"My surname is Xin, can Sabao help me to speak?" Xin You led Guo Mi to the side of his mount, untied the reins slowly, then took out the letter, handed it to him, and said, "This

This is a letter from my Lord to you. Please read it here and give me an answer."

Guo Miman was suspicious of Dou, so he opened the letter and read it. He couldn't read two lines, his expression changed slightly, he raised his eyes and said, "Who are you?"

"Please read the letter."

Xin'er's eyes were bright and his tone was calm, which made Guo Mi obey involuntarily. Xin'er grabbed the reins and pressed the knife, not looking away from him for a moment, paying close attention to the changes in his expression. After he finished reading, he asked: "What did my Lord say?

Does Sabo think it’s possible?”

"You must obey!"

He agreed too readily, which was beyond Xin You's expectation, and the verbal response he had planned was completely useless.

But there was nothing wrong from his expression and movements, so Xin You said: "In that case, my Lord will send someone to contact you beforehand. Maybe it's not me. Please ask Sabao to set a code for communication."

"

Guo Mi said: "Come to my temple and tell Mage the day of the day. I will tell Mage to inform me immediately."

"Sunday?"

"Don't you know what I teach about the sun?" Guo Mi explained to him and said, "It's very simple. The sun, the moon, and the five stars of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth are the seven suns. Today is the sun, tomorrow is the sun, and the seven days are the sun.

One week, and then rotate." After a pause, he added, "No one will talk to my temple Mage about the sun of the day without any reason. This method is the most reliable."

Xin Er thought to himself: "Does the Seven Suns come from Zoroastrianism?" He didn't know this before, but it didn't matter. He silently remembered the order of the Seven Suns, nodded and said, "Then it's settled."

Seeing that he didn't know Qiyao, Guo Mei became worried and asked, "Do you know where to find Mage?"

Mage is a name from the Western Regions. It is said that he was a follower of Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrianism. It later evolved into the name of a Zoroastrian priest. Xin'er knew this, and he said: "What you are talking about is noble."

Teach a priest who specializes in guarding the holy fire so that it doesn't go out?"

Guo Mei said, "That's right." He was short, and when he saw Xin You up close, he looked up. He took half a step away and invited, "Xin Jun came all the way to travel. It's been a hard journey, so don't leave tonight.

Come and have a few drinks in the dormitory. I just got two bottles of fine wine, please have a try."

Xin You thought of the Sogdian from the Western Regions whose son had grown up, and thought to herself: "This wine comes from him, right?" The matter was done, and the capital was a dangerous place. Of course, he would not stay any longer, so he politely refused to go, and bowed to Guo Mei.

Don't.

Guo Mei stood under the tree and watched him go away. Several of his followers gathered over and asked, "Who is that man? What are you doing with Sabao?" These people are all Guo Mei's confidants, he said with a smile.

: "Our opportunity has come!"

"what chance?"

Guo Mi saw that all the followers were confused and unhappy, and said: "Have you forgotten the sacred seal that was fished out of the river a few months ago?"

A few months ago, the Zoroastrians in Dongyuan City were fishing by the river and fished out a stone as white as jade, with several dark red veins crisscrossing it, faintly forming the shape of a flame. The believers found it strange.

, dedicated to Guo Mei. Guo Mei was ecstatic when he saw it, and said to his left and right: "This is the divine seal given by the supreme god!" Everyone agreed at the time.

At this moment, they heard Guo Mei mention it again, and everyone said: "Although I have obtained the divine seal, it is difficult to accomplish anything by relying on the soldiers in the main city and only relying on my followers."

"So I said the opportunity has come." Guo Mei shook the letter in his hand and said with a smile, "Linghu Feng somehow managed to coax several barbarian tribesmen, and he was determined to be evil. He gathered his old tribes in large numbers and wanted to usurp him again. Invite me to respond."

"Ah? Did Sabao agree?"

"Why refuse? When Linghu Feng arrives with his troops, I will open the city gate to welcome him in. When both his uncle and nephew are injured, I will mobilize my disciples in the palace, and we will also attack outside and kill them both. This Isn’t Dingxi the kingdom of Zoroastrianism?" Guo Mei said proudly.

Everyone on the left and right were delighted, and they all said: "Exactly!" and bowed to Guo Mi, "Sabao, with Ahura Mazda's love and blessing, will definitely lead our religion to defeat the evil of uncle-nephew fratricide, and make the Dingxi Kingdom the greatest The kingdom of goodness!”

