There was another moment of silence. The man in black robe seemed to be thinking about something in his mind. Gao Cai did not dare to disturb him and just stood there without saying a word.
"In recent years, the prince's faction and the prince's faction have been causing a lot of trouble in the court. Now that Xiao Yuzhi has lost power, the prince's faction will definitely take action to suppress those who originally supported Xiao Yuzhi.
"Please continue with this matter. No one is allowed to interfere in this matter. No matter which side it is, neither win over nor suppress it. Let them make trouble. When the trouble reaches a certain level, the Holy Spirit will make up his mind. You can't do anything about this matter. Show no sense of deliberateness."
Gao Cai looked surprised and asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, don't you think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Wouldn't taking this opportunity to add fuel to the flames make things go the way we want? Why did Your Majesty choose this time? So low-key?"
The man in black robe gently shook his head hidden under the cloak and said calmly: "Don't think that the Holy One is a fool. Don't look at the Holy One who hasn't said or done anything now. At this time, he is Waiting for someone to jump out.
"He will know exactly what someone is saying and what someone is doing. If you choose to be high-profile at this time, wouldn't you be jumping in front of the Holy Emperor?
"Those who ruin things act in front; those who plan things, hide behind; those who succeed, think far ahead. Only the reckless will act hastily, the cunning will only hide behind, and the strategist should think long and hard."
"Stay like a virgin, move like a rabbit. What matters is timing. When to hide and wait, when to act decisively is the key to success."
Gao Cai showed an expression of sudden realization and bowed deeply to the man in black robe.
"What the Lord said is true. This slave is fortunate to be taught today! I wonder if there is anything else that the Lord has to do?"
The man in black robe thought for a moment.
"The secrets hidden in the bodies of the old man and the young man who fled into the Beihu land were related to the rise and fall of the dynasty. It is a pity that we were not able to enter the grassland to find these two people.
"Now that we have almost won over all the tribes in the grassland, there are no more contenders. Since that child back then might be the one who made the thunder weapon, we might as well do these two things together.
"Next, finding the child of the Feng family is the top priority. Since there are more and more secrets about him, this matter cannot be delayed any longer. Finding him will get us a lot of things we need. You can help us with this matter." Put more thought into it!”
Hearing this, Gao Cai bowed and cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order! I will start to do it now. If there are no other instructions from the master, I will leave."
"Well, go ahead!"
Gao Cai bowed and exited the darkroom, leaving the man in black robe sitting alone, playing with the pair of Yunxia glazed beads in his hand.
The man in black robe looked at the glass bead in his hand and said to himself: "Shao Xi, what on earth are you going to do by going all the way to that remote place in the Western Regions? Are you looking for people? Or are you looking for something? Or? Or is it carrying some mysterious mission?”
Shao Xi used the "Ao Yuan" pattern as a price to ask the Ghost Emperor's Mansion to kill Wan Tian for him, which seemed to arouse the interest of the man in black robe.
His unreasonable behavior aroused the vigilance of the man in black robe. Naturally, the man in black robe did not believe that Shao Xi simply wanted to avenge Ruan Haoyang, but vaguely felt that Shao Xi had set his sights on him.
"There are more and more secrets in you, and I want to know more and more. I look forward to your early return from the Western Region. It is indeed very interesting to find secrets from you."
The man in black robe unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a strange smile.
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The four of them, Shao Xi, followed the camel caravan of Taihe Trading Company all the way to the west. Originally, Qingshan County was in the north of the Jingyuan Empire, and the so-called Western Region should be the northwest region from a general perspective.
Therefore, after going all the way west and waiting for Yulong Pass, we have to change to the northwest. This journey can be said to be a long way. It is okay before leaving the Central Plains, but after leaving Yulong Pass, it is a sparsely populated and desolate land.
By that time, there was Gobi and desert everywhere, and we could only eat and sleep in the open air every day.
Although it was a bit hard to travel before leaving Yulong Pass, it was still a good day. The caravan group of people, or to be precise, a group of camels, went all the way west around the Beiling Mountains and passed through the Loess Plateau of nearly a thousand miles. The journey was full of travel and dust for two full months.
Although there are some inns and wild hotels along the way, where you can stay overnight, the further west you go, the more barren you feel. You can clearly feel that the conditions for food and accommodation are getting worse and worse. From the beginning, good wine and good food In the end, there were only bread and mutton.
Despite this, Sun Lichang still took care of Shao Xi and others as thoughtfully as possible along the way.
Shao Xi was also a reasonable person. He did not complain about the difficult conditions along the way. Instead, he repeatedly showed humility to Sun Lichang's care.
There are dozens of people in the caravan. If only the four of them are doing something special, they will seem a bit out of place. They eat and live together when they go out. Only by caring for each other and treating each other as equals can we face the difficulties and obstacles along the way together.
Therefore, at Shao Xi's request, Sun Lichang reluctantly accepted that he would no longer treat Shao Xi and others as special persons, but would eat noodles and mutton with everyone every day.
