Chapter 181: A Story Within a Story 2
"This matter has to start from ancient times, in the era of Wuhu Chaohua, there was only one dynasty in the Central Plains, called the Dayin Dynasty, and the Hui and other tribes ravaged the frontier. At that time, the ancient city of Dunhuang was in a prosperous period, since the opening of the Silk Road, countless camel caravans and business travelers passed through there every year, Yangguan and Yumen Pass became the two border stoppers "eyes and ears" of the Central Plains leading to the Western Regions; At that time, the lord of Dunhuang City was called Gao Shuye, and ruled the Dunhuang Ancient Road with an iron fist, the Dunhuang Ancient Road was the main road of communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and the merchants who passed through there had to pay high fees every year, and these taxes were almost all included in their own bags by the Dunhuang City Lord, who was less than 30 years old at that time, and built their own warblers' nests. ”
Chen Xiuyuan said slowly, and his mind was constantly recalling the knowledge about Dunhuang that he had seen.
"What is that?" Su Lingyun followed Chen Xiuyuan's narration, and her mind seemed to return to that heart-wrenching era, and she asked her own questions curiously.
"Dunhuang is located in the Silk Road rush, prosperous commerce, the people are rich, camel caravans and merchants from all sides have brought a steady stream of wealth to the city, the city lord of Dunhuang is even richer than the country, a hundred years of accumulation, the city lord of Dunhuang is even better than the Central Plains emperor of Chang'an in terms of sound and pleasure.
The Ying's Nest is a secret and gentle township created by successive city lords who have invested huge financial and material resources, which is only for individuals to enjoy in luxury. It was a world made of glazed gemstones, with exquisite pavilions and clouds, among which there were many fairies. It is dotted with golden stones, corals, amber, agate, pearls, and glass, and there are golden eight treasure trees, jade and jasper springs, which are soaked in pearls and gush out of luscious wine, and there are jewel flowers that never wither in the forest, and among the springs and forests, countless rare birds sing and strange beasts that have never been seen wandering. By the spring, in the forest, and in the labyrinth, there are beautiful girls and handsome boys.
It was a "paradise", a paradise of extravagance beyond the imagination of mortals. And since Gongzi Shuye became the lord of Dunhuang City, he has invested unprecedented money and manpower to make the Ying's nest extremely luxurious. Chen Xiuyuan also seemed to be full of yearning for the legendary warbler's nest, and his eyes showed a look of meaning, fantasy and envy.
"Although this warbler's nest consumes a lot of financial resources and manpower, it is only a drop in the bucket of the high taxes, and Gongzi Shuye will take out two-thirds of the collected taxes every year and hand them over to a mysterious person!"
"Who is that mysterious person? Why did Shu Ye give him this money? He didn't want to dominate the martial arts and secretly recruit the world's masters, right?"
Glancing at Su Lingyun, who was staring at him curiously, Chen Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh that the current people's thoughts were really rich enough, if it was a long time ago, no one really felt such a rebellious idea.
"Of course not, for Gao Shuye, all the fame and all the benefits have no attraction to him, there is only one person in his heart, and everything he does is actually Gao Shuye preparing for his own future!"
"Ah, preparing for the future, is he going to die? By the way, who is the person in his heart?" Su Lingyun seemed to feel a little uncomfortable in his posture, broke free from Chen Xiuyuan's arms, leaned on the head of the bed, and listened attentively to Chen Xiuyuan's story, human beings are full of curiosity, although Chen Xiuyuan didn't speak very well, it still made Su Lingyun listen to it with relish.
Chen Xiuyuan smiled and lifted the quilt to cover Su Lingyun's body, and casually injected an aura into Su Lingyun's body, and then continued: "He is not going to die, in fact, his heart has long been dead, when Sha Manhua nailed him to the cliff on the cliff wall of Kunlun Mountain with a series of thirteen arrows, Gao Shuye's heart was already dead." ”
"Kunlun Mountain, isn't that where the Xingji Sect site is, does that Gao Shuye have anything to do with the Xingji Sect?" Su Lingyun was full of curiosity, and couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.
