Kyoto is indeed much more prosperous than those small places. No wonder Souji Shimai said that all places except Kyoto can be regarded as countryside.
The city of Kyoto is surrounded by a wall that is not very tall. This wall is relatively low, not very thick, and does not play a defensive role. It is basically just a decoration, beautiful but not practical. The wall surrounds Kyoto into a square.
, the city is composed of small square residential areas - squares. These chessboard-shaped squares are separated by streets. Willow trees and cherry blossoms are planted on both sides of the streets. Du Fei only felt that there was a faint fragrance of flowers everywhere while walking on the road, some petals and
Willow leaves kept falling in the wind on his shoulders and those of passers-by, but no one was in a hurry to brush them away.
I saw that Kyoto seems to be somewhat modeled on the layout of Chang'an, the capital of the old Tang Dynasty. In the middle of the city is a wide and long Suzaku Street, and then with Suzaku Street as the dividing line, the entire main urban area of Kyoto is divided into two parts, the left capital and the right capital. They are divided on both sides.
There are various shops, restaurants and hotels. The inner palace (Imperial Palace) is at the end of Suzaku Avenue in Kyoto. It also imitates the layout of the Chinese Imperial Palace, facing south and north, surrounded by official buildings such as residences of nobles and officials, and government offices.
In addition to the imperial palace that stands out among a large number of low-rise buildings, the most magnificent building built in the entire Kyoto city is the Buddhist temple. Rows of Buddhist temple buildings stand everywhere in the city. Du Fei kept looking left and right along the way and discovered that Kyoto's
In addition to having a strong Chinese Tang Dynasty style, the architecture also cleverly incorporates some Western architectural styles, and finally intersperses it with native things as pillars.
Just as they were slowly strolling along the crowded Zhuque Avenue, they suddenly heard a cry not far away! They saw a middle-aged man in court clothes who was a little old but very elegant and elegant, holding a whip in his hand, and
Desperately chasing a boy who was only about fifteen or sixteen years old.
I saw the young man wearing a green samurai uniform with a slanted collar and a bamboo sword on his waist. He seemed to be very scared and kept dodging the man's whips. Pedestrians on the road also avoided them one after another for fear of being hit.
.
I saw the young man crashing into Du Fei's mount in a panic. He raised his head and glanced at Du Fei hastily. He saw that he was as fair and clean as a woman, with delicate and handsome features, and even his eyebrows were like a willow.
Ye has thin eyebrows and an upturned ponytail (personally, I think that was the most pleasing hairstyle for samurai during the Warring States Period, much better than the Mediterranean one). He was just stunned for a moment, and the middle-aged man rushed over and struck him.
With just a whip, the boy who was hit screamed and crawled forward, but when he raised his head, he bumped into someone.
I saw that the man was born with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth. He was wearing a tight-fitting outfit and carried a long knife on his back. At first glance, he was not the kind of person to live peacefully.
He suddenly pulled the young man behind him and grabbed the whip flying from the air!
"That guy in court uniform is Lord Nakakyo Toichi. I know the one with the long sword on his back! He seems to be Xiao Liu from the Mino Suga Party!" Tokichiro whispered to Du Fei.
As soon as Zhongjing Chao saw that someone had grabbed his whip, he immediately glared at Xiaoliu: "Who are you? Do you know who I am? Dare to stop me from performing my family's magic?"
He tried hard to pull the whip back, but the opponent's hand was like a pair of iron pliers and he wouldn't let go. He tried his best to pull the whip back, but Xiao Liu suddenly let go!
Zhongjing Chao staggered and fell on his back on the roadside.
"What's going on?" Xiao Liu turned around and asked the boy.
I saw the young man stuttering and told the whole story. It turned out that Nakakyo Toichi, a minister, had no choice but to sell his son Koichi to the Date family to work as a waiter to support the family because of the family's financial difficulties. But since he was a child,
Koichi, who determined to be a samurai, would rather die than obey. He believed that becoming someone else's servant would lose the dignity of his wealthy family. That's why the scene just happened.
"Father! You have sold my sister to the Date family as a concubine! You can't sell me too? What does this look like? Are you worthy of the ancestors of our Nakakyo family?" I saw that this young man named Koichi was young, but he was very mature.
He is very strong, and he seems very angry at what his father has done!
When Zhongjing Chao saw his son's blatant resistance, he immediately became furious! But with Xiaoliu guarding him fiercely, he didn't dare to step forward rashly, so he said viciously: "Just wait and see!" He was dismayed.
Leave.
"Xiao Liu!" Tokichiro went up and patted the opponent's shoulder generously: "Why are you here?"
I saw this man named Xiaoliu pick up Tokichiro and shout: "Bald Rat! Why did you get here? Didn't you let the cat take you away? Haha!"
"Oh! Xiaoliu! You can't call me that again! I will be a samurai from now on!" Tokichiro said as he deliberately flashed the tachi at his waist.
But Xiaoliu laughed even harder: "You can actually be a samurai~~Oh my God~~Isn't the pedicure knife hanging on your waist? Hahaha~"
Tokichiro was about to get angry, but suddenly realized that he had forgotten something. He quickly bowed to Du Fei and said: "This is my friend since childhood, Hachisuka Koryu! He is one of the leaders of the Mino Suka Party.
Oh! Among the people from Qingzhou, he is the best!"
"You can just call me Xiaoliu." Hesuka Xiaoliu couldn't help but feel a little more respectful when he saw Du Fei dressed up as a formal warrior.
"Xiao Liu, this is my current master! I saw him kill dozens of people single-handedly with my own eyes! He is definitely the best warrior in the world! I am training with him now!"
Fujiyoshiro proudly introduced to Hachisuka Koroku.
But Xiaoliu didn't buy it: "Why are you so proud? What does it have to do with you when someone kills dozens of people by himself? It's not your doing~~ Hey, by the way, when someone kills dozens of people by himself,
What are you doing?"
"I'm here~~" Tokichiro was speechless for a moment~ He glared at Xiaoliu angrily: "Why are you still like this! Come and tear me down!"
"Hey, I remember an old man in the village said that when Tokichiro is not restless, that's when he does something great." After saying that, he gave Tokichiro a meaningful look: "Don't forget what he said.
Are you ready? Learn more from a good teacher, don’t just blow the whistle!”
Tokichiro blushed and was about to retort, but he suddenly looked behind Xiaoliu and Du Fei, and whispered: "Be careful! That guy has brought someone to take revenge!"
Du Fei and Xiao Liu looked back and saw Zhong Jing Chaoyi, who was so poor that he wanted to sell his son, coming menacingly with five or six yellow and skinny soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Du Fei and Xiao Liu both laughed, because they saw that the soldiers' pants were all patched. Their refugee-like expressions were clearly caused by long-term malnutrition. People like this were dragged into fights~~