"Monster hunter?"
Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes and said teasingly: "Isn't that right? I remember that time in Dunhuang when there was a desert demon dragon. It was two demon hunters who put on a big show for the people of Dunhuang. In addition to being able to deceive people, they can also do other things. ?"
Gu Hengxi shook his head: "Of course not. The people of Dunhuang can be deceived precisely because they are monster hunters. Just imagine if these two people came here pretending to be wandering Taoist priests, or some kind of monks." Dunhuang City cannot be deceived so miserably in any case. They can enter Dunhuang as monster hunters without being suspected. Isn't it because the people in the Western Region believe in the existence of monster hunters?"
"At least for them, monster hunters are indeed capable of hunting monsters."
Yue Guanchao carefully considered the meaning of his words. It was indeed as Gu Hengxi said. It was when the people of Dunhuang City saw the monster hunting album in their hands that they believed without any scruples that they were indeed capable of killing the monster dragon. This That's why I was deceived so miserably.
This at least shows that the people of Dunhuang have deep faith in the abilities of the monster hunters, so they can use their status as monster hunters to deceive, even confuse others and incite rumors.
This phenomenon just proves that the existence of monster hunters in the Western Region has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, as long as it can be proved that they are monster hunters. The people will have no doubts about their abilities.
Yue Guanchao wanted to understand this and continued to ask Gu Hengxi: "Miss Gu, what kind of existence is a demon hunter in the Western Region?"
Gu Hengxi glanced at them meaningfully, and his face became serious: "Do you want to hear the truth or do you want to hear lies? If it is a lie, I will tell you that they are reclusive experts living in the desert, specializing in They make a living by hunting desert monsters and monsters that endanger the people. They usually appear elusive and invisible, and they never appear in places where people gather. If anyone has really seen them in cities or towns, it is probably because they live together. A monster appears somewhere.”
"What about the truth?" Yue Guanchao continued to ask.
Gu Hengxi smiled slightly, with a mysterious look on his face: "They are people who died in the Tang Dynasty. Counting from the Tang Dynasty until now, they have survived for nearly two thousand years."
"Wait a minute, didn't you say that they had died in the Tang Dynasty? So what happened to surviving for two thousand years?" Yue Guanchao caught the omission in her words and asked.
"Do you believe there are immortals in the desert?" Gu Hengxi asked carefully in a low voice.
"We believe that there are living people in the desert, but forget about the undead. If a person really dies, he will probably be highly decomposed in the next few months. People who died during the Tang Dynasty, survived to The probability now is almost zero." Song Siyuan replied.
Gu Hengxi seemed to know that she would say this: "Then you underestimate the desert. There is everything in the desert, and of course there are immortals. However, he seems to be different from the immortal people you understand. Their immortality Not immortal as a person with a body, but as a soul. The body is like a container to them. As long as the body starts to decay, they will look for the next body that can hold their soul. Now, you understand what I mean. What do you mean by a dead person who has survived for thousands of years?"
Song Siyuan narrowed her eyes after listening to his words: "Listen to what you mean, these demon hunters are all immortals. Does it mean that their number is extremely large, not just one family? Since they are all immortals, why are they from the Tang Dynasty?" It started? Rather than from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or the Qin and Han Dynasties, could it be said that there were no undead people in the desert before, and it was only from the Tang Dynasty that the existence of the undead began? Does this mean that the desert in the Tang Dynasty era happened? What caused the undead to appear in the desert?"
There were so many questions and countless clues. Gu Hengxi waved his hands towards them: "You have too many questions. I have too much to say if I come back alone. This is not the place to talk. Why don't we go back to the inn together? I'm slow." I’ll tell you slowly.”
Yue Guanchao looked around. There were so many people around him that it was really inappropriate to tell secrets. He simply followed the Gu Hengxi brothers and sisters back to the Bagu Inn!
When they came to their room, everyone sat at the round table, and Gu Hengxi told them the historical secrets about the undead and the demon hunters.
First of all, we need to clarify a concept. Monster hunters are all immortals, but not all immortals are monster hunters.
Their history begins with the Tang Dynasty.
During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, General Ashina conquered the Western Regions. The Western Regions, including the Hexi Corridor, were all included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The small foreign countries that were originally located near the desert were all managed by the Anxi Protectorate. From then on, the Tang Dynasty He began to manage the vast countries in the Western Regions.
From the early years of the Tang Dynasty until the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty governed the Western Regions for nearly two hundred years, making many city-states in the Western Regions rich and prosperous. On this basis, the Hu people were willing to call the Emperor of Guanzhong the Khan of Heaven.
During the Anshi Rebellion, even though Tubo occupied the Hexi Corridor and ruled Hexi for fifty or sixty years, it failed to tame its subjects. On the contrary, it made the people of Hexi miss their homeland even more. This shows how much the people in the Western Regions miss their homeland, and how much the Hu people cherish the culture of the Central Plains. yearn for.
The demon hunter appeared in the desert during the Anshi Rebellion!
Rumor has it that they were the generals and soldiers who protected the Anxi Protectorate and stayed in Hexi. They were willing to die in the desert in order to resist Tibet and other foreign enemy forces.
At that time, the powerful countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty saw the chaos in Guanzhong and wanted to take a bite out of the territory of the Tang Dynasty. They began to compete for the territory of the Western Regions in various ways. During the Anshi Rebellion, the war in the Western Regions was already very intense. Yes frequently.
There were almost ten days of small battles and one month of big battles. The rotation of political power and the strife between nobles in various state capitals were extremely frequent. The Tubos, Huns, Sogdians, Uighurs, Uighurs, Khotanese, and cannibals... …Many foreign regimes want to have their own right to speak in the Western Regions, separate themselves from one side, and divide the land and seal the territory.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have always been brave. Even if they fight to the death, as long as the foreign enemy does not retreat, they will never retreat. At that time, Chang'an in Guanzhong could not be saved, and the Tang court was already in chaos. Even Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty wanted to go west to Shu for refuge. They not only wanted to put down the rebellion in Hedong, but also suppress the civil unrest in various places. They had no energy left to deal with the occupied territory of Hexi.
Without the arrival of reinforcements, the fate of these towns under the rule of the Anxi Protectorate was to be captured and completely destroyed by foreigners.
In the past few decades of foreign invasion, the territory controlled by the Anxi Protectorate has been shrinking. Beiting fell, Hexi fell, and Anxi fell, until all the territory was completely lost.
A lonely city thousands of miles away, full of gray-haired soldiers. These Anxi defenders spent most of their lives transforming from young generals into gray-haired veterans. However, their lonely loyalty was not treated well, and they did not wait for Tang Ting to come to their aid until their death. .
The fate of most white-haired Tang soldiers is to fight until the last moment and die with the city!
