Dugu Xiang felt nervous and unconsciously tightened the white rope around her waist. However, the ships were far away, and although her white rope was much longer than ordinary weapons, she was helpless against the archers on the ship.
Tuoba Chaoguang shouted happily, but Dugu Xiang couldn't understand his words. Dugu Xiang asked curiously: "Tuoba Lang, what are you shouting again?" Tuoba Chaoguang then remembered Dugu Xiang and pointed his finger first. The leader on the boat said to her: "Ah Da, you are here!" Dugu Xiang took a closer look and recognized that the person was Xi Feng who had previously pretended to be a cook with Tuoba Chaoguang. Looking again The faces of the other boatmen, including all the eight surnames of Dangxiang, turned out to be the Dangxiang people who had just escaped under the leadership of Tuoba Shouji.
Xifeng also shouted a few words to Chaoguang, and Tuoba Chaoguang pointed to the empty space lying on the leather boat and replied, thinking that these unintelligible words were Dangxiang dialect.
Tuoba Chaoguang turned to Dugu Xiang and said apologetically: "Ms. Dugu, follow me into the mountain to see my grandpa." Dugu Xiang knew that Tuoba Chaoguang's grandpa was
"Fix the divine bow." Tuoba stayed silent. She was now out of Li Guiren's clutches. She could come and go freely, but she had nowhere to go, and she couldn't worry about Kong Kong'er's weird injury. She nodded and said, "Okay. I'll go with you." At this time, Xifeng had commanded the leather boat to come to the side. There was a boatman holding a long pole on his leather boat. Several leather boats were connected together. The boatman held the pole and moved forward much faster. Much smoother.
Dugu Xiang looked around and realized that this lake was very strange. This large lake was open, covering an area of more than 10,000 acres. There were many reeds in the lake and on the east and west sides. It was early summer, and the water and grass were luxuriant and prosperous, but it was not like It forms a barrier that blocks out the sky and sun in autumn. The river in the east is no longer visible or audible, while the towering Helan Mountain in the west feels close at hand.
This piece of reed marsh that is quite blocked in the south of the Yangtze River is not the strangest thing. The most strange thing is that on the west side of the lake, there is a large silver-white sand mountain that cannot be seen to the end. It was pressed into a fat crescent shape.
The big lake and sand mountains, one with rippling blue waves and the other with undulating golden waves, look both strange and harmonious.
The leather boats of the Dangxiang Qiang people are lining up and rowing along the outside of the sandbank. The dry lake breeze in the northwest is more refreshing than the hot and humid lake breeze in the south of the Yangtze River. If it were not for Kong Kong'er's injury in his heart, Dugu Xiang would really I want to enjoy the scenery of this big lake.
As if reading her thoughts, Tuoba Chaoguang said to Dugu Xiang: "This lake is called 'Sand Lake', which refers to the wonderful scene where the sand mountains and the lake are connected." Dugu Xiang found that the more he went to The deeper you go into the lake, the more birds you see. There are not only common water birds such as sand ducks and black storks, but also birds of prey such as swans and golden eagles.
Tuoba Chaoguang said: "The phenology in the northwest is dangerous. There are many bitter salt ponds in Ningshuo and Shuofang counties to the east. Across Helan Mountain, there is a vast desert. There is nowhere for water birds to live. Therefore, this sand lake has gathered countless people traveling from north to south. Birds." Dugu Xiang nodded and saw the lively birds gathering on a lush island in front of him. Tuoba said to Guangguang: "We are here, grandpa is on the bird island." Dugu Xiang thought to himself, If there is sand on the lakeside, it is called "Sand Lake", and if there are many birds on the island, it is called "Sand Lake".
"Bird Island", the northwest frontier people are simple and straightforward. The leather boat docked at the island, and everyone moved Kong Kong'er to the island. They made a simple stretcher out of bamboo pens and coarse cloth, and carried it to the island by two Dangxiang Qiang people. Dugu Xiang followed him to the left and right, and turned to the waterside for a long time. Grass, I saw that there was a small house in the center of the island, but the island was surrounded by trees, which cleverly covered the house.
