On the official road leading from Tuyuhun to the "West Tibetan Road", five horses run from north to south, and on the saddle bridge, there are several handsome men and beautiful women.

Oh, except for the last big man, although he is strong and burly, but this appearance is definitely not related to handsomeness.

This line is none other than Li Aoting, the prince of the Tang Dynasty who has just left the palace of "Fu Qi City" and headed for "West Tibetan Road".

At this time, Li Aoting was running at the forefront, and almost alongside him was Xue Dingshan, who was about to be the year of the weak crown.

In the past three years, Xue Dingshan's cultivation has grown steadily, and he has come to the early stage of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal", plus the "Great Wilderness Halberd" in his hand, he can be regarded as a fierce general.

It's a pity that he is still not the opponent of his mother-in-law.

Fan Lihua, who was originally in the later stage of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal", has now reached the peak of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal", looking at this posture, it is a big step ahead of Wu Meiniang to enter the "Da Luo Golden Immortal".

Running in the middle were two women, the younger one was naturally Princess Taiping, and the one who followed Princess Taiping was Xue Dingshan's wife Fan Lihua.

It is worth mentioning that because Tang Emperor Li Zhi has been missing for more than three years, the wedding of Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua has been delayed like this.

Of course, no one will complain about such a result, not even the person concerned, Fan Lihua.

Anyway, it's just a ritual, and it doesn't affect the daily life of the husband and wife, so they can drop as much as they want......

Under Xiao Taiping's several "struggles", Wu Meiniang finally agreed and let her follow Ao Ting out for a stroll.

After all, the little girl is about to be nine years old, and she also has the cultivation of the middle stage of "Taiyi Xuanxian", and if she always stays in the palace, the whole person may be wasted.

However, Wu Meiniang agreed that Xiao Taiping would follow Li Aoting out, but called Fan Lihua back.

Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua, when Yao Chongchu arrived, Tang Emperor Li Zhi was worried that he would be stretched, so he sent the young couple over.

Now more than three years have passed, everything in Tuyuhun has been on the right track, and even the army has been recruited, trained, and stationed by the generals dispatched by the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua's transitional mission can be regarded as a successful completion, this time Xiao Taiping had to go out for a walk, Wu Meiniang simply called Fan Lihua back.

For this little junior sister of the same sect, Wu Meiniang is quite satisfied, this girl is not only profound, but also thoughtful, with Fan Lihua to follow her can really rest assured.

In addition, an Asura Demon General at the peak of the "Da Luo Golden Immortal" is guarding on the side, and the lineup of five people in this line, the worst is Xiao Taiping, who is in the middle of the "Taiyi Xuan Immortal".

Of course, the mother of the child Xing Qianli is worried that the farthest place that Xiao Taiping has gone to since he was born is the "Listening to the Perfume Pavilion" outside the city of "Fu Qi City".

Therefore, Wu Meiniang did not hesitate to scatter all the more than 600 "plum blossom guards", from Tuyuhun "Fu Qi City" to "Tibet West Road", she wanted to know the true itinerary of Xiao Taiping as much as possible.

Of course, Bai Zhen, who was sent by Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, still led his two hundred "Lijing Gate", not far behind a few people.

Since they were going out to see each other, they couldn't always stay on the clouds, and in the end they unanimously decided to simply travel on horseback.

Fortunately, in the past three years, whether it is Tuyuhun or the "Western Tibetan Road", all major cities, military towns, tribes, and fortresses have been overhauling the "Chi Road" in full swing.

Of course, this is the handiwork of Datang, for which Datang even sent dozens of competent officials from the Ministry of Industry with thousands of skilled road construction craftsmen from Datang.

In Tuyuhun and the "West Tibetan Road", many people also participated in the construction of the road in the form of appropriate conscription and semi-employment.

The scene of the linkage between the three places is very spectacular, and even Yan Liben, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, personally supervised the matter, and Yao Chong of Tuyuhun and Song Jing of the "Western Tibetan Road" also cooperated vigorously.

Three years later, the construction of Chi Road is still continuing, but it has sunk to the states and even counties.

Li ao

The horse they rode on was naturally the best war horse in the Tuyuhun army, and with Fan Lihua, the nominal commander of the Tuyuhun army, following them, which post station could they not find a few more horses?

Stop-and-go, instead of Li Aoting and Xiao Taiping, they are completely two children, and they are very curious about what new things they see.

The original journey of about half a month was forced to be walked by them for two months.

