Chapter 811: The City of Movement
A group of cavalrymen with red flags rode by, raising smoke and dust all the way.
Their chest guards, saddles, saddle pads, quivers, belts, spears, shields, and war sticks were red, and this was a personal escort of the Timurid Khan, which was patrolling the barracks. The soldiers, the craftsmen, and the merchants saw the chaos and made way for them.
Facing them, a white cavalry detachment was approaching, and all their equipment was white.
The two infantry teams crossed each other, and the two cavalry leaders in chain armor raised their hands in salute. These two mighty infantry teams rushed by, immediately bringing a kind of killing aura of battlefield soldiers, but on both sides of the road they galloped through, there were many stalls.
This so-called road is made up of vendors' stalls, who spread a blanket on the ground, put food, saddles, iron tools, leather, medicinal herbs, ......, and start trading. There was only a covered shed with white cloth on the side of the road, and in it there was a barber giving a brawl and a beard.
Solemnity and laid-back hustle and bustle blend perfectly.
If you look down from the height, you will find that the stall on the left is further to the left, a large Turkish bath, a row of wooden Hengyu, steaming heat from the windows, some people who have just finished bathing are coming out, others are walking in.
On the other side, not far behind the vendors' positions is an empty circular arena where a circus troupe is playing with bears and monkeys.
As the line of sight continues to rise, the scale will grow even further, and when you look down from the sky like an eagle, you will find that all this is only a corner of the huge tabernacle city, and when it becomes a black spot, you cannot see the edge of the city, even the eagle's eye cannot see the end.
This is the Chinese army camp where Timur is stationed in the stabbing camp, a moving city.
An Indian with a cloth on his head sat cross-legged on a pegboard and played a bamboo flute, and two king cobras spitting snake letters danced in front of him, although their fangs had been removed, but seeing this scene, the people next to him still stayed away from him, so he received a very small reward, but this scrawny artist actually didn't care, still slightly closed, playing his flute.
Compared to this less popular Indian Ah San, who can only fill his stomach with about the income from his performances, a circus next to it is very popular, because the dance of the two snakes is far less charming than the bewitching women of the two snakes, a group of geisha who have just arrived at this military castle to pan for gold for a few days.
The soldiers loved to watch their performances, not only juggling and magic, but also dancing with two bewitching women, which would surely catch the attention of all men.
According to the teachings of Timurid Khan, all members of society, whether slaves or free men, were forbidden to engage in it or to force others to engage in it. Therefore, although it is not known whether there were any people secretly momo in the barracks that were not under the direct control of Timur, no one here dared to violate this rule.
In the barracks, except in special cases, with the permission of Timurid Khan, even alcoholic beverages were absolutely forbidden at other times, even for soldiers of other religions, and bets were also not allowed. Drinking, sex, betting, these things are not allowed, and these strong, energetic soldiers can only have fun after training.
As a result, all kinds of performing art forms are highly marketable and popular here.
Within a few days of the circus' arrival, it was warmly welcomed by the soldiers. The art troupes here are all performing in the barracks, and everywhere they go, the circus is the most popular.
After the two dancers finished their performances, they gracefully retreated behind a curtain made of tarpaulin, and a bearded man with a white handkerchief on his head immediately slipped a neat hollow somersault, turned in front of the spectators, with an ugly nose on his head, and held a gong in his hand, and made a "bang" sound, and then the gong turned over, and it became a plate begging for money.
The coins thrown by the soldiers fell on the gong with a clang, and he bowed and laughed with laughter, and shouted in a broken Turkic language: "Ha! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your reward, please don't go away, and our girl will perform a magic trick next! ”
In the crowd, several people who were covered from head to toe in turban robes stood quietly, their faces covered with scarves, but from their curvaceous eyebrows and seductive eyes, it was clear that they were several women. The women, too, had weapons in their hands, and they whispered a few words before turning away.
As one of the women turned, with a wave of her hand, a string of money flew up and landed exactly in the bearded man's gong.
"Thank you, thank you......"
The bearded man thanked him in an exaggerated tone and lame language, and at the same time grabbed the handfuls of copper coins and hurriedly put them into his arms. If Ming'er and Ziqi were here, they probably wouldn't recognize that this juggler with dark skin, a thick beard that almost covered most of his cheeks, and was constantly bowing to the audience was their husband Yang Xu.
