Chapter 18: The Western Kingdom of the Sea of Clouds (I)

The west of Yinshan is barren and sandy, and after Meng Yuan was defeated, he surrounded the north of Yinshan, preparing to go south again all the time. It's a pity that www.biquge.info in Jiangqi guarded the northern Xinjiang for ten years, stationed troops on the border, and joined forces with the countries of the Western Regions, especially the western kingdom of Yunhai, to jointly resist the Meng Yuan, and trained soldiers and horses in the internal service, and carefully trained a group of loyal and brave men, all of whom were strong in martial arts, called Jingwuwei. After Jiang Qi's death, Jiang Yingxue succeeded to the title of King Fu, and Meng Yuan took the opportunity to move, and even sent a large number of assassins to lurk in Luoyang, waiting for the opportunity to move.

The barren sand in the Western Regions is snowing in the middle of winter, and the lush grass and trees on the shore of the Crescent Lake have long since turned into ice. The magnificent West Palace is built on the mountain, standing on the top of the snow-capped mountain, and the red towers stand on the mountainside. At this moment, in the main hall of the West Palace, the ministers were already in a mess, an old man in a purple robe had snow-white temples and sunken eyes, but his eyes were blazing, and the white hair behind his back moved with the breeze in the hall. The old man's eyes looked down at the ministers in the palace like a knife, tried his best to suppress his grief, and said sharply, "It has been three months since the princess was taken away by thieves, but you have come up with a way for the widow." ”

Above the main hall, there were three ministers and five people, whispering to each other, which was extremely chaotic.

"Ashina, as a national teacher and in charge of the Shamanic Sect, do you have any news of the princess?" The purple-robed old man couldn't help but shout as he watched the crowd in the hall in chaos.

Everyone in the hall looked at the middle-aged man in a red robe next to the stone pillar on the far right of the main hall. Ashina slowly walked to the middle of the main hall with a scepter in his hand, his face expressionless.

"National teacher, you have great powers, it's been three months, don't you have any news?" Ashina was about to answer, but was interrupted by the silver-robed old man on the other side of the main hall, the silver-robed old man's face was solemn, and he said loudly, "A few days ago, the Ming envoy came to meet the king in person. It is clear that the prince of Daming intends to make friends with my Yunhai West Kingdom, and hopes to marry Princess Tongxin as the imperial concubine. You must find the princess back, so that you can get more support from the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you will resist the Mongols, and you will only be afraid of ......"

"General Tuoba is right..."Someone in the hall echoed loudly.

"Back to the king" Ashina ignored the silver-clothed old man. He walked straight to the middle of the main hall and said in a loud voice, "I have found some eyebrows, and the princess should not be in danger at this time." ”

"Not yet..."The silver-robed old man snorted coldly and asked coldly, "What do you mean by this, if you can't find out the whereabouts of the princess, you can let General Ben come." ”

Ashina glanced at the silver-robed old man, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and said categorically, "Tuoba Xingqiong, I will rescue the princess, so I won't bother you too much." "The Western Kingdom of Yunhai is located on the shore of the Crescent Lake in the west of the Yin Mountain, and controls the most lush place in the entire Western Regions. Helan, Tuoba and Helian are the most powerful in China, and the Helan clan as the founding lineage is the recognized royal bloodline of Yunhai West Kingdom, and the Helian and Tuoba clans are the two most powerful families in China since the founding of the country because of their meritorious service.

In the Mengyuan era, the western kingdom of Yunhai was invaded by Mongolia many times, and was almost wiped out at the peak of Mongolia. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Helian gradually gained a foothold in the country by virtue of his close relationship with the Ming Dynasty and the support of the national teacher Ashina. Yunhai Xiguo has been passed down to the current generation of kings for five generations, and King Helan is old, and he only has an only daughter under his knees, and he is called Princess Tongxin. The Helian and Tuoba clans did their best to compete for the heart of Princess Tongxin, so that they could take sole control of the Western Palace and control the entire Yunhai Western Kingdom.

It's a pity that before March, Princess Tongxin was kidnapped on the shore of Crescent Lake, and the whole country couldn't find her. What shocked everyone even more was that half a month ago, the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to the West Palace to ask for a marriage, and King Helan actually agreed.

