Chapter 851: The Three Towers of Dali (I)
When he left the hunter village and went to Dali City, Yang Huairen was in a good mood, but there was one thing that made him a little unhappy, from the perspective of time, unless he went to Dali to stay only two or three days and then returned to Beijing immediately after finishing the matter, no matter how he hurried, it was too late to dare to go home for the New Year before the Spring Festival.
The city of Dali is not big, and it is completely incomparable with the Tokyo city of the Great Song Dynasty, but the architectural style inside and outside the city is unique, giving people the feeling that it always exudes a freshness.
Yang Huairen, who pretended to be a businessman, entered the city, and heard a news that he had already expected, Gao Shengtai had ascended the throne as emperor.
However, what makes Yang Huairen feel strange is that such a big change has happened in Dali, but the people in Dali City seem to have never been born, they are still leisurely or busy, and there is no trace of nervousness in the market.
Yang Huairen and the others were a little confused, they really didn't understand the reason, didn't they hear that the Duan family of Dali was deeply loved by the people of Dali before? Why did Gao Shengtai seek power and usurp the throne, and the people didn't react at all?
With the current identity of Yang Huairen, he can't enter the palace to find out, so he can only take the caravan to find an inn to live in, and slowly find the reason for all this from the mouths of the common people.
In the northwest of Dali Imperial Palace, there is a Chunlai inn with a relatively large scale in the city, and this store is not so much an inn as a complex of inns and restaurants and teahouses.
The floor along the street is used as a restaurant, and when it is not usually a restaurant, the store also serves refreshments, so it is turned into a teahouse, and the spacious backyard has a two-story terrace for guests to stay, and a separate storeroom for guests to store their goods.
Yang Huairen and his entourage moved in, more than 30 people chartered a single building in the backyard, from the window on the second floor to the northwest, you can clearly see the three towering white pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple of Dali Temple standing on the vast land.
The three white pagodas face Cangshan Mountain in the west and the Erhai Lake in the east, and the symbolic meaning of the white pagoda in Tantric Buddhism makes people unconsciously feel a kind of sacredness and solemnity.
The main tower, Qianxun Tower, is about 70 meters high, and the two small towers are also more than 40 meters high.
After repairing for a while, Yang Huairen first led everyone to the front floor to eat first, and the shopkeeper of the inn in Chunlai saw that they were Han businessmen, and they were very generous, so they recommended to Yang Huairen a high-standard banquet for their Bai people to welcome guests - Tuba Bowl.
Yang Huairen has seen the Dali Bai Tuba Bowl in later generations, but there is still a big difference between the Tuba Bowl at this time and the later generations, and the materials and production techniques are still relatively primitive flavor.
Yang Huairen was not in the mood to enjoy the food with the original flavor of the Bai nationality at this time, but was eager to find out what had happened in Dali City recently.
He asked the shopkeeper, "I wonder if there has been anything big in Dali City recently, why does it make me feel a strange tranquility after the storm?" ”
The shopkeeper of the Chunlai Inn seemed to hear something, but he didn't seem to want to elaborate, just smiled, waved his hand and said, "Guest officer, you are too worried, no matter what happens, it will never affect your business." ”
After saying that, he smiled and retreated, making Yang Huairen more and more confused. When he returned to the room after eating, without waiting for Yang Huairen to speak, Lan Ruoxin spoke first.
"It's a strange thing, and it seems that the local people don't want to talk about it. As we were having dinner earlier, I wanted to hear the locals at the next table seem to have talked about it, but his friend stopped him in time, and the conversation didn't continue. ”
Yang Huairen leaned his neck and moved his muscles, "It's very strange, could it be that after Gao Shengtai usurped the throne, he engaged in a high-pressure policy and forbade the people in the city to talk about it?" ”
Tie Xiangyu sneered, "You still say how smart you are, you see the people on the street living and working in peace, where does it look like someone is blocking their mouths?" ”
Yang Huairen is used to being refuted by Mr. Tie, and every time she always says it is very reasonable, and she also says to the point, so that Yang Huairen wants to refute it, but he can't find a reason.
But looking back, it is indeed as Tie Xiangyu said, the people in Dali City seem to have never experienced anything, but the matter did happen, so according to this, the reason does not seem to be as complicated as I thought before.
One of the reasons may be that the common people don't care much about the things between the superiors, they are more concerned about their own lives, no matter what changes of power have occurred in the palace and the court, their lives have not changed, so no one cares about things soon after they are born.
And the second reason seems to be aimed at outsiders who think about them, and it is always a little disgraceful for their own country to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne, maybe they will talk about it in private, but in front of outsiders like Yang Huairen, it is difficult to speak.
Yang Huairen thought for a moment and ordered, "Little Seventh Brother, you go to find a few people, pretend to go out to buy local specialties, and try to talk to the locals as much as possible by the way, and try to find out some news, we don't know anything like this, it's too passive." ”
Xiao Qi nodded, immediately turned around and walked out. After he opened the door of the room, he seemed to see someone coming upstairs, so he turned around and gave Yang Huairen a look, and then left in a hurry.
Yang Huairen understood, and immediately motioned for everyone to close, and at this time, the little second brother of the Chunlai Inn walked in with a pot of tea.
"A few guest officers, this is the best Pu'er tea in our local area, and the shopkeeper asked Xiaodi to send it to a few guest officials to enjoy."
Yang Huairen smiled and nodded to express his gratitude, and when the little second brother put down the tea, Yang Huairen took out a piece of broken silver from his waist again, grabbed the little second brother's hand and stuffed it into his hand.
"This little brother, we are new here, and we don't understand a lot of things, I want to inquire about something, I don't know if it's okay."
The little second-hand holding the silver stuffed by Yang Huairen was so shocked that he couldn't speak, although this piece of broken silver was not big, but it was also worth his two months' monthly money, he had never met such a generous hand before, so he smiled unconsciously, and nodded hurriedly as if a chicken was eating rice.
"If the guest officer has anything to say, just ask, Xiao Di must know everything, hehe......"
Yang Huairen asked kindly, "I heard that your Dali Kingdom has just changed its monarch, I wonder if it will have any impact on our Han people who come to Dali to do business?" By the way, why did your Duan clan in Dali suddenly change a monarch when he was in power? ”
Xiao Er showed an embarrassed expression after hearing this, but the silver in his hand made him can't help but look back, and when he saw that there was no one in the inn, he reluctantly pointed to the white tower outside the window......
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