The dusk is dark, the sand and dust are floating, the evening breeze is screaming, and the cold is so cold.

The Puchang Sea gradually sinks into darkness, but the sound of waves remains the same, and the poplar forest stirs up waves, as if singing a sad song with the sea water and the wind and sand.

The tent shaking and trembling in the forest, withered yellow leaves flying and hovering in the wind, and the bonfires dotted, either light or dark, camels and horses scattered among them, making a few lonely neighs from time to time. There are wild wolves howling in the distance, lonely and fierce, adding to endless coldness, making people unconsciously wrap their fur and cloak around the bonfire.

Changsun Wuji lay on the ground and snored slightly, but Li Shimin was not sleepy at all. His eyes were half closed and his whole mind was placed outside the tent, listening to the movements in the wind.

The fallen leaves are rustling like rapid and messy steps in the darkness. In this dangerous and terrifying environment, if you don’t keep your mind, you will be frightened and creepy. Li Shimin was about to give up, but suddenly he heard a low neigh of a war horse and a few fierce barking of a wolf dog. Li Shimin opened his eyes suddenly, jumped up, rushed to the curtain in three or two steps, and carefully opened a gap.

There was a bonfire more than a dozen steps away. A man with black robe with hair and left-sided lapel was sitting by the fire, roasting a hare in high spirits. The man was tall and strong, with a thick black beard on his face. Because his beard was too many and too dense, all he could see was a thick mouth, a fat and big nose, and an obscure and unsightly and even a little dull eyes.

This man was named Shen Shipeng. A few days ago, with more than a dozen camels, three healthy servants suddenly appeared, claiming to be a cattle dealer walking between Dunhuang and Loulan. He was entrusted by Galan to serve as a guide for Mohe's Asana Niss.

After walking around the desert for a few times, he arrived at Puchanghai. The road was calm and there was no one, and there was not even a wild beast. What was particularly strange was that Ashina Nishu and the Black Turkic guards ignored him and let Shen Shipeng lead them around, everywhere, left and right, never questioning the route of the journey, but just followed him step by step.

Weird. Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji felt the strange atmosphere and had a premonition that what was going to happen to Loulan, but facing the vast desert and the gray sky, the two of them were at a loss and could only wait helplessly.

During Shen Shipeng's servant, Li Shimin saw a person and intuition told him that this person was unusual and a strange thought suddenly arose. Could this person be the missing Xue Deyin? This thought was unstoppable once it arose. Li Shimin then devoted himself to trying to find the silk trace to verify his guess.

The three servants took care of camping and walked to the campfire one after another to sit down. Shen Shipeng took out a short dagger to cut the hare meat, sprinkled some salt and spices, and handed it to the three of them to share it.

"After eating, take action separately." Shen Shipeng's voice was not loud, but he showed a sense of worry, "You go to the north to investigate. If you go to the south, be careful and act according to the opportunity. The gentleman is tired, and after eating, go to the tent to rest. Don't hurt your body."

The two Hu people whispered.

"It's okay, it can support it."

A pure Chang'an accent came into Li Shimin's ears with the wind, causing his heart to pound suddenly. Did he really find it? This person is really Xue Deyin, the purse of the three phoenixes in Hedong (yue/zhuo) Xue Deyin?

"How many roads are there to go to Longcheng?" Chang'an's accent was hoarse and tired, but very friendly, unlike the reserve and arrogance that came from the bones of the aristocratic families.

"More than two hundred miles."

The four of them stopped talking and buried their heads in eating meat. Soon, the two servants finished eating rabbit meat, wiped their mouths, and each went into the darkness.

"Where are they?" the man with a Chang'an accent took out a hand towel and asked while slowly wiping the oil on his hands.

Chen Shipeng hesitated a little, and after a long time he said, "Bodhi Temple."

"When will we come here to meet?"

Chen Shipeng shook his head, pointed to the tent behind him, signaling that he could go to rest. The man looked at the swaying fire, sighed in a low voice, and sat quietly for a while. Seeing that Chen Shipeng had no intention of talking to him, he bowed and stood up to go to the tent.

Li Shimin's heart was beating. He was eager to know the other party's true identity, and even had an impulse. He wanted to sneak into the other party's tent while Chen Shipeng was patrolling the camp and ask clearly. However, after experiencing these days of ups and downs, his mind became much more mature. He knew that the situation in the West was too complicated and the dispute over interests was too fierce. The original intention of the family's adults to come to the West was no longer possible to realize.

