Chapter 896: Wen Qian
Xi Jianping was already very lively, and even Ling Bo was eager to try it out, and introduced it to Wen Qian in a very good manner. The newly-entered junior sister listened with a serious and patient look, and was still tightly clutching a sword spirit for the disciple's trial. Yun Xiao saw her standing with a sword, and one hand was calm and powerful. She swept away the restrained and gentle appearance of yesterday, but she felt a little heroic. She didn't look like a junior sister who had been in the first place for less than a year. She was slightly surprised and turned to Tianche curiously and asked: "Senior Brother, what is the origin of this junior sister Wen? Looking at her soft and weak, as soon as she grasped the sword, her whole temperament changed."
When Tian Che heard her question, he looked at Yun Xiao with an incredible look and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and your eyes on people are getting more and more accurate. If it were the past, if someone didn't go to talk to Qianye, you wouldn't have looked at her, right?"
"I'm not that snobbish..." Yun Xiao's cheeks turned red when he said, and he quickly defended himself. Tian Che laughed non-stop, looked at Wen Qian from afar and sighed, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoqian was originally the daughter of a general. His father was the general of the border of this dynasty. You know, the slap flying dance you danced when you were a child originated from there. Xiaoqian's father was a Dunhuang guard. However, last year, he was framed by a traitor. The court was charged with false charges for collusion with the enemy and treason, and a killing order was issued to punish her whole family..."
Yun Xiao's face changed, Tian Che's voice trembled a little. He pulled her to the side to avoid the bustling crowd, and said, "At that time, Senior Sister Tang was near Dunhuang, and happened to catch the prison guards to transport General Wen and his family to the execution ground. But before the execution, a group of thieves suddenly broke into the robbery. They were not from Central Plains, but Yuezhi, the nomadic people of Yue, who wanted to save, were the former high priests of their tribe. This happened to be accused of colluding with enemies and treason. The people of Dunhuang who were originally suspicious were completely angry and smashed them with stones before the execution began. Senior Sister is a doctor who saved the world and saved people. Even if she was a death row in front of her, she would have to give her a knife to make it so happy. There was no need to torture like this. So she secretly attacked the stones with a sword formation. She never expected that such a quiet behavior would be noticed."
"Who?" Yun Xiao swallowed nervously. Tian Che glanced at Wen Qian and said in a low voice: "It is the current high priest of the Yuezhi tribe. She recognized the sword in her senior sister's hand as the sword spirit of Kunlun Mountain. She could only beg her to help, and insisted that the general was accused by a traitor. However, the scene was in chaos at that time, and he could not explain the whole story after a few words. In the end, they only saved their youngest daughter Wen Qian. The few ran all the way and ran to the depths of the desert before getting rid of the pursuit. The senior sister became their accomplice for no reason."
Yun Xiao covered his mouth in surprise. You must know that treason for the enemy and treason is enough to implicate the nine clans. All dynasties have been punished extremely severely, and relevant personnel will be implicated. If someone sees the identity of Kunlun disciples, even if Kunlun Mountain is just a paradise for cultivation, it will definitely attract suspicion and grudges from those in power. Maybe it will also implicate the entire master sect into an unpredictable disaster. Thinking of this, thinking of Tang Hongxiu who has not yet returned, Yun Xiao widens his eyes and asks stiffly: "Senior Sister won't stay in Dunhuang for this matter, right?"
"Well." Tian Che nodded, his tone was quite calm. "Afterwards, my senior sister investigated that the so-called treason of the enemy was found in the general's mansion, and there was a Buddha bone relic inside. The emperor was addicted to the Buddha's reverence. Since he ascended the throne, hundreds of temples were built with great fanfare. Many Buddhist monks were invited to recite scriptures and pray for blessings day and night. Ordinary people followed the trend, but if they just shaped a clay statue and carved a wooden statue, it would be nothing. This golden Buddha in the dragon robe was a taboo, let alone the relics that the emperor could not ask for."
"Why should the general hide such things?" Yun Xiao asked in confusion. Tian Che tsk, poked her forehead and scolded, "Are you stupid..."
Xiao Qianye was also listening carefully. When he recalled the map of the Central Plains he saw when he was a child, he immediately understood and looked at her and explained: "Dunhuang is a major commercial road. He is known as the pearl of the desert. He can reach Dunhuang from Chang'an through the Hexi Corridor. After leaving Yumen Pass and Yang Pass, he will follow Yumen Pass and Yang Pass, along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain and the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, the southern line starts from Dunhuang through Loulanxi to Daqin, and the northern line goes from Dunhuang through Gaochang, Kucha, and crosses the Pamir Mountains to Dayuan. If you can eat and enjoy your own pockets, you will definitely be able to live and work in peace all your life. Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so no one can control it."
Yun Xiao pursed her lips awkwardly. When she was a child, she only liked the graceful Dunhuang dance, and she also skipped for a while with the pictures of the flying goddess painted in the book, but she had never understood other things, such as geography, style and race.
