Chapter 2: A Shocking Secret
Murong Xue was curious: "It's so tortuous?" The Turks really got involved in the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang, and secretly instigated a rebellion in the vassal state! And then? What happened to them when they went to attack Persia instead? ”
Xu Youchang: "I don't know the specific details. These old things are also from my grandfather. According to the report of the spies we sent in the Western Continent, the Turkic attack on Persia was very successful, but later, Shandu Yimo captured and executed Queen Danina because of the capture of a Persian concubine, which led to a rebellion of the Yelun tribe. The Blood Wolf Clan and the Night Wheel Clan broke out in an imperial war, and the Condor, Gold and other departments were also involved one after another. In the battle of Yahan Mountain, the mountain capital Yimo suffered a big loss, and the blood wolf warriors lost nearly half, although they finally broke through by luck and fled back to the Flame Maple Forest City, but since then, the strength of the blood wolf clan has been greatly damaged, and they can no longer destroy whoever they want like before, and the Turkic tribes have also fallen into a melee for ten years. ”
"Why are you so coincidental," Murong Xue couldn't help but sigh: "The two great empires of the East and the West fell into civil strife almost at the same time, each fighting for life and death at home, and no one had time to pay attention to the outside world. This is really a trick. ”
Xu Youchang nodded: "That's what I said." The Saint Tang and the Turks were in disarray, and they were pacified almost at the same time. Between the two families, there is destined to be a big showdown. This is also why I agree with Li Jiangyao's judgment, if you can't ride a good guard, you can't ride, so you have to choose Zhenjiang to protect the army in the army. ”
Murong Xue turned her head when she heard this, picked up a small pebble and threw it over: "Hey, lazy cat, I've been asleep for a long time, it's time to wake up!" ”
The young man who was lying not far away didn't open his eyes, raised his hand to catch the stone flying towards him, and sighed faintly: "What are you sleeping?" The two of you keep chattering and disturbing dreams. ”
As he spoke, he turned over and sat up, a pair of handsome eyes shining: "Old Xu, what is the situation in Turkic now, has the old man mentioned it again?" ”
Xu Youchang: "It's what I told you last time." In the past, because of the Turkic war, the trade routes in Western Xinjiang had been blocked, and the big traders could only make a detour and go from Persia to the Western Continent to do business. However, just two years ago, Shandu Yimo was assassinated by his own soldiers, and after his son Shandu Han took over, he suddenly took the initiative to join the Golden Clan and gave up the throne of the Turkic Great Khan to Ashina Zhijin. Since then, the major Turkic tribes have either been defeated by the Golden Clan, or consciously obeyed their orders, and the entire empire has gradually returned to normal. That's all, nothing else. ”
Li Jiangyao bowed slightly: "It's been two years, and this news is really well-informed." ”
Murong Xue suddenly asked, "Hey, do you think something will really happen?" ”
Li Jiangyao asked rhetorically: "Do you think something won't happen?" ”
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Murong Xue shook her head: "The Turks are at peace, but our Holy Tang may not." At present, if the Turks come over, not to mention the royal guards and the upper four armies, and not to mention the local regimental training in the twenty-eight prefectures, just the Zhenjiang Protectorate, I think it is enough to choke. ”
"yes. If something really happens, then you have to hurry up. Li Jiangyao muttered to himself, but his thoughts had already flown to the hidden world on the other side.
Deep down in his heart lies a secret that he can't tell anyone.
Even the two classmates in Yanwutang in front of him, who were like brothers, he would never be able to say half a word.
He is not from this world.
Just over two years ago, Li Jiangyao had just graduated from the police academy and was assigned to the police station as a small police officer. In an arrest operation to assist the city bureau, he was pushed down from the unfinished building by a suspect who escaped from the road, and he fell into another time and space by mistake and came to the Shengtang Dynasty.
For more than three years, Li Jiangyao tried his best to hide his true identity while trying to find a way to return to his own world.
And during this time, he also gained a rare friendship.
