Festive lights shone from the alley ahead. In the red haze, two sisters, one big and one small, pulled their luggage through the slightly wet alley. After crossing the deep and secluded alley, what came into view was a towering ancient city wall. Above the door, the word "Chang'an" was written in red paint. On both sides of the city gate, there were soldiers in armor holding long weapons, staring straight ahead.
"Sister... Sister... Where are we? Is this some movie studio?"
The little girl subconsciously reached for her sister's hand and looked back uneasily in the direction she came from. The alley behind her was grey and dark, like the open mouth of a snake.
Gu~~
The little girl swallowed her saliva, and the hand she held against Liu Qingyue turned cold. The woman next to her tightened her hand and smiled as if nothing happened. "Don't worry, maybe it's a new tourist attraction that hasn't been opened yet."
In this era, tourism is booming and there are also many ancient towns, not to mention this city which has been the capital for three thousand years
It is not uncommon for a city with such a heritage to have such a project. Thinking of this, he pulled the girl to the city gate and asked the nearest armored soldier if there was a hotel or something inside. The answer he got was that the soldier silently pointed to the city.
Liu Qingyue looked at them strangely, but if it was fake, who would build such a magnificent building in Xining City to deceive a few tourists? With this money, it would be better to put it in the bank.
In fact, if the woman said a few more words, she would find that no matter what she asked, the other party had the same expression and actions.
"Let's go find a hotel first."
With a trace of caution in her heart, Liu Qingyue pulled her sister in first. After entering the city, they walked through a wide and long street. There were gradually more ancient buildings around them, and the voices of people became increasingly noisy. When they walked to the nearest street, they found that there were people coming and going, and festive lanterns were intertwined above the long street to form a "river of lights".
In the shops on both sides, there were medicine shops, and the white-haired doctor stood on a stool, pasting up the couplets under the scolding of his old wife; the heat rose on the street, and the soup was boiling in the opened lids. The vendors shouted "Warming dog meat!" They used long spoons to scoop out tender pieces of meat, put them in large bowls, sprinkled some seasoning on them, and took them to a few small tables on the side.
There was a loud bang.
The vendor was so frightened that his hands began to shake and he nearly dropped his soup bowl. He shouted a few words of curse. A few children not far away, holding long incense sticks with slowly curling green smoke, made a face at the vendor, dropped their exploded firecrackers, and chased after him, laughing.
"Wow~~"
Watching the little girl drop her suitcase, which was different from the busy scene in the city in the past, she clasped her little hands together. The small towns on TV finally appeared in front of my eyes in reality. Even the scene on TV was just a few backgrounds going back and forth. How could there be such vivid and lively ancient street scenes.
It was as if my sister and I had really come to ancient times.
"Sister, do you think there are any ancient costumes for rent here? What kind of clothes would be suitable for me to wear? Should I speak ancient words like them?"
The little girl was so excited that she had long forgotten her previous uneasiness. If Liu Qingyue hadn't held her back, she would have run to a stall in front where there were several clay figurines to see the curiosities.
"Can you speak the ancient language?"
Liu Qingyue was also shocked by this different ancient street scene. There were children and old people there. It didn't seem as dangerous as she had thought. "Let's go to the hotel first."
"In ancient times, it was called an inn!" The little girl raised her face unconvinced and corrected the woman's words. She raised her tender little hand and pointed to the front, "Look, it's written on the flag fluttering over there."
"You are just smart."
The two sisters looked at each other, snorted together, turned their faces away, and squeezed through the busy street. People around them did not look at them strangely, which made the woman even more certain that this was an ancient town that was being developed and would soon be put on the market.
Sure enough, I entered the inn, asked for a room, and gave the other party money, and he accepted it without any hesitation. If it were really ancient times, would they require this kind of paper money
Feeling relieved, she hurriedly pulled her luggage and looked at the wooden house number in her hand, looking for the room. However, Liu Qingyue didn't know that outside the inn where she was, in the farther direction, there were more and more buildings and people of all kinds pushing away the darkness of nothingness, and being outlined in the air. Looking down from the sky, within the dark city walls, there were thousands of lights extending densely in all directions.
…
"cousin!!"
The bright red lantern swayed, illuminating the figure of the scholar in front of the stone table. The Taoist priest next to him also looked over and saw a plump young man with a backpack waving excitedly at them on the opposite street. He ran over happily and greeted Sun Yingxian.
"Cousin, so you are here. Which film and television studio is this? Why have I never heard of it?" Lu Jun put down his backpack, took out some snacks from it and piled them on the stone table, as well as a few bottles of drinks bought on the road. He unscrewed the bottle caps and handed them to Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist, then glanced around.
"Hey, where's my uncle?"
"I have something to do and need to go out for a while." Lu Liangsheng took the drink and took a sip. "This place is newly built, so it's normal that you don't know about it. Most people can't come in yet. Your uncle hasn't come back yet, so you can walk around. I'll call you when dinner is ready."
"Okay."
Lu Jun was not suspicious. He glanced at the painting spread out in front of his cousin. Although he could not see anything, he thought it was well-made. He gave him a thumbs-up and said, "My cousin is amazing. You keep painting. I'll go for a walk. I have never seen such a well-built film and television city. It will definitely take on some big productions in the future."
After saying that, he dropped his backpack, looked around the buildings curiously, and in a blink of an eye he was among the crowd on the street. Lu Liangsheng shook his head with a smile, brushed away his wide sleeves, buried his head and continued painting. The Taoist stood up, yawned, and shook his sore hands.
"Master Lu, who are we waiting for?"
Without even raising his head, Lu Liangsheng sketched the details on the paper with the tip of his pen, speaking softly.
"The city god Ji Xin should be able to sense the use of magic power like this. Since he is coming here to celebrate the New Year, he must be invited. Maybe Zhou Yu and the others will also cross over and come here."
As he spoke, magical power flowed and diffused through the air. In the City God Temple far outside Xining City, a divine light flashed from the clay statue standing on the altar. A phantom outline walked out from the stone statue, looked in the direction of the city, with his beard trembling slightly, and murmured in surprise.
"Master Lu?!"
The next moment, the divine light rushed to the top of the temple and flew into the night sky.
At the same time, Hao**'s magic power spread in the city and moved further away. In the northwest desert, in the middle of a small town with farmland, fire was burning.
At the feet of a figure sitting on a large chair, a large white wolf was crawling, shaking its ears and suddenly raising its face, whimpering, baring its fangs, and growling faintly threateningly towards the southeast.
After a moment, a big hand pressed down from above, stroking its fur. The tall figure sitting on the chair put the golden wine glass inlaid with gems in his hand aside, stood up dragging a cloak. While the burning bonfire illuminated his face, his eyes swept around, and one after another majestic figures stood up in the firelight.
"I heard that Lord Cao was kidnapped. Although he was brought back by Marquis Wen, the matter is not over yet. Since the enemy has come to the northwest, we should go over to pay him a visit and show our hospitality."
The firelight illuminated the rugged faces, and any smiles looked hideous.