Nanzhao has endless mountains connected by countless mountain paths.
According to records in the Daqin Chronicle, the Nanzhao people were originally Chi You's subordinates. After Chi You's defeat, the Nanzhao people moved south five times in order to avoid the Yellow Emperor's pursuit, until they came to the barren land of Nanzhao, and they were spared.
This statement is highly recognized by Lin Ze, because the unparalleled war god catalog left by Chi You was obtained by him in Nanzhao.
Nanzhao is composed of numerous villages, each of which exists independently. They believe in the Nanzhao God and obey the orders of the Nanzhao King and the Nanzhao Goddess.
In addition, people in each village usually stay in their respective hunting territories, hunting monsters, collecting wild fruits, or growing some food in the mountains to sustain their lives, without disturbing the water in the well.
In addition to occasionally holding large-scale "social gatherings" with neighboring villages, each village relies on merchants for more contacts and sources of information.
Merchant was the most powerful means used by the Nanzhao royal court to control many villages and extract profits.
Every year, countless branch caravans depart from the royal court and come to various villages, bringing the latest orders from King Nanzhao and using elixirs and exercises to purchase the medicinal herbs accumulated in each village at low prices.
In order to obtain the best elixirs and secret techniques, each village had to be exploited by the Nanzhao royal court.
In the hinterland of Nanzhao, on an unknown mountain road, there was a group of traders carrying medicinal herbs and furs with tamed monsters, intending to return to the royal court.
Suddenly, someone in the team pointed to the front and exclaimed: "Chief, there seems to be someone in front."
The leader of the merchants took a look and saw that there was indeed a man wearing a battle armor lying on the roadside.
Looking at the tatters of the armor and the blood and dust stained on it, it was obvious that something bad had happened to this man.
Without any hesitation, the leader of the merchants directly called to his two men and said in Nanzhao dialect: "Hurry and save people."
The two men immediately stepped forward, one helped the unconscious man up, and the other checked his injuries.
After a while, the man checking the injury turned around and said to the leader of the caravan: "Chief, this warrior is not seriously injured. He should have fainted from exhaustion."
After hearing this, the leader took out half a tube of medicine from his arms and threw it over and said: "Feed him to drink, try to wake him up, ask him which village he belongs to, and if it is convenient, send him back."
The subordinate took the potion, pried open the unconscious man's mouth, and poured it in.
The unconscious person was pretended to be by Lin Ze.
Lin Ze did this not to play some boring game, but to create an opportunity to assassinate King Nanzhao.
Although there were all kinds of legitimate reasons, Lin Ze always felt empty in his heart as if he just retreated like this, as if something was missing.
After thinking for a long time, Lin Ze finally thought of a very meaningful thing, assassinating King Nanzhao.
It will still take some time for Qingyuan to leave the Dao Palace, and it will take another month for the army to march north to the Western Regions.
Excluding the training time, Lin Ze still had a lot of free time. It was just right to take some time to assassinate King Nanzhao.
There are several advantages to assassinating King Nanzhao. The most direct one is that Nanzhao will fall into civil strife and will be unable to go north for a short time. Lin Ze will not have to worry about Zhao Tuo going back on his word.
Also, it was to put the blame on Buddhism and Zhao Tuo.
It just so happened that Zhao Tuo and Fomen had just plotted against Nanzhao, so it was a good time to take the blame.
If King Nanzhao was assassinated at this time, they would be the most suspect.
Didn’t Zhao Tuo want to gain exclusive support from Buddhism?
After all, everyone was once a minister of the Qin State. Lin Ze planned to help him with "good intentions", so he should just thank him for the training resources he sent.
As for why Lin Ze went to all the trouble to pretend to be a Nanzhao man and be rescued by a caravan, it was naturally because the Nanzhao King was not so easy to assassinate.
When Da Qin attacked Nanzhao for the first time, he arranged for people to successfully assassinate the then King of Nanzhao, and then took advantage of the civil strife in Nanzhao to severely damage Nanzhao's vitality.
After the contemporary King of Nanzhao succeeded to the throne, he learned his lesson and kept a low profile and rarely saw outsiders except his close confidants.
The level of mystery is equivalent to that of Lin Ze, the celebrity who bombed the Pentagon as known to later generations.
Otherwise, there would be no need for Lin Ze to go to such trouble. With his master level cultivation, if he wanted to kill someone, no one in Nanzhao could stop him.
