In the early morning, the streets are quiet.

When the first rays of morning light shine through the mist, the streets usher in a warm morning.

More than half of the sun is buried below the horizon, and the huge gate of Chang'an City has been opened, and the city gate is deep, like a bloody mouth.

A few miles away, Li Wenshuo and the three of them saw the quiet black giant beast.

As one of the most majestic cities in the world today, the southern wall alone is 30 zhang high and 5 or 6 zhang wide.

Two hundred years ago, when Liyang was founded, Emperor Gaozu overcame public opinion, regardless of the opposition of many parties, and in that turbulent era, mobilized countless people to work and rest, and built this city that is said to never fall.

Facts have proved that Emperor Gaozu's decision was correct, and in the following decades, Liyang was invaded by foreign enemies many times and hit the city of Chang'an, but none of them captured this Xiongguan.

Since then, countless historians have rushed to praise Emperor Gaozu, and no one in the government and the opposition can question Emperor Gaozu's approach.

Perhaps only by falling under the city walls will the dry bones of the countless people let out the slightest complaint in hell.

The three of them did not enter the city at once, but stayed for a while in the town outside the city, and sold their horses to the townspeople at a low price in exchange for a few taels of silver.

Although Li Fugui and Xue Renhai brought a lot of silver taels when they came, after so many days of traveling, there was not much left, and after the three horses were sold, they added up to less than a hundred taels of silver tickets.

This money is a lot of money elsewhere, even in the poorest and most luxurious Yangzhou area, but in Chang'an, it is really not enough.

However, the three of them were not very worried, on the contrary, Xue Renhai and Li Fugui were still a little excited.

When Li Wenshuo said that he had a brother named Liu Ye in Chang'an City, both of them were sluggish.

Other names, even the first assistant of the current dynasty will have the same name, but as long as that person is surnamed Liu and still lives in this imperial city, it cannot be someone else.

The crown prince of the dynasty, the future Emperor of Liyang - Liu Ye.

Along the official road that could accommodate eight carriages running side by side, the three of them carried simple luggage and walked lazily.

In addition to Li Wenshuo, Xue Renhai and Li Fugui were obviously a little tired, but no one complained, and in the face of the huge pressure brought by the dim city wall, the three of them all subconsciously had a sense of awe.

Walking under the city walls, huge shadows were thrown down, and even the sun was completely hidden.

After 200 years of wind and rain, the surface of this wall has been weathered and tattered, and it looks a little pitted, but the interior is still impregnable.

Looking closely, he could even see those long and narrow sword marks that had been repaired, more than ten zhang in length and width, which also made Li Wenshuo even more convinced that there should be some special formation within this city wall, otherwise no matter how hard the stone was, it would not be able to withstand such a few more slashes.

Chang'an City is huge, and the millions of people in the city are only a lot more, thanks to the fact that there are no people in the early morning, otherwise if it is a little later, the long queue can stretch to the town in the distance.

Looking at the sergeant in front of him who kept checking the package, Li Wenshuo was a little helpless, he had also been to many cities before, except for the border cities, there were few such careful inspections.

These city guards are also a little helpless, they are also people from Chang'an, and many people passing by have seen them, even neighbors.

But due to the rules, it can only be carefully checked little by little, so the team is moving quite slowly, the people of Liyang are simple, and the people are quite bold, so they are not afraid of these troops at all.

Thanks to this is the capital Chang'an, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, otherwise if he changes to another place, I am afraid that he has already broken through with a guy.

There were only a few people in front, but Xue Renhai and Li Fugui were still a little upset, as two people, in the area of Fenghuazhou, in and out of the city gate, let alone waiting, how could they ever queue up?

The two of them looked at the city guard's face very badly, and a group of city guards looked at the weapons on the three of them with black lines.

"Who are you, what are you doing in Chang'an City?"

If it were an ordinary family, it would naturally not be so troublesome, and this kind of interrogation would only be aimed at those of them who entered the city with swords, and each of them had to be registered.

"A person from Nanshan, Li Wenshuo, came to the capital to visit friends. ”

Hearing this, the guard picked up the pen and was about to write it down on the paper, but suddenly his body trembled, raised his head suddenly, and asked, "Nanshan Li Wenshuo?" Are you sure you are?"

Li Wenshuo was also a little stunned, and asked suspiciously: "I am, what's wrong?"

"Not much, come on, take it away!"

This voice frightened everyone around, and the faces of the three of them were also extremely stunned, completely unaware of what was happening.

It seemed that he noticed that there was something wrong with the movements of his colleagues around him, so he pulled out his knife and showed the iron chain, and the military master reacted, and hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm used to it, I have withdrawn, and I will invite this master to the prince's mansion personally, this is the guest that the prince has told him many times, saying that as long as he comes, he must not be allowed to let go." ”

Hearing this, Li Wenshuo also sneered, and said in his heart Liu Ye, this guy is really good at engaging in these moths, but I am quite happy, master.

