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When Tang Daqing first came to the Avalon Library in Cyril, he was attracted by the complex architecture of Avalon, which is different from British and Chinese architecture.

It turns out that the building can be like this.

This is the voice of Tang Daqing's heart at that moment, that is, this moment opened a door for Tang Daqing.

From this time on, Tang Daqing began to read and self-study various books related to the architecture of the magic world and the Mengzhi world in the library, and he seemed to have found what he wanted to do for the first time.

Having said that, Zhang Qiuyue was in Cyril and worked with Fan Lao as a teaching assistant, and did a lot of research with Fan Lao in the field of potions, and there are research papers at home and abroad that can be used for reference.

Uncle Zhang is also studying in Cyril's upper class, and he will be able to obtain Cyril's magic qualification in two years, but he doesn't like this school very much, and Cyril's cultural heritage does not attract him. His arrogance is the reason why he is alone, he hates the classmates around him, even if most of them are from famous and prestigious families in the country, and the arrogance in his heart tells him that everyone is a mouse-eyed person.

He couldn't help but miss the upright boy he had been.

Until he found Tang Daqing in a corner of the Avalon Library munching on an apple and reading a book intently.

"Hmph, it's annoying to be able to see you in this place. ”

In fact, he was very excited in his heart, but his mouth was going against the true feelings in his heart, and he was really hypocritical.

Tang Daqing glanced at him, listening to the tone that he was used to never changing, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Isn't this Young Master Zhang who loves to skip class, what's the matter, I don't want to graduate?"

Uncle Zhang also rolled his eyes on the bookshelf and continued to look for the book he wanted to read, but his eyes slowly glanced at the book in Tang Daqing's hand.

"Ahem, what kind of crooked books have you been reading lately?"

Tang Daqing held up the cover of the magazine in his hand and gave Uncle Zhang a look, "In the second issue of the sixth volume of the Transactions of the Construction Society published in December last year, Liang Sicheng published the "Description of Architectural Design Reference Drawings" in it, so I took it out to study. ”

Uncle Zhang also heard it clearly, pretending to be indifferent and said, "Oh." ”

After Tang Daqing left, he secretly took out the magazine and flipped through it.

"How does this guy like this stuff now. ”

This question sprouted in Uncle Zhang's heart, and Uncle Zhang can't help but take a few more glances at the buildings of Cyril when he walks on the road now.

He seemed to have figured out what he could do after skipping class.

Every day when he got up, he would take his sketchpad and sketch pen and look at them as he walked around.

When he was in London, he was very fond of painting landscapes, as a souvenir, although he painted a lot of buildings, but they were only the embellishments in this landscape painting, roughly depicting its appearance, after adding three or two shades, this landscape painting was completed, but after coming to Cyril, his inner rejection made him give up painting for a long time.

But now it is different, he suddenly found that the building itself is the soul of the architectural landscape, and Cyril's architecture does not deliberately imitate Western architecture, but also departs from traditional Chinese architecture, and the real soul is Cyril itself.

So from this time on, Uncle Zhang will also carry out detailed copying and analysis of every building in Cyril, every different angle of planning, and slowly, two years have passed, Uncle Zhang's brain already has a living map of Cyril, he can walk on the road, and his brain can imagine what kind of buildings can be built in this vacant land. There is a whole bookcase in his dormitory, almost all of which are sketches that he has copied over the past two years, as well as drawings of his own ideas.

When Uncle Zhang was about to graduate, Tang Daqing saw such a scene, and realized what kind of changes his unintentional encounter had brought to Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang is still the unforgiving Uncle Zhang.

But Uncle Zhang in Tang Daqing's heart is no longer the Uncle Zhang who said he was a mongrel when he was a child.

Although Tang Daqing still didn't know, when Uncle Zhang was also in London, he never said to anyone that Tang Daqing was not a pure-blood, and every time there was a non-verbal rumor about Tang Daqing, Uncle Zhang secretly helped him solve it. He is really like an old mother, staring at Tang Daqing every day, but he always pays attention to Tang Daqing's actions, for fear that something will happen to him.

