"High Priest!"

The priests are a special group, not belonging to any tribe, preaching and edification according to the will of the wolf god, and the high priest is the spiritual leader of the steppe, although he has no real power to restrain the tribal chiefs, but enjoys high prestige among the herdsmen.

The high-ranking high priest pretended to be a messenger attendant, fortunately, Xingxia was quite kind, and once said that it was his elder, and Gao Yuan gave due courtesy, but it was still difficult to match the status of the high priest, so he hurriedly stood up and gave up the lord's seat to make tea in person.

"Killing people on the battlefield without blinking, cruel as a demon, treating people with kindness and sincerity, without losing the heart of a child, Captain Gao, is it too tiring to live?"

Gao Yuan's hands stiffened, almost making the hot water scald, and then silently suppressed distracting thoughts, and after making tea, he held the tea cup in both hands: "I don't want to die, the only way to survive on the battlefield is to kill people, how hard and tired to learn soldiers, it is a blessing to be able to retire safely." ”

"Qinglan Yunwu, good tea, let me think about it, hehe, I haven't tasted it for thirty-one years. The high priest shook his head lightly, put down the teacup, and stretched out his hand with a smile: "The best Qinglan clouds, the royal income is only three catties a year, let you mess around, hehe, give it to the old man for a fine taste." ”

Tea from Mei Ying, in the past there were rare guests, Gao Yuan was not interested in making tea for self-drinking, this is the first time to take it out, listen to the high priest call out the name, take the porcelain jar respectfully offered, embarrassed to self-mockery: "I see people soak like this, hehe, usually drink cold water when thirsty." ”

"Puyu still needs to be carved by good craftsmen, hehe. Hide the winter snow of Qinghe into a jade bottle, heat it slowly in the spring, put it in the three-leaf Qinglan cloud mist when it cools a little, and the red jade tea cup is seven points full, and the entrance is like a pelly, can Captain Gao understand?"

Gao Yuan read it silently in his heart, and replied honestly: "I remember it for the time being, but I'm afraid that I will forget it soon, how can I have the leisure to drink tea." ”

"Hehehe, no wonder the little girl only gives tea and doesn't teach how to drink, you are sincere, I'm afraid that there is still something to say, and you can drink it full in a few sips of cold water, so why waste time and effort to make tea. ”

"Have you seen Mei Ying?" Gao Yuan grasped the flaw in his words, the high priest said something for a while, and he wanted to hide it with a dry laugh, Gao Yuan chased after him: "Since you have seen the county lord, I think she has already made a decision, why let Xingxia run in the sky." ”

The high priest flipped his hand, and the porcelain jar in his hand disappeared, Gao Yuan had no time to think about the mystery, seeing that he smiled but did not answer, he asked Xingxia in a roundabout way: "What is the plan of the county lord? ”

"There are three martial arts sects in the camp of the Chinese army, and if I go to eavesdrop on the conversation, wouldn't it be a door-to-door death. ”

Gao Yuan's head was in a cold sweat, and he could overhear Mei Ying discussing the military plane, and he got out safely from under the noses of the three martial arts, what level of high priest kung fu cultivation has been?

"What is so terrible about the Martial Saint, three thousand elite cavalry surround him, and the sharp arrows are volleyed and the long knives are slashed, sacrifice is inevitable, but the Martial Saint will always die of exhaustion, he is also a human being, not a god!"

The high priest shook his head while tasting the good tea brewed by Gao Yuan, and when he heard what he said, Xingxia rolled his eyes, and cultivated to the level of a martial saint, who is not an old traitor and cunning, could it be that the old birthday star hanged himself - he is afraid of a long life, go and single-handedly take on three thousand elite cavalry, people will not cut off the officer's head at night, and the three thousand cavalry will lose command and collapse without a fight.

Xingxia seems to have a lot of connections with the high priest, and even the child is brought with him as a messenger, indicating that there is no malice in this trip, recalling that the high priest called Mei Ying a little girl, and her tone was intimate and loving, and she came to negotiate peace with the soldiers on behalf of the tribe, and it would not hurt if it was reasonable and reasonable, Gao Yuan gradually calmed down.

