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At the end of April in the lunar calendar, the second uncle of the Bai family in Chang'an City wrote a letter to Luo Yong.

The letter said that most of the court officials supported the construction of the wooden track, but in recent years there have been many wars and many cement roads have been built. The saints take pity on the common people. I am afraid that the wooden track will have to wait for a while.

He also said that Si Niang, Wu Lang, Liu Lang and Qin Niang are all safe. Wu Lang has grown up very fast recently, and in a blink of an eye he is already taller than Siniang. It is really rare to manage well at such a young age.

At the end of this letter, Second Uncle Bai mentioned to Luo Yong a major event that happened in Chang'an City from the end of last year to the beginning of this year.

Regarding this matter, Second Uncle Bai's words were very concise and vague, and his attitude was very cautious.

Hexi is quite far from Chang'an City, and the news is not very well-informed. In addition, the prince's rebellion, the imperial court will not make a big announcement to the world. At this time, except for some well-informed family members, they are out of Chang'an City. Very few people know about it.

Although Luo Yong knew that there was such an event in history early on, he only confirmed that this event finally happened after he received this letter from Uncle Bai, and it was not because of what he did in this era. For what changes.

There are only a few words on the letter paper, but Luo Yong knows that the facts are much worse than these few words.

According to historical records, the reason why Prince Li Chengqian's treason case came to light was because of Qi Wang Li You. Li You was so absurd. Wan Ji was killed, and later he was afraid that his own father would pursue him, so he decided to rebel if he didn't stop doing it.

The rebellion was quickly quelled. Finally, when the imperial court was arresting the guilty person, a man named Hegan Chengji in Prince Li Chengqian's mansion was implicated because of his repeated sitting. The case was exposed.

Two sons rebelled one after another, one son was killed, and the other was exiled. Even Li Tai, king of Wei, who was originally favored by the emperor, was driven out of Chang'an City together.

After this incident, the emperor's vitality can be said to be seriously injured. Although it also hit those forces that surrounded Li Chengqian and Li Tai before, they were his own sons after all. The three sons born to him by Empress Changsun are still in the Li Zhi was the only one around.

At this juncture, Li Shimin really doesn't have much energy to fight wits and courage with others. Now he takes Li Zhi with him every day, for fear that he will give others an opportunity to take advantage of him. This son will also be provoked and instigated by others. Their father and son are separated.

Even Luo's blueprint for managing the Western Regions drawn by Tang Jian and Tang Jian seemed to be difficult to arouse the enthusiasm and ambition in the heart of the middle-aged emperor for a while. He is really tired now.

The dispute over the laying of wooden tracks was like a sudden gust of wind, but the gust passed and passed away, leaving no result.

For now, the opposition has won a temporary victory, but this is only temporary. As long as those who support the repair of the wooden track have not completely given up, one day this plan will be brought up again...

Luo Yong closed the letter, thought for a while, took the fire sickle from his waist, lit an oil lamp on the table, and burned the letter in his hand.

Although the overall freedom of speech was relatively free during the Zhenguan period, those who were officials in the court should be cautious in everything, and they were afraid of attacks from hostile forces.

After burning the letters, Luo Yongxin walked out of the county office. The weather has warmed up in the past two days, but the wind and sand are quite heavy. It has been nearly two months since Qiao Junlin and the others went out. I don't know where he is at this time, whether he is in Yizhou or has already gone to Gaochang. went.

Luo Yong walked up the city wall and remembered what he had said to Uncle Bai earlier:

"I have a very close friendship with Cai Guogong's eldest son. I don't know when I will return. If my friend encounters any difficulties during the period, if Second Uncle Bai can help, please help me."

At that time, he said this vaguely, and so much time has passed in a blink of an eye, I don't know if Second Uncle Bai still remembers it, and even if he does, will he dare to help him again.

Rescuing Du Gou at that juncture is like picking a chestnut out of the fire, at the slightest, you will burn your palm, and at the worst, you will burn your body.

Luo Yong stood on the high city wall, looking around it was all gray.

In this backward and barren age, it is not easy for human beings to survive in this world. However, the cruelty of the struggle between people is thousands of times worse than that of later generations.

Once the matter of laying wooden tracks is put on hold, it is unknown how long it will take. Luo Yong is more concerned about the food problem in the Hexi area right now.

A few years ago, he asked Apu to take two sweet potatoes back to the Nile River, hoping that he would come back with his own people and sweet potatoes. In this way, not only sweet potatoes can appear in this world, but Apu and their The tribe can also be protected by Datang.

Just look at the vast world in front of you. This desolate world is full of various dangers. Even if they are human beings, they will be treated as slaves and exotic beasts. Under such dangers, will they really be able to come back alive? ?

Or, in fact, they have already quietly disappeared into this vast world like the dust in front of them...

What Luo Yong didn't know was that just a few days ago, Qiao Junlin and others met a caravan from Gaochang in a small town on the border of Yizhou.

I heard from the person in the caravan that a group of Kunlun slaves came to Gaochang City recently, saying that they wanted to donate grain seeds to Tian Khan, but just after arriving in Gaochang City, the old leaders of the group of Kunlun slaves couldn't do it anymore. They were in Gaochang City at that time, and they might have to wait until the old leader's funeral was done before they could continue their journey.

As soon as Qiao Junlin and the others heard about this, they hurried to Gaochang City. When they arrived in Gaochang City, the monks in the city were performing rituals for Apu's father.

This tribal leader who was born on the banks of the Nile River and grew up on the banks of the Nile River had to lead his tribe to migrate when his life was about to come to an end.

The migration road was long and arduous and full of dangers. When he passed the position of leader to Apu, the clansmen worried that their old leader was about to die, but he persisted miraculously, dragging his old body, The people of the He tribe walked all the way to Gaochang City, and finally swallowed their last breath in this peaceful place illuminated by Buddha's light.

Qu Wentai, the former king of Gaochang, called him a hero, and Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Anxi, also respected him as a man. They held a grand funeral for the leader of the Kunlun people.

There are bursts of Sanskrit chants floating in the city, peaceful and majestic. Those weather-beaten and skinny clansmen seem to have been comforted by this Sanskrit singing. I did it, relying on my own feet, I walked step by step to this legendary oriental country...

After the funeral, Qiao Junlin and others went to see Apu.

Apu is getting old, it's only been two or three years, but Apu looks like he is more than ten years old.

"How is my master?" Apu asked Qiao Junlin.

The past few years have been too long and difficult for him, and it has also made him realize the impermanence of life and death more deeply. At this moment, he just wants to know whether Luo Yong is okay now.

Qiao Junlin looked at the black Apu in front of him, somehow, like Luo Yong, he came up with the idea of ​​making people happy, so he thought about it, and replied: "It's good, I've grown taller again. "

"Hahahaha!" Apu was really happy, laughing until his eyes overflowed with tears: "That's good, that's good."