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The city of Yochang, called the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the end of the river flows down from Kunlun Mountain to the north, to the end of the city to the east, and finally flows into the Puchang Sea.

It was originally an important town in the east of Khotan, connecting Shanshan and Shazhou in the east, Khotan and Shule in the west, and Yanqi and Qiuci in the north, which is the key to the southern Silk Road.

During the reign of Zhenzong, Khotan was destroyed by the Black Khan, and the city of Yochang became the easternmost city of the Black Khanate.

The current Great Khan of the Eastern Black Khanate is called Hassan? Root? Suleiman.

The city of Jochan was divided between Hassan and his fourth son, Salva.

Xuan Yi carried a long hand to whisk the dust, and walked briskly to the house of Lord Su Temo in the west of Yochang City, along the way the sound of camel bells, and the flow of merchants and tourists came and went, making the originally not wide street even more crowded.

Most of the shops on the street are adobe houses, and only a few are bricked houses.

The streets are filled with people wearing black turbans, which is the most visible sign of Muslims. When Xuan Yi first came, he saw the black turbans all over the city, and he was very uncomfortable. After two months, I'm finally getting used to it.

There is a small stall in front of an inn on the opposite side of the street, the aroma of roast mutton overflows with the wind, Xuan Yi smelled it for a long time and couldn't help but move his fingers, he was born in Maoshan faction, although he was mainly vegetarian on weekdays, but he was not afraid of wine and meat, so he crossed the street to the small stall, and took out a few Song copper coins, the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty were also very popular in the Western Regions because of their exquisite casting and sufficient copper content. Xuan Yi bought a skewer of roast mutton and ate it while standing.

The old man who sold barbecue meat looked like a typical Uighur, and he was disgusted by Xuanyi's long Taoist robe, and he was even fishy. Although it was a customer who came to take care of his business, he still despised it very much.

For this kind of contemptuous look, Xuan Yichang has long been surprised, Great Khan Hassan? Root? Titled "the protector of justice and religion," Suleiman honored the Abbasids as the authentic ruler and vigorously promoted the traditional governance of the Celestial Religion. The Black Khanate had already converted to the Celestial Sect in its entirety, and was extremely repulsive to other sects.

Fortunately, Xuanyi has his own magical powers. Otherwise, there is no way to get mixed up in Yochang City, and he will also be invited by Su Temo, the envoy of Yochang City's protector.

Xuan Yi finished eating the lamb skewers for a long time, and the surrounding Muslims looked at him with contempt. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then raised his hand, and the handkerchief turned into a swarm of white butterflies. Dancing in the air, the surrounding Muslims saw this miraculous scene, first stunned, and then burst into exclamations.

Xuan Yi smiled loudly, shook off the dust in his hand, and floated away.

Illusions like his ones are not uncommon on the streets of Tokyo, and although the people of Tokyo applaud loudly when they see them, they do not make a fuss about them as miracles.

But this is in the distant city of Yochang, and the people in the city have never heard of such a strange thing, let alone have seen it. Many Muslims have fallen to their knees and prayed to their Allah.

When Xuan Yichang came to the house of Lord Sutemo, the butler Adesa had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, and when he saw him, he hurriedly and warmly welcomed him into the mansion, which was full of pillars. The house is very magnificent, but it has the style of the Heavenly Sect everywhere, and the servants who come and go are also wearing black turbans, which makes Xuan Yichang feel a little uneasy in his heart.

After all, Su Temo was the protector of Yochang City, second only to the city lord Salva, and he had always believed in the Heavenly Sect. Inviting him, a Taoist priest, to perform today, will there be any ulterior motives? You must know that there are already a number of colleagues in Khotan, Mo Ju has disappeared.

If it comes, it will be safe. And this is a rare opportunity, Su Temo has a special status, if he can be convinced, it is easy to open up a world in Yochang City.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yichang could only go inside.

