Chi Tang 10_Free reading of the full text of Chi Tang_Chapter 10 Golden Tower (4)
A heavy snowfall froze the world.
The weak snow condenses on the green, and the tired furnace waits for the spring to come. At the end of the day, the soul is lost, and there is only wild singing!
Such passionate poems are impossible to exist in Chang'an City.
The first lunar month has passed, and another year has passed. Entering the tenth year of Tianbao's prosperous age, everything in Chang'an City remains as it was before. The vendors selling yokan on the streets are still selling yokan with all their heart, but they are just patronizing the vendors.
The men with strong sticks and legs have been replaced by another group of unfamiliar faces. Next to the old locust tree at the end of the alley, there is still a brother and a girl meeting each other after dusk, but their faces are more fresh and young.
Shengge is played when it is time to sing, dancing is performed when it is time to dance, the wealthy families are still smelly of wine and meat, and there are many frozen bones on the roadside.
People have become accustomed to this slightly lazy atmosphere. If they had a choice, I believe that the vast majority of Chang'an people would choose to continue living in such a dense and extravagant atmosphere.
In the morning, I got up while playing drums, washed myself, packed my clothes, and even went out to the street to start working. I watched the sun rising lazily to the center of my head, then lazily watched it set, and then returned home happily.
Because we are so used to it, a slight change will break this delicate balance, making things on the surface look less harmonious, teasing the nerves of every ordinary person.
The most obvious catalyst for this change was war.
The successive great victories in recent days have given the people of Chang'an a sigh of relief. They no longer have to worry about Tibetan raids or surprise attacks by the Turks. They live in an invincible country that can
Give them a complete sense of security. Regardless of whether it is true or false, in the eyes of the people of Chang'an, no barbarian Yi Di will challenge the power of the Tang Dynasty beyond their own control.
However, compared to the border war, they were more concerned about whose young man had newly married his beautiful wife, who had received a compliment from his private school teacher, and whose door had been splashed with dirty water and formed a string.
Bingliazi, a dead and skinned cat hanging on the archway of a restaurant is even more popular.
They will always go back to the source, analyze it point by point, and deduce a hypothesis that seems very reasonable. They will call it warm-hearted.
However, don't expect their warm-heartedness to be put to good use.
If an old woman was stabbed while shopping for groceries and her money was robbed, they would definitely be the ones watching with cold eyes; if a frightened horse from a wealthy family trampled a vendor, they would be the ones who stepped forward to grab the scattered small items.
In any case, these are part of Chang'an City.
You may hate the city of Chang'an, hate the square chessboard with regular horizontal and vertical lines, hate the wretched and dark psychology hidden in it, and hate the withered and yellow wood like naan bread that has lost its father and mother.
Pie face.
But this is Chang'an City, the real Chang'an City without the beautification and decoration of the government.
As long as you live in this city of Chang'an, you can only endure, adapt, and be assimilated.
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Du Jingtian is undoubtedly a little tired of this kind of life, especially when she loses the person she loves most, the dead Xiao Qi who she keeps "cursing" in her mouth.
She had hoped that her husband would be among the Anxi troops who returned to Beijing this time. She waited at the city gate for a long time and counted the heads on the horses, but she did not find the somewhat flat face.
That guy didn't even take the opportunity of offering prisoners to come back and look at himself and his mother. He was really a white-eyed wolf.
Naturally, the girl felt depressed, so she shared a table with Liniang and Li Lu, and then called the rich lady in the house to order a banquet at the restaurant on the street. Then she barely managed to eat the table on New Year's Eve.
Reunion dinner.
After all, Li Lu was a person who had seen a lot of the world. Instead of being sad, she comforted Du Jingtian. The girl couldn't bear to see Li Lu like this, so she verbally agreed not to think about it anymore, but deep down in her heart, she still felt
Painful.
Now Du Jingtian is really angry that she didn't study calligraphy seriously when she was a child. Although women don't have to take the imperial examination, it is convenient to know a few characters. At least, now she doesn't have to worry about writing a family letter to Xiao Qi.
You said you asked Liniang to help with the writing? Although they get along pretty well, they are not at the point where they can talk freely...
After fifteen days, Du Jingtian finally couldn't hold back her anger. She first took the opportunity to visit relatives to find Li Zigu, the third brother of the Li family, and asked him to find out about Gao Shi's relationship, and contacted the Secretary of the Anxi Army.
