Quick Time Travel: My 72 Girlfriend

To the south of Xuanshan Mountain and to the north of Hengshan Mountain, there is Guoliu Huang, which is rich in gold and jade, and also has many exotic flowers and plants. Its appearance is beautiful and different from that of the middle land. Emperor Wu longed for it and wanted to take it.

—— "Local Chronicles"

On the official road outside the Great Wall, the leaves of the few trees that had been exposed to the sun drooped. The sunlight elongated the shadows of the trees, but they could not cover the scalding hot ground.

In such a bad situation, on the road full of yellow sand and gravel, a group of people and horses came head-on, men and women, old and young, all wrapped in white cloth turbans, their faces were flushed from the sun, and they were carrying burdens Walking with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Behind them, a dozen or so men dressed in luxurious painted silk rode horses, looking around warily.There was a team of mules and donkeys behind the horses, with caged carts. If you look carefully, there are many ferocious beasts in those caged carts, such as lions with long manes, lions with white foreheads, and tigers with hanging eyes. , all lying in the cage, motionless.

It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and even the trees in Chang'an City were sprouting green. Except for a few bare trees standing upright to receive the baptism of the sun, the rest of the road outside the pass was covered with yellow sand. Stones, the wind outside the pass blows over from time to time, fascinating people's eyes and staining people's clothes, and it is easy to be injured by the stones brought up by the wind.

At this time, a gust of wind happened to blow by, and the leader of the dozen or so men on the horse, a young man wearing plain white arrow sleeves, a gold belt, and a mouse-gray hood to cover his face, turned around quickly. Turning his head to the people behind him, he said, "There is another wind and sand coming, quickly protect the things in the cage, find a place, let's take shelter!"

Without waiting for the people behind to agree, he rode his horse and hurried forward, and said to the group of men, women and children who were still on their way, "Don't go, the sandstorm is coming, stop first and find a place to hide!"

Hearing this, the men and women who were busy on the road were all panicked. The people who grew up under the emperor of Han who had never seen wind and waves always heard people say that the wind and sand on the pass would kill people, no matter the rumors were true or not, they would always believe it. .Hearing this young man say this now, it is even more despicable, because the thousands of miles of pass roads are full of grains of yellow sand, and even the thicker trees are rare, so how can we find a good place to shelter from the wind and sand? ?If you can't find a good place, isn't it just a dead end?

Thinking about it this way, no matter it is the women who are holding a child or the man who is a little bit desperate for his life, they are all walking around in a panic. Fortunately, one of the old men wearing coarse clothes and walking on crutches is quite sensible. Straightforwardly, he bowed down under the horse that the young man was riding, and said loudly, "I hope that the young master will show kindness and extradite the villains!"

As he spoke, he knocked his head several times in succession.Seeing this, the rest of the people followed suit one after another. Regardless of those who could burn a layer of skin off the ground, they all knelt down and kowtowed to the boy in prayer.

The young man on the horse seemed to be in a difficult situation. He held the reins and murmured for a while. When he was about to speak, a man dressed as a guard behind him immediately got on his horse and whispered to him, "My lord, these people look like they are citizens of our Han country. To escape to Liuhuang."

"Since you are a citizen of the Han Kingdom, why do you want to flee to Liuhuang?"

"This... I heard that His Majesty increased the tax by two points in order to build the Biye Pond, but today there was another locust plague in spring, and the military was in a hurry on Yinshan Mountain last month, saying that the army was short of manpower. ..."

Hearing this, the young man's expression darkened, his eyes hidden under the hood also lost their luster, he raised his hand to interrupt his words, and said calmly, "I understand, Zhuang Jin, you take these people to avoid them, and put us Take out the coarse windproof cloth you brought, find a tree, and prop it up."

"Yes." Hearing the order, the man named Zhuang Jin retreated with his fists clasped, walked to the crowd fleeing from famine, and said to the group of people who were still kowtowing, "We are benevolent, let you follow us Bibi, now, follow me quickly, those who hold children, don't miss the road."

As he said that, he turned his horse's head and drove ahead. The fleeing man kowtowed to the young man in gratitude, and then hurriedly followed.

The old man on crutches was about to leave, Fang turned around, thought of something, turned his head again, and said to the young man on horseback, "Little Xianggong, are you going to Liuhuang Kingdom too?"

The young man said with a slight smile, "Exactly. It's just that we are different from you old man, we are here to earn a living."

"Oh, I heard that the people of Liuhuang country like these big guys." Seeing the cages containing ferocious animals from a distance, the old man nodded knowingly, stroked his beard and said suddenly, "Little Master, in Liuhuang country Is there anyone you know?"

"This is our first time going to Liuhuang, so naturally we don't have any old knowledge of Liuhuang."

"That would be a lot of hard work. I heard that Liuhuang people don't like people from the Central Plains the most. If the young man doesn't know anything there, he might be kicked out before he even enters the city."

The young man was surprised when he heard the words, "Oh? Since the old man said so, it means that there are people who know Liuhuang who can help?"

