"A plane sailed in the vast sea of ​​clouds. When the plane passed through a mountain of clouds, the originally clear sky suddenly turned black.

A huge black hole vortex appeared in front of the plane, surrounded by lightning, as if the devil was opened with bloody mouth.

The plane suddenly disintegrated in the air, throwing everyone into the sky, but only a young man was sucked into the vortex.

No! The young man shouted in despair, he was swallowed by the boundless darkness."

.........

In the dim light, Li Rong's slender eyes slowly opened, and a trace of deep pain appeared in his eyes.

He could no longer remember how many times he had this nightmare. The endless black hole in the dream made him suffer the pain of his soul being torn apart every time.

When will this nightmare end?

On a thunderstorm night two years ago, a lightning bolt awakened the memories of his previous life that were buried deep in his mind. Only then did he realize that he did not belong to the Tang Dynasty.

In his previous life, he was a young businessman who had been working hard in the business world for nearly ten years. He had just embarked on the smooth road of success and was about to enter the palace of marriage, but all his dreams were shattered during a flight.

In this life, he was just an ordinary boy in Dunhuang County, Shazhou, Datang. After a few moments, he returned to the Tang Dynasty a thousand three hundred years ago.

He was seventeen years old this year. Datang's parents died when he was very young. He was raised by his grandfather and raised by his sister.

In the Tang Dynasty, which emphasizes family status, Li Zhen is also a member of the Li clan among the four major families in Dunhuang. However, since his grandfather, he has been a side branch of the Li clan. In the eyes of outsiders, he can no longer see any shadow of famous families.

"A Zhen, get up!"

The shouts of the eldest sister in the yard interrupted Li Zhen's thoughts and brought him back to reality from his previous life's memory. He yawned, and a strong sense of sleepiness came, and he realized that he had not fallen asleep in the middle of the night.

Li Zhen's room was very small, with only a sleeping couch and a small desk, and a bow and arrow and a long sword were hung on the wall.

The room was dim, but a slight light came out from the gap in the window. It was already dawn. At this moment, with a creaking sound, the window was opened, and a bright white morning light shone into the room.

The light was dazzling, and Li Zhen quickly covered his head with a quilt.

"A Zhen, can't you get up?" The eldest sister's fierce voice came from outside the window, "How many times do you want me to call you?"

Li Zhen's parents died early in the Tang Dynasty, and only he and his eldest sister Li Quan depended on each other. The eldest sister was seven years older than him. As the saying goes, "The eldest sister is a mother." Many times, Li Quan treats him like his own child and controls him very strictly.

The extreme sleepiness caused Li Zhen to moan in pain and begged: "Sister, I didn't sleep well last night, so let me sleep for a while!"

"no!"

Li Quan had no room for negotiation in his tone and said extremely tough: "You will participate in the martial arts provincial examination tomorrow. You must practice arrows today. If you don't get up, I will splash it with water."

"Sister, just pity your brother!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a basin of cold well water poured in from outside the window. Although it was mid-spring, the biting well water still made him shudder, which made him jump up, "Sister, you are so splashing!"

"I'll count twice, and I won't come out again, and the second basin of water will come, one!"

"Okay! OK! I'll come out!" Li Zhen shouted helplessly, why did he get such a fierce sister?

Even the shoes were too late to wear, Li Zhen ran to the yard barefoot, wearing only a pair of small trousers all over his body.

As soon as he ran to the yard, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl jumped in at the entrance of the yard. "Brother Sanlang, are you ready?"

The girl is not very old, but she has a tall figure, a delicate nose, and a pair of curved thin eyebrows. Below the thin eyebrows are a pair of bright big eyes.

She wore the most popular red pomegranate skirt, an octagonal hat, and her black hair was combed into dozens of small braids. She looked very pretty, but she obviously did not look like a Han girl, but a Hu girl from the Western Regions.

Her name is Kang Sisi, and she is Li Zhen's girl next door. Kang Sisi's father is a Sogdian businessman. She rented Li Zhen's house to do business with half of the house on the street. It has been ten years since she rented Li Zhen's house.

Kang Sisi grew up with Li Zhen since childhood. Although she was born and raised in Dunhuang and never returned to her hometown, like other Sogdian girls, she yearned for Chang'an and Luoyang and did not want to live in a small place like Dunhuang.

"ah!"

Kang Sisi screamed, and there was a man with half his body standing in front of her, which scared her to cover her eyes quickly.

Li Zhen didn't expect her to come so coincidental. He was shocked and instinctively blocked the bottom with his hands, turned around and ran into the living room, "Sister, you really killed me!"

"Is it... Brother Sanlang?"

Kang Sisi's eyes widened, and she looked at Li Zhen who was running away in a panic. She covered her mouth and started to laugh.

