Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Pudong Airport Station. According to the rules, Roman aircraft could only land at the Songjiang port on the coast of the East China Sea, and should not go deeper into the territory. In principle, not only the aircraft belonging to Rome, but also all vehicles carrying the Romans should enter Matsue. Last time, the Ninghe, which carried the Roman mission, landed directly at the forbidden army airfield in Daxiaochang, which was specially approved by the Son of Heaven.

Seriously, the Roman envoys should have entered through the gate of Matsue, as they did this time.

The gate is not an abstract concept, it is a gate in the physical sense. Outside the gate of the Pudong Airport in Songjiang, in the port area of "Tianjin Ferry", there is a huge stone gate - the city gate hangs the two-character seal book of "Gaomen", which is the name of the outermost city gate of the Zhou Dynasty Hojing, and is the national gate of Wangji. "Gao" leads to "high", and this gate is indeed unprecedented.

The part of the gate abutment resembles the 110-meter-high triumphal arch in Constantinople, but with five arches. Five doorways the size of the door stand side by side, and the wings are as tall as a skyscraper. The height of the last gate is close to 200 meters, and you can see such a big mountain at the skyline from the edge of the Huangpu River.

Standing inside the door, Shang Luo looked up and couldn't see the sun at all. The gate covers the entire plaza behind in shadow.

"Is there such a big one in the country?"

"With the tower crane, it's so convenient to pile up rocks." Zhu Xianene next to him looked up and was very satisfied, "Sure enough, there is still a mountain of stones, which looks the most magnificent." ”

"But this stone seems." Shang Luo reached out and touched the outer layer of this entire gate was snow-white, and if he reached out and touched it, he could feel the delicate texture.

"Yes, it's white marble."

"White marble? Such a big one, and the outside is full of white marble? ”

"White marble itself is a delicate white marble. It's all over the mountains, and it took a while to collect them all. And this door is not solid either. ”

"Inside the book is."

"Yes, there's an elevator." Zhu Xianene nodded, "If you look at the size of this thing, you should guess that this thing is a modern repair." When it was repaired, there was an elevator inside. ”

"Can you go up and have a look? What does the gatehouse up there do? ”

"Eh" Zhu Xianene touched his forehead, "Generally speaking, those gate towers above can be used for inspection. But this country is too big, and after going up, you can't see the bottom from above, and you can't see from below, and the effect of the parade is not very good. ”

"Is this a country in the true sense of the word? Or is it just the name of the country? ”

"It's the former." Zhu Xianene replied, "Although I haven't seen it, in fact, all the envoys of the tributary countries must enter through this door and exit through this door. Depending on the level, the doors that can be walked through are also different. Among the five door openings, the door in the middle is probably only used today. The first gate on the left is the door where Lan Fang and other ministers go out of town and return to the country with festivals. The first one on the right is the outer domain, such as the gate where the king of Joseon walked. A little more along, it is to follow or someone else. ”

"Ah," Shang Luo suddenly thought, "Actually, I've always had a problem: that is, including the main entrance in the palace. Is the doorway in the middle something that only senior brother can walk through? So you walked over on your own? ”

"So, I'll give you an analogy. Do you collect money for the New Year? ”

"If there is, I'll take it."

"But I'm not going to take it. Why? I'm married. It was the custom of our family to receive New Year's money until I got married. Getting married and not getting married here is a watershed. When you get married, it means that you are an independent subject in our set of etiquette—" He pointed to the doorway:

"It's the same thing. On the question of 'which door to take', you have to be at least an 'independent subject' to be calculated. When the driver drove me, he was part of my main body, and there used to be a sedan chair. and the guards of the past and the present, etc., who are counted in my guard of honor. So from this point of view, there are really only three kinds of people who can walk through the middle with their own 'independence'. There are two other than me. ”

"What are the two kinds of people?"

"The first is the queen, in order to show the peace of yin and yang at the wedding, the queen, as a 'king', entered from the main gate - but when I married Yang Jing, she was still the crown princess, so I didn't have a chance to leave. If you think about it, there are too few queens who can actually come in through the door; In addition, the champion of the top three in the new department, Tanhua, and Bangyan. Because it was a guest of the Son of Heaven, they could go once - of course, they would not be guests after the work officially began, and they would also walk to the side. ”

"Ah," Shang Luo nodded, "Where am I then?" ”

"You're our guest, standing next to me, of course."

[Ah, it turned out to be a guest, not to mention that I thought it was the queen.] 】

“？？？” Zhu Xianene was stunned for a moment, "Did you offend her somewhere?" She made a point for me to hear it too. ”

"Blame me"

[Ahh You know you're to blame! 】

"Eh" Zhu Xianene didn't know what to say, "Although I can't usually control this kind of thing, I still suggest: You two are both chosen by Dao Ancestors, and I suggest that you still hold hands and be good friends." If you two fight, the avenue will be shattered - by the way, is this something to do with me? ”

"And what Lu Qianhu said when I went to the county office this morning."

"Ahh Zhu Xianene raised his head suddenly, "What, so it's actually very interesting to analyze the principle of the main entrance." The only people who can walk through this gate are the Son of Heaven and the guests of the Son of Heaven. But the guests are temporary, the queen will become a family, the jinshi will work, the guests will come and go, and only the son of heaven himself will go from here. In this sense, only Shang Luo, you are always a guest. ”

"Ah," Shang Luo nodded, "So, senior brother, what do you think, if you have something, you can just say it." ”

"No, no, I don't have anything." Zhu Xianene shook his head again and again. If he wants to do something like Sun 100,000, he won't say it, and he won't say it if he dies.

"But I think you and Hui Ming seem to be a bit of a holiday, why don't I let you stay alone for a while? The Romans arrived a little later. ”

[Don't.] Apollonia refused.

"Eh" Zhu Xianene thought for a while, "Indeed, I am an outsider, and you still have to solve this kind of thing behind closed doors." But Wise Envoy, I'm afraid you'll have to say a word or two for a while. Because Rome wants to see how you're doing, too. ”

[Of course that's no problem, I won't delay the business.] Let them answer the phone. Give each of them a bean, and let that guy empower one of them. 】

"'That guy.'" Zhu Xianene looked at Shang Luo, "Otherwise, I won't be a light bulb?" I'll blow the wind and you'll talk about it alone. ”

(End of chapter)

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