Sutemo was a man in his forties, with a wide face and a high nose bridge, inheriting the physiognomy of the Turks, and looking very strong.

He sat in a gazebo with a turban and a wide black robe; The pavilion was covered with a beautiful Persian carpet, and two maids knelt on the ground, pouring wine for Sutemo, and the bright red wine filled the amber glass, making people salivate.

"Poor Dao Xuanyi, meet the Protector Envoy." Xuan Yi's elder age is only thirty-seven years old, but he looks like a fairy wind and bones, his demeanor is neither humble nor arrogant, he flicked the dust lightly, and his movements are very free.

Su Temo glanced at him, and laughed: "Xuanyi's long Dao method is profound, and he is willing to come with a face, it is really rare, Dao Master does not have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Protector."

Su Temo did not change the look of arrogance on his face, took out the amber cup and drank the wine dry, but he no longer paid attention to Xuan Yichang, and when the corner of his eyes swept towards Xuan Yichang, he saw that he was still pampered and not surprised, and his demeanor was calm, and he secretly admired his concentration in his heart.

"I heard that Xuan Yi Chang can perform all kinds of immortal arts, which amazes the people of Yochang City, and I invite the Taoist chief to come today, just to ask the Taoist to perform it in person, so that I can also open my eyes and see the immortal method from the Eastern Land, I don't know if the chief is willing to fulfill the wish of this protector envoy?"

"The poor road is shallow, and it should not be so exaggerated as the protector envoy, but since the protector makes the adult interested in taking a look, how dare the poor road hide it, but I don't know what the protector wants to see?"

Su Temo had the heart to embarrass him, looked at the grape trellis in the courtyard and said: "Xuanyi doesn't have to be modest, since you are profound, I don't know if you can make the grapes bear fruit now?" ”

Approaching October, the grapes are about to lose their leaves, and at this time, letting the grapes bear new fruits, this is obviously deliberately embarrassing people, if you can really do this, then Xuanyi Chang will not become a fairy?

Xuanyi is still an immortal, and if he doesn't have three thirds, how dare he go to Liangshan.

Among the various sects of Taoism in Middle Earth, the Maoshan faction is undoubtedly the best at pretending to be gods and ghosts, and Xuanyi is the eldest disciple of the Mao faction.

Xuan Yi recited the blessing of immeasurable longevity lightly, and said with a smile to Su Temo: "The Protector envoy ordered the Lord to come down, how dare the poor Dao disobey, so please ask the Protector to find a piece of black cloth and cover this grape trellis, so that the Poor Dao can cast spells." ”

Su Temo didn't expect him to dare to agree, and this curiosity outweighed temptation.

"Come on, hurry up and get the black cloth. Cover the trellis. ”

The housekeeper Adesa got the order and hurriedly took people to Zhangluo, and when Su Temo's family heard about this, they also came out to watch, and hundreds of people came to the garden at once.

When the housekeeper Adesa found a black cloth to cover the grape trellis, Xuan Yi walked under the grape trellis with a calm expression and took out a white porcelain vase. Carefully pour out a red elixir, crush it and bury it under the grape roots.

With that done, he went back to the pavilion. After drinking with Su Temo, everyone waited anxiously, and even Su Temo asked from time to time: "Xuan Yi is long." With your elixir, the grapes will bear fruit right away.

"Please be calm and impatient when expanding the army, whether this grape can bear fruit or not, we will see in a moment."

The two drank tea for a while, and Xuan Yicai ordered unhurriedly: "Now you can uncover the black cloth." ”

When Adesa heard this, he personally brought people over, and the black cloth was quickly removed, and when everyone saw it, they could not help but exclaim, although the vine that was about to lose its leaves did not grow grapes at this time, but it grew a full shelf of new leaves, and many small flowers grew on the branches.

Suter had just taken a sip of wine in his mouth. At this time, he was so shocked that he forgot to swallow, and the red wine flowed from the corner of his mouth, wetting the placket and he didn't realize it.

