The conversation between Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Chongyu and Jia Chongqian was not over, Wei Meng and Huo Kan, who had received the notice, rushed over and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "Castle master! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and pointed to the vacant carpet next to him: "Sit!" ”

"Lord Shebao!" After thanking the two, they sat opposite Zhao Chongyu and Jia Chongjun.

Zhao Ziliang said to the two: "A certain has been appointed by General Fumeng as a guard to change the city and promoted to a guerrilla general, and he will go to the city to take up his post in two days. I learned from General Fumeng that the situation in the city is complicated, and a certain person will go, and it will be difficult for him to be alone, so he asked General Fumeng for two people, and the general has allowed it, and the specific candidate has not been decided. ”

When Wei Meng and Huo Kan heard this, they glanced at each other, their eyes showed firmness, and at the same time they got up and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Thanks to the general's love, I will swear to the death!" ”

"Okay, get up!" Zhao Ziliang helped the two of them up, and said to Zhao Chongyu and Jia Chongjun: "Brother Zhao, Brother Jia, I will take the two of them away, and the candidates for the first and third teams will be vacant, and who will be appointed to take over will be decided by you and others, and then report to General Fumeng." In order to defend this fort, how many soldiers spilled their blood on the city wall, and how many soldiers died here. Those of us who are still alive must not be careless! ”

The two also got up and said, "Don't worry, the general, we will not live up to the general's trust!" ”

At this time, a soldier ran in from outside and shouted, "Report-"

The five people in the house turned their heads to look outside at the same time, and a soldier ran in and bowed down to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Qiqi Fort Lord, a team of people patrolling on the north shore of Qingshui Lake has found an unconscious person, this person is quite similar to the fellow townsman of the castle lord who came here two months ago and went west!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was shocked: "What? Where are the people? ”

"The patrol team has just sent someone to take him to the castle, and Chen Langzhong is bringing a few of his apprentices to treat him!"

"Quick, go over and have a look!" Zhao Ziliang said and immediately walked outside, and several other people quickly followed.

When he came to Langzhong Chen Mingqian's residence, he and several of his apprentices were diagnosing a young man lying on the couch, who was skinny, with sunken eyes, a pale face, and a sheepskin jacket on his body that was already in tatters.

Although Cen Shen had become like this, Zhao Ziliang still recognized him at first sight, and at this time, Chen Mingqian had already completed his diagnosis, and he immediately asked, "Chen Langzhong, how is Shen Gongzi?" ”

Chen Mingqian stood up and bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Castle master, rest assured, Cen Gongzi is just in a coma due to hunger and cold, build a fire in the house, let him sleep well for a while, boil some porridge and wait for him to wake up before giving him food, and he will be fine for a few days!" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Thank you Chen Lang for winning it!" ”

Chen Mingqian hurriedly returned the salute: "The castle master is polite!" ”

"Chen Langzhong, there is something I want to tell you, take a step to speak."

"Castle Master, please!"

When the two came to the house, Zhao Ziliang said, "Chen Langzhong, a certain person is going to be transferred." General Fu Meng, the town guard, asked him to change the city to serve as the guard envoy, and he set off two days later, and the post of the lord of Tuoyun Fort was taken over by Zhao Chongyu, the deputy lord of the fort. Chen Langzhong was introduced by someone, and now that he is leaving, he can't ignore you, he just wants to ask you about his wishes, do you want to go to the city with you or stay in Tuoyunbao? ”

When Chen Mingqian heard this, he didn't know that Zhao Ziliang was promoted, not only was his position promoted, but his military rank must have been promoted, otherwise a Zhaowu lieutenant would not be able to control the scene, Zhao Ziliang was promoted from a chief at the bottom to the position of a guard in just a few months, this promotion speed is unimaginable, if you don't hold your thighs tightly at this time, when will you stay? He hurriedly said: "Thanks to the love of the adult, of course the villain follows the adult!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hesitated for a moment and asked, "If you leave, what about your apprentices?" If they also leave, there will be no Langzhong in this Tuoyun Castle."

"Don't worry, two of the villain's apprentices are themselves soldiers, they have learned to treat wounds, apply medicine and bandage, and also learn to diagnose and treat some ordinary and simple diseases, staying in Toyun Fort should be enough to deal with the situation."

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "In that case, then you can take your remaining apprentices with a certain one in two days."

"No!"

