"February of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause."

Hearing the old man's answer, Zixuan couldn't support it anymore, his feet were weak, and he fell to the ground.

"Zixuan!" Ziyi was frightened, and hurriedly helped Zixuan sit up and let her lean on her shoulder, "Zixuan, what's wrong with you, don't scare my sister!" ”

"Hey, this winter, you two sisters wear so little, I think it's because of the wind and cold, go down the mountain from here, there is a small town not far to the east, it's good to go buy a thick dress quickly." The old man kindly persuaded.

Zixuan slowly opened his eyes, "Thank you, uncle, I'm fine, let's go to that town." ”

Bidding farewell to the old man, the two sisters embraced each other in the cold wind, and went straight to the town to the east.

"Zixuan, you said we crossed over? When was that worn? ”

"The thirteenth year of the Great Cause is 617 A.D., nearly 1,400 years from our time."

"Huh? So what to do, can we go back? ”

"I don't know, but I guess the door you opened was the Space-Time Gate, which is why we're here. If you want to go back, I'm afraid you'll have to go through that door. ”

"And what town are we going to? Hurry up and find that door! ”

"Sister, that door is in the stone room of Tang Taizong's Zhaoling, now that Tang Taizong is still alive, how can there be a mausoleum?"

"And when will he die?"

"It's early! He's only 18 years old, the same age as you. When he dies, there are still decades left. ”

"Huh? So aren't we going to stay here for the rest of our lives? Ziyi felt like she was going crazy, "So what should I do?" Don't you know history? Think of a way, I don't want to live 1400 years ago! ”

"We can't find a way to go back for a while, and our top priority is to think about how to survive. In February of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, at this time, the anti-Sui forces across the country were surging, and the Sui Dynasty was about to fall. ”

Ziyi listened to Zixuan's words, and felt a chill down her spine, it was not the biting cold wind in February, the coolness rose from the bottom of her heart and rushed straight to her head. 1400 years ago, the army was in chaos, and it was possible to die at any time, how could you come to such a ghost place?

I didn't go far down the mountain and found the town that the old man said. At this time, the sisters discovered a more serious problem - they had no money. There are thousands of yuan on him, but where are the people of the Sui Dynasty willing to accept it? When they came in August, and now it's February, warm clothes are a must, meals are a must, and a stay in a hotel is also a must, but no money is absolutely bad!

From the big bag to the small bag and then to the body, there is only one thing that may help, the gold bracelet on the hands of the two. It was a relic left by my grandmother to the two sisters when she died, and they wore it on their hands and never left it. Zixuan looked reluctant, until Ziyi said, "Didn't you say that the most important thing for us now is how to survive?" Grandma's spirit in the sky must not want us to die 1400 years ago. ”

So the two found a pawnshop, and the shopkeeper saw that the eyes of the two bracelets were about to fall out, he had never seen such pure gold, nor had he seen such good craftsmanship. This is natural, the gold purification of the Sui Dynasty can only reach 90% of the gold content, where can he see a thousand pure gold. The two exchanged two bracelets for some silver taels, bought two coarse cloth clothes, and found an inn in the town to stay.

The inns of the Sui Dynasty all provided food and lodging, and after a while, the shopkeeper brought in dinner. The first meal in the Sui Dynasty was soup cakes, and the sisters stared at it for a long time, isn't this just noodles? Although it was not very delicious, but after a day of hunger, the two of them still gobbled up two bowls of noodles, no, soup cakes.

Ziyi sat on the bed with a quilt and asked, "Zixuan, can we really die at any time?" Tell me what happened 1,400 years ago? ”

Zixuan sat at the table, holding his chin with one hand, "Alas, we have now come to a troubled era, and the Sui Dynasty will fall next year." Now there are anti-Sui rebel armies everywhere in the country, that is to say, there are wars everywhere, and there is no peace anywhere. ”

"Then what will happen after the fall of the Sui Dynasty?" Ziyi asked.

"Li Yuan would take his three sons to establish the Tang Dynasty, which was the most powerful era in Chinese history. And his second son is Li Shimin, and we crossed over from the stone chamber of Li Shimin's mausoleum. Zixuan replied.

Ziyi thought for a while, "In other words, as long as we survive until next year and the Tang Dynasty is established, we will not have to worry about our lives." That...... If we had found Li Yuan in advance and stayed with him, would it have been safer? ”

Zixuan thought for a while, then nodded with a smile, "Sister, you're so smart!" It is indeed much safer to stay with the last person who won the world. As for me, I can also take a look at the generation of Mingjun Li Shimin by the way. ”

Ziyi said indignantly: "Don't mention this Li Shimin? I'm going back to the modern age, and he'd better die now! ”

"Sister, 'If you come, you will be safe.'" Since you won't be able to go back for a while, let's live here well. However, we must put away the key, which is the key to going back. Zixuan said, threading the key with a rope.

