It was Lu Shishi, according to the director, Lu Shishi was born in Khotan, one of the four towns of Anxi garrisoned by the Xuanwei Army, and escaped with the family letters of the soldiers of the Anxi Prefecture after the fall of Khotan, and now he is trying to find a way to return to Datang and hand over these family letters to the families of these fallen soldiers.

There is a small bug here, the Xuanwei Army is set up by Tang Tianbao for 13 years, stationed in Niucheng, in the north of Xining City, Qinghai Province, and was finally captured by Tubo, in 790 AD, Tubo attacked Beiting, and its troops entered Xinjiang from the east to Gansu and Qinghai, so it may be more reliable for Lu 14 to be born in the Xuanwei Army and avoid the Tubo army all the way to the Western Regions.

Last year, a senior monk who went to the west to learn scriptures returned to China, passing through Shule Town, and met with the town guard Luyang; When I went to Khotan Town, I saw Zheng Ju, the town guard; When I went to Qiuzi, I saw the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, and the deputy capital of Anxi protected Guo Xin; When he arrived in Yanqi Town, he met with Yang Riyou, the town guard, indicating that Khotan was still in the hands of the Tang Dynasty at this time.

It was also at this time that the Shatuo Turks, one of the main forces in the Tang army in Beiting, surrendered to Tubo and betrayed the Tang army. Beiting asked for help from the Hui Hui, and the Hui Prime Minister Yu Jiasi led the Hui army to aid the Beiting, but was defeated by the Tubo, Qarluq, Baifu Turkic, and Shatuo Turkic coalition forces. Beiting Jiedu made Yang Xigu lead the remnants of the Beiting Tang army of 2,000 people to flee to Xizhou.

Therefore, the time between Lu Shishi's escape from Khotan and Guo Xin's order to mint coins for Guo Yuanzheng to send to Xizhou is not long, it is logical that they can meet here, except for the fact that Lu Shishi was born in the Xuanwei Army, this plot is very careful.

After going through these things in his mind, Lu Shishi had already touched Shen Long, just like in the advertisement, Shen Long turned over and subdued Lu Shishi, Lu Shiyi hurriedly begged for mercy, "Don't kill me!" I'm here to pick up the stutter! The military master spares his life! ”

Seeing him so cowardly, Shen Long did not despise it, he knew that Lu Shixi was damaged by the fall of Khotan, and secondly, he still had the family letters of his comrades-in-arms, and he could never die before these family letters were delivered safely, so he would rather give up his dignity and endure humiliation.

"Get up!" Shen Long let him go, but did not reveal his true identity, but ordered him to collect the military expenses, food, and water with him, and take Lu Shishi on the road with him.

Of course Lu Shishi was reluctant, but under Shen Long's persecution, he had to follow him to Xizhou, relying on Shen Long alone, of course, he was confident that he would send all these military expenses to Xizhou safely, but he was not at ease with Lu Shishi, now that the road from Anxi Duhufu to Datang has been occupied by Tubo, how easy is it for Lu Shixi to return to Datang alone?

Shen Long plans to wait for the military expenses to be sent to Xizhou, and then go back to Datang after temporarily keeping Yang Zhenggu's army, and then he can bring Lu Shishi with him, as long as he is there, there is no need to worry that Lu Shiwei will not be able to go back safely.

Lu Shishi didn't understand Shen Long's kindness, he originally wanted to go east, but he was forced by Shen Long to go west, and he was naturally unwilling in his heart, muttering as he walked, "Master Jun, how can we go west?" With so much money on your back, where are you going? ”

Shen Long didn't answer, now was not the time to tell him the truth, the road to the west was difficult and long, and soon after they ran out of water and food, and after walking for most of the day, a lonely inn appeared in the middle of the desert, and the two of them came to the inn together.

Xiao Er greeted him, "Two guest officers, the shop has freshly brewed sweet wine and freshly slaughtered mutton." ”

Hearing this, Lu Shishi couldn't help but lick his tongue, and then looked at Shen Long, he felt that with so much money, he could always buy some food to satisfy his hunger, right? Shen Long was unmoved, although he carried gold and silver in the space he carried, he didn't want to affect the next plot because of this, he just asked the store for two bowls of water to drink.

Lu Shifu picked up the bowl and poured it violently, while also going to look at the wine and meat eaten by the merchants, showing a very greedy look, but he didn't want to, the money bag hit the pillar, and fell to the ground from his shoulder, the sound of tinkling coins sounded, and for a while, the inn was as silent as death. The merchant next to him immediately turned his gaze and looked them up and down.

Lu Shiyi hurriedly put away the money and left the inn with Shen Long, and after they left, two groups of people in the inn also followed, one of them was a merchant, and it didn't take much time for them to catch up with Shen Long and Lu Shixi.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Lu Shishi looked back and saw that he was so anxious that he was about to run away, since the road to Datang was blocked, the order created by the Anxi Protectorate for many years has collapsed, in this cruel desert, killing and robbery can happen at any time, he just showed his wealth in the inn, and then these people immediately caught up, what kind of good thing can it be?

Shen Long turned around, pulled out a horizontal knife with one hand, and grabbed Lu Shishi with the other, looking at this group of people vigilantly, the group of merchants stood still, and the leader dismounted and intervened to show goodwill, "We are merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and we haven't seen our soldiers for more than ten years......

In fact, this sentence is also a bit inappropriate, although Tubo has cut off the road from the Tang Dynasty to the four towns of Anxi, but Guo Xin and Yang Zhenggu still lead the army to garrison here, as long as this businessman takes this trade route, it is impossible not to see the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, maybe the real meaning of his words is that he has not seen the soldiers sent to the four towns of Anxi from the territory of the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, right?

The merchant leader motioned to his subordinates to hold dry food and water bladders, put them on the ground, further expressed goodwill, and then asked expectantly, "Dare to ask the military master, is it a person from the Tang Dynasty... Returned from Chang'an? His words also confirmed Shen Long's conjecture.

Shen Long shook his head slowly, showing disappointment at Fang Long, and asked again, "Does the military master have any news of Chang'an?" ”

Shen Long still shook his head, of course he knew the news of Chang'an, but if he said it, the other party would be even more disappointed, right? The leader stepped back regretfully and sighed, "This road is getting harder and harder. ”

This is an inevitable thing, in the past, there was the Anxi Protectorate to maintain order, so that they could come and go safely from the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, but now the four towns of Anxi have fallen one after another, and the forces that occupy this place do not understand the benefits of maintaining order, and they treat the merchants like fat sheep, how easy is it to do business now?

Then he turned around and got on his horse to salute, "take care", and after saying that, he was about to ride his horse away.

Shen Long returned the salute and said loudly, "Everyone, rest assured, my Datang will eventually regain Anxi, and let the glory of Datang continue to shine......"

The merchants all showed excited looks, while Lu Shishi looked at Shen Long in surprise.

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