Just now, if it is Hu Xuanwu, they have more or less heard of the reputation, and they are not very curious, but there is one thing that cannot be seen clearly, the Hu girl at the end of Hu Xuanteng, it is clear that a golden phoenix bathed in fire appeared from her body, and it is precisely for this reason that the visitors are willing to applaud and give a generous reward.

"That golden phoenix is also part of the Hu Xuan Dance?" Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes and stared at the woman downstairs.

Nayi shook her head: "Of course not, Hu Xuanwu is Hu Xuanwu, this golden phoenix is just the color head of Hu Xuanwu, you can understand that they combined Hu Xuanwu and illusion in order to earn more money." That golden phoenix is an illusion unique to the territory. ”

"Illusion?"

"Then you'll have to tell us more about it."

Yue Guanchao and the others have seen and heard countless hallucinations since they experienced the Witch Coffin Village, some of which are due to drugs, some of which are due to the interference of psychological factors, or some of which are still unable to tell the reason.

When they saw the phoenix bathing in fire during the day, of course, they were curious about the reason for the illusion in front of them.

Nayi thought for a moment, her eyes became mysterious, and she said: "The illusion of the Western Regions has been circulating for a long time, if you want to talk about it carefully, you have to start from the Han Dynasty......

In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his favorite Mrs. Li died, and Emperor Wu recruited warlocks in order to meet this favorite concubine after his death, and wanted to summon the soul of Mrs. Li.

Many talented people who practiced metaphysics and sought immortals were once summoned by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to enter the court and summon the soul of Mrs. Li.

At that time, the Han Dynasty had opened up the Western Regions through the Xiongnu War, and established a large capital in the Western Regions.

Their efforts have succeeded and failed, but there is one thing that cannot be erased - that is, let the illusion of the Western Regions gradually sprout in the Central Plains and enter the eyes of the world.

In the following hundreds of years, with the introduction of Buddhism to the Central Plains, the exchanges between the Western Regions and the Central Plains became more and more frequent, and the Silk Road was gradually opened up by the Sui and Tang Emperors, and the people of the Western Regions began to enter the Central Plains through the Silk Road with the gems, spices, and jade that were missing in the Central Plains.

The Hu people, with the help of commercial trade with the Central Plains, began to appear wealthy businessmen, and the business atmosphere between them was extremely strong, especially in the small country of the Hu people in Hexi, and they regarded doing business and getting rich as a major event that must be done in life.

For them, the Central Plains is like the spiritual temple of the Hu people, even if they are as poor as beggars, they want to enter the Guanzhong through their own feet to beg for food.

Under such an atmosphere, not only the Hu Chamber of Commerce went to the Central Plains to do business, but also some Hu people and market tourists who admired the culture of the Central Plains would also enter the Central Plains through the Silk Road to see the prosperity, recovery, inclusiveness and openness of the Central Plains.

Under the open and tolerant atmosphere of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the three religions and nine streams of the Hu people were unimpeded in the Central Plains, almost unrestricted, and because their exotic faces were completely different from those of the Han people, they would arouse the curiosity of the people along the way, or give them generous courtesy, or make friends with them and do business together.

As the old saying goes, fish and dragons are mixed, and the mud and sand are all down, and among the groups of people from the Western Regions who enter the Central Plains, the most special thing is the illusionist!

Their starting point is very low, it is very likely that one person and one camel will dare to follow the caravan into the Central Plains along the way, and even some illusionists in the Western Regions are not free bodies, but slaves raised by the caravan in order to relieve boredom on the journey, even if the status is low, as long as the illusion is excellent, there are infinite possibilities in Datang.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty from the court to the people admired Hu style, liked Hu clothes, and even the usual diet also liked Hu people's Hu cakes and Hu drinks, and everyone in the aristocracy wore Hu clothes as a fashion, and the illusion of the Western Regions, of course, also became something that royal high-ranking officials and ordinary people liked.

In the eyes of the common people, these Hu people in the Western Regions with exotic faces have curly blonde hair, blue eyes, and high noses, and they have different degrees of spells and illusions.

In this extremely popular situation, the illusions of the Western Regions have also developed many new tricks!

There is a story recorded in the "Yuanfu Turtle Book" that during the Kaiyuan period, an illusionist named Fanying could manipulate the weather at will and conjure up wind, rain, thunder and lightning at any time.

Once, he made a bet with a friend, saying that the weather near Chengdu Mansion was hot and dry, and there was likely to be a fire, and if there was a fire, a torrential rain happened to extinguish the fire, that was his magic method, and if what he said was true, the friend would donate a house as a Buddha donation, and if he didn't say it right, Fanying volunteered to become this friend's ministry.

At that time, Fan Ying was far away in Luoyang, three thousand miles away from Shudi, and it would take at least half a month to get through quickly, of course, it was impossible to walk to Shu in half a day, and his friend only thought that what he said was a joke, and readily agreed to the bet.

