Compass?

Geomancy?

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, could it be that Liu Wenxuan is still a feng shui master?

Of course, he knows what feng shui is all about, and when people mourn and marry, they will choose a suitable day, and even if they break ground, they will also find a feng shui master to calculate a hexagram.

If you don't look at the day and hit the evil day of the underworld, everything will be unfavorable at the least, and it will be a disaster of blood and light.

Before this caravan trip, of course, the auspicious day of the zodiac was also selected in advance.

There are also many fortune tellers in Turtle City, and Qin Xiao has also seen some strange tools on their fortune tellers, but he has no interest in this way, and he has never cared about it, but this strange compass in Liu Wenxuan's hand, he has never seen it in the stall of the fortune teller.

The moonlight shone on the compass, glowing with a faint golden light, and the dense handwriting on it, Qin Xiao faintly recognized a lot, it was a symbol such as the heavenly stem and the earthly branch.

"The Commander likes to look at Feng Shui?" Qin Xiao asked softly.

Liu Wenxuan said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, you can use it as a pastime." He quickly wrapped the compass with a piece of black cloth with his hands and feet, and then looked at Qin Xiao and smiled: "The things in this are too profound, I'm afraid I only know a fur in my life." ”

Qin Xiao said: "I have seen many fortune tellers before, they .....!" ”

"Fortune telling?" Before Qin Xiao finished speaking, Liu Wenxuan had already interrupted with a smile: "The street fortune tellers can't even figure out their own fate, it's nothing more than bluffing people and mixing bowls of rice." The true way of Feng Shui is not as simple as they say it is. ”

Qin Xiao listened to his words full of disdain for the fortune teller, and thought to himself, Could it be that you are very clear about your fate?

Liu Wenxuan actually seemed to see through what Qin Xiao was thinking, and said with a smile: "I naturally don't know my fate. yīn Yang gossip is mysterious, all-encompassing, and if you understand any part of it, you can become a family of your own. The highest realm, naturally, is to look at the future from it, but that is not something that anyone can achieve, looking at the world, people who can have such a ability, it is good to be able to produce one in hundreds of years. He raised his hand and stroked his beard and said: "Most people only learn to superficially observe and measure luck, but there are very few of them who can learn real talents, even if they really have this ability, they can only look at luck and not fate." ”

"Fortune or fate?"

"You can know a person's fortune by looking at the physiognomy, but you can't see through the fate." Liu Wenxuan said: "The difference between this number of fortunes and the number of fates is a world of difference. ”

"Can the Commander read the fortunes?"

Liu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled: "No." I'm not walking in the vein of seeing acquaintances. Looking up at the night sky, he said calmly: "How can the appearance of people be compared with the appearance of heaven and earth." ”

"The Appearance of Heaven and Earth?" Qin Xiao only felt that the more Liu Wenxuan said this, the more mysterious it became, and the more doubts he had in his heart.

"Looking for the dragon must look at the winding mountain, and a heavy entanglement is a rush. If there are a thousand locks on the door, there must be a prince living here. Liu Wenxuan groaned slowly.

Qin Xiao was stunned, but Liu Wenxuan smiled faintly and said, "It's late, you have bothered a lot." Without further ado, he turned and walked to his tent.

Qin Xiao watched his back disappear, and he was a little confused.

He already felt that Liu Wenxuan had a strange aura, and he was even more surprised to know that this guy actually knew feng shui tonight.

"Brother Wang." A voice suddenly came from behind him: "It's hard work, you go and rest, I'll come to guard in the second half of the night." ”

Qin Xiao turned his head and saw Ning Zhifeng walking towards him, and said with a smile: "Fifth Brother Ning hasn't slept yet?" ”

Before, he only called Ning Zhifeng Brother Ning, but later when he heard someone call him Ning Fifth Master, he also changed his name to Fifth Brother Ning.

peaceful

Zhifeng walked over and said, "The shoulder injury is not yet healed, and it occasionally hurts, and I can't sleep when I lie down." Looking at the direction Liu Wenxuan left, he frowned and said, "It was Liu Wenxuan just now?" ”

Qin Xiao nodded.

"He hasn't slept so late?" Ning Zhifeng was a little strange.

Qin Xiao thought for a moment before he said, "Commander Liu seems to be proficient in Feng Shui. ”

"Feng Shui?" Ning Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Yes, did you see him holding a compass?" ”

"Brother Ning also knows?"

Ning Zhifeng said: "The eldest prince has also mentioned it before. More than ten years ago, the old marquis ordered the formation of the White Tiger Battalion, which was built by Liu Wenxuan, and he was able to hand over such a heavy task to him, and the old marquis naturally attached great importance to him. However, after preparing for the establishment of the White Tiger Battalion, the old marquis sent another person to serve as the commander, and Liu Wenxuan only served as the deputy commander, and did not stay in the barracks. The eldest prince told us that it was Liu Wenxuan who proposed to the old marquis that although he single-handedly formed the White Tiger Battalion, he only hung up a vacant post after the completion of the great success. ”

"It's true that he rarely appears in the barracks."

"He has his own mansion in Fucheng." Ning Zhifeng said: "But I rarely walk around with other people, even the eldest prince can't see him twice a year." Listen to the eldest prince say that he is proficient in the gossip of the I Ching and is good at ...... public opinion!" Seeing Qin Xiao's dazed face, he said with a smile: "Actually, I also listened to their chatter, and I know a little fur, do you know what the five Taoist techniques are?" ”

Qin Xiao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I only know that Taoist priests can do alchemy. ”

"That's one of the five Taoist techniques." Ning Zhifeng thought for a moment before he said: "The five Taoist techniques, mountain, medicine, life, divination, and phase, alchemy is just one of the Taoist medical techniques. Liu Wenxuan's skill of Kanyu is one of the physiognomy techniques, which is the art of phase and earth, which is very profound, and I don't quite understand it. ”

"Kanyushu?" Qin Xiao was confused when he heard it: "Why does he like this?" ”

"I really don't know." Ning Zhifeng said with a smile: "It may be too leisurely, so it is used to pass the time." ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that it would never be to pass the time.

