immortal

We have everything and nothing.

I didn't understand at first.

I don't understand what it means for him to be back in the real world, I'm just happy, but there's not much joy on his face.After he was finally able to speak, he slowly talked a lot about the City of Eternal Life.But his memory is still confused, for example, I asked him if he was from the East like me.

He thought for a long time, and finally shook his head.

But he remembered his name, and slowly wrote three characters on the Gobi with a dead branch. He wrote very slowly, and it was only later that I realized that what he wrote was a book.This discovery made me very happy, but he looked at the three words blankly, then frowned and wiped them away.

Fortunately, we have enough time to recall all this slowly.

We walked aimlessly for a long time, although we were also hungry, thirsty and tired.But every day, the eyes will still be opened as usual, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.Until one day, we met a camel caravan.

All the people in the camel team had high noses and deep eyes, and their clothes looked more like Loulan people. Sure enough, the leader spoke in Tocharian and asked us where we came from and where we were going.

If it is really from Loulan... I hesitate. Loulan has always been pro-Hun and rejected Han, and has repeatedly attacked and robbed Han envoys. Loulan captured King Loulan, but failed to make him surrender. Loulan has always had a dissatisfaction with the Han Dynasty.Now that these years have passed, I don't know anything about the world, let alone whether the person in front of me is an enemy or a friend.

Seeing that I didn't answer for a long time, the leader on the opposite side obviously looked worried, and his subordinates were also slowly approaching us, all of them were wary.

On that night when I fled in a hurry, I only hurriedly put on a robe over my short jacket.Then this robe was taken by the mute. We are about the same size, and it fits him just as well.Even though my robe was in tatters and the hem was torn into strips, it was still better than the animal hide around his waist before.Regardless, it was always a sign of his return to civilization.Instead, I looked more like a savage than he did.

The white shorts and trousers on my body were so dirty that I couldn't see their original color.And I don't know why my beard grows longer than his.With my tanned face and chapped lips, I can imagine how terrible I am now.The leader's hand has been slowly supporting the knife, and he is staring at my face closely, as if waiting for the moment to unsheath.

At this time, the mute on one side suddenly spoke.The leader was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes became confused.I tried to hear what he said carefully, but the mute spoke very fast, so I had no choice but to give up.But at the end, the leader bent down and bowed deeply to us.

I don't know how he explained our identities, but later the leader told me that he had been walking on this road for so many years, and it was the first time he saw someone walking out of the salt marsh in front of him.Not even a water bladder around.At first he thought what he saw was a ghost.I asked him where the camel caravan started, and he pointed to the east and said two words.

Changan.

I suppressed my excitement.Ask him about the situation in Chang'an City.The leader said that last year, the Han army and the Huns fought again, and the Huns lost and retreated. "But the Xiongnu were not completely defeated." The leader laughed and said, "That idiot general of the big man surrendered to the Huns and married Shan Yu's daughter. The emperor of the Han Dynasty killed his entire family to vent his anger..."

I hurriedly interrupted him: "Do you know the title of that general?"

He squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then whispered a few words to the person next to him, then turned his face and said, "Second... teacher?"

My eyes are black.

Before parting, the leader gave us some dry food and clothes.Go west with a whip.I watched the camel caravan drift away under the setting sun, and my heart was full of anxiety.The mute stood in front of me, with a long shadow on the ground.He turned to me and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"I want to go home." I looked into his eyes and said word by word.

"Chang'an?" He frowned and pointed to the distance.

I looked in the direction of his finger, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the mountains in the distance were only vague outlines, and the wind blew up from the salt marsh, rolling fine sand and stones on the barren ground.There's a long way to go, and I'm not sure if I have a home yet.

He didn't know when he came up behind me and patted my shoulder.

"Let's go".After he finished speaking, he walked straight forward.

My heart skipped a beat, and I froze for a long time.

When I finally stood on Zhou Yuan, I pointed him in the direction of Chang'an.Looking around, you can see the huge mausoleum of the first emperor standing quietly on the plain.I don't know if the late emperor, who was buried in this blessed land of Baoshan, has already ascended to the throne.

Outside the gate of Zhangcheng, everything remains the same.He stood quietly outside the city wall made of loess and looked up for a long time.I know what he remembered.The Baishi City in that distant country, that frightening civilization.Thinking about it now is like a dream.

Although our costumes were weird, we didn't attract much attention.Caravans from the Western Regions can be seen everywhere in the city. I led him to the North Tower, looking at Longshouyuan, Weiyang Palace, everything is as before, Changsheng Weiyang, Changle Weiyang, what the emperors of all ages wanted to find, but I found it.But I am determined to keep it a secret forever.

Now it is the spring of the fourth year of Zhenghe. I was inquiring about news on the way back. I heard that the situation in the court was turbulent. The emperor was old and even ordered the prince to die.General Li and the prime minister conspired to make the king of Changyi the crown prince, and the prime minister was also beheaded after the defeat.This is the second time that General Li has been exterminated.There is no guarantee that my family will not be implicated this time.

When I saw the courtyard wall of my house, I didn't dare to take a step forward.He seemed to see that I was afraid, took two steps forward, then turned around and asked me silently.

I nodded at him.

I hid behind the wall and listened to him knock on the door.When I heard the voice of the person who came to answer the door, I finally lost my strength and slowly sat on the ground leaning against the wall.

That was the voice of my old servant, and I could never hear it wrong.