Chapter 6: The Sun Jewel

An hour later, the guy hurriedly ran back to the store, found Na Suning and said, "The proprietor, I have heard about this person." ”

That Suning perked up and hurriedly asked, "Say quickly, where is he in the army?" ”

"I heard from the shopkeeper Yang of the wine shop that he was a border soldier of Sulou Fengshu Fort and had already gone back."

"Already back?"

Then Suning frowned and walked around the room, what should I do now?

The man whispered, "Why don't we go to Sulou Fengshu Fort again, talk to him again, and let him sell it to us." ”

That Suning sighed, shook his head and said: "I can hear that he won't sell this gem, and this is also to blame me, I shouldn't be hot-headed for a while, promise something 10,000, let him know the preciousness of the gem, I cocoon myself!" ”

"So what do we do now?"

Na Suning looked up at the flaming sunset, couldn't help but kneel down, and prayed to the sunset: "O Lord God Ahuramadaz! I finally see your incarnation today, please tell me, what should I do now? ”

After praying for a while, he suddenly got up and said, "I'm going back to Shiguo, you take a good look at the store." ”

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Shiguo is the Ferghana Basin of today's Uzbekistan, since ancient times it is the junction of the conflict of Eastern and Western forces and cultures, during the Tang Dynasty, it was the place where Zhaowu nine surnamed Hu lived, and there were nine large and small countries, among which Kang (that is, later Samarkand) was the largest, followed by Shiguo, before the invasion of Islamic forces, the Hu people here mainly believed in Yuanjiao, that is, Persian Zoroastrianism, worshipping the god of light Ahuramadaz, and the flame was the totem of their country.

There are two roads from Bahuan City to Shiguo, one crosses the Bodaling Mountains to the broken leaves, and then goes west for more than 700 miles to reach the Shiguo, and the other goes to Shule and crosses the Green Ridge, and goes west along the Zhenzhu River, and you can also reach the Tuozhi City, the capital of the Shiguo.

Na Suning chose to cross the Bodaling to Broken Leaves, not because the road was closer, but because he was a businessman, and businessmen always wanted to maximize their profits, first going to Broken Leaves, and then going to Tuozhi City.

Half a month later, that Suning arrived at the important town of Broken Leaf City, Broken Leaf City was the westernmost city under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the city is more than 60 miles long, the Anxi Army had imitated the layout of Chang'an City to rebuild, the seventh year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Western Turkic ten surnamed Khan invited to live in the Broken Leaf River, the Tang Dynasty in order to support the Western Turks to resist the eastward expansion of the big cannibals, then gave up the Broken Leaves, during the Kaiyuan period, one of the Western Turks, after the Turks gradually became stronger, the Broken Leaves became the nest of the Broken Horses.

But the treachery of the Turgish people was finally abandoned by the Tang Dynasty, after several blows from the Tang Dynasty and the Great Cannibals, the Turgish people have declined, especially in the eighteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Tang army attacked the Turgish, the Sulu Khan was defeated, and then was defeated by the Great Cannibal in the Battle of Zhuerzhan, the Sulu Khan was killed by the generals Mohe Guogan and Dumozhi, and the Turgish people were finally split into two surnames, yellow and black, and there was continuous internal strife for more than ten years.

Na Suning did not go to Broken Leaf City, but came to He Hunting City south of Atashi, which was the lair of the Tuqi Shi people surnamed Huang, and he found the big chief Du Mozhi who actually controlled the Tuqi Shi people surnamed Huang.

Du Mozhi was about fifty years old, tall and ugly, and when he heard that the chief of the palace of the Stone Kingdom had come, he hurriedly ordered him to come in and meet him.

"Then Suning, what are you looking for me, did your king send you?"

Na Suning bowed deeply and said, "Respected Great Chief, I am no longer the chief manager of the palace, I was kicked out of the palace two years ago and exiled to Bahuan City to become a merchant. ”

"Is it because of the theft of the 'Eye of Light' on your king's scepter?"

"Yes! I remember that the Great Chief was also interested in the gem, and if I told you the whereabouts of the gem, what reward would the Great Chief give me. ”

Dumozhi squinted and smiled, "I heard that your king lost two sons and queen for this gem, so I am interested, but you have to tell me first, why is this gem important?" I can decide whether to buy your message or not. ”

Na Suning sighed and slowly told Du Mozhi the origin of the gem.

"This gem is four hundred years ago by the Persian Zoroastrian leader to Kangguo, legend has it is one of the three incarnations of the god of light Ahuramaz, in the gem can see his eyes, so it is also called 'Eye of Light', has been enshrined in Kangguo Samajian's ancestral hall, forty-two years ago, the great food warrior Qu Bodi conquered Samad Jian, burned down the temple, 'Eye of Light' after several tosses, and finally fell into the hands of the first king of Shiguo, was inlaid on the scepter, became a symbol of the power of the stone king, among the many heirs of the king, who got ' Eyes of Light', whoever can inherit the throne, but two years ago, the king was seriously ill, and this gem disappeared mysteriously, and the third prince Campo also disappeared at the same time, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and I was kicked out of the palace because of this incident. ”

Dumozhi took a few steps behind his back and asked curiously, "Are you saying that whoever gets the 'Eye of Light' will inherit the throne of the Stone King?" ”

"That's true, this is a rule set by the first king, but the premise must be the prince of Shiguo."

"I know this!"

Du Mozhi waved his hand and said, "Okay! I buy your message, what price do you pay? ”

"I don't want money, as long as the Great Chief gives me the Dundo Silver Mountain to mine for five years, and restricts his subordinates not to disturb it, and after five years, I will return the silver mine to the Great Chief."

"You're pretty shrewd, good! Let's just say it, you say, where is that 'Eye of Light' now? ”

"In the hands of a Tang Army soldier surnamed Li in the Fengshu Fort of Sulou in Lingshankou."

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When Suning left, Du Luoxian, the son of Du Mozhi next to him, smiled and said: "This Sogdian is not greedy, I thought he wanted to monopolize the Dundo silver mine!" ”

Du Mozhi smiled: "This is his cleverness, he knows that I will not really give him more silver mines, so I only mention mining for five years, or let him organize manpower mining first, and after a few years, when he is in operation, we will take over the silver mine, what are we worried about at that time?" ”

"But what's the use of my father asking for that gem?" Du Luo Xian frowned and asked again.

Du Mozhi smiled thoughtfully, "You don't understand this, isn't Shi Guo always trying to get involved in Broken Leaf River?" If you want to form an alliance with us, when you have this gem, I will support the second prince Yuanen to ascend the throne, and when that time is not the stone country annexing the broken leaf river, but I will annex the other stone country. ”

Speaking of this, Du Mozhi patted his son on the shoulder again, "I know that you have always wanted to marry Princess Kulan of the Stone Kingdom, and when you get this gem, I will use it as a dowry and officially propose marriage for you." ”

Du Luo Xian's eyes showed a look of anticipation, and he said excitedly, "Father, let me go and take this gem. ”

Du Mozhi's eyes showed a hint of gloom, "That's what I mean, Sulou Fengshu Fort, I have long wanted to pull it out." ”

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Note: There is indeed a unique gem in the stone country, and after the battle of Talas, the main general Ziyad was to find this gem and present it to the caliph Abbasid. Brethren! There are also recommended tickets, so smash it!!