Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1006 Feng Shui Treasure Land
A day later, the Khan of the Western Turkic Khanate led a large group of troops and suddenly left their original base. However, as many people expected, he did not go to Xiazhou to break through the last line of defense of the Eastern Turkic Khanate, or rush to Luoyang to join forces with Liang Shide to defeat Yuwen Ye. Instead, he went all the way south and quickly headed towards Suizhou.

In early July, the sun is scorching and the heat is scorching.

After being scorched by the sun for most of the day, when many people were almost suffering from heatstroke and falling off their horses, the boundary marker of Suizhou finally appeared on the road ahead.

It was noon, and the blazing sun was almost enough to roast the fat off people's bodies. Even though Ashina Zhuxie was used to a hard life and didn't care much about this bit of hard work, he still stopped his horse and immediately looked at Lei Yu who was not far behind him: "How are you?"

Lei Yu didn't say anything, but just reached out to wipe the sweat running down his forehead.

It had indeed been a long time since she had experienced such hardships of marching, but that didn't mean she couldn't bear it, so she just waved her hand gently.

Ashina Zhuxie stared at her tanned face and asked, "Do you want to rest for a while?"

Lei Yu glanced at him again, then turned to look at the other rider following closely behind them, it was Wang Shaoqiu. Compared to the Turks who were used to horseback hunting, and Lei Yu who was an excellent rider, he looked much more embarrassed. Although his riding skills were not bad, he was tanned by the hot sun and his face turned pale. At first he was sweating like rain, but later he could no longer sweat. His mouth was pale and cracked, and he was staggering as if he was about to fall off the horse at any time.

Lei Yu turned around and shook his head, "I'm fine, keep going."

Ashina Zhuye hesitated for a moment, but before he could speak, a rider came running up the path behind the tall Suizhou boundary marker. Judging from their clothes, they were the spies he had sent out. They came running over and said, "Khan!"

Ashina Zhuxie raised his hand, signaling him not to be polite, and then asked, "Where are Shang Ruyi and the others now?"

Lei Yu asked hurriedly: "In the city?"

She had been looking forward to meeting Shang Ruyi since she heard that he had left Chang'an with his men and was heading here. She didn't expect that Shang Ruyi would turn around and head for Suizhou. It seemed that it had nothing to do with them, but Ashina Zhuxie and Wang Shaoqiu decided to follow them to see what they were doing. Naturally, she was worried, fearing that these two people were going to murder Shang Ruyi, so she left He Du, who was still young and unable to ride a horse, in the camp and followed them here.

As soon as she entered Suizhou, she was more nervous than anyone else.

If Shang Ruyi entered Suizhou City, the few troops brought by Ashina Zhuye would not be enough to attack the city, but they might encounter danger if they entered the city; moreover, it was impossible for Zuo Chen'an to build his own tomb in the city, which means that Shang Ruyi and his men might not really be coming for Zuo Gongyi's tomb, so naturally there would be no chance for them to meet.

But the spy looked at her carefully before saying to Ashina Zhuxie, "Report to the Khan, Shang Ruyi and her people did not enter the city, but went to Tianding Mountain."

"Zhending Mountain?"

Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar place name, Ashina Zhuxie first glanced at Lei Yu, then turned back to look at Wang Shaoqiu, who was pale but trying his best to cheer up: "What is this place?"

Although Wang Shaoqiu was about to collapse on his horse, he perked up when he heard the words "Zhending Mountain" and said, "It's a mountain south of Suizhou City."

"What is Shang Ruyi doing in that place?"

"There are nine springs on Tianding Mountain, which contains a dragon pool of 800 miles. The water has been flowing continuously for thousands of years. It is a Feng Shui treasure land."

When the words "feng shui treasure land" were mentioned, a gleam of light flashed in the eyes of both of them.

Ashina Zhuxie immediately asked, "How far is that Tianding Mountain from here?" "Less than twenty miles, we can get there before dark."

"Okay, lead the way!"

He just spoke, but immediately stopped and looked back at Lei Yu, as if to see if she needed a rest. Lei Yu had already wiped the sweat from her forehead and said lightly: "Let's go if you want to. This road will be difficult to walk on after dark."

So Ashina Zhuxie raised his hand and said, "Let's go!"

A group of people continued to march forward along this road, originally thinking that they could reach Tianding Mountain before dark, but they didn't expect that it was Wang Shaoqiu who couldn't hold on halfway. He had heatstroke. If the followers behind him hadn't discovered it quickly, he would have almost fallen off the horse and been trampled to death by the horse behind him. Ashina Zhuye could only let people rest on the spot and give him water to cool down. After a long time, he barely recovered some strength and climbed back on the horse. When he finally saw the towering outline of Tianding Mountain on the horizon, the sun had already set.

The spy pointed to the huge dark outline that had merged into the night ahead and could only be seen a little bit, and said, "Khan, that is Tianding Mountain."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Ashina Zhuye raised his hand lightly, and the people behind him immediately reined in their horses.

Because we were in the wilderness, it was pitch black all around. The rustling sound of the wind blowing through the grass and the howling of wolves of varying pitches in the distant valley made the night seem even more dark and unpredictable.

He shook the reins and walked slowly forward. In fact, these few steps were not enough for him to see the huge outline in the dark. He could only vaguely feel the towering peaks and steep mountains, like two ferocious beasts, one tall and one short, crawling on the ground, ready to pounce on them and press their claws at them at any time.

He murmured, "Is that the Zenith Mountain? We are still a little further away from there—"

The spy immediately said, "It's only one or two miles away."

"Oh,"

Hearing this, Ashina Zhuxie nodded and said, "No need to move forward, just rest here tonight."

Hearing this, Lei Yu frowned, and Wang Shaoqiu, who was following closely beside them, seemed to be hesitant to speak.

At this moment, a faint light suddenly appeared in the dark night ahead.

Ashina Zhuxie stared at the light with a sharp gaze. A gust of wind blew towards them, bringing with it the smell of moist soil soaked with dew. Everyone held their breath, watching the light in front of them twinkling and jumping slightly, like a firefly flapping its wings and flying hard. However, the light did not jump upwards, but got closer and closer, gradually coming towards them.

That was - a little fire.

They had all lived on the grassland for decades and were no strangers to this little light in the night. It was someone holding a torch and riding a horse approaching them. For a moment, everyone was on guard, but Lei Yu's eyes were fixed on the slightly jumping firelight that was getting closer and closer, as if he was expecting something.

Finally, the fire got closer and closer, and a person appeared in front of everyone.

When he saw the appearance of the person coming, Lei Yu clearly heard someone next to him gasp.