More than a month later, in the twenty-second year of the Great Qin Chonghuang, on April 15, the western border of the Great Qin and Shu regions. This place is called Baiyuzhou, a long time ago, there was a small country called the White Wolf Country, at that time the tribes outside the Northwest Pass were not unified, years of melee, the war raged, the White Wolf Country at that time the leader Huyan Baiyu was an aspiring hero, seeing the Northwest Pass outside the group of heroes, he had a grand idea, led the elite of the White Wolf Country, went to the northwest, and killed into this melee gladiatorial arena.

During this period, Huyan Baiyu met a warrior named Tuoba Wasteland, and the two like-minded people joined forces with the elites of their respective tribes, which lasted for many years, and after countless vicious battles and deaths, they finally wiped out the enemies of the entire wasteland one by one, and completed the unprecedented unification of the wasteland...... Later, the establishment of the new country, in terms of meritorious deeds, in addition to the leader Tuoba Huangtian, the number of brave and good fighting Huyan Baiyu military exploits are the most prominent, so the eight major clans of the new country, only the Huyan family can have 10,000 personal soldiers, which is the same as the wolf king's personal soldiers, and the rest of the big clans, including the queen of the dynasty, are only three or four thousand people.

Moreover, although the members of the Huyan family have never been ministers in charge of the government, because of the shadow of their ancestors, the Huyan family was specially given a huge fief, located in the richest east of the entire new country, and the area of this fief is at least ten times that of the original White Wolf Kingdom.

The above is the history of the Huyan clan, the most powerful family in the Wild Wolf Country except for Tuoba. But later, the end of the Huyan clan was extremely tragic, as mentioned above - two years ago on the eve of the Qin Famine, the Huyan clan temporarily rebelled, the vanguard army was scattered by a death squad including Tuoba Zhulu, and the leader Huyanhong was also beheaded by Tuoba Zhulu, and the rest of the remnants of the army were extinguished by the Tuoba Zhi army that arrived later.

After the Huyan clan was wiped out, the remaining members of the family scattered one after another, fleeing in all directions, leaving the country, incognito, and some of them went into exile to Baiyuzhou, the place where their ancestors were born.

This white jade state, located in the west of the Great Qinshu land, the southeast of the desolate wolf country, since Huyan Baiyu left this place to go to the desolate wolf, the residents of the original white wolf country have also come to the unified desolate wolf country, so for hundreds of years, no one has ever set foot here, and this has become a very mysterious territory for future generations.

It wasn't until a few years before the Great War of Qin and Wilderness was about to start that Nalan Yuanji, the commander of the Desolate Wolf Army, concluded through maps and deductions that this place would definitely be able to enter the border of the Great Qin Shu Land to the east, and Tuoba Zhi sent someone here to investigate.

However, the spies who arrived here discovered that a group of people had come to this place that should have been deserted, and had established villages and humble towns—these people claimed that they came from a river called Yangchabu Zangbo in the far west, which was the water flowing from the highest mountain in the world, and this river was also called the Brahmaputra River, so they called themselves Tibetans.

The Tibetans told the Wolves spies that they had left their hometown more than ten years ago and went around preaching the Buddhism that their people believed in, with the intention of universalizing the world.

They also said that it is true that if you go east over the mountains, you can reach the border of Great Qin and Western Shu, and after the Tibetans rebuilt Baiyu Prefecture, there will be Central Plains people from Western Shu from time to time to do business here.

The spy was overjoyed and was about to report the good news back to the court, but he didn't know that the Tibetan's next words made him discouraged - the road leading to Daqin here was only a narrow plank road hanging on the mountain wall, which could only allow one person to pass, and it was impossible to march at all.

Only then did the desolate wolf scout go back and tell him that there were no offensive conditions here, so Tuoba Zhi gave up. And why is there a plank road connecting Daqin here?

This is because the Great Qin knew about seven or eight years ago from some of the people who had lost their way in Xishu to collect medicine, and the emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, Qin Zheng'an, saved the idea of expanding the territory, and ordered people to build plank roads, wanting to send people to occupy it.

However, as soon as the plank road was repaired, it encountered the Great War of Qin Famine, and this matter was temporarily delayed.

It was not until the two countries became friendly that the occupation plan, which had been shelved for some years, began to be carried out. Therefore, in Baiyuzhou now, there are Tibetans who preach the Dharma, there are wild wolf people who have been exiled here, there are troops sent by Great Qin, there are craftsmen who came to build cities in Great Qin, there are businessmen who do business, there are people in the rivers and lakes who come to hunt for curiosities, and there are also wanted criminals who have escaped pursuit...... At this moment, it is not an exaggeration to call Baiyuzhou the most mixed place in the world.

