"The enemy is not yet completely wiped out." Hong Jun whispered, "The danger we are facing is still there, Qingxiong, although the human body is weak and its life span is only a hundred years, there are too many things worth learning .”
Qingxiong looked directly into Hongjun's eyes, and they were silent for a long time. He seemed to have something to say to Hongjun, but finally held back.
"That's right." Qingxiong said flatly, "We also need to learn from humans."
Qingxiong's gaze passed over Hong Jun, and landed on Li Jinglong who entered the palace behind him at some point. Hong Jun suddenly turned his head, only to see Li Jinglong standing silently.
"Let's do this first." Qingxiong pondered for a moment, thought for a while, and then said, "A common enemy."
Hong Jun saw that Li Jinglong's expression didn't seem right, so he turned around and left with him. Li Jinglong remained silent, but Hong Jun had mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't know whether he should say something to his partners. What Qingxiong wants is far more than what humans can imagine. can give.
"What's wrong?" Li Jinglong asked instead.
Hong Jun shook his head, Li Jinglong said: "There are some things that need to be discussed together."
Hong Jun felt uneasy, knowing that the sooner he could say something, the better. When he was thinking about how to explain it to his partners, Li Jinglong took him to the place where Chaoyun was sleeping: a snake wrapped its body around the carp demon, surrounded by exorcists. I set up a temporary camp, and have no plans to move into Yaojin Palace.
Hong Jun often said, "Please come to my house to play." Seeing his friends living like this in the mountainside of the Holy Land, he was a little embarrassed at once, and said, "Either move inside... What's wrong with you?"
Everyone present looked solemn, especially Qiu Yongsi.
"Something happened to Artest." Qiu Yongsi said, "Everyone is discussing countermeasures."
Hong Jun was shocked suddenly, and immediately forgot about himself. Before parting, Qiu Yongsi, Artai and Ashina Qiong set up a contact method using the magic weapon "Blood Ya". This is a peculiar insect that can communicate with each other through magic within a limited range. When Chang'an fought, it was used. But Artest was too far away from the Central Plains area, and when he went all the way west, the bloody worm could no longer communicate.
Even so, there are multiple pairs of male and female in this magic weapon, and they have a distant connection. As long as Artest carries it with him and continues to inject mana into the female, the male will respond. And just now, when Qiu Yongsi opened the box, he found that the male was anxiously climbing around, trying to escape from the box several times, and strange patterns appeared on his back.
"This means that they are in danger." Qiu Yongsi explained to everyone, "Both male and female Xueya need continuous mana feeding. Once one party fails to obtain mana for a long time, it will starve to death. The other party feels danger, no matter how far away it is. I will try my best to feed it."
Before leaving, Qiu Yongsi specially reminded Artest that although exorcists are always idle, they are never ambiguous about the really important things, and naturally there will be no accidents such as forgetting to feed or losing the box. The only explanation is: Artest and Ashinaqiong haven't touched the magic weapon for a while.
"The route has been discussed in advance." Li Jinglong marked their itinerary on the Northwest Map. After leaving Yangguan, he marked along the way and frowned. "The place where we lost contact should be in this area." He then wrote with a pen The area around the Aral Sea and Talas is circled.
"Going so fast?" Lu Xu murmured.
"Familiar with the road." Li Jinglong said, "I only gave them two months." He looked at Hongjun and explained, "Can you let the birds under your command go to find out the news in advance?"
When Hong Jun was about to look for Qingxiong, Qiu Yongsi said, "Wait, it's agreed that it won't be too late."
Judging by the situation, I had no choice but to set off for a run, and maybe I had to travel all day and night, bumpy and bumpy. Before Hong Jun arrived, Li Jinglong and Mo Rigen disagreed mainly on whether or not to notify Trundeau. And whether to let Hongjun accompany him.
"Of course I have to go together!" Hong Jun said.
Lu Xu said: "Let me tell you, he won't stay."
"You just became the demon king." Qiu Yongsi said, "It's not appropriate to leave here."
