Five hundred years ago, seventy-two princes fought in chaos. On the land west of Hengduan Mountain, when the last Heavenly and Human Realm Wugu Dao Venerable in the west was killed by the sword cultivator of Shujian Mountain, the nine major tribes on the grassland fell into a melee.

In this chaotic war, the Tayan clan gradually grew from an inconspicuous small tribe that survived in the cracks, and gradually unified the prairie west of Hengduan Mountain with three generations of clansmen, and established the famous Tayan Royal Court.

In the perennial struggle with the major tribes, the Tayan clan gradually cultivated the spirit of martial arts, and developed from a nomadic tribe to a small country based on agriculture and supplemented by trade. After two generations of recuperation, the advantages of the farming system were gradually reflected, and the skyrocketing population and sufficient food made the Tayan clan gradually stronger.

One hundred years later, the fifth generation of the leader of the Tayan clan came to the Central Plains to learn art for ten years when he was young, passing through Chang'an City, when he saw the prosperity of Chang'an, he was amazed, and after going back, he established Xijing City according to the appearance of Chang'an, and in accordance with the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, combined with the current situation of the grassland, carried out reforms, took the lead in changing to wear Hanfu, established the system of three courts and six ministries, implemented the imperial examination, learned Han culture, and at the same time, changed the name of the Tayan Wangting to Dachu. Nowadays, Dachu, west of Hengduan Mountain and west of Mule Mountain, is still a grassland nomadic civilization, while the north and west led by Xijing have gradually had urban civilization.

However, due to the compromise brought about by the promotion of sinicization, it also led to the constant conflict between the two major forces of the Great Chu State for a long time, the tribal royal court and the feudal lords, and the emperor of the Chu State relied on the royal blood to maintain the balance between the two forces.

When Xiao Jinyan arrived in Xijing, there was goose feather snow in the sky, shrouding the entire Xijing in a hazy snow white.

Xiao Jinyan was also shocked.

The whole Xijing City is majestic and magnificent, whether it is the design of the city wall, the urn city, or the layout of the neighborhood, it is seven or eight points similar to Chang'an City, which makes Xiao Jinyan, who has traveled all over the world, feel as if he has returned to the Central Plains. Buda was very excited to introduce the origin of this city to Xiao Jinyan, and proudly said, "In the hundreds of years since the establishment of our Great Chu Shangjing City, it has never been attacked head-on!"

Shangjing is the name of the people of Chu for the capital. Just as the Northern Zhou also called their capital Shangjing.

After handing in the paperwork, the group entered the city.

The major tribes in Xijing City, all have tribal halls, the Kupang clan hall, located just three streets north of the palace, they have already received the news that the patriarch's daughter Sun Heart will arrive in the near future, waiting at the door in advance.

The leader of the Kupang Hall is a young man, wearing the popular Hanfu in Xijing, with slightly dark skin, and a majestic momentum between his gestures.

When Xiao Jinyan was introduced, the man held his hand, pulled it to his chest, and saluted his chest, saying, "You are Xiao Jinyan?" I heard from the people of the clan that your martial arts are very powerful at the Moon Festival, and you have a chance to learn from it!"

Xiao Jinyan felt that he had a lot of energy in his hands, and the two of them had only known each other, so he had already transported his true qi, and he did not show weakness, and unloaded his true qi into the ground with string force.

The man was stunned for a moment, took a dark loss, and immediately let go of his hand, laughing, "My name is Guoyan, because my five elements are short of water, so I have a Han name Li Desert, in Shangjing, we all use Han names." ”

Xiao Jinyanxin said that even if you are short of water, naming a desert will not solve the problem, but he is a guest from afar, so it is inconvenient to comment on the name of the host, so he just smiled slightly.

"Do you Chu people all use Han surnames?"

Li Desert said, "It's all called nonsense, in Xijing City, except for the surname Caichu, other surnames can be taken casually." ”

Buda also smiled and said, "Guoyan is the hardest stone in our Kubang clan, and it is also the most powerful warrior in the Kubang clan, and now it is very famous in Shangjing City!"

Li Desert said, "Brother Buda, the first time you come to the capital, don't you also have a fashionable Chinese name?"

Buda shook his head, "The name of the grassland is very good, I don't want to go home and quarrel with Daddy because of this." ”

Although it was only a small detail, Xiao Jinyan noticed that the people of Western Chu had two different voices about the Central Plains culture.

