The night was thick, Li Deming picked up the curtain and walked out of the king's tent, it was the middle of winter, and the cold was pressing. The sky is full of stars, the Big Dipper is hanging in the night due east, the greedy wolf star is shining, it is very dazzling, but the broken army star of the bucket handle is not to be outdone, sometimes dark and sometimes bright, echoing each other from afar. Li Deming took a deep breath, identified the direction, stepped on the thick snow, and walked towards the royal shamanic barracks.

Before he arrived, he saw a person standing in the dark, with two blue lights emitting from his eyes, it was Gesang Weiwei. Seeing Li Deming from afar, he put down the scepter in his hand and knelt down on one knee to salute. King Xiping quickly took two steps forward and held up: "Lord Gesang is exempt, why are you staying here in the middle of the night?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister knows that you are coming, and he is waiting here. ”

"Oh?"

"Forgive the old minister for daring to guess, at today's court meeting, the king has seven points of excitement about the matter of moving the capital, but he has three points of hesitation. ”

"You and the old Venerable Yu are both old ministers that this king relies on, and this king doesn't want to see you quarrel. Disagreements could have been resolved through communication. ”

"May the king of Xiping teach that the weather is cold, and the king will speak in the tent. ”

Gesang Weiwei made a gesture of please, and the two of them walked in the direction of the shamanic church. After entering the church tent, Li Deming was stunned. A huge sand table was placed in the entire tent, almost filling the tent to the brim.

The sand table is divided into the territories of the Western Xia, Uighurs, Tibetans, Dali, Khitans and Song dynasties, which are distinguished by six colors. Each piece of land is very exquisitely made, even the desert, mountains, forests, and rivers are outlined, and it looks lifelike.

Li Deming stood in front of the sand table, and when today's territory was clear at a glance, he couldn't help but nod secretly: This shamanism really has something extraordinary.

Gesang Weiwei said something in his mouth, and waved his hands violently to the sand table. Those deserts, mountains, and rivers seem to be alive, and if you look closely, it seems that there are still little people moving back and forth.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the land of the Five Prefectures of Western Xia. ”

Gesang Weiwei gently wiped his hand above the territory of Western Xia, and groups of party members appeared on the sand table, some hunting and chopping wood in the deep mountains, and some cultivating and grazing along the Yellow River, and their lives were leisurely. Suddenly, an army came from the direction of Ganzhou and rushed into the party tribes, and in an instant the blood of the party was flowing like a river, and the mourning was all over the field.

Li Deming was shocked and said, "Why is this?"

"This is the Tubo Six Grain Department led by Pan Luozhi, has the king forgotten what happened to the first king and then the prince?"

Li Deming's chest rose and fell, and he said loudly: "The death of my father, this king will never forget, and the party members have a deep enmity with the six grains of Tubo. ”

Gesang Weiwei said: "Yes, this is the last battle of the first king. As the saying goes, I don't offend anyone, but people offend me. We wrote down this account for him. ”

Then, he stretched out his hand to the Khitan territory and waved it lightly, only to see the heavy cavalry all over the mountains rushing towards the direction of Helan Mountain, burning and looting all the way, the Western Xia soldiers and civilians fought bloodily, but the enemy was outnumbered, and seven or eight of the ten party members were killed.

Li Deming said in a trembling voice: "My father and I have been vassals to the Liao State for generations, why would the Khitans invade the territory of my Xia Kingdom?"

"Your Majesty, there is no eternal vassal relationship between kingdoms in this world, only eternal rights of interest and disposition. Sooner or later, the strength of Western Xia will arouse the vigilance of the Khitans. But what's worse is that we are ...... in the belly and back."

As he spoke, he waved on the map of the Song Dynasty again, only to see that in the area of Sanchuankou, which borders the Song and Xia, there were swords and soldiers everywhere, and there were many wars. After the war, the Song Dynasty closed its borders and cut off trade and commerce, making life even more difficult.

At this time, a large number of horse teams came from the direction of Dali and threw them into the Bianliang area of Tokyo, and these war horses were continuously transported to the Song-Xia frontier, and the defense of the Song Dynasty was layered on top of each other. Subsequently, the entire sand table came to life, and all forces almost surrounded Western Xia.

