Tibet

The shopkeeper left, and Suzaku smiled and said: "Give me poems again tonight, but I don't want them now!"

Of course, writing at night would be more enjoyable than writing now. Li Ye nodded and asked the maid to put the pen, ink and paper away.

Zhuque took a sip of tea and said, "Aye, I remembered something. My father told me during dinner last night. Let me remind you."

"What's up?"

"Do you have any family members who want to break leaves?"

"Yes! Seven hundred and thirty households, what happened?"

"My father saw your plan and suggested that you change it!"

"Keep talking!"

"The family will walk in four sections and take a year to reach Suiye. My father said the plan is very sound and he will definitely ask for strong support from the government along the way. However, I suggest you change the last two sections. It is too difficult to cross Shazhou. , I suggest you go to Beiting instead of Anxi, my second uncle is in Beiting, he will take better care of you."

Li Ye thought that this was a good idea. He didn't even think that they were an independent governor's palace and they didn't have to go to Anxi. The reason he went to Anxi before was because he wanted to find Gao Xianzhi and had to take the southern route of the Silk Road.

The most difficult section of the Silk Road is from Dunhuang to Puchanghai. It has to pass through thousands of miles of no-man's land, which is today's Lop Nur area. It is dusty, quicksand, hot, and dry. He has experienced it twice, and the degree of hardship is great. Very profound.

This was still the Tang Dynasty, because there was water in the Puchang Sea and there were people living there. You could replenish your supplies and rest there. Then you could walk along the Chihe River, and there were Populus euphratica forests along the way, which made it much easier.

If it were Lop Nur in later generations, it would be impossible for the caravan to leave.

But taking the northern route of the Silk Road is different. You enter Yizhou through Xingxing Gorge, and then walk along the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain. You can replenish supplies in Tingzhou. There are grasslands all the way, and there are water sources everywhere. After entering the Yili River Valley, The scenery is even more picturesque and beautiful, all the way to Broken Leaf.

Whether it is the army or family members, taking the northern route is the best choice.

Li Ye said happily: "I understand, thank you father for reminding me, I will modify the plan!"

At this time, the bartender brought the wine and food, and the maids served the food one by one, as well as a pot of fine sake soaked in hot water.

Zhuque grabbed the wine pot and filled a glass of wine for Li Ye and himself.

She picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "With this glass of wine, I wish you a safe journey and an early arrival at Broken Leaf!"

Li Ye raised his glass and smiled: "If you come with me, then I wish us a safe journey."

Zhuque sighed quietly and said, "Ah Ye, I also want to go to Suiye with you, but there are two old people around me, especially Master. She told me that she is this year, and I want to accompany her to Qingcheng Mountain Wuji. Palace, that is her master, where she will become immortal, Aye, I must stay with the master!"

Li Ye nodded, "Liefeng is my elder and is kind to me. I hope she will attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven. Come! Let's drink this glass of wine."

After lunch, the two came to the West Market again. The square outside the West Market was extremely lively. There were many wonderful performances here, including pole play, swallowing knives and spitting fire by artists from Tianzhu, and water play from the south of the Yangtze River. There are also wrestling with special skills and so on, but the most amazing thing is illusion.

The square was crowded with people. There were tens of thousands of people who came to watch the performance. Groups of young girls ran over holding hands, and fathers carried their sons on their shoulders to watch.

In the southwest corner is the pole opera, performed by dozens of Tianzhu people. A strong man stands bare-chested on the ground with a three-foot-long bamboo pole above his head. There are three children on the top doing various difficult movements. A round of cheers.

There were two monks nearby who were performing swallowing swords and spitting fire. The long swords were slowly swallowed into their stomachs. People around them were amazed. There was also one man who kept spitting fire from his mouth. The flames soared into the sky, scaring the audience to retreat.

From today's perspective, this is indeed a trick. There is a mechanism in the sword and it can be folded. As for the fire-breathing, it is just white phosphorus or alcohol contained in the mouth.

"This is boring, let's go watch the water play!"

