Strange Tale of Qingluan

In the dream, he had a strange dream, a festive scene became clearer and clearer, gongs and drums were beating, there was a lot of noise, and an unfamiliar voice rang in his ears, "The auspicious time has come! The worship has begun!"

He stood, confused: Who is going to get married today?

Suddenly, a piece of red silk floated down from the sky and fell into his hands. He stared at the red silk and was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a while, then suddenly, a stranger appeared, urging him with a smile on his face. Then he sloughed him to the center of the hall.

"Please come out, the bride!" Another strange voice sounded, and he looked back subconsciously, and saw a big eight-carried sedan chair slowly approaching the door, and the bride inside was helped out of the sedan chair by a matchmaker.

The matchmaker beckoned to him, asking him to report the bride to the center of the hall. He was dumbstruck, walked over, and reported the bride horizontally, but felt that the bride was very heavy, and couldn't help but wonder, "It's so heavy. Time to lose weight."

As soon as the words fell, the bride raised the corner of the red scarf, looked at him and said, "If you lose weight and become like a swallow, how can I protect you in the future?" The appearance and temperament are exactly the same as Dingxuehou.

Seeing this, he immediately became overjoyed, reported the bride back to the center of the hall, put down the bride, wrapped the red silk in her hand, and was about to pay homage, when suddenly, a loud shout came, "Crescent Lake! Don't marry this kid!"

He was taken aback when he heard the sound, and thought: Princess Crescent Spring?No, just now I clearly saw that the bride is Li Xuan...

He turned around in doubt, and was about to say to the voice, "Brother, you got the wrong partner", but unexpectedly, Xue Luo Na Ke's face broke into his vision, followed by a sharp knife, and the tip of the knife pointed at him.

He immediately dodged, stepped back, and lost his waist, and couldn't get Qiu Xuejian, so he had to fight with his bare hands. While fighting, he shouted to the bride, "Li Xuan! Help me!" But the bride The child is like a boulder, not moving at all.

Between confusion and panic, suddenly, his hands were cut off mercilessly by the man's sharp knife, blood stained the ground, he was shocked, and shouted at the bride again, "I hand! Li Xuan, my hand is gone..."

"My hand... my hand is gone..." In reality, on the bench, Su Zhongming closed his eyes and muttered, his forehead was clearly covered with cold sweat.

"Isn't your hand here?" A man's voice sounded clearly and realistically, and the man also jerked his right hand, which was supporting his head, so that his head hit the armrest, In an instant, he finally woke up from his dream.

I held the painful part with one hand, straightened up halfway deep, and looked at the person intently, Su Zhongming was startled, "It's you?" He became indifferent in an instant, "What are you doing here! To prevent me from talking to the princess?" Marriage, did you come to spoil me on purpose?"

Xue Luo Nake was calm and calm, and explained: "Don't make me so dark, I'm here to make peace with you." Su Zhongming stared at him dubiously, "Word? You shot at me before, and now you come suddenly If you want to make peace, how can I trust you?" Sheronake replied, "It's all for the happiness of Yueyaquan and me."

Su Zhongming looked at him questioningly, "You and the princess? But the princess doesn't seem to love you." The man confirmed: "She has long been mine, and we have already made a private decision for life. If it weren't for Khan insisting on her Marrying a man with a fire sign, she and I have long been able to confess to Khan."

Su Zhongming understood, opened his lips regretfully and said: "Khan wants me to marry the princess, what's the use of you looking for me." Xue Luo Nake said, "I will work with you to persuade Khan to cancel the decision."

Su Zhongming stood up and blurted out a discouraged word, "I see, you'd better let me marry the princess! Your Khan doesn't seem to be easy to persuade, and if you don't, you and I will both be killed."

Xue Luo Nake looked at him, and said calmly: "I didn't expect that you seem to be very intelligent, but you are so useless. You are timid before you try it."

Su Zhongming laughed a few times, and then replied: "I'm useless? If I'm useless, can I make Wen country so prosperous and have a different culture..."

Xue Luo Nake was stunned for a moment, raised his right hand, and pointed at him, "You...was originally a son of an official from the Wen Kingdom?" Su Zhongming put aside his index finger, and seriously replied: "I can only answer you—I once It's hard to approve the papers presented by those officials."

Xue Luo Na Ke naturally understood the meaning of his words, widened her eyes, and blurted out: "You are the former of Wen Kingdom..." He immediately interrupted him, slightly sad, "Don't mention it, maybe now is better than before ? At least relatively free.”

"No wonder you are so courageous..." Sheronak murmured, and couldn't help sighing softly, "If Khan knew your previous identity, he would definitely be more determined to ask you to marry Crescent Lake..."