They were devout to God Hu, were confused by Guo Mei's magic, and blindly followed his words.

Guo Mei, a small figure, stood proudly under the tree by the lake with her sword pressed, leaning down in front of everyone, looking around with a look of disdain.

Previously, he had lowered his status and humbly served Linghu in order to expand the power of the Mazda Sect. He obtained the "Divine Seal" a few months ago, and his ambition gradually grew.

He envied the Sogdian Hu Shang who told him about the majesty of the Mazda religion in the countries of the Western Regions. Many kings believed in the religion, and Sabao called them all, and even the king himself was the leader of the religion. Therefore, he looked at the seal and thought about it every night. Why can't the Long Region do the same? Become a country of ****? Why can't he become like Darius I, the "King of Kings and King of Nations" in the Western Region, relying on the blessing of Ahura Mazda? The king of the Long Region? The Tang Dynasty spread to the east, they occupied the north, and the barbarians in Guanzhong were able to call themselves kings and emperors. Why can't the people of the Supreme God!

The night was getting dark. Xin You went out from the city and walked quickly. He found a hollow under a tree to rest for half the night. As soon as the sky broke, he rode on and continued. He did not go back to Mobei directly. He wanted to ask first. Mr. Liu and his granddaughter would like to go with him.

We turned back the way we came, and soon after noon we found the lonely hut.

The sun is not hot and reflects gently on my face. It shines on the trees and grass fields far and near. I can see the smoke rising from the village in the distance. It is not cooking smoke. It has passed the two meals a day for common people. It must be burning. Sweeping away accumulated fallen leaves.

The combination of the danger of working as an insider for Linghu Feng, the country's number one rebel, and Guo Mi's willingness to agree without any hesitation made Xin You feel very contradictory, but under the circumstances at that time, he could not continue. Asked to resolve doubts, who knew whether Guo Mei was using a "delay strategy" to stabilize him temporarily and then capture him and present him to King Dingxi? So he had no choice but to leave in a hurry. Looking back now, he was still puzzled. untie.

He could only think to himself: "Either he is making excuses with me, or he is similar to Linghu Feng, audacious, seeking wealth and wealth in danger." He decided to wait until he returned to the desert, objectively restore the truth to Linghu Feng, and let him It is up to you to judge whether Guo Mei is trustworthy or not. After all, he is familiar with Guo Mei and may know his character better.

The barking of dogs broke the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside and wilderness under the winter sun.

Along with the barking of the dogs, there were the sounds of men shouting and cursing, laughing and shouting in defiance. The sounds came from the direction of the hut.

Xin You looked back and saw several figures moving in front of the hut.

His heart was tense, and he hurriedly urged his horse to gallop, and when he got close, he saw clearly: a girl was lying on the door, crying and grabbing the door frame, while two strong men in short robes and leather trousers laughed and pulled her out.

, another man in the same dress held a knife in his hand, cursed and hit old man Liu with the back of the knife, who was holding his legs tightly, while a yellow dog opened its teeth and clawed at the old man's arm.

Xin You rode his horse and rushed to the hut. He immediately judged that the situation in front of him could not be stopped with words, so there was no need to talk nonsense. He had already taken out the bow and arrow.

While he was riding around the field, he kept coiling around, he drew his bow and arrow, and calmly fired. He shot forward with the arrow, followed closely by the arrow behind, killing the vicious dog first, and then killed the three strong men.

When they reacted, arrows hit them separately, two in the body and one in the neck.

The one with the middle neck fell to the ground and covered the wound, but blood was gushing out, so he couldn't hold it back. He screamed in horror. The other two, whose legs were held by Old Man Liu, couldn't stand still and fell to the ground immediately.

, Old Man Liu snatched his knife; the last man was not seriously injured, he let go of the girl's hair, drew his knife wildly, shouted and rushed towards Xin You. Xin You hit his forehead with an arrow, and the man fell down with eyes wide open.

Xin You did not take the horse, she put away her bow and arrows, took out her straight knife, kicked up the dust on the left and right of the three of them, and asked Old Man Liu: "Which one is the owner of the dock?"

Needless to say, these strong men must be the people from Wubi that Old Man Liu mentioned, who came to rob his granddaughter.

Old Man Liu's left eye was black and blue, the corner of his mouth was bleeding, and his whole body was covered with bloodshot wounds and black bruises from being beaten. He dropped the knife he grabbed and rushed to the door, hugging his granddaughter.

