The road to Guanshan is far away, the Gobi is barren, the camel bell is ringing, Luo Xing is riding on a horse, with a sword on his back, and a horse lance hanging on his horse.

The sun set, Luo Xing and the others set up the camp tent, set up the pot stove and began to make rice, Diao Chan walked down from the carriage to take care of the ingredients, Luo Xing squatted beside her and asked, "Cicada, do you regret coming to the Western Regions with me." ”

Diao Chan's face was still plain and clean, she pulled up a strand of hair behind her ear, and said with a smile: "Husband, I am not a delicate lady in the boudoir, whether it is to kill people with a sword or to adjust the spoon with no hands, I am not weaker than others." ”

Luo Xing recognized this sentence, especially the sword of the closed moon, which was unpredictable, and even a master like himself would be tricked if he didn't notice it.

Since leaving Zhaocheng and heading west, looking at the style that is gradually different from the Central Plains, Luo Xing can't help but feel a little hesitant in his heart.

But the task given by the family still made him firmly embark on this path, and one of the ancestors he admired the most was Luo Zhongkan.

His name is not very dazzling in the world, and even except for the Western Regions, not many people in the Central Plains know his name, and more people know his son, Luo Wuji!

But in Luo Xing's opinion, Luo Zhongkan was one of the five sons of the Luo clan at the end of Qin, and King Zhaosheng called him Neng, even better than King Luowen.

Such a heavenly asset should have shown his own brilliance in the chaotic era of the late Qin and early Han dynasties, just like he was King Zhaosheng, King Luowen, and Marquis of Yingwen.

But for the sake of his family, Luo Zhongkan went to the Western Regions without hesitation to develop a map.

Didn't he know that it would take him all his life to open up a dark place that no one knew about?

Didn't he know that he would disappear from the history books?

But he didn't hesitate.

Luo Xing thought that with his ability, he could be in a high position no matter which way he joined the princes, but that was not what he wanted.

He wants to make his own contribution to the family.

The Western Regions is a place for the family to watch, but for a long time, the Western Regions is actually not extremely stable, the geographical environment of that place, especially the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, it is difficult to have a stable unified regime, and the Xia King is only unified at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and then with strong strength, the country at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains is subjugated.

Now that King Xia is focusing all his energy on attacking the Central Plains, he wants to enter the Central Plains to prove himself, which will invisibly relax the suppression of the Western Regions, and there may be accidents.

Luo Xing hoped that after he went to the Western Regions, he would be able to use his religious power to maintain the suppression of the Hu people in the Western Regions.

Zhaocheng and his party soon walked out of the Hexi Corridor and entered the city at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which had a much better natural environment than the southern foothills, but still had hundreds of miles of Gobi Desert.

Luo Xing couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's no wonder that the scribes who have traveled to the Western Regions have even given birth to a bit of heroism in their poems." ”

The sound of camel bells sounded in the Gobi, accompanied by the sound of camel bells appeared a team of monks, Luo Xing naturally knew that in the Western Regions, there were monks and Taoist priests everywhere, this line of monks seemed to be a little unexpected, they didn't expect to meet others, and when they looked at it, it was a tall phoenix flag fluttering, and they were shocked, and then they looked at the holy stigma, it turned out to be Luo's descendants traveling.

Since the death of the Wushuang Zhongwu Marquis, there has never been a Luo family in the Western Regions, and even the Suwang Temple has no Luo family lineage to preside, and now there is a Luo family lineage here.

The monk at the head hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and then learned that Luo Xing was indeed going to the Suwang Temple in Wushuang City to re-preside over the sacrifice to Suwang.

After a while, the group of monks left in a hurry, Luo Xing squinted at these monks, and recalled the Taoist priest he met in the end of the city, and smiled coldly.

