The strong man scratched his head, took out a crumpled envelope from his arms, looked at the envelope for a long time, and sighed helplessly.

From the moment he took out the envelope, Xuan Shijing probably guessed that maybe this man wanted to let him help carry the letter, but he had never known him, how could he trust himself?

Between Xuan Shijing's doubts, the strong man said: "I have a younger brother, studying in Chang'an, my two brothers have been dead since childhood, in order to let my younger brother get ahead, I came to the Western Regions to run around with the merchant, earn some money to bring to him, this spring, the old man has also passed away, I have not been in contact with him for more than half a year, the caravan runs around all day, and I can't spare time to visit him in Chang'an, since my brother is from Chang'an, I want to ask my brother to help me send this letter to my younger brother." Speaking of this, the big man suddenly realized, and patted his head: "Look at my confused strength, I am in Xia Gu Feng, and I haven't asked my brother Taigao's name yet." The strong man held the envelope in his hand and saluted Xuan Shijing with a fist.

Xuan Shijing returned the salute and said, "The younger brother is exempt from your surname Xuan." ”

"Xuan? The surname brother is rare in Datang. Gu Feng said, then laughed at it, and then replied: "I don't know if Brother Xuan can help with this." ”

"You believe me like that?" Xuan Shijing asked with a smile.

"Hahahaha." Gu Feng smiled loudly: "Why don't you believe this, the character and appearance of the Guanxuan brothers, I'm afraid they are also a figure with a head and a face in Chang'an, I, Gu Feng, think that I am alone, and there is nothing worth worrying about." ”

Xuan Shijing tugged at the corners of his mouth, too, a letter written about his younger brother, yes, who let himself run into it, all brothers in the four seas, and it's not a big deal, there are only a few academies in Chang'an City, just send someone to inquire after you go back.

Thinking of this, Xuan Shijing nodded: "Okay, Brother Gu is doing this favor, the younger brother will help, I don't know what the name of Brother Gu's younger brother is, what age he is, and which academy in Chang'an City he is in now." ”

"Oh, my younger brother's name is Gu Yuancheng, he is seventeen years old this year, and he is now studying in Guozijian in Chang'an City." Gu Feng replied: "Next year is the big exam, he is going to participate in the imperial examination, give it a try, if he can win a good ranking, then he will be able to settle down for a long time in Chang'an." ”

Guozijian? Xueba, Xuan Shijing sighed, Gu Feng said that their two brothers and their parents died when they were young, and this Gu Yuancheng can be admitted to the Guozijian with his own talent, which is really a veritable scholar.

There is also the big exam that Gu Feng said, he will return to Chang'an at the end of the year, wouldn't he be able to see the grand scene of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty? To tell the truth, Xuan Shijing is still quite interested in the ancient imperial examination, and it is precisely because of the imperial examination system that His Majesty Li Er said that all the talents in the world are included in my court.

"Knowing the name and the academy, it will be much more convenient to find someone, and when I return to Chang'an, I will go to Guozijian in person." Xuan Shijing said.

In fact, the trivial matter of sending a letter does not need Xuan Shijing to run in person, but Xuan Shijing's curiosity is attacked, and he wants to see what this highest university in the Tang Dynasty is like, although he said that he went to Hongwen Hall when he was a child, but Hongwen Hall can only be said to be a royal private school, although in terms of teachers, Hongwen Hall is top-notch, but it is still not comparable to Guozijian in terms of scale and formality.

However, Li Shiqing, the son of Xuan Lindao, who has been staying in the Hou Mansion, heard that he entered the Guozi Prison.

Speaking of which, Xuan Shijing mentioned from Zhong Zishuo's letter a few years ago that Li Shiqing has now changed his name to Li Qing, just because of this name, when Guozijian was enrolled, he was handed to His Majesty Li Er by a book of imperial history, but Xuan Lindao was startled, and quickly changed the name, and cursed the elders of the Li family who gave Li Qing the name, of course, when Li Shiqing took this name, His Majesty Li Er had not yet sat on the dragon chair, this name has always been like this, and Xuan Lindao and his wife did not pay attention, After all, the emperor is very far away for them.

After Gu Feng heard that Xuan Shijing was going to personally deliver a letter for himself, he was grateful and said, "In this way, it will trouble Brother Xuan, and this meal for Brother Xuan will be down to do the east." ”

Xuan Shijing smiled and waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's just a gesture." ”

Taking the letter in Gu Feng's hand, Xuan Shijing handed over the letter to Long'er for safekeeping, the four of them sat around and had a meal, and then dispersed, the upstairs room, the little second brother had already cleaned up, it was all businessmen walking in the Western Regions who lived in such a big inn, naturally it was not bad money, and it was really good luck for Xuan Shijing and the three of them to be able to vacate three upper rooms.

Gao Jun put the things back in his room and went out, he was going to prepare the carriage, the three of them went from Shicheng to Yangguan, they only rode over, and the carriage or anything was left in Shicheng, so the carriage had to be replaced, and there was nothing important left in the carriage in Shicheng, so it didn't matter if you wanted it or not.

Long'er followed Xuan Shijing into the room, although it was said to be in the upper room, but many things still need to be cleaned up by themselves, and these things will naturally be handed over to Long'er.

Xuan Shijing sat at the table and watched Long'er's busy work.

Long'er finished her busy work and said to Xuan Shijing, who was sitting on the side: "It's not early now, the little marquis should hurry up and rest, after two days of running, your body probably can't stand it." ”

"Hmm." Xuan Shijing nodded, got up and took off the soft armor on his body, only wore a middle coat, then lay down on the bed and covered the quilt and lay down, and then Long'er took out a slightly thicker quilt from the cabinet and covered it for Xuan Shijing.

At this time, Ding Xiangming was sending scouts in the army to inform the merchants in the city according to what Xuan Shijing said, refusing to sell grain to the Tubo people, and asking people to bring this to the merchants in the surrounding towns.

Longxi is not suitable for growing grain, ordinary people do not have much surplus grain, as long as the merchants do not sell grain to the Tubo people, the Tubo people in Longxi can not buy grain, all say that the businessmen are profitable, if you add a crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, I am afraid that the grain merchants also have to weigh this weight, whether it can be measured by money.

Cheng Chumo of Shicheng and the Tubo army have been in a stalemate for a day, and both sides have suffered damage, although it seems that the number of casualties of the Tubo army is large, but the number of Tubo troops is still there.

At night, the Tibetan army retreated, and the soldiers of Shicheng got a chance to breathe, and they leaned against the back of the city wall with their weapons and began to rest, while the people who did not go up to the city wall below set up a cauldron and began to make a fire to cook, boil hot soup, and send it to the soldiers on the city wall.

Hanzhou, in the Tang military camp, Li Jing closed his eyes slightly, and said indifferently to the deputy general beside him: "Since the 20,000 Tubo people in Longxi Road have come down, don't go back, Longxi is a good place, it is suitable for burying bones." ”