Section XXXTI

Daya Snow Mountain is like a white dragon that stretches across the entire continent. The three major empires of the Southern Barbarians, Persia, and Eastern Han Dynasty were isolated. In the past, if Persia wanted to attack the Nanban, it had to enter the Nanban from the south of the Daya Snow Mountain along the narrow coastline. The naval army of the Southern Barbarians was only stronger than that of Persia, and it was almost impossible to break through the fortress of Duner, which was surrounded by mountains and seas, under the defense of the naval army. Since the construction of the Dun Fortress by the Nanban, this narrow coastline has also become an insurmountable natural hazard.

After the discovery of Daya Cave, this problem was solved, and after leaving Daya Cave and going south, we arrived at the Duner Grassland. This is already the hinterland of the Southern Barbarians, and the fortress of Duner exists in name only. The Persians attacked from the rear and broke through for the first time. Now that the war between the two countries is in full swing, the Daya Cave is becoming more and more important, for the Persians, this is the only way for them to advance eastward, and it is also the lifeline of hundreds of thousands of troops, so the guard is extremely strict.

It's only September, but it's still cold at the foot of Daya Snow Mountain, and even the guards who stood straight at the entrance of the cave wore extra layers of jackets. Wu Gong led a few entourage, drove the horse to the entrance of the cave and stood dozens of meters away, slightly distracted. The entrance to the cave is an irregular circle, and the height and width are only five or six meters. The entrance of the cave is rocky, and from time to time snow splashes down from above, stirring up bursts of water mist, outlining a dreamlike layer of mist in the sun. With such a beautiful scenery, who would have thought that it was from here that the hundreds of thousands of Persian troops reached the south of the Qingting steppe, and then launched a protracted war against the Nanban.

Wu Gong turned his head to look at his own soldiers, frowned and said, "Why hasn't it arrived yet?" ”

The soldier was a little frightened, bowed down and said, "The letter from the prince said that it is indeed today." How dare subordinates talk nonsense? ”

Wu Gong "snorted" from his nose and said, "It is estimated that this kid is lazy again, so he is late." ”

Under the Persian Emperor, there were the two dukes of civil and military. There are only a handful of people in the world who can be greeted by Wu Gong. But his son, Winfiat, is definitely one of them. Wu Gong's pampering of Winfiat was well-known throughout Persia. Although the Wenfiya people look like Wu Gong seven or eight points, they are not good at distinguishing tongues, and their personalities are far from Wu Gong. When he was very young, there was a son of a commander who didn't know how to do it, and he made fun of him for it. When Wu Gong learned about it, he was furious and made up a trumped-up charge to send all his family to hard labor. The exile of a mid-ranking officer for the sake of a child's tongue is extremely rare in ancient and modern times. Wu Gong's doting on this precious son can be seen.

While the two were talking, the group walked out of the cave. The first one with a high nose and blue eyes, and almost the same mold as Wu Gong, was Wenfeiat.

As soon as I got out of the cave, I saw my father's gloomy face. Wen Feiat's body couldn't help but be shocked, and he trotted all the way to Wu Gong, and said respectfully: "Father! "Wu Gong's doting on him, that's for the outside to see. In private, he was very strict with Winfiat, so in front of his father, Winfiat had always trembled and did not dare to go against his father's will.

Wu Gong sat upright on his horse like a stake, did not move, and hummed: "It is two hours late from the appointed time, if this is in the army, it should have been a military stick to serve a long time ago." ”

Wilfiat wiped the cold sweat from his face and said, "The Lille desert is too hot, and there are several people in the team who are suffering from heat stroke, so the children stopped and treated them briefly." ”

To the west of the Dala Cave, there is not a paradise, but a vast and boundless sea of sand called the Lille Desert. This desert occupies a small total area of Persia. However, due to its influence, most of the surrounding desert Gobi is deserted, and there is no grass. The eastern part of Persia is inaccessible and sparsely populated, and most of it is related to this sand sea. This is also an objective factor that Daya Cave has not been discovered for a long time.

