PS: Luoyang has arrived. Note, Empress Dowager Zhaocheng is Li Longji's late biological mother, and Dou Xiqian is his uncle...... Ask for a recommendation ticket

From Dengfeng to the north, and then to the west of Yanshi, it is the thoroughfare road to the eastern capital of Luoyang. This official road has been renovated diligently in the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties, and Tang Gaozong and Empress Wu have successively sealed Zen Songshan, so the road is smooth and unimpeded, and it is the most suitable for travel.

This night in the Yanshi hostel rest, the owner of the house because of the wife at home happy Lin'er, extremely happy to invite the guests to a drink, Du Shiyi is not very interested in the turbid wine, Lu Hong is old, just a taste, but many xìng bold guests are angry. One night, more than a dozen guests drank five or six buckets of wine, and when they were drunk, a half-drunk man sang and danced with each other, and the half-drunk Lu Wangzhi played a song of "Le You Yuan" that he has now practiced extremely well as an accompaniment according to Du Shiyi, and the lively scene was spectacular for a while.

Although it was only a small episode in the journey, whether it was Lu Hong or Du Shiyi Lu Wangzhi, after this night, the mood changed.

Early in the morning, they set off from Yanshi to Luoyang, less than eighty miles, and the group traveled early in the morning until nearly evening, before they saw Luoyang City from afar. Although I have some vague impressions of how Luoyang is a majestic city in my memory, and even remember that the walls of Luoyang are nine feet high and five feet deep, after all, there are some differences from what I witnessed at this moment. When the city at the end of the official road almost completely occupied the entire view from far to near, and then as he got closer and closer, and finally arrived at the Jianchūn Gate, he looked up at the towering and majestic Luoyang Waiguo City that stretched out of sight, and finally couldn't help but be impressed.

This is Luoyang, the eastern capital of Chang'an!

There are three doorways on the left, middle and right, each of which is about two zhang, all of which are paved with bluestone. The group paused at the foot of the tall Chūn Gate, and two sergeants immediately greeted them. Glancing at the ox cart in the lead, one of the older sergeants stopped his companion who was about to come forward to investigate, and politely asked, "Is the Cui family of Yongfeng Fang in the car?" ”

Du Shiyi had no choice but to step forward and said: "I'm waiting from Dengfeng, and the ox cart is lent by Cui Shiyi Lang of Yongfeng Fang." ”

I just saw Cui's watch on the carriage, but at this moment I learned that it was not Cui's person, the sergeant frowned slightly, and then asked: "Is there a public road permit, or is it given by the state?" ”

Dengfeng County belongs to Henan Prefecture, and it is necessary to apply for public inspection or go to Luoyang, where Henan Mansion is located, which is equivalent to running back and forth twice. Therefore, Du Shiyi said with a smile: "Because of the hurry, I didn't have time to report to the state capital." However, there is a book from the Son of Heaven for inspection. ”

When the old sergeant heard that these people had not had time to report to the government, even if they were in the car of the Cui family of Yongfeng Fang, they would never be allowed to go easily, and his face sank, but when he heard the book of the Son of Heaven, he immediately gasped, and hurriedly saluted and said: "I don't know if it is the sage who recruited the sage, how much neglect!" Please wait, today rì is my left leading army garrison guarding the chūn gate, so I will go back to the team Zheng! ”

The old sergeant saluted, then turned and ran, while the remaining one shouted and directed the people waiting to enter the city to make a detour, and asked them to move to the doorway on the far right. When waiting in the open space on the right side of the doorway, Du Shiyi found that there are four rutted grooves on the bluestone road of this doorway, which can be used for two cars to enter the city at the same time, and then look at the leftmost doorway There are endless cars and horses going out of the city, and the middle door is only for pedestrians to enter and exit, and it is in and out in an orderly manner. After a while, an officer in a battle jacket strode out with the old sergeant from earlier. I saw that his beard was slightly curly, and his figure was tall and strong, as if he was of some Saiwaihu blood.

"Since you are from Dengfeng, but the Duke of Songshan Dayin has arrived?"

The officer was obviously well-informed, and as soon as he stepped forward, he politely asked, and after receiving a positive answer, he saw that the curtain of the ox cart was raised, and there was indeed a half-centenarian sitting inside, and he had to step forward a few steps to salute, and respectfully asked the Son of Heaven to take a closer look, and then returned it with both hands, and said with a smile: "When the prince Zhongyun Li Gong returned to the Eastern Capital from the Jianchūn Gate, he once mentioned this matter, please pay attention to the guards guarding the city gate, this rì is long, everyone is about to forget, I didn't expect Lu Gong to really arrive, and I am really lucky!" Now there is not much time left before the drum beats at the closed door, Lu Gong wants to come to the Eastern Capital for a long time, and today the rì Ministry of Rites may not be able to submit a letter, even if it is the car of the Cui family in Yongfengfang, why not lead the way to Yongfengfang Zhao Guogongdi? ”

Lu Hong hesitated slightly, then shook his head and said, "It's not early now, and it's inconvenient to disturb other families again." I remember that in the northeast corner of Nanshi Xiquanshanfang, there was a hostel that was quite quiet, so I stayed there for one night, and then went to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow. In this way, you can enter the shop before the curfew, and you can avoid violating the night curfew. ”

The officer didn't mention that since Lu Hong had an idea, he didn't insist on it anymore. He led the people into the city through the right doorway, and summoned a sergeant's order

Bring the horse, and then get on the horse and lead the way.

