"I want to discover the truth in the subtleties, I want to see the light in the darkness, I am a drop of water when I throw myself into the sea, and I am a grain of sand when I enter the desert.

I am everywhere, so the world has no secrets from me, I am omnipotent, so I hear the sound of the wind, I see the tyranny of the desert, I understand the murmur of the grass, and, in the deepest hell, I have touched the brightest rope - dedicated to Qu Zhuo.

Qu Zhuo's wine quickly dissipated, wiped away his tears, and his somewhat rough face, which had been sharpened by the wind and sand of the desert, quickly regained his composure, the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Western Regions was incomplete and very weak.

After the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty bowed down everywhere, after the iron cavalry left, the Western Regions was still the world of the Hu people, and countless conspiracies were brewing here, they wanted to stand on their own, they wanted to be kings, they were even dreaming of breaking through Chang'an, and they were moving in this direction unremittingly.

They look down on those cowards, thinking that leaving is the most complete betrayal of their ancestors, the Western Regions have been ruled by countless Central Plains dynasties, those Central Plains dynasties are just a big flood, after the flood, the exposed ground is still stones, they regard themselves as stones, lurking and patiently waiting for the rapid and incomparably fast flood of the Tang Dynasty to slowly seep into the gravel, the Western Regions is their paradise, these people have always thought so.

Cocoon Niang tucked the child's quilt, held an oil lamp and followed Qu Zhuo to the warehouse, where two washed and peeled fat sheep were hanging, which were tomorrow's ingredients, pushing open a bulky cabinet, Qu Zhuo took the oil lamp in Cocoon Niang's hand and walked into the black hole behind the cabinet first.

The cave was very dry, but also very clean, the three camphor wood boxes were all placed here, took out the key to open the first box, Qu Zhuo carefully checked the integrity of the papers in the box, which were all records made by his own hands. Some are the most mysterious legends, some things are songs heard from the shepherds, and some are the analysis of some events, and the reason why Di Renjie was sure that the Loulan people were nearby relied on was Qu Zhuo's description of the Loulan people.

"This is a cowardly and selfish people, they will only hide like marmots. Without the determination to fight to the death, and without the surging passion to make them make the decision to go on an expedition, they will build high walls to fence themselves up, hoping to slowly resolve their crisis with time. ”

With this passage, Di Renjie began to purposefully force the Loulan people to show up step by step, and sure enough, after not finding the results in Loulan City, when digging the Sun Tomb, the simple-minded Loulan people finally appeared.

The robbers in the desert are also called horse thieves because they have horses. Or the sand pirates, who are the real masters of the land, and whenever a city-state begins to flourish, they will come and plunder, but they will not destroy the city, nor will they kill the inhabitants too much, they know that without these sheep-like people, they will starve to death.

This is the relationship between wolves and sheep, and it is also the most simple truth between heaven and earth. It is perfectly followed here, regardless of the flock. Or the wolf pack, they will be very sure of this relationship.

The cities of the Western Regions are fragile, and whenever a city develops to the extreme, all that remains is destruction, trees are cut down, and the land is cultivated and no food grows. The city's lifespan is coming to an end.

The Daimyo and the Mighty Castle of Tongwan flourished for only thirty-two years under Helian's ambitions, and then rapidly declined. Therefore, in the Western Regions, it is common for a chicken to die and a chicken to crow.

The Shunmin of the Western Regions gave their wives to the horse thieves for a year, and then brought them back to continue their lives, which was considered a great shame in the Han land, but not here, as if nothing had happened. Not only personally, but it was not a big deal for the nobles of the city to give their city to the horse thieves for a year's tax.

Chaos, chaos, extreme chaos, no one gave them an orderly environment, no one came out to maintain order here, only the war knife was the only means to determine a qiē axiom.

Qu Zhuo checked the three boxes, closed them carefully, locked them, came out of the hole with an oil lamp, and pushed the cabinet back to its original place with Cocoon Niang, Cocoon Niang carefully cleaned the traces produced by the sliding cabinet, and the couple returned to the bedroom, the two children still slept soundly, they didn't know what happened in their home.

"Brother, when can we go back to Chang'an? Mother's tomb should also be repaired, Nan'er has changed to the age of literacy, you always say that your knowledge is not good, in this broken city, is there anyone more knowledgeable than you? Cocoon Niang helped Qu Zhuo take off her coat and asked worriedly.

Qu Zhuo washed his hands, looked at the sleeping two children carefully, and said with a smile: "Soon, Yunhou's army has arrived in Beiting, and when he comes to Shanshan, it will be the day when we leave with the army."

