June is the beginning of summer, the weather is not too hot, and the warm wind blows on the body very comfortably.

Two fast horses came from the direction of Chang'an City, and they came close to the front.

After sitting like this for a long time, the two of them didn't speak, and Songtsen Gampo had already drunk three bowls of tea.

Seeing that his sitting posture was a little twisted, Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Does Zampu need convenience?" That tree is good. ”

Songtsen Gampo hurriedly went to relieve his hands.

The person who came was dressed as a secretary and eunuch of the court, and a eunuch.

The Tang Dynasty is still martial, and there are many martial artists.

It doesn't seem uncommon for eunuchs to ride horses.

The person who came from the secretary was Cen Wenwen, who looked about forty years old, giving people a very capable feeling.

Zhang Yang greeted with a smile: "Young Eunuch Cen hasn't seen me for a long time, and I missed it very much when I had a relationship with the secretary and supervisor. ”

Cen Wenwen held pen and ink in his hand, "Xiaguan and Zhang Shangshu can be seen in the Taiji Hall every morning. ”

"Really?" Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "I'm usually more focused, but most of the time I don't notice." ”

"The prime minister said that you spoke secretly, and the lower official saw that it was true."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang's heart rose with a sullen sigh, "How can Fang Xiang talk about me behind his back?" ”

"If you doze off in the morning, you can say it directly, why bother saying that you are more focused."

Cen Text spreads out the paper and prepares the pen and ink.

"Your Majesty said that Zhang Shangshu can talk to this Tibetan monarch, in the words of Tubo, it is Zampu, although he speaks freely, the lower officials will record it in 1510."

Zhang Yang sighed: "I'm just waiting for news from Your Majesty, I'm afraid that as soon as I say something, Your Majesty will send troops to Lishan to arrest me." ”

Cen Wenwen had already prepared the inkstone, and he was ready to record it with a pen.

Zhang Yang whispered: "What position do you hold in the court now?" ”

Cen Wenwen wrote, "Since Yan Shigu was demoted and exiled, Xia Guan was transferred to Zhongshu Province by His Majesty. ”

"It turns out that you are also a Chinese scholar."

"Exactly."

Zhang Yang nodded slightly, "For the sake of us being the same officials and at the same level, if I say bad things about Your Majesty later, can you open the net and not make a record." ”

Cen Wenwen bowed his head and did not speak.

Zhang Yang looked at the little eunuch on the side, in addition to asking him to make records, there was also a eunuch to observe.

The three or two sentences he said before were also recorded by him in eucalyptus.

It seems that it can't be opened on the net, if Cen Wenwen records one less sentence, this little eunuch can be seen with a little comparison.

Tian Khan is not only conceited, but also a little suspicious.

Since His Majesty has allowed it, then you can have a formal conversation with Songtsen Gampo.

When he came back, Zhang Yang picked up the bowl with one hand and didn't let him touch it, "Did Zampu wash his hands?" ”

"What does it mean to wash your hands?"

Zhang Yang sighed: "There is a rule in Lishan, whether it is before a meal or after convenience, you must wash your hands. ”

Songtsen Gampo stood in place and was said this, and his hands were not known where to be placed.

He still asked the Tibetan servants who followed him to open the water bladder and rinse his hands with water, "Is that so?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded, "Well, it's very good, it's a good habit to pay attention to hygiene, and I hope Zampu can maintain it in the future." ”

The meeting between the two looked harmonious, and there was no fight at the moment.

Everyone was also relieved.

Songtsen Gampo looked at the entrance of the village, where some villagers were carrying a shelf with a pig tied to it.

There are eight or nine villagers, all of whom are in the prime of life.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they handed over the pigs they had brought to Niu Chuang, exchanged some silver coins and left.

"What is this?" Songtsen Gampo asked curiously.

"Our village has its own pigs, and villagers in other places exchange these year-old piglets for money."

Zhang Yang sat with his hands in his hands and said sadly: "At the end of last year, our village celebrated Chinese New Year's Eve and celebrated the New Year, and all the pigs in the village were killed, and we will raise them again this year." ”

"It seems that the livestock in Lishan are not prosperous, and we have endless livestock, and we have never killed and eaten them all."

Songtsen Gampo gave his opinion, and also showed that there was no shortage of livestock to eat in Tibet.

"Do you Tibetans really use cow dung to build houses?"

The voice fell, and the pen in Cen Wenwen's hand paused slightly, what is Zhang Shangshu asking?