And at this moment, another group of people came from outside Baiyu Prefecture. The leader of this group was a burly and tall young man, who was very heroic, with a neat short hair, and a fierce momentum between his gestures, riding a very good horse under his crotch, carrying a dark horned bow, carrying a long knife at his waist, and riding slowly on horseback, followed by several followers.

This young man is naturally the Tuoba who is frantically looking for by the wild wolf at this time. Tuoba Zhulu saw the outline of the Baiyu City in Baiyu Prefecture in the distance at this moment, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"After more than a month of traveling, I finally barely arrived in Daqin, so I don't have to worry about them chasing me back." , Tuoba chased the deer in his heart.

"Ashinaxun." , Tuoba Zhulu called behind him: "You come forward, I have something to say." Then a hook-nosed retinue rode up to catch up with him - this person was the messenger who reported the death of the wolf king and queen to Tuoba on that day, Ashina Xun, the nephew of the southern general Ashinaan, who left Tianchi City in the middle capital and arrived here for more than a month, it was he and several other people who served Tuoba Zhulu together.

Ashina Xun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please command." Tuoba Zhulu said: "In front of it is Baiyu City, the main city of Baiyu Prefecture, and it is about to enter the territory of Daqin, you go to find a place nearby where you can rest and recuperate for a while, and after we are ready, we will enter the city." ”

"Yes." , Ashina Xun ordered to retreat. As soon as Tuoba Zhulu turned around and turned his head, he felt a faint sense of crisis - the wild wolf man was born with a keen intuition, and Tuoba Zhulu was confident that the intuition of all the people he had met was not as accurate as his own, so he believed in his intuition and the ability to feel the crisis, and it was with this ability that he survived countless dangers to the end.

So Tuoba turned his head violently to look in the direction he felt, but only saw Ashina Xun, who had just received the order, staring at him with strange eyes.

Ashinexun's sudden turn of the deer startled Ashinexun, and Ashinaxun hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry Your Majesty, I just walked away for a while, and I couldn't do what you explained in time, the crime deserves death, I hope Your Majesty will punish you." Tuoba Zhulu frowned, and suddenly asked thoughtlessly: "Ashina Xun, do you want to harm me?" When Ashina Xun heard this, his face suddenly turned a little pale, and then he immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in a hurry, and then said: "Your Majesty the Wolf King, the villain will never dare to be a little distracted by you, please check it out." At this moment, Tuoba Zhulu suddenly felt that the faint sense of crisis did not exist, so he inexplicably said to himself: "The third time, ......" Ashinexun, who was kneeling on the ground, did not know why, and asked: "I don't know what Your Majesty said three times?" Tuoba Zhulu waved his hand and said, "Hmm...... There's nothing for you to do here, just do what I told you to do. ”

"Yes, yes." Ashina Xun took the order and left. After a cup of tea. Tuoba Zhulu and several other retinues had already arrived at a half-deserted village not far from the main road under the guidance of Ashina Xun.

Why is it called semi-desolate? This is because the original Tibetans have left and could have been considered deserted, but after the Tibetans left, a group of beggars, outlaws and homeless people took up the magpie's nest and used it as their place to sleep and protect themselves from the cold.

But when the people took possession of the place, they neither produced nor traded, nor repaired the houses, and the village, which had been relatively tidy, was now filthy and stinking, and most of the houses had collapsed, and a large part of the rest was crumbling.

After giving the owner of the cleanest house a piece of broken silver, the guards of Tuoba gave it a piece of silver, and then walked into this relatively clean watchhouse, which was built by the Tibetans who came here, and was built with three to four floors high, because it looked like a blockhouse, so it was called a blockhouse.

After entering it, I found that although this watchhouse looked barely reasonable on the outside, but the inside was the same as other dilapidated houses, leaking everywhere, full of filth, stinking, and listening to many of the houses not far from the outside, many of them were like a mouthful of old phlegm in their throats, and the experience was really bad.

A few attendants hurriedly cleaned and rinsed the place to remove the filth, and found a brazier to make a fire to disperse the stench, which made people feel that they could barely rest, but those gong-like shouting and fighting and drinking could not be avoided.

A few of the entourage sincerely asked Tuoba Zhulu to rest, for fear that he would not do a good job somewhere, which would make the master unhappy, but Tuoba Zhulu sat in front of the fire without any scruples, staring at the fire.

Tuoba ordered everyone else to sit down, but Ashina Xun didn't sit down, but said to go out and find some food to satisfy his hunger, and then left.

