Zhezhe City (Tashkent), a big city made of stones.

The stones are not neatly cut, but are of different sizes, round and square. In the middle, a local adhesive made of lime and clay is used. That's it. The city walls are three meters tall, and the stones and adhesives are both white. The castle has been available since the Han Dynasty, presenting a mixed style between China and Persian.

Generally speaking, the shape of the city wall looks Chinese at first glance, with four city gates, but the design of the city wall, the city gate tower and the enemy tower, is Persian, and at the corners of the wall are not completely an acute or obtuse angle, but a trapezoidal shape.

This is the end of the Xitian Mountain. On the east side is the Rebagre Mountain with an average altitude of more than 3,000 meters. The river water flowing down from the mountain irrigated the oasis near Zhezhe City. With the efforts of the locals, the largest Chilchiko River surrounded the castle within a radius of ten miles and then meandered to the southwest for a week, and finally merged into the Sir River (Medicinal Shui).

Zhezhe City is the Stone City.

Zhezhe City is surrounded by vast farms, cotton, wheat, alfalfa, and grapes. Near the medicinal water and Tianshan Mountains, there are endless grasslands, allowing the Shi Kingdom to raise a large number of livestock.

When Sun Xiurong and Gao Juren's personal guard camp arrived near Zhezhe City, it was the most pleasing evening of the day.

A huge white castle stands on the vast wilderness, with yellow-brown hills not far away, Tianshan Mountains shrouded in white clouds to the east, snowy on the mountain, and a yellow wasteland to the west. At the end of the wasteland, a sunset is slowly falling.

Although the Shi Kingdom has not been included in the jurisdiction, since the Suoye Army killed all sides and defeated the Tang Dynasty, the Dashi, and the Uighurs, with the acquiescence of the King of the Shi Kingdom, a post road that set out from Talas, passed Baishui City (Qimkent) to Zhezhe City, and then went south through Jizak, and arrived at Kangcheng, had been built long ago.

This post road is part of the real Silk Road and is also the only way for monk Xuanzang to go to India to seek Buddhist scriptures. Over the past thousands of years, a thoroughfare has been formed. After the repair of the Saiye Army, it is more than enough to have four heavy-loaded carriages in parallel.

Zhezhe City is built on a stone mountain. The most eye-catching building in the city is naturally the "Tower of Silence" used by the Zoroastrian Church to hold funerals. In the doctrine of Zoroastrianism, the higher the level, the closer it is to heaven. It is similar to the altars commonly set up on the mountains in Shamanism.

Of course, there are many Zoroastrians in the river, and it is impossible to place the body of every dead believer on the Tower of Silence. The only ones that can be placed on it are the nobles or senior officials in the church.

After placing it on the Tower of Silence for a while, then bury it under the temple. This way, Christianity, shamanism, and Bon religion are somewhat similar. Perhaps the people's current understanding of the world is not out of the big rude.

Jinsikaiya took her son back to Zhezhe City - the place where she lived before she got married.

When she was young, she was selected as one of the messengers of the Miaoshui and one of the saints by the leader of the Zoroastrianism. In addition to the strong strength of the Stone Kingdom, her own ability to understand the teachings of the Zoroastrianism is also one of the reasons.

In the original history, she was a saint, but after being captured by Gao Xianzhi, she was captured to Anxi and finally disappeared from the long river of history.

In the eyes of the Tang generals like Gao Xianzhi, no Zoroastrianism, saints, beliefs, and princesses are worth mentioning. They are nothing more than turning foreign barbarians into monkeys and being crowned. The attack on Zhezhe City was the fuse of the Battle of Talas, and the Chebi Shi would rather surrender to the pagan country than the Tang Dynasty. It is conceivable that the attitude of the Tang generals like Gao Xianzhi to treat the countries in Hezhong.

The carriage naturally knew these situations. Therefore, as the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food gradually drifted away, they had left the throne and officially included the entire country in the control of Qin. His status and wealth were not weakened much, and the people would not be treated harshly, nor would they become the thorn in the eyes of the increasingly powerful Qin State. Why not do it?

If it was the Tang Dynasty in the east and the Dashi in the south, he would probably be willing to continue to remain independent, but at the moment, such a choice is wise.

In a big city like Zhezhe City, there were two luxurious residences in the past - the Turks' Governor's Mansion and the local king's mansion. Since he left the throne, Na Chebishi immediately moved out of the palace and moved to the former Governor's Mansion, and the palace was given to the Qin government.

Thirty-four-year-old Jinsi Kaia was bathing in the dusk sunshine in the back garden of the royal palace.

She lay on a reclining chair made of thin rattan on the Tianshan Mountains, enjoying a rare leisure with her eyes closed. Compared to before, her cheeks were plump, but as a saint, she still maintained a good figure and skin color after experiencing a one-night stand with Sun Xiurong, her failed marriage with Geshu Minu, and her robbery by Gao Xianzhi.

