Although Xiao Qingyun made rapid progress in the southern battlefield, Wan Mingde and Jiang Shaoheng in the northwest did not have such good luck. Although Wan Mingde has 50,000 Jincheng troops and 50,000 northwest troops in his hands, a total of 100,000 people, but the northwest area is vast, they have to resist the attacks from the three countries of Dayong, Xia and Xiongnu.

However, Wan Mingde led the Jincheng Army to the west from the direction of Jincheng, and Yan Chong led the Northwest Army from Ganzhou to the east, and cooperated with Jiang Shaoheng, who was still in the northwest at the time, to outflank Wuwei County and take important cities such as Guzang and Wuwei. As a result, the Northwest Army was united, and the Xia people or the Huns were never allowed to move forward.

As for Jiang Shaoheng, he first obeyed the command of Wan Mingde and helped the Northwest Army and the Jincheng Army to join together, and then led the troops to start the journey to cut Shu. Although he had 40,000 Northwest Army and more than 10,000 deadly iron cavalry, due to the tight defense of Dayong's Longxi line, they had to make a detour through the Qiang Land of the Xia State and enter Yizhou through the Qiang Water for Baishui, only to encounter the Xia State's defending army at Baishui Pass.

The land route of Baishuiguan leads to Qinlong in the north and Jiameng in the south; The waterway can go up to Longnan by going up the white water, and down the water of the Western Han Dynasty can reach Bayu, which is a very important military pass. If you can open the Baishui Pass, it will be equivalent to knocking on the door to attack Bayu.

Xia Guo knew the importance of Baishui Pass, and stationed 10,000 troops at this pass alone. The north and south sides of Baishui Pass are ten thousand cliffs, and there is only one bird road that goes up along the dangerous cliff and can reach the pass. The bottom of the mountain is a deep stream, the mountain is high and the water is deep, and there is only one line of white water when looking down, and its danger is by no means comparable to the general pass. Even if Jiang Shaoheng carried a deadly iron horse, he could not give full play to his advantages in this terrain, and he failed to attack Baishui Pass several times. It's been more than a month, and the two sides are still holding each other at Baishuiguan.

When Lan Jing'an was in Meiyang City, he also met some of the old Qianguo troops who were in charge of receiving them, and they had been on Xiao Qingyun's orders to look for clues near Yonghua City. Until Lan Jing'an recovered his memory and contacted them, they immediately obeyed Lan Jing'an's arrangement, went to Meiyang City in advance to prepare for the reception, and arranged an inconspicuous courtyard for Lan Jing'an and the others.

This time, Lan Jing'an met many important people in the former Qianguo. These Qianguo people had already heard of Xiao Si's superb methods, and when they saw that she was amiable, they all knelt on the ground excitedly, calling Xiao Si by his name and recognizing her as the master.

In addition to the former important ministers of the Qianguo, she also saw Feng Yan for the first time. Feng Yan is the worship of the two Great Priests, although she is not surnamed Lan, it can be said that she is the closest official to the Priestess family. Her previous duties were to follow the orders of the Great Priest, be in charge of the management of the Goddess's Palace, and participate in the preparation of prayers.

Feng Yan, who was already over fifty years old, couldn't help herself with excitement when she saw Lan Jing'an. Lan Jing'an's eyebrows and eyes inherited many characteristics of the Lan family, which Feng Yan recognized at a glance. Lan Jing'an listened to her identity, was extremely polite to her, took Feng Yan's hand, and called her Aunt Feng, so that Feng Yan couldn't help it.

Feng Yan stayed in Lan Jing'an's courtyard, told Lan Jing'an a lot of stories about the family of the priestess, and personally handed over the Si Ming Plate that had been kept for sixteen years to Lan Jing'an. It is said that it has been used since the first great priest was in charge of divination and calculation.

Lan Jing Anmo rubbed this black ancient stone plate made of unknown materials, and was very emotional. Her mother and her maternal grandmother had all used this fateful chart to calculate, and her own and Qingyun's brother's fateful signs also came from here.