The ministry of the Ministry of Merit, how can I jump three levels in a row this time, before the age of thirty to the sixth grade of the official, the dynasty is rare, when the time comes, I will ask for the order to be a local official, at least it should be a don't drive, even if you can't go to the place, how can you be a six-grade Langzhong in the ministry. His Majesty will never treat meritorious people badly, and when the time comes, Nan'er will be sent to Yushan Academy, and after a few years of study, he will directly enter the academy, and the Qu family will no longer be slaves, and no one will say that the Qu family has a humiliating past, but unfortunately the mother's life is thin and I can't see it. “

The husband and wife were talking, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves on the road outside the window, Qu Zhuo was startled, blew out the candle, and listened to what was happening outside.

The sound of horses' hooves became more and more intensive, and after a while, there was a shout of killing in the direction of the city lord's mansion, and peeked out through the window lattice, only to see that the city lord's mansion was on fire, and the battle was very fierce.

A stray arrow was nailed to the window lattice with the sound of the wind, Qu Zhuo carefully pulled out the arrow, and observed the arrow in his hand by the light of the fire outside, there was an eagle engraved on the shaft of the arrow, seeing this eagle, Qu Zhuo hurriedly took the cocoon girl and the two children to the secret room, pushed open the cabinet again, let the three of them mother and son in, pushed back the cabinet himself, carefully eliminated the traces, and then returned to the hall and waited for the people of the Flying Eagle Clan to knock on the door.

As the fire in the City Lord's Mansion gradually extinguished, the people in Shanshan City heard a cry, the Flying Eagle Clan would never let go of any opportunity to plunder, the men were crying, the women were trembling, and some people were screaming.

Qu Zhuo sighed, took a torch and blew the stove fire, took a sheep, put it on the board to quickly decompose, and when the water boiled, he poured the mutton into the cauldron and began to cook the mutton soup on a hot fire.

As soon as the spices and wooden sticks were put in, the people of his family shook the sky, and a group of sturdy Hu people lit the lamps on the wall with torches, and sat down at the table and shouted loudly for Qu Zhuo to bring up the mutton soup.

"What is the young man of the Yu Chi family anxious about, the mutton has already gone down to the pot, no matter how anxious you are, you have to wait until the meat is cooked, I heard of a young man from the Yu Chi family when I was in Chang'an, very remarkable, he painted a good hand, he is already the inseparable beloved of the Tang Emperor, why don't you go to Chang'an to join him, but kill the city lord of Shanshan City."

These Flying Eagle people are actually Khotanese people, Yu Chi is their national surname, and the great name of Yu Chi Yi monk Qu Zhuo still knows, and the painting skills of Yu Chi have long been famous in Chang'an.

Speaking of Wei Chi Yi Seng and these people were silent for a while, and one of the most robust Hu people slapped the table and said: "He is him, we are us, we are the eagles under the Tianshan Mountain, and we will not fall into the city of the Tang people." What about your woman? “

Qu Zhuo uncovered the cauldron, stirred the mutton in the cauldron and said, "I also want to ask you, she went to the City Lord's Mansion at night, if you see it, give it back to me, and I will cook you an extra pot of mutton." “

Those Hu people immediately laughed, pointed to the city lord's mansion that still had a bright fire extinguishing star, and said to him: "The patriarch said that the city lord of Shanshan City is a useless yak who can only eat meat and sleep with women, so we burned the city lord's mansion with a fire, and your woman is probably also burned to ashes, right?" Hahaha, cook the meat more fragrantly, and in three months I'll find you a cub from those women's piles, and you can get two at a time, hahaha. “

Qu Zhuo took out a large piece of meat from the pot, put it on a wooden plate and brought it over, except for a handful of finely ground green salt, he didn't put anything, these Hu people took out the hand fork in their waists, and began to divide these pieces of meat that were still bloodshot, dipped in green salt and ate it very happily.

"I still have some wine here, do you want it, but you need to pay, if you come back in three months, can you bring me some green salt, I don't have much here."

A beard with a mouth full of oil put down the piece of meat in his hand and said: "It's not good, I heard that the army of the Tang Dynasty is coming again, this time it is a ruthless character, the elder of Tuyuhun said, this person is the devil, and it is the most vicious, the most powerful devil, if we want to hurry up and grab some grain and cattle and sheep and quickly rush to Almaty, before this devil arrives, we will have to go a long way, so you don't have to think about the matter of green salt." “

"Yesterday, I heard that the men in Tubo are going to find the devil's bad luck, and there are many of them who may be able to kill that devil, you don't have to leave, you are all gone, and my business will not be able to be done."

After Qu Zhuo finished speaking, those beards put down the pieces of meat in their hands and laughed, and an older beard pointed at Qu Zhuo and laughed: "The Tubo people are all stupid cows, the great elder just told them about the humiliation suffered by the Tubo minister in the Tang Kingdom, they screamed to kill the devil, the great elder said, none of these Tubo people will survive, that devil is the demon king, I heard that he killed a country in the east, I heard that there are more people in that country than the stars in the sky." (To be continued......)

PS: Section 3 Debt Repayment Chapter