The eldest grandson Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's from Shatuo Village." ”

When the team approached, there were more than 500 cavalrymen, dressed in confusion, led by a Han general, in his fifties, with a great figure, who seemed to be very familiar with the eldest grandson, and kept talking when they met. Pei Yi walked to Yang Chong's side, blinked his eyes and said: "Brother Yang is the first time to go to the battlefield, but he is much stronger than me, the first time I saw this kind of scene, I couldn't stand, and the whole person was paralyzed on the ground." ”

The two laughed, and Shan Fu came over and said, "Zuo Kunlun wants to see you." ”

Yang Chong stopped laughing, and was about to walk over, Pei Yi grabbed Yang Chong; Yang Chong reacted instantly, Zuo Kunlun is a robber, he is an official of the imperial court, he can pretend to be confused if he doesn't speak, if he meets Zuo Kunlun in front of so many people, he is complicit with the thief, and he will be impeached if he goes back. Shan Fu's face changed greatly, Yang Chong didn't squeak, stood in place, looked at Zuo Kunlun, and decided in his heart that if Zuo Kunlun came over, he would talk to him; Zuo Kunlun didn't know whether he didn't care about Yang Chong, or if he understood the taboo, he didn't mean to come over at all, and after talking to the eldest grandson, he led the team to start cleaning up the battlefield.

Yang Chong glanced at Shan Fu silently, and called Shi Daqian and said, "When the people in Shatuozhai leave, see what those dead corpses look like." ”

Shi Daqian answered, and then found four veterans from the escort team and asked them to go over to identify them; After looking at all the corpses, the veteran came back and said: "There are Han Chinese, there are Sogdians, there are Turks, and there are Tiele." ”

Yang Chong's face suddenly became heavy, and Shi Daqian asked, "What did you think of?" ”

Yang Chong shook his head and did not speak. Yang Chong thought of it from the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, and many of the so-called maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty landed for the people and went to sea for the pirates; This so-called Chijin Turk, will it be the same, in fact, it is a combination, it is a merchant on weekdays, and it is a robber at certain times. Yang Chong didn't want to bring it up too early, because there was still a puzzle unsolved, the team of the Chijin Turks that appeared today, obviously part of them was the army, maybe it was the Chijin Turks' own team, but Yang Chong had an idea circling in his mind, the Chijin Turks might be related to a certain country in the Western Regions, so it would be so powerful and mysterious.

The caravan packed up and set off, and the people and horses of Shatuozhai were still tidying up in place, but I heard Shi Daqian say that the people and horses of Shatuozhai would be far behind the caravan ten miles away, and they would follow slowly; Zhang Ju's fifty horsemen did not return until Yiwu, five hundred miles away from Yumen Pass, and after Yiwu, the mission then traveled nearly a thousand miles in the desert, and no one came to harass him, even if he occasionally encountered a small group of horse thieves, the other party immediately fled.

Yang Chong and Shi Daqian were not happy because of this, but were even more worried, this is the people of Shatuozhai behind, once Zuo Kunlun leads his troops to leave, the Chijin Turks will immediately launch a counterattack. The two of them forced their composure on the surface, and when they looked at Changsun Xian and the others, they were also worried, obviously thinking of this problem; When they arrived at Huni City, the people of Shatuozhai did not follow, and Duhu Yanshou ran back for twenty miles, only to see the shadow of the other party in the distance.

After staying in the post house, the protocol department of Shanshanguo stamped the official seal, Yang Chong and Shi Daqian still went to Fan Di's shop to buy food, Fan Di saw the two, very excited, said one thing, the desert temple does not exist, it was buried by the wind and sand overnight, the five monks in the temple, only the lonely hiding escaped, and now in Wangzhu Temple. Yang Chong asked the soldiers to send the food back first, and Shi Daqian rushed to Wangzhu Temple, at the gate of the temple, Gu Dizang saw Yang Chong, and said happily: "The abbot is right, Yang Chong, you are really a rich and noble person, I will wait for you to rebuild the Desert Temple in the future." ”

Yang Chong asked, "What happened to the Great Desert Temple?" ”

Gu Dizang said: "Providence is so, the Great Desert Temple is now under the desert. On that day, the wind and sand blew so that people's eyes could not be opened, and six black-clothed people riding camels came to the desert temple, and they searched the temple and Jiezi City, and the three masters of Huiming, Shewen, and Zhaowu provinces were all awakened and out of the customs. They inquired about your news, we said, they didn't believe it, and they wanted to arrest us, Huiming's three masters were all kung fu people, and they couldn't help but move, and finally killed six people; Master Huiming and the others were seriously injured, and the abbot found a tornado in the desert and let the little monk escape with the camel. ”

Yang Chong knew that his way back to modern society was completely broken, and the ancient city in the desert would not be discovered until more than a thousand years later, and with the technology of the Sui Dynasty, it would not be excavated at all, and it was impossible for him to take this risk. Yang Chong held back the sadness in his heart and asked, "Is the abbot also injured?" ”

Gu Dizang shook his head sadly and said: "The abbot is not injured, he said that if the wind and sand have passed, the Desert Temple is still there, he will take care of the three ascetics, and if the Desert Temple is buried under the sand dunes, he will live and die with the temple; Let the little monk escape is to allow the desert temple to continue. The little monk had actually fainted in the desert, and it was a camel that dragged me out, and I was finally rescued by a passing passer. ”

Yang Chong secretly hated himself for being careless and incompetent, this must be someone who came to check his details, hiding alone or just an accident; If it weren't for these black-clothed people, it would have been possible for the Zen Master of Huangbei to escape, four lives. Yang Chong said to Gu Di Zang: "Gu Di Zang, I swear to you that I will definitely rebuild the Desert Temple. But I have something to do now, and I don't have any money for the time being, so I can talk to Fan Di and provide you with rice and grain. ”

Instead, he smiled and said, "Don't get excited, didn't you say, 'There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust?'" , this is the will of God, you and I are still young, and the Desert Temple will be able to be rebuilt sooner or later. But I want to follow you, to Chang'an those places to see, the abbot said, there are people in the place is the desert temple, when the little monk came out, with a bag of scriptures, thought about it for more than a month, but felt that Shanshan was small. ”

The smile of the lonely place is kind and calm, and after life and death, some people have become devils, and some people have been sublimated. Yang Chong nodded and said, "No problem, you go back to the post house with me." ”

Lonely Tibetan returned to the temple and took a big burden, greeted the monks of Wangzhu Temple, and followed Yang Chong back to the post house; Everyone was very curious about the inexplicable appearance of a monk, Shi Daqian only said that Gu Dizang was a friend of Yang Chong, and he was going to follow the delegation to watch the sightseeing, and finally go to Chang'an. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Gu Dizang quietly handed Yang Chong a leather bag, which contained six bronze medals of the same shape, all of which were the same tiger symbols.

After reading it, Yang Chong handed it over to Gu Di Zang, and whispered to Gu Di Zang to find a place to bury it, and not let others know; Yang Chongneng guessed that this tiger symbol must represent a certain force, or a certain family, if someone finds that there is such a thing hidden in the lonely place, it will invite death. The next day, Yang Chong asked Gu Di Zang to go back and give Wangzhu Temple ten taels of silver for incense money, and Gu Di Zang took the opportunity to dispose of the bronze medal on the road.