Seeing that Zhou Jun had no more problems, Long Maoyuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "So, the whereabouts of Queen Yanqi's concubine...?"
Zhou Jun took out the Zhou family genealogy and related documents that had been prepared from his arms, and handed them to Long Maoyuan.
The latter took it carefully, looked at it carefully, and asked Zhou Jun: "May I ask your distinguished guest's name?"
Zhou Jun: "Zhou Jun, Zhou Hengcai, the clan leader can be called a certain Zhou Lang."
Long Maoyuan found Zhou Jun's name in the genealogy and was shocked. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "The descendants of Queen Yanqi went to the Tang Dynasty with the Zhou family?"
Zhou Jun: "The Zhou family was originally a distant branch of King Yanqi. When the rebellion broke out, they fled the kingdom with Prince Yanqi and went to the Tang Dynasty. Prince Yanqi and his descendants lived in the Tang Dynasty.
After hundreds of years, at first he still had the intention to return to his homeland, but later he gradually adapted to the life in the Central Plains, and finally even his surname was changed to Zhou."
Long Maoyuan's face became even more shocked. He struggled a bit and said, "Although the genealogy and quotations are correct, these documents are all written later and it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity."
Zhou Jun knew that the other party would say this, so he untied his collar and took out a pendant from his neck, which was the Yinglong Cone, the token of the Yanqi royal family.
The moment Long Maoyuan saw Ying Longzui, his eyes widened, his throat rolled, and his knees involuntarily softened.
Seeing this, Zhou Jun quickly helped Long Maoyuan up and asked, "Do you know this thing?"
Long Maoyuan was so excited that he couldn't speak. He just nodded his head.
He stood firm, turned around and walked inside with an arrow. He took out something from a locked box and showed it to Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun couldn't help but be startled when he saw the thing clearly. He saw that Long Maoyuan also had a Yinglong Cone in his hand, which was almost the same as the one in his own hand.
Long Maoyuan: "Yinglong Zui was originally one piece. When the prince fled, he split it into two halves in order to recognize each other in the future."
After Zhou Jun heard this, he took the other half of the Yinglong Cone from Long Maoyuan's hand, aligned it with the half in his own hand, and then combined it to form a complete, strange-shaped cone.
Zhou Jun looked at the strange object in his hand and felt suspicious.
When Long Maoyuan saw this perfectly fitting royal token, he no longer had any doubts about the identity of the person in front of him. He quickly knelt down and praised the prince.
Zhou Jun waved his hand and ordered Long Maoyuan to stand up first, and then said: "As long as you know the descendants of the royal family, don't mention it again in the future."
When Long Maoyuan heard about it, he guessed the twists and turns, and he could only say yes.
Zhou Jun looked at the strange-shaped Yinglong Cone in his hand and asked, "Is this a weapon? Or a decoration?"
Long Maoyuan replied respectfully: "Ying Longzui is a key."
Zhou Jun: "Key?"
After finishing speaking, Zhou Jun looked at the front end of the Yinglong Cone. Sure enough, it was like a key, with many irregular bumps.
Zhou Jun asked again: "Since it is a key, where does it open the door lock?"
Long Maoyuan: "I dare to teach Zhou Lang to know that this is a secret secret of the Yanqi royal family. I really don't know."
Zhou Jun scratched his head.
Long Maoyuan looked at Zhou Jun from the side and asked carefully: "Since Zhou Lang has come to the Dragon Tribe, why doesn't he want to recognize his clan members?"
Zhou Jun looked at Long Maoyuan, first explained his official status and duties, and then said: "A certain person is a supervisor of the Hexi Hutai Market, and intends to earn a living for the Dragon Tribe so that the people of the tribe will have no worries about food and clothing... However, if Yan Qi
If the descendant's identity is revealed and he gets involved with the Dragon Division, he will definitely arouse the suspicion of the court, but in the end, both parties will end up in a bad situation."
When Long Maoyuan heard this, he understood, but he still said awkwardly: "However, if the descendants of Yanqi return to the Dragon Tribe, I will always give an explanation to the other clan leaders."
Zhou Jun pointed at Ying Long Zhui and said: "Show this to the other clan leaders and say that the descendants of King Yanqi have been found, but it is not convenient to reveal the identity of the other party at the moment. From now on, my contact with the Dragon Division will be
All matters will be resolved by you."
Long Maoyuan nodded and responded.
Zhou Jun took apart the Ying Long Cone, returned half of it to Long Maoyuan, and said: "Okay, you know what happened today and I know it, so don't make it public. In a few days, I will return to Liangzhou.
I will have someone come to Longbu to contact you."
After saying that, Zhou Jun opened the curtain and walked out.
Long Maoyuan followed Zhou Jun, with a look of shock still on his face.
Sun Aying breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhou Jun walked out safely; Tuoba Huaisu saw Long Maoyuan's absent-minded look and lowered his head to think.
After sunset, after dinner, Zhou Jun walked out of Longbu's tent and saw Sun Aying and a group of Tang soldiers gathered around a bonfire, so he walked over.
Sun Aying was baking plain cakes. When he saw Zhou Jun coming, he quickly handed the food into the hands of others and sang "O" again.
When Zhou Jun saw the Tang soldiers who were sitting on the ground, they all stood up to greet them. He first waved his hands and then said: "Sit down, everyone, sit down."
Seeing this, Sun Aying asked everyone to sit down.