In this land of the Western Regions, the priest of Suwang Temple is the head of religion, and without the pressure of Suwang priests over the years, these monks and Taoist priests are probably used to being free, and now they know that they are going to Suwang Temple, they are naturally a little anxious, but the final result will not change.

In the land of the Western Regions, unless there is King Xia and them unite to fight against the Suwang Temple, and force themselves to suppress themselves with secular forces, otherwise these people can't raise their heads in front of them, only the king is still in the world for a day, and they can still show a miracle for a day, and the Buddha Tao in the Western Regions is not enough to see, if you want to get rid of the suppression of the Suwang Temple, the theory of the Buddha Tao must at least be able to be born out of the current theory and redefine an incarnation and reincarnation.

After seeing these monks and Taoist priests, Luo Xing's pace was a little faster, and then he arrived in the capital of King Xia.

It is said to be the national capital, but because of the special climate of the Western Regions, it is naturally very different from the cities of the Central Plains that are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the Western Regions are farming and nomadic after all.

After a short war, King Xia was in a period of recuperation, preparing to accumulate strength and go to the Central Plains to attack the four counties of Hexi.

Hearing that a descendant of the Luo clan had entered the Western Regions, he hurriedly invited Luo Xing into the palace for a banquet.

The walls are a little rustic, but the interior of the palace is luxuriously decorated, covered with gold and jade, and a lot of thought has gone into it.

After King Xia saw Luo Xing, the courtiers of the entire Xia Kingdom saw that King Xia was very happy and frequently raised wine.

After three rounds of drinking, King Xia finally asked the question he was most concerned about, "I heard that Gongzi is going to Suwang Temple to preside over the sacrifice this time?" ”

Luo Xing replied loudly: "Exactly, since Wushuang Zhongwu Marquis led the armies of the Western Regions to the east, no one has presided over the Suwang Temple, and the head of the family is uneasy, worried that the Emperor Suwang will blame him, so he let Xing go to the Suwang Temple." ”

King Xia said solemnly: "What Zhao Gong said is extremely true, since the death of Wushuang Zhongwu Marquis in the Central Plains, my people in the Western Regions are very sad, and one of the reasons why I go east in Xia this time is to uphold the ambition of Wushuang Hou.

For this reason, after the king was called the queen, he set up a sacrificial temple for the Wushuang Marquis of the past dynasties in the Wushuang City, and sealed the god of Buddhism for the Wushuang Marquis of the past dynasties, hoping to return one day with a soul.

This king is in the Western Regions, but he has heard many stories about the Central Plains, and he sighs for it, and the princes of the Central Plains are really, alas.

Is Childe willing to help alone? ”

Luo Xing raised his eyebrows and said: "The king can dominate the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and he is a rare hero in the world, but it's a pity that Xing is already in the Suwang Temple, so he really can't help the king." ”

Of course, Luo Xing couldn't be a courtier for King Xia, it was just a joke, he didn't think about being a courtier for the princes along the way.

King Xia was stunned for a moment, without the slightest annoyance, but laughed and said: "Childe is really misunderstood, this king naturally doesn't want to recruit Childe into my Xia Kingdom, but just wants to cooperate with Childe." ”

Cooperate?

Luo Xingyi arched his hand and said: "The king also asks to speak, Xing is willing to hear the details." ”

King Xia pondered and said: "Gongzi must know that in my Western Regions, most of the people worship religions, if Gongzi is in charge of the Suwang Temple, he can assist this king to spread the prestige of Xia in the Western Regions, and the Western Regions must be more stable." ”

So that's the case, Luo Xing looked at King Xia with some meaning, this King Xia is really unusual, obviously a nobleman, but he has a very clear understanding of the situation of the people in the Western Regions, knowing that in the lowest level of the Western Regions, royal power is not as effective as religion, and the royal power can only command those nobles, but the control over the grassroots is extremely low, but if you can use the influence of Suwang Temple, you can influence the most ordinary people and even slaves with a sacred meaning.

