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Chapter 6 Dream of Chang'an

"Ziying, run faster, why are you doing there? " Sun Simiao's second disciple Liu Haile stopped his mount and shouted there.

"I'll come!" Chen Yi responded loudly, driving his horse to chase Master Sun Simiao, who was already walking a distance in front of him.

Sun Simiao was going to Chang'an to do business, and it seemed that it was still very urgent, so Chen Yi asked him to follow him. After preparing and waiting for the two disciples Wang Chong and Liu Hai who were collecting herbs in the depths of Zhongnan Mountain, Sun Simiao took a few people to set off.

Originally, Sun Simiao asked Ning Qing to stay in Zongsheng Palace, but the little girl was pestering her. In the end, Sun Simiao agreed to let her go too.

Chen Yi didn't know what Sun Simiao was doing in Chang'an. He had asked Sun Simiao, but he couldn't find out why. Ning Qing didn't know what to do. At most, she told Chen Yi was just some of her guesses!

Chang'an City is about 70 miles away from the Zongsheng Palace in Zhongnan Mountain. You can basically arrive in one day by riding a horse.

After riding on the road, Chen Yi's feeling of joy became stronger and stronger. There are many reasons for his excitement, including his complacent riding skills, and the surprise of seeing the beautiful scenery along the way. Of course, the most important thing is that he was about to go to Chang'an City, which he had longed for in his later lives. This expectation will become the most intense surprise brought by reality.

Since having this body, Chen Yi felt that his mentality has become much younger, and his original calmness has been much less. He has the impulse of a young man again, and his physical and mental youth and passion have been reunited. He can also understand the joy he feels about going to Chang'an. When a dream is about to come true, everyone will be very excited and excited. He is of course no exception.

Of course, the surprises brought by other unexpected events made the joy in my heart stronger. After running for a while, Chen Yi felt that his equestrian skills were very good. His control of the mount was as skilled as the breathing of a patient with a stethoscope in later generations. He even consciously could do several difficult driving movements immediately. He liked this "instinct" retained by the body. This is one of the reasons why he could quickly integrate into this era and a factor that made him even more happy!

Another factor is the beautiful scenery you see along the road, which is another surprise from Chen Yi.

Due to the abnormal weather this year, the rain and snow will last for a period of time after the New Year, and the late spring will be cold. It is not until mid-February that the weather begins to warm up, which gives people the feeling that it is obviously colder than in previous years. All kinds of flowers bloomed much later in previous years. Although it is approaching the Grain Rain solar term, according to the growth of flowers and plants, it can only be regarded as mid-spring, which is also the most beautiful period of the year.

Looking around, the whole world is full of vitality. The grass has turned green, the willow branches have turned green, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, apricot blossoms and so on blooming, decorating the earth with colorful flowers, and the flowers are clustered with colorful spring colors everywhere. Everything that comes into view is so comfortable and breathable. On the vast Guanzhong Plain, there are no wide roads, railways, cars, trains, large buildings, no large buildings and factories, no discharged sewage and rolling smoke, the sky is so transparent, and the scenery in the distance can be vaguely seen.

Chen Yi never saw such purity and transparency when he visited Tibet in later generations. Don’t worry about PM2.5 and PM10.0 at all. On both sides of the road, there are only room or scattered houses, fields with fields of busy people preparing to farm. The stream beside the road is clear, reflecting the green all over the eyes, and even the air is extremely fresh. What is absorbed into his nose is a refreshing natural breath and intoxicating spring smell... What enters Chen Yi’s eyes is a natural environment that is many times better than later generations. He looks full of joy...

After running for a while, looking back at Zhongnan Mountain, I felt that the continuous mountains were steep and beautiful, like beautiful screens, lying behind me. Although it was gradually drifting away and seemed a little blurry, more peaks were piled up together, looking even more spectacular. The spectacular mountains and the beautiful scenery nearby looked more and more beautiful.

In later generations, it was rare to see such pleasing scenery. Chen Yi even became a little doubtful. Is the so-called prosperous urbanization and industrial life in later generations good or bad? Chen Yi is a person who likes tourism. His yearning for the city is far less than his yearning for nature. Compared with the noisy cities, he prefers quiet villages. What he sees in front of him is like the rural life he yearns for. This is not a scenic spot in front of him, but it makes him feel that the extremely beautiful scenery is surprising. He often stops his mount and appreciates it greedily, but he only regrets that he has no camera to take a picture, so he can only look with his eyes, so that he can say hello from time to time to say hello to him quickly follow.