At this time, Li Quan walked over with an empty basin with a pride, "No such method, this kid will not get up!"

Li Quannen is about 20 years old. She has a pretty face, a low figure, and is a little weak. However, she is bold and smart and capable, and keeps her family in an orderly manner.

Li Quan has been married for many years. Her husband was the favorite student of his grandfather during his lifetime. He is currently working as a clerk in the county government office.

When she saw Kang Sisi, she smiled and said, "Sisi, have you come here so early?"

"Well! My appointment with Brother Sanlang to accompany him to shoot arrows in the morning."

"This kid has to have breakfast before leaving, or you can go and have something together!"

"No need, I have to clean up too. After accompanying Brother Sanlang to shoot the arrow, I have to go to the Wufang to practice dancing."

Kang Sisi ran out of the yard and leaned back and said, "When Brother Sanlang left, remember to call me!"

"Go quickly! I can't forget."

Li Quan walked to the gate of the yard and looked at her happy back, and couldn't help but shake her head. This little girl fell in love with her and did not hide her feelings at all. Everyone knew that she fell in love with her younger brother.

In the canteen, Li Zhen was already dressed and was sitting cross-legged at the dining table drinking porridge. At this time, Li Quan walked in with a plate of freshly fried oil cakes.

"Recently, I found that you are getting lazy. You got up to practice arrows before dawn, but now you actually want me to call you. Have you forgotten what day tomorrow is?"

Li Zhen reached out and picked up a piece of oil cake, chewed it heavily, and said vaguely: "I know!"

"I know I'm not willing to work hard, there are only three places to go to Beijing. If someone snatches it away, just cry!"

Li Zhen took a sip of hot soup and said with a smile: "How is your brother riding and cum? Don't you know yet? What are you worried about?"

Li Quan thought about it, so she was very famous in Dunhuang City, and she was known as the best of both arrows and balls. One was because of her superb archery skills. Unable to Dunhuang boys, even the army had few opponents.

Secondly, polo played very well. In the Dunhuang polo individual skills competition last year, he shocked the audience with a magical skill of passing the cloud ball with fifty steps away and won the first prize: a white dragon horse.

With her younger brother's ability to ride and shoot, there is definitely no problem to win a quota in Beijing. Her biggest wish in her life is to hope that her younger brother can go to Beijing to gain fame and become a promising man. In this way, she can also give an explanation to her deceased parents and grandfather.

"Eat quickly! Sisi is still waiting for you."

Li Zhen ate the oil cake in a few bites, drank a bowl of porridge to the sky, and said with a slight hint of his mouth: "Sister, I'm going to change my clothes."

Soon, Li Zhen changed into a blue warrior robe, tied a leather belt on his waist, long military boots on his feet, long sword on his waist, and a pair of bows and arrows on his back, leading a white horse.

Li Zhen is very tall, about six feet tall, equivalent to 1.85 meters in later generations, with slightly dark skin. He has broad shoulders and ape arms, with clear contours on his face, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, slightly raised corners of his eyes, and his whole body is full of heroic and masculinity.

Li Quan's eyes lit up, and he also secretly cheered in his heart. Brothers are so majestic. No wonder that little girl Sisi was fascinated by the fact that she stepped forward to tidy up the flat scarf on Li Zhen's head and smiled and said, "It's OK, let's go!"

Li Zhen was about to leave when he remembered something again and asked, "Sister, where is the iron cage I took back yesterday?"

Li Quan frowned and pointed to the corner of the wall, "Where, don't bring back such disgusting things in the future."

Li Zhen took out an iron cage from behind the big locust tree in the corner of the wall. Seeing that it was covered with cloth, he asked with a smile: "Why are there a piece of cloth on it?"

Li Quan glared at the almond eyes, "What do you think? Do you want our whole family to have a meal!"

Li Zhen pretended not to hear it and hurriedly led the horse out, "Sister, I'll be back at noon!"

Sisi was already waiting at the entrance of the alley. When she saw him coming out, she smiled and walked up to him to get the cage, "Brother Sanlang, I'll help you get it!"

"This...is a bit heavy, I'll do it myself."

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Sisi grabbed the cage and saw that it was covered with cloth. She asked with a smile: "What is inside the cage?"

"Well! There are a group of...that...black-faced young man inside."

"What is the black-faced little man?"

Sisi was curiously trying to lift the cloth, but Li Zhen quickly stopped her, "Go to the school ground to see again. We have to hurry up, the venue will be gone."

"good!"

Sisi followed him happily in her heart, and the two walked quickly towards the small schoolyard a mile away.

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Note 1: The Tang Dynasty Wuju was founded in the second year of Chang'an. This book was a few years earlier, and the plot required.

Note 2: Although Wu Zetian changed his country name to Zhou, this book does not use Zhou's country name for the convenience of readers.
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