Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 11 Luoyang City

The sun was setting on the western mountain, and Father Sun still had half of his face hanging in the western sky, emitting warm golden light, as if he wanted to dye the whole earth golden yellow.
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At this time, a group of people also ushered in outside the gate of Luoyang City, headed by a young man in white; behind him were two soldiers in armor and a man in red; clothing; a group of more than twenty people.

This group of people was Liu Qi and others who rushed to Luoyang from the vicinity of Songshan Mountain. After a day, they arrived here when there was still half a stick of incense and the city gate was about to be closed.

The existence of Luoyang City as an imperial capital is not comparable to that of some cities in remote areas. Even if there is still half a stick of incense to close the city gate, there are still a lot of people entering and leaving the city gate.

There is also an exclusive channel for the government, where you can see some elders sitting in the sedan chairs, and let people carry the sedan chairs to walk through the official channel, so there is no need to queue up for inspection or anything.

Liu Qi led the crowd to the gate of Luoyang City, then got off his horse, took off the saber from his waist and hung it on the horse's back, and did not go through the official passage.

Firstly, he has no official position, and so are the others; secondly, although he has the status of Liu Biao's eldest son, he came to Luoyang this time in his own name; thirdly, he is not the original Liu Qi, nor He's not some kind of dandy; just these three points, there is no reason to go through the official channel.

Leading the horse, leading the crowd to the back of the people entering the city, they lined up peacefully, waiting to enter the city.

Huang Zhong and the others knew Liu Qi's identity. Although they were a little puzzled why Liu Qi didn't enter the city through the official passage, they didn't ask. The horses lined up behind Liu Qi.

Liu Qi led the war horse, followed the slow pace of the people entering the city, and slowly approached the city gate, while observing Luoyang City.

Luoyang City, the world-famous world-class ancient capital, was the capital of thirteen dynasties including Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Wu Zhou, late Tang, Houliang, Later Tang, and Later Jin.

Luoyang City in the Eastern Han Dynasty is located on the former site of the Eastern Zhou King City, 15 kilometers east of the later Luoyang City, east of the White Horse Temple, with Mang Mountain in the north and Luoshui in the south.The Western Han Dynasty used Luoyang as its accompanying capital, and palaces were built here, and the Eastern Han Dynasty established its capital here after the founding of the state.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang City was nine miles and seventy steps long from north to south, and six miles and ten steps wide from east to west. It was commonly known as "Nine Six City".

The overall layout of the city is on the longitudinal axis, with the north and south palaces operated according to the old palaces of the Western Han Dynasty. The two palaces are one mile apart and connected by three complex roads.Nangong is about 1300 meters long from north to south, and 1000 meters wide from east to west; Beigong is about 1500 meters long from north to south, and 1200 meters wide from east to west.Later, the East and West Palaces were added one after another.The main palace is in Nangong, which is smaller than the palace in Chang'an in the Western Han Dynasty.The main government offices are located near the Nangong Palace, and the Taimiao and other sacrificial buildings are located in the south of the city.There are 24 streets in the whole city, which are roughly in the shape of a square grid, dividing more than 100 Luli.Street trees such as chestnut, catalpa and paulownia are planted on both sides of the street.

Today's Luoyang city wall is flying the banner of the big Han. The soldiers hold spears and stand upright on the city wall, looking at the situation in the distance and observing the situation below the city gate from time to time.

The golden Guan Hui shines on the traces of the city wall, which also shows the hardships that Luoyang City has experienced. It has experienced countless times of wind and rain. When I was in the capital, I would go to repair the city walls of Luoyang City, otherwise, after so many changes, Luoyang City would have disappeared long ago.

However, the next incident really wiped out Luoyang City, and the entire Luoyang City was destroyed and became a ruin.

Later, it was slowly rebuilt by Cao Wei and Western Jin Dynasty. It was not until the Northern Wei Dynasty that Luoyang City was rebuilt, and the glory of the past was restored. A world-renowned world-class ancient capital.

"It's a pity!" Liu Qi shook his head and sighed, not knowing what he was talking about.

Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Dian Wei, and Xiao Wu all looked at Liu Qi in doubt, not knowing why, why is it a pity, what is it a pity?
Liu Qi didn't explain either. After all, these things are not easy to explain at all. If it doesn't take long at this time, this emperor will be burned down by a fire, and he will definitely be considered a fool.

Fortunately, it was the turn of Liu Qi and others to undergo inspection and enter the city.

"This young man!"

A captain of the city guard came up, and his tone was not as aggressive as when he was facing the common people. He had been guarding the city gate for so long, and he still had some insight.

The clothes worn by Liu Qi and his group are not affordable by ordinary people, especially those worn by Liu Qi, which are obviously people with status. Who knows if these people have any relationship with the court, it is not him, a small city gate The captain of the guard can afford to offend.

"I'm Liu Qi, who came from afar and wanted to enter Luoyang City to do something. They are my bodyguards, and they don't have any contraband. You can check it, but that box is the gift money I used to propose marriage!" Liu Qi Said politely.

While talking, he also approached the captain and secretly stuffed something into the guard captain's hand, except for the sharp-eyed Huang Zhongzhi behind him who could see it, it didn't attract other attention.

The captain of the guard weighed the things in his hands, and the smile on his face became even bigger. He had to know how to do it himself, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Liu is here to propose a marriage. If that is the case, there is nothing to check. Yes, but Mr. Liu still needs to restrain your subordinates, after all, this is the imperial capital, although you can bring weapons into the city, but you can't use them casually, otherwise accidents will happen!"

"Thank you for the reminder, sir. You should also know that there are many bandits along the way, and it is normal to bring some guards. I came to Luoyang this time just to run errands, and I will never pick things!" Liu Qi said.

"Okay, let's go in, or the city gate will be closed soon!" The captain of the gatekeeper waved his hand and let Liu Qi and others enter the city.

Liu Qi nodded, then led the horses, led the crowd into the city gate passage, and walked into Luoyang City. After all, in the city, there were no special circumstances that prevented the horse from galloping.

Walking through the city gate passage, everyone also saw the prosperity of the imperial capital. There were crowds of people and shouts everywhere. It was much more prosperous than Jingzhou City.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Of course I'm going to find an inn to stay and get some food. After a day's driving, everyone is already tired!" Liu Qi paused, and continued: "And this time I'm here to propose a marriage, so I still need to be more formal. , write a greeting card, have someone send it over, and then visit the door, and we can't let people think that we have lost our manners!"

"That's what the lord said!"

(End of this chapter)