After running for a while, Chen Yi caught up with the four masters and apprentices of Sun Simiao and said sorry to Sun Simiao. Sun Simiao didn't say anything, but was still riding on a horse at a medium speed. Ning Qing quietly landed a little, walked side by side with Chen Yi, and asked softly: "Ziying, what are you watching along the way?"

"Look at the scenery, haven't you noticed such a beautiful scenery?" Chen Yi pointed to the surrounding scenery and said, "It's very natural and beautiful pastoral scenery, don't you think it is?"

"The scenery? Oh! It's quite beautiful, but... these scenery needs to be tasted quietly before it can be tasted. Today we are on our way and we don't have time to taste it carefully!" Ning Qing sighed slightly!

"What he said is reasonable," Chen Yi felt the profound meaning of Ning Qing's words.

After Chen Yi and Ning Qing stopped talking, the bangs in front turned around and shouted to Chen Yi: "Zi Ying, you can't be so slow anymore. If you don't leave quickly, you won't be able to arrive in Chang'an before dark!"

After hearing Liu Hai say this, Sun Simiao didn't say anything, but just looked back at Chen Yi with a faint expression on his face.

Sun Simiao didn't say anything along the way. He occasionally asked Chen Yi a few words, but he just had some daily trivial matters and didn't tell Chen Yi what to do in Chang'an. Until now, Chen Yi didn't know what Sun Simiao did in Chang'an. After asking Sun Simiao, he didn't answer. Ning Qing didn't know, and Wang Chong didn't know very well. Chen Yi was too lazy to ask about Liu Hai, who seemed a little hostile to him.

Hearing that Liu Hai was a little blamed himself, Chen Yi quickly agreed. Sun Simiao's second disciple was only about twenty years old, and he should be the most flexible of the three disciples. After Chen Yi was rescued by Sun Simiao back to Zongsheng Palace, although he didn't have much contact with these two male disciples of Sun Simiao, he obviously felt that Liu Hai was a little worse towards him. He also guessed that Liu Hai liked Ning Qing, the little girl. Seeing that Ning Qing had a lot of contact with him, and Ning Qing was jealous when she often liked to chat with him, so she felt a little hostile.

During the time of traveling later, Chen Yi did not stop to enjoy the scenery, but followed Sun Simiao and his disciples and moved quickly towards Chang'an City. Ning Qing, who was unwilling to be lonely, often ran to Chen Yi and talked to him if he had anything to do. The bangs in front often turned around and looked at them strangely. Liu made Chen Yi believe his previous judgment more and more.

There are wide official roads from Zhongnan Mountain to Chang'an City. Although Sun Simiao and his disciples did not run fast, the journey of about 70 miles passed quickly. In the evening, the group finally arrived outside Chang'an City.

Looking at the Chang'an City that gradually became bigger and clear in the distance, Chen Yi's heart was inexplicably excited. This great ancient city that he had infinitely longed for in his future was finally approaching it. Chen Yi didn't know what would have to do with this city that could be regarded as the largest in the world today? Can he live in Chang'an City for a long time? Will he make a shocking career at this time? Do those beauties recorded in history have the chance to meet...

As he got closer to Chang'an City, Chen Yi's excitement became stronger and his heartbeat became violent. He stared at the city gate tower that could basically see the outline clearly with almost no blinking. He wanted to confirm that the great capital of the Tang Empire was as majestic as he imagined in his heart. Has the majestic momentum of the Tang Empire reflected all the majestic momentum of the Tang Empire?

He was too involved in thinking that he didn't even hear Ning Qing's shouting several times.

"Ziying, didn't you hear me?" Ning Qing's louder voice finally made Chen Yi come to his senses.

"What did you say?" Chen Yi turned his head and looked at the angry Ning Qing and asked in confusion.

"You... won't talk to you!" Ning Qing was a little angry, glared at Chen Yi in anger, and ran away with his lips pouting.

Seeing Ning Qing like this, when he saw Sun Simiao and the other two disciples walked forward, Chen Yi had to keep up for a moment, sighing in his heart that women are the same at any time, which is a bit unreasonable.

