Tang riddles

Regarding Hu Tuo's love affair, Shen Sui is actually not optimistic.According to her observation of Wu Ya, she didn't seem to show any expression that any woman in love would unconsciously show.This proves that girls don't like people.To be honest, Wu Ya is a kind and simple girl, although she is a little irritable and occasionally spoiled by the lotus maid.Maybe it's because she's too naive, she doesn't seem to care much about the relationship between men and women.She is so simple that she can easily accept the marriage between her own wife and a woman, and she can also serve the "uncle" as her own master soon after her wife gets married.

Of course, Shen Sui's personal charm and the lotus maid's deliberate guidance were involved in this, but in fact, it was because this girl was like a blank sheet of paper, any kind of external influence could shape her into a kind of person.

I hope...after the maidservant talks to her, the girl can get enlightened by herself.But, after all, this matter cannot be forced, if Wu Ya can't develop feelings for Hu Tuo, it's better to let go of this matter.Shen Sui also didn't want to destroy the relationship between Wu Ya and Hu Tuo. She repeatedly asked Hu Tuo whether she wanted Wu Ya to know his feelings, but Hu Tuo seemed a little hesitant.In the end, Shen Sui decided not to mention Hutuo's feelings, but only let the maidservant ask Wu Ya if he had a good impression of others.Hutuo's own feelings still need to be expressed by himself.

They continued to march westward, and this matter slowly fermented as the journey deepened.At first, Zhang Ruohan just pretended to be nonchalant and asked Wu Ya if there was someone he liked.But she didn't expect to provoke Wu Ya's panic, she thought she had done something wrong and Sanniang didn't want her anymore.Zhang Ruohan was a little helpless. In fact, she had asked Wu Ya more than once before if she had someone she liked and planned to get married, but this child always reacted so nervously.

"Probably because she was an orphan since she was a child. She had no one to rely on. She moved to many relatives' homes. She was sent to Zhang's mansion when she was six years old and stayed with me. To her, I was everything to her." One night, Zhang Ruohan and Shen Sui leaned on the couch and said softly.

"She's a good girl...but she's too serious about death, and she cares too much about you, and she doesn't see herself at all. Well, let's put this matter on hold for the time being. I can't be in a hurry. Tomorrow, I'll call Hutuo Say hello, let him have a mental preparation." Shen Sui said.

"It's hard for Hutuo." Zhang Ruohan felt a little sorry for this Sogdian man. He has come to the present alone, and finally found someone he likes, but suffered twists and turns.

"It's okay, Hutuo can bear this setback." Shen Sui comforted with a smile.

Her words were not beautiful words to comfort Zhang Ruohan. The next day, after Shen Sui talked with Hutuo, Hutuo was indeed not very worried about it as Shen Sui expected.

"It's okay, feelings can be cultivated. Now that she doesn't have feelings for me, it doesn't mean she won't have feelings for me in the future. Don't worry Dalang, I will treat her well. Unless she has another lover, I won't give up easily. "Khutuo is very open-minded.

Shen Sui just smiled and patted him on the shoulder, silently giving him support.

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On the way to the west, these are just small episodes.Most of Shen Sui's energy was still in keeping in touch with the vanguard ahead, and trying to extract more useful information from Xiao Kai and Bai Liuniang.

However, Xiao Kai was very vigilant in this matter, as long as he saw other people approaching, he would keep silent, and Shen Sui had never been able to know the other two of his so-called three secrets as he wished.Like a lunatic, he stayed by Bai Liuniang's side all the time, and when he was marching, he sat on the edge of the prison car, accompanying Bai Liuniang.When he stopped to rest, he slept next to the prison car, no matter the wind or rain.Even if Shen Sui arranged a room for him to stay.

Qianyumen didn't go to torture Bai Liuniang, every time they went to a post station, they would send the prison car where Bai Liuniang was imprisoned into a woodshed that could shelter from wind and rain, and let her out to move her hands and feet in the woodshed.It's just that the guards have limited energy after all, and most of the time they can't let Bai Liuniang out.This person is a dangerous person, and every time she is released, the danger of escape increases.But now, when the convoy is getting closer to the main altar, it means that Qianyumen is also in sight to destroy the cult, and the possibility of Bai Liuniang, who is loyal to the Great Pope, escaping is also multiplying.

