From then on, Zamul Khan became friends with the prince named Qishuo. More than ten years later, the prince named Qishuo actually inherited the throne and became the emperor. Before Prince Qishuo became emperor, he had a very close relationship with Zamul. With Qishuo's support, Zamul almost brought all the northwest tribes under the Xianbei tribe, and because of the Xianbei With the clan's military support, Prince Qishuo became emperor without any danger. Originally, the relationship between the two was that of friends, monarch and minister. But as the Xianbei tribe grew day by day, Qishuo became a little worried about Zamul, who was starting to become a little arrogant.
On that day, Qishuo, who was already the emperor, sent an urgent order from eight hundred miles away to Zamul. General Yuan Bujue was about to come to the northwest. This time Yuan Bujue brought a huge amount of gold, silver, jewelry and five thousand Tiger Guard. The secret decree stated that there were many barbarians in the Western Region, and the people on the border were often harassed. This time the general came to the northwest, firstly to recruit troops secretly, and secondly to hand over an important thing to Zamul for safekeeping. He hoped that Yuan Bujue would assist him in pacifying the Western Regions and make further military exploits.
Yuan Bujue arrived at the royal capital of the Xianbei tribe three days later. Zamul met the general in person. When the two exchanged cups, Yuan Bujue happily brought Zamul to his army. In the deepest part of the army, there are mountains of gold, silver and jewels. Yuan Bujue personally ordered and cooperated with Zamul to send all the gold and silver to the royal capital and hand them over to the Xianbei people for safekeeping.
This made the drunk Zamul ecstatic, but he did not realize that these gold and silver had become a talisman for the Xianbei people. On the seventh day after Yuan Bujue came to the northwest, his army suddenly attacked Zamul. Zamul's palace, and publicly announced Zamul's ten crimes. Zamul had been sweating for decades and experienced so many wars. How could he be compared with that young boy? It was immediately guessed that this was what the emperor meant. It wants mountains of jewels to confuse him and then destroy him! !
But this is the place of the Xianbei people after all. Despite being attacked by Yuan Bujue, the Xianbei warriors still rose up to resist. After a day and night of fierce fighting, they finally defeated the enemy. But on that day and night, the Xianbei people's vitality was seriously damaged.
Zamul looked at the dilapidated royal capital and recalled in his mind how high-spirited he was when he first became a man. He had been a minion of the imperial court for so many years. Although he was now the dominant family in the northwest, he had no friends. Now that the imperial court wants to destroy him, the armies of other tribes have been beaten and fled in all directions. Even if they know the news, no one will have the thought of dying. Asuka Jinliang Gongzang, now that he has helped the emperor stabilize the northwest, he is already his biggest threat. The emperor will not keep him, but he actually only realized it later.
Yuan Bujue's army surrounded the Xianbei royal capital tightly. Zamul sent dozens of messengers out in succession, but none of them broke out of the encirclement. At the end of the second month when the capital of Xianbei was besieged, the capital was already running out of ammunition and food. Zamur finally recognized the reality and made a decision.
That day, he returned from patrolling the city walls and found the high priest. The two chatted until late at night. The next day, Zamul ordered people to put all the gold, silver and jewelry into the Xianbei people's holy land. After sealing the treasures, he ordered the people to go west to seek a way out, but he stayed behind with the priests. Only a few broke out from the army's siege. Yuan Bujue was overjoyed to see that Zamul had recovered and had nothing to do. It was finally decided to start the siege early the next morning.
But that night, a strong wind suddenly blew on the grassland, and the strong wind swept across the entire grassland. After the strong wind, the royal capital of the Xianbei people and Yuan Bujue's army were all buried together with the treasures. The grassland that was not originally dense began to be spread by the desert. After a few decades, no one could do it there anymore. Go ahead. The descendants of the Xianbei finally found another piece of grassland further west. They began to live and multiply there, and their hatred of genocide was never forgotten. From that time on, they continued to be enemies of the imperial court. After so many years, the original hatred has dissipated, and new hatred has slowly emerged...
When Su Ran heard this, he interrupted Li Yanlin impatiently: "You mean what we want is in the Xianbei tribe's holy land? How to get there?"
Li Yanlin smiled bitterly and said, "I have said so much, but you haven't listened at all... Okay!"
Li Yanlin finally gave up his last persuasion to Su Ran: "The Xianbei people's holy land is very difficult to find, and there are no marks in the vast desert. But there is the Xianbei people's ice-free spring in the holy land. Every autumn, the wild geese flying from far away will fly from Yongzhou. Flying from northeast to southwest, these geese will stay in Yongzhou for a day, and then set off to fly to the desert. The holy land of the Xianbei people is the habitat of wild geese in the desert."
