Now that we are on the same boat, Linghu has ordered him, and Xin Er will never refuse.

The king's capital was in danger, could he be as dangerous as Linghu Feng's use of his body as bait? He replied with a sigh: "The Lord please give me all the orders, and the little minister respectfully accepts the order."

Linghu Feng said: "The capital city is strong, the two cities are mutually supportive, and there are also East Garden's camps and households that respond to each other. It is not easy to attack. I think it is best if you can get an internal response. Do you know Guo Jing?"

Guyin originally had only one city. Linghu clan called it the queen and expanded it into the scale of four cities. In addition, the palace city located in the south of the old city was called "Five Cities". The name of the five cities is to imitate the specifications of the layout of the palace city of the previous dynasties.

The old city is at the northmost point, so it is also called the North City; the palace city was first built, and there were no later three cities at that time. Because it is located in the south of the old city, it is also called the South City.

With the immigrants from Guandong and Guanzhong who escaped chaos, the number of people in the north increased, and the northern city was not enough to accommodate them. So we started a new city on the Gobi Desert that was not suitable for cultivation in the south of the palace and built a new city called Zhongcheng for people and refugees to live in. At the same time, a Four Season Palace and many officials were built in the city to serve as a place for the court and officials to manage and listen to affairs. The palace built earlier was only used as a royal bedroom.

Before and after the creation of the Zhongcheng, the two courtyards that were originally Hu people's livestock areas on the east and west sides were slightly repaired and converted into cities, called Dong and Xiyuan City, which were mainly for the families and relatives of the royal capital garrison. There were also many Liuyi, Western Region Hu, Hu Nu who gave the Tang nobles to cultivate land and later refugees to live here.

The "two cities" mentioned by Linghu Feng refers to the northern city, the central city and the palace city contained in the northern city. Among the five cities, these three cities are the residences of the royal family, the offices of the King of Dingxi and the officials, and are also the place where the valley and yin soil are housed and the residence of the aristocratic people, so it is the most solid.

The East and West Eryuan City is surrounded by simple walls, and houses, tents, pastures and forests are coexisting. It is just a settlement and does not have much defense ability. However, the camps and Hu Yi who live in Eryuan City are forces that cannot be ignored.

Xin Er picked out the name "Guo Wan" from his memory.

"壬", pronunciation and three tones, is an extremely rare character. Anyone who is named after this character is mostly believers of a religion that is now circulating in Longdi. The believers of this religion call themselves "Mazda", and the Tang people called it "Hu Tian", or "Zoro".

Xin Er was not familiar with these different religious names, but with Guo Jing's name, he found some content about beliefs, sacrifices and other things about this religion in his memory, but he was not unfamiliar with it. He thought to himself: "Isn't this Zoroastrianism?"

Longzhou is a must-pass place for the transportation between the mainland and the Western Regions. There are many Hu merchants in the Western Regions. They not only brought cultural, artistic and other aspects of the countries in the Western Regions, but also brought the religions they believed in. Among them, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism were the most influential to Longzhou. Zoroastrianism was not as prosperous as Buddhism, but it also gained the belief of many Tang people, and Guo Jing was one of their leaders.

Xin Er replied, "Is the Lord talking about Hu Tiansabau? The little minister has never dealt with him, but has met twice."

Sabao is the name of the political and religious leaders of the Zoroastrian religion. Guo Jing is the leader of the Gorgeous Soroastrian religion. He is neither too big nor too little. Although Xin Er has no relationship with him, he knows his appearance.

Linghu Feng said, "Yes. Although this person is so sarcastic, he can be quite confusing. There are several guards of the bastard and close ministers who believe in him. The imperial guards of the capital and his believers in the gate guarding the city. It was because of this that I could barely deal with him perfunctorily and wait for it. In order to be effective as a surprise weapon, my contact with him has always been very secretive. The bastard won't know. I also asked Song Zhi, two thieves, Qu Qiang, he was not killed by the bastard. Now it's time to use him! You sneak to the capital, see him, and set the time and method for contacting him next time, and you can come back."

Xin Er took the last letter and thought to himself: "It turns out that Linghu Feng has this trick!" This guy was really confidential, which was beyond expectations.

As long as Cao Fei and Fu Qiao can negotiate all foreign aids, joining the Hu Qi on Zhu Yeze, and the strange soldier Guo Jing, the royal city is not difficult to break. Cao Fei and Fu Qiao, who have not left, have thought of this. Cao Fei is more motivated and Fu Qiao is also slightly depressed.

In Zuo's worried eyes, Xin Er, Cao Fei and Fu Qiao left the tent, each preparing for the preparation, and they all left the camp in the snow that day.

Fu Qiao went east and Cao Fei went west. The three of them had different paths, and Xin Er headed south alone.

He wore fur inside, cotton robe on the outside, and a pointed felt hat from Hu man, covering his face with a towel, and did not ride a horse. He rode a camel and took another camel to carry a small tent and other night-staying items. He rushed against the wind and cold, stepped on snow and sand, and finally walked out of the desert four days later.

