Chang'an four years (704 AD)
broken leaf city
General Fanren walked through the center of Suiye City and saw a group of soldiers and civilians pushing a huge red monument into a newly dug pit. The monument was carved from a single piece of local red granite. On the forehead of the stele is engraved a peculiar pattern of two wolves. The lines are rough and simple, but very charming. The backs of the two wolves overlap each other, showing no signs of violence. They both lower their heads and lower their eyes, as docile as dogs.
The outside of the city was surrounded by Tu Qishi's cavalry. He led the reinforcements and was only able to defeat the enemy slightly. The generals guarding the city were determined to abandon the city and break out. The inscription on the giant monument was the Tang Emperor's order, so they could not Falling into the hands of the enemy, this monument was buried when Suiye City fell last time, and now it has to be torn down and buried again, so everyone is familiar with it.
This man is already middle-aged, his beard and hair are still curly and thick, but they are vaguely gray, but his eyes are as blue and clear as autumn water. When a group of ragged beggars on the roadside saw him approaching, they all rushed up to him and knelt down to salute. The leader said, "I don't know which general relieved my siege of Broken Leaves."
The people hurried forward to help him and said, "This is Narshiye, the grandson of Isizu, the son of Belus, and the king of the Persians."
The man bowed again and said, "It turns out to be King Ni Nirvana. I'm disrespectful."
It turns out that this group of people is the cavalry of the Persian King Ni Ni Shi. He is the last emperor of Persia. When Persia fell, his grandfather Yisi, the last king of Persia, died in ruins. His father Belus traveled all the way east to Chang'an to beg for help from the Tang Dynasty. It's just that the "Khan of Heaven" was old and lost his ambition. He refused to send troops to restore Persia, and only gave Belus a title. Belus' ambition to recover was difficult to achieve, and he soon died in depression. After his father's death, Master Ni Ni still had his ambition to restore the country. It is said that Master Ni Ni went deep into Tochara more than 20 years ago to rebuild the Persian royal court and summoned many scattered Persian warriors and barbarians with the nine surnames of Zhaowu. An army of nearly ten thousand people was gathered.
Although Ni Nishi established himself as the King of Persia, he only had tens of thousands of people under his command. The Tang Dynasty was a vassal without a city or a pool. Most of the time, no one took him seriously as the "King of Persia". However, everyone was grateful for his help in relieving the siege. Kneel down and worship. Master Ni Nirvana hurriedly extended his hand to help each other and said: "You are suffering, Tuqishi is just retreating temporarily, and quickly prepare to return to the Anxi Protector's Mansion in Qiuci."
The man was wearing a hood to cover his face. He didn't know whether he was a man or a man. He was probably too excited. He was lying on the ground and Ni Nirvana didn't even give him a hand. He knelt down and tried to help him again, but saw a flash of cold light. , a short dagger was actually exposed under the man's tattered robe. Master Ni Nirvana was shocked. He wanted to get up but his right arm was tightly grabbed by the man. He couldn't get free for a while. The man grabbed the dagger. Fortunately, Master Ni Nirvana Wearing thin fish-scale armor, the dagger could not penetrate, and a spark was drawn on the armor and deflected out.
The Persian guards were shocked when they saw this, and they drew their knives one after another to come forward to help. However, the beggars had already quietly taken their positions. At this moment, they took out their daggers and rushed towards them, stabbing several of them to death within a few seconds. Although there were many guards, they could not help for a while. No. Master Ni Nirvana is also a general who has experienced life and death. Although he was not flustered, he rolled on the spot and broke away. He wanted to draw his sword to defend himself. Unexpectedly, the man was very skilled in short-term kung fu. The beast came up and stabbed him quickly. Master Ni Nirvana The left and right branches were unable to draw their swords for a while. If it weren't for the strong armor on their bodies, they would have been in danger. The people in the surrounding Western Regions were used to seeing conspiracies and assassinations, so they stayed away from watching, and no one came to help.
At this moment, several horse-drawn carriages passed by, looking like a caravan, but at this moment all the goods were abandoned, and people were sitting on the carriages. They seemed to be a large family of old and young, and there were a few young and strong men. He was riding a horse and carrying weapons to guard the car. When the leader, a middle-aged Han man, saw this, he galloped his horse and drew his sword and slashed at the beggar.
