Origin Chapter 3 Stepping on the bluestone into Chang'an
At this point, Yu Hao groped around his waist, and the earth-colored stone plaque was given to him by Lao Dao. Lao Dao once told that the brand has been opened, and it must not be lost if it is worn by good students.
But it seems that this brand did not add much luck to Yu Hao, when he put the painting that appeared on his tenth birthday into a porcelain vase and buried it in the root of the only willow tree in Suwon Town, at the foot of Yunwu Mountain, where the Taoist temple is located.
When I woke up that night, I was under the peach tree in Peach Blossom Mountain.
What woke him up was a middle-aged man with a basket of peach blossoms on his back, a hat on his head, a sickle in his hand, and a clean face, yes, it was Zhao Li, who had shaved all his stubble.
Zhao Li asked him why he came here, Yu Hao replied that he woke up and came here, and asked Yu Hao's family where he lived.
Zhao Li saw that Yu Hao was eight or nine years old, displaced, and felt pity, so he agreed with Yu Hao for a period of five years, let Yu Hao work in the tavern, and when he was older, if he wanted to find the town of Suwon, he would go to find it.
All roads lead to Chang'an, and the roads and rivers return to the south of the Yangtze River. Chang'an, the holy city located in the south of the Yangtze River, has the most developed transportation in the world, and naturally has the most wealth, which is why the Ming Dynasty can monopolize the entire Dongsheng region.
Yu Hao thought about it a few years ago, Luohua City is just a corner of Dongsheng, maybe in the capital, Chang'an, that is, the holy city where the Holy King is located, there will be clues, which is why there is now a teenager touching the stone plaque on the boat.
Like that inexplicable visit to Luohua City, this unforgettable picture scroll did not make Yu Hao distressed for long, because he knew that life would go on, and these strange things would eventually come to light.
The man of light who lives outside of time in the center of the black hole, and the purpose of bringing him into this world, he will do his best to pursue it.
Yu Hao didn't know where Suwon Town was, but from the fact that there was no change in language, he should still be in this world, so he wanted to find the answer in his heart, and he had a hunch that when he found Suwon Town, the truth would be revealed.
Sleepiness hit, Yu Hao put down his thoughts, took off the yellow waist card, put it on the pillow, rolled the picture into the box, the box stood against the bed, took off the robe, and covered the white quilt the next day.
In the early morning of the next day, the spring water was red, Yu Hao finished washing, took out the mirror that he put into his arms yesterday when he left, tied his hair in a bun, walked under the sail, said hello to the sailor on duty, and began to stand on the deck.
I saw Yu Hao staring at the rising sun in the east, relaxed, his hands fell naturally, after a deep breath, his knees were slightly bent, his left foot moved lightly, until he fell at shoulder width, so that the center of gravity was at the heel, his hands were raised from both sides, his palms were facing up, up to the top of his head, and then he turned his palms down, sinking to the dantian, and the ten fingers were opposite, and he was placed at the two fingers below the umbilicus.
Although Yu Hao is busy with the trivial affairs of the tavern on weekdays, unless there are special circumstances, he always has to stand in the backyard in the early morning.
Lao Tao once told him that the boxing method should not be passed on, but the work cannot be wasted. It's just because he has been living with Zhao Li, so Yu Hao has never played Xuanwu boxing in the past five years, but he has practiced this skill perfectly.
Slight sweat gradually came out, and the red sun like a grinding disc condensed into gold. Yu Hao's piling was an hour, and it was estimated that in the middle of the morning, he slowly collected the pile, activated his muscles and bones, and enjoyed the warmth of his body, which Yu Hao couldn't say comfortable. Wiping a slight sweat, he came to the main cabin, filled a bowl of warm gruel, and drank it all.
"Little Brother Yu, you have done a good job, and I have also seen martial arts practitioners, but there are very few people who are as natural as you!" Lu Ren walked out of the galley of the main cabin compartment and saw Yu Hao praise.
"Ah, Lu Bo, fitness trail, false praise. Yu Hao put the freshly rinsed bowl in the cupboard and thanked him humbly.
"Less, do you have any plans to get to the Holy City of Chang'an?" Lu Ren asked casually.
"Ask Lu Bo to Teach Me"
Yu Hao was ten years old in the Taoist temple of Xanadu, and after five years in the Luohua City far away from the Tiangao Emperor, if you ask him about the I Ching gossip and the method of winemaking, it is possible to say some doorways, but when you ask about Chang'an's plans, there is no clue.