After all, this is what Grandpa told him.

He's sure he'll do it well.

five

In 1937, although President Qiu Yidian retired, he was still a thorn in his heart for the expansion of the Cyril campus.

In the same year, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, friends of Qiu Lao, began to travel to more than 200 counties in 15 provinces in China to survey, map and photograph more than 2,000 ancient architectural relics preserved by the Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and prepare a good foundation for Liang Sicheng to annotate "Building the French Style" and compile "History of Chinese Architecture" in the future.

Principal Qiu Yidian followed the footsteps of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin more than 10 times, just to cooperate with them to complete the expansion of Cyril, but Qiu was old, and the long-term outing made him physically and mentally exhausted. Tang Daqing, who learned of this, volunteered to follow Liang Sicheng, so he became a bridge of communication during Cyril's first expansion.

Uncle Zhang also learned about this, and also gave up the opportunity to work as an assistant coach in Cyril, and had to follow Tang Daqing to do this no matter what.

He said that he was just afraid that Tang Daqing's upright temper would be bad.

Tang Daqing didn't say much, just let him run with his strength.

Therefore, in the whole three years, Tang Daqing and Zhang Shuyi followed the footsteps of Liang Sicheng and others nearly 300 times, and the number of tickets, notes and manuscripts was close to 10,000.

In the process, they also studied many traditional Chinese ancient buildings and architectural history with Liang and Lin, and discussed the architectural design concept of Cyril's expansion with Liang Lin and Liang Lin in their free time.

Liang Sicheng wrote in a letter to Qiu Yidian, "Although it is said that the Red Pavilion, Baili Lane Hall and Liulicheng are the works of me and Huiyin, if there is no Daqing and Shuyi, it may not be able to achieve such an effect." ”

Since then, Tang Daqing and Uncle Zhang have also become Liang Sicheng's "day students".

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“... There is a big difference between the architecture of the magic world and the architecture of the Meng, it needs to use the support of magic to create enchantment and resonance, and building materials need to assume its own function with the support of magic.

For example, why Baili Lane Hall can be suspended on the surface of Roselle Lake, Liang Lin and the others cannot complete such a building that is contrary to their theory of the Mongolian realm, which requires the use of magic, but how to attach the magic to the parts of each part, how to double superimpose, how to solve the rejection of parts, how to choose the materials for construction and the correct construction.

All this can only be done by people in the magic world, which is one of the reasons why magic mechanics is organized, and today Cyril College has opened magic mechanics, which is also set up to provide more such talents to the magic world, thank you for the invitation to open the conference today..."

——Excerpt from Tang Daqing's "Speech on the Opening of Cyril Magic Mechanical Academy"

Seven

Tang Daqing's first love, Zhang Qiuyue, went to London, England in 1941, because she received a professorship from the London School of Magic.

Of course, Tang Daqing knew that Zhang Qiuyue was going to find Nord Levi.

Therefore, Tang Daqing fell out of love.

Uncle Zhang also looked at Tang Daqing's lost appearance, smacked his lips and said, "Tang Daqing, how could my sister like an old and upright person like you, the background of Nord is one of the four major magic families in London, don't think about it, if I am my sister, I will also choose Nord." ”

Tang Daqing knew that Zhang Qiuyue didn't like him because she liked Nord, but he didn't know that Zhang Qiuyue was not accepted by the Levi family.

The Levi family does not allow family members to intermarry with people outside the four major families, even the excellent Zhang Qiuyue can't, Nord can guarantee that he will not marry other women, but Zhang Qiuyue can only be his real and nameless lover.

In 1945, Zhang Qiuyue gave birth to a son named Bertlem Levi for Nord unmarried.

This child is extremely smart, not only inheriting the intelligence of his parents and the unique temperament of Levi, but also inheriting the character of Zhang Sanye, gentle, kind, and righteous.

