In the third year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, in 138 BC, winter.

A young man dressed in a black robe in dark armor urged the black horse under his crotch to ride in the vast snow, like an arrow off the string, drawing a cold front line on the pale earth. Soon after, behind him, a slight bulge suddenly appeared on the snow covered with horseshoe prints, and then, the trace stepped on by the young war horse actually squirmed slightly like a vein flowing with blood. "Blood" stalked silently in the direction the horse's hooves pointed.

The young man who rode was young, but he was definitely a strong man, as can be seen from the sharp front line behind him.

"Phew—" With a long groan, the young man stopped his horse.

At this time, it was a cold winter, and the heavens and the earth were all pale and blue. However, no matter how heavy the snow is, it is difficult to hide the criss-crossing and rugged teeth of Shu.

"Hey!" Seeing this difficult road, the young man did not show the slightest sadness, but a pride suddenly appeared between Yingting's eyebrows.

"Good Shu Dao!" only heard the young man say loudly.

According to legend, in the ancient times when the world was first opened up and the flood was first opened, the surrounding area of the ancient Shu land was sparsely populated and isolated from the world due to the obstruction of the lofty mountains and high gorges and valleys. And when the Three Emperors and Five Emperors of the Central Plains let the energy be raised, a strange silkworm cong who was born with "Zongmu ((1))" was convenient for Shu to open a state, and then through the governance of Bai Guan (or "Bai Hao", "Bai He") and Yu Yan, it is considered to have truly established the "ancient Shu Kingdom".

After that, it experienced the expansion of the territory and the control of the people by the two generations of Shu kings of Du Yu and Turtle Ling, which laid the long reign of the Enlightened 11th Dynasty of Shu in one fell swoop, until later King Qin Huiwen destroyed Shu and officially incorporated it into the territory of Qin. The tyrannical Qin has no way, Emperor Gao cut the red snake and raised the volunteers, and established the Han family in the world, and this Shu land is regarded as the land of the Han Dynasty.

This time, the young man galloped all the way, and when he saw this desperate road that was as difficult as reaching the sky, the depression in his heart that had been in his heart was suddenly released. I saw others on the horse, jumping over, but the person in the air was with his right leg in front, his left leg stepping up, his upper body and lower waist, leaning back, and a clean and neat "harrier turned over" from right to left and fell steadily to the ground. The young man raised his eyes and looked into the distance, seeing the steep mountain road, but a few familiar and awe-inspiring faces appeared in his mind.

"Hmph!" the young man snorted, "How is this situation different from a puppet?" After speaking, he looked back at his beloved horse, "Xuan Yan'er, this journey has been hard, and you are tired, so let's rest here!"

The young man stretched out his hand to straighten his horse's messy mane, then turned around and walked forward.

"Let's see if the 'Kingdom of Abundance' in this person's mouth also needs to respect the order of the human emperor!"

The road to Shu is difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to reach the sky, which is the truth that the world has known and passed down from one person to another since ancient times. What's more, it was heavy snow in the middle of winter at this time, and although the land of Bashu was located in the south, it still brought a bit of wind chill in the end. Although the person who came was in the prime of life, and he was good at hunting since he was a child, he was skilled in arching and horses, and he was strong and strong, but in the end he was still noble, not as rough and strong as the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and gradually felt a little tired.

But there are still some advantages to being illustrious in any way, as in the present moment, where many things that mortals dream of are within easy reach for him.

The young man took out a lacquered wooden locket from his bosom, and after opening it, a burst of fragrance came to his nose, and a white and innocent elixir was placed in it. Recalling what the monk who had refined this elixir had said, the young man's face suddenly became a little hesitant. After thinking for a moment against the cold wind, the young man finally reached out and took out the pill and put it in his mouth.

A soft energy that emerged out of thin air blocked between the elixir and his tongue, and the young man looked shocked and looked into the distance.

"Who is the master, can you show up?" In the cold wind, the young man's voice came straight out like a sharp sword.

At the end, a sigh rang out.

The youth was astonished at first, then ecstatic.

The surprise was because the sigh was very light and faint, but it was as clear as the sound in his ears. The good thing is that because this person has such a sound transmission ability, then it is enough to prove that the rumors are true.

