The sky is blue, and a river meanders through the vast grassland, like a jade belt.

The river that has not thawed for a long time carries the cold of melting snow in the mountains, there are eagles in the sky, and a herd of wild sheep buries their heads in the water, their ears are up, and they are vigilantly watching not far away.

There are white tents there, and the steppe warriors with swords and bows stand proudly, which is the royal tent of the Turkic Khan.

On weekdays, if this group of wild sheep dares to come close here, shepherds on horseback have already come up to hunt them.

But today's Turkic camp is quiet, and the steppe men who should be galloping on horseback are also completely silent, making the already empty steppe even more lonely......

It was obviously a good blue sky, but a cloud seemed to hang over everyone's hearts.

Recently, there was a small news circulating among the upper nobles of the Turkic royal court that the Turkic Tuobo Khan was seriously ill and would die soon.

In order to ensure that the Turks would not be in turmoil, the Khan strictly ordered the nobles of all tribes not to spread the news, and explicitly ordered the wolf to ride to guard the Khan's tent.

They glared at every pedestrian who dared to approach with the ferocious eyes of a jackal, and no one was allowed to get closer, and those who violated the order were directly beheaded.

Except for the Great Khan's Kohtun, no one could see the Great Khan.

But today, the Great Khan once again passed on his will, and let his son Anluo enter the tent to meet him, and with him to receive the audience, there was also the Great Khan's Kedun, the nineteen-year-old princess of Zhou.

The Great Khan's tent was not large, and it looked like the dwellings of ordinary herdsmen, and if it weren't for the many Turks in armor and swords standing outside, there would be nothing out of the ordinary.

The daughter cleaned up her appearance, and calmly crossed the dangerous sight, and her calmness was different, as the son of the Great Khan, Anluo was very worried in his heart, since his father became the Turkic Great Khan, their father and son actually had a lot of estrangement invisibly, on the one hand, Tubo Khan, as the Great Khan of all Turkic people, had to uphold a fair position, so he deliberately alienated his son, on the other hand, Anluo knew very well in his heart that compared to him, his father was actually more inclined to let Daluo become his successor.

Alienating him and marginalizing him will be more conducive to the future of Da Luo's ascension...... As a member of the Ashina family, Anluo could accept all kinds of encouragement from the Great Khan, and could accept all the orders of the Great Khan, but as a son, he could not accept his father's indifference and ruthlessness to him.

Could it be that the Khan was born to be a great lawyer?

Why?

Just because he is the son of the Khan of the Wooden Pole? Just by virtue of the wooden pole Khan is the greatest Khan of the Turks?

So what did my father mean by suddenly asking to see him at this time? Could it be that my father has changed his mind?

Anluo looked sideways at Kedun, as if trying to see something on the woman's face, but the ending was destined to disappoint him, she held her head high, and there was no flaw in her delicate makeup.

They stopped in front of the tent, and because of the Khan's special instructions, there was no one to stop them all the way, and the guards glanced at them coldly, and then bowed respectfully, and said angrily: "The Khan has been waiting for you for a long time, please come in." ”

Ke Dun nodded, and out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the shadow of a person in the tent, she blinked, and asked gently, "There are other guests in the Great Khan?" ”

"It's Zen Master Yulin," the guards looked at each other, and one of them said, "The Great Khan has been listening to Zen Master Yulin explain the Dharma this morning. ”

During his reign, he successively sent envoys to the Northern Qi to obtain Buddhist scriptures such as "Pure Name", "Nirvana", "Huayan", and "Ten Recitations", and ordered to build a pagoda in the grassland, and even fasted and received precepts in person, which can be seen in his piety.

As a monk sent by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yulin's Buddhism is exquisite, and it is common for him to love to talk to him.

Qianjin lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes were as thick as a curtain, and she bowed to the Great Khan at the door of the tent, and said coquettishly: "The concubine pays homage to the Great Khan." ”

At this time, Tu Bo and Yulin were chatting fascinated, and Yulin saw Ke Dun coming in, so he was busy trying to get up, but was pressed by Tu Bo:

"Master don't be anxious, let's talk first," Speaking of this, Tu Bo's eyes motioned for Ke Dun to sit aside first, and then said: "Just now the master talked about karmic retribution, and talked about the six realms of reincarnation, I have some doubts here, like my status...... For example, the Great Khan and your emperors of the Central Plains have killed more and more people, will people like us suffer retribution after death? ”

Yulin smiled: "Naturally not, whether it is the Great Khan or the King of the Central Plains, they are all true dragons, no different from gods!" The Great Khan needs to know that the ruler of the people, the luck of the whole country is added to one, and the gods and ghosts cannot invade it, let alone the karma of the mortal world. We in the Central Plains often say that the Son of Heaven has virtue and lives in it, what is virtue? Defending the frontier so that the people are not violated and living and working in peace and contentment is virtue, and killing people is a last resort made by the Great Khan in order to protect the people of the country. ”

Yulin is worthy of being a person who has read all the scriptures thoroughly, and after some explanations, he is actually harmonious and self-consistent, and he is quite convincing, and the Tuobo Khan immediately changed his worried face and became happy again:

"So, no matter where the rules are not binding on my head?"

When the Khan is old, he is afraid that he will kill too much and will not be able to go to the Western Elysium, Yulin has already figured out the mind of this Turkic Great Khan, so he naturally will not contradict it, and can only bow his head.

The Khan was so happy that he waved his hand and didn't know how many stupas he would send out. It wasn't until the Yulin monk retired that he reluctantly moved his gaze back, and fell on his beloved wife and son, the two listened to them tell a lot of Buddhist allusions, and were just about to say a few auspicious words according to the cat and the tiger, but the Tuobo Khan spoke first: "You are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time, just right, I want to arrange the aftermath, you all listen." ”

Qianjin and Anluo both stiffened, and if they really listened to his words, they sat still obediently, and the palm of the bowl khan rubbed the sandalwood rosary in his hand, and sighed melancholy:

"As you guessed, my time is running out. I used to have some ideas, but I thought that I might be able to last a long time, so I didn't say it, and I dragged it until now, and now, I can't delay it anymore, it's time, and I want to explain many things to you first...... First of all, there is the question of who will inherit the throne of the Turkic Great Khan after my death. ”

Anluo's body trembled, and the Tuobo Khan sighed, but as if he didn't see it, he said quietly:

"At the beginning, the Great Khan of the Wooden Pole could directly help his son Da Luo to be the Great Khan, but the Great Khan of the Wooden Pole did not, he passed the Khan throne to me, and before he died, I swore that after I died, I would let the Great Luo sit on the Khan Throne. The Great Khan of the Wooden Pole is my brother, he raised me and helped me to be the Great Khan of the Turks, and he has a great kindness to me! I swore a poisonous oath that I would do it! ”

Anluo's face gradually turned pale, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably, and although the Tuobo Khan couldn't bear it, he didn't mean to change his mind in the slightest, he paused for a moment and added:

"Child, this position should be Da Luo's convenience."