The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 295: Lifting the Curse on the Gaoche (Part )

Last time, we talked about Li Yi killing the Black Wolf King. The Black Wolfs that were rampant on the grassland were actually its descendants. Once the Wolf King died, it was only a matter of time before the Black Wolfs retreated. In this chapter, let's take a look at the subsequent developments.

After eating supper, Li Yi personally went to deal with the body of the Black Demon Wolf. He first peeled off the wolf skin and put it into a burlap bag, and then burned the body with the Red Lotus Fire, leaving only a skeleton.

Then he pushed down the hill to make it the grave of the Black Demon Wolf King. Then he condensed his Qi into a brush and used the ink fountain technique to write three big words on the top of the hill: Demon Wolf Tomb.

Everyone watched Li Yi finish all this and went back to their tents to rest. Li Yi stayed alone on the top of the mountain to meditate, chant scriptures and restore his Buddhist teachings.

At dawn the next day, everyone set off on their journey. Li Yi asked Zhang Biao to inform Liu Xun that they could set out to surrender Gaochang Kingdom, and then he got into the carriage and fell asleep.

Tie Ma and his cavalry were waiting for Li Yi and his party outside Xingxing Gorge. When the party walked out of the gorge, Tie Ma immediately stepped forward to ask them.

Liu Ruyun and Xiao Ziyi told them what had happened. Tiema looked at Li Yi, who was sleeping soundly in the car, as if he was a monster. He shook his head helplessly and sighed, then escorted Li Yi and his group to continue heading northwest.

Five days later, they arrived at Tiele City, the capital of Gaoche State. The main people of Gaoche State were Tiele people, who were descendants of the Red Di people in the Spring and Autumn Period and called themselves Dili people. The Northern Wei Dynasty called them Tiele and the Southern Liang Dynasty called them Dingling.

Unlike Gaochang Kingdom, which was dominated by Central Plains culture, Gaoche Kingdom was a country dominated by nomadic culture and even retained some matriarchal customs.

Last year, Gaoche King Qiongqi wanted to annex Gaochang and take the first step to dominate the Western Regions, but was forced to postpone his plan because his soldiers did not want their cattle and sheep to be left ungrazed.

In winter, something unexpected happened on the grassland. Qiongqi led his cavalry to attack Gaochang. On the way, he encountered the Black Demon Wolf and was killed in the battle.

Qiongqi's subordinate Yanda gathered the remnants and returned to Gaoche Kingdom. He supported Qiongqi's youngest son, Miaotu, who was only nine years old, as the King of Gaoche. In fact, he took control of the political power.

The capital of Gaoche State, Tiele City, is very similar to Fuqi City, both of which are high and have many soldiers, but they are not big. Although the city is not big, it also gathers many herdsmen like Dunhuang, all of whom come here to escape the disaster on the grassland. As mentioned before, Tianhuo, the enemy of Wei Lue and Baozhu Faluo, also brought his people here.

Li Yi looked at the tall walls of Tiele City and asked Tiema: "Since you have opened up the trade route, why haven't they gone to Dunhuang for trade yet?"

Tie Ma shook his head and said, "The Dili tribe is in chaos right now. Their Hu Dun wants to trade, but she doesn't have the final say. The one who has the final say is Ye Huyanda, he is a Xiongnu."

Zhang Biao was surprised and said, "Xiongnu? How could Gaoche allow Xiongnu to take power? Tiele people and Xiongnu people also have a feud!"

Tie Ma waved his hand and said, "Yanda is a White Hun from the west."

Li Yi asked: "What are Hu Dun and Ye Hu?"

Tiema explained: "Hudun is the Tiele people's name for the mother of the chieftain, and Yehu is equivalent to the chief steward of the tribal alliance."

When they were almost at the Tiele city gate, Tiema said, "I can only take you so far. The people of the Dili tribe don't welcome us very much."

Xiao Ziyi caught the word and asked, "Hey, why did you add a "also"?"

Tie Ma shook his head and said, "Who knows? We worked so hard to kill all the black demon wolves in Xingxing Gorge and opened up the trade route, but they drove us out of the city and wouldn't let us pass."

Li Yi bowed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Tiema. I will take you here and we will go the rest of the way by ourselves. You may as well take your people to Gaochang and then head north to return to the grassland."

Tie Ma nodded, bowed and said goodbye to everyone, then left with his men.

Li Yi took out the measuring ruler from the sack and turned it into a long pole, hung the skin of the Black Demon Wolf King on it, and then drove the horse towards the city gate. This scene was very spectacular, after all, the skin of the Black Demon Wolf King was larger than the city gate of Tiele City after it was unfolded.

