Chapter 321: The Journey to the West is Hard

The relationship between Datang and Qiuzi is a bit complicated, and in general, it can barely be regarded as loving and killing each other.

From the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the country of Qiuci and the Central Plains are frequent, the Book of Han records that the country of Qiuci at that time "6,970 households, 81,317 mouths, 21,76 soldiers", it can be seen from these data that Qiuci is only a small country, the total population of the country is roughly equivalent to the number of people in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty less than ten squares, as early as the Han Dynasty, the king of Qiuci and his wife came to the Central Plains to meet Emperor Xuan of Han, which was a major political event for the Han Dynasty, so the king and his wife were given the seal ribbon by the emperor, The wife of the king of Qiuci was also given the title of princess, and the relationship between the country of Qiuci and the Central Plains at that time could be described as glue-like, with honey mixing oil, and honey could be squeezed out of each other's eyes.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless in his army and conquered the Quartet, and the weak attribute King Qiuci found that it was too insecure to lean on this tyrant's side, so he began to look at the Xiongnu, often swaying between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and staged a triangular indecent dog blood love for the world for decades.

After arriving in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Qiuci became more and more disrespectful to the Central Plains Dynasty, and had completely surrendered to the Turks, becoming the minions of the Turks.

Thousands of years of love and killing, lovers break up and directly become enemies, the past generations of Qiuzi kings are likely to be Scorpio......

At the thought of the threat, Li Su couldn't help but be worried.

Before he arrived in Xizhou, he felt that the road ahead was extremely difficult, Xizhou was simply a powder keg, exploding at one point, the situation was dangerous, such a broken place, Li Shimin actually sent him to be an official, Li Su couldn't help but wonder if Li Shimin really wanted to kill himself.

After knowing the identity of the merchant Na Yan of Qiuzi. His importance increased in vain, and Li Su sat by the campfire and pondered for a long time, and suddenly stood up.

Wang Zhu looked at him in amazement: "What are you doing?" ”

"Let's go to the Hushang camp and make friends with Na Yan......" Li Su said and walked away.

"Friendship" means formal and in-depth communication, not like peers for more than a month a gift and a gift that kind of embarrassing relationship, since it is clear that Na Yan and the Prime Minister of the Turtle Country Nari are uncles and nephews. The weight of that person in Li Su's heart is heavier than before, because this relationship is very important to Xizhou.

His arm was suddenly grabbed by someone, Li Su turned his head, but saw Wang Zhu shaking his head solemnly at him.

"You are a county, and you don't drive, no matter how important the identity of a Hu businessman is, it can't compare to a finger of yours, it's not appropriate for you to befriend him, it's too much to give him face. Li Su. Nowadays, unlike in the past, you have to take care of who you are. ”

Li Su looked at him and blinked rapidly.

Xu Mingzhu, who was sitting on the side and watching the fire in a daze, also nodded hurriedly, obviously she also agreed with Wang Zhuan's words.

"Husband, Brother Wang is right, Husband Jun is the county son of the Tang Emperor and the four products, every word and deed is related to the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, just a Hu businessman. There is no reason for the husband to take the initiative to make friends with him, if the husband wants to see him. Send someone to invite him to our camp. ”

Li Su exhaled a long time, well, there is no such thing as equality of human rights in this era, whether it is the court or the people, class and identity are a barrier, and no one can cross it. Li Su was polite to Na Yan, which was called "breaking the knots and handing them over", which was just a good upbringing of the elite class, but Li Su must not really hold the idea that everyone is equal, because the strict class distinction in this era does not allow him to hold this kind of thought.

So Li Su decided to adapt to this society.

"Understood......" Li Su nodded slowly, and then his face changed. A strong aura of the king spewed out, and he opened his eyes and shouted: "Come on, go to the Hushang camp and tell Na Yan to come and see this county quickly!" ”

With a relaxed expression, Li Su looked at the two of them and said, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Zhu and Xu Mingzhu suddenly showed relieved and joyful eyes, and nodded together and said good, obviously Li Su's bastard image just now was very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Li Su pinched his throat and coughed a few times, got up and walked to the handsome tent with an uncomfortable face, and said in a strange voice that changed his tone: "The sentence just now made the county Zigui feel bad in his throat, I don't see him now, sleep and sleep......"

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Passing through Ganzhou, passing through Suzhou, walking on the road for more than ten days, the low earth city of Shazhou can be seen in the distance, and the famous Yumen Pass is not far from the north of Shazhou.

This is already a desert wasteland area, sparsely populated, birds and beasts are rare, looking at the endless plain, as well as bursts of yellow sand flying with the wind on the plain, occasionally accompanied by the howl of wolves in the distance, obviously the scorching sun shines on the body, but everyone in the team can't help but have a sense of desolation in their hearts.

Entering the desert, the speed of the march slowed down significantly, the desert was so hot during the day that it seemed to be in a steamer, and at night it was as if someone had suddenly thrown it into an ice cave, the temperature difference between day and night was too large, and everyone's physical strength was very consumed.

