Zhang Qian and Gan's father were escorted by the county officials to Chang'an City, recalling the thirteen years of experience, and now they can see Chang'an City, Zhang Qian couldn't help but burst into tears. Thousands of people have gathered under the city, all of whom want to see Zhang Qian, the Han angel who has gone through thirteen years, from the Han land to the Xiongnu, from Gonglushui to Shan Yuting, crossing the snow ridge, wading through quicksand, tempering the wind and frost, indomitable, and being as loyal as the Han angel Zhang Qian!

A group of officials greeted them, and there were several acquaintances: Dongfang Shuo, Sima Xiangru, Dong Zhongshu, Gongsun Ao, and Gongsun He brothers, and everyone was very happy to see each other. Gongsun Ao shouted: "Zhang Qian, you are very prestigious! The emperor wants to meet him personally! In so many years, I have not seen the emperor so anxious to receive the envoys." Your brother has become a big official, and he is a marquis, don't forget your brother!"

"Brother Gongsun said that he laughed! Your brother will fight immediately, and his fame with a knife and a shot is incomparably majestic with thousands of troops than his brothers!"

Gongsun Ao laughed, his two brothers are now proud, they are the red men of the general Wei Qing, the emperor also attaches great importance to them, and the ministers and ministers all look sideways.

When I entered the city, there were people standing on both sides of the street, wanting to see Zhang Qian, who was loyal and not afraid of hardships and dangers; some people wanted to see Zhang Qian's wife and the son born to his wife; and some people wanted to see the exotic treasures and rare birds and beasts that Zhang Qian brought back. Everyone talked about it, but they were disappointed: "How can this Hu Nu and her son be the same as the Chinese! Isn't it red eyebrows and green eyes? Why not?"

"Hey, what a rare beast, isn't it just a big pig! It's ugly, it's ugly!"

"Why is the treasure of Zephan missing, and the angel has come back empty-handed?"

said everything, Zhang Qian listened carefully at first, and then his heart was cold. I don't want to listen to it again. Arrived at the Royal Palace. The attendant followed Zhang Qian. Teach him how to meet the emperor's etiquette, demonstrate it, and then take a few people into the palace to meet him.

Zhang Qian is familiar with the palace, but he has always been outside and has no chance to enter. That time I went on an envoy and entered once, and I didn't dare to look around, and I was in a relaxed mood at this time. Look at the big difference. Carved beams and paintings, inlaid with gold and jade, different fragrances, solemn palace servants and palace maids, and majestic palaces, let Gan's father, Lingye, and Ju'er open their mouths wide, and several children are even more happy to dance. The attendant smiled beside them, reminding them to keep their voices down.

After walking for a long time, I passed through the heavy floor pavilion before I arrived at a large hall. There are a few brilliant big characters on it, but it is "Weiyang Palace". In front of the palace were surrounded by sturdy guards, staring at the visitors one by one. The close attendant who led the way stepped forward with a smile, whispered, led Zhang Qian over, handed it over to the guards, and hurried away. The leader of the guards looked a few people up and down, "Rank up, leave all your weapons behind." ”

Zhang Qian knew the rules, handed over the knife and dagger on his body, and others also took out weapons and handed them to the guards. Another attendant came out of it and asked, "Has Zhang Qian arrived?"

The leader of the guards smiled, "Just arrived." ”

When Zhang Qian saw it, he knew it, but it was Li Yannian, who had seen him in Qilian Mountain when the Son of Heaven was patrolling the border. Li Yannian smiled and took Zhang Qian's hand, "The Son of Heaven just met the minister, resting, I heard that you are back, so let me summon you." Yo, you haven't changed at all, you're still so strong! ”

"The adults are graceful, and their looks are more energetic than when they saw them in Qilian Mountain. ”

"Hee-hee, let's go in. "Lead a few people into the palace.

The atmosphere in Weiyang Palace is different from others, in the huge hall, the crows are silent, and the feet are soft, as if the feet do not touch the ground. Everyone paid attention, and several children didn't dare to look around, and lowered their heads to the middle of the hall, and stood alone in a trance in the distance, dancing their bodies gently. Li Yannian whispered: "Kneel, kneel." Kneel and don't move. He trotted over there and said a few words.

A voice sounded, stirring in the empty hall, "Zhang Qian, you're back! Good, good, good! This is your wife, right?"

