Five hundred years ago, the seventy-two princes fought in chaos. On the land west of Hengduan Mountain, when the last Wugu Daozun in the west was killed by the sword cultivator of Shujian Mountain, the nine tribes on the grassland fell into a melee.

During this chaos, the Tayan clan gradually grew and grew from an inconspicuous small tribe seeking to survive in the cracks. Using three generations of tribes, they gradually unified the grassland west of Hengduan Mountain and established the famous Tayan royal court.

In the years of struggle with major tribes, the Tayan clan gradually developed a martial spirit, and developed from a nomadic tribe to a small country dominated by farming and trade. After two generations of cultivation and rest, the advantages of the farming system have gradually emerged. The skyrocketing population and sufficient food have made the Tayan clan gradually become stronger.

A hundred years later, the fifth-generation leader of the Tayan clan came to the Central Plains to study art for ten years when he was young. He passed by Chang'an City. When he saw the prosperous scenery of Chang'an, he was amazed by it. After returning, he established Xijing City in accordance with the appearance of Chang'an. In accordance with the regulations of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the current situation of the grassland, he carried out reforms, took the lead in changing the Hanfu system, established the three-court and six-department system, promoted the imperial examinations, and learned the Han culture. At the same time, the name of the Tayan King Tingguo was changed to Da Chu. Now, the west of the Hengduan Mountain and the west of Mule Mountain is still a nomadic civilization on the grassland, and the north and west of Xijing are gradually becoming urban civilization in the west.

However, the compromise brought about by promoting sinicization has also led to a long-term conflict between the two major forces, the tribal royal court and the feudal lord, while the emperor of the Chu State relied on royal blood to maintain the balance between the two major forces.

When Xiao Jinyan arrived in Xijing, heavy snow fell from the sky, covering the entire Xijing in a hazy and snow-white area.

Xiao Jinyan was also shocked.

The entire Xijing City is majestic and magnificent. Whether it is the city wall, the design of the urn, or the layout of the neighbors, they are seven or eight points similar to Chang'an City. This makes Xiao Jinyan, who has traveled all over the world, feel as if he has returned to the Central Plains. Buda excitedly introduced the origin of this city to Xiao Jinyan, and said proudly, "Our Great Chu Shangjing City has never been directly captured in the past few hundred years!"

Shangjing is the name of the Chu people for the capital. Just as the Northern Zhou Dynasty also called their capital Shangjing.

After submitting the documents, the group entered the city.

All major tribes have tribal guild halls in the city of Xijing. The Gubang tribe's guild halls are located in three streets north of the palace. They have already received news that the daughter of the clan leader, Sun Heart, will arrive in the near future and wait at the door in advance.

The leader of the Gubang Association was a young man wearing the popular Hanfu in Xijing, with a slightly dark skin and a powerful aura in every move. When he saw Ali and Buda brothers, he came forward to hug each other and greeted each other.

When Xiao Jinyan was introduced, the man held his hand, pulled it into his chest, and said, "You are Xiao Jinyan? I heard from the clan that you are very good at martial arts on the Moon Festival, so you have the chance to compete!"

Xiao Jinyan felt that his hands were full of energy. As soon as the two met, they had already used their true energy and did not show any weakness. They used string power to disassemble his true energy into the ground.

The man was stunned and suffered a secret loss. He immediately let go of his hand and laughed, "My name is Guoyan. Because my five elements lack water, I named him Li Demo. In Shangjing, we all use the Chinese name."

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that even if you lack water, it would not solve the problem if you name a desert. However, he came from afar and was not convenient to comment on the owner's name, so he just smiled slightly.

"Do you Chu people use the Han surname?"

Li Shamo said, "It's all the people who shout randomly. In Xijing City, except for the fact that the surname Cai Chu is not allowed, you can take any other surname."

Buda also smiled and said, "Fruit Rock is the hardest stone among our ancient bands and the most powerful warrior in the ancient bands. Now he is very famous in Shangjing!"

Li Shamo said, "Brother Buda, for the first time I came to the capital, wouldn't I also give me a fashionable Chinese name?"

But Buda shook his head, "The name of the grassland is pretty good. I don't want to go home and have a big fight with my dad because of this."

Although it was just a small detail, Xiao Jinyan noticed that the people of Western Chu had two different voices about Central Plains culture.

Li Demo came to the carriage of the Sun Heart, saluted very respectfully, and said, "Please ask the princess to enter the guild hall to rest. Prince Chengxian's mansion has learned about your arrival in the capital and is preparing to hold a banquet at the Lion House tomorrow night."

With the help of his maid, the Sun's Heart slowly walked off the carriage.

Along the way, although Xiao Jinyan was escorting with him for several days, he rarely met Sun Heart. Today, she wore an ancient bang clan costume and covered with white veil. She walked to Xiao Jinyan and said lightly, "Thank you, Xiao, for escorting all the way."

Xiao Jinyan nodded and showed up.

The Sun's heart did not stop and walked straight into the hall.