Zhou Jun came to the campfire, looked at the sergeants beside him, and said while recalling: "You are the deputy of the first flag, Qu Shuoxin, from Lingzhou; you are the third flag of the first flag, Zuo Sengjia,
People from Fengzhou..."
Zhou Jun used his memory to describe the two groups of Tang soldiers one by one, and there was nothing wrong.
When everyone heard this, they looked excited and showed admiration.
After saying everyone's names, Zhou Jun took a sip of water, looked at the plain cakes and oily glutinous rice cakes in Tang Zou's hands, and asked: "Can the military rations be paid in full?" Sun Aying hesitated for a moment and replied: "Now
It’s better than before.”
Zhou Jun frowned: "The food and salary are still in arrears?"
Sun Aying: "I heard that there was less rain and snow in the Hexi prefectures last winter, which led to a poor harvest this year and a sharp decrease in farm output, so the food and salary payments were also less. Fortunately, Wang Duhu promoted the business
The tax law has increased and decreased, and most of the military pay has been released, so there are not many vacancies."
Zhou Jun thought for a moment and said to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty: "I will pay for the shortfall in your food and salary."
Hearing this, Sun Aying quickly dissuaded him and said, "Young Master Zhou, we are all sent by the Protectorate. How can we let you use your personal property to fill the empty salary?"
Zhou Jun said nonchalantly: "You and I have a life-long friendship. If you make up for a little food and salary, you can make up for it. As long as you don't tell anyone, that's fine."
Sun Aying wanted to persuade him again, but when he saw the brothers around him, everyone's face was full of hope, and the modest words that came to his lips, he really couldn't say.
Zhou Jun: "Okay, the matter of food and salary is settled like this. I just have some free time today, so I would like to hear what else you are short of?"
Sun Aying and the Tang soldiers looked at each other.
After a while, someone hesitated and wanted to say something, but was too embarrassed to say it.
Zhou Jun: "Why should an athlete in the military act like a girl in his words and deeds? Just say what you have to say!"
A soldier of the Tang Dynasty mustered up his courage and finally said: "Mr. Zhou, I want to find a wife."
Zhou Jun was stunned, and suddenly remembered that Li Guangbi once mentioned to him that it was a big problem for soldiers in the frontier army to get married and start a family. There were many old soldiers with white heads in ancient times who were all alone.
Zhou Jun asked the Tang soldier: "What kind of wife do you want to find?"
The Tang soldier said bluntly: "As long as he is able to bear children, I will be satisfied."
Zhou Jun couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
This request is truly sincere.
Looking around the campfire again, Zhou Jun found that most of the Tang soldiers showed approval, presumably with the same intention.
Zhou Jun couldn't help but ask: "Soldiers on the border, is it really so difficult to get a wife?"
Sun Aying and the others looked at each other with sympathy and nodded together.
Zhou Jun thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about this."
After leaving the Tang soldiers, Zhou Jun walked up to the sand dune next to the Longbu camp, sat on the fine sand on the top of the dune, and looked up at the starry sky above his head.
Someone came up behind him and sat next to him again.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of plain white, and Zhou Jun already knew the identity of the visitor.
Tuoba Huaisu asked Zhou Jun: "What is Zhou Jun looking at?"
Zhou Jun thought: "The dusk clouds have cleared up and overflowed with coldness, and the silver man turned the jade plate silently. If this night is not good in this life, where can I see the bright moon next year?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "Although I don't understand Han poetry very well, it sounds pleasant to my ears, but Erlang is very talented in literature."
Zhou Jun said with a smile: "I didn't write this poem, but it just touched the scene."
Tuoba Huaisu said quietly: "I am moved by the scene... I just don't know where the moon will shine next year, where will Erlang look?"
Zhou Jun turned his head and looked at Tuoba Huaisu beside him, whose eyes under the mask glowed with a glimmer of inquiry.
Zhou Jun: "Don't play riddles. Just ask whatever you want."
Tuoba Huaisu looked back at the tent of the Long tribe people, and then asked Zhou Jun: "Erlang is a descendant from heaven. He should be aloof from the world, so why should he care about the insignificance of this mortal world?"
Zhou Jun asked Tuoba Huaisu: "In the eyes of Zoroastrian believers, are the gods a group of guys who ignore the world and regard everything in the world as trivial?"
Tuoba Huaisu frowned after hearing this and said: "Not only Zoroastrianism, but also Taoism and Buddhism all treat all living beings as stupid dogs. Whether they are true immortals or eminent monks, in order to find the great road and seek the true result, they will not always sacrifice themselves.
Put it first and treat mortals as nothing?"
Zhou Jun: "So, what use are those gods who only care about themselves to mortals? Why do we need to build temples to worship them?"
Tuoba Huaisu's eyes showed doubts and confusion, and he hesitated and said: "Because they are gods, they are superior, and it is natural for believers to worship gods... Well..."
Zhou Jun: "Believers dedicate their wealth, time, dignity and even their lives to worship a god who is selfish, arrogant and indifferent to mortals. Do you think this behavior is necessary?"
Tuoba Huaisu held his chin and fell into deep thought.
Zhou Jun: "If believers really want to worship a god, they must first confirm that the god has good intentions and is willing to help all living beings. Otherwise, they will place all their hopes on a selfish and selfish person.
And on top of the fickle existence, wouldn’t it be a disaster for believers?”biqμgètνt
Tuoba Huaisu remained silent.
After Zhou Jun finished speaking, he stood up and walked down the sand dune.
As for Tuoba Huaisu, she remained motionless and thought about it on the top of the hill for half the night.