Chapter 170 Entering Chang'an
Huayin County is not far from Chang'an, but because of the wooden cage van, I can't walk fast, but no matter how slow I walk, I will finally arrive one day. On that morning, the convoy entering Beijing had already arrived outside Chang'an City. aiyoushen
Chang'an is the dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. It is the largest city in the world today. There are not only the people of the Tang Dynasty, but also the caravans from foreign countries. They really come from all directions. Since there are too many people entering and leaving the city, there is still a mile away from the city gate. The convoy cannot move quickly, so they can only queue up and slowly move forward little by little.
Fu Guibao stood up from his horse, put on a shed in his hand, looked at the city gate, and exclaimed: "Why is this team so long? There must be tens of thousands of people going to enter the city. This team is one mile long and one mile long!"
Not only was he surprised, but Li Rizhi and Cheng Zizai and Chen Yingying were all surprised. They came from Xingyang and saw many big cities along the way. They had increased a lot of knowledge, but their knowledge increased to Chang'an. Before they entered the city, their knowledge was refreshed!
Fu Guibao did not exaggerately shouting. There were indeed more than 10,000 people waiting in front to enter the city. There were people from the Tang Dynasty and foreign merchants, which looked dense. If there were ten thousand people in Xingyang, they would be surrounded by a small city, but in Chang'an, they were just people waiting in line at the city gate to enter the city!
The scholars from Zhengzhou also stood on tiptoe and were all surprised. Around them, many people who came to Chang'an for the first time were also like this. They were amazed at the vastness of Chang'an. Before they entered the city, they felt that this was the capital of the Celestial Kingdom, and it was indeed a paradise of heaven.
But there are also many people who have been to Chang'an around who are used to the queuing scene. But when Fu Guibao and the others are fussing, these people can't help but laugh. They are really local buns from the countryside. They scream so loudly, are they afraid that others don't know that they are very rustic?
Chu Qiangzhi smiled and said, "The time is just right. We will queue up this time, so we can go to the city to do business in the afternoon. After the matter is done, it will be dark to find a shop to rest. I have my own place in the city. Mr. Li, you have to find it yourself. However, I still advise you to stay in the city for two days and have a fresh look, but you have to stay until the exam begins. Of course, you are not afraid, but your companions will inevitably be under too much pressure!"
Li Rizhi smiled and said, "Students think so too. After two days of traveling in the city, they have to rent a house outside the city. They still have to study quietly, otherwise the exam will be a joke."
Chu Qiangzhi took out a letter from his arms and said, "This is what I wrote to my friend. His current name is Tong Guinu. I don't need to tell you the previous name. In short, you are guarding outside the palace gate. If you see someone like a little eunuch come out, you will tell him the name of Tong Guinu. No one in the palace doesn't recognize him, and they will definitely send you a message, so that you can meet Tong Guinu. After meeting, just hand over the letter to him, and he will naturally take care of you."
After handing the letter to Li Rizhi, Chu Qiangzhi sighed and said, "I am here to apologize this time, so I can't accompany you to see him. But when you come to the capital, everything needs to be experienced, so whether you can meet Tong Guinu is a kind of experience!"
Li Rizhi received the letter and thanked Chu Qiangzhi. He knew in his heart that he had no friendship with Chu Qiangzhi, but Chu Qiangzhi thought he could solve the case, so he recommended him to Tong Guinu. If he couldn't even find a way to see a eunu, then his ability would be too poor and would not be worthy of help. This could be considered a test for himself!
In fact, Chu Qiangzhi is quite good. Although the person he introduced was a great eunuch. For literati, scholars may not like to interact with people like eunuchs, but in fact, if you want to reach the heavenly listening, then making friends with eunuchs is the most direct and effective way.
People in the officialdom will not regard making friends with eunuchs as something embarrassing. On the contrary, being able to make friends with eunuchs is a skill, and it depends on means. However, for a freshman scholar, it may be that he can't stand it, so Chu Qiangzhi did not let Li Rizhi go to find Tong Guinu. Anyway, Li Rizhi would go if he was willing, and if he didn't go, he would fall down.
After explaining the letter, Chu Qiangzhi said again: "The bounty must be handed over to the Ministry of Justice, and it can only be distributed after it is confirmed. The procedures may be more cumbersome, but it doesn't matter. This money can be paid first by my Huayin County..."
Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "No, no, this is not urgent, just go through the normal procedures, but there is no need for the guarantee of the magistrate of Chu. Anyway, the students still have to stay in the capital for a long time, so there is no hurry to get the bounty."
Chu Qiangzhi nodded and said, "Then after entering the city, you can go with me to the Ministry of Justice to complete the procedures!"
As Chu Qiangzhi expected, although there were many people queuing up to enter the city, the speed of entering the city gate was not slow. At noon, he entered Chang'an City. The prosperity of the capital of the Celestial Kingdom dazzled Li Rizhi and others. Everyone said that only such a city can be worthy of the title of the capital of the Celestial Kingdom.
Chu Qiangzhi did not dare to stay on the street, so he took the convoy directly to the Ministry of Justice and went in to hand over the prisoners. The officials of the Ministry of Justice were surprised when they heard that they had caught the cannibal crocodile Deng Yu. Many officials went to watch Deng Yu and talked a lot. They compared the portraits. Deng Yu's appearance was obvious and he was captured with a villain like Liu Li, so that would definitely not be wrong.
A large row of wooden cage vans were parked in the yard of the Ministry of Justice. As the meritorious people who captured Deng Ou, Fu Guibao and others were of course standing next to the wooden cage van. Whenever officials came to ask, they would explain carefully how they captured Deng Ou.
