The Xiangwan Mountain Range is located in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty. In Chinese terms, it is the area of Burma, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and a small part of India. In Blue Star, most of Asia is the territory of the Tang Dynasty. This Sunset Prairie was an area that was designated for monster beasts to recuperate. Internationally, it belonged entirely to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. However, within the Tang Dynasty, it was a land beyond the control of the Tang emperor. It was a de facto country within a country. It's just that in a world ruled by humans, it is impossible to gain international recognition. It can only exist as a special territory of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that those monsters don't care about your international status. It's best for them to have enough living space and survive freely.
Naturally, the Xiangwan Mountain Range cannot really be all mountains. It has an area of two provinces in China, so how can it be all mountains? It is just named after the Xiangwan Mountain Range to refer to the entire source of monsters. If we really want to be serious, the Xiangwan Mountains can also be called the source of Kubita monsters, because the emperor there is named Kubita.
Xiangwan City, which is closest to the Xiangwan Mountains, has a large concentration of merchants, a large number of literati and poets collecting creative materials, and there are even border guards stationed nearby all year round. As a result, the city is extremely prosperous and has a unique cultural heritage and unique style. lifestyle.
When Xu Qian came out of the teleportation formation, he felt a strong exotic atmosphere. There are many specialty shops on the street, all of which are products from the origin of monsters that are rarely seen in other places. There are plants, some handicrafts made of animal skins and bones, and even some delicacies that both monsters and humans like to eat.
According to the address, Xu Qian came to a relatively secluded and remote villa. The construction technology of this villa was very modern, but the shape was unique and weird, which was quite interesting.
After ringing the doorbell, a young man came out and opened the door. The man who received him inside was the young man's father Qian Keying.
After presenting the secret document proving his identity, Qian Ke greeted Xu Qian with a subordinate salute, and then asked the young man to leave. Only Xu Qian and himself were left in the room.
By this era, the people of the Tang Dynasty no longer had the habit of kneeling down and worshiping at every turn. They would only kneel down when they saw the emperor, and a subordinate salute when they saw a superior official was enough.
"I finally waited until the secret envoy arrived. I wonder what I need to do?"
Qin Zhao arranged for Xu Qian to be a secret envoy to facilitate his actions. The identity of an emissary is very flexible and does not count as an official position. It does not even need to enter the civil service system of the Tang Dynasty, because its essence is just to serve individuals. Xu Qian's emissary is also a personal emissary sent by Qin Zhao , when others saw him, they recognized him as the big boss Qin Zhao.
In fact, classmate Xiao Xu is not sure whether the Qian Keying in front of him is from the Tang Dynasty, Qin Zhao, or both, but he is more inclined to take orders from Qin Zhao.
This is the backwardness of the Tang Dynasty's political system, at least Xu Qian thinks so. If the country belongs to the emperor, then it is private property in nature, and officials will treat the areas under their control as their own private property. After all, countries and nations are empty concepts, but people are real existences. So when a person faces a choice, he is likely to be inclined to safeguard the interests of his superiors as the criterion of behavior, that is, to be loyal to the individual rather than the nation. Righteousness.
"Let me get some information first." Xu Qian sat down and said calmly: "Yu Hong is connecting with you, right?"
"Yes, I will pass any news about the secret agents arranged in the Xiangwan Mountains to the Secret Investigation Department."
"Do you know whether he is alive or dead now?"
Qian Keying sighed, "Alas! Since the last news was sent back, there has been no news. I don't know whether he is alive or dead."
"When was the last time I contacted you?"
Qian Keying answered directly: "It must be the third day after the beast wave occurred."
"Are you sure about the source of the information? Also, did he say at the time that he would be in danger?"
"At that time, he was in a good mood after finding out the news. He did not mention that there would be danger. I did not see that he was worried. Before leaving, he also said that he planned to use his privileges to enter the source area again to find out information, but the next day , the life tablet he stored here with me actually has half a crack."
"Half crack?" In fact, Xu Qian has never even heard of the life card, but if he directly asked the question "What is the life card?", he felt that he could not support his high status as an emissary, so he just asked "half a crack" Crack” asked.