Jianchūn Gate Street is a street that runs through the east and west of Luoyang, 75 steps wide from north to south, with green trees on both sides, zhōngyāng royal road for the Son of Heaven to drive, on both sides is the galloping road for chariots and horses, and on both sides is the trail for the people to walk. For example, it was late today, but Du Shiyi saw only a few pedestrians and cars on the street, most of them were in a hurry, and obviously wanted to go home before the night curfew. Coincidentally, when the officer sent them to the gate of the Quanshan Fangfang, they heard a drum beat in the twilight. With this sound, only more drums were heard to join in, and it was obvious that the closed door drums on the drum towers of the various streets were all sounding at the same time.

and the Wuhou in the fang clearly said that Lu Hongnai was a wise man recruited by the edict of the Son of Heaven, and the officer immediately said goodbye and left, Du Shiyi asked about the name when he refused to stay, but said that it was a good effort, and he couldn't help but ask again and again, and then he laughed and said that it was Kang Tinglan, the left leading army guard. Du Shiyi thought of the Dengfeng native products given by Cui Yunzhi, and immediately had an idea, but he wrapped some sour dates and asked him to take them back, which really made Kang Tinglan smile.

After this small episode, the door of the square was completely closed, and the sky was getting dark, although the martial marquis in that square did not hear of Lu Hong's name like Kang Tinglan, but he was still extremely respectful, and after sending it to the door of the hostel, he repeatedly instructed the shopkeeper, and then reflexively left. Like the previous officer, Lu Wangzhi gave a small bag of sour dates, although the goods were cheap, but the Marquis of Wu smiled and thanked him, and when he left, he threw one in his mouth and chewed it.

Dengfeng to Luoyang's official road is only more than 200 miles, this way walked four rì, a group of people all the way did not stay in the station, in the village and Yanshi hostel stayed for three nights, now finally arrived at this Luoyang City, after dinner naturally each went back to the room early to rest. However, Du Shiyi had just sat down when she returned to the house when she heard a gentle knock on the door outside.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun."

The voice outside was a little unfamiliar, so Du Shiyi hesitated for a moment, then came to the door and asked, "Who?" ”

"Yes, Cui Bing."

Flipping the latch and opening the door a crack, Du Shiyi saw a Cui servant standing outside. After Cui Bing saluted, he said with an embarrassed face: "Du Langjun, someone from outside sent a post in, and the Tao learned that the famous Songshan hermit Lu Gong arrived in Luoyang with the letter of the Son of Heaven, and he admired such a noble and elegant person as Lu Gong the most, so he sent someone to invite Lu Gong to the banquet. ”

Du Shiyi was surprised when she heard this, frowned and asked, "I just settled down, who is so well-informed!" ”

"It is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng who lives in Quanshanfang, Bi Guogong Dou Xijun. Looking at the situation, it should be that Lu Gong was caught when he entered the persuasion workshop, so he reported to Bi Guogong. ”

As soon as the name Dou Xiqian came into his ears, Du Shiyi only felt that a burly half-hundred-year-old man with a fat waist appeared in front of him for a moment. Knowing that Du Shiyi had been in and out of the Dou family in the past, he had not seen this Bi Guogong a little, he groaned slightly, stretched out his hand to take the gold post sent by the Cui family's servant, unfolded it and took a look, and saw the three words Dou Xiqian with the dragon flying and phoenix dancing written on the letter, so he closed the post, nodded and said: "You go first, I'll go and discuss with the senior brother." ”

In Lu Wangzhi's guest room, Lu Wangzhi took the post and only glanced at it, then casually put it on the side and said with a smile: "Lu Shi has been driving all the way, I'm afraid I can't beat him, so I don't need to alarm him." Little junior brother, let's go and see what the wealthy families in Luoyang City are like! ”

Du Shiyi knows very well that Lu Wangzhi has always been a lazy person, and he is definitely not interested in this kind of occasion. At this moment, seeing that his eyes were flashing with a glint that he couldn't tell whether it was interest or something else, he couldn't help but feel deeply worried, and blurted out for a while: "Senior brother is also tired all the way, why don't you go alone!" ”

"Oh?" Lu Wangzhi looked at Du Shiyi with wide eyes, and suddenly laughed. He strode to Du Shiyi's side, stretched out his hand and pressed the shoulder heavily, and then said meaningfully, "In this case, then I will all ask the junior brother, Ming'er, don't say that I am not righteous enough in front of Shiyi Lang, and let you go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire alone...... Oh, I'm really sleepy! ”

Seeing that Lu Wangzhi yawned, and then stretched his waist greatly, he actually fell back on the edge of the bed, and the whole person just lay down on his back to the sky, Du Shiyi was stunned for a while. It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized that Lu Wangzhi didn't really plan to join in the excitement at all, but just to make him worry, so he could easily push the matter on his head. Facing this senior brother who didn't hum or haw, but was the most calculating, he couldn't help but pat his forehead, secretly saying that he was really confused.

The person who is most afraid of trouble in this world is probably the senior brother, he is still worried that people will take the initiative to cause trouble!