Tang's dining table

Yunchu's heart was very peaceful, with almost no disturbance.

The bay red horse is a very good war horse, and riding on its back is very smooth. Lao Sheeppi sits on the back of a tall camel, looking back at Yun Chu from time to time, and he can't help but laugh every time he looks at it.

The women walking in the team are very lively, which is related to the fact that they are about to have a new starting point in life.

As for the men, they were much silent. Apart from drinking water and eating, they had no extra words to say along the way.

Yun Chu refused to say anything and just silently followed Lao Yangpi's team through seven or eight tribes. After that, there were no more women in the team, but there were five or six more men.

When passing by Yingzui Cliff, a strong man riding a horse appeared in the middle of the road. This strong man was really as majestic as a mountain. The tall horse from the Western Regions under his crotch looked as short as a donkey against his background.

A dark cowhide bag was thrown over by the strong man. Lao Yangpi caught it with his hand, weighed the weight, nodded, and drove the camel forward.

Of course Yun Chu knew what Lao Yangpi was doing and continued walking silently with the camel. The war horse under the strong man's crotch moved a few steps to block Yun Chu's way.

Lao Yangpi, who had kept his eyes closed, said lazily: "This is not the case!"

The strong man smiled and said: "You always hide the best."

Yun Chu was surprised that even with Lao Yangpi's body, he could easily kill him. The strong man in front of him seemed to be very afraid of him.

There must be a reason for this, and Yunchu decided to remember this.

The strong man got out of the way, and Yun Chu passed by him. As the two passed by, Yun Chu saw the tattoo on the strong man's neck, which was a green wolf looking up to the sky and roaring.

Qinglang is still very famous in the Tianshan area. He is the leader of a group of horse thieves.

Porun Khan sent troops to hunt him down two years ago, but not a single wolf hair was caught.

Everyone said that Qinglang was beaten away by Porun Khan's personal guards. Porun Khan even said that Qinglang's head had become a decoration in his tent.

Now he is here alive to recruit troops. It seems that after the death of Porun Khan, Qinglang is ready to return to his old business.

"How did you get rid of these people so cheaply? This doesn't seem to be in line with your usual behavior."

Yun Chu drove his horse to catch up with Lao Yangpi and couldn't help but ask.

Lao Yangpi said lazily: "We have more important things to do, and we don't have time to sell these beautiful young men at a better price."

"Where is the target?"

"Qiuci!"

"What's the purpose?"

"Five hundred steps outside the gate of the Chongfu Barracks in the ninth fold of Kucha Town, there is a restaurant opened by the Sui people. Its name is Chang'an Restaurant.

Give you two days to become a waiter in this restaurant. "

Yun Chu nodded, indicating that he understood, but at the moment he was about to bow his head, he asked again: "Do you hate Monk Xuanzang?"

After all, Lao Yangpi did not answer the question raised by Yun Chu, but just because of this question, his mood began to become bad again.

A shadow of a whip suddenly appeared in Yunchu's perspective, and he slid off the horse in one fell swoop. The whip passed over the horse's back with a sharp sound of breaking wind and then silently returned to the old sheepskin's wide sheepskin. In the sleeves of the coat.

Yun Chu grabbed the saddle from under the horse's belly and gave it a squeeze, then sat on the horse again. These times, he looked like a Uighur like a rabbit rising and a falcon falling.

Ever since he could walk, Yun Chu had been learning how not to fall off the back of a sheep. Ever since he could ride a horse, Yun Chu had been studying how to not fall off the back of a horse. Today, this skill finally came into use.

After Lao Yangpi retracted his whip, he stopped moving. He sat between the two humps and looked at the blue sky, his thoughts seemed to become very long.

"My name is Shipantuo!"

Lao Yangpi said his name in a confused manner. Yun Chu didn't understand but didn't ask any questions. At this time, Lao Yangpi needed to speak his own name. Once his thoughts were interrupted, he might not be willing to say it anymore. .

Unfortunately, after Lao Yangpi said his name, he never said a word again.

Qiuci is only one hundred and eighty miles away from where Yunchu is.

The two of them walked for two days before they saw Kucha City on the horizon. As for the Tianshan Snow Mountains behind them, there seemed to be no change. The mere distance of 180 miles was not enough for it to change.

The environment has not changed much, but there are more and more people. The roads are full of camel caravans and herds of cattle and sheep.

In early June, wheat seedlings were already growing outside Kucha City, stretching from the city to the end of the earth.

This is perhaps the largest man-made landscape on this land. As for the dilapidated city of Kucha, it is almost negligible in front of such a large wheat field.

Arriving in Kucha City, the moody Lao Yangpi finally showed a little joy.

"These wheat fields all belong to Kucha Town. Be careful not to let the horses destroy the grain. You will be dragged away by the army and beheaded."

Yun Chu didn't know why the wise Lao Yangpi said such nonsense again. Just when he was racking his brains to think of how to answer, he heard Lao Yangpi say again.