"And my two friends?"

The military master frowned slightly, the prince didn't say anything about other people when he gave the order, but then he thought about it, the friend of the prince's friend, isn't that also a distinguished guest, then his brows stretched, patted his chest and said: "It's all a distinguished guest, take it with you, no, please go." ”

Xue Renhai and Li Fugui also laughed, but their mood became more and more excited, originally, it was nothing when they heard Li Wenshuo say, but once they arrived in Chang'an City, they were really going to be taken to the prince's mansion immediately, and several people were immediately a little nervous.

After all, although he is also very arrogant on weekdays, the biggest official he has ever seen in his life is Xue Renhai's father, the county guard of a county. Compared with the crown prince of the current dynasty, it is simply a heaven and an underground.

Before they had time to see the world-famous Suzaku Avenue, several people were taken to a small road, and they came to the tall palace wall and opened a small back door.

The guard smiled and said: "I'm really sorry, there are too many procedures to enter the palace, and the situation is too complicated, even if the prince speaks, he can't bring people into casually, if there is only one gentleman, it's okay to say, but plus two friends of the gentleman, you can only enter through the side door where the goods are transported." ”

Li Wenshuo didn't mind, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Little thing, I haven't seen this brother for a long time, and I trouble this military master to lead the way." ”

As for Xue Renhai and Li Fugui, not to mention disgust, they are still in the clouds, and they feel like they are dreaming.

The city guard who led the way was also full of wrinkles with a smile, and said in his heart that this lord even dared to be called a brother when he was the prince of the dynasty, it was really not simple, and he was so approachable, where did he dare to have extra thoughts, and he hurriedly responded, and walked in front.

It is surrounded by a high-walled compound, and although it is early spring, the palace is still full of colorful flowers, a piece of greenery, and full of vitality.

Two-thirds of the entire Chang'an City is within the scope of the palace city, so this palace is not small, Li Wenshuo and they walked for half an hour, almost dazzled by this golden and brilliant building complex, and only then did they arrive at the prince's east palace.

The three of them waited outside the door, and the defenders also said a few words to the man guarding the door, and the servant hurriedly walked in to report.

Different from other palaces, although this East Palace looks quite vast, it lacks a bit of luxurious grace.

The green bricks and green tiles have a little more bookish atmosphere unique to Confucianism.

After a while, the sound of eager footsteps came from inside the courtyard.

Looking at the handsome young man wearing a four-dragon robe, Li Wenshuo unconsciously showed a smile on his face.

"Long time no see. ”

Liu Ye's eyes were a little red, looking at the brother he had almost thought about at the beginning, but later due to his busy government affairs, he rarely remembered that he had met such a number one person in the rivers and lakes.

But at this time, he appeared in front of him so suddenly, without the slightest warning, without even saying hello.

Liu Ye punched Li Wenshuo in the chest and said with a smile: "For a whole year, I still thought you weren't coming, but you missed me." ”

"How can it, since I said that I came to Chang'an to see you, I would definitely come, and I never missed the appointment. ”

Liu Ye laughed, he was really happy, happy to meet his old friend, happy that Li Wenshuo was really the Li Wenshuo he knew.

"These two?"

Liu Ye had already noticed Xue Renhai and Li Fugui, but although he still had a smile on his face when he faced the two of them, he was not so eager.

"Grass people, people from North County, Huazhou, Xue Renhai. ”

"Li Fugui. ”

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Li Wenshuo dared to call the prince a brother like this, but they didn't dare, first, the two sides were not familiar with each other, and second, the identity gap between the two sides was there, and the two could not afford to be rude.

Seeing this, Li Wenshuo also hurriedly said: "This is the friend I made in Fenghuazhou, all of them are chivalrous, this trip is to see the demeanor of Chang'an, but there is not much left along the way, so I will come with me to take refuge in you, the landlord." ”

Liu Ye'er is indeed a landlord, and he is still a big landowner, although Chang'an City currently nominally belongs to his Laozi, and the most powerful is his fourth brother.

Liu Ye said with a smile on his face: "Since they are all friends, I will see these things outside, my East Palace is not a big place, there is nothing else, there are many vacant rooms, come, don't stand outside, hurry up and come in, just in time for dinner, the days have not been peaceful recently, and there are not many opportunities to have a good meal like this." ”

Under the leadership of Liu Ye, several people entered the East Palace Prince's Mansion, only to find that the scenery in the mansion was much more elegant than the outside.

The palace people who were waiting on the side did not dare to slack off at all, after all, they had seen the attitude of their own masters before, and they remembered that at the end of last year, the main family buried the peach blossom wine by themselves, and they were also busy for a while.