Tuoba Chaoguang and the other seven surnamed boys brought Dugu Xiang into the house, and Kong Kong'er was also carried into the house by the two surnamed boys Yeli and Mi Qin.
Walking into this large wooden house, Dugu Xiang found that the interior was dug down about ten feet. Therefore, although it looked low from the outside, it was actually very tall and spacious. The reason for this was that when the house was built, the trees on the island were not tall enough. When it couldn't be covered, the ground inside the house was dug down.
At this moment, the trees on the island are much taller than the big house. It seems that this house was built very long ago.
There is a brocade carpet spread in the center of the big room, and a person is sitting there. He is the leader of the Dangxiang Qiang people, the governor of the right prison gate, Xiping Gong, and Tuoba Shouji.
Tuoba Shouji was the commander-in-chief of the Jingbian Army in the Tang Dynasty, but he was the tribal leader among the Dangxiang Qiang people. Tuoba Chaoguang and others immediately declared
"Da Shangbai" bowed down, Tuoba Shouji saw the empty space on the stretcher, hurriedly stepped forward to inspect it, and sighed: "You know you can't do anything, so why bother to be brave?" Tuoba Chaoguang rushed forward. Said: "Grandpa, do you recognize this hero who saved us? His kung fu was able to match the ghosts and gods, and he defeated Li Guiren, but for some reason he suddenly vomited blood and fainted..." Tuoba Shouji raised his eyes dissatisfied. Glancing at Chao Guang, he obviously thought his son was too impetuous.
Dugu Xiang asked curiously: "Da Shangbai, do you know how Kong Kong'er became like this?" Tuoba Shouji turned his head and glanced at Dugu Xiang, and asked: "Little girl, who are you?" Chao Guang said: "Grandpa, she is Lady Dugu." Tuoba Shouji glanced at him with increasing dissatisfaction and said: "You are like Meng Lang, how can you be the leader of the Dangxiang people in the future? Don't forget Dangxiang in the hometown of Xihai Our compatriots are still enslaved by Tubo and are called "bait medicine". Even those who move to Qingzhou must be controlled by the Songzhou Dudu Mansion of the Tang Dynasty. As the leader of the Xiang people in our party, first of all, you must not show your joy and anger. You have to learn to be forbearing." Tuoba bowed to Chaoguang and said, "That's what I taught you." Dugu Xiang muttered, "You are so harsh..." After Tuoba Shouji taught his son a lesson, he said to her, "Little girl , your surname is Dugu, what is your relationship with Dugu?" Dugu Xiang raised his chest and said, "That's my grandfather, why, Da Shangbai, do you also recognize my grandfather?" Tuoba Shouji nodded and said, "That's it. , no wonder he would save you, it turns out he is the granddaughter of an old friend." Dugu Xiang became more and more curious and asked: "Da Shangbai, what are the causes and consequences here? I heard from my grandpa that back then, he swept the world in vain, and he was defeated first. He defeated the five sons outside the Great Wall, challenged the three sons from the Central Plains, and finally failed on the Yuxiao Peak. He withdrew from the world and has not seen each other for thirty years..." At this point, she suddenly
"Yeah" he said: "Da Shangbai, you were defeated by Kong Kong'er before, now you won't take advantage of others' danger, right?" As he spoke, Dugu Xiang moved in front of Kong Kong'er intentionally or unintentionally, and Tuoba Shouji suddenly laughed. He laughed and said: "So you don't know anything! I was defeated by Beimingzi back then, not by this kid." Dugu Xiang asked curiously: "Ah? Isn't Kongkong'er the same as Beimingzi?" Tuoba Shouji said: "That's not wrong, but Kong Kong'er can be Beimingzi, but Beimingzi is not necessarily Kong Kong'er." Dugu Xiang said confusedly: "Da Shangbai, you can go around me now Now..." She turned her head and looked at Tuoba Chaoguang, who shook his head at her and put on an expression that I didn't know either.