"Shut up... You all shut up," King Helan suppressed the urgency in his heart, coughed a few times, and hissed, "National teacher, tell me what you know quickly." ”

"Yes," Ashina picked up the scepter and walked to Tuoba Xingqiong, walked a few steps forward and stopped, turning around and walking towards King Helan. His face was solemn, and he said in a low voice, "According to investigation, there were several palace maids and attendants accompanying the princess that day, but after the incident, these palace maids and attendants all disappeared out of thin air. ”

"This widow knows," the king of Helan lamented, "that someone must be plotting for my son's life." The old King of Helan had a trace of tears flowing from the corners of his wrinkled eyes.

"Indeed, General Ben also sent people to check, and there were no traces of fighting near Crescent Lake. Tuoba Xingqiong shook off his robe, slowly retreated to the stone pillar on the side of the main hall, and picked up a glass of wine.

"However, I sent out the mountain stone ghosts, but I found some traces in the east of the sea of clouds. Ashina moved his footsteps and walked towards Tuoba Xingqiong next to the stone pillar.

"What!" the voices of the people in the hall burst out.

"Mountain and stone ghosts are taboo in the West Palace..."

"He actually used the mountain stone ghost ..... without authorization"

"You actually sent the mountain stone ghost without passing through this general" Tuoba Xing Qiong, who was next to the stone pillar, looked angry, put down the wine glass in his hand and violently placed it on the stone slab, making a fierce collision sound.

"Shut up!" King Helan held the wooden case in front of the throne with both hands, his fat fingers trembled a little, the anxiety in his heart made him lose his previous reason, he only cared about his daughter who had been missing for nearly the day at the moment, and asked in a rough voice, "National teacher, what have you found?"

Ashina ignored Tuoba Xing Qiong's anger and continued to reply, "That day, the mountain stone ghost found the bodies of those attendants in the west of the sea of clouds, and this one. He walked quickly to King Helan and took out a gold-lettered waist card from his bosom.

King Helan glanced at the attendant beside him and motioned for him to take the token from Ashina's hand. The gold-clothed attendant respectfully accepted the gold medal presented by Ashina on the king's case. A piece of pure gold waist pendant lay flat on his case, King Helan couldn't believe his eyes, and the cold light of the three words of Jin Yiwei pierced his eyelids.

"No... This... Impossible..."King Helan looked at the waist card in front of him and said with a dumb smile.

"What is it?" Tuoba Xing Qiong saw that King Helan looked panicked, and quickly stepped forward to the desk and stared at the golden waist on the table, "Heh. Scold.. Hehehe..."A look of panic flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he hurriedly suppressed the panic in his heart, turned to Ashina in the middle of the hall and said sharply, "How could it be... Jin Yiwei..."

The words "Jinyiwei" blurted out from Tuoba Xingqiong's mouth, and everyone in the hall sighed.

"How can this be ,..."

"The national teacher must have made a mistake...."

"Isn't the Ming Dynasty about to marry us...."

”... How could they send a brocade guard to kidnap the princess?"

"The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to propose, how could the Ming Dynasty send Jinyi Wei to kidnap the princess...."Everyone talked in the palace, and their voices gradually became louder.

King Helan on the throne was panting, his face was blue and exposed, and the angry light in his eyes was firmly fixed on the brocade clothes and waist card on the case, and after the "ah", the blood in his mouth did not stop.

"Your Majestyβ€”" The people in the hall poured up.

"Everyone, disperse" Ashina hurriedly stopped everyone, not surrounding the throne.

"Someone is coming! Quickly help the king go up to the harem to rest" Tuoba Xing Qiong stood in front of the king's case, clapped his hands on the wooden case, and shouted loudly. The maid beside King Helan looked panicked and hurriedly helped King Helan who had passed out to the harem.

Tuoba Xingqiong stood in front of the king's case with his hands in his hands, his robe was hunting, he held the brocade guard waist card tightly in his hand, and looked at His Royal Highness's Ashina and sneered, "National teacher, this is what you imitated." Trying to split the relationship between my Yunhai West Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, the king must have been murdered by you. Someone came, Ashina plotted to kill the king and put him in prison. At this moment, the golden-clothed armor warriors who had been ambushed outside the palace of the King of the West early rushed in and surrounded everyone in the main hall.

The ministers in the hall fled in all directions, leaving Ashina alone to stand in the middle of the main hall. He looked at the situation in the palace with a heavy face, and said with a dumb smile, "How could I murder the king, it's you... You are going to seize the palace of the west and the kingdom of the sea of clouds. ”

"Still stunned!" Tuoba Xing Qiong's eyes were full of light, and with a wave of his right hand, he shouted sharply, "Take him down!"