Obviously, as a saint, Miaoshui Messenger, she did not forget her cultivation as a high-ranking member of the Zoroastrianism after experiencing it in the world. This cultivation made her forget the unpleasantness of the world and her whole body and mind were balanced.

When the leader of the Zoroastrian religion went south to Tochar, she became the supreme leader of all Zoroastrians in the entire Hezhong region.

However, her expression seemed peaceful at the moment, but her eyelids were beating slightly, and she was obviously not in a quiet mood.

The whole garden is about five acres in size. She is right in the center of the garden. Around the garden are planted the most common ash trees in Xiahezhong area. Behind the largest ash trees, a tall young man is looking at her coldly.

I saw that this man was about eighteen or nineteen years old, but his figure was already tall and strong, with fair face, clear eyebrows and clear edges. His long black hair was tied into a large bun like a Han people, and a golden hairpin was inserted into the bun.

The Qiaochebishi moved to the former Governor's Mansion, but let his sister and nephew live in the palace. The intention was self-evident.

For Jinsikaiya and his son, Sun Xiurong not only saved their lives and had an indescribable family affection. Of course, there was also a complex emotion.

After the robbery, Jinsi Kaiya changed the son to the Shi surname, but this son did not use the name given to him by Geshu Minu, but called himself "Taowei", and his full name was Shi Taowei.

As the saint of Zoroastrianism, Jinsikaya naturally knew her son's intention.

As the Princess of Shi Kingdom, she has always been willful. When her father is alive, she can't control him, let alone his brother, but she has no choice but to do anything to this growing son.

Tao Wei, the ancient Persian word means "hot and no grass grows", which is in common with the meaning of "destruction king" in "Minu" among "Minu". It seems that this son was preparing to practice as a "dark" character among the Zoroastrians from the beginning.

The problem is that most dark-type practitioners have to do it. As the son of the saint, Shi Taowei obviously does not need to do this, but he still did this, and his state of mind is also self-evident.

"I'm a bastard"

Shi Taowei, who was leaning against the ash tree, looked at his mother coldly, but he kept cursing himself in his heart.

At this time, Sun Xiurong, who had already brought the guard camp into the city and quietly came to the royal palace, saw this scene, and the mother and son all looked at him.

He hasn't seen them since Jinskea and his son came to Talas, and now he feels rippling.

In the telescope, Shi Taowei's handsome face was clearly visible. When he saw the hazel birthmark beside his ear, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This birthmark is a unique mark of his old Sun family!

He remembered it very clearly that his father had it, and he had it, but Geshu Minnu did not.

This is my own son!

He walked down from a high place and slowly walked towards the ash tree. At this time, he seemed to feel something. Shi Taowei's curse had escalated from his inner secret curse to making a sound. The ash tree happened to be near the gate, and "I am I a bastard" soon came into Sun Xiurong's ears in Sogdian way.

"You are not!"

Sun Xiurong calmed down, then walked over with great strides, stood in front of Shi Taowei, and said this loudly.

Shi Tao was startled. Although Sun Xiurong had never seen him, he had seen Sun Xiurong from the crowd. What's more, who could make the servants dare not come to report at this time, but who else could walk here casually, besides the upcoming King Sun Xiurong of the Qin Dynasty?

Sun Xiurong grabbed him and asked him to look into his ears.

After a while, Shi Taowei burst into tears with a "wow". At this time, Jinsikaiya also walked to them. Sun Xiurong hugged the mother and son, and she felt mixed emotions.

That night, Sun Xiurong lived in the palace. He and Jinsikaiya had not seen each other for nearly ten years. Although they had their own practice, they had been drought and drought, dry firewood hitting fire, and various situations could not be described in detail.

And on that day, Shi Taowei also changed to Sun Zhaolan as what Sun Xiurong said before - from the hot "Taowei" to "knife and water", the complexity of life is nothing more than this.

In the middle of the night, after a refreshing mood, the two of them did not fall asleep, but started talking without a break.

"Dalang, I want to ask, you must answer me seriously."

"Tell me"

"Seventeen years ago, why did you give me to Geshuminu?"

"The room was dark at that time. When you came to my room, I didn't see your appearance. I thought it was the king who arranged it to serve you, so..."

"Then why don't you marry me yourself, but want Geshuminu to marry me?"

"Alas, at that time, I took Talas with three thousand young soldiers, which naturally attracted people's jealousy. Shiguo is a big country. If I marry you, how could the Anxi Jiedushi be deeply afraid? But if Geshu Minu marrys it, it would be different. In their eyes, as long as it is not me, it is possible to separate it."

"Hmph! In order to protect yourself, you do not hesitate to pay for the reputation of a princess in a country!"

"No, I don't think so. As the Zoroastrian doctrine says, life is a history of struggle against darkness, and all existence is reasonable. If you were not married to Geshu Minu, you would have been taken away by Gao Xianzhi with your reputation. In any case, it would be part of your cultivation."

"At present, at least in this point of cultivation, you and I have achieved stage-by-stage perfection."

"You finally believe in this sect?"
Chapter completed!