Cheng Zizai has always talked less, but Chen Yingying was very excited. She was wearing men's clothes and deliberately dressed herself up like a warrior. However, she also put on makeup, making people recognize her as a young girl dressed in a man at a glance.
So, everyone onlookers like to ask Chen Yingying. Although Chen Yingying is not as good as Fu Guibao, the big stone that knocked Deng Ou was indeed thrown away by her. So no matter how exaggerated it, the first thing she did to capture Deng Ou was hers. Of course, this is what she thought. In fact, if Cheng Zizai, who always served as a background, wouldn't be able to catch Deng Ou alone with her!
Li Rizhi followed Chu Qiangzhi to go through the procedures. Just when Chen Yingying and Fu Guibao and others were talking outside, the procedures were completed smoothly. The person who completed the procedures was a member of the Ministry of Justice. The member of the Ministry of Justice completed the procedures quickly. After that, he looked at Li Rizhi.
Yuanwailang knew to Li Ri: "Young Master Li, it's amazing. The man-eating crocodile outside is a murderer who is angry with both humans and gods. You can take the lead in capturing him. Although it is too much to use the benefit of the people to make the family use, it is absolutely impossible to describe it as good people and good things. You are a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. This title has suddenly started. And according to my official's opinion, if you can pass the exam, my Shangshu will definitely bring you here. Maybe we will be colleagues in the future!"
People with abilities will be respected wherever they go. This official is not so much. He always has a cold face and a cold word when doing things. But today when I met Li Rizhi and knew his ability to solve cases, of course I would like to praise him.
Of course, Li Rizhi had to be humble. He thought to himself that he had solved many cases, including those reported by his uncle and those reported by the governor Cui. Now there is a case in Huayin County. People from the Ministry of Justice should have heard of my name? Well, even if they have heard of it, they should have heard of the case. Ordinary officials should not see the file, so they don’t know.
Yuanwailang took out a booklet, turned to the blank page, wrote down the incident of Li Rizhi arresting Deng Ou, and then looked up and said, "Mr. Li, the bounty is 200 guan. This is the amount of reward from our government, but the total amount should be 8,000 guan. The remaining 7,800 guan will be paid by the nobleman who offered the reward. The money has not been distributed to the yamen yet, so it cannot be given to you. You have to wait for a few days."
Li Rizhi smiled and said, "There is no hurry. I have to stay in Chang'an for a while. When will I get it done, I will come and pick it up!"
Yuanwailang handed over the booklet and asked Li Rizhi to sign his name on it. He said, "The person who paid the money was named Zheng, and his name was Zheng Changshe. He was the grandson of Zheng Fashi, a doctor in the previous dynasty. He had a wealth of money, but his family was unfortunate. His youngest son was harmed by Deng Wei, so he paid a reward. If he knew that Deng Wei was caught, he would be happy. In terms of the bounty, Mr. Li didn't need to worry."
Li Rizhi wrote his name and returned the booklet to Yuanwailang. Yuanwailang asked, "Where is Mr. Li staying? If there is news, where will we inform you?"
Li Ri knew: "I just entered the city today and haven't found a good place yet, so I can't tell you. Why don't you wait to find a good inn? Then come and talk to Langjun again?"
Yuanwailang nodded and said, "Okay, you can come anytime." He put away the booklet and took Chu Qiangzhi to complete other procedures.
After completing all the procedures, it was getting late when it came out again. It was probably dark in another hour.
Chu Qiangzhi said: "I have to go to the Ministry of Personnel and can't accompany Mr. Li anymore. We have a long time to come and we will get together again in the future!"
The two bowed and said goodbye, and Fu Guibao and the others also said goodbye to Chu Qiangzhi. Quan Shufang and a group of scholars also came over to thank Chu Qiangzhi for their care along the way.
After the matter was done, it was time to find a place to settle down, and it was time to have dinner. Everyone was hungry. Fu Guibao said: "Everyone, we have so many people, and I guess we can't stay in a hotel, so it's better to stay separately. But tonight, I will be the one who will be the meal. I'll invite you guys to have a good meal. You said we'll go wherever we go, so we don't have to think about saving me money!"
Chen Yingying didn't say anything. Her family had an industry in Chang'an, but she had never been to Chang'an. She didn't know what the Chen family's industry was like, so she didn't say hello to the scholars. Moreover, she was a little annoyed that all the house was, and no longer wanted to live closer to him.
When the scholars heard that someone was treating him, they still ate casually. Of course, this was great. Today, it seemed that they could not go out of the city to find a shop, and they didn't want to leave the city. Although everyone was not very well-off, they finally came to Chang'an but had never lived in the city. I felt embarrassed to say it out later, so they had to stay for one night.
Someone shouted, "How about going to a restaurant run by the Hu people? I heard that there are many Hu people in Chang'an City, and dancers are very beautiful, and they wear clothes that reveal their navels. They are twisted and twisted. How about we go and see them?"
The other scholars had shiny eyes. They had also heard of the Hu people, but they had never seen them when they were in Zhengzhou. Now they finally came to Chang'an, so they could not see it. Look at the Hu people dancers twisting, it would be a waste of their visit to Chang'an!
Fu Guibao laughed and said, "Okay, then let's go to find the largest restaurant run by Hu, and you need the kind of dancer twisting!"
I asked someone to find out how many restaurants opened by Hu people are in the East City, all of which are dancers and also very strong wine, but the price is extremely expensive.
But the problem is that Fu Guibao doesn't care about money. He waved his hand and led the scholars to the east city in a mighty way. This chapter was first released.
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