The past ignites old dreams

Before setting off, Cui Yan had already dispatched the cavalry that had followed him before, and handed them over to the Shaanxi Command to guard the border with the local troops.

A four-wheeled carriage driven by four horses is parked at the gate. Each white horse has a copper danglu with thin gold lines and cloud patterns on its head. Made of golden nanmu, the four corners of the roof are dragon and phoenix carvings dedicated to the royal family, and four crucian carp-shaped red lanterns are hung respectively.The car curtains are all made of pearl strings with round and jade-like pearls.

Behind the luxurious and luxurious four-wheeled carriage are two slightly smaller two-wheeled carriages for servants and loading supplies, and finally several attendant war horses, equipped with spears, halberds, bows and arrows.

Qiao Ran, with long hair reaching her waist, dragged her suitcase listlessly, and walked to the gate of the commander's mansion under the repeated urging of the wolf and tiger.

"Wow... This carriage is really big..." Qiao Ran tilted her head and admired it for a while like watching a UFO, "I've learned a lot."

Xiaohu: "The stool is ready, I respectfully invite the prince to get on the carriage."

Qiao Ran threw the suitcase up first, then climbed into the carriage on the stool.Originally, the carriage was wide enough to enter by bending over, but Qiao Ran took the most embarrassing way to enter.The little wolf standing behind looked resentful of being weak, and thought to himself, those princes should have taught him all the words and deeds for nothing.

Qiao Ran got into the carriage and saw Cui Yan who was sitting in it, he hummed in dissatisfaction, and decided to ignore this person.

Cui Yanduan sat on the Xiangnan Luohan bed covered with white tiger fur, holding a scroll in his hand, he read it carefully, and ignored the sneaky Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran felt that everything was new, so he had to look at this object and touch that thing.This is the first time for him to ride a real carriage. Riding horses and driving carriages in costume dramas are basically fake. Besides, special effects technology has developed rapidly.

There is a lotus-shaped incense burner in the middle of the front, exuding a pleasant aroma.

"What kind of fragrance is this? It smells really good. It's neither sweet nor greasy. It's refreshing." Qiao Ran couldn't hold back her mouth.

Cui Yan did not respond.

Qiao Ran felt bored.

With a wobble, the carriage started to move.The convoy back to Beijing set off.

Qiao Ran opened the bead curtain boredly, two warriors with sabers led their horses, two two-wheeled carriages followed behind the big carriage, and the four Anyu members of the Cui family were in the rear.

After all, the convoy back to Beijing this time did not exceed 20 people.Qiao Ran couldn't help worrying when he thought of the bloody gang fights they had seen in the desert.Now Qiao Ran felt that she had fully understood a famous quote from Sherwood Anderson: "The greatest adventure is not death, but life."

"Why are there only a dozen or so people? Don't you have a cavalry team?" Qiao Ran couldn't help but said, "What if there are wild beasts, assassins, or robbers?"

His answer was silence.

Qiao Ran sat on the Persian carpet and drew circles bored.

What the hell is he looking at so fascinated?Qiao Ran climbed onto the Arhat bed, leaned her head on Cui Yan's body, and saw densely packed traditional lowercase characters. Chinese characters have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Qiao Ran can more or less understand them. Even if there are obscure and unfamiliar characters, please contact me The context can also be guessed closely.

"Treat a soldier like a baby, so you can go to the deep stream with him; treat him like a beloved son, so you can die with him. If you are thick, you can't make it, if you love it, you can't order it, if you love it, you can't order it, if you are chaotic, you can't rule it. For example, if you are a proud son, you can't use it. Qiao Ran turned his head around, feeling that the words sounded familiar, and speculated, "Hey, is this "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?"

Finally, Cui Yan responded, and glanced at Qiao Ran lightly, as if surprised, then turned his gaze back to the book, and just said "hmm" as a reply.

"Yo~~~" I didn't expect it to be "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Qiao Ran said excitedly, "Can you get it for me?"

If he said "show me", Cui Yan would be too lazy to pay attention to him, but when Qiao Ran said "take it", Cui Yan felt strange, why would he take it without reading the book?Looking up, I saw Qiao Ran's expectant eyes, as if they were still shining with light, and Cui Yan handed the book to Qiao Ran by accident.

Qiao Ran first touched it up and down, then sniffed it, and happily said, "Give it to me!"

"This is a fan book that was only printed by the Imperial College this year. There are so many in stock. What do you care about?" Cui Yan wondered, if Qiao Ran was interested in military affairs, it would be unless the sun came out from the west.

"What do you know, this is a priceless antique! It is the treasure of the country! As the earliest military book in China and the earliest military book in the world, it is known as the "sacred book of military science". "Out of Sun Wu". If this book is given to me..." Qiao Ran, who was spitting all over the place, suddenly stopped talking, and her waving hand froze in mid-air, and then she put it down after a few seconds, and said dejectedly, "Forget it, I still have it." Give it to you. It’s useless if I ask for it now, whether I can go back or not is still a big problem.”

After speaking, Qiao Ran felt sad, and looked at the sky speechlessly.

Cui Yan looked at Qiao Ran in a different way, as if he was a beggar, and asked, "Are our things valuable to you?"

"Nonsense. If you got a jade pillow used by Qin Shihuang, wouldn't you get rich?"

"There are so many jade pillows, how can it be proved that Qin Shihuang used them and not someone else?"

"In short, we have a detection method. The point is that you will definitely get rich, right?"

"..."

