Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight

The carriages of Yaoying and Tamaraga mixed in the team and drove towards the gate of Star City that was open to civilians.

The Star City was heavily guarded, and all the young men who were walking alone were stopped and imprisoned. In contrast, the worship team who bowed in the direction of the holy city did not attract the attention of the knights.

The two Yaoying passed the Star City without any risk.

Tamara Gamma signaled Yaoying to stay in the city for the night, "I will go to the holy city tomorrow."

Yaoying was a little puzzled, because she was so close, and the holy city was in front of her, why would it be delayed for another day?

Tamara Gha closed his eyes and adjusted his breath, and there was no meaning to explain it.

Yaoying stretched out her hand and shook his eyes, making sure that his eyes were closed, and quietly wrinkled her nose at him.

They rested in the city for one night, and braved the cold wind early the next morning to continue on their way.

The river that is more than ten feet wide is frozen into ice, and the deep valleys and rugged mountain roads are covered by a thin layer of snow. At first glance, the land is white.

The worshiping team walked on the empty snowy field, men and women, old and young, with thousands of heads, the team could not see the tail at a glance, they came from different tribes, their costumes were different, their eyes and hair colors were different, the only thing that was the same was everyone's face The expressions on the above are very religious.

Everyone is already familiar with the road at the foot of the holy city, and they can avoid the snow-covered gullies without being reminded by others, so that they won't have a swollen nose and a swollen face.

The interrogation of the holy city is obviously more stringent. Every two miles along the road outside the city, there is a team of four-army knights guarding, a pair of gray-brown eyes sweeping through the crowd, and the knight rushing into the crowd from time to time, uncovering a tall man. .

Yaoying remembers that when she first came to the holy city, she took another road. It took her a long time before she climbed the earth cliff. Now that shortcut must be guarded. In order not to arouse the vigilance of the Guards, they did this. You must enter the city from the main entrance.

In the distance, the city gate straddles the river bank, the terrain is extremely high, tall and magnificent, long stone steps meander up, solid towers and arrow towers are hidden among the cliffs, and the armor of the Guards flashes with silver light. Even if the snow is white, it still can't conceal the vague murderous air.

It was still early, and there was a hustle and bustle at the foot of the city gate, and many people were waiting to enter the city. Upon seeing this, the worshiping team stopped to rest, sitting in twos and threes by the side of the road to eat dry food and drink salty milk tea to keep warm from the cold.

Yaoying also stopped, frowning, looking at the holy city in the distance.

Under the blue clear sky, the unique huge black earth cliff of the holy city stands tall, like a taut sharp arrow, thrusting straight into the sky, more than a thousand garlands are scattered beside the highest mountain in the northernmost part, and the relief stone pillars are shining and scattered. The pagoda of the pagoda reveals its high spire, solemn and solemn.

While eating and drinking, the people who visited the temple talked about the deeds of Tamaragarh, praising him for his merits over the years, talking and laughing together into a surging tide, wave after wave, reaching Yaoying's ears.

Suddenly, a red-haired middle-aged husky mentioned the princesses from afar in the holy city and asked: "Does the Buddha really want to break the precept and marry a wife?"

Everyone was unhappy and talked a lot.

"Buddha is noble, how could he still marry a wife?"

"Yes, the Buddha will definitely drive away those princesses!"

Listening to their noise, Yaoying was like a thorn on her back.

It seems that the gathering of the princesses in the holy city has spread. Although the leaders of various countries are afraid of Tamaragarh and dare not openly play the banner of requesting marriage, the merchants of the royal court are well informed and have already promoted the purpose of the missions of various countries. No one knows the name of Buddha. Now it is estimated that even a three-year-old child knows that there are a group of beautiful princesses looking forward to his departure.

She has to get things ready quickly.

Yaoying thought silently in her heart.

The avenue flowed endlessly, and the voices of people laughed endlessly. The sitting meditation Tamaraga suddenly opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to pull the curtain, raised his eyes to look at the blue sky, and said: "It's still early in the morning, and I will enter the city in the afternoon."

"afternoon?"

Yaoying murmured, nodding in response.

The people visiting the temple are rushing all the way, dusty and rags, many people will stop to tidy up their appearance before entering the city, and it will be fine to wait a few more hours.

Yaoying poured a cup of hot tea and took a nap against the wall of the car. She was suddenly awakened by a sharp noise. The horses hissed on the road, and there were screams one after another.

She hurriedly opened the curtain and looked out, only to hear the howling of ghosts and wolves not far away. The pedestrians on the road screamed with their heads and screams. Several light-armored soldiers galloped by from north to south, with long whips in their hands. In front of a group of worshiping people, he drew it down fiercely, mercilessly.

