The two sand bandits surrounded Liji and did not continue to attack, and the sound of fighting in the distance continued to come to their ears, and the three of them exchanged glances to each other, discussing what to do next.

Five people lurked, and one of them died before the enemy could reach them, and then one of the four besieged one was killed by the counter-killing, and one died by the sword of the other.

The sword in Ligi's hand was dripping with blood, and she examined the two of them, and the cloth robe that covered her whole body showed only her eyes, and the yellow sand was constantly flowing on top of the robe, showing that they could lurk in the sand.

Liji raised her sword in front of her, her eyes lit up, and she rushed towards the two of them.

Without hesitation, the two sand bandits flew with scimitars in their hands and attacked Liji, and the three of them once again scrambled.

Yan Yan's eyes were always on the battlefield of the three of them, and it was still very reluctant to be an enemy of the two of them, and he was almost cut by the enemy at several moments.

Fortunately, Liji's dodging skills are not low, and she can always avoid critical moments to avoid the disaster of swords.

The two sand bandits went all out, and even started to fight in the back of the game by exchanging injuries for their lives, not caring about Liji's attack at all, and attacking with the determination to cut off her head.

In such a situation, Liji's situation began to fall into trouble, and there was a tendency to be overwhelmed.

Seeing this, Yan Yan understood that if she continued, Li Ji would be injured, and that kind of consequences would not be necessary for her to bear, Yan Yan looked at the head of the guard beside him and signaled that he could act.

The leader who was watched by Yan Yan drew his knife and galloped towards the battlefield, and the Yanling knife in his hand slammed directly towards the back of one of the sand bandits, and the powerful knife cut straight off the back of the sand bandits, cracking the sand bandits in half.

The remaining one flew back, quickly moving away from the two.

Remembering the scene just now, she felt a chill in her heart.

He was guarding the rear all the time, and he still didn't dodge the blow of the guard leader, the opponent's strength was still at its peak, but he had already consumed a lot.

Li Ji put away her sword and returned to Yan Yan's side, watching the leader of the guards chase after the sand bandit, the battlefield in the distance has also ended, and the well-equipped Qin envoy guards have no power to these enemies, so they will scatter and kill the sand bandits.

Riki: "My lord, isn't it too coincidental to come? ”

Yan Yan nodded, "It's a bit of a coincidence, the person behind it should have discovered us." ”

"They're tempting, but they don't know if they can accept such an outcome."

The team was regrouped and the convoy continued to set off.

The caravan that followed the envoy's convoy all the way also began to set off, and this time the sand bandits were in danger of surviving.

The merchant looked at the Qin-character banner on the convoy, and at this moment he had a clear understanding of the Qin Empire in his heart.

Far away, five camels stayed on the back of the dunes, and the result of this attack was not much different from what was envisaged.

The leader said, "Let's go, bring the results back." ”

With that, the whip in his hand was drawn, and the camel began to run, running towards the depths of the yellow sand.

After the departure of several people, as the wind blew and danced, the traces left by the camels were covered by the yellow sand, and the place returned to calm.

The convoy drove for ten years in the double kill, leaving the border of the Yue Dynasty and entering the territory of the Guizi Kingdom.

After handing over the envoy at the border pass, the convoy moved in the direction of the royal capital of Qiuzi, and some of the accompanying merchants were destined for this place, and some of them made a change of route here.

Before the convoy left, they all came to visit to thank them and deliver some goods.

When the deputy envoy was talking politely with the merchants, he also learned a lot of information about Qiuzi and the Western Regions, which was scattered and completely unsystematic.

But this kind of information made Yan Yan grab a clue from it after listening to the deputy envoy's confession.

Xuehua's information about the Kushan Kingdom, the Massa Kingdom, and the Huoluo Kingdom also reached Yan Yan's hands, and Yan Yan also had a detailed understanding of the relationship between the Kushan Kingdom and the Massa and Huoluo kingdoms in the west of the Western Regions.

I also learned that the Creon that Riki had seen in the Tsukishi was from that country.

"According to the intelligence, the Kushan Kingdom has the posture to form an empire, and has begun to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Massa, Huoluo and Sau Kingdoms. ”

"The Greek Federation in the south of the Kushan Kingdom does not want to see the Kushan Kingdom succeed and sends troops to help the Huoluo Kingdom."

