Volume II: Introduction

This is located in the north of Xinjiang adjacent to the edge of the yellow sand of a dark and ancient reckless forest, the towering giant trees are dense and verdant, the ancient vines are entwined with knots, a mountain road winds out from the huge waterfall that rushes down, and goes straight up into the clouds, disappears at the end and does not know where to stretch out, the simple and mottled bluestone slab is infiltrated by the mountain spring all the year round, it is very slippery, and a line of people in red brocade robes climbs up the steps but is like walking on the ground.

The black vultures circled between the valleys in groups, and then soared upward, with a long roar, soaring into the sky.

At a stone table on the top of the mountain, the old man with the golden scepter raised his elbow, and the black vulture king put away his huge black wings, and meekly stopped at the crook of his elbow, as if whispering something.

The old man nodded slightly, and then his elbow sank, and the King of the Black Vultures suddenly spread his wings and disappeared into the sea of clouds.

The old man walked to a golden temple with a golden scepter in his hand, bowed down and knelt down, his expression a little sad: "Patriarch Hui, Elder Black Toad has died in battle. ”

"Oh, who is it?" a mechanical voice came from the Golden Temple, surprised but not angry or sad.

"That girl and the High Priest of the North Star Kingdom joined forces to kill him. ”

"Viviparous people still have weaknesses after all...... Guluo Yu is no exception, hey, I really underestimate these human beings..."There was silence in the Golden Temple for a long time before his unique mechanical voice slowly came, "Yinsha has been depressed for so long, and it is time to go down the mountain to do some serious things, but this son has a stubborn heart after all, and that time almost ruined a big thing, I have to think about how to make him not make a mistake." ”

"Yes, the old slave will go and prepare. ”

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Gulan king Du Zhen City, is an ancient history of the city, it was a vassal of the Li State, but also the earliest tribe of the feudal state, has a history of more than 800 years, it is adjacent to the Vientiane Mountains in the east, the south of the Styx Strait, this as a defense area to resist the invasion of foreign tribes to choose the best location, in the brainchild of the leaders from generation to generation, relying on the Elan Mountain under the Vientiane Mountain, with the imperial guard tower as the center, the palace and the city tower were built according to the mountain, encouraging the people of Gulan to migrate out of the deep mountains, take root and multiply here, since then, the royal city palace, the official mansion, pavilions, temples, high platforms, residential streets and alleys, rising from the ground, obviously different styles, but it is a seamless folk customs, which can be seen at that time a prosperous and united prosperous scene.

With the expansion of the tribal territory, the city wall imitated the construction characteristics of the city wall of the Li State at that time, tall, solid, thick, along the slope of the undulating city wall in hundreds of years of replacement, almost with the copper wall of iron wall stretching for thousands of miles, the entire royal city surrounded in it.

Every morning at the beginning of the morning sunrise, the black tile and white wall of the royal guard tower stands high in the center of the palace, like a giant standing in the heart of the royal city, light gauze mist shrouded in the blue tile and red wall of the palace, like a heavenly palace, a fairyland on earth.

When Jiu Ge led his troops to the outside of the city, except for those old ministers and loyal generals who cared about the country, even the common people, they did not have much fear, they seemed to be completely separated from the shadow of the defeat of the You clan back then, and enjoyed the illusion of comfort and peace, and the fact was indeed as they wished, the enemy army did not approach again, and no one cared about the bloody gunpowder smoke under the surface of peace talks.

Probably only the religious beliefs are changing bit by bit, after the Huoluo religion withdrew from the Guran altar, those Hinayana sects that were suppressed raised their eyebrows, such as the monks of Muye Monastery who have strict precepts, can drive away disasters and evil spirits for the people, and are good at medicine and measuring the heavens; 。

Now it has been renamed Cao'an Temple, and it has been opened by the royal family, and those familiar believers wearing magnolia-colored monks' robes can be seen at the royal sacrifice ceremony.

The upper three squares are located in the mansions of dignitaries, and across the alley is Showa Street, which is the closest to the port of the Stygian Strait, so it is very lively and prosperous, and it is also the most rigorously patrolled block.

