In the fifth year of Tianshou, at the turn of spring and summer, Chu Zheng brought his own songs and came to the familiar Grassland Gesang Prefecture again.
A long time ago, Gesang was a shepherd girl, black and thin; later, Gesang was the name of a tribe with thousands of cattle and sheep; later, Gesang became the name of a grassland state, rich and healthy.
After setting up the camp, Chu Zheng was free, and the first thing he did was go to Zhang Chang'an. When he saw Zhang Changan, he was with a group of shepherds, shearing a group of sheep in the setting sun.
The opponent is very skilled. The sheep are like cotton balls in his hands. After a few flips, they become bald, and they are cleaner than being burned. Obviously, they often do this.
The beautiful shepherdess was helping him, driving over the sheep to be sheared, handing them to Zhang Changan one by one, and taking away the wool one by one. The way the shepherdess bends down and opens her arms to drive away the bleating sheep looks like an old hen, which makes Chu Zheng want to laugh.
If Zhang Changan wasn't wearing Tang costumes, it would be really hard for Chu Zheng to find him among the vast flocks of sheep and shepherds.
Chu Zheng, who was about to walk straight over, stopped for some reason. He suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was very peaceful and peaceful, as if exuding the flavor of his childhood country, which he couldn't bear to destroy.
Before the sun sets, the shepherds finished their wool-laying work. The men teased and laughed at each other, and the women sang songs. They loaded the wool into carts and sent it to the warehouse. The day's errands were considered finished.
After studying how to weave wool, Datang now has a great demand for wool, and merchants from Datang will come to buy wool from the warehouse.
"If you put on the clothes of a shepherd, I probably won't recognize you. Seeing your natural posture when laying wool, you are no different from an ordinary shepherd. I said that in the past two years, you don't really think of yourself as a shepherd, do you?" ? Have you learned how to herd sheep?”
When Zhang Changan greeted him, Chu Zheng laughed and joked.
"I even learned how to deliver sheep." Zhang Changan replied angrily, and after punching each other's chests, he also laughed, "But if you want to say that I am best at roasting sheep, tonight You're lucky."
This was the first time the two had met in the past two years after parting ways in the Anton Protectorate's Mansion. Although there was a very unpleasant quarrel in Anton last time, until now, both of them have obviously ignored the old unhappiness, and they still get along as before.
It can't be said that the brothers who survived the robbery and met each other with a smile to wipe out their grievances and enmity, and the little things that broke up badly back then, really didn't constitute any rift between the two brothers.
The growth of the past two years has made Chu Zheng understand the ways of the world better, so when facing Zhang Changan again, he will not have the slightest attitude of a successful person; Means, naturally there will be no more inferiority complex.
In front of the bonfire under the night, most of Zhang Changan's roast lamb was quickly eaten, and the two drank so fast that the wine jars piled up into a hill at their feet. Gesang came over to deliver wine several times, lowered his head as if he was very shy, and didn't dare to look at Chu Zheng directly, as if he had a guilty conscience.
"I remember that Gesang has always been careless, what's going on now?" Chu Zheng's eyes were hazy with drunkenness, and he started to sway while sitting on the grass, still winking at Zhang Chang'an, as if you were already having an adulterous relationship. appearance.
Gesang didn't go far, and sat and chatted with a group of young girls in front of a bonfire next to him. Every now and then, she would pretend to casually peek at Zhang Changan, her eyes full of concern, afraid He drank too much.
"If you stay here for a long time, you might still be able to drink our wedding wine." When Zhang Changan said this, he was looking at Gesang from a distance, smiling warmly and tenderly, as if he had everything world.
Seeing this gesture, Chu Zheng felt numb and chilled. He gave a thumbs up, "You are such a ruthless person that you really want to marry this shepherdess, but brother, I appreciate your courage and responsibility. To be honest, a few The chief of a tribe of ten thousand people is also worthy of you."
The two touched the wine jar, raised their heads and drank heavily, Chu Zheng drank up the wine jar on his own before giving up, as a way of expressing his congratulations on Zhang Chang'an's happy event.
Putting down the wine jar, Chu Zheng was already very drunk, and said in a low voice: "When I returned to Chang'an, I visited General Shangguan, and the other party didn't agree or refuse. I thought it would be possible, but I didn't expect... "
Zhang Changan naturally knew what he was talking about, and smiled indifferently: "It's pretty good in the grassland. By the way, when did you go to see General Shangguan
Sangzhou has not had a governor for almost two years. "
Chu Zheng looked at Zhang Changan unexpectedly, confused. Don't worry about Zhang Chang'an, since there is no governor here, he is naturally in charge.
