Chapter 21 Chapter 7 - Falling into Yangcheng

The wind in the sky blows endlessly. Blowing across the border of the state of Chu, it went straight to the northeast. Looking down from a high altitude, there is no obvious distinction between the borders of the feudal states in the Spring and Autumn Period. Looking around, it is just a piece of green mountains and land. The strange instrument "Chengyuan" taken out by the weird middle-aged man Sang Yangjie has an amazing flying ability. There are five people, Dongguan Lu, Hu'er, and Xiong Lu, and they ride the air currents higher and higher, but they seem to fly effortlessly.

However, the airflow in the sky is extremely strong and unstable. Although the flight of "Chengyuan" is relatively stable, occasionally there will be chaotic airflow that cannot be seen by the naked eye, which will still shake everyone's mind. Among the five people, Hu'er was the most unaccustomed to this kind of turbulent drifting in the air. After shaking a few times, he vomited in the sky. Fortunately, everyone was in the vast sky, so the vomiting The yellow and white matter that came out disappeared with the wind, and almost disappeared without a trace as soon as it left the mouth.

And Dongguan Brigade and Xionglu are not much better off. Both of them are ordinary teenagers. They have never flown in such a high sky like a majestic falcon. Not only are they inexperienced, they have never even heard of it. .The Dongguan brigade was even more afraid of heights. Occasionally looking down at the ant-like trees and mountains under his feet, he couldn't help but had difficulty breathing, and rolled his eyes and moaned. From the perspective of modern science and technology, this strange device "Cheng Kite" is an extremely delicate and effective hang gliding aircraft. However, the technological level of the person who designed this device is catching up with the precision scientific civilization of the future era. In addition to the design perfectly matching the high-altitude airflow, even the operator Sang Yangjie seems to know all the characteristics of the airflow within a radius of several hundred miles. He kept pinching his fingers and calculating, sometimes frowning and thinking, but his manipulation skills are indeed extremely good. Excellent, except for some bumps when encountering turbulent currents, the flying direction and altitude of the entire "Chengyuan" with a wingspan of several feet are extremely stable. Looking at the rising sun, we can know that it is heading towards the extreme far northeast Walk gracefully.

The girl is a lively girl who loves to laugh. She is very petite and looks about the same age as Dongguan Lu and others. She looked at the three boys up and down for a long time before turning her flexible eyes, giggling smiled. "Hey!" Among the three of them, Hu'er was seriously injured and vomited out because of the turbulent flow, so naturally he was not in the mood to talk to her. But the Dongguan Brigade was so frightened by such a high-altitude flight that their lips turned pale and their faces turned green. Not only could they not speak, but they were not even sure whether the girl had said anything.

Therefore, only the couple of bears can answer this "hello". "Hey!" Xiong Lu forced a smile and replied politely. "My name is Bingrou, Sangyang Bingrou," the girl smiled happily. Although she couldn't speak very well in the strong wind at high altitude, she was still as cheerful as a little flower in the sun. "What are your names?" "My name is Chu Xionglu," Xionglu said with some difficulty, with a strong wind pouring into his mouth, "The one next to him is called Hu'er, and the one who is about to faint is called Dongguan Brigade."

"Bear couple... Hu'er... Dongguan brigade?" Sangyang Bingrou smiled and said, "The name is not difficult to remember, and it's interesting." "Excuse me..." Xiong Lu opened his eyes wide, looked at the situation around him for a while, then looked at Sang Yangjie, who was concentrating on controlling "Chengyuan", and asked cautiously: "Who are you? Where are we going?" Sangyang Bingrou rolled her eyes mischievously, and said with a straight face. "Us?" Her voice deliberately pretended to be harsh, but there was a smile in the corner of her eyes. "We are bad people, we will take you to a bad place to sell!"

