There are many things between heaven and earth that cannot be imagined by human wisdom.

It's September 9th, but tonight's night sky has an eerie brightness, and this brightness obviously has nothing to do with starlight. I thought the moon might be about to rise, so I instinctively started thinking about tonight's phases.

The farm of a construction corps in Xinjiang, where I have lived for more than 30 years, is in the northeast at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the night sky here is always bright. But today, I always feel that something is wrong, and my heart is beating hard for some reason. I put down my book and walked out of my bedroom and into the courtyard.

The starry sky was shining tonight, but the courtyard was eerily quiet. That's a bit out of the ordinary. At this time of the day, one can hear a real animal "concert", with frogs and crickets chirping and filling the quiet night. But what makes me wonder is that there is silence in the courtyard at this moment. I hadn't taken a few steps when the color of the cypress grove next to me suddenly changed, and the walls of the houses, the pines and cypresses—everything was bathed in a blue glow.

The lawn beneath my feet began to rise and fall like waves, as did the ground under the trees, the cypress groves became twisted, and the walls felt like a piece of paper fluttering in the wind. I started to feel that something was wrong, so I decided to hurry back inside. It was then that I found myself fluttering off the ground: at first it was very slow, but after flying over the cypress trees, it picked up speed. I saw that the house under my feet was getting smaller and smaller......

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In the fifteenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (72 AD), on the official road from Weiwu County in Hexi to the northwest, 931 ragged and unkempt prisoners were slowly marching against the cold north wind. At this time, it has reached the middle of winter, thousands of clouds are low, and everything is depressed. Looking into the distance, the loess slopes of the Loess Ridge on both sides are endless and direct to the sky; The withered grass and dead poplars trembled in the wind, and their hoarse voices were like low moans. The water surface of the Yellow River, which is dozens of zhang wide, no longer jumps in the past, and the remnant sun shines on the frozen river, like blood drops on the frost blade, which makes people look more desolate and fearful.

The prisoners were escorted by sergeants from Dunhuang, a major military town in the west. The officer at the head was called Gu Dexin, just because he took this errand and traveled thousands of miles, and the boss in his heart was not happy, so he rode on a horse, kept scolding, and made this group of prisoners angry.

"You bastards! One by one, he committed a heinous crime, he didn't die, and he also involved Lao Tzu to trek back and forth, making me busy in the cold, if Lao Tzu was the captain of the Tingwei Mansion, he would have slaughtered his mother one by one, and directly fed the Wang Ba in the Yellow River! Will it give you the life to go to Rongbian, the land of thousands of miles? Dream on! Hearing the commander's words, the sergeant in charge of escorting behind him laughed "boom". The scolding Goodxin rubbed his ears that were red from the cold, spat a mouthful of sand in his mouth, pointed at the gently sloping embankment in front of him that was frozen solidly, and shouted: "Cross the river by stepping on the ice!" ”

Gu Dexin rode a jujube red Wusun horse from the Western Regions, the horseshoe had not yet been invented in these years, in order to prevent slipping, it was wrapped in thick cowhide on the hooves of the war horse, and it was as stable as the ground when stepping on the smooth ice like a mirror, but it made a muffled sound, as if it was a drumstick beating on a broken drum.

Most of the more than 900 prisoners came from various counties in Hedong County and had been on the road for more than a month. After a long journey, both the officers and soldiers and the prisoners were extremely tired, especially the prisoners had ropes tied to their hands and were unable to move, and when the team was descending the embankment and stepping on the ice to cross the river, a teenager walking in front fell as soon as he stepped on the ice, and tripped several of his companions behind.

"Little bastard! I'll fuck you grandma. You don't have fucking long eyes when you walk! A burly bearded man got up from the ice, became angry, and ran straight to the boy who had fallen first, and kicked him twice in the stomach. The boy was only thirteen or fourteen years old, the youngest prisoner in the ranks, short and thin, far from being a match for the bearded man.

