My years as a soldier

Hu Jiuzhang was taken aback by Li Muyun's sudden solemnity.

"You mean...to..."

"I want to enter the world."

Li Muyun said firmly.

"Although I broke with my family this time, I was able to leave the city, but in name, I am still the eldest son of King Su, and my father is still the current Protector of Anton. As long as my father is still in this position, no matter what the truth is, , he is already inseparable from the An Lushan rebellion. If the court spares no effort to investigate him, even if the slightest abnormality is found, Su Wang's mansion will be doomed."

Li Muyun's eyes were sharp, and every word was sonorous and powerful.

Hu Jiuzhang broke out in a cold sweat from what he said, and subconsciously retracted his neck.

That's King Su's mansion!

He could never have imagined that Su Wang's mansion, where only one servant could deceive him and have nowhere to complain, would be reduced to such a critical moment of life and death in the blink of an eye!

But Li Muyun's firmness in speaking made him unable to speak.

For a moment, Hu Jiuzhang didn't know whether to comfort him or encourage him, so he could only listen to Li Muyun's words quietly, with a sense of humbleness due to his background and status, and his expression became more serious.

"But in fact, until the day I left home three days ago, the mansion still didn't know the whereabouts of my father and two older brothers. We don't even know whether my father deliberately severed ties with Chang'an because he participated in the rebellion, or Because he did not participate in the rebellion, there is no news at all."

"But since I don't know... what should I do?"

Hu Jiuxian was obviously much more cautious, and he didn't dare to speak casually.After all, these things are just family affairs to Li Muyun, but to Hu Jiuzhang, they are unattainable.

"What I was thinking before was actually to run away." Li Muyun sighed suddenly when he said this, and showed a rather ashamed smile on his face.

"Because no matter what, the situation of the palace can no longer be changed. Although I am the eldest son recognized by my father, I have no position or power, and I don't even have a friend who can talk to me in the court. The only way to survive is to let the imperial court leave before it has time to deal with us. But now that I have talked with you... I feel that this is not possible."

"Why can't it work? Could it be that you can wipe out the connection between King Su and the rebels now?" Hu Jiuzhang frowned, with complete confusion on his face.

"No."

Hu Jiuzhang was puzzled, but Li Muyun smiled.

"Anyway, I can't get rid of the relationship. Whether I leave or stay, I am already the son of a sinner. This cannot be changed no matter what. But...if we can seize the opportunity during the war and contribute to the Great Tang, Once it is done, it will be a real achievement. After all, my surname is Li, and the capital officials may know my father's background in Anton, so they will not dare to use me, but the local officials are different. I think... ...If I can find a local prefect who is willing to cooperate with me, I should still have a chance to show my ambitions in this chaotic situation."

After Li Muyun finished speaking, Hu Jiuzhang just stood there thinking for a while.

"So you're going to join forces with the magistrates in the warring area to fight against the rebels?" He finally spoke.

"Correct."

Li Muyun nodded, still with a slight smile on his face.

But what he gained was silence.

Hu Jiuzhang was silent for a while, and then looked at Li Muyun suspiciously.

"Xiaobai...War is no joke, even if you may not be on the battlefield in person, but at this time, if you want to fight in the customs, you must temporarily recruit troops locally. How can the temporarily organized army compete with the regular army? Once the army is defeated, Whether you can escape or not is still a matter of two opinions.”

As Hu Jiuzhang spoke, his expression became more serious.

"...Besides, this is not a foreign country's invasion of the border, this is a civil strife. They don't come to grab something and leave. They come to attack the city and seize the territory. Once involved in the war, life and death will be difficult. So you Want to go?"

Facing Hu Jiuzhang's questioning, Li Muyun lowered his eyes, but he didn't show any intention of retreating.

"If I don't enter the world at this time, I can only remain anonymous and roam the world in this life. After all, I am also a royal heir. The country of the Tang Dynasty is the country of my Li family. Now the Tang Dynasty is in crisis, and the palace is in crisis. Once the court appoints my father I have become a fugitive again, and I have to live in hiding all day long. It is very possible that I will be caught by the government one day and be executed in the street. Now there is still a chance to fight for it, I don’t want to Just give up!"

