After Ni Chenyi finished speaking, he nodded slowly. According to what Ni Zhuo said before, the appearance of the glow in Gonggeer Mountain is just a sign that the Immortal Palace is about to open. The official opening of the Immortal Palace will be three days after the appearance of the glow.

At this time, everyone in the goods yard was also looking at the rays of light from a distance, but they did not know about the Kunlun Immortal Palace. It was just because the rays of light appeared so suddenly and dazzlingly that they felt confused and strange.

The two left the goods yard and rode back to the city. The people in the city were also watching and talking about the sudden glow in the southern sky, but they also knew nothing about the Kunlun Celestial Palace. It had been nearly three years since the Kunlun Celestial Palace was last opened.

A hundred years later, everyone who knew the inside story has long since passed away.

Since the city gate has not yet been closed, one can clearly see from the main north-south road that the cavalry brought earlier are still outside the south gate. Seeing that the cavalry has not yet left, they are not in a hurry to return to Ni Mansion, but go to the south gate with Ni Chenyi

, these soldiers have just surrendered not long ago, and their loyalty is not high. Now everyone on our side has to stay here, and these cavalry will return on their own. To be on the safe side, it is best to beat them, lest they do not go to Qingyang, but

He ran back to Fengxiang.

At this time, the top four men had already picked out a thousand cavalry, and the other four thousand cavalry were lining up. When they saw the arrival, the cavalry immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted, "See you, Your Majesty."

Our own cavalry suddenly shouted in unison, and the defenders turned pale with fear. In fact, it was already time to close the city gates. However, the Khotan court was worried that closing the city gates would make others misunderstand that they meant to resist, so they ordered the defenders to

The general kept the city gate open. If he suddenly changed his mind at this moment and gave the order, five thousand cavalry would immediately march in and massacre the city.

Without dismounting, he raised his hands to everyone and said, "No courtesy."

Da Tou came up quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the people have been selected. Do you have any other orders?" ??

"How did you choose it?" I asked casually.

Seeing that his voice was not lowered, Datou replied loudly, "The one thousand cavalry left behind need to escort food and grass back and forth. Although it is a bit tiring, it is still safer than fighting with the army, so the ones I left behind are all with families.

"

Although what Datou said was high-sounding, he knew that the reason why Datou made such a choice was that he was worried that the cavalrymen with families would defect because they missed their relatives. However, Datou's approach seemed clever, but in fact it was not smart. This move made it clear that he did not believe them.

, Secondly, Datou ignored that the more people with families, the more anxious they are to regain Fengxiang, and they will be more brave once they join the war. Secondly, people with families are homesick all day long and cannot raise them well, so it is better to leave some carefree bachelors.

, as time goes by, you can start a family here.

No rush to express

Instead, he quickly weighed in his mind whether to change the decision of Datou and others. After thinking for a while, he finally decided to change it. He was determined to turn these thousand cavalry into Ni Zhuo's private soldiers, and soldiers with families could not take root and settle down here.

.

Thinking of this, he said loudly, "The imperial court will send troops to recover Fengxiang today. The soldiers who have married will soon be reunited with their families. It is not appropriate to leave them here."

At this point, he paused for a moment, then raised his voice and said, "Listen to my order, those who have no worries and are willing to stay to protect the food team will go westward for a hundred steps, and the others will stay where they are!"

After hearing the order, all the cavalry were overjoyed. Some of them didn't want to stay but were left behind, and some wanted to stay but couldn't. Those who didn't want to stay were undoubtedly concerned about their families, while those who wanted to stay were

I know that if I stay here, my life will definitely be better than before.

Everyone got their place and lined up again. There were more than 1,200 people who chose to stay, which was a little more than before.

He called together the cavalry generals who were about to return. He first asked if they had brought enough dry food, and then told them to pay attention to safety on the road. Finally, he lowered his voice and said, "The current governor of Qingyang, Li Zhongyong, is my second senior brother, and the general Chen Liqiu is

My king’s third senior brother must fulfill his duties loyally, fight bravely, make meritorious service to the court, and win face for me after he returns.”

The leading general was not a fool. He immediately understood the implication. To put it bluntly, Qingyang's soldiers and horses were equivalent to his direct descendants. With his backers, it would not be a problem in the future whether it was military salary supply or promotion based on meritorious service.

The general nodded understandingly and responded loudly.

After giving the order, a group of cavalrymen shook their reins and rode their horses, galloping eastward in the dusk.

Watching the cavalry go away, he turned to face the remaining cavalry, pointed his finger at Ni Chenyi and said loudly, "This is Miss Ni, the daughter of the Duke of Ji, and also my confidante. The silver you received earlier was also rewarded by Miss Ni. We five

When I am away, you must obey the orders of Duke Ji Guo and Miss Ni, and do not violate the orders and prohibitions!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Seeing that he was introduced like this in front of everyone, Ni Chenyi was very happy and said in a hurry, "You go back first, I will take them to the camp."