The young man was hit by these heavy feet, and for a moment he couldn't get up in pain. But he was extremely hard, tears rolled in his eyes, but he couldn't bear it. After a while, the young man struggled to get up, he squatted slightly and took two steps back, slammed into the big man, roared and scolded: "Hu Laosan of the dog day, I bullied me along the way, and the master will fight with you today!" Hu Laosan flashed sideways, but there was a hook under his feet, and the young man fell straight out, his face hit directly on the ice, and his mouth and nose were full of blood for a while, plus he was hungry and tired, and he was almost about to faint.

There was a fight among the prisoners, and no one on horseback and the nearby sergeants stepped forward to stop it, but laughed and watched with interest.

It is said that this Hu Laosan was originally a bully in Maoling City, and he has always been unreasonable, but he has already gained the upper hand at this time, but he still refuses to give up. He grinned and stepped forward to continue beating the poor young man. As soon as he wanted to make a move, he saw a dark-skinned sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy flash out of the crowd, and this young man didn't say anything, he flew up and kicked Hu Laosan directly in the face. Hu Laosan was caught off guard, fell on his back, and the back of his head slammed firmly on the ice, making a muffled sound of "bang", and his eyes went straight to Venus.

After the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy put down Hu Laosan, he didn't say much, went around to help the beaten young man, wiped the blood on his face and bandaged his wounds as if no one was around, and didn't pay attention to Hu Laosan who fell to the ground.

Hu Laosan struggled for a long time before he staggered to his feet, he spat the bloody spit fiercely, his eyes showed a fierce light, stared at the young man who kicked him just now and scolded: "Li Tong, I respect you as a descendant of the Li family in Longxi, and I have never provoked you, but you don't know what to do, and you can't get along with Lao Tzu again and again, do you really think that Lao Tzu is afraid of you?" I'm going to fucking kill you alive today! ”

The corners of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, smiled disdainfully, and said, "Hu Laosan, you are also a seven-foot man, what kind of ability is it to always bully a child?" Wow, since you're not convinced, come and try it. ”

The officer who led the team, Gu Dexin, had lived outside the fortress for a long time, and he was extremely bored, wishing that this fight would get bigger and bigger, but he didn't stop it, but was smiling and ready to watch the excitement. I saw Hu Laosan wave his hand after releasing cruel words, and two strong men came out of the team, surrounding the two youth leagues, it seems that Hu Laosan was a little jealous of Li Tong, and he directly planned to beat up his accomplices regardless of his face.

Hu Laosan and his group glanced at each other, shouted, and the three big men raised their fists and rushed over directly. Li Tong was not panicked, he pulled the beaten boy behind him and met him with one arrow step.

Hu Laosan, who rushed to the front, roared and raised his fist to smash Li Tong's face. Suddenly, I felt a flower in front of me, somehow, Li Tong had firmly grasped his chest, he was shocked, waved his fist, Li Tong raised his right hand, lifted him high above his head, threw it out, and threw it to the two people behind, only to hear the "plop" twice, Hu Laosan's fat body, and immediately pressed the two people behind him to the ground.

This fell made Hu Laosan dizzy, he sat on the ground and woke up for a while, only to see Ma Wu holding his legs on the ground and moaning constantly. He got up, let out a "puff", and said, "Manly man, can't you stand this pain?" The two accomplices were in cold sweat at the moment, Ma Wu pointed to his legs, and said with a crying voice: "Big brother...... It's broken! ”

Hu Laosan was taken aback when he heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, he hurriedly crawled over to check, Ma Wu's ankle was in a strange state, and another accomplice, Hou Shang, was hanging on his arm, grinning in pain. A broken leg in the reckless wasteland is equivalent to losing half of his life, and the officers and soldiers who escort the prisoners will not go on the road with burdens, and for those who can't keep up with the team, the officers and soldiers will only throw people in the desert to fend for themselves, or even make up for it.

Seeing this, Hu Laosan raised his face, his eyes were red, and he said hatefully: "Li Tong, Lao Tzu fought with you." With that, he got up and pounced.

