Outside Chang'an City.
After several days of running around, the group finally arrived at their destination. Outside the city, Ye Changshan looked at the high city wall and sighed in his heart——
Chang'an deserves to be the capital of the Tang Dynasty and one of the largest cities in the Central Plains. The majestic and towering city walls are like giants, majestic and oppressive.
Before entering the city, Mr. Tsing Yi said goodbye to the group of people and then disappeared without a trace, not knowing where he went. Afterwards, Yi Hongyan took the three juniors into Chang'an.
After entering the ancient city of Chang'an, Yi Hongyan kept looking for a suitable restaurant, while Yingping and the other three kept looking around, feeling the prosperity of the capital.
Just as the four of them were walking slowly on the road, suddenly there was the sound of rapid horse hooves in the distance. The sound of horse hooves seemed incompatible with the lively and crowded roads. Following the sound, I saw a woman driving a good horse running wantonly on the streets of Chang'an.
Is this city of Chang'an so unrestrained? Can you all gallop around the imperial capital?
Everyone was greatly puzzled. They saw that the place where one man and one horse passed was a mess, and passers-by screamed and hurriedly ran away. But what's even more strange is that in the face of such nonsense, the passers-by didn't complain at all. They just silently packed up the stalls and things that had been knocked down on the ground. Finally, they shook their heads and sighed, swallowing the anger.
Could this person be a young lady from the Jiang family? Or... is it from the Wang family?
Just when Yi Hongyan frowned and was confused, Yiyi beside him suddenly said -
"Dad! This sister seems to be riding towards us."
Yi Hongyan immediately came to his senses. He looked up suddenly and saw that the woman was galloping towards them on horseback!
not good! Yi Hongyan secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, because the horse was coming so fiercely that he had no time to pull Yingping and the others away!
Seeing that the tall horse was about to knock the four people away, Yi Hongyan quickly stood up to protect Yingping! At this moment, Yingping and Ye Changshan were still looking around in the middle of the road. They were startled by the sudden fierce horse and almost fell to the ground.
'Alas--'
At this critical moment, the fierce horse suddenly stopped its advancing hooves and made a long neighing sound. Feeling the strength of its master's rein, the horse raised its front hooves high in the air and kicked off the horse, thus averting a "horse accident" in time.
What a bloody horse! What a skillful way to control a horse!
After experiencing all this at close range, the first reaction of Yi Hongyan, a foreigner, was to glance at this good horse out of the corner of his eye, and then instinctively made such a comment.
Seeing that the danger had disappeared, Yi Hongyan looked at the woman on the horse displeased. But before she could speak in the future, Yi Hongyan was slightly startled again——
This woman's eyes are full of eyes, her eyebrows are like green mountains, her lips are red and her teeth are white, and her skin is as white as snow. She is as enchanting as the other side, with thousands of charms overwhelming the peonies. She is truly beautiful beyond measure. Look at this girl holding the reins in her hands, carrying a frost knife on her waist, wearing animal skin boots, and dark clothes. She was originally a charming beauty, but at this moment she has an indescribable heroic spirit.
"Hmph! Get out of the way-"
The woman was sitting condescendingly on the horse, her eyes full of arrogance and arrogance. It seemed that she had no apology for her behavior at all, but was very dissatisfied with the behavior of Yi Hongyan and others for 'blocking the road'.
How could there be such unreasonable people in the world? Even though Yi Hongyan had a good temper, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at this moment.
Yi Hongyan wanted to step forward to ask her for an explanation, but before he could speak, the woman dropped a piece of silver. Then the woman whipped her horse again and rushed forward without any scruples, causing dust to rise again on the street.
Ying Ping was naturally furious with his temper. He picked up pieces of silver from the ground and threw them in the direction where the woman left. When he was done, he let out a loud 'poof'.
Seeing the woman walking away, Yi Hongyan shook his head helplessly. Since no one was injured around him, he had no choice but to pat Ying Ping's body to dust, and finally signaled him not to pursue further.
Everyone was gone, so Yingping naturally had no choice but to give up with a few harsh words.
After some twists and turns, the four of them continued looking for the restaurant. After a while, the four of them came to a tall and gorgeous restaurant. On the door plaque of the restaurant were three big characters - "Zui Xianju".
"Zui Xian Ju" is the largest restaurant in Chang'an City. At this time, the restaurant was already crowded with guests. People from various countries who came to take the exam gathered in Chang'an, including many practitioners and literati wearing clothes from other countries. Some of these people sit together in twos and threes, talking about how lively it is; some people raise their glasses and drink alone, as if the lively environment around them has nothing to do with them; what's even more exaggerated is that there are still some people sitting in the crowd, holding a cup in one hand. Holding the sage's book and holding a chopstick in one hand, he stared at the book intently while holding the side dishes on the plate with the chopsticks, and kept putting them into his mouth, not caring how much he held, let alone the food in the chopsticks falling on him. , always immersed in the world of sages' books.