The snow also stopped. He placed the camels in a nearby small oasis. Small tents and other things were easy to attract attention, so he also saved them temporarily, bought a horse, and continued to go south along the valley water.

The valley of the royal capital, as its name suggests, is located on the south bank of the valley.

He passed by two pastoral areas one after another, and not far ahead, the scenery changed drastically and spread along the river to both sides. Not only did there be no desert, but the Gobi Desert was also rare, and the fine and fertile soil became more and more.

Looking from afar, there are tributaries of valley water and other rivers, crisscrossing and flowing on this land, mixed with springs, grasslands and trees can be seen everywhere, and there is no desolation of the desert area, clearly outside the Yangtze River.

On the way to escape, Xin Er was injured and was mostly in the car, so it was inconvenient to observe the environment. When he looked at it, he exclaimed in his heart: "The power of fortune is really magical." The separation between the desert and the fertile soil is only a line.

He walked along the river for a while, and there were no more large grasslands used to grazing, mainly farmlands that were reclaimed. In early winter, there were no crops in the field, and the thin ridges were winding, and the melted snow water penetrated into the surface. The land was moist and was blown by the wind and was not stiff. Occasionally, there were no clean wheat straw residues, exposed with sharp stubble, and stood stubble stubble stubble stubble.

On the way, I met some Hu Mu and Tang Nong. Xin Er had a scarf covering his face, and was not afraid that they would watch it curiously. He asked the two of them and found out that Guyin was still more than thirty miles away. It was getting late, and today he couldn't get to the ground. He pondered for a while and decided to find a place to stay first.

From the end of the Western Tang Dynasty to the present, Longdi is still stable, with few major wars. There are still relatively complete village structures outside the city. Although there are not as many pavilions in charge of public security as before, there are still some. If you walk on the road at night, it will inevitably be a little troublesome if you are seen by the people in the pavilion.

A trace of yellow earth was faintly seen in front of me. Xin Er urged his horse to walk nearby and saw a village.

The village is not big, and there is a wall outside. The yellowish smear is the color of the wall. A few feet wide ditches were dug around the wall.

Although there are few major wars in Longdi, there are many cases of fighting between the Tang and the barbarians living together, and there are many cases of fighting between the two sides and plundering each other. Especially in winter and spring, when fighting is common, the six-Yi shepherds who lack food and clothing often attack the Tang people's villages in groups, rob grain and rob clothes to overcome the cold winter. In addition, there are also desperate thieves who will also plunder the villagers. The pavilions in the village can only catch small thieves, but they are helpless in the face of these two types of robbers. They can only lock the pavilions in the doors and lock the pavilions, which is unheard of. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the villages not only build walls, but also set up sieges.

In Xin'er's memory, the locals called such villages "docks". In fact, compared with Guanzhong, especially Guandong and northern Wei, the rural forts in Longdi can only be regarded as "docks in the form" at most, and are far less than the defense capabilities of those real forts.

Xin Er stopped at the edge of the field outside the village, thought to himself, "If I go to the outside of the village to rush, without a document, and cannot tell my identity, they may not stay overnight in me; and I don't know if the wanted documents of Dingxi King were sent to the village. If they were sent to the village, there were portraits of us and the books had their appearance characteristics, wouldn't I fall into the trap?"

In such cold weather, sleeping outside overnight may be frozen. It is not advisable to walk overnight, and you dare not do it rashly even if you stay in the room.

For a moment, Xin Er hesitated and looked around. Suddenly, he saw a short hill several miles away. He thought to himself, "Let me go there and see. If I can find a depression under the hill to hide from the wind, I will just spend the night." He went to the horse.

The hills were bare, full of gravel, and there was not even a tree. After searching for a while, there was no place to stay. Xin Er had no choice but to think, "I will look forward before nightfall." In order to avoid the pavilion, he did not walk on the road and chose a small road for about seven or eight miles. Suddenly, he saw a thatched hut on the side of the earthen slope. He was overjoyed and thought, "I didn't expect to find an abandoned house for the villagers here!"

There are only farmland, streams and small forests near this hut, and there is no people. I think it must be used by villagers from some village near to temporarily stay during the busy farming period. Xin Er took a horse and was not near the house. The door of the hut opened and an old man came out.

Both of them were stunned when they met.

The old man was in his fifties, withered, dark and thin, his face was covered with wrinkles like gullies, and he was wearing only a thin coat, with dust on his sluts, his sluts were broken, he wore a pair of straw sandals, and a pottery basin with rotten horns.

Xin Er dismounted, took off his face towel, and bowed, "Hello, old man."

The old man looked him up and down and asked, "Who is the Lord?"

Xin Er thought to himself, "Is the accent not similar to that of the local, refugees from other states?" He casually fabricated a name and said, "I came from the capital, went to Longdong to do business, and passed by the lobby." He looked at the hut and asked, "Does the old man live here?"

The old man said, "Yes."

"Why don't you live in the village and live alone in the wild?"

"It's a long story." The old man looked up and down at Xin Er and said, "There is a dock wall several miles away, so you can go there to stay."