"High Priest, as soon as you come, this battle will definitely not be fought again, please understand the hardships of the county lord and the soldiers, and show the way to the tribe and us. ”

The high priest looked at him amusedly: "There is only one god in the prairie, that is the venerable wolf god, I am just his messenger, hehe, you probably can't imagine that the reason why the tribes jointly sent troops was in response to my call and issued a summoning order in the name of the wolf god." ”

Gao Yuan didn't know how to respond, there was too much news in a moment, it was too shocking, he needed time to think about the connection, the high priest put down the teacup and said leisurely: "Tens of thousands of students in Jicuiguan, in desperation, they formed a legion to go deep into the grassland, is the Qinghui Empire really so innocent?" Hehe, I'm afraid that your majesty the king has long expected that his granddaughter will take this move, and the king of Xiangyun County dares to plot against the soldiers is tantamount to treason, and with the lives of thousands of noble children of a county lord, he won the sympathy and support of the three county kings, and kept silent about the army's attack on Xiangyun, and in one fell swoop completed the royal dream of cutting the feudal domain that the royal family had thought about for more than a thousand years. ”

"High Priest, I don't dare to comment on the affairs of the DPRK and China, but according to what you said, the King of Xiangyun County should have thought of His Majesty's intentions, and instead vigorously supported the Cadet Soldiers, and wanted to help the County Lord achieve great causes, why did you summon the tribe to be her enemy?

Gao Yuan's words implied blame, the high priest bowed his head to drink tea, and Xingxia gave the answer.

When the one hundred and eight tribes are independent, the high priest can naturally influence the situation, more than a thousand years of war, the high priest of the past generations repeatedly tolerate, to the five tribes are now full-fledged, all want to dominate the grassland to claim the king and hegemony, except for the sixteen medium tribes can barely protect themselves temporarily, the rest are all vassals, the five chiefs call themselves the sons of the wolf god, the tribe regards the wolf god incarnation, fanatical worship replaces the pious faith. The priest Hu from the snow wolf clan, hundreds of years ago because of dissatisfaction with the high priest's weakness and concessions, angry and retreated to the distant snow-capped mountains, the priest has no prestige and no soldiers to pay for food, and disdain to assassinate in secret, if it is not for the cultivation of profound, the so-called son of the wolf god is afraid that he will be replaced long ago.

The high priest seemed to see through his inner thoughts, his face was still smiling, but his words seemed vicissitudes: "You can't blame the high priests of the past dynasties for being weak, the wolf god has left instructions, and the divine right must not interfere in the internal affairs of the tribe, in order to prevent the high priest from evolving into a dictator of the grassland, but unexpectedly it ended up becoming a puppet ornament with fine clothes and food." Xiaoxing's words also saved me face, hehe, as a profound priest, he has long become the falcon lackey of the chiefs, and he put on a hypocritical and respectful posture in front of the herdsmen during the memorial, and several people still remember the precept that the wolf god does not participate in the internal affairs of the tribe. ”

"High priest, do you want to use the sword of the student soldier to weaken the strength of the five major tribes and regain the glory of the priesthood, in this way, how to resolve the hatred between the student soldier and the tribe?" Looking at the high priest's encouraging gaze, Gao Yuan sorted out his thoughts and analyzed: "First of all, the righteousness of expelling the robbers induces the tribes to unite, the scholars are only tens of thousands of people, and they seem to be vulnerable, and several major chiefs want to make this great achievement, so they have led the troops to respond, and they can gather 100,000 troops, and the high priest has a higher prestige among the herdsmen, this step is undoubtedly successful." ”

"More than that, I can see more clearly which tribe is the most ambitious, and which chief can take care of the overall interests of the grassland before temptation, but unfortunately I am disappointed, the wolf god will roar angrily in the sky when he sees that his offspring are as short-sighted as rats. At the beginning of the war, he wanted to preserve his strength, and did not take advantage of the fact that the students did not gain a stable foothold and attacked continuously, and lost the best fighter in vain. Xuebing contracted the defense, did not think about the difference in equipment between the two sides, besieged for several days, were afraid that others would succeed first, and the result was heavy casualties, and they wanted to rely on the three Wuzong to move back to the defeat, and the fighting spirit was sluggish, and I heard that the rear team was annihilated, and the strength was superior and could not wait to take the initiative to sue for peace, hehehe, the students built a fortress to resist the impact of the sunset Cuihua three or two times, if the three countries did not want the war to expand, they would naturally sit on the ground and share the spoils, and the grassland tribes wanted to maintain independence again It was a daydream, and the three major countries would miss the golden opportunity. ”

The high priest is no stranger to the way of using soldiers, and his strategic vision is far-reaching, and Gao Yuan is not good at hiding his clumsiness, so he can only take over the conversation: "The tribe is defeated and sues for peace, and the high priest comes forward to conclude an equal contract, and when the soldiers build a good city, the two countries will soon come to fight, and the tribe will not want to stay out of the matter, and then the high priest will become the key person in the three kingdoms eager to win over, and he can take the opportunity to recover a lot of rights from the tribe, and the second step is very likely to succeed, but there is a risk, I am afraid that some tribes will not be able to withstand the suppression of the three kingdoms, so they will simply raise the tribe to take refuge completely." ”

"You are too far behind the little girl at this point, she made an unprecedented decision, to give freedom to the grassland slaves, and not to hurt the interests of the nobles, the empire paid for the ransom, hehehe, do you know how many slaves there are in each tribe? less than one percent of the nobles, about twenty percent of the commoners, and more than seventy percent of them are slaves, after this decision spread all over the grassland, which country do you say the tribe will take refuge in, except for Qinghui's wealth, Sunset and Cuihua can't pay this amount. ”

"How many taels of silver do you have to do this?" Gao Yuan was shocked, and bought 700,000 slaves, and in the blink of an eye, there were 200,000 or 300,000 cavalry, and this transaction could only be done by the royal family.