"It's the same reason. I can take any of these things home now, your book, or that—" Qiao Ran pointed to the lotus incense burner, "I've filmed so many scenes, maybe it's not worth as much as that burner!"

Cui Yan: "Why are you so full of money?"

"You are a wealthy family who doesn't know the sufferings of the people. Forget it, you don't understand." Qiao Ran thought to herself, there is a generation gap between me and you for hundreds of years!The eyeballs turned to the "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "My dad, oh, it's my dad. He loves antiques, especially calligraphy and painting. One year, he was cheated and went bankrupt and bought fakes. Our family is in debt. My mother I almost hacked my father to death. Alas, those days are so hard to look back on. If it wasn't for making money to pay off debts, how could I take on any show, even in the middle of the night, I would go on TV shopping shows that no one watched, huh..." Qiao Ran laughed at himself Smiling, "Seeing that I am about to turn over, God made fun of me, and I was thrown into this world. Do you think I am very miserable?"

"Where did you live before?"

"Uh...Airplane." Qiao Ran nonsense, "I live in the Airplane... country."

"There is such a country, where is the aircraft country?"

Qiao Ran pointed to the sky.

Cui Yan sarcastically said, "Could it be that you can still be a god in the sky?"

"That might be! What if it's true?"

"Whatever you say." Cui Yan continued to ask, "How did you come to our Dayang Dynasty, and how did you appear in the Blackwater Tribe?"

"What dynasty or tribe. I don't know." Qiao Yan stretched his waist, "The Jade Emperor wants to have a morning meeting, and I overslept again, so I was demoted to experience the suffering of reincarnation."

"..."

"Cui Yan."

"what?"

"I also took the wig, so should the pen be returned to its original owner?"

"Oh, fountain pen..." Cui Yan pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and then smiled sullenly, "You care about that little thing."

"Please, 10,000+ luxury goods, 10,000+ eh, do you know what 10,000+ is? A bitch!" After scolding Qiao Ran, she felt that it was wrong, so she should have a better attitude. I can't grab him, "Second Master Cui, you have a lot of money, you don't care about 10,000+, but I'm sorry, this pen is a limited edition of Montblanc, it belongs to Xu Tang, if I lose it, how can I feel sorry for him? , although I still don't know how to go back, but I can't give up a chance."

"Well, the determination is commendable. But—" Cui Yan paused, "This pen called steel is quite easy to use. It won't be too late for me to return it to you when I return to Beijing."

"You still use a pen?!"

"Don't just unscrew it."

"..."

Forget you, hum, I'll see what you do when the ink runs out, Qiao Ran lay down on the ground, with both long legs stretched out onto Cui Yan's lap.

Cui Yan, who has always been served by others, thought of several ways to deal with Qiao Ran's leg at that moment, chopped it up, chopped it up, roasted it alive, or fed it to the dog Ling Chi... When the silver moon came out, the sword body reflected like The moonlight poured down, and Qiao Ran was so frightened that she hurriedly withdrew her legs, hugged her head and shouted, "I was wrong! I was wrong!", curling up her body like a frightened bird.

With a clang, the silver moon returns to its sheath.

"Don't be an example." Cui Yan warned him.

"You're so unkind." No wonder he could only mess with that Cui Ling, Qiao Ran didn't dare to say what happened next, but only said, "You guys tossed me up so early, can't I go back to sleep now! "

"Sleep and sleep. Take care of your body."

Qiao Ran glanced at Cui Yan, "Blind, I don't bother to talk to you, he turned over, bent his legs to face the wall of the car, as expected, he should still be out of sight, Qiao Ran, Qiao Ran, what are you talking to him about?"But—Qiao Ran raised his elbow and said with a vicious eye, "If you kick my ass again, you will be a despicable person! I look down on you!"

After speaking, he gave a middle finger.

Facing Qiao Ran's back, Cui Yanping secretly laughed. He had never found it so interesting to tease someone so much.Whether this person is yelling or talking normally, his voice is so pleasant, very clear, like mutton fat condensed into jade, and snow-covered yellow plum.It seems that during the past few months on the way back to Beijing, I won't be lonely anymore.

The car was driving on the official road, with four wheels underneath, and the road was smooth. Qiao Ran soon dreamed of meeting Duke Zhou.

Before dark, we arrived at the first station after departure.

This station is an official station, which can only be used by the people of the court when they are on official business, and ordinary people cannot set foot in it.But at this moment, there is a simple bullock cart parked outside the post station. On the wooden board, a man with gray kerchief and hair, wearing white clothes and black clothes, is sitting beside a coarse cloth bundle and a golden and bronze sword in his hand. Dangling legs.I don't know if he was waiting for someone, or he was resting after a long journey. He didn't enter the post house, but just rested on the side, and the post officers couldn't chase him away.

Seeing the royal carriage galloping up to dust, he jumped out of the ox cart, looked at the direction the carriage was coming from, and stood with arms folded.

Cui Yan raised the corner of the bead curtain and looked outside, and when he saw that person, the corners of his mouth turned up, his expression clear.

"Brother, long time no see."

"Brother, stay safe."

The author has something to say:

To explain the four-wheeled carriage, a copper four-wheeled cart model has been unearthed from the Qin cemetery in the early Spring and Autumn Period of China, and a six-wheeled cart has also been unearthed from the ancient tomb of the Jin State.We can invent guide carts, boat stomps, wooden oxen and horses, and it is a piece of cake to solve the steering technology of multi-wheeled carriages.However, the reason why it has not been widely spread is related to various factors such as our country's geographical environment and the ancient economic environment. Those who are interested can learn about it by themselves.