Chapter 196: Garuda
It was gray and snowing lightly.
Guanzhong and Hebei are still the golden colors of autumn, but in the farther north, beyond the Great Wall north of Youzhou, the pace of harsh winter has quietly arrived.
Shi Qingyi sat by the window, quietly looking through all the collected geographical documents of this land, and the exhaled air immediately turned into a cloud of white mist under the cold and low temperature of the room. Shi Qingyi's health has not been good, so her blood and qi are insufficient, and she needs to rest for a while every time she looks at the information, at this moment she put down the things in her hand again, pushed open the window next to her, and let the oppressive cold outside instantly pour into the house.
This is Shangjing Longquan, a big city built in recent years between the white mountain and black water, it is the local people who imitate the two major capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Central Plains to build, so it has exactly the same pattern as the capital city of the Central Plains, divided into the inner city and the outer city, and in the outer city, it is divided into four pieces according to the geographical orientation of the two main roads that are connected by the east, west, north and south. In order to build this majestic and magnificent city, the people of the Yan Dynasty have almost exhausted all the savings of their generations, so depending on the scale, Shangjing Longquan is not inferior to Xijing Chang'an, however, the tall and magnificent city wall can spend countless wealth in a few years to create, but the thousand-year-old cultural heritage is not so easy to imitate, compared to the capital of the Central Plains, Longquan always seems to be missing something?
A female guard walked over: "Princess, please take care of your body!" As he spoke, he was going to close the window, this female guard was not Li Shimin's guard, but the late Pingyang princess Li Xiuning, because Li Shimin didn't know how to select and train women, and if it wasn't for the subordinates he trained himself, he wouldn't be at ease to use it, so don't say that there is no one in the army. Even in the entire Qin Palace, there are only the emperor's rewards and those brought by the ladies. But since Shi Qingyi came to investigate the real cause of Li Xiuning's death, he brought these subordinates of the former princess Xiuning and sent them to Longquan in batches. First, after Xiuning's death, it was natural for these old departments to avenge him, and secondly, to come. These people have been working in Li Xiuning's hands for a long time, so they are familiar with some of Li Xiuning's habits, and they can infer what actions Li Xiuning will make at the special time, and these will be of great help to Shi Qingyi to find out the truth of the matter.
Seeing that the female guard closed the window, Shi Qingyi didn't stop her, she just glanced at the guard, then shook her head, and smiled again: "Xiuning has always been a stern character. So you subordinates have also developed her habits, this cold weather, the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the house is too big is not good for the body, so I will open the window from time to time to ventilate, but you people, alas" She didn't blame the guards, and the guards shouldn't be blamed, in fact. It's been a few days since they've been in Longquan, and it's been since the first day they arrived in the city. Shi Qingyi lived in the post house specially prepared by the master of the city for these envoys, and in the past few days, Shi Qingyi lived in peace, without any intention of going out to visit or inquire about news, as if he was a traveler who came to travel on a special trip, and was enjoying life comfortably. On the contrary, it is the eldest grandson Wuji. On the first day, I got the master of Longquan, the leader of the Yan people, Bai Ziting's appointment, and since then it has been out of control, going back and forth all day long between the post house and the people and horses in the city.
"Lord Wuji received the invitation of the Dragon King again today, and now he has gone to the banquet. The special subordinates came to inform the princess! A guard came to Shi Qingyi at this time, knelt down on one knee and said.
Shi Qingyi smiled slightly again when he heard this: "Dragon King, this leader of the Immortal people is so angry, and he is not afraid of blowing up." "The dragon is the sacred guardian beast of the Chinese nation, and it is also a symbol of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has always been called the true dragon Son of Heaven, the leader of the Immortal people worships the Ziting Pavilion and directly calls himself the Dragon King, and does not look at how big his own territory is, and dares to call himself the Dragon King! However, there are the so-called eight heavenly dragons in Buddhism, these eight heavenly dragons are extremely rubbish, the Garuda bird feeds on them, and the bald donkeys of Buddhism also accept them as apologists.