Li Surao sits in a comfortable carriage every day, and this ghost climate makes him gradually unable to stand it, and every day he has the urge to go back to Taiping Village in Guanzhong and run away with his father and Dongyang.

"It's early, it's not bitter, the real hard days are yet to come......" The merchant of Guizi sat by the campfire, grinning kindly.

In the past few days, Li Su took the initiative to make friends with Na Yan, and the two gathered around the fire to roast mutton after camping every day, at first boring and embarrassing nonsense such as "today's weather hahaha", there were more opportunities to eat and drink together, and the two gradually became acquainted, and finally they were able to talk about some nonsense that was not so nonsense except for the weather.

Li Su's eyebrows jumped, his face flushed with bitterness, looked up at the starry night sky, and sighed: "This is not bitter, how is it bitter?" I can't live ......."

Na Yan's smile is still kind, and there is a little self-contained flattery in the kindness, and this long-established Hu businessman's attitude towards the Tang Dynasty officials is still very measured.

"Li Beijia is now a little early, the villain goes back and forth between Qiuzi and Datang twice a year, and is barely familiar with the desert, we have not yet arrived in Shazhou, the climate here is good, and then go west after Shazhou and Yumen Pass, that is called really entering the desert, the desert outside Yumen Pass is called real impermanence and ruthless, a barren Silk Road, I don't know how many people's bones to be buried every year, sometimes walking in the desert by the wind and sand, accidentally stepped on a white bone head, and was tripped when walking, Maybe there's a corpse on the ground that has been around for an unknown number of years......"

Li Su was so hairy that he was described by Na Yan, and said with a dry smile: "Don't scare me, intimidate the Tang Dynasty ministers, it's a very serious crime......"

Na Yan shook his head and sighed: "How dare the villain scare don't drive? Not to mention, the caravan of the villain goes back and forth twice a year, and each time the people buried in this desert ......"

With a bitter smile, Na Yan didn't continue to speak, and Li Su didn't plan to listen to it, obviously it wasn't a good thing to say.

Turning his head to look at the other end of the bonfire, Xu Mingzhu crossed his arms, his face was pale, Jiang Quan sat cross-legged, looking at the fire in a daze, Wang Zhu ......

This guy actually fell asleep, lying by the fire and making bursts of rhythmic snoring, and his heart was really big.

"General Chiang...... What do you say we should do if we go back to Guanzhong the same way? Li Su got the idea of being a deserter, the desert in his mouth was too terrible, Li Su had no plans to die for His Majesty the Tang Emperor for the time being, and he would save his life first and then say something like serving Sheji.

Jiang Quan was startled and let out a blank "ah".

Li Su said excitedly: "Let's go back the same way, just say that I am sick, very sick, I can't see the light and sand, ask Your Majesty to let me go back to Guanzhong to recuperate for a few years and then go to Xizhou to take up my post, this method ......"

"Don't drive Li...... Don't drive Li Don't make trouble...... Jiang Quan's face was a little ugly: "You are a bully, please forgive the last general for not agreeing!" ”

Li Suman's enthusiasm for being a deserter was ruthlessly extinguished, and he immediately pursed his lips and asked the wrong person, only now that he remembered that this guy was born in the palace guard, and he must have heard of brainwashing education such as loyalty and patriotism.

Li Su instantly didn't want to deal with this dead-eyed loyal monarch.

Na Yan continued: "We can go to Shazhou tomorrow, and after arriving in Shazhou, the villain persuaded Li Beijia to change everything that should be changed......

Li Su blinked: "What do you want to change?" ”

Na Yan glanced at the gathering place of the horses not far away, and said lightly: "It's best to change camels when you enter the desert, these horses should be replaced, and secondly, Li Don't drive these extravagant carriages...... I'm afraid that I won't be able to enter the desert, but the villain dares to guarantee that the carriage will definitely sink into the sand if it goes less than five miles into the desert, and then bring enough food and water bladders, find two guides with enough experience, and so on......"

Li Su reluctantly looked at the five big carriages he had carefully built, and sighed.

In his previous life, he had heard some knowledge of crossing the desert, and he knew that it was impossible for the carriage to enter the desert, and he planned to give up before entering the desert, but it was a pity that the two large carts were ......

"What about taking a shower?" Li Su looked at Na Yan with a sad face.

"Huh?" Na Yan replied blankly: "Take a bath? ”

"You always have to take a shower every day, right? Is it still human if you don't take a bath? ”

Na Yan gasped: "Water in the desert is more expensive than gold, you actually ...... Do you want to take a bath every day? ”

"Because I'm sick."

"What disease?"

"A strange disease called 'If you don't take a bath, you will die'......"

Na Yan stopped talking, and began to look up at the stars in the night sky deeply, and by the way, he reflected on what went wrong with the communication between himself and the Tang people.

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PS: I found more than 100 chapters last night, changed a few places to die, and continued to self-examine tonight...... (To be continued......)