But this is too abnormal. Now that the officials of the Tang Dynasty are clear and bright, how can there be a state that has not had a governor for almost two years
Zhang Changan spread his hands, indicating that he was also very strange, and didn't know what was going on.
"The last time I went back to Chang'an was last fall. I heard that Minister Qian of the Ministry of War was demoted. It was the winter of the previous year. The charge was dereliction of duty." When Chu Zheng said this, his mind was a little confused, and he laughed twice with a mouth full of alcohol. "If you really marry Qian Shilang's daughter and want to cling to her power, then your wish will come to nothing!"
Zhang Changan didn't feel anything about this matter, he was not lucky, and he didn't feel that the world was impermanent.
Seeing that he was so indifferent, Chu Zheng pushed him by the shoulder, "You don't really want to lose your ambition, do you plan to die here? To tell you the truth, I am going back to the grassland right now to train soldiers—now the imperial court has a hundred thousand new cavalry, They have all come to the grassland one after another, and large-scale drills are about to start! What is this? It is a pre-war training camp!
"What does this mean? It means that the battle of the Western Regions is about to begin! If it is early, it will be this autumn, if it is late, it will be spring next year!"
Zhang Changan took a big sip of wine, his brows were peaceful, "It is also a great achievement to govern the grassland, make the grassland a part of the Tang Dynasty, and let the herdsmen here live and work in peace and prosperity for generations to come."
"But you only manage a grassland state, not the entire grassland, and only individual drivers!" Chu Zheng said eagerly, "Do you know that in addition to the 100,000 new cavalry, there is another one in the Chang'an Forbidden Army who is all trained soldiers?" The infantry of Qi monks! The configuration of magical weapons and weapons has been popularized to the point where everyone can easily get one set!"
Pressing Chu Zheng who was eager to jump up, Zhang Changan said: "What are you talking about? I'm a civil servant now. If you think you don't have enough wine, I'll ask Gesang to get more. Don't stare at me like that, be careful of eyeballs popping." come out.
"In life, the most important thing is to do your part. There is no benefit in aiming too high. Fate sometimes must be there, and fate is always forced. As long as you live a fulfilling life, even if it is wool, it is of great significance."
Chu Zheng still jumped up, staring at Zhang Chang'an with bloodshot eyes, "Do you know what state I am in now? Immortal Yinshen is perfect, only one step away from becoming Immortal Yangshen! I am now the commander of the Spike Army So, if there is a big battle, you must reward the pill before the battle, and you can break through the realm of the Yangshen Daoist in one fell swoop!"
Speaking of this, he waved his arms a few times, but failed to show his cultivation, and fell down when his feet were weak, and fell asleep so drunk.
Zhang Changan knew that Chu Zheng was not really drunk.
It was the other party who realized that no matter how much he wanted Zhang Changan to fight with the army and make contributions, Zhang Changan was now just a civil servant. This is not something that Zhang Changan can do whatever he wants.
After drinking the wine in the wine jar one gulp, and eating the meat from the leg of lamb piece by piece, Zhang Chang'an looked as usual and behaved peacefully, like an eminent monk.
He's still young but he's been through a lot.
When he was a teenager, the family was oppressed by the Tubo nobles outside the family, and father and son were at odds inside, and then he fought in Hexi, fighting bloody battles, seeing his grandfather holding a knife, seeing the king's master coming, and seeing his father slaying the Tubo nobles, and died tragically under the moon.
When he arrived in Chang'an, he entered the practice academy, studied hard, was full of vigor, and cultivated not only talents, but also arrogance and ambition; then he attacked the Tang Dynasty all over the world, went north to join the war, escaped into the enemy's camp, dealt with things calmly, and made great achievements; As a civil servant, he governed the grassland and grew rapidly, but suffered hardships during the critical period of his rise.
When the imperial dynasty conquered Silla, he entered the battlefield as a grain transport officer, and he could only watch the soldiers fight and watch other people make great achievements. Before he wanted to return to the army, he had to turn around and leave silently. Back to the barren grassland, for a long time, I was wandering in the valley, with worries and sorrows.
In the past two years, in fact, the party in charge of the government has been truly independent, so he matured in the adversity, and enlightened himself in the face of adversity.
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Zhang Changan is confident that in the future, no matter whether he is unknown or at the top, he will be able to deal with it indifferently.
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The next day, while Chu Zheng was training the soldiers, he inadvertently noticed that some officials galloped to the tribe. Although the ostentation was not big, the cultivation of the officials and accompanying guards was surprisingly high, and they were all real people.
After a business trip, Chu Zheng came to look for Zhang Changan, but found that Zhang Changan was sitting alone in his room,
Silent, shaped like a statue. Chu Zheng felt surprised, and stepped forward to ask, Zhang Changan smiled, and handed the transfer order on the table to the other party.
