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Chapter 71: Build a City to Celebrate the New Year

Xining is located on the once ancient and prosperous old capital. It has gone through the Zhou Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties and has gone through the most powerful era. It has not only been ancient and heavy, but also has been furious for three thousand years. The ancient capital emperors and generals of the thirteen dynasties were buried in loess.

The sky gradually darkened. Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and stood in the mountains and looked at the city full of tall buildings, which complemented several old city walls, full of modern atmosphere and ancient buildings.

After nightfall, there were crowds of pedestrians in the streets. Passengers waiting for the bus to leave the station for several meters, waiting for the buses to come from afar, rushing to the bus door, clamoring and rushing to the car door.

As the end of the year approaches, the city that once had the reputation of an ancient capital was filled with lanterns, and the trees on the roadside were wrapped in neon lights flashing at night, as if the galaxy was spread out in the city.

Lu Liangsheng walked in the noisy streets, and the city in front of him had no trace of Chang'an back then. The only Big Wild Goose Pagoda was not an ancient building he was familiar with.

"It's really nothing left."

Looking at the orderly and noisy city, Lu Liangsheng walked through several streets in a hidden shape, following the direction in his memory. Behind the brightly lit city, the vast snow covered the broken walls among the desolate weeds, the weathered rocks, and the palace buildings rebuilt later. In a sense, the memories that scholars had had were completely wiped out in the long river of time.

"Good guy, let me put paper on it, I'm afraid my hands will be ruined."

The Taoist walked up to him with his sleeves in his arms and looked at the rebuilt majestic palace, shrugged and turned away: "I have built a circle of city walls, and I can't do anything else."

"Well, I'll draw the rest, but I can't be here. It's too conspicuous. If you are not careful, the people nearby walked in and thought they had traveled through time." Lu Liangsheng said the words he learned here, and returned to the city with the Taoist to find a remote street.

After walking through several bustling streets, I finally found an alley near the city. There was still a piece of land behind it that had not started construction. The lights in the nearby buildings sounded, children cried, adults laughed, or TV loudly, which attracted reminders from neighbors.

In the noise, on the wasteland cast through the light of the window frame, Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeves to sweep away a piece of snow, and raised the stove burning flames, and stone tables and benches appeared out of thin air. The scholar who walked over took the four treasures of the study from the bookshelf and spread them on the table, lifted up his cuffs and took the pen and ink and fell a blank picture.

Taoist Toad jumped out of the small door and walked to the table with double webbed hairs on his arms, stood on tiptoe and looked at the painting: "When will this be drawn?"

Then, he hooked his webbed head to one side, and the crimson figure jumped onto another stone bench, and the rouge curled up on it, allowing the toad to sit on its fluffy tail, with a soft voice during the long kiss.

"Master Toad, please help Mr. Lu think about it. Wouldn't you draw faster? Unfortunately, I have never been to Chang'an at that time, otherwise I could tell you about the missing places."

The toad Taoist looked slightly slanted and looked at the head of the fox pillowing next to him.

"I have seen too many palaces and pavilions, so I may not be able to help. What if the painting is made of Xianyang Palace?"

"Master, I may not necessarily draw the Great Sui Imperial City."

The rustling brushes brushed across the paper and outlined them. The scholar holding the pen smiled and guided the magic power to infuse them. The rough lines were painted and refined, and they were decorated into a straight street. The streets on both sides were hanging high along lanterns. Pedestrians were laughing together, standing in front of the stalls, selecting New Year's goods in front of the shops, extending the streets, and in the distant places, there were also dragon and lion dance teams.

The pen tip is decorated quickly, the eaves and roofs, the green bricks and thin tiles, the window frames that are pushed open, the woman who put on new clothes looks at the bronze mirror, and the husband behind her, holding a jade hairpin and lightly tied his hair bun, and put it in for his wife.

"... Just join in the fun, borrow the old Chang'an site from that year, and feel the feeling of the New Year again."

Lu Liangsheng moved the scroll, turned away another blank, continued to draw it carefully, and with his other hand, he gently pointed it out the one he had drawn before, and waved his sleeve to brush away the open space.

The next moment.

The grass and snowy streets extend and the blue brick streets spread out. The streets on both sides rise along wooden pillars, and the eaves quickly emerge from the roofs, walls, doors and windows. In the quiet streets, there are gradually voices. Hawkers are shaking rattles to attract pedestrians and restaurants with flags and banners. The shop guys shout today's meals loudly. The streets in front of the door, the children chasing and running by with lanterns in the shape of a beast, attracting the woman who was traveling together in front of the street and screaming.

