Hua Lanting asked, "What is the princess?" The daughter of Xiongnu Shan Yu, how do you know that she is the princess?"

Yuan Miao shook his head: "The princess is a title, the current Xiongnu is a country with a state religion, believes in shamanism, and respects the princess in the religion, and sits in the holy palace." When the princess was young, the daily military and political affairs were handled by the lord of the country, but when the princess grew up, she would gradually have a great say in state affairs, but she usually played a role behind the scenes. ”

"The royal daughter was chosen by a group of shamans. More than 50 years ago, when the Xiongnu first established Daqi, because of the unstable foothold, in order to appease all ethnic groups, so at that time the holy women could be foreigners, and even Han saints, but the priesthood was responsible for raising and educating them. ”

"After the political situation stabilized a little, the holy woman could only be born from the Huns. The princess can marry a man in the clan, but she must step down after the marriage. When this princess was canonized more than ten years ago, we sent a congratulatory gift in Northern Kunlun, which was the nine-sky ring around Dai Luosi's neck, so I could recognize her. She should be eighteen years old this year, and it is when she first came into contact with shamanic affairs and state affairs. ”

Hua Lanting asked, "Does her presence here have any effect?"

Yuan Miao replied: "The impact is not to be talked about, the North Kunlun is strong, transcendent, and there are no forces that dare to offend us, and we generally do not intervene in secular disputes, but we will generally be informed of any major events, you like the recent forces plan to secretly overthrow the Great Ambition, and also invited me to participate, but I don't plan to go, it is estimated that they do not expect us to participate, but they are afraid that it will cause the North Kunlun to be unhappy afterwards, and they also know that we will not ventilate the Great Ambition." ”

After hearing this, Hua Lanting said: "I heard about this, isn't it a gathering in seven days?"

Yuan Miao asked in surprise, "How do you know? This is a major event related to the change of dynasties?"

Hua Lanting told him what happened. Yuan Miao shook his head and said: "This Mongolian is too straightforward, how can it be done if the situation is not secret." However, he is also a peripheral person, and the time and place of such a major event are decided on the spot, not necessarily seven days later. What's the matter?

Hua Lanting nodded: "The dust dynasty will inevitably be turbulent because of my father's affairs, and the situation in the surrounding countries will also have an impact, there are many variables, I need to grasp more dynamics and intelligence to act well." ”

Yuan Miao said: "This is easy to do, you can participate in the meeting with the token they gave me, as for how to act, you can do what you want." ”

Hua Lanting asked: "Is this okay? Won't it bring trouble to North Kunlun?"

Yuan Miao said: "Northern Kunlun respects heaven and earth, only seeks to prove the Tao to live forever, and the rest is free of taboos and does it spontaneously." ”

Hua Lanting knew that Yuan Miao wanted to do something for himself, but he really didn't take the world and the change of dynasty in his eyes.

He sighed secretly in his heart, the same is true of the Taoism in the previous Sun and Moon Dynasty, and the Taoist teachings seem to have been somewhat deviated, focusing only on personal cultivation and longevity, which may also be one of the reasons why the influence of Taoism is gradually shrinking and Buddhism is becoming more and more prosperous.

Hua Lanting pondered for a moment and then asked, "If I don't want to participate in the conference in the name of Northern Kunlun, is there any other way?"

Yuan Miao pondered and replied: "This conspiracy involves some small countries and Daqi tribes in the surrounding area, the leading party is the Rouran State, and there are also the Tubo State and the Uighurs, the Dangxiang and the Jurchen tribes, and the Mongols you are talking about should be a subordinate of Rouran. If you don't want to use the name of Northern Kunlun, I can arrange for you to be the entourage of the representative of the Rouran Kingdom, and I don't expect them to refuse, what do you think?"

Hua Lanting said: "This is very good, so it is decided." Now tell me what that treasure is?"

Yuan Miao replied: "The treasure is in the underground palace fifty zhang below us. ”

Hua Lan Tingqi said: "The treasure is in the city?"

Yuan Miao said: "This was originally a barren mountain range, but in recent years, Daqi has continuously expanded the scope of the royal city to become what it is now. ”

"The treasure is rumored to be the treasure of the Otsuki Kingdom before the Great Qi, and was later discovered by the Hou Ye. There are two layers of treasure, the inner layer According to Hou Ye, after his transformation, only the descendants of his bloodline can open the entrance by dripping blood, and the outer layer also has a mechanism and requires people with outstanding internal strength to open. ”

Hua Lanting said: "Since you need people of the same bloodline, it seems that you don't need to protect it?"

