Chapter One Thousand and Nine Returning to Anxi

Dai Guogong is the title of Guo Ziyi. After Guo Ziyi's death, the eldest son Guo Yao took over the title. A few years after Guo Yao's death, Guo Ziyi's sixth son Guo Yan inherited the title of Dai Guogong. In operas and folklore, the reason for "drunk beating the golden branch" is widely spread. His wife is Princess Shengping, the daughter of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty.

When they arrived at Duke Dai's mansion, apart from Guo Yan, there were also the family of Guo Xin, the prince of Wuwei County and the guardian of Anxi.

After seeing these people, Shen Long truthfully answered the current situation in the Western Regions. When they heard that Guo Xin was still alive, the Guo family was quite relieved, but then they became worried about Guo Xin's future, and began to ask Shen Long what they could do for him. Guo Xin offered help, and Shen Long quickly expressed his thoughts.

"My Guo family has a certain reputation in Uyghur, and there are some businessmen in the family. It's not difficult, but the way to the Western Regions has always been Lanzhou, Liangzhou, and Ganzhou. The road to the north has never been taken by anyone. Have you passed?" Guo's family was tempted, but they still had doubts.

The Guo family has more than just a little reputation in the hearts of the Uyghurs. Does the Uyghurs know Guo Ziyi's prestige? At that time, Pugu Huai'en led Huihe and Tubo into the bandits, and Guo Ziyi led his troops to station in Jingyang; Good talk.

Now, if someone enters the territory of Huihe under the banner of the Guo family, they will definitely get a lot of convenience, and having a brand new trade route is also of great benefit to the Guo family.

"Everyone, please rest assured. I have been in the Western Regions for a long time, and I know the geography of the Western Regions very well. At that time, I can lead the caravan to Kucha." After speaking, Shen Long took out a map from his arms, which he drew based on historical materials. The map clearly shows the road to Kucha City through Huihe territory.

Guo Yan immediately asked the old family members who were familiar with the geography of the Western Regions to inquire. Shen Long answered them fluently and quickly dispelled their doubts. Guo Xin's family immediately made up their minds, "My prince is thousands of miles away. Fighting, if you can't even do this little thing, you will be a descendant of the Guo family!"

"I am supposed to help you with this matter. Yuanzheng, please wait for a few days. I will notify Yuanzheng when I am ready! The Duke of the country will also announce to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can summon Yuanzheng as soon as possible!" Guo Yan also expressed his support.

After this conversation, I don't know who leaked the news, but more businessmen came to the post station every day to look for Shen Long. It seems that no matter what era it is, as long as there are interests, there will be no worries about no one being tempted.

Apart from talking with these merchants and the Guo family, Shen Long spent the rest of the time with Lu Shisi, sending family letters from the Xuanwei Army and the Xizhou Army to their families. Hearing that relatives who had been cut off for a long time sent home letters, These people all cried bitterly for it, and Lu Shishi's righteous deeds spread in Chang'an.

After hearing that their fathers were still fighting in the Western Regions, some young and strong people wanted to go to the Western Regions to find their fathers to fight side by side with them. Shen Long naturally welcomed this, and they agreed to wait until Shen Long met His Majesty the Emperor. , set off with the caravan organized by the Guo family.

Tang Dezong disappointed Shen Long again. After hearing the news from Duan Mingxiu, he focused all his attention on the tooth relics and scriptures brought back by his elder brother. He made offerings to the Buddha's tooth, and prayed for the merits of the Buddha's tooth from his elder brother. He did not forget his homeland when he was old. He was a model envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

After Xie En, the elder brother mentioned Guo Yuanzheng and Lu Shishi,

Coupled with the persuasion of Guo Yan and others, and the growing sensation caused by Lu Shishi's righteous deeds in Chang'an, Emperor Dezong summoned them, asked about the situation in the Western Regions, and issued a decree to Guo Xin, Yang Xigu and the soldiers who guarded the Western Regions alone gave a commendation.

Now that the strength of the Tang Dynasty is declining, Emperor Dezong cannot provide them with substantial help, but with this decree, it can also help the morale of the Tang army in the Western Regions, and the actual help depends on the business of the Tang Dynasty. Team.

Shen Long was also commended for the news he brought back to the Western Regions. Emperor Dezong promoted him to an official position, which is more practical for Shen Long. The higher the official position, the greater his right to speak. When you go to the Western Regions, it will be much more convenient if you want to do some things.

After making all the preparations, Shen Long took the caravan back on the road to the Western Regions, while Lu Shishi stayed in Chang'an. It was not because he was afraid of the dangerous journey in the Western Regions, but because his mission had not been completed yet. Not all the family letters he brought back have been delivered to the Anxi Army's subordinates.

Shen Long also felt that it would be of great benefit to keep one person to continue telling the story of Anxi's white-haired soldiers in Datang. At least the people of Datang would always remember that in the Western Regions, there was still a Datang army firmly guarding here.

Shen Long passed through the Kaiyuan Gate with the caravan and the teenagers who wanted to go to the Western Regions to fight side by side with their fathers. A stone tablet was erected outside the city of Kaiyuan Gate with the words "Nine thousand nine hundred miles to Anxi in the West". typeface.

This sentence is very particular. It probably means that it is only nine thousand nine hundred miles from here to Anxi, which is less than ten thousand miles, so don't think it is too far away; this is a romance that only a great country like the Han and Tang Dynasties can understand Countless good men of the Tang Dynasty left here with a horizontal knife and a spear, and went to the distant Western Regions to spread the glory of the Tang Dynasty to all countries in the Western Regions. Now, after decades, finally Another group of young people embarked on the road that their parents had walked.

"The morning rain in Weicheng is light and the dust is light, the green willows in the guest houses are new, the green willows in the guest houses are new; I advise you to drink more wine, advise you to drink more wine, there is no old friend when you leave Yangguan in the west, and you have no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west." Knowing who sang this poem, it was Sunshine Sandie's way of singing, and they were using this method to see Shen Long and the others off.

Some people may think this poem is a bit sad, so they changed another one, "Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun, the north wind blows wild geese and snow; Mo Chou has no confidant in the road ahead, and no one in the world knows the king."

However, Shen Long felt that although these two poems were good, they did not fit the current situation, so he sang "White Horse Chapter" loudly, "The white horse is decorated with gold bars, galloping north and west. May I ask who's son, you are a knight-errant... Yuxi came from the north, and rode up the high embankment. He rode the Xiongnu for a long time, and looked at Ling Xianbei from the left. Abandoning the edge of the body, life is safe and secure? Parents don’t care, what can you say about your son and wife! .Sacrificing one's life to go to the country's calamity, seeing death as home!"

At the beginning, he was the only one who sang. After singing for the second time, more and more people responded, and outside the far door, the singing of "sacrificing one's life to go to the country, and seeing death as one's home" went straight to the sky.