The Gubang Guild Hall covers a large area and is composed of seven or eight courtyards connected to each other. The three courtyards in the back are prepared for the heart of the sun, the three in the middle are used for offices in the guild hall, and the banquet hall, living room and guest rooms in the front.

Li Shamo said, "Brother Xiao has made contributions to escorting all the way, and King Chengxian has given me an explanation. You must attend the banquet tomorrow night."

Xiao Jinyan was about to refuse, but Li Shamo said again, "You Ming people defeated us Chu people in Hengduan Mountain. Now in the court and the country, they are very repulsive to Ming people. Being able to make friends with the wise king is not a bad thing for Brother Xiao."

At this time, the news of the Chu army's defeat in Hengduan Mountain had already spread to Xijing, and a sense of anti-Ming was spreading in the court and the country. However, when the Chu army was defeated, its vitality was severely damaged and it was no longer able to continue to launch a war. As a defeated country, it was not easy for the Ming Dynasty to ask for compensation from the Chu State.

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that the city of Xijing is so big and Yu Wenshuang is missing. If he uses his power to find her, he will be afraid that it will be difficult. If it takes time, it would be fine. If Yu Wenshuang leaves Xijing and the territory of Western Chu is vast, where will he find someone? He immediately agreed.

Xiao Jinyan took a short rest in the Gubang Guild Hall, changed into clean clothes, and informed Ali and Buda brothers, and then walked out.

Although it was already winter and there had just been a snowfall, the city of Xijing is still very lively. The entire city of Xijing was 64 square meters, and when it was at its peak, the population reached 300,000, making it the largest city in Western Chu.

There are many shops along the street, and there are also street vendors selling street vendors. Xiao Jinyan looked around and saw deer antlers, sheepskin, spices, and glass, as well as tea and porcelain shipped from the Central Plains. It is said that they are very popular here. However, the Chu State was defeated recently, and the Chu people became more and more angry, and there were not many customers in front of these shops.

Xiao Jinyan stopped in front of a porcelain shop.

On the door panel of the porcelain shop, there is a dragon on the left and a rainbow on the right. It seems that the graffiti of a child is crooked and unformed, but Xiao Jinyan recognized it. This is the contact code of Dengwenyuan.

Xiao Jinyan pushed the door and there were very few customers in the store. He asked, "Is there a chamber pot made from Ru kilns from the three years of Zhenguan?"

When the boss heard this, he raised his head, "Three years of kiln is not good, why not look at five years of it?"

"Five years are too precious, only three years."

The boss smiled and said, "Is the guest official from the Central Plains? It turns out he is a guest. Please come to the back hall to talk."

When he arrived at the back hall, Xiao Jinyan revealed his identity. When the boss saw his deputy supervisory token, he kept saying, "Dengwenyuan is located in the Chu Realm General Office, Guo Cheng, and see the deputy supervisor!"

Xiao Jinyan helped him up, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Guo."

Guocheng had already made tea, and the two chatted for a while. From him, they learned that some wind directions in the Xijing City of Chu State today and some deployments in the Xijing City.

"I wonder if you have any business to come to Xijing?"

Xiao Jinyan thought that there were a large number of people in the Xichu area of ​​Dengwenyuan, but it was a private matter for him to come to find Yuwenshuang. If they used their power, it would be a bit inappropriate, and the other was afraid that the movement would be too big and the people of Xichu could easily be targeted by the Xichu people, so he said, "I'll do some private matters and find someone by the way."

Guo Cheng had already received the news and asked intently, "Sir, are you going to look for Yuwen Da... the traitor's daughter, Miss Yuwen?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "How do you know?"

Guo Chengdao, "The subordinates have received the order from the capital. Once Yu Wenshuang is discovered, they will be killed without any hesitation."

Xiao Jinyan was shocked, "What?"

Guo Cheng said: "This is a secret order issued by President Li personally to various places in the Dengwen Academy."

Xiao Jinyan was very confused. Li Chuntie knew about what Yuwen Tianlu had delayed on the mountain. He came to find Yuwen Shuang, and Li Chuntie also knew about it. But why did his senior brother order the secret spy from the Tianxia Dengwen Academy to chase and kill Yuwen Shuang?

Could it be that the situation has changed in the capital? If this is the case, Yuwenshuang's situation is indeed not good. If it is about martial arts, the masters lurking in various places in the Dengwen Academy may not be better than Yuwenshuang, but their real strength is that they are proficient in assassination and killing people without realizing it.

"Did you see Miss Yuwen?"

Guo Cheng said, "I heard from the people over there that she lost her trace after leaving the gourd mouth. Our people looked for her everywhere in Xijing and did not get any news."

"If there is any news, please notify me immediately!" Xiao Jinyan told Guo Cheng about his temporary residence. Guo Cheng looked embarrassed, "If President Li knew about it, it would be difficult for us to deal with it."

"If anything happens, I will push it!"