The beggar was very skilled. He dodged the sword and stabbed the horse's neck with a dagger. The horse spurted blood and fell dead immediately. The middle-aged Han man jumped up, flicked his wrist in the air, and danced a The sword flower, with three points of cold light, went directly to Beggar's eyes and chest. Although Beggar's weapon was short, he moved very quickly. With three ding-ding-ding sounds, he accurately deflected the three fierce attacks in the air. The middle-aged Han man The momentum of the leap was too long, and he fell downwards. Beggar was about to stab his lower abdomen with the dagger, but suddenly he heard a strong wind behind him. It turned out that the Ni Nirvana master had gained this moment of space, and finally drew out his scimitar. He drew the knife very quickly, tilting it. The beggar's left shoulder was slashed. The sword was powerful and heavy. Although the beggar tried his best to dodge and was not cut in half by the knife, half of his shoulder was cut off by the knife. The beggar was extremely brave and rushed towards the Ni Nirvana Master with a roar. He wanted to die together with Master Ni Nirvana, but suddenly a sword point pierced his chest. It turned out that the middle-aged Han man landed on the ground with both feet, and thrust the sword quickly through his chest. The beggar twisted his whole body and wanted to rush forward. The Ni Nirvana Master cut off his head with one round of his scimitar, and then he fell to the ground motionless.
At this time, the Persian guards also knocked down the other assassins and came up to surround the middle-aged Han people. Master Ni Nirvana quickly stopped the guards and said: "Don't be rude, this friend just saved me."
At this time, the guard picked up the assassin's head. Ni Nirvana took a closer look at the man. Although he had black hair and black eyes, he had a beard with sideburns and sideburns. He did not seem to be a Han Chinese.
The middle-aged Han man stepped forward and crossed his hands and said, "It's a big food dressed in black."
Master Ni Nie nodded and said: "I didn't expect that Tu Qi Shi would actually have an affair with the Great Cannibal. The Great Cannibal has a hatred of destroying the country with Persia. If it weren't for the old guest today, Master Ni Nie would have almost died at the hands of the enemy. I don't know the old guest. How to call it?"
Master Ni Nirvana saw that the man was wearing a white robe, a soap-colored half-sleeved shirt, and a soft cloth turban on his head. He looked like a businessman, so he called him an old customer.
But the man said: "I am Li Ke from Qinzhou. I am the personal guard of Wang Fang Yigong..."
Master Ni Nie knew that Wang Fangyi had inspected the Anxi Protectorate and that Suiye City was built by Wang Fangyi. He sighed and said: "Fifteen years ago, the prince died on the road to exile in Yazhou..."
The man said: "I have also heard that I was supposed to follow the king's work back east, but the prince entrusted me with an important matter. I have been searching for twenty years, and I finally found out about it three years ago."
Ni Nirvana Master knew "that thing" and said: "So you found it?"
The man nodded.
Ni Nirvana Master asked again: "How do you know what you found is the right one?"
The man took out a jade tablet from his arms. The jade tablet was of excellent quality. It must be flawless jade from Khotan, but its workmanship was even more exquisite, and it was obviously the craftsmanship of Chang'an craftsmen. Master Ni Nirvana came closer to take a closer look at the seal carvings on the jade plaque. He was immediately shocked and said: "This is a serious matter. If Li Lang trusts Narshiye, please follow me back to the Central Plains first and take care of it..."
While the two were talking, a large car drove slowly past them. The cloth awning on the car lifted up a corner, revealing the face of a three or four-year-old child, who said to Li Ke: "Yeah, I'm going back to the Central Plains to give... Twelve Lang, would you like to ask Mr. Shu?"
Li Ke smiled and said: "Yes, Twelve Lang is smart. Naturally, Aye will go to the Central Plains to ask the best gentleman to teach Twelve Lang how to read."
When the boy heard this, he leaned on the chair happily and sang:
The lamp cannot be extinguished when it rains, but the color becomes brighter when the wind blows;
If it flies up into the sky, it will become a star on the edge of the moon.
Master Ni Ni and Li Ke rode side by side, and a group of carriages and horses followed them meandering eastward. At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, casting a golden color on the earth. In the distance, the sparkling waves of the Chu River scorched people's eyes. Master Ni Nirvana seemed to have seen the scene twenty-three years ago again. But at that time, the stone monument was being erected and Suiye City had just been built. He was traveling westward, full of ambitions and determined to regain his homeland; but now the monument was falling down, Suiye City was about to be destroyed, and he wanted to return east to Chang'an, and his lifelong ambition had come to nothing. .
