Cui Erlang was stunned.

Although Cui Erlang has been to Chang'an many times, it was the first time he came to Chang'an to perform his mission on the Spring Festival, and was even arranged to be responsible for the response in Jiuli Village outside the city.

At that time, he felt so depressed.

But today I finally made up for this regret.

"Is it good?" Princess Taiping asked with a smile, "Is it lively? Is it spectacular?"

"Good looking." Cui Erlang nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking, "Live and spectacular!"

Seeing Cui Erlang like this, Princess Taiping smiled, but when her eyes turned to Pei Shaoqing again, the smile on the corner of her mouth immediately frozen.

Because Pei Shaoqing's expression seemed very calm.

Even, there is a sense of pickiness in his expression.

"You seem to be very disdainful of the grand scene of the Shangyuan Festival?" said Princess Taiping.

"No." Pei Shaoqing shook his head, "I just feel a pity. It's a waste that there is no shop on both sides of Zhuque Street, such a lively main street, and there is no shop on both sides!"

"If you open a shop, how much commercial tax will you have to be charged in a year?"

"The commercial tax on this street alone is probably enough to maintain the military soldiers of the guards."

Hundreds of years later, the Song Dynasty relied on commercial taxes to support 800,000 imperial guards.

In the Qingming Festival, the streets of Bianjing are lined up with shops.

But in Zhuque Street, Chang'an, the shops lined up in a row do not exist.

There are only fang walls, fang gates, and wanglou on the side of Zhuque Street.

Talking about this building, it is hollowed out on all sides, and you can see the drums inside.

The Tang Dynasty implemented a strict curfew system. At the fifth hour, the drum sounded three hundred times, the fangmen opened, the drum sounded eight hundred times, and the fangmen closed. If you could not go home before the drum stops, you would be arrested by the patrolman Wuhou who was patrolling the night.

But yesterday was the Lantern Festival, so there will be no curfew tonight.

"Opening shops on the street? What do you need so many shops to do?" Princess Taiping couldn't understand the logic and said sneeredly, "Is it not enough to have East City and West City?"

Pei Shaoqing shook his head and said nothing.

He had a little understanding of the tax system of the Tang Dynasty and knew that the Tang Dynasty was a system of renting and renting: renting was a land rent, and paid rime according to the area and grade of the land; mediocre means labor and labor; mediocre means paying local specialties according to local areas, such as silk, silk, linen, and kudzu. In short, the people all paid tribute to the food, clothing, and use of the imperial court.

The salaries of officials and nobles are also for food and clothing, such as corn and silk cloth.

That is to say, from the emperor's house to officials and nobles, there is no need to buy daily necessities on the street. When encountering major festive occasions, the royal family will reward luxury goods such as gold, silver, jewelry and other goods.

Under this situation, the scale of the commodity economy is limited.

Therefore, the east city and the west city are enough to undertake commercial activities.

But the reason was that she couldn't tell Princess Taiping, and she couldn't understand it even after she said it.

Pei Shaoqing nudged Cui Erlang from behind and said, "Let's go."

Cui Erlang said oh and squeezed into the crowd sideways.

Pei Shaoqing also quickly protected Princess Taiping and followed.

When passing Anrenfang, Princess Taiping suddenly snorted.

Last night, she sneaked out of the palace to visit Jianfu Temple in Anrenfang to enjoy the lanterns, but was kidnapped by the guard.

This memory is hard to say, so Princess Taiping turned around and looked at Pei Shaoqing fiercely, whispering: "If I shouted now that I am Princess Taiping, what would you say?"

Pei Shaoqing said: "People will say that this poor child is sick."

Princess Taiping said to herself: "Wuhou will surround you and arrest you two, and then they will send me back to the palace. I will not be in danger anymore, but you two and those accomplices in Cuiwei Palace are dead."

Hearing this, Cui Erlang immediately became nervous and touched the horizontal knife on his waist with his right hand again.

Cui Erlang also locked Princess Taiping from the corner of his eyes. As long as Princess Taiping really dared to open her mouth, he would slash her throat before she could speak.

Pei Shaoqing saw Cui Erlang's abnormal expression.

Hurry up and shook his head slightly at Cui Erlang through Princess Taiping.

Cui Erlang then exhaled a breath of turbid air and let go of the surgery handle.

Princess Taiping was completely unaware of this and said with a smile: "Do you think I want to shout?"

Pei Shaoqing sneered and said, "If you want to shout, then just shout."

Princess Taiping's pretty face collapsed and she didn't dare to shout.

Because she wasn't sure if there were ambush killers nearby.

If she just reveals her identity, an assassin will appear next to her and then give her a knife...

"Why, don't you dare to shout?" Pei Shaoqing said, "Or I'll help you?"

Speaking of this, Pei Shaoqing turned his feet and strode towards the gate of Anrenfang.

"Hey, I just said it casually, why are you still excited?"

Princess Taiping also said that Pei Shaoqing was going to find Wuhou, so she was anxious.

Because there are a large group of Wuhou guarding the gate of Anrenfang.

In desperation, Princess Taiping grabbed Pei Shaoqing's right arm.

Pei Shaoqing frowned and said, "Save it, I'm going to find Di Renjie!"

"Why are you going to Anrenfang when you find Di Renjie?" Princess Taiping whispered, "He is the Minister of Dali Temple, not Anrenfang."

Pei Shaoqing said: "I know Di Renjie is the Minister of Dali Temple, but didn't you kidnapped in Anrenfang last night? As the Minister of Dali Temple, he must have to personally try the case for such a major imperial case."

"So he probably inspected the scene in Anrenfang at this time."

Princess Taiping looked surprised: "What scene is Dali Temple Chief inspecting?"

"Isn't it right?" Pei Shaoqing's turn was stunned. "Does the Dali Temple Chief need to investigate the scene?"

"Of course not needed." Princess Taiping said, "The Dali Temple official is the official in the case of trial, and the investigation of the site is the responsibility of the bad person. The Dali Temple Chief only needs to be responsible for the review."

Pei Shaoqing said in surprise: "Why did I hear that Di Renjie has tried many suspected cases?"

"Die Renjie has tried many suspected cases?" Princess Taiping said, "Why haven't I heard of it?"

Pei Shaoqing was even more confused. Is there any misunderstanding between this? Or is it that he knew a fake Di Renjie?

"Let's hurry up." Princess Taiping gave Pei Shaoqing a blank look and said unhappy. "The various departments and courtyards in the imperial city are about to go straight. If you go late, you can't find anyone."

Pei Shaoqing didn't say much now.

Fortunately, Anrenfang is not far from the imperial city.

About a quarter of an hour later, the three of them squeezed to the intersection of Zhuque Street and Zhuquemen Crossing Street.

Pei Shaoqing found a cake stall on the street and asked Cui Erlang to watch Princess Taiping eating there. He hurriedly rushed to Shunyi Gate alone.

Princess Taiping told him just now,

The first room on the left of Shunyi Gate is Dali Temple.

During the three days of the Lantern Festival, the entire Chang'an City was not open to the people except the Tai Chi Palace and the Daming Palace. The imperial city and the Tianjie were free to enter and exit.

Therefore, Pei Shaoqing easily entered the imperial city from Shunyi Gate.
Chapter completed!