Sang Yangjie at the side heard her say this, frowned and scolded angrily. "Rou'er don't talk nonsense!" After being reprimanded by her father, Sangyang Bingrou stuck out her tongue and made a face, but she didn't dare to joke anymore. "Okay, okay! We are not bad people, and we are not going to take you to some bad place," she said with a smile, "Daddy and I both came from the country of Lu, and now we are going back to our hometown." "Your hometown?" Xiong Luqi asked: "Where is that place, do we want to go with you?" "Our hometown is in Qufu, Lu State, which is a very remarkable city," Sang Yang showed a proud look on his soft face as he spoke. "I'm not afraid to scare you if I say it, I'm afraid you are ignorant and have never heard of it. Our hometown is the 'Yangcheng' of Lu State!"

The bear couple stared wide-eyed and said in a low voice. "Yangcheng? Are you from Yangcheng?" While manipulating "Chengyuan", Sang Yangjie listened to the conversation between the two, and when he heard the exclamation of Xiong Lu, his heart moved slightly, and he looked sideways at him. "Do you know about Yangcheng?" He asked in surprise, "A young man like you also knows about Yangcheng?" Xiong Lu was slightly taken aback, his thoughts changed, and his smile was a bit forced. "No...no! I just found the name interesting. Is it the sheep of cattle and sheep? How can there be such an interesting city? Could it be that there are a lot of sheep?"

Hearing what he said, Sang Yangjie laughed out loud. "Sure enough, it's a child's family. No, we don't have sheep in Yangcheng. We took this name because the founder of Yangcheng was surnamed Sangyang, and the city lords of the past dynasties were also members of the Sangyang family, so we got this name." Sangyang Bingrou smiled and said: "Because the Sangyang people in Yangcheng are very knowledgeable, they have been the best think tanks and strategists among the feudal princes for hundreds of years. There are often talents from Yangcheng among them." "Oh!" The bear couple nodded. "So that's how it is."

"What is this? Do you understand it like this?" Sangyang Bingrou scolded with a smile: "Actually, among the feudal states, even the most outstanding aristocratic monarchs may not know the mysteries of Yangcheng, because what they have come into contact with is only Sangyang. The children of the family who go out to make a living, the most precious treasure in Yangcheng is really mysterious, but few people know about it, let alone see it with their own eyes." "Such a mysterious place..." Xiong Lu looked at her quietly and smiled intriguingly. "You want to take us there?"

