Chapter 15 The Gods of Shangdu
The horse kept walking, and after a long time, it was not as bumpy as before, and the dizziness and nausea gradually improved. I got off Li Li's horse, and walked on the side of the army, and saw from a distance that there was a very tall city tower in front of me.
There were soldiers standing on the tower of the city in Beijing, and after seeing the banners of the Jiuhan Army and the Li Family Army, they immediately opened the city gate, and all the soldiers stationed at the city gate were lined up on both sides, and the neat appearance of the army made me secretly sigh.
After entering the main street, a noisy human voice came, and tens of millions of people poured in like a tide, and the noisy sound seemed to tell the prosperity of Shangdu. Men, women, and children, with yellow hair hanging down, all stood on both sides of the street, their faces full of excitement and joy, and then suddenly knelt down and shouted in unison: "The general is mighty!" Blessings to the generals! "One after another, ups and downs, climaxes and climaxes.
Two yellow dragons played by people dance on both sides of the army, as well as firecrackers and gongs and drums ascend to the sky. There are even people who sprinkle flower petals on high-rise buildings to pave a way for the army to return to the dynasty in triumph. Flaming red lanterns hung in every house, and the people brought out their newly harvested grains to the soldiers, and the sound of the horn could not hide everyone's enthusiasm in the slightest. Several people ran out and knelt in front of the head of the army, kept kowtowing, and said loudly: "The general is brave and good at fighting, and has made great achievements for Dahuan, I wish the general eternal peace and healthββ"
Li Yu immediately came to help them up, and bowed to them and said: "Protecting the family and defending the country is the duty of the soldiers, although our army is a soldier of the Huan Dynasty, it is also a member of the Huan Dynasty, you don't have to be so polite." β
I looked at this prosperous side of the world, and a sour and bitter feeling welled up in my heart, and my throat was so sore that I couldn't open my mouth to speak, and I could only suppress this sudden feeling in my heart. If Zang Hu is still there, if Dad and his brothers also won the battle, then in Zang Hu, it is probably such a prosperous scene, although there are no lanterns, no firecrackers, no dragon dances, no gongs and drums, but we have bonfires, splashing water, roast sheep, and colored knots......
And I, as a daughter of Zang Hu's fallen country, actually enjoyed the grand state after the victory with them on the territory of the enemy army.
"Girl, take it!" An old woman handed me a basket of fruits, and I only refused with a smile, and then kept my head down, not daring to raise my head to look at everything in front of me, for fear of being embarrassed in front of everyone.
My eyes were hot, tears pooled around my sockets, and I blew my nose.
"Miss Xingyue, what's wrong with you?" Chen Feng was the first to notice my emotions, and I secretly wiped my tears and shook my head.
The army kept moving forward, I turned a corner, walked alone, and someone seemed to be shouting at me, but I don't know if it was shouting at me or cheering for something, and I guess no one would care if I walked away like this. I rubbed my brain, tears falling uncontrollably. I looked up at the sky, but I couldn't take it back when the tears flowed. The sun was still as bright as ever, but it didn't shine on me huddled in a dark corner.
has arrived in Shangdu, I probably have nothing to do with Li Yi and them anymore, just like when Lingniang and them suddenly left, there is no fate, everyone is their own passerby. If you want to not be sad when you part, you should not bring any feelings at the beginning, otherwise you will lose both in the end.
The sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers and fireworks, and the sound of human voices and horns are all gradually moving away from me and disappearing into silence. Now there is no one in the place where I walked, people are empty, and everyone is going to follow the army.
When you look up, you will see an arched pavement connecting the two banks, with vermilion fences on both sides, and the clear green river below, rippling blue waves. Is this the rainbow-shaped bridge that Abu called a rainbow?
I blinked my wet eyes and walked towards the bridge step by step. I leaned on the railing and looked down at the bottom of the bridge, and there were a lot of red fish that suddenly jumped out of the water, or put their mouths out of the water to breathe. A few big orange-billed birds waited on the shore for the fish to come out of the water, and a clever one of them took the small fish in their mouths and ate them into their stomachs. At this time, my stomach also screamed a few times, and I realized that I hadn't eaten a serious meal in several days.
If you want to stay here forever, you have to find an errand. A-Niang taught me so many medical skills, this time finally came in handy, the Central Plains proverb, a skill in the body, better than a thousand gold.
I just kept walking and walking around, trying to see if there were any pharmacies that were short of people, and by the way, I would take a look at the Shangdu that I had been looking forward to for a long time.