Li Desert came to the carriage of the Heart of the Sun, saluted very respectfully, and said, "Please allow the princess to enter the guild hall to rest, the Chengxian Royal Mansion has learned the news of your arrival in the capital, and is ready to hold a banquet in the Lion Pavilion tomorrow night." ”

The Heart of the Sun, supported by the maidservant, slowly stepped out of the carriage.

Along the way, although Xiao Jinyan escorted her for several days, she rarely met the Heart of the Sun, but today she wore a Kubang costume, masked her face with a white veil, walked to Xiao Jinyan's side, and said lightly, "Thank you Xiao Daxia for escorting you all the way." ”

Xiao Jinyan nodded.

The Heart of the Sun did not stop and walked straight into the hall.

The Kupang Hall covers a large area and consists of seven or eight courtyards connected to each other, the back three courtyards are for the heart of the sun, the middle three are for the office of the hall, and the front is the banquet hall, living room and guest rooms.

Li Desert said, "Brother Xiao has escorted all the way, King Chengxian has an explanation, please be sure to attend the banquet tomorrow night." ”

Xiao Jinyan was about to excuse himself, but Li Desert said again, "You Ming people defeated us Chu people in Hengduan Mountain, and now among the government and the opposition, you are very repulsive to the Ming people, and it is not a bad thing for Brother Xiao to be able to make friends with King Chengxian." ”

At this time, the news of the defeat of the Chu army at Hengduan Mountain had already spread to Xijing, and among the government and the opposition, an anti-Ming sentiment was also spreading. However, the Chu army was defeated, its vitality was greatly damaged, and it was unable to continue the war.

Xiao Jinyan secretly thought, Xijing City is so big, and Yu Wenshuang is nowhere to be found, if he uses the strength of one person to find her traces, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, if it takes time, it is okay, if Yu Wenshuang leaves Xijing, the territory of Xichu is vast, where will he find people?

Xiao Jinyan took a short rest at the Kupang Hall, changed into clean clothes, informed Ali and the Buda brothers, and walked out.

Although it has entered winter and just snowed, Xijing City is still very lively. The entire Xijing City has 64 squares, and at its peak, the population reached 300,000, making it the largest city in Western Chu.

There are many shops along the street, and there are also roadside stalls selling people. Xiao Jinyan looked around, deer antlers, sheepskins, spices, and glass were all available, as well as tea and porcelain transported from the Central Plains, which was said to be very popular here. It's just that the Chu State has been defeated recently, and the anti-Ming sentiment of the Chu people has gradually increased, and there are not many customers in front of these shops.

Xiao Jinyan stopped in front of a porcelain shop.

On the door panel of the porcelain shop, a dragon is painted on the left, and a rainbow is painted on the right, which looks like a child's graffiti, crooked and shapeless, but Xiao Jinyan recognized that this was the contact code of Dengwen Academy.

Xiao Jinyan pushed the door in, there were very few customers in the store, and he asked, "Is there a night pot produced in the Ru kiln that has been in Zhenguan for three years?"

When the boss heard this, he raised his head, "The three-year kiln is not good, why don't you look at the five-year one?"

"Five years is too expensive, only three years. ”

The boss smiled, "The guest officer is from the Central Plains, right? ”

When he came to the back hall, Xiao Jinyan showed his identity, and when the boss saw his deputy supervision token, he said to Shi Li, "Guo Cheng, the general office of the Dengwen Academy stationed in Chu Realm, see the deputy supervisor!"

Xiao Jinyan helped him up, "Mr. Guo worked hard. ”

Guo Cheng had already made tea, and the two chatted for a while. From his mouth, I learned that some wind directions in the western capital of Chu State today, as well as some deployments in the western capital city.

"I don't know what business you have to do when you come to Xijing?"

Xiao Jinyan pondered, there are many people in the Western Chu of Dengwen Academy, but it is a private matter for him to come to Yuwenshuang, if he uses their strength, it will be a little inappropriate, and secondly, he is afraid that the action will be too big and it will be easy to be targeted by the people of Western Chu, so he said: "I'll do some private things, and find someone by the way." ”

Guo Cheng had already gotten the news and asked tentatively, "My lord, I want to find Yuwen Da...... Miss Yuwen, the daughter of the traitor?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "How do you know?"

Guo Cheng said, "The subordinates have been ordered by the capital, once they find Yuwenshuang, they will be killed." ”

Xiao Jinyan was shocked, "What?"

