A young man learned swordsmanship and defeated the White Ape Lord.
The beaded robe is trailed by a brocade belt, and Wu Hong is stuck with a dagger.
It comes from the fact that tens of thousands of people are brave and carry the glory of this life.
Entrusted to Congju Meng, bought drunk and entered Xinfeng.
Laughing down a glass of wine, in the murderous city.
——Excerpt from "A Young Man's Trip with Visitors" by Li Bai
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The two people unfolded their body skills and walked through the streets and alleys as fast as the wind. Soon they came to the most fascinating place in Chang'an - Pingkangfang.
It was still early at this time, and there was silence in Pingkangfang, not as bustling and noisy as at night.
Pingkangfang has three lanes in the north, middle and south. The lanes are quite spacious and can accommodate two double-coiled carriages.
Among the three lanes of Pingkangfang, Nan Lane is lined with magnificent buildings and its practitioners are all prostitutes. Most of the people who come here to sell gold are wealthy merchants. When local scholars in Chang'an receive officials from other places who come to Beijing for business, they often choose Nanqu.
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The middle alleys are all lined with single-yard villas, pavilions, waterside pavilions, and meandering water drinking glasses, which are quite private. Most of the people working here are official prostitutes affiliated with the Jiaofang Division. Many of these official prostitutes are female scrolls from the official families who have committed crimes. They play music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Proficient in everything, he sells his art but not his body. Because of this, those who come and go are mostly from wealthy families, princes, nobles, and celebrities;
In the North Alley near the square wall, the colorful buildings are decorated with lights and colorful decorations, dressed in red and green, and are noisy and noisy. Most of them are traffickers and ordinary people who go to Beijing to take the exam...
The three alleys have different scenery and are clearly distinguishable, making them easy to identify.
Entering Pingkangfang, the girl walked straight to the North Alley without squinting.
Entering the North Alley, the girl was familiar with the road and turned into a lane deep in the North Alley.
There are sewer ditches on both sides of the road in Pingkangfang, covered with green tiles, which facilitates drainage on rainy days and sewage discharge on weekdays. This alley is low-lying, and the ditch sewage flows through here and is discharged into the water channel outside the building. Therefore, the sewage in the alley flows across the street.
, the stench is overwhelming.
The lanes are filled with simple wooden houses and thatched huts, connected in a disorderly manner, with debris and garbage piled up in the spaces between the huts.
These thatched huts are connected together, and are divided into thousands of huts by walls inside, as complex as a tunnel maze.
Walking there, it was like walking like a ghost, there were gusts of wind, and there was no light. You could still faintly hear crying and screaming, as if someone was being roasted in oil, skinned, and bones removed.
The hair on my hair stood on end, as if I had arrived in another Chang'an city.
This underground city of Chang'an is shrouded in darkness, with no light, no law, and no morality. It is filled with blood and violence, just like the eighteen levels of hell of King Yama.
Only the most cunning and ferocious "beasts" can survive here. Even the agents from the Six Gates and the bad guys from Jingzhao Mansion dare not enter easily.
Bai Fu felt his throat was dry and his chest was filled with nausea. Looking forward, he found that the girl leading the way moved lightly, without any discomfort, as if she had blended into the darkness.
The girl was familiar with the road and came to a shanty. She knocked three times long and two short, and knocked five times.
The door of the room opened a gap, and a young boy poked his head out and looked out. When he saw the girl, he felt as if he had been stung by a scorpion. He shrank back and took a step back. He quickly opened the door and respectfully welcomed the girl inside.
The boy rolled up the tattered carpet and lifted a wooden board, revealing a spiral wooden staircase.
The two of them walked down the steps, and there was a cave underneath the shack. The underground palace was three stories deep, spacious and open, but the light was dim.
There is a huge iron cage in the middle of the underground palace. The railings are as thick as an adult's arms. It is exactly the kind of cage where elephants are kept in Persian circuses.
The underground palace is divided into two floors. Dozens of people who look like gamblers are extremely excited and surround the iron cage, cheering for the life and death fight that is about to begin.