"Don't keep staring at the silver, use peaceful means to completely subdue the hearts of the grassland people, help the herdsmen build a beautiful home, and the wolf god will bless you in the dark. The Three Kingdoms transaction was lucrative, and she stuck most of the trade routes of Cuihua and Sunset, and she would recover the principal with interest in less than ten years. There are forest and desert restrictions, and it is difficult for the two countries to use troops continuously, and your county lord is the biggest winner in this move. ”

Gao Yuan asked the biggest doubt: "Conquering the grassland, the three major countries should have been premeditated, why didn't they dare to send troops to forcibly occupy it?"

"I finally asked the key, hehe, but unfortunately I couldn't give a satisfactory answer. The high priest's eyes seemed to be about to penetrate the tent to see through the fog of the sky, and after a while, he still answered the question: "For more than three thousand years, there has never been an exception, the three major countries have never dared to fight in the grassland, Sunset and Qinghui chose the battlefield in Fengyun City, Cuihua and Sunset behind the desert thousands of miles away, as for Qinghui and Cuihua, Jicuiguan has never fought a small war, and no war has ever broken out. ”

The mystery still can't be solved, Gao Yuan is still difficult to rest assured, the high priest looked at the top of the tent and carefully thought: "People are doing the sky is watching-" Before the words were finished, his face suddenly turned pale, and the blood beads dripping from the corners of his mouth, which made Gao Yuan and Xingxia shocked, the high priest seemed to have expected it, waved his hand to keep the two quiet, sat down cross-legged in the tent and sang in a low voice, and it took a long time to stand up, and the three of them did not dare to continue the topic, the answer was already very clear.

"The higher the cultivation, the more unpredictable the will of heaven is, tens of millions of people have cultivated for a hundred years, and they may not be able to produce a martial saint, Gao Yuan, you need to keep in mind that the martial saint is by no means the supreme of martial arts, and he is still a mortal fetus in the flesh. The high priest raised his eyelids as he spoke, and Gao Yuan instantly understood, and bowed down and bowed: "Thank you, high priest, for your order." ”

"I don't say it, you will doubt it eventually, hehe, when you reach the level of a martial saint, if you want to go further, the cultivation of the mind is still secondary, you have to have great opportunities and great merits, if the world is not perfect, cultivating to become an immortal is just nonsense, I am a human being, not a god, I have my own selfishness, do you still have doubts?"

Gao Yuan Fu Zhi knelt on the ground in his heart: "Merit starts from the heart, saving people is like saving a few, Gao Yuan already has a teacher, I don't have the opportunity to accompany you to listen to the teachings, and I hope that the high priest will make an exception and add more dials." ”

"Puyu still needs to be carved by a good craftsman, the old man has hinted, but it's a pity that you don't have a chance, hehe, acquaintance is also rare, the magic of the arrow is endless, but it is difficult to achieve great success in simple cultivation, the old man taught you the trick of connecting beads, mutual reference must be understood, the wolf god stunt must not be passed on to others, so as not to harm others and harm yourself. ”

Gao Yuan whispered in his ears, Xingxia was jealous and red-eyed, he couldn't hear a word, the martial saint taught a stunt, and several people in the Luofeng Continent had this opportunity, but Gao Yuan was still too slow to react, and he didn't catch the hydrangea thrown in time, otherwise it would be even more unimaginable, out of sight and out of mind, and took his son to Li Changgong to chat.

The high priest passed the mantra and explained the cultivation tricks in detail, until dusk, the two walked out of the tent, Qiu Biaochang and others rushed to accompany Xingxia to drink and eat, the identity of the high priest was still not disclosed, and after the meal, the guards all became naughty children, scrambling to help Xingxia's son hold the rocket, and a luxurious fireworks rendered the night sky dazzling.

"The little girl will sign a contract as soon as possible after she comes, and hurry up to build a city and build a fortress, so you don't have to worry about the harassment of the martial saints of the two countries, they don't dare to come to the prairie to spread wild. ”

Xingxia refused to stay overnight and returned to the tribe, and when he left, the high priest sent a message to Gao Yuan, and the next day the tribe withdrew, and the camp was jubilant, waiting for the county lord to lead the army to come to the division. (To be continued.) )