The person who was drawn lay down on the ground, his hands and feet twitched, and the blood flow continued--it turned out that the whips were inlaid with thin iron pieces, and once they were drawn, they were bloody!

The soldiers beat the people all the way. After a while they turned their horses and turned around. It seemed that they were not happy enough. They split into the fleeing crowd and drove the people to a place to whipped them. The people had nowhere to hide, and the screams echoed in the snowy field, sad and desolate.

The worship team is walking together. These days there have been some friendships. One of the Husbands couldn't stand it and spoke out to persuade them. The soldiers did not stop and said angrily: "They are untouchables in the Wuliang tribe, and they are not qualified to visit the city. Buddha!"

Hu Shang was helpless, and was in a hurry.

As the imperial court, why do you want to kill the civilians?

Yaoying squeezed her fists, feeling the sudden rise of her breath next to her, and her heart swelled.

Tamara Gha was also awakened, looking over her shoulder, watching the fierce guards, with deep blue eyes.

Yaoying was afraid that he would expose his identity, and said softly: "General, I have a way to scare them off."

She motioned Tamaraga to put on her headscarf, quickly found her blue earth beast pattern brocade bag, turned it over for a while, found a folded cloth, handed it to a servant of the caravan, and ordered a few words.

The servant quickly ran to the Hu businessman who was speaking out with the cloth in his arms, and the Hu businessman saw the cloth and his eyes lit up.

After a long while, a snow-white flag woven with golden patterns of curly grass stretched out in the wind, hunting.

In the troubled times, the people were in distress and precarious. When they were in despair, the Buddha descended from the sky and saved them. At that time, everyone saw a huge snow-white flag waving in the wind. Therefore, a thought was deeply rooted in every one of them. From the bottom of my heart: As long as they see the Buddha's banner, they will be saved.

At this moment, seeing the familiar banner again, the eyes of the people became fierce, and some people knelt down with excitement.

Hu Shang pointed to the banner and said loudly: "Buddha often said that all beings are equal, no matter what the origin, as long as you submit to the royal court, we are all the people of the royal court! We are all believers who come to worship the Buddha, and you are pious and scolded for no reason. Believers, beware of retribution in the future! When the Buddha leaves the customs, he will certainly uphold justice for us!"

The believers next to him helped out and shouted.

The soldiers were not of high rank. They looked at each other when they saw the banner. They didn't dare to make a big deal. They sneered a few times, sneered inwardly, retracted the whip, and walked away.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to help those who had been beaten.

Hu Shang stood on the spot, seeing that the soldier's figure was completely invisible, he took a long sigh, turned around and wanted to thank the person who gave him the banner, and asked the people around him, asking three questions.

I don't know who sent the flag.

Hu Shang guessed that the good-hearted man who shot might not want to offend the Imperial Guard, smiled, and put away the banner.

On the other side of the avenue, through the curtains, he watched Hu Shang put away the banner, his eyes showing a little bit of reluctance.

If it weren't for not wanting to be eye-catching, she would really get the banner back.

Tamaraga stared at the kneeling crowds on both sides of the avenue, and asked softly: "Where did the princess get this banner?"

Yaoying smiled, lowered the curtain, and whispered: "I got it from Yuanjue the night I went up the mountain, and kept it with me. The Buddha's reputation is so famous, in case of a critical moment, this flag may be able to be sent. Useful..."

The result really came in handy.

As she was talking, she found that Tamaraga's gaze stayed on her face, and she couldn't help feeling bewildered. She put away her smile and asked, "General, shouldn't I do this?"

There are almost all royal caravans with such banners, and they are not taboos.

She raised her eyes, her dark eyes looked up at Tamaraga, reflecting his hideous face.

He was silent.

Although Yaoying is wearing a veil, she can still see a faint red and swollen mark on her forehead. In the past few days, in order to blend in with the worshiping people, she will worship the holy city like them, and the mark is swollen.

She didn't mention a word, if he hadn't noticed the scratches on her forehead and palm when he was awake, he might never have noticed.

"The princess did nothing wrong."

He said, his voice was very soft, but his tone was firm.

Yaoying let out a sigh of relief, curled her eyebrows slightly, and smiled at him.

After a turmoil disappeared, the people still had lingering fears about paying homage, and they didn't dare to delay any more, they packed their bedding and went into the city together.

More and more people left, and it was getting late.

When there were only pedestrians alone in twos and threes on the avenue, Yaoying worried that the staying for too long would attract the interrogation of the Guards, and couldn't help asking Tan Moroga: "General, when shall we enter the city?"

Tamaragarh calmly said: "Wait."

After waiting for another two hours, the sunset glow in the sky was blazing, the snow on the cliffs was stained with a gorgeous rouge color, and Tamaraga still had no intention of entering the city.

