Updated: 2012-11-19

The morning light is dim.

In the lobby of Jiyuan Restaurant in Xicheng City, Nan Jiyun sat on a horizontal bench with a big golden knife and pushed a bowl of spirits to Li Kuo.

"Brother Nan, I really can't drink anymore. Last night, I was filled with a full body in Lady Guo's house!" Li Kuo waved his hand repeatedly, refusing Nan Jiyun's kindness.

Nan Jiyun glared at her eyes and shouted, "Why, I won't recognize you, Brother Nan, once I become a lieutenant? Can you drink Lady Guoguo's wine, but can't you drink your Brother Nan's wine?"

"No, no!" The boy was so at a loss that he was teased by Nan Jiyun and defended him repeatedly.

Nan Jiyun put the wine bowl in his hand in front of the boy and said without hesitation: "You just fuck it, just like a man!"

"Oh, ah." Li Kuo took the wine bowl helplessly, tilted his neck and poured it down a few mouthfuls. The wine came very strongly, and the boy choked and coughed. The very good wine slipped away from Li Kuo's neck, which was a pity.

After patting the boy's back a few times, Nan Jiyun said in a friendly voice: "Drink slowly, no one is fighting with you. The faster the wine is, the more exciting it is. At this young age, don't hurt your body."

"Xu." After a long breath, Li Kuo smiled bitterly: "If you hadn't forced me to drink, I wouldn't have been so desperate!"

He knocked on the square table with a light hand, and Nan Jiyun smiled mysteriously: "If you are asking you to come, there will naturally be good things. I heard that you were appointed as the captain after joining the Shence Army. I believe that there will be a bright future in the future. Brother Nan, you must please you well for your future considerations, and you will also be able to ask for a golden rice bowl in the future!"

"Brother Nan!" Li Kuo was so embarrassed that he redds his neck and protested loudly.

"Look at you, how can you be a lieutenant?" Nan Jiyun patted the young man's slightly thin shoulder with a kind face. "The Shen Ce Army is destined to go to Longxi, and the army is no more rules and taboos than Chang'an. You young boy, although you have a good experience, after all, you have no background in the court, and you will inevitably be jealous of others. Although your brother Nan has no ability, he has some past in the army. When doing things in the army, you should do less and do more. If you shouldn't care, don't worry about it. You will be a waste of your great fame and fortune!"

"Oh, ah." The young man repeatedly claimed that Brother Nan treated him like a brother. How could he not touch people by sharing his life experience with him without reservation?

"Your Majesty has built the Shence Army, and I believe you will be using troops to the west. You are affiliated with the Shence Army and you will not rush to the front line. However, many friends and many roads, and an elder is better than rushing around you. After you arrive in Wuwei (Note 1), you will find a ward head named Xue Feng. He has been traveling wards at the border for many years, and he knows many people from both black and white!"

"Oh." Li Kuo nodded gently and silently remembered the name Xue Feng in his heart. Brother Nan was a wanderer who had traveled around the world in his early years, and he made many friends in the world. Although these friends in the world do not have any political background, most of them value loyalty. If they make friends sincerely, they will be brothers for life!

"Do you know why I called you to Jiyuan Restaurant? Although this hotel opens a store to welcome customers every day, it may also be engaged in fur business. Every spring, silk is sold from Chang'an, tea bricks are sold in Mobei, and the raw leather from the grassland is cheaply purchased, silverware is then returned to Guanzhong before winter. This trip is ten times the difference!" Nan Jiyun shook his fingers and gestured: "There are only two roads to enter the pass. One comes from Hedong to Mayi to go north, and cross the Great Wall to enter the vast grassland. The other comes from the Hexi Corridor through Wuwei, and cross Liangzhou to break through. After the Tang Dynasty established itself, the four towns in Anxi were built one after another, and the Silk Road was reopened. Therefore, the northern line gradually became abolished, and the caravans chose the more prosperous and safe western line."

Li Kuo listened quietly. Although he didn't know why Brother Nan said this to him, the young man still listened to Nan Jiyun's instructions gently and humbly.

"It's no exaggeration to tell you that 90% of the money inputs in this Jiyuan Restaurant come from trafficking goods. If you go outside the border, you can match the restaurant's income for half a year!" Nan Jiyun took a sip of the liquor and continued: "In a few days, they will go to Wuwei for a short trip. You can join them as a patrol!"