Lin Ze, whose face changed drastically, obeyed and drank the unknown medicine poured by the Nanzhao man and pretended to wake up.
The man who gave the medicine looked excited and shouted: "Chief, he's awake."
The leader of the caravan came over, knelt down and asked, "Which village are you from? Why are you here?"
Lin Ze looked excited, grabbed the leader of the caravan, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Go and report to King Nanzhao quickly. The Nanzhao warriors were framed by Fomen and Zhao Tuo, and the entire army was wiped out."
The leader of the caravan had a look of confusion on his face. He didn't understand what Lin Ze was saying for a long time, but seeing Lin Ze's look and the words "King of Nanzhao" made him realize that things were not that simple.
The leader of the caravan had seen some things in the world, so he allowed Lin Ze to hold his arm and comfort him with kind words: "Warrior, if you have anything to say, tell me slowly, what happened to you, and you need to alert King Nanzhao."
Lin Ze had a sad look on his face: "My name is Damusi. I am a golden-feathered warrior from Tiger Village. I was ordered by King Nanzhao to attack the feuding Qin people."
"At first, the goddess led us to win several battles, killed many Qin people, and occupied a large area of fertile land."
"Later, the Qin people sent many people over, and among them was a very terrifying strong man. With the movement of his hands and feet, the mountains collapsed and the earth split apart."
"Knowing that it was difficult to defeat us, the goddess led us to retreat and planned to return to Nanzhao. But for some unknown reason, she suddenly stopped at Hongyan Mountain and refused to leave."
"Three days ago, the Qin people finally came and killed us. The terrifying strong man took action directly and destroyed our defenses. We were defeated and retreated. Only a few of the hundreds of thousands of warriors escaped with their lives."
"At the critical moment, the goddess asked me to rush back and tell King Nanzhao that all this is a conspiracy between Buddhism and Zhao Tuo, so King Nanzhao must be careful."
The leader of the caravan finally understood what Lin Ze meant. The warrior in front of him was actually a warrior recruited by King Nanzhao to attack the Qin people. Moreover, according to what he said, Nanzhao was defeated and few of the 500,000 warriors survived.
Of course, the caravan leader could not accept this result. He grabbed Lin Ze in disbelief and said: "The goddess lost? This is impossible, you are lying, right? How could the goddess lose? Nanzhao's five hundred thousand warriors
, how could it be possible to lose?”
A cold light flashed in Lin Ze's eyes, and he pretended to be sad and said: "God will not bless me, Nanzhao, and the five hundred thousand Nanzhao warriors will be in trouble."
The leader of the caravan let go of Lin Ze. He froze on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning. His face was ashen, and he murmured: "Have the five hundred thousand Nanzhao warriors been defeated?"
Lin Ze hissed: "The goddess told me that even if the five hundred thousand warriors were defeated, if we don't inform the king of Nanzhao as soon as possible to guard against Buddhism and Zhao Tuo, our country, Nanzhao, will be destroyed."
"On the order of the goddess, I drove desperately for three days and three nights, just to come back and report to King Nanzhao. Unfortunately, I was overworked and fainted on the roadside. Fortunately, I was rescued by the leader."
"Please give me some food and water, chief. I will continue on my way. If I unfortunately die on the road, please give me some food and water. If I die on the road, I may not be able to pass the news to King Nanzhao."
After saying that, Lin Ze struggled to get up.
The leader of the caravan quickly supported Lin Ze and said with determination: "Warrior, the gods will be proud of your loyalty and friendship. Don't worry, I just want to return to the royal court and can take you with me."
Lin Ze didn't even think about it and refused directly: "No, it's too slow to follow you. I have to inform King Nanzhao quickly."
The leader of the caravan glanced at his own caravan and said decisively: "Get out half of the livestock. I will lead this warrior back to the royal court as quickly as possible. You go back more slowly."
Then the leader of the caravan said to Lin Ze with a sincere face: "Don't worry, warrior, I will never delay your important event. You and I will go back immediately on our livestock."
In Nanzhao, domesticated monsters are collectively called livestock.
A look of emotion appeared on Lin Ze's face: "Thank you very much, chief."
Then Lin Ze, together with the caravan leader, rode a monster beast, carrying water and food, and rushed towards Nanzhao.