Sutemo's family exclaimed, and they all stepped forward to touch the green grape leaves on the shelf, really. This grape leaf is real, no different from the grape leaf that grows every spring, the same feel, the same slight fragrance of the leaf veins.

When Sutemo came back to his senses, he found that his front was wet, but he couldn't care about it. With a sigh in his mouth, he said: "Xuan Yichang really deserves his name, this kind of immortal art is simply heard and heard, and it has never been seen, but it is just ...... Can't the Taoist let this grape bear fruit? ”

Xuan Yi stroked his beard lightly, and said with a faint smile: "Lord Protector, this elixir of the poor road is still refined from the aura of heaven and earth and more than 100 kinds of rare elixirs, which can help people to clear the muscles and activate the veins, and turn the qi into the void. ”

Xuanyi replied to the question, he exerted a magical power, first suppressed people, and then lost no time in advocating Taoist immortal arts, Taoism in the Central Plains has gone through thousands of times, can be inherited, is it a waste of fame;

Among the emperors of the past dynasties, there are not a few people who believe in Taoism, do you say that these emperors are fools? Majestic and majestic like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, they are also obsessed with cultivation and immortality, and Taoists can deceive them without a little way?

Even if the emperor himself was deceived, the emperor gathered the elite of the entire country around him, and if the Taoists would only play some tricks that could not be put on the table, they would have been exposed long ago.

With the previous illusion as the foundation, Xuan Yi Chang preached Taoist doctrine again, Su Temo was easily moved, although he was a devout Muslim, but Xuan Yi Chang showed these Taoist methods are really amazing.

"If the Taoist can make the grapes bear fruit, I will really accept it."

Seeing that Xiao Temo was still struggling with his heart, Xuan Yi smiled and said, "Lord Protector, please wait." ”

Then Xuan Yi Chang asked the butler to lead people to cover the grape trellis, and he and Su Temo drank in the pavilion, and after nearly a pillar of incense, when everyone was looking at it, Xuan Yi Chang again ordered the black cloth to be uncovered.

When the black cloth was removed, there were bursts of exclamations in the courtyard again, and I saw bunches of ripe grapes hanging from the grape trellises, and the red and purple color made people can't help but pick them and taste them.

This time, Xuan Yi walked under the grape trellis first, and with a light flick of the dust in his hand, a huge bunch of grapes fell into his hand.

"Lord Protector, this grape has the effect of strengthening the body after eating the medicinal power of the elixir of the poor road, please taste it for the Lord Protector."

Sutemo took the grapes, carefully plucked one and put it in his mouth, the sweet and sour taste was not much different from the usual grapes, and it was a little more delicious, and he gave the grapes to his wife and children, and everyone was amazed after eating them.

After seeing it, eating it, this time Su Xingmo was really convinced, and was about to invite Xuan Yichang to sit down, when there was a sudden noise outside the door, and a team of armored warriors quickly rushed in.

"What are you doing? Any idea what this place is? ”

One of the generals who rushed in replied, "Forgive me for the protection of the army, we have come to arrest the demon Dao on the orders of the city lord, and this demon Dao is on the street, killing several people in my city with demon magic, which is a great crime!" The lord of the castle asked me to wait to come and arrest him, whether I lived or died. ”

Xuanyi's face changed, how could he have killed someone? The city lord Salva is clearly guilty of indiscriminate involvement, no, he has to escape, he must flee immediately, otherwise he will definitely die.........

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ps: In order not to let everyone think that I am writing about Xianxia, let me explain here, the illusion used by Xuan Yi is not made up by me, I found a research literature by Mr. Yi Yongwen, a professor of Heilongjiang Academy, which recorded a lot of strange abilities and strange arts in the Song Dynasty, including this kind of illusion used by Xuan Yichang, I just borrowed Mr. Yi Yongwen's research materials......)