Chapter 90: Crossing the Tang Dynasty: Realizing the Dream of Chang'an
The day was dawning, and the earth was hazy, like a light veil of silver-gray. At this time, Wan Lai was afraid of silence, and suddenly a bird's cry broke the silence.
After a while, a piece of fish belly white floated in the eastern sky, and Yu Yan suddenly became happy, cheering excitedly: "Xianggong, look! The sun is about to rise!"
Fang Yu hugged her tightly and muttered, "The sunrise in the Tang Dynasty, why is the scenery so charming?"
I saw that the white of the fish belly gradually turned pink, and the orange color appeared in the eastern sky. Suddenly, a shining light appeared in the sky, it was so dazzling, Yu Yan was happy like a child. Raise your arms and cheer: "The sun is rising!"
Suddenly, I heard He Lao Liu say: "Fourth master, there is Chang'an ahead." ”
"Lao He, how many people are there in Chang'an?"
"More than a million. ”
"So many?!" the two were taken aback. Is there such a large population in this Chang'an City?
"The fourth master doesn't know. In the city, there are not only common people, royal families, dignitaries, soldiers, slaves and miscellaneous servants, Buddhist monks and nuns, but also foreign merchants, envoys, students, and monks studying abroad. There are two markets in the East and West respectively. ”
"Oh, is there any difference?"
"The East Market is close to Sannei, surrounded by many noble and bureaucratic mansions, but its business is not as prosperous as the West Market. The West City is more prosperous than the East City, and is the main industrial and commercial area and economic activity center of Chang'an City. ”
"Okay, then let's go to the West Market for a bite to eat. Fang Yu lifted the curtain, but saw that Chang'an City was soaked in a peaceful light, majestic and magnificent.
Entering the city, the two of them widened their eyes, they couldn't believe that Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty for more than a thousand years, was so prosperous!
Entering the West Market, the two of them were even more surprised.
With He Laoliu's introduction, the two saw that some people were singing foreign songs, some were singing and dancing in foreign clothes, some were drinking and having fun, and some were performing on the streets......
And the means of transportation are also diverse, there are all kinds of horses, camels, and carriages...... People from all over the world gather here to conduct business transactions.
Therefore, for their ordinary carriage, it is so inconspicuous. However, this also saves a lot of trouble, at least the government will not be so easy to find and find them.
The three of them bought some cakes to eat, and then found a good-looking Yuelai Inn to stay. Not far from the door of the inn is an exit from the West Market, which is convenient to escape in case of an accident. Fang Yu looked around, nodded with satisfaction, and paid five months' rent in advance.
"Lao He, let's go out for a walk, you be careful. ”
"Fourth master, then I'll go out and see if I need to buy something, after all, we have to live for five months. ”
"Good. But you need to be careful in everything. ”
Fang Yu hugged Yu Yan's fragrant shoulder, except for the door of the inn, looking east and west, everything was fresh. I only saw the book about how prosperous Chang'an was in the Tang Dynasty, and now I know from my own experience that the book talks about "prosperity" 10,000 times, which is not as good as a corner of the West Market.
Fang Yu smiled and asked, "Is it good-looking?"
"It's so beautiful. It's a pity that I don't have enough eyes to see it. Yu Yan smiled, seeing that he was a little absent-minded, and said, "Isn't it boring to go shopping with me?"
"Look at yours, I'll look for me. ”
"Looks like you know someone here. Yu Yan smiled, "What are you looking for?"
"I've heard the voices of the Tibetans. I'm looking to see if there's anyone from Tibet. ”
"Are you looking for them to translate the contents of the box?"
Fang Yu nodded, this was the purpose of his coming to Chang'an. He went to the fortune teller to inquire, and the old gentleman shook his head, and at last he went to inquire about the old man, no matter who he was, but he was disappointed.
This big Chang'an, does no one really know the words on it?
Yu Yan comforted: "Don't be discouraged, you can't ask today, we'll come tomorrow." If you can't ask tomorrow, we'll come the day after tomorrow. ”
"What if you never ask?"
"If what Zhao Tiangong said is false, then, after five months, we will have to go to Tubo and ask Songtsen Gampo. ”
"Isn't this looking for death?" Fang Yu waved his hand, "I'm the daredevils in the vanguard, I beat them with a lot of fart, and now I'm going to Tubo - if it doesn't work, I won't do anything to find death." ”
"Then what do you say?" Yu Yan paused and said, "If you really can't do it, then live in Datang." ”
Fang Yu frowned bitterly: "No TV, no network, no mobile phone, no computer, nothing, how can you live?"
Yu Yan replied with a smile: "Isn't there still me?"
"It's not like I'm holding you every day, right?"
"What are you talking about, you stinky rascal. ”
The two chased each other with a grin, shuttling through the crowd of people coming and going, and had a lot of fun.
The next day, however, they found nothing.
A week later, there was still no progress.
A month later, there was no eyebrows.
During the day, in order to avoid people's eyes, they went out in disguise, and asked around, and both of them were about to turn the entire Chang'an upside down, but every time it was a bamboo basket to draw water.
"Husband, I don't think it's right to find it this way. ”
"What's wrong?"
"It's not the right way. ”
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Yu Yan smiled, asked the housekeeper to take the four treasures of the study, ordered Fang Yu to grind the ink, and copied the handwriting on the black wooden box on the paper one by one. She gently blew on the ink that had not yet dried, and smiled triumphantly.
"Lady, what do you mean by this?" Fang Yu was still puzzled.
"Xianggong, we can write dozens, or even hundreds, and then post them with a reward, which saves time and effort. ”
"This plan is wonderful!" Fang Yu hugged Yu Yan and kissed him wildly.
Yu Yan pinched his face and said playfully: "Little fool, why didn't you think of pinching?"
