Chapter 1 Returning in a Snowy Night
The cold wind was cold and the snow was flying. The footprints of people and horses on the ancient road disappeared without a trace in an instant.
A young man in the distance was leading a skinny old donkey, and a poor scholar in a tattered Confucian shirt followed him. The two of them walked forward with difficulty in the snow, one step deep and one step shallow.
"Old Gao, I always hear you nagging about the world. What is the world in your eyes?" The boy was dressed in rags, his head was unkempt, and he looked like a refugee who was fleeing famine.
The poor scholar stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "Now men need to bring a knife when they go out, women need to wear swords when they go out, men pay attention to cultivation, women pay attention to temperament. The so-called world is just a knife and a sword, a pot of turbid wine and a brothel."
"That's right!" The boy gave a thumbs up, then licked his lips that were frozen purple, and sighed: "If there is a pot of plum wine in this kind of weather, even if I give two gray girls, I won't change it."
"You must have changed one, two... you can't use it!" Lao Gao glanced at the boy with a little pity.
"Lao Gao, what do you mean? Do you still want to ride a donkey?" The boy was furious and glanced at the lean old donkey beside him, and he was immediately deflated. This guy was not used to ride, and it was difficult for him to walk by himself.
The old donkey with mixed hair seemed to feel the boy's contemptuous gaze even more, and sprayed a heavy breath of heat at the boy. The smell made the boy almost cry.
Damn, this guy has bad breath!
The boy glared at the donkey, and a cold wind blew, and the coarse cloth and ragged clothes were ventilated everywhere, trembling with coldness, and suddenly felt sad.
This old donkey, which was a little difficult to walk, was bought by the old man at a high price before exile. It really cost a lot of money. Nowadays, BMWs are easy to get, but bad horses are hard to find.
However, the old man must have done it on purpose. This guy is not used to ride, but to drag his legs.
The old man who became the prince's tutor after reading three days of reading, said: "Heaven will give great responsibilities to this man, and he will first make his mind and mind work hard, so he cannot drink a big bowl of wine or eat meat in big mouthfuls."
The young man rolled his eyes and read the three-day books in the Hanlin Academy. The old man learned the first two sentences, and the last two sentences exposed his illiteracy. Those damn classics made the old man get the title of Grand Tutor, but he was exiled to nine thousand miles.
The young man was named Xiao Xuan, and he was the only son of Xiao Zhan, the general of Tiance in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
General Tiance was the ultimate honorary title of military general. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Kingdom, only Xiao Zhan received this reward. Xiao Zhan was in charge of the three armies, with a total of 500,000 troops, and truly achieved more than one person than ten thousand people.
This military general who was the ultimate minister once destroyed four countries, including Western Shu, Later Yan, Northern Han, Northern Wei, etc., and broke more than a thousand cities, allowing the originally weak Northern Zhou to quickly dominate and establish a powerful Great Zhou Dynasty, which was divided into three parts with the Great Chu Dynasty and the Great Qi Dynasty, forming a three-legged tripod.
General Tiance's name is to walk out of the sea of blood while walking through millions of dead bones.
"With Xiao Zhan's knowledge, being a general is sloppy. Why did Yuwen Yong let Xiao Zhan be the Grand Tutor of the Prince of Laoshizi? Xiao Zhan is really, what's the point of being the Grand Tutor of the Prince? Even if the old emperor dies and the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely be the first to attack him. It would be fine to be the Grand Tutor, but he still has to force the fat man from the Yuwen family to be my wife..."
Lao Gao smiled and shook his head without responding. Xiao Zhan and Yuwen Yong, one was the general who destroyed the powerful government and the other was the Emperor Taizong who created the Great Zhou Dynasty. Those who dared to call these two people directly, would probably only be the son of this general in the entire world.
Moreover, the fat Yuwen who Xiao Xuan mentioned seemed to be a talented woman from the capital, and her beauty was impeccable. However, it was this most outstanding princess of the Great Zhou royal family that led to Xiao Xuan's exile for nine thousand miles.
The exile of nine thousand miles was nothing but a donkey that could even walk and a poor scholar who could blow down the wind.
Before leaving, the old man confiscated the mink coat, and even the big cake he grabbed was snatched back halfway by the old man. The exile of nine thousand miles was extremely miserable. Xiao Xuan had to sigh that he was so strong that he could live until now.
"Lao Gao, how far is it from Langya?" Xiao Xuan asked in a low voice when he touched the snowflakes that fell on his face.