As the evening approached, there were not many people entering the city. The outside of the city did not seem crowded and could enter the city without queuing. The group of five people got off their horses and walked towards the city gate tower.

Outside Mingde Gate, which is the main gate to the south of Chang'an City, Chen Yi stood still again and looked at the tall city walls and city gate towers.

The city of Chang'an under the setting sun seemed very tall. Chen Yi stood under the city wall and felt a particularly small feeling. The city gate tower of Mingde Gate was taller than the city gate tower of any ancient city he had seen in later generations, even several times higher. From Chen Yi's vision, the city wall next to Mingde Gate was at least ten meters or even twenty meters high, while the city wall was at least thirty or forty meters higher than the city wall. There were three towers and palaces, which were built in this city gate tower.

The style is similar to some imitation Tang buildings that Chen Yi saw in Xi'an in later generations. It has very Tang Dynasty architectural characteristics, with inverted tiles, huge brackets, tall eaves, and the overall architectural details are neat but not dull, stretched but not ostentatious. The simple colors of red and white make the entire building look majestic and atmospheric. In addition, the soldiers guarding with guns stood on the city walls and city gate towers, making the entire Mingde Gate Tower look more majestic and imposing.

Chen Yi looked blankly for a while, and after Ning Qing shouted again, he followed Sun Simiao to the city gate.

There are five door holes in Mingde Gate, each door hole is four or five meters wide, and it can pass through several carriages side by side. The largest and two doors on both sides of the largest door hole are closed, and only the two doors on both sides of the largest door hole in the middle are open, one for those entering the city to walk, and the other for those entering the city to walk. The door hole is nearly twenty meters deep, which is almost the thickness of the base of the wall where the Mingde Gate Tower is located.

After entering Mingde Gate, there is Zhuque Street, which is known as the "First Street in the Tang Dynasty". Zhuque Street, which is about 150 meters wide, before the Danfengmen Street, which is more than 170 meters wide in front of Daming Palace, was the widest street in Chang'an City and the central axis of Chang'an City. The buildings in Chang'an City are built on the central axis of Zhuque Street. Chang'an City is divided into two parts with Zhuque Street as the boundary. The street is bounded by Zhuque Street and the jurisdiction of Wannian County. The street is in the east and west.

After seeing the situation in Chang'an City, Chen Yi was shocked again when he saw the situation in Chang'an City. The situation in Chang'an City was somewhat similar to the scene he had ever seen in his dream. On both sides of the wide street, the houses and halls were arranged neatly, extending to the distance, hidden in the mist, and unable to see the end. It roughly formed a whole image of Chang'an City, which was majestic and even more imposing than Chen Yi imagined. At this time, Chen Yi was a little confused about how to describe the great ancient city he saw, and could not tell what he felt in his heart. What he thought most now was that he could not find a place to look down at the scenery of the entire Chang'an City.

Standing on the wide Zhuque Street, leaning against the tall Mingde Gate Tower in the north, Chen Yi felt more and more that he was very small, and he felt helpless in the world. The street stretched forward under his feet made this feeling even more and more intense.

Chen Yi also thought of the situation in Xi'an City in later generations. Although the streets of Xi'an City were as straight as Zhuque Street and other vertical streets in front of him, and the names of some streets were the same, the overall momentum was too different. Zhuque Street in later generations was not as wide as that of Zhuque Street in front of him, and the neatness of the houses on both sides of the streets was also very different. Although the houses in later generations were built more tall, they did not have an overall plan and could not be integrated together. The momentum was far from comparable to this era, and they gave people a completely different feeling.

Chen Yi walked on the Zhuque Street paved with bluestone bricks with awe and respect, and his eyes kept looking around. He also saw that there were many tall elm and locust trees planted on both sides of the street, as well as wide drainage ditches. On both sides were yards divided by horizontal and vertical streets. The order of each yard was really as neat as vegetable beds. It was just that the night was coming, and the details of the buildings in the city were not clearly seen, which was a bit regretful. There were very few pedestrians on the street, which made the city less noise and more tranquility. The ancient city shrouded by this tranquility made Chen Yi feel too much emotion for him at this time...

The capital of the Tang Empire, the greatest urban building in ancient China, and the Chang'an City that once appeared in the dream, are now standing in it. At this moment, Chen Yi seems to have returned to the dream...
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