Wizarding is a unique religious culture of Xiang Qiang. They claim to be transcendent beings who can understand the oracles of the Red Crow Celestial Gods. In the steppe, he was even respected and revered by thousands of herders, as he was with the Khan.

Wizards are all over Xiangqiang, and some wizards are regarded as guests and live in the homes of nobles, especially for nobles; A bit of a wizard travels around the world to pray for the blessings of the herdsmen; There are also wizards who devote themselves to research, and read heavenly books every day that no one can understand. However, the most powerful wizard is naturally the great wizard who serves the Khan.

The Grand Wizard was responsible for divination for the Khan, conducting large ceremonies, and teaching other wizards. For example, the last time Tuoba Yan and Servant Lanno got married, it was the wedding presided over by this great wizard.

Of course, the Grand Wizard is not appointed casually, but is passed down from generation to generation. Among their disciples, they chose the wisest and most able to read oracles and recommended them to the Khan. After their death, they can inherit the position of Grand Wizard.

This year's great wizard is almost seventy years old. His name was Condesel, and he had a long, long white beard, and he walked tremblingly, and he had to walk on crutches.

"Great wizard, long time no see." Tuoba Yan greeted him, and supported him with his second brother Tuoba Ling, and asked him to sit down. And the great wizard looked like he didn't dare to be, hunched over and thinking about not saluting the khan.

"Khan, we've just met, and I've officiated at your wedding." After the Grand Wizard sat down, he said to Tuoba Yan with a kind smile.

Tuoba Yan complained silently in his heart, now it has been three years since the wedding, where is it "just seen", but he is not good at debunking the words of the great wizard, listening to his disciples, the great wizard is old, and even his memory has declined. Talking invertedly, often forgetting what you just did.

So Tuoba Yan stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point: "Great wizard, I invited you here this time because there is a war and I need you to divinate the good fortune and evil." ”

"There's going to be a war!" As if he had only known, the great wizard suddenly realized, "No wonder I see that the herdsmen are leaving, and they have taken refuge." ”

"Yes, the herdsmen in Qingyun are now panicked and need your help to appease them. Therefore, I hope that the result of divination is that Qingyun will win. Tuoba looked at the Great Wizard meaningfully, "Great Wizard, can you be sure?" ”

The Great Wizard did not understand the Khan's voiceover, and he wondered, "How can I know this, only after the divination can I know the will of the Red Crow Celestial God." ”

Tuoba Yan was almost about to slap the table, but Tuoba Ling stopped him and continued to explain to the Great Wizard: "What the Khan means is that no matter what the result of the divination is, you have to say that Qingyun will win. ”

"What do you mean...... Let me...... Counterfeit? The Great Wizard reacted for a long time, and finally reacted.

"Yes." Tuoba Yan nodded.

"No, no, how can I make up oracles at will." The Great Wizard waved his hand at the Khan repeatedly, "Whatever the Red Crow God says, it is what it is, and we must not disobey it." ”

Qingyun has reached the critical moment of life and death, and the great wizard still cares about the will of the gods? Tuoba Yan said loudly: "If you tell the truth, our Qingyun will be completely finished." ”

The Great Wizard didn't think so, he said seriously: "Khan, don't be in such a hurry to draw conclusions, the Red Black Heavenly God may be on Qingyun's side." ”

"What if the Red Crow Heavenly God is standing on the side of the Black Rock?" Tuoba asked.

"Then I can't help it." The Great Wizard spread his hands and said innocently.

Tuo Ba Yan: "......"

Tuoba Ling: "......"

Tuoba Ling calmed the Khan, who was about to blow up his hair, and asked the guards to send the Great Wizard back. The failure of this negotiation was actually expected by Tuoba Ling.

"This stubborn old man, this stubborn old man!" Tuoba was so angry with Condesel that he was turned.

"They believe in the Red Crow Heavenly God, and they won't be able to change it for a while." Tuoba Ling said, "Qin Luo, he is not a Xiangqiang after all, and he still doesn't know our wizard too well. ”

Tuoba Yan also knew that Xiang Qiang had always been the first of the Chiwu Heavenly God and the second of the Khan. It was even more difficult to get the wizard to obey the Khan's orders. Even Tuoba Yan actually respects the Red Crow Heavenly God very much. But now that he is facing the danger of extinction, Tuoba Yan can't care about the gods or the gods.

Seeing the attitude of the Great Wizard, Tuoba asked uneasily, "Do we still hold a ceremony?" I'm really afraid that stubborn old man will add fuel to the fire. ”

Tuoba Ling retorted: "Divination before the Great War is a Xiang Qiang tradition. The sudden cancellation will make the people's hearts even more uneasy. ”

"Why don't you let another wizard do it?" Tuoba said.

