A few of them are local Tibetans in Tibet, but because they live on the border, they also know some Chinese and stammered with Xiao Jiading.

Xiao Jiading asked them about the exchanges between some of the border people in the two places, and learned that although they were not as free to come and go as in previous years, they were like a family, but there were still not many restrictions on the whole. No documents are required. Even between the armies, there are frequent exchanges.

Xiao Jiading asked the topic he wanted to know the most: "A few days ago, wasn't there a patrolling Tang army that entered the territory of Tubo and was surrounded and disarmed by the tribal soldiers of Tubo? What's going on here? ”

Several villagers glanced at each other, and one of the old men said, "I don't know about this, but I heard that most of those soldiers are not from our tribe, and it seems that they were mobilized by the Ivory Valley tribe." ”

Xiao Jiading frowned and said, "Not the soldiers of your tribe?" ”

Several others also said, "No! A few days ago, they were mobilized, and there were many of them, and together with the captain of our chief's personal guard, they surrounded those Don troops. ”

Another middle-aged man said: "The people of the Yagu tribe have always been angry that we are next to the lobby, and we can buy a lot of good things from Datang, and they are very cheap, and we can also take them to Datang and sell them at a good price." This time they came to our territory to arrest the Tang army, and many of us ordinary people were worried that the Tang army would retaliate, but fortunately, so many days have passed, and the Tang army seems to have no intention of retaliating, so we can rest assured. ”

Xiao Jiading toasted them a few more glasses, and then asked, "According to what you said, the army of the Yagu tribe seems to know that the Tang army is coming in, and it seems that they know where they are going to enter. Did they get the news beforehand? ”

"We don't know about that. But they did come here a few days ago. Maybe it's for something else. ”

Xiao Jiading asked again: "Didn't you say that Tubo has a very good relationship with the Tang Dynasty?" Even the army has dealings, and they often go in the wrong direction to enter the other party's territory, why don't they let go this time, and they have to disarm the Tang army? ”

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads together: "Who knows what to do!" This kind of thing has never happened before. I guess only those chiefs or commanders will know the truth. ”

Although he didn't ask the answer he wanted to know the most, Xiao Jiading still got a very valuable news, that is, the army that surrounded the Tang army and seized the Tang army's armament. It was the troops who had come to the border only a few days before, and they seemed to have come prepared. Could it be that there is some conspiracy in it?

Xiao Jiading felt more and more that this case was complicated.

After the villagers drank wine, they could talk about women, and a young Tibetan villager said, "Have you heard? The Wangmu Gong of Tuobian is going to compete to recruit relatives! ”

This topic immediately made all the men's eyes widen, and they stared at the villager energetically: "What kind of martial arts competition?" Where is it? ”

The villager said, "It's in the city of Tuobian!" I don't know what kind of contest it is, but I heard it occasionally when I was selling firewood there today. ”

A fat villager's eyes were about to fall, his swarthy face had been burned black and red by the hot wine, and he smacked his lips and said, "Oh, if I had this ability." If you can become the son-in-law of Master Tuobian, it will be good, and you can ascend to the sky in one step! ”

A villager next to him slapped him on the back of the head: "Do your spring and autumn dreams!" Princess Wangmu, that's a fairy in the sky, you toad still want to kiss it? ”

The villager touched his head: "Can't you even think about it?" ”

Everyone laughed.

The banquet was over, and the villagers were full of wine and food, and each went back humming a little song.

Because the house is small, He Dalang arranged for Xiao Jiading to sleep on the floor in the living room. After laying the floor, Xiao Jiading asked He Dalang: "How should I go back to Datang tomorrow?" ”

didn't wait for He Dalang to speak. He Dalang's wife next to him, the Tubo woman, said: "This is easy to do, tomorrow we are going to Tuobian City to buy some food, oil and salt, you go to the city with us and have dinner." You will walk east along the post road, and you will arrive in Datang in half a day. Of course, you can also hire a car, so that it will be there in two or three hours. ”

This is an easy way, after Xiao Jiading thanked him. Go to bed now.

If he has something on his mind, it will not be easy for him to fall asleep. Thinking of such a day's adventure, he was actually carried by a wild boar to the territory of Tibet. Is there anything more peculiar than one?

Early the next morning, Xiao Jiading got up, tidied up the bed, He Dalang and his wife also got up, and they didn't prepare breakfast, so they set off for the city.