Songtsen Gampo is the king of a land, even if Tibet is barren, there will be cow dung to build a house.

Thinking so in his heart, Cen Wenwen continued to record.

Songtsen Gampo bowed slightly, "It can indeed be used to build a house, as the county marquis said, in our Tubo cow dung is a very precious thing." ”

The pen in Cen Wenwen's hand paused again, and he was fantasizing about this scene in his mind.

I can't help but feel a little bored in my heart, can't Zhang Shangshu and Songtsen Gampo talk about some important things?

How do you ask each other about the customs?

The two looked like friends they hadn't seen in a long time.

I can't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that there was a relationship between this Tibetan Zampu and Zhang Yang before?

Songtsen Gampo took a sip of tea: "When I was in Luo, I also drank the roasted tea of the Central Plains, and at that time, I tasted it again in Lishan at this moment, and it was indeed inferior to Lishan." ”

"I've also heard that Zampu often sends people to the Central Plains to buy some things to bring back."

"Why is there such a big difference in taste?"

"When did Zamp drink it?"

"Probably in the fall."

Zhang Yang pondered: "Tea is not easy to preserve, and it must be moisture-proof, if it is not well preserved, it will be transported to Tibet and will be damp and hairy."

Songtsen Gampo picked up a piece of fried tea and looked at it, "It is indeed different from the tea shipped to Tibet. ”

Zhang Yang looked sympathetic, "How long has Zampu been drinking this long-haired tea?" ”

Songtsen Gampo sat upright, and he attached great importance to this conversation.

For Tibet, this conversation may be related to the future of Tibet and the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet in the future.

Most likely because His Majesty wanted to record this conversation.

So far, he hasn't talked about the topic, Cen Wenwen looked at what he had recorded, and it seemed that there were no words worth thinking about.

Songtsan Gampo was considered a guest, Zhang Yang poured tea for him, "I have a way to dry and preserve the tea leaves, since Zampu likes to drink tea, you can tell me earlier, we will send someone from Lishan to Tubo." ”

At the beginning, Tubo and the Tang Dynasty were at war, not to mention sending tea to the past.

Most of the Tibetan people eat meat, and they are very dependent on tea after getting used to it.

Tea is also a good thing to get rid of greasy, and a balanced diet is still very important.

Zhang Yang pondered, "Since there is a shortage of tea in Tibet, if we can, we will do a long-term transaction, we will provide tea, and give you a way to buy good tea." ”

"Yes, the people of Tibet now need tea."

"How about the location of the two parties to buy and sell in Hexi?"

"Good."

Songtsen Gampo nodded slightly.

Zhang Yang drank tea, "At first, I was always thinking about what kind of person Zampu was, but now I see that he is so young. ”

"I'm nearly thirty years old." Songtsen Gampo sat upright, "Zhang Shangshu is also very young, I don't know ......"

"It's twenty-five." Zhang Yang poured tea into his tea bowl again, "Five more years." ”

"Five years?"

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "My ambition in this life is to retire before the age of thirty, and I will never ask about the world." ”

Songtsen Gampo's expression was a little more strange, and then he smiled, "You are so young and a scholar, and you will definitely be able to be a supreme minister in the future, how can you retire early?" ”

"Lao Song, don't you know, a Taoist priest once told me that once I am thirty years old, I will have a serious illness, and I can't say too much in my life, let alone go to court."

Songtsen Gampo Fox wondered: "Maybe it's the legendary Dacheng that is missing?" All generations of young heroes died young, like your Huo Quai, Han Fei, and Sun Bin ......in the Central Plains."

"You know a lot about the Central Plains." Zhang Yang touched him with a tea bowl, "Recently, the family has been quitting drinking, so they replace wine with tea." ”

Songtsen Gampo picked up the tea bowl and drank it all.

Seeing that Songtsen Gampo was said by his brother-in-law to be so confused, he really believed it.

While talking, another deal was negotiated, Li Tai held his forehead in pain, talking to the monarch of a country, can his brother-in-law negotiate a deal?

There were a few barking dogs in the village, and a bear ran not far away, and this bear also rode two little girls on its back.

In the distance, the laughter of children could be heard.

The village is full of life.

"I heard that Zampu likes the books of the Central Plains very much?"

Zhang Yang's words interrupted Songtsen Gampo's thoughts on admiring the view.