"The people of the Tang Dynasty cherished food in a way that we people in the Western Regions cannot match. The food that everyone asked for was actually a sacrificial thing in the eyes of the Khans, big and small, and was burned in vain with a fire. ”

Yun Chu looked at Lao Yangpi with puzzled eyes. A long time ago, Yun Chu met people who worshiped foreigners. He never expected that he would meet the same people at the foot of Qiuci City.

Who said that barbarians just waste food at will? At least he hadn't seen it. Dogs wouldn't eat the bones that Selema had chewed. When Naha ate a marmot, she wouldn't even let go of the scraps of meat that fell on the sheepskin. She would even lie down and lick the remaining marmot grease on the sheepskin.

"Yunchu, please change these clothes!"

As he spoke, Lao Yangpi threw a sheepskin bag to him.

"Remember to take a bath at the ditch first... take a good bath and clean your black and oily neck!

Otherwise, even if you wear Tang Dynasty clothes, people will smell the fishy smell on your body. "

Yun Chu was stunned again while holding the baggage. He swore that among all the barbarians, there was no one who loved to be clean more than him.

Not only is his neck black, but his face is also black, and his hands are also black. There is nothing that can be done about it. No matter who works in high-altitude areas under ultraviolet rays all day long, it is impossible to become white.

He really couldn't understand that with Lao Yangpi's wisdom, he would worship everything about the Tang Dynasty to such an extent.

The snow-capped mountains and water here in Qiuci are freezing cold...

When Yun Chu walked out of the Populus euphratica forest again, Lao Yangpi's eyes seemed to be unable to move.

Yun Chu lowered his head and looked at his clothes. There seemed to be nothing outstanding about him. The upper body was a short cotton jacket, the lower body was a pair of fat cotton crotch pants, and a pair of black hemp shoes with no distinction between left and right, plus a comb. The half-long hair that has become a pony tail has not changed much except that it makes Yunchu look neater and frailer.

"People from the Tang Dynasty should wear clothes from the Tang Dynasty to look good. You don't look strong at all in leather clothes."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "I am a Tang native myself."

Lao Yangpi also laughed, pointed at Yun Chu and said: "That's how it should be. Only if you think you are a Tang person can you deceive those real Tang people."

"Is there a possibility that I am from Tang Dynasty?"

"The cubs of the Tang Dynasty will not end up in a den of foreigners, just like the cubs of a tiger will not end up in a doghouse."

"In fact, tiger cubs can also grow up eating dog's milk. You are too biased on this point."

Lao Yangpi laughed loudly and said: "The only thing that grows up in a doghouse is a dog, even if it is covered with a tiger skin, it is still a dog.

As for you, you are just a wolf that looks like a Chinese man. "

Yun Chu curled his lips and said, "Does it mean that those from Tang Dynasty are good?"

Lao Yangpi nodded naturally and said: "You are absolutely right, even if what the Tang people currently have is not the best, they will try their best to find the best from other places and eventually use it for themselves.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles to obtain the Western Scriptures. This is a clear proof. "

Yunchu felt that what Lao Yangpi said was wrong, because when he was studying history, the professor once said that Li Shimin, who was still the general of Tiance Mansion, did not like Buddhism and was planning to use Confucianism as the body and Taoism as the surface to invade Buddhist classics and promote Honghua. , white lotus root and green lotus leaf, the concept that the three religions were originally one family solves the problem of localization of Buddhism from the root.

The Buddhists were unwilling to accept this set of ideas, so in the second year of Zhenguan, in order to find foreign aid, Xuanzang left Chang'an and went west to seek scriptures.

Yunchu believed more in what his professor said than in Lao Yangpi, who had experienced it himself.

It's not that Lao Yangpi's words are inaccurate, but that Lao Yangpi himself is in Li Shimin's trap. Of course, he can't see the authenticity of the incident.

Entering the unguarded Qiuci City, there were more and more noisy sounds. The clearest ones were shouts and cheers, with curses, cries, and pleadings interspersed with them.

Even the language is chaotic, including Turks, Uighurs, Cypriots, Sogdians, and even Tang people who speak with weird accents.

Fortunately, understanding these languages ​​is not a problem for Yunchu.

He enjoyed the noise coming from the market. He held the horse and closed his eyes for a moment. The Cypriot tribe at the foot of Tianshan Mountain was really too quiet.

It wasn't until a strong camel odor entered his nose that he opened his eyes. When he looked back, he realized that he was blocking the path of a group of camels.

The barbarian wearing a big turban sitting on the back of the camel did not rush him, but waited quietly.

Yunchu was surprised by the courtesy of the Hu people, and soon discovered that the camel team who often acted as bandits in the Gobi Desert did not respect him, but the Tang Dynasty clothes he had just put on.

After thinking about this clearly, Yunchu stepped out of the way gracefully and signaled the camel team to go ahead. The barbarians on the camel's back also touched their chests and saluted, which showed that both parties were very polite.

I don’t know why there are so many camels here, one after another endlessly.

Camels are the smelliest livestock that Yunchu has ever seen. The smell is hard to describe. If you sprinkle cumin on a piece of thin excrement, add some rosin, and expose it to the sun, you may be able to mix it up and create a camel. The body smell is gone.