Chapter 664: Voices from an Exotic Land
"It's a pity that the divine power ..... Somewhat faint. β
Lu Liangsheng looked at the silhouette of the huge building in the distance, a little shocked, he could see it from here, he could see how big it would be standing in front of him, the warm wind stroked his hair and robe, no matter what, he should go and see how it was first, and he knew where this was and which country's territory.
Retracting his thoughts, he snapped his fingers at the four scholars who were still looking at the scenery along the river.
"Let's go, go over and have a look. β
"Alas, you wait, national teacher. β
The four people who washed their faces with water by the river, tidied up their clothes and appearance, and hurriedly caught up, following alongside, looking at the obviously artificially dug road, the four scholars had some worries on their faces.
"National teacher, we don't understand each other, if they also want to cite identities or something, won't they all throw us into prison?"
On the side, Wang Feng, led by four people, raised his elbow against Zhang Wei, who was speaking, "If there is a national teacher, how can you go to prison, besides, I am waiting for the Great Sui scholars, An can be downtrodden here, isn't it a shame for His Majesty who is far away in the Great Sui?!"
Lu Liangsheng ignored them, brushed aside the branches hanging down on the side of the road, and on the gentle slope covered with yellow sand in front of him, there were whip-wielding shepherds, wrapped in hoods, driving the sheep.
Baa~~~~ Baa~~~
The snowball-like sheep neighed one after another on the slope, and the shepherd, who showed a pair of eyes, also saw the strangely dressed but beautiful group walking slowly along the road, so that he could not take his eyes off it.
Knowing that the words were incomprehensible, Lu Liangsheng didn't open his mouth to ask, but just smiled at the vigilant shepherd, raised his hand and arched it.
This action startled the shepherd on the opposite side, and he shrank back with the wooden stick that was driving the sheep.
Seeing this, Lu Liangsheng smiled apologetically, prepared to leave, turned around and continued to move forward, looking at the city and market here, just took two steps, suddenly stopped, and slapped his hand in the palm of the other hand.
'How did I forget. β
Regarding the language barrier, there seems to be a passage in "Nanshui Collection", which records that the dialect of the two places is unknown, and one party has created a spell that allows people with different dialects in the two places to learn the words of one of them, and they can also understand it.
'Hmm...... Let me think about it. β
Lu Liangsheng knocked his fingertips and stood there for a while, the four scholars guarding both sides of the old donkey wanted to speak and stopped, so they had to wait patiently, after a while, Lu Liangsheng pinched his palm, walked to the bookshelf, turned out a few talismans left by Sun Yingxian for him from inside, pulled one and kneaded it into a ball in the palm of his hand, and rushed out of a ball of flames, and then, the firelight disappeared, leaving only a pile of ashes.
I don't know if it can have the same effect. β
Recalling the content of "Nanshui Collection" and the incantation recorded on it, Lu Liangsheng's lips moved quickly, spread out the black ash in his hand, and blew it on the shepherd's side.
The wind was blowing.
The ashes flew away from the palm of his hand, forming a black cloud and drifting to the shepherd, who was so frightened that he lost his sheep chasing stick, turned around and was about to run, the black smoke chased after him, and instantly drilled into his seven orifices, Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand, grabbed a wisp of 'little tail' dragged out by the black cloud, and then closed his eyes.
The divine sense extended along this wisp of black smoke, and the same thing gathered over there, and for a moment, in the light voice of the four scholars, he slowly opened his eyes, nodded to the four people, signaled that it was okay, flicked the sleeve of his robe and accepted the spell, and walked to the shepherd with the mentality of trying.
Baa Baa ~ ~
The sheep scattered, and the stranger who fled in panic, the man's body was motionless, only two eyes were slanted in the sockets, staring at the slowly approaching figure.
Suddenly, a voice sounded: "Don't be afraid, we are just lost travelers." β
When Lu Liangsheng said this, he was also shocked, the words in his mouth were not the original Chinese at all, but a strange tone, with a flick of his fingertips, the shepherd over there could also move at this time, rubbing his sore arm, turned around, still a little panicked.
"I just want to ask for directions, what is this place?" Lu Liangsheng raised his hand slightly, flicked his sore arm, and touched his arm in surprise, looking at the person he had never seen before.
"Angs..... Province of Egypt. β
Egypt Province?
Although he can communicate with the other party, he is not clear about what the so-called province means, and Lu Liangsheng probably guesses that it should be similar to the county.
"Is there a merchant from the East?"
The strange man in front of the shepherd's meeting, his tone was gentle, and his previous fear was a little better, and he raised his finger tremblingly to go to the front of the road.
"There used to be bazaars..... Ahead, there is Calabsa, where there are merchants from Constantinople in the East......"
Lu Liangsheng frowned, how did Dongfang become Constantine...... It seems that the Sui State is still farther east, and I want to ask some more, but the shepherd in front of him can't say too many useful things, and his words are fragmented, and it seems that his knowledge is not wide.
'Go to a crowded place. β
After thanking this person, Lu Liangsheng went back to the road and told the four of them what he had just said, there is a city and a market, then there is food and sleep, and the four scholars wish they could go over and rest now, endured the pain in their feet, and followed Lu Liangsheng along the road to the market that the shepherd said.
Soon, there was a loud noise in front of me.
In the distance, you can see a circle of flat-roofed houses made of mud drills, and there are a few shirtless thin men who mix the black mud, the women knead the hay into it, build a piece of mud drills and put it in the sun to explode, next to it is a new house, children wearing sackcloth sit barefoot on a piece of earth and rock to play, hear the sound of the copper bell, tilt their heads, curiously look at the five people and a donkey coming here, the men and women who are busy building houses have stopped their work, looking at the strange group of people in front of them.
Lu Liangsheng nodded at them in a friendly manner, these people were not so dark compared to the uncivilized people they saw when they first came, and they looked much more comfortable.
In the past, this half-built house was noisy and noisy, and in the circular bazaar, there were many staggered stalls, with unnamed melons, fruits and vegetables, and a Sui State steamed bun flatbread, which were placed in dustpans of different shapes, and were still selected; a stout woman with a clay pot on her head hurriedly glanced at it, and ran to a nearby mud house with the smell of wine on her head; in the wide square in the distance, there was a vocal singing, and a woman in linen cloth played a vertical piano; not far away, as if inspired by the sound of the piano, several swarthy men pulled a rope and crushed a thick stone pillar back and forth against the wheat on the groundγ
This scene is full of exotic and unique customs, which is novel.
It's a pity that the market is still quite small, Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey around and inquired about the country of the East, most of them were Constantine, or some Persia.
It was still early, and then, Lu Liangsheng continued to go up the river, to the nearest city, Karabusa, there were many passing camel caravans on the way, and there were many dilapidated temples on the side of the road, and even dog-headed people.
"The people here are worshipping this kind of god?"
On the land of Kyushu, there are also many monsters who have become gods, but most of them will appear in the form of human beings in the end, and there are few kobolds like this sitting in the temple.
"That's why they're barbarians!" Wang Feng scoffed at these weathered, peeling, dilapidated temples.
"Outlander.....
At the same time as Wang Feng spoke, suddenly a faint voice blew into Lu Liangsheng's ears, like a woman.
"Outlander...... Listen to my name...... Isis ......"
In the bookshelf on the old donkey's back, the toad Taoist pushed open a gap, leaned out of the toad's face and looked, and also heard the sound and snorted.
"The god of fart, the old man beats three of them!"
Lu Liangsheng smiled at the master, turned his gaze, followed the direction of the voice, and led the old donkey over, he also wanted to see what the foreign gods looked like.
Especially, why..... Extremely weak.