The girl finally spoke and repeated the dialogue: "This is the Colosseum, dedicated to training gladiators."
Bai Fu looked stern and said, "Let people fight wild beasts?"
The girl calmly replied: "There are also people fighting against each other, but fighting between people is more bloody. There are no rules and no end time until one party dies."
Bai Fu's face darkened and he said, "How could the government allow such a place to exist? According to Tang law, anyone who opens such a place should be considered Lingchi."
The girl smiled contemptuously and said, "Do you think you are the only one who understands Tang law?"
While the two were talking, a gong sounded, and the fight officially began.
A tall and burly young man entered the iron cage. He was bare-chested and wore leather trousers. He had a giant ape with a green face and fangs tattooed on his chest and back. He held a round shield in his left hand and a horizontal knife in his right hand. He stared at his opponent eagerly.
The boy's opponent was not a human, but a black bear. The black bear was fierce and fierce, with a huge body and a voice like a bull.
This is a battle of disparity in strength. Once you fail, you lose not the game but your life.
The more bloody the scene, the more excited the onlookers were. Like black bears, they roared crazily and cursed the most filthy slang.
The black bear stretched out its neck and roared at the boy, exuding a fishy smell. The black bear's front paws kept slapping the ground, intimidating and frightening him.
The black bear roared and rushed towards the boy. Although the black bear was huge, it moved swiftly and with its weight, once it ran, it was like a black yak, crushing the boy.
The young man dropped his shield and carried the horizontal sword behind his back. Like a gibbon, he climbed on the railing and swung his hands alternately over the iron cage.
The black bear pounced, grazing the boy's soles and hitting the iron railing, making him dizzy.
The black bear was obviously irritated by the boy's teasing behavior and turned around to pounce on the boy again.
The boy was as agile as an ape, climbing and rolling, using the height of the iron cage to move and dodge.
After more than ten rounds, the young man never accepted the challenge. After the black bear's fierce attack, he showed signs of fatigue, bent his back and waist, stuck out his tongue and gasped for air.
The onlookers were dissatisfied with the young man's passive behavior of avoiding the fight, and booed and cursed.
The boy then jumped down from the top of the iron cage, carefully leaned down, picked up the shield, took out the knife from his back, and slapped the shield with the blade, making a harsh noise, constantly provoking the black bear.
The black bear was enraged again and launched an attack regardless of fatigue, charging towards a black tower and towards the boy.
This time the boy changed his strategy and did not dodge. The boy's hole shrank and tightly locked the black bear's moving body.
Just when the black bear pounced, the boy suddenly moved sideways and used a round shield with his left hand to block the black bear's waving front paw. He squatted down and swung out a knife with his right hand, knocking out the black bear's other sharp claw.
Cut them off together.
The young man succeeded with one blow and showed no signs of fighting. He rolled over and escaped to the other end of the iron cage.
The black bear had one of its paws cut off. The pain was unbearable and it completely went crazy. It stood up and slapped its chest with its uninjured paw.
Seeing the black bear showing its chevron-shaped white hair on its chest, the boy jumped out like a cheetah, his movements so fast that it was jaw-dropping.
The onlookers saw their eyes blurred as the young man jumped up and plunged the knife into the heart of the black bear, causing blood to splash everywhere!
"Ouch!"
The black bear let out a loud roar, staggered back two steps, made a pop, its limbs went limp, and fell to the ground, making no more noise.
Kill with one blow!
Bai Fu nodded and said: "What a fast knife."
The gamblers who had won money were overjoyed and went to the dealer to exchange their chips; the gamblers who bet on the wrong money were unwilling to accept the money and picked up their cups and smashed them into the black bear's face.
Noisy and noisy, one after another.
The girl turned her head and replied: "This person's name is Monster Ape. He fought seventy-seven times and won seventy-seven times."
Bai Fu frowned and said, "Never lost?"
The girl's tone was calm and she said: "Here, no matter human or beast, the loser cannot leave alive."