Today, whether it is Xue Deyin in the whirlpool or the Hanba Feathered Clothes and Golden Wolf-headed Galan who fought to the death, they are not expected by the adults in the family. Their original thoughts were just wishful thinking. Now for me, the important thing is not to find Xue Deyin and escort him safely to Chang'an, but how to escape from the complex situation in the Western Land and return to Chang'an safely.

Li Shimin hesitated, thought, and was anxious.

Chen Shipeng sat by the bonfire outside and had no intention of moving. After eating the rabbit meat, he took out a pair of finely crafted dice and played with it with great fun, completely forgetting the howling cold wind.

Time passed quietly. Li Shimin's reason finally defeated his impulse. He gave up the idea of ​​finding out the truth and lay down, but he was upset and could not fall asleep for a long time.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from the quiet night, and they were like thunder and violently hitting the quiet darkness.

Li Shimin sat up suddenly, turned over and rushed to the edge of the curtain, lifted the curtain to investigate.

Chen Shipeng was still sitting by the bonfire, holding dice in his hand, looking at the depths of the darkness with a dull expression, as if shocked by the sudden sound of horse hooves.

The Turks appeared quietly in the darkness. Ashina Nishu was wearing armor, holding his pocket, and hurried over, "But the enemy police?"

"Swish..." Although Chen Shipeng's expression was dull and his eyes were dull, he made a sound of contempt in his nose, and he said in a muffled voice, "Who dares to do whatever he wants in my Great Sui territory?"

Ashi Na Nishu walked to him, snorted coldly, and mocked, "What do you know if you are a cattle-selling Jia?"

Chen Shipeng looked foolish and ignored Ashina Nishu's sarcasm.

An angry horse rushed out of the darkness, rolled up fallen leaves all over the sky, bringing a cold and cold wind. The horse was the Jian servant who had gone south to investigate. The Hu Erteng got off the horse and rushed to Chen Shipeng like a flying look. He panted and came to his ear and whispered a few words.

Chen Shipeng had no expression on his face, his eyes closed, as if he was trapped in thinking.

Ashi Na Nishu was very impatient, so he took two steps forward, grabbed the servant's shoulder, pulled him hard to him, and shouted sternly, "What's going on in the south?"

The servant struggled and said nothing. Ashin Nishu became more and more angry and wanted to ask again, but as soon as his mouth opened, his face suddenly changed, showing an incredible look, and his eyes were filled with horror.

Chen Shipeng slowly stood up. Ashin Ashi Nashu let go of his hand. Hu servant retreated quickly, pressed against Chen Shipeng tightly, and held the hilt of the knife in his right hand.

The short dagger was inserted into Ashina Nishu's waist and penetrated through the gap in the armor. The blood was seeping outwards, dyeing the black robe red little by little.

Several black Turkic guards stood a few steps away and saw only Ashina Nishu's back. Chen Shipeng, who was dull in his eyes, was trying hard to squeeze out a few smiles. It was a face covered with black beards. Even if he smiled, he was still laughing under the black beards. It was difficult to see the expression on his face.

"Blackbeard, you are a blackbeard." Asanu Nishu suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "Northwest Wolf, you are a Northwest Wolf."

Chen Shipeng smiled, his thick mouth widened, the black beard on his face trembled violently, and even his dull eyes rarely showed a smile, "Do you know Blackbeard? Who told you? Galan?"

"Didn't you die in Sai Yechuan and in Atami?"

"What Lao Mo Heshi told you?" Chen Shipeng sneered contemptuously, "I couldn't kill him back then, but I almost got killed by him. But I was lucky and swam back from Rehai."

"What do you want to do?" Ashi Nashu roared angrily. Now his life is in Shen Shipeng's hand. As long as he shorts the dagger and then moves three inches, he will definitely die.

"Who follows?"

"You brought the road, so I should ask you." Asan Nishu's face turned pale, his eyes widened, as if he was about to eat Chen Shipeng.

When the Black Turkic guards found that something was wrong, they were about to rush over as soon as they acted.

Chen Shipeng's hand shook slightly. Ashin's Nishu grinned in pain and waved his hands at the defender behind him, "Get back, you can retreat."

"Who is following?" Chen Shipeng asked again.

"Do you dare to kill me?" Ashina Nishu gritted his teeth and wished he could swallow Chen Shipeng alive.

"It's not that I found someone behind me, it was discovered by Galan." Chen Shipeng sneered coldly, "I took you around the desert for several days, but I still couldn't get rid of it. You said, I won't ask you, who will I ask?"

"Open your eyes and take a look." Asanna Ni pointed at the black Turkic guards who came around from all sides, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, who were held hostage by a group of guards, and sneered, "If you don't want to lead the way and want to leave here, I can let you go and give you a way out."

