From the ruins of Heishui City, fly all the way to the city of Xining, Qing Province.

The distance between the two places is not less than thousands of miles.

However, it only took them a few hours to reach Xining Prefecture before it got dark yesterday.

Although it was darker in Qing Province than in the coastal area, Sun Cheng took the eight of them and traveled thousands of miles in a very short period of time by flying.

This move really shocked Zhang Sanlianzi, his master and his disciples.

What makes them more real is the prosperity of Xining Prefecture today.

To say that this Xining Prefecture is really not well-known in China.

Although it is an ancient city with a history of thousands of years, it was not well-known until the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

Because of the harsh environment around, coupled with the complex ethnic composition.

The population of this ancient city was only tens of thousands until more than ten years ago.

Thirty years ago, Zhang Sanlian went to the frontier with Mr. Zuo to quell the chaos.

 11 Because it was too desolate to raise enough food and salaries, the counter-rebels did not even pass through here.

However, after many years, Zhang Sanlianzi came here for the first time.

Only then did I realize that Xining Prefecture was very different from the poor and desolate ancient cities in the Northwest that I had imagined.

In today's Xining Prefecture, the scale of the city is only slightly inferior to that of some big cities in the north.

He asked someone to inquire about it, and learned that the permanent population of Xining Prefecture has exceeded 20, and it is not only the most populous city in Qing Province.

At the same time, it is also the second most populous city in Northwest China after Jincheng in Gansu Province.

In the current Xining Prefecture, not only the city scale has expanded a lot.

Around the originally desolate city, many small towns and villages have also emerged.

Zhang Sanlianzi has read a lot of poetry and books, and has rich experience in his early years. He naturally knows that these things cannot be achieved overnight.

He spent some time inquiring about Jiajia and asking the old people in the city for advice, only to find out that more than ten years ago, officials from the Qing Province at that time jointly petitioned the court to ask some disaster victims to be relocated from the interior to enrich the Northwest.

Thanks to this policy, the three provinces of Qingshan, Gansu and Gansu have now benefited, attracting nearly one million disaster victims from the mainland.

After all, in the past ten years or so, Xia Kingdom has been suffering from natural disasters and floods, which can be regarded as a great merit.

However, Qing Province, which no one is optimistic about, has quietly attracted more than 20 people in this wave of attracting people.

After more than ten years of development, the total population of Qing Province has increased from less than 50 a decade ago to more than one million.

After resting in the city for a day, Zhang Sanlianzi saw the outside of the Sun Martial Arts Hall in the early morning of the second day, and suddenly came in with a dozen carriages.

He is doing morning lessons in the yard, exercising some skills.

Seeing so many carriages driving into the backyard, I couldn't help but take a few more curious glances.

As a result, he quickly saw something tricky. There seemed to be many people tied up in the carriage, and they were turned into the martial arts hall.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Sanlianzi's heart sank, and he was wondering whether they were doing some dirty human trading business.

Yang Xunzhu's voice sounded behind him.

"These foreigners have become more and more active in the Northwest in recent years!"|"

"Foreigner?"

Zhang Sanlian was taken aback, turned around and saw Yang Xunzhu, and nodded to him.

Yang Xunzhu smiled and pointed to several martial arts masters in the martial arts school: "Master Gao Yi, he knows that foreigners in our country are not only bullying the weak, they are cheating and abducting, cheating money and cheating people everywhere."

"This land in the northwest, although it looks desolate now."

"But in ancient times, there were countries in the Western Regions, sitting on the Silk Road, and accumulating countless wealth."

"Even hundreds of years ago, countries such as Tubo and Xixia were born here, and a large number of cities were built here."

"Those foreigners are all in the name of an expedition team."

"At least a dozen or more people, as many as seven or eighty people, armed with foreign guns and explosives, said they came to our place for an adventure. No one would know that they were trying to pluck the feathers of a wild goose, wishing they could scrape the ground three feet away."

"These people under the Taoist leader usually have a task, which is to arrest and eliminate these scourges."

"Once you meet a foreigner, don't worry about 21. They should be caught and killed first, and there will be one less disaster in the world."

"The last time I came to Xining Prefecture, I heard from the Taoist priest that they had arrested and killed at least a thousand foreigners in the past ten years, and Tsarist Russians accounted for half of them."

"hiss!"

When Zhang Sanlian heard it, he really took a deep breath.

But immediately, there was another indescribable cheerfulness that burst out from the bottom of my heart.

He was born in the Daoguang Dynasty, and he was only in his sixties regardless of his appearance, but it was because of his ability to maintain his face, and because of the adventures he had encountered in the past, he learned some breathing techniques.

Because he lived long enough, Zhang Sanlianzi came from a wealthy family.

He actually didn't remember that before the arrival of the foreigners, the people at the bottom of the country were already living in dire straits.

Zhang Sanlianzi only knew that after the foreign guns and cannons knocked on the country's gate, they invaded and plundered wantonly, forcing the Qing court to cede land and pay compensation.

Because of this foreigner, he doesn't remember the days when the poor were there. He only knows that with the invasion of the foreigner, the Qing Dynasty is getting worse day by day.

My own family was ruined because of this.

What's more, the rivers and mountains are dilapidated now, and the Qing government has ceded land and paid compensation to foreign countries every year, and the people are living in dire straits.

As for Zhang Sanlianzi's fear of the foreigner, he naturally had some fear, but he still hated him more.

Listening to what Yang Xunzhu said now, foreigners have suffered even worse in this northwest, and thousands of people died more than ten years ago.

