The Xiangwan Mountains, located in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, are Burma, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and a small part of India. This sunset prairie is the area that was divided for the demon beasts to recuperate, in the world, it completely belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but in the Tang Dynasty, it is a land that the Tang Emperor cannot control, and it is actually a country within a country. It's just that in a world ruled by people, it is impossible to be internationally recognized, and it can only exist as a special territory of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that those monsters don't care about your international status or anything, they have enough living space and live freely, which is the best.

Xiangwan Mountain Range, naturally it can't really be mountains, there are two provinces in China, how can it be all mountains, just in the name of the Xiangwan Mountain Range, it refers to a whole source of demon beasts. If you really want to be more serious, the Xiangwan Mountain Range can also be called the source of the monster beasts of Kubita, because the emperor there is called Kubita.

Xiangwan City, which is closest to the Xiangwan Mountain Range, is extremely prosperous because of the gathering of merchants, a large number of literati and artists collecting creative materials, and even garrisoning the border army nearby all year round, resulting in the prosperity of this city, and has produced a unique cultural heritage and a unique style of life.

When Xu Qian came out of the teleportation array, he felt a strong exotic atmosphere. There are many specialty shops on the street, all of which are rare in other places. There are plants, there are some handicrafts made of animal skins and bones, and even some delicacies that monsters and humans like to eat.

According to the address, Xu Qian came to a relatively secluded and remote villa, the construction technology of this villa is very modern, but the shape is unique, the style is strange, and it is very interesting.

After ringing the doorbell, a young man came out and opened the door, and it was the young man's father, Qian Keying, who received him inside.

After showing the secret documents proving his identity, Qian Keying gave Xu Qian a subordinate salute, and then asked the young man to leave, leaving only Xu Qian and himself in the room.

In this era, the Tang Dynasty people have long been no longer the style of kneeling and bowing at every turn, only when they see the emperor will kneel, and it is enough to see a subordinate salute when they see a superior official.

"Finally waiting for the arrival of the secret envoy, I don't know what I need to do?"

Qin Zhao arranged for Xu Qian to be a secret envoy to facilitate his actions. The identity of the secret envoy is very flexible, it is not an official position, and it does not even need to enter the civil service system of the Tang Dynasty, because its essence is just to serve individuals, Xu Qian's secret envoy, that is, the personal secret envoy sent by Qin Zhao, others see it, and they recognize it as Qin Zhao, the big man.

In fact, Xiao Xu didn't know whether the money in front of him was someone from the Tang Dynasty, or Qin Zhao's person, or both, but he was more inclined to obey Qin Zhao's personal orders.

This is the backwardness of the Tang Dynasty's political system, at least Xu Qian thinks so. If the state is the emperor's, then the nature is private property, and the officials will also regard the areas under their control as their own private property. After all, the state and the nation are empty concepts, but people are real beings, so when a person is faced with a choice, he is likely to tend to take the protection of the interests of his superiors as the criterion of behavior, that is, loyalty to the individual, rather than the general interests of the nation.

"I'll get a little bit of information first." Xu Qian sat down and said unhurriedly: "Yu Hong is docking with you!" ”

"Yes, any news from the secret detectives arranged in the Xiangwan Mountain Range will be passed on to the secret investigation department by me."

"Do you know if he's alive or dead?"

Qian Keying sighed, "Alas! Since the last time the news was sent back, there has been no news, and I don't know if I am alive or dead. ”

"When was the last time I contacted you?"

Qian Keying replied directly: "On the third day of the beast tide." ”

"You don't know where it came from, and did he say he was in danger at the time?"

"At that time, he found out the news, and he was in a good mood, and he didn't mention that there would be danger, and I didn't see that he was worried, and before leaving, he said that he planned to use his privilege to enter the source again to explore information, but the next day, there was a half-crack in the life card he stored in me."

"Half-crack?" In fact, Xu Qian had never even heard of the life card, but if he directly asked the question "what is the life card", he felt that he couldn't support the lofty identity of his secret envoy, so he just asked questions about the "half-way rift".

