Looking back

Is it worth it?

Some things are not worth it or not, and the path you choose naturally has a corresponding end.Yang Kang naturally didn't tell Bao Xiruo about Wanyan Honglie's death in the rebellion. Now that the story has come to an end, why bother to live with the guilt of being a troubled woman?

After a brief stay, Yang Kang returned to Heishui City to meet Ala Hai before leaving.Ara Hai's palace hasn't changed much in the past few years. She invited Yang Kang to sit down with the etiquette of entertaining distinguished guests. In addition to the maids, there are three interpreters standing by the side to prepare for emergencies.This is because she will receive missions from all over the world, Mongolian princes and nobles, envoys from various tribes and foreign countries, meritorious soldiers, and even monks or missionaries from various religious sects.

After the courtesy greetings, Arahai listened to Yang Kang finish his preparations for departure, nodded his head slightly to express his appreciation, but his expression became serious, and he said to him, "This journey will be very dangerous." It's about the escort, but I don't know why Alahai abandoned the army and hired people from the Jianghu.So he asked, "Why is that?"

Alahai clapped his hands, four fully armed warriors escorted a brocade box, and presented it to Yang Kang, only to hear Alahai say, "Open it and see, do you know what it is?"

Yang Kang opened the box, and there were six tokens of different lengths and sizes displayed on the brocade, which seemed to be transparent and non-transparent. At first glance, it was a dark color, but when you looked closely, you found that the color was changing, and you could vaguely see the totem flying in each token. , can barely be counted as a flame shape.He swallowed back the words "Sacred Fire Order" that he almost blurted out, and said in a deep voice, "For some people, this is a sacred object that is more precious than life."

Ala Hai smiled slightly, "My sister told me that you must recognize her."

Yang Kang nodded in acknowledgment, and then asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, where did this come from?"

Alahai raised his hand to signal, and the interpreter next to him said, "This is the relic of Huo Shan, an old man in the mountains a hundred years ago. It was later captured by the Persian Mingjiao, and was brought to the Central Plains by missionaries, and became a sacred object of the Zhongtu Mingjiao. Soon after , Zhongtu Mingjiao was also besieged and suppressed by the imperial court, and it was devastated, and the holy relics also disappeared."

Yang Kang nodded as he listened. The person who was sent by the Taoist Emperor Huizong to destroy Mingjiao was Huang Shang, the creator of the Nine Yin Manual.Even many of the martial arts tricks recorded in the second volume of the Nine Yin Scriptures are memories of the enemy's martial arts tricks at that time.The interpreter continued, "It is said that these sacred torches were lost in the hands of the beggar gang, and were obtained by merchants. After several twists and turns, they were bought back by Her Royal Highness Princess Jianguo, and they are going to be returned to the Persian Mingjiao."

It turned out that the experience of the holy fire order was also so bumpy. The holy fire order in Yitianli was indeed in the hands of the Persian Mingjiao, and was later obtained by Zhang Wuji. Who knew that he had made such a big circle before.As for why Alahai returned the Holy Fire Order to the Persian Mingjiao, Yang Kang also believed that it was definitely not in vain. Wang Guguo was open to religious beliefs, and anyone was free to choose their beliefs. They treat everyone equally, and most of them have maintained a good relationship. Secondly, Persia is an important commercial route. Although Mingjiao in Persia has been living in the cracks between Islam and Nestorianism, one of the branches of Christianity, its influence is still not to be underestimated. It is also a huge profit to get the favorability of a sect with one object.

Alahai also listened carefully to the interpreter's explanation, and it was really difficult for her to explain this tangled history in Chinese. After listening to her, she said, "Of course you should understand that with these things you may encounter problems. I can't let her go with you. Please don't worry, although I arranged for her to go first, but your destination is the same, see you soon."

Yang Kang nodded, "I understand that I will do my best both in public and in private. I just want to ask, who is the main enemy to guard against on this trip? What is the situation of the descendants of the old man in the mountain?"