Yan Yan "Yes, at present, the Kushan Kingdom and the Greek Federation are fighting very fiercely, but the Fire Luo Kingdom and the Massa Kingdom do not take the opportunity to send troops to help the Greek Federation attack the Kushan for some reason, but instead start a war with each other. ”

"That's why the Greek Federation sent people to the countries of the Western Regions, which caused this series of incidents. ”

Yan Yan nodded, handed the letter in his hand to Li Ji and said, "Send it to Xianyang, and then let Mingzhu come to see me." ”

Liki took the letter and nodded, then turned to make arrangements.

A stick of incense passed, and the Chao Banshee and Liji appeared together in the Yan Yan room.

Yan Yan said to the Chao Banshee, "You immediately go to the battlefield of the Kushan Kingdom and the Greek Federation, and try your best to escalate the contradictions between the two countries. ”

"From the current local war to a national war, let the war spread as wide as possible."

Chao Banshee: "My lord, how long is this time?" ”

"Yan Yan" must be guaranteed for at least two years. ”

The tide banshee saluted, "Since this is the case, then the subordinates will set off immediately." ”

During this period, you are allowed to form a thousand-strong army, and you will be the commander. ”

The Banshee nodded in understanding, then got up to leave.

Yan Yan looked out the window, it was only half a month before the New Year.

The situation between the Qiuzi Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom is not much different, and the king did not agree to it at the first time, and shirked this agreement with each other.

This made Yan Yan understand that the Yue clan and Qiuzi had the benefits of the Greek federation behind them, so that they would offend the Qin Empire and have to ally with Greece.

"My lord, what did the Greek Federation promise them, and the great temptation to give up power?" ”

Yan Yan shook his head, "I just don't know, if we figure out what this promise is, we won't fall into such passivity." ”

Riki: "My lord, since you can't figure it out, can't you just send troops to attack when the time comes?" Why do you have to plan like this? ”

"The environment in the Western Regions and the West is harsh, the march of the army will be greatly restricted, and there are many passes that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Liji nodded to understand it, and then she looked at Yan Yan and walked to the map of the terrain of the Western Regions and the West, standing in front of the map and pondering.

Li Ji didn't make a sound, made tea and brought it to Yan Yan, and after Yan Yan took it, Li Ji looked at the Kanyu map, which was densely packed with tribal kingdoms.

Some have only one empire and one county, and they actually have their own country names.

"The West is similar to the Spring and Autumn Period, a small area of dense vassal states, they attack each other, and no one can help anyone. ”

Yan Yan "is wrong, they are more lively than Spring and Autumn, right." ”

Yan Yan looked at Li Ji's eyes and explained, "In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Tianzi still had power in his hands, and he could still command the princes, although there were many princes, in fact, there was still only one voice. ”

"Later, Zhou Tianzi dug his own grave, ruined the reputation of etiquette, and lost his trust in the world, but there are still powerful princes behind him who stand up and command the heroes."

"In general, although the Spring and Autumn Period is chaotic, there is still only one voice at the top, and the kings of the vassal states want to be the one who gives orders."

"That's why there was a reason for wars between countries to attack each other."

Yan Yan put down the teacup, pointed to Kanyutu and said, "And Western countries are completely different. ”

"They have been in this state from the beginning, the voices at the highest level are all mixed existences, and there is no strong king who has stepped forward to integrate them."

"Even after the destruction of a royal palace, the victor does not want any territory, but money, food, and fame, and re-rewards the conquered territory to those who have made meritorious deeds, and establishes a new state."

Yan Yan pointed to the Greek Federation and said, "For example, the Greek Federation, why is it not called a kingdom but a federation, because the first Greek Federation was formed by eight city-states, and then the Greek Federation continued to attack the rest of the tribal city-states and incorporated them into the Greek Federation. ”

"There are now thirty-two city-states in Greece, and all but the first eight are re-established after they were destroyed."

Yan Yan turned around and walked to the seat, sat down cross-legged, and then looked at Li Ji and continued, "I asked Mingzhu to go to the battlefield between the two countries for this reason. ”

"The Greek Federation is not monolithic, and it is easier to find loopholes in the exchange of interests that are divided and combined."

Liki sat beside Yan Yan, looked at him and said, "So how does the Greek Federation decide politics?" ”

"There was no king in the Greek Commonwealth, they were governed by thirty-two city lords, and political affairs were voted on by ballot. ”

"This time a war broke out between the Kushan Kingdom and the Greek Federation, according to the intelligence, it has been almost half a year, and the Greek Federation, which is twice or even three times stronger than the Kushan Kingdom, has been defeated and retreated by the Kushan Kingdom, and can only defend, and the counterattack cannot be done at all."