"Yes, I also think it's strange, if he has been killed, the life card should have split in half, this is just a rift, I can only be alone."

The life card is a special spiritual weapon, it is not difficult to make, the cost is low, the role is very single, that is, it can reflect whether the natal person is still alive, and it can only reflect this, for serious injuries or coma and the like, there will be no change, so it is impossible to appear half a crack because of the injury. Fortune cards are widely used by people who secretly perform some kind of extremely risky task, especially in environments where it is inconvenient to use modern communication tools to communicate. It is impossible for Datang Telecom to install a base station or something, and the mobile phone is at most a camera and music player.

"The source, I know it, it's a legend." Qian Keying leaned back in his chair, sat down comfortably and began to tell the story.

"The demon beasts of this Xiangwan Mountain Range are divided into nine stars, that is, nine levels, and different levels of demon beasts have corresponding levels of habitat. Humans entering the source of demon beasts must obtain the recommendation and guarantee of demon beasts, for example, the human beings recommended and guaranteed by three-star demon beasts will get a three-star stone, and based on the stone, this person can enter the three-star area. The caravan is the most common human group to enter the source of demon beasts, but even the people of the caravan must have star stones, and it is also based on the level of the star stones to determine which area the merchant can eventually go to to do business. Even in the outer areas, merchants with high star stars have priority in trading. ”

Qian Keying probably felt that this secret envoy from the imperial capital didn't know much about the specific situation of the source of demon beasts, so he made a background introduction first.

"Don't worry, envoy, I'll talk about Yu Hong's situation." He adjusted his sitting posture, "When Yu Hong's grandfather was young, oh, nearly 70 years ago, he once saved a mouse and became a friend. Alas, so many years have passed, and I have heard about it, and the specific details are not clear, so I will give you a rough idea. Unexpectedly, this mouse was not an ordinary mouse, but a blue fierce rat among the demon beasts, and somehow, he went to the city where Yu Hong's grandfather was, and he was injured. Eventually, the blue rat returned to its source and years later claimed the throne of the rat king. The Blue Rat clan was originally only a five-star race, but this Blue Rat is a rare mutant, stronger than other Blue Rat Blanc, and then certified by the Kubita Demon Beast Emperor, awarded the Blue Rat the identity of a six-star demon beast, according to the rules of the demon beast, where the strongest person in a group reaches which star, then this group can also become a member of that star, so from then on, the Blue Rat clan has been promoted from five stars to six stars. ”

This Qian Keying seems to be a chatterbox, and he likes to tell stories, but Xu Qian didn't interrupt him, after all, these background information are valuable to him, although he thinks Qian Keying is too long-winded, but he still listens patiently and carefully.

"Later, the Rat King remembered the life-saving grace of the year, and sent a six-star stone to Yu Hong's grandfather, and it was because of this that the secret investigation department chose the Yu family to infiltrate the source of demon beasts. Back then, Yu Hong's grandfather was very famous for receiving the six-star stone, and news reports can be seen everywhere, after all, it was also the highest-star star stone that the people of the Tang Dynasty received from the demon beast. If it weren't for the later revision of the middle school textbook, this incident would have even been described in the textbook. ”

"Also in the middle school textbooks? Then this Yu Hong is really a celebrity. Xiao Xu said that, but he secretly shouted bitterly in his heart, Yu Hong's grandfather is so famous, but he doesn't know, it's hard not to arouse Qian Keying's suspicion!

Seeing Qian Keying's reaction, everything was as usual, and Xu Qian was slightly surprised. In fact, how did he know that Qian Keying said that there was a mention of this in the middle school textbook, and it was also a textbook from decades ago, since Yu Hong's father was secretly trained and sent to the source of demon beasts to become a secret detective, Datang removed this narrative from the textbook. And even when it appears in the textbook, it is only a word with an asterisk in the elective text, and then there is a sentence at the bottom of the page to explain that it is involved, and few young people today know about it.