In the royal city of Xingzhou in Western Xia, above the palace hall, Li Deming, the king of Xiping, sat on the throne with empty eyes, listening to the privy envoy Wei Ming Langyu below gushing about the establishment of the prince, looking at the night sky outside the main hall, and was stunned.

After Lang Yu finished speaking, there were soldiers and horses Siye Li Yuqi, and the three divisions were envoys who did not hide Pang and others to persuade King Xiping to establish a son again. The lights in the main hall flickered, reflecting on Li Deming's white hair, making him even older and lonely.

Since the spiritual gate was opened in Xingzhou City, Li Yuanhao fought the evil beast Qiqi, and finally fell into the spiritual gate and disappeared, it has been a few years, although he sent people to search around, but there is no news of Yuan Hao. Princess Wei Mu Shuangyang washes her face with tears in the palace every day, how can the two of them be in the mood to have another prince.

However, the establishment of the prince is a top priority for any dynasty. In recent years, although Li Deming has worked hard to govern the country, and Song Chenliao, the Western Xia treasury is abundant, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the people are rich, but Li Deming is approaching the twilight of his life.

In the evening of that day, the ministers could no longer hold back, and under the leadership of Zhang Yuan, dozens of people, including the Privy Council and the Third Secretary, came to meet overnight to persuade Li Deming to establish another son.

At this moment, Li Deming is already in a dilemma. He fought all his life and was decisive in killing, but he hesitated again and again in this matter.

One is that the other little princes are young and weak, if they are in the sky, the mother is strong and the son is weak, the forces of the mother clan behind them will definitely intervene in the court, whether they can continue to grow in accordance with the development strategy formulated by themselves and their father, it is really difficult to say; second, Yuan Hao's life and death are uncertain, in case he returns to the Western Xia one day? If he is fine, if he is no longer alive, the old son will seize the throne and cause a palace coup, and what will be consumed is not the foundation of the Western Xia Kingdom?

He looked at the ministers kneeling below, and his gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one: Zhang Yuan. The Song people, who were reused after Zhang Pu, had lifelong ambitions and vertical and horizontal talents, and had been officials to the Zhongshu Order, but after all, they were not of my race;

Behind the famous Langyu is the largest tribal family force of the party, and the famous family plays a pivotal role and is in charge of the soldiers and horses. The Heavy Cavalry Iron Harrier Legion, with more than half of the samurai, came from the Akina family;

Yeli Yuqi, currently the first fierce general of Western Xia, and his brother Yeli Wangrong divided the left and right side of the Xiang army, and fought against the Ganzhou Uighurs and the Tubo Six Grain Department at the border pass, without defeat. The Yeli family can fight habitually, and is an important source of soldiers for the foot soldiers of the Mountain Infantry Legion. Cousin Yeli Renrong is knowledgeable, talented, and is leading people to create the Western Xia script. If the writing is created for the Western Xia in the future, the prosperity of a king will become a generational system. At that time, all ethnic groups in the party will know etiquette and music, respect the system, punish and reward, learn poetry and books, understand etiquette and righteousness, and will become an empire;

didn't hide the false Pang, the younger sister didn't hide the flying feather to marry Yeli Yuqi, and the marriage with the Yeli family was successful, and the two joined forces, and the power was in full swing, approaching the famous family.

Wei Mushanxi, the princess's maternal power, as the uncle of the dynasty, is good at scheming, and has been making friends with party nobles in recent years, if he is not there one day, I really don't know what this person will do.

Only the old brother Gao Zhanen didn't say a word, and stood silently on the side of the main hall. It's just that he is old, and his temples are gray. Since following him, Gao Zhanen has been loyal, never said much about the affairs of the harem, and never regarded himself as a sworn brother of King Xiping. It's a pity that Zhan En is not a member of our party, and he is squeezed out in the court, if it is not for his own support, his position as the commander of the Yiwei Sima Bujun is coveted by many aristocratic forces.

How can such a group of ambitious vassals rest assured? Some people have made friends with other little princes' maternal line, and they all have candidates to support the prince. Li Deming looked at the ministers in front of him arguing endlessly, and sighed silently in his heart.