King Xia wants to be more than just a political leader, he also wants to be similar to the kind of sacredness of the Xia Zi, now all branches of Buddhism in the Western Regions describe King Xia like this, saying that he is the reincarnation of Tianzun, saying that he is the reincarnation of the Lord of the stars, the reincarnation of the Lord of the Great Dao and which Buddha and Bodhisattva, as long as it is a god and Buddha that people believe in, this Xia King is the reincarnation of those gods and Buddhas, this is really a helpless thing, after all, although the Western Regions has the title of Thousand Miles of Buddha and Thousand Miles of Dao Country, But almost every temple and Taoist temple believes in something different, there are too many morals, this is a religious big Gu pool, no one knows what perverted things will be rolled out in the end.

King Xia himself sometimes can't figure out what his identity is, of course he is dissatisfied with this status quo, the pursuit of great unification is the unremitting pursuit of every king, the same is true of King Xia, in today's Western Regions, the only thing that can integrate these different doctrines is the Temple of Suwang.

All the temples and Taoist temples will chant in unison, Emperor Suwang Great Tianzun, Suwang Shanghuang Tianshizun, if he can obtain the position of the sword bearer of Suwang Temple, then he will not only be the lord of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but also the master of the entire Western Regions, and can mobilize more people in the Western Regions to participate in the war, his prestige will be greatly improved, his strength will be greatly improved, and even if he can let the temple army join his command, then he will get an invincible Ultimate Army.

Luo Xing has a thorough understanding of the mind of this Xia King, this Xia King is really an unborn masterpiece, he is only a generation, he can think of so many things, and want to complete the great unification of the Central Plains It took a hundred years to complete.

He didn't know that the Temple Army was a legendary legion created with artifacts, and no one knew about it, so there was no problem with his plan at all, generally speaking, whoever could give the army money and food, the army would be loyal to whom, but the Temple Army was different, even if King Xia was good to the Temple Army, the Temple Army would only be loyal to Luo.

For the Luo family, this is also a great benefit, really according to the idea of King Xia, Luo Xing's status will even jump to become the second in the entire Western Regions, if King Xia dies early, he can even become the uncrowned king of the entire Western Regions, as long as he wears a crown on King Xia, he can even copy the deeds of King Zhaosheng.

But the crux of the matter is that the temple army can't be internalized at least now, in essence, this is Luo's private army, and the enemies it faces are those who disobey King Su, as well as those Hu people who invade the Western Regions, so King Xia's mind is destined to fail.

But Luo Xing will not directly refuse King Xia here, that is really too bad to give King Xia face, this is the Western Regions after all, this is the Lord of the Western Regions in front of him, and now the temple army is also supported by King Xia to be able to stay in Wushuang City safely.

If you don't use the family heritage and artifacts, although Luo Xing is confident that he can defeat the army of King Xia in the field with the three thousand temple army, he will definitely lose in the end if he fights in the Western Regions, and he will have a good relationship with the local ruler, which is the way to survive.

Thinking of this, Luo Xing groaned for a while and then raised his wine glass to toast to King Xia and said, "King, what you just said, Xing understands, if you can enter Guanzhong and occupy Chang'an, you will get what you want." ”

Enter Guanzhong and occupy Chang'an.

The eyes of everyone in the hall narrowed, and the same is true of King Xia, this achievement is very subtle, and the think tank of the Western Regions has naturally been calculated, entering Chang'an, with the current situation in the Western Regions, it is basically the extreme that the army and supply lines of the Western Regions can reach.

This is still because the Xia State placed the capital not far from the four counties of Hexi, which was able to raise enough grain and grass, when the Han Dynasty passed through the Western Regions, it was from Chang'an, it was also an expedition of laborers, exhausted, Xia was far less powerful than the first Han, and Chang'an was the limit.

Luo Xing has never been to the Western Regions, but he can accurately pinch the pulse of the Xia Kingdom, how can everyone not be frightened?