"The last general, Pei Xingjian, has seen the second prince and Princess Taiping—"

"Xiaguan Song Jing has seen the second prince and the princess Taiping—"

Finally, they still rushed to the location of the "West Tibetan Dao" administrative office, and the two people who represented the highest civil and military power of the "Western Tibetan Dao" were already waiting by the roadside.

Interestingly, Li Aoting was obviously canonized as the "King of Jin" by Tang Emperor Li Zhi, but everyone still likes to call him "Second Prince" on weekdays.

It seems that the title of "King of Jin" is still in people's memories twenty years ago?

"Pei Shuai, don't be like this, you have worked hard for so many years in the Western Tibetan Dao, but you have made such a big gift to Xiao Wang, if your father knows, you should blame Ao Ting for being ignorant!"

Li Aoting hurriedly jumped off the war horse and stretched out his hands to help Pei Xingjian up.

This is Li Aoting's intelligence, although he has only been "tortured" for a month in Chang'an City, he has already been trained by his "Jin Wangfu".

Lao Wei Zheng is not an ordinary person, he is a person who has assisted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for two generations, although these two Royal Highnesses failed to ascend to the throne in the end, the rules and style in his bones are rare in the Tang Dynasty.

"This must be Song Zhuangyuan and Song Thorn History, right? Sure enough, he is young and promising, and in time, his future achievements should not be under Yao Xiang—"

"Yao Xiang" of course refers to Yao Chong, who has worked hard in Tuyuhun for three years.

When he was in Chang'an City, Yao Chong always had an attitude of learning, and successively "miscellaneous" in three of the six yamen, either Ling Shi or Wailang, the highest Langzhong who had been in the Ministry of Officials.

But when he arrived at Tuyuhun, even if he ascended to the sky in one step, he directly took over Di Renjie's original position, but he didn't interfere in military affairs.

In any case, it can be regarded as the prime minister of a country, and a "Yao Xiang" is still deserved, but the minister of the country who is less than 30 years old does not dare to think of it in Datang.

"Thank you for the praise of the second prince, there are still many places for the lower officials to learn, and they dare not compare with Yao-"

Hearing Li Aoting praise himself like this, Song Jing's heart was naturally happy, but he said modestly.

It's just that I'm almost sixteen years old, and I was praised by a nine-year-old prince as "young and promising", how can I think it's a little awkward?

Xiao Taiping followed behind Li Aoting, didn't say a word, just nodded at the two with a smile.

In this regard, she strictly followed the requirements of her mother when she was in Tuyuhun, and she came out to follow her long knowledge, and she was not allowed to cause trouble, let alone interfere in the military and politics of Tuyuhun or "Western Tibetan Road".

With Brother Ting in the way, Xiao Taiping is too lazy to take care of these things, she is really uncomfortable in the palace, it is easy to have such an opportunity, how can she not seize it?

......

"Second prince, I have already received a book from Chang'an, saying that you want to come to the 'Tibetan West Road, you don't want to arrive today, and you are still coming with Princess Taiping."

"The general has already asked the Dharma Protector to ask for the Dharma Protector of Rutoro, and when he comes, he will work with the Dharma Protector Indra to protect you and Princess Taiping's safety."

There is no way, Tang Emperor Li Zhi originally only had four children, so two of them were gathered here, and arranging two "Da Luo Jin Immortal" peak protectors was already the highest configuration that Da Tang could come up with.

"Pei Shuai is too worried, Xiao Wang and Taiping are just walking around at will, there is no need to make such a big move, besides, now that the four seas are peaceful, in the territory of my Datang, I am afraid that someone will not succeed?"

In fact, Li Aoting regretted it a little, he knew how good it was to sneak away from the palace, and the current situation always made him feel a little restrained.

Especially when he saw so many guards in the open and in the dark, it seemed that their strength was too ordinary, right?

If you really encounter any strong enemies, who will protect whom?

If you can't meet a strong enemy, isn't this arrangement too laborious and costly?

After two days in the "Western Tibetan Dao" administrative center, Li Aoting took his leave and left.

Originally, he just couldn't stand the constraints of the palace, and he had to listen to politics all day long, so he had the trip to "Western Tibet".

Fortunately, when I arrived at the administrative office of "Western Tibetan Road", not only Governor Pei Xingjian accompanied him every day, but Song Jing's deputy assassin Shi also came to greet him from time to time, and other officials, large and small, also came to visit him in various names.

Two days have passed, not to mention Li Aoting, even Xiao Taiping feels annoyed.