Cen Shen.
Secretary Cen and Gao Shi were close friends. When they heard about Mrs. Li's visit, they immediately came out from Anxi Jinzou Courtyard to greet her. After a while of polite greetings, they entered the inner hall.
"Secretary Cen, my husband often lives in the border area and there is no one around to take care of him. I hope Secretary Cen can take some care of me." (Note 1)
Du Jingtian suddenly became so reserved that he even felt uncomfortable for a moment. He just wrung his hands, pursed his lips and lowered his head.
At first, Du Jingtian was too embarrassed to directly ask Cen Shen for news about her husband. After some teasing, Cen Shen had already figured out what she was thinking and simply made it clear.
"Mrs. Li, there is no need to worry too much. Li Lang has only been in Anxi for a year and has made great military exploits. Such talents will surely flourish in the future."
Cen Shen stroked his beard and smiled slightly.
The lady learned that her husband was fine in Anxi, just because Gao Xianzhi ordered him to stay in Shule, so the worry and anger in her heart about him dropped a bit. She wanted to learn more about Anxi from Cen Shen, so she naturally talked politely with Cen Shen.
The secretary started chatting.
From Cen Shen's words, Xiao Niang learned that the northwest frontier of the Tang Empire was not peaceful, and that the Anxi Army would be stationed in three or four areas the size of Gyeonggi Province with a force of 40,000 to 50,000 people.
In addition, Xiao Niang understood that the real Dashi army was not as vulnerable as the imperial court preached to the people, and even surpassed the Tang Dynasty in some aspects. Xiao Niang even understood that the Tang army in Anxi was not very popular in Hezhong.
, the reputation of Tian Khan was far from enough to make Chief Hu burst into tears, kneel down and kowtow when he heard about it.
Gradually, Cen Shen's voice became vague and weak, and Du Jingtian felt a dull buzz in her head.
These so-called real things that she had heard and seen since childhood were judged as fake by Cen Shen in one day, and she naturally felt very disappointed.
Everything promoted by the imperial court is like one side of the sand dunes in Puchang Sea, smooth and perfect but unreal. Once turned over, what people see is an ugly appearance with pits and countless grains of sand.
Du Jingtian gradually understood why her husband insisted on running away in the first place - some dark sides of this golden city were not as perfect as they appeared in the daytime!
After hastily bidding farewell to Cen Shen, Du Jingtian returned to her home in Qinrenfang.
Day after day, night after night.
Du Jingtian suddenly felt that she also wanted to escape from this city, this city that countless people worshiped. But she couldn't escape, she couldn't escape. An invisible film seemed to be wrapped around her body, binding her tightly.
She couldn't figure out why she had such a guilty feeling. Didn't Xiao Qi also escape from Chang'an? Why did he leave so resolutely and with peace of mind? This doubt was not answered until Cen Shen came to say goodbye to her in a hurry at the end of April.
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"'If we, the Tang Dynasty, want our legacy to be passed down through the ages, we will have to wait for the grass to bloom!' Li Lang asked me to convey this sentence to Mrs. Li. He said that you will understand his difficulties after hearing it.
Look at my memory. I was so busy that I forgot to mention it. No, I remembered it just before I came and hurried over." After a slight pause, Cen Shen said: "There is another war in the west, I have to follow it.
Marshal Gao rush back to Anxi as soon as possible! Farewell!"
Cen Shen hugged Du Jingtian, got on his horse, and drove away with his whip.
It turns out that he did not escape, but chose to take on another responsibility!
A sweet smile appeared at the corner of Du Jingtian's mouth, and all the grievances and complaints in his heart disappeared instantly.
At this moment, she doesn't want to run away and won't run away. She wants to be here, silently praying for her husband in the city of Chang'an. She just wants to be intoxicated in the night of Chang'an and never wake up.
The emperor's chariot turns around, the rivers and rivers return to their heights. The lone phoenix heads towards the west sea, and the flying dragon bids farewell to the northern sea!
In that year, Da Shi invaded the whole country from the east and swept across the river.
Note 1: In ancient times, wives called their husbands husband in front of outsiders.
ps: I still have feelings about this chapter. There are some things I have to say. I’m so happy that I finally got to say the things I didn’t feel comfortable saying!
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