It's a pity that the use of the Si Ming Pan belongs to the secret of the Si Ming Goddess family, and no one knows how to use it except for the previous great priests. With the martyrdom of Lan Shuyao when Jiangling City was broken, the secret of this fateful plate was buried forever. In other words, even though Lan Jing'an became the little Si Ming, she lost the calculation ability of the Si Ming Goddess clan.

However, Feng Yan was pleasantly surprised when she heard that Lan Jing'an would have some dreams with premonitory. She told Lan Jing'an that this was also an innate ability of some priestesses, but not every woman in the priestess family would have this kind of peculiar ability. In fact, only a very small number of great priests who have received the mercy of the heavens have obtained this divine power.

Feng Yan also said that Lan Jing'an will be seventeen years old on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month this year, and according to the practice of the Si Ming clan, the little Si Ming who has reached the age of seventeen must go to the Sacred Mountain in Jiangling to undergo the test of the Great Si Ming before he can be promoted to the Young Si Ming and thus become the Great Si Ming.

And Lan Shuyao has been dead for many years, and no one knows the specific content of the Shao Si Ming test. But Feng Yan still hoped that Lan Jing'an could return to the Divine Mountain on his seventeenth birthday, accept the test of heaven, and become a well-deserved young priest, so as to inherit the title of the great priest once again as the supreme heir of the Siming clan.

Lan Jing'an also wanted to go to Jiangling once to see where his parents had lived, so he agreed to Feng Yan's request, planning to return to Jiangling alone and go to Shenshan once after meeting Brother Qingyun.

At the end of the conversation between the two, Feng Yan hesitated for a long time, but decided to persuade Lan Jing'an: "Xiao Si Ming, I have heard about the matter between you and the Lord, the Lord thinks about it day and night for you, and I also know that you have a true affection for the Lord. However, since ancient times, there has been an ancient precept of the Si Ming clan: all Si Ming goddesses must not intermarry with the royal family. ”

"I have heard that if there is a lover among the descendants of the two clans, it will be punished by heaven, and both of them will suffer a lot for it. Think about it, after you were with the Lord, did you have a lot of waves? I also hope that for the sake of your own safety and that of the Lord, you will not have any more entanglements with the Lord. ”

Lan Jing'an had never heard of this before, and was taken aback, feeling extremely painful and depressed in his heart. After she and Brother Qingyun confided in each other, it did cause a series of follow-up events, and the two of them almost died because of it. Lan Jing'an didn't know if he should believe in this so-called heavenly punishment.

However, Lan Jing'an thought of what happened this year, she was imprisoned in Mulan Garden, forcibly deprived of her virginity, and even conceived someone else's child, no man would ever want a woman like her anymore. Brother Qingyun is so beautiful, he is her most precious person, how can she bear to defile him. Lan Jing'an made up her mind, since they didn't have a chance, let her see him one last last time, and then give him back his freedom.

Lan Jing didn't care on the surface, and agreed to Feng Yan. But when Feng Yan left, she hugged the quilt alone and cried in the dead of night. Her crying triggered a violent cough again, Bi Luan heard the sound and hurriedly came over to check, only to find that Lan Jing'an couldn't help crying, and soon her breathing was unsteady, and she shattered the wound in her internal organs again, and fainted.

Bi Luan hurriedly invited Doctor Jiang over to treat Lan Jing'an. Doctor Jiang was also shocked when he saw Lan Jing'an's condition, obviously the previous period had improved a lot, why did he suddenly relapse again? And this time it's so powerful. While feeding Lan Jing'an with needles and medicine, he asked Biluan what had happened.

Bi Luan didn't know why, but thinking that it was after Feng Yan talked to her that the girl became like this, she couldn't help but be angry, and ran directly to the wing room to take Feng Yan out. Qiu Shaoze, who also lived in the courtyard, also heard the sound and hurried over to check what was going on.