Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 13 The Disaster in Longzhou
"At the beginning of Tang Gaozu, because of Dugu, he was highly valued by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. He was worshiped as a thousand cattle army, and later served as governor of Longzhou, Qiaozhou, and Qizhou. Later generations said: Li and Tang's hegemony began in Longzhou."—— "Old Tang Book. Volume [-] Records of Gao Zu"

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Longzhou, present-day Hanzhong, Baoji area.In ancient times, it was named because it was located on the eastern slope of Longshan.It is connected to Longhe River in the west and Tianshui in the east, which is the west gate of Chang'an.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, there were only three townships and more than 380 households under the rule of Longzhou.It can be said that the people's livelihood is in decline, and a thousand wastes are waiting for prosperity.

In early summer, the afternoon sun outside the carriage was no longer so glaring. Changsheng opened the curtain and looked at the winding river in the distance. The sparkling blue water of the river followed the convoy of Li's family returning home all the way westward.

The father's transfer order was quickly approved, and the father launched a mobilization order for the whole family. He packed up the house in two days at the speed of marching and fighting, and took the whole family with him. The servants set off on the third morning. The speed was fast and the mood was urgent. , My mother once wondered if it was a Turkic call.

Correspondingly, the follow-up of the court turmoil subsided with the departure of the protagonist.Only the Japanese envoys ridiculed them when they left Daxing Capital City. It is said that some students even distributed the couplets on the paper to the passing Japanese envoys, chasing and reciting loudly on both sides of the road, and almost caused another incident. A diplomatic dispute.

However, all these disturbances were scattered in the wind from the girl's hair.

Jixiang came to the car on a pony, looked at the beautiful little face of Changsheng lying on the window, couldn't help being a little lost, and said softly, "Look at the wheat field over there, after passing there, go back to the car." We have entered the Longzhou territory before."

Chang Sheng looked in the direction that Geely pointed, and saw the wheat fields that could not be seen at a glance, and the breeze blew by and set off waves of wheat waves.

When the farmers in the wheat field saw a convoy approaching from a distance, they all stopped their farm work and straightened up to look this way.

"Hey~~ How are you~~" Jixiang saw the other party looking over, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and shouted to greet the other party.

"You have to speak with a Longxi accent. They probably won't understand the Mandarin you learned in this private school." Chang Sheng said with his head propped up.

"Wait a little closer, and I'll go down and have a look." Jixiang said excitedly, and suddenly went into the distance, "What's over there? Is it going to rain?"

Changsheng was stunned for a moment, and looked in his direction, a black cloud suddenly appeared in the distant sky, covering the sky with darkness, and soon the sky became dark.

No, there is no wind, this speed is not like a cloud!

Suddenly, I heard my father's urgent voice; "Everyone stay in the car, and drive the car to form a circle with the handlebars! Hurry up!"

Changsheng and his mother and second brother in the car didn't know what was going on, they felt the carriage slow down suddenly, and shouted in horror, "God of locusts, the god of locusts has come!"

Changsheng stretched out his head, and the stallion pulling the cart seemed to have sensed the approach of the swarm, struggling to run forward. The coachman pulled the reins with trembling hands, desperately trying to pull them back into the team.

It was too late, but soon, the sky above had completely darkened, and the first batch of locusts had arrived.

The bugs fell down like hailstones, hitting the roof of the car with a crackling sound, and some bugs got in through the gaps in the carriage, and then jumped on the faces of the people in the car.Dou firmly buried Ruyi's head in her chest, and slapped the flying locusts vigorously.

The servant girl serving her mother was so frightened that the worms kept crawling along her collar and cuffs.Only then did she react, her face turned pale, she screamed and danced and slapped the bugs on her body.

"Don't be afraid, locusts don't eat people!" Chang Sheng covered his face with one hand and went to help him with the other.

Suddenly the locusts hit the horse's eyeballs, and it was startled in pain. It stood up screaming, and the maid near the door wobbled and fell backwards out of the car.

"Be careful!" Changsheng rushed up to pull her quickly, but he was too weak, and was dragged out of the car by her.

Changsheng who fell to the ground fell like a dog eating shit, and when he turned over, he found that the horse's hoof had stepped down in the air, and was about to step on the maidservant's head.

Immediately, I was anxious, and I didn't know where the strength came from, so I jumped up and pushed the maid's head away.

The horse's hoof stepped on her arm.

"Crack" sound!
Looking at his strangely bent arm, Chang Sheng felt a chill in his heart, it's over!

Before he could feel the pain, he shouted with all his strength, "Father!"

As soon as the horse flew over, Li Yuan jumped off the horse, with a few locusts still hanging between his beard and hair.

When he got off his horse, he saw Chang Sheng lying in the mud, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Changsheng smiled slightly, glanced at his right arm, and then passed out from the pain.

Seeing the tragic state of his daughter's right hand, Li Yuan was so frightened that his heart was about to burst. He hastily and carefully put his injured hand on her stomach, took off his robe to cover his whole body, hugged Changsheng with one hand, held the reins with the other, and flew onto the horse.

He clamped the horse's belly twice, came to the front of the team, explained to the old slave, and ran towards the county as if flying.

In Wenshui County, sporadic locusts have been infested at this time. The experienced old people know that the locust plague is coming. The most important thing is to close the door and hide the food. The young people are still not reconciled. Here, I want to save some food back.

Li Yuan flashed his waist badge to the guard at the county gate, shouted: "Get out of the way quickly", and galloped past like a whirlwind.

The narrow streets in the county are a little chaotic, the doors of shops on both sides are closed one after another, some are nailing wooden boards to the doors, small businesses, street performers, and farmers carrying firewood and dung are huddled together on the narrow road. group.

Li Yuan stopped a passerby, asked for the address of the nearest medical clinic, then pulled away the passerby who was in the way, and rode away.

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