Early the next morning, the crowd quickly packed up and continued to set off for the west.

On the way, for more than a day, everyone went according to their own steps, and when they arrived at the territory of Fan County, Qin Xiao obviously felt that the population here was rapidly decreasing.

In the territory of Woobun County, you can see villages from time to time along the way, with smoke and fire, and there are people working in the fields.

But there are significantly fewer villages in Fan County, and the population is sparse.

"When the Wutuo people entered the customs, Fan County suffered the heaviest losses." Geng Shao followed Qin Xiao and said, "Where the Wutuo cavalry passed, there were no chickens and dogs, they were even more brutal and ferocious than beasts. In addition to killing people and plundering people, they also plundered many people from Xiling and sent them back to the Vedas as slaves, and as far as I know, some were even sold into slavery in the Western Regions. ”

Qin Xiao looked at the land of Fan County, which was quite bleak, and thought to himself that the three major gates of Xiling, from the face of it, the Fan clan was obviously the weakest.

The population is too small and the land is barren, which inevitably leads to a reduction in taxes.

Moreover, the area of Fan County is also the smallest among the three counties, not to mention that it cannot be compared with Yuwen County at all, and even compared with Zhen County.

"In the Wutuo Rebellion, the Du Hu army was besieged in Heiyang City, Fan County." Geng Shao said slowly: "The grain and grass of the Wutuo people are all used to plunder and feed the war, looting everywhere in Fan County, and even cavalry rushed to the territory of Yuwen County .....!" Speaking of this, Geng Shao's voice became cold.

Qin Xiao knew that Geng Shao was a native of Yuwen County, and almost all of Gengzhuang's more than 200 people died tragically under the iron hooves of the Woods, so naturally the Woods were there at that time

Caused by looting in Woobun County.

"Xiling is devastated, Fan County is ten rooms and nine empty, and countless people have fled their homeland to the east to avoid disaster." Geng Shao remembers that tragic past vividly: "Although the Wutuo people eventually withdrew, less than half of the people returned to Fanjun, but all those who had some family assets moved eastward, and did not dare to continue to stay in Fanjun, so Fanjun was as depressed as it is now." ”

Qin Xiao nodded slightly.

He knew that the Vedic Rebellion had brought a profound disaster to the people of Xiling, and although more than ten years had passed, the people of Xiling still had a nightmarish fear of the Veda people in their hearts.

Outside the Kunlun Pass, is the sphere of influence of the Vedic people.

Although Kunlun Pass is now controlled by the Tang Dynasty, but Kunlun Pass is not a precipitous place, once the Vedic people advance eastward, Kunlun Pass is difficult to block the attack of the Vedic people, as long as the Kunlun Pass is broken, the Vedic Iron Cavalry can whip into the pass, galloping horses, the first to bear the brunt of the Fan County.

No one can guarantee that the Vedas will not make a comeback.

Having seen the cruelty of the Vedic cavalry, of course the people were unwilling to stay in Fanjun, once the Vedic people attacked, they could only become the unjust souls under the iron hoof.

The speed of the team is actually not slow, except for the camp and rest at night, almost half of the day is on the road, even if there will be a meal and rest halfway, the time is very short.

How many women were in that big carriage, when he was about to arrive at Kunlun Pass, Qin Xiao didn't figure it out.

Looking at the size of the carriage, it is not surprising that there were even five or six people in it.

The women inside never showed up, and the meal must have been in the car, sometimes Qin Xiao couldn't help but think, didn't they have to be convenient along the way? You don't always have a toilet in the car, but even if you do, you can't go without flushing the toilet all the time.

He didn't ask much, thinking that it might be when he was resting at night that they came out conveniently.

At dusk that day, we finally arrived at Kunlun Pass.

Kunlun Pass is a stone building, not too high, hold the key charge, but three hundred defenders, this is not because there are no soldiers to adjust, but Kunlun Pass can only accommodate so many soldiers, compared to the majestic grandeur of Jiayu Pass, Kunlun Pass is very shabby.

Although there are not many defenders, but the entry and exit of the pass is very strict, in addition to the need for the road from the Duhufu, and to go through three strict inspections, the three hundred defenders, are directly subordinate to the Duhufu, is the authentic Tang Dynasty defenders.

When he arrived at the pass, it was already dusk, Qin Xiao thought that the caravan would rest at Kunlun Pass for one night, but soon learned that no caravan could stop at Kunlun Pass, and after the inspection, it must leave the pass immediately.

Qin Xiao knew that this was the safety of the guards for the safety of Kunlun Pass, dozens of cars, all of them had to be checked, and it was not a matter of half a time to complete, Yuwen Chengchao found the guards and said something in private, the speed of the guards' inspection was greatly accelerated, before dark, the caravan had already left Kunlun Pass, and the Gobi land was endless in front of it.

The caravan could not get close to Kunlun Pass and camp, so it continued to walk forward for more than twenty miles, and it was already completely dark, and Yuwen Chengchao ordered to camp and rest.

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ps: Finally, let's talk about it, the desert belongs to the alternate historical text, whether the geographical figures are purely alternate, maybe some places draw on real history as the background, but when reading this book, don't link the geographical figures and even events with real history. It's a completely empty world!