Tian Che's eyes suddenly condensed and continued, "Senior sister sent Xiaoqian back to Kunlun, and she returned to Dunhuang to investigate the matter. She found that after the general was executed, it was Lei Gongmo, the deputy general who had been with him for many years, who had been smuggled up. The thing was smuggled from a caravan overseas. I really didn't expect that after thirty years of drunkenness, the brotherhood of the iron horse and Jinge could not match the glory and wealth that was in front of him. Since he became the Dunhuang guard, he secretly affair with the city lord and colluded with the sand bandits, and he made a fortune in a few months, and even openly moved into the general's mansion. Now the caravans in the past have to look at his expression before they can pass, and they have turned from a hero to a corrupt official."
Yun Xiao's eyes sank, and a rage arose in his heart, and he said sternly: "Does the court care?"
Tian Che held her head helplessly and shook it hard, reminding: "Chang'an and Dunhuang are a thousand miles apart. They are also a delicious bun that can fill the national treasury every year. Anyway, there is no large-scale war in the country and the people. As long as the officials do not rebel, how could the emperor care so far?"
"Birds of a feather!" She cursed angrily, then looked at Tianche with worry, "Since the truth has been found out, what are the senior sisters still doing in Dunhuang? With her own strength, it is impossible to rehabilitate the general, right?"
"Senior sister is looking for someone." Tian Che pointed to Wen Qian, who had already been on the stage for trial on Xi Jianping, and said, "Xiaoqian is actually the general's young daughter. She has two brothers and one sister above her. Her sister inherited the freedom and boldness of her mother, Yue clan. She has not liked the life of a lady from the general's house since she was a child, so she ran away from home and was unknown. However, there were letters to report safety. Although she didn't know where she was doing, at least she was quite healthy and happy. After the family suffered a catastrophe, the newly succeeded general had been assassinated several times. The senior sister was worried that this person was Xiaoqian's sister, and she was afraid that she would fall into the enemy and suffer an accident. So she has been guarding Dunhuang for the past year, hoping to find her to bring her back to Kunlun Mountain together."
He sighed with emotion, and the few people looked at Xi Jianping tacitly. Wen Qian's trial opponent was Ling Bo. Although the little girl had been in the school for less than a year, she was born in the door and her persistence of not admitting defeat was obviously written on her face. After a few moves, Ling Bo forced her to retreat continuously. Tian Che looked at her lovingly and said lightly: "When my senior sister just sent her to Kunlun, she was too stimulating. She was in a very poor mental state. She locked herself in the room for three months and didn't say a word. Fortunately, there was a chatterbox Ling Bo with her every day, and now she is much cheerful."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sword energy in the distance was radiating and Ling Bo, who was restless, could not dodge and fell down Xi Jianping directly. He grabbed his head awkwardly. Wen Qian was startled and quickly put away his weapon carefully, rushed over nervously and helped him aside, and bowed embarrassedly to apologize.
"I'm still quite talented." Tian Che looked at this scene gently and murmured to himself, "I received a message from my senior sister saying that I would come back to see her participate in this year's disciple trial. I guess I'll be here in the past two days. This time I plan to go to Dunhuang with her."
"Senior brother wants to go there too?" Yun Xiao stared at him unexpectedly. Tian Che has been easy-going since childhood and doesn't like to care about trivial matters at the foot of the mountain. Why did he change his temperament?
Tian Che's brow frowned slightly, with a stern light in his eyes. After a while, he looked at the two of them seriously: "I want to go over and investigate some things in person. Last time my senior sister said that the golden Buddha in the dragon robe and the Buddha bone relics inside were smuggled from overseas caravans, but Dunhuang is far from the harbor. What kind of caravans can go to that place to do business? And during this period, I heard some strange rumors that the Buddha bone relics were presented to the emperor by Lei Gongmo. Since then, the emperor's attitude towards him has changed drastically. In just one year, he has rewarded many gold, silver, jewelry and young beauties. Although the emperor of the dynasty was addicted to Buddhahood and had many suspicions, he would not be so stupid overnight. I always feel that there is something wrong with that thing."
Xiao Qianye looked up at this senior brother who had always been clean and did not ask about the world, and asked coldly: "Are you going to Dunhuang or Chang'an?"
"Go to Dunhuang first, then to Chang'an." Tian Che silently held the sword spirit in his hand. Since his master passed away, he gradually felt the responsibility and pressure on his shoulders. Whenever he remembered the Kunlun ancestral teachings, "We should use compassion to help the world", a strong sense of mission will force him to straighten his chest. He can no longer watch everything coldly as before. The war in the Central Plains has ended for only more than forty years. He cannot let those who are interested destroy this hard-won peaceful and prosperous era.
After a long time, Xiao Qianye curled his lips and raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a sense of pride and pride, as if he looked at him with admiration, and said seriously: "It's really not like what the senior brother can do."
"You have also done a lot of inexplicable things." Tian Che sighed faintly, recalling the battle on Feiyuan that turned the tide, "People always have to grow, don't they?"
Chapter completed!