After two months of getting along, everyone was enjoying themselves so much that they couldn't tell each other apart.
People who travel with caravans all year round are mostly straightforward, rough and bold. Only people with this kind of personality can face wind, frost, rain, snow, scorching sun and cold with optimism.
After two months of travel, the caravan finally arrived at Yulong Pass, which serves as the dividing line between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
This Yulong Pass is not as big as Shao Xi imagined. To put it harshly, it is just a tall and thick stone wall with a city gate. However, this stone wall is wide and long, connecting the mountains on both sides to form a A pass that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although Yulong Pass is just a pass, because it is located at a must-pass for trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, this place has been a gathering place for passing caravans and travelers all year round. Under this Yulong Pass, a It is located in a large natural town.
There are markets all over the town, and many products from the Central Plains and the Western Regions are gathered here. If you don't care about the price, you can buy almost all kinds of items from the Central Plains and the Western Regions here.
When the caravan entered the town, they saw a large number of merchants and a steady stream of people. Horses and camels could be seen everywhere. Various merchants in exotic costumes were setting up stalls to sell goods or walking through the market. It looked like a noisy and lively prosperous scene. .
After entering the town, Shao Xi couldn't help but be attracted by all kinds of strange and weird products from all over the world. Many of them not only had no name, but didn't even know what they were used for.
Seeing that Shao Xi was very interested at this time, Sun Lichang patiently introduced and explained to Shao Xi.
At this time, Shao Xi couldn't help but want to buy a bunch of new gadgets in his eyes, but Sun Lichang told him that these things could be found everywhere in the Western Regions, which was not surprising.
When you get to the Western Regions, you will find that many things are almost worthless there, and this will give up Shao Xi's idea of impulsive consumption.
The caravan of Taihe Trading Company is relatively large. There are many small caravans ranging from a few to more than a dozen people. They are all engaged in trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Only a world-famous large trading company like Taihe Trading Company can There will be large caravans of dozens or even hundreds of people.
Therefore, as soon as Shao Xi and others entered the town, they attracted the attention of people everywhere. After all, the large caravan sold some precious things, which were naturally coveted.
There are also some people with crooked ideas among them, but large caravans usually have many guards. Generally, thieves who make small troubles just use their minds, but no one dares to actually try to commit robbery.
However, it was hard to say after leaving Yulong Pass. Horse bandits were rampant in various parts of the Western Region, and some were even very large in scale. This was one of the main reasons why business was difficult to do.
Caravans actually take great risks every time they go to the Western Regions for trade, but right now there is no need to worry about these in the towns in Yulong Pass.
Under Sun Lichang's arrangement, dozens of people from the caravan moved into the largest Guanyi in the town. However, the conditions of this Guanyi were much worse than those in the mainland of the Central Plains.
There are just a few tall double-story adobe houses, and the sleeping places are also Datongpu. As for single rooms, they are surprisingly expensive.
In addition to flour cakes and mutton, the food provided by Guanyi is nothing more than some mare's milk wine, coarse grain wine, and some horse meat and camel meat. The taste is hard to describe.
However, I heard from Sun Lichang that there is a tavern in the city that sells good sorghum wine, so it has become the best tavern in the town. Many merchants and people from all walks of life will come to this tavern to have a drink. altar.
In addition, you can also eat good grassland beef in this tavern. Since the slaughter of farm cattle is strictly prohibited in the Central Plains, some butchers will slaughter the cattle outside the customs and then transport the beef into the customs. This does not violate the culture. meta-law.
It's just that this beef is a bit more expensive than mutton, horse meat, and camel meat, so only this tavern sells it.
This made Shao Xi feel dumbfounded, thinking that he had grown up eating beef in the grasslands. Nowadays, if you want to eat some beef, you have to spend a lot of money, but it is better than not being able to eat it in the mainland of the Central Plains.
So after the caravan settled down, Shao Xi called Lao Wu and others, and then took Sun Lichang with him to the tavern he mentioned, saying that he wanted to taste the sorghum wine and beef stew there.
A few people left the hotel and headed towards the tavern. They walked around, looked around, talked and laughed, and felt very comfortable. Unknowingly, they came to the tavern that Sun Lichang was talking about.
This tavern looks unremarkable, just a tall adobe house with a wine shop hanging in front of the door and not even a sign.
There is a large wine tank buried at the door, half of the tank is underground, and a few clean sheep skulls hang on the other side of the door. This can be regarded as a simple product display.
Although it looks very ordinary, people come and go, and business is pretty good.
A few people just walked to the door and planned to enter the tavern, but suddenly they heard bursts of smashing sounds from inside the door, followed by several strong men flying out of the door.
Shao Xi and others ducked sideways, and the strong men fell to the ground front and back, and some even hit others.
Lao Wu stood by and counted without hesitation.
"One, two, three, four..., um! Six in total!"
