Tang's dining table

I don’t know since when, each tribe in the Western Regions has a legend, a legend about Chang’an City.

In this legend, the Heavenly Khan of the Tang Dynasty lived in a palace made of gold high above the sky, and held thunder and lightning in his hand. Even though he was thousands of miles away, the Heavenly Khan living in the golden palace could still kill people.

The legendary city of Chang'an is always bright, because the sun hangs above the palace of Tian Khan, and the moon is decorated by Tian Khan's palace in the palace. The most beautiful girls from all over the world dance under the moon. Dancing, their skin is as white as milk, their voices are as sweet as nightingales, and their eyes are as bright as stars. Everyone who sees these eyes will be deeply addicted, without knowing hunger or thirst. , not to mention that time is slowly passing by until it turns into a pile of withered bones...

It is a place without cold, where the land is fertile, food will grow automatically from the land, fruit trees will bloom and bear fruit automatically, and bees will dedicate the honey they have worked hard to brew to the great Khan.

People can have enough food without working; without brewing, mellow ale will gush out from the ground; without grazing, cattle and sheep will thrive; without weaving, silkworms will automatically spin silk and make knots. Cocoon, made into silk.

People in that city called Chang'an have nothing to do but drink, eat, and have fun. They wake up from drunkenness every day, and then fall asleep in drunkenness...

Chang'an City in the fantasy of the Uighur people often appears in the songs of Uighur shamans. These magical people who are said to live in the world and can communicate with gods and ghosts add their own fantasies about Chang'an City and tell these stories to the gods. With ghosts, of course, more is told by the Uighurs who believe whatever the shaman says.

"Chang'an, Chang'an, what are you like that can make people in these remote places regard you as heaven!"

Yun Chu murmured to himself. The image of Xi'an, the city that never sleeps in the Tang Dynasty, kept appearing in his mind, and various descriptions of Chang'an in history books appeared from time to time.

Although his reason told him that Chang'an could not be as beautiful as the herdsmen imagined, he was unwilling to admit that Chang'an was not as beautiful as they imagined.

Chang'an City is only suitable for appearing in dreams. After waking up, the snow-capped mountains and grasslands that have not changed for thousands of years are still in front of you.

The weather was very sunny today. Yunchu had boiled goat's milk and prepared tsampa and butter early in the morning. When the sun fully emerged, Selema and Naha did not wait.

So, he ate all the prepared food by himself. His stomach was full and his whole body felt hot. He hadn't felt so good in a long time.

Selema and Naha should have better food. From now on, he doesn't have to save and can eat with open belly.

Just when Yunchu was brushing the bay horse's fur and cultivating its affection, Lao Yangpi came to this small Sai tribe again.

He came riding a camel. The camel was tall, which made him look very tall. In addition, the seven or eight young men and women following the camel actually made this old guy who looked like a monkey more or less tall. It has some majestic meaning.

Lao Yangpi is the oldest barbarian Yunchu has ever seen!

He has become so thin that his face is only the size of a palm, and his waist is as stooped as a prawn. It is obvious that his skin is too big, and there are so few bones, muscles, and internal organs in his body that the whole skin seems to be piled on top of him. His body seemed to be wrapped in a piece of old sheepskin that was bare and hairless. Perhaps, this was why he was called old sheepskin.

Although thin, this guy's body is very hairy, especially the beard on his face that is growing wildly. As a result, the only thing that catches the eye on his small face is his pair of clear water eyes.

Lao Sheeppi's eyes were light blue, without any impurities. It was these eyes as clear as grasshopper lake water that made people want to get close to him involuntarily.

"My little eagle, are you ready to leave home and fly?" Lao Yangpi smiled at Yun Chu.

"I'm waiting for you to come." Yun Chu put away the brush and stood upright.

Lao Yangpi waved, and the teenagers who followed him immediately formed a ladder with their bodies beside the camel.

He walked down the stairs step by step, and finally came to Yun Chu, looked up at him and said, "You should have left with me a long time ago, but you stayed in this savage den for three more years for a stupid woman."

Selema was looking at Yun Chu not far away, and Yun Chu also looked at Selema and waved her hand, smiling and saying to Lao Yangpi: "It can be considered that I have lived for three more years."

"Are you so sure that you will die if you follow me out?" Lao Yangpi found a sunny place and squatted down wrapped in a thick sheepskin cloak.

He looked even thinner when he squatted down. To be polite, Yun Chu had to sit down on the ground so that he could look straight into Lao Yangpi's eyes.

“Under the six reincarnations, everything you cherish will eventually be destroyed in a cruel way.

Your closest relatives may be the sentient beings you killed! The people you hate the most may be your own parents and children!