In the evening, the light moon is bright, those wooden pillars and wooden doors and wooden fences that pass in front of you one by one, the wooden mullioned windows with carved floors and vermilion lacquer, and the long hanging bamboo curtains at the door move, which makes people startled.
In the narrow alley next to the Shenyuan Temple, it is already crowded with people at this time, and there are so many food stalls with various kinds of snacks, the aroma is overflowing, the smoke is rising, the bowls are tinkling, and the roar is loud. A woman took the man's arm to the street, the man picked a hairpin and put it on the woman's bun, and there were children with two balls in the head of the ball laughing and playing on the side of the road. This is a scene that I have never seen before, although it is very unfamiliar, but it is well paved with the great capital of the prosperous world in my mind.
The night was so lively, and the morning must have been even more lively.
I huddled in a no-no corner, listening to a few muffled sounds exploding in the sky. I looked up, and the dazzling fireworks flew into the starry sky, and with a crisp sound, they dispersed like meteors, and soon disappeared. More fireworks flew upwards and sparsely sparse sparks in all directions, turning the night into a world of flowers.
It's beautiful! If only my brothers in the Western Regions could see it!
Li Tiao: They must be celebrating their victory in the palace. What does the palace look like? Is it really as the book says, the eaves are magnificent? I just want to see everything now, I want to take everything in my eyes, and I can't do anything.
Two pedestrians hurrying by on the opposite side were discussing something.
One said: "There is a Western Regions wine shop on the edge of Jinghong Pavilion, let's hurry over and try it." β
As if I had a home, I secretly followed the two of them.
The plaque on the sake brewery reads "Mitokaku", which is a strange name. I went in to find a place where there was no one and knelt silently on the stool. A bewitching woman from the Western Regions came over and asked me what I needed, and I asked for a plate of beef sauce and a jar of flame wine, and I would die here if I was drunk today.
The meat of the beef in the sauce is delicious and marinated thoroughly, and there is a tearing pleasure when you bite into it. I haven't eaten meat in a long time. The blaze wine was so blazing that it made my tongue and throat hot and spicy in a small sip. I finished one cup with a frown, followed by a second and a third cup, and the woman, seeing that I was drinking vigorously, handed me ginger tea, and I thanked her in a daze.
In the center, several big cannibals wearing white scarves are playing songs, and beautiful women from the Western Regions are dancing on the side. They are barefoot, veiled, deep eyes and faintly delicate red lips make people deeply intoxicated, and the gorgeous dancing and melodious vocal music are perfectly matched. I looked at them with one hand on my head, my eyes half-closed, and the bright candle flame spread out, and the light seemed to swallow the whole brewery, and finally even their figures disappeared dimly.
I was jolted awake and shook my head to look around, and the drinkers were almost gone. I staggered out of here, and as soon as I went out, I felt a slight drizzle falling on my face, and I reached out to catch the raindrops, which was cool and refreshing. The lights have been extinguished in several homes, but there are still five or six that are still on. Drunken eyes, trance, those lights flickering, in the distance become falling stars, this is who pulled the corner of the canopy to shake off the fairy's jewelry and jade? It doesn't matter what happens, it will eventually disappear into this silent darkness.
As I walked, I knocked down a man who was as drunk as me, and he angrily pushed me: "I don't have long eyes when I walk!" β
In front of a brightly lit building, several women with bare chests and backless makeup shouted loudly to the man: "The official will come to play next time!" The man waved at them and got into a carriage.
I stopped, what was this place?
There was a similar building on the opposite side of this building, but it was not a woman standing in front of the door, but a few men who looked like fairies, and the men were not only wearing rouge, drawing eyebrows, but also dressed with bells and whistles. The pink caftan is embroidered with a red peony, the yellow caftan is embroidered with a bird's finch, and the red caftan is embroidered with the moon season...... There are all kinds and colors, and they are no worse than the woman next door, but they are a few points better. These two probably make clothes or sell rouge.
But another boy, who was about thirteen or fourteen years old, suddenly got out of another, more luxurious carriage, and this boy had also raced the immortals, and could be regarded as the head of all the male immortals. He was draped in a robe embroidered with a python, and it was obvious that the robe was so large that it was dragged to the ground.
I laughed silly.
An old woman with a hairpin on her head squinted at me with thick rouge squinted, and suddenly twisted her bloated body and came over to me and said, "Hey, the little girl's family is drunk like this, it's not okay to stay outside so late." Come, come in to your mother. β
Who said you were my mom?
I shook off her hand and prepared to leave. But something slapped the back of my neck, and I fainted.