"Are you kidding? How can a person catch up with the wild geese?" When Su Ran heard this, he interrupted Li Yanlin and asked sharply
Li Yanlin smiled and replied: "Of course people can't catch up with the geese. We just caught the geese before they left Yongzhou, and then took them with us to the desert. Once we couldn't tell the direction, we released a group. We just needed to catch them." It takes five cars to find the place. But this method was used by my father when I was very young, so I’m not sure whether it will work or not.”
Su Ran nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, but Li Yanlin said with some worry: "Miss Su, I know that nothing I can say can change your determination. I only remind you to be more careful on the way there. The Xianbei people The Holy Land has been cursed, and no one who goes there will have a good end. We, Li Jiaguang, lost dozens of people in our last operation, and those who escaped by chance turned into madmen in the end."
Su Ran sneered and said nothing. She finally pretended to glance at Li Yanlin casually and walked out of the small courtyard.
Li Yanlin stood up and watched her leave. Just when she was about to step out of the door, Li Yanlin suddenly said: "Miss Su, this is the third time we have met, but I don't hope it will be the last time. If we encounter anything unhappy in the future, If you have any questions, come to the Western Regions to find me at any time. I, Li Yanlin, will be waiting for you in the Western Regions for the rest of my life..."
What Li Yanlin wanted to say, Su Ran didn't dare to listen anymore. She opened the courtyard door and walked straight out. I don't know when a group of men in black armor were standing outside. The old woman was giving some instructions in a low voice. When she saw Su Ran walked out of it, stopped talking in a hurry, and asked eagerly: "Have you found out the location?"
Su Ran nodded, then looked at the man in black armor and said, "Are you here? Has the leader already come to Yongzhou?"
"Yes, eldest lady. The leader went to meet an old friend and asked me to come and pick up the eldest lady. The leader has orders and the eldest lady has a mission. My mother-in-law will meet her outside the city tonight."
Su Ran nodded, and then said to the old woman: "Thank you, mother-in-law. I'll stay in the Li Mansion and deal with them for a while."
The old woman nodded and asked: "Since you asked about the news, what are you going to do with the Li family? Logically speaking, since someone in the Li family knows about our existence, we must not let anyone go."
Su Ran was silent for a long time, and finally said: "The Li family is one of the four major merchants. Touching it easily may cause unnecessary trouble. If my mother-in-law is not afraid of trouble, just do it. I will not accompany you." He walked out of the small courtyard completely minding his own business. The old woman looked at Su Ran's back, her eyes moving slightly as she didn't know what she was thinking.
When Su Ran left the small courtyard, she changed into a set of clothes that looked like a maid, walked step by step to the front of the Yingbin Building, and then gently opened the door. She saw Du Jie and other Tianji sect members turning their heads to look at her. He timidly called Du Jie: "Sir, Xiaodie is here."
This woman in black gauze who called herself Su Ran turned out to be Su Xiaodie whom Du Jie met on the way. She made a deal with the old man and left herself by Du Jie's side for some unknown reason.
When everyone saw a woman with such an outstanding appearance calling Du Jie 'Master' at the door, they all turned to look at Du Jie.
Du Jie was stunned again when he saw Amelia Su, and that feeling came again. I really felt like I had seen her before somewhere. But how could he forget where a woman with such a beautiful appearance was?
Seeing that Du Jie was silent, Su Xiaodie called him weakly: "Young Master?"
Only then did Du Jie react and asked tentatively: "Su Xiaodie?"
Su Xiaodie hummed shyly. Du Jie waved her in.
Before Chu Mu could ask, Du Jie told the whole story. Everyone lamented Su Xiaodie's bad fate. Since Du Jie promised her father, he would take her back to Yashan.
Several people had just returned. Chu Mu chatted with them for a while and then asked them all to go back and rest. Su Xiaodie asked Changsun Wufang to take him down.
The northwest is dry all year round, and people here have ravines on the mountains. Rain is a gift from God to the people in the northwest. The rain in early summer is even more so. Today, for some unknown reason, drizzle began to fall in Yongzhou City. The rain continued from afternoon to evening. The city walls were soaked by the rain, and the weeping willows became more and more green. Everything looked like a painting.
Su Xiaodie looked out the window of the Yingbin Building and looked at Yongzhou City. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was always decisive in killing, but she couldn't do it today. Li Yanlin said that taking him to settle in the Western Regions would ensure he would be freer and happier than he is now. Am I not free now? She is now the leader of the church, and her adoptive father loves her very much. Thinking of this, she thought of her mother again. Her mother had a rough life, and she would never forget her mother's last look of regret. Her mother never told her not to like men in the future, but she knew, she had always known, that men are the most playful creatures in the world. Absolutely not to be believed.
Just as Su Ran was thinking, there was a sound of rapid footsteps outside the door, and then Du Jie appeared at her door and said to her: "Xiaodie? Are you there?"