Chen Xiuyuan sighed helplessly, "Listen to me, how can I finish telling you if you keep interrupting." ”
Su Lingyun stuck out her tongue cutely, and then obediently closed her mouth to say that she didn't ask anymore, Chen Xiuyuan then went on to preach to him: "The establishment of the Star Pole Sect is only a few hundred years old, then Kunlun Mountain does not know how many years of rise and fall, before the Star Pole Sect, there were Kunlun Sword Sect and other sects, but it did not take long to decline, and finally Kunlun Mountain became the territory of the Star Pole Sect, and when the Great Yin Dynasty ruled the world, it was the holy land of Mingjiao. And Gao Shuye once spent the most unforgettable days of his life there. ”
After the death of Gao Shuye's mother, his father married a wife, called Mrs. Yaohua, Mrs. Yaohua gave birth to a son, called Liancheng, the Gao family has always been the eldest son to inherit the family business, Mrs. Yaohua in order to win the inheritance of her son, she secretly colluded with the people of Mingjiao to kidnap the son Shuye to the holy place of the main altar of Mingjiao, that is, Kunlun Mountain. ”
On the way to Kunlun Mountain, Gongzi Shuye met the most important friend in his life, which was Mo Xiang. Gongzi Shuye has been pampered since he was a child and has never suffered, but the road to Kunlun Mountain was extremely difficult, and Mo Xiang took care of him silently all the way, so he survived. And the people who went to Kunlun Mountain with them were all young children, and they were all trained as killers when they went to Kunlun Mountain. Mingjiao's killer realm is divided into the animal world, the Shura realm, and the light realm, and at the beginning, Gongzi Shuye and Mo Xiang both crawled out of the animal realm step by step. In that place full of suspicion, no one trusts anyone, and you have to be on guard against the sneak attacks of the people around you at all times. Only Gongzi Shuye and Mo Xiang held all the way from the lowest animal realm, all the way to the Shura realm, and finally the two won with the best results, both obtained the qualification to practice the martial arts on the Holy Fire Order, the two teenagers competed with each other but supported each other, and the cultivation speed of martial arts surpassed all the others in the Shura world, and they stood out from the Shura world hand in hand and defeated all other opponents.
Their excellence shook the entire world of life and death, and even the high-ranking Pope personally gave two swords in the name of his father, one sword called Mo Soul was given to Mo Xiang, and Mo Xiang's name was also derived from this, and the other Chengying Sword was given to Gongzi Shu Ye.
But the friendship between the two also aroused the suspicion of all the cultists, as killers, they are not allowed to have feelings, they can only live to kill, so the Pope immediately issued an order, the last duel in the Shura world, Gao Shuye against Mo Xiang!"
"What? Is that Pope crazy?" Su Lingyun finally couldn't help but exclaim, "Why did the two of them let each other kill each other if they were so good?"
Chen Xiuyuan didn't know whether to be happy or worried about Su Lingyun's kindness and simplicity, and shook his head: "You don't understand, in the eyes of Mingjiao, those killers should have been born to kill people, and if there is a relationship between them, it will pose a great threat to Mingjiao, so Pope Horn at that time would give such an order." However, the results of events are often beyond people's imagination, and Gongzi Shuye and Mo Xiang teamed up to kill the elder of the prison field, Miaofeng. When Shu Ye and Mo Xiang walked out of the battlefield with Miao Feng's head, they should have been sentenced to death, but the youngest Star Saintess Sha Manhua at that time was extremely kind-hearted, especially she was moved by the inseparable and sincere friendship between Shu Ye and Mo Xiang at that time, so she interceded for them, and the Pope did not condemn them. And Gongzi Shu Ye also met Sha Manhua at that time, although Sha Manhua is not a few years older than them, his martial arts are at the peak, and he is responsible for teaching them martial arts, and in the few years that he taught martial arts, Shu Ye and Sha Manhua fell in love. ”
"But why did Sha Manhua shoot Shu Ye's thirteen arrows?" Su Lingyun was a little puzzled, "How can people who love each other hurt each other?"
"The reason why Sha Manhua wants to shoot Gao Shuye is because she loves Gao Shuye too much, but Gao Shuye is also a killer, and he does assassination missions all day long, as a killer, once he has concerns, then when he kills, he will have scruples, and Sha Manhua has become Gao Shuye's concern. Gao Shuye almost died several times, and in the end he survived with the help of Mo Xiang. Shamanhua also became thinner and thinner because of Gao Shuye, and then they discussed eloping, and Shamanhua told Gao Shuye that there was a secret passage on the cliff wall of the back mountain of Kunlun Mountain to leave Kunlun Mountain and lead directly to the desert. At that time, Gao Shuye was excited, but he couldn't forget his friend Mo Xiang, so he also told Mo Xiang the news.
But when at the agreed time to escape, Gao Shuye did not wait for Sha Manhua, but waited for a large group of Central Plains martial arts masters to come in from the cliff wall of the back mountain, Gao Shuye was completely shocked at that time, he didn't know why this happened, especially what he couldn't forget was that he saw Sha Manhua's eyes at that time, the grievance, anger, incomprehension, and heartbreak in the eyes of his lover! It wasn't until Mo Xiang pulled Gao Shuye to escape from the cliff that Gao Shuye knew that Mo Xiang was actually a pawn planted in the Ming Sect by the Central Plains Martial Arts, and Mo Xiang quietly told the news to the masters of the Central Plains Martial Arts when he knew the secret passage. Gao Shu was in a daze, he was completely dragged away by Mo Xiang, and Mo Xiang actually blocked the passages on the cliff one by one when he left, he was going to cut off the back road of those Central Plains martial arts masters, and after being used as a pawn for so many years, Mo Xiang finally released his anger!"
"Ahh