The story of silver lock and golden bell gl

Jin Ling couldn't help laughing and said: "In the Central Plains, it has only been heard that people in the world offer virgins to male river gods, but they have never heard of offering men to female river gods."

Yinsuo said: "Khotan Kingdom was attacked by Tuyuhun and Rouran, and then fell into a slump. Now it is attached to Heda Kingdom. Heda Kingdom is a kingdom of daughters. A woman can have many husbands, and all matters in the family must be decided by women. Children I only know who my mother is, but I don’t know who my father is, so women have more power and men have less power, so in the legends, it is natural that the female river god comes to collect tribute from men.”

An Huo turned his head suddenly and asked, "Are you talking about Heda?"

She was speaking in Kucha dialect, which Jin Ling couldn't understand, and barely heard a "嚈哒", guessing that she was asking about the topic just now.Yinsuo glared at An Huo, and said, "I'm talking to my elder sister, what do you want to interrupt?"

Yinsuo didn't mean to be angry, but just playing petty temper, so he wasn't as murderous as before when he glared at others. An Huo looked very clever, but in fact he was also very clever. Naturally, he knew that Yinsuo was just trying to scare her, so he grimaced again. went back.

Alin Kan was so frightened that he was afraid that An Huo's head would be chopped off by Yinsuo in the next second.So he quickly blocked An Huo and whispered to her: "Don't provoke the young master, if she really loses her temper and wants to kill you, I can't stop her."

An Huo grinned and said, "The young master is a good man."

Alin Kan was taken aback for a moment, and then said viciously: "Although the young master is a good person, don't good people kill people?"

An Huo said: "Good people don't kill good people, good people only kill monsters, protect the law and promote good."

Alin Kan asked, "An Huo, where are you from? Are you from Khotan? Your name doesn't sound like it."

An Huo shook his head and said, "No, my hometown has to go west, all the way west, among the [-] foothills of Karakorum."

"Then are you a Heda person?"

An Huo shook his head again, "I'm from Yuezhi."

Alin Kan glanced at her again, saw that her skin was fair, her eye sockets were sunken, but her hair and eyes were black. After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't think you are from the Yue family, but more like a Persian."

An Huo was overjoyed, and said, "Everyone says so."

The terrain is low in the north and high in the south, with the foot of the mountain sloping upwards, and after a short while along the line of sight, it becomes a height that ordinary people cannot climb. shadows.The river water seemed to be leaking from the sky, falling straight on the mountainside, and suddenly scattered into a large beach, flowing down in a criss-cross pattern.They waded through the tidal flats, crossed one tributary after another, and saw Wangcheng from a distance.

Silver Lock whistled at Jin Ling, and Jin Ling nodded.The two walked diagonally behind Alin Kan, one on the left and the other on the right.

An Huo did a lot of little tricks. Sitting in front of Alin Kan, she didn't see her watching the road carefully, but kept playing with her hands.

She was also wearing a pair of gloves. Unlike everyone else's black gloves, her gloves were just a pair of thick rough leather gloves.She beats each other with her hands, just like ordinary urchins, she likes to use her hands to form different shapes, while the sun is still behind, she secretly makes a few handprints and throws them on the ground, forming eagles for a while, and for a while Put it as a black dog, and then pose as a rabbit for a while.

Xiao Hei circled around with the shadow she posed, not sure if he really thought it was the same kind, or if he was just bored and playing with her.An Huo was even happier, and shouted to Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei, this way!"

She stood up excitedly, wrapped her arms in a big circle, from left to right, but in fact she only moved a little bit, and Xiao Hei slid helplessly to the distance, and then slid back.

Jin Ling glanced at Yinsuo, as if asking if she was worrying too much.

Yinsuo also doubted himself, could such a stupid child who played so crazy, really have any scheming?

The two of them watched An Huo boredly, and the scouts around them had already withdrawn first, and the team recovered into a long snake, heading west from the official road, and entering the King City of Khotan.

There is no clear boundary between inside and outside the city, unlike King Liang's capital Jianye, there is not even a fence.

The buildings in the city are the same as those in Qiemo City. Some of the loess-colored low houses are painted white and painted with red lines. Most of the drawn patterns are flowers, grass, cattle and sheep, which are exquisite and simple.

There are some tall buildings in the distance. Apart from the royal palace, there are still a few large and ugly houses in the city.Jin Ling looked over there and said, "What are those?"

There are some tall towers outside the city, with gilded spires, like spears standing upright.Yinsuo said: "That's the pagoda of the Buddhist temple. Khotan is a Buddhist country, and most people believe in Buddha. Everyone spent all their money to build the pagoda."

Jin Ling looked up at the pagoda and said, "It's similar to Liang Guo."

Yinsuo smiled and said, "Miss Elder misses home?"

Jin Ling asked back: "Have you never thought of home?"

Silver Lock sighed, "I don't even know where to think."

Jin Ling said: "You once said that you are from Luoyang. Have you ever thought about Luoyang?"

Yinsuo tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "About Luoyang, I only remember my mother. But she is dead, what else do I want Luoyang to do?"

Jinling asked again: "Where's Xuchang?"

Yinsuo smiled and said: "Xu Chang has nothing to think about, if he wants to, he thinks about Shangyong more."

Jin Ling turned her head and stared fixedly at Yinsuo, almost about to ask "Is it because of me".