Li Jinglong looked at Hong Jun meaningfully. The partners seemed to have a strange tacit understanding. Hong Jun's thoughts changed, knowing that the exorcists are all human beings, and each one is smarter than the other. Most of them have already felt the differences between Qingxiong and himself. Hong Jun's stay may help stabilize the Yaozu, and there will be no accidents. But even if he stays in the Holy Land every day and doesn't go anywhere, Hong Jun is helpless if Qingxiong wants to do something behind his back.
Finally, Li Jinglong said to Mo Rigen: "Let's all stay together and take care of each other."
Everyone nodded, and Qiu Yongsi asked, "Shall you tell your siblings?"
Trando’s former home was the big merchants of Tuyuhun and Taluosi. The trade route extended westward. Finding people helps. But with Tranduo's temper, maybe he had to set out to follow by himself, and I'm afraid it would still be dangerous.
"Have to tell her."
Hong Jun insisted on saying this again, so Li Jinglong had no choice but to say: "Then, everyone will go back to Yuzhou City tomorrow morning and prepare separately."
Hong Jun said: "I'll make arrangements and leave tonight."
That night, Hong Jun summoned the four demon kings and explained the situation. Qingxiong obeyed Hong Jun and ordered a few falcons to go along the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion as quickly as possible to investigate. The dead ghost king pondered for a moment, and then said: "There have always been monster clans entrenched in the Aral Sea area, maybe you can ask them for help."
In the Central Plains of Shenzhou, the scope of the demon king's jurisdiction usually only reaches Yangguan. To the west along the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, there is a large area of sandy land. It was not until it extended to the southwest and the flood plain increased that there were no more people. After crossing the plateau, it reached Persia, the hometown of Artest, which was called Asia Minor by the Semu people in history.
Based on the ghost king's past memories, the bloodlines of the monster race in that area are relatively mixed. There are not only descendants of the monster race in the west, but also eastern monsters who have migrated several times and settled in Aral Sea, Taluosi and other places.
"You can find a senior named 'Hanba'." Ghost King handed Hongjun a blood-red gouyu and explained, "That is a handsome man, if he is still there."
Qingxiong: "Beautiful man?"
"Yo." Yu Zaoyun looked at the ghost king suspiciously.
Ghost King: "..."
Hong Jun: "?"
Hong Jun roughly wrote down the ghost king's words. The holy land still needs to be rebuilt, and the four demon kings will no longer accompany them. Moreover, this is a matter for the Exorcist Division, and Li Jinglong does not hope to invite foreign aid. After the agreement, Hong Jun bid farewell to everyone, and planned to set off for Yuzhou tonight. When he just turned around, Hong Jun suddenly felt a little strange—the word "beautiful man" is not strange, and it is not strange to say it from Yu Zaoyun's mouth, but it is very strange to only say it from the mouth of the ghost king. The King of Ghosts is usually strict and rarely uses this kind of title. Even when talking about Kong Xuan, he doesn't say "beautiful man".
Hong Jun: "Beautiful man?" He immediately stared at the ghost king suspiciously.
The ghost king said: "If you don't need it, return the Gouyu."
Of course it is necessary, Hong Jun put away the Gouyu carefully, and the ghost king said again: "Say hello for me by the way."
When they walked out of Tianluo Mountain, the moon was already in the sky outside, and all the exorcists boarded the boat at the wharf in the southwest of Wu Gorge where the current was relatively slow. Mo Zhigen and the others were still discussing, and when Hong Jun came over, they stopped talking and prepared to leave.
"Let's go!" Mo Zhigen said on the boat.
Standing on the pier, Hong Jun turned to look at Wu Gorge. In the long night, the moonlight shone on the mountains and rivers of Shu, and Shennv Peak stood on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance. Behind the mountain peak, a large number of monster races gather in Tianluo Mountain, but they don't have the feeling of the monsters in Chang'an, but appear ethereal and mysterious.
Li Jinglong stayed by his side all the time and didn't ask anything, but Hong Jun felt that the topics of his partners must be around the Yaozu these days, but he just didn't want to worry him.
He sighed and turned to board the boat.