Li Yi and his party, holding the wolfskin banner, came to the city gate and naturally attracted strong attention from the tribes stationed outside Tiele City. The generals guarding the city thought that these people were going to attack the city, so they immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, blocking Li Yi and others outside the city.

Li Yi held up the wolf flag and stood at the foot of the city. He said to Langya, "Go tell them that we killed the Black Demon Wolf King and avenged the Gaoche King. Tell them to come out and welcome us!"

Langya shouted loudly to the people on the city wall, and then the guards on the wall said a lot of gibberish.

Li Yi looked at Langya and asked, "What did he say?"

Langya scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Sir, he speaks Di and Tiele. I only speak Qiang, so I don't understand him either."

Everyone looked at Li Yi. He was the one who originally wanted to bring Langya as an interpreter, but he failed miserably the first time he used the interpreter. That was really a slap in Li Yi's face.

At this moment, Li Yi stopped pretending to be so cool, and with a slap, he directly slammed the wolf's fang into the soil. This move scared the gatekeepers, who thought he was going to attack, and they all drew their bows and arrows and aimed at Li Yi and others.

Zhang Biao said awkwardly, "Sir, what if a fight really breaks out?"

Xiao Ziyi urged her horse forward and said with a smile, "Why, are you scared?"

"How is this possible! We have all seen battles in the Transcendent Realm. What's this little scene?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Then hold your head high and show the elegance of our Wei Dynasty!"

As a result, Liu Ruyun, Steward Zhou, and Yu Jiu all straightened their chests and raised their heads to face the cold light on the city wall. Langya also climbed out of the pit, brushed off the dust on his body, and raised his head to look at the city wall.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and Langya asked: "Um, you've been looking up for so long, don't your necks feel sore?"

Liu Ruyun replied: "The neck is fine, but it's a little dazzling. Hey, Li Yi, how long do we have to look at it like this?"

Xiao Ziyi said: "Hold on a little longer, we can't lose our momentum!"

Langya said awkwardly: "I can't hold on any longer, what should I do?"

Butler Zhou said, "Sir, I usually keep my head down, and I can stand it for a long time. But now you suddenly ask me to raise my head, and I can't hold on any longer."

Li Yi said: "Then I will count to one, two, three, and we will change our styles together!"

Zhang Biao asked, "Hey, what style do you want to change to?"

Li Yi said seriously: "It doesn't matter what style you change into, what matters is that you have to look good! Just change into the style that you think looks the most handsome."

"okay!"

"Then I can count!"

Yu Jiu interrupted, "Sir, please don't count to three directly!"

At this time, a tall white woman, escorted by a group of maids and guards, came to the top of the city. The people below the city just started to change their styles, and she saw an extremely embarrassing scene. There were seven people below the city, seven styles, and the styles were very different:

Mr. bodybuilder Zhang Biao, the cool swordsman Liu Ruyun, the thinker Zhou Guanjia, the gangster leader Langya, the flaming palm Yu Jiu, and the hero Xiao with stones behind him forming the words "Phoenix Dances in the Sky". Li Yi was relatively normal, he didn't pose, he was just rubbing his neck and shaking his head, commonly known as shaking his head.

Li Yi's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the white beauty on the top of the city wall. Her eyes were deep and sparkling, and her thin eyebrows seemed to be carved on her brow bones. Her nose was high and pointed, just like the fur-lined hat she wore on her head.

Seeing the beauty, Li Yi's skills were extraordinary. He jumped to the top of the city wall in one step and came to the opposite side of the beauty! You have to know that this is a ten-zhang high city wall. What does ten-zhang high mean? It is used to prevent warriors from jumping to the top of the city wall! At this height, a fourth-rank warrior can't jump up in one step, but Li Yi did it!

Seeing this, all the soldiers immediately drew their spears and swords to surround Li Yi. Li Yi extended his hand to salute and said with a smile: "I think this is Hu Dun from Gaoche State. I am Li Yi, Li Xiuyuan, the special envoy of Wei State. I have come to pay a visit to Hu Dun with a small gift."

Li Yi pointed casually, and the measuring ruler fell and hit the top of the city wall. The huge wolf skin directly covered the city wall.

The white beauty looked at Li Yi, then at the wolf skin, and said something to the chief guard beside her. The latter walked to the wall, reached out and touched the wolf skin, examined it carefully, and then replied something.

The white beauty spoke a lot to the crowd in an impassioned manner, and finally stretched her hands toward the sky. The soldiers on the city wall and the herdsmen under the city cheered in unison!

Liu Ruyun asked Langya: "You don't understand anything at all? What is she saying in there? Why are these people like crazy?"

Langya shook his head and said, "I only understood one sentence, which seemed to be