Chapter 27 (1/2)
The greatest city, Chang An, deserved its faates were built; ates in each direction Even so, the nobles and coest the gates and the gates did little toQue and Sang Sang stayed on the long line and finally arrived at the gate of the city just when evening was approaching Seeing the stern soldiers ere carefully checking packages, Ning Que involuntarily thought about the traffic scene in the capital of another world He laughed and coh he co native citizens cohty None of them would be afraid of the stern soldiers, but none of theate
After a long ti’s turn The soldier took theQue had with hister was actually his comrade who had accomplished many achievements in the frontier The soldier’s stern face became kinder and friendlier, but when he saw the three knives fastened on Ning Que’s back, he frowned involuntarily
“These are handed down froenerations of the fa Que explained carefully
“The knives are your life…” The soldier gave him a bored look and said conteht hundred tie Two little children carrying such a large package, how is that even co your entire house”
He turned towards Sang Sang and saw the big black uhtly he asked, “What kind of u turned back and grabbed theblack umbrella She looked up at the soldier and said “The umbrella is irl and lifted his thu Que, as undoing the tie of the package, s Que knew that to others itit is reality
The big package contained s The only noticeable things were the hard wooden bow and several packs of arrows When the soldier saw thee
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The doorway to Chang An was long and dark The distance froe; therefore the exit looked like a sht The sun could be faintly seen in a far distance The red sunlight poured upon the city but was quickly devoured by the darkness and noisiness of the night
Ning Que and Sang Sang followed the crowd and headed towards the doorway Sang Sang switched the position of the heavy bag on her back so that the string lay on a more comfortable position She asked curiously, “Master…Is every citizen froht” Ning Que answered, “The wealthiest people all over the world are concentrated in this city That’s why Chang An’s people are very proud But as they are proud, they are also modest and lenient on the surface because they need to show their good deood demeanor”
“But if people can’t express their pride, they will be unable to restrain the An solve this problee driver to the official in courts, all Chang An citizens are skilled in chatting From rumors in the royal palace down to the jokes in hotel and brothels, there see they like the most is to use a nonchalant tone to discuss about worldly news and warfare events, as if they all are the prihed a little because she was a Que’s explanation
Earlier at the doorway to Chang An, the soldier did not confiscate nor destroy the u Que, while the three knives were collected into their package The string of the hard wooden boas also taken off After doing all this, the talkative soldier finally let the citizens believe in strength and power If there were no suitable weapons on their hands, they wouldn’t feel comfortable Therefore the e weapons The city Chang An allowed people to equip swords but not knives Boere allowed but their strings must be taken off However, military crossboere banned, but this was the only li back on the bow and took out your knife after entering the city The government didn’t care, thein the royal palace didn’t care either
Ning Que and Sang Sang were used to living around the border Every night in Wei city there were no light besides the candles in the tavern There was no noise except the talking of the guards They thought they would see a city asleep when they entered Chang An at dusk, but they never thought that the Cang An at night was…
A city that never slept!!
The lights shi+ned frohtened the roads as if it were dayti on the sidewalk and so at the stars in the sky
The attires of Tang people, especially the Chang An citizens, were very siht short sleeved shi+rt expressed their sharpness A er sleeves, but his sleeves were also cut short Two arn was made for him to easily pull out the sharp sword on his waists
The green shi+rthairs were flowing in the air as if he was an uncommon swordsman But when he saw a circus in the street, the man will also stop and stare at their tricks like the ladies around him He clapped and applauded when the circus finished their tricks, but when the clowns started asking for money he returned to his cool look of an uncommon swordsman He wanted to appear like he despised the dirtiness ofAn wo, or in another word exposed In the war their ar low top, the whiteness of their breasts were attracting the attentions of young ed wineskin on their waist were curiously looking around the city The officials fro fro on the high buildings and observing the stars Sohter could be heard on the streets A trace of flute music swirled into the street from an unknown household