"Okay." He smiled and nodded.

Ni Chenyi got on his horse and waved his arms, "Follow me."

More than a thousand cavalry responded again, each driving their horses and galloping away with Ni Chenyi.

"Your Majesty is still thoughtful and considers the long-term." Datou sincerely admired him.

"I don't mean to refute your face," he said, "I usually won't change the things you have decided, but it is really inappropriate for you to keep those cavalrymen who have already married. Even if they don't run away this time, they will be homesick sooner or later.

You still have to run."

Datou nodded repeatedly, "That's true, that's true." .??.

Shi Xuanming is not a big head. He does not just pick those he likes to listen to. "Such selection also has disadvantages. Most of the people left behind are those who are greedy for money."

Before he could speak, Datou said first, "Who is not greedy for money? I am also greedy for money. As long as you are capable and obedient, being greedy for money is not a problem."

"You have mastered the art of flattering a horse in the wind." Shi Xuanming said with a smile.

Da Tou was not angry, but raised his hand and pointed north, "There is a good place in the city, I will show you around."

"It's time to eat. Let's go after eating." He said.

Everyone chatted and walked into the city. When the five people were far away from the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city cautiously closed the city gate.

"The glow has appeared, when should we set off?" Yang Kai asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked casually.

Yang Kai said, "Although many years have passed, those who are interested will still know that this colorful glow is a sign that the Immortal Palace is about to open. If nothing unexpected happens, a large number of masters will come here from all over the country in the next few days. We will lead our troops."

Shocking Khotan will definitely arouse their resentment. If we continue to stay in the city, we may cause more trouble."

He nodded slowly and did not answer.

Datou said, "If we had left early, they would have thought we were afraid of them. What I mean is that if we stay in the city for another two days, if anyone is dissatisfied and wants to cause trouble, we will take care of them."

Seeing that Shi Xuanming and Yu Yi had no intention of talking, they made the final decision, "The peak where Kunlun Immortal Palace is located is a snow mountain, and the environment there is very harsh. Let's stay in the city for another two days to recharge our batteries.

Rest and prepare for war."

When everyone returned to Ni's Mansion, Ni Zhuo was waiting in the main hall. Datou and others did not follow them into the main hall, but went back to the room prepared for them by the servants in the mansion.

There are three large boxes in the hall. They are not wooden boxes, but leather boxes inlaid with various gems.

The binding and lifting ropes on the box have not yet been untied, and the seals on the box are intact.

These three boxes were gifts from the King of Khotan. The relationship between countries seems very complicated, but in fact it is very simple. If you can beat them, you will bully and plunder. If you cannot beat them, you will pay tribute to please them. It is very superficial and very realistic.

The minister who came to deliver the gift also attached a gift list. The gift list alone had five folded pages. After a few glances, he found that the box contained mostly rare treasures produced in Khotan and unique to various countries in the Western Regions.

"I roughly estimated that the value of these three boxes of things is at least 30 million taels. For a small country like Khotan, taking out these things is very sincere." Ni Zhuo said.

Knowing that Ni Zhuo liked to collect, he said, "Keep what you like, and sell what you don't like and use it to buy rice."

"No, my opinion is to transport it back to the Tang Dynasty intact and hand it over to the emperor." Ni Zhuo said.

"No," he shook his head, "The disaster is serious now, and it is important to raise food and provide relief."

Ni Zhuo frowned and shook his head, "Don't be arrogant. This matter will definitely not suppress the rumors. If the emperor learns that Yu Tian sent you a generous gift, but you quietly accepted it, the emperor will probably be dissatisfied."

"I'll give him a discount to explain the matter," he said. "At the moment, Datang can't afford much silver. You need money to buy rice and grain. You can't always make up for your losses."

Ni Zhuo said seriously, "You must not feel resentful because the emperor intends to move the capital to Luoyang."

With a long sigh, "Don't tell lies in front of the real person. At this time, the Tang Dynasty is only an empty frame. The court can't even come up with money and food for disaster relief. Moving the capital is not a trivial matter. Just building the palace will cost countless silver taels. If the emperor really

The decision to move the capital was bound to completely bring down the Tang Dynasty. What troubles me now is that I know clearly that this matter must not be done, but I still can't go to the court to advise. Those officials from the Qing Dynasty slandered me for intending to occupy Luoyang and seek to usurp the throne. If I gave advice to

"Remonstrance, doesn't it just prove that I have a disobedient heart?"

Ni Zhuo reached out and patted his shoulder, "It's not easy to be a loyal minister. If it's just you and the emperor, the matter can be handled easily. The troublesome thing is that those noble civil servants with ulterior motives interfere with it."

"I hate these guys who succeed but fail more than they should, but I can't kill them all." He took a deep breath.

While the two were talking, Ni Chenyi came quickly from outside.
Chapter completed!