After Chen Mingqian left with his apprentices, Chu Ge, who was in charge of Zhao Ziliang's intelligence work and the chief of the guard, hurriedly walked over with a knife in his hand, "General, Mrs. Meng is passing on the book!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's face changed when he heard this, he had told Mrs. Meng before, it was not a particularly important matter, don't use the flying pigeon to pass the book easily, and this time Mrs. Meng used the flying pigeon to pass the book, which means that the matter is very serious, he immediately took the cloth from the Chu singer and glanced at it instantly.

From the letter written by Mrs. Meng, Zhao Ziliang has learned that Bian Lingcheng knows about him and Mrs. Meng, this side Lingcheng is an extremely greedy and retributive person, Mrs. Meng reminded in the letter that Bian Lingcheng has found someone to prepare to attack him, as for whom, when and where to do it, it is unknown.

Zhao Ziliang will take out the fire fold and burn the cloth strips, he is not afraid of Bian Lingcheng coming to Ming, he is afraid that Bian Lingcheng, the dead eunuch, will come to the yin, this kind of eunuch psychology is dark, maybe he will use some vicious tricks, as the saying goes, "the open gun is easy to dodge, and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent", who knows when this damn eunuch will come to the back with a knife?

Zhao Ziliang knows that at this stage, he does not have the qualifications and conditions to do anything to Bian Lingcheng, Bian Lingcheng is just a eunuch, but there are many guards brought from the palace around this person, these people are all highly skilled, and it is a little unrealistic to want to kill Bian Lingcheng secretly, and to deal with Bian Lingcheng from the surface, he does not have the qualifications and capital.

In the evening, Cen Shen woke up, Zhao Ziliang asked people to bring the cooked gruel to him to eat, he looked a lot better after eating the gruel, and he was much more energetic.

If Cen Shen was just a sour and rotten literati, Zhao Ziliang would never treat it so carefully, and even ignore it, but Cen Shen was not a sour and rotten literati, he was an aspiring poet of the Frontier, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, eager to contribute his meager strength to the Tang Dynasty, in order to understand the customs and geography of the Western Regions, he even ignored the difficulties and dangers, trekked through mountains and rivers, traveled thousands of miles, and even went west to the Aral Sea, which is not something that any literati can do.

After Cen Shen finished eating the gruel, Zhao Ziliang walked in and said with a smile: "Young Master Cen, are you better?" ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang, Cen Shen immediately said: "If it weren't for the general, I'm afraid that I would be thrown out of the plug if I gave this life" As he spoke, he was about to get up to salute, but his body was weak, and he couldn't get off the bed after a few moves.

Zhao Ziliang stepped forward and held him down, and said with a smile: "Cen Gongzi doesn't have to be like this, your body has not recovered yet, you have to rest more, lie down quickly."

After letting Cen Shen lie down, Zhao Ziliang sat down on the edge of the couch and chatted with Cen Shen. It turned out that Cen Shen had been very smooth all the way since he left Tuoyun Castle, he first arrived at the edge of Atami and then followed the Broken Leaf Water, and soon arrived at Broken Leaf Town, and he also stayed there for two days to understand the customs there, and the Turgish people did not treat him well. Subsequently, he left Broken Leaf Town to the west, passing through Ashbulai City, Julan City, Talas City, Baishui City, etc., where the ten surnamed tribes were scattered and scattered, this route was the northern route of the Silk Road, and there were frequent business trips on the road, so he followed these merchants to the west, but nothing happened.

After leaving Baishuicheng, Cen Shen traveled south along the northern route of the Silk Road, passing through the Shiguo of Zhaowu Jiu along the way, crossing Yaozhishui (present-day Syr Darya), passing through Cao, Kang, Mi, and Shi, and arriving at the banks of the Wuhu River (present-day Amu Darya) after passing out of the Iron Gate.

Nowadays, many small countries in Tocharian are still subject countries of the Tang Dynasty, Tocharian has a big chief, the title is Ye Hu, the current Ye Hu is called Lost Li Tanjialuo, and every once in a while he also sends envoys to Chang'an to meet the emperor, but in recent years, the big food countries in the West often make trouble on the border, and the power of the big food country has gradually penetrated into the hinterland of Central Asia.

On the way to the Aral Sea, Cen Shen passed through Anguo and He Guo, and passed through the territory of Huoxun on the bank of the Tiedao River (lower reaches of the Amu Darya), Huoxun is the flower thorn Zimo, it is also a small country established by one of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, in the Taizong period, it was also subject to the Tang Dynasty, but with the expansion of the power of the Great Food Country to Central Asia, it fell to the Great Food Country.