It was not the first time that Ang Lee had seen the sunrise. Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, he liked to watch the sunrise very much because the most beautiful scenery in the world was the moment of the sunrise.
The most beautiful was the sunrise, and the most brilliant was the sunset. The sunrise and sunset were like life, and no doubts were like the sunrise. Ang Lee could not remember where he had seen this poem praising the sunrise. However, he could tell that it was not an ancient poem from between the lines. It should have been written casually by later generations!
Why was the sunrise so beautiful? It was probably because it was the beginning of a new day! When the sun revealed its smiling face at the peak of the mountain, the people who were looking at the scenery would definitely be extremely excited. The sun was bright red and radiated golden light in all directions. The clouds above the peak of the mountain were all dazzling with the changes in the sunlight.
The beauty of the sunrise only lasted for a brief moment and would soon disappear. However, the beauty that was left to people's eyes and senses was eternal.
The sunrise was the natural law of the movement of natural objects. In the different places and backgrounds of the mountains, rivers, seas, and cities, it showed a variety of magnificent landscapes and colorful changing colors. It injected a beautiful and eternal scenery into our lives and an eternal theme of human literature.
The birth of a new life, like the sunrise, brought a gorgeous and colorful scenery to a family and clan.
Therefore, in the literature of later generations, there were beautiful sayings that held up the sun of tomorrow, gushed out, and the sun rose from the east, shining in all directions.
The founder of Hua Xia's later generation said that the young people were like the sun at eight or nine o 'clock in the morning, and he had high hopes for the young people.
Of course, Ang Lee seemed to be able to see more things when he saw the sunrise. He knew that he could see his own life clearly.
Li Xiaolu, who was next to him, was completely immersed in the beautiful scenery. She did not seem to think about many things. Being able to see the beautiful scenery was her biggest wish.
"Look, the sky is red. The sun is coming out."
Li Xiaolu said excitedly when she saw that the white sky in the distance had turned red.
Ang Lee smiled faintly and said, "That's just the sky illuminated by the sun's light. The sun hasn't come out yet. Is this how you see the sunrise?"
"Oh, yes, the sun hasn't come out yet, but it should be soon."
Li Xiaolu was looking forward to the moment when the sun rose. Her eyes were full of light.
At this moment, the steam tugboats had been activated and towed all the transport ships to the surface of the sea. The huge Tang Dynasty fleet began to slowly move westward.
While the Tang Dynasty fleet was leaving, many merchant ships were busy entering the port. These merchants had never seen such a noisy steam tugboat before, so they were all stunned for a while.
Many of the sailors on the merchant ships waved at Ang Lee's ship. He didn't know why they were so excited. Were they looking at beautiful women?
This was because the Tang fleet was traveling due west, and the sun rose from the east and moved west. Thus, if the fleet traveled fast enough, there was a high chance that they would never see the sunrise, or perhaps they would be able to watch the sunrise forever.
Of course, this was absolutely impossible because the speed of the ships was so fast. It was impossible to increase the speed of the sunrise. Even airplanes had a lot of pressure.
"Look, the sun is coming out a little. This time, it must be the sun, right?"
Li Xiaolu shouted excitedly when she saw the sun peeking out a little.
Li An nodded and said, "Right, this is the sun that we've been waiting for. When the sun comes out, it's very warm. Don't you feel warm?" Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Don't you feel warm?"
Saying that, I looked at Li Xiaolu, who was shivering. Because Ang Lee said that he liked this kind of cool feeling, Li Xiaolu didn't go back to the cabin to get clothes.
After all, it was still summer. Even if it was a little cold in the morning, it wouldn't be a big problem. It wouldn't be too cold. At most, it would just be a little cold.
"Yes, it's not as cold as before. It's warm when the sun comes out. But it would be nice if it could keep this warm. It will be too hot at noon."
Li Xiaolu said.
Ang Lee said, "That's easy. You can go and discuss with the sun. Tell it not to rise too high. Just keep it in the East and see if it can agree."
"Humph, you are teasing me again. The sun is hanging in the sky. How can I discuss with it? It can't talk."
Li Xiaolu said with a smile.
Ang Lee frowned and said, "You haven't discussed with it. How do you know that the sun can't talk?"
"The sun can't talk. Isn't it obvious? Assistant Minister Li should go and discuss with the sun."
Li Xiaolu asked.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Alright! Let my primordial spirit leave my body and discuss with the sun. "
Saying that, he closed his eyes and pretended to be a charlatan.
During this period of time, no matter what Li Xiaolu said, Ang Lee pretended not to hear it at all. It was as if his soul had really left his body.
After a long while, Ang Lee gradually returned to normal and said lightly, "The sun said that everything in the world needs its light. It won't stay in a certain position for us to see the sunrise. If that's the case, everything in the world won't be able to survive."
He said that he looked like a charlatan in the future.
Li Xiaolu was confused and said, "What do you mean by the primordial spirit leaving your body? Assistant Minister Li can really talk to the sun. Don't lie to me. "
Saying that, she had an innocent expression.
Ang Lee said with a melancholy expression, "I am such a good person. Why would I lie to you? My primordial spirit just came back from the sun. Now my head is a little hot and I need to cool down. "
Saying that, he reached out and wiped the sweat on his forehead, making it seem like he was really hot.
Li Xiaolu instantly believed him. She hurriedly touched Li An's forehead from behind, only to find that Li An's forehead was ice-cold. There was no warmth at all. She immediately understood that she had been fooled.
"It's obviously cold. This is probably a trick!"
