Chapter 37: Astrology

Yuan Luo lowered her head, feeling the scorching sight, and her mood became more complicated.
Cai Yunheng walked out of the restaurant and saw that the atmosphere between the two was not right. He looked up at the end of the street again and said, "Wow, it's so lively!"
"In other words, do you want to make a fuss. For example, disguise as a family member, sneak into the back house and beat someone up, or simply put a cloth bag to kill."
Cai Yunheng has this ability, no matter how serious and dull the atmosphere is, only two or three sentences can be resolved.
Yuan Luo laughed: "Sounds a tempting proposal."
Gu Yibai glanced at him: "Yang Chunhao is the groom's official, surrounded by guests tonight, and maidservants, and the location of the new house is east of the house, next to the main house. There is no chance."
Yuan Luo glanced at him, investigating so carefully, he really wanted to kill.
Cai Yunheng sighed. Tonight is indeed not a good time to do something. Just looking at such a lively scene, I always feel unwilling.
"I really want to have a marriage. If this kite is bigger, I will fly in with the kite, and then fly out with the kite." Cai Yunheng's hand is the kite that was made at Liu Siyuan's booth. It was so ugly that Cai Yunheng took it as a souvenir when it was rejected by all customers.
"You have read too many books." Gu Yi held his forehead.
Yuan Luo looked at the ugly-shaped kite in his hand. Suddenly, there was a flash of inspiration. He smiled and said, "Although it is impossible to kill, it is okay to cause trouble." Although people can't fly, other things can fly.
"What?" Cai Yunheng came to his spirits. After the incident at the kite shop before, he fully realized that Yuan Luo did not take the usual way.
Yuan Luo pointed to the kite, and Cai Yunheng hurriedly passed it up with both hands.
Yuan Luo felt that the kite's shape and materials were a bit wasteful, so she immediately took apart the kite and folded the thick kraft paper twice to turn it into a paper airplane.
She walked to the outside of the house where the wedding was being held and threw the paper airplane up. The wind whizzed past, it was held all the way forward, but it hit the wall and fell to the ground.
"You have to find a higher place to put it. And make a few more." Cai Yunheng woke up and geared up.
After inspecting the wind direction, the three of them ran to the back of the restaurant, only an alley away from Yang's Mansion, and they were in the upper wind direction.
Cai Yunheng went to the bookstore and bought a thick stack of kraft paper, as well as pen and ink.
Several people started to work, and soon folded a lot of paper airplanes. Cai Yunheng waved a big pen and wrote curses like "Kill his wife and marry another, cut off children and grandchildren".
Then, taking advantage of the wind, all these little things were released.
Watching the small planes drifting down to the Ding's compound with the wind, a sense of accomplishment suddenly rose. This kind of prank, as Gu Yi said before, is actually meaningless, but it still makes them feel comfortable.
Probably it is the legendary youth spirit.
Cai Yunheng tossed the paper in his hand, "Why can it fly far when folded into that shape, but can't fly in other shapes?"
"The head is sharp and the wings are gentle. It is the closest posture to a bird." Yuan Luo pointed.
Cai Yunheng was curious: "Then if one day, using a particularly large piece of paper, will it be possible to fold a paper airplane that flies particularly far?"
Gu Yi overturned the paper airplane in his hand, "Why is it called a paper airplane? It should be called Paper Flying Bird, right?"
Yuan Luo could only answer these two curious babies one by one. "The so-called airplane means a flying machine."
"This is just a piece of paper, not a machine." Cai Yunheng protested.
"Although it is a piece of paper now, in the distant future, maybe it can be made of fine iron, wood and the like. Then it can be done by flying into the sky and taking people to the sky."
"Is it the same as the flying magic weapon mentioned in the script?" Gu Yi imagined it.
"How could it be possible that fine iron things are so heavy?" Cai Yunheng expressed his disbelief.
"As long as the motivation to rise is enough, even heavy things can be taken to the sky." Yuan Luo continued to popularize science.
Seeing the bewildered expressions of the two, she thought for a while, and her inspiration flashed. In fact, there are things that can be done to give people to heaven in this era.
"Have you heard of hot air balloons?" At this level of science and technology in ancient times, it was the only option that could barely take people into the air.
"Hot air balloon, what is that?"
To the two curious babies, Yuan Luo briefly explained the principle of the hot air balloon.
"Isn't that the big Kongming lantern?" Cai Yunheng suddenly realized.
"It's a bit similar, but it's not exactly the same." Yuan Luo explained.
"In fact, you can ask the military workshop to give it a try." Gu Yi's eyes flashed. If this kind of thing is used well, it will not be necessary to detect the enemy so much in the future, and it can even become a weapon for defeating the enemy during the siege.
While the few people were talking, there was a commotion in the Yang family's mansion opposite, and it was obvious that the little thing that was put in was picked up. Presumably, there will be news about the murder of his wife soon. Maybe the newspaper will receive submissions.
Listening to the noise in the distance approaching, a family ran out to search, and three people jumped off the high wall.
After running two blocks away, the three stopped.
After a burst of laughter, Cai Yunheng lay on his back on the open grass.
Gu Yi sat beside him, looking up at the stars in the sky.
"What are you looking at?" Yuan Luo asked, standing beside him.
"There are so many stars in the sky," Gu Yi looked up at the vast starry sky. "I heard that there are legends about the dead in the Western Regions. After a person dies, the soul will float to the sky. I hope that one day I will become a star when I die. , Go to the sky and take a look."