Just like the "Three Uniques" of Luohua City are rarely heard of in Chang'an, Yu Hao except for knowing the richness of Chang'an from the mouths of drinkers, he naturally has no plan for how to know how to win this place that people in the world admire, and originally wanted to find an opportunity to inquire, but now that the opportunity is in front of him, Yu Hao naturally will not give up.
Lu Ren said with some approval: "Don't be arrogant or impatient, I'm willing to listen to the admonition, the young man will mix up in the future, remember to take care of Lu Bo." ”
"Schelle Bergie said, it must be. Yu Hao hurriedly complimented.
Lu Ren looked at Yu Hao and said, "How does Chang'an make you feel?"
Yu Hao thought for a while and replied: "Prosperous, rich, big." ”
"Hahaha, yes, otherwise I wouldn't have done business. ”
Lu Ren put away his smiling face, and his words changed: "But to be honest, Chang'an is also a dangerous place where fish and dragons are mixed. The holy king is open-minded, for the world to seek design, expand the Silk Road, open the way of shipping, no one in the world knows that I am prosperous, the three religions and nine streams of people are yearning for Chang'an, so in Chang'an, the Western Wilderness, the Northern Desert, the Southern Barbarian people are not in the minority, there must be chaos, although the law of the Ming Dynasty is strict, but it is not necessary to play some means in secret. ”
Saying that, Lu Ren showed a look of regret, "I remember that when I first entered Chang'an, there were guys who never saw him again, and it was said that it was ....." Speaking of this, Lu Ren didn't speak again, just wiped his hand around his neck and looked at the person coming from the door.
"Yu Hao! The boy was still a brother and sister to you yesterday, how could you bear to let me sleep on the floor of the room for a night. ”
It was Huang Chao who appeared at the door, at this time he had already tied up the scholar's hairstyle that was scattered last night, straightened his clothes, pretended to be angry at the door, patted the folding fan and said to Yu Hao.
"Brother Huang, don't blame me, I sent you to bed last night, and you must have rolled to the floor by yourself. Yu Hao looked innocent.
Huang Chao touched his face, and when his fingertips touched a slightly reddened place, the jade-faced scholar quietly took a breath. "Oh yes, no wonder my son's face hurts. ”
"You also came just in time, and by the way, I will also tell you what things to pay attention to when you arrive in Chang'an. ”
Saying that, Lu Ren made a bowl of porridge and brought it to Huang Chao, and said, "Chat while eating." ”
The three of them stood in a triangular position, a young man holding his arms, and a scholar drinking porridge, all listening to Lu Ren talk about Chang'an.
Lu Ren said: "There is a saying in Chang'an: 'It is better to compete with the rich than to walk in the same way with the powerful'. In Chang'an, money is only secondary, the key is the power behind you. Therefore, when you arrive in Chang'an City, it is best not to provoke powerful people, among which there are three kinds of people who should not be offended, one is the one who wears a jade crown on his head, the second is the one who wears a sword at the waist, and the third is the plum blossom person on the chest. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Ren paused slightly, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "The scribe of this scripture pavilion, the warrior of the Eryan Cliff, and the spirit master of Sandao Meishan, most of these people are powerful, and there is no shortage of psychic people. Of course, in addition to these three places, there are also strange people from various domains, so you should be more careful. These people can avoid it, and for us civilians, less trouble is the greatest security.
Yu Hao and Huang Chao both nodded, they naturally knew psychic, and legends about them abound in this world.
But in a small town next to a secondary tributary of the Yangtze River in Dongsheng, such a powerful character is naturally not to be seen. It's just that to the surprise of the two, the water in the holy city is so deep.
Seeing that both of them were leaking a look of vigilance, Lu Ren knew that what he had done had worked, so he wanted to give them some hope.
Said: "Having said that, but there are also many opportunities, Jingge, the cliff will be recruited every three years, this April happens to be in time for the season, you can try it, maybe it is the fish leaping dragon gate." ”
Lu Ren didn't know if his words would have any impact on the future choices of the two, he just hoped that these two high-spirited young people would not stay in Chang'an forever like his hair was small.
At the end of February, the boat rises and falls in the flower city, to this moment the beginning of March is already half a moon, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, the river is rolling on the ground, a young man and a scribe sit on the deck on the boat, the young man plays with the stone card, and the scribe gently shakes the folding fan.
"Yu Hao, this boat will arrive in Chang'an City tomorrow morning, where are you going?" Huang Chao and Yu Hao got along for half a month, and felt that their tempers were very similar, and the relationship became less rusty.
