Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight

Gaochang is inland in the depths, occupying Xingsheng, strangling the north and south of Tianshan Mountains, where many tribes live together.

As a small sand sea oasis country, it once belonged to different separatist regimes, struggling to survive in the cracks of many powerful forces. When the Central Plains dynasty was strong, it tried every means to attach itself to the Central Plains dynasty, and later merged into the Tang Dynasty's territory, becoming an important outpost of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. Its etiquette and customs, policies and decrees, official texts, and Chinese language were just like the Central Plains.

The Central Plains was in great chaos, wars were raging, Helong was lost, the states of the Western Regions were lonely, and Xizhou became Gaochang again. Many prominent families and people in Hexi and Longxi moved west to take refuge in Gaochang, Han, Turkic, Sogdian, Tiele, etc. Many tribes settled here, of which Han are the main ones.

The Yuchi clan was originally a prominent family in Longxi, but after moving to Gaochang, he married the local royal family and eventually replaced him and became the lord of the country.

The now-reigning Lord of the Kingdom of Yuchi is named Yuchi Damo. He once married a prominent daughter of the Zhang family. A few years ago, the Northern Rong army suppressed the territory, Gaochang surrendered to Bei Rong, and Yuchi Damo married the niece of Wakhan Khan as his wife. To be a minister to the North Rong.

The King City of Gaochang was built by the river, and the terrain is dangerous. There is a desolate wilderness dozens of miles outside the city. Close to the city wall, the voices of people suddenly become dense. Facing the dry north wind, a group of caravans from different city-states traverse the quicksand. The melodious camel bells reverberated in bursts, waiting for the camel team merchants to enter the city to line up a few long lines.

Yaoying and his party dismounted one after another, waiting to enter the city.

They have already prepared the paperwork to go through the office, so they don't have to worry about being interrogated, but they can't reveal their identities.

While queuing, Yuanjue talked to Yaoying in a low voice. He was one of the few people in the team who knew the purpose of their trip.

He glanced at Sultan Gu at the front of the team, scratched his head, and asked Yaoying in a low voice: "Princess, I have one thing I don't understand. The master of the country of Yuchi is Dharma. It can be seen that the Gaochang royal family are all believers in Buddha, Gaochang people. Most of them believe in Buddhism, and their people respect the king very much. Every year, many people go to the holy city to listen to the king’s preaching. Princes and nobles compete for charity. As long as we say the name of the king, they will not agree to form an alliance? Why the principal Come to Gaochang in person?"

Yaoying smiled, and said: "The Yuchi royal family moved from Hexi, deeply Confucianized. The customs here are slightly different from those of the royal court, and I personally appear to be more sincere."

Yuanjue's expression was a little unconcerned.

Yaoying didn't explain much to him.

Gaochang also worshipped Buddhism, and the Lord Yuchi offered wine to the royal court every year, but the royal power was heavier. It used to be a prefecture and county of the Central Plains dynasty. It was mostly Han people. The children of government professors studied Confucian classics, the Five Classics, and various histories. Although these years were forced to abolish government studies due to the situation, they changed to hussy like other small countries that surrendered to Beirong. Language, but the influence of the Central Plains has been deeply rooted over the years.

Master Xuanzang returned to the Central Plains after studying the scriptures. He was courtesy of Li Shimin and Li Zhi and his sons. He had frequent contacts with the royal family. He was a very clever monk and knew that he must rely on the royal family to carry forward the Buddhist teachings. He once made two requests to Li Zhishangzuo: to place Buddhism before Taoism, to abolish the law that convicts monks and nuns the same as laymen, and to give monks certain privileges.

Although Li Zhi admired Master Xuanzang very much, he flatly rejected his request. In the Central Plains, Shamen was born and entered the world, and always obeyed the imperial power. As an emperor, Li Zhi would not be stupid enough to agree to Master Xuanzang's invitation.

Similarly, no matter how much Yuchi Bodhidharma respects Tamaraga and talks about alliances, he will still weigh the pros and cons from Gaochang's interests, and will not be emotional.

Yuanjue and the Royal Court’s soldiers grew up in the Royal Court since they were young, and they worshipped Tamaraga enthusiastically.

Tamaraga has been able to frighten the demons and demons in recent years, not only by Dharma!

Yaoying's heart suddenly moved.

Judging from the performance of Yuanjue, one can imagine how arrogant Wang Ting’s envoy was to Gaochang. Was it because of the failure of Sultan’s mission to Gaochang last time?

She glanced at Sultan Gu, shook her head and laughed.

Although Sultan Gu was full of hostility, he was not the kind of person who would be arrogant and disrespectful, but he was few words and was by no means a suitable person for envoys. When Tamaraga was seriously ill, how could he send him out? Make Gaochang?

Obviously Ashina Bisuo is the most appropriate candidate for the messenger...

A cheerful pipa interrupted Yaoying's thoughts, and the crowd in front of him was crowded, and it was their turn to enter the city.

When everyone entered the city, the sound of the wind suddenly became much quieter, and the wind rushing in was warm, mixed with the smell of all kinds of earthly fireworks.

With a veil on her face, Yaoying watched pedestrians on the road all the way, frowning.

Along the way, no one wears Central Plains costumes regardless of men, women or children. Men and women wear small-sleeved gowns with braided hair hanging on their backs, men wear daggers around their waists, and women's braided hairs are decorated with jewels.

This is the homeland of the Central Plains.

Yaoying was walking in a daze. She didn't pay attention to the person in front of her and suddenly stopped, turned and looked at her, and bumped her head.

