"Lord Dongxiong, Lord Langkan, Lord Jebu... none of your sons and grandsons did anything unusual on the first day. Ning
The next day they collected a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from their respective manors.
Today is the third day. They asked the servants to prepare a good carriage, but today they have stayed at home and have not gone anywhere in the carriage."
Shidu knelt on the dark red blanket of the main hall, performed the dog ceremony to the Tibetan Prime Minister Zhongbajie who was sitting at the top, and reported one by one the movements of the descendants of the Ma Xiang family that Zhongbajie had ordered them to monitor.
"Is it going to get dark?"
After listening to Shi Du's words, Zhongbajie got up from behind the low desk, walked to the window opening, and pushed open the window panel.
The sun in the horizon is trembling and is about to sink under the plateau.
The plateau will be shrouded in cold darkness. Ning
Shi Du lowered his head and responded: "Lord Dongxiong, Lord Langkan and others may leave by carriage after dark - there are people in their respective manors staying under surveillance."
"Okay." Zhongba nodded, and his colleague Du said, "You send a message to those under your command, telling them not to disturb my sons and grandsons, just follow them and see where they go in the end. Just fine.
Tell them to go back the way they came, and I will reward them with gold beads, gold shells, and silver grains!"
"yes!"
Shidu responded respectfully, and after receiving Zhongbajie's approval, he bent down and slowly retreated from the dim hall, transferred to his "Maben", turned into a gust of black wind, walked through the darkness, and passed by Zhong The manors of several sons and grandsons of Prime Minister Jianjie conveyed the orders of Prime Minister Zhongba one by one to the other attendants who stayed in each manor.
He finally returned to Lord Dongxiong's manor and disguised himself as a slave in the manor, hiding here and waiting for the darkness of night.
Lord Dongxiong treats his slaves very kindly. He will allow the slaves to sleep with the cattle and sheep in the shed, and give them fourteen spoons of tsampa every day - he is the newly inherited land near the land from Prime Minister Zhongbajie. Some territories require slaves to work for him, so that he can be extra kind to the slaves in the manor. Ning
It has been more than eight months since he inherited this territory, and not a single slave in his manor has died.
Lord Dongxiong was widely praised for his kindness.
The descendants of the Ma Xiang clan whom Prime Minister Zhongbajie ordered to monitor are actually those who have just inherited the territory and have not even been able to get the territory. They have not yet completely learned to distinguish themselves from slaves. Those slaves were particularly kind, but Shi Du believed that when they got used to their current life, they would sooner or later become just like other orthodox nobles.
Relying on the kindness of Lord Ma Xiangdongxiong, Shidu, like other slaves, was driven into the sheep pen. He only had iron chains tied around his ankles and wrists, and was not restrained by horizontal wooden shackles.
In the smelly sheepfold, his hands and feet could still move freely.
In the sheepfold, those stinky slaves picked up the sheep that hid in the dark corners one by one, and fell asleep soundly with the help of the warm fur of the sheep.
Shidu leaned against the wooden pillar, and when other slaves were not paying attention, he forcibly pushed away a ewe that was approaching. Ning
The starlight outside the shed combined with the cold wind blew into the ventilated shed.
Lord Dongxiong's manor fell into silence.
The silence did not last long, and the sound of horse hooves began to become more intensive.
After a tiring day, the slaves hugged the sheep and slept soundly. Shi Du quietly walked to the shed door, raised his head slightly, and peered at the scene outside.
He saw——
A series of carriages with luxurious carvings were parked in front of the exquisite watchtower in the distance that was separated from the area where the slaves lived. The horses were kicking their hooves on the spot.
Lord Ma Xiangdongxiong’s wife, concubines, and children boarded the carriage one after another. Ning
Before long,
The entire horse team began to march, passed through the gates in front of the two watchtowers, and ran all the way out of the manor.
Lord Ma Xiang took all the family members he could take with him, rode in a carriage, and rushed to the legendary "under the hill" - a thought suddenly flashed through Shi Du's mind.
The legend of "under that mountain hill" has been spread among the gods.
According to rumors, only those who have never contaminated the lives of innocent people or committed evil deeds can sense the location of the mysterious place and go to "that mountain" when they hear the four words "under that mountain". You can get eternal peace when you are off duty!
Shi Du had handled too many shady things for Prime Minister Zhongba Jie, and the blood of innocent people on his hands was already extremely heavy. When he heard the words "under that mountain hill", he didn't feel anything.
However, Dongxiong, Langkan and other descendants of the Ma Xiang family have never harmed anyone. Prime Minister Zhongbajie ordered his servants to monitor them. Naturally, it was because they sensed the existence of "that mountain" - they gave up After leaving their own manor, they took only a large amount of gold and silver treasures and their families, and prepared to go to "that hill"! Ning
The magic "under the hill" could actually make several descendants of the Ma Xiang family willing to leave behind their current life of fine clothing and fine food, and their supreme status to join it?