Rouge, who had curled the stone bench, raised his fox's face, blinked at the familiar scene, and the toad Taoist lying on his tail sat up. This kind of spell has long been commonplace, but such a familiar scene, the familiar breath made him smack his lips, jumped to the ground, and looked at the noisy and lively ancient street in front of him, and couldn't help but urge Lao Sun opposite him.

"Little Taoist, hurry up, where is yours? Otherwise I will get angry!"

"What's the hurry? I don't have time to put paper on!"

Lao Sun looked at the familiar streets that had not been seen in many years, and quickly turned around. The speed in his hand also increased. The paper-pasteed wall was formed in his hand, and he recited a spell, ignited a flame, burning the long wall. In the blink of an eye, the empty area seemed to extend infinitely to the darkness. A sometimes winding and sometimes straight wall spread around him. The towering city tower was towering, and the two words "Chang'an" were written on it.

The Taoist licked his mouth and was quite excited. He picked up the remaining paper, pricked up a few little people, took out a brush and slapped the cinnabar, wrote the words "Soldier" on it, and suddenly turned into a smoke. He flew to the city gate, stood on both sides holding swords and guns, without looking sideways.

"By the way, I will write down the original civil and military officials of the Sui Kingdom together. Even if it is fake, it will look good there!"

Once reminded, the toad in the market over there suddenly turned around the toad face and walked around rubbing its flat chin.

"Liangsheng and the little Taoist priest both worked hard. How could I enjoy the fruits of it? I simply called a few terracotta warriors and horses in the imperial tomb to dance a Qin dance and sang a few Qin opera!"

He made up his mind and jumped onto the stone bench and whistled at the old donkey not far away. When Lu Liangsheng raised his face, the Toad Taoist sat on the old donkey's head and ran to the alley with a pair of donkey ears.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Go out for the teacher and go back!"

The sound came from afar. Lao Sun, who had a few little people, looked at the alley there and stroked the tip of his beard. "It's a bit inappropriate to keep this hole. If someone comes in, wouldn't he think he's hitting a ghost? I'll go and seal it."

"Wait a minute, that boy Lu Jun hasn't come yet."

Lu Liangsheng quickly called Taoist, took out his cell phone, and called in with a phone call. On the other end, the slightly fat young man spoke excitedly.

"Hey, cousin, I'm in the city. Where are you? Send me a location."

"Well, then you come here according to the address."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Liangsheng looked around, waved his robe and hooked the ground, took out a wisp of ground energy and put it on his phone, turning into an address message and sending it to the past.

‘It should be found with the guidance of the earthly qi.’

In the words, the dark night sky floated away. The streets outside were brightly lit. On the festive street, two figures, one big and one small, were coming out of a hotel, looking around, looking at the festive red color, the little girl dragging a small suitcase next to her pulled down her furry round hat on her head, and whispered with her lips.

"I came to celebrate the New Year, but I didn't even live in a place."

Liu Qingyue flipped through her phone and showed a slightly better hotel. The hotel was almost full. She called the customer service and asked. She found out that somehow many foreign tourists came here for the New Year. She had already booked a room half a month ago.

"Stop complaining, you are so smart, why don't you look for it?"

The woman also asked several families and was irritable. It was getting dark and she hadn't found her place to stay. She laughed at her when she said it.

The little girl walking beside her looked at her, holding the luggage rod in one hand and holding the cartoon pillow in the other. She was about to speak, but she was suddenly hit behind her. Fortunately, it was not heavy. A slightly fat young man was looking at his phone with his head down. When he saw that he bumped into someone, he quickly apologized. Then he hurriedly rushed to the street corner, looking around, and turning to the front street intersection.

The little girl rubbed her shoulders, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She quickly patted the old sister beside her and pointed to the back at the intersection of the street: "Follow him, look at him being dusty and carrying a backpack. She must have come from outside. It seems that she knows where there is a hotel."

"Why are you so smart?"

Thinking of this, Liu Qingyue excitedly pinched her sister's face, and hurriedly followed one by one, turned around the street. In the crowd, the man raised his head and looked around, crossed the sidewalk, and suddenly crawled to a not-so-narrow alley opposite.

The two sisters smiled at each other, slapped each other with their hands, walked through the long street, and followed into the alley.

The noise of the streets outside gradually disappeared in my ears, and the entrance of the long alley became quiet. The more the two sisters walked in, the more they felt something was wrong.

“There will be a hotel here?”

"That person, who came in just now, would have just gone back. It was dark and became more and more scary as he walked."

The alley became long and the person who came in just now had no shadow. Liu Qingyue used to her professional habits and felt something was wrong here, but she grabbed her sister's hand and took steps carefully. A festive light appeared in front of her vision. She thought she had passed through the alley and came to another street.
Chapter completed!
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