"Fourth master, madam, I'll go buy some rice paper. The housekeeper went out in a playful way.
Just do it. It took three whole days, Yu Yan copied more than 300 copies, and it took two whole nights for the three of them to paste all the copied ones on the wall.
Looking at the "reward notice" of "three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry", Fang Yu laughed and excitedly hugged Yu Yan as a princess.
Yu Yanjiao smiled, and suddenly, she covered her mouth and her face changed. Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, quickly put her down, and asked with concern, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"
Yu Yan suddenly bent down, opened her mouth and vomited towards the street, her face slightly pale. Fang Yu was taken aback and panicked, this was something that had never happened before.
He hurriedly helped Yu Yan back to the inn to rest, and when he saw that she was weak and weak, he hurriedly called the housekeeper to ask for a doctor. The doctor suddenly smiled after a while.
"My wife is so sick, you can still laugh?" Fang Yu was greatly annoyed. How could this doctor of the Tang Dynasty be so unsympathetic!
The doctor smiled and clasped his fists and saluted: "Congratulations." ”
Fang Yu suppressed his anger and asked, "My wife is so sick, why do you want to congratulate me?
"Your wife is happy. ”
"Oh, what's the joy?" Fang Yu didn't seem to understand.
Yu Yan was lying on the bed and couldn't help laughing: "Stupid Xianggong, how can you be a father?"
When the father?!Fang Yu suddenly reacted to what the doctor meant by "happy". He suddenly grabbed the doctor's arm excitedly, shook it vigorously, and shouted excitedly: "Are you serious? My wife is pregnant? I'm going to be a father? Are you telling the truth?"
The doctor's whole body was shaken as if it was about to fall apart, but he still smiled: "Congratulations to the guest officer, according to my diagnosis, your wife is pregnant with a man and a girl, the man is the brother and the woman is the sister." ”
"If that's the case, doctor, I'll invite you to drink!" Fang Yu laughed heartily. If he said that he was pregnant, he believed it, but if he said that he was pregnant with a dragon and phoenix fetus, the ghost believed it, how long did it take to see it? Who do you think you are, better than our B-ultrasound?
"Madame can't work too hard in the future, relax your mind, don't be nervous, angry, and sad, pay attention to rest and it's fine. ”
"Do I need to prescribe some medicine to protect the fetus?"
"Madame is in good health, if she prescribes some more medicine to protect the fetus, it will be counterproductive. Take a break, go for a walk, and breathe in the freshness, which is good for your body. ”
"May I ask the doctor's name?"
"Don't dare to be. In the lower Sun Simiao. ”
"Doctor Sun, thank you so much!" Fang Yu paid the consultation fee, and the housekeeper also smiled and congratulated, and then sent the doctor out. Fang Yu didn't know that this Sun Simiao was the famous "King of Medicine" in the Tang Dynasty.
"Did you hear that, you are pregnant with a dragon and phoenix fetus!Lady, you are too great!" As he spoke, Fang Yu was about to pounce over and kiss him.
"Hey, watch out for the kids. Yu Yan instinctively protected her abdomen.
Fang Yu hurriedly braked and stuck out his tongue, from now on, he was going to have one more heart.
Good news followed.
Not long after the bounty notice was posted, someone came to inform him. Of course, the answers are also varied and endless. They were all scolded back by Fang Yu one by one.
Just as he was about to enter the house to rest, a strong "Amitabha" stopped him. Looking back, it was a wandering monk.
"Do you have any advice?" Fang Yu was displeased in his heart, and there was another one who cheated money!
"Donor, if what the poor monk says is true, please give a bowl of rice. ”
"Well said. ”
"What the donor wrote is a very ancient script in Tibet. ”
Fang Yu's heart moved, and he slowly walked down.
"Don't look at so many words, in fact, there are sixteen words in total. ”
"Please advise. ”
"At the time of the Blood Moon, hold high above your head and awaken the magic, the Gate of Time and Space. ”
"What the master just said is a very ancient Tibetan script, so how can the master know?"
"The poor monk was imprisoned for 20 years in Tubo for killing someone by mistake, and in his depression, he studied the Tibetan language for 20 years. In order not to anger my Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo let me go and married Princess Wencheng, so that I could escape. ”
"Thanksgiving. Fang Yu greeted and ordered Xiao Er to get a meal for the wandering monk to eat.
"According to the Master, when will this Blood Moon appear?"
The wandering monk shook his head, stopped talking, and only gobbled it up to himself.
In the past month or so, Fang Yu has traveled to every corner that Chang'an can reach, and he also knows that there are some places that he can't go, such as the Imperial Palace, and some people can go to pay a visit, such as the Zeng surnamed Heavenly Master who lives near Dongshi.
He was a scholar who observed the heavens at night, and he had profound attainments in this area, Fang Yu remembered that when he first asked him about Tubo, he said a lot of astronomical knowledge, and his head was too big.
Fang Yu was not annoyed, but invited him to a meal, and the two got to know each other like this. Therefore, when you go out, being open-minded and polite is the key.
From him, he got a thunderbolt from the blue: at midnight on the first day of March in the twentieth year of Zhenguan, the blood moon appeared. You must know that today is the 28th day of April in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan. Wait a full seven years!
After Fang Yu repeatedly confirmed the news, he got up and said goodbye. Facing the starry sky and covered in the moonlight, he sighed: "Mom! It will take seven years! I really want my son and daughter to be born in the Tang Dynasty?"
It's come to this, it's useless to sigh, it's better to find a way to settle down as soon as possible. As soon as the two of them put together, they plan to avoid the noisy city and find a clean place after giving birth to a child. First, you can raise children, second, you can practice swords, and third, you can avoid the government, so you don't have to be like this now, and you have to be sneaky and disguised when you go out.