"Yes, I also find it very strange. If he had been killed, the life card should be split in two. This is just a crack. I can only be ignorant."
The life card is a special spiritual weapon. It is not difficult to make and the cost is low. Its function is very simple. It can only reflect whether the person is alive or not. It can only reflect this. It will not reflect serious injuries or coma. There are changes, so it is impossible for a half-way crack to occur due to injury. Life cards are widely used by people who secretly perform certain high-risk tasks, especially in environments where it is inconvenient to use modern communication tools to communicate. It is impossible for Datang Telecom to go in and install a base station or something in the Monster Origin. The most you can bring in with your mobile phone is a camera and a music player.
"I know the source of the information well. It's a legend." Qian Keying leaned back in his chair, became more comfortable and began to tell the story.
"The monsters in the Xiangwan Mountains are divided into nine stars, that is, nine levels. Monsters of different levels have corresponding levels of habitat. When humans enter the source of monsters, they must obtain the recommendation and guarantee of the monsters. For example, three-star monsters Humans recommended and guaranteed by beasts will get a three-star stone. With the stone as a guarantee, this person can enter the three-star area. Caravans are the most common human group to enter the source of monsters, but even people in caravans must have The star stone also determines which area the merchant can go to do business based on the level of the star stone. Even in the outer areas, merchants with high star stone stars have priority in transactions."
Qian Keying may have felt that the emissary from the imperial capital didn't know much about the specific situation of the place where the monsters came from, so he gave some background introduction first.
"Don't worry, Mr. Secret Envoy, I'm going to talk about Yu Hong's situation." He adjusted his sitting posture, "When Yu Hong's grandfather was young, oh, nearly 70 years ago, he once rescued a mouse and became a good friend. . Alas, it has been so many years, and I have also heard about it. I don’t know the specific details, so I just gave a rough idea. I didn’t expect that this rat was not an ordinary rat, but a blue rat among monsters. Somehow, He went to the city where Yu Hong’s grandfather lived and was injured. In the end, the Blue Rat returned to its place of origin and won the position of the Rat King of the clan many years later. The Blue Rat clan was originally only a five-star clan, but this Blue Rat The Rat is a rare mutant, stronger than other Blue Rats. Later, it was certified by the Kubita Monster Emperor and granted the status of a six-star Monster. According to the rules of Monsters, any member of a group can Whichever star the strongest reaches, then this clan can become a member of that star, so from now on, the Blue Rat clan has been promoted from five stars to six stars."
Qian Keying seemed to be a chatterbox and loved to tell stories, but Xu Qian did not interrupt him. After all, the background information was valuable to him. Although he felt that Qian Keying was too wordy, he was still patient. Listen carefully and calmly.
"Later, the Rat King thought of his life-saving grace and gave a six-star stone to Yu Hong's grandfather. It was also because of this that the Secret Detective Department chose the Yu family to sneak into the place where the monsters came from. That year, Yu Hong's grandfather received a six-star stone as a gift. The star stone is very famous, and news reports can be seen everywhere. After all, it was the star stone with the highest star rating that people in the Tang Dynasty received from monsters. If the middle school textbooks were not revised later, this matter was even mentioned in the textbooks. There is a narrative in it.”
"Has it been included in middle school textbooks? Then Yu Hong is really a celebrity." Xiao Xu said so, but secretly complained in his heart. Yu Hong's grandfather is so famous, but he doesn't know it. It is difficult not to arouse Qian Keying's suspicion. Yes!
But looking at Qian Keying's reaction, everything was as usual, Xu Qian was a little surprised. In fact, how did he know that this matter was mentioned in the middle school textbook Qian Keying mentioned, which was also a textbook decades ago. Starting from the time when Yu Hong's father was secretly trained and sent to the source of monsters to become a secret agent. Datang removed this narrative from the textbooks. And even when it appears in textbooks, it is just an asterisked word in an elective text, and there is a sentence explaining it at the bottom of the page. Not many young people today know about it.