"The great wizard is not sick again, but suddenly he changes the wizard. What do you make the herders think? "Tuoba Ling knew that of all the wizards, the herdsmen trusted the Great Wizard the most. If you skip the Great Wizard and let other wizards do divination, the herders will definitely be suspicious.

Tuoba Yan said angrily: "If he comes to power, the divination results are fierce, and then tell the soldiers in the audience, do we still have a chance to win?" ”

"We can let him do divination first, but let his disciples come to interpret it." Tuoba Ling said, "After the divination, we used some means to make him suddenly faint or accidentally fall. After all, divination is a laborious job, and the great wizard is very old......"

"His disciple won't be as stubborn as him." Tuoba Yan was very skeptical.

"I can test a thing or two in private." Tuoba Ling said.

The affairs of the wizard are in the sole responsibility of Tuoba Ling. And Tuoba Yan, as a khan, has more important things. For example, the issue of grain and grass, weapons and equipment, strategy and tactics, and the deployment of troops...... Tuoba suddenly missed the days when Mozang Kodun was in power, how leisurely he was at that time. But why did he have to face such a chaotic situation as soon as he took power?

Qin Luo and the companions around the khan were not idle. They help Tuoba to give advice, run errands and pass the word, and do as much as they can. So the Golden Palace suddenly fell into a hectic situation.

Jimmy is the only one who can't help her, and even has to be taken care of by others. She sat alone, feeling more and more depressed.

Jimmy woke up from a nap that day and felt a burning thirst in his throat, but everyone was busy at the moment, and Khan's bedroom was empty. Ever since she had injured her hands, Tuoba had placed Jimmy in her dormitory and had the best witch doctor treat her every day. However, Jimmy still felt empty in his heart, because Tuoba Yan hadn't been here since the last time he came to see her.

She knew that the big war was imminent, Tuoba Yan was very busy, Qin Luo was also very busy, and even Alem and Abutai hadn't come to see her much recently. She has inconvenient hands, and she has to be fed food and water. But now the whole Golden Palace is busy, and there are only two or three slaves who can serve her at all times. And the slaves around the original Khan, I heard that they were all let go.

Jimmy knew that Khan also needed slaves to serve by his side, and she didn't want to trouble people all the time, so that she felt like a waste. She sat quietly for a while, and then came to the table, put her hands together, and held the copper cup between her wrists, wanting to take it up and drink some water.

The result was predictable, the cup slipped and fell to the ground with a loud screeching sound. The slave girl who was napping at the door was awakened by the sound and quickly ran in. Jimmy sat on the ground and cried quietly, her body wet with water.

"Sister Jimmy, are you alright?" The slave girl ran over to help her up, and kept apologizing, "I'...... I've been so tired lately that I fell asleep without thinking about it. Sister Jimmy, if you want to drink water, just call me. ”

The slave girl picked up the cup on the ground, and when she saw that Jimmy's front was wet, she went to fetch clean clothes for her to change. Jimmy, on the other hand, was even more sad when she found that she couldn't drink water, wear clothes, tie her belt, and do nothing. She even thought that she had become a waste in the second half of her life, so what was the use of being alive?

"You go, you go, I don't want you to serve." Jimmy didn't want the slave girl to see her embarrassed appearance, and kept yelling at her to leave.

The slave girl looked at Jimmy cautiously and asked softly, "Sister Jimmy, don't you want to drink water?" ”

"Don't drink anymore!" Jimmy said angrily, "You go, I don't want to see you." ”

When the slave girl went down, she told Alem that Jimmy's mood was not quite right. Alem hurriedly put down his work and came to the Khan's dormitory, where he saw Jimmy sitting alone and weeping, so that he was not desolate.

"Why are you here?" Jimmy saw Alem, raised his arm, and wiped the tears from his cheeks with his sleeve.

Alem scratched his head, casually found a reason, and said, "The Khan asked me to see if you were okay." ”

"I'm fine, now the wound on my hand has scarred, you tell Khan that I don't want to stay in the Golden Palace anymore."

"And where are you going?" Alem knew that Jimmy was an orphan who had been sold here as a slave since he was a child. Now let her leave the Golden Palace alone, she has no home, no place to go.

"I'm a useless person, don't stay here." As Jimmy spoke, tears fell involuntarily.

Alem was anxious to comfort Jimmy, but Jimmy just didn't listen and clamored to leave. He was impatient, so he had to ask the Khan to come over.