Li Ye pulled Suzaku and ran towards a big boat at the dock. There were two types of water play. One was similar to the dolphin show in an aquarium, but the performers were not dolphins, but some strange aquatic animals. Some of them made Li Ye Also breathtaking.

"The whale is coming!" the performer shouted.

I saw a giant fish that was more than ten meters long rising into the air from the boat. The surrounding spectators exclaimed and backed away one after another.

It is true that we have never seen such a big fish in Chang'an, especially the children, who were so excited that they clapped their hands and jumped with excitement.

Li Ye also suspected that he had seen a whale. After all, it was more than ten meters long. He stepped forward and dipped some of the overflowing water to taste it. It was fresh water, not sea water.

"Aye, is it a whale?"

"impossible!"

Li Ye said decisively: "This is fresh water, not sea water, and definitely not a whale."

"Then what kind of fish is this? It's so big that it can swallow a person in one bite."

At this time, the whale jumped high again. Li Ye recognized it and said with a smile, "It's a sturgeon!"

"What kind of fish is a catfish?"

Li Ye explained with a smile: "This is a big fish that lives north of Liaodong. It is the largest freshwater fish, usually two feet long."

"But this one is at least four to five feet long!"

Li Ye nodded, "This fish is indeed huge. It is probably a different species. I wonder where they caught it from? I'll ask!"

Li Ye walked to the backstage, smiled and asked the steward: "Is this the catfish produced by Heishui Mohe?"

The steward chuckled and said, "Does the young master know Xiao Hai?"

"The small sea is Su Wu Muyang's Beihai, right?"

"Yes! It's the Beihai. This giant catfish was caught by Guli cadres in the Beihai. It took us more than half a year to transport it to Chang'an."

Li Ye cupped his fists and cupped his hands, "Thank you very much!"

When Li Ye came back, Suzaku complained: "Luo Sock Lingbo has already performed!"

Li Ye laughed and said: "The so-called Luo Sock Lingbo is not walking on the water, but there is a thin rope under the water, and people are walking on the rope, but the skill is very high."

"Let's go! Let's go see the illusion!"

Illusion is equivalent to the magic of later generations, but many performances are mysterious and combine with gods and ghosts, so it is very popular. It has always been a very popular magic in the Tang Dynasty, from the folk to the court.

For example, in the famous Jiaxing Rope Skill, the performer throws a fifty-foot-high rope into the sky. The person climbs up the rope like a bird and flies away into the sky. When he comes down, he holds a fairy peach in his hand and offers it to the emperor. Peach of the Moon Palace.

The illusion that Li Ye saw now was the famous illusion of life and death. A Hu monk pointed at a soldier who came up voluntarily, shouted loudly, and the soldier fell down immediately. After another shout, the soldier woke up again.

The surrounding audience cheered.

Suzaku whispered: "Ah Ye, do those two people know each other, and the soldiers deliberately cooperated with Monk Hu?"

Li Ye shook his head, "The way he fell down doesn't look like he was cooperating. I heard that the palace also performed it, using the emperor's bodyguards, so it can't be cooperating!"

Suzaku was puzzled, "What kind of spell could that be?"

"It should be a very powerful hypnosis technique!"

Li Ye understood a little bit. Illusion should be a very powerful mental control technique plus ordinary magic mechanisms. For ordinary people, magic mechanisms are used, just like Yuan Milue arranged for his disciples to create strange phenomena. All kinds of exquisite mechanisms are used. .

But if you perform for the emperor, you will use the reason that immortal skills cannot be disclosed to the public. When you are alone with the emperor, you will use mental control. Others cannot see it, but the emperor can see it. That is, the other person has no immortal destiny, which makes the emperor convinced. .

For example, Li Longji begged the alchemist to bring out Yang Guifei's soul. It was one-on-one, allowing Li Longji to see Yang Guifei's soul walking out of the screen.

As long as the emperor believes it, it doesn't really matter whether the officials believe it or not.

At this time, the people around were excited and shouting, and the famous magic trick of growing melons in earthenware vessels came on stage.