Guo Cheng said: "This is a secret order issued by Dean Li personally to all parts of the Dengwen Academy. ”

Xiao Jinyan was puzzled in his heart, on the swaggering mountain, what Yuwen Tianlu was dragging was done, Li Chuntie knew, he came to find Yuwenshuang, and Li Chuntie also knew, but why did his senior brother order to hunt down Yuwenshuang to the secret agents of the Dengwen Academy in the world?

Could it be that in the capital, the situation has changed? If this is the case, Yuwenshuang's situation is indeed not good, if it comes to martial arts, the masters of Dengwenyuan lurking in various places are probably not better than Yuwenshuang, but their real strength lies in the fact that they are proficient in assassination and killing people without realizing it.

"You can see Miss Yuwen?"

Guo Cheng said, "I heard from the people over there that after she left Hulukou, she lost her trace, and our people searched for her everywhere in Xijing, but they didn't get any news." ”

"If there is any news, notify me immediately!" Xiao Jinyan told Guo Cheng where he was temporarily staying, and Guo Cheng looked embarrassed, "If Dean Li knows, it will be difficult for us to do it." ”

"If anything, just push me!"

Xiao Jinyan left the porcelain shop, thinking in her heart that she must find Yuwenshuang before anyone else, otherwise with her current situation, it will be difficult to get out of trouble with her.

Yu Wenshuang, you must not have an accident, otherwise how can I explain to your father? But now, in the vast sea of people, how can I look for you?

Xiao Jinyan knew that this matter was urgent, and it was indispensable to use the power of the Gubang people in Xijing, since the Ali brothers promised themselves, with the temperament of the grassland people, they would definitely not break their promises.

Different from the cities of the Central Plains, there are many temples in Xijing, among which Tibetan Buddhism is the mainstay, and after settling in Xijing, the Western Chu people will set Tibetan Buddhism as the state religion and maintain close ties with the Tibetan tradition in the Western Regions. It is precisely because of this that in the battle of Zhaoyao Mountain, Western Chu invited the Living Buddha of Kaba in the Western Regions to come to help.

On the road, the monks looked up and could see that in the Chu State, the monks had a very high status, only under the royal family and nobles, and were on the same level as the scholars.

In the middle of the street and city, he suddenly heard someone arguing, Xiao Jinyan looked at it, and it turned out to be a few scoundrels, beating a beggar.

The beggar hugged his head and shouted, "Don't fight, don't fight, I'm a living Buddha!"

"You're a living Buddha, I'm still a dead Buddha!"

"I am the living Buddha of Kapa!"

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, he noticed that the man, dressed in tattered lama clothes, unkempt, and had no lower limbs, who was he if he was not the living Buddha of Kaba?

"Kaba Living Buddha? His old man has already been feathered, and he also gave a piece of relics from the Treasure Wild Goose Pagoda, where did you come from, a stinky beggar, you dare to desecrate the Living Buddha!"

"What??" The Living Buddha wanted to cry without tears, "If you don't die, where did you come from?"

According to the monks of the Western Regions, his Buddha body was carried back to a large number of temples by the white lion, and only half of the rope was left, but he was powerful in the Tao, and he had half a Buddha body, and after being incinerated, three catties of relics came out! Now the relics are hard to find in the world, and the Treasure Wild Goose Pagoda still relies on the relationship of the royal family to get a palm-sized piece. ”

The other said, "Let's go, talk to a stinky begger!"

"Wait!" Kapa hugged one of them on the thigh and said, "Even so, a few of you are doing well, reward a few copper plates, I'll go buy a bun, the Buddha said, do a good deed every day, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter." ”

The man kicked Kaba away and cursed a few times before he walked away.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan came to Kapa, "Living Buddha, let's meet again!"

The Living Buddha recognized Xiao Jinyan and said, "It's you?"

......

Bun shop.

Kaba had a full meal, touched his stomach, burped, and said, "Don't eat, no appetite!"

Xiao Jinyanxin said that thirty buns were lost, and he also said that he had no appetite, if he really let go of eating, wouldn't he eat the buns and go out of business?

"Master, how did you end up in such a field?"

Kaba said angrily, "Are you here to make fun of this living Buddha?"

Xiao Jinyan didn't dare to say even again, "In the battle of Zhaoyao Mountain, I admired the master's martial arts very much, I was able to witness it with my own eyes, and I benefited a lot from it. ”

Kaba snorted coldly, "I'm so angry with this Buddha, man, ten more buns!"

After a storm and clouds, the Kaba Living Buddha dissipated his anger.