Since Arahai asked him to escort him, the enemy must also be a member of the rivers and lakes. As the beneficiary of the Persian Mingjiao this time, only the Zhongtu Mingjiao and the founder of the Holy Fire Order—the descendants of the old man in the mountain—are left.But the Middle Earth Mingjiao is at a low ebb right now, and this trip to the west is far beyond its scope of activities. Even if they intend to compete, they still have to consider their relationship with the Persian Mingjiao General Forum.

Then the answer is ready to come out. Yang Kang has generally heard about the situation of the old man in the mountains, but he still listens carefully to the interpreter's detailed description.The first generation of mountain elders was named Huo Shan. As a heretic religious scholar, he was frequently persecuted by the Sunni sect, the orthodox mainstream sect of Islam. After decades of suppression and killing, he developed into a secret terrorist organization good at assassination.This organization called itself the Assassins, while the Mongols called them Mulayi, and the leader was called the Old Man in the Mountain.Huo Shan once occupied Mount Alamut near Qazvin in Persia and established the castle fortress "Grizzly's Nest", which was frequently followed by his descendants to establish a base. Persia, Egypt and even the Crusader principalities on the east coast of the Mediterranean were all shrouded in the shadow of terror .

After the death of the old man Huo Shan, the Assassins became stronger and stronger, and were even recognized by some dynastic regimes. However, they capriciously tore up the covenant, changed their enemies, and assassinated not only the Muslim monarchs, but also the Crusader principality monarchs. The traveling merchants in the city have been repeatedly robbed by the Assassins. Presumably this is the reason why Alahai and Huazheng would rather hand over the torch order to the Persian Mingjiao than to return it to the rightful master, the Assassins.

Thinking of the Middle East a thousand years later, Yang Kang can only sigh with emotion, "family origin". Considering that the torch order has both symbolic and practical value, his dart trip is equivalent to carrying bin Laden's relics - the value of It is equivalent to a religious holy object plus several tons of munitions and materials-walking around the Middle East for several months.

A caravan of more than [-] camels marched out of the city gate. In addition to the treasures to be transported, there are also tens of thousands of silk and porcelain. Baobao means a hundredfold profit.Yang Kang put the Holy Fire Order on his body and hid it close to his body, to ensure the safety of other people, and to try to figure out the martial arts hidden on it when no one is around.

They walked along the official road winding out of the capital. The road was smooth and smooth, and business travelers kept coming and going, which showed the prosperity of Wang Guguo as a business hub.And their camel caravan was not the largest. On this day, they saw seven or eight caravans far exceeding their size, and the owners of the caravans had various appearances and costumes.

When the camp was set up at night, Yang Kang inspected around, guessing that the old man in the mountain would not be able to get involved in the easternmost end of the Silk Road, so he went back to his tent with peace of mind and prepared to delve into the essence of martial arts recorded in the Holy Fire Order.If he guessed correctly, this journey was arranged for him to figure out the martial arts of the Holy Fire Order and spread it to all bodyguards, otherwise he could have rushed to Persia with the Holy Fire Order alone, why bother to travel slowly with the caravan.According to Yi Tianzhong, the holy fire order is not very profound, but its advantage lies in its mysterious and unpredictable moves, which can always catch the enemy by surprise. The engraved in the holy fire order and the old man in the mountain who passed it down to future generations will not be much different. You won't be tired of dealing with strange moves when dealing with enemies.

"Why do martial arts secrets have to be on such a small thing?" Yang Kang thought of the human skin scriptures, and couldn't help but swear in his heart. For the twists and turns and legendary nature of the story, it is necessary to involve future generations to read the microcarved text. It's very eye-catching.He looked over and over again under the candlelight, and saw that every sacred torch was engraved with twisted and strange characters. He suddenly realized the serious problem. Huo Shan is a Turkic of Persian origin. Naturally, Persian is used.So how did Zhang Wuji learn it?By the way, Xiao Zhao, the daughter of Daikis, the saint of Persian Ming Cult!

Yang Kang had a flash of inspiration, he finally knew why Huazheng sent those two guys who only eat and don't work but only act cute.It's just that a little girl of mixed race from the Western Regions translated the Persian text in the torch order, which is full of the visual sense of Yitian Slaying the Dragon...