Tuoba Shouji said: "Okay, this is not the place to talk. Little girl, please follow us into the holy land first." Xi Feng was surprised when he heard this: "This little girl is Han, she also wants to follow us into the mountains. What?" Tuoba Shouji said: "Kong Kong'er looks like this, I have no choice but to save this little girl, and he saved this little girl. If I leave her here and ignore her, what will I do if Kong Kong'er wakes up and asks me for help? ?” Tuoba father and son, Dugu Xiang and Kong Kong'er were the only ones headed by Xi Feng, a noble family member from the eighth surname of Dangxiang. They still took a leather boat, twelve people divided into three rafts, and continued westward along the sandbank.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and it was probably the end of the day. Dugu Xiang saw shadowy figures flashing around on sandbanks and small islands. It seemed that these hundred and ten Dangxiang warriors were scattered in hiding to prevent anyone from following Dangxiang Qiang. Tuoba Shouji, the Holy Land of Man, was sitting on the first leather boat. Dugu Xiang and Tuoba Chaoguang, Kong Konger, and Xifeng were on the second leather boat. The leather boat moved very steadily, without any need for Dugu Xiang and Tuoba Chaoguang to take action. Tuoba Chaoguang held the short oar in his hand and stared blankly at Helan Mountain in the west.
Dugu Xiang had countless questions in her heart that she could not answer. She knew that Tuoba Chaoguang knew very little about Kong Kong'er, so it was in vain to ask. She only asked him: "Tuoba Lang, since you are party nobles, why do you want to Disguised as a cook, hiding in that small town in front?" Tuoba Chaoguang glanced at the old man in front of him, as if he was afraid that the old man would scold him again, but finally couldn't resist Dugu Xiang's questioning and said: "We are We were laying an ambush there because we heard that enemies from the Revolutionary Army were coming here to destroy our party's holy land. Which town was the only way to cross the river from the west and enter the Shahu Lake, so we pretended to be chefs and guarded there." Dugu Xiang asked: " Is it An Sishun? Or Li Guiren?" Tuoba Chaoguang shook his head and said, "None of them..." Dugu Xiang said, "Who is that? Ah... Tuoba Lang, are you trying to kill me?" Tuoba said Chaoguang glanced at Grandpa again, and then said: "Our enemies are naturally the Tubo people. I heard that Master Gu Xin, the great master of the Tubo Bon Religion, took two disciples to sneak into Tangjing, came all the way east, and passed through Huining County, the goal is naturally our party's holy land." Dugu Xiang said: "What on earth do you have in your holy land? The Tubo people would have traveled thousands of miles to destroy it." Tuoba Chaoguang said: "I can't say anything about the holy land. After entering the holy land, you Go and ask Da Shangbai yourself." Dugu Xiang knew that Chaoguang was particularly afraid of his grandfather, so he would definitely not say anything more. He could only ask something else, and said: "Then... why did you leave before you waited for that Tibetan master? At this time, Tuoba Shouji, who was on the leather boat in front, said coldly: "Do you still need to ask? The fact that Master Gu Xin came to destroy our party's holy land is all false news. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, without being summoned by a saint, The Jungbyeon Army is not allowed to cross the border of Hue County, Gyeongju. Someone wants to trick me into waiting here and report it to the Daedou Army stationed here by the Sokbang Army so that we can clash and kill each other." Dugu Xiang He immediately woke up and said: "That must be the plot of the Eastern Army. Is their purpose to lure the Dangxiang Qiang people to kill An Sishun? Or to let An Sishun destroy Dangxiang?" Tuoba Shouji sneered: "Both are , but it was not An Lushan who killed An Sishun, but Ge Shuhan. An Lushan's strategy should be to help An Lushan eliminate the party members who took credit for taking credit." Dugu Xiang nodded and said: "Just like An Lushan in the Northeast, he was against the ridiculing people. That's what the Khitan people did." Tuoba Shouji said: "This is a section. It would be better if we could kill Ge Shuhan at the same time. Ge Shuhan was a tiger general of the Tang Dynasty and had always been at odds with the An brothers. It would be better if we could kill him easily." Dugu Xiang said: "It sounds like something An Lushan would do, but how did you see through it?" Tuoba Shouji said.
"Humph" and said: "Kong Kong'er came to tell me. It turns out that Master Gu Xin didn't come to Helan Mountain at all. After passing through Huining County, they entered Pingliang County of Yuanzhou and went to Kongtong Mountain. Here It’s all a trap set by An Lushan!”