Su Zhongming said honestly: "Actually, Khan just believed in the oracle too much. What can really make Hassan prosper is a person with intelligence and strategy. It is impossible to mere fate." After a pause, He also said: "Since the Khan has already involved the future of the princess and Hassan, you can only have a happy life with the princess if you grab the power."

Sheronak replied proudly: "My family has a huge family business and has its own army. My father is the head of the cabinet ministers. If there is no damn oracle, I am qualified to marry Crescent Moon Spring."

"Khan...why do you believe in the oracle so much? Did the Vulcan really send an oracle to Khan?" Su Zhongming asked full of doubts.Sheronak said bluntly, "This is what the priest said. Khan thought he was the messenger sent by the Vulcan to Hassan, and he trusted him all the time. To be honest, the priest is really powerful."

"Letting Hassan go to snatch the food and water from the Turo Kingdom is also an oracle delivered by the priest?" Su Zhongming asked again.Xue Luo Nake smiled proudly, and snorted softly, "Do you know why Hassan is called Beiyi Country instead of Hassan Country? You will understand when you know."

Su Zhongming frowned slightly, and then said: "I once wanted to find the annals about Hassan, but I have never been able to find it." Xue Luo Nake graciously solved his doubts, "That's because those Confucian scholars who asked to write an annals of Hassan The soldiers were all killed by the Khan, and the Khan thought it was thanks to the Vulcan."

After a pause, he said again: "Let me tell you again: Hassan has no way to grow food widely, so many Hassan people went to the border to rob the Turo people, and the Turo people called Hasan a barbarian tribe in the north." , said that Hassan is the Beiyi country, and after a long time, the name of this country has been recognized by other countries, and Hassan can only recognize it."

"So, the current Khan is secretly a fool?" Su Zhongming thought for a while and guessed.Xue Luo Nake sat down casually, and said honestly: "Khan not only believes in the oracle, but he also hates others to say that he is a fool. If he hears it, the end will be..." He raised his right hand and made a gesture in front of his neck. A swipe gesture.

Su Zhongming pondered, and said: "If this continues, Hassan will not only be unable to prosper forever, but will decline on his own because of such a khan." Then he asked, "What is your relationship with Prince Reshajin?"

"He has always looked down on me." Sheronak said frankly.Su Zhongming asked again, "Does Khan have any plans to pass on the position of leader to him?" Sheronak replied calmly, "In the past, the position of leader Hassan was abdicated, and talented people were allowed to be leaders, but now Khan of the Khan...maybe it's what you said."

Su Zhongming pondered again, and after a moment, he suggested: "How about we cooperate once? You want your princess and the chance to win the position of leader in the future, and I want my Binghuo Fuqu."

Xue Luo Nake heard the words, Lang laughed for a while, and blurted out: "I came to make peace with you, almost for this reason. I was for the Crescent Moon Spring at first, and after I told you these words, I want both the Crescent Moon Spring and the succession of the leader." !"

"Then let's figure out a way together and each win their own goals!" Su Zhongming blurted out, and immediately made a high-five with Xue Luo Nake.Xueluo Nake vowed, "When I get married to Yueyaquan, I will definitely treat you as a benefactor!" Su Zhongming smiled lightly, "It's a matchmaker." Xueluo Nake readily agreed: "A matchmaker is a matchmaker!"

It was still early, and Su Zhongming sat across the table from Sheronak and began to plan together with him. In Su Zhongming's view, the fire priest who had always made Khan believe in the oracle was the biggest doubt.

"What is the origin of that fire priest?" Su Zhongming asked simply.Because she was on the same boat as him, Sheronak told him frankly: "Actually, I don't know. Since I was born, he has been the fire priest of the Fire Temple."

Could it be... is Khan the only one who knows the origin of this person best?This person used the so-called "oracle" to confuse the Khan. Some of Khan's decisions must be caused by him using the "oracle" behind his back.

Hassan, originally a tribe that believes in gods, is extremely easy to be manipulated by those villains who are used to tricks in the name of "messenger of God" with the "oracle". Once the tribe people blindly obey the "oracle" without resistance , will become a walking dead, let him manipulate, and if this continues, Hassan will not only fail to prosper as they hoped, but will decline even more.

This priest... If he is just a liar, it doesn't seem like it. He can see Qingluan City's guardian bird, Qingluan, with a weapon, and his background must be not simple. Could this person have something to do with Mufengshe? ?

Su Zhongming lowered his head and thought about many things. Suddenly, Xue Luo Nake's voice sounded from across the table, "That's right! I remembered! I once heard an elder say that he came from Ge Yunguo."

Su Zhongming raised his head, was startled, and thought to himself: Could it be... that this person was really sent by Mufeng Society...?