"That's not true." Speaking of this, the old man suddenly regained his energy, "My daughter was fortunate to marry a Liuhuang man, and my son-in-law is said to be working under a Liuhuang official. Chang'an I really can't live on anymore, once the folks make up their minds, I will take this old bone with me, and everyone will come to Liuhuang to live."

The whole township has to flee to live in another country, what is it like in the Han country to leave their hometown like this?

The young man sighed inwardly, but still smiled and said, "I heard that Liuhuang is rich in products but the population is small. I think the old man will be able to enjoy his old age in peace when he goes there."

"Well, I don't want to be able to enjoy it. It's a blessing for my old bones to be able to live." Waving his hand, the old man swung his crutches, and seeing the boy hesitate, he said, "Little Master, if you don't dislike it, then Let the old man bring the young man into Liuhuang, and when the old man arrives in Liuhuang, he will find my daughter and son-in-law, and see if he can help the young man."

"Ah, that's really what I wished for." The young man beamed with joy when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Chu Zeshuoxi thanked the old man here first!"

The old man shook his head, "Where, the little man helped us, we can't be ungrateful, right?"

Hearing his words, Chu Zeshuoxi shook his head and smiled, noncommittal.

Naturally, the disaster that Yuxiu gave came and went quickly, and after avoiding it for half an hour, the sound of flying sand and rocks being blown by the wind outside could no longer be heard, Chu Zeshuo looked at the clear sky outside, and said to everyone, " You can go now, here is only a hundred miles away from Liuhuang City, hurry up, you can arrive before dusk."

After finishing speaking, he pulled the rein, stepped on the horse, and directed the humanity he had brought over, "Let's follow behind this group of people. This old man knows someone in Liuhuang Country, so we can go in with him."

Naturally, no one objected to what she said, and the crowd was still fleeing famine walking in front, followed by the horse team with a large cage of wild beasts in the back.It's just that Chu Zeshuo felt sorry for the old people and children who were fleeing famine, and ordered a cart with camel dry food to be vacated, and let those people get on the cart.

Walking in such a hurry, they finally arrived at the gate of Liuhuang City when the sun had completely sunk and the afterglow had dyed the entire pass outside the Great Wall red.

Chu Zeshuoxi had never been to Beyond the Great Wall, but he had seen a few orchids in the music workshop in Chang'an City, and heard a few tunes that were widely circulated outside the Great Wall.

It is different from the slender and graceful Han singer who sang the past, I am gone, Yangliu Yiyi, and it is probably different from the catchy Qingqing Zijin, the reeds are green, and the deer is singing. Maybe the outside of the pass is too desolate. Those who walked on the road outside the pass had some sadness in their hearts, and those orchids who left their homes and laughed in Chang'an also had endless worries in their hearts, so what she heard in the Huren Band in Chang'an City were all the sad sounds of Hu Jia, It is magnificent and desolate, just like Liuhuang City now shrouded in the afterglow.

Far and near are endless yellow sandy land, according to such a lonely city, it has become the country's Liuhuang, standing here like this, half of the sky is dyed red by the setting sun, and the other half is still blue, with white clouds floating, I don't know The famous lone bird flew past the blush afterglow, and Chu Zeshuoxi's heart tightened when he heard the lonely sound of quacking.

Sitting on the horseback, she looked at the outer city of the city, which was regarded as fat by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Just like Chang'an City, surrounded by high blue and white city walls, a jade plaque was carved in the middle facing them, and something was written on it, and the transparent jade, which was almost crystal clear, was hidden by the afterglow, reflecting The colorful lights made people dizzy.

This city seems to have been carved with a chisel and axe, with every stroke and stroke, meticulous and sharp edges and corners.

Chu Zeshuoxi was sighing inwardly, but Zhuang Jin behind her suddenly rushed up, wondering, "My lord, why are there no guards in this city?"

Chu Zeshuo said indifferently, "The city walls here are high and thick. Even if you climb the city ladder, you may not be able to attack them. Besides, there is no shelter here. If someone brings soldiers over, the people in the city will immediately notice and see the city walls. Are there those crenels on the top? As long as an enemy invades, throw a torch down from above, and a large number of soldiers will be burned to death immediately outside this pass. What kind of guards do you need for such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack city?"

After hearing this, Zhuang Jin fell silent immediately.

He originally thought that Liuhuang was an isolated city, which could be easily captured, but looking at it now, he was actually mistaken.

Seeing this, Chu Zeshuo patted him on the shoulder, and said in relief, "Okay, don't think about that for now, you can ask the old man to see if he knows how to get into the city."

"Yes." Zhuang Jin took the order to go, and after a while, he came back and said, "My lord, he said he didn't know either."

"That's true." Chu Zeshuoxi listened and fell silent. She didn't expect the old man to be of much help.

"My lord, what should we do then?" Zhuang Jin asked.

Staring at the jade plaque, Chu Zeshuo frowned and said, "Don't worry, you go and knock on the city gate first, and I will have my own conclusion when the time comes."