And what does Luo Xing mean by this?

He knew that the Xia Kingdom would hit Chang'an at most, and at this time, he would give King Xia help so that he could mobilize the entire Western Regions, so that King Xia could have the spare strength to continue to go east, and the most important thing was not to worry about the fire in the rear, this was Luo Xing's promise to King Xia.

To a certain extent, Luo Xing agreed to King Xia's conditions, but if you want to get these things, you still need King Xia to work hard, and now you are not qualified to be recognized by the entire Suwang Temple, you have to work harder.

King Xia doesn't have any feeling of being despised yet, in today's Western Regions, there are many people who oppose him, and Luo Xing's statement is enough to help him, at least Luo Xing didn't oppose him, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do, those princes and nobles are not devout to King Su's beliefs, but they have the courage to raise troops against themselves in the name of King Su.

"Childe, once you say it, it's hard to chase the horse, so I'll swear by high-fives here."

King Xia laughed loudly, as for how difficult it is to break through Chang'an, and how difficult it is to break through Guanzhong, which is known as the land of Sisai, he has not thought about it, he must go east, no matter how many difficulties there are, they are just stones that will eventually be crossed on the road, and they cannot become obstacles for him.

After Luo Xing and his party left from King Xia, Diao Chan couldn't help but ask: "Husband, do you say that this King Xia can enter Guanzhong?" ”

Luo Xinglang laughed loudly: "The success rate of his entry into Guanzhong should not be large, he is indeed a personal masterpiece, but the current Western Regions can't support his strategy, the most important thing is that he was born in the wrong era, and now this era is the era of the Central Plains people's surging, that group of people in the Central Plains experienced the most tragic battle in the world, King Xia bumped into this group of people head-on, and the final outcome will not be too good, at most, take advantage of the civil strife in Guanzhong, occupy the four counties of Hexi, and want to enter Guanzhong, it is basically a dream." ”

Diao Chan was puzzled: "Husband, if King Xia suddenly dies in the Central Plains, will the Western Regions be in chaos, the concubine always feels that the current Western Regions are dependent on King Xia to maintain." ”

Luo Xing was stunned, and stroked Diao Chan's soft hair and said: "Yes, the current Western Regions are maintained by King Xia, if he doesn't want to attack the Central Plains, then the husband will not be so anxious to come to the Western Regions, just worried that he will have some accidents in the Central Plains, which will lead to chaos in the Western Regions, and my uncle asked the husband to come to the Western Regions to maintain stability in the Western Regions, but I don't know if it can succeed, and I have never relied on the power of faith to settle down a piece of land, and I still need a strong political match. King Xia should have been the best choice, but unfortunately the Tao was different. ”

Diao Chan has the ability to close the moon, she has a natural intuition, the reason why she asked that question just now is because she felt that something was wrong, the current Western Regions seem to be like an existence that will explode at any time, and now listening to what Luo Xing said, I know that the Western Regions have always been like this, and after Luo Kong left, it had actually exploded once, and it was King Xia who pinched it together again.

After this conversation, the husband and wife did not talk about this topic anymore, and rushed straight to Wushuang City, after more than two months of trekking, they finally arrived at Wushuang City, if it was a large army traveling, it would even take more than four months, such a long distance, it would have long exceeded the ruling imperial wall.

The Han Dynasty was able to rule here, and the blessing of King Su's faith was indispensable, and the defense of the Wushuang Marquis in the past dynasties was indispensable, otherwise it would have been separated from the Central Plains and become a separatist force.

Before Luo Xing came here, Luo Kong's mother had already been taken back, there were almost no Luo clansmen here, when the banner of the phoenix appeared in Wushuang City again, the people in the city even thought that they were wrong, and when they saw Luo Xing on a horse, after a short silence, there were suddenly waves of cheers.