Sangyang Bingrou was taken aback, and looked sideways at her father, Sang Yangjie, who also had a confused look on his face. "I don't know much about this...Daddy," she turned her head and asked, "He's asking, why did he take them back to Yangcheng?" Sang Yangjie pondered for a while, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem, and after a while, he spoke in a deep voice. "Actually, I wouldn't have rescued you. Although Miss Gongsun Jianyu was very respectful to us, she was polite. If it wasn't really necessary, I wouldn't have rescued you casually." "But you made a move after all," Xiong Lu said quietly: "Of course there is a reason, isn't it?" "The reason why I rescued you is a strange thing that I couldn't understand even in Yangcheng," Sang Yangjie said, "In short, in that city, is there anything that mortals can understand? It doesn't matter, I will help you because I saw the stars on the heads of the three of you in the fog of the demons." "Starlight?" Xiong Luqi asked, "You also saw the starlight above our heads?" "En!" Sang Yangjie nodded. "Because of this kind of starlight, a strange person once mentioned it when I was young, so I kept my heart. Over the years, I have taken Rou'er to various kingdoms and experienced many strange adventures. After confirming it, I realized that the guidance of that strange man in his youth was simply very mysterious, and his knowledge could be said to be ingenious. The good fortune. Because of this, as long as it is a strange account he mentioned, I will pay more attention to it. " "Really? Did that strange man really mention the matter of our starlight?" Xiong Lu has always looked calm, with a calmness that does not match his age, but now listening to Sang Yangjie's narration, it is Excited. "Then, did that strange person say, what is the use of us having this kind of starburst?" Seeing his eager expression, Sang Yangjie was slightly startled, then shook his head apologetically. "I really don't know about this point," he said with a slight smile, "Back then, the strange man only briefly mentioned to me that when someone had a red star on his head, 'the world must be governed by him', Other than that, he didn’t say anything else.” Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but look at Lulu Xiong, Hu’er, and Dongguan Brigade a few times, showing a puzzled expression. "It's because I also want to know the clues, so I took you back to Yangcheng to have a look! If you and I are lucky, that strange person is still in Yangcheng, maybe we can find out the answer." Hearing his words, the depths of Xiong Lu's eyes suddenly revealed a strange look. "The major events in the world belong to him...?" He murmured these two sentences softly and in an unknown deep voice, and couldn't help but look back at Dongguan Lu and Hu'er. One was scared out of his wits by the high-altitude flight, while the other vomited indiscriminately. No matter how you look at it, you can't see any connection with "major events in the world belong to him". If it's me, then that's fine... just the two of them... Could it be... With the confusion hidden in Xiong Lu's heart, the super-era equipment of the Spring and Autumn Period "Chengyuan" made a clever turn in the air, and took another powerful air current heading northeast. It has already flown over. It was about early morning when the five of them took off from Shuiyueju in Yingdu, and it was not past noon yet, but they had already arrived in the country of Lu, which was hundreds of miles away. The State of Lu, a state of etiquette and a state of civilization in the Spring and Autumn Period, was a descendant of Zhou Gongdan in the Zhou Dynasty, and its capital was named "Qufu". After crossing the border of Lu State, Sang Yangjie's control gradually became more complicated. I saw that he was extremely busy with calculations, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. As his movements changed, the height of "Chengyuan" gradually decreased. It was originally looking down at the height of grass and trees on the ground like ants, but now it is gradually approaching the ground, sometimes flying lower, and flying from a few giant trees in the forest. The top flew over. Although this height is not as amazing as before, it is still at least a hundred feet above the ground, and sometimes there is a huge gap between heights and heights. When going up and down like this, the Dongguan Brigade was so shocked that their minds went blank again. Even Xiong Lu and Sang Yang Bing Rou also couldn't bear it. "Help me..." Sangyang Bingrou called out in a low voice, "I can't take it anymore..." With a sound of "swipe", the huge kite flew across a grassland, and then quickly slid up into the sky. At this moment, a majestic city appeared not far ahead. I only heard Sangyang Bingrou whispering: "Qu... Qufu is here! Let's go back to our hometown soon!" A gust of wind came head-on, and Sang Yangjie seized the ingenious timing to make "Cheng Yuan" turn slightly to the right, and boarded the air current. Xiong Lu looked around and saw that the city wall of Qufu was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, "Cheng Yuan" flew up again, and in the blink of an eye, he had already passed the high wall of Qufu city