Everything is a continuum of cause and effect. Why do you value it so much? "

Yun Chu smiled when he heard this. The old guy was still the same as before, wanting to become a monk whenever he had the chance.

Thinking about his origin, Yun Chu didn't find it strange.

No matter who follows Monk Xuanzang in the Western Regions or Tianzhu and spends seventeen years living together like breathing and sharing fate, he will become a monk.

Lao Yangpi is such a person. According to him, he followed monk Xuanzang for seventeen years and protected Xuanzang for seventeen years.

Although what Lao Yangpi said has not been confirmed by Yunchu, this does not prevent Lao Yangpi from being a wise man who has experienced a lot.

The old guy is proficient in Sanskrit, Tocharian, and Turkic. The most terrible thing is that he can also speak fluent Tang Chang'an Mandarin! He writes beautiful calligraphy with calligraphy, even the most popular Fei Bai in Chang'an.

Yunchu learned the Tang Dynasty Chang'an Mandarin from Lao Yangpi, and also learned calligraphy from Lao Yangpi. He even learned the complicated etiquette of the Tang people from Lao Yangpi, and he also knew the landscape of the Tang Dynasty well.

He claimed to have traveled to all countries in the Western Regions, and even accompanied a monk named Xuanzang to a country called Tianzhu.

Yunchu expressed reservations about following Xuanzang to Tianzhu. However, it was from his words that Yunchu learned about the vast land of the Western Regions from a high altitude for the first time.

Then, after confirming it with some of the knowledge he already knew, he obtained the coordinates of his region, as well as the coordinates of time and space.

Seriously speaking, Lao Yangpi is actually Yunchu's first leader in this world.

He really wanted to take Lao Yangpi as his teacher, but unfortunately, Lao Yangpi never agreed.

Perhaps he was bewitched by Xuanzang. Now Lao Yangpi is a fanatical believer in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. He persistently believes that he should climb to Chang'an City even if he has to crawl, and finally die happily in that glorious and glorious city. , in the bright city.

This may be his last hope in his long life, but he doesn't know which one of the three people he is: Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, or Monk Sha.

Lao Yangpi's enthusiasm for Chang'an infected Yunchu. He, a barbarian, regarded Chang'an as his destination. There was no reason for him, a pure Chang'an native, to spend his whole life in the Western Regions.

Lao Yangpi's behavior and words are very similar to pyramid schemes, and the Chang'an City he describes is more like heaven than a human city.

Just because the final destination was Chang'an, Yunchu chose to believe in this person. After all, people with lofty goals will not be so bad.

"You were eight years old when I first met you. It has been five years. I have also taught you for five years. I can tell you with certainty that with your abilities, little eagle, believe me, you should Go to Chang'an, instead of continuing to drag your tail in the muddy pond of the Western Regions and get yourself covered in filth.

Go back soon, or I will die here. "

The old sheepskin monkey-like round eyes slowly became foggy, and it could be seen that he was very sad at this time.

Yun Chu's heart hurt for no reason, he lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Why didn't Xuanzang take you with him when he returned to the Tang Dynasty?"

The fog and sadness in Lao Yangpi's eyes immediately disappeared when he heard these words, and his eyes became as sharp as a hawk, staring at Yun Chu.

This sentence should have touched on Lao Yangpi's pain point. Yun Chu did not avoid it and stared into Lao Yangpi's eyes.

"Alas..." Lao Yangpi sighed, and then said weakly: "The mage was picked up by officers and soldiers..."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Let's go!"

Lao Yangpi was stunned for a moment and said, "Leaving now? Aren't you reluctant to leave?"

Yunchu stood up, came to Selema, hugged the woman who raised him heavily, and whispered in her ear: "Mom, I'm leaving."

Selema tried not to cry, and took out a bunch of white stones from her arms and tied them to Yun Chu's wrist. These stones were the white jade Naha used to throw stones, and they were still stained with Selema's body temperature. .

"Live well, I will wait for you under the snow-capped mountains, waiting for the day when you become a great hero."

Yun Chu nodded, returned to the tent, took out a cowhide backpack and put it on his back, then put a cowhide horse bag on the horse, and led the horse to Lao Sheepskin, who was already riding a camel, without saying a word. He left the Cypriot tribe where he had lived for thirteen years.

Mi Man stood next to the tent, watching with envy as Yun Chu rode his horse past his tent. It could be seen that he wanted to follow him several times, but in the end, for some reason, he sat quietly with his back to the tent. down.

Yunchu didn't see Naha, which made him a little disappointed. Selema followed them for a while, then stopped under a tall cedar and watched Yunchu go away.

However, a plump marmot chased the team along the high slope in the grass for a while. Finally, because it saw the golden eagle circling in the sky, it disappeared into the grass and disappeared.