"He even sent people to the Western Regions to ask for help, just because the city lords within the Greek Federation did not use all their strength to cooperate with the war, otherwise the Kushan Kingdom would be the opponent of the Greek Federation."

Ligi: "Cleon is from the Greek Federation, so the other people will be from that kingdom. ”

"If you don't guess wrong, you should be from the Western Roman Kingdom." ”

"I just don't know what the purpose of the Roman Kingdom sent people to the Western Regions, their actions did not show that they wanted to contact each other with the countries of the Western Regions, but more to inquire about something in the dark."

Yan Yan fell into Liji's arms, pressed the jade hand on her shoulder and moved it to the corner of her forehead and rubbed it gently, Liji looked at Yan Yan who closed her eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Xianyang City.

Every household has been replaced with new Spring Festival couplets, the faces of the street vendors who come and go are full of happy smiles, the children are jumping and playing on the streets in groups of three or five, and the officials who patrol back and forth maintain order and order.

The moon god walked into the city from outside the city gate, and this capital, which was changing all the time, was completely different from the appearance of the city in his memory.

The pedestrians on the street looked at the moon god as if they were in two worlds, and no one looked at each other.

The Yin and Yang family Xianyang City station.

The moon god removed the Dharma seal from his hand and walked to the stargazing tower under the salute of the disciples of the Yin and Yang family.

The moon god came to the highest place, and Concubine Yan had been waiting here for a long time.

Luna: "Your Excellency Dongjun." ”

Concubine Yan turned to look at the moon god and nodded, "Congratulations on taking that step." ”

Luna: "None of this compares to Your Excellency. ”

Concubine Yan: "What is the prophecy of the Eastern Emperor to the Moon God. ”

The moon god "the light of the moon, the vast galaxy." ”

"It's cloudy, it's cloudy, it's obscure."

Moon God: "Your Excellency Dongjun thinks that what is the shadow translation behind the divination of Your Excellency Donghuang?" ”

Concubine Yan: "Your Excellency the Moon God has already made his own guesses, so there is no need to say more. ”

Concubine Yan turned around, looked up at the wood on the roof of the building, and said, "Let's start." ”

The moon god approached and stood on the other side of Concubine Yan, the two of them sealed their hands at the same time, and different Yin-Yang Magic Patterns floated towards the roof of the building and were printed on the beams.

As the number of stamps increased, the stargazing tower also began to change.

I saw that the roof of the building, which was originally all wood, transformed into a starry sky, and then the Big Dipper appeared clearly, and the roof of the building had disappeared as the movement of the seal on the hands of the two stopped at the same time.

The two of them stood in the middle of Zhou Tian New City, like a goddess above the nine heavens, mysterious and indifferent.

Concubine Yan's face was expressionless, and the moon god was the same as him.

The two of them remained motionless, hovering between the stars like thoughtless puppets.

Time passed slowly, and the moon god's brow furrowed slightly, and then his eyes regained their brightness.

The eyes under the veil looked at Concubine Yan, she still hadn't woken up.

Luna thought back to the scene he had just seen, and was still puzzled in his heart.

It was too strange for her, far from what she had envisioned, if not related.

I don't know how long time has passed, and in this world where there is no concept of time, it may be a moment or a day.

Concubine Yan opened her eyes, a trace of essence flashed, and then the restraint disappeared.

Concubine Yan looked at the moon god and nodded.

Then the two of them sealed at the same time, and the surrounding stars slowly disappeared, and the heavens and the earth were reconnected.

Concubine Yan "Under Luo Shengtang, Qiulan is born." ”

The moon god "is bright and bright, and the end of the ages." ”

Concubine Yan: "Just tell the truth to His Excellency the Eastern Emperor." ”

After saying that, Concubine Yan turned around and walked towards the stairs, and then left the Yin-Yang Ji station.

The moon god wrote down two sentences and asked the disciple to send them back to the Yin-Yang family headquarters to hand them over to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, after which she also left Xianyang without a trace.

Turtles.

Yan Yan looked at the fair-skinned Creon and invited him to sit down.

Yan Yan: "How long has Your Excellency been with me?" ”

Creon: "Three days. ”

Yan Yan: "I don't know what Your Excellency is looking for me?" Creon looked left and right, and stopped talking.

Yan Yan: "Since Your Excellency doesn't want to say it, then there is no need to continue to waste your time and mine. ”