Xiao Jiading's stomach growled, and it was not easy to say that he would eat first when cooking. So he had to carry the boar, which had had one of his legs cut off, and followed them down the mountain.

I heard from them that the city was not far away, but they set out at dawn, and it was not until noon that they arrived.

This city is not big, but it is still very lively inside, Xiao Jiading has inquired on the road, this city is actually the station of the chieftain of the Tuobian tribe, his ancestors are the chiefs here, and later took the initiative to surrender to the Tubo Dynasty, so the Tubo Dynasty still gave him this land as a fief, and gave him the name of the fief as the family surname. He's the chief of Tuopun. This generation was also renamed Tuobian. Correspondingly, the Tang Army military town located on the border is also called Tuobian Military Town.

I saw the city gate from afar, and found that the city gate was full of people, and felt a little strange, so I walked over and saw a group of Tibetan soldiers at the city gate with a single sword on their waists, staring at the onlookers at the city gate. There is a notice posted on the city wall, which says that the Tibetan language is incomprehensible. A Tibetan official with a sharp-beaked monkey's cheek at the door, holding a leather whip in his hand, was babbling something there.

Xiao Jiading was worried that he was Han and would be arrested by them, but he saw that there were several Han onlookers, and those Tibetan soldiers didn't look at them at all, as if their existence was taken for granted. Only then did he put down the stone in his heart, it seems that the border people on the border between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty do often come and go, and there is nothing strange at all. Since they came and went so freely, why did the Tibetan soldiers want to surround and disarm the Tang army that strayed into Tibet? I really don't understand.

After He Dalang listened to what the Tibetan official said, he couldn't help but have an angry expression on his face, while his Tibetan daughter-in-law was smiling, not knowing what the hell was going on.

Xiao Jiading asked, "What's wrong?" What's going on? ”

He Dalang was angry and said, "This official said that the chief has an order, and all the people who enter and leave Tuobian City, women, old people over fifty years old, children under fifteen years old, and monks. These people can enter and exit freely from the toilet door next to it, and the rest of the people either lift the iron gate at the main entrance or climb in through the dog hole next to it. Those who dare to disobey orders will be killed! - I only entered the city two days ago, and I didn't see this rule, what is this doing? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Jiading secretly laughed: "Isn't this deliberately embarrassing young men?" What the hell is this Tuobian chief doing? ”

He took a look at the city gate, and found that the city gate, which could have carried three carriages in parallel, had now been converted into three passages. The one on the left is a normal passage where women, the elderly, children and monks come and go freely. And one of the passages in the middle has a very heavy iron gate. The passage was completely blocked. One of the passages on the right has been replaced with a hole next to the ground, much like a dog hole. Some young men stepped forward and tried to lift the iron gate, but most of them could not lift it, and a few with great strength could lift it to their legs at most, and they did not have the strength to go up again. Because you don't need the help of others, you can't get into it when you lift it to this position.

The onlookers were almost all men. There are also some children and women who watch the hilarity, laughing and laughing. Some of the young men were in a hurry to get into the city, so they had to crawl in through the dog hole, and everyone laughed.

He Dalang stepped forward to try it. He could only lift the iron gate a little, and he could no longer have the strength, so he could only put it down helplessly. said to Xiao Jiading: "Xiao Dalang, you have so much strength. Why don't you give it a try? ”

Xiao Jiading shook his head, it didn't matter if he didn't enter the city or not, since he was so deliberately difficult. Then forget it, he said: "I won't go into the city, you tell me how to go back to Datang, I want to go back." ”

He Dalang's Tubo wife on the side hurriedly said: "You go back, your wild boar won't go into the city to sell?" How long will it take to carry it back like this? Otherwise, I'll go into the city to help you hire a car and send it to Datang, you wild boar, even if it's the car money and the money to thank me, I'll prepare some food and water for you, and let you go back to Datang comfortably, how about it? I'm a woman, and I can come and go as I please. ”

Xiao Jiading realized that this Tubo girl tried her best to encourage him to come to Tuobian City, and it turned out that she had the idea of beating him with this wild boar on his back. He is now in a prosperous business, so he naturally doesn't care about this wild boar, and was about to agree, but He Dalang next to him said: "The official said that the person who lifts this iron gate can not only go in with his head up, but also become the guard of the chief of Tuobian as long as he is willing!" - Xiao Dalang, if you can become the chief's guard, then you will be able to eat and drink spicy food, and you will be majestic! Isn't it better than you being an Orion? Full and hungry. ”