Zhang Qian slowly stepped forward and replied respectfully, "Yes." This is a mountain wife and a dog. This is the minister's ...... Chen's brother, Gan's father. and his wife and son. ”

"Well, you're good, and I'm very satisfied. His voice was much thicker and more majestic than before.

"The minister dare not forget that the minister is the son of the Han Dynasty in life, and the ghost of the Han Dynasty in death. Be faithful to the king's command, and dare not slack off. ”

"Good. Li Yannian, let Zhang Qian stay, and the others go back first. Order someone to entertain you well, by the way, give Zhang Qian a mansion, are you ready?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it was Brother Gongsun who personally did it, saying that it was ready. Just let them into the new mansion?"

"Oh, let them be. Li Yannian led Gan's father and them out.

"Zhang Qian, sit down. Zhang Qian knelt down and bowed down. "There's no one else here, so you relax. Raise your head, let's talk. Zhang Qian raised his head according to his words, and saw that the emperor was close in front of him, and in the scattered sunlight in the hall, he could see that the emperor was extremely strong, his eyes were not angry but mighty, and his complexion was not like a pampered son of heaven, but it was a bit like a warrior who had been tempered by wind and frost, but it was much more moisturized than a warrior. The beard on his lips and the spirit of trimming make him even more powerful.

"Zhang Qian, you have experienced a lot of things over the years, but you are still so strong, it seems that you have obtained immortal arts. The situation of the Queen Mother of Kunlun Mountain, you can tell me about it. ”

Zhang Qian was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to summon him impatiently, not to ask about the Dayue clan, the Xiongnu and the Western Fan state affairs, military conditions, and folk customs, but to ask the queen mother!" ”

"I'm not asking you this. I want to know if there is an elixir of immortality practiced by the Queen Mother?"

The minister only knows the mother of the modern queen mother, who was beaten to death in the previous generation. At that time, the emperor was also there, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Really, no? ”

"Oh, the minister remembered. Those heroes who were accepted by the queen mother took the medicine given by Xu Feiqiong, and their skills increased greatly. It is said that one pill takes three years of ascetic practice. ”

"That's what I need for this pill!" did you bring it back?" said the emperor's face was full of surprise.

"The ministers are foolish, and there is no one to give. The emperor's face changed dramatically, and he was extremely disappointed. "You, how can you not!"

"Forget it. You're a real person. I don't know the preciousness of the elixir. The emperor suddenly said in a much lower voice, "Zhang Qian, what kind of person do you think I am?"

Zhang Qian was shocked, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Ages, and the Emperor of the Ages!"

"Hey! Zhang Qian, no wonder you are popular everywhere, it turns out that you are also full of words!"

Zhang Qian was so frightened that he knelt down: "The minister doesn't dare!" I don't know what to say.

"You don't have to be afraid. Well, Eternal Mingjun. Hey, can anyone live through the ages? When I asked you to go to Yueshi, it was to contact him to fight the Huns. But it seems that I have taken a high view of the Huns! Although the Huns are fast, they are usually tight, and they are not enough for our elite soldiers to fight fiercely. I just suddenly thought that Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Xiaowen, and Emperor Xiaojing of Daxing had all died young! One day, when I reached this time, what would the people in the world do? Without me, what would the Huns do? Now I am here. The east is submissive, and the west is good. It is also a matter of time before the Huns are gone, and the disease of ringworm and scabies in East and South Vietnam will be gone! However, if I am unfortunate enough to return to heaven, will the world not return to the state of falling apart! Alas, who knows the fear in my heart!" He said to himself, Zhang Qian only felt that these words did not seem to be said by a thirty-year-old man, but as if an old man was about to die. He was shocked and bewildered. Suddenly, the emperor's words changed, "When you get to Dawan, there are really countless Dawan horses, are they extremely handsome?"

"Yes. The minister got a horse and offered it to His Majesty. ”

"Good. I look at the quality of this great horse. Some people also say that the Wusun horse is better than the Dawan horse, have you ever seen the Wusun horse?"

"I didn't have a chance to see him. However, "

"What?"

However, the minister thought that the horse was still not valuable. There is no one, there is nothing, there is no horse, but there is still a way. He finally said what he wanted to say.

