Zhuxian Town, forty-five miles south of Kaifeng, the last post station from Xiangzhou to the capital. When Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin arrived here, it was already evening, so they had to rest here for a night and enter Beijing early tomorrow morning.

Kaifeng's original name was Kaifeng, was built in Zheng Zhuang Gong, took the meaning of the ancient Zheng State to the southeast to open up the key to the place, the former Han Dynasty avoided the Han Jing Emperor, changed Kaifeng to Kaifeng. In the first year of Tang Yanhe, Kaifeng County was moved into Bianzhou City and became the attached Guo County of Bianzhou, and Kaifeng Mansion had replaced the name of Bianzhou by this time.

Before the relocation of Kaifeng County, it was not far south of Zhuxian Town, and it was already a broken wall at this time. Zhuxian Town was developed on the ruins of ancient Kaifeng County, but when Xu Ping arrived here, he was far from having the courage of the four famous towns in later generations, just a street, seven or eight shops, just a grass market, not yet a town.

This is already the last stop to the capital, but if you can get to the capital, no one will rest here, and the post station is pitifully small, but there are only one or twenty post guards, raising a few horses.

When they arrived at the post station, the sun had set, but they missed the meal time in the post station, so everyone had to go out to the street market outside to hastily eat some wine and rice. At this time, the surroundings of Zhuxian Town were desolate, and there was nothing to eat.

The weather in the Central Plains is different from that in Lingnan, the sun is hot during the day, but at night there is a cool breeze, and the body is much more comfortable.

It was the ninth day of August, and it was about to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Ping sat in the room and felt the coolness.

Since the beginning of May, I have been non-stop along the way, hurrying and hurrying, and finally returned to the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and was able to have a reunion festival with my family. The traffic in this era is really frustrating.

On the first quarter of tonight, the moon will not come out until the second half of the night, and there will be only starlight and spots outside. Revealing a blurry brilliance. Xu Ping sat in front of the window, looking at the north through the starlight, thinking about his relatives in the city.

The hometown was timid, and when he arrived outside Kaifeng City, his thoughts about his family became more and more uncontrollable, but his heart was even more panicked.

Six years apart. What's the house like now? Are your parents okay? What is Lin Suniang like now? At the time of parting, it was the newlywed Yan'er, Lin Suniang, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, her body had not completely grown, and she was pregnant and worried Xu Ping for a long time. Now that you're in your twenties, you've taken off all that childishness, right?

And the daughter who has never met is seven years old all of a sudden, what does she look like? Is it with yourself or with Lin Suniang? Will you disown yourself? Do she like the gifts she brought her?

How is Zhongmu's manor developing? I also count on bringing thousands of family fortunes there, and with the wealth there as a confidence, the burden of being an official is much lighter. More open.

All kinds of miscellaneous things came to his heart, and Xu Ping couldn't sleep anyway.

The sun rose, the first rays of sunlight shone in through the window, and Xu Ping woke up in a daze under the urging of Xiuxiu outside the room.

opened the door, Xiuxiu came in and waited for Xu Ping to wash, and asked softly: "Official, when you enter the city today, do you want to change into a new official uniform?" I'll get it for you. ”

Xu Ping suddenly came to his senses: "I want it." Quickly take the red robe. If you have enough time to enter the city, you may have to go to the palace to meet the emperor. Naturally, you have to put on a new official uniform! ”

This is a special grace, and you must wear it when you see the emperor, otherwise you will lose your adult.

After washing, the official was dressed in a red official robe, and Xu Ping actually felt that he was in a lot of energy. Above the fifth grade is served by Zhu, and at this time, the fifth grade or above is a nobleman. Everywhere you go, you can look at it.

When he came out to the courtyard, Shi Quanbin saw Xu Ping, and his eyes lit up: "Yun Xing, this official robe is particularly pleasing to the eye when worn on you!" Such a young vermilion-robed official is rare in Kaifeng City! ”

Xu Ping looked at himself. Also smiled and nodded. Although many officials will be given the treatment of obedience, but it is almost enough to have an official position, and with their own discipline, the height of the official position has indeed been counted.

Ren Shouzhong followed behind Shi Quanbin like a pug, serving back and forth, and then said hello to Xu Ping.

At this time and then, the palace at this time is already the world of Shi Quanbin, who was originally with the emperor, Ren Shouzhong can get the opportunity to be demoted out of the capital, if he is left in the palace, his fate will depend on Shi Quanbin's mind.

Breakfast was made in the post station, which was very simple, but white porridge steamed cakes and a few side dishes.

At this time, no one cared, and their minds had already flown to Kaifeng City. After hastily eating breakfast to fill their stomachs, the group got on the horse and went all the way to Kaifeng City in the north.

Xu Ping was ordered to return to Beijing, and he first had to go to the palace to reply to the decree, and then he took the new Fengqiu Gate to enter the city, and he could go all the way to Donghua Gate.

There are four gates in the north of the city, among which the new Fengqiu Gate in the middle leads directly to the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, and the new Sujube Gate leads directly to the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace, and the Donghua Gate is the main gate, and it is natural to enter the Imperial Palace from there.

As a native of Kaifeng, Xu Ping actually entered the city from the north of the city for the first time, and he looked east and west along the way, and he even felt novel. Next to the city gate is Ruisheng Garden, where the imperial field is located, and the place where the emperor watches the new wheat and rice every year.

After entering the city gate, there was a large camp of the forbidden army, and both sides of the road seemed deserted, far from showing the liveliness of the capital.

After the barracks, walk not far is the Wuzhang River, both sides of the road began to be lively, the closer to the imperial city, the more prosperous.

Kaifeng City has always been prosperous and lively in the south, and it is much more deserted in the north of the imperial city. In the south of the city, there is a large population, a prosperous market, and every inch of land is expensive. On the contrary, there is a large open space in the north, and there is even a large vegetable field in the northwest.

Leaning on the Wuzhang River, the east side is the Kaibao Temple, which enshrines the relics of Ashoka who came from the tribute of Wu Yue Kingdom in the past, and it is the Buddhist gate resort in the capital. It was past noon when Xu Ping and the others entered the city, and the good male believers returned from Kaibao Temple, and the flow of people on the street suddenly increased.

With the crowd, I entered the inner city before I knew it.

Xu Ping was dressed in a red robe, and he was so young, and someone pointed and pointed on the road from time to time, guessing which official it was. After entering the inner city, someone finally recognized it as the eldest lang of the Xu family in Xicheng, the fifth year of Tiansheng as a native of Kaifeng Donghuamen, a first-class jinshi praised by the Son of Heaven. I don't want to be a few years old, so I became a nobleman in Zhuyi.

The people in Beijing love to be lively, and after a while, a large group of people surrounded Xu Ping and a few people, shouting congratulations.

Xu Ping endured the feeling of returning to his heart, and had to slow down and bow his hand to the people around him in the crowd.

Surrounded by the crowd like this, Xu Ping walked forward slowly, and finally arrived at Mahang Street, outside the Donghua Gate, where he came out of the imperial city as a new science and technology jinshi.

Looking at the majestic and magnificent palace wall, not far from the Donghua Gate in the downtown area, Xu Ping sighed. It's been six years, and I'm finally back here in style. (To be continued.) )