Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 499 Journey to the West ([-])
four months later
Autumn of the third year of Duke Yan 280 (493)
After reminiscing about the old days, Xu Xiake first wrote a book in Zhouyuan, and then bid farewell to Jichang after finishing writing, and headed east all the way under the protection of Zhou people's guards.

On the way, Xu Xiake also met two teenagers who were fishing by the lake. Of the two young people, the older one looked handsome and about seventeen or eighteen years old. The younger one had a wretched face and raised a It was a black snow leopard, and it looked like it was only fourteen or fifteen years old.

The handsome man fishes with a fishing rod, and the wretched-looking man lets his snow leopard fish.

Upon questioning, I found out that both of them are Qiang people with a low status, and they live a primitive life here every day.

None of them had a name, so Xu Xiake communicated with them in the unfamiliar Qiang language he had learned in Zhou Guo. After getting acquainted with them, he named them "Jiang Ziya" and "Shen Gongbao" respectively, and made a guest appearance as a Taoist god. I am "Yuanshi Tianzun" and accept the two of them as disciples.

This can be regarded as a little fun of his, using the names of people in history or legends to name the current people.

Taking these two disciples all the way eastward, teaching them all kinds of knowledge while walking, until reaching the eastern end of the snowy plateau, Xu Xiake was about to bid farewell to the two disciples.

The attitude of the two disciples was not hopeful, and the eldest disciple Jiang Ziya was even more stupid, but he took Xu Xiake's hand and wanted to follow Yuanshi Tianzun Xu Xiake to the legendary Central Plains, and continue to stay with Yuanshi Tianzun to learn more knowledge.

The second disciple, Shen Gongbao, is smarter and more efficient in learning, but he can't wait to go back to his tribe, show his knowledge and talents to the big bosses in the tribe, and let them worship him.

Xu Xiake did not ask Jiang Ziya to go to the Central Plains with him, but said to him: "I observed the way of heaven and found that the future Holy Master is in Zhouyuan. Go there and find your enlightened Lord."

"Disciple remember! Please rest assured!" Jiang Ziya respectfully sent Xu Xiake off.

Afterwards, Xu Xiake continued westward. At the age of 57, he climbed the towering snow-capped mountains alone.

It took another ten days to finally descend the snow-capped mountain. This is also due to the fact that he is a good climber and has a very good body. Although he is 57 years old, he still looks like a 40-year-old man with muscles all over his body. , the kind that can beat an ordinary Confucian scholar to death with one punch.

Yan State favored martial arts, and Xu Xiake was naturally influenced by the ethos of Yan State's martial arts.

After crossing the Great Snow Mountain in the south, Xu Xiake came to Yandao County in Qi State.

After living in Yandao County for a month and taking a good rest, Xu Xiake continued eastward to Mount Emei, where he saw many Buddhist monks building temples on the mountain.

After debating with those eminent monks on Mount Emei, Xu Xiake felt that he had gained a lot, and then continued to walk north.

He had traveled all over the Southern Dynasties last time, so he didn't plan to go through the Southern Dynasties again this time, but planned to visit the Northern Dynasties and learn about the customs and customs of Wei.

Passing through Jiangyang City along the way, I saw many farmlands there, which were opened up during the period of Zhuge Liang in the Shu Han Dynasty.

When passing through Guangdu City, I saw many farmers who planted mulberry leaves and raised mulberry insects, which were also pioneered in the period of Zhuge Liang in the Shu Han Dynasty.

When passing through the city of Chengdu, I saw the textile workshop run by the government again. There are many government slaves and maidservants weaving Shu brocade. It was also created in the period of Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty and has been inherited now.

Chengdu is the capital of the State of Qi, and the current emperor of the State of Qi is Xiao Zhaoye, who has just ascended the throne for only one month.

Xiao Daocheng died shortly after establishing the Qi State. His eldest son, Xiao Yu, made great efforts to govern and destroyed Wudu State in the north.

After Xiao Yu's death, the emperor's grandson Xiao Zhaoye came to the throne. Xiao Luan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi, Wang Rong, and Fan Yun were the assistant ministers. Among the five, Xiao Luan was the head and the other four were assistants.

While resting in an inn in Chengdu, Xu Xiake was also summoned by Xiao Luan to be a guest at Xiao Luan's mansion, and told him some strange stories about his travels.

This is also Xiao Luan's original intention of summoning Xu Xiake. Recently, he wanted to usurp the throne, but he was still very nervous, so he summoned Xu Xiake, a prodigy who has traveled the world, and listened to the legends and stories of foreign countries, so as to relieve his inner tension caused by the imminent usurpation of the throne. .

At Xiao Luan's mansion, Xu Xiake also met Xiao Yan who was also visiting as a guest. Now Xiao Yan has just turned 21 years old, and it can be said that he is in the prime of his life.

Although Xiao Yan is only 21 years old, he has already made great military achievements. When he wiped out the Wudu Kingdom, he captured the Wudu King alive. When suppressing the Nanzhong barbarian rebellion, he also killed the most enemies. He also brought a hundred cavalry into the Guanzhong area of ​​the Wei Kingdom They plundered people and burned several granaries near Chang'an by the way.

His efficiency can be much higher than that of Jiang Wei. At the beginning of the Shu Han Jiang Wei also continued to plunder the population of Guanzhong in the Northern Expedition, but the gains outweighed the losses.

Xiao Yan had an extraordinary appearance and an excellent temperament. Xu Xiake was attracted by him at the first sight, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: this person will have a place in the future to conquer the world.

Xu Xiake looked at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan also looked at Xu Xiake. To Xiao Yan, Xu Xiake was just an old man who traveled all over the world, so he saluted and said respectfully: "Xiao Yan, the junior, has met Mr. Xu and heard that Mr. Xu has traveled all over the world. , the younger generation admires it in their hearts."

Xu Xiake also greeted the other party politely, and then told the anecdotes and wonderful things along the way.

When Xu Xiake mentioned that in the west of Guishuang, there was actually a monarch who called on the people to overthrow him, they were all very shocked, and they had never heard of such a thing in their life.

"It's really strange that such a king exists in this world." Xiao Yan laughed.

A month later, Xu Xiake left Chengdu and continued northward to Hanzhong. Here, even wooden cows and horses can be seen. Xu Xiake couldn't help sighing: "Zhuge Kongming is a real god!"

In the era at the end of the Han Dynasty, only Wang Jue, the ancestor of their Wang family, was qualified to be compared with Zhuge Kongming, and even Sima Yi was slightly inferior to Zhuge Liang.

However, the more powerful Zhuge Liang is, the more it proves that in the face of the great era, personal wisdom and martial arts don't mean much.

You see, even a character like Zhuge Liang can't change his fate against the sky. Doesn't this just mean that the development of the times does not depend on people's will?
In the face of the vast trend of the times, personal power is so insignificant that even a god-man like Zhuge Kongming can only do nothing.

This is how the times make heroes, and heroes are made at the right time.

When Xu Xiake was about to leave Guanzhong, he heard that Xiao Luan usurped the throne and Xiao Zhaoye was killed. Xiao Yan made great contributions to the usurpation incident and was rewarded by Xiao Luan.

But these had nothing to do with him, so he continued to walk north, entered Guanzhong through Ziwu Valley mentioned by Wei Yan, and came to the territory of Wei State.

(End of this chapter)