Hearing Wen Feiat say this, Wu Gong looked at the entourage of wind and dust again, and his facial lines softened. He turned his head to the soldier beside him and said, "Give Gongzi a horse and go." ”

Wen Feiat took the reins, then turned on his horse and slowly followed Wu Gong. Wu Gong turned around and shouted: "Timid, no wonder Esther will fall in love with Wu Ming, how can you win the favor of the other party like this?" ”

As soon as Wu Gong drank it, Wen Feiya didn't dare to breathe, and hurriedly patted his horse to follow. Wu Gong turned his head and concentrated on controlling the horse: "Say, Mo Di specifically asked you to run this trip, what is it for?" ”

The two princes and five princes of Persia were divided into two distinct factions in the court. Among them, the Black Tiger Hou Modi, the Greedy Wolf Hou Han Yali, and the Xiao Ma Hou all saw that the three were brought out by Wu Gong. And the dragon Hou Mitra and Lang Jiaohou Riming were on the side of Wen Gong Huaiat. At present, Han Yali and Jun Hejian followed Wu Gong to fight abroad, while Mo Di stayed in Gehan, mobilizing grain and grass for Wu Gong in Gehan, and at the same time paying attention to the latest movements of the imperial court.

Wen Feiat took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Wu Gong respectfully, and said: "The wolf marquis didn't say much to the child, only that the father understood everything when he saw this letter. ”

Wu Gong took it and muttered in his mouth: "Usually it is the post soldiers in the army who pass the message, what the hell is this guy doing?" ”

Carrier pigeons could not fly over snow-capped mountains, so the most troublesome thing for the Persian Crusade was communication. Only the pass guò post guards pass back and forth from the Daya Cave, which is extremely hard. In the past, everything at the end of the day was passed on through the guò post guard, but this time he even specially called his precious son to run. Wu Gong opened the letter and was also puzzled in his heart.

After opening the letter, Wu Gong looked at it at a glance. At first, he was still smiling and reading very quickly. Later, it became slower and slower, and the anger on his face became stronger and stronger. Wen Feiat looked at his face as if he was about to thunder and rain, and his heart was extremely worried, and he said cautiously: "Father, what's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?" Wu Gong laughed angrily, raised the letter in his hand and said: "Lao Tzu is fighting to the death in front, but he Wyatt is constantly making small moves in Gehan, what a fucking bastard." ”

Wen Feiat was a little unimpressed, and said in his heart: "My father and Gong Wen have been fighting all my life, when did I have no small moves?" But what the hell is going on this time? So much so that my father was so angry. ”

Although he slowed down Wu Gong by half a horse, Wu Gong read the letter obliquely, and his son's expression was in full view. He sighed, and said with some hatred: "It looks like you are going to die or live, the holy woman is going to run away with someone, see what you do?" At that time, even if you and I are old, there may not be a way. ”

The Persian state religion is the state religion of theology, and the whole people believe in this religion. In addition to the leader of the sect, the deadwood monk, he is honored as a saint. There is only one saintess in the past dynasties, and the saintess in Wugong's mouth naturally refers to Esther.

Hearing this, Winfiat was shocked and exclaimed, "How could my father say this? ”

Esther is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, and has the title of the flower of Gehan, but in Gehan, there is no one to pursue. The main reason is that Esther's identity is there, and the saints of the Divine Sect, with a few exceptions, are all lonely all their lives and have never married. In Persia, it was possible to marry a saint only if he had done great service to the state, or if he had obtained the consent of the head of the church himself. This alone has discouraged countless people. If this is all there is, with Esther's beauty, there is naturally no shortage of young talents to pursue. But the terrible thing is that Winfiat's bitter love for Esther is well known in Persia. And Wu Gong is a well-known protector, if there is a conflict with Wen Feiya with this matter, it is equivalent to offending Wu Gong, and then offending the entire Darius family, it is really impatient. So now, as soon as Esther arrives in Gehan, almost all of them are surrounded by Winfiat. And Wu Gong also sees Esther as the daughter-in-law of the inner decision, who dares to think of wrongdoing?

Wu Gongdao: "The imperial court and the Southern Han Dynasty concluded an alliance, Wu Ming and the saint Maiden made great contributions, and the two have been friends for a long time. Wyatt didn't know where he learned that the two had some ambiguous relationship. The construction of the Holy Maiden with the marriage of Chinese and Western women stabilized the relationship between the imperial court and the Southern Han Dynasty. At the same time, on the condition of the Holy Maiden, the nominal management of Yundu was taken over. ”

The two countries now take what they need, the relationship is no longer stable, at this time, the marriage, at most has the icing on the cake, there is not much need, the most important thing is the latter point, is the nominal management of Yundu.