The Levi's family still doesn't allow Zhang Qiuyue to enter their house, but Nord's mother accepts and loves her little grandson very much.

Perhaps this could be the first step in breaking the ice.

In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, Tang Daqing went to London to visit Zhang Qiuyue once, and it happened that Nord went to the academic department in France for exchanges. He felt a little distressed as he watched the woman who had gradually lost the vitality and always smile of the old cheongsam style.

"Ah, don't look at the old clothes I wear now, which I can't buy here in London, I always feel that no matter how many things Nord gives me, they are not as good as my own. ”

When she spoke, her face seemed to be happy, but it didn't seem to be.

"Is Bertreum easy to feed?"

Tang Daqing looked at the little boy who was jumping in front of him, with bright brown natural curls, white and tender skin and big eyes, he wanted to scare this little boy a little.

"It's so fed, very obedient, he's different from you, I remember the first time I saw you, a little one, you were 4 years younger than me, I thought you were just like my brother, you were all little kids, I can still remember that feeling. ”

Tang Daqing looked at Zhang Qiuyue and asked, "What are you going to do in the future, do you want to go home?"

Zhang Qiuyue hesitated for a while, "Wait a little longer, find a game for Boty, otherwise I'll be gone, and I won't be able to take him away, he'll be too lonely." ”

Tang Daqing nodded, looking at Bertreum in a daze.

"You're the eldest too, it's time to get married. ”

Zhang Qiuyue looked at Tang Daqing and said seriously, but she didn't know if Tang Daqing had listened to her heart.

Thanks to Zhang Qiuyue's auspicious words, in December after going back, Tang Daqing met Miss Zhao and Zhao Yaoli. If Zhang Qiuyue is the white moonlight in Tang Daqing's heart, then Zhao Yaoli is the soy sauce and vinegar tea in his life.

Although Zhao Yaoli's family is not big and has a single lineage, it has a very deep foundation in Shanghai and even in the entire magic world. Their families are all women, and the children they give birth to are all daughters, but they are all top talents, and they are almost recorded in the history of the magic world.

Tang Daqing must have felt that he was not worthy of Miss Zhao at the beginning, how far and how far he could avoid, how could he know that Miss Zhao was more than 20 1, young and vigorous, and he had to come to Cyril every day to chase Tang Daqing and ask questions.

Miss Zhao has a pet that is said to have been passed down from generation to generation in the family, named "Nightmare", a dark gray leopard-like animal with jewel-like purple eyes.

Moreover, this eldest lady is good at using illusions, and she has stunned Tang Daqing several times.

"Don't use illusions on me!" Tang Daqing really had a headache.

"Then you marry me. ”

Hey, what kind of asshole talk is this.

Exegesis:

Fan Lao: Cyril was founded around 1897 by Van Louis and Qiu Yidian, Fan Lao was born in 1872 and came from England, known as the "father of modern Chinese medicine and magic". Since Zhang Qiuyue, Tang Daqing and others were all born after 1910, Fan Louis has been honored as Fan Lao by others when Zhang Qiuyue was a teaching assistant.

The four major magic families in London: They have existed for a long time, and they are all families with a long history, and they are quite prominent in the European magic world and even the global magic world, namely Levi, Edward, Modrano, and Lord.

Boty: The name of the Potleme milk.

Patron Saint: This is only an unwritten rule in the domestic magic world, after the contract between the magician and the divine beast is established, the honorific title of the divine beast, the survival mode of each divine beast is different, the physiological structure will be different, and even the lifespan and reproduction mode will be different.

Nightmare: Shaped like a leopard, dark gray fur, the size of the usual leopards 5~6 combined so huge, she is the patron saint of the Zhao family, nightmares can create an environment that is difficult for magicians to create, it can be called a dream, and this dream has a strong aggressiveness, the general blinder or the magician with poor resistance are easily affected and attacked, so the danger factor is very great.

Illusion: One of the techniques that magicians basically master, the degree of mastery varies, depending on the degree of personal specialization.