She was caught off guard and staggered, but the other party was as solid as a wall, motionless.

Yuan Jue next to her stared wide.

Yaoying rubbed her forehead, raised her face, and looked at the deep blue eyes of the upper Sudan.

She smiled at him, her eyes fluttered, her veil masked her face, her expression was unclear, and her eyes looked very charming.

Yuanjue's face is weird.

When Yaoying stood firm, the ancient sultan said: "In three days, Yuchi Dharma will go to the Wang's monastery to pay homage to the Buddha."

Yaoying knew, nodded, and three days later it was the day when they met Yuchi Dharma.

"General Su, I want to go shopping in Fangshi these days."

Yaoying thought for a while, and added, "I want to inquire about some news. Only when I negotiate with Yuchi Dharma will I have a better chance of winning."

Sultan Gun said.

Yaoying breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of Sudan's ancient fierceness, she was actually very talkative. He would discuss with him what she had on her way, as long as he gave the reason, he would seriously consider it.

They first found a post and stayed in, and the shopkeeper warmly entertained the crowd: "The guest official is in the dust, and you are tired all the way, please go to the hall and sit down."

There was a stove in the hall, and everyone was tired and hungry, sitting around drinking soup to keep warm.

Yaoying was also exhausted, drank a bowl of hot soup, ate a few sesame cakes, and went back to the room to rest. The buddy brought the hot tub, she immediately became energetic, took off the dusty and slush clothes, soaked in the warm fragrant soup, so happy that she didn't want to move her fingers.

All the men with her were men. She didn't want to be a burden. She gritted her teeth all the way, ate cold dry food when she was hungry, put on a few more coats when she was cold, and lay down like everyone else when she was tired. During this period, not to mention taking a bath, even wanting to wipe the body with hot water is an extravagant hope. Fortunately, it is winter, she can bear it.

After soaking in the hot water for a while, her stiff limbs gradually relaxed, sore and sore, Yaoying was drowsy, and suddenly there was a noise of people and horses downstairs.

There was footsteps coming from the stairs.

Yaoying got up immediately, wiped her drenched long hair in a hurry, pulled up a bun at random, and put on her clothes.

There were several knocks on the door, and Xie Qing's voice sounded.

"Come in."

Xie Qing entered the room, frowning, and whispered: "Little Prince Beirong is following."

Yaoying's heart chuckles, "Did he find us?"

Xie Qing shook his head: "They didn't know us, so they happened to live in this post. A total of eighteen people were jammed in the courtyard downstairs. Fate asks the regent for instructions, and the regent said that it will remain unchanged and cope with all changes."

Yaoying frowned.

Yuanjialuzhai once was enough, she thought she had already dumped the little prince Beirong, but she didn't expect them to move in with their front foot, and the little prince would bump into her foot afterwards.

She pondered for a moment, and said: "The regent is right, and we should not change. We have just moved in. We have just moved in, and we will change to a post house for no reason. On the contrary, we will be suspected by the Bei Rong people. We should just continue to live like this. We know Their identities can be used to inquire about their purpose of coming to Gaochang."

This post house was a stronghold of the royal court in Gaochang. Otherwise, the Sultan would not live in. The little prince had a good vision, and he picked the most dangerous place with one pick.

Xie Qing should go out and tell Xie Chong several people to be careful not to go out if nothing is wrong. They are Han Chinese, too conspicuous.

The little prince and his party are domineering and arrogant. Since they entered the hall, they have been shouting to support the man, chasing away other tourists, occupying the fire, and calling a group of singer Hu women to sing and dance for them in front of the hall. For a while, there was a faint resentment, and occasionally there was Hu Nu's or pungent or feminine laughter and curse.

The merchants in the post-house walked north and south, seeing the world's habits, and seeing the clothes of the little prince and the guards, they knew that they were either rich or expensive, and they dared not speak.

Yaoying and several people were exhausted, and they went back to their house early to rest, and never left the door.

The laughter showed no sign of stopping until midnight.

The little prince’s voice was loud and bright, and Yaoying was so loud that Yaoying couldn’t fall asleep until midnight. The little prince didn’t stop until the middle of the night. She fell asleep in a daze, and suddenly woke up in her dream. Bowl of cold water.

A black shadow stood there in front of the window, motionless, like a ghost.

Yaoying was startled, and the pottery bowl in her hand fell to the ground.

There was a cracking sound, the shadow moved, and opened the window, a face wearing a Yasha mask appeared in the darkness.

Yaoying's arms exploded with fine and dense goose bumps, her body was stiff, she was in cold sweat, waited for her eyes to meet the opponent's blue eyes, startled, she couldn't cry, "General Su?"

Sultan Gu looked at her face without saying a word, looked down slowly, and glanced at the broken pottery bowl on the ground.

Yaoying whispered: "I was thirsty, so I got up to drink water and accidentally knocked down the bowl."

Sultan Gun said without saying a word, turned and left.

Yaoying watched him walk away, found another bowl, poured herself a bowl of water, drank a few sips, sat back on the bed, sedated for a while, lay down and continued to sleep.

After a while, deliberately light footsteps came from outside the window.

Yaoying opened her eyes immediately. In the night, her eyes were burning, her eyes rolled around, carefully sitting up, getting out of bed, crept to the window, and opened the window with a shriek.

There was a black shadow in front of the window, and the blue eyes under the mask were watching her calmly.

Yaoying couldn't help being a little bit silly, it seemed that he knew she was not asleep.