After reading the transfer order, Chu Zheng's expression changed several times, with mixed surprise and joy, "The imperial court wants to transfer you to the Western Regions? Very good, very good, you can finally leave the grassland to flex your muscles! However, why is it the transfer order from the Tsingyi Yamen? You are a fifth rank Civil officials... why did the Tsingyi Yamen transfer you to the Western Regions?"
Zhang Changan raised his head and glanced at Chu Zheng, but there was still no strong and obvious emotion on his face, "The messenger also brought His Majesty's oral order."
"Your Majesty's oral order?!" Chu Zheng was very excited, "What is it? Can you say it?"
Zhang Changan looked at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the door, and said slowly: "Your Majesty said, if you understand the mundane world, break your fame, and become a major practitioner, then you should marry a wife and have children, and live an ordinary life; if you still have blood in your heart, Thousands of miles away, there is a dangerous place where there is a near-death situation, and people need to go, and there are a group of brave fighters who are fighting for the country, and people need to be rescued."
Chu Zheng was startled, hesitated to speak for several times, and finally didn't know what to say, only worried about his friend.
It is naturally a happy event to get the oral order from His Majesty the Emperor, which proves that Zhang Changan is in the eyes of His Majesty, which is what countless people dream of.
There are as many talented people in the world as the crucian carp crossing the river. In terms of talent, character and cultivation, there is no one like Zhang Chang'an, but how many people can be so lucky to be able to enter His Majesty's eyes
However, His Majesty's oral instructions made it very clear that this trip is going to a dangerous place in the Western Regions, and what we are facing is also a dangerous thing. Now the Western Regions are already treacherous, and the three forces of the Tang Dynasty, the Black Khanate, and the Dashi, There are many battles in the open and dark places, and the monks in the Tsingyi Yamen, Quanzhen Temple, and Wukong Shimen die almost every day.
Now that the war is about to break out, it is conceivable how terrifying these already dangerous secret operations, hidden stakes, and military disputes will become. At this time, the job of leading the Tsingyi Yamen is to face the danger in the danger, the "near death" The statement is half true.
Chu Zheng hesitated for a while, but finally persuaded him: "Although it is the true nature of a man to make contributions in the battlefield, but this time..."
He originally wanted to persuade Zhang Chang'an, but he didn't know how to continue when he got to this point.
Zhang Changan stood up, came to the door, bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun, and suddenly said: "Tell me, is the hot blood in my chest cold or not?"
If it was before this meeting, based on Chu Zheng's understanding of Zhang Chang'an, he would naturally answer that our blood has never cooled down, and he also believes that Zhang Chang'an's blood will never cool down.
But after meeting this time, Zhang Chang'an was indifferent everywhere, full of detached temperament that could break his fame, which was exactly the same as living in seclusion in the mountains to achieve Taoism.
Honor or disgrace is a state that many people can only dream of.
But this often also means that the blood is cold.
Just as Chu Zheng was thinking about it, Zhang Changan's eyebrows and eyes suddenly darkened. Suddenly, his robes swelled, and his cultivation aura rose like a tide. A column of energy rose from his head to mid-air. In Chu Zheng's eyes, it was even stronger than the setting sun. Be eye-catching.
"This, this is the Realm of the Yangshen! You have already reached the Realm of the Yangshen?!" Chu Zheng was stunned and even more inconceivable.
He fought in the battlefield, traveled across Silla, gained many experiences and opportunities, and only then did he raise his cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the Yinshen Daoist Mind. Zhang Chang'an was trapped in a corner of the grassland, unable to move for several years, and unable to display his ambitions. Yes, it's not bad if the cultivation base is not lowered, how could it be possible to reach the realm of the Yangshen Daoist
Zhang Chang'an turned to look at Chu Zheng, his eyebrows raised, his momentum was ten times more vigorous than when he fought against Tubo in Hexi and defeated Khitan in Huairong, "I'm going to decide the land of the Western Regions!"
Chu Zheng suddenly woke up.
The friend in front of me has never changed.
Indifferent and peaceful, it's not that the blood is cold, it's just that the edge is restrained.
No matter what kind of difficult situation you face, no matter what kind of psychological adjustment you are forced to make, for the friends in front of you, these are just a process similar to tempering steel. As long as there is a chance to turn the clouds and see the sun, his sword will shine again.
Bao Jianfeng comes out of sharpening.
Ordinary sharp swords will rust and break if they are not sheathed for a long time.
But the friend in front of me will not.
His sword will only become sharper and sharper.
Because he is Zhang Changan.
Realizing this, Chu Zheng was so happy that he almost jumped up like a child.