At the end of February, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is already a small spring, but for the north, it is still difficult to see too many green colors. Only the grass in the field thrives in the spring breeze, so that the cattle and sheep who are stuffy in the pen and cannot be free in the cold winter enjoy a great blessing. At this moment, under the blue sky and white clouds, a group of thin sheep are grazing in all directions. And in these weeds, there are faint traces of the staggered ridges of the past.

But now, it's still a barren place.

A middle-aged herdsman herding sheep was carelessly driving the flock, and suddenly flicked his whip, suddenly tore his throat and sang a folk song loudly. The hoarse sound echoed across the open field, stirring up even the birds drinking in the small puddles. When a group of fifty or sixty people arrived nearby, the young man at the head couldn't help but stop and listen

"The strong man in Longshang has Chen An, although the body is wide in the lower abdomen, and he loves to raise the soldiers with the same liver.

The horse of the horse is forged with iron, the seven-foot sword is like turbulence, and the eight snake spears are left and right.

Hundreds of horses are like clouds, and the chasers are thousands of riders.

At the beginning of the battle, three snakes and spears were lost, and nine of the ten horsemen were left.

Abandon me to run through the rocks, and the heavy rain from the sky will chase the rest, and hang his head for my foreign aid.

The water that flows west flows the river in the east, and it will not be returned once it is gone

Ah Hu Hu Nai Hu, Woo Hu Nai Zi Ho"

"Bao'er, do you know which folk song this is?"

Hearing the teacher's question, Chen Baoer pondered for a long time, and finally shook her head with some shame. Although he has studied hard in the past few years, his foundation is too poor and there are too many books to read, not to mention, these folk songs with a strong Yuefu style, although some people have sorted them out now, but more of them have been scattered, this Chen Baoer really hasn't heard of it. Du Shiyi saw that he was embarrassed, so he said gently: "It's "Longshang Song". is talking about the Liang King Chen An's rebellion against Zhao back then. Although Chen An was defeated and killed, and was criticized for his indefiniteness, he only listened to this Yuefu, and knew that no matter whether he was a weishenme when he first raised the army, there were still people who remembered his achievements in resisting foreign enemies. ”

Chen Bao'er hurriedly tried to write down these things that Du Shiyi had taught him so much, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "What did Du Shi say about Zhao when he was in the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms?" ”

"Yes, although the name is Zhao, it is very different from Zhao during the Warring States period. Moreover, the ancient city of Yunzhou that we are going to is not a nameless place, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty was here, and Liu Wuzhou in the early Tang Dynasty was entrenched here, until the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Taizong Bixia moved Dingxiang City here, but the first year of Yongchun was broken because of the silence, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city moved to Shuozhou. Even so, there were far more military and civilian residents than civilians. When the household registration was determined during the Zhenguan period, there were only more than 70 households and more than 500 people here. ”

"So little?" Chen Bao'er's eyes widened in disbelief. The teacher traveled nearly 2,000 miles, leaving a prosperous and rich place like Chang'an City, and actually became the governor of such a remote and deserted place?

Du Shiyi taught his disciples that although Wang Han and Cui Hao both knew the origin of this folk song, no one spoke too much. Wang Han even raised his horsewhip and galloped straight to the middle-aged man with Luo Ying, arched his hand and asked, "Brother, in this Longshang song, you can still hear the Longxi accent, isn't it a local?" ”

When the middle-aged shepherd saw such twenty or thirty people, and saw the majestic horses under Wang Han, he couldn't help but be a little vigilant, so he was also very cautious about his question: "Ah Lang heard it wrong, he just sang casually." ”

"We're not checking the fugitive, but just ask, the eldest brother doesn't have to be so nervous" Although Wang Han's family is rich, he is hearty, and he doesn't feel angry when he hears the words, he looks back at Du Shiyi and the others, and he said with a pleasant face, "We are going to Yunzhou to do business, dare to ask what is the situation in Yunzhou City now?" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged shepherd's expression relaxed a little: "It turns out that you are going to Yunzhou City. The attack on your lord caused a lot of uproar, but fortunately, your lord only rested in Mayi for two days before rushing back to the city, and the people's hearts have calmed down. Those horse thieves are so bold that they dare to attack your lord."

After complaining twice, he suddenly looked thoughtfully at the large group of people behind Wang Han, and his face suddenly sank. Glancing at the horse under him, he seemed to be struggling, but then he suddenly shrank his feet, and actually pulled out a dagger from his waist and pounced on Wang Han. Although Wang Han is not a powerless scholar, he is still a little caught off guard in the face of such a sudden sneak attack, but fortunately, Luo Ying next to him does not know how many big scenes of life and death battles he has seen over the years. Although the middle-aged shepherd had some skills, he was captured after a while.

In the face of the changes here, Du Shiyi, who was still teaching Chen Bao'er, lost his interest and immediately brought someone to turn the horse over. When Luo Ying knelt on the ground according to the shepherd, he saw that Wang Han had palpitations on his chest with his hand, so he deliberately smiled and said in a lively atmosphere: "Wang Liu, do you know that you should be careful when talking to people in the future, right?" You've got to be good. ”

At this time, Cui Hao also deliberately pretended to be frightened: "I was scared to death just now, fortunately, the person who asked you was not me, otherwise the two of us would definitely die together."

"I'm almost dying, and you're still talking here?" Wang Han scolded angrily, but he was open-minded by nature, and quickly threw away the annoyance, frowned and looked at the middle-aged shepherd on the ground and asked, "Who are you, why did you want to assassinate me?" ”

The middle-aged shepherd listened to these people, and although he was a little puzzled, he still said viciously: "You can't be merchants, merchants don't use precious horses to carry things, and there won't be so many people riding horses who are horse thieves, only horse thieves can have so many good horses and so many good hands."