 390 The other half of them are the evil Tsarist.

Zhang Sanlianzi is really in a good mood, after all, the reason why he followed Lord Zuo to suppress the rebellion in the border areas back then.

It is precisely because those Tsarist Russians harbor evil intentions and continue to cause trouble in the border area of ​​​​Xia Kingdom.

Because of the suppression of the chaos, many of Zhang Sanlianzi's brothers died in the war of suppression of the chaos for several years.

It can be said that among the foreigners he hated the Tsarist Russians the most.

Knowing this, Zhang Sanlianzi immediately felt a little bit guilty because of his suspicion and resentment towards Sun Cheng because of his ignorance just now.

However, he changed his mind and thought about it.

"The priest wants to search for the tomb of the princess of Xixia, and this search for dragon acupuncture points is exactly what I am good at."

"Now, little old man, I feel resentful towards him because of a little thing. I really shouldn't."

"Forget it, even if I risk my life, I will help the Taoist priest find the tomb of the Western Xia princess."

Thinking of this, Zhang Sanlian didn't even eat breakfast, so he went to find Sun Cheng and asked him to find two guides and prepare some fast horses for him.

He was about to start looking around to see the geomantic omens around here, looking for the possible location of the tomb of Princess Xi Xia.

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Chapter 417

It took Zhang San a full month to find the chain.

One month later, one afternoon.

The dusty Zhang Sanlianzi returned to the city under the escort of several guides and martial arts masters from Sun's Martial Arts Hall.

As soon as he saw Sun Cheng, he excitedly cupped his hands to him, "Master Daoist, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life. I should have found it..."

Looking in front of him, Zhang San's chain was obviously much more sloppy than a few days ago.

Sun Cheng smiled and asked him to sit down, "Master, are you sure?"

Zhang Sanlianzi smiled very happily, but there were also some doubts between his brows.

"Although it is still uncertain whether it is the tomb of the princess of Xixia, it is definitely the best waterproof treasure within a thousand miles, and it can exist as an imperial mausoleum."

"I did find several high-standard mausoleums from the Xixia period there."

"It's a bit weird to talk about Xining Prefecture."

"I've been to a lot of places this month."

"I saw many mountain ranges, all of which were somewhat different from the celestial phenomena, and traces of being altered by people could be vaguely seen."

"That's why it took me half an extra month to find that geomantic treasure."

The smile on Sun Cheng's face froze slightly. He probably understood that it was because he used the inner world to swallow some surrounding mountains and plateaus in the past.

It took Zhang Sanlianzi a month to find the reason for the suspected tomb of Princess Xixia.

Turning off the topic right away, "Old man, since that's the case. Go back and have a rest first. We're leaving in two days. What do you think?"

"It won't take so long!"

Zhang Sanlian shook his head and refused!

"My old man lived his whole life. The first 50 years were muddled, but he didn't live too muddled, and he did a lot for his country."

"It wasn't until the age of 50 that by chance, I started to touch the gold school captain, and learned the art of dividing the gold to fix the acupoints and touching the gold to fight."

"So far, it has been more than 20 years."

"In the past 20 years, the happiest thing for me is that I can go down to the grave and use my own wisdom to decipher the wisdom of the ancients¨‖."

"So compared to the treasures in those ancient tombs, the meaning of my life is to decipher the secrets of various mechanisms that the predecessors have painstakingly set up to guard against us."

"If it weren't for the fact that my body is already old, otherwise, I really want to leave today overnight."

Seeing his sincere attitude, Sun Cheng made no secret of his expectation and longing in his eyes.

After thinking for a while, he took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom, which contained five marrow washing pills.

"In that case, let's go tomorrow. Old man, I have some thoughts here, but it is five marrow washing pills."

"After you take it, it has the effect of washing the essence and cutting the marrow."

Zhang Sanlianzi knew that he was very capable, so he didn't show any politeness to him. He accepted it with a smile, and then went down to rest.

At dawn the next day, it was already past eight o'clock in the morning.

The Northwest is no worse than the Central Plains. When it gets dark later, it also gets brighter later.

Overnight, Zhang Sanlianzi had obviously taken at least one pill of washing marrow.

He already had some cultivation skills, but after taking the Sui Sui Pill, not only did he look energetic again, but he also became more energetic than before.

Judging by his current spirit, no one would doubt that he could live to be more than 100 years old.

Yang Xunzhu and the others knew that they were going to the tomb of Princess Xixia, so they made preparations early.

It is estimated that even if Sun Cheng wanted to drive them away, they would not be willing to leave.

In the end, Zhang Sanlianzi still temporarily threw the three immature apprentices in the city.

He is already prepared, after this visit to the tomb is over.

First find some less dangerous small tombs and train the three apprentices.

After they have learned some skills, pass the gold-touching talisman to them.

Because it is suspected that the tomb of Princess Xixia is in Xining Prefecture.

Although it was more than 100 kilometers away from the city, everyone tacitly rejected Sun Cheng's idea of ​​using magic to wind them up and fly away.

So a group of six people rode six high-quality war horses that he had bred from the inner world.

It took a day and did not reach the place until dark.

Zhang Sanlian got off his horse and walked to Sun Cheng's side.

"Look, Daoist!" He pointed to the surrounding river valley and nearby mountains.

"Although the Xixia Kingdom was founded by a minority ethnic group, the Dangxiang clan worked for Li Tang in the past, and was later given a national surname, so it was unavoidable to be too much influenced by the Tang Dynasty."

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