Luo Xing stood on the street of Wushuang City with Diao Chan, on both sides and on the left and right sides of the city, all of them looked at the two of them with shining eyes, and they didn't know who was taking the lead, and the two of them only saw the black and oppressive people, kneeling down like a tide, it was a rather shocking scene, in the land thousands of miles away from Zhaocheng, there was such a group of people who had infinite trust in the holy stigma.

Luo Xing hurriedly called for everyone to get up, and suddenly a knight rode a horse, and the people scattered one after another, Luo Xing knew at first sight that this was the Luo clan who rarely stayed in the city, with gray hair, and may even have lived here since their ancestors, so after the Luo clan moved back to Zhaocheng in large numbers, these people chose to stay here and not leave.

Moreover, Wushuang City really needs some Luo clan people to stay here to take care of affairs.

When the white-haired old man saw the holy mark on Luo Xing's eyebrows, he immediately shed tears and said: "Childe, the old man thought that he would not be able to see the master's family return to Wushuang City in his lifetime, but today I saw the face of my son, and I saw the lord's family return to Wushuang City, even if I died immediately, it was worth it." ”

Luo Xing stepped forward and bowed to the old man and said, "Luo Xing is polite, and on the order of Zhaogong, he came to Suwang Temple to preside over the sacrifice." ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said, "Childe, please come with me." ”

Although the people in the city didn't want Luo Xing to go, they heard Luo Xing say that he wanted to stay in Wushuang City to preside over the sacrifice of Suwang Temple, and knew that he would not leave in the future, so they gradually dispersed, and Luo Xing and the others followed the white-haired old man all the way to the center of the city.

The most noble building of the entire Wushuang Marquis is there, and the former Wushuang Marquis Mansion is also there, and the Wushuang Marquis Mansion has not been inhabited for a long time, and Luo Xing can live there in the future.

The white-haired old man took Luo Xing and the others straight to the Suwang Temple, and after arriving at the temple, a few people walked out of the temple, all of them were women, not only Han people, but also Western Regions people, not very old, young and pretty, after seeing the old man, they all saluted, and then they set their eyes on Luo Xing, full of curiosity, they are all natives of the Western Regions.

The white-haired old man pointed to a few people: "Childe, these girls are now dealing with some sundries in the temple, their hands and feet are more neat, and they are more aware of the sacrifices in the temple, now take Childe to take out the full set of sacrificial things." ”

Then he said to the women: "This is Gongzi Xing from the Zhaocheng Lord's house, according to the order of the family master, from today on, he will be the high priest of the Suwang Temple, presiding over the sacrifice of the entire Suwang Temple, you must be respectful." ”

Really!

Seeing the people with stigmata come to the Suwang Temple, they guessed that it might be to fill the vacant position of the high priest, but what attracted the attention of several people even more was the Diao Chan standing next to Luo Xing, these girls were all beautiful, otherwise they would not have been selected to come to the Suwang Temple, but the Diao Chan in front of them was definitely the most beautiful woman they had ever seen in their lives.

Luo Xing and the others walked into the temple, and the first item Luo Xing got was also the most critical one, that is, the high priest's scepter.

In the whole Zhuxia culture, the meaning of the scepter is very unusual, and now the highest treatment of the Central Plains courtiers outside is to hold the festival, on behalf of the emperor to give you a certain decision-making power, when the envoy is out, there is this kind of thing with the scepter, and your status is different.

In the Luo clan, there are not many scepters, in the entire Zhaocheng, only the head of the family has a scepter, the high priest has a scepter, and in the Suwang Temple in the Western Regions, there is only one scepter, Luo Xing holds the scepter in his hand, and feels that what he holds is not just a scepter, but power, and the power that can be ranked in the entire Western Regions.

This kind of power is stronger than the sword in his hand, more powerful than his force of more than ninety, and it is an existence evaluated by another dimension.