He replied: "Not coming."

The owner of the dock is the head of a village, and he has a few lackeys under him. It is a trivial matter to catch a girl, so he does not need to do anything personally.

Hearing that he was not here, Xin You said: "Then spare his life first."

Looking around the mess, the two people with arrows in their necks and foreheads were dead. The one who hit Old Man Liu was staggering to escape.

The young man who drew his bow and fired an arrow without saying a word begged for mercy.

Xin You was not interested in listening to him, but hesitated for a moment. After all, there was a big difference between shooting at a distance with an arrow and killing at close range with a knife. However, after only hesitating for a moment, the blade of the knife passed by and killed him.

Turning around, he said to the old man: "The night before, I told you that my surname was Xin and that I was going to Tangxing County. It was not true. Old man, you guessed right. I am indeed a 'rebellious party'. Today, the matter has been finished and I am going to the desert."

I’m going to Ino Nozawa, would you like to go with me?”

Old Man Liu is not afraid of death, but he cannot let his granddaughter fall into a pit of fire following his daughter's footsteps.

Looking back on most of his life, he has been farming in his hometown down-to-earth. Although he was often bullied by the wealthy and powerful people, he could barely survive by being honest, not causing trouble, and tightening his belt. However, the Qin State came to attack, causing great harm to Chiyu.

, he had no choice but to flee to Long. During the more than twenty years in Long, he gave birth to a daughter, married his son, and got a granddaughter. He originally thought that he had finally settled down and might take root here, but only because of the thought of the owner of the small dock.

, the family was destroyed, several members of the family died tragically one after another, but now only the granddaughter survives.

He thought to himself: "When I was young, my father taught me that we who forage in the dirt should thank God if we can eat. He did not let Ah Huang and I go out to cause trouble, and we were bullied on the head and had our teeth broken and swallowed in the stomach.

.I listened to my father’s words and have been doing my duty honestly for decades. I endured being bullied in my hometown and in Dingxi country. What did I get in exchange?”

He said sadly: "What did I get in exchange?"

For most of his life, he lived according to his father's teachings. After hearing that Ah Huang's rebel army was suppressed and massacred, he secretly rejoiced, thinking that it was thanks to his father's words that he did not die like that, so in his

His father died of exhaustion, and his mother died of illness because she had no money to buy medicine. He continued to live according to this principle of life and passed it on to his son, but what did he get in the end? His wife died of grief, and his daughter, son, and daughter-in-law died tragically.

. He wanted to ask God that he obeyed his father's words and thanked God day and night, is it because he was not sincere enough? Why didn't he even give them the food he just asked for?

The officials bullied him, the soldiers bullied him, and the dock owners bullied him. The rebels saved him.

He said to Xin'er: "I'll go with you!"

If you want to be a rogue party, just be a rogue party. At worst, people like Ah Huang and others will die.

He still remembered that in the spring of that year, Ah Huang, who had joined the begging army, secretly ran back to the village and asked him to go out to talk. The sunshine that day was not like today, warm and beautiful, and it shone on Ah Huang's young face. How happy he was

Ah! His eyes are shining.

There is nothing in the old man's hut, so he doesn't need to take anything with him. He can just take the dry food Xin You left for him yesterday and leave.

Xin'er helped the girl get on the horse, sit in his arms, and then pulled the old man to sit behind him. Finally, he looked at the results of the battle. Although it was compared to his first personal battle a few days ago, whether it was his mental state or

The accuracy of the arrows was much better in today's small battle, but he was not satisfied. He thought: "Seven arrows, two missed, which is far worse than Cao Fei. He still needs to work hard."

practice."

The three people were all killed, leaving no one alive. There was no village near the hut, and there were no farmers in the fields during the current season. No one would notice the situation here in a short time. Therefore, even if there were three people on one horse, they could not run fast.

Xin You doesn't worry about pursuing troops.

As night fell, we left the actual control area of ​​Guyin County and arrived at the oasis where Xin'er stored camels and had a small tent. There were two more people, and there was no need to sell their mounts. They took out the camels and belongings, and they stayed here that night.

One night. They left the island early the next day and the three of them entered the desert.

The old man has been to the edge of the desert, but the girl has never been.

She knew that she was out of danger and no longer had to worry about bad guys catching her. She was filled with the relief of being freed from fear, and unlike a sophisticated old man, she didn't care about where she was going.
To be continued...