Tibet

Chapter 394

After the shopkeeper left, Suzaku smiled and said, "Give me poetry in the evening, but I don't want it now!"

Writing at night is of course more emotional than writing now, Li Ye nodded and asked the maid to put the pen, ink and paper away.

Suzaku took a sip of tea and said, "Aye, I remembered something. My dad told me about it during dinner last night. Let me remind you."

"what's up?"

"Do you have family members who want to break leaves?"

"Yes! 730 households, what's wrong?"

"My father read your plan, and he suggested that you change it!"

"You keep talking!"

"The family members have to walk in four sections, and it will take a year to reach Suiye. My father said that the plan is very safe. He will definitely ask for strong support from the government along the way. It is recommended that you change the last two sections. It is too difficult to cross Shazhou. , I suggest you not go to Anxi, go to Beiting, my second uncle is in Beiting, he will take better care of you."

Li Ye's heart moved, this is a good way, he didn't even think that they are an independent governor's mansion, they don't have to go to Anxi, the reason why he went to Anxi before was because he wanted to find Gao Xianzhi, so he had to take the southern route of the Silk Road.

The most difficult section of the Silk Road is from Dunhuang to Puchanghai. It has to pass through thousands of miles of no-man's land, which is today's Lop Nur area. Sand, quicksand, hot, and dry. He has experienced it twice. Very profound.

This is still in the Tang Dynasty, because Puchang Sea has water and people live there, so you can replenish and rest there, and then walk along the Chihe River, with Populus euphratica forest along the way, so it is much easier.

If it is the Lop Nur of later generations, it is impossible for the caravan to leave.

But taking the northern line of the Silk Road is different. Pass through Xingxing Gorge and enter Yizhou, and then walk along the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain. You can replenish in Tingzhou. There are grasslands all the way, and there are water sources everywhere. After entering the Yili River Valley, It is even more picturesque and beautiful, all the way to Suiye.

Whether it is the army or family members, taking the northern route is the best choice.

Li Ye said happily: "I see, thank you father for reminding me, I will revise the plan!"

At this time, the bartender brought all the food and drinks, and the maid served the dishes one by one, along with a jug of good sake, soaked in hot water.

Suzaku snatched the jug, filled a glass of wine for Li Ye, and filled it up for herself.

She picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "I wish you a safe journey with this glass of wine first, and arrive at Suiye as soon as possible!"

Li Ye raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "If you go with me, then wish us a safe journey."

Suzaku sighed quietly, "Ah Ye, I really want to go to Suiye with you, but there are two old people beside me, especially the master, she told me that she will be this year, and I want to accompany her to Mount Qingcheng Wuji Gong, that's her master's school, where she wants to become an immortal, Ah Ye, I must stay by Master's side!"

Li Ye nodded, "Liefeng is my elder, she is kind to me, I hope she will be promoted, come! Let's drink this glass of wine."

After lunch, the two of them came to the West Market again. The square outside the West Market was very lively. There were many wonderful performances of Hundred Operas here, including the pole play and the knife and fire spit fire by artists from Tianzhu, and the water play from the south of the Yangtze River. There are also wrestling with special skills and so on, but the most amazing thing is the illusion.

The square was crowded with people, and there were tens of thousands of people who came to watch the performance. Groups of young girls came running holding hands, and the father even carried his son on his shoulders to watch.

In the southwest corner is the pole show, performed by dozens of Tianzhu people. A strong man stands bare-chested on the ground, with a three-foot-long bamboo pole on his head. Three children are doing various difficult movements on the top, attracting There was applause.

Next to it, two monks were performing swallowing swords and spitting fire. The long sword was slowly swallowed into the stomach, and the surrounding people were amazed. Another person kept breathing fire from his mouth, and the flames flew into the air, scaring the audience back.

From today's point of view, this is indeed a small trick. There is a mechanism in the sword and it can be folded. As for the fire breathing, it is just white phosphorus or alcohol in the mouth.