The river was turbulent, and the big boat went upstream, and returned to Yuzhou after a day and night. Li Jinglong immediately went to visit Han Guolan, while Hong Jun and Lu Xu found Trando.
"... That's the situation." Hong Jun said to Trundeau.
Lu Xu gently rocked the cradle for Trundeau, the baby was smiling at him, while Chen Feng was watching from the side, stretched out his fingers, and pinched the little baby's face.
"You can't squeeze it." Lu Xu grabbed Chen Feng and said, "I'll drool."
After listening to it, Trundeau said calmly, "I see."
Hong Jun comforted: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, everyone..."
"I think I was betrayed." Trundeau frowned.
Hongjun: "!!!"
Sure enough, it was right to find Trundeau, and there are some things that only she knows.
"By whom?" Lu Xu asked warily.
"Joan's informant." Trundeau pondered for a moment, and then said, "The black clothes will not let them go. I will write a letter, and you will send it to my home, find my father, and let him try to rescue Artest and Arjun."
Although the Sassanid Dynasty where Atai and Ashinaqiong belonged to has long since perished, there are still remnants of the people. In the past, the black-clothed food army quickly dominated Asia Minor with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. After the death of Isai, the remnants scattered. All were incorporated by the then General Bath, and among them were Ashinaqiong's former comrades-in-arms. The descendants of the Sassanid Dynasty went into exile in Middle-earth China, and although this group apparently defected to Bath, they still kept in secret contact with Ashinajon. When Tigra returned, they waved their arms and raised their arms to respond. .
"That bitch Amman," said Trundeau to himself as he wrote, "just tell Joan not to trust him..."
Hong Jun and Lu Xu glanced at Trundeau, and Lu Xu asked, "Is the situation dangerous?"
"Of course it's dangerous." Trundeau whispered, "The Hukrador family has long abandoned Shenhuo, but what can I do? I won't listen to persuasion..." She sighed again.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law." Hong Jun suddenly felt guilty.
Trundeau was very surprised when he heard this, but he laughed and said, "No, no, it has nothing to do with the little uncles. You always need to find some magic weapon. I mean, restore the country."
Artest's greatest wish in this life is to restore his country, and his exorcist colleagues are very clear, and they also understand that Trundeau does not want Artest and Ashinaqiong to always be so persistent and bet their lives on this seemingly hopeless situation. Gambling. In fact, Trundeau also understood that Artest took the initiative to go back to Taluosi this time, not only to find the magic weapon, but also probably had other thoughts.
In the end, Hong Jun took the letter and came out with Lu Xu. It just so happened that Han Guolan had already prepared for everyone. He assigned a caravan translator for them, loaded them into the car, delivered four boxes of silk and one box of tea, and pretended to be an identity , send them westbound along the way. Before leaving Yangguan, we will travel day and night, and after entering the territory of Taluosi, we will change to a cart. If it is fast, we can arrive in one month. I only hope that Artest and Ashinaqiong can hold on for the time being.
"Come... bid farewell to everyone." Li Jinglong said to Chen Feng, picked him up by the way, and patted his face, Chen Feng just yelled, "I'm going, I'm going to follow..." Everyone was worried, and they all I didn't have the patience to answer him. Hong Jun knelt down on one knee, hugged Chen Feng, patted his head, and said, "Good boy, we'll be right back."
Chen Feng looked at Hong Jun with bitterness and hatred on his face, and said, "Do you want me anymore?"
Hong Jun: "..."
When Hongjun heard this, his whole body melted instantly, and he almost wanted to take Chen Feng away, tears were still rolling in Chen Feng's eyes, Qiu Yongsi's mouth twitched, and said: "This kid lied to you! You can't help but smile at the corner of your mouth."
Chen Feng hurriedly said: "I didn't!"
Hong Jun said: "He's only four years old, how can he understand this?"
Mo Zhigen was assisting the caravan to load the caravan. He took a last glance at Chen Feng and said, "The other day I heard you and Zhao Zilong discussing how to trick your father into buying you sugar. Don't pretend, kid."