But Shen Sui still couldn't solve the maze, she was like the comatose Xiao Keqin, trapped in the cage of thinking.She tried to build a structural model in the brain of a polyhedral sphere, but the difficulty was too great, and the brain couldn't complete it with imagination alone.So she began to cut wood blocks by herself, planning to make a more intuitive internal splicing model by herself.This is indeed feasible, and it took her more than half a month to finally complete the model blocks of all the details inside the sphere.

But she found that she had once again hit a dead end, because it didn't work.Even if she made it, she found that there are countless ways to move the maze, which may not be the correct way to solve the puzzle at all.It is not acceptable to imagine the interior as a three-dimensional hexahedron and pentahedron.

So she began to stare at the two prompts again, carefully pondering:

"Up to the poor and down to the underworld, and the two places are gone...The six spirits are on the top, and they are in all directions, looking for a smooth way to the blue..." She rode on the horse absent-mindedly, muttering in her mouth, until she was heard by a voice. Recall reality:

"Sect Master! The front is the Loulan Army Garrison!"

The one who called her was Huyan Zhuoma who was leading the way at the front, and Bai Hao was hovering above her head, obviously he had just reported.Shen Sui looked into the distance, but only saw a vast Gobi desert. She pulled down the scarf that covered her mouth and nose and sheltered from the wind and sand, and said loudly:

"It's getting late, speed up, and strive to enter the military mansion earlier to rest."

"Yes!"

After traveling for a month and a half, they finally arrived at their destination.Right now, the vanguard is stationed in the barracks of the Loulan Army, and the man in disguise they were following disappeared mysteriously.According to the camel caravan businessman who accompanied the man all the way, the man disappeared suddenly, and no one knew where he went. Only one person seemed to see him heading towards the depths of the Peacock Sea.It's just that he saw it when he got up to relieve himself in the early morning, his mind was not clear, and it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers. He only saw a vague figure going to the northwest of the barracks, and he couldn't be sure.Based on this, the Vanguard speculated that the location of the main altar should be around here.Perhaps, it is very likely to be around the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan, near the Peacock Sea.

Speeding up all the way, they finally arrived outside the camp of the Loulan Army not long after night fell.This is actually a fairly large-scale city, with a wall built of loess about three feet high. On the top of the wall are watchtowers and arrow towers for offensive and defensive purposes. Wan, and some craftsmen and family members.The Kongque River flows through the city in the northeast direction, and the alluvial tidal flat is fertile, which has been opened up into hundreds of acres of border fields for growing food.

The military and civilian families in the city, farming farms to raise soldiers, this is the normal state of most border government troops.As for other resources that cannot be self-sufficient, they still need to rely on military supply transportation and trade exchanges between merchants from various places.Xiao Su, the general guarding the city, was an old general. He was also from the Xiao family in Lanling. He was Xiao Kai's uncle.This General Xiao is a fourth-rank officer, the highest general of the entire Loulan Army, and has been stationed here for three years.Before that, he had led soldiers in Qiuci for more than ten years, and he was a close friend with Gao Xianzhi, a well-known military envoy in the four towns of Anxi, a famous young general.

When Shen Sui led a large army into the city, he did not see this old general Xiao Su.The situation in the city was somewhat beyond his expectation.Most of the buildings were buried in the yellow sand, and the ground was also covered with loose yellow sand. Everything was gray. People's faces, clothes, and flags hanging on the top of the city were covered with endless beating gravel.

It looks like a sandstorm has just been experienced here.

The sky in the northwest is always dark very late. When Shen Sui and others arrived at the Loulan Mansion Military City Camp, the sun had completely set in the west, and night fell, and the city was still busy.A large number of soldiers in the army's ocher red robes were holding shovels to remove the gravel accumulated in the city.

A partial general surnamed Jiang hurried down from the top of the city to welcome Shen Sui and the others.After saluting, General Jiang apologized:

"Shen Sizhi, I'm really sorry. When I received the news earlier that you were coming, General Xiao had already led the team to set off. Now that the sandstorm has just left, the city is in a mess. I really can't entertain you well."