With his extraordinary understanding, Li Jiangyao not only met He Jingming, the commander of the Fierce Blade Army, by chance, but also worshiped him and became the only successor of He Da's Xingluo Sword Technique. Later, He Jingming recommended him to the imperial capital Yanwutang for further study, and met Xu Youchang and Murong Xue, who also practiced here, and married Jin Lan.
Xu Youchang was born in the general's family, and his grandfather Xu Lie was a veteran of the Three Dynasties of the Holy Tang Dynasty, who had been in charge of the world-famous Qilin Army for nearly 50 years.
Murong Xue is from Jiange Prefecture. He is the only son in the family, his family is rich, the land and land in his hands are combined, comparable to the scale of the county, and the family business is even more varied, as far as the East China Sea and the western frontier, no one can compare.
What is rare is that these two guys especially admire Li Jiangyao's knowledge skills, and whenever they get together to talk about major events in the world, Xu Youchang and Murong Xue are all devoted to him and obey his words.
Young people are young people after all, not to mention young people like them who are full of energy and have outstanding backgrounds, everyone has a character that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and they are not less troublesome when they get together.
A famous general of the Holy Tang Dynasty, half of the martial arts.
The famous and respected Yanwutang, since recruiting these three students, can be said to have poured blood mold for eight lifetimes.
Either Liang Wangfu came over to complain today, or tomorrow Guozijian blocked the door and scolded his mother, all in all, Li Jiangyao, Xu Youchang and Murong Xue are also provoked by dogs and cats, and there is no day to stop, and even the entire Yanwutang is not peaceful all day.
The instructors were annoyed by the three of them, and they all ran to Lu Zhanyi, the first seat of the Yanwu Hall, to complain, shouting that he would deal with the three of them severely.
Lu Zhanyi smiled and spread his hands: Everyone, what do you want me to do?
Commander He Jingming used to be my boss, Old Man Xu Lie Xu was my mentor, and Murong Xue's aunt Murong Ninghan was my wife.
You say, 'Which one can I afford to mess with?'
Unless you come to the emperor and ask the Holy Lord to issue a decree, I will do what I am ordered, and I will be hammered to death when I go home.
But it's a coincidence, because the results of these three guys are really good, the last time they performed martial arts, they were worthy of the emperor's eyes, and they also specially issued an edict to commend them. If I fire you, I won't be able to hand it over when the emperor asks me for someone, and I will have to be hammered to death by the tiger and leopard rider in the end.
Lu Zhanyi's remarks immediately made the teachers lose their temper, and they had no choice but to cheer up one by one and continue to go back to fight wits and courage with Li Jiangyao, Xu Youchang, and Murong Xue.
Time flies, time flies.
Fortunately, the martial arts hall is not a place to end up, and the student soldiers will always end their graduation. Seeing that the day of the annual distribution of soldiers is gradually approaching, the instructors can be regarded as breathing a sigh of relief, and they feel that this world is still worth it.
But unexpectedly, Li Jiangyao and the three of them made a big move for them in the end.
Since the fourth generation of emperor Li Yan founded the Yanwutang, after more than 700 years, there have been many outstanding generals trained here for the Shengtang army, and the rules here have never changed in the slightest. One of them is the distribution of student soldiers with different grades.
Special martial arts, when he entered the palace on an errand, he couldn't run away from the glory and dignity of the royal guards.
First-class martial arts, the main army will be picked up first, and they will all be baby bumps in tough battles in the future, and Fenghou Bai will be just around the corner.
The second-class martial arts, the direction of the corps is selected one by one, and it is also a good seedling to cultivate for a few years.
C-class martial arts, although the grades are poor, but if you can be assigned to a wealthy state and county, at least a school captain should be a captain, and you will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life.
However, the three best in this evaluation, and the three most naughty and mischievous, ignored the rules of Yanwutang and offered to go to Zhenjiang Capital to protect the mansion!
It's really full, inexplicable!
Although the teachers were quite dissatisfied with this, they wondered if they should take advantage of this to get mad and clean up Li Jiangyao and them. But it didn't come to pass, and the first adult, who didn't work well at the beginning, came to make trouble again this time.