Li Muyun's eloquent words shocked even Hu Jiuzhang, who had a dignified expression.His eyebrows gradually relaxed, and he could only look at Li Muyun, examining his face and those dark and clear eyes.

"Mr. Li...you saved my life, and I will repay this love no matter what. If you want me to help you, Jiuzhang will definitely go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!"

Hu Jiuzhang suddenly got up and knelt down on one knee, joined hands and gave a standard military salute to Li Muyun.

His eyes were firm, just like what he saw from Li Muyun's eyes, he knew that this noble young master was not just a hot-blooded person, just talking casually.

Li Muyun was stunned when Hu Jiuzhang bowed so politely all of a sudden.

He looked at Hu Jiuzhang in silence for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on that quiet face.After the smile passed, his brows suddenly wrinkled again.

"How many times have I told you, don't call me Mr. Li. To you, I'm not Mr. Li. I'm your friend. You should call me Xiaobai."

Li Muyun said it in a serious manner, but Hu Jiuzhang didn't take it seriously, he still accepted the gift politely, and then sat back to his original place.

"One yard is one yard." He straightened his chest and waved his hands in front of Li Muyun, "Before, you were my friend and my savior. But after that, if you don't mind, I will be your servant and protect you After all, fighting is not a joke, your life is tied to me, as long as I live, I will not hurt you."

It was not until noon the next day that two people came out of the small temple unhurriedly.Li Muyun and Hu Jiuzhang turned towards the southeast, one behind the other.

Hu Jiuzhang had two sabers hanging from his waist and a suit of luggage on his back, just like when he first arrived in Chang'an.As for Li Muyun, although the expensive satin clothes on his body had turned into ashes, his body exuded an unprecedented vitality.

This descendant of the royal family who has been unknown in Chang'an City for 21 years is determined to devote himself to the turbulent times at the most turbulent moment in the Tang Dynasty in a century.At this time, he could not have imagined that the current rebellion that has shaken the entire Tang Dynasty was only the brief beginning of eight years of turmoil.

The time went back a few months ago, the autumn of Tianbao's 14th year, Tianbao was in its prime, and Datang was standing at the most glorious moment.At that time, Anlu Mountain had not yet raised troops, and the empire was still in prosperity, singing and dancing, and thriving.

On this day, rumbling thunder resounded in the field east of Chang'an City, and the sky changed suddenly. The fiery red sun that had just peeked out from the east was instantly shrouded in mist by dark clouds.

The sky was dark, occasionally one or two bolts of lightning suddenly illuminated the earth, and on the official road, there was a burst of restlessness in the caravan from the north composed of more than a dozen camels.

This group of people entered the customs from the northeast and went to Chang'an to do business.The caravan wanted to rush into the city before the opening of the Dongshi market, but they were trapped in the road by the torrential rain before they reached the outer gate of Chang'an city.Not only the dozen or so camels carrying the goods, but even the thirty or so merchants accompanying them were all overwhelmed by this sudden situation.

Thunder was rolling in the sky, and the pattering rain at first gradually escalated into a torrential rain. Before the group of people took out the rain capes from their luggage, their clothes were soaked through by the heavy rain in an instant.

Looking up, one could vaguely see the Longshou Canal hovering east of Chang'an City in the half-darkness of the sky and the earth. The water in the canal was turbulent, and after a while it also surged with the furious rain.

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, and it was seen from a distance that white things seemed to have been washed up on the bank of Longshou Canal. This group of businessmen had no time to care about the situation on the river bank, and they were only thinking about being shocked. The herd of camels drove to the high ground far away from the river canal, and amidst the noise of the caravan, a blue figure rushed out of this chaotic scene that was indistinguishable from humans and animals.

The merchants didn't see clearly what was washed to the bank by the soaring rainwater on the embankment, only the big man in green shirt looked at it.

It was clearly a person who was washed up on the river bank.

For some reason, most of the clothes on the man were gone, leaving only his naked body.

The man ran out of the range of the caravan in a few steps, and ran straight for the river that was still surging.

"Old Yan, it's raining so hard, why are you going!"

"Go save people!"

But the man in the blue shirt turned his head and roared anxiously, and ran tens of meters away in the blink of an eye.

