My years as a soldier

After leaving Chang'an City, Chen Fan was not in a hurry to go far away, but found a small road in the countryside, and went to a remote village in the east of Chang'an City.

The small village outside the city and Chang'an City seem to have changed the world. The village was built next to the river. Since the news of the rebellion in the east came out, the village fled and scattered. Weeds grew in the deserted fields. All the furniture used was dragged away by the original owner, leaving only a dozen vacant rooms standing where they were.

From the village to the north, there is a small hill with dense forests. The path up the mountain is hidden in the bushes that grow wildly in midsummer. If you don't search carefully, you may not be able to find this path up the mountain.

Now is the time of great chaos, even the peasants fleeing from the famine would not be interested in the hill behind the deserted village, but Chen Fan went all the way through the small village, turning left and right to find the path up the mountain, and pulled out. With a horizontal knife, he chopped off the obstructing bushes a few times, and went up the mountain briskly.

Chen Fan's appearance didn't look like he was fleeing disaster, but he looked like he was going on an outing, and the dense forest in the back mountain was actually really strange.

Covered by green bamboos, a small courtyard can be vaguely seen. There are two grass cottages in the courtyard, one big and one small. Although dilapidated, they have been taken care of very carefully by the owner. The taste of living.

Passing through the bamboo forest, the whole view of the small courtyard was displayed in front of the visitors. Chen Fan walked all the way, marveling at this small courtyard, but his eyes showed a bit of confusion.

"Hey! Zhaozhong, you old boy, you've changed! How did you get this kind of leisure and elegance?"

Chen Fan's yell instantly destroyed the quietness created between the bamboo forest and the small courtyard.Then he saw a big man in common clothes walking out of the slightly larger thatched hut, it was Chen Fan's comrade in the same robe, Yan Zhaozhong.

Compared with his youthful appearance back then, Yan Zhaozhong is now a bearded and reckless man, and his figure is still much thicker than when he was a soldier.

Yan Zhaozhong came from a wealthy businessman's family, so he shouldn't be short of money, but Chen Fan curled his lips at the sight of his outfit.

I saw his black hair casually coiled behind his head, decorated with only a small wooden hairpin, and a few strands of hair were still hanging on his forehead. Who messed it up.As for the clothes, they were even more unkempt. The blue round-neck gown made of linen was loosely wrapped around the body, the black belt was slanted around the waist, and the white inner garment appeared and disappeared at the neckline. The scene was a bit out of place.

Seeing Chen Fan, Yan Zhaozhong also had a hearty smile on his face.

"Hey, I didn't do these things. Didn't I make it clear to you in the letter earlier. I was also forced to do nothing."

"What's so helpless? I think you forced yourself."

Chen Fan walked into the courtyard in three steps and two steps in parallel, saying goodbye to an old friend, a look is worth a thousand words.Yan Zhaozhong pursed his lips and did not refute Chen Fan's statement, Chen Fan also smiled and punched Yan Zhaozhong lightly on the chest.

"So you plan to be led by the nose by a kid who doesn't know the details?"

"Hey... That's not the way to say it. Old Chen, that little brother is actually quite pitiful. He can't remember anything and his mind is not clear. I can help him as much as I can."

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Chen Fan pointed to Yan Zhaozhong's chest and tapped twice, his face full of disgust.

"I said, have you been blackmailed? It's a mess, and you ran to this kind of place alone, just to treat a person who didn't know the details on the side of the road? Did you have a fever or took the wrong medicine? How come it's getting worse and worse?"

"Eh... even you think I'm stupid?" Yan Zhaozhong said this, with a little sadness on his face, maybe in his opinion, Chen Fan should be able to understand him.

Chen Fan caught sight of his old friend's expression, and didn't say anything further, just let out a long sigh.

"Anyway, I don't think you are so smart. It's all right now... The Tang Dynasty is in chaos. It's ironic for us two veterans to nest next to Chang'an."

"Hey, don't mention this." Yan Zhaozhong also sighed.

"Okay, can you introduce me now? The other day you said in your letter that you fished someone from the Longshou Canal. Who is it? Do you know what the weather was like when your uncle came to see me? I still pointed at the sky and scolded you, but I didn't save you any face!"

Chen Fan crossed his arms, full of preaching.Yan Zhaozhong sighed again, and raised his hand to point Chen Fan to the thatched hut he just came out of.

"Hey...the man is inside, let me introduce you, but take it easy, don't scare him."

"Hey, it depends on whether that kid knows a lot!"

Chen Fan had no intention of accommodating at all, Yan Zhaozhong sighed helplessly, turned and entered the house.After a while, a thin young man came out from the house.The man looked handsome, at first glance he looked like he was in his early twenties, he was wearing a light-colored literati and Confucian gown, and when he came out he was holding a writing brush in his hand, his face was full of reluctance, he must have been interrupted during the composition process, I'm trying to remember what I just thought.

When Chen Fan saw the person coming out, he wanted to step up and question him, but the more he looked at the person, the more confused his expression became.

"Hey... Zhaozhong, that..."

He pointed at the man beside Yan Zhaozhong, his Adam's apple was throbbing up and down.

