Volume 1 Dragon Death Chapter 82 The Troubadour (Ask for Collection)
Following the sound and the crowd, Ye Gu looked not far away, but because the crowd was crowded and there was a flat place by the dock, he only saw the crowd in his eyes, and could not see the protagonist singing in it.
"There's something interesting about this chant? I want to go and see it. Ye Gu looked over there and said, and at the same time broke free from Luo Sijie's hand and walked quickly to the voice.
The crowd, as the chanting continued, grew more and more, more and more cheats.
So much so that Ye Gu could only barely get close to the edge and stretched out his head to look inside.
Finally, after he twisted his body vigorously and broke through the crowd with both hands, he finally saw the source of the chant in front of his eyes.
"This person isn't from the Flame Empire. ”
"It doesn't look like it's east and north. ”
"Is it from the West?"
"I don't look like it, it looks and dresses like a Westerner. ”
"It's no wonder that there are quite a lot of Westerners here in Nandu. ”
The surrounding crowd was also talking about the person in front of him in Yegu's vicinity, and from the words, Yegu barely knew that the source of this chant might be a Westerner.
"Westerners, Nandu is really getting more and more prosperous. Ye Gu thought to himself, and stepped forward to reach out and break the last two people standing in the first row.
"Trouble let's go. Ye Gu said to the person in front of him.
"Who are you, dare to squeeze Lao Tzu like this, I ......" The big man in front of him seemed very dissatisfied, turned to look at Ye Gu, and stretched out his fist to teach him a lesson.
However, when he saw the uniforms of the officials of the Yegu Imperial Capital and the badges on them, he stopped making a sound, but lowered his fist and stepped aside, bowing his head in respect.
The Flame Empire, especially in the imperial capital, had rules for attire: all officials, as long as they were engaged in tasks or carrying out orders, must wear imperial clothing, and if they had military positions, they must wear badges to maintain the image of the empire.
Obviously, this big man is very familiar with these things, and naturally he doesn't dare to provoke the person in front of him.
After all, for Nandu, it is not uncommon for this empire to be an important trading center with exchanges and openness with other countries, and people with knowledge and an international and inclusive perspective.
"Sorry, thank you. Because Ye Gu squeezed to the front row to watch, and still caused inconvenience to the people around him, he really couldn't help it, so he turned around and apologized to the people around him.
At this time, Ye Gu could finally clearly look at the appearance of the Westerner in front of him.
The Westerner in front of him had short yellow hair, and unlike the more traditional people of the Flame Empire, although his hair was slightly longer, he did not tie his hair, but let it be scattered aside.
Running down the hair is a pair of emerald eyes and a slightly erect nose. Judging from his face, Ye Gu could probably tell that the Westerner in front of him was about the same age as him, no more than eighteen or nine years old.
Due to the frequent exchanges between the southern capital and the western foreign countries, and the empire has already entered the technological age, the clothes of the Westerners are not surprising to the people around the Flame Empire, with a jacket on the upper body, trousers on the bottom, and a pair of Western-style gloves on both hands.
At this time, he was holding a long piano in the style of the Western Foreign Language in his hand, with one hand on the head of the piano, and the other hand fluctuating the strings, singing music in a foreign language that I don't know.
Fortunately, on the wooden board next to him, he had already written the imperial text translated by someone with a pen in black handwriting. Looking at the words, combined with the music and chanting, Ye Gu suddenly made up the songs under the imperial words.
"The dragon is born in the fire, the dragon dies in the fire, the dragon prospers in the heavens and the earth, and the dragon finally desires. No one expected that a new plane, the birth of a dragon. No one expected that the new world would be missing.
Ahh Shuttling between the north and south of the empire, between the east and west of the empire, between the real and the false, between the old and the new.
Memory will eventually defeat desire, desire will eventually destroy everything, and everything will eventually be reborn here.
Ahh Reincarnation does not stop, and eventually annihilation. ”
Listening to this chant, and then looking at the lyrics carefully, Ye Gu suddenly felt some resonance in his heart. The introduction of this dragon seems to be similar to the legend of the empire he survived, this shuttle between the north and the south and the east and west seems to be the introduction of Ye Mingyuan's trajectory, and this desire seems to be like a warning to the little emperor of the empire, but the plane, reincarnation and annihilation, Ye Gu can't understand anything for a while. But even so, with the bright melody, Ye Gu was so fascinated by it that the soldiers who maintained the security of the empire behind him felt that they were also unaware.
"What are you doing here? Nandu issued an order a few days ago, explicitly prohibiting begging and performing arts, and you still dare to watch here, be careful to invite you to the security station. The leading soldier whistled and shouted, and at the same time took out a long stick and knocked on the ground to warn the people around him and achieve the effect of driving away.
And the person behind him, like him, also held a long stick, stretched it out, and made a gesture to hit someone.
Sure enough, seeing the soldiers maintaining law and order doing this, the surrounding crowd did not dare to join in the fun, and with a few whistles in succession, it quickly disappeared as if birds and beasts were frightened.