Thousands of like-minded people converge in Chang'an, coming for the same thing and heading towards a common goal. How can one not be excited by this feeling? Seeing this scene, Ye Changshan and Yingping could not help but feel a little excited as they saw the charm of a humble family.
Yi Hongyan called the waiter over, and he took out a small piece of silver from his pocket. The waiter understood this and took the four of them to a relatively secluded table in the private room on the second floor to sit down. After greeting the four distinguished guests to sit down, the waiter hurriedly went down.
There were far fewer guests on the second floor of Zuixianju, but it was still overcrowded. However, it is not difficult to see from the attire of the diners on this floor that the status and family conditions of the guests on this floor are better than those on the first floor.
Yingping was very satisfied with this seat and nodded with his lips raised. Then, he looked down at the Han disciples from all walks of life who had come to take the exam, and he said proudly: "This Han sect is indeed the number one sect in the Central Plains, so many people come to take the exam."
Yi Hongyan seemed to have forgotten his unhappiness just now, and took over the conversation with a smile, saying: "That's not true. Opening a poor family to accept disciples is a major event in the Central Plains. I noticed along the way that everyone from the elderly in sixties to the children with tied hair gathered here. This place can truly be described as flowing water toward the ancestral family and hundreds of rivers toward the sea.”
"Knowing that this cold test is only one in a million, these people still rush to come. The charm of a humble family is really indescribable!"
"What's more, this cold examination is the last time the Han family opens its doors to accept disciples. This last opportunity has attracted people from all over the Central Plains to come."
"The Hanmen is opening its doors for the last time... Then, wouldn't I become the master's closed disciple?" Yingping said proudly.
"Silence! Sir, there are other reasons why he likes you. Don't be arrogant. If the tens of thousands of disciples taking the exam know about it, you will cause trouble to sir!"
"Oh...then I won't say anything, hehe..."
Although Yingping accepted the admonishment, his expression was still complacent. How could he have any hint of humility?
Yi Hongyan shook his head helplessly. He never had much to do with this obscure adopted son.
Sitting not far from Yi Hongyan's table was a young man, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. This man's appearance is ordinary, but the purple silk half-arm top he wears is extremely fashionable and eye-catching. The young man in purple sat alone by the window, watching the people on the street carrying pots and drinking alone, feeling quite like seeing through the world of mortals and reading all the vicissitudes of life. Originally, this young man didn't care about the people around him, but when he heard Yingping say the word "humble family", he turned his head unconsciously. The young man in purple looked at the four of them and found that Yi Hongyan was dressed in the most ordinary Tang Dynasty, and Yingping and Ye Changshan were nothing special. However, Yiyi looked really cute with her pink and tender eyes and dark and beautiful eyes.
After observing for a while, the young man in purple seemed to think that the four people were just ordinary people taking the test, and suddenly felt that it was boring. Then he turned back to look at the scenery outside the window. At the same time, he slowly brought the wine glass in his hand to his mouth, raised his head and drank, feeling so lonely.
The young man in purple just drank the wine from the pot alone, but suddenly, when he vaguely heard Yingping saying words such as 'closed disciple', 'don't make any noise', 'don't cause trouble to sir', his head started to twitch. He couldn't help but turn around, stretched his neck unconsciously, and squinted his eyes to look at these four people carefully.
The reason why the young man in purple had such a big reaction was because he did know some things about the humble family. He was born and raised in Chang'an, and he is well aware of the Han Examination. Naturally, he knows that Han Clan has a precedent of refusing to accept disciples - this was the case for the Seventh Senior Brother of Han Clan back then. It is said that by some unknown chance, these seven senior brothers were able to become their teacher's pupil when they were young. For so many years, he helped his husband clean the shabby room and organize books every day, until one day, news suddenly came out from a poor family that this son had entered a poor family and was accepted by his husband as his direct disciple. The whole world was in an uproar for a while. From then on, there were often people sweeping brooms at the foot of Qianniu Mountain, hoping that one day they would be chosen by their husband and become one of those "people who never try".
With such a precedent, it's no wonder that the purple-clothed master would take a second look at Yingping and others.
When the young man in purple looks at these four people now, his senses are very different! Let's talk about this young man who claims to be a "closed disciple". He has a nose like a hanging gallbladder and a towering head and horns. Although he is young, there seems to be an indescribable heroic spirit between his eyebrows! Besides, this middle-aged man, with his thick eyes and black beard, broad shoulders and broad back, and extraordinary appearance, must be the elder or guardian of this young man... And that lovely little girl, judging from her makeup, clothing, and appearance, well... .....She must be the boy's sister! As for the other young man, he was dressed plainly and looked around after entering the store. He was probably the servitor or follower of the young man who called himself the "closed disciple". He had never seen the prosperity of Chang'an City and had such an expression...
Thinking of this, the purple-clothed young man's eyes flickered in his small eye frames. Then he put down the wine bottle in his hand, and after sorting it out for a while, he stood up and walked straight to the table where Yingping and his four people were sitting.
