Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 62

Dawn in the East, Chang'an City.

The majestic city wall stands on the horizon, and even after several dynasties of war, it still stands tall.

Today, under the continuous expansion of various dynasties, Chang'an has become the most magnificent capital in the world at that time during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty.

The four city walls are all made of bluestone, several feet high and stretching for dozens of miles.There are three gates under the city wall, the south ones are: Anhua Gate, Mingde Gate and Qixia Gate.

The city gate adopts a double-layer design with heavy doors, and the door opening is wide enough for several horse-drawn carriages to pass in parallel.There are red lanterns hanging above the city gate.

There is also a huge plaque on it, with five big characters "No. [-] city in the world" written in dragons and phoenixes.It is rumored that it was written by Zhang Xu, the sage of grass.

Each city gate is connected to a wide stone avenue, leading straight to the center of Chang'an City.Looking in along the city gate, both sides of the road are full of houses, shops, temples and so on.

Under the city gate, dozens of city guards held halberds and wore light armor, standing upright on duty.Although it was approaching the time of handover, there was no sign of fatigue on the faces of the guards.

There is an endless flow of people who get up early to go to the market, some are driving cars with burdens, and some are carrying bags and baskets.

There was a trace of eagerness on everyone's face, they all wanted to go to the market quickly so as to occupy a conspicuous booth.

The poet Youyouzi once wrote a poem: "Chang'an Avenue is connected with narrow evil, with green cattle, white horses and seven fragrant chariots."

A carriage was slowly driving towards the city gate, and Ling Changfeng, Xiaolan, and a white jade kitten were sitting in it.

Stretching for a long time, Xiao Lan rubbed her sleepy eyes, opened the curtain and looked out, with a happy expression on her face: "Master, wake up, Chang'an is here."

After several days of exhaustion, the carriage from Luoyang finally arrived

Ling Changfeng was woken up by Xiaolan's soft call, rubbed his stiff and sore arms, then looked at the puddle of water stains on the plain robe, and suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Xiaolan, you are sleeping and bleeding It’s drooling! It’s still pillowing on my arm, no wonder I dreamed that my body was pressed by something and I couldn’t move, it turned out to be a good thing you did.”

The flushed Xiaolan gave a mocking smile, scratched her head, and purposely changed the subject: "Master, hurry up to the Ling Mansion. The master is still waiting at home." She reached out and took out a handkerchief, and wiped the water stains on the sleeve of the young master. .

Presumably, in the carriage earlier, when the two leaned back and forth to rest, Xiaolan used Ling Changfeng's arm as a pillow.

Ling Changfeng moved his numb arms from side to side, nodded, and looked out the window: "I won't go back to Ling's mansion yet. Now that we have returned to Chang'an, our itinerary has probably been reported to the emperor by the station along the way. Let's go to Yongchong first. Find an old friend."

Looking down for a moment, Xiao Lan whispered: "Master, you want to find her?! If it spreads out, it may cause trouble."

"It doesn't matter. Although this person has become a monk, he can enter and leave the palace at will, and he knows a lot about the affairs in the palace. If we want to enter Xuanfu Palace now, it must be this person."

Xiaolan nodded slightly, feeling warm in her heart.Although my young master didn't mention to himself how to obtain the snow lotus from Tiantian Mountain, but listening to his words, it is obvious that he already has a countermeasure.

Lifting the front curtain, Ling Changfeng said in a deep voice, "Go to Yongchongfang! Show this to the city gate guard later, and we can enter the city."

The coachman nodded yes, and reached out to take a wooden token handed over by Ling Changfeng, with the word "special envoy" written on it.

This thing is exactly the token specially bestowed by the emperor of the Sitianjian case, and now it can be considered to have exerted its last bit of heat.

"Who is coming? I don't know if I entered Chang'an, do I have to stop and dismount to be inspected?" The guard with a long halberd stopped the driver.

The coachman is also a person who has seen the world, without changing his face, he threw the "special envoy" token over: "Brother Guard, please take a look at this thing. This is a special gift from the emperor. I am afraid that the characters on the car are beyond your ability." It's checked."

The guard was arrogant, and was about to speak a few words.After he took the token and saw the two lines on the back, he instantly felt that the object was extremely heavy, so he hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and handed the token back with both hands.

"Those who hold this order will be as close as I am!"
Turning around, he signaled to the guards beside him: "Get out of the way, this is the carriage of the Special Envoy."

The coachman smiled and nodded, and drove the carriage slowly from Qixia Gate into Chang'an City.

"Boss, who was that person just now? Why didn't you let him get out of the car for interrogation?" asked the young guard beside him.

The leading guard glanced at him angrily, and snorted: "It seems easy for us to be the guards, but there are many ways in it! Although we want to strictly investigate people who enter the city, but if we really want to do this, we will His head has already moved."

"Boss, what do you say?" The young guard was still confused.

"Hmph, that man's coachman has an extraordinary bearing. He is a high-ranking official at first glance, and he is holding a token from the emperor. If we check, if we offend this man, we will suffer. You know, the above People in this class can be moody."

"Here, aren't you afraid it's a fake?"

"If it's fake, it's also his crime of fraud. Our little guards, how can we tell the difference? Learn more! Okay, go back and stand up! When the shift is over, remember to pay me the tea money .”

The young guard hurriedly ran back to the original standing position, slowly digesting the experience of the leader in his heart.When I turned my head to look at the carriage again, it was nowhere to be seen.

Shaking his head, he murmured: The boss is right, but his life is the most important thing, don't care if he is true or not, let the emperor worry about it!

After burning an incense stick, the coachman stopped in front of a Taoist temple in Yongchongfang with his carriage.

A fresh and elegant Taoist Temple Jingjing stands in the square city of Chang'an. It was originally the residence of the princess in Xuanzong's time, but it was taken back. The current emperor gave it to his daughter, Princess Huayang.

Of course, at this time Princess Huayang has already become a monk, her Taoist name: Daoist Qionghua.

In order to be able to see father and daughter often, the current emperor specially arranged a group of skilled craftsmen to transform his mansion into a Taoist temple here.

Ling Changfeng and Xiaolan got out of the carriage one after the other. Ling Changfeng handed over some broken silver and waved to the coachman: "Go back to Ling's mansion for now, I still have some money here. Things to do."

After finishing speaking, he led Xiaolan to the Taoist temple, kept walking, and shouted: "Sister Huayang, Changfeng came to see you."

The originally peaceful Taoist temple was also broken by his voice.

"I'm still wondering who it is! I haven't seen you for half a year, why do you still have such a short memory!" A crisp voice sounded from the Taoist temple.

(End of this chapter)