Chinese New Year's Eve, early morning. Inside and outside the palace, there have been lanterns all over the place.

Guan people don't love prosperity very much, so they only leave Fuguier and Xiao'e as companions.

Xiao'e cut a basket of window flowers and posted them on the walls and window lattices of her home.

"Young master, is this okay?" Xiao'e picked up a piece of paper-cut and asked for the opinion of the Guan people.

Guan Ren was still unable to stand on his own, and sat on a bench in the courtyard. It was cold now, so a layer of embroidery mat was laid. He gestured with his hands, and from time to time shouted a word, a little to the left, and then to the right.

Xiao'e has a docile temperament, can always smile very sweetly, chatting with the young master every day, listening to the young master's instructions to do some small things, so I feel very good.

She smiled and asked Guan Ren: "Young master, it's so lively outside today, do you want to go out and take a look?"

Guan Ren patted his legs and said helplessly: "It's really a little boring, but it's a pity that it's inconvenient to move at the moment, so it's better not to go out, and it will save everyone trouble." ”

Fuguier said: "Young master, if you want to go out and see the excitement, I will carry you." No matter where it is, I can carry you on my back, and I have strength. ”

Guan Ren smiled: "Forget it." I don't like bustle, and I don't want to see anything lively. It's just that I want to take a walk around and see the city. ”

Fuguier said: "What's so difficult about this, I'll just carry you on my back." So saying, he was going to help the man to get up.

Guan Ren hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "Fugui'er, listen to me." Although this city is not big, it is not small, and it must have taken a lot of effort to carry me on my back. Besides, my body is still weak, and I really can't afford to toss. It's better to wait for my body to heal, and then you will lead the way, and then we will go for a walk. ”

Fugui'er still refused to give up, and insisted on saying: "Young master, don't worry, I will walk steadily, and it will not bump yours." ”

In the face of this kindness, Guan Ren had a headache, and said in his heart: "This guy is really a tendon." When he was in a dilemma, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Fugui'er, are you familiar with the city?"

Fugui'er patted his chest: "Why aren't you familiar?" I often run errands outside, and I know every street and alley in the city. The façade shop can be found with my eyes closed. ”

Guan Ren clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, you can tell me street by alley, let's be a fugue." ”

Fugui'er asked, "What is a fugue?"

Guan said: "You say with your mouth, I listen with your ears." Wherever you go, I will walk through the places you say in my heart, and this is the fugue. ”

When Fuguier heard this, he still didn't understand anything, so he simply didn't ask any more. After sorting out his thoughts, he started from the south of the city. There are several long streets, several deep alleys, whether they are curved or straight, what is the name, how many shops are opened on the street, and what kind of livelihood is made. All of this, no matter how big or small, come together.

Fugui'er spoke very methodically. Guan Ren leaned on the bench, closed his eyes and listened, if he hadn't asked a question or two from time to time, Fugui'er would have thought he was tired of listening and fell asleep.

Fuguier talks about rice shops, and talks about the three open spacious stores, and the eaves are picked out to shade the sun and rain. When it comes to the wine shop, it is said that there are a few clay pots in the store, and a flagpole is erected in front of the door, and colorful banners are hung.

When Guan people heard about it, they naturally presented the corresponding scene in their hearts, with vertical and horizontal lanes and store layouts, clearly witnessing the general.

Xiao'e stood aside, not daring to disturb, but every once in a while she went to bring a few cups of tea for the two of them to drink. Fugui'er took the tea, didn't care about the burning mouth, drank it in one go, and continued to pace and talk.

The sun slowly rose into the middle of the sky, casting its own shadow at the feet of the three of them. By the time Fuguier finished speaking, it was past noon. The food delivered by the next person has long been cold.

Guan Ren closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, but when he opened his eyes, he said an inexplicable word. I only heard him mutter: "This road is a little awkward." ”

Xiao'e thought she had heard badly, and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Guan Ren frowned, thinking about something in a daze, and said after a while: "Xiao'e, do you usually walk fast?"

Xiao'e said: "If you are in a hurry, you should go faster, and if you have nothing to do, you will be slower." ”

Guan Ren asked again: "Fugui'er, are you walking fast?"

Fuguier said: "Young master, I have big steps, and I can walk faster than others." ”

Guan Ren slapped his thigh and suddenly said, "That's it." Fugui'er, do you know how many feet the wicker alley is?"

Fuguier scratched his head and said: "I'm afraid there are hundreds of zhang, and the mouth of the alley is engraved, but I can't read, I don't know how long." ”

Guan Ren looked at Xiao'e and asked, "Are you literate?"

Xiao'e's cheeks flushed slightly, nodded, and whispered, "Most of the words are recognized." ”

Guan Renxi said: "In this way, you and Fugui'er will run for me, bring a pen and paper, and write down every street and alley, a few feet long and a few feet wide." Don't be in a hurry, wait until the festival is over. ”

Xiao'e nodded: "Don't worry, young master." ”

In the evening, the palace elder sent people to invite the Guan people to the main house for the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet.