"General Jiang is polite. This sandstorm is also an unpredictable natural disaster. How could Shen care about it. But, where did General Xiao go?"

"A sandstorm hit the city three days ago. One day later, two Sogdian businessmen who escaped by chance came to us for help. After we rescued them, we learned from them that the long-lost Loulan King City appeared after the sandstorm. General Xiao has always been obsessed with the legend of Loulan King City. Hearing this, he immediately took half of his army, and set out to find Loulan King City according to the two Sogdian businessmen.”

Shen Sui frowned when she heard this, she thought for a moment, and said in a slightly urgent tone:

"Where is the team I sent before?"

"I already went with General Xiao. It is said that the missing man also went in the same direction, probably to Loulan King City." General Jiang knew something about the situation because he had contacted Qianyumen beforehand.It's just that he didn't know that team was the vanguard of Qianyumen, he just thought it was the arresting officer sent by Shen Sui.

Shen Sui was in a bad mood, so he hurriedly cupped his hands to express his thanks, then turned around immediately, and greeted Yanzhuoma, Xuanweizi, Congyun Congyu and other Qianyumen backbones, as well as Sima Chengzhen and Chen Shixiong from the Taoist sect. Surrounded at the gate of the city, urgent consultations immediately began.

"Things have changed. The vanguard went to search Loulan King City before reporting to me. I'm afraid that something might happen due to lack of preparation." Shen Sui said.

"Bo Zhao, don't worry, don't be impatient, maybe the vanguard will send a messenger soon." Sima Chengzhen comforted.

"Even if they are safe for the time being, we can receive their reply. There is no guarantee that they will be safe in the future. This is the northwest of the desert full of yellow sand, and there are many crises, not to mention there are cults lurking here. This is where the cult's main altar is located. I really can't rest assured. The disappearing Loulan King City suddenly appeared, I don't know what mystery there will be, no, I must rush there as soon as possible."

"Master, I agree with you." Huyan Zhuoma made a short statement.

Xuan Weizi sighed and said, "Alas... I don't know what happened, but the vanguard actually ignored the order to stand by and acted without authorization. This is really rare."

"I don't want to think about it so much right now, we'd better make preparations as soon as possible. Walking in the desert at night is definitely not acceptable. We will set off early tomorrow morning." Shen Sui said.

"Bo Zhao, come here." Sima Chengzhen beckoned, signaling to have a private conversation with Shen Sui.Shen Sui hurriedly followed, and the two walked aside, Sima Chengzhen lowered his voice and said:

"This trip is dangerous. We are in a hurry now, especially since the labyrinth has not been solved yet, and we lack extremely important information. I know you are worried about the safety of those in the vanguard and General Xiao's troops, but you are in a hurry now In the past, how can it help? You are very capable, and you can indeed deal with crises that ordinary people cannot deal with, but you also have to consider your own safety, especially, you are not alone now, you have a family, your children... It's about to be born. Do you really want to go to that dangerous place at this juncture?"

Sima Chengzhen's words were like a huge stone, weighing on Shen Sui's heart.It wasn't that she hadn't considered these issues before, the maidservant followed her to such a dangerous place, perhaps this city of the Loulan Army was the last stop that the maidservant accompanied her.The next road, she needs to break through by herself.The maidservant has been pregnant for more than ten months, and childbirth is possible at any time. She cannot let the maidservant who is about to give birth follow her into the dangerous desert wilderness.And she really can't guarantee the safety of this trip, if she goes on this trip and cannot return, what will happen to the lotus maid?What about my younger sister Shen Jin?Qianhe and Xiao Keqin who are waiting for the antidote to be rescued, as well as Yanniang, Wuya, Hutuo... so many relatives, can she really let go?Can you really go?

These are things she doesn't want to think about. No matter what, she has overcome so many difficulties and cannot stop at this last one. She must eradicate the cult and find out the truth.So she put so many thoughts on hold temporarily, forcing herself not to think about it.

But...how could she escape.

She was caught in a dilemma.

"Bo Zhao..." Sima Chengzhen's snow-white beard and hair fluttered in the wind and sand, and there was peace and tranquility on his benevolent face. "Let me go for you. You have to trust me to bring them back safely."

"Master..." Shen Sui's eyes slowly moistened.

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