Immediately, there was another burst of wonder: But... why did Mufeng Society send a priest to this desert where there is almost no shit?The Hasan tribe, a desert tribe, is of absolutely no use to Mufeng Society...

Su Zhongming raised a hand and patted his forehead lightly, without any ideas in his mind.Sheronak looked at him quietly and fell silent again. The two of them were relatively speechless. After a while, Sheronak stood up and said to him: "Since we don't have any clues about each other, I think I'd better go ahead." Go back and discuss next time."

"Yes." Su Zhongming nodded slightly.Xue Luo Na Ke immediately turned around and went, before stepping out of the palace door, Su Zhongming suddenly realized something, got up suddenly, and suddenly called him, "Mr. Na Ke!"

Xue Luo Nake stopped and turned back, "Did you think of some plan?" Su Zhongming apologized slightly, and said regretfully, "No, I just want to ask you to help me with a personal matter."

"I don't care about your private affairs." Xue Luo Na Ke replied simply and indifferently.Su Zhongming explained: "This private matter is closely related to our joint discussion."

Xue Luo Na Ke had no choice but to wrong herself for the time being, and promised once, "You can tell..." Su Zhongming smiled slightly, and made a request to him, Xue Luo Na Ke made a note of it carefully before leaving here.

Su Zhongming sat back at the table safely, feeling a little thirsty, so he picked up the golden pot, poured the liquid into the golden cup, put his index finger into the cup, dipped a little bit of night body, added more, and found that it was not wine but wine. Only after you have the boiled water you want can you drink it with confidence and generosity.

He held the cup in his hand and sipped slowly, slowly thinking about the man who had his eyes cured in the distant Xuanxiu Valley.Whether it's the other party's voice, what he said, or his expression and movements, he recalled them with relish, the more so, the more anxious he was to get the Binghuo Fuqu in his heart so that he could run back.

He was in a daze for a moment, and suddenly, a burst of heavy footsteps approached. Hearing the sound, Su Zhongming didn't raise his head to look. In his heart, he had already guessed who was coming.

"You...do you all think I'm running errands...!" The voice rose, filled with dissatisfaction.Su Zhongming put down his cup slowly, raised his head slowly, stared at Xue Luo Na Ke, opened his lips and said calmly: "Mr. Na Ke, don't get angry, if you don't contact my people, I can't come up with a brilliant plan by myself .”

Xue Luo Nake snorted softly, and threw an old cloth on the table, "They asked me to give it to you, you can see for yourself!"

Su Zhongming reached out and grabbed the old cloth, unfolded it, glanced at the handwriting written on it with a carbon stick, probably understood it, raised his head, and smiled at Xue Luo Na Ke: "Mr. Na Ke, now I want to go out and talk to me." Those friends who are here will gather and discuss big plans together, I wonder if you are willing to help me?"

Xue Luo Na Ke secretly felt that he was a troublesome spirit, but for his own benefit, he had to be patient and cooperate with him in a friendly manner, so he had no choice but to agree again and led him out of the palace.

Outside the hall, the guards tightened the handle on the door of the hall, and when they saw Xue Luo Nake coming out with Su Zhongming, they stopped him immediately.Sheronak opened her lips and lied, "By Khan's order, bring him over to talk about marrying the princess."

The guards glanced at each other, not daring to question his words, they immediately backed away obediently, and Xue Luo Nake graciously led Su Zhongming out.

When outside, Xue Luo Nake always checks out the people first, and only after confirming that there is no one, Su Zhongming dares to come out from the hiding place, and then dares to go forward boldly, so that along the way, he slowly approaches a palace, the gate of the palace Outside, there are also guards guarding.

The two of them hid behind the wall on one side, and after discussing in a low voice for a while, Xue Luo Na Ke walked up to the guards again, and repeated the same trick, "Khan ordered me to bring the distinguished guest over to have a talk. The matter of the princess getting married."

Still the same, it was extremely easy to succeed...

Two of the guards walked into the hall without thinking, and after a while, Ye Shuangshuang and others were brought out.Xue Luo Na Ke led them straight away and came to a hidden place. Suddenly, a hand stretched out and grabbed Ye Shuangshuang's arm.

Ye Shuangshuang looked at Su Zhongming's face, and couldn't help but let out a low voice, "City Lord?!" Su Zhongming raised his index finger on his lips, and let out a 'hush', she quickly shut up, but the joy was hard to hide on her face.

Fei'er was happy, and said in a low voice: "City Master, have you slipped out safely?" Su Zhongming smiled at her, before he could speak, Yi Yeqing opened his lips first, and asked with concern: "My lord, what's your plan now?"

Su Zhongming hooked his index finger and signaled them to come closer, and then they got together and talked in a low voice for a while. Before the lie was exposed and the guards did not catch up, they hurriedly went to the temple secretly.