Since the battle of Zhaoyao Mountain, the white lion with bad eyes dragged his lower body and ran away, the Kaba Living Buddha slept all the way, begged along the street, fled to Xijing, and wanted to take refuge in the disciples of the Treasure Wild Goose Pagoda, who expected that the other party not only did not recognize the six relatives, but also drove him out of the door, and ended up wandering on the street.

Li Chuntie's sword was too ruthless, and it directly cut off his veins, and now the Kaba Living Buddha's martial arts have been lost, like a wasted person, when it comes to sadness, he actually sheds tears.

Xiao Jinyan didn't have time to listen to his nonsense and sell miserably, the reason why he invited Kaba to dinner was because of what happened on Zhaoyao Mountain, he still couldn't figure it out, why the emperor suddenly became suspicious of Yuwen Tianlu, and with the power of Western Chu and Northern Zhou, how could he invite Kaba to take action in person?

He inquired about each other, and when Kaba heard this, he was so angry that he rubbed his stomach and scolded, "Straight lady thief, your emperor Lao'er is the most insidious villain in the world, if it weren't for his promise to build a lama temple in the capital, this Buddha would have taken action in person? Who would have thought that Yuwen Tianlu and Li Chuntie had already colluded to make a show for me and Helian Liangbi's stupid lack of look, but it was ridiculous that we were sold and counted the money for him!"

Xiao Jinyan was even more puzzled.

If this is the case, Li Chuntie and Yuwen Tianlu join forces, and these two people have no chance of surviving at all, but the two of them can obviously kill them, but they just leave them dead.

At that time, Li Chuntie's intention to kill Yuwen Tianlu did not seem to be fake, and it was not until Yuwen Tianlu said about Dingzhou that Li Chuntie changed his mind.

After letting Yuwen Tianlu go, Li Chuntie replied to the emperor, and Yuwen was ambushed, so he had that big move in the court. Among them, there must be things that he misses the unknown.

Could it be that it has something to do with that mountain?

He asked Kapadao, "Have you heard that my senior brother led the Central Plains martial arts masters to Shujian Mountain back then?"

Kaba was a little impatient, "The mantis arm is a car, and I don't measure my strength." Li Chuntie once looked for me back then, but I had seen the swordsmanship of those ascetics, so I didn't follow the trend, otherwise where would I be able to stand here and talk to you coldly?" Speaking of Li Chuntie, he scolded again, "Your senior brother led people to attack Shujian Mountain back then, and I'm afraid he didn't have any good intentions. ”

Xiao Jinyan was displeased when he heard him slander his senior brother, this guy is just a villain's heart and a gentleman's belly, but he fell into such a situation, it was also due to his senior brother, and it was not an exaggeration to say two bad things about him.

After chatting for a while, unable to ask for useful news, Xiao Jinyan took out some silver that Ali gave him and handed it to him, "Live well!"

"Why are you living?"

Xiao Jinyan was choked by his words, and took the silver back, "Life and death are fateful, so you can do it yourself." ”

Kapa said, "My appearance, even if I return to a large number of temples in the Western Regions, I am afraid that I will not be tolerated by them, originally I wanted to finish this meal, just find a place to jump down, and go to the Western Elysium." ”

"Good luck. ”

"However, now I have changed my mind!" said the Living Buddha Kapa, "I can see through it, I am afraid that this dog's day in the world will not last for a few years, I want to live, see this world with my own eyes, and become a hell on earth!"

Xiao Jinyan smacked his tongue, "You are a monk, full of foul language, why are you so resentful?"

Kaba said coldly, "If you enjoy all the wealth in the world and taste the cold eyes of the world, you will understand what I said today, otherwise you will not be qualified to judge me!"

Xiao Jinyanxin said that Lao Tzu invited you to dinner, and you targeted me with every word, which is really unreasonable. He stood up, walked to the door, pointed to the living Buddha of Kapa, and said, "Man, settle the bill, credit it to him!"

The man said, "A total of sixty Chu coins." ”

Kaba was dumbfounded, "Why don't you ask him for it!"

"I really saw it, forty buns, people didn't eat a bite, you ate it alone. He looked Kapa up and down, "Half of my body is gone, and I wonder where you stuffed so many buns." ”

Kabba said, "I don't have any money! However, I am a member of Buddhism, and I can teach you Mahayana teachings." ”

The guy said, "Doctrine is not doctrine, what are we interested in." I'll just ask, can you bear to be beaten!"