gate. Looking down, one can see that Qufu is a bustling big city, with people coming and going in the city, and the streets are vertical and horizontal, but it is impossible to tell where the "Yangcheng" that Sang Yangjie and his daughter call it is. Looking carefully, the streets of Qufu are extremely prosperous, and there are row upon row of buildings everywhere. Needless to say, it is difficult to find a larger open space, let alone a city. But looking around the city wall, one can only see barren mountains and vast plains. No matter how you look at it, there is no sign of other city walls. In the strong wind, Sangyang Bingrou noticed Xiong Lu's confused expression and couldn't help laughing. "You can't see Yangcheng, can you?" She smiled very happily. "Don't worry about it. For hundreds of years, how many capable people and strangers thought of the Lu country to find the entrance of Yangcheng, but no one has ever succeeded. You just took a few glances, how could you find the trace of Yangcheng?" In between her silver bell-like laughter, "Chengyuan" has already started to turn around the sky above Qufu City. After each turn, the height gradually decreases, and the turning circle becomes smaller and smaller. However, the center point of the circle drawn by the five people in the air is still inseparable from the busiest street in Qufu City. What's even more strange is that at this moment, the height of "Chengyuan" has dropped to about tens of feet. It is reasonable to say that it is already low enough to clearly see the faces of the Lu people on the street. Occasionally, a few Lu people looked up and saw "Chengyuan" Flying around in the sky, but everyone seemed to see the most common and ordinary things, not only did no one make a fuss, they didn't even show the minimum expression of surprise. A few old ladies who were shopping for vegetables glanced at "Cheng Yuan" in the air, as if turning a blind eye, and turned their attention to the green onions and radishes again. At this moment, "Chengyuan" drew a circle in the low sky again, and with a sound of "咻", it has dropped to a height of several feet. At such a height, it is not uncommon to bump into a building. But Sang Yangjie didn't seem to have the intention of slowing down at all. As the speed of the roundabout accelerated, the eyes of Xiong Lu and others opened wide like copper bells. Because at this time, the speed of "Chengyuan" is flying faster, but the angle is to dive down towards the ground! If it is such a sudden rush, and then make a half-circle, the five people on the entire "Chengyuan" will fall obliquely from the sky to the ground! With such a speed and such a height, no matter how thick the skin is, no matter how "unbeatable" it is, it will fall to pieces on the ground! At this critical moment, in a split second, the Dongguan Brigade, Xiong Lu, and Hu'er all screamed miserably like they were killing pigs. "Senior!" The three of them screamed in unison as if they had rehearsed. "don't want……!" However, the falling momentum of "Chengyuan" never stopped because of the screams of the three people. I saw that the scenery on the ground was getting closer and closer, and the grass, trees, and pools passed by in front of my eyes. Until the last scene before landing. Then, with a soft "poof", the whole "Chengyuan" hit the ground firmly. dark. limp. This is the unanimous feeling when the three people including the Dongguan Brigade "hit" the ground and "died unexpectedly". It's too late to close your eyes and wait for death. Then the whole sky suddenly opened up, and "Cheng Kite" was still flying and circling in the air, as if the whole scene had returned to the air again, and the tragedy of the rapid fall to the ground never happened. The whole space is bright and spacious, with flowers and grass, just like another city. But why did he fall to the ground rapidly on the streets of Qufu City, but came to such a completely open city? With a soft sound of "ke", Dongguan Brigade and others only felt their feet tremble, and they had already stepped on the ground. This time, everyone actually landed on the ground. But the fright just now was too frightening, after Dongguan Brigade and Hu'er got up, their feet went limp, and they both sat down on the ground, gasping for breath. And the bear couple didn't get any better, he knelt down and sat on the ground slowly, while stroking his beating heart, he closed his eyes tightly, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses and opened his eyes. What appeared in front of my eyes was a huge and mysterious city wall. The whole city was made of unknown light gray material. The buildings in the city wall were weird and majestic. Strange buildings like cargo piles. Looking up, the sky above the city is blue, with occasional white clouds passing by. But, for some reason, there seems to be something wrong with such a piece of sky. But if I really want to say what is wrong, I am a little confused. The three sat on the grass with sore hands and feet. Not far in front of them, Sang Yangjie, father and daughter, looked at the distressed appearance of the three teenagers with half-smiles. At first, the Dongguan Brigade was like Xiong Lu, looking up at the sky blankly, but after a while, he