After taking the scepter, he was about to go to other halls, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from the outside, Luo Xing and the others heard the sound and walked to the outside, and saw three big men with blades at their waists walking into the temple, one Han looked like two people from the Western Regions, these three people were full of eagerness, and they happened to be opposite to Luo Xing and others.

As soon as the three of them saw Luo Xing's eyebrows and heart scars, and then looked at the scepter in Luo Xing's hand, they immediately knelt on one knee on the ground, bowed their heads and crossed their hands, and said in unison: "Temple Captain, see High Priest, High Priest Wan An." ”

Sure enough, it's the Temple Army!

As soon as these three people appeared, Luo Xing had a kind of induction, and that kind of induction had been felt from the spirit soldier's body, it was the smell of the Heavenly Mandate Artifact, and now it seems that it is indeed right.

Luo Xing asked in a deep voice, "Why did you appear in the temple?" ”

The Han lieutenant said in a deep voice: "The soldiers of the temple army heard that a descendant of the Luo clan came to succeed him as the high priest, and the soldiers asked me and the other three to come and invite the high priest to come to the army, and the soldiers have not seen the face of the high priest for too long. ”

Hearing this, Luo Xing nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the temple army later." ”

Then Luo Xing searched out all the crown and robes of the high priest, and put them on his body one by one, he was originally a military general on the battlefield, but at this moment, he did not have the slightest sense of disobedience, and was full of majesty and sacredness.

Luo Xing wore this to the barracks of the Temple Army, the Temple Army is the guardian legion of the Suwang Temple, and the garrison is in the city, and it will not take long to arrive at the place where the soldiers are stationed.

As soon as he approached the camp, Luo Xing felt a strong smell of the Heavenly Mandate Artifact, emanating from the body of every soldier.

This made Luo Xing feel an extreme sense of comfort, it turned out that the original Wushuang Marquis led the temple army to feel like this, when the Wushuang Wuxiang Marquis led the temple army to the north of the desert and wiped out the Huns, I am afraid it was so high-spirited.

He strode into the barracks of the Temple Army, looking at the faces, this is Luo's biggest reliance in the Western Regions, the strongest army in the world, the Temple Army.

At the same time, it is also his biggest support in the future, whether he can hold the Western Regions, a flat land of four wars, depends on the performance of the temple army in the future.

For the Temple Army, because of the influence of the Heavenly Mandate Artifact, they have a natural affection for the stigma, as long as the Luo Clan does not do anything too outrageous, the whole army will always be loyal, looking at Luo Xing at this moment, it is like recalling the days under the command of the Peerless Marquis of the past dynasties.

Suwang Temple has a high priest again, and the temple army is no longer a rootless source, doing nothing every day, and not knowing what to do.

Luo Xing raised the scepter, the soldiers all looked at him, Luo Xing said in a loud voice: "I am ordered by the head of the Luo family to come to the Suwang Temple to take over the position of high priest, the divine light of the Suwang will shine forever in the land of the Western Regions, and the glory of the Suwang will spread to the more distant dark places."

The Temple Army will always be the shield that defends the faith of King Su and the sword that destroys everything. ”

People need a sense of identity, not to mention the Temple Army, they need a sense of identity the most, and they all cheered loudly when they heard the words, waving the blades in their hands.

Luo Xing raised the scepter aloft again, and the cheering gradually stopped, and he shouted: "Soldiers of the Temple Army, King Su will be with you!" ”

How long has it been since I've heard this blessing?

Some of the soldiers who had been in the temple army for a long time even moistened their eyes when they heard this, and they knelt directly on the ground, first opening their arms, and then bowing their heads and hands in a bow, and chanting words in their mouths: "The gods of King Su are in the sky, and they will be glorious and famous for thousands of years." ”

Luo Xing didn't expect this scene.

Since he entered the Peerless City, he had seen such a scene many times, countless people knelt on the ground like a tide, praying for the divine scepter in their hands.

He clenched heavily, this is the Western Regions!

(End of chapter)