Li Deming looked at it in a cold sweat: "May I ask Lord Gesang, is this the future situation of my Great Xia Kingdom?"

Gesang Weiwei nodded, his blue eyes stared at Li Deming and said: "Your Majesty, although the party members can fight habitually, but they are so exposed to the enemy, how many people in the world have the ability to turn the tide?"

Li Deming was silent, and only said after a while: "In this way, it is imperative to move the capital, otherwise, if you lose your strategic position, you will have endless troubles in the future." ”

Gesang Weiwei knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists with both hands: "Wang Shangmingjian! Only by conforming to the time of the day, then occupying a favorable terrain, and winning the hearts of the people, can we remain invincible in the future competition." For the big things, you must not stick to the small sections, the king is the descendant of the Tuoba royal family, and then he will be able to achieve a hegemony. ”

Li Deming nodded and said, "Thank you Lord Gesang for your hard work, this king has already taken care of it." ”

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Li Deming walked out of the church tent and walked in the direction of Wujun Hall. Because there is another thing lingering in his heart: Will the relocation of the capital cause a catastrophe in the end?

In the past, the Wujun Hall was always brightly lit, and the big maid would personally order the disciples to recite incantations and practice witchcraft, but today, the entire Wujun Hall barracks were silent, only the faint candle flame in the hall was lit. Li Deming walked to the door lightly and coughed deliberately. There was an old man's voice from inside: "Your Majesty, the old slave is doing it, please forgive the old slave for not being able to meet it from afar." ”

Li Deming smiled, walked into the hall, and was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him: dozens of wizards in the hall were sitting on the ground, with two hands on the shoulders of the people next to them, forming a circle. The man sat in the middle admiring the feathers, and his long gray hair almost hung down to the ground. Looking past by the candlelight, the old wizard's face turned pale, and it seemed that the wrinkles had deepened. In front of him lay a wooden box, and everyone swayed and whispered softly to it, as if to say some kind of incantation.

Li Deming felt that he seemed to have come at the wrong time, and asked with a little embarrassment: "Old Venerable, did I disturb you?"

"No, no, the king, the old slave knows that the king is coming tonight, and I hereby divinate a hexagram just now, please see. As he spoke, he opened the lid of the wooden box, and in the faint candlelight, a turtle poked its head out of the wooden box, and on its back, there was a white snake, the snake's eyes were red, and the black letter was uncertain, and it looked particularly terrible at night.

"Ah, Old Venerable, is this the Turtle and Snake Intention Xuanwu?" Li Deming looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't hold back his curiosity.

"Your Majesty, this is the ancestral treasure of my Xixia royal family, the Xuanwu Treasure Box. Just now, the old slave asked them to go to see Sihu Jiabo and asked some things about spiritual reincarnation. ”

Hearing this, Li Deming couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, this is the purpose of his coming here tonight, Sihu Jiabo is the Helan Mountain God in the Western Xia language.

"Old Venerable, this king would like to hear about it. ”

"Your Majesty, the old slave has the courage to ask, what is the name of the party that the first king gave you?"

"Like Padonma. ”

"Do you know what the name means?"

"The first person is the first person, and my father is to let me not forget the great cause of the rejuvenation of the party. ”

"This is just one of them, Your Majesty. Yu Qia's eyes flickered, and he raised his head, as if he remembered something a long time ago.

"Back then, the mountain god of Helan Mountain once turned into a rider to find his successor. When he came to the land of Liangzhou, he met a local goddess, and the two fell in love and gave birth to seven boys. When he was born in the seventh place, an auspicious star suddenly appeared in the sky, shining brightly and shining day and night. When the astrologers of the Central Plains saw this, they quickly reported it to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, saying that this astrological sign indicated that a new son of heaven would appear in the west, and that he had already descended into the world. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately sent the general Cao Bin to lead the army to the Liangzhou area to find it, as long as it was a boy under the age of two, all the boys were caught and killed. The child's mother lost her powers after giving birth, so she stuffed the child into a wooden box, filled the box with a snake and a turtle, and hid it in the grass in the wilderness. But something strange happened, and immediately many heavy birds flew from the sky to protect the boy, and a suckling white Zerui beast arrived from afar and knelt down to feed the boy. In this way, the child escaped the emperor's pursuit and was adopted and raised by Li Jiqian, the leader of the party. Now, he has become the king of Xiping. ”

Li Deming heard the "ah" sound here, and it took a long time to come to his senses: "Old Venerable, you mean, do you mean that this king is ......"

