Traveling to Xianwu

Chapter 392 Luoyang City

Luoyang is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, with Mang Mountain in the north, Luoshui in the south, Hulao in the east, Hangu in the west, surrounded by mountains, and the Luoyang Plain in the middle. It is dangerous, but also has beautiful scenery, fertile soil, moderate climate, and convenient water transportation.Since ancient times, eight dynasties have established their capitals here.The so-called Heyang Dingding land is located in the Central Plains and should be in all directions. Luoyang is the world's communication hub and military fortress.

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he chose another capital in Luoyang and established a new capital.The new imperial city is located between Zhou Wangcheng and the ancient city of Han and Wei.Taking Luoyang as the center, Yang Guang excavated a Grand Canal that stretches from Hangzhou in the south to Zhuojun in the north and runs through the north and south, connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River. central hub.

"This is the first time I have come to Luoyang in this life. A city of this scale is really rare!" Shen Chengping looked at the magnificent and magnificent ancient city, and walked on the avenue that was a hundred steps wide and connected to the north and south gates, "Heavenly!" Street", the street stretches straight, probably seven or eight miles long.Cherry, pomegranate, elm, willow and other trees are planted all over the street. If it is the turn of spring and summer, when the vegetation grows, the scenery is picturesque and beautiful.There are many shops on both sides of the avenue, and there are roads between the inner squares, which intersect with the ten vertical and horizontal streets that run through the major city gates.

"This Yang Guang is too eager for quick success. Building a famous city, conquering Korea three times, digging canals, and pacifying the Western Regions are all major events in any dynasty. It is not easy to complete one within ten years. He has done all of them, using the power of the people At the extreme, it is a strange thing that the country is not subjugated so much, but Li Tang later took advantage of it and created a prosperous world." Shen Chengping thought in his heart, and gradually walked to a bridge, but heard a white man standing on the bridge. The young master is reciting in a low voice: "It seems like the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow flutters like the wind blowing back. Looking at it from a distance, it is as bright as the sun rising in the morning glow; when observing it by force, it is burning like a flower coming out of Lubo... "

Shen Chengping turned his gaze and glanced at it, but thought in his heart: "I didn't expect it to be a coincidence that I met Shi Zhixuan's apprentice!"

The evil king Shi Zhixuan has two apprentices in total, and Yang Xuyan, who Shen Chengping met at the Pegasus Ranch earlier, was one of them, and the young man in white standing at the bridgehead is Hou Xibai, another apprentice of Shi Zhixuan, this Hou Xibai's name He is an amorous young man who is good at Danqing. On the beauty fan in his hand are paintings of all kinds of beauties he has encountered. This is the first time Shen Chengping has seen Hou Xibai, but there are ordinary and undetectable fluctuations in his martial arts. Let Shen Chengping know that this person is Shi Zhixuan's apprentice, combined with his image, it is not difficult to guess his identity.

But Lao Shi probably regretted accepting this apprentice. Shen Chengping thought that Hou Xibai fell in love with Shi Feixuan unrequitedly in the plot, and later even took a risk to help Shi Feixuan out of danger. It's a shame that the successor of Cihang Jingzhai is so fascinated.

Seeing that Hou Xibai was still reciting Cao Zhi's famous Fu that had been handed down through the ages, Shen Chengping pouted his lips and said, "Young Master Hou is really in a good mood. With the appearance of Young Master Hou at this time, what will he think!"

"Who are you!?" Hou Xibai turned to look at Shen Chengping, with a hint of wariness in his eyes.

"Hehe, it's just a fellow of the holy sect. When I saw the evil king, I couldn't help but come over and say hello!" Shen Chengping said with a smile: "Mr. Was it ordered by the evil king?"

As soon as Hou Xibai heard it, he knew that Shen Chengping seemed to be inquiring about Shi Zhixuan, so he said: "What is the name of this brother, he seems to be familiar with the teacher?"

"No, Shen Chengping!" Shen Chengping didn't hide anything. Since Ning Daoqi was arranged to intercept him, the news of his arrival in Luoyang was no secret, so he said directly: "It's just that I met him a few months ago. , thanks to the advice of the evil king, I haven't had time to repay it yet!"

"So it's you!" Listening to Shen Chengping's self-report, Hou Xibai's eyes narrowed, and he said: "Brother Shen is bold, now that Luoyang is the domain of the Yuwen Clan, brother Shen dares to come here alone!"

"Haha, as far as those people under Yuwen Clan's hand are concerned, I still don't pay attention to them, so what if they are thousands of troops!" Shen Chengping said with a calm expression: "Young Master Hou is not timid. Just like Shen Mou, for He Shibi!"

In fact, if Shen Chengping had an accident, the Ming army would go straight to Luoyang. If the Yuwen Clan were really smart, they would not attack Shen Chengping in Luoyang.

"Brother Shen is joking, I also know myself, so naturally I won't compete for Heshibi, I just want to see the demeanor of Shang Xiufang, the No. I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed with the news from my master, my master hasn't contacted me for several months!"

Shen Chengping could see that what Hou Xibai said was probably the truth, and his spiritual intuition told him that Hou Xibai probably didn't know Shi Zhixuan's whereabouts, so he didn't continue to ask, but chatted with Hou Xibai on the bridge. After a few words, Hou Xibai said: "I don't know if Brother Shen knows the name of the bridge under your feet?"

Shen Chengping pondered for a while before saying: "It should be Xinzhongqiao!"

Hou Xibai nodded and said: "It is indeed called Xinzhong Bridge. Yang Guang spent so much painstaking efforts in building Luoyang back then! This Luoyang takes the north and south as the central axis, and let the Luoshui River run through the whole city, dividing Luoyang into north and south. The area is connected by four bridges, and the Luoshui River in the city is connected with the other three rivers of Yi, Yi, and Jian, so that the rivers in the city are lingering, and the beauty of the mountains and rivers is moved to the city, giving people a feeling of harmony. In addition, the outer Guocheng Xiyuan is set outside the west wall, reaching Xin'an in the west, Mang Mountain in the north, and Yique Mountains in the south, with a circumference of more than [-] miles. more scale."

While talking, the two of them walked down the bridge together, and while walking on the road, they saw a commotion, a group of soldiers in strong and sharp clothes cleared the way, and drove away the pedestrians. Small.

The infantry who cleared the way held weapons, and the carriage was quite gorgeous. Behind the carriage were cavalry in armor. Those cavalry followed on horseback. They were orderly and calm. They were indeed elite. The elite army, plus Luoyang Xiongcheng, is much stronger than Jiangdu in the original book.

(End of this chapter)