Xu Xiake led everyone along the steps on both sides to the green brick platform. The height here is already higher than a three- or four-story building. Looking out from the railing, the ancient city of Xijing is like a chessboard and a vegetable garden. Under your feet, you can have an unobstructed view of the folk customs and features.
At this time, the sky has returned to clarity from the chaotic state of clouds and mists. Thick cirrus clouds are floating in the blue sky, which makes the sky high and broad. The sunlight penetrates the clouds like a sharp sword and shines over the ancient city. The smoke from thousands of households is reflected in the morning sun. Jinyangzhong became more and more lively and bustling.
For a moment, they seemed to have seen the bustling and prosperous Chang'an City thousands of years ago!
"Looking at it this way, the renovation of the ancient city of Xijing was based on the layout of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty!"
Song Siyuan seized the opportunity and picked up the camera to record this majestic scene. Xu Xiake said: "Song Qianjin is really well-informed. Although Xijing City is much smaller than the old capitals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City was indeed used as a reference when it was renovated. It’s just that the layout is more compact, and there is no distinction between the north and south markets. The shops are only scattered on both sides of the main official road, which can not only show the excitement but also support the city’s appearance.”
After speaking, he pointed to a corner of the ancient city and said, "Look at the four corners of the ancient city. The shabby settlements there are where the refugees of Xijing City live."
The two of them, Yue and Song, looked at each other and looked around. Within the four walls of Xijing City, everything had been maintained in a neat and orderly manner. There were official roads, gardens, and buses. Only the four corners had not changed at all and were still made of loess. The low house with thick walls and mud tiles looks desolate.
They took a closer look and found that the houses and mansions run by the refugees rarely had roof tiles. Most of them were half-built caves and half-walled, with some thatch leaves covering the tops. The broken tiles and jars are broken into pieces and covered with yellow mud and slates on the roof. It can also be protected from wind and rain, warm in winter and cool in summer.
The density of residential houses here has far exceeded that of the ancient city and Xindi. Yellow mud roofs are covered with thatch, and the land is covered with yellow. The gables of the mansions are connected to the courtyards at the back. The walkways between the houses have no obvious direction. They are arranged randomly according to the houses, as if Spider webs are laid out at the four corners of the ancient city. At the narrowest part of the street, even the neighbors across the door can shake hands, but at the widest part, it is only enough to step out of the carriage.
In addition, there is no greenery in the refugee area, and the sunlight is blocked by the corners of the city wall. In winter, it looks even more dilapidated and depressed. The overall look is like four pieces of cake stuck in the corner of the ancient city. As long as they shrink their gaze closer , and immediately saw that the ancient city had returned to its regular chessboard, and the boundaries between the refugee areas and the ancient city were clearly visible.
Song Siyuan picked up the telescope she had prepared in advance and stared at the homeless camp carefully. There were many department store poles, rickshaws, cart stalls, barbers, and steamer bellows on the streets and alleys. It can be seen that the people inside must be making a living in three religions and nine streams. These hundred and twenty Ten kinds of debris squeezed the alley even narrower.
Yue Guanchao saw her looking intently at the refugee camp, turning back to look far to the south. Standing on the railing here, he could see at a glance that the Eight Rivers in Guanzhong were hanging around Xijing like a jade belt. Outside the city stood the blue-brick earthen palace and the towering Big Wild Goose Pagoda. There are no longer any residential buildings further away, and almost all of them are dense winter seedlings. It must be that next year there will be fine golden wheat fields again.
"Hey~ Daozhang Xu, that horizontal mountain is the Qinling Mountains?"
Yue Guanchao's words attracted Song Siyuan. She put down her telescope and looked behind her. At the end of the field, there was an endless stretch of peaks, like a high wall on the ground, blocking the plain. The Taibai Peak was covered with snow and green. , which remains unchanged all year round and stands tall at the end of the plain, like a Qinling giant, overlooking the Loess Plateau and guarding the land in Guanzhong.
"Yes, what we saw was Taibai Mountain, the peak of the Qinling Mountains. There were Zhongnan Mountains and Fanchuan Mountains before it. That's where we were going. At this time, the mountains were still cold and not completely frozen. It took a month. It will be covered with snow and completely frozen, so it’s the right time for us to go.”
After Xu Xiake finished speaking, the other three people stood by the railing and looked out. There was already heavy snow here, but there was no snow at all in the Qinling Mountains. They could only see the burnt yellow and green verdure superimposed, as if the forests were dyed. When the clouds and mist came, they became even more ethereal and like gods. .
He paused, seeming to think of entering the mountain, "Speaking of which, the Qinling Mountains can also be regarded as the legacy of the Kunlun Mountains. They are often called the Chinese Dragon Vein. Where do you think the Qinling Ancestral Vein Palace is located?"
Song Siyuan thought of this, rolled her eyes and guessed: "According to what Chao Bingzhong said, Yuan and Li wrote the information about the Ancestral Soul Soul Sacrifice Palace in the Ancestral Soul Soul Sacrifice Diagram. If what the Chao family said is true, The road to the Soul Palace is really in the picture, but there are too few words in this picture, and I don’t know what the reliefs mean, so we may not be able to find a chance to start in a while."
"If there is really any hidden information, the Chao family will definitely inform us before we enter the Qinling Mountains. Perhaps the Chao family reminds us that we have shops in Xijing, which means to tell us that these shops contain the information we need. Second Uncle Yue I’m afraid that’s what I want to take us to see.”