"Yes, O king, thou art the son of the god of Helan Mountain, and the name of Padonma is the name of Padonma, which your mother gave thee. It is to remember that no matter how much success you lead the party members to establish in the future, and protect the people under Helan Mountain, you must never forget it in your life. ”

"What the old Venerable said is very true, protecting my Helan Mountain is to protect my party's people, and this king will never dare to forget it. As he spoke, Li Deming set his eyes on the wooden box in front of him and said, "Could it be that this is the wooden box I hid in back then?"

"Yes, the king, when the goddess put a turtle and a snake, he asked them to tell the god of Helan Mountain, asking him to protect his son, because they had seven children together, and only this one will grow into a generation of masters in the future. ”

"That'...... What about the other six?"

"Pan Luozhi of the Six Valleys of Tibet, his younger brother Duodu, the Uighur Khan of Ganzhou fell at night, the Tubo of the Qingtang Dynasty bullied Nanlingwen, the Venerable Fantong of Dali Zantuo Temple, and Duan Suzhen, the Emperor of Dali Zhengzhi, they and the king and his descendants or friends or enemies, these are all later words. ”

"No wonder some people are fighting endlessly with our party members, it turns out that there is such a bad relationship, how should I deal with it? ”

"Your Majesty, today the old slave heard the suggestion to move the capital, and knew that the king had actually made up his mind, and what Lord Zhang Pu said was indeed reasonable, and the old slave had just used the Xuanwu treasure box for divination, and he had also learned the will of heaven. ”

"Oh?

"Providence is hard to disobey! Your Majesty, Western Xia will inevitably become an empire. But there are pros and cons to everything, after moving the capital, the dragon vein is uprooted, the reincarnation of the spirit world of 999 years is bound to come, and the demons and ghosts of Helan Mountain will also pour out, you and Prince Yuanhao must find nine psychic messengers, gather the power of the nine spirits, seal the spiritual gate, and protect the people of Helan Mountain from the disaster. ”

"Psychic messengers? Who could that be? Do you know about them now?"

"Your Majesty, tonight the old slave gathers the power of all the wizards in the Wujun Hall, that is, to cast a spell to let our souls take the first step, to explore the danger of every step in the reincarnation of the spirit world, this spell will take nine days, please send troops for us to garrison. ”

"There is no problem with this, this king will immediately mobilize the elite to protect ......"

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, your majesty, there are two divine beasts, please take care of them carefully, they are equivalent to your reborn parents, they are the divine beasts that protect my Xixia Dynasty, and they will be of great use in the future." ”

As he spoke, there was a whistle from the hall, and a chirp that pierced the night sky suddenly came from outside the hall, and Li Deming walked out of the hall and saw a big bird falling from the sky. The bird has a fiery red body, a golden tail, and its wings can be spread four feet away, and when it lands, it rolls up snowflakes in the sky. The big bird had two eyes on each side, and its gaze was blazing, like a red phoenix.

Immediately afterwards, a white figure jumped over the fence and jumped into the courtyard, making a "hiss" sound, the beast's body was like a lion, but there were two horns on the top of its head, four claws were very thick, and a big fluffy tail was flicked around, seeing Li Deming, a vertical leap came to him, gently rubbed his shoulder with his head, and made a gurgling sound in his throat, which seemed very intimate.

