Standing under the big willow tree on the side of the road, Qiao Datou wiped his forehead, which was wet. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThere are swamps all around Kaifeng City, and the fog is particularly heavy in the morning, so if you stand here casually, you will get your hair wet and your hair will be wet.

I craned my neck and looked down the road for a while, but I couldn't see clearly in the fog. Occasionally, a figure flashed out of the mist, and Qiao Datou just wanted to shout, but found that it was a vendor carrying a burden, so he had to swallow the words back into his stomach.

Feeling that his neck was a little sore, Qiao Datou couldn't stand it anymore, and asked Sun Qilang, who was standing on the side: "Seventh brother, when will the Tan official you mentioned arrive?" If there's still time, why don't we go back and get some sleep. ”

"What nonsense! When we come to pick up people, the sooner we come, the better, so what's the matter? ”

Sun Qilang yelled at Qiao Datou, shrunk his neck, and still looked at the road.

found that the party was meticulous, and Qiao Datou made a contribution to the court. And because Zhao Zhen had a good impression of him, in addition to rewarding money, he also wanted to give him an errand. Originally, Zhao Zhen wanted to make him a forbidden army, but was stopped by Xu Ping. Qiao Datou didn't say anything, but he also offended the people of Sanya that day, didn't he throw himself into the forbidden army? In the end, after thinking about it, I still wanted to be a box army, and I came to follow Sun Qilang to work in several royal gardens around Kaifeng City.

This errand is quite idle, most people seek this errand, they are thinking of stealing the things in the forbidden garden and selling them, Sun Qilang does not expect this money, but comes and goes freely, and is very idle. Qiao Datou followed Sun Qilang's side, and he traveled around every day, not worrying about everything, but returned to the days when he saw Yongzhou Yuxian Tower.

I don't know how long I waited, but there was the sound of horses' hooves on the road, Sun Qilang's spirit was lifted, and Qiao Datou also woke up from his sleep. Shake the dew off his head, stretch his neck and look down the road again.

It didn't take much effort for several figures to flash out of the mist, all on horseback.

Getting closer, Sun Qilang gradually saw the faces of the people who came, and shouted: "Tan Hu, Huang Jinbiao, a few of you have only arrived now, but you want to kill your brother!" ”

After saying that, he strode to the middle of the road, opened his arms, and stopped the comer.

Hearing the words, the people in front of the horse team dismounted one after another, and the two people strode forward, it was Tan Hu and Huang Jinbiao.

Tan Hu stepped forward, grabbed Sun Qilang's arm, and looked him up and down: "Seventh brother, you are doing so well!" I haven't seen him for a year, and I've become white and fat, and I'm rich! ”

Sun Qilang said to Tan Hu: "You are not bad, you are much stronger than when you were separated!" ”

After speaking, Sun Qilang circled around the golden biao on the side, and said in surprise: "Silk and satin, wear gold and silver, Huang Biao, you are amazing now!" The appearance of this rich man, he was not robbed on the road? ”

Huang Jinbiao couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Seventh brother, don't say it, it's Tan Hu who keeps talking about me like this, so scared that I don't dare to stay in a hotel on the road, so I have to follow him to live in a post house." As a result, now there is no errand, the post house collects money more expensive than the black shop, and those post guards are constantly looking for trouble with me, which is really angry along the way! ”

Sun Qilang laughed: "You fool, you don't know until you leave the nest that the officials outside are better than money!" ”

Now Huang Jinbiao, only the loose officials are left on his body, and all the dispatches have resigned, he is a common man with official status, and he does his business wholeheartedly. The sugar business is booming, coupled with the development of the original Jianzhou County, Huang Jinbiao has really made a lot of money over the years. Following Xu Ping's side, Huang Jinbiao also gained knowledge, and gradually became dissatisfied with nesting in the border place of Yongzhou. Now Xu Ping is in a high position in the court, and he has this friendship, Kaifeng City University can come to visit, and he will not suffer a loss. Taking advantage of Tan Hu's return to Beijing to change his position, he also came over with him to see the situation.

Qiao Datou stepped forward from under the willow tree on the side of the road and sang a promise: "Little Qiao Datou, now follow Sun Qige's side." The two officials, I didn't expect that thousands of miles away, we met again in the capital. ”

Tan Hu and Huang Jinbiao didn't expect to see Qiao Datou here, so they were surprised and asked the reason for the incident.

Sun Qilang took Qiao Datou with Chen Laoshi's bones in Wutai Mountain, and accidentally found that the party was meticulous, and he was beaten up after reporting to the official, and he was not angry for a while and went to Beijing to complain, and told a series of things that happened.

Chen Laoshi also died for the country, and after the incident, the official allocated money and was buried near the capital.

Tan Hu and Huang Jinbiao didn't expect Qiao Datou to have such an encounter, and they couldn't help but sigh again and again. When I was in Yongzhou, Qiao Datou was a person who watched the door of the hotel, but I didn't expect such a day.

A few people gossiped for a while, and a bright light appeared in the sky, and the fog gradually faded. Not far away, the Kaifeng city wall and the huge Nanxun Gate show a vague shadow, the shadow is sufficient, and there is no edge in sight, like a miracle.

