Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 13
In the first year of Tianshou, Wu Zetian changed the name of the Tang Dynasty to Zhou.The boundary with the Turks has been re-determined, and the northwest frontier at this time is unusually quiet and peaceful.

Dazhou and Turks reopened border negotiations, merchants from the two countries traded with each other, and the people lived in harmony.

On the Silk Road, caravans of camels and horses from all over the world came in an endless stream, and the Guanhe River was calm and peaceful, with a peaceful atmosphere.

However, at this time, the Turkic Khan Gu Duolu suddenly died of a serious illness, and his son Ji Li hastily inherited the Khan throne. The sound of drums shattered the peace that had only been maintained for several years in the northwest frontier, and the flames of war reignited, and the two countries once again fell into war.

The two sides invested heavily in Hexi, Longyou, and Gannan provinces, and carried out large-scale main battles. This depleted the national strength of the two countries, made it difficult to transfer, and exhausted the three armies. The war lasted intermittently for several years. Wherever it reaches, the people are devastated, and the common people are devastated.

……

In Chang'an City, in a private house, a young man dressed in purple was standing respectfully in front of an old man.Although the old man was in his sixtieth year, his complexion was ruddy, his eyes were piercing, and the Taoist robe on his body made the old man look different from ordinary people.

"What, you want to go back to your hometown to visit your adoptive father."

The face of the immortal Taoist suddenly changed, and he said.

The young man replied: "I have been away from home for five years. I don't know how my adoptive father is doing well, so I beg the master to let my apprentice go back to his hometown to visit his adoptive father."

The young man and the old man in purple are Wang Mang and Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang pondered for a moment and then said: "It is normal to say that you have been away from home for five years, and you want to go back to visit your hometown. You are in danger."

Upon hearing this, Wang Mang said with a smile, "Master, look at what this is." As he spoke, Wang Mang raised his right hand, only to see white gas rising from his right hand.

"This, this is..." Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang suddenly cried out in surprise.

Yuan Tiangang then asked, "Mang'er, have you cultivated your true energy?"

Wang Mang smiled slightly and said, "I was lucky enough to cultivate my True Qi before January."

Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Good! Good! Good! This apprentice is really a genius, I really did not misunderstand you."

Yuan Tiangang went on to say: "Ordinary people may not be able to practice true qi in their entire life, but those who are suitable for practicing martial arts will have to go through ten years, or even more than ten years before they can develop true qi. Even some martial arts geniuses need to go through seven or eight years. Only then can you achieve something, but I didn’t expect you, my apprentice, to develop true energy in just five years.”

Wang Mang hesitated and said: "Then you see, is this disciple..."

When Yuan Tiangang heard the words, he withdrew his smile and said, "Mang'er, although you have cultivated your true energy, it's just a beginner, so you must not be complacent."

Wang Mang said solemnly: "I will follow the master's instruction."

After a while, Yuan Tiangang asked again with a solemn expression: "Mang'er, have you really thought about it? With your current martial arts skills, you are just a small role in the Jianghu."

Wang Mang said: "Recently, I often dream about my adoptive father. No matter what, I want to go home and visit his old man."

Yuan Tiangang said with a smile: "Mang'er's filial piety is commendable. If this is the case, then the teacher will not stop you anymore. You go back and clean up. You can go on the road tomorrow morning."

Wang Mang said without changing his face, "That disciple will leave."

When Wang Mang just walked to the door and was about to leave, Yuan Tiangang suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, Mang, did you tell Jinghui about your return to your hometown?"

Wang Mang heard the words and said, "I'm going to tell my brother about it."

When Yuan Tiangang heard the words, he waved his hand to signal Wang Mang to leave, and Wang Mang withdrew upon seeing this.

After Wang Mang returned to the room, he called a servant to invite his brother Hu Jinghui to come over. Although Wang Mang probably knew where his brother lived, he never went there in order not to attract the attention of others.

In the evening, when Wang Mang was packing his luggage, he saw a middle-aged man with a burly figure, thick eyebrows and a square face, wearing a red armor and a black cloak. He came in and said, "Mang, I heard you called me. Brother Wei happened to come to see you, brother Wei has to go out to do something recently."

Wang Mang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he said with a smile, "Oh, I've been away from home for many years, and I'm a little homesick. I want to go back to my hometown to see my adoptive father, so I came to say goodbye to my brother."

Hu Jinghui was surprised and said: "Oh? What a coincidence, you have to go out too. Does your master know about this?"

Wang Mang smiled and said, "The teacher already knows."

Hu Jinghui didn't think too much when he heard the words, nodded and said: "That's good, pay attention to safety on the road."

"I still need to discuss something with your master, so I won't stay with you any longer." After speaking, Hu Jinghui left.

Wang Mang looked thoughtfully at Hu Jinghui's leaving back.

Silent all night.

On the second day, outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road.

Wang Mang led a horse, and said to a pair of twin girls: "Xiaomei Xiaofeng, after I leave, you should practice martial arts hard, and strive to develop your true energy as soon as possible."

Hearing this, the two girls wrinkled their lovely noses, raised their small fists and said, "Don't worry, Brother Mang, we will definitely surpass you next time you come back."

Wang Mang nodded and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for the day when you surpass me, teacher, brother, then I will leave."

Yuan Tiangang and Hu Jinghui who were standing in the long pavilion nodded upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Wang Mang clasped his fist at the group of them, then got on his horse, and with a sound of "drive", he saw Wang Mang galloping away.

……

In the northwest desert, there is a vast expanse of flat sand, stretching thousands of miles, and there are no people.

The sky was low and the clouds were light, and the wind howled.In the middle of the desert, he rode against the wind and walked with difficulty on the vast desert.

After a while, the sound of the wind died down, and the man on the horse lifted his hood, revealing a relatively immature face, but the bright eyes showed a maturity that did not match his age.

Although the young man was eleven or twelve years old, he looked about fourteen or fifteen years old due to years of martial arts practice. The young man was Wang Mang who left Chang'an.

After Wang Mang left Chang'an, he did not return to Wangjiabao to visit relatives, but came to the desert of Gannan Road. As for why Wang Mang came to the desert, it started from Wang Mang's plan.

Wang Mang originally planned to establish a good relationship with Li Yuanfang and Di Renjie first, so as to prepare for saving Hu Jinghui in the future.

As a result, in the plot, when the mission was killed in the desert, I realized that looking for Li Yuanfang by myself in this vast desert is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Now that Li Yuanfang can't be found, they can only start from Lingzhou City.

Wang Mang thought about it, and couldn't help laughing bitterly. Only then did he realize that the protagonists in the novels and movies in the past found the key characters casually, which was a lie.There are no coincidences in the world, and if there are, they are elaborate coincidences.

Or maybe he doesn't have the protagonist's life, Wang Mang thought wildly like this, and Pegasus left.

(End of this chapter)