Chapter 294: Infiltrating the Palace
The neat procession, the courtyard illuminated by the firelight, the shadow of the date palm trees reflected on the earthen wall, unexpectedly, it was not some slave of the Ejibe family, the bearded Babylonian man seen in the afternoon hiding in the crowd with disdain and pointing at the two, holding a weapon like a spear, holding a shield, this was obviously a group of soldiers.
Soldiers of the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom? It may be that the soldiers patrolling the city, wearing short skirts and leather armor, and leather armor tied to the joints, if they hadn't come to arrest them, Lin Luoran would have been more interested in this team of soldiers who have been around for more than 2,000 years.
"Aren't you helpless?" Without spiritual power, Lin Luoran could still be Tai Chi, and it was not difficult to escape from a team of poorly equipped Babylonian soldiers.
Yang Lisha nodded, "Don't kill people, I can feel that there are powerful monks in this city!" ”
The earthen windows were high, but not small, and they jumped out with ease. Both of them were grasshoppers on a rope at this time, and Lin Luoran believed Yang Lisha's judgment that there were monks in Babylon City - since the interstellar teleportation array could be the Tower of Babel, it was really not surprising that there were monks in New Babylon City more than two thousand years ago.
Lin Luoran squeezed her eyes, crossed her hands and took the ladder, Yang Lisha stepped on Lin Luoran and jumped out with a slight click.
"You two go first, little gold!" When the soldiers saw someone fleeing, they screamed in their mouths and stabbed with spears, Lin Luoran avoided to the left, patted Xiao Jin, and told him to flee first with the little green fox. Restricted by some kind of law, Xiao Jin can't transform now, but it's okay to hold a little fox in his mouth.
The difference between eagles and eagles is not big, of course Babylon also has eagles, they are all big people with good identities, those soldiers just saw Lin Luoran and the two with a "golden eagle", so they didn't start to be ruthless, so that Yang Lisha had time to escape. Of course, Lin Luoran didn't know the mystery, but she and Yang Lisha's weak hearts and fled made these soldiers abandon that concern.
Xiao Jin flew out of the window, Lin Luoran kicked a spear away, even if she couldn't use her spiritual power, her physical fitness tempered by the spiritual energy molecules could easily make all kinds of difficult movements, like a 180-degree horizontal kick in the movie, her movements were smoother than all the action stars.
Seeing that the soldiers arrived at the ground, Lin Luoran lightly leaned on the stone table, the window was just enough for a person to barely get out, and she fell to the ground lightly.
There were a few female slaves who fainted on the ground in the yard, it seemed that Yang Lisha did it easily, the long and pointed leaves of the date palm tree were broken a lot, and the chasing soldiers in the house behind her were making a noise, Lin Luoran felt that her temples were a little abrupt, she jumped out and didn't see Xiao Jin and Xiao Qinghu, separated by a few layers of earth walls, it seemed that more people were rushing here.
She didn't have time to care where Yang Lisha and Xiao Jin went, so she picked a direction without footsteps and torches, and jumped out of the low earthen house.
In addition to the chasing soldiers, there is no prosperity in the later generations on the street, and there are almost no earthen walls and low earthen houses everywhere, so that people can hardly distinguish the direction here.
Lin Luoran had to look into the distance, in the place suspected of being the inner city, there were many exquisite buildings, and there was a gate built of glazed bricks, which was the closest landmark building to Lin Luoran. The most dangerous place is the safest place, and if she wants to check the Tower of Babel, she must sneak into the inner city.
She cautiously approached the gate, and when she got closer, she realized that it was unusually beautiful. Heavy wall double door, arched gate on both sides with twin towers of sanitation, four towers and two doors, the wall is covered with a pattern composed of colored glass, Lin Luoran recognized the cow, and there is a four-legged landing, fish head and snake neck, beast body with scale armor, forelimbs want lion feet, hind limbs are eagle claws, solemn and majestic, Lin Luoran has all kinds of myths and legends in his mind, myths and monsters, none of them match this thing.
If Lin Luoran was more familiar with the history of the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, she would recognize this as the famous "Esther Gate", and the "Hanging Garden", which would later be called one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, would be built next to the Esther Gate.
Of course, there are soldiers guarding the city gate, this is the main point of the imperial city of Babylon, the soldiers guarding are fully armored, Lin Luoran looked at the earthen wall that was probably more than ten meters high, and he was not sure that he could jump on it.
