In August of the second year of Kaiyuan, Danzhou.

At the foot of the towering Yunmeng Mountain in the north of Miyun, the seat of Danzhou Governance, there is a beautiful village called Bulaotun by the mountains and rivers.

Speaking of which, there is a legendary story in this Bulaotun, no one knows the era of the story, only that a long time ago, there were more than a dozen families living here. The people in the village make a living from farming, live in thatched huts and thatched huts, and live a quiet life.

Among these families, there is a descendant named Wang Zhi, whose family is very poor and makes a living by collecting firewood. When he got up early that day, he picked up an axe, rope, and a pole and prepared to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

Before going out, his old aunt told him: "Son, come back early, my mother is waiting for you at home." ”

Wang Zhi nodded, picked up the flat shoulder and went up the mountain. I climbed over one ridge after another, descended from one mountain to another, and came to the pilgrimage temple. I saw that the grass and trees here are verdant and the flowers are bright.

Wang Zhi looked up and saw two crane-haired and childish-looking old men sitting cross-legged next to the big bluestone at the entrance of the cave. On the stone table, there is a chessboard, and the two old men are concentrating on playing Go. On the side of the stone table is a plate of large peaches, all of which are so fresh and tender. Wang Zhi also likes to play chess, so he squatted next to the old man and watched it with relish. The two old men were eating peaches while playing chess, and when they saw Wang Zhi beside them, they handed him one.

Wang Zhizheng was hungry, took the peach and said, "Thank you", and ate it in a big gulp. Wang Zhi ate the peaches, and suddenly felt that his head was clear and his eyes were clear, and his spirit was doubled.

After a long time, the two old men packed up the chessboard and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Then. Wang Zhicai remembered the matter of collecting firewood. So he went down to fetch the burden, but it was rotten, and the rope was rotting to ashes. Can't pick it up; Another plate axe. The axe also became a lump of rusty iron. He had no choice but to stand up and look at his hometown down the mountain. I saw that the fields and the surrounding mountains were green for a while, yellow for a while, white for a while, and changed over and over again.

Wang Zhi didn't know what was going on, so he hurried down the mountain and went home. When he returned to the village, he could barely recognize his hometown. Small villages have become big villages. The people I saw were all unfamiliar.

Wang Zhi was very puzzled, and asked someone to inquire about A-Niang's whereabouts, but no one knew. He wondered. As he was walking, he saw an old man with a white beard, and Wang Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

The old man thought for a long time, and after repeated reminders. Only then did he tremble: "When I was young." I heard my grandfather say that many years ago, there was a descendant named Wang Zhi in the village who went up to the mountain to collect firewood, but he never returned. ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhicai suddenly realized. It turned out that Wang Zhi saw the changes of the fields on the mountain one by one, which was the change of the four seasons of the year.

It's probably "seven days in the cave, thousands of years in the world". Wang Zhi didn't say a word. And he went up the mountain again. Some people say that Wang Zhi went up to the mountain to practice again; It was said. Wang Zhi returned to the mountain and became an immortal; Others say that Wang Zhi lives in a stone cave on the northern slope of the mountain. On a sunny day, looking north, you can still see the smoke from the cooking in the cultivation cave.

Wang Zhi's adventures spread ten, ten and hundred, and everyone knew that there was an immortal person in the village.

After that, this village has a name, known as the Valley of Immortality. Later, it was called Bulaotun again.

At this time, within a radius of ten miles from Bulaotun, there are many flags and swords and guns.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xue Ne, the protector of Andong and the governor of Youzhou, sat firmly in front of the handsome case, bowing his head and pondering.

Under him, there are two people sitting on the left and right, the first two on the left are Li Sijing, the general of the right guard, and Li Kailuo, the general of the left Xiaowei, and the first two on the right are Cui Xuandao, the assassin of Dingzhou, and Wang Haibin, the commander of Lu Nu Zhichong Mansion, and the four of them are the main generals who followed Xue Ne to conquer the Khitan and Xi tribes.

"Governor, the army has been on the march for three days, whether to leave or stay, you can send a word!" Li Sijing asked in a low voice on the side.

Li Sijing can be said to be the main force in this expedition, half of the 60,000 troops were brought by him, so others did not dare to scratch Xue Ne, but he dared to speak.

Xue Ne raised his head and looked at Li Sijing: "What? Are you in a hurry? ”

Xue Ne has been in the army for more than 40 years, and almost all of his time is in command of troops in various states in Hebei Province, especially Youzhou, and he has stayed for at least 20 years. Previously, Sun Yan took the path of Prime Minister Liu Youqiu and succeeded Xue Ne as the governor of Youzhou. It stands to reason that Xue Ne should have unloaded his armor and returned to the field. However, Sun Yan, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, was very unlucky, and last year he had a battle with Li Dayu, the chief of the Xi tribe, in Lengcheng, and the 30,000 army was destroyed, and Sun Yan and his subordinate Zhou Yiyi were taken prisoner, and then all the tooth tents sent to Mo Si were killed. Now, he has become the governor of Youzhou again, and the few people sitting in the big tent are his juniors, so he has no scruples when he speaks.

Li Sijing was very dissatisfied with Xue Ne's reliance on the old and selling the old, but he didn't dare to make a mistake. I heard that Xue Ne shined in the Lishan military exercise, and he was very pleased with His Majesty. This time, Xue Ne was not only the governor of Youzhou appointed by His Majesty, but also the protector of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. The Andong Protectorate belongs to the Shangdu Protectorate, and its chief is the third grade, who is in charge of Zhufan, comforting, soliciting, recounting, punishing, and punishing, and judging the affairs of the government. It can be seen that His Majesty's expectations for Xue Ne are high.

Seeing that Xue Ne was dissatisfied with himself, Li Sijing hurriedly said in fear: "Please forgive the Metropolitan Governor, I really shouldn't urge the Metropolitan Governor, but the soldiers are uneasy, so they ......."

Seeing that Li Sijing softened, Xue Ne waved his hand and said, "Forgive you for your innocence, the governor of Pontus is also thinking about this issue!" To be honest, the Pontus Governor was also very hesitant at this time! ”

Hearing Xue Ne's words, Cui Xuandao took the opportunity to persuade: "Dadu Governor, it is a hot summer at this time, the weather is hot, and the soldiers are wearing armor and carrying grain and grass deep into the enemy's territory, I am afraid it will be difficult to win." We might as well play Your Majesty, and stop the army and fight this battle when the time is ripe. ”

Cui Xuandao's words just fell, but he heard Li Sijing say coldly on the side: "Cui Tingshi is not afraid, if he is afraid, he can leave, why bother looking for these reasons?" ”

Dingzhou is Shangzhou, Cui Xuandao is from the history of the assassination of Sanpin, and Li Sijing is also from the right guard general of Sanpin. It stands to reason that they are at the same level, but Li Sijing looks down on Cui Xuandao's crepe style, and always looks for opportunities to sneer at him. Who knew that Cui Xuandao didn't eat him, and he would always refute it.

Sure enough, Cui Xuandao listened to Li Sijing's words, and couldn't help but be furious: "Although Cui is a civil official, he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, the example of the Battle of Leng Cheng is placed there vividly, I just remind the Metropolitan Governor, don't repeat the mistakes of the past!" As for whether Cui will leave or stay, it is not your turn to make irresponsible remarks here. (To be continued......)