Then, I saw Fanying chanting a mantra in her mouth, burning a yellow talisman in her hand, her face was extremely mysterious, and she seemed to be confident.

His friend didn't believe that he was really so magical, and waited until half a month later, and personally went to ask the merchant from Shudi, according to the merchant's recollection, there was indeed a fire in Chengdu Mansion half a month ago, but soon a dark cloud came from the east to directly extinguish the fire.

After learning the news, this person believed that Fanying could indeed use illusion to manipulate the weather, and of course this friend was willing to donate a courtyard to the Faxuan Temple at that time.

There is also a story recorded in "Youyang Miscellaneous".

It is said that during the Tianbao period, an illusionist named Mi Bao has the skill of making candles, and I heard that he is good at making illusion candles, these two-inch-thick, one-foot-long candles are like incense when burning, and the room is full of incense, and even emits colorful firelight when burning, and can directly conjure up pavilions and pavilions in the candle flame, and the form is extremely magical.

During the period from Kaiyuan to Tianbao, it was the most prosperous and open era of Tang culture, which can be called the towering China, the heavens and all the countries, and even illusions are endless!

What is "Mirage Ni Dress", "Melon Ripe and Falling", "Crane Divine Flying", "Patrol Wine", "Raptors Around the Pillar", "Cloud Steaming and Thunder", "Instant Flowering", "Goddess Offering Incense", "Fire Phoenix Nirvana", "Folding White Donkey", "Lying in the Hanging Tank", "Climbing the Rope and Fleeing", "Killing and Resurrection", ...... These bizarre and mysterious illusions have brought forth the new, confusing the people at the same time, and have already created the spectacle of the prosperous era and the floating dream of Kaiyuan!

All this, and so on, of course, there have been countless illusion masters, Zhang Guo, Xing Hepu, Shi Yeguang, Ye Fashan, Luo Gongyuan, Bukong Sanzang, and a line of monks, all of whom have won the love of the royal family and the people with their own top-secret illusions.

One of them, Ye Fashan, an illusionist, has been serving Wu Zetian, Tang Zhongzong, Tang Ruizong, and Tang Xuanzong since the time of Tang Gaozong.

Celestial Master, it is also the highest achievement that these illusionists can do!

Some people say that the biggest illusionist in the Kaiyuan Tianbao period was actually Emperor Tang Ming himself.

During his reign, he personally created the prosperous Tang Dynasty of the Heavenly Dynasty and the Four Yi Binfu, and after the Anshi Rebellion, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was smashed to pieces, and the entire Tang Dynasty flourished and declined, and it took a sharp turn, and the national fortune was like a mirror and a mirage, which was the biggest illusion created by Tang Xuanzong for all the people of the Tang Dynasty.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Anxi, Beiting, and Hexi fell, and the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions forever.

With the interruption of the Silk Road from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, illusionists naturally ceased to exist in the Central Plains, and if they hadn't come to Southern Xinjiang, it would have been impossible to see this kind of illusion in the Central Plains.

As for how these illusions are created? No one knows yet.

Some people think it's spices, some think it's medicinal powders, and some people think it's all tricks and tricks used by illusionists.

It is precisely because illusion is so bizarre and treacherous that it is very popular with ordinary people, and it is not surprising that these wealthy merchants are willing to give rich rewards.

At this point, the dancer had already walked under the window of the building, and of course the many spectators upstairs would not be stingy. They all took out their pockets and threw down the copper coins, and the wealthy people directly smashed the money bags, Yue Guanchao, of course, they couldn't lose face, and collected a few silver yuan and threw them into the copper plate.

The silver coin was on the plate, which was extremely pleasant, and this crisp movement also made the dancer look up a few times, and her eyes flowed, as if she was flattering everyone at the window.

When the dance was over, the crowd dispersed, and seeing that the street had returned to order, they went down the street building and continued to walk towards Gaotai Castle, and finally stopped at the foot of Gaotai Castle.

After Kerry stopped, he pointed to the stacked Gaotai City houses and said: "When Abba and I came to southern Xinjiang, we liked to live in this kind of Gaotai houses. ”

With that, Keli led them up to the high platform and stopped in front of a seven-story building.

Careful observation, this seven-storey building is based on the earthen platform, chiseled inward, protruding from the stone wall for more than ten meters, thus forming a four-storey building pattern under the cliff and three floors above the cliff.

The overall shape is like the form of the word "base", like the tall pagoda out of the eaves and high, under the rammed earth exterior wall, you can see the cloister carving, the niche color, the arched door opening is full of exotic window glass, the corridor and the balcony of each floor connect the surrounding street buildings, you can go up and down, left and right, it is very convenient.

Adjacent to it, the front door upstairs is written with a plaque written in the bend of the Vivenqu song, and the corner is also marked in Chinese "The comfortable courtyard of the old man Bagu".