So, on the night of the third day, as soon as Li Aoting and his sister discussed, they ran away with Indra and Rutoro.

Of course, their whereabouts still have to be explained to Pei Xingjian, otherwise they will trap this Confucian commander in the army.

As for Xue Dingshan and his wife, Li Aoting meant that it was better to let the second senior brother arrange the itinerary by himself.

They have been married for several years, and they haven't even returned to Chang'an City, let alone go home to meet their father Xue Rengui.

Li Aoting simply took the beauty of adults, gave these two a vacation, and when they finished their own things, they could go directly to Luo Qi City to find him.

Yes, the next step is to go to Luocheng City, and Li Aoting has even asked Bai Zhen to take the first step and go to Luoqi City to prepare a large enough courtyard.

Others can not bring it, Bai Zhen and the two hundred "Lijingmen" under his command must be carried, plus the two of Rutoro and Indra, presumably this power is still enough to protect themselves.

After arriving in Luoqi City, Li Aoting first took Princess Taiping to visit Songtsen Gampo.

Now this lord of the city of Luo has long been not interested in any government and military affairs, and only wants to improve his witchcraft.

"Ancestral Witch" is impossible, but "Great Witch" is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, if you can become like those familiar great witches in ancient times, such as Hou Yi, Kuafu, Chiyou, Xingtian, etc., Songtsen Gampo is also enough.

"My nephew Li Aoting took my little sister Taiping and gave my uncle a gift—"

Li Aoting did not use his identity as the second prince of the Tang Dynasty, and now he is even a little tired of this identity, it seems that the second prince means all kinds of unnecessary trouble.

"Haha, His Majesty the Tang Emperor's sons and daughters, sure enough, one is more powerful than the other, virtuous nephew, virtuous niece, please hurry up-"

Songtsen Gampo descended to greet him, and he was even more happy that Li Aoting met him as an aunt and nephew.

Compared with the entire Tang Dynasty, Luo Qicheng is not an order of magnitude at all, and it will even embarrass the former overlord of the southwest.

However, in contrast to the gift of aunts and nephews, there are no such concerns at all.

"Before I came, the imperial grandfather told my little nephew that my uncle was a great husband who stood up to the heavens and the earth, and that my little nephew was fortunate enough to come to Luoqi City, and this first stop was to visit you—"

Everyone loves to hear the words of New Year's greetings, not to mention that Li Aoting is also pretending to be the mouth of a generation of "Heavenly Khan".

"Haha, 'Tian Khan is really overrated, if you climb a relative, the lord of this city can still call him an old man."

"It's a pity, when I was young, I only knew that I was brave and ruthless, and I fought on the battlefield, so I really should go to Chang'an City to take a look, and I haven't been able to see the 'Tian Khan's side, which has always been a contemptible regret."

Cast it with a peach, repay it with a plum, and carry it in a sedan chair.

"Uncle, the little nephew came this time, in fact, because of the mysterious disappearance of my father three years ago, I don't know what my uncle taught me?"

The polite words were almost over, and Li Aoting went straight to the point.

He didn't really come to Luocheng to visit the mountains and rivers, let alone visit relatives and friends, and the reason why he came to see Songtsen Gampo was not for his father and eldest brother?

"Virtuous nephew, say this

It's a long story, and the contemptible people also sent an official letter to Chang'an, and at the same time wrote a letter to the 'Tian Khan'."

In front of Li Aoting and Princess Taiping, Songtsen Gampo did not hide anything, and told everything about the incident three years ago.

Of course, Songtsen Gampo said it very carefully, and he couldn't stand these two children, and many of the secrets of the Wu clan didn't understand.

They are not the "well-informed" Li Zhi, where can they understand so many things in ancient times, but they heard that their father took the initiative to leave with Princess Wencheng, what can they say as children?

"Uncle, can you also let us take a look at the dungeon you mentioned?"

Since he is here, he must learn as much as he can, Li Aoting himself does not disbelieve it, or has the intention of making trouble with Songtsen Gampo, and he is not the reckless man of Lu Toro.

"There is no problem at all, but I'm afraid the result will disappoint the two of you, Pei Shuai, Lu Mojiang and others have come to see it several times, but they haven't found anything."

Despite saying this, Songtsen Gampo still got up and led the way, just as he had taken Tang Emperor Li Zhi three years ago.

The road is still the same road, and the wall is still the same wall.

Not to mention that Li Aoting's "Delusional Golden Pupil" has not been practiced at home, even if he has practiced to the level of Li Zhi, time has changed, and he will never be able to open this door again.