Li Xiaolu realized that she had been fooled. She said very calmly, giving people a sense of humor.
Of course, Ang Lee was playing tricks. However, since ancient times, Ang Lee was not the only one who played tricks. Many leaders liked to play tricks when they rebelled. They used this to confuse the people and make them follow them, so that they could gain great benefits for themselves.
For example, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, in order to establish their prestige and make the people willing to follow them, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did a lot of tricks. First, they deliberately stuffed cloth with the words "Chen Sheng Wang" into the fish's stomach. Then, they bought the fish back and let the people see the cloth with the words "Chen Sheng Wang". Then, they lit a bonfire at night and said the words "Chen Sheng Wang" in the voice of a fox. Thus, the ignorant people really thought that Chen Sheng was the one and were willing to follow him.
It was the same during Liu Bang's uprising. He slew the White Snake and killed a very large White Snake, thus establishing his own prestige.
After that, there were even more emperors and rebels who pretended to be mysterious, especially those who failed. Many of them pretended to be mysterious at the beginning to confuse the laboring masses and make them follow them in their rebellion. In the end, they all lost their lives.
There was a recent large-scale peasant movement in the future, and it was completely based on pretending to be mysterious. That guy called Hong Xiuquan, every time he encountered difficulties, he would tell his subordinates that the Heavenly Father had spoken to him in his dreams, saying that they would definitely win the war. Thus, many of his believers believed him and fought bravely, defeating the Qing army.
However, the person who was even better at playing tricks than Hong Xiuquan was his first subordinate, Yang Xiuqing. This guy saw that the Heavenly King had pretended to be the Heavenly Father all day long, so he pretended to be the Heavenly Father. Moreover, he pretended to be the Heavenly Father every two to three days. In serious cases, he even scolded and beat Hong Xiuquan. This accumulated a lot of conflict between the two, and in the end, it caused the peasant movement to fail completely.
"Playing tricks? I'll let you see what the Heavenly Fire is. "
Ang Lee was addicted to playing tricks. He casually took out his special skill and secretly set his hands on fire. Moreover, the flames on his palms were blue, which looked very strange.
"Wow, how can your hands be on fire? What is this? "
Li Xiaolu was very surprised.
Ang Lee turned around and extinguished the fire. He wiped the smell off his hands and said seriously, "This is the Heavenly Fire. When I went to chat with the Heavenly Sun, it gave it to me. It said that it couldn't satisfy my wishes, but it would give me some compensation, so it gave me the Heavenly Fire. It might be useful at a critical time, but it can only be used three times. I've already used it once, so I'll save the remaining two!"
As he said that, he put on an indifferent expression.
"Let me take a look at your hands."
Li Xiaolu stepped forward and took Ang Lee's hands and looked at them carefully. As a result, she found nothing. Her face was full of doubts.
Ang Lee really didn't want to lie to her, but he was idle anyway. It was good to play magic occasionally. Compared with playing tricks, Ang Lee preferred magic.
After all, the technological content of playing tricks was too low. Anyone could do it. For example, stuffing a piece of cloth with words into a fish's stomach was not difficult.
If it was magic, there would be a certain technique requirement. If a person's movements were too slow, he would never be able to complete the magic. Because once the movements were slow, many mysteries would be seen by others. In this way, magic would not be magic.
But what was magic? There was a very accurate explanation in the later generations. Anything that appeared visually incredible could be called a magic show. That was to say, something that made people feel impossible happened in the end. This was magic.
On the one hand, magic had to be fast. On the other hand, it had to take advantage of the lack of observation of ordinary people, so as to deceive the eyes of the observer and make the observer think that what they saw was real.
Because magic itself was fake, it was something that deceived the eyes. Therefore, Hua Xia had always looked down on people who played magic since ancient times. They thought that it was an unorthodox way, and only reading was the right way.
As for the origin of magic, no one could say clearly. Magic had been around since the beginning of human activities. The origin of magic should be inseparable from religious beliefs.
In the ignorant ancient times, people believed that everything in the natural world was because of the manipulation of spirits or gods. Therefore, wizards or priests used human superstition and principles that people didn't know to create divine achievements, making people believe that these were transformed by spirits or gods. By using magic to strengthen religious rituals, believers were more convinced of their beliefs.
The earliest recorded magic show in history was in Egypt, about four thousand years ago. The historical records were very clear. In Egypt, a magician was invited to perform for the Pharaoh. He could cut off the head of a goose, but the goose could still walk with its head cut off. In the end, the magician attached the goose's head back and restored the goose's original appearance.
This great magician even performed the same show on a bull. However, when the Pharaoh asked to perform the same show on a human, the magician refused.
Perhaps this magician used a prop, but it was easy to make a bull's head and a goose's head. On the other hand, it was more difficult to make a human head. It was easy to be seen through. Moreover, magic was risky. If there were casualties, the magician would feel guilty. Most importantly, animals couldn't speak and would never reveal the secret of magic. Humans were animals that could speak. Once the secret of magic was revealed, the magician's job would be in danger.
The tricks that magicians performed were all deceptive tricks to entertain the public. However, even so, their magic skills had brought them great disaster.
In the Dark Middle Ages of the West, magicians were met with a tragic fate. They were under great pressure from the Church. Any magic that was not recognized by the Church was called black magic. As long as one person testified, the magician would face trial and be accused of being in league with the devil. They would be persecuted.
However, even so, magicians were still a very popular profession. Many people were willing to join this profession, even if it meant paying a painful price.
The reason why the Church was so harsh on the magicians was because they wanted to gain influence and maintain their high status.
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