Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 115: Things you have never seen before are always particularly shocking
The day of the letter ceremony.
As dusk falls, colorful lights fill the streets, blurring the boundary between night and day.
The red glow in the sky gradually fell and the crimson color faded, leaving behind a bustling crowd that was different from the past.
The crowd on the street seemed a bit crowded, and under the lights, there were shadows everywhere. Some people gathered in groups of three or five, watching the street performers playing with sticks and braziers, and occasionally shouted "good" in unison; some people strolled along the street with one or two snacks in their hands, and stopped for a while when they saw something new, and watched the excitement; some people found a stall to sit down, ordered a pot of tea, squinted their eyes and drank it slowly, listened to the gossip of people around them, looked at Chang'an City on this ceremony day, and enjoyed their own fun.
Young men and women on the street all wore masks for praying. When they occasionally passed each other and made eye contact, they couldn't help blushing and their hearts beat fast. They wanted to look back a few more times, but they dared not turn around because of the shyness in their hearts.
The children squeezed through the crowd and ran around in the streets, singing the nursery rhymes taught to them by the street storytellers. They asked for a bite to eat at one house and a gadget at another, filling their little pockets with all kinds of things.
If one or two kids come to ask for things, the merchants won't care much, but if they ask for too many, they will become stern and wave away these annoying kids. After all, they are opening a business and can't always do business at a loss.
In a corner of the crowd, Li Si led the tiger girl and walked slowly on the street.
He had a golden mask on his face, symbolizing good fortune in the coming year, while the tiger girl had a black mask on her face, symbolizing that evil spirits would stay away.
However, in Li Si's opinion, ordinary little ghosts would not dare to approach the tiger girl, so she didn't need to wear a black mask at all. She should wear a pink one to attract some romantic luck, so that she can settle down earlier and don't have to run around with him anymore.
I don’t know why, but when she heard Li Si say that, Shu Hu Nu insisted on wearing the black mask even more. With the sword in her hand, no man on the street dared to approach her.
For a while afterwards, she seemed a little angry, and her specific manifestation was that she rarely talked to Li Si. It was not until Li Si bought her a hairband that her complexion improved a little.
During this period, Shuhu Girl's hair has gradually grown longer and is about to fall to her shoulders. It is indeed time to tie it up.
Li Si walked behind her and tied a hairband for her.
At that time, the tiger girl was standing in the crowd, her face red and her head lowered, seeming to be a little nervous.
It was not until Li Si had tied her hair that she secretly looked behind her and asked in a low voice.
“Does it look good?”
"Of course my girl is pretty."
Li Si said with a casual smile.
But the tiger girl listened carefully.
With her back to Li Si, she smiled foolishly, put her hands on her hair, and responded softly.
"Um."
Afterwards, Li Si took Shu Hu Nu to other places on the street to play for a while. Until they were a little tired, they stopped in front of a wishing tree.
Li Si asked the old man under the tree and bought two wooden plaques. He wrote a wish himself and asked Shu Hunu to write one.
Then, amid the amazement of others, he used his lightness skills to jump onto the treetop and tied the wooden sign to the highest branch.
I don't know who started saying this, but it's said that the higher you hang the wishing card, the easier it will be to make your wish come true.
No one knows if this is true, but Li Si doesn't mind hanging the sign higher.
When hanging the wooden sign, he deliberately did not let himself see what the Tiger Girl wrote on the sign, because if he saw it, the wish would not come true. In this regard, he always seemed particularly superstitious. There was nothing he could do about it, after all, he had actually been to the underworld.
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The night deepened unnoticed.
In the palace, the banquet between the emperor and his ministers had ended.
But after the banquet, Li Shizong suddenly said that he wanted to invite everyone to go to Taiming Tower to enjoy the night view of Chang'an.
Although this item was not included in the original arrangements for the grand ceremony, since he had spoken, everyone had to follow, including the envoys from the Jin Dynasty.
By the time everyone arrived at Taiming Tower, the lights in Chang'an were shining brightly. The colorful lights on earth and the stars in the sky were reflected in each other. For a moment, it was impossible to tell which was the sky and which was the underground.
Li Shizong sat on the seat brought by the servant with a smile. Princess Chang'an stood beside him and was also given a seat.
This was what Li Si asked him to help do, to bring everyone to a place where they could see the entire Chang'an, and he had already done it.
Next, he will see what Li Si will do.
According to the spies who went to investigate the news, the gunpowder cartridge prepared by Li Si could release a kind of "heavenly fire" that would bloom in the sky, extremely brilliant.
This actually aroused some of his interest. He wanted to see what kind of "heavenly fire" Li Si could create.
"The Tang Dynasty was at its peak of national power. The night view of Chang'an really makes me dizzy and I don't know what era I am in." An envoy from the Jin Dynasty bowed at the right time and praised sincerely.
Li Shizong smiled but said nothing. He was waiting for the big show that Li Si promised.
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At this time, under the wishing tree, Li Si and the tiger girl were sitting on a step to rest. Suddenly, he said to the tiger girl that the time had come and he had to do something.
Shu Hu Nu knew what he was going to do and did not try to stop him, but just nodded.
In Fengyu Tower, Xiao Muchu stood by the window, looking at the Chang'an City outside.
He should have waved the fan in his hand a few more times, glanced at the sky, estimated the time, then waved to someone behind him and said.
"Give the order, you can light the tube now."
"Yes. " The figure lowered his body and retreated silently.
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On the streets, the bustle gradually died down and it was time for the crowd to disperse.
The ceremony was about to end, and a child looked back at the sky behind him with a lingering look, as if he hoped that the night could last a little longer.
At this moment, he seemed to see something, and he stood there blankly with his eyes open.
He did see something.
What did he see? He saw a beam of colorful light flying into the sky and above the clouds.
At the same time, countless people in Chang'an City also saw this beam of colorful light that they had never seen before. They stopped and looked up.
In the imperial palace, Li Shizong, Chang'an, and a group of ministers could see this beam of light extremely clearly.
They watched the beam of light fly up from the buildings of Chang'an, fly into the clouds, and then bloom with a loud bang.
What kind of scene is that, dazzling and brilliant?
Maybe it's not enough to describe it.
No one could describe what the scene was like, and no one even came to their senses.
They just watched as the light illuminated half of the night sky, taking away the colors of all the stars and lights.
Then, as the light faded, countless brilliant rays of light with tails of flame, rose up one after another.
The colorful light of the sky shone on people's faces. At that moment, no one could tell whether Chang'an was in heaven or on earth.
And this is just the beginning of tonight.