Xiao Jinyan left the porcelain shop and thought to himself that he must find Yu Wenshuang before others, otherwise, with her current situation, it may be difficult for her to get out of trouble.

Yuwenshuang, don’t have anything wrong, otherwise how can I explain to your father? But now, in the vast sea of ​​people, how can I find you?

Xiao Jinyan knew that this matter was too urgent and he had to use the power of the Gubang people in Xijing. Since the Ali brothers agreed to him, with the temperament of the grassland people, he would not go back on his promise.

Unlike the cities in the Central Plains, there are many temples in the city of Xijing, mainly Tibetan Buddhism. After the people of Western Chu settled in Xijing, they designated Tibetan Buddhism as the state religion, which maintained a close connection with Tibetan Buddhism in the Western Regions. It is also because of this that in the Battle of Zhaoyaoshan, Western Chu invited the Khaba Living Buddha of the Western Regions to help.

On the way, monks looked up and saw that in Chu State, monks had a very high status, only under the royal family and nobles, and were on par with scholars and officials. Most people respectfully gave way when they saw monks.

In the downtown street, I suddenly heard someone quarrel. Xiao Jinyan looked at it and found that it was a few rogues who were beating a beggar.

The beggar hugged his head and shouted, "Don't beat him, don't beat him, I'm a living Buddha!"

"Bah! You are a living Buddha, and I am still a dead Buddha!"

"I am the living Buddha of Kaba who is like a fake one!"

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, he noticed that the man was wearing a ragged lama suit, with a disheveled face and no lower limbs. Who is it if it weren't for Kaba Living Buddha? In a battle at Zhaoyaoshan, Kaba was chopped into two halves by his senior brother's sword. Unexpectedly, he, who was originally riding the white lion fairy, fell into such a field in just a few months.

"Kaba Living Buddha? He has already transformed and even sent a relic to Baoyan Pagoda. Where did you come from the stinky beggar, how dare you blaspheme the living Buddha!"

"What? Sariya?" Kaba Living Buddha wanted to cry without tears, "Where did the Sariya come from?"

"According to the monks in the Western Regions, his Buddha body was carried back to a large number of temples by a white lion, leaving only half a rope. He was able to attain the power of Taoism, only half a Buddha body, and after burning, he released three kilograms of relics! Now the relics are hard to find in the world, and the Baoyan Pagoda is still due to the royal family's relationship, so he got a piece the size of a palm."

Another person said, "Let's go, tell a stinky beggar what he did!"

"Wait!" Kaba hugged one of the thighs tightly and said, "Even so, you guys are good at it, rewarding a few copper plates. I'll buy a bun. The Buddha said that doing one good every day is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

The man kicked Kaba away, cursed a few times before leaving in disappointment.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan came to Khaba and said, "Living Buddha, we meet again!"

The Living Buddha Kaba recognized Xiao Jinyan and said, "It's you?"

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Bun shop.

Kaba had a full meal, touched his stomach, burped, and said, "I won't eat anymore, I have no appetite!"

Xiao Jinyan thought that thirty buns had fallen into their stomachs, and said that they had no appetite. If they really let go of eating, wouldn’t they go bankrupt?

"Master, how could you end up in such a field?"

Kaba said angrily, "Are you here to make fun of this living Buddha?"

Xiao Jinyan dared not dare to say, "In the battle of Zhaoyaoshan, I admire the master's martial arts very much. I can see it with my own eyes and benefit a lot. Seeing that the master was in a difficult street today, I couldn't bear it, so I dared to invite the master to dinner."

Kaba snorted coldly, "I'm so angry that I'm so angry, man, let's have ten more buns!"

The wind swelled up the clouds, and the Living Buddha Kaba was relieved.

Since the battle at Zhaoyaoshan, the white lion with bad eyes dragged his lower body and ran away. The Living Buddha of Kaba slept all the way, begged along the street, and fled to Xijing. He wanted to defect to the disciples of Baoyan Pagoda, but he did not expect that the other party not only refused to recognize his relatives, but also drove him out of the door and ended up wandering on the streets.

Li Chuntie's sword was too cruel and directly cut off his veins. Now that the living Buddha of Kaba has lost all his martial arts, he is like a useless person. When he talks about the sadness, he even shed tears.

Xiao Jinyan had no time to listen to him nonsense and act miserable. The reason why he invited Kaba to dinner was because he couldn't understand what happened on Zhaoyao Mountain. Why did the emperor suddenly become suspicious of Yuwen Tianlu? With the power of the Western Chu and Northern Zhou, how could he invite Kaba to take action personally?

He asked, and when Kaba heard this, he was so angry that he stretched his stomach straight and cursed, "Zhimo, your emperor is the most sinister villain in the world. If it weren't for his promise to build a Lama Temple in the capital, I would have taken action personally? Unexpectedly, Yuwen Tianlu and Li Chuntie had already colluded with each other and made a show for me and Helian Liangbi to watch it. It's ridiculous that we were sold and we even counted the money for him!"
To be continued...