In other words, the Ma Xiang clan has reached a critical juncture. The luxurious life of the noble lords of the Ma Xiang clan will eventually disappear in an instant like a flower in the mirror and the moon in the water - so these descendants of the Ma Xiang clan can give up their current life. Phantom, go to pursue 'that mountain hill'?
However, the fact that these descendants of the Ma Xiang family sensed the location of 'that hillock' does not mean that their wives, concubines, and children can also sense the location of 'that hilltop' - they brought them with them A family goes to search for 'under the hill', can that mysterious place still give them a response?
Shi Du had many thoughts in his mind.
He watched the Dong Xiong noble's motorcade drive straight ahead and was about to leave the manor - a bloody arm appeared on his wrist and ankle, arms that exuded a gloomy charm. He grabbed the chains on his hands and feet and gently pulled them. , just break the chain!
Shi Du climbed over the low wall of the sheep shed silently, mounted his 'horse', and chased Lord Dongxiong's motorcade straight away!
The convoy rushed into the cold night. Ning
In the dark plain, only the lanterns hanging on the carriages could slightly illuminate the surrounding roads.
The Shidu drove the horse and turned into black wind, hovering around the convoy.
The several Du Ben divisions responsible for escorting the nobles in the convoy did not notice Shi Du at all - he hid himself very well.
In a carriage in the middle of the motorcade.
The obese Lord Dongxiong was covered in silk and satin. He was sitting in the carriage. His body almost occupied most of the carriage seat. The concubine could only sit on his lap and kept reaching out to caress his chest to relieve herself. His heart was beating wildly now.
Dong Xiong clenched his hands into fists and stared fixedly at the two carriage doors in front of him. Big beads of sweat continued to seep from his forehead.
"Go south from here!" Ning
At a certain moment, Dong Xiong suddenly shouted.
The concubine immediately turned to look out the car door.
"Go south!"
The driver responded immediately.
"Go south!"
Dongxiong's order quickly spread throughout the convoy, and the car formation turned south.
The concubine turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. Ning
She gently caressed Dongxiong's chest, comforting him, and said in a soft voice: "'Under the Mountain' has been responding to you. You have never lost your way, why are you still so nervous?"
"You also heard the words 'under the hill'. Why didn't that mysterious place respond to you?" Dongxiong calmed down a little. He did not answer his concubine's question, but gently pinched the concubine's waist with his palms and said to him. The concubine asked.
"I don't know..." The concubine's eyes were filled with anxiety.
Dongxiong sighed and said in a low voice: "In the entire manor, I was the only one who established a connection with that mysterious place after hearing the four words 'under the hill', and that mysterious place also responded to my call and became a I showed the way forward.
But when my father mentioned "under the hill", he clearly said - as long as "your hands have never been stained with the blood of innocent people, and you have never done any evil deeds", you can understand the words "under the hill". Give birth to a feeling..."
The concubine lowered her head, her eyes becoming more and more worried.
Dongxiong was completely unaware of her reaction. He pinched the delicate flesh on her waist and continued: "Father said so, but the actual situation is not like this. Ning
Like you, like my wife, like my son and daughter...
You usually can't bear to see a sheep being killed in front of your eyes, so how could your hands be stained with the blood of innocent people? How could you do something so evil?
But you have no reaction to the words "under that mountain hill".
——It can be seen that what my father said may be wrong.
Only certain people can sense the existence "under the hill".
What I'm worried about right now is that I am that specific person. If I go to that hill alone, there shouldn't be any problem, but I brought a few of you with me who didn't sense the existence of that hill... No Do you know if we can still get close to that mysterious place?"
The concubine lowered her head and breathed out gently. Ning
When she heard Dongxiong say that his wife and children were all kind-hearted people, and it was impossible to have the blood of innocent people on their hands, the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up slightly.
"Master, don't worry.
You are a destined person and can sense the location of that mysterious place.
With your guidance, we will definitely reach 'under the hill'.
The gods have chosen you, and you have chosen us. Once you have made your choice, it cannot be changed..." In the carriage, the concubine persuaded Dong Xiong with gentle words.
Dongxiong hugged his concubine and gave instructions to the cavalry to change direction more than ten times in the next hour.
Shi Du turned into a black wind, always hovering around the carriage. Ning
Until the long, cold night passes.
Until every horse has its hooves worn out and is exhausted.
At dawn, a horse team that had been frozen in the cold night stayed in the wilderness.
Everyone in the cavalry team froze to death along with their horses.
The ten-mile radius where they were was covered with dense horse hoof prints.
Those horse hoof prints were superimposed layer by layer, trampling the soil firmly to form a large circle.
The soil in the large circle is sunken one foot deeper than the surrounding area. Ning
Throughout the long night, the cavalry kept repeating and turning along this circle.
Beside the cavalry, Shi Du perished along with his horse.
In the distance, a man in ragged clothes with thunder and lightning marks engraved on his brow led many people in the same clothes, approaching the caravan full of gold, silver, treasures and food.
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