the incense in the future, worship it, and bless many sons and many blessings." ”

Hearing the topic of many sons and many blessings, Zhao Yuerong couldn't help but get excited, but soon she was not excited again, and she was not familiar yet.

All the way without a word, along the west archway of the crossroads, walked dozens of meters, came to an alley, and when you pass through the alley, you will come to a rather quiet street.

At the intersection just now, the crowd was bustling, but when they arrived here, the flow of people suddenly decreased, and there were not even a few pedestrians in sight on the street.

Only mule and horse carts loaded with things stopped here, and in front of the door of a high-walled mansion, Zhu Houzhao was holding his waist and directing these people to move things in high spirits.

Does this guy like to conduct this job?

Seeing Xia Yuan coming, Zhu Houzhao immediately greeted him, "Master, where are you hiding, I have asked people to look for you for a long time, hurry up, let's go into the courtyard and take a look." ”

Xia Yuan had long noticed this courtyard, the scale did not seem large, but it was good in appearance.

The decoration inside and outside the courtyard is full of atmosphere, enter the courtyard gate, bypass the shadow wall, the left and right are the east and west Langfang, there is a gate in the middle of the position, and then walk in, this is the real courtyard.

There are seven or eight houses in the courtyard, large and small, the layout is staggered, many people are moving things in and out, and there are two ginkgo trees planted on both sides of the courtyard, which are very tall and look like they should be some years old.

However, it was already winter at this time, and it was the time when everything was withering, and the ground was covered with golden fallen leaves, and only a few leaves were still on the trees, and the half-dead appearance was a little gloomy for no reason.

"Master, this is the courtyard of Sanjin, and the backyard is a small garden, but it's nothing to look at, it's just some broken flowers and grass, oh, and there's a pond with a broken pavilion on it."

A small garden at the end of the road, an elegant place, has become useless in Zhu Houzhao's mouth, and it is not as good as a public toilet.

Of course, the imperial garden in the Forbidden City is different after all, and it must be better than a public toilet in his heart.

But it is also limited, in short, flowers, grass, fish, etc., Zhu Houzhao is really not interested in this, but Xia Yuan obviously has a different opinion, "And the garden?" Let's go and see. ”

"Oh, let's go."