Lu Zhanyi patiently asked the three of them why they decided to go to Zhenjiang, and then nodded expectantly: Well, ambitious, good, accurate!
Accurately? This is even more inexplicable.
Seeing the first blatant calf protector and open the back door, the instructors couldn't help but ask around, what was the reason for the three of them to go to Zhenjiang to protect the mansion?
Soon, the answer was asked, and Li Jiangyao judged that Western Xinjiang was unstable.
Because the western Xinjiang is unstable, there will be a war in the Zhenjiang Protectorate, because the Zhenjiang army is going to fight, so aspiring young people should actively devote themselves there and make contributions to the Shengtang Dynasty.
This logic sounds fine, nothing wrong at all.
Some people even speculated that the reason why Lu Zhanyi was willing to nod and agree was because there was a master behind him, and it was originally to let those three guys go to Western Xinjiang to gild. It doesn't matter if they really go to the battlefield or not, as long as the war is together, they will have the opportunity to give them the credit for planning and making progress.
That's right, it's the routine! Damn, a son of a wealthy family, a little expert in reincarnation!
But unfortunately, although everyone thinks they have figured out the way to this matter, they still guessed wrong after all. Not only them, but Lu Zhanyi was also wrong, and even Xu Youchang and Murong Xue were wrong.
The reason is very simple: The so-called incident in western Xinjiang will soon cause chaos and war, and that is all Li Jiangyao's nonsense.
His purpose is not in this, but in the Iron and Stone Mountain.
There is an ironstone mountain in the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang, which Li Jiangyao accidentally saw in Guozijian's library. According to the records in the book, many great sages of the Immortal Family have flaited and ascended in that place called Ironstone Mountain and fled to another world.
When Li Jiangyao read this at that time, he couldn't help but be shocked. He keenly felt that this might be the best way to return to his own world.
In the Ghost Desert Iron Stone Mountain, it is very likely that there is a gate of time and space, connecting different worlds.
His heart couldn't help but jump.
Although the Holy Tang Dynasty was good, the people here were also very good to him. Brother Xu Youchang and Murong Xue, as well as the teacher He Jingming, the grandfather of the Xu family, Master Lu, and even those teachers of the martial arts hall, everyone was very good to him, but he still wanted to go back.
In that world, there are still his parents, his classmates and comrades-in-arms, and countless things that he can't give up or give up, waiting for him to go back.
Li Jiangyao made a decision at that time, no matter whether what was written in the book was true or false, he must also go to Tieshi Mountain to have a look, otherwise he would never be reconciled. But, having said that, it's not that easy to go.
First, the territory of the Holy Tang Dynasty is vast, and the journey from the imperial capital to the western frontier is more than 10,000 miles, and with his current ability, I am afraid it will not be easy to walk.
Second, since he has entered the martial arts hall, he is considered a person with a military position, and leaving to go to the ghost desert without permission is also a sin to leave his post without permission, and when the military law hussar comes to the door, He Jingming and Lu Zhanyi may not be able to protect him.
Therefore, the best way is to be assigned by the imperial court to the capital protection mansion in the western Xinjiang when the graduation is completed, and it is not right to go in a justifiable and generous manner?
And more importantly, the Iron Stone Mountain mentioned in the book only has a name, no other detailed information, and the vast ghost desert, if there is no military assistance, it may be difficult to inquire and find it.
But if he became an officer of the Zhenjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, it would naturally be much easier to act.
So, when Li Jiangyao was about to graduate, he proposed to two friends that he wanted to go to Western Xinjiang to serve. For this surprising decision, the reason he gave Xu Youchang and Murong Xue was: there is something going on in Western Xinjiang.
Who would have thought that Xu Youchang and Murong Xue, the two fools, were born restless. Usually when I walk and see the uneven ground, I have to stretch out my foot and kick it twice, not to mention that there is such a big scene as something in Western Xinjiang.
I didn't say it, brother, you go to Zhenjiang to protect the mansion, and our brothers will sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman!