The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

After spending the first night in the hotel in Zhishan City, Guo Nuan warmed up and exercised in the small courtyard of the earthen house for a while when he got up early in the morning. dining area.

The outside of the scaffolding is close to the loess street, and it looks lively early in the morning. The camels of the caravan, donkeys and horses come and go, and there are some lone ronin and swordsmen. There are sharp and lonely eyes flashing in the eyes. The ronin wears ragged coarse cloth and rusty iron swords. Occasionally, some elegant ronin will wear a xun, pan flute, or flute in their waistband.

Ronin are generally wandering adventurers, with aloof personality, and most of them possess high martial arts skills, they come and go without a trace. If they have money, they go to desert castles to go in and out of casinos, restaurants, or just sit in inns and drink alone. Gambling, prostitution, pleasure and indulgence, fast money, fast spending, and spending a lot of money are often their heroic style.

Whenever penniless, he nestled in a remote street holding his sword in silence, waiting for the arrival of his employer, no matter assassination, assassination, guard, as long as there is a good price, he can serve him, maintaining a very high professional quality and respect for his employer His loyalty, once an employment deal is made, sometimes even if it is a life-threatening deal, he will not hesitate to draw his sword to help the employer.

Ronin chic buddies do not have a clear sense of value between good and evil, but generally they will not steal or rob even if they are poor and starved to death on the street.

Guo Nuan saw a ronin with messy black hair and yellow skin, probably in his thirties, who was about to step into the dining table area of ​​the inn with a sword in his hand early in the morning. Apart from catching a few fleas in the palm of my hand, I am penniless.

"No, here you are..." When the ronin Mo Ran touched his empty stomach and was about to turn around and leave, Guo Nuan waved to him and handed him a piece of naan.

"I don't mind, you can sit down and chat," Guo Nuan smiled, looking at this down-and-out uncle, who showed an aloof and cold temperament, his narrow mouth was tightly twisted, and through the long hanging hair, the original gray A pair of godless eyes suddenly burst into a gleam.

Standing on the same spot for a long time, it is estimated that there will be seven or eight breaths. It seems that this ronin who is not good at words and sophistication short-circuited in his mind for a while, and finally let out a hoarse voice in his throat: "Thank you,, (Chinese)"

"Hehe, I didn't expect to be from the hometown of the Central Plains," Guo Nuan was quite happy, his face was full of joy, he took the initiative to pick up a large pancake, and handed over the food in the sauce bowl on the table.

"Spread with butter, sesame seeds, and chopped green onion, so that the naan will taste better," Guo Nuan said helplessly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. As soon as the rogue sat down, he took the first shortbread that Guo Nuan handed over and began to chew it, with his cheeks stuffed. It is bulging, as if it can fill the stomach, and there is no need for seasonings and the like.

"Do you want to drink, friend?" Guo Nuan asked with a smile. He could see that this must have been hungry for a day or two, otherwise the appearance of eating would not be so exaggerated. There is no need to drink water, so I am not afraid of being choked.

"En," Ronin chewed with his head down, he raised his head, revealing a pair of black and white eyes between the hair on his face.

It is said that the jade business in Zhishan City is well developed. Not only jade is carved into exquisite handicrafts, jewelry, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, etc., but the most peculiar thing is that there is a local ore called fine wine jade, which Zhishan people like Add this kind of jade to the wine jars filled with fine wine. It is rumored that drinking this kind of wine made from jade can prolong your life and keep you healthy.

The restaurant of this inn serves this jade wine. Guo Nuan had the honor to taste it with Della yesterday, and it was indeed unique and full of exotic features.

Pour a glass of wine, the color of the wine is beautiful royal blue, "Drink, cheers," Guo Nuan and the ronin bumped into each other. He was not polite to the ronin he just met, and the two drank heartily.

"My name is Li Si," the ronin who had been drinking in a muffled voice suddenly said.

Guo Nuan was stunned for a moment, "Li Si, from the Qin Dynasty." It is said that the name is very distinctive, Li Si is the prime minister who helped Qin Shihuang unify the world.

"Hehe, Guo Nuan, people from Chang'an Anlefang, it's a pleasure to meet you." Guo Nuan clasped his hands.

"Uh," Li Si, who was sitting at the table opposite Guo Nuan, remained calm and calm. When he heard Guo Nuan say that he was from Anlefang, Guo Nuan's sharp eyes noticed that his shoulders shrugged.

"It's a pleasure to meet you..." After a moment of silence, Li Si responded slowly.

It is indeed very troublesome to talk to a taciturn person, and Guo Nuan can't disturb the lively atmosphere. I don't know what to say for a while. Could it be that he is also a son of a wealthy Chang'an family? Guo Nuan doesn't know why he mentioned Anlefang, an official in Chang'an The place names of the community will make Li Si feel a little lost.

"You belong to the King of Fenyang," Li Si walked around the corner of the table, staring at the jade pendant hanging from Guo Nuan's waist, and asked calmly.