"There are indeed traces of my father and eldest brother coming here, and their breath was calm at that time, and I even smelled the blood of my father."

Hearing Li Aoting say this, Songtsen Gampo was stunned, and looked at the second prince of the Tang Dynasty in front of him with an incredible look.

Li Aoting didn't give any explanation, walked back and forth twice, and found that he really couldn't find any valuable information, so he had to give up.

Since then, Li Aoting and Xiao Taiping brothers and sisters have lived in a manor in the south of the city, although they are not in the city, they are better than having everything they need for daily life.

This was originally a manor built by Princess Wencheng in accordance with the style of the Tang Dynasty, and she would live in it for a period of time every year, and even the servants and maids who served in the manor were specially recruited from the Tang Dynasty.

Close the gate of the manor, and you can't even tell whether this is Luo or Chang'an.

Bai Zhen entered the city of Luo and wanted to buy a large courtyard, and Songtsen Gampo soon knew about it.

First, in the entire city of Luo, it is not easy to find a courtyard that can accommodate hundreds of people.

At that time, the Tubo people preferred to live in tents in the tribe, and the buildings in the city were more used for business, even if the so-called big families lived in dozens of people at most.

If you really want to live a few hundred people, unless there are a few palaces in Tibet.

Besides, Bai Zhen's image is attractive enough, and he has appeared on the battlefield back then, even if it is the Potala Palace in Luo Some City, Bai Zhen has not been to it once or twice.

Not long after entering the city, Bai Zhen was recognized, and soon the news was reported to Songtsen Gampo.

When he figured out the reason why Bai Zhen wanted to buy a house, he simply cleaned up the manor in the south of the city.

Anyway, it is for the second prince of the Tang Dynasty to live, and His Royal Highness the prince does not look like a resident trace, three or five months, or even a year and a half, it is not a problem to lend it to him.

My uncle has called it, and then borrowed a manor from the other party, Li Aoting didn't think it was a big deal, especially if it was a pure Tang style manor.

The happiest person here, of course, is Princess Taiping.

When she knew that all the layouts here were completely designed and arranged in accordance with the Tang Dynasty, or according to the Chang'an style, the little girl instantly fell in love with this place.

He even wrote a letter back to Tuyuhun, begging his mother to build such a manor outside Tuyuhun's "Fu Qi City".

"Wenchengyuan", a very conventional name, just reflects the ownership of this manor.

Compared with the ancient city of Luo, because it was built later, it has enough advantages in terms of land area.

A "Wenchengyuan" is expected to be one-third the size of a city, let alone live in 200 "Lijingmen", even if 20,000 people live in it, it will not seem too crowded.

The most commendable thing is that in this manor, there is no need to build any rockeries, everything is real.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, there is even a low mountain in the manor itself, Princess Wencheng named it "Nian Mountain", and also has the meaning of going to the country to nostalgia, and the highest place can reach more than 100 zhang.

On the "Nian Mountain", relying on the suitable terrain, several buildings have also been built, pavilions and pavilions, but they are the private residence of Princess Wencheng.

Further south of "Bunseongen" is a continuous snowy area, and even on top of "Nenzan", if handled properly, snow can be retained all year round.

Once settled, Li Aoting started his penance mode.

In such a quiet environment, accompanied by two people at the peak of the "Great Luo Golden Immortal", what are you waiting for if you don't cultivate?

What's more, he has an "Ancestral Dragon Sutra" on his body, and Uncle Lie once told him that if this skill is practiced to a high level, it is more than enough to win the "quasi-saint".

Is that a "quasi-saint"?

Let's ask the entire human race, how many "quasi-saints" have come out after so many years?

At this time, Li Aoting automatically ignored half of his dragon clan's bloodline, and even ignored the name of this skill "Ancestral Dragon Sutra".

Li Aoting started the penance mode, and on weekdays, he found a place to practice the "Ancestral Dragon Sutra", and every ten days, he would find Indra or Lu Toro, two "Great Luo Golden Immortals" to confirm it, and the entry could be described as a thousand miles in a day.

Li Aoting worked so hard, Xiao Taiping on the side saw it, and the self-esteem in his bones was also stimulated.

Isn't it just hard work, who can't?

As a result, the top of "Nian Mountain" was occupied by the little girl, but what she practiced was to get the Buddhist exercises from her mother, plus the "Xuanyuan Jue" passed on by her father Li Zhi, as well as the "Body Formula" and "Heart Dao".

