At the same time, the majestic Tianshan Mountains were still covered in ice and snow, and several Tibetan antelopes carefully rummaged for dead grass from beneath the ice and snow.
The eagle chirped and neighed. Seeing the right moment, it swooped down and caught the Tibetan antelope. The eagle flapped its wings and flew away.
Below this snow-covered holy mountain stands a majestic ancient palace. Looking further into the distance, there are palace complexes one after another.
This is the forbidden land of the Western Regions - called Shituoling by the Western Regions people.
The scenery here is beautiful, with many mountains and mountains. The weather is in April, and the grass is growing and the orioles are flying. It is a happy day.
However, the entire palace complex was quiet, without any vitality, and filled with an aura of corruption.
Soon after, two fast horses and a carriage came galloping from the end of the grassland, arriving not far from the palace complex. They got out of the carriage, opened the curtain, and took out two babies from inside.
After the city gate was opened, the two walked towards the highest palace and finally disappeared at the end of the alley.
In the highest palace.
Today, the seats were filled with men who were highly skilled in martial arts. These men were all barbarians with high noses, but most of them were older men. There were only a few middle-aged men, and there was not a single woman.
The Western Turkic Khan Ashina Lish Khan is sitting among them, but his position can only be ranked second from the lower left.
It can be seen that even as the top leader of the Western Turkic Royal Court, his status in the Ashina family is not high, and it seems that he has no right to speak at all.
And Ashina Shabi, the eldest son of the Western Turkic Khan, had no chance to enter this ancient palace to participate in today's major ceremony.
Today is the day for Western Turks to worship the God of the Grassland. They hope that the God of the Grassland can bless the Ashina family for a long time and prosper day by day, and bless the people of the Western Turk Khanate with good weather and cattle and sheep everywhere.
Today's sacrifice is actually the most important thing is to win the final battle between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty.
"Have you got the sacrificial objects back?"
The old man sitting in the first place spoke. He looked like a dying tree, but the moment his eyes opened, they were as deep as an abyss, and his whole person exuded an unparalleled sense of authority and oppression.
He is the true patriarch of the Ashina family, and his cultivation has reached an unfathomable level. However, his end is approaching, and he can only be raised in this palace in the mountains.
At the same time, he is also one of the people who patiently waits for the winner of the Chosen Son’s decryption.
If the winner is decrypted, he can live forever, and he can always control wealth and power.
It is said that Li Shimin's third prince is the Chosen Son, but the Chosen Son is just a key.
Now he happens to be in the Western Region. Humph, a worldly and yellow-tongued kid actually dares to talk so brazenly that he wants to break through our Western Turkic Khanate. It is simply ridiculous.
When I, the masters of the Ashina family, capture you, let me see, among those old immortals in the Central Plains, who dares to go against me?
If you dare to go against me, everyone will stop living and destroy the key. Let’s finish playing together!
What's ridiculous is that those old immortals actually dared to let the chosen son come to the Western Region and deliver it to their door. If I don't do anything, wouldn't I have betrayed their good intentions?
"Ah sneeze..."
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Ancestor Ashina was stunned for a moment. He actually dared to sneeze. Such a thing has never happened in so many years!
The people below also looked at the ancestor in surprise.
It stands to reason that a person with the strength of the ancestor would not be infected by wind and cold at all, nor would he sneeze.
The man next to him was wearing a gray robe, as skinny as wood, and holding a cane in his hand. He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Ancestor, this is the God of the grassland appearing. He may be using this method to hint that he is interested in today's sacrifice." very satisfied."
"Well! That's how it should be!"
There is a huge sundial standing outside the palace. At this moment, the shadow of the dial needle tilts eastward and falls at the end of the hour.
Immediately, someone came in and reported: "Ancestor, wizard, the auspicious time has arrived."
The old man stood up, his robes moved automatically like a gust of wind, and walked out of the hall, followed closely by the people behind him.
At this time, two men holding two babies came to a place where a wolf totem was carved, and placed the two babies in front of the totem.
The wizard led a group of men in colorful clothes and holding sheepskin drums and began to dance and chant awkward scriptures.
After these people finished their performance, the ancestor led the disciples in the clan and began to kneel down and worship.
"May the gods bless us, bless our Ashina family to be prosperous, and bless our people of the Western Turkic Khanate to have good weather and good weather, with cattle and sheep everywhere."
"Gods, bless the Turkic Khanate to defeat the shameless invaders and drive them back to their country."
The people behind him also started singing.
These were two children who had just been born, and they were the children of a royal family in a country in the Western Region, because only children with high status could be sacrificed to the gods, and children of slaves were not eligible.
The countries in the Western Regions, including the Western Turks and the nine surnames of Zhaowu, are proud to sacrifice the children of their own royal families, because they are their common gods.
Because they cannot afford the price of the gods' wrath. After the gods are wrathful, a heavy snowfall will fall from the sky, and all cattle and sheep will die on the grasslands. Their people will starve to death everywhere. They can only migrate again, or take up arms and fight against the gods. The Tang people attacked.
Today's Tang Dynasty is no longer a country where people can be robbed casually, but bandits who have chased them to the Western Regions and want to occupy their homes.
The two living children were placed on top of the statue, and cries like prayers were heard constantly. M.biQuge.biZ
The eagle, which had just caught a Tibetan antelope and had a feast, just soared in the blue sky and was indifferent to the two children below.
Until nightfall, the weather became colder and colder, and the two children cried and cried without making a sound.
A group of crows flew from nowhere, covering the sky and the sun, and landed on the palace complex. After a while, the two children in the basket disappeared, leaving only a pile of bloody bones.
As the night approaches, the crows get up and fly away, looking for the next place to settle down and eat.
In the palace complex, the lights gradually lit up.
Ashina Khan knelt in front of his ancestor, trembling a little. Facing this ancestor who was like a god but also like a demon, he was really scared.
The example was right in front of him. His previous Khan, who had been in office for two years, was directly beheaded because he failed in the battle with the traitors.
So I supported him because he was more obedient and a real puppet.
"Ancestor, there are 200,000 mercenaries from the Tang Dynasty, showing off their power at the southern end of my royal court, while Xue Yantuo is still aggressive in the east. It seems that he has formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and is preparing to attack the six northeastern regions."
"The Six Northeastern Ministries had an emergency yesterday and asked me to send troops to assist. However, facing the Tang Dynasty's 200,000 elites, I no longer have an army to send."
The ancestor's eyes did not show any joy, anger or sorrow, nor did he show the slightest nervousness or panic. Instead, he said calmly: "The one in the Tiele tribe is about to die. Pearl Piga does not have the courage and determination. What are you afraid of?"
"What's more, those old monsters from the hidden family in the Central Plains will never hope that our Turkic Khanate will perish. If our Turkic Khanate perishes, who will contain the Tang Dynasty?"
"Things will turn around."
The ancestor said it with all his heart, and Zelishi almost believed it.
Biquge