"Ah!" Li Kuo jumped up in shock. He never expected that Brother Nan came to him to serve as a caravan bodyguard. Not to mention that there has never been a precedent for the army to serve as a businessman bodyguard, even if there is an example, what should the Grand Marshal Geshuhan say?

"Brother Nan, now I am affiliated with the Hexi Army and have rules and regulations in my actions, I'm afraid..."

"Oh!" After waving his hand, Nan Jiyun said, "The rules of association are not all decided by people, and this is what His Majesty meant."

"Your Majesty!" Li Kuo's face was pale. He really didn't understand why a small caravan could cause such a quarrel.

After looking around for a week, seeing that there was no one except me, Nan Jiyun lowered his voice and said, "Actually, your brother Nan, I am also a hermit! This time I told you that you have passed the assessment and have officially become a hermit."

Boom! The boy's mind was blank. Brother Nan, hermit? I have also become a hermit?

Seeing the young man's face full of surprise, Nan Jiyun shrugged: "What's so strange about this? The hermit is the mouthpiece of Your Majesty, and he is everywhere. Let me tell you the truth. The shopkeeper of this building is also a hermit of my Tang Dynasty. It's just that everyone has different identities and different divisions of labor and responsibilities!"

"So, I have become a hermit? This time the bodyguard is His Majesty's will?" The young man shook his head suddenly, trying to make himself more sober.

"Yes, you have become a hermit. In the one-month assessment period of the military camp, you performed very well. Your Majesty is very satisfied! Don't make a statement about this action. Jiedu Geshuhan will return to Hexi in a few days to handle emergency military affairs, and only bring hundreds of personal soldiers out of the capital." Nan Jiyun looked at the boy with a smile, which was unpredictable.

The young man worked hard to calm his suspicion and connected the clues one by one. It seems that the beginning of the polo game was an assessment of himself? The title of the polo game, the leadership training in the Shence Army, and the success of the actual combat exercises are all part of the assessment. It turns out that he is always under the control of His Majesty the Emperor!

"In order not to attract attention, this time, you are the only one who protects the dartboard. In other words, the decision-making power is entirely up to you if you think about it!" Nan Jiyun thought about it and finally told his worries frankly.

"Yes, but I'll tell my mother, A Tian and the others that the tug of war will only start next year. How should I explain this?" the young man argued urgently.

"I also think about how hard you do these things. You have to pay attention to it. It is a blessing you have cultivated for several lifetimes. This time, the escort is just a cover. You have to remember that the slower you walk on the way to Hexi, the better. You must find out the origin of a song called "Luo Shu Jue"!" Nan Jiyun gave the boy a hug and said angrily.

"Luo Shu Jue?" Li Kuo asked suspiciously. This happened too suddenly and he was not ready at all.

"Well. From a few days ago, a nursery rhyme was sent from Longyou and a generation in Hexi called Luoshu Jue." After thinking for a while, Nan Jiyun whispered: "The Luoshu appears in the world, and the Central Plains is robbed; the Buddha opened a fast, and the two capitals fell. Five dou of rice entered Shambala, and the beacon burned, and the mountains and rivers changed!" (Note 2)

Li Kuo frowned and said unhappily: "This nursery rhyme is so arrogant!"

"Didn't you notice that there are many more Tubo monks in Chang'an City recently?" Nan Jiyun knocked his finger, and his eyes became more and more fierce: "Don't be idle these days, check the origins of these Tubo monks. Pretend to be a ghost and pretend to be mysterious. I don't believe in any songs and prophecies. These strange powers and gods can deceive the ignorant believers!"

Tubo monks, Hexi, Longyou, Five Dows of Rice, Shambhala... What does this series of nouns represent in one place? What is the amazing secret hidden behind this Luoshu Art? Li Kuo only felt that the burden pressed on his shoulder was very heavy and heavy.

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Note 1: Wuwei: Wuwei was the capital of Hexi during the Tang Dynasty. Because it was at the throat of the Hexi Corridor and the only way to the Silk Road, Wuwei was extremely grand in the Tang Dynasty. There is a poem that says: "There are 100,000 families in seven miles of Liangzhou, and the Hu people half-played the pipa", which shows this.

Note 2: Luoshu: Luoshu was called the Turtle Book in ancient times. Legend has it that a divine turtle appeared from Luoshui, and this image was found on its shell. Legend has it that Luoshu appeared and the world changed.

ps: This chapter of Liuyun has been written for almost 4 hours, please give me some encouragement.

Is it so fast that the pace is much faster? Is it very cool? Liuyun does what he says!
Chapter completed!