The reason why Datang is called Datang is based on these simple and powerful things.

Ning Que is not a typical Tang person. He often seems not brave enough on the battlefield, let alone put himself to death and come back to life, burning his own house to Tu Yile, I believe that he will live in Weicheng for another 20 years, and it is impossible to write a life drama from a beggar to a general.

But he stayed in the army long enough to accurately grasp the precious or terrifying temperament of the Tang people in this era, so when he found the arrows on the princess's convoy, he immediately deduced some very headache-the successor Shan Yu on the grassland actually dared to hunt down and kill the Tang princess, if he was not really crazy, it was that there were real big people in the empire who colluded with him and made a promise to him not to be pursued and retaliated against by the empire.

"The fourth princess has now entered the border, entered Weicheng, and as a result, she still hasn't fully identified herself? Why? Because she no longer has the word trust in her mind. She may trust His Majesty, but she will definitely not trust His Majesty's courtiers, such as you, the general, such as us, the border army, or even the entire court. ”

Because she knew very well that if it weren't for the nod of some big people in Chang'an City, there would be no barbarians on the grassland who would dare to commit murder to her. To be able to give this kind of promise to the barbarians, and to make the only believers ...... There are no more than four, and those four are even characters she can't even mess with. ”

"This kind of war between the upper echelons of the empire, even the generals can only hide far away, let alone small people like us......" Ning Que crushed the slightly wet mud with his heels, and said in a low voice: "There must be something wrong on the road, a person like me can deal with three or five people in the sky, and participating in it will not have any effect at all." ”

"There is one more me in the escort princess team, that is, there are more corpses in the mountain road, and one less me, there will be one more kind soldier with good military discipline in Weicheng. ”

"General, you treat me as the vitality of heaven and earth, and I don't have much use, so I can't even see it. ”

Ma Shixiang looked at the seemingly humble young man, rubbed his head and said in a muffled voice: "Compare yourself to the vitality of heaven and earth? Is this modest or boastful? If you really want to persuade me to withdraw this military order, it may be more appropriate to call yourself a fart." ”

Ning Que laughed twice and replied, "Students who are about to go to the academy should always speak elegantly. ”

Ma Shixiang didn't continue to make fun of the child, and after a moment of silence, he frowned and explained, "Let you go and be a guide for the princess's convoy, actually...... It also has something to do with your going to college. Your military exploits are indeed enough, and you have passed the initial examination, I asked Shangfeng to write a letter of recommendation for you, and the receipt from the military department has arrived, but do you think that you can enter the academy in this way?"

"You've been staying in Weicheng all these years, and even if you've heard some legends about the academy, you don't know exactly what it is. ”

The general's expression was solemn and stern: "In the hearts of my Tang Dynasty soldiers and people, the academy is the most sacred and noble place that cannot be violated, and getting the receipt of the military department only means that you can participate in the academy entrance examination, but if you want to really step into the red door of the academy, you have to run at least three halls to stamp it......"

"Letters of recommendation written by generals of our level, where will those departments look at them, even if they are received by the military department, they have no power. They can always put off your admission test for several years if they want to. In recent years, this has become a common situation, except for the students accepted by the gentlemen of the academy in the people, any candidate who takes the path recommended by the court has to spend a lot of money to dredge the door, and I don't know how many Yin Fu families have gone bankrupt for that exam. ”

"I know you've saved some money in Weicheng in the past two years, but do you think you can feed those guys with those few hundred taels of silver?"

Ning Que scratched his head and said with emotion: "No one has sued me about this before. ”

"Because there is a solution to this matter now, there is naturally no need to sue you. ”

Ma Shixiang looked at him unhappily and said: "As long as you make meritorious contributions on the road and enter the eyes of the nobles, and even only need the nobles to remember your name, when the time comes, any steward in the princess's mansion will say a word, and which yamen will dare to blackmail you without a long eye?"

"This is equivalent to saying that I have to gamble my life on the qualifications for the admission examination of a college, why does it always sound a little uneconomical?" Ning Que continued to scratch his head.

Ma Shixiang glared at him fiercely and reprimanded: "Nonsense! Bastard! In order to enter the academy, I don't know how many people want to sell their own mother and kill their own father! Now it's just asking you kid to take a small risk, and you still refuse to do it!"

After a while, the general calmly gasped and persuaded: "According to my analysis, Your Highness should also understand that her whereabouts cannot be kept secret. Can you guess her identity, all the people of Weicheng can guess it, can't her enemies in the empire guess it? In this case, she still insists on going on the road as usual, which means that there must be reinforcements in front of the road, and your task is only to take her on a shortcut in the mountains, and meet those people as much as possible, where can you talk about gambling on your life?"

Ning Que lowered his head and was silent, constantly thinking about the gains and losses.

Ma Xiangsheng looked at his expression, thinking of the most irritating weird temper of this young man on weekdays, knowing that it would be difficult to persuade the other party to take risks without showing some visible benefits, he couldn't help but sigh, and said in a low voice: "There is an old man in His Highness's team, his surname is Lu, and I heard that he is cultivating the south gate of Haotian Dao. ”

Hearing this, Ning Que Huo Ran raised his head, and his usually calm and lazy eyes suddenly became extremely bright.

Ma Xiangsheng looked at him and sighed: "You came to Weicheng when you were a little child, and you relied on sweet words and skills to please the old and young masters of the city, and the camp guards have changed batch after batch, even if the meatloaf shop in Dongcheng has changed two owners, you are still the most favored little fart child in Weicheng's bandit den." ”

He rubbed Ning Que's head, like looking at a spoiled child, and said: "Before the former general died of illness, Tongmen Road got you a military registration, and then in the autumn, the big guy went to the grassland to collect firewood, and was almost surrounded by those barbarians, and it was all thanks to you that we escaped, at that time, the people of Weicheng unanimously decided to reward you, and we even thought about it, even if the condition you put forward was to use the most popular Qingqi people in the capital to open the buds, we all have to pool the money to do this thing beautifully." ”

The general, whose hair was already gray, turned his words and said bitterly: "But no one thought that you actually wanted to learn those worldly methods, very helpless, the people of Weicheng and even the entire Seven Cities Walled City, there is no way to find a teacher for you, we can only watch you turn the book of Taishang Induction into tatters and rotten, but we don't have any ideas." ”

"But now is the chance!"

Ma Xiangsheng's gaze suddenly became sharp, "Whether it is the academy or the old man surnamed Lu, you must catch it, and you must catch it." ”

Ning Que was silent for a long time, lowered his head and sighed softly, "Actually...... I'm still a little reluctant. ”

The starlight outside the window was faint, Ma Xiangsheng looked at the young man and said, "Weicheng...... After all, it's too small, you should go to the capital city of Chang'an, go to those real big worlds to see, maybe there are a lot of fierce dragons and tigers in those places, but who are you really afraid of this newborn calf?"

"At least...... Those places won't just have a tattered Taishang induction chapter. ”