Chen Feng immediately ran away covering his face, and everyone laughed. After a short time, the convoy was ready to go. Li Jinglong found Chen Feng in a silk box. Regardless of his quarrel, he carried him out and went with Hong Jun. Xunhan Guolan entrusted this kid to him temporarily.
"Listen to uncle." Li Jinglong said to Chen Feng, "We will be back in a few days."
Chen Feng could only look at Hong Jun pitifully, Hong Jun smiled and kissed him on the face, and said: "Come back and bring you something, Zhao Zilong will come to accompany you soon."
Li Jinglong urged Han Guolan to never let Chen Feng out of his sight the day and night before he and the others left. This kid was as smart as a ghost, and he ran away if he didn't pay attention. Once the convoy leaves, Chen Feng knows that he will not be able to catch up, so he will be at ease. Anyway, if Chaoyun recovers, the carp demon will leave Tianluo Mountain and come to Yuzhou to find Chen Feng.
"Zhao Zilong used to be your nanny." Li Jinglong was amused, "Now he is Feng'er's nanny."
A group of convoys set off, leaving Yuzhou, heading north to Hanzhong, and then entering Liangzhou. It was the first time for Hongjun and the caravan to drive. Han Guolan specially prepared a wealthy businessman's car to disguise their identities for them. The car was covered with thick carpets from the Western Regions. , the space is spacious, but it is very luxurious and exotic. When he set off early in the morning, Li Jinglong immediately called the exorcists for an impromptu meeting to exchange information. Hong Jun showed the letter written in Persian by Trando, and Li Jinglong said: "I didn't tell you, what is the name of the spy she suspects?"
Hong Jun scratched his head and said, "I forgot, they are all foreign names. Lu Xu, you forgot too?"
Lu Xu: "I didn't listen, I've been teasing the kids."
Everyone raised their foreheads.
Qiu Yongsi said: "Either it is Huklado, or Kasaba, or Barris..."
"Hukladuo!" Hong Jun remembered, and said, "That man's name is Amman Hukladuo!"
Qiu Yongsi and Li Jinglong exchanged glances, and Li Jinglong said: "The Lion of Sasan, who later switched to Dashi, is a young man who once fought against Anxi Dufu. Now he is the captain of the Caliphate Guard."
"You know everything?" Lu Xu asked in surprise.
Li Jinglong thought for a while, and said: "If you really want to ask, you can still find out some."
Hong Jun thought that he hadn't heard Li Jinglong say it before, and he seldom even discussed the situation of the countries in the Western Regions. Li Jinglong seemed to see what he was thinking, and replied: "A-Tai is my brother, and he talked about Dashi and other countries in front of him. Sassan, it’s inevitable that there will be comments, and it seems too much, so I don’t mention it at all.”
The city of Talas was once one of the birthplaces of Zoroastrianism, and it is also known as the three main cities of Asia Minor along with ancient Taisiphon and Baghdad. When Zoroastrianism was at its most prosperous, it once covered the entire Sassanian, and then went to war with Islam, and in the end, Islam won in an all-round way. The Zoroastrians in the territory gradually converted their beliefs and converted to Islam.
The war between Sasanian and Dashi is ultimately a religious war. After Qiu Yongsi explained, no one could understand. After all, this is too different from the habits of Middle-earth, and it is really unimaginable for a country like Datang where many ethnic groups are mixed and various religions are blooming everywhere.
"The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has never been so... intense." Lu Xu frowned.
"I look at Luoyang, Chang'an. There are all kinds of temples." Hong Jun said, "Even in our exorcism department, everyone believes in their own beliefs, doesn't it?"
Hong Jun and Lu Xu are Peacock Daming King and Deer King, both are disciples of Buddhism, while Qiu Yongsi is a practitioner of both Buddhism and Taoism. Shiwei, where Mo Zhigen works, believes in shamanism, and Li Jinglong doesn't know what he believes in. There are mixed sects in the Exorcism Division, and once a fight starts, each will call their own gods to come forward.
"Datang has never said that it is mandatory to believe in religion." Mo Rigen said casually, "Believe whatever you want."
Qiu Yongsi said: "That's why we are strong."