At the banquet, the palace elders frequently raised their glasses, which was extremely enjoyable. On the other hand, the three ladies have a lot of unkind faces, and when they talk and laugh with Guan people, they are mostly hidden needles, and there are words in their words. Guan Ren understands it, but he doesn't care about talking to women, so he just laughs at it.

Gong Lao himself can also understand it, but because of the festival, it is not easy to attack. As soon as the feast was removed, they no longer kept him to observe the New Year with him on the grounds that his health had not healed.

Guan Ren was also happy to do so, and immediately bowed and retired.

Evening.

After Fugui'er and Xiao'e slept with Guan Ren, they quietly exited the door. Xiao'e prepared a pen and paper, Fuguier lit the lantern, and the two left the palace and went all the way to the ancient archway in the south of the city.

After all, it is a festival, and the city is full of excitement.

Lanterns are hung in front of each house, and the sound of firecrackers stops here, and rises again in the distance.

Soon, Fuguier and Fuli arrived at Qihong Street, which is located in the southernmost part of the city.

Fuguier lit the lantern, and the firelight reflected the words on the ancient monuments on the street.

After a long period of wind and rain, the monument has been eroded. The three characters of Qihong Street, because the font is larger, the seal carving is deeper, so it is very easy to recognize. In addition, the street is 116 zhang 5 feet long and 5 zhang wide, and the words can also be distinguished. The rest of the small characters, due to severe weathering, have long been blurred.

Xiao'e copied the inscription onto paper, and then rushed to the next alley with Fuguier. After running around all night, until the rooster crowed, he only traveled through a small half of the city, and if he wanted to transcribe it completely, he was afraid that it would take two full nights to do it.

When the sky dawned, Xiao'e and Fuguier served Guan Ren as usual.

Today is the first day of the New Year. According to custom, on the first day of the new year, you should rest and recuperate, and you don't have to work. So the maids in the house just did some light work of serving tea and water.

The two stayed up all night. Fugui'er is physically strong, but it is no different from usual. Xiao'e looked a little aggrieved, sleepy and weak. When asked, Xiao'e tried to confuse the past under the pretext of keeping the New Year.

Guan Ren stared at Xiao'e silently for a long time, until he looked at her to the point of hair, then retracted his gaze and turned his head to look away.

Xiao'e breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to wipe the fine sweat on her forehead, when Guan Ren's voice suddenly sounded in her heart: "Go to sleep for a while, you are not allowed to go out in the middle of the night to copy the inscription in the future." After a pause, he said, "I didn't close my eyes all night." ”

Xiao'e murmured aggrievedly: "Young master." ”

Guan Ren said softly: "Okay, I've stayed up all night, and it's really hard for you." Go and bring me the transcribed inscription, and go and rest. ”

Xiao'e took a deep look at Guan Ren and went back to the room to get the transcribed inscription.

The inscription was handed over to the Guan people, and it was more than five pages. The paper is clean, there are no creases, and the font is neat and beautiful.

Guan Renming Xiao'e went back to the room to rest, sitting on the bench alone and flipping through the papers. He had the skill to read the text he had copied from beginning to end, and he had memorized it firmly.

He looked at his legs and estimated the distance of his steps. Then he closed his eyes, and a small half of the city suddenly appeared in his heart. Although it is constructed by the heart, it is tantamount to seeing it with your own eyes.

There was a circle of ripples in the world in his heart, and a young man suddenly appeared out of thin air on the street of Qihong, and his figure and appearance were no different from Guan Ren.

The boy looked left and right at the street shop, stretched out his hand and touched the green bricks on the wall, everything felt like reality.

There were no inhabitants in this half of the city, so he was the only one who walked away, but it didn't seem very real.

At first, he only took two feet four inches per step, and walked exactly three thousand one hundred and seven steps along the entire street, which was in line with the street chief.

By the time you reach the third street, you will be able to take your steps at will, and you don't have to deliberately control the size of your steps.

And when I entered the seventh lane, I felt that the road was a little slow. Thinking together, a line of afterimages appeared between the end of the alley, and the figure had passed through the entire long alley.

It was as if he had found a very interesting thing, and when his thought fell, he restarted it. Half of the city, the streets and alleys, are full of him.

As soon as the thought moved, his body flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he had come to the highest Wangjiang Tower in the city.

Because it is half a city, I don't know where the cold water of the river will flow.

Carving, it is the sun in the sky, the sky is dazzling. The boy stretched out his hand and swiped to the west, and the whole sky suddenly darkened, and the shadow of the setting sun was reflected in the river.

A piece of the world, half a city. The river is surging, and the sun is thinning. There is only one teenager upstairs in Wangjiang. He looked at the endless Guanshan Mountain in the distance, and thought to himself, he must go outside the mountain to have a look.