It was Guo Nuan's turn to shake, and he smiled with difficulty: "En"

"The children of the Fenyang Palace should go back to the Central Plains as soon as possible. The Western Region is a place where the weak prey on the strong, and it is not suitable for people like you." Li Si got up and bowed to Guo Nuan to express his gratitude. He was about to leave.

"Shouldn't you appear here too?" Guo Nuan pointed to the ragged ronin who was wearing a jade pendant on his waist, and the pattern looked like a special gift from the palace.

"Although I can't see what the typeface is deliberately polished on the front, the things of Li Tang's royal family are not casually handed down to the people, you can't steal it," Guo Nuan smiled, and Li Si was about to leave. froze.

"Everyone has their own secrets, you ask too much, don't you?"

Li Si said coldly: "We will meet again, this meal will be considered as my reward, there is no need to give it away,"

After speaking, before Guo Nuan could speak, Li Si left in a hurry and disappeared at the end of the street in a blink of an eye.

Guo Nuan sat down and sighed, saying that Li Si just entered the door, he felt that this person was different, did not expect that he was indeed a person with a story, but Guo Nuan now hides himself as Guo Ziyi, the governor of Xijiang Shuofang Isn't it a useless secret to talk about the status of his heirs living in the Western Regions?

"Oh, curiosity is playing a trick," Guo Nuan reproached and patted herself on the head, laughing, it seems that talking too much has annoyed this lonely ronin.

Early in the morning, Della and Aina left the inn with a few followers. They said they were going to the city market for business. Guo Nuan didn't understand the language and business, so he stayed at the inn to have breakfast leisurely.

After meeting a mysterious wanderer, Guo Nuan filled his stomach with little interest. He felt a little bored, so he simply walked around the nearby neighborhoods alone.

Good people, regardless of men and women, wear tall hats with pointed peaks. Because it is a commercial town, it accommodates trade from all over the world and gathers a lot of goods and money. In addition, the local people are good at growing food, pasturing grass and raising donkeys and horses. Most of the good people are very wealthy, except Wearing a gorgeous and exaggerated tall hat and a shiny gold flake ornament on the belt, Guo Nuan looked curiously at the kind young woman dressed in fancy clothes, but the men with knives around their waists looked a little angry, as if It is an insult to foreign people to look at their own women casually.

Guo Nuan couldn't watch it anymore, it was inevitable that accidents would happen suddenly, he hurriedly blended into the vast crowd, and kept walking along the street towards the distance.

Climbing up the city wall built on Shiliang Hill, Guo Nuan lamented the superb craftsmanship of the craftsmen here. Using two simple tools, hammer and chisel, they can build a whole block of stone weighing several tons on the city gate. The surface of the block is also engraved with prismatic patterns, water patterns, horse animals, animal husbandry patterns, etc. The simple and simple lines are very beautiful.

After getting off the city wall, Guo Nuan walked slowly along a trough embedded in the wall, and he came to a magnificent palace in the town, with a round roof, tall stone pillars, and a square temple with sharp edges and corners. There are many Zhishan soldiers guarding the building. I heard that there is a large pool in the palace. The king who enjoys luxury at night will take many wives to play and swim in the pool.

"Tsk tsk, how much water is wasted," Guo Nuan sighed, saying that most of the Western Regions were originally arid, and many people didn't even have enough fresh water for drinking, but these royal families could use a lot of water for bathing.

While wandering outside the palace gate, a masked woman surrounded by maids came out of the palace. The tulle masked woman was sitting on a high sedan chair, and the guards outside the gate saluted her politely. .

"Uh, this is," Guo Nuan, who was standing by the flower pond, was taken aback for a moment, saying that the woman in the distance who was about to go shopping seemed familiar.

"Black hair, and the eyes exposed by the veil," Guo Nuan trembled in his heart, he doubted his eyes.

"Torma,,," Guo Nuan ran towards the direction where the crowd sitting on the sedan chair was about to disappear into another street.

"Dorma, is it you?" Guo Nuan quickened her pace and ran up, and a large group of surprised maids and guards looked at the Tang man running behind.

"Who is it, (Zhi Shan language)?" The guards saw an unidentified dangerous person hurrying towards Queen Zhi Shan, they immediately drew out their long knives and sharp swords to stop Guo Nuan.

"Dorma," Guo Nuan shouted anxiously as seven or eight of the sturdy and tall guards roughly tugged at her clothes, but the woman on the sedan chair showed a pair of clear eyes and said nothing. She seemed to have no idea what Guo Nuan was doing.

"Could it be a mistake?" Guo Nuan secretly thought, but the woman wearing the veil looks a bit like a torma.

"How dare you attack the queen, arrest him," a chubby escort official yelled angrily on the spot, all the guards couldn't help Guo Nuan's excuses, and all the big men rushed forward, and then tied Guo Nuan tightly. , with a cloth strip stuffed in his mouth, unable to speak.

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As for that noble lady, she glanced at Guo Nuan indifferently before leaving, and disappeared after lifting the sedan chair.

"Oops, I was arrested," Guo Nuan couldn't laugh or cry. Curiosity killed people, and they suffered such disasters for no reason.

Guo Nuan was taken to a cell by a large group of soldiers.