Chapter 13: Prosperity (I)
"Brother Ao? The younger brother is naturally willing to go with you, but I, as a mortal, how can I go to Heaven? What if someone finds out? ”
"You don't have to worry about this, when you get to Heavenly Court, you will be cautious in your words and deeds, and I will naturally cover for you." Ao Long patted me gently. "People always imagine things that they haven't seen before, but when you see them once, you think that's just it."
"Good...... Good. "I said hesitantly, my heart was both uneasy and full of excitement at the same time, I didn't expect that I would be so lucky to have a glimpse of the prosperity of heaven." Then I'm going with me, but how do we get there? I don't have any mana......"
"Brother Xian comes with me." Otaki put away all the paperwork and walked towards the stairs. "Above this Dragon Pavilion is Heavenly Court."
I only thought that the Dragon Pavilion only had three floors, but when I walked into the stairs, I found that there was a staircase to continue to the top, but I was more curious just now, and I was anxious to see the style of the three-story small garden, so I ignored these details. The staircase looked like eight or nine steps, and after a few steps to the end, an old wooden door appeared in front of us, decorated with a lifelike dragon head ring.
"It's windy outside, you have to hold yourself tight." As he spoke, Ao Long had already reached out and pinched the collar on it, and shook it lightly twice.
Bang bang, three dull sounds echoed in the Dragon Pavilion.
The iron dragon heads on the door suddenly moved, and they yelled at us twice before turning their heads and crawling to the other side of the door, which changed from two dragon heads to two dragon tails that kept flicking.
After a while, an impatient voice came from the other side of the door. "Who is it? What are you knocking on so late? Come back tomorrow morning! ”
Ao Long cleared his throat and said, "In the Lower Dragon Palace, Ao Long." ”
"It turned out to be Lord Dragon, I'll open the door for you right away." After hearing Ao's name, that bored voice became respectful and refreshed.
The wooden door creaked, and then a dazzling light appeared through the crack of the door, and the two doors were slowly pushed open.
In an instant, the entire Dragon Pavilion was shrouded in a white light, and the intense glare made it impossible to see anything clearly.
I felt a strong hand grasp me and walk forward, stepping over a high threshold. Then a violent storm almost blew me off the ground, but luckily Otaki held me down.
I opened my eyes in a trance, and in front of me was a huge archway, which looked to be dozens of meters high, and the entire archway was made of glass, crystal clear, reflecting the stars and moon. The whole archway is divided into three sections, because there are three holes circled, the middle is relatively high, and the two sides are slightly lower. At the top of each section there is a steel cast sign, and the middle sign has three big characters of "Nantianmen" written in block letters, exuding a vermilion shimmer. The signs on both sides read "Crape Myrtle Starlight" and "Big Dipper Starlight" respectively. There were two lonely men standing under the door, each holding a wolfdog, and needless to say that I knew they were the doormen.
"Lord Aolong, why did you come to Heaven so late?" One of the guards rubbed his sleepy eyes and forced a smile.
"I have something important to report to the Emperor tomorrow, so I will come here tonight to prepare." Ao Long said to them with a soft and smiling voice.
"I see, there is a new movie released tonight, and at this moment, the Emperor of Heaven should be watching the movie in the downtown area." The guard's head was unusually low, and he looked respectful.
"Well, since the Emperor of Heaven is not in the palace, I will take my friends to walk around the Heavenly Court casually." As he spoke, Ao Long pointed at me to the two guards.
"Who is this? I wish I had never seen it in Heaven. The two guards lifted their heads and finally discovered the presence of me, a large living being.
Ao Long hurriedly explained to them. "This is Liu Gongzi. used to write books in the mortal world, and recently he was just ranked in the immortal class, and next month he will take up his post in the Miluo Palace, responsible for writing documents. ”
When the two guards heard this, they immediately saluted me. "Miro Palace! That's a department of power! Childe can serve in the capital of Heavenly Court at a young age, and he is really a dragon and phoenix among people. ”
The two guards panicked at this action, and Ao Long hurriedly pinched me lightly with his hand, and then I remembered what Ao Long had told me before leaving, and I was cautious in my words and deeds, so I hurriedly smiled at them and said something dry. "Thank you."