Li Zhi's children are very interesting, and they almost accept their father's exercises, but they have their own emphasis.

For example, Li Aoting is the only one who can learn the "Golden Pupil of Delusion" and the "Technique of Turning into a Rainbow", while Princess Taiping is the most proficient in "Xuanyuan Jue" and "Heart Dao" among the few people.

Especially the "Xuanyuan Jue", originally Li Zhi intended to let the crown prince Li Shenxiang practice more, at least from the point of view of the Tang Dynasty's era, this technique is the most appropriate for the cultivation of the master.

Unexpectedly, Li Agarwood has practiced for many years, but he can't catch up with Xiao Taiping's three-year work.

Xiao Taiping is also good at the "seventy-two changes", which Li Zhi learned from Brother Monkey, and naturally passed it on to his disciples and children without reservation.

Seeing the two little masters so motivated, the two Dharma Protector Demon Generals were naturally overjoyed, if it weren't for the fact that these two were not as "curious" as His Royal Highness the Prince, the two of them would definitely offer all the exercises of the Asura.

......

The stars change, the sun and the moon are like shuttles, and more than a year has passed.

"Wenchengyuan" is more lively than a year ago, Xue Dingshan and his family are back, and there are two more figures in the practice field opened up in the front yard.

After more than a year of hard work, the eleven-year-old Li Aoting has reached the peak realm of "Taiyi Golden Immortal" half a year ago.

Through this half a year, the realm has become more stable.

The continuous penance has made Ao Ting's figure more upright, and he has half of the blood of the dragon clan, which is more robust than the ordinary human race.

The transition from the peak of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal" to the "Da Luo Golden Immortal" is an extremely important step in the cultivation, and it must not be sloppy at all.

From the people around them, whether it is Aunt Wu of Tuyuhun or Fan Lihua in front of them, they have all been stuck at the peak of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal" for many years.

These days, Ao Ting has even slowed down his cultivation and concentrated on supervising Sister Taiping on the side.

This little girl is serious, and her achievements are still above Aoting.

Also more than a year she has

After the original middle stage of "Taiyi Xuan Immortal", he came to the middle stage of "Taiyi Golden Immortal", and even caught up with the second senior brother Xue Dingshan.

"Brother Ting, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Taiping, who was showing everyone the "seventy-two changes", saw Ao Ting on the side falling into deep thought, so he asked.

"I don't know why, there are always some expressions that don't belong today, as if something is going to happen?"

The people present are all their own people, and there is no need for Ao Ting to hide it.

"Haha, Second Prince, are you now idle, and you're starting to miss the Lord and the Crown Prince again, right? Otherwise, I'll go out for a walk with you, and I heard that the snowy region in the south is even more prosperous this year than in previous years!"

After getting along for a long time, although they are still screaming from the prince and princess, Ao Ting and Taiping have long treated these two ugly and kind-hearted Dharma protectors as elders.

"Alright then, let's have Lauru's protector go out for a walk with me."

If this is in normal times, Ao Ting is really unlikely to go out, and he has been stationed in "Wenchengyuan" for more than a year, and the number of times he has gone out can be counted on one hand.

"That's it, let's go with the Dharma Protector as well, it's enough for the two of me to be here in Taiping."

Seeing that Ao Ting and Lu Toro were leaving, Xue Dingshan suddenly spoke.

He and Fan Lihua went back to Chang'an, and also met their father Xue Rengui, who had been separated for several years.

Of course, he is the second apprentice of Tang Emperor Li Zhi, and he definitely has 10,000 confidence in his master's supernatural powers.

It's just that Shizun and the prince didn't come back for a day, and Xue Dingshan's heart didn't have a bottom, and so did Xue Rengui.

Therefore, after only living in Chang'an City for a month, he was chased back by his father.

In the absence of Emperor Tang and the crown prince, the safety of the second prince has become the top priority.

......

"Second prince, let's go back first, seeing that this day is about to get dark, the little prince can't wait for you, maybe he will run over——"

After more than a year of getting along, not to mention anything else, Princess Taiping really has too much attachment to Ao Ting, her brother who is only more than two months older than her.

The snowy landscape is certainly beautiful, but at the end of the day, there is no freshness.

"Okay, we can bring Taiping and them with us tomorrow, and we can even go inside...... Well, what's that? Ah, that's the Father? And the prince's brother? ——」

When Ao Ting was about to turn around and leave, he saw three figures appear out of thin air thousands of miles away......