"It's boring, let's go to Shuixi!"

Li Ye took Suzaku and ran towards a big boat by the pier. There are two kinds of water play, one is similar to the dolphin show in the aquarium, but the show is not dolphins, but some weird aquatic animals, some of which make Li Ye Also amazing.

"Here comes the whale!" shouted the performer.

I saw a huge fish with a length of more than ten meters soaring into the sky on the boat, and the audience around screamed and retreated one after another.

It is true that such a big fish has never been seen in Chang'an, especially the children were extremely excited, clapping their hands and jumping excitedly.

Li Ye also once suspected that he saw a whale. After all, it was more than ten meters long. He stepped forward to dip some overflowing water to taste it. It was fresh water, not sea water.

"Aye, is it a whale?"

"impossible!"

Li Ye said decisively: "This is fresh water, not sea water, and it will never be a whale."

"Then what kind of fish is this? It's so big that it can swallow a person in one bite."

At this time, the whale jumped high again, and Li Ye recognized it, and said with a smile, "It's a sturgeon!"

"What kind of fish is a sturgeon?"

Li Ye explained with a smile: "This is a kind of big fish that lives in the north of Liaodong. It is the largest freshwater fish, usually two feet long."

"But this one is at least four or five feet long!"

Li Ye nodded, "This fish is really huge, probably of a different species. I really don't know where they caught it? Let me ask!"

Li Ye walked to the backstage, smiled and asked the steward, "Is this the sturgeon fish produced by Heishui Mohe?"

The steward chuckled, "Does the young master know about Xiao Hai?"

"Xiaohai is the North Sea where Su Wu herds sheep!"

"That's right! It's the North Sea. This giant sturgeon was caught in the North Sea by Gu Li's cadres. It took us more than half a year to transport it to Chang'an."

Li Ye clasped his fists together, "Thank you very much!"

When Li Ye came back, Suzaku complained, "Luo Sock and Lingbo performed!"

Li Ye laughed and said: "The so-called Luosock Lingbo does not walk on the water surface, but there is a thin rope under the water surface. People walk on the rope, but their skills are very high."

"Let's go! Let's go to see the illusion!"

Illusion is equivalent to the magic of later generations, but many performances are mysterious and combined with gods and ghosts, so it is very popular. It has always been a very popular magic in the Tang Dynasty from the folk to the court.

For example, in the famous Jiaxing rope technique, the performer throws a [-]-foot-high rope into the sky, and the person climbs up the rope like a bird, looking into the sky. Peach of the Moon Palace.

The illusion Li Ye sees now is the famous illusion life and death curse. A monk Hu pointed at a soldier who came up voluntarily. He shouted loudly, and the soldier immediately fell down.

The surrounding audience applauded.

Suzaku whispered: "Aye, did those two know each other, and the soldiers deliberately cooperated with Monk Hu?"

Li Ye shook his head, "His fallen posture doesn't seem to be coordinated. I heard that the palace has also performed it. Using the emperor's guards, it can't be coordinated!"

Suzaku was puzzled, "What kind of spell could that be?"

"It should be a very powerful hypnotism!"

Li Ye understood a bit. Illusion should be a very powerful mind control technique combined with ordinary magic mechanisms. For ordinary people, magic mechanisms are used, just like Yuan Maitreya arranged for his disciples to create different phases. All kinds of exquisite mechanisms are used. .

But to perform for the emperor, he will use the reason that the fairy art cannot be announced to the public, and when he is alone with the emperor, he will use mental control. Others can't see it, but the emperor can see it, that means others have no fairy fate, so the emperor believes .

For example, Li Longji begged the alchemist to bring out the soul of Concubine Yang Gui, which was one-on-one, allowing Li Longji to see Concubine Yang's soul walk out of the screen.

As long as the emperor is convinced, it doesn't really matter whether the officials believe it or not.

At this time, the surrounding people shouted excitedly, and the famous magic trick of planting melons with pottery vessels came into play.

(End of this chapter)