suddenly yelled loudly. "I know! I know!" Sang Yangjie smiled and nodded approvingly. Sangyang Bingrou giggled and glared at him. "What do you know? It's so loud." "That sky, that sky is not real!" Dongguan Brigade shouted, pointing at the sky. "Only the sky in the center is real, the rest are mirrors, and the skylight reflected by the mirrors!" Xiong Lu was startled when he heard the words, and after a little thought, he knew that the guess of the Dongguan Brigade was indeed correct, and this was the real reason why the sky looked strange. "Well said! Your vision is really sharp," Sang Yangjie said with a smile, "This is the most precious treasure handed down from our ancestors in Yangcheng. When people in the world talk about Yangcheng, they feel that it is mysterious. Everyone knows that Yangcheng is "vast and mysterious". Everyone also knows that Yangcheng is located in Qufu City, but no one has ever been able to find Yangcheng. It is only because Yangcheng is indeed in Qufu City, and it is really vast for ten miles, but because it is hidden deep underground, without the guidance of people from Yangcheng, it is absolutely impossible to walk in, so it has become such a mysterious place for hundreds of years. where. " Sang Yangjie carefully put away the "Chengyuan" that landed on the ground, and the Dongguan Brigade opened his eyes wide, looking at the strange-shaped instrument that carried the five of them flying hundreds of miles in the sky. The long box, and thinking of the "Dragon Magic Brush" that Sang Yangjie used to fight against the demons the night before, I couldn't help but feel reverence and anticipation for this mysterious "Yangcheng". Sangyang Bingrou smiled sweetly and kept talking, and led the three teenagers into Yangcheng, only to see that Yangcheng is a very large and wide city. Although it is not as wide as Qufu, the streets and buildings in the city are similar. Although the layout is similar to that of Ying Capital, Qufu, Qi State Linzi and other big cities cannot be compared, but they are more awe-inspiring and solemn. I saw occasional residents coming and going on the street, and everyone was wearing ordinary clothes like the ordinary Lu people outside. The shops on the street were also full of goods, which seemed a little different from the legendary description of "ten miles of vastness and mysteries". . But if you look closely, some people's eyes are actually shining like lights, and some people walk a few steps, but they disappear out of thin air as if they are melted in the wind. A few children on the street corner happily passed a crystal ball to play, but the ball was transparent and clear, as if it was made of water. The Dongguan Brigade stared at the ball with gaping mouths, and Sangyang smiled mischievously at him, then led the crystal water polo in the children's hands over, stretched out his hand, and threw it in front of the Dongguan Brigade . "then!" The Dongguan Brigade intuitively reached out to catch it, and clearly saw that it was a water polo formed in a mixed circle, but as soon as the finger touched the ball, the entire transparent water polo made a "crash", and "collapsed" like sand, turning into a ball. There was a pool of transparent water, and most of it splashed on his face. He looked at the wetness on his hands in a daze. Seeing his embarrassment, several children clapped their hands and laughed. Among them, a three or four-year-old child staggered to a snake-like instrument on the street, and pressed down a the long handle, and water flowed from the snake's head. The child grinned and kneaded a few times in the water, and then kneaded out another water polo, which reflected the skylight crystal clear. The child threw the ball to his companion, because he was still young and his arms were short, so he couldn't throw it. Sure enough, the whole water polo fell to the ground with a "boom". Strange to say, when the water polo fell like this, not only did it not turn into a stream, but it bounced up as if it was extremely tenacious, without even getting a single grain of sand. Dongguan Brigade, Xiong Lu, and Hu'er watched in astonishment as the children took the water polo into their hands, and started laughing and playing again. Dongguan Brigade looked at the water stains on his hands in disbelief, and looked at each other with Xiong Lu, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't think of the key point. Seeing their embarrassment, Sangyang Bingrou laughed, and laughed with the children a few times, then led the three of them into a street. When he got here, Sang Yangjie turned a corner, went around to another street, took two steps, as if remembering something, he turned back and said to Sang Yang Bingrou. "I thought about it, I'd better go to the 'Biluomen' to have a look first, your uncle will ask you to visit first, remember to tell them that I will come back later." Sangyang Bingrou nodded and said with a smile. "I think it goes without saying that everyone knows this, right? Everyone knows that when you come back, Daddy, of course you will report to the 'Biluomen' first. Don't worry, I will tell Uncle Wuwei." Sang Yangjie stopped talking, turned around and walked quickly to another street, and disappeared after a while.