Xia Xun stared at the departing female soldiers, although they were wearing fat robes, but a gust of wind blew their robes close to their bodies, and Lu showed a beautiful and pleasant posture. Xia Xun thought to himself: "These female soldiers are under the tent of Timur, and this place is not far from his Chinese army tent, but unfortunately it is close at hand, like the end of the world, and it is really difficult to get one step closer." ”
Xia Xun sighed secretly, raised his voice again, and said, "Hey! The clever magic show is about to begin, please enjoy! ”
As the words fell, a girl in a robe and veil walked out from behind the curtain wearing a colorful magic carpet......
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There was a burst of cheers and applause outside, and Tang Sai'er's performance won a warm welcome from everyone as soon as it opened.
Before Xia Xun arrived here, he didn't expect that the military camp that should be solemn and well-disciplined could be like this, however, although this military camp seemed to be a fully functional city, Xia Xun could feel the huge energy and orderliness contained in it.
Perhaps, it is precisely because this military camp is as complete as a city that such an army can fight thousands of miles, just like being in his hometown. In the Central Plains army, there must be no discipline, because the army that has always accompanied them in this way, and the behaviors of drinking, sex, and gambling cannot be operated here due to the prohibition of doctrine, so the long-term run-in will not only not have an impact on their military discipline, but will become a useful compensation for the Timurid Empire's expeditionary force.
Xia Xun returned to the back of the tent, immediately took off his ugly nose, threw it on a broken bag with the gong, and sat on the dirty broken felt carpet.
Although learning from the dragon is like a dragon, learning from a tiger like a tiger, Xia Xun has no shortage of training in this area, and the pampered life in the past few years will not make him unable to take off the shelf, but like a real artist, he jumped on the edge of the venue, shouting hoarsely and desperately shouting the few words he learned that seemed to be incomprehensible, which was really tiring.
Chen Dong and Ye Anhui were originally very skilled in wrestling, and under the guidance of Saihazhi, they quickly mastered the characteristics of wrestling, so the two of them are now also actors, they are barebacked, wearing a short skirt full of strips of cloth, wrestling like a big man. They came on before Celine and Jeanne and were resting at the moment.
Celine and Jeanne specialize in dance and music and are the pillars of the circus, and their performances are most popular with the soldiers, followed by Chen Dong and Ye An's wrestling. Tang Sayer was good at magic, and a little bit of her bumble was enough to amuse these idle soldiers.
As for Liu Yujue's ......, Xia Xun thought that he would be more useful than him, at least his heels turned beautifully. But after arriving here, Liu Yujue soon found a performance project that suited him. He can blow the flute, he can write, he can open the bow left and right with both hands, and he can write calligraphy at the same time.
Samarkand is now one of the most eclectic places in the world, home to many of Eurasia's most talented artists, artisans and families.
After the Yuan Dynasty retreated to Mobei, many princes of the Yuan Dynasty abandoned the Northern Yuan court that fled back to Mobei and turned to Timur.
Liu Yujue's Han face is too obvious, deliberately pretentious but arouses suspicion, and the city-like military camp is mixed with people of Asia, Europe and Africa, including many Han people, so he generously confesses that he is a Han person, pretending to be a down-and-out Han literati, but it is more peaceful.
Although these soldiers may not recognize Chinese characters, they are still more interested in writing with two hands at the same time, and writing two lines of words that do not match at the same time.
And the three people sent by Hari Sultan who were fluent in multiple languages in Central Asia were originally one of his henchmen, serious and wooden-faced, such people had to stay in the background as handymen.
So, in this circus, Lord Yang Xuyang, the auxiliary prince who can see everyone's words, see ghosts, pretend to be dragons, and pretend to be tigers, has become the person with the lowest status, he is responsible for beating gongs to attract customers, bowing and collecting money, and is responsible for playing a clumsy ugly child for everyone's amusement during the pause between the actors on the stage and the actors on the stage.
What the? And Sehachi?
Sehazhi is a human being, and the most people in Timur's army are people and Turks, and there is a more suitable person than Sehazhi to come forward to deal with people?