Seeing her expression, Yinsuo smiled at her again, and said, "I don't think much about it now."

Jin Ling thought that she would be wrong again, secretly blaming herself for expecting too much and being unrealistic, so she stared forward again.

The road they walked was not very lively, because they had to pull animals, so they walked on a wide road in the outer city. It was noon, and there were no people outside. Maybe they were not here, or maybe it was too hot, so they all hid in the house. enjoy the cool.

The camel team turned into a small road, and Yinsuo explained: "We are about to arrive at the warehouse. After the inventory is finished, starting tomorrow, this batch of goods will be sold in the market one after another, and the swords and weapons will be sent to the auction. Helian and A Lin Kan will worry about business, I don't need to worry about it. But if you like, I can take you to see the auction. The Khotan branch is ahead, and after arriving, you can have a good rest for a day or two."

Jinling still wanted to find some words to tease her, but unexpectedly, a strange feeling emerged in her heart. She raised her head and looked at the surrounding roofs, closed her eyes, secretly exercised her inner strength, and her inner breath flowed through the acupuncture points around her ears. The subtleties are revealed in the last picture before the eyes are closed.

This narrow road is slightly tilted and leads to a small highland. There are messy houses on the highland, forming a natural fortification. It is really suitable to be the branch of her Mingjiao.Colorful clothes are drying on the roof, and weeds are sprouting from the gaps, everything is as usual.

Beetles crawling across the base of the wall, lizards skimming across the roof, and small scorpions emerging from the soil. Behind this wall, a stooped old man was knocking a hookah in his hand against the low wall. The old man in this family The wife is fanning the child to sleep, but there is no one in the empty alley, the dust on the ground is blown up by the breeze, and the old high rises.Xiao Hei hovered in the air, flapping his wings from time to time.The camel's footsteps were chaotic, and the white-clothed believers on the camel's back were silent.Yinsuo stared at her while her eyes were closed.

There is nothing suspicious around.She opened her eyes and said with a smile, "What is Little Hu Er staring at me..."

She hadn't finished speaking, but her face changed suddenly, and she drew out her long sword and whistled in a low voice.

Enemy attack!

When everyone heard the warning, they all drew out their swords and shielded them around their bodies. Just as they were ready, the first wave of arrow rain fell on their heads.

At that time, it was only a thousand steps away from the sub-altar, and it would have arrived in a short time in normal times, but at this time, the continuous rain of arrows made it difficult for everyone to move even an inch.It is precisely because it is only a hundred steps away, everyone thinks that they have arrived safely, but they are in a hurry because of the unexpected disaster.The person who came was extremely secretive, if Jin Ling hadn't warned in advance, half of them would have been killed in an instant.

Fortunately, the camp was right in front of them. Silver Lock called for reinforcements, and the crowd made a commotion, and broke out of the camp under Helian's command.

Someone in the Khotan sub-altar must have received a support signal, the broken line of the roof has changed slightly, and many white hoods have floated up, and some people have jumped out of the wall, hiding in the narrow alley under the high ground and approaching here .

All the disciples rotated their scimitars to block the random arrows, fortunately no one was injured or injured.Our side shot back for a while, but the opponent miraculously did not suffer any casualties.

Although no one spoke, the blow to morale is self-evident. The reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the morale of the congregation with tightly pursed lips has fallen to the bottom.

In the more than 5000 miles along the way, there has never been a battle that has been fought in such a situation that it cannot be fought back.

The moment the arrow rain fell, Silver Lock had already run over, and the defensive range covered most of Jin Ling's body. Therefore, before the second wave of arrow rain arrived, Jin Ling still had enough energy to look around. In the crowd, she became more attentive and stared at her from the corner of her eyes.

Just when the second wave of arrow rain came, An Huo suddenly ran out without fear of death. Jin Ling exerted strength with her feet and walked towards the road that An Huo must pass. Five fingers formed claws and grabbed An Huo's back collar.

This was supposed to be a brief respite between two rounds of arrow rain, but the sound of piercing the air was heard intensively, and clusters of arrows were shot towards her.The way she came was very precise, if she didn't hide, she would go to a dead end and never return.

It's just that Jin Ling felt that the sound of piercing through the sky was a little strange.She immediately drew out her long sword, stopped in one step, swung the sword to knock down the arrows, and looked in the direction of the random arrows.

Those people were also hooded and masked, similar to the Ming Cult followers, except that their clothes were more plain, and the belts around their waists were not tied in the same way.

The third wave of arrows had already been fired, but An Huo continued to run forward.She glanced to the side, and found that the arrows in the hands of most of the outcropping people were pointing at her side. Didn't these people come to save An Huo?

Just now she felt that An Huo was running unusually fast, but the arrow blocked her and pulled a distance of four or five feet away from her. Suddenly, a figure flashed out from the alley next to him, and rushed towards An Huo. With one hand, he drew the bow straight at Jinling.

An Huo waved at her and said, "Don't do anything, hurry up and leave!"

The man put down his bow and arrow, hugged An Huo with one hand, jumped up and hooked the parapet, and climbed onto the roof.

Just hearing a whistle, the archers suddenly fired a volley, releasing a wave of arrows, and when the Mingjiao people were busy parrying, they all retreated completely.Jin Ling didn't even feel how they retreated, but felt that everyone within range disappeared, just as strange as when they came.

The author has something to say: Has anyone guessed who the King of the Desert is now?