Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 18 Don't Ask!Asking is where people eat!
After waiting for a while in front of Chengtian Gate, someone drove a carriage to the three of them.

After they were all in the carriage, the carriage moved along the road heading east.

Leaving the imperial palace from Yanxi gate, came to the outer city.

Then turn south along the road and go straight to the destination of this trip - Pingkangfang.

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was composed of independent large communities.

A total of [-] large-scale squares like Pingkangfang, plus two markets in the east and west, as well as two royal palaces, Daxing Palace and Xingqing Palace, together form an international metropolis.

Each community is separated by roads and walls.

These roads are wide and short.

Because of the concentration of people in the workshop, the roads between the workshops are very quiet, and there are not many people coming and going.

This also allowed Li Zhi and the others to come to Pingkangfang smoothly all the way.

As soon as I entered the workshop from the east gate of Pingkang Square, I saw a large number of people coming and going on the street.

Hearing the noisy movement outside, the restless Li Youtong opened the curtains of the carriage and looked out curiously.

While observing the external environment, she also chirped with some weird questions.

"Brother Jiu, what are those sisters standing in front of the gatehouse waving their sleeves doing?"

"Why do you say: Guest officer, come in and play?"

"Is there anything interesting in there? Can we go in and have a look?"

"I'm curious."

The simple and lively words fell into Li Zhi's ears, and his face instantly turned black.

"Don't ask! Asking is a place to eat people. Where do you get so much curiosity? Can you be quiet?!"

Pingkangfang is a place where outsiders gather, and the service industry here is very developed.

Commercial establishments such as restaurants and teahouses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street.

At the same time, there is no shortage of brothels, the favorite place for romantic students to patronize.

The brothel at this time is actually more of an arty cultural exchange place, not as bad as imagined.

But a brothel is a brothel after all, and its business scope naturally includes the human flesh business.

Li Zhi brought his two younger sisters here today, so it was naturally impossible to enter such a place.

"Hmph! If you don't go, you won't go. What's so fierce?"

Li Youtong didn't know about this, so he was quite dissatisfied with Li Zhi's fierce tone, and blocked his mouth to let it go.

Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang is obviously also full of curiosity about the sisters on both sides of the street soliciting business.

But she knew more or less what the occasion meant.

Seeing his younger sister Li Youtong lose his temper, he pulled her into his arms and comforted her softly.

"Before I came out, didn't I agree not to cause trouble for Brother Nine? Yuan, you have to be good, otherwise Brother Nine won't take you to play next time, what should you do?"

"OK then……"

Although still a little unhappy, Li Youtong finally chose Congxin.

After all, this is the outside world, the world outside the palace walls!
It was the first time she knew that Chang'an City was so lively, the streets were full of people, if Li Zhi hadn't brought her here, she wouldn't have known how wonderful the world outside the palace walls was.

While speaking, the carriage stopped.

The voice of the guard reporting came from outside.

"Prince Jin, Yuzhuxuan has arrived. I don't know what to do next?"

Li Zhi opened the curtain and walked out, glanced at the teahouse beside him, and said indifferently: "There is no need to make arrangements, you find a place to park the carriage, and I will go in and have a look."

With that said, Li Zhi jumped out of the carriage and brought the two girls to the ground together.

The three of them, one in front and two behind, walked into the teahouse together.

As soon as he entered, a well-dressed waiter ran over to greet him.

Li Zhi made his request clear in a few words, and went to the second floor under the call of the waiter.

When going upstairs, Li Zhi heard someone in the teahouse discussing recent anecdotes.

Hearing someone whispering about the Phoenix Ci written by him, he raised his ears and listened carefully.

"Prince Jin's poem "Phoenix Poetry" is well written. I have long been fed up with the arrogant attitude of those aristocratic families. When this poem comes out, it is like a slap in the face of their pride. The slap is really pleasurable!"

"Isn't it? These high-ranking and powerful families, pointing at the Holy One while shamelessly counting on high-ranking officials and generous salary on the other hand, really don't even want face!"

"Nowadays, new osmanthus replaces old trees. How can good birds shed new branches... Good birds choose trees to roost. Since the Qinghe Cui family doesn't like the big tree of Tang Dynasty, we can only ask them to find another way to make a living!"

"That's a good word, a good word! It's time to understand! This brother is invited."

"Please!"

……

On the side, the waiter who led the way saw the change in Li Zhi's expression.

Seeing that he was very concerned about this matter, he introduced the ins and outs of what he knew to Li Zhi very intimately.

"This phoenix poem is a poem handed down from the palace. It is said that it was written by the King of Jin. The young masters who have been applauded before are all in the yamen of the high officials of the dynasty. They usually look at the faces of the noble families. With such a masterpiece, it is naturally highly appreciated..."

Although the children of aristocrats from the Five Hopes and Seven surnames are not arrogant or wanton on the surface, when they come into contact with others, they cannot conceal their sense of superiority.

They didn't even notice the people in the clan, let alone the children of high-ranking officials.

Li Shimin was not the only one who was ridiculed as a "mud-legged man" by the children of the aristocratic family, and many court ministers were also looked down upon by them.

The wealthy gentry secretly called those ministers "upstarts", a group of barbarians who don't know what etiquette is.

This situation is almost becoming a trend.

It is only natural that these high-ranking officials' children have resentment in their hearts.

Li Zhi understood after listening to the introduction from the shop waiter.

Just as they took their seats under the leadership of the waiter, they heard a sneering voice from the side.

"Hmph! Can such clumsy works be sought after?"

"Why?"

"Just because it was made by the emperor's relatives, can it be called a masterpiece?"

"Where is justice?!"

"A group of villains who are stalking others know how to flatter their horses."

"On the other hand, we and other children from poor families frequently produced excellent works, but they ended up being ignored by no one."

"This world is so unfair!"

……

When Li Zhi took his seat, he glanced at the person who spoke.

It was a young man who looked seventeen or eighteen years old.

Although he was well-dressed, it could be seen from the washed clothes that the man was from a poor family.

The delicate face is full of indignation at the injustice of the world.

That ferocious expression destroyed a face that should have been calm and elegant.

Listening to the blaming words, Li Zhi didn't take it seriously.

The most indispensable thing in this world is the cynical young people who are angry with the world, and this is the same everywhere.

(End of this chapter)