Li Tong flashed his leg and knocked him down again, stepped forward and stepped on his face, and scolded angrily: "Hu Laosan, are you finished? I want to die and I will fulfill you. When the three of you bully people, aren't you very arrogant and happy? Now that I know that I am sad, I can't stand it when it is my brother's turn. At this point, you still refuse to admit defeat? ”

Hu Laosan struggled and shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Tong, Lao Tzu's skills are not as good as others, and he can't beat you." But Brother Ma Wu's leg is broken, which is equivalent to losing half of his life, and he will definitely not survive Luntai, our three brothers live and die together, and you will kill us if you have a kind! If you want Lao Tzu to admit it, that's a fantasy! Today I have a tie with you, and I will never die! ”

"Phew!" , Li Tong sneered: "What a life and death together!" Aren't you brothers? Hu Laosan, if you really have this righteousness, you can lift your brother to Luntai. Glancing at Ma Wu, he said, "Ma Wu and Hou Shang are just dislocated, and the bones are not broken, if you beg for mercy today, swear not to bully this little brother again, the master can let you go and heal your injuries." also dare to be hard-mouthed, and never forgive. ”

Hu Laosan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Today I threw in the towel. If you can cure my brother, I swear I won't bully this little. But the grudge between you and me is a different matter. ”

"Hmph, you want revenge, and then the master will follow!"

Li Tong let go of Hu Laosan, walked up to Ma Wu, grabbed his ankle and groped it, regardless of Ma Wu's cried out in pain, suddenly pulled and pulled, only to hear a click, and actually reset the place where he was dislocated, and his movements were very skillful. Then he did the same and reset Hou Shang's arm. Let the two of them move again, Ma Wu and Hou Shang were pleasantly surprised to find that although it was still very painful, their movements were no longer hindered.

Gu Dexin was dumbfounded, especially Li Tong's technique of connecting bones, which surprised him, and just as he was about to ask, a clever sergeant muttered a few words in his ear. Gu Dexin frowned, and then said lazily: "Okay, give me the rules, if you beat again, I will pick your skin." Grandma's, go, go to camp on the other side. ”

Amid the shouts of the sergeants, the procession began to march again. Hu Laosan and Hou Shangyi helped Ma Wu up left and right and limped to keep up with the team, and when they left, Hu Laosan did not forget to glare at Li Tong viciously, meaning that this matter is not over. Li Tong smiled contemptuously, ignoring the other party's provocation, just turned his head and asked, "Little brother, are you injured?" Can you walk? ”

"Thank you, Brother Li Tong. I'm fine! The boy gritted his teeth very stubbornly, endured the pain, and caught up. Seeing him limping, Li Tong stretched out his hand to support him and asked, "Little brother, what's your name?" Why do these three guys always get along with you, and they always bully you along the way. ”

Wanfu's face was full of grief and indignation, and he said hatefully: "Brother Li, my name is Wanfu, and my nickname is Xiaoliuzi, a native of Maoling. The third ancestor of Hu Lao, led by him, is a Hun man, and I don't know why, this guy can't get along with me along the way, this dog thief! Someday, I'm going to take revenge! Li Tong nodded when he heard this, and saw that Wanfu was very tired, so he didn't continue to ask, but just helped him to continue to hurry.

As it grew dark, Goodshin ordered Sergeant to stop behind a leeward slope on the opposite bank. After a day's journey, they were exhausted, and when they heard that they were no longer going forward, they all seemed to have been pardoned, and the sergeants cheered in low voices, and hurriedly took the prisoners to pitch their tents for the night.

A sergeant untied the ropes in the hands of Li Tong and Wan Fu and asked them to go to the nearby forest to collect some branches. Li Tong moved his wrist, which was a little numb, and asked with a smile: "Master Jun, aren't you afraid that we will run away?" ”

The sergeant glanced at him and sneered: "Run, where are you going?" There is no one in this radius of hundreds of miles. In addition to the loess is the desert, but also run! Not to mention that there are wolves everywhere, and if they break away from the team, they will freeze to death. I can run Lao Tzu early, where is your turn. If you want to die, you can try......" After speaking, the sergeant scolded and went to take care of himself.