At this moment, there seemed to be another whispering in my ears: "Ninety-five, the flying dragon is in the sky, and it is good to see your lord." （②）”

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The cold winds of winter do not seem to affect the beauty of the valley at all. Everything here seems to have escaped the jurisdiction of time, and the wind is raging outside, but the peach blossoms are still in this valley, and the warm breeze is warm.

A man dressed in plain clothes, with long hair untied, dragged to the ground by his shawl. And this courtyard full of flower petals has nothing but a bamboo case. The man didn't care, he didn't clean or lay the mat, so he sat directly in front of the bamboo table.

It's just that for some reason, he was obviously the only one in the courtyard, but in addition to the bottle of wine on the bamboo case, there were two bamboo wine cups.

"Zi said," the man did not raise the corner of his eye, and said clearly, "There are friends from afar, and I am very happy." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person appeared out of thin air next to another wine cup opposite the man—it was the young man who was about to take the pill outside!

"Grass people," said the man, reaching out to flick away the petals that had fallen on his shoulder, "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

The young man's face was shocked, and the words of the man in front of him exploded in his ears like thunder on the ground. In the end, the young man could only show a helpless self-deprecating smile: "It turns out that the 'dragon' mentioned by Mr. Fang just now refers to thoroughly. ”

This young man who traveled all the way and personally climbed the Shu Road despite the hardships turned out to be the current Han Emperor, Liu Che!

However, in this courtyard at this moment, the dignified Son of Heaven was like a student respectfully waiting for the master's admonition, without the slightest trace of imperial majesty, and the people in the cloth and grass were also very arrogant, without any reverence that the Son of Heaven should have when he saw him.

"When he was poor and had nothing to grow, he congratulated His Majesty with this wine. ”

"Wine?" Liu Che looked at the wine cup in front of him, and found that there was indeed a clear wave of light rippling in it. As the emperor of the Heavenly Family, Liu Che did not have the slightest pretentiousness of the upper nobles, but boldly picked up the wine cup and drank it all - all of this was seen by the man opposite and nodded slightly.

As soon as the wine is in your mouth, a wonderful sensation comes from the tip of your tongue. The fragrance of peach blossoms came faintly.

It's really mysterious, Liu Che thought to himself, it's obviously his tongue, but he actually tastes the "warm taste". With this glass of wine, the fatigue of galloping thousands of miles and the chill of the winter wind suddenly disappeared invisibly.

As the Son of Heaven, there are naturally so many monks and qi practitioners around him who talk about the mysteries, and the elixir in the lacquer box in his arms with a similar effect to this cup of wine is from them. But the reason why this pill can be refined is because they are the guests of the royal worship, and the massive materials it consumes are naturally the responsibility of the imperial court. But this person is in the countryside, and a single glass of wine is comparable to the royal secret pill that has consumed countless genius treasures. And—Liu Che looked at the full wine bottle on the desk—I'm afraid there are quite a few such wines.

Liu Che sighed, but also had some doubts: "Dare to ask Mr., what is worth congratulating?"

"My Fair Lady, good gentleman. The man got up and poured himself a glass of wine and smiled.

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Exegesis:

Note (1): Zongmu: "Huayang Guozhi Shu Zhi": "There is a silkworm cong of the Marquis of Shu, whose eyes are longitudinal, the beginning is called the king, and the death is a sarcophagus coffin, and the people of the country follow it, so the custom is to take the sarcophagus coffin as the longitudinal mound. "The eyes on the bronze mask of the ancient Shu Kingdom are as prominent as pillars like crabs, which are suspected to be cast to commemorate the silkworms.

Note (2): Ninety-five, the flying dragon is in the sky, and it is beneficial to see the adult. : From the Book of Changes, Qiangua.

Note (3): Sitting, there was no chair in the Han Dynasty, and the so-called "sitting" at that time was actually the kneeling of our modern people, that is, kneeling on the ground and sitting on the legs with the buttocks. In ancient times, "kneeling" meant kneeling and standing, that is, kneeling on the ground with the knees but not touching the legs with the buttocks.