"More on that later. I'm tired too, so go back. ”

Zhang Qian knelt down and kowtowed, and followed Li Yannian to slowly withdraw from Weiyang Palace. When he got outside, Li Yannian complained: "Hey! Say that you are sincere, you are still sincere! Provoke Your Majesty to be unhappy, otherwise, your marquis is a matter of nine out of ten, now, I see Xuan!"

Zhang Qian was silent.

When I arrived outside the palace, the people who used to be Yu Linlang together were waiting, and they went to his house to drink together. The Gongsun brothers sent a large number of edible items, and the emperor and Wei Qing also gave a lot of things. The crowd drank heartily and told anecdotes and allusions.

Two days later, Zhang Qian and Gan's father entered the palace again, and the emperor gave him the title of Taizhong doctor, and Gan's father gave him the title of envoy. The two thanked them and received court clothes, robes, and hats and boots.

An official led several people to Zhang Qian: "My lord, the next official Sima talked and greeted the adult." ”

Zhang Qian hurriedly returned the salute, "Oh, Lord Sima. He knew that Sima Tan was Taishi Ling, and Qinggui was still above the Three Princes. "What do you command?"

"Don't dare, Your Majesty wants everyone to write down the situation of your envoy, stay in the secret mansion forever, and pass it on to future generations. This is the business of Zepi's descendants, and please fulfill it. ”

Zhang Qian agreed, and came to a room with a group of Taishi. Sima Tan said: "You guys listen to the doctor carefully, and the record is complete. Zhong Taishi agreed, and he bowed his hand to Zhang Qian, "The lower officials still have to serve Your Majesty." Leave. "Hurried away.

Everyone sat around and listened to Zhang Qian, too historical. Zhang Qian looked around and saw that Zhong Taishi was holding the tube in his right hand and Jian in his left hand, his eyes were wide open, and he was very solemn, and he couldn't help but think of a few people who couldn't release the scroll every day and stuck a pen tube in his head, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Qian's mission can live up to his mission, and it all depends on the help of his brothers! If it weren't for them, hehe, Zhang Qian's bones would have been gone." ”

Speaking and hand-drawing, the heroic style of hundreds of brothers is described one by one, Mazi's agility, Mr. Men's thoughtfulness, Wei Changfeng's majesty, Chengyi's elf is unpredictable, Kong's almost magical travel, Erjun drunk, Hua Zhai's Yinuo Qianjin, Cowherd their glory in the West, Zhuang Jifu and other communication goods, Xiang Saburo, Hou also poisoned people with poison, and the three-legged cat created miracles in Xianbei Mountain. I heard that the Taishi had forgotten their diet, and no one recorded it!

Zhang Qian froze, and when he looked at it again, the bamboo slip in Taishi's hand was empty, "Ah! You don't remember anything? I said it in vain!"

A Taishi scratched his head and said: "Doctor, do you have anything to do with the envoy to the Dayue Clan? Aren't they all about the peddlers and pawns beating and killing! The envoy, folding and rushing the bottle, and fighting the court with tongues! These are not next to each other, you don't have a story in the Dayue Clan?"

One said, "Doctor." You should talk more about the Queen Mother of the West's Asgard Beique. Elixir, elixir. The sun rises in the day, and the heavens enter the earth! You said this, hehe, Xia Guan thinks, well, compared with General Wei's siege field battle, it is still worse. ”

Another said: "Doctor, the Queen Mother of the West and His Majesty the Emperor have made an alliance, and you are always present? The Queen Mother of the West rules all the roads, all caves, and all the mountain immortals, and the Son of Han Heaven commands all the countries in the world instead of God." The angel delivered the message on behalf of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother. Why don't you say that?"

"You don't just talk about the villains. Tell me more about the gods in each cave!"

Zhang Qian was dumbfounded, his brothers were outside the Great Wall, and they had been rumored to be the stars of the heavens and descended to earth, and they were all land immortals, but when they arrived in this court, they were nothing?

Sima Tan came in from outside, "How is it, have you written it down?"

A Taishi shook his head, and everyone pouted. He took a person's bamboo slip: "Well, Zhang Qian." Hanzhong people, recruited envoys, accompanied by more than 100 people, returned to Chang'an after 13 years, only two people. ......”

put it down, "I recorded what the doctor saw and heard about the countries." Those who go on missions in the future will have a precept. "I hurried away again.