The people in the caravan didn't have time to stop him, they were busy appeasing the frightened camels, and tried their best to pull the dozen or so camels carrying precious cargo to the high ground.

When the businessman finally drove the camel team to the high ground, the man in green shirt who ran to the river bank also came back.But seeing a naked man in the man's arms, the man's hair was loose, and there were no less than a dozen black and blue bruises on his pale body, which was really shocking and caused the merchants to shout one after another.

"Old Yan, is this man dead? What are you doing picking up a dead man? How unlucky!"

"He's still angry!"

As the man surnamed Yan said, he forced his way out of the crowd and ran straight to the center of the camel caravan.

"Old Gao, where did the ginseng pack brought by our caravan go? I'll pay for it! Sell me one. This man is still angry, maybe he can live if he is rescued now!"

"You are stupid! Do you know this person? You have to save them. All the ginseng we bring into the pass will be sent to Dongshi Changming Hall for sale, and each one costs more than ten taels of silver!"

An old man with a white beard leading a camel in the camel team suddenly spoke. He raised his hand to block the raindrops falling in front of his eyes, and shouted at the man surnamed Yan, with a northeast accent.

"I know!" The man also raised his voice. He was blinded by the heavy rain, only squinted, and couldn't stop leaning forward, trying to protect the person in his arms, and then help him Take a breather.

"Old Gao, human life is at stake! Even if I can save one more person, I will save my entire family!"

"How can I say you are stupid!"

The old man with white beard shook his head again and again, "Tell me about you, you have lost all the hundreds of acres of land your father left you before he died! I spent a few hundred taels of silver to change your military household , I want you to be honest. It turned out that you were a soldier for less than a year, and then you were driven back by the army! Why did I bring you such a prodigal son who can do nothing! You tiger Dude, anyone whose brain gets kicked by a donkey is smarter than you!"

Although the old man was rambling, he still turned around and opened the big cloth bag carried by the camel, and took out a delicately crafted lacquered wooden box from it after a while.

"Here you are! I won't spoil you. I will sell this person to you for 15 taels. Whether this person lives or dies has nothing to do with the caravan. If you still want to play Hua Tuo's game of hanging pots to help the world , let me tell you, this is the last time! Tell me to see you spend a penny for these poor people who don’t know where they come from, and there will be no place for you in the caravan!”

"Thank you, Elder Gao, thank you, Elder Gao!"

The man bent down repeatedly to the old man, but the old man only took a few steps back with disgust on his face.

"Okay, take care of yourself."

As the quarrel between the two was about to end, God also responded to the situation.The heavy rain came and went quickly. After a while, the rain gradually weakened. In a short time, a golden sun shone from the sky.After the rain, the caravan continued to drive the camels towards Chang'an City, while the man surnamed Yan set up a bonfire on the spot.

There was a large wooden box piled up beside him, obviously, this was the luggage he had carried on the camel earlier.He dug out the quilt from the box, wrapped the person in his arms tightly, and then took out the casserole and water bowl, and put the high-quality Changbai ginseng into the casserole filled with water.

"Little brother, you have to hold on!"

He muttered in his mouth, staring at the casserole with boiled ginseng, and stretched his hand under the quilt to feel the pulse of the person who couldn't see a trace of vitality.

"It's okay, okay! Fortunately, I came early."

He muttered something in his mouth, and his brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes stretched according to the pulse condition of his fingertips.

"This trauma was caused by someone beating half an hour ago... Hehe, who beat you? Those people were too careless. They must have thought you were dead before throwing you into the water. You want to destroy the corpse. But before you realize it, you wake up again because of choking on water. But... where did your clothes go? Why do you still have to take off your clothes when you destroy the corpse?"

He couldn't help frowning, with a puzzled look on his face, and began to check the unconscious person's tongue, eyelids, and several major injuries on his body.He also carefully avoided the wound, touched the acupoints, pressed several times on the man's chest, and squeezed out a lot of water from the mouth.

"Did you swim to this place by yourself?" He looked at the person in front of him with closed eyes, and asked softly, but there was a somewhat bold smile on his face.

"Hey, Cheng, don't say anything, I can see it. You want to live, otherwise you wouldn't have struggled to the bank of Longshouqu. I will let you live, little brother, before the soup is ready, you You have to hold on to me!"