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Su Jingxiang originally wanted to use the excuse of falling in love with Wang Junlin at first sight and looking for an opportunity to "lose" herself in Wang Junlin, so as to make her father renounce her marriage to the little prince of Tuyuhun Geshu, but she thought that her plan was seamless, and Wang Junlin saw it clearly, and also used this information to speculate the general situation of Shazhou City, which made her more curious about Wang Junlin's identity and origin.

The thought flashed in her mind, and Su Jingxiang said, "Princess Jiaye of the Rouran clan married the current head of the Xianbei Murong clan last month. The Rouran people and the Murong clan have formed an alliance to wipe out our Su family, and the two families share Shazhou City. My father had no choice but to secretly contact the King of Tuyuhun Bailan, wanting to use the Tuyuhun people to deal with the Rouran people and the Murong clan, and the slave family was the bridge between the Su family and the Tuyuhun alliance. ”

Wang Junlin frowned and said: "Your Su family is a Han family lord, why didn't your father secretly contact the Great Sui and use the power of the Great Sui to fight against the Rouran people and the Murong clan." ”

Su Jingxiang said: "The son doesn't know, the Su family and the Great Sui Dugu family have a mortal enemy, our Su family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, was originally a Qingzhou family, but after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family is a descendant, and in addition to the royal family, the first family in the Great Sui world, at that time my grandfather was aware of the disaster of extermination, taking advantage of the Dugu family to help the Sui Emperor stabilize the dynasty, the family moved to Shazhou, after more than ten years of development, only in Shazhou has today's situation. Therefore, as long as the Dugu family is still powerful in the Great Sui, it will be difficult for our Su family to serve the Great Sui. ”

Wang Junlin sighed, but he didn't expect that there was this story behind this, the Dugu family's power in the Great Sui Land is indeed too huge, especially as long as Queen Dugu is still alive, even Emperor Yang Jian of Sui has to take care of the Dugu family if he wants to accept the Su family.

In this way, you can't blame the Su family for not contacting the Great Sui, but secretly allied with Tuyuhun, but with the power of the Su family, even if Tuyuhun was crippled by the Great Sui last year, the alliance with the White Blue King is still undoubtedly seeking skin with the tiger!

Moreover, the king of Bailan can be regarded as brave and strategic, and there are many scattered tribes in Tuyuhun in the Western Regions, with the golden city of Shazhou as a stronghold, the king of Bailan can quickly gather the various tribes of Tuyuhun together, and in a few years he can restore the power and strength of his heyday, so that he will once again become the confidant of the Great Sui in the northwest, second only to or even more than the Western Turks.

After pondering for a while, Wang Junlin said, "How many troops do your Su family have, and how many troops do the Rouran people and Murong clan have?" ”

Su Jingxiang said: "Our Su family has 10,000 troops in Shazhou, including 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The Murong clan and the Rouran people each had 8,000 cavalry. ”

Wang Junlin thought to himself that the three families were equally powerful, no wonder they had divided Shazhou equally before, and now that the Rouran people and the Murong clan are allied, the Su family is naturally not an opponent, and they can't borrow from the Great Sui, only the Tuyuhun and the Turks can borrow power nearby, but the Turkic people are too powerful, and asking the Turks for help is undoubtedly luring the wolf into the house, and although the Tuyuhun people are also plotting Shazhou City, there is too much difference in strength compared to the Turks, and the Su family seems to have to choose Tuyuhun.

Not to mention that Wang Junlin is now alone, even if he comes with the five thousand Sui troops of Gaotai City, it will be difficult to make a difference in the internal fighting in Shazhou City, which is six hundred miles away. Therefore, in the end, he did not immediately agree to any of Su Jingxiang's requests, Su Jingxiang stopped asking for each other at this time, and saluted Wang Junlin Yingying, and after half a ring, he and the little maid brought a set of clothes and some food, and without saying a word, they were ready to return to the gauze tent.

"Miss Su, are there any of you among these nine guards?" Wang Junlin gently stroked the little lynx with one hand and suddenly asked.

Su Jingxiang's eyes lit up, she had some expectations in her heart, and said: "They are all my father's people, although they respect me, they only listen to my father's words." ”

Wang Junlin said, "How about I kill them tonight?" ”

Su Jingxiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Kill it!" They are actually not good people, relying on my father's power, they have bullied men and women in Shazhou City, and even robbed a Han caravan disguised as horse thieves last year, and killed all of them. ”

Wang Junlin said: "That's good. He knew that Su Jingxiang was not lying, and when he saw those guards for the first time during the day, he knew that these people were not good, not to mention evil, but they must have killed many innocents, and there are actually many such people in the Western Regions.

The behavior of these guards at night proves this point, it is clear that Wang Junlin saved them during the day, the leader of the guards ignored him after a thank you at that time, and even became more vigilant against him, two tents, Miss Su and the maid naturally shared one, and the other was shared by nine guards, and when Miss Su proposed to let Wang Junlin also live in it, these nine guards actually refused on the spot. This made Wang Junlin feel even less guilty about killing them.