Yuan Miao said: "There is more than one map of the treasure of the Dayue Clan, and the Hou Ye said that there were people fighting for him, and in the next few years, I also took care of a few groups of people who came here to hunt for treasures, and then no one came." I think Master Hou is afraid that someone else will find this place, it is always troublesome, maybe there are other passages or methods to open the secret treasure, but I don't know. ”

Seeing that Hua Lanting was silent, Yuan Miao hurriedly said: "Although Master Hou said that I could use the treasures of the outer underground palace if I needed it, I have never thought about it." ”

Hua Lanting smiled: "I'm not suspicious of you, I'm thinking about how to use this batch of treasures." ”

Yuan Miao asked, "Do you want me to go down with you at night to have a look, so I have a number?"

Hua Lanting said: "Don't be in a hurry first, after I have some plans in my heart after attending the party, it's not too late to go down and check." In the past few days, you will negotiate with Rouran to arrange my quota, and then I will tell you the method of treating internal injuries and hidden diseases, and you will also take the time to tell me the way of casting. ”

Yuan Miao naturally agreed again and again. That night, Yuan Miao went out to run errands, and Hua Lanting lived in the blacksmith shop.

He took a look at the situation himself, and after possessing Yue Jing, the biggest change was in his martial arts cultivation, so should he directly kill the ancient city of Zhongping in the capital and rescue Marquis Yue directly?

Hua Lanting rejected this idea, one reason is that since Yue Ye has a pre-arrangement for taking treasures, he must have his intentions, and he needs to decide the next step according to the progress of all aspects; second, according to Yue Jing's memory, his father Yue Ye is a person who is extremely loyal to the monarch and patriotic and cherishes feathers, if he really wants to rebel, then he should not agree to the extreme method of escaping from prison; the third reason is that he used Zidou to occupy a hexagram, and the hexagram shows that Yue Ye has no worries about his life in a short period of time.

In the next six days, Hua Lanting was learning casting skills with Yuan Miao, Yuan Miao really knew everything, and Hua Lanting's memory was excellent, whether he understood it or not, he first memorized it by rote, and what was lacking was the accumulation of long-term practical practice.

During the period, Hua Lanting taught Yuan Miao how to repair the dark wound as promised, Yuan Miao tried it and knew that it was really effective, and continued to ask about the follow-up way to break through the bottleneck, Hua Lanting told him that if you want to hurry, you can't go back and make the same mistake again, you must look forward, and make new mistakes if you want to make it.

Yuan Miao smiled bitterly and was speechless, knowing that Hua Lanting was pinching him, but as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would not hesitate to do it.

Hua Lanting is not unwilling to teach Yuan Miao, one Yuan Miao's secret wound still needs time to heal, the second is that he always inexplicably feels that Yuan Miao's things about treasures are a little untrue, he needs time to observe, and the third is that the method of opening up the two veins of Ren Du is much more difficult to obtain for people like Yuan Miao than treasures in this world, and he must wait for him to pay the same price.

On the evening of the sixth day, Hua Lanting went to the Sunset Banner Inn in the east of the city and found Lu Mantian.

Lu Mantian looked very embarrassed when he saw him, scratched his head and said: "Brother Hua, I made a mistake and thought left, I was originally qualified to bring people to participate in the gathering of various forces like Fang, who knew that even the quota of our boss of the Dragon Slaying Ridge Fang was topped out, you won't blame me." ”

Hua Lanting was amused in his heart, it was estimated that he was the one who defeated Boss Fang, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I can come to Wangcheng for a visit, it's worth it." ”

While Hua Lanting and Lu Mantian were talking in the house, a woman came in at the door of the inn, dressed as a warrior, looking like a dusty servant who was tired from the journey, and asked for a room when she came in, but she didn't want the inn to be full, the woman had a very big temper and the guy was so busy that he was in a bad mood with his foot hitting the back of his head, and he quarreled after a few words.

happened to Lu Xiaocui passing by, she saw that the woman was alone and haggard, and she felt sympathy for a while, and said to the shopkeeper to let the woman live with her first, and then move out when there is a vacant room.

