Chapter 3: Stone City

After getting into the carriage, Xuan Shijing glanced back at the courtyard where he had lived for more than ten years, and looked at it for a while before lowering the curtain and telling Gao Jun to start hurrying.

Out of the town, Gao Jun pulled the reins, turned around and asked, "Little Marquis, shall we go back to Chang'an directly?" ”

Xuan Shijing lifted the curtain, got out, sat on the other side of Gao Jun, and said, "No, go to Boxian Town first, and then go to Shicheng, Brother Chu Mo is leading troops to be stationed in Shicheng, go to visit him first." ”

"Little Hou Ye, speaking of Xiao Gong Cheng leading troops to garrison Shicheng, I heard that the nine surnamed Turks have not been very peaceful recently, is there another war in the northwest border." Gao Jun said.

Xuan Shijing smiled: "If the Turks can be born in peace, they will also be called the descendants of wolves in vain, and now that the Tang Dynasty has been leveled, those battlefield veterans want to go crazy if they want to fight, as long as their army dares to enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty, what awaits them is the disaster of extermination." ”

"Little Marquis, don't really say it, although the people in our Datang have gradually eaten and dressed, the people on the grassland are all watching the sky to eat, and in order to plunder a mouthful of grain, they can do anything."

"The tribes on the grassland, whether they are Turkic, Guli or Hui, are all a bunch of dogs, if they are not completely disabled, they will not remember the terrible of the Tang Dynasty, this is called remembering not remembering to eat."

"Little Marquis, you didn't think about going to the army, and you could come back with some credit." Gao Jun said with a smile.

As soon as he said half of the words, Gao Jun's head was slapped fiercely: "Gao Jun, if you bewitch the little marquis like this, I will fight hard with you, our house is the only seedling of our little marquis, you don't know how dangerous the battlefield is." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I know my mistake aunt." Gao Jun hurriedly confessed, now Long'er's force value is not something he can match, and against Long'er, he can only flee in the wilderness, but in this carriage, where can he escape.

"You said that the two of you are fighting all day long, you are a pair of happy enemies, why can't you talk about marriage properly." Xuan Shijing quipped, Gao Jun and Long'er's lifelong events, Xuan Shijing has always been thinking about it, if Gao Jun is in Chang'an at this age, he should have a second child.

"Humph!" Long'er snorted coldly: "I won't marry anyone who marries a monkey." ”

Gao Jun smiled bitterly: "It's just right, if I marry you, then I will never turn over." ”

Then the two began to argue over the carriage again.

Boxian Town is located on the edge of the desert, about a day's journey from Shicheng, and the three of them have been driving a carriage out of Khotan Town for more than four days, and they have been walking in the desert, but fortunately, the water and materials brought by the cart can withstand the consumption of the three of them.

I saw the outline of Boxian Town from a distance, but before I arrived in the town, I saw a group of people fleeing in a hurry.

"What's going on?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled.

Gao Jun stopped the carriage, jumped down, stepped forward to stop a person and asked, "What's going on, you are from Boxian Town, why did you run away?" ”

The man shook off Gao Jun's hand: "What else can you do if you don't run, now that the Tubo army has reached Shicheng, if you don't run, you will die." After saying that, he tightened the revenge on his body and continued to run west.

Back to the side of the carriage, Gao Jun jumped into the carriage and said, "Little Marquis, the nine Turks did not call, but the Tubo people entered the country." ”

"Tibetans? How could they run to the territory of Datang and attack Shicheng? Xuan Shijing asked.

"What else can you do for food, if you don't go down the mountain to grab food, you can't starve to death, tell me, how are there some robbers around Datang who can't eat enough." Speaking of this, Gao Jun was also a little depressed, and then asked: "Little Marquis, do you want to go forward and turn around to avoid it." ”

Xuan Shijing shook his head: "No, let's not stop, go directly to Shicheng, Brother Chu Mo is still in Shicheng." ”

Gao Jun nodded, and then the horsewhip flicked a whip in the air, and with a sound in the air, the carriage slowly moved forward again.

After passing through Boxian Town, the carriage galloped all the way, and when it arrived at Shicheng, it was already night, and the gate of Shicheng had already been closed, even on weekdays, the soldiers guarding the city at night would not open the city gate alone for Xuan Shijing and the three of them, not to mention that it was a tense period of confrontation with Tubo.

The camp of the general army is stationed five miles outside the stone city, which can be attacked and retreated according to the city, and the three of them have been on the road for five days in a row, and they must find a place to rest, and now, Xuan Shijing had to let Gao Jun drive to find Cheng Chumo's camp.

Walking about five miles around the south of Shicheng, I saw a snow-white camp tent, and there was a faint flash of fire in the camp, and through the faint firelight, Xuan Shijing saw clearly the pitch-black Tang character flag floating in the middle of the camp in the air.

The carriage sped up, and before it could reach the tent, it was stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp.

"Stop, someone."

Gao Jun stopped the carriage and looked at Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took off the jade plaque on his waist and threw it to the sergeant guarding the camp: "Go and report to your general, Xuanwei Hou is visiting." After saying that, he quietly waited for the sergeant to report on Macheng.

After a while, a sturdy figure wearing battle armor and carrying a horizontal sword at his waist appeared in Xuan Shijing's sight.

"Is it really Se Jing?" Before anyone arrives, hear the sound first.

As soon as he heard this heroic voice, he knew that this person was Cheng Yanjin's eldest son, Cheng Chumo.

Compared with more than ten years ago, Cheng Chumo has completely lost his childishness, has become much more stable, and has a short beard on his chin, and his body shape is like a full Cheng bite gold, with a big waist and a round waist, and even his temperament is almost the same.

"If it's fake, Brother Mo." Xuan Shijing jumped out of the carriage, and the two hugged each other regardless of the dust bear.

"Let's go, let's go in." Cheng Chu silently greeted Xuan Shijing, waved his big hand, and motioned to the sergeant guarding the camp to move the rejected horse at the door and put the carriage in.

Before it was late at night, the sergeants in the camp were eating, Xuan Shijing instructed Gao Jun to follow the accompanying sergeants to settle the carriage, and he followed Cheng Chumo to find a place to sit down.

The stove in the army was built very simply, it was said to be a stove, that is, it was surrounded by a pile of stones, a fire was lit in the middle, and a wooden frame was built around it, and an iron pot was hung on the wooden frame.

At this time, the pot was living with broth, and there was no seasoning, just stewed, sprinkled with a little coarse salt, although so, the aroma still lingered around Xuan Shijing's nose.

"Shijing, but I haven't seen you for more than ten years, I heard that you were poisoned in Chang'an ten years ago and went to Kunlun, I only heard my father talk about this matter when I returned to Chang'an, since I called this Longyou, I sent several groups of people to look for you, but I didn't find it, how is it now, has your body fully recovered?" Cheng Chumo looked Xuan Shijing up and down.

"I trust you Hongfu to pass, I have also been recuperating with Yuan Daochang for more than ten years, this is not the number one, so I hurried back to Chang'an, I heard that Brother Chu Mo led troops to be stationed here, so I stopped by to take a look." Xuan Shijing said.