Chen Shipeng laughed, and his smile was very ugly and harsh. Suddenly, he raised his hand, patted Ashi's Nishu's face, and said contemptuously, "You think you know what the relationship between Galan and the White Peacock? Lou Guandao used the White Peacock to deliberately leak the secret to Galan and sold you all, even the cold croaker feathered clothes in Laojun Palace were sold. Don't you know?"

"Loulan Su family? Su Hexiang?" Asanan Nishu frowned and his eyes were filled with surprise.

"How could the White Peacock kill Jialan? Han Jiayu set up an ambush in the winter nest to kill Jialan. This news was deliberately leaked by the White Peacock." Chen Shipeng snorted twice, "Why did Lou Guandao do this? Do you think Jialan knows nothing?"

Ashina Nishu was secretly shocked, "Is Bodhi Temple a trap?"

"Lou Guandao wants to kill Qie Gelang and use a knife to kill people, but how could Qie Gelang give up his big head? Bodhi Temple is indeed a trap, but unfortunately this trap was not set by Qie Gelang, but Lou Guandao, and Galan is just a bait."

"Do you think Galan can escape from Bodhi Temple and survive in a desperate situation?"

"Ignorance Hu'er" Chen Shipeng scoffed, "Lou Guandao did not kill people by using a knife, but used the old and mist formation of the maze to trick you into a bigger trap, and then beat you all in one go."

Asanna was so skeptical that he was skeptical.

"You barbarians have long thought of the mafia that Lou Guandao had thought of. Otherwise, Heng'an, the Changsun of the Old Wolf Mansion, wouldn't let you leave Dongwan? How could the army of Shanshan Yingyang Mansion let Qi Bige wander around Loulan?" Chen Shipeng patted Nishu's face again and sneered, "Can you tell me now who is following behind? Is it the Blue Turkic Guard of Dayehu, or the King of Baoshan and the Three Princes of Yanqi?"

Ashi Namsu's expression was complicated, his mind was turned and he suddenly realized, and he couldn't help but show a hint of anger in his eyes. The Sui people were cunning and too cunning. The battle in the Devil City might not be as smooth as Qi Bigelan had expected.

"Since you already know, why ask again?"

"As entrusted by Galan, you must ask." Chen Shipeng moved the dagger in his hand, and his dull eyes suddenly changed. In an instant, murderous aura gushed, and the ferocious spirit was as fierce as a ferocious person. "Tell me, do you want to use them..." Chen Shipeng pointed to Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji and roared angrily, "Use them to enter the Devil City, cooperate with the Tiel people inside and outside, capture the Devil City, cut off the connection between Dunhuang and the Qiang, and take down Zhengshan in one fell swoop?"

Li Shimin's expression changed drastically, and Changsun Wuji was also shocked. So that's how the Hu Cap had such a deep scheming.

"The bloody mouth is squirting." Ashina Nishu had already thought of a countermeasure in an instant, and denied it. "Ohago and Kalan had an agreement, but they lacked enough trust between each other. Of course, I have to reserve a backup plan to prevent accidents."

"Bah" Chen Shipeng opened his mouth and sprayed mud, "Lou Guandao was arrogant and conceited, and he didn't know that he was leading a wolf into the house. You Turks are even more arrogant. You actually want to raise a tiger for trouble. It's ridiculous, hahahahahahahahahaha..."

Chen Shipeng laughed three times, then roared like a violent beast, roaring at Nishu, "Is it necessary to capture the Devil City?"

Nishu sneered and said nothing.

"Where is Qie Ge's army? Where is the Qie Ge's elite cavalry? Where is the Xueyantuo army in Yishubo?" Chen Shipeng's eyes were blood red and he roared continuously.

The Black Turkic guards swarmed around, holding their bows and crossbows at once, and they were about to break out.

"Do you want to know?" Nishu couldn't help it. After all, he was young and frivolous. He had never suffered the humiliation of today. "Since you want to know, I will tell you." Nishu pointed to the north, "There is a dry mountain in the distance. Qie Ge's cavalry was in the mountains, and he could kill the Devil's City within one day. As for Yi Shibo's army, it had already been densely stationed in the southeast of Luoman Mountain. Just wait for Qie Ge to take down Shanshan and the Sui army in Hexi to attack, and then killed Yiwu and threatened Dunhuang. Then forced the Sui army to retreat to ensure that Qie Ge's firmly controls Shanshan."

Nishu raised his hand and poked Chen Shipeng's big nose with his fingertips, "Jalan is dead. Since you want to go with him, I will give you a ride."

"Ignorance Hu'er." Chen Shipeng laughed, "Jalan has arrived. If you want to see him, you might as well invite him."

The mud was stunned.

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