Yu Hao replied when he heard this: "Where can I go, first go to find a hotel to live in, plan to open a restaurant, last time I asked Lu Bo that there is a peach forest in the southern suburbs of the holy city, I think it is possible to rent a house near there, and continue to do this business of buying wine." ”
Huang Chao originally wanted to invite Yu Hao to go to a powerful place where the family had a good deal in Chang'an, and he got along with him for half a month, and he felt like Yu Hao's temper, but when he saw Yu Hao's own arrangement, he didn't say much.
In fact, with Yu Hao's delicate mind, how could he not see Huang Chao's good intentions, but he felt that there were too many secrets, and it was inconvenient to live with outsiders, and the more important reason was that he planned to regain the Xuanwu Fist that had been abandoned for five years.
In the early morning of the next day, a group of merchant ships sailed into the Chang'an River Port from west to east, for the fleet of ships traveling to and from the entire holy city, this caravan was inconspicuous, but no one knew that this caravan not only carried the last twenty years of the Ming Dynasty, but also held out the next legend.
Yu Hao, who was wearing a Taoist bun, carried a wooden box, walked down the dock, and stepped on the bluestone road, even though he knew that this place was not the Chang'an in his memory, but the waves of his mind were still inevitable.
At this time, he seemed to have returned to a beautiful blue planet, a place that hosted several generations of Chinese dynasties.
Huang Chao held a folding fan and hugged his fist and said: "Brother Yu, I want to go to Xicheng with the carriage, you take care, if you have any difficulties, you can go to Xicheng Mufu to find me." ”
Yu Hao also replied: "Brother Huang has seen the outside, and I will definitely bring good wine and visit at that time." ”
After that, Huang Chao walked to the door with the plaque of "Chang'an North Ferry", got on the carriage with the Muzi pennant that was waiting early and drove towards the city gate, this car was not as parked on the side of the road as the carriage was checked by the guards, but directly entered the city and disappeared at a certain alley.
Bidding farewell to Lu Bo, Yu Hao, who was accustomed to seeing the metropolis in his previous life, did not sigh too much about the grandeur and growth of Chang'an, but lined up in a long line like people from all walks of life.
During this period, Yu Hao observed that in the crowd, the soldiers guarding the city were particularly strict with individual people, and some even asked to take off their boots, these people all had a trait, which was very different from the Ming people's pretenses, and they should be people from other domains.
At this time, two young men in white clothes walked up, with black sheaths and silver swords tied around their waists, and the word cliff on the sheath was clearly visible. They did not line up, they entered the city gate directly from the side of the line, and the guards did not stop them, but humbly bowed down and invited the two to enter.
There were whispers from the crowd, "Why don't they have to queue up?....?" and so on.
Yu Hao also looked at it intently, it seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't see it clearly from too far away, but from the broken words of the crowd, he knew that this was the person who broke off the cliff, and said in his heart, "How can I know such a person, it must be an illusion."
When he entered the city, he saw that Yu Hao was neatly dressed, talked gently, and did not have the barbarian spirit of the Ming people, so the guards hastily inspected him and let him enter the city.
Looking for a small restaurant, ordering a plate of cabbage, and the price of two silver coins, Yu Hao secretly thought about the price of wine in his tavern when his flesh was in pain.
After the meal, he took out the Chang'an map given by Lu Ren when he left, measured the distance from the city gate to here, and knew that it might be sunset when he walked to the south city.
There is a rickshaw here in Chang'an, but this meal let Yu Hao know that this is a luxury for him now, his money should be tightened, and good steel must be used on the blade.
All the way to the south, I have a general understanding of the price of Chang'an, which is the same as the price of cabbage rising from five copper plates to two silver coins, almost four times the price, so that Yu Hao can't help but sigh that Chang'an is really a burning gold city.
It may be that the box in Yu Hao's hand is more eye-catching, Yu Hao was pulled into the hotel by a couple as soon as he entered the southern city, although the husband and wife have some Ming characteristics in their hairstyles, but they can still tell that they are from the southern barbarians from the beast robes.
Seeing that the price was less than half of that of other hotels, Yu Hao thought that maybe it was a barbarian who was squeezed out in this eastern land, and there was not much business, so it was cheap, so he didn't think much about it.
took out all the silver coins in the cowhide bag, leaving only three copper plates and twelve gold coins, gold coins Yu Hao naturally could not be used to live in the store, and the conversion ratio of gold coins to silver coins was one to one hundred but his back road - to open a restaurant.
Opening the window of the hotel, dispersing the musty smell in the house, and looking for some food at random, Yu Hao, who was tired for a day, fell asleep on the bed, and it was a very ordinary night, but he never wanted to be disturbed by the black wriggling thing that came out of the cracks in the wooden floor.