Zhang Qian had to tell what he had seen and heard about the situation in the western countries, and he had lost his emotions, so everyone recorded what he had seen and heard. After finishing this matter, Zhang Qian returned to his Taizhong Doctor's Mansion in a huff. Rhominoba then rested for the night.

Early the next morning, Gongsun Ao came to knock on the door, Zhang Qian took him in, and Gongsun Ao shouted: "Don't be bored at home! Let's go!"

Zhang Qian asked people to bring the horse, this horse is no longer the tiger and leopard spotted beast sent by Da Wan Zhu Fasheng, and it is also a very divine horse. A group of Yu Linlang followed, entered Zhongnan Mountain, heard the chirping of birds and beasts, and Zhang Qian's slightly depressed mood after returning to Chang'an for a few days got better. The crowd shouted and galloped away from their horses and drew their bows, and the birds and beasts that ran slowly were unlucky, and died under their arrows. Zhang Qian was very excited, kept moving forward, passed a few jungles, turned a few valleys, and saw a bamboo forest in front of him, birds and beasts hidden, and only heard the sound of the mountain and forest wind. He got off his horse and walked in the bamboo forest, the bamboo leaves rustled, but in front of him was an open space, and there were two large tombs in the middle, and he was shocked, "How did I get here? Whose grave is this?"

When he stepped forward to take a closer look, there were no monuments in front of or behind the tomb, and he was puzzled, and a person said: "Your Excellency is also here to pay respects? Alas, I can't imagine that the two great sages lost their lives just because of a bad breath in their hearts!"

Zhang Qian turned around and saw that it was a woodcutter, carrying a bundle of firewood, resting, the woodcutter had a white beard, his body was slumped, he took out a swarthy gourd, and drank two sips. "Official, do you know the two of them?"

Zhang Qian shook his head, "Uncle, I don't know which two of these two great sages are?

"Hehe, official, it's not the master that these two great sages have offended. It is a pity that the people of the world are running around all day long, for the sake of hunger and cold; only when they are hungry and cold, they think about the soil; the soil is fertile and they are afraid of losing it; they sell their fields to buy officials and become ministers; once they die, they bury their bones and soil. Haha, I am still a woodcutter in the mountains, thirsty to drink mountain springs, rest in the breeze, accompanied by tigers and leopards, and not afraid of swords. ”

When Zhang Qian heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and bowed down and said, "What the old man taught me." Thinking about it, since these two are great sages, they must have done a lot of good things. Could you please give you the two great names and let you bow down a few times?"

"Okay, these two, one is Dou Ying, who is the third prince and has been the prime minister! The other is a doufu who has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion and is the first hero! They think they are high and powerful, and they are empty-eyed. I didn't expect that there are still people who are more majestic than them, that is, to be today's mother-in-law and the queen mother's own brother! The general trend of the bush husband and Dou Ying has gone, the bush husband is arrogant, and the Dou baby is in love, making Tian Wei unhappy everywhere. One day, the husband was addicted to alcohol and sex, and he actually forced Tian Wei to drink! That Tian Wei was precious, and some people found out about the tyranny of the husband and played a court, hey! The Son of Heaven ordered the clan to be exterminated and killed! Since Dou Guan was one, although Dou Ying's family had a gold medal for avoiding death, it could not save his life!

The woodcutter just told some hearsay, chasing the wind and catching shadows, Zhang Qian had already cried to the ground, the woodcutter saw that he was crying pitifully, shook his head and frowned, took the firewood and left, and the old woodcutter sang behind the bamboo forest: "The Qin Emperor destroyed the six kingdoms and swallowed the sky arrogantly; Ah Fang had a fire, and the white clothes bound the child; he pulled out the mountain and covered the world, and he shed tears; the three kings were all punished, and the fog went to Baideng." Hehe, Qiao Mu drove away from the Wuling Tombs to see when the king would live forever......" The voice gradually subsided, only the sound of the wind continued.

Exactly: the smoke and dust of the West Road come to the grapes, the purple jade lamb Qiu bell shakes, the snow muscle princess dances the fox whirl, and the deep-eyed prince has a high arpeggio voice; looks back at the snow of Nanshan Mountain, looks down on the dragon moraine and gets drunk for half the night; the big river flows with sand, and Su Lian is more worthy of being a fool. (End of full text) (To be continued......)