Li Tong and Wan Fu gathered firewood in the nearby forest, tied it with a rope, carried it on their shoulders, and slowly walked back. Wanfu is really a young man, and it is difficult to walk with firewood on his back, and every step is very difficult. Seeing this, Li Tong sighed, reached out and took some firewood from his shoulder, and said, "Little Liuzi, you can save a little effort by tying the rope around your waist and dragging that load of firewood away." ”

Wan Fu snorted and said: "Strength is a cheap seed, the more you make it, the more you have, I have little strength now, and it will slowly become bigger." When the time comes, I will see who dares to bully me. Brother Li, I see that you are not a few years older than me, and your martial arts are so high, can I learn from you in the future? When I have the ability, I will pay it back to you. ”

Li Tong said with a smile: "Little child, the ambition is not small, okay, when we settle down in the border area, I will teach you." Wan Fu immediately smiled and thanked him again and again, he looked carefully left and right, and asked softly: "Brother Li, I heard that the Western Regions is a wild place, do you want to escape?" ”

Li Tong stopped, looked up at the already dim sky, exhaled slowly, and said, "That sergeant is not wrong, now if you escape, in addition to becoming a wild man, it is a dead end." Little Liuzi, don't think nonsense. Tell you, the place we went to is actually not as bad as rumored, the land in the Western Regions is fertile, it is a good place to make contributions, listen to my brother's words, live well, maybe one day you can return to the Central Plains in style and reunite with your family......"

Li Tongzheng was talking, and suddenly saw Wanfu's face full of tears, only to hear him choke and say: "Brother Li, I don't want to go back to the Central Plains, my family is dead, what's the use of coming back?" "I can't cry anymore. Wanfu's father was originally a Maoling official, but he was imprisoned because he was involved in a serious case, and he was the only one left in the family. Hearing what he said, Li Tongxin was apologetic, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't cry!" Little Liuzi, I have the same fate, and you will treat me as a big brother in the future. The two of us depend on each other. ”

When the two returned, the tent had already been set up. Gu Dexin made a round of inspections, and after arranging the guards on duty in the camp, he took a few personal soldiers and lived in the largest tent among them.

The winter night in Saibei is the most cold and unbearable, and everyone is only covered with thatch, huddled together one by one, still freezing and shivering. It wasn't until a bonfire was lit that there was some warmth in the tent. Li Tong didn't want to make another incident, so he pulled Wanfu to avoid Hu Laosan and them, and went to another tent to rest. The tent was already overcrowded, and there was no place to stay, so Li Tong and Wanfu had to sit by the fire.

One of the prisoners was very dissatisfied with the two of them blocking the fire, and muttered in a low voice: "There's no place over there, I have to come here to squeeze." "But this guy didn't say anything when he saw the others, and he saw Li Tong's martial arts again in broad daylight today, so he didn't dare to be long-winded. Li Tong and Wanfu ate some dry food, only felt dry and unpalatable, barely filled their hunger, Li Tong boiled some hot water in a clay pot, and the two of them felt better after drinking, so they fell asleep with each other.

Wanfu was tired today and soon fell asleep. Li Tong couldn't sleep, listening to the wind outside the tent and the wolf howling in the distance, the wind was sharp, the wolf howl was terrible, whistling in the vast wilderness. Li Tong stared at a hole in the tent, looked at the starry sky outside, remembered his strange experience, and in the dark, he gradually fell into confusion.

After that strange blue light, he traveled nearly two thousand years to the Eastern Han Dynasty. After a month of running-in, Li Tong gradually became familiar with this young body, which is a strong body full of vitality and has accumulated unimaginable potential. At the same time, he also accepted the memory of the original owner, Li Tong's body deity is a descendant of the Li clan in Longxi, Li Guangsun Li Ling was defeated and captured by the Xiongnu, which made the reputation of the Li clan in Longxi decline in the county. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only killed Li Ling's mother, wife and children. Li Guang has three sons, and the one affected by Li Ling is only the eldest son Li Danghu, and two survived.

Only in the vested mausoleum, I have heard the voice of his family, and the war is strong, but it is expensive for the mausoleum of his daughter. Han Wen, the wife of the mother of the clan. Since then, the Li family has been defeated, and the people of Longxi have been used as a shame ———— historical records

Hearing this, the clan mausoleum family, mother, brother and wife are all ambushed. Dr. Longxi was ashamed of Li. ——-—— Hanshu

Li Tong was originally the great-grandson of Li Guang's third son, Li Kang, the Marquis of Guannei, who was angry and injured Wei Qing because he committed suicide after Li Guang's defeat, and was later shot by Huo Qubing in retaliation while hunting. But he still passed it on. Li Tong's grandfather was only a concubine of Li Kang, and his status in the family was very low, and his life was very embarrassing.

Li Tong's grandfather gave up martial arts in order to make a living, he studied medicine from a famous teacher, and opened a medical center in Binh Duong after his art became successful, and over the decades, it has become the most famous medical family in Binh Duong. Ten years ago, after the death of his grandfather, Li Tong's father inherited the medical center and continued to practice medicine.

Li Tong is the only son in the family, although he has been studying medicine with his father, but he is not here. Because of his talent, he has infinite strength since he was a child, and he likes martial arts, and he is particularly able to endure hardships after worshipping famous teachers, and he is skilled in bowing and horses when he is a teenager, and he once went into the mountains alone to hunt tigers, and he is quite brave, and he can be regarded as a well-known young hero in Longxi. Originally, Li Tong was determined to be a marquis immediately, and planned to join the army after the crown salute, and he wanted to regain the former glory of the Li family.

Li Tong's father offended a local tycoon in Pingyang because of his medical practice, and died inexplicably after being framed and imprisoned, and his mother committed suicide in martyrdom, and a good family was ruined. It happened that Li Tong returned from his studies at this time, and after learning the true situation, he was angry and wanted to avenge his father with a sharp blade. After a month of careful planning, after he found an opportunity to stab the enemy, he did not run away, and carried the enemy's head to the county government to surrender himself.

The official who tried the case was a Confucian disciple, who originally had a disagreement with that Haoqiang, and he was sympathetic to the Li family's plight, so he gave him a lenient sentence in the name of "filial piety", and sentenced Li Tongliu to be involved in the border customs and Rong Army, which led to his trip to the Western Regions. During his detention before leaving, a typhoid fever took Li Tong's life. Just before the Pingyang County jailer planned to drag his body out and bury it, Li Tong woke up miraculously again, and his body quickly improved, and everyone was amazed At this time, no one knew that the current Li Tong had changed to another soul from two thousand years later.

The curtain was lifted at some point, and it was already snowing outside. The wind rushed in with snowflakes, causing the bonfire around Li Tong to jump endlessly, making a "crackling" sound. At this moment, a sergeant seemed to have drunk too much wine, and his face was flushed. He staggered in, squinted at the people in the tent, and then pointed at Li Tong and said, "Hey, come here, the ancient marquis wants to ask you." ”

After comforting Wan Fu, who woke up and was uneasy, Li Tong followed the sergeant into Gu Dexin's camp in a daze. As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a strong aroma of wine and meat. Goodness and a few of his soldiers were sitting around a campfire, lamb boiling in an iron kettle on a shelf, and a wine bottle beside it. Gu Dexin was so drunk that his eyes were bloodshot, and when he saw Li Tong coming in, he glanced at him contemptuously, and asked coldly: "Boy, your door is very hard, and you have all gone to Luoyang?" What did you do, huh? After saying that, he fished a piece of mutton from the iron kettle and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Li Tong hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and when he saw that he was eating sweetly, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and replied lightly: "Kill." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden silence in the tent.

(To be continued)