No one doesn't like to have a lively and lovely girl by his side to please the eyes, but Yang Kang is worried that the journey will be full of dangers, which may affect the beauty and beauties. If they make a mistake, Hua Zheng will fight him desperately.Yang Kang originally wanted to pack them up and leave them in Wanggubu, but under Alahai's connivance, Meilijiali still couldn't get rid of them like brown sugar, and they were woven and inserted in the caravan in a grandiose manner.More than 300 tents were set up in the caravan camp. In addition to their own bodyguards, hired locals familiar with the road conditions, as well as porters and handymen who took care of camels, there were more than [-] people in total, both beautiful and beautiful. The immature girl was afraid of causing trouble, so she covered her face with a robe and a gauze from the start, and several mastiffs slept peacefully outside their tent.

Seeing that it was still early, Yang Kang walked out of the tent to look for them.When preparing to go out, the two would pester Yang Kang to teach them martial arts. In order to avoid suspicion, Yang Kang never let them come to see them at night. It's just that the torch order is not easy to be exposed in broad daylight, so that can only be an exception.

The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river is setting in the sun, which can describe the scenery here.The setting sun hangs low over the desert, the Heishui River passes by, and a few pillars of smoke go straight into the sky, like a painting with simple tones and monotonous composition, without tenderness and charm, but full of concise and powerful beauty.

Meili and Jiali didn't know where to play after eating, and the last group of people who had dinner also finished their meals.Someone had already taken out the sundial, and when Xu Shi was exactly, Yang Kang blew his whistle, and as the whistle sounded, all the bodyguards put down their work and ran to line up in front of him.After the assembly was completed, the queue was changed according to the password, followed by several sets of moves, and the boxing and kicking methods were all uniform.

It has been a long time since he personally led the team to practice, and seeing that everyone is still well-trained, he is very satisfied.He has always led the team according to modern standard military training. No matter how strong personal force is, it is still a mess if there is no organization and discipline.This set of rules drove away many unruly people from the Jianghu who just wanted to make a living, and left behind are ordinary people with a high level of fortitude and awareness. Afterwards, with Yang Kang's instruction on internal skills, even if their aptitude is slightly poor, they can also help them get through. Meridians, relying on two sets of martial arts cheats at the external level, just improved the overall strength a lot.

Of course, management needs to be both soft and hard. These people are more or less his apprentices, and organizing some activities to enhance the sense of group identity will get twice the result with half the effort. Far beyond his imagination, he doesn't need to worry about it at all.In addition, on the one hand, he promised a lot of profits to the bodyguards, and also used two people who had learned martial arts and left to do all kinds of evil as a deterrent. It didn't take long for this group of people to be called a monolith.

Yang Kang paced slowly, while stretching his muscles and bones, while walking among the boxing crowd, he could feel their internal breath and use this to judge everyone's progress.The deeper the internal force, the wider the range of perception. When the horsemen brought back the camels that had drank from the river, Yang Kang didn't pay attention to observe, but he noticed something strange.

He remained silent, and waited for the grooms to disperse to rest in the shade of the tents, and then suddenly made an attack, and rushed at one of the tall men in a turban.The man rolled around on the ground, narrowly avoided the palm that was slapped on his shoulder, turned around to catch the fight, and cursed, "Do you really want to kill me?"

Yang Kang recognized the face under the turban, he kept moving his hands and feet, and laughed loudly, "You can't beat me every time, so if you still come, isn't it just death?"

The author has something to say: wow, I wrote this chapter in a hotel during a business trip for experiments.A certain scumbag author who has always been on a business trip (to catch up with papers and reports) will take it for granted that he will stop updating, and finally he can openly seek praise like many hardworking authors.

Speaking of business trips, the senior sister who was on a business trip together was reading a novel on her mobile phone, and suddenly said, "It's disgusting that I'm going to charge you for this novel after reading it."

I was speechless by the side, didn't you point at the monk and scold the bald thief, even though she didn't know that I just wrote the article.But I still feel inexplicably messy and a little sad. Is the writer's efforts so worthless...