When Li Ke arrived at the living room, Niu Jinda had been waiting in the living room for a long time.
"Niu Jinda has met His Highness King Qin."
"Uncle Niu, no need to be polite, let me tell you the results of your trip."
Niu Jinda, as Li Shimin's confidant, led more than 30 people in front of him, and rushed thousands of miles to kill the Tuyuhun King's court.
This person is worthy of everyone's trust in Li Shimin.
This time Li Shimin was sent to the Southern Region to investigate the specific circumstances of Qin Qiong's disappearance. As an emperor and a famous emperor in history, this was his first reaction.
He would not believe 100% of any minister, especially one with military power.
The emperor did not see Qin Qiong's disappearance, not even Li Ke, and all the 20,000 troops led by Qin Qiong died inexplicably.
In Qin Qiong's previous battle report, it was a series of victories, killing the enemy to the point of losing their shit, and even the Tubo people who were watching the fun were all killed.
After the incident, Niu Jinda was secretly sent by Li Shimin to the southern region to investigate the annihilation of Qin Qiong's army.
Niu Jinda thought for a long time and then said: "Your Highness, the matter has been investigated clearly, but Brother Qin has not been found."
"After I arrived in Shanshan City, I started spending a lot of money to buy information. After three days, I got the information from a brothel and captured a man from Loulan."
"After being tortured, the man confessed that he is a descendant of Loulan. They have an organization called the Pisces Gate. Their leader is the queen left behind by Loulan. This time they got the queen's order to intercept the Tang army's support supplies."
"Qin Qiong's backup supplies were intercepted by this group of Loulan survivors, and this man was highly skilled in martial arts. When we caught him, our third brother died, and we shot him with a crossbow."
"Later, I continued to Qiemo, but on the way, I encountered a large number of people with superb martial arts skills, all of whom were women. I lost more than a hundred brothers, but in the end I was unable to save the man."
"Judging from the bodies of those women, they all had two fish tattooed on their chests."
"In Qiemo, I used the same method to detect the news, but Qiemo had been occupied by Tuyuhun and Qiemo's remnant army, and there was no news at all. I only got some news from the shepherds outside the city. After Qin's eldest brother was defeated, I once encountered the pursuit of monks from the Western Regions..."
"They ran into the depths of the desert. The monk who was chasing them retreated, but Brother Qin did not come out again."
"The shepherd said that it is the Sea of Death. Even wild wolves dare not enter it. Let alone humans. Entering it means death."
"And there are many legends about the Sea of Death. At sunset at the beginning of every month, ghosts will appear on the Sea of Death. Anyone who sees the ghosts will die mysteriously."
"But I didn't believe it. I selected a hundred people, brought enough water and dry food, captured a dozen local shepherds, and personally led the team into the Sea of Death."
"There is no grass growing in the desert. There are no birds above and no animals below. There are only corpses that have been dead for many years and have been dried by the wind. I led the people and walked for about two days. We encountered a tornado. After more than a dozen brothers died, we had to retreat. He came out, but when he came out, he found a Tang Dao."
Niu Jinda said and handed the Tang sword to Li Ke. After Li Ke carefully observed it, he found that it was indeed a sword made by the Tang army.
This means that Qin Qiong was forced to flee into the Sea of Death, or Qin Qiong had known for a long time that this was the Sea of Death and deliberately escaped into it.
Because, facing the group of people who are chasing them, they may die soon, but escaping into the sea of death still has a glimmer of hope.
However, that is the Sea of Death. Unless you are lucky enough to find an oasis in it, you will only become mummies.
Suddenly, Li Ke frowned.
Sea of Death?
Is there a ghostly presence at the beginning of every month?
Li Ke thought of the four mysterious forces in the Western Region, the Ashina family in the Western Turks, the Nestorian religion from the west of the Western Region, and the Buddhist Kingdom located on the snow-covered plateau, and finally the most mysterious Loulan family.
According to the geographical location, the Sea of Death is most likely to belong to the Loulan family.
The Loulan family disappeared during the Western Jin Dynasty. History is uncertain about how such a prosperous and powerful country was destroyed. No one knows.
But it is true that the Xianbei people later occupied their cities and land.
There is a mysterious Loulan family in the Loulan country. They are all experts now. Not to mention the country was destroyed when they were fighting each other. Even Tuyuhun in his most powerful period could not destroy Loulan.
Loulan is often mentioned in the poem. If Loulan is not broken, he will never return it. He is willing to put his sword down on his waist to kill Loulan. In the past, Li Ke thought that Loulan was just a name for a foreign race, but now he doesn't think so because he has a hidden family.
The Loulan family must have been wiped out or threatened by other mysterious forces, and they had no choice but to quietly hide from the world.
Li Ke thought in his heart that after solving the matter here, he must go and investigate. If it is really the Loulan family hiding in the Sea of Death, I will have to take away their lair.
However, preparations for this matter must be made as soon as possible. Even if the Loulan family hides in the sea of death, they still have to eat, drink, and buy daily necessities.
I will first kill all the surrounding countries and herdsmen for you, and see if you don't show the fox's tail.
According to previous intelligence, there was a master who dressed up as a woman in the Western Region Allied Forces, and Li Ke had seen it with a telescope before the war. At that time, he was still wondering, how could there be a woman?
He also thought that if the woman came to fight, he would capture her as a maid, but it turned out to be Ge Shuhai, so he shot her to death.
Li Ke was silent for a long time. It seemed that this matter had to be done from two aspects.
"Come here, call Yan Yunda and Li Bingdao to me."
Sishe agreed from outside the door and left.
Li Ke continued: "Uncle Niu, this is not the result I want, and my father cannot accept your result."
"I am incompetent!"
Niu Jinda was shocked. He knew that he had betrayed so many people and ended up getting some false information. This was definitely unacceptable to His Majesty and the Prince.
But he did try his best.
"In this way, you will go to the Southern Territory again, but this time there will be some masters. With them, I will put down the rebellion of Shanshan, Qiemo and the surrounding small tribes in the Southern Territory."
"Remember, all the cattle and sheep in the southern region will be slaughtered, and the herdsmen will rush back to the city, or sell them to merchants and transport them to the sandbank."
"Shanshan, in the two big cities of Qiemo, before the Western Region is completely captured, military control will be implemented, materials will be distributed according to head, and labor will be gathered."
"The king gives you 20,000 horses, can you do it?"
Niu Jinda immediately bowed and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that I can do it. If something goes wrong again, I am willing to come and see you."
"good!"
"Uncle Niu, thank you for your hard work. The King of Japan has slaughtered the cattle and sheep today. Go down and have a rest and have a meal!"
When Niu Jinda went out, Yan Yunda and Lao Mo came in.
"I've met the prince."
"I've seen the giant."
"Yunda, Lao Mo, there may be big fish in the southern region..."
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