The next day, before daybreak, the powerful biological clock developed through Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing training had already made Yan Liqiang open his eyes and wake up from his sleep!
It was still the attic in the garden, but the place where Yan Liqiang was located had become the top floor of the attic.
The screen, the brocade curtain, and the thick and soft red quilt separated this place into a gentle place. Su Shali slept beside her, her snow-white arms hugging Yan Liqiang, with a sweet smile on her face...
Yan Liqiang narrowed his eyes and stared at the top of the brocade curtain, his head still recalling the information he got from Su Shali last night!
The seven tribes of Shatu made a huge investment this time. Not only did they send Princess Sushali of the Uli tribe, they also brought the terrifying Soul-Guiding Talisman bestowed by the Shatu Alliance.
The Soul-Pulling Talisman is not an ordinary talisman, but a forbidden object made by a talisman master that can control the hearts and minds of others. Once a person is hit by the Soul-Pulling Talisman, he can only become a puppet controlled by others, recognizing others as the master, considering himself a slave, and being loyal to them. Such a thing is really terrifying.
Fortunately, although the Soul-Pulling Attraction is terrifying, it is not something that an ordinary array master can create. Moreover, there are many restrictions on its use. The Soul-Pulling Attraction can only be used one-on-one, not one-on-many. Once one person uses the Soul-Pulling Attraction on another person, he cannot use it on a second person unless the first person who was subjected to the Soul-Pulling Attraction dies. Also, the Soul-Pulling Attraction has no effect on practitioners with extremely powerful body qi. Those above the Martial Sect can ignore the existence of the Soul-Pulling Attraction.
And since there are formation talisman masters who can make things like the Soul-Pulling Spell, naturally there will be formation talisman masters who will think of ways to prevent and crack it, and make corresponding talismans to guard against the Soul-Pulling Spell. The thing to guard against the Soul-Pulling Spell is called a Soul-Locking Plate. As long as you carry this thing with you, if someone else approaches with a Soul-Pulling Spell, the Soul-Locking Plate will prevent the Soul-Pulling Spell from being activated near that person, thus losing its effect.
The Shatu Alliance also knew about the crisis of the Shatu Seven Tribes, but it was unable to send a large army to rescue them. There was a thousand miles of desert between the Gulang Grassland and the Shatu Alliance, and there were other forces in between. It was under such circumstances that the special envoy of the Shatu Alliance brought the Soul-pulling Guide to the Uli Tribe, and offered advice, hoping to make himself a puppet of the Shatu Seven Tribes.
This strategy was not without its viciousness, but what the Shatu people did not expect was that their combination of beauty trap and soul-pulling would fail miserably with Yan Liqiang. To use an inappropriate metaphor, playing these conspiracies and tricks in front of Yan Liqiang was simply... throwing meat buns at a dog...
The best outcome would be to be able to control himself with the Soul-pulling Spell, but any action has the possibility of failure, and he is not a weakling who can be easily bullied. So when Su Shali came, the second instruction he received was that if she could not control herself with the Soul-pulling Spell, then what the Seven Shatu Tribes expected was for Su Shali to stay in Pingxi City, try every means to establish a good relationship with him, soften his hostile stance towards the Shatu Alliance, ensure that the caravans of the Shatu Alliance can still enter Baishi Pass, continue to maintain trade relations with this side, and obtain supplies from this side. The worst outcome would be to ensure that he would not unite with the Black Jie people to attack the Seven Shatu Tribes from both sides.
This is the mission that Su Sally is responsible for!
But Su Shali has become his own person, a chess piece he has infiltrated into the Seven Tribes of Shatu. From now on, if there is any movement or arrangement from the Seven Tribes of Shatu, he will definitely be the first to know about it.
According to Su Shali, at this time, the seven tribes of Shatu were facing the offensive of the Black Jie people. The Shatu alliance was far away and could not quench their thirst. In addition to the rebellious Wumu tribe, the position of the leader of the Wuli tribe was also shaken at the critical moment of life and death, and his words were not so effective. The other tribes had their own plans. Although the six-tribe coalition had been formed, it was not completely unified under the command of the Wuli tribe. Facing the offensive of the Black Jie people, no one wanted to be the first to rush forward and die, and become the primary target of the Black Jie people...
Su Shali has been learning the art of charm since she was a child. According to her father's original idea, she was to be sent out of the Gulang grassland after she grew up, and married to a noble in the Shatu Alliance. She would become the bond of political marriage for the seven Shatu tribes to return to the Shatu Alliance. If there had been no invasion of the Black Jie people, she would probably have left the Gulang grassland and gone to the territory of the Shatu Alliance. However, the arrival of the Black Jie people temporarily disrupted these plans. In addition, Yan Liqiang suddenly appeared and became the governor of Qiyun, showing extraordinary strength. Therefore, she became the first choice for the mission to the interior, responsible for approaching Yan Liqiang, and waiting for an opportunity to control Yan Liqiang and turn Yan Liqiang into their puppet.
Thinking about what happened last night, Yan Liqiang turned around and looked at Su Shali. As soon as he turned around, he found that Su Shali had opened her big, blurry eyes and was looking at him...
"My Lord is awake..."
In order to avoid revealing his true identity, Yan Liqiang asked Su Shali to call him "Sir" instead of "Master" from now on.
"Yeah, I'm awake!" Yan Liqiang smiled and stood up. "It's getting light, and I should leave soon..."
Hearing that Yan Liqiang had woken up, Su Shali also quickly stood up and said, "I will help you bathe and change clothes..."
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Half an hour later, several Shatu maids holding lanterns walked in front to light the way. Yan Liqiang followed them to the place where he got on the bus yesterday, and Su Sali personally saw him off.
Hu Haihe was already waiting there. When he saw Yan Liqiang appear, Hu Haihe said nothing. He just silently helped Yan Liqiang open the door of the four-wheeled carriage and let Yan Liqiang get in. Then before dawn, the four-wheeled carriage drove out of Guanyuan.
There were almost no carriages on the roads in Pingxi City, so the four-wheeled carriage that Yan Liqiang was riding in was particularly conspicuous. The sound of the wooden wheels pressing on the roads in the city and the sound of horse hooves also became particularly loud...
The four-wheeled carriage had just left Guanyuan for two hundred meters when it was stopped by a team of soldiers who were on night patrol in the city for inspection. Hu Haihe, who was driving the carriage, did not say a word, but took out a badge from his waist and showed it. When the soldiers saw the badge, they quickly retreated.
But in the garden, half an hour after Yan Liqiang left, a falcon flew up from the backyard of the garden and flew directly towards the Gulang grassland...
The falcon carried a letter written "urgently" by Su Shali - Yan Liqiang came to Guanyuan as promised yesterday, but Yan Liqiang was carrying a soul-locking plate, so Su Shali's best plan to control Yan Liqiang with the soul-pulling device had failed. But there was one thing worth celebrating, that is, Yan Liqiang had become Su Shali's lover, and was very infatuated with Su Shali. There was a bright future ahead for him. The two communicated overnight, and Yan Liqiang had agreed to raise the price of wool purchased by the Wool Monopoly Bureau...
On the second day, an order from the Governor's Office reached Baishiguan, and the price of first-class wool purchased by the Wool Monopoly Bureau was increased by one copper coin per pound, an increase of 10%...
A few days later, the "romantic affair" between the governor and the envoy Shatu spread throughout Pingxi City and Qiyun County...
(End of this chapter)