At this moment, the Xuanwu treasure box beside him suddenly shook.

Since Yuan Hao disappeared, the Xuanwu treasure box shook from time to time, and the turtle and snake probed in a certain direction, signaling that another spiritual gate was opened. It's just that where it is opened, and what terrifying monsters have come out, Li Deming only knows a rough idea.

This time, the Xuanwu Treasure Box shook again, could it be that there was news of the opening of the Spirit Gate again?

As soon as he thought of this, there was a sudden "click", and the lid of the Xuanwu Treasure Box was unprecedentedly opened by the turtle and snake, and a turtle and a snake raised their heads and "hissed", pointing to the southwest.

The ministers present were arguing hotly, and they were all attracted by the abnormality of the Xuanwu treasure box, and everyone looked at it together, not knowing what heaven's instructions were for this mysterious wooden box.

At this time, a fierce wind suddenly rolled up outside the main hall, and a sharp chirp pierced the sky, and a fiery red figure rushed through the door of the main hall to the throne, which was the Chongming bird that guarded Li Deming;

Li Deming was hidden in the Xuanwu Treasure Box and escaped the catastrophe, all thanks to the protection of the Chongming Bird and the Bai Ze Beast. These two divine beasts were chosen to protect themselves, and they had already had a good relationship with Li Deming, and when something strange appeared in the Xuanwu treasure box, they were the first to notice it.

Rewarding Yu Qiaman once said that Bai Ze Beast can recognize thousands of ghosts and monsters, and the feelings of all things, and the two Rui beasts appear at this time, and they must have deep meaning.

At this time, the Bai Ze beast was already an adult, with a strong body, thick body hair, thick and powerful limbs, and came to Li Deming's side, with an abnormal "purring" sound in his throat, Li Deming wanted to touch it with his hands, but unexpectedly, the beast's mouth opened and spit out a bone pendant.

Li Deming picked it up and looked at it carefully, stood up with a "ho", looked at Bai Zemeng, and then looked at the pendant in his hand, and said with surprise and joy on his face: "You mean...... Do you mean Hao'er?"

It turned out that the pendant from Bai Ze Beast was a tooth knife pendant made of the fangs of the Shanhuang Beast, and when Li Yuanhao was three years old, he was presented with this tooth knife by Li Deming. At that time, there were two tooth knives, one each of the father and son. The one from Bai Ze Beast was dropped to the ground by Li Yuanhao before he fell into the spiritual gate, and after being discovered by Li Deming, it has been preserved to this day.

What is the purpose of Bai Ze Beast holding this tooth knife pendant at this time? Could it be that ...... Yuan Hao has news?

Li Deming looked at the Ming Bird again, the divine bird spread its wings, raised its head to the sky and chirped, Bai Ze Beast also waved its big fluffy tail, raised its head and roared wildly, the voice was deafening, and all the ministers present unconsciously covered their ears.

By this time, Li Deming had already understood six or seven points, Yuan Hao had royal blood on his body, and he was also a descendant of the Helan Mountain God, and the two turtle and snake beasts in the Xuanwu treasure box, as well as the Chongming Bird and Bai Ze Beast, may have obtained some kind of sensing and learned the news of Li Yuanhao.

Li Deming looked at the Xuanwu treasure box, pointed to the southwest and said: "Go, no matter how far away, thousands of rivers and mountains, you have to find Hao'er back for me." ”

The Chongming bird chirped a few times, and flew out of the hall like an arrow from the string, and Bai Ze Beast was unwilling to be left behind, his hair trembled, and he rushed out of the hall, and a few leaps disappeared into the night.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are here first today. The matter of the prince will be discussed another day, this king firmly believes that the prince Yuan Hao will still be in this world, and he will be reunited with this king in a few days. ”

After speaking, Li Deming didn't look at the ministers, turned around and left.

At the Devil's Eye Spring, Wu Shijiu killed Zhu Yan with the bloody blade of Jianchuan at the last moment, saving Ah Yujie's life. Everyone was stunned by the sudden change. It was a long time before people raised their arms and cheered.