"Your Majesty, this is the Chongming Bird and the White Ze Beast that you have destined to follow. This heavy bird flies thousands of miles every day, can fight fierce beasts, and scare away evil spirits. The white beast can recognize thousands of ghosts and monsters, and understand the feelings of all things. However, this Bai Ze is still young and has not cultivated to that point, but it is more than enough to protect the king with the Chongming Bird. In the future, to complete the closure of the spiritual gate, these two divine beasts have a huge responsibility. The old slave is away for nine days, please take care of yourself, your majesty. ”

Li Deming stroked Bai Ze's head, and when he turned around to look at the hall again, a gust of wind suddenly rolled up, and the door of the hall slammed shut, locking the wizards in the hall. Li Deming wanted to say something more, but he heard the sound of humming spells in the hall suddenly loud, thinking that it should be that Yu Qiaman and others had begun to cast spells. He didn't want to alarm too many people, so he waved his hand at Chongmingniao and Bai Ze, and the two divine beasts understood and quietly went their own way. Walking out of the compound, Li Deming beckoned the guards to strengthen their vigilance, and then walked straight to his tent.

Wei Mu Shuangyang had already heated the prepared wine and food twice, but Li Deming did not come back. Seeing his son Li Yuanhao sitting at the table with his little face in his hands, his eyes were heavy, and he almost fell crooked several times, but he tried to open his eyes again, and he couldn't bear it in his heart: "Hao'er, you go to sleep first, you can see your father early tomorrow morning." ”

Although Li Yuanhao is only three years old, he is born with ice and snow intelligence: "No, I'm afraid that my father will go to the tent early tomorrow morning, he is so busy during the day, I can only see my father at night." ”

"Who cares so much about me?"

As soon as Li Yuanhao's words fell, a loud voice came from outside the big tent.

"Father......" Li Yuanhao immediately pounced on the curtain when he heard the voice, and a tall and burly figure flashed in, it was Li Deming who returned from stepping on the snow. He picked up Li Yuanhao and threw it high, making his son giggle. Wei Mu Shuangyang on the side hurriedly came over to take off the big hat for him and beckoned the two of them to enter the table.

"Father, you haven't told me the story you encountered on the way to the Song Dynasty this time, and the queen mother said that you are so powerful that you killed two monsters. Li Yuanhao was eating the mutton handed to his mouth by his mother, while staring at his father with a pair of big eyes.

"Come, this is the gift I brought to Hao'er when I went out this time. As he spoke, Li Deming took out a pair of long fangs from the leather bag on his waist, which was the first Shanhuang beast fangs that he killed.

Li Yuanhao took the two fangs and stroked them with great curiosity: "Father, is this the tooth of the monster?"

"Well, this is the fangs of the mountain yellow beast, extremely strong, the sharp teeth are extremely sharp, and your Uncle Liu Renqiao's war horse was bitten to death by this pair of fangs. ”

"Ah, my father can kill such a powerful monster, and my father is ten or a hundred times more powerful than him. Li Yuanhao said, showing an admiring look.

"For you, do you like it?"

"I like it!" Li Yuanhao plunged into Li Deming's arms, sprinkled for a while, and raised his head again: "Father, I only need one, the other for you, and one of us can wear one." As he spoke, he handed another fang to his father's hand.

Wei Mu Shuangyang happily touched his son's head, and just wanted to praise him for being sensible, when he suddenly heard a person outside the tent laugh. The laughter seemed to be far away, and it seemed to be close to the ears, and the laughter made people's hearts very frightened. Wei Mu Shuangyang's face changed in fright, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Who is so bold that he dares to come to the king's tent in the middle of the night to spread wildness!"

Li Deming was not surprised, he was very calm, holding the sword on his waist with one hand, and signaling his wife to be optimistic about Yuan Hao with the other, he slowly stood up, took a deep breath and said loudly outside the tent: "Where is the master visiting, Li Deming, the king of Xiping, has lost his welcome and is rude." ”

The man suddenly stopped laughing, and there was a deathly silence inside and outside the tent. Wei Mu Shuangyang hugged his son tightly in his arms and wrapped Li Yuanhao in his coat, as if he was afraid that he would be taken away. But Li Yuanhao was not afraid at all, a small hand tightly grasped the fangs given to him by his father, like holding a sharp blade, staring vigilantly at the curtain.