At this time, in a mansion in the capital of the Dust Dynasty thousands of miles away, Min Shihai, the left attendant of the military department, who had only returned home after more than ten days of business trip, was angry at his son Min Wenzhu: "Why didn't you take a fancy to your sister?

Min Wenzhu said depressedly: "I didn't expect her to be so strong, just take it and leave, she pestered me to ask Yue Jing for news, I was forced to tell her about the phantom gun door I just got, who knows how ...... she is"

Min Shihai's face was cloudy, and he said: "We are separated from the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion by a wall, and Yue Mei, this girl, has been playing with Yue Jing since she was a child, and she can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart." Originally, I also planned to climb the high branches of the Hou Ye and the Imperial Party, but who would have thought that now the Marquis of Yue ......"

Min Wenzhu asked, "Is there any latest news, and how do you plan to deal with it?"

Min Shihai said: "Your Majesty has just ordered to start arresting Hou Ye's cronies in the court. With this will, there are more recitals to attack the marquis, and his voice is much quieter, Your Majesty's arbitrary action this time is really unpredictable, but I am still hesitating how to stand in line?"

Min Wenzhu said: "Why, the current situation should be very clear?"

Min Shihai said: "What do you know, the Hou Dang and some other bigwigs in the court are still watching and not speaking, if you stand on the wrong side in this turmoil, it may be a catastrophe, and wait." ”

Then he scolded again, "The problem is that your kid didn't look at Yue Mei, let her run away to find Yue Jing, in case they are together, our Min family will be speechless, and it is true that it is the Marquis of Qingyuan and his gang, and it will be light to dismiss the official and raid the house at that time." Don't send someone to look for it, you ask for leave with Shangguan yourself, and I'll take someone to chase after me immediately!"

There is a quarrel at home in the left squire of the military department, but in fact, all parts of the court are now paying close attention to the movement of this matter. Several heavyweights of the Hou Party have held three small meetings to discuss secretly, but there has been no sound from the Dongnuan Pavilion where the Queen Mother lives, and Emperor Qingyun's Qinzheng Hall has left all the excerpts in the middle, which makes all parties feel confused.

Most of the dignitaries in the court knew that although the queen mother supported the eldest son Qingyun Emperor to ascend the throne, the queen mother actually preferred the second son Xitai Wangye, even for the king of Beiyan and the king of the Eastern Qing Dynasty in the past, it was better than the eldest son.

Emperor Qingyun was obedient and introverted when he was a child, and he spoke little, and he has been weak and sickly, so he has not been liked by the Queen Mother, and now he is older this year and is more authoritative.

Although the ministers knew that the situation of the court would change sooner or later, they did not expect that it was the origin of the Qingyuan Marquis incident.

Speaking of Hua Lanting, he was urgently recalled to the blacksmith shop by Yuan Miao after dinner, and Yuan Miao said that after receiving the notice, the party would be held in an hour, and he asked him to go to an intersection with a token to wait for Rouran to represent the second prince Tuhan.

After a short time, the two sides connected to each other. Tu Han only brought an entourage, and he was surprised to see Hua Lanting so young, but Tu Han was a capable person and very deep in the city, he was very respectful to Hua Lanting in person, and did not put on the prince's pretense, nor did he ask Hua Lanting about his origin and attitude, which made Hua Lanting a little impressed by this prince.

In fact, Tu Han also had doubts in his heart, when Yuan Miao contacted him, he was noncommittal about whether Hua Lanting represented North Kunlun, which made him a little confused, but North Kunlun was unprecedentedly willing to send people to participate, although he did not publicly identify himself, which made him a little flattered, and secretly made up his mind, Hua Lanting had no opinion, if there was, he needed to meet it as much as possible, with the help of North Kunlun, whether it was open or secret, there were only benefits and no disadvantages in major events.

The meeting place is arranged in a place called Hengqin Peak on the outskirts of Wangcheng, which is usually a place for big businessmen to entertain customers for leisure and hunting, the location is very secret, and the terrain is dangerous, just like a horizontal Yaoqin.

After Hua Lanting entered the inner hall with Tu Han, the space inside was spacious, and there were already more than a dozen people sitting on the tables around it, which were the forces that conspired to jointly overthrow the rule of the Xiongnu royal court.