He explained: "I have been reading books in the Central Plains since I was a child, and there are not many people who can know the Central Plains characters by chance, but there are not many people who can familiarize themselves with the Central Plains articles, so it was very obscure at first, but it was much better later." ”

"Tubo admires the heritage of the Central Plains very much, and I yearn for the stories of the changes of the past dynasties." Songtsen Gampo stood up and said loudly: "A long time ago, people were still fighting against wild beasts and looking for shelter, and some people proposed to build houses on high places or trees to hide from wild beasts. ”

"At that time, the people of the Central Plains were still eating raw meat and wild fruits, which led to the rampant disease, the life span of the Central Plains people was very short, and the progress of wisdom was related to the length of people's lives, a wise man needed years of accumulation to improve his wisdom, and in the case of such a short lifespan, wisdom could not be developed and was not conducive to inheritance."

"Later, a man appeared, and he told people to cook food over fire, and from then on people began to eat cooked food, and he was the Suiren."

"After that, fewer and fewer people got sick, and people began to live longer, and when people could live and work in peace, wisdom became stronger."

"There is Yu to pacify the flood, and then there are two generations of Shang and Zhou, the Central Plains established a dynasty and the hereditary replacement of power, and there is a bloodline between people and families, which is the Central Plains from the wilderness, a long road."

Songtsen Gampo's expression was a little more lonely, "These are all things I have seen from Xunzi's classics, there are many powerful people in the Central Plains, and there are also many famous characters through the ages, and we also need such people in Tibet." ”

Zhang Yang ate dried dates and listened with interest.

He went on to say: "I have been looking for such a person, and when I was in Logos, I heard about you, and I knew that you were a wise man. ”

"So you let Lu Dongzan woo me?"

Songtsen Gampo bowed his head and said: "Tian Khan said, the hero of the world! In Wuyi, Tubo also wanted to shout such bold words. ”

"But after all, I'm from the Central Plains, and I'm not the kind of person Zampu wants."

"How did you see through the puzzle of the Western Regions box?"

Zhang Yang smiled politely, "I heard this story when I was a child, and I also knew the principles in it, and after understanding these principles, it is not too difficult to crack it." ”

"I guess it's because I'm short-sighted, are there any mysteries in this world that you can't solve?"

"Yes." Zhang Yang sighed: "It's too much. ”

Songtsen Gampo's eyes were fixed on this beautiful village, "Can you give me advice?" ”

Zhang Yang said loudly: "I said one of the puzzles, this is actually a story, once upon a time there was a prison, in this prison there are two doors, the door of life and the door of death, you can live when you enter the door of life, and if you die, but the two doors are exactly the same, and I don't know which one is the door of life." ”

"And there is a guard in front of the door, and each of them guards his own door, and one of them will only tell a lie, and the other will only tell the truth, and they will only answer once."

"In order to be able to enter the birth gate, you only have one chance, you can only ask one question, and you have to find the birth gate."

Quiet for a long time.

And they all stood motionless.

Only Cen Wen is still recording.

Li Tai lowered his head and analyzed this puzzle, he could only ask it once, and he only had one chance.

Even if it is determined which one is a lie, how can we be sure that the guard is guarding the door?

After careful consideration, Li Tai couldn't help but wonder if there was really a solution to this problem?

Songtsen Gampo pondered for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "How do you ask?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "How do I know." ”

Songtsen Gampo said: "That's right, it's just a puzzle that even you can't solve, and when you return to Tubo, let the wise men on the snow-capped mountains solve it." ”

"I heard someone say before, let me bring some Tibetan specialties to Datang." Songtsen Gampo brought a cloth bag, "This is our Tubo dried meat and safflower, which should be regarded as a meeting gift to the county marquis." ”

Zhang Yang looked at a dirty cloth, wrapped in beef jerky, said it was a specialty, is it really a specialty?

Don't you Tibetans understand the voiceover of the specialty?

Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Thank you." ”

"The county marquis doesn't seem to like it?"

"I like it, yes."

Zhang Yang nodded.

Songtsen Gampo looked in the direction of Chang'an City again, "What kind of person is Tian Khan?" ”

"Oh god Khan." Zhang Yang shook the pu fan in his hand, "Tian Khan is a conceited and suspicious person. ”

The pen in Cen Wenwen's hand, who was making a record, paused again, glanced at Zhang Yang in puzzlement, and then continued to record.

"And our Tian Khan usually lives quite poorly, after collecting taxes all year round, he spends them in the court, and spends more on the New Year's holidays, and in the end there is not much money left in his hands."