The prince is very fierce

The setting sun shines on thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the desert is endless. The oasis surrounding the lake is located between the sea of ​​sand. Against the backdrop of the vast world, it is as small as a small green leaf and may be eaten away at any time.

At the top of the sand dune at the edge of the oasis, a little black dog that had lost three laps of weight was sticking out its tongue and looking at the very distant west, its eyes full of confusion.

After all, as a dog who grew up in a palm-sized canyon, he thought he would accompany his master for a walk, but it turned out that he had wandered thousands of miles without finishing the walk.

Standing on this sand dune, it even wondered whether the rest of the dog life would have to continue walking on the road with no end.

It’s almost February, and the vegetation in the oasis that has been dormant all winter has sprouted. Many small animals that live in the oasis are cautiously drinking water by the lake. There is also a wild wolf that appears out of nowhere and vomits. Sticking his tongue and rolling his eyes, the rickety old man used him as a stool and sat under his butt.

The woman in Jingchai's sarong squatted by the campfire, with three wooden sticks in front of her, with grilled fish just caught from the lake skewered on them. Seeing the setting sun at the end of thousands of miles of yellow sand and the smoke column rising from the bonfire, the woman whispered:

"The bicycle is about to ask for directions, and the country it belongs to is passing through Juyan. The expedition leaves the Han Dynasty, and the returning geese enter the Hutian. The desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets over the long river..."

After traveling thousands of miles, it was obviously difficult to walk down on two legs. There were two large camels obtained from unknown places beside the campfire, standing together chewing grass blades.

Eunuch Jia sat on the back of the wild wolf to rest, folding his sleeves with his hands, looking at the red sun in the distance, and nodded thoughtfully:

"The solitary smoke in the desert, the sun setting over the long river... It suits the occasion. But what does 'Hansai' mean? Our family didn't understand it. Maybe it would be more appropriate to change it to 'Yuesai'."

After traveling thousands of miles from the northeast to the northwest of Dayue, Cui Xiaowan looked a little more dusty than before leaving home, but there was no trace of fatigue or boredom on her face. She was still as if she was living in a peach blossom forest. Don't worry about worldly affairs and take things as they come. Hearing Eunuch Jia's doubts, she explained seriously:

"That person said it was 'Hansai', which was the frontier fortress of the Han Dynasty. It comes from "The Han Dynasty"."

"The Han Dynasty..."

Eunuch Jia recalled that from Xia, Shang and Zhou to the present, he had never heard of such a dynasty or this ancient book. He didn't know where Xu Bu Ling heard it from. At the moment, he could only shake his head slightly, not knowing how to answer the question. .

Cui Xiaowan turned the grilled fish with her hands, recalling the conversation that night in the canyon, and said: "The man also said that the Han Dynasty was so powerful, and that 'anyone who offends my strong men will be punished no matter how far away'. Unlike the Song Dynasty, At home, the Jiang family has fought back, and they are still thinking of fighting within themselves..."

The two people set out from Youzhou and crossed Dayue. When they reached Taiyuan, they were blocked by war. Although Eunuch Jia was old, he had only a few soldiers. Naturally, he could not do anything to this old god who had been guarding Dayue Palace for a period of time. He led Cui Xiaowan across the battlefield and saw all the chaos on the bloody battlefield.

Cui Xiaowan has not cared about worldly affairs since she was a child and only likes flowers and plants. She has a very indifferent view of the concept of life and death. In her heart, there is no difference between people's "birth, old age, illness and death" and the "one year old and one withered flower". They are all laws of nature, and there is nothing sad or merciful about them. of.

But when the two armies are fighting and hundreds of thousands of the same kind are killing each other, it is obviously not a natural law.

As the master of the world, the emperor, just like God, who moves clouds and rains in the sky and controls the life and death of all things, should avoid these things. Now that Cui Xiaowan has not done her job well, it is natural that complaining about the emperor is as useless as complaining about the bad weather.

Hearing this, Eunuch Jia smiled softly: "It's the same in every dynasty and every generation. I, Dayue, can't keep the barbarians from all directions in check. But in all dynasties, most of them died because of their strength. The vassal kings If you are immortal, this day will come sooner or later. If you want to destroy the feudal king, you will have this day in advance.

Today's emperor is too ambitious. Within just ten years after taking the throne, he started to "purge the world, launch imperial examinations, suppress military attachés, and plot to reduce the vassal state." Purging the world was an overkill; Daxingke used civilian students for weightlifting, which touched the interests of the noble families; suppressing the military attachés also angered the general families; not to mention cutting down the vassals, almost all the people who shouldn't be provoked were provoked. The general direction is correct, but this is something that should have been slowly implemented over several generations. If you want to do it all at once within the 20 or 30 years of being in power, without leaving any future troubles for your descendants, how can it end up like this? Not surprising. "

Cui Xiaowan didn't like hearing these things, so she just asked:

"When will the war be over?'

Eunuch Jia shook his head: "It's hard to say. It could take one or two years at the earliest. If it's too slow, the world would be torn apart. It would be normal for it to drag on for more than a hundred years."

Cui Xiaowan frowned and stopped thinking about things that couldn't be changed. She turned to look at the sky:

"It's almost February. How far is it from that big sea of ​​flowers?"

Eunuch Jia made an estimate and said with a chuckle: "It's about five hundred miles, and we can get there in seven or eight days."

"Are there any peach blossoms growing there?"

"I don't know about this, but peach blossoms are common and should be planted."

"Then we have to walk faster. The peach blossoms are the most beautiful in early February. If I go there late, I won't be able to see them."

Cui Xiaowan picked up the grilled fish and handed it to Eunuch Jia. Then she sat down on the grass, nibbling on the grilled fish and feeding it to the little black dog.

Eunuch Jia took the grilled fish, thought about it for a moment, and sighed softly:

"Speaking of the big sea of ​​flowers, the old slave does know some of the reasons. In Chang'an City, that boy's father fell in love with a girl in the Jianghu. The girl grew up on the side of the Hundred-foot Cliff in the East China Sea. On the Hundred-foot Cliff is the A sea of ​​flowers. In order to please the girl, the boy's father promised to build the largest sea of ​​flowers in the world and win the girl's heart.

However, the old slave did not expect that the family property could be passed on to future generations, and even such things to please girls could be passed down from generation to generation. Looking at the current situation, as long as the sea of ​​flowers is there, sons and grandsons will not have to worry about their wife. When they meet, they will say, "I have a huge sea of ​​flowers at home. Do you want to come home with me?" and then take the girl back. Already..."

Cui Xiaowan liked these stories. She thought about it and nodded seriously: "Women like flowers. When I was at home, many ladies and ladies often came to see the peach blossom forest. However, that man was very handsome. I have seen him before." The most handsome one doesn't need to use flowers to please a girl, just twitching his fingers."

"That's right, 'Zhaohong Yimei' is not just a name in vain..."

Falling into the sunken sand dunes, on top of a small oasis, a bonfire set off an old man, a young man and a dog.

Talking, laughing, and free.

Although the little black dog chewing fish bones is a bit lifeless, the scene is still very warm, well... at least that's how it looks in person...