Lao Gao took out a homemade map, studied it carefully for a long time, and said seriously: "It's about two hundred miles away."
Xiao Xuan glanced at the map among the old masters. This thing can also be called a map. It is like a ghost painting talisman. The broken stone is the Tianzhu Peak, the first peak in the southwest?
"Lao Gao, every time I see your madman, I probably know why you failed the imperial examination in the imperial examination back then." Xiao Xuan shook his head with a smile. It is estimated that Lao Gao himself would find it difficult to do this map.
Lao Gao quickly put away the map and sighed: "As the saying goes, beauties are easy to get, but confidants are hard to find. Most people cannot appreciate these unconventional calligraphy. In today's world, only the generals and the young master praised it."
One is a rough man who doesn't know a lot of words, and the other is a playboy who is ignorant of learning and ignorant. He regards these two as confidants, and Lao Gao is really careless.
"Lao Gao, do you think we can really return to Liangzhou alive?" Xiao Xuan looked up at the distance, and the wind and snow were falling, and the endless paleness seemed to be endless.
"It should be possible. If we can't beat it, we can run away!" Lao Gao closed his sleeves and grinned. His sparse beard and tattered Confucian shirt did not look like a peerless strategist who had broken the ten countries.
Xiao Xuan gave Lao Gao a blank look. The exile of nine thousand miles in the past five years has never been gone when the situation is wrong. If they had not run fast, it would be hard to say whether they could survive until now.
General Xiao Zhan of Tiance ended the chaos of the ten countries, destroyed four countries of all sizes, destroyed three thousand cities, and killed one million enemies. The great devil Li Chunfeng, who was fishing for the country, gave him the title of "Killing God".
I'm afraid he doesn't know how many enemies Xiao Zhan has. If Xiao Xuan had not hidden his name in the past five years, he would have been dismembered by his enemy, Wuma.
The situation of the melee of the Ten Kingdoms ended, and three dynasties were established one after another. Xiao Zhan was the general who had gained the most military achievements in the chaos of the Ten Kingdoms. Of course, he also had the most enemies. The so-called enemies were everywhere in the world, and the enemies were everywhere in the world. Over the years, the assassination of Xiao Zhan and his only son Xiao Xuan has never stopped. The killers died like moths flying into the fire.
Thirteen years ago, the general's wife Chen Lingsu and her youngest son Xiao Xuan toured Daomaguan. The most mysterious disciples of Guigu Sect, the most mysterious disciples of Guigu Sect came out of the mountain and jointly planned to intercept and kill them.
In the Battle of the Maguan, Chen Lingsu accompanied the 72 guards to the death. Chen Lingsu was unable to return to Liangzhou alive, and even his corpse was not found. Only the young prince Xiao Xuan survived by the help of Chen Xuanba of the Thunder Fire.
In the mansion of General Tiance of Langya Mountain in Liangzhou, the tomb of Chen Lingsu, the first-class imperial concubine, was just a tomb. After the wife passed away, the prince Xiao Xuan often stared at his mother's tomb, sometimes staying for a day.
The somewhat hunched General Tiance sat behind the prince, leaning against a peach tree, crying, but tears fell silent. The killing god who ended the ten countries' chaos and killed millions of enemies was only afraid of disturbing his son and only adding to his sadness. In fact, the old man was also afraid of disturbing his wife who had been sleeping for a long time.
The peach tree was planted by the wife himself, saying that when the peach tree grew up, she wanted to pick fruits for the children to eat, but the wife was gone before the peach tree grew up.
Plant peach blossoms every year and bloom when reunion!
The prince Xiao Xuan's self-exiled for 9,000 miles in five years was not only to avoid the imperial edict of the court, but also to visit famous mountains and search for the mysterious Guigu.
Unfortunately, Guigu is as ethereal as Penglai overseas, hiding in the world, not in the world, people only know its name but not where it is.
Lao Gao sighed inwardly. Xiao Xuan was the only son of the first military general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was the general leader of the 500,000 troops in Youzhou in the future. He seemed to be incredible, but no one knew the pain in his heart.
"Lao Gao, have you ever married a wife?"
"I can't afford to marry!"
"Do you have a daughter?"
"Hey, there's really one!"
"Hey, if you don't marry, where do you get a daughter?"
"The wife gave birth to her!"
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"What's the name?"
"Gao Yue, nicknamed Crescent Yaer!"
"Well, if I can return to Langya alive this time, I will definitely take good care of Miss Yue!"
"Young Master, it's better to be good for our friendship!"
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Chapter completed!