Suddenly, the three of them only felt a flower in front of them, and a gray shadow rushed from outside the tent, so fast that people didn't have time to distinguish it. Li Deming reacted quickly, and the cold light of the sword in his hand flashed and stabbed at the gray shadow, who knew that this sword stabbed out, it was like stabbing into the air, the gray shadow did not dodge or dodge, and stood between the three of them in the blink of an eye. Li Deming's hand holding the sword was too late to retreat, and with the other hand, he picked up the Shanhuang fangs handed to him by Li Yuanhao and plunged them directly into the throat of the other party. said that it was too late, and then it was fast, and I saw that he wrapped the sleeves of his robe, wrapped his arm around Li Deming and pulled it back, Li Deming couldn't hold his strength, and the whole person was taken and thrown out.

But he was brave and resolute all his life, fought more than 100 battles in his life, killed countless enemies, and the blood of a warrior flowed in the body of the party member, between the lightning and flint, Li Deming used his sword to touch the ground, and with the power of this throw, his body drew a semicircle in mid-air, and turned around, and the fanged dagger in the other hand stabbed forward and went straight to the back of the gray shadow's head.

Seeing that he was about to stab the gray shadow, but unexpectedly, the gray shadow flickered, and there was no trace in an instant, Li Deming's stab could not be contained, and he was about to hurt his wife and son, he was in mid-air, and there was no way to borrow his strength if he wanted to hold it back, just in the middle of this moment, he suddenly felt that his feet were being dragged by someone, and the fanged dagger handed out stopped less than an inch in front of the mother. Suddenly, the tent was so quiet that it seemed that a needle could be heard.

"Hahahaha, King Xiping, are you going to kill me?"

Li Deming turned around and withdrew his sword, blocking in front of his wife and son. He had never seen such a fast man in his life, and when he knew that he had encountered a hard hand today, he quietly put his other hand behind his back, motioned to his wife to take his son first, and tried to block the other party himself.

By the candle flame, the three of them saw the gray shadow clearly, it turned out to be a gray-robed Taoist, only to see him holding a dust, diagonally carrying a sword, his face was like a full moon, his square face was wide, and the long black hair under his chin was floating on his chest, and he was born with fairy wind bones.

The Taoist priest laughed and arched his hand at Li Deming: "Yuan Shuren, a wild man outside the party, has seen King Xiping, and he came uninvited, and he hopes to forgive his sins." ”

Li Deming was shocked, he had heard the name of Yuan Shuren, it was rumored that he was the descendant of Yuan Tianshi, who could know astronomy and geography, and knew the future, but he just heard about it, and he didn't want to meet a real person today. At the moment, he made a shallow gesture and arched his hand: "I don't know what you have to do when you come to this king's tent today?"

Yuan Shuren looked up to the sky and snorted: "King Xiping doesn't seem to welcome Poor Dao, no wonder, Poor Dao came abruptly and presumptuously, disturbing the reunion of the king and his family, and apologized here first." ”

Li Deming waved his hand: "Dao Commander doesn't need to be too humble, the Yuan Celestial Master is famous, this king has already heard of it, but Dao Chang has always lived in the Central Plains, why did he suddenly come to my Great Xia Kingdom Lingzhou King Tent? If it wasn't for the Dao Chief's amazing divine power just now, with my rough hands and feet, if I hurt the Immortal Chief, wouldn't I hold a grudge for my life?"

"Eh......", Yuan Shuren smiled and waved his hand: "Needless to say polite words, Poor Dao came this time to borrow someone from the king." ”

"Oh, I don't know who the chief wants to borrow, as long as this king can do it, it will be fulfilled. Come, let's sit down and have a couple of drinks, and talk slowly?"

"Let's skip the red tape, thank you for your kindness. Poor and courageous, I want to borrow the little prince's fifteen years, I don't know what the king wants. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Li Deming and his wife changed together, they never expected that the other party would come at Li Yuanhao, Yuanhao is the little prince, and he poured all the sustenance and hope of Li Deming and his wife, how could he casually give it to others.

Li Deming was already quite unhappy at this time, and snorted heavily: "For the sake of Yuan Tianshi, even if the Taoist chief wants to borrow a city from my Great Xia Kingdom, this king is not that narrow-minded person, as long as it is harmless to my party and people, this king can call the shots." But Yuan Hao is my own flesh and blood, and he will still shoulder the great cause of rejuvenation in the future, not to mention borrowing you for fifteen years, even if it is an hour, not a moment, the Taoist chief, please take care of yourself, and I will not send it far. ”

As he spoke, Li Deming looked displeased, stretched out his hand, and never looked at Yuan Shuren again.

