Zhuang Yan, who went out to look for Xiangzi, didn't know what the noodle shop owner said about him, he kept searching in the crowd, trying to find Xiangzi's whereabouts, but he didn't find Xiangzi after looking for a long time.

There is still a big difference between the topography of Lao Beiping and Yanjing, walking on the street, Zhuang Yan is a little lost, there are no signs on this road, he doesn't know where he has been.

It seems that the place where he is should be a prosperous area, with pedestrians, many shops next to him, and the shouting is endless. Unlike the prosperity of modern cities, there are no cars on the road, and in this era, of course, there are cars, but if such a car appears on the street, it will cause a sensation on the street.

There are more rickshaws pulled by people, and there are no traffic rules, rickshaws are small and smart, if you are in a hurry, you will pass through the cracks of people. However, most rickshaws are well-behaved, and try to slow down in the crowd so that the guests on the bus do not feel the bumps.

None of these rickshaws were pulled by Xiangzi.

It is not easy to find someone in the vast sea of people.

If he can't find it, he wants to find someone to ask, and the best thing is to find the same rickshaw driver, since they are peers, it is very likely that he knows Xiangzi.

But Zhuang Yan was disappointed, stopped several rickshaws, and didn't ask Xiangzi. And when he heard that Zhuang Yan was going to ask people, not to take a car, the rickshaw driver who was originally smiling suddenly lost his enthusiasm, and two of them may not have heard what Zhuang Yan said clearly, so they turned around and left with a perfunctory word.

Zhuang Yan touched his whole body, but he didn't find a dime, and his plan to use money to lead the way was in vain.

After looking for a long time, he didn't find Xiangzi, and Zhuang Yan temporarily gave up the idea of looking for him, but slowed down and walked around in this old Beiping.

Anyway, I can't go out now, so it's better to take a stroll around Beiping City and feel the style of old Beiping.

Looking at the lively scene along the street, Zhuang Yan smiled, if you want to talk about the benefits of dreaming, this is one of them, except for him, who else in this world can really feel this scene that has long been annihilated in the long river of history?

In fact, the timeline of "Camel Xiangzi" should be similar to the world where Zhuang Yan is now, but the two worlds are completely different. The current Yanjing has long been lined with high-rise buildings. Although it is the same lively, but the way of lively is completely different, there are no more small traders and hawkers shouting along the streets, and some old craft shops no longer exist.

Walking and walking to the front door, there is a train station, crowded and very lively. As soon as you come out of the station, the first thing you see is Zhengyangmen.

This Zhengyang Gate was originally burned by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and later seems to have been restored by a German architect. However, the restored Zhengyang Gate is certainly not the same thing as the Zhengyang Gate before it burned out, and the very eye-catching Western-style white arch decoration on the windows of the arrow tower is particularly discordant with the main body of Zhengyang Gate, but these disharmony is a testimony of everything Zhengyang has experienced over the years.

Although the ancient capital city inherited by the newly established Mín Guózhèng Fǔ is dilapidated, Mín Guózhèng Fǔ's principle of unifying the inner layout of the city in urban planning connects it with the outside world, so it still maintains its spatial consistency.

The traffic in Beiping is good, there is a railway around Beiping, connecting Xizhimen, Deshengmen, Andingmen, Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen and Zhengyangmen. However, because of this railway, the urn city of the gates was either pushed to the ground or chiseled open.

Zhuang Yan stood at the door of the Qianmen Railway Station, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, almost everyone, three religions and nine streams, dressed in different ways, robes, suits, all kinds of things.

Different from the ancient city seen in the black-and-white photos, the old Beiping in front of Zhuang Yan looks more vibrant, whether it is the buildings or the pedestrians, the colors are more distinct, which is completely different from the monotony of the black-and-white photos.

However, the road conditions and hygiene are very average, and most of the people are dressed in shabby clothes and covered with dust.

Zhuang Yan turned around for a while, with a mentality similar to that of a tourist, looking at the people of Lao Beiping like a bystander. Thinking about it in his heart, he has now forgotten the book "Camel Xiangzi", and all his energy is on this Beiping city.

He thought again, according to the timeline, it was around the twenties, maybe he could still see Duan Qirui, not Duan Qirui in that world, but Duan Qirui in this world.

In addition to Duan Qirui, like others, maybe you can also see it, such as Gu Hongming, such as Kang Youwei.

However, he still doesn't know much about this world, and he doesn't know if people other than the main story will also appear.

He sometimes wonders what kind of existence the world in the dream is, and if his dream is finished, then this world still exists, like a parallel space. If this is the case, can he change the history of this world, so that China can also have a great reversal in a certain time and space?

However, it was not Zhuang Yan's turn to think too much, and the Zhengyang Gate disappeared in front of his eyes, and in its place was the lamp on the ceiling of the hotel room.

Woke up.

Zhuang Yan rubbed his head, it seemed that the idea of changing history was impossible to realize, and the dream world was more like a broken copy of the game.

It's just a dream of this night, and the plot of "Camel Xiangzi" seems to have no progress at all, and I just met Xiangzi, only knowing that he just bought a car.

In fact, he knows the plot behind the book, but if he knows it, he really asks him to write it, which is another matter.

But he is not in a hurry now, after all, he is really not in a hurry to send out the book now, and he has more than one book in his hand.

"Sophie's World" has not yet been released, and the draft of "The Man Who Stole the Shadow" has not yet taken shape, as for "Camel Xiangzi", Zhuang Yan's attitude is very Buddhist, otherwise he would not have looked for Xiangzi for a while when he was in it and gave up if he didn't find it.

After washing his face, Zhuang Yan looked at his mobile phone, and there were no important calls or messages, so he fell on the desk and began to continue writing "The Man Who Stole the Shadow".

In the past two days, due to school matters, a lot of time has been delayed, and the book is still stuck at the progress of more than 2,000 words.

It just so happens that there is nothing to do today, and he plans to write a book in the hotel today, as much as possible. Although the life in "The Man Who Stole the Shadow" is as imprinted in his brain as he can't forget, he still wants to sort out the book as soon as possible, just in case.