At this time, only Ye Gu was left standing in front of the Westerners.
"Hey, what about you, are you with this Westerner? don't you want to leave?" said the leading soldier, raising his long stick and stretching it out on Yegu's head. It just so happened that Ye Gu wanted to look back when he heard the voice.
This time, the long stick hit Ye Gu's forehead, startling him.
"What are you doing!" Ye Gu said with a step back, however, with this sudden fright and one step into the air, Ye Gu actually fell in front of the Westerner.
Seeing this scene, the Naxi people also hurriedly dropped the long qin and helped Ye Gu up from behind.
"Luo An, what are you doing here?" Hearing the voice, Luo Sijie also quickly ran from a distance.
When Ye Gu rushed into the crowd along the chant before, Luo Sijie did not follow. On the one hand, it is inconvenient for her to join in the fun because there are many people, and on the other hand, it is also because she needs to observe the train landing in order to remind Yegu.
However, when he saw the crowd disperse and someone was whistling for questioning, she quickly rushed over. At this moment, I happened to see the scene of Luo An waving a long stick and hitting Ye Gu's forehead.
"Miss, we'...... We have orders, and the Nandu performing arts and the like need to be driven out. Seeing Luo Sijie, Luo An looked very nervous, and actually threw the long stick to the ground.
"Do you know that this is an adult from the imperial capital, you have offended him, and you feel good. Luo Sijie said angrily, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Ye Gu up.
But fortunately, Ye Gu didn't mean to blame them, after all, he was in the first place, so he had to smile and signal that they could leave if they were fine.
However, Luo Sijie still seemed to be worried, and after helping Ye Gu up, she helped him pat the dust on his body and apologized to him: "I'm sorry lord, he is a member of our Luo family, and he maintains law and order here in the Nandu Security Station, and he unintentionally collided with you, so don't worry." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, but I'm also curious, Nandu has become so cosmopolitan. Ye Gu said, turned his head to look at the westerner in front of him, and asked curiously: "Anyway, do you speak the Chinese language of the Yanhuo Empire?"
"Yes, Your Excellency. The Nasi replied word by word, and it was clear that Ye Gu could hear from the language that he did not speak the imperial Chinese very well. However, such a level does not affect their communication.
"What's your name, where are you from?" asked Ye Gu continued.
"My name is Don, Don Harrington. From what you call the Middle ...... Imperial. Tang replied in Imperial Chinese.
At the same time, as he spoke, he was also packing his belongings and preparing to leave the docks.
Seeing this, Luo Sijie tried to stop Tang and said to him: "Anyway, I listened to it for a while, you sing very well, are you interested in coming to our Nandu Luo's house to perform, my father likes this Western style very much." Of course, the remuneration will not be less for our Luo family. ”
"I'm sorry, miss, but I like to swim..... Wander, I have to get out of here today, go somewhere else, I have to go...... Let's go. Tang continued to answer in very stumbling imperial Chinese, and bowed to Luo Sijie, turned his back to them, and walked in the direction of the ship behind him.
Originally, Luo Sijie wanted to say something, but at this moment, the whistle of the Imperial Train came from the platform by the Long Bridge not far from them, reminding them that the train was about to arrive.
"Let's go, go to your Luo family in the center of the Southern Capital. Ye Gu said a little unwillingly, and ran towards the platform not far away.
After all, in his heart, those lyrics gave him a very close and familiar feeling, which made him want to ask this Westerner what was going on.
But after all, it was in Nandu, an important city in the world, and he couldn't and didn't have the right to forcibly leave Tang behind. This regret, at this time, and even in the future, may continue until Long Qing.
For the two cities of Nandu and Jiangfu, the degree of globalization within the empire can be described as one of the best. Compared with the two big cities of the imperial capital and the secluded capital in the north, the number of westerners and the number of technological products will give the people who come a sense of refreshment. It's like being tired of seeing the verdant valley, and suddenly changing to the yellow sand next door, which has a different flavor.
But within the empire, including the current little emperor, there is no agreement with globalization. In addition to the influence of mutual disobedience between the five empires, the idea of his long-term dragon descendants also made him a layer of estrangement from other countries.
However, technology and trends cannot stop you. Closure will inevitably lead to backwardness, he also understands this truth, naturally, he just turns a blind eye to this, after all, Long Qing is his goal.
Finally, a minute before the train was about to leave, Ye Gu and Luo Sijie finally gasped and rushed to the platform.
After Luo Sijie showed the ticket and Ye Gu showed the logo of the official of the imperial capital, they found their place and sat down.
The train is not a long journey, just crossing the long bridge from the dock side to the center of the old city of Nandu. Naturally, there are not many people on the ride. But since the ship needed to rest, Luo Sijie and Ye Gu could only do the same.
Just as Ye Gu sat down peacefully, gasping for breath and preparing to rest. From the back of the train, two mysterious men in panting black robes and covering their faces were holding daggers and moving quickly in the direction where they were seated.
With the horn over, the train has started. (I begged to collect it, readers)