"It's a pity that brother, now he has been deceived by this 'Dragon King', if Bai Ziting has the heart to assist us in the investigation, why do you need to be hospitable these days, as long as he can send people to assist us, my Datang will definitely owe him a favor, but unfortunately, although this person has a warm attitude, he repeatedly prevaricates in the face of our questioning, which instead exposes his weakness, Xiuning's death is inseparable from this person!" Shi Qingyi said, no one caught her words, in fact, she was talking to herself, but everyone present was her guards, absolutely credible, so she would say her thoughts without scruples, of course, this was also her reminder to the guards.
In the Sui Dynasty, the people of the Sui Dynasty gradually became stronger and stronger near the Sumo tribe in the south, and continued to expand their territory in the south, and gradually had the strength to influence the Goryeo in the east, the Turkic in the west, and the Chinese civilization in the south. And their kindred, in the north of the people called the Black Water Sword, at this time the Black Water Dynasty is not strong, if it is not for the strength of the end of the Su Dynasty, it is likely that it will not be recorded in the historical documents at this time, and in the following hundreds of years, they will not leave any records under the glory of the Tang Dynasty, but then in the following years, this group called the Black Water Hair will be in the name of the Jurchen, shocking the entire Chinese world.
"Although the climate in the northeast region is cold, it is close to the northern sea, and it is really a rich and rich place, which has been accumulated by the Sumo people for generations. Only then did he gather a large amount of wealth, and only then was he able to build Longquan Shangjing under the leadership of Bai Ziting, and wanted to establish a country. It's a pity, although this person has a big revenge, but he is really a fool, if the Central Plains is stable, and the Beiting Turks confront, then the founding of the country will be restrained by both sides, and even have to face the humiliation of having to be a vassal on both sides, but at least, it will not provoke the extermination of the goods, in comparison, at this time the Su people want to build the country "Bohai"! But it is a move to take a great risk, and if he accidentally dies and the clan is destroyed, then he worships Ziting and is a sinner of the Su Mo people through the ages, and it is difficult to wash away his sins even if he dies. Shi Qingyi said, and then, she spread out a drawing.
"The establishment of Longquan in Shangjing is a complete mistake, the Sumo people are a fishing and hunting people, they are born hunters and warriors, such a people build a tall city wall to resist foreign enemies, as if to protect the wild boar and put them in the pigsty, the wild boar will quickly degenerate, so as to become a mixed meat and waiting for death, and the mountains and mountains around the white mountain and black water are continuous, the water network is dense, this complex terrain is a natural barrier, once the enemy comes to attack, whether it is the Turkic cavalry, or all kinds of troops in Goryeo and the Central Plains, As long as the Su Mo Yan can retreat between the mountains and rivers, then even if the other party can find the traces of the Su Mo people, in the face of the complex mountain and forest combat environment, the Su Mo people, who are natural hunters, still have a huge advantage. Unfortunately, they gave up their great advantage and came to the plains where there was no danger to defend and could only fight the enemy, and they also spent a huge amount of wealth as a result. Although the whole millet seems to be in an incomparably strong state at this time, its interior is already extremely weak. Hmph, worship Ziting, there is such a stupid leader, Su Mo people are really sad! Shi Qingyi said.
In fact, in his heart, Shi Qingyi knows that people who can become the leaders of a clan certainly have their advantages, but unfortunately, once people's dreams exceed the maximum limit of their talents, then tragedy will arise, and they will perish in advance, and they must first make them crazy! That's what it means.
If Bai Ziting is rational enough at this time, he should keep his light and try not to show himself in the eyes of all forces, and at the same time secretly develop his tribe, so that the tribe will continue to be strong, and hand over his dreams to his descendants. Unfortunately, because he couldn't resist the temptation of his dreams, he decided to take a risky decision to build a country at this time, at an inopportune time, and from this time on, his fate of future defeat had been decided. (To be continued......)