Many yellow-headed warriors rushed to the big leader to help him up, and some surrounded Wu Shijiu and shouted "Baturu...... Baturu", Krigu dragged his injured body to the front, ignoring the pain in the broken left arm, his right hand held Wu Shijiu's hand tightly, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

Ah Yujie slowly walked in front of Wu Shijiu, and suddenly knelt on one knee to give a salute, but was stopped by Wu Shijiu: "The big leader is injured, don't do this, I'm just doing my best." ”

Ah Gang Jie shook his head again and again: "I thought you were just here to ask for help, but I didn't expect Engong to have such a means, you really saved the lives of all our Huangtou Hui people, Ah Gang Jie has nothing to repay, this will help you find the whereabouts of Danba grass." ”

After saying that, he bandaged it briefly, walked to the Devil's Eye Spring, fell on one knee, cut a wound on his wrist, and let the blood drip into the spring. Strange to say, with the dripping of fresh blood, the originally tumbling poisonous spring gradually calmed down, as if asleep, and no longer gushed outward.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ah Yujie took a few steps back, and put his palm-sized left ear against the ground and listened quietly. Everyone present held their breath, for fear of making a little noise that would interfere with his search for Danba grass.

"There it is!"

He suddenly raised his head and pointed in the southeast direction, and several yellow-headed warriors rushed over. No one expected that as soon as they arrived, those people trembled all over, turned into a cloud of smoke and dust, and drifted away with the wind.

Everyone was taken aback, and then they noticed that the spiritual gate in mid-air showed its outline again, hanging directly above the Danba grass hideout, and it was still not closed at this moment.

Ashina said angrily: "The evil beasts that sprang out of the door have all been destroyed, why is this gate still doing evil here!" As he spoke, he set up three thunder arrows, pulled the iron tire bow to the full, and shot towards the spirit gate with all his strength.

The thunder arrows rumbled, as if three thunderbolts sounded in mid-air, and the three arrows broke through the wind and roared away, and they were about to shoot into the spiritual gate, and everyone watched intently, not knowing what impact these three arrows would have on the spiritual gate.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the spiritual gate, and he took the thunder arrow in his hand three times, and then a naked man jumped out of the spiritual gate.

The door flickered with white light, and disappeared in a moment.

The man was about twenty years old, not tall, with lean muscles and well-defined lines. Look at the face again, even the eyebrows, high cheekbones, bright eyes, not angry and arrogant. His eyes swept from the crowd in front of him one by one, and finally stopped at Wu Shijiu, looked him up and down, and then glanced to the side, and when he saw that Zijin had not moved, his eyes stopped, and he looked at her carefully, and looked at her for a long time before turning his gaze away.

In the end, a pair of eyes stared at Wu Shijiu's mount, Da Hei.

Suddenly, he put his finger in his mouth and blew a loud and strange whistle, and Dahei immediately pricked up his ears and hissed straight for him. When he came to a place where the man was a foot away, he stopped, hesitating and refusing to step forward.

The man whistled again, the long tail note was sharp and piercing through the night sky, the big black front legs were raised, roared again and again, rushed forward and circled the man a few times, and kept stretching out his neck to smell the smell of his body, as if he had known this person for a long time, just looking for the breath in his memory.

The man let the big black circle around him, and slowly stretched out a hand. Slowly, Da Hei stepped forward to smell the smell, and after a while, as if recognizing the person in front of him, he shook his head and tailed and stepped on the spot, hissing softly, leaning his head over and rubbing it one by one, constantly sniffing the man's hands and face.

Wu Shijiu suddenly remembered that before leaving the Lingding Cliff, Liu Zizai had warned him that Da Hei was actually a black horse, an imperial mount, and if he met its real owner in the future, he must not covet the good horse of the horse, and he must take the initiative to return the horse.

With the scene in front of him, it can almost be concluded that this young man is the original owner of Dahei.

However, this man suddenly appeared from the spiritual gate, who was he and where did he come from?

Seeing that Wu Shijiu's mount was about to be taken by that person for himself, Ashinawei looked displeased and said loudly: "Hey, that wild man listened, who is his surname, report his name quickly." ”

The man's gaze was like lightning, and he swept over Ashinawei's face fiercely, and the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a hint of a smile.