Xin Er thought that, he led the horse away. He heard a sound of water. He turned his head and saw that the old man had spilled the water from the pottery basin. The old man returned to the house. The night had arrived. Since he had not found a suitable place to stay and relied on his youth and aroused aura, Xin Er simply stopped looking for it. So he tied the horse under several nearby trees and lie down in his clothes. The north wind was cold and he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Hearing the rustling sound, he stood up and saw a pair of green eyes appearing not far away in the dark night. He didn't know whether it was a fox or a wolf. He shouted twice and drove it away. He thought to himself: "There are foxes and wolves in the wild, and it seems that they can't sleep. Well, I'll stay up all night and go to Dongyuan City as early as tomorrow, hoping to find Guo Jing smoothly, wait until I return to the oasis, get the camels, small tents, and have a good sleep."

Like other religions, Zoroastrianism also has temples. The Zoroastrian temple in Guyin was not built in the old city and the middle city, but was built in Dongyuan City. This is because the residents of Dongyuan City are more conducive to their sect development.

There are many Hu in Dongyuan City living in the Western Regions. The Zoroastrians were brought by the Sogdians among them. Building temples here can get direct support. In addition, the main residents of Dongyuan City are the camp households, that is, the relatives of soldiers with registered household registration. Among the various household registrations, military origin is one of the most difficult ones. One person is naturalized, which affects hundreds of generations. The children and grandchildren have to be called to join the army. The younger one is seven or eight years old and the older one is still in the army. Not even the residence of relatives and relatives cannot be independent. Their wife and daughter must be semi-militarized management and live with the army. Children usually can only marry the family. After the soldier dies, his wife must remarry and can only marry the family. All kinds of suffering are unbearable, and it is easier to accept missionary by religions such as Zoroastrianism.

It is precisely because the Zoroastrian temple is in Dongyuan City, where the city is loose, that Linghu Feng dared to send Xin Er to find Guo Jing. If it was built in the old city or the middle city, I am afraid that Xin Er would be taken down by the soldiers before entering the city.

"When I arrive outside Dongyuan City tomorrow, I will first wait and see and find an opportunity to get into the city. I remember the approximate location of Hutian Temple. I touched the nearby location and waited for Guo Jing to find an opportunity to act." Xin Er touched the cold straight sword ring head and thought, "Linghu Feng is defeated now. I am a little unsure if Guo Jing is not thinking about it. When I met him, I had to be more careful. If something was wrong, I would capture him as a quasi-master and force him to protect me from the city to escape." This method of capturing the enemy as a quasi-master cannot be said to have learned from Linghu Feng, but Linghu Feng's success in punishing Chi Nu and Xin Er's personal participation at that time gave him a lot of experience in action and confidence to use this method alone.

While guessing the attitude and dialogue words that should be adopted when I saw Guo Jing, another rustling sound came, followed by two coughs. It was the old man who came over.

Xin Er let go of the hilt and asked, "Old man, why are you here?" The old man said, "It's cold and freezing. Come with me to sleep in the house." When Xin Er led his horse to follow him, he took a few steps and said, "Are you a want of a rebel party?"

Xin Er was shocked.

Before he could answer, the old man sighed and said, "You dare not go to Wubi to stay, I think so. Oh, it's Mr. Fuping who is planning to usurpate the money, what does it have to do with you? A few days ago, I went to Wangdu to sell money. There were forty or fifty poles on both sides of the city gate, and all the heads were hung, both young and old. I didn't dare to take a closer look. I heard that they were all new ones."

He shook his head and sighed, "You are dressed well, and you are not bad at all. You are the young master of the family? You have never suffered before. From now on, you will know that life is not easy. The old saying goes, 'Being not bad,' Alas, Guizhou's untouched people have no backers, don't talk about begging, the food is bad, and even the mouths of eating are gone."

He whispered and led Xin Er to the hut. Xin Er put the horse in his hand and entered the house with him.

There was no light inside the house, and it was pitch black. Fortunately, Xin Er came in from the wild and could barely see the environment inside.

This is the real home.

The material of the wall of the house is yellow mud with grass, the grass head is chaotic and exposed, and there is nothing in the narrow space, not even a bed mat, the mold and moisture are very heavy, the ground is rugged, and only a few piles of hay are laid in the corner of the wall. Next to the door are pottery basins and two other wooden bowls that Xin Er had seen, so there is nothing else left. Maybe I was afraid that the hut would be burned accidentally, and the weather would be frozen, and the fire would not rise.

Xin Er felt that the temperature inside the house was almost the same as the wild land, and the ice cave was also similar.

A slight noise came from the corner of the wall, and someone poked out from the haystack. Because there was no candlelight, he couldn't see clearly. The old man said, "This is my granddaughter." He said to her, "Sleep." He held the pile of grass, placed it on the other corner of the wall, and said to Xin Er, "You sleep here."

Can't sleep all night.

The sound of the cold wind and the coughing sounds of the elderly filled Xin Er's mind.

He has never seen such a poor life in his previous life or in his memory.
Chapter completed!