When Xiao Jiading heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart, he remembered that Jiang Zhengzheng had said yesterday that at that time, Captain Han and they were surrounded by the Tubo army for three days and three nights, and it was Jiang Village, the personal guard of the chief of Tuobian, who went to negotiate with Captain Han and them. That is to say, if you want to find out what happened that day, I am afraid that you must find this Jiangcun, and what he said should best reflect the original appearance of the time. Since you have accepted this case and been imprisoned, and you have found that there is likely to be a problem with this case, why don't you investigate it? Anyway, there are a lot of Han people in Tuobian City, and it seems that there is no discrimination or hostility, and they should be safe.

So, Xiao Jiading said: "You can try it." However, you can't make it, and I don't think you can either. ”

"What's that? Give it a try. ”

So, Xiao Jiading put down the wild boar on his shoulder. He had been carrying this calf-like wild boar before, and it was obvious that he had a lot of strength, which had attracted the awe-inspiring eyes of many people in the field. When he approached, the people in front of him quickly got out of the way.

Xiao Jiading said to the Tibetan official: "I am a Han Chinese, if I am raised, can I become the chief's personal soldier?" ”

The Tibetan official said: "Of course, there are also Han Chinese in our chief's personal soldiers." As long as you have the ability. ”

Xiao Jiading wanted to attract the attention of the other party, so that he could see the personal soldier guarding the Yangtze River Village as soon as possible, so he stepped forward, tried the weight first, knew it in his heart, grabbed it with one hand, and slammed the heavy iron gate towards the gun, and listened to the uproar, bang! The iron gate that was later installed rushed out of the iron trough and hit the top of the city gate hole, with a loud bang, and then fell!

The people below were so frightened that they ducked, and the iron door slammed into the ground.

Everyone was stunned and stared at Xiao Jiading.

The Tibetan official was surprised and delighted, it was really like a treasure, he hurriedly came up, bowed, and said: "The strong man has so much strength, admire and admire!" We chiefs need warriors like you. Would you like to be our chief's personal soldier? ”

Xiao Jiading nodded: "I am willing!" ”

"Okay, you come with me!"

Xiao Jiading bent down to carry the wild boar, to enter the city with the Tibetan official, He Dalang and his wife wanted to say hello, but they didn't dare, Xiao Jiading walked a few steps, stood still, turned around and smiled at them, and said, "Thank you two!" See you again! ”

Although he had the heart to send the wild boar to them, he didn't have any money with him, and if he couldn't be a soldier, he still had to count on the wild boar to exchange for food and car money.

After entering the city, the official said, "I am a staff member of the chief's side, and my name is Gatso. The name of the strong man? Where is Datang? ”

"In Xia Xiao Dalang, he is the Orion of Yizhou in the Tang Dynasty. I beat a wild boar and took it to the city to sell it. ”

"Well, Xiao Zhuangshi is very powerful, admire and admire, if you are truly loyal to our chief, you will definitely have an unlimited future in the future."

"When you are on an errand by the chief's side, you have to rely on the support of adults."

"Hey, hey, it's easy to say!" Gatso glanced at him, lowered his voice, and said: "When you enter the castle, there is a checkpoint at the door, which is to guess a riddle, if you guess correctly, you can directly become the leader of the pro-soldier team." If you guess incorrectly, you can only become an ordinary pro-soldier. Xiao Zhuangshi Li is infinite, I don't know how good Lu Dao is at guessing riddles? ”

Xiao Jiading smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to guess any riddles, but if he wanted to see Jiang Village, the leader of the chief's own army, and be able to talk to him, and hear the news that he wanted to know Lu Dao, if he could become the team leader, it would be twice the result with half the effort. Listening to what Gyatso said, he might be able to help himself, but if he didn't express it, why should people help him?

Xiao Jiading didn't have any money on him, and after thinking about what he could handle, the only thing he could do was the wild boar on his shoulder. However, a wild boar for a chief's side of the pro-soldier team, this is only afraid that the bid will not be enough, the wild boar should be a good thing for a poor man in the mountains like He Dalang, but for a tribal chief's staff, it is too childish. You'll have to find another way. (To be continued......)