Tuoba stared at the fire, and couldn't help but have another number in his heart - three. He thought secretly in his heart: "It's really strange, three times, my intuition is wrong three times in a row, this is ...... Well, let me think about it, the first time was in the palace. He couldn't help but think of the conspiracy with his uncle Tuoba Har that night: "Chase the deer, set off in three days, you go east first, and let as many people see it, so that everyone will think that you have gone straight to the Yumen Pass, and then after you travel east for a day, you will go all the way south, passing through Turpan and the southern capital of Dianhe...... Finally arrived in Baiyuzhou, I found someone to see the celestial phenomena, the first half of your trip almost had heavy rain, rest assured, no one can see your footprints, and after arriving in Baiyuzhou, you enter Qin from the Xishu plank road, whether it is my minister or the people on the side of Daqin, no one can guess where you are, so that you can have the opportunity to avenge the king! ”

"These people are all loyal dead soldiers under me, if you use them, you might as well take them to the Central Plains together."

"Zhulu, you are strong in martial arts, this trip will definitely be able to cut off the head of the Qin thief to comfort the spirit of the previous king......" Thinking of his uncle's support for him, as well as his loyalty, Tuoba Zhulu felt a little comforted in his heart.

But...... Why will it be, will it be? Thoughts go back to the day before leaving, the day Nalanaf came looking for her.

Tuoba Zhulu still remembers what Nalana Fu said: "Your Majesty, Na Fu has something to say to you. ”

"What?"

"The tragic death of the first king and Aunt Linglong in Qincheng, you must be full of grief in your heart, and it is difficult for you to be yourself, but Na Fu hopes that you will not be blinded by hatred, neglect important things, or be used by people with ulterior motives."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't say anything else, let's just say that the body of the first king, you must personally welcome it back."

"This is naturally a ......"

"No, Your Majesty, in addition to filial piety, what Na Fu said is the wolf crown of the first king."

"Wolf crown?"

"That's right, the wolf crown of the ancestor has the right tooth of my wild wolf for generations, and you must always carry the wolf tooth tightly on your body, and you must not let anyone get it. Otherwise, according to the will, the person who got the right tooth will have to force you to accept his orders, and if he orders you to do something against your heart, you will be in trouble. ”

"Hmm...... Okay, I got Nafu. Then there was a conversation between my uncle and himself after he had packed his bags, and it was at this moment that his intuition deviated for the first time: "Zhulu, you are about to set off in a moment, you see if there is anything else that has not been arranged." ”

"Hmm...... The bags were packed, and all the attendants you gave me were on standby, and I wrote the letter and left it on the table. There should be no omissions. ”

"Uh...... Why don't you give your right tooth to your uncle? It was then that Tuoba Zhulu sensed a hint of hostility and murderous aura, so he stared intently, and his gaze collided with Tuoba Har's somewhat expectant gaze.

Tuoba Har hurriedly tilted his head to the side, stroked his chin with his right hand, and said curtly: "Zhulu, I think so, you have to go for a long time on this trip, this right tooth is really not trivial, I am afraid that there will be some mistakes in your body, you might as well hand it over to me for safekeeping, and after you return, how about your uncle return you?" Tuoba Zhulu didn't reply, just squinted at Tuoba Har, and then he said, "Uncle, it's so strange, I just felt that you wanted to harm me. Tuoba Har wanted to continue to speak and explain, but when he heard this sentence, he suddenly stopped talking, only to see Hal with his lips closed, his face gloomy, and his hands hanging down his side touched the scabbard behind his back...... At this moment, Tuoba suddenly remembered what Nalana Fu said to himself during the day

"In case the one who gets the right tooth commands you to do something that goes against your heart." , so he shook his head, and said to Tuoba Har: "Uncle, don't you want to use the wolf's tooth to order me not to take revenge after you get the wolf's fang?" ”

"Huh?" When Tuoba Har heard this, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then his face immediately returned to normal, and replied: "Hey, I still can't hide it from Your Majesty, to be honest, my uncle really doesn't want you to take risks." Seeing that his guess seemed to have come true, Tuoba said to him, "No more, uncle, although you are worried about me, I have made up my mind, and there is no need to say more." ”

"Good...... Okay. Tuobhar then hurriedly retired. …… Thinking of this, Tuoba Zhulu shook his head and whispered to himself, "Hmm...... That day, until my uncle retired, the sense of crisis in my heart did not subside, but the loyalty shown by my uncle was undeniable, would he really harm me? Then he continued to say to himself, "The first mistake was with my uncle, and what about you the second time?" I want to think about it...... Yes, a group of thieves who didn't have long eyes came that day, and they were usually sent by Ashina Xun, but their leader who called himself 'Dragon Han' brought me an extraordinary sense of pressure and crisis, so I took action, but who would have thought that he would fall with one punch, be vulnerable, and be just an ordinary thief...... Just now, I even had this feeling when I was looking at Ashinaxun...... What's wrong with me? Tuoba Zhulu shook his head vigorously, turned his head and looked east through the gap in the dilapidated house—it was the direction of White Jade City, and even more so the direction of Great Qin.

He thought back to the last time he had been to White Jade City—four years ago, when he was only ten years old......