After the second failed climb, Li You turned around with his eyes closed, leaned against the wall and gasped for air. When he was breathing evenly, he thought about trying one last time, and if he couldn't get over again, he would have to enter through the city gate.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an old man in a sheepskin jacket and a felt hat on his head, holding a whip in his hand and looking at him. Not far behind him, a few sheep were grazing on rare plants.

Judging from his appearance, Li You judged that he should be a shepherd, and this profession should not be limited by the times, since humans learned to domesticate animals, it has existed.

Through his appearance, coupled with the analysis of the environment he is in now, he can almost guess that this old man is a Uyghur. Deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and thick hair all prove it.

However, these things were not what Li You wanted to figure out, he hurriedly stood up, pressed his right hand on his chest, and bowed deeply to the old man. I don't know if what I did was right, anyway, this idea suddenly popped up in my head, maybe another Li You No. 2, who has "quantum entanglement" with him, is also a Uyghur.

After giving his own courtesy, the old man also returned a salute to Li You. Li You saw that he had a smile on his face, so he mustered up the courage to ask, "May I ask the old man, where is this?" ”

"This is Shanshanguo", although the old man looks like a foreigner in appearance, he speaks Chinese fluently. Concise language, but also a bit of ancient feeling. Seeing that Li You didn't look like a bad person, he asked, "I don't know where the traveler came from and where is he going?" ”

Shanshanguo? Li You rummaged through his head and didn't figure out where this was, but the old man's question also stumped him, and he hurriedly said with a roll of his eyes: "I came from the Tang Dynasty in the East and went to the West to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures. ”

Li You didn't know what he was talking about, but in short, he thought of "Journey to the West" for the first time, and blurted out a series of lame words.

After listening to what he said, the old man furrowed his thick eyebrows, and did not seem to understand what he meant. Li You was hungry and thirsty at this time, and he didn't have the heart to talk nonsense, so he said directly: "Old man, I'm a little thirsty, can you give me some water to drink?" ”

"I understand when you say that." After the old man's eyebrows and eyes stretched, he ordered Li You to follow him and drove a few sheep back to the city.

As he passed through the city gates, the two soldiers guarding the gate caught his attention. To say that this is now the country of the Western Regions, but the style of the two of them is more inclined to Han costumes.

It is covered in yellowish-brown lining, protected by rusty armor on his shoulders and chest, and a helmet with holes on his head. What the two of them were holding in their hands was a handful of Changge, and Li You could vaguely see that there was a bloody hair on it that had not been cleaned up.

Their eyes widened angrily, and they looked at Li You, who was following the old man, motionlessly, probably studying why this person was dressed so strangely.

Before crossing here, Li You was in a trance, and he didn't carry the backpack that No. 1 gave him. It's just wearing a short-sleeved shirt with "I'm a stupid X" printed on No. 1, and an old cool leather jacket on the outside, and the leather on the wrists is worn out of the lining.

Despite this, he didn't leave the kitchen knife that No. 1 gave him, and was wrapped in Sister Hua's tiger skin and tucked it on his waist. When he saw the goalkeeper's dress, especially the blood-stained Changge, his heart was a little abrupt. The muzzle of the ion gun in his hand did not leave their heads for a moment.

The gatekeeper saw that Li You was led by the old man, and did not stop him, and after Li You entered the city safely, he thought that his hairstyle might have played a role. He tugged a few strands of long hair in the wind, and followed the old man and his flock to an adobe house not far from the city gate.

The old man drove the sheep into the pen, folded the whip and hung it on his waist, and turned back to beckon Li You to come into the house and rest. Then he took a small clay pot, filled it with water in the painted pottery utensils in the house, and handed it to Li You.

After gulping down the water in the jar, the old man walked in with a dry thing from the outhouse, and said to Li You, who was sitting on the wooden couch, "This is the Hu cake I made with my own hands." ”

"Cakes?" Li You nodded politely and took it, but no matter how you look at this cake, it is no different from the naan he used to eat, and it is hard to swallow. I broke off a few pieces casually and chewed them, and began to talk to the old man.

Outside, gusts of wind and sand blew against the wooden door, creaking. Inside the house, an old man and a young man were chatting for a long time.

"Bang", Hu Bi slid down Li You's palm and fell to the ground. Li You never imagined that he would return to the Eastern Han Dynasty two thousand years ago.

"Are you sure that officials from the Han Dynasty have been here?" Li You still can't believe why the "key" brought him to this era, and he is still this Shanshanguo who doesn't.

"Of course, every time they pass through here, they must exchange a large amount of silk cloth with our country, and some time ago, they also presented a beautiful man to the queen."

Adonis? Queen? Li You was overwhelmed by the old man's series of strange words, and he didn't know if these words were different from the way he used them in his time.

But after thinking about it, it seems that there have been TV dramas about the 36 countries of the Western Regions on TV before, and in my hazy memory, I do remember that most of the ancient countries of the Western Regions were ruled by women.

But this offering of a beautiful man still makes Li You unacceptable. He picked up the Hu cake that was almost removed by ants on the ground, looked at the old man and said, "Then you, have you seen that beautiful man?" ”

"I'm a grass farmer, I can't even see the queen's face, how can I see his appearance?" The old man took off the sheepskin around his waist, unfolded it and hung it on the wall, and continued: "When the Han envoy came to visit, the flag tree who lived next door to me was cut off because of curiosity and looked up at the queen's dignity. ”

Li You learned through the old man's words that the queen of Shanshan was brutal by nature, greedy for beauty, gold, silver and jewelry, and relied on herself to occupy the traffic fortress of the "Silk Road", and collected tolls from the Han people who passed through here, which made the war more than peaceful in recent years.

Because this city is located in the hinterland of the desert, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Han Dynasty has sent troops to attack many times, but it has lost a lot of troops before it reaches the place. In desperation, Emperor Wu sent envoys to persuade peace, and led to a farce of "contributing beautiful men".

However, when the old man told about these pasts, he was also very evasive, and many details were hastily skipped. Li You felt that it was because of what happened to his neighbor that made him a little worried.

After eating and drinking, Li You glanced at the "key" and exhaled a long breath, saying in his heart that he didn't know how long he would have to suffer here. In this troubled world, changing the dynasty is just an overnight thing, maybe when you wake up tomorrow, this city has been taken by the Han.

The old man was not idle, walked slowly to the bed, took out a few thin clothes and put them in Li You's hand and said, "You can change them quickly, so as not to cause trouble." ”

He looked at the old man's sincere gaze and very standard Chinese, and suddenly felt that this old man must have some origin. After changing his clothes, he relied on his memory to tie his hair into a unique bun in the Han Dynasty.

When he had finished dressing, he saw the old man walking back to the sheepfold, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Are you going to shepherd the sheep?" ”

"What? Interested? ”

"I'm idle, I'm idle, help you, and by the way, learn about this Shan, Shanshan."