The rain in the summer came quickly and quickly, and it was still pouring rain just now, and the time for a cup of tea was bright and hot again.

This year's summer in the royal capital is hotter than before, so the street vendors have closed their stalls at noon, only a few Muye monks, dressed in blue coarse cloth monks' robes, sitting cross-legged under the vacant eaves, twisting Buddhist beads and chanting words, a few patrol soldiers with bright armor and long knives along the street, sharp eyes swept over them, but they did not come forward to be embarrassed.

Last month, on this street, a new shop suddenly opened overnight, and the three words 'Nanxing Building' on the plaque were chic and crazy, and the pen was strong.

Just looking at the name of the store, I thought it was a vassal elegant teahouse or antique calligraphy and painting, but I didn't expect to walk into the store and sneak out and shake my head, it turned out to be selling medicinal herbs, but the store provided free tea and sweet and refreshing juice to quench the heat and thirst, but it is not a few people.

On this day, a jeweled carriage parked outside the South Star Tower, the carriage emblem engraved 'Zeng', when the coachman placed the low stool, a delicate girl in yellow clothes jumped out of the carriage, she landed on the ground, respectfully stood beside her, and then appeared The beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes and golden hairpins slowly walked down from the carriage.

The beautiful woman is about thirty years old, her eyebrows are very beautiful, her temperament is soft, but the heavy fat powder can't hide the fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

She looked up at the plaque before slowly walking into the store.

The round-faced guy who was dozing off in the store sniffed the incense on the tip of his nose, and when he boarded, he was completely sleepy, and stepped forward to greet him: "Distinguished guest, is it to grab medicine or ask for a doctor?"

The beautiful woman was beautiful, and when she saw that this young man looked very pleasing, she covered her sleeves and smiled lightly: "Can you still ask for a doctor?"

The guy is neither humble nor arrogant, "It is the doctor Wang who treated Li Xiangye's brother, but Dr. Wang is not in the shop today, and the medical skills of Dr. Yuan in our store are also very exquisite." ”

The beautiful woman shook her head: "I heard that Nanxing Tower also has fragrant powder rouge, and the effect of rejuvenating the face is excellent, take it out and let me take a look." ”

The look of surprise flashed on the man's childish face, and he glanced at her quietly, and said: "Don't blame the distinguished customer, the rouge incense powder in our store is only customized for special people, not retail, if the customer is interested, how about the little one invite Dr. Yuan to come and talk to you?"

The beautiful woman was not annoyed when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Then there is Brother Lao." ”

The man led the beautiful woman to the flower hall with the shop screen to sit for a while, served a fruity drink, and ran to the back hall.

"Madam, why don't we go to another house, the slave maid thinks this shop is strange. ”

The beautiful woman glanced at the maid and smiled faintly, "You girl, why are you so unbreathable today, you didn't see that Mrs. Li Xiang, her original yellowed face has only been half a month, and she is as white as jade." She said so, but she was a little absent-minded, and as soon as she sat down, she seemed preoccupied.

The maid pouted, but said no more.

The beautiful woman is the mother of the second room of the Zeng family, the Gu family.

Since March ago, the eldest son Zeng Youting was transferred to the northern border city of the war, life and death are unknown, she heard the bad news at first glance and was sick for more than a month, the lord went to the big house to find fault, after all, the original proposal was made by Zeng Guogong, but Zeng Guogong said that he would compensate for the second room, never mentioning the matter of looking for Zeng Youting, the two brothers talked for a long time in the study all night, I don't know what the content is, but since then, no matter how the Gu family cries, Zeng Jue no longer cares, and simply does not go back, either live in the annex, or stay in the flower building.

Gu knew that his husband's heart was no longer there, he was careless, and the concubine and the girl volleyball team stood in the row, and there was no successor at all, if it weren't for the fact that his mother's family still had some help, her husband would have listened to the favored concubine and provoked him, if it weren't for the fact that the only remaining baby daughter was almost designed by the lord's concubines and almost lost her innocence, she might have died of illness like this.