Li Siye led the Tang army prisoners and the Tang envoys and set off back to Qiuci Town.
Zhou Jun took his soldiers and soldiers to rest for a while in Samadjian City, Guishang Prefecture. He only told the outside world that he had traveled a long distance and was tired and needed a rest.
Samajian City was an important town in the west during the ancient Guishan Kingdom. Now it has become a border city between Tang Dynasty and Dashi. Zhou Jun moved into a mansion in the city under the arrangement of local officials.
At night, in the courtyard, Zhou Jun was leaning on a folding bed, looking up at the stars in the sky.
Huayue lay on Zhou Jun's body and listened quietly to the latter's heartbeat. After a long silence, she said, "This is my mother's hometown."
Zhou Jun: "You went to Dashi this time and retrieved your mother's relics. Now that we have arrived at her hometown, what are you going to do?"
Hua Yue: "In my childhood impression, my mother always looked towards the east and was depressed. I guess she would rather return to her hometown than eat a lot of food. I can't move her bones back to her hometown now, but I can
Building a tomb here and burying my mother's belongings in it can be regarded as fulfilling one of her wishes."
Zhou Jun patted Huayue's back gently and comforted her silently.
After a while of silence,
Huayue: "Tomorrow... I'm leaving."
Zhou Jun's mouth was bitter and he asked in a low voice: "You are left alone. Do you have any subordinates to support you?"
Hua Yue: "As the sect leader, I have ordered the backbone of the Yin Sect to set up a branch altar here. There are also my old tribes in the Dashi Cult, and they are coming to Guishang Prefecture. In addition to these two subordinates,
, the Egyptian Army and the Papar Army are approaching the Port of Beda, which is an important port in the southern Mediterranean. If they can capture it, the two armies can successfully join forces, and then control the Red Sea to the east and open up the maritime artery.
…”
Having said this, Hua Yue raised her head and said to Zhou Jun: "I left Hai Dongqing and the falconer in the mission to my father. He has already set off for Egypt and is responsible for commanding the legion."
Zhou Jun: "I will transfer new Haidongqing from Kucha Town for you to drive."
Huayue nodded and said: "Mu Sheikh will come to Guishang Prefecture to meet me after handling the domestic affairs of Dashi. From now on, he will travel between Anxi and Guishang to take charge of communication and liaison matters."
Zhou Jun: "What about you? When do you plan to return to Anxi?"
Huayue looked at Zhou Jun, climbed up a little, hooked his neck with his hands, and said softly: "If one day, the Abbasids are no longer a threat and I can walk freely in the daytime, then I
Will return to Anxi."
Zhou Jun let out a long sigh: "If there really is such a day, I hope that people all over the world can live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be no more wars and troubles."
Huayue gently touched her belly with her hand: "I have already thought about it. When that day comes, Erlang and I will find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, open up a few acres of fertile land, plant some flowers and plants, and then raise a group of children and live quietly.
For the rest of my life.”
Zhou Jun felt warm in his heart when he heard this and gently hugged Hua Yue.
Hua Yue's face turned red and she whispered to Zhou Jun: "I had a day of rest yesterday and my body is feeling a little better. Tonight..."
Before he finished speaking, a woman's cough came from the wall.
The two people on the folding bed were shocked when they heard the sound.
Huayue stood up straight and reached for the weapon, while Zhou Jun looked at the wall in the moonlight.
Wearing a white robe and a hidden mask.
Zhou Jun called out the identity of the person who came: "Tuoba Huaisu?"
The Zoroastrian saint, dressed in plain white, jumped down from the wall, looked at Zhou Jun and Huayue, and said, "A match made in heaven, congratulations to you two."
Zhou Jun thought for a while, stared at Tuoba Huaisu and asked: "You once said that you were going to Dashi to look for the master. Have you met her?"
Tuoba Huaisu nodded slightly.
Zhou Jun: "Where is she?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "Let's go."
Zhou Jun: "Left? Why didn't I come back with you?"
Tuoba Huaisu's voice was cold: "I went through a lot of hard work to meet her. Unexpectedly, as soon as we met, she first warned me not to trace the whereabouts of Princess Yanqi five hundred years ago, and then abandoned me.
Leave alone."
Zhou Jun was stunned and asked: "What's going on?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "According to the clues provided by Hanguli, five hundred years ago, King Yanqi was killed. Princess Yanqi originally had a death wish. Later, after being persuaded by the Zoroastrian saint, she left the Dragon Cave and headed west into the ancient
Dashi is living in seclusion in the Cappadocia area and is engaged in some unknown research. And my master is looking for the place where the princess lives in seclusion."
Zhou Jun: "Seclusion? Research? What exactly is she doing there?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "The secluded residence of Princess Yanqi is far away from the city and is a bad land close to volcanoes and hot springs. I met the master there, and she had already found the princess's manuscripts and notes. Originally I thought that the master
She would recognize me, but I didn’t expect that she first warned me not to get involved in this matter, and then actually took action, trying to get rid of me and forcefully leave."
When Huayue heard this, she couldn't help but ask: "Did you fight against your master? Who won?"
Tuoba Huaisu glanced at Huayue: "She has the upper hand, but I also took something from her..."
After saying that, Tuoba Huaisu took out a wooden tube from his arms, which contained several sheepskin scrolls.
Huayue looked at these parchments and said in surprise: "Did you steal these from your master during the fight?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "Although she taught me a lot, I also learned a lot myself... Zhou Erlang, as a prophet, you know things that others don't know. Come and see, can you understand these things?"
Looking at the words and patterns on the parchment scroll, Zhou Jun felt dizzy.
The writing was very strange and he had never read it before, but some of the patterns could be roughly guessed.
Zhou Jun pointed to a drawing of human skin, muscles, nerves and bones and said: "This seems to be an anatomical diagram."
Then, he found a drawing with snow-capped mountains, earth's crust, caves, and magma and said, "This seems to be a geological structure map."
Apart from these two pictures, Zhou Jun didn't know anything about the other words and formulas that were like a heavenly book.
Tuoba Huaisu was a little disappointed when he saw this.
Hua Yue looked at the words carefully and said, "These seem to be Semitic words from ancient times."
Tuoba Huaisu: "Can you understand?"
Huayue: "I can't understand, but I know someone who can."
Tuoba Huaisu: "Who?"
Hua Yue: "Mu Sheikh, he once specially studied Semitic writing."
Tuoba Huaisu: "Well, I'll leave these manuscripts here and come back to you in a few days."
Huayue: "Are these the only manuscripts?"
Tuoba Huaisu: "Most of them were taken away by my master. This is all I can get."
Zhou Jun: "Your master won't let you get involved, in case there is something fishy about this matter..."
Tuoba Huaisu said: "Five hundred years ago, Princess Yanqi and Zhou Erlang both came into the world as prophets. Aren't you curious about what she wanted to do?"