He laughed low beside him: "It's better not to go to the underworld and drink the Meng Po soup. The past is gone. Reincarnated or reincarnated, or lost soul, life will be easier anyway."
auzw.com
Yuan Luo glanced at Cai Yunheng, "Boy, your mentality is very gloomy."
Cai Yunheng chuckled, "My wife criticized that she just feels that life is hard, it's better to have a big dream."
Gu Yi sighed, "I would rather not drink Mengpo soup."
Yuan Luo was a little surprised. After getting along with the two, her daily performance was that Gu Yipian was dull and mature, while Cai Yunheng was cheerful and smiling. Deep down, perhaps the opposite was true. Thinking about it carefully, both of them lost their relatives in the previous battle. Their future is uncertain and the pressure cannot be small. Maybe Cai Yunheng just hid more burdens in his heart.
Cai Yunheng looked up at the sky: "If I become a star, I must become that one. It looks the largest and brightest, and the position is good."
Yuan Luo looked up at the sky, the sky of this era was clear and high, and the stars were shining like gems inlaid on the deep bottom.
"You mean a star in Dousu." Yuan Luo smiled.
"Have you heard of the Big Dipper?" Cai Yunheng said clearly.
Yuan Luo immediately slapped her face cruelly: "Stop talking nonsense, Dousu is the Southern Star of the South Dou, and it belongs to Sagittarius from the perspective of stargazing on the western side."
"Which Sagittarius?" Cai Yunheng was puzzled.
"It's a special species in which the upper body is a human and the lower body is a horse..."
"Is it because there is too much riding on horseback, and the result is one?" The two men sketched the magical image in their minds.
Yuan Luo:...
"What about this one?" Gu Yi also curiously pointed at the shining stars on the other side of the sky.
"This, it should be one of Bisu. Bisu is a star in Taurus." Yuan Luo said vaguely. In fact, she can't remember clearly. The understanding of the twenty-four astrology back then was due to a certain book. Two-dimensional comics, she curiously collected a lot of knowledge in this area.
"Is the western astrology different from the Central Plains?"
"Of course it is not the same, and according to the different stars, it is divided into various stories, such as Taurus, which is in the legend..."
Yuan Luo turned Zeus into a Taurus and told the story of the abduction of Europa.
There was a rustling sound in the ear, and it was the worms in the grass. Under the silent night, the girl's voice was especially clear.
After the two listened, their expressions were very subtle, "Isn't this abducting a noble girl, or a girl of a family, and there are such morally corrupt gods."
Yuan Luo coughed. Sure enough, there is a huge surprise in the Eastern and Western cultures. In Western myths, the gods are actually the aristocratic masters, and they are very grounded. However, Eastern mythology prefers to completely deprive the gods of humanity and desire, and truly overlook all sentient beings.
Gu Yi thought for a while, and asked, "Does your mother have a family member working in the Qintian Supervisor?"
"No." Yuan Luo categorically denied.
Seeing Gu Yi's unexpected expression, she quickly realized one thing.
In the ancient society, astrology seemed to be a closed school. Because the people generally associate the changes of the astrology with the rise and fall of the dynasty, and the appearance of meteors indicates that there will be a catastrophe. The emperor should worship the heaven and the earth. Therefore, in ancient times, only a small number of officials such as the Qin Tianjian had the right to see the astrology. It was an illegal and criminal act for ordinary people to look at the sky.
To Yuan Luo's answer, the two hummed together and turned their heads.
Yuan Luo:...
Gu Yi spoke again: "Actually, you don't need to mind this. There are also people in the military who study this privately, just not letting people know it."
"Does research in the military?" Yuan Luo was surprised. She could understand that there were astronomy enthusiasts secretly researching among the scholars, but it was really unexpected that someone in the military studied this.
"Because you can identify the road by comparing the astrology." Gu Yi laughed.
Yuan Luo suddenly realized that in the ancient battlefield, identifying the direction and the road was an important task. Especially during the northward conquest, hundreds of miles of land are often covered with vast wasteland. It is not clear to distinguish the south, east, and northwest, and it is easy to go astray. I remember that during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, soldiers were divided into multiple routes to conquer the Huns, and the encirclement failed because several teams were not on time.
But she wondered: "Isn't there Sinan?" The compass is one of the four great inventions.
"It's too heavy to carry, and it's easy to be blown by the wind." Cai Yunheng complained.
Another day, the craftsman will have to delve into the intricate compass with a shell. Yuan Luo thought secretly.
She pointed to the sky, "If you want to learn, I can teach you." In the future, both of these young people will lead soldiers to fight. It is best to have a practical skill.
The two nodded hurriedly.
Seeing it was getting late, ready to return.
Cai Yunheng got up and glanced across the back wall of the restaurant opposite. He remembered the first time Yuan Luo folded a paper airplane. After throwing it out, he hit the wall and fell here.
I looked around, and there was nothing but weeds and stones on the dark corners.
He couldn't help but raise his head and look at the back of Gu Yi in front of him. It might have been picked up by this guy.
Gu Yi noticed that and turned his head, "What's wrong?"
Cai Yunheng lowered his eyes and smiled: "It's nothing."
Yuan Luo was surprised at how the two of them walked so slowly, and said: "Hurry up, it's time to get the keys to the palace gate."
The two immediately followed her pace and hurriedly returned to the North Palace, still climbing onto the wall on Cai Yunheng's shoulder. Gu Yi responded inside.
He helped Yuan Luo fall to the ground and said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Gu Yi smiled, the boy's face was no longer the previous haze.
"No, I am also very happy tonight." Yuan Luo whispered. The days outside the palace are indeed much more relaxed and happy than those intriguing palace affairs.