When the sunset collected the last afterglow, a shower of horseshoes suddenly came from the south side of the avenue.

Yaoying squinted her eyes and lifted the curtain to follow her reputation.

The two rode fast and galloped towards the holy city like a violent wind.

The guards along the way heard the sound of hoofs and stepped forward to greet them. The scouts immediately yelled a few words. Everyone was dumbfounded and stood still. After a long while, they recovered, looked face to face, turned on their horses, and followed the scouts. , Galloping towards the city.

Wherever the scout went, they turned their backs on their backs.

Yaoying turned her head and looked at Tamaraga suspiciously.

He said: "Wait another half an hour, you can enter the city."

A high-pitched horse neighed and croaked from outside the car window.

After half an hour, the two drove the carriage into the city's ranks.

I don’t know what happened. The knights of the four armies seemed to retreat along the way. All the soldiers who were interrogating were gone. The atmosphere was heavy and weird. They entered the city without any effort. Yaoying prepared the rhetoric and bribed the guard. The army's few bags of silver coins are completely useless.

What happened?

Yaoying was confused and wondering. In the deep twilight, several rumbling bells suddenly sounded in the direction of the city wall. She was taken aback and subconsciously leaned against Tamaraga.

Like her, the pedestrians on the road were scared and looked up.

The bells circulated and reverberated for a long time in the streets and alleys. The scout who reported the news stood on the wall, facing the people who heard the bells swarming down the city, shouting in horror: "The regent is dead!"

Immediately someone followed the news of the death of the regent Sultan Gu.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The soldiers swiftly dived into the streets and alleys, and the yelling, deliberately trembling, spread through every lifang: "The regent is dead in the hands of the bandits!"

Yaoying stiffened, subconsciously thinking that Ashina Bisuo had some accident, and her eyes met Tamaraga.

Amid the roar of "The Regent is dead," he looked calm, without a trace of shock or worry on his face.

Yaoying was stunned for a moment, thinking about his unhurriedness these days, suddenly realized that a bright flash of light flashed through her mind: Bi Suo is not dead, all this is their plan, let the regent "die" under the killer knife, it will be better To paralyze the enemy in order to bring out the real behind-the-scenes.

The reason why he insisted on entering the city today is because he knows when the news of the death of the regent will be sent back. Once the unscrupulous people determine that the regent is dead, they will inevitably relax their vigilance and withdraw their manpower before they can enter the city swaggeringly. .

Yaoying stared at the man next to her blankly.

It turned out that even if he was severely injured and left alone in the ice and snow, even if he could be backlashed by the exercises at any time, he was unconscious and weak, and he was still planning the layout for the royal court, and he hadn't slackened for a moment.

He has no personal guards by his side, but he can grasp all the information in time, direct Bi Suo's next actions, arrange fate to convey instructions, control the overall situation, and even the hour is clear... The goshawk will fly back to him every night, and it must be there. Give him orders.

Now, the Guards deliberately preached the terrible news of the death of the regent, which was also in his expectation.

She has been taking care of him these days, persuading him to take care of his injuries, did he not listen to a word?

Yaoying fell silent.

...

The news of Sudan's ancient death spread quickly, and the city was in chaos and panic.

The carriage drove to an inconspicuous corner, and Tan Moroga took Yaoying out of the carriage, turned her around, led her into a secluded yard, and took a look at her.

She hasn't spoken since.

Tamara Gha lit the lamp in the house and said: "The princess can't go back to the Buddhist temple, and wait here. Bi Suo will return to the city tonight, and he will come and pick the princess to stay in his house temporarily."

Yaoying regained her senses, hum.

Tamara Gha stayed silent, his gaze flicked across her face.

Yaoying smiled at him and said: "I understand that the general must rush back to the Wangsi Temple without knowing it, and report the matter to the Buddha, and can't take me. The general doesn't have to worry about me, don't wait for General Ashina to come back, I You can go to the General's Mansion and wait for him now."

The regent was "dead", so he could not reveal his identity. She is Akbayan now and can go to Bi Suo's mansion by herself.

Tamaragarh shook his head: "The princess is waiting here."

Yaoying nodded, not sternly with him: "I've written it down, then I'll listen to the general, I won't go anywhere, just wait here for General Ashina."

With a hum, Tamara Khan turned and left.

Yaoying was worried about his injury, and subconsciously wanted to stop him. She wanted to persuade him to try as little as possible. She just raised her hand and retracted again.

He wouldn't listen, she always persuaded him these days, his ears must have become calluses.

Yaoying applied the medicine every day, the scar on the back of her hand had turned from purple to pink, and she shook timidly in front of his eyes. When she took it back, she seemed to be aggrieved.

