The sunset scatters on the yellow sand thousands of miles away, and the desert is boundless. The oasis surrounding the lakeside is between the sea of ​​sand. Against the backdrop of the vast sky and earth, it is as small as a small green leaf that may be eaten up at any time.

At the top of the sand dunes at the edge of the oasis, the little black dog, who had lost three circles, stuck out his tongue and looked at the far away West, his eyes full of confusion.

After all, as a dog, I grew up in a canyon as big as a palm. I thought I was accompanying my master out for a walk, but the bend took thousands of miles and was not finished.

Standing on this dune, it even wondered whether the rest of the dogs had to keep walking on the road that was unknown.

It was almost February, and the plants and trees that were dormant in the oasis all winter had buds. Many small animals that survived in the oasis carefully gathered by the lake to drink water. There was also a wild wolf that emerged from somewhere, sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes. The hunched old man sat under his butt as a stool.

The woman with a slit hairpin and cloth skirt was squatting beside the bonfire, with three wooden sticks inserted in front of her, and the grilled fish that had just been caught from the lake. Seeing the setting sun at the end of thousands of miles of yellow sand and the smoke columns rising from the bonfire, the woman whispered:

"The bicycle wants to ask the border, and the country passes through Juyan. The vanguard goes out of the Han border, and the return geese enter the Hutian. The desert is lonely smoke and the long river is full of sunset..."

It was obvious that it was difficult to get off with two legs. There were two big camels who had been brought from somewhere by the bonfire, standing together chewing the blades of grass.

Eunuch Jia sat on the back of a wild wolf and rested, put his hands together and looked at the red sun in the distance, nodding thoughtfully:

"The desert is lonely smoke, the long river is full of sunset... It's a good fit. But what does this 'Han Pass' mean? We didn't understand it, so it might be more appropriate to change it to 'Yue Pass'."

From the northeast of Dayue to the northwest of the northwest, after thousands of miles of road, Cui Xiaowan was a little more dusty than before going out, but her face was not exhausted or bored. She was still like living in the peach blossom forest, without caring about the world and being at peace with the situation. When she heard Eunuch Jia’s doubts, she explained seriously:

"That person said it was the 'Han Pass', the frontier of the Han Dynasty, and it came from the "Han Dynasty".

"The Han Dynasty..."

Eunuch Jia recalled that from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present, I seemed to have never heard of such a dynasty, nor did I have this ancient book, and I don’t know where Xu Buling heard it from. At that moment, I could only shake my head gently, not knowing how to answer the conversation.

Cui Xiaowan turned the grilled fish with her hands, recalling the conversation in the canyon that night, and said, "That person also said, the Han Dynasty is so powerful, "Those who offend me and strong Han will be punished even if they are far away." Unlike the Song family, the Jiang family has fought back and still thinks about internal fighting..."

The two set out from Youzhou and crossed Dayue. When they walked to Taiyuan, they were blocked by war. Although Eunuch Jia was old, he naturally could not do anything to this old god who had guarded the Dayue Palace City for a hundred years. He led Cui Xiaowan to cross the battlefield and saw all the chaos in the bloody battlefield.

Cui Xiaowan has never been concerned about the world 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 the "birth, old age, sickness and death" of a person and the "one year, one withering and flourishing" of a flower. They are both natural laws and there is nothing to be compassionate about.

However, when the two armies fight, hundreds of thousands of similar people kill each other, it obviously does not belong to the natural law.

As the master of the world, the emperor was like God who was in charge of the resurrection of all things, and should have avoided these things. Now that he has not done his job well, Cui Xiaowan naturally complained that the weather was not good, and complained that the emperor was useless.

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Jia chuckled softly: "It's the same in any dynasty. My Dayue, I will not still obey the barbarians from all directions. But most of the past dynasties have been destroyed by force. If the vassal kings are not destroyed, sooner or later will there be this day. If you want to destroy the vassal kings, there will be this day in advance.

Today's priests are too ambitious. In just ten years of succession, they began to 'clean the world of martial arts, promote the imperial examinations, suppress military officers, and plot to reduce the vassals'. The vassals of martial arts were overjudged; the vassals of the Daxing imperial examinations were used to heavy civilian students, touching the interests of the gentry family; suppressing military officers provoked the generals and families; the vassals were reduced, and they almost caused all the things that should not be provoked. The general direction is right, but this should have been something that several generations of people should have been slowly promoted. It is not surprising that they can do it in one go within 20 or 30 years of their rule, and not leave any troubles for their descendants. It is not surprising that they can make the difference."

Cui Xiaowan didn't like listening to these things, just asked:

"When will the battle be finished?"

Eunuch Jia shook his head: "It's hard to say, if it's fast, it's one or two years. If it's slow, it's normal for the world to be divided into pieces and it's normal for more than a hundred years."

Cui Xiaowan frowned, no longer thinking about things that could not be changed, and instead looked at the sky:

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

Eunuch Jia estimated it and chuckled, "It's about five hundred miles away, and it can be reached in seven or eight days."

"Does there be peach blossoms planted there?"

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

"Then we have to walk faster. The peach blossoms in early February are the best. I'm late and I can't see them."

Cui Xiaowan picked up the grilled fish, handed it to Eunuch Jia, then sat down on the grass, gnawed the grilled fish in her small mouth, and fed the little black dog.

Eunuch Jia held the grilled fish, recalled it a little, and sighed softly:

"When talking about the sea of ​​flowers, I know some of the reasons. In Chang'an City, the boy's father fell in love with a girl in the world. The girl grew up on the cliff of Baiqi in the East China Sea, and there was a sea of ​​flowers on Baiqi cliff. In order to please the girl, the boy's father promised to build the largest sea of ​​flowers in the world in the future and win the hearts of the girl.

However, the old slave did not expect that the property could be passed on to future generations, and even such things that please girls could be passed on from generation to generation. Judging from the current situation, as long as the sea of ​​flowers is there, the sons and grandchildren don’t have to worry about their daughter-in-law. When they meet, they say, “I have a huge sea of ​​flowers in my house. Do you want to go home with me?”

Cui Xiaowan liked these stories very much. After thinking about it, she nodded seriously: "Women like flowers. When I was at home, many ladies and wives often came to see her in the Peach Blossom Forest. However, the man was very handsome and the handsomest I have ever seen. If you don't need to please the girl, just hook your fingers."

"That's right, 'Zhaohong Yimei' is not just a false reputation..."

Falling into the dunes, above the small oasis, a bunch of bonfires set off the old, a young and a dog.

Talk and laugh, unrestrained.

Although the little black dog gnawing fish bones is a bit overwhelmed, the scene is still very warm, well...at least that's how people look...
Chapter completed!