If you can't break in, you have to wait.
Lin Luoran hid in the shadows, she checked the space, she could take things, but she couldn't hide in it, and sure enough, she was restricted by the crossing. Is there a force in the underworld that restricts people like themselves from crossing over like this, and might disturb the original historical existence? Other than this, Lin Luoran couldn't think of any other possibilities.
She felt a little dizzy in her head, and hurriedly moved the last of the Divine Talisman and the Ice Needle Talisman from the space and put them in her pocket. There is also a disadvantage to turning his face with Qingchengguan, after using up the last two runes, Lin Luoran will have to say goodbye to this secret weapon suitable for home travel in the future.
With the two talismans, Lin Luoran felt that his life was safer. She originally wanted to take out the Zhao Sword, but before Yang Lisha escaped, she said that there were other monks in this city, and the Zhao Sword was a five-grade flying sword, who knows if anyone would covet it, or forget it, anyway, the spiritual power will not listen to the call.
There are other monks, so Yang Lisha's situation is much more dangerous than herself? At least she met a Huaxia monk, and she was also a junior, and she wouldn't be robbed if she didn't reveal her wealth, Yang Lisha's body was a demon - this was not the era of the decline of magic, and the monks who could appear in Babylon City thousands of miles away, it shouldn't be too difficult to see through Yang Lisha's body at a glance.
Hey, the dizziness is getting worse, damn it, it can't be the food you ate tonight, right? Who said that the ancients were simple, Lin Luoran pulled a few mint leaves from the space and bit them under his tongue, feeling a lot clearer.
There was a commotion from inside the gorgeous city gate, pure white and gorgeous feather fans, two Buluan inlaid with precious stones, much more expensive than the one Lin Luoran and Yang Lisha made when they entered the city, two masked women sat on it, and their entourage seemed to be negotiating with the soldiers defending the city.
Lin Luoran understood the word "Midi", she remembered that this seemed to be another ethnic group in the two river basins, she didn't remember it really, and she couldn't figure out who it was. The soldiers defending the city clearly understood the meaning of the word better than she did.
They opened the gates of the city and respectfully gave way to the procession, signaling the passage of the procession that had been haunted in the middle of the night.
Regardless of whether Babylon City has a curfew like ancient China, those who can open the city gate in the middle of the night are big people, Lin Luoran looked at the white robe on his body, and the team with hundreds of maids was very harmonious.
When the opportunity to blend in, she took some dips and smeared them on her face and neck, darkened her complexion by two shades, and pulled down one sleeve of her robe to look more like a local woman's dress, oh, and had to rip off the bottom half of her skirt.
The team was already halfway forward, and those soldiers didn't dare to look up directly, Lin Luoran jumped out of the shadows.
The maids were all holding things in their hands, and she was empty, feeling that she had touched a wooden box with flowers from the space, and pretended to hold it in her hands.
The sword was a few steps away from her, and when Lin Luoran passed through the blue city wall and entered the city gate, he was a little worried about whether he would be suddenly recognized, so many swords beckoned to his body together, even Tai Chi would not work.
In just one minute, it seemed like decades had passed, Lin Luoran was in a cold sweat on her neck, and when the bronze city gate closed against her heels, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In front of her, more than 2,000 years later, only the ruins of the inner city of Babylon remained.
Lin Luoran took a deep breath, these temple-like buildings in front of him, the ubiquitous reliefs, the various patterns made of glazed bricks and stones, the decoration of rose patterns, bright blue, cyan, red, white, yellow, brilliant color bands.
It is far from the eaves and corners of the ancient Chinese palace, and is more like a colorful round boulder.
- But this is the palace of Babylon, which also belongs to the four ancient civilizations.
Lin Luoran quickened his pace, and in front of the long line, the masked woman on Buluan suddenly blinked and smiled.
"Teacher, are you laughing?" The other masked woman had a pair of eyes that were as clear as the blue sky, and she opened her mouth to ask, a little interfering with the tone, but it was definitely Huaxia, but the regional accent was too strong, even if Lin Luoran was here, I am afraid she would have to recognize it for a while.
The woman who was called the teacher smiled, "Edith, we have a guest." ”
This is the Spring and Autumn Period of China, similar to today's ordinary "Yayan", which was said tactfully and gently by women, and it is really standard. However, Lin Luoran was still ignorant and followed the team, holding a stupid wooden box, eager to use his eyes as a camera to film the entire palace.