Funny to say, although the Cult of God is the state religion of Persia, it originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In an oasis in Yundu, the patriarch saw the impermanence of the sea of sand, and the sand plants were born and died in the harsh environment, and then had an epiphany, and created the Divine Sect to teach the Absolute Dry Heart Technique. After comprehending the dry heart, Shi Zu tried to spread this ** in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but was suppressed by the Holy Land Cangsong Pavilion. denounced it as a "fallacy and evil skill", and even wantonly searched for disciples who had practiced the dry mind technique. Seeing that there was no longer a mass base in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shi Zu had no choice but to go to the west and preach all the way. But there were more sects in the West, and it was not easy for him to gain a foothold, and finally he traveled all the way to Persia. At that time, Persia was not peaceful, and there was a mob and civil strife in the country.

By chance, Shakjo saved the life of the then Persian Emperor Olik, and the two sides have known each other ever since. Later, Olic discovered that the life-saving benefactor was not only strong in martial arts, but also a noble ascetic and thinker. After some conversation, it was found that Shakzu's lofty ideas of self-cultivation, courtesy, and modesty were very suitable for appeasing the mob and paralyzing the people. It was more in line with the interests of the Persian ruling class, so it was decided to hire Shi Zu as the national teacher. For Shi Zu, this request can be said to be sleepy and meeting a pillow, and the two hit it off. Since then, the cult of the gods has spread in Persia, and finally its influence has grown, and finally it has become the state religion of Persia.

Today, the whole of Persia believes in this religion, which can be said to be the most prosperous. But for the parishioners, there is an eternal pain, and that is their holy place. The Holy Land is so far away from Persia that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is thousands of miles away. The place of enlightenment of the ancestors is in Yundu in the middle and west. Yundu is located in the western part of the central and western regions, adjacent to Xiyi. Before the discovery of the Daya Cave, believers had to travel thousands of miles to make a pilgrimage, bypassing the snow-capped mountains, and coming all the way from the far west, and many devout believers even died on the pilgrimage. But the power of religion was terrifying, and countless pilgrims rushed to Yundu and settled here. The Eastern Han Dynasty did not attach much importance to this barren land, so Yundu was in fact in the hands of the Dushen Sect.

Although the clouds are small, they are chicken ribs for China and the West, but for Persia, which regards the Cult of God as the state religion, it is an indispensable place. Therefore, successive Persian emperors tried to persuade the Eastern Han Dynasty to abandon this place and recognize the de facto autonomy of Yundu. However, the Eastern Han court was well aware of the importance of this place to Persia, and was even more afraid that the other party would use it as a basis for religious infiltration. Therefore, whenever it is talked about, it is always asking for a sky-high price, and because Persia does not border the country, the price offered is naturally not ideal, and the gestures made are mostly for the people to see. So the two sides talked several times, but in the end they were all gone.

After the opening of the Daya Cave, Persia occupied the south of the Azure River, although it did not border Yundu, but it was already separated by a water, so the mood of Persia to plan the holy land became more urgent. If you can exchange a holy woman for the nominal management of Yundu. For Phillipell, it was a feat that was deeply loved by the people and boasted of by future generations. As for whether Esther is happy or not, but it is secondary.

Wen Fei Ya was in a hurry: "What? Is what my father said true? It's not that the wolf marquis is alarmist, right? ”

"How is it not true?" Wu Gong sneered: "Although this matter is secret. But Wyatt and His Majesty were discussing in Shuyuan, and one of my chamberlains happened to hear it, otherwise I would not have known that they were so calculating. ”

"No, no." Wen Feiat changed his previous cowardice and shouted: "Father, you have to help me, the holy daughter is mine, how can you marry Wu Ming's kid." ”

"What do you do in a panic? The sky can't fall, and I'll be in charge of you when I make the decision. ”

After being reprimanded by Wu Gong, Wen Feiya was very affectionate, and he whispered: "Father, didn't you say that Your Majesty promised you in private that you would marry the holy daughter to me?" ”

"Promised me privately?" Wu Gong glanced at his son, controlled the horse and continued to walk forward: "Don't say that you promised it in private, what if it is public?" In the face of such a major event as the ownership of the Holy Land, all promises have to stand aside, even Chrysostom is useless. ”

Wen Feiat urged the horse, and said with a sad face: "Then what should I do? Did you just accept your fate? No, I don't. ”

"I don't say yes either! But does your look work? ”

After roaring at Wynfiat, Wu Gong controlled the horse and continued to move forward. But he secretly sneered in his heart: "If the marriage between the son and the holy woman can be completed, the prestige of the Darius family will definitely rise to a higher level, and Wyatt has seen this. It's just that this plan he offered was completely from the perspective of His Majesty, so that he couldn't refuse. It's just that although your plan is good, I am not unthinkable, how can I do everything as you wish. ”

He thought, a fierce killing intent flashing across his eyes.