Tamaraga covered his turban, walked out of the courtyard without hesitation, and closed the courtyard door.

After walking some distance, there was a scream in the quiet dark alley.

Tamaraga paused and looked back.

The sky was dim, cursing sounds came from the alley, and several businessmen came out with a woman in their arms. The alarm bells and drums rang together. The donkey that the woman was riding was frightened. She had a donkey temper and raised her hoof. The woman fell off and she made the scream.

This is the place where he and Bi Suo agreed to meet. It is very close to Bi Suo's mansion. Bi Suo will rush over immediately. She is very safe.

Tamara Gha turned and continued to walk forward.

...

Yaoying watched Tamaraga leave, packed the brocade bag, and waited for a while, when footsteps sounded outside the door.

Bi Suo is here.

Yaoying rolled her eyes, picked up the brocade bag and hid in the corner, looking out through the crack of the door, a tall figure stepped onto the stone steps and walked over.

He opened the door and looked directly at Yaoying's hiding place with his blue eyes.

Yaoying stared at him, her eyes widened in surprise.

"General Su?"

In the night, the returning Tamara Gaya stood in front of the door, his eyebrows calm, and the moonlight pouring down, his figure looked very tall, nodded slightly at her, and said indifferently: "The princess will follow me to the temple."

Yaoying was stunned, "What about General Ashina?"

Tamara Gha swept away his sleeves, put out the candle, turned and walked out, "He knows what to do."

Yaoying was a little surprised, stayed for a while, holding the brocade bag to follow him.

After walking a few steps, Tamaraga stopped.

Yaoying also stopped.

Tamara Gha looked down.

Yaoying raised her eyes to look at him, and met his eyes.

He said: "On the way to Wangsi, I have to wrong the princess one or two."

Yaoying was startled, and said with a smile: "The guest does whatever it takes."

He raised his hand and brushed his fingers from Yaoying's cheek.

A black cloth scarf covered Yaoying's eyes, wrapped around her hair sideburns, tied behind her head, and tied a knot lightly, and her eyes were plunged into darkness.

Yaoying couldn't see anything, but she didn't feel panicked knowing that he was standing by her side. She stretched out her hand slowly and whispered to him, "General?"

Her face was covered with a black cloth, and the corners of her mouth were still slightly tilted, completely trusting.

Tamara Gha leaned over.

The familiar breath suddenly approached, and Yaoying felt that she was being picked up, her hands groping around his neck, she couldn't see anything, she touched for a while before she found the place.

Immediately afterwards, the wind whispered in his ears, and he took her into the air, and across the roof, the crisp sound of feet on the roof tiles echoed in the night.

Yaoying’s eyes were pitch black, and I don’t know how long it took. She felt that his speed slowed down, her body moved, and it seemed to rise and fall on uneven places. The sound of the wind was mixed with the sound of pattering water. In such cold weather, where is the river? Not frozen yet? Is it the sound of melting ice?

She thought casually.

After a cup of tea, Tamara Ka put down Yaoying, did not take off the black cloth from her eyes, put something into her palm, and said, "Follow me."

They seemed to be in a very empty space, his voice was suppressed very low, and there was still a vague echo.

Yaoying nodded her head, grabbed her fingers, and found that what he had put into her palm was a piece of soft fabric. She tried to tug, and the figure around her shook.

She fumbled upwards suspiciously, and touched his sturdy arm.

It turned out that he stuffed her with his sleeves.

The corner of Yaoying's mouth curled slightly, listening to Tamaraga's voice, holding his sleeves in her hand, closely following him. After walking through a flat road, followed by a gentle staircase, he walked in front of her, occasionally reminding her to be careful of turning or climbing stone steps ahead.

The secret passage is narrow, and the sound of two breathings gradually entangled.

...

Wang Temple.

Under the northernmost cliff, in a row of large and small grottoes, only the innermost grotto was lit with an oil lamp, and the dim yellow light flickered. The Buddha statues carved on the four walls were round and solemn.

In the silence, the wooden shelves piled with books against the wall suddenly creaked.

The guard sitting cross-legged in the grotto immediately stood up, jumped three feet high, and waited respectfully in front of the bookshelf. After the Buddha left the holy city, he stayed in the grottoes pretending to be the Buddha, almost forgetting what eve will be.

After a while, the bookshelf was pushed away from the inside, and two figures slowly walked out, one tall and straight, one in black clothes, and the other curly Tingting. She was a woman with a layer of black cloth over her eyes, closely behind the man, cautiously Walked into the grotto.

The guard opened his mouth and his eyes went round.

The Buddha went to Gaochang and brought a young girl back to the Buddhist temple from the secret road!