"Alas...... It is said that the king of Xiping is bold and informal, and he took the liberty to come here. It's a pity that on the day of the relocation of the capital, the dragon veins were uprooted, and demons and evil came out, and at that time, there was no one in your Tuoba royal family who could save the overall situation, but it was a pity, a pity, a pity, a pity, a pity, ......a pity,

Yuan Shuren said three pities in a row, and as soon as he shook off the dust, he was about to turn around and leave. Li Deming was originally very annoyed by his unreasonable demand, and when he heard him say, "On the day of moving the capital, the dragon vein was uprooted", his heart sank, and he opened his mouth and said: "Wait! How did the Taoist know about the reincarnation of the spiritual realm?"

"Hey...... What am I doing? The wind was already filled with the smell of demons and ghosts, and when I smelled it, I found this place. As he spoke, Yuan Shuren pointed to the fangs of the mountain yellow beast in Li Deming's hand: "The king thinks, where did this mountain yellow beast come from?"

"This king heard from the old wizard that the appearance of this mountain yellow is just a harbinger. ”

"Yes, Shanhuang is just the beginning, Poor Dao has already surveyed the famous valley of Helan Mountain, and before the king killed this beast, dozens of Dangxiang clansmen had been killed by it. Although the king killed Shanhuang this time, but it won't be long before the monsters such as Qiqi, Bi Fang, Xiangliu, and Hanqi come to the world through the spiritual gate, and your Great Xia Kingdom will become a place of purgatory, and the party people are living in dire straits, and there will be no way to return to heaven at that time, and the king can think about this section. ”

After hearing this, Li Deming couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, Yuan Tianshi could know the future, and now his descendants were standing in front of him, talking about the impending disaster, which made Li Deming believe it a lot. But the other party's request was too unreasonable, and he actually wanted to borrow Yuan Hao for fifteen years. How can you lend your own flesh and blood to others casually?

"This king believes that what the Taoist chief said is for the sake of my Great Xia Kingdom, but it is just ...... It's just Hao'er......"

"Hahaha, King Xiping doesn't have to worry, Poor Dao lives in Tayun Nunnery at the foot of Helan Mountain. The little prince of Yuan Hao followed me to eat and live there, for fifteen years, poor Taoism taught him some martial arts spells, not seeking to penetrate the heavens and the earth, but to seek a critical moment, to save the party and the people from fire and water. If the royal couple misses it, they can come to visit it once every five years. ”

"This ......" Li Deming and his wife glanced at each other, thinking that this person would be properly arranged without saying anything, and he didn't know whether he was friend or foe, and before he had fully gained his trust, he would take Yuan Hao away, and this trip would be fifteen years, who could stand it?

"Dao Chief, how about I discuss this matter with the lowly insider?"

Yuan Shuren squinted, shook his head and pinched his fingers, and suddenly pointed to the door of the big tent: "Show up!"

Outside the big tent, a burst of smoke suddenly rose, and after the smoke passed, a one-horned rhinoceros spewed rough air, grinding its four hooves and shaking its head and tail and rushed into the big tent, and came behind Yuan Shuren.

"King Xiping, the stakes are very high, when it is broken, it will ......be broken" As soon as the words fell, Yuan Shuren swept the dust, and two zhang away, Li Yuanhao actually flew out of his mother's arms.

"Father......" Li Yuanhao floated in the air, struggling desperately, but he was only three years old, and his strength was too small to break free from the other party's spell.

"Hao'er ......" Li Deming shouted, and was about to reach out to grab Yuan Hao, when suddenly the gray shadow flashed in front of him, Yuan Shuren picked up Yuan Hao, who was already sitting on the back of the rhinoceros, the one-horned rhinoceros roared, spread his hooves and rushed out of the big tent, and when Li Deming and his wife rushed out of the tent, Yuan Shuren had already disappeared.