Looking at Kaifeng City, Huang Jinbiao's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't speak for a long time. It wasn't until Tan Hu called him that he closed his mouth and sighed: "It is said that Bianliang City is a hundred and twenty miles of Luo City, where the Son of Heaven lives, and where the first place in the world is." I often dream of Kaifeng City on the road, but I never dreamed that it was so spectacular! When I was in my hometown before, I felt that Yongzhou was a great place, and I passed through the state and county along the way, only to know that Yongzhou was just a small border town. When I got here, I believed what others said, this is all over the world, out of Kaifeng City, it is all rural places! ”

Sun Qilang patted Huang Jinbiao's shoulder heavily and said to him, "You are really a rich man in the countryside. Although Kaifeng City is big, it is not because it is big that other places are rural. Otherwise, Luoyang City is not smaller than the capital, why is it still said to be in the countryside? Let me tell you, Bianjing is prosperous because of the lively scenery in the city. The best food, the best drink, the best looks, and the most fun in the world are all in this Luo City. No matter how rich you are in other places, you are just an ordinary person when you enter the city gates. Huang Jinbiao, there are not only the richest rich men and the biggest officials in this city, but also the best wine and the most beautiful women. Don't be stingy with money in the past two days, my brother will take you all over! ”

Huang Jinbiao involuntarily looked down at the clothes on his body, and said: "I originally thought I was a rich man, but when I heard you say this, why is it a little empty now?" I don't spare my money, but now I'm afraid that even if I spend all my money, I won't be able to see the prosperity of this city! ”

Everyone laughed together, Tan Hu and Huang Jinbiao beckoned their companions behind them, and followed Sun Qilang towards the city.

It is often said that Kaifeng City is a hundred and twenty miles of Luo City, but in fact it is not that big, and the outer city wall is only fifty or sixty miles, which is just an imaginary number. Seriously, the city walls are not very high, and it is not of much significance to be too high in the military sense. Speaking of the foundation of the city, Kaifeng is still not as good as Luoyang, the eastern capital built in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the spirit is far from being comparable to the capital built by the small regime in the later five dynasties. But several generations of regimes have set the capital of Bianliang, which is developing, Luoyang is in decline, especially after Taizong, it is determined that the capital will not be moved to Luoyang, Xijing, and the outer city of Luoyang is basically about to be abolished, which shows the Kaifeng City. By this time, treating the rest of the world as countryside was the idea of many officials and nobles.

When he arrived at the city gate, Tan Hu took out the official notice he had with him, registered it with the prison officer, and received the paperwork. Huang Jinbiao is just doing business, but he doesn't have these cumbersome procedures. Since the time of Zhenzong, many restrictions on entering and leaving the city have been lifted, especially after the abolition of the copper coin tax collected from the city, there are basically no restrictions on merchants. Originally, merchants who went out of the city to bring cash had to take a tax of 20 wen per time, and the search of merchants entering and leaving the city was very strict.

Entering the city gate, Sun Qilang said to Tan Hu: "The marquis of the county has recently made a new type of carving, and today is a banquet to celebrate, I heard that the emperor is also going to the palace, which is inconvenient." We won't go to see the marquis first, I'll take you to the place where you live first. ”

Hearing this, Huang Jinbiao suddenly stopped and said loudly: "Why didn't my brother say it earlier?" The emperor wants to go to the county mansion, so naturally we will also go to take a look! You don't know, I'm a frontier barbarian, I've seen the Son of Heaven once, and I can talk about it for a lifetime after I go back! Go, go, can't miss this opportunity! ”

Sun Qilang grabbed Huang Jinbiao: "Don't make a mistake, enter the mansion, think you can see the Son of Heaven?" Today's county mansion is as big as the Taiping county town back then, and it is heavily guarded, and if you go, you will only be locked up in a small black house! If you live in the capital and often walk around the royal streets, there will always be a chance to see the sky, which is more reliable! ”

"Brother Seventh lied to me again that I didn't know anything! If you don't believe in Kaifeng, the people can see the emperor. I also lived in Yongzhou for a few days before I came, and I haven't even met the new Marshal Yong Langlu, isn't it even more difficult for the emperor to see? ”

"The king of Hades is good, but the little ghost is difficult, as long as there is a big festival, the Son of Heaven will naturally come out to have fun with the people. - Okay, don't dwell on this, hurry up and accompany Tan Hu to do business. The marquis had already ordered him not to rush to arrange his errands, but to go to school for a period of time first. You can listen well, this study is done by the emperor himself, and in the future there will be confusion in the officialdom, this is Tan Hu's qualifications, not a little sloppy, the county marquis specially instructed me! ”

Tan Hu frowned: "Why haven't you heard of it before?" In the letter to me, the marquis only said that he would follow him in Beijing, and did not mention anything about studying in Shihe. ”

"It's just about to start, and it's only been a few days since it was settled, and you've just caught up. If you don't have this matter, you will go directly to the third class courtyard and change the official for you, and the county marquis specially let you delay this matter. ”

Tan Hu didn't know the details of the matter, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. If the official is not replaced, the old appointment has been removed from the new appointment, and there will be less money, and keeping the election is a torturous thing. However, Xu Ping is in charge of everything, he is the old boss he used to follow, so naturally he will not harm himself, so he has to follow Sun Qilang. (To be continued.) )