Ziyi snatched the key and hung it around her neck, "I'll keep it!" I think I want to go back more than you do. What's coming is safe. ’”

"Okay, then you take it, don't lose it." Zixuan admonished.

Ziyi said impatiently: "Got it, got it." Let's talk about how to find Li Yuan. ”

"Li Yuan is now staying in Taiyuan, and he is in Jinyang. (Author's note: In the third year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he abolished the state governor's office, restored the county system of the Qin Dynasty, restored Taiyuan County, and governed Jinyang as a county. And we're not far from Daxing. In other words, we have to go from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province to Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. If you want to cross a province, the distance is not close. Zixuan said.

Ziyi asked, "Then how do we get there?" ”

Zixuan said: "When I entered this inn just now, I saw that they also rented a carriage. ”

Ziyi said with a smile: "The inn service of this Sui Dynasty is really complete, providing food and lodging, and renting a carriage. ”

So, the sisters booked a car with the shopkeeper and prepared to leave early tomorrow morning.

After the shopkeeper went out, Zixuan said to his sister thoughtfully: "There is another important thing, if we find Li Yuan, he will definitely ask us where we come from." The father and son of the Li family are all smart people, unlike these ordinary people, who just think we are Hu people. They must have seen the real Hu people, we can only say that they came from a place farther away than the Hu people, and the Western Regions further west ......"

"Let's just say that we are from the United States, anyway, they definitely don't know the United States." Ziyi said mischievously.

"It's okay, but I'll make up the details, and then you can follow me, let's not say it's different, it's hard to save your life if you wear it."

"That is, this kind of work must be done by 'historians'. Go to sleep, we'll leave early tomorrow morning. Ziyi patted Zixuan on the shoulder.

The sisters went to bed separately to prepare themselves for the journey. But sleep is never controlled by people - come when you want, go when you want. The sisters couldn't sleep in bed. Ziyi is still in a trance, okay, why is it 1400 years ago, can you still go back? Do you really want to stay here for the rest of your life? How do you live? At this moment, Zixuan had a little secret joy in his heart, he could see the life of the ancients with his own eyes, he could see the establishment of the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes, and could he really see the first emperor of the ages who could be civil and martial? …… What would he be like? But was life in ancient times adaptable? Will they be able to reach Jinyang along the way? Will the Li family father and son take them in? How do you find the right words? ……

The rising sun drove away the coldness of the winter night, a ray of sunlight gently soothed Ziyi's delicate face through the window paper, and the sounds of different chickens and dogs from near and far came into the ears. Zixuan pushed open the door and looked, this was the morning 1400 years ago, there was no hustle and bustle of the city, no heavy car exhaust, quaint houses, and busy people who got up early...... It's really touching living history! Zixuan's heart was surging, how could she, Yang Zixuan, have such an opportunity, she could see the Great Sui Dynasty with her own eyes!

"Zixuan, get up so early?" Ziyi walked out sleepy-eyed.

"Well, aren't you in a hurry?"

Ziyi stretched her waist and legs and sobered up, "Then hurry up and pack up and leave." ”

Nearly 700 kilometers from Daxing to Jinyang, the roads at that time were all dirt roads, and the carriage walked slowly, and from time to time it would be bumped by the stones on the road, but it did not affect the sisters' mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

"Zixuan, there are so many trees here!" Ziyi leaned against the window on the side and said.

Zixuan was on the other side, "That's because there is no industrialization at this time, and no one is cutting and felling indiscriminately." ”

The coachman was a man of few words, but he drove well and always found a town before dark. A group of three people traveled during the day, and they could find an inn to stay in at night, and they would be safe and sound after more than ten days.

However, that night, the coachman told the sisters that his horse had a belly, and he was afraid that he would not be able to leave tomorrow. The sisters thought to themselves, let's wait a few days, but they didn't expect that after waiting for several days, the horse was not only not good, but heavier. The coachman said that the horse would need to be kept for some time, and that if he had to change horses in a hurry, he would have to pay more. Zixuan asked how much to add, and the coachman said that he had to double it.

Ziyi was anxious and said, "You robbed the money!" So he had a big fight with the coachman. What I didn't expect was that when I got up early the next day, I saw that the coachman and the carriage were gone.

Frustrated, the sisters went to a small restaurant next door to eat vegetable rice. The kind-hearted proprietress told them that these carriage drivers used this to bully outsiders, first agreed on a good price, and then found an excuse for you to increase the price halfway, if you didn't add it, they would throw you on the way.

Ziyi said angrily: "These people are too immoral and have cheated us out of so much money!" ”

Zixuan said: "Sister, it's useless to be angry. Just now the proprietress said that from Daxing to Jinyang, we only walked a little and a half of the way, and now we only have more than 400 yuan left, which is only enough for food and accommodation, how can we go to Jinyang? ”

"It looks like we can only walk." Ziyi said dejectedly.