"I didn't expect that Childe was going to be in a high position but he was still so humble, which really made the two of us admire it so much. Dare to ask what kind of race Childe is? ”
I could barely say a word just now, but I didn't expect that just a thank you would lead to an inquiry from the two of them, and at this moment I didn't dare to speak anymore, which was an awkward smile.
"Liu Gongzi is a Chinese. He only likes to dance and write, and he doesn't like to communicate with people, so don't ask again. Ao Long hurriedly answered for me.
"Huaxia people! Isn't that the heir of the Emperor of Heaven when he was in the mortal world, it's amazing, all the Chinese people in the Heavenly Court are in power, they are all the henchmen of the Emperor of Heaven, and Liu Gongzi has a great future! One of the guards spoke in an exaggerated tone, almost kneeling on my knees.
Another guard was also busy. "Young Master Liu, if you have the opportunity in the future, I hope to say a few good words in front of the Emperor of Heaven. that we may be removed from this guard duty. ”
"What did you both do when you were in the mortal world?" Ao Long asked.
"I am a white fox who practiced in Changbai Mountain, and I practiced for three thousand years before I barely blended into the heavenly court."
"I used to serve as a priest in the Hades, but after the transfer of Heavenly Court and the personnel of the Hades, I was lucky enough to come to the Heavenly Court.
Both of them spoke in a very weak and humble tone. "The two of us have nothing to do with Heavenly Court, so we will be assigned to the guards of the South Heavenly Gate."
Ao Long said with a smile. "Don't say that, everything has to rely on your own efforts, and the Emperor of Heaven also went through hard struggle in the mortal world to get to where he is today."
The two guards didn't say anything more, they should have heard Ao Long encouraging them, but perhaps the encouragement was too high-sounding to impress them, but rather to frustrate. Ao Long and I left in amusement.
Even so, the two guards shouted in unison as we walked into the Nantian Gate. "Greetings to the two of you."
Walk into the South Heavenly Gate, only to find that not only the archway, the entire heavenly court is made of glass, the glass roof, the glass wall, the glass pedestal, a wall, a tile, a brick and a stone are all unobstructed glass products, even the floor under the feet is also clear and transparent glass, at this moment it is night, these glasses seem to blend with the starlight in the sky, looking outside the palace is a quiet night, looking inside is the bright lights, the lights and starlight in this supreme palace can be said to be truly overlapped together.
Take a closer look, the high and low buildings create an incomparably majestic space, in the wide courtyard I and Ao Long are like two small ants, every palace needs you to raise your head to look up, and when there are towering buildings in all directions, are sharp cornices, you can't help but give you a strong sense of oppression, so that you no longer dare to speak loudly, can only be willing to surrender to this.
This is the real Qionglou Yuyu, a heavenly pavilion.
I exclaimed. "It's so beautiful, it's like a dream."
This sentence is really heartfelt, the spectacle in front of you can be said to overshadow all the beauty that came before, it is a pure world, without any impurities.
"Brother Xian, although there are many flaws in the internal management of Heavenly Court, the external beauty of Heavenly Court is indeed the ultimate in this world, and this is thanks to a strange book in your mortal world, "Zhou Li". Ao Long walked as he spoke, and when he came to Heavenly Court, he felt that his steps had become much lighter, as if he was stepping on the wind.
"Zhou Li? How could this book affect Heavenly Court? "This really surprised me, I didn't expect Heavenly Court to learn things from the human world.
"Many years ago, Ji Dan was promoted to the heavenly court because of his outstanding merits, and he also brought the "Zhou Li" that recorded the various etiquette systems of the Zhou Dynasty, but these etiquette systems had no value in the heavenly court, and the gods also laughed it off, but some of the art forms in the Zhou rites deeply attracted a craftsman in the heavenly court, and he wrote according to the description in the Zhou Li, 'Fang Jiuli, next to the three gates, nine longitudes and nine wefts in the country, and nine tracks in the warp and nine tracks. Left ancestor right society, facing the back of the city, the city of a husband. There are nine rooms inside, and nine concubines live in it. There are nine rooms outside, and nine Qing Dynasty Yan. Such an almost perfect urban plan, this set of plans deeply moved the Emperor of Heaven, so that the future Heavenly Court was built exactly according to this model. The Emperor of Heaven also sent this book to the mortal world, so after that, all the emperors of the Central Plains will follow this template to design their own capitals and their own palaces, but you mortals have limited power after all, and it seems that except for the heavenly court, no palace really meets all the conditions listed above. ”