Wang Junlin held the little lynx, led the e-yellow sheep, found a place near the tent by himself, and then began to sit cross-legged and cultivate.

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The night is as cool as water, and the moon is in the middle of the sky.

Wang Junlin finished his cultivation, glanced at the little lynx that was already sleeping with the female yellow sheep, got up and walked towards the guard, his whole person looked light and vigorous, and his steps were almost inaudible.

Quietly passing through the Gobi Desert for more than 400 steps, the slightest noise will make him like a foraging beast, alert and lurking first, he never despises anyone.

A hundred paces from the guard who was acting as a guard sentry, he crawled on the ground. The terrain was flat, there was no shelter, and there was plenty of moonlight tonight, so he rushed over and would soon be able to kill the guard, but he couldn't guarantee that the other wouldn't make any noise before he died, he had to make sure that all nine guards were killed tonight, leaving not one alive.

Therefore, he chose to crawl forward more safely, there would be wind every night in places like the Western Regions, and the sound of cold wind whistling could completely cover the movement of Wang Junlin crawling forward in a low posture.

After more than forty breaths, he touched the back of the guard, who was dutifully watching outside.

The so-called moon high killing night, high wind and fire day.

This night, the moonlight was clear and the cold wind was howling, it was really a good weather for killing people and setting fires.

Wang Junlin suddenly jumped up, as vigorous and swift as the female lynx the night before, and by the time the guard noticed it, Wang Junlin had already covered the guard's mouth with one hand and slashed the guard's throat with the other.

Gently placing the corpse on the ground, Wang Junlin untied the guard's waist knife and hung it on his body, and retrieved a sharp short blade from his arms.

Then Wang Junlin reached for the tent where the guards lived, and when he was ten paces away from the tent door, he stopped.

He did not enter the tent at once, for he found that the guards were indeed wary of him, and that a warning trap had been set at the door of the tent that seemed simple and low-level in the eyes of King King's Landing—a circle of rope with several bells tied to it.

Wang Junlin easily bypassed the trap and was about to enter the tent, when suddenly the tent door curtain was lifted from inside, and a figure shook out, Wang Junlin turned around and hid in the shadow on one side of the tent.

Whether this person went to the toilet, or changed the whistle or other things, it didn't really make any difference to Wang Junlin or this person.

Hiding in the shadows, Wang Junlin gently drew his short blade and placed the scabbard on the ground.

Quietly came behind the figure, covered his mouth, and at the same time gently cut his throat with a knife, cutting his throat too violently, too hard, and making too much noise.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Junlin gently put the corpse on the ground, and at this time it made no sense to hide the corpse aside, because the people inside were going to die.

The next moment, Wang Junlin lifted the curtain of the tent door and flashed, and walked in gently like a night owl.

This is a tent made of sheepskin, and it is indeed much warmer inside than outside, but compared to the moonlight outside, it is pitch black as soon as you enter the tent, and you can't see your fingers. Wang Junlin stood quietly by the door, adjusting to the darkness in the room.

Because there were no windows, and the nine guards hadn't washed their feet and bathed for a long time, and the air didn't circulate much, the smell of sweat, feet, food, and alcohol was mixed together, so the smell inside the tent was not good at all.

The ground was covered with a thick sheepskin, and the remaining seven guards lay asleep on it, and the heavy snoring was the main theme of the tent.

The next thing is very simple, Wang Junlin is here to kill, without any other purpose.

Cover your mouth, cut the throat of the sleeping person with a short blade, hold them down so that they don't make any noise, and move on to the next one.

Wang Junlin was like a diligent ant, repeating the same movements.

The smell of blood grew stronger, and Wang Junlin finally found the most important target.

The strength of the guard leader is not weak, but he is already slightly blessed, and his age is not too young.

Lying in the innermost, the sheepskin underneath him was thick, two or three times that of the other guards, but he slept soundly.

Without much thought, Wang Junlin came to the top of the head of the guard leader, and as before, he squatted down lightly to cover the guard leader's mouth, but this guard was obviously more alert than the others, and suddenly opened his eyes, but before he could make a move, Wang Junlin still covered his mouth, and with a lightning knife, he plunged into his neck.

The head of the guard quickly let out the blood foam from his mouth, and his eyes gradually turned red from the bloodshot.

The still strong body writhed and twitched involuntarily, but was suppressed by Wang Jun to death.

There was still a dead silence in the tent, Wang Junlin exhaled slightly, it was not good to wake up the two girls in the middle of the night, and it would be even worse if he saw a pile of corpses.

Wang Junlin threw all the corpses outside the tent, opened the curtain of the door, let the tent breathe for a while, and then went to carry the little lynx in and put it on the sheepskin inside the tent, and lay down himself and began to sleep.