"Is this the man you rescued from the river?"

"That's right. What's the matter?" Seeing Chen Fan's strange reaction, Yan Zhaozhong was also confused.

"This this……"

At this moment, Chen Fan couldn't even finish his sentence, he stared at the man's facial features, the more he looked, the wider his mouth opened.

"Why, Old Chen, do you know him?"

"I... I recognize it."

It took a long time before Chen Fan uttered words.He was extremely sure of the true identity of the man in front of him, but because the incident was too coincidental and too weird, it was difficult for him to be sure of his judgment.

"...This kid is called Hu Yan, Zhaozhong." Chen Fan whispered, "I know his brother. His brother has been living with me until the first month. Why didn't you tell me about this earlier, Zhaozhong ! His brother came all the way from Beiting to Chang'an just to find him!"

It is true that the drug dealer who rescued Hu Yan by the river that day was Yan Zhaozhong.Not only did he save Hu Yan's life, but he also left alone to take care of the injured despite his family's opposition in order to save this stranger who had nothing to do with him.

At this moment, Hu Yan is following Yan Zhaozhong. He looks very similar to Hu Jiuzhang, but the temperament between his brows is not as sassy as Hu Jiuzhang's. Instead, he is weak in writing, somewhat handsome like a teenager, and has a scholarly personality. His unique stubbornness does not look like a northwestern guy at all.

Chen Fan pointed at him and talked to Yan Zhaozhong for a while, but Hu Yan didn't even look at them, instead he kept frowning and thinking as if no one else was there.

After a long while, he was afraid that he hadn't figured out what he was going to write in the next sentence, and anger was already showing on his face, and he reprimanded Chen Fan as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I said, can't your honor be quieter!"

Chen Fan was talking to Yan Zhaozhong when he heard the voice and couldn't help being stunned.He felt guilty towards Hu Yan at first, but when he first saw that he was still alive, he was both excited and shocked, so he asked Yan Zhaozhong a lot.Unexpectedly, when Hu Yan opened his mouth, it seemed that he had changed himself, and his words were so harsh.Chen Fan couldn't help smacking his lips.Hu Yan, who was eager to help others in Chang'an City, is still "dead" after all!

Chen Fan frowned deeply, instead of looking at Hu Yan, he went to look at Yan Zhaozhong.And Yan Zhaozhong obviously knew Hu Yan's state in his mind, he took Hu Yan's arm gently, and sent him to the bamboo mat on the side of the small courtyard, and when he spoke again, his voice was soft.

"Hey, you've been bored in the house all day. Let's go to the small bamboo mat to rest for a while, and then go in and write later. I'm sure I can write it well. I'm still waiting for you to read it to me."

Yan Zhaozhong's uncharacteristic gentleness made Chen Fan speechless.But Hu Yan didn't like this, he was still frowning, even if he sat down honestly, his face was unwilling.

"Brother, why did that man come here? Why hasn't he left for so long?"

"Well, he... he has to stay here with us for a few days."

"How many days are you staying?" Hu Yan asked, then glanced sideways at Chen Fan.

"Ah... I'll go ask him, you should rest and don't run around."

After Yan Zhaozhong finished speaking, he rushed to Chen Fan in three steps at a time, obviously very distressed.

"Why does he call you brother?"

"Hey...don't ask, Old Chen, it's already considered good for him now!"

As Yan Zhaozhong said, he still didn't forget to see if Hu Yan was sitting properly, and after making sure that he was obedient, he turned his gaze to Chen Fan.

"Old Chen, you don't know that once he gets mad, he will commit suicide. When he didn't recognize me as his brother, he had trouble seven or eight times. He hit a wall and went on a hunger strike... I can't count the number of times I saved him, but every time he recovers, the madness gets worse and worse, so he will have to torture himself to death sooner or later! Fortunately, now he treats me as his Brother, this is the only way to stay there honestly."

As Yan Zhaozhong spoke, his voice lowered a bit, as if he was whispering something to Chen Fan.

"Let me tell you, this little gentleman can still give me scones! I really can't figure it out, since he cares about his brother so much, why would he commit suicide every time he gets mad... If his brother knew Oh, how sad that is..."

Yan Zhaozhong sighed softly, but Chen Fan had nothing to say.

He looked at Hu Yan intently, and saw that the person on the bamboo mat had already indulged in his own world, sitting there holding a pen and thinking hard!Chen Fan knew what Hu Yan was going to do in Beijing.He is now preparing for the imperial examination.It's just... Hu Yan may never have the opportunity to participate in the Tang Dynasty's imperial examination.Thinking about it, Chen Fan only felt a sense of loss in his heart for no reason.He pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and frowned.

"I'll ask someone to ask for news about his brother, but whether I can find it or not depends on luck."

Chen Fan said in a deep voice.As for this point, Yan Zhaozhong is obviously more open-minded.

"Thank you, I didn't expect much if it wasn't enough. Now I know what his name is, where he came from, and where he's going. It's already an unexpected gain."

While he sighed, there was a smile on his face.

"Come on, old Chen, don't think so much, you go in and sit down. The cakes baked by this little gentleman are delicious, I'll get you one!"

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