These words immediately stunned everyone. Especially Wang Han, he pointed to his nose a little unwillingly, and asked in annoyance, "You said horse thief?" Do you think that my Taiyuan Prince Yu is a horse thief? ”

Cui Hao just secretly sighed that Wang Han was almost plotted to succeed inexplicably, which was really unlucky, but when he heard this reason, he finally couldn't help but daxiao, and even exaggeratedly crouched on the horse's back and patted his thigh. In the face of such an unrighteous companion, all Wang Han could do was to glare at this guy fiercely, but Du Shiyi was keenly aware that the middle-aged shepherd suddenly raised his head, and his eyes showed a bit of disbelief.

This guy actually knows Wang Han

"Is it the prince feather of the glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine?"

These words really made Wang Han, who was very depressed just now, happy. And what made him even happier was that the other party immediately put his head on the ground in shame and said: "I only saw that there were many people, and coupled with the attack on your lord, I just thought that the horse thief went and returned...... A certain Gan led the crime of assassination, but now that Yunzhou is employing people, I only hope that Wang Lang will allow me to make meritorious contributions. ”

These words are reasonable, and Du Shiyi thought about the upright and round Longshang song before, and already concluded that this was not an ordinary shepherd. Sure enough, Wang Han asked in surprise, "How do you know that I went to Yunzhou on business?" The shepherd replied cheerfully: "I heard that Taiyuan Wang Ziyu was once highly used by Zhang Xiangguo, and his articles and poems were famous, so I think it must have been the sage who sent Wang Lang to Yunzhou to raise the people." ”

The herdsmen in the border areas all knew their names, and Wang Han's false alarm and anger just now had disappeared, and he was hahadaxiao for a while. After laughing, he said solemnly, "Although you know me, you are a little lonely." Zhang Xiangguo has already resigned as prime minister, and I have long been moved to the left, and now I am unofficial and light. It wasn't me who was ordered to go to Yunzhou to raise the people, it was Du Shijiu, I just came with me to have a good time."

"Du Nineteen? Is it the Jingzhao Duling Du Nineteen Lang who takes the three heads? The middle-aged shepherd suddenly felt that the young man who was twisting his arm behind him let go, and he was surprised and frightened for a while, and his eyes finally fell on the white-shirted young man in the center, and suddenly he paused again and again, "A certain person is really dead, and he did it without careful study, and almost hurt the nobleman."

"Forget it, forget it, since it's just a false alarm, then you don't need to mention it again."

Wang Han rubbed his wrist and generously revealed this incident that almost cost him his life. Regarding his attitude, Du Shiyi, who knew him best, was accustomed to it, but Cui Hao couldn't help but be amazed, and the guards who followed him were surprised. If it is according to the law, even if Wang Han resigns, he still has an official background, and the crime of assassinating an official is not trivial. Such a big thing, Wang Han actually said to let it go?

"Since Wang Liu has said so, you can get up." Du Shiyi opened his mouth to command, and when he saw that the middle-aged shepherd had just gotten up, he asked, "What is your surname, where is your origin, and where do you live now?" ”

"A surname is Nan, a famous place, originally from Weizhou, has stayed in Longxi for a long time, and now lives in the city of Yunzhou. Nan Sheng said as he raised his eyes again and quickly glanced at the group. If he originally thought that these people were too ostentatious as a caravan, and as horse thieves, they were only a small stock, then at this time, knowing that this line of work was actually a court official, he felt that it was very in line with his perception. Therefore, when Du Shiyi asked him again about the current situation of Princess Gu'an, he knew everything and said everything.

Compared with those daughters of the clan who are raised in the boudoir and do not know the sufferings of the people, Princess Gu'an is a concubine, who has experienced the warmth and coldness of human affection, and has married King Xi for the second time, and her understanding of the people's livelihood is far better than that of ordinary officials. Over the years in Yunzhou, she has a very good set of command, and she is also very good at raising the people, and even buys the grain grown by the people at a more reasonable price, exchanging horses from the Xi and Khitan Turks, and provides more necessary commodities for the people through the convenience of caravans, the most precious and indispensable of which is salt.

Therefore, after she returned to Yunzhou after recuperating in Ma Yi for two days, more than 20 young people immediately took the initiative to recruit to post near Yunzhou City, and Nan Sheng was one of them. Although he was defending the south towards Shuozhou, he still did not let down his vigilance, and almost said that he would kill Wang Han with a knife.

Knowing the news he wanted to know, Du Shiyi asked again: "How far is it from Yunzhou?"

"About thirty miles." Nan Sheng smiled innocently, "Actually, if it weren't for your lord's search to find out if there are still horse thieves, I wouldn't have driven the sheep so far to graze." ”

Du Shiyi only felt that Nan Sheng was reckless and reckless, but he was a good man, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Then you haven't thought about it, first be false and wronged, instead of being so reckless and stabbing violently?" ”

"I'm not very good at it." Nan Sheng was a little embarrassed, thought about it and said honestly, "As long as I don't go back to report the news within two hours, Yunzhou City will know that there are horse thieves on the other side." My nephew Nanba is now recruited as your lord's servant, even if I have any mistakes, your lord will never treat him badly."

"Nanhachi?" Du Shiyi was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but take a light breath, "Your surname, but the east and west, north and south?" ”

Nan Shengden was stunned for a moment, nodded a little strangely, and said, "Exactly." ”

Du Shiyi raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. When I thought about watching Liang Yusheng's "The Legend of the Tang Rangers" when I was a child, what impressed him the most was the sentence that commented on Nan Jiyun.

Dare to laugh at Jing Ke is not a good man, and he is a man