So Sehazhi naturally became the head of the circus troupe.
Master Sai coughed and said in a long voice: "Xia Zi......"
Xia Xun shuddered, quickly jumped up, and came to the Lafayette: "Master, you admonish!" ”
Master Sai said slowly: "The tools should be handled gently, what can be done if they are broken?" ”
Don't do it, this back tent is ventilated everywhere, it's really easy to be seen, Xia Xun can do this, and it's normal for Saihazhi, who is the boss, to see it. Celine and Jeanna looked at it with a smile, and Xia Xun pecked his head like a chicken: "Yes, yes, yes, what you taught you, master!" ”
Then he whispered a few words to him. Saihazhi's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this, and then he coughed and said: "I see that the people here like our troupe, so let's play here for a few more days and not be busy." Xia Xun secretly praised, Lao Sai looked at Lu Mang, but he was thick and fine, and he was worried that he didn't look like it.
After a while, Tang Sai'er performed a few tricks, and then replaced Liu Yujue on the stage. Liu Yujue has shaved off his beard and regained his handsome appearance, among the crowd, his performance is not particularly popular, just have something to watch, and talk is better than nothing.
On stage today, Liu Yujue, as always, first played a piece of dong flute, in exchange for a little applause, Liu Yujue disagreed, and performed calligraphy again. The audience was interested in his ability to write two lines of incompatible text at the same time but be able to distract from it, and the applause was also given for this.
After the performance, Liu Yujue smiled lightly and bowed off the stage, but he didn't want someone to follow him backstage.
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"Hey, this is the backstage, who called it in?"
As soon as he saw that man broke into the back tent, a warrior named Zangfeng sent by Hari Sultan to cooperate with Xia Xun and others immediately dropped his work and shouted in Turkic language.
Xia Xun raised his head when he heard the sound and glanced at the visitor, who was about fifty years old, with shallow wrinkles on his face, three locks of long hair, a clear face, and a Chinese-style cyan cotton robe.
The man smiled, looked at Liu Yujue, and said in fluent Chinese: "I think this brother writes well, in this place, compatriots who can speak fluent Chinese are considered valuable, and it is even more rare to be able to write such a charm with a brush." I just don't know how my brother is so talented, how did he end up in such a field? ”
This person's words are not only in Chinese with a round tone, but also in an extremely elegant tone, which sounds as warm as the wind.
Xia Xun and Liu Yujue glanced at each other, and hurriedly stepped forward together. Liu Yujue bowed and said: "Old man, the surname of the late born is Bai, and Bai Yuluo falls." ”
Guo Yixuan said softly, and said: "The name is very elegant, and the appearance is good, but ......, the brother is handsome and elegant, and he is knowledgeable, and now he has fallen to this step of the field, it is really a white jade gate, it seems that this name is a little unlucky." ”
Liu Yujue said: "The name is given by the parents, how can the children of a person pick and choose and criticize themselves?" The fate of life is unpredictable, if it is because the name is unknown, but it may not be! ”
The man laughed hehehe, and said, "It's the old man who said the wrong thing, please don't blame it!" ”
Liu Yujue arched his hand and said, "I haven't asked Mr. for his name yet." ”
The man stroked his beard and said proudly: "The old man's surname is Guo, Guo Yixuan!" The queen of Fenyang County of the Tang Dynasty! ”
: Embarrassment all the way, trouble two: I rushed to the hotel for a long time, only to see that Feng Ling was late, and after asking, I knew another thing: Feng Ling is road blind.
Only then did I know why he was so enthusiastic to wait for me to go with me~~~
When he learned that I was in Pudong, he had to leave by himself, but he went around Hongqiao Airport, and couldn't find his way out for a long time...... aroused the suspicion of the security guards, who quietly stared at him.
In the end, he got tired, found a corner, put his bag down, squatted on the ground, and continued to look for his way and peep at the stewardess, while pulling open the bag, as if he wanted to get some tools. The security guard immediately pounced on him and pinned him down......
In the end, he was escorted by two security guards and left majestically, like a big brother in the underworld.
Poor thing, it's a miracle that this product can come to the hotel in its entirety_!.