The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

The entire mountain city was in great turmoil within five days. It is said that Fatty and his original plan to carry out the kidnapping could not help running aground. In the city, apart from staying in the inn anxiously waiting for news, Da Biao and the others had no choice but to keep going. They sent undercover personnel in the city to collect information, but unfortunately there was no trace of Guo Nuan.

"It is estimated that Lao Guo has been removed from the mountain city. This is a great time to play," the fat man muttered to himself while sitting alone at the dining table in the cafeteria of the inn. Guo Nuan briefly told the four of them about Guo Nuan's assassination of the Tubo princess.

However, Da Biao still kept some inside information. He temporarily made up a lie out of good intentions. He said that Guo Nuan had undoubtedly offended the princess on the street, and out of a moment of venting his anger, he had the idea of ​​assassinating the princess at night.

Out of concern for Guo Nuan's safety, the four of them didn't have too much doubt about Da Biao's crappy lies. How did they know that Guo Nuan was actually the son of Guo Ziyi, the chief officer of the Shuofang Military Region, and the assassination of the princess was not a temporary idea.

However, after working in the city for five or six days, Guo Nuan still had no clue about the news, and the passage of foreign business travelers in the city was relaxed, but from time to time, a large number of Tubo troops were seen marching towards the Gobi Desert to the west of Qinghai Lake.

"It is estimated that the route back to Shuofang in the east is tightly blocked by the Tubo army. As for the Tubo plateau in the southwest, Brother Guo has nowhere to retreat. He probably fled to the Gobi Desert in the west. This is a serious situation."

A look of worry flashed across Lao Gong's face, and he said that since the Tubo camp on the other side of the square was infiltrated and assassinated by Guo Nuan, the military control of the camp has become more stringent, almost three or four times more than usual patrols. The task of kidnapping high-ranking Tibetan officials has been temporarily shelved.

On the seventh day, Da Biao spent his time in the inn without a master. On the one hand, the Tubo soldiers in the city were closely guarding the camp, and the task of kidnapping the Tubo target was temporarily suspended. On the other hand, Guo Nuan was missing, probably forced out by the Tubo soldiers This is not good. If it continues like this, Guo Nuan will either plunge into the desolate Qaidam Basin along the road to the Western Regions and die of starvation, thirst, or be eaten by wild animals, or It was captured and killed by the Tubo army who was chasing after him. This is extremely bad news for Da Biao, as a buddy who is close to life and death.

"Captain Gong, I have... I have something to report," Da Biao gritted his teeth, and he didn't care. Maybe this statement would affect many people, and it might disrupt the entire Shuofang military deployment, and it would take countless people and horse resources to find it. Guo Nuan undoubtedly added a big trouble, but as long as Da Biao has a way to save Guo Nuan, he will try it.

"What's the matter?" Lao Gong closed the wing room, seeing Da Biao's rare dignified tone, he closed the door by the way, saying that the two major events waiting for Guo Nuanhe's kidnapping mission in recent days weighed heavily on his heart.

"Old Gong, let me tell you one thing, it's very important, Guo Nuan is actually..." Da Biao said in a bumpy voice.

"What's wrong with him, there's news about him," Lao Gong's bloodshot eyes lit up immediately.

The fat man gave up again and again: "No, no, actually he..."

"What?" Lao Gong's face turned serious, his curiosity grew, and he realized that the fat man had something to say.

"He is, the six characters of Marshal Guo," the wing room suddenly became cold.

"Guo Nuan... is Marshal Guo's... son," Lao Gong suspected that he had heard wrong, but he subconsciously opened his mouth wide in silence for a moment.

"Well, he is the sixth son of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, and the son-in-law of the current emperor's eldest daughter, Princess Shengping." Da Biao took a deep breath and said slowly, "Old Guo has disappeared. It's a big fun now. We shouldn't be here. It's spent here,"

"This is serious," Lao Gong gasped. These things really made a big fuss. He usually felt that Guo Nuan was unusual. Guo Nuan's surname is the same as Jiedushi Guo Ziyi's, and after careful recollection and comparison, the eyebrows and eyebrows of the two people are indeed somewhat similar.

"Well, it's true"

"Let's go, let's go back to Shuofang and report to Marshal Guo, and immediately send rescuers to the Western Regions to search for Guo Nuan," Lao Gong shouted resolutely, and he turned and walked out of the wing room to gather the other three people.

It is said that Lao Gong and the others gave up the kidnapping mission and planned to go back to Shuofang to report and deal with the matter.

Haixi, as the name suggests, refers to the west of Qinghai Lake. This area is mainly the area where the Mongolians are active. At a glance, it is an extremely desolate wild Gobi, with mudstone layers, sandy soil layers, and deep inland basins. The precipitation outside cannot Arrived, except for the wild and wind-eroded Yardang landform, the vegetation is sparse and lifeless.

Passing the salt land, a large number of lakes and lakes rich in salt water, earthen terraces and hills stretching for hundreds of miles, crawling hard in the gullies, even the horses ran down, holding up the sand and gravel on the terraces with both hands, except for the dry gypsum mud. It is silvery salt-alkali particles.

"Grandma, no birds shit in this place, let alone water,"

On a wind-eroded silver-colored saline-alkali hill, overlooking the gray skyline in the distance, apart from the long-dried oval-shaped lake crust, all that remains are piles of wormwood and reeds scattered on the wild brown soil.

At this moment, the sky is getting darker, and the lakes and plains and mountains in the west are full of red clouds. It is estimated that tomorrow will be an extremely hot and sunny day. Guo Nuan spits white scum, and he is struggling to stand on the ridge with Torma on his back. Swearing and cursing.

"Save your energy, and think about how to get rid of those chasing soldiers tomorrow," Doma stretched out her small tongue and licked her chapped lips, her originally pretty face also turned pale.

"Hmph, if I knew it, I wouldn't have kidnapped you and killed my brother. Are these Tubo soldiers chasing and killing me, or you? They rode horses and chased us all the way, and shot when they saw us. I wanted to turn both of us into hedgehogs, but fortunately my brother ran fast, "

During the conversation, the sky had almost darkened, and only the silhouette of the mountain was left.

Guo Nuan was a little bit pained, the night wind whizzed by the wind-eroded valley rock formations on the earth platform, it was extremely shrill, like an evil spirit screaming, it was really uncomfortable to hear, and the surrounding saline-alkali land and wilderness were pitch black, and in the distance there were occasional There were bursts of wolf howling, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

"The Turkic language here is 'Sumuhak', which translates to your Chinese as Devil City, a place that can make people creepy at night," Doma muttered to himself and said lightly after taking Guo Nuan's words.

"Devil City, oh, I'm so unlucky. I didn't expect my brother to run away to the direction of the Western Regions." Guo Nuan touched the ridge and went down to the middle of the mountain. He found a leeward cave formed by loose and collapsed granite. Temporarily became a resting place,