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Chapter 351: Legend

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    As night falls, Linhuang Mansion is already covered with luminous sand.  Just wait until it gets dark before it starts to glow.  In the past two months, countless people have come and gone to Beijing, and they have all seen it with their own eyes.  Whether you are a traveler, merchant, or a foreign envoy, as long as you see Shangjing still full of lights after nightfall, you will feel a kind of awe from the bottom of your heart.  Not to mention the trembling hands and feet, I always want to kneel down unconsciously.  Even deep in his soul, there was an indescribable trembling.  At this time, the Liao Kingdom was not only the overlord on the prairie, but also spread its influence to the Western Regions.  Not only are there dozens and hundreds of vassal states within the territory, but there are also many international exchanges outside the territory.  If the number of people traveling to and from the capital on trade missions alone is considered the bustling level every year, it is definitely three times more lively than Bianliang in Tokyo.  Since Xixia cut off the Silk Road, the Song Dynasty has repeatedly imposed heavy taxes on business travelers.  The Song Dynasty had already dealt a major blow to the traffic in the Western Regions, and the Silk Road almost existed in name only.  By the time the Maritime Silk Road was re-established in the Song Dynasty, a large number of food merchants preferred to go to Quanzhou or Guangzhou to trade, and there was no need to come to Bianliang.  The two countries in the southwest, Dayue and Dali, also expressed their sincerity towards the Song Dynasty.  Political exchanges between the two sides have almost come to a standstill.  The foreign envoys who go to Bianliang City the most are actually fakes of many big food businessmen. After forging a certificate of credentials, they can go to Tokyo City to cheat on food and drink.  If you offer a few gifts, the court will give generous rewards for the sake of dignity.  The Song Dynasty, which succeeded Zhengshuo in the Central Plains, was never stingy with envoys from outside.  As long as the evidence of the foreign envoys can be produced and the tribute is presented, the court will definitely give back gold, silver, copper coins, tea leaves and silk that are at least double the value of the tribute, and there will even be other more valuable gifts.  Therefore, many big food businessmen like to pretend to be foreign envoys to defraud high returns.  Of course, this kind of trick cannot be played repeatedly. After the imperial court gradually learned the inside story, it became disgusted with the behavior of these big food businessmen pretending to be foreign missions.  After the income and effort are no longer directly proportional, gradually the big food merchants will no longer do such unprofitable things.  As for going to Beijing to cheat, that means risking your head.  Although the Khitans regard themselves as the Zhengshuo of China, they are still nomadic at heart.  Not to mention serious messengers, all counterfeit and shoddy products can only be done by leaving the head behind.  After hanging out a few rows of heads, the food merchants were extremely honest.  It is right to sacrifice money for people, but you must also measure whether the efforts and rewards are proportional.  Even if the Song Dynasty court saw through the disguise of the big food merchants, the most they could do was to yell: "The evil spirits are gone!" But the Liao Dynasty beheaded them directly, and no one was willing to do this kind of loss-making business.  Besides, the Khitans are extremely poor. When they meet tribute from foreign countries, they want to keep all their people and goods, but there will be no rewards!  Even when Daliao sent a mission to the Song Dynasty, both the envoys and deputy envoys took a trade group with them.  Taking advantage of the convenience of being able to do business without tax at the diplomatic mission, let's first do some business all the way to the Southern Dynasty.  So the diplomatic missions that came to Daliao were all sent by real countries to complete their diplomatic missions.  As a result, as soon as I came to Beijing, I saw the Yitian Tower standing tall in the school grounds.  People are not allowed to visit the school grounds casually, but the Yitian Tower is too high to support it.  With current construction technology, this is basically a miraculous wonder of the world.  No matter how mentally prepared you are, you will be shocked when you suddenly see such a tall building.  What¡¯s more, the outer layer of Yitian Tower is also covered with shining tempered glass, reflecting dazzling brilliance.  Look at it a few more times, even reluctant to look away.  For anyone, this is a great spectacle that is almost impossible to accomplish by human power. It is inevitable to ask more about what is going on.  So someone stood up next to him and proudly began to introduce the grand occasion to others: "Did you see it? It's right there. By the way, I was standing there at the time and saw with my own eyes the eight wonderful immortals summoned from the sky.  This Yitian Tower was built brick by brick in front of our eyes. "Oh, you are so lucky! It is definitely a great opportunity to witness such a miracle with your own eyes."  "Ah!" "Isn't it a great opportunity? The grace of Bamao Immortal is still clearly engraved in my mind as soon as I close my eyes, I can see the grand occasion again!"  As more and more people came and went, the news became more and more exaggerated.    As for the details of Ding Yang's erection of the Yitian Tower in public that day, not only did everyone have different opinions, but they also added jealousy to each other.  Just over half a month has passed, and it has already changed beyond recognition.  There are at least a dozen versions popular in Shangjing, and all of them are sworn to have been seen with one¡¯s own eyes.  There were indeed many people present at the scene that day, but the details that everyone saw were not so different!  Even Ding Yang himself was shocked when he heard it.  The degree of exaggeration in the rendering is even more mythical than mythical.  After all, many people have seen Ding Yang's appearance with their own eyes, so they don't talk nonsense in this regard.  Fortunately, he did not become a living god who is "eight feet tall and eight feet in waist".  It¡¯s so good!  The stories related to Yitian Tower are generally true to the facts. After all, there were tens of thousands of people at the scene that day.  No matter how divergent opinions are, there is a general direction after all.  But when it came to the luminous sand, dozens more versions of rumors immediately appeared.  Even though the luminous sand was pulled out and laid out all the way after Ding Yang completed the Yitian Tower that day.  But compared to the school field, the queue dragged on for a longer time this time, and of course there was a front and a back.  But many people insisted that they were at the front that day and could see clearly, even knowing how many eyebrows there were in the Eight Wonders.  It has become a confusing account again. There are more rumors than Yitian Tower and it is even more confusing.  This time there are not only differences in details, but also different opinions on the general direction.  Of course, no matter how you say it, it will be connected with the previous bloody night of riots.  It is said that Master Bamiao was compassionate and prayed for thousands of people in Linhuang Mansion in Beijing with his noble and compassionate feelings, so he established many luminous sands.  "And among these luminous sands, there are not only the magical powers of gods in the sky, but also the guards of the innocent souls of the underworld.  Anyway, all kinds of rumors began to spread in all directions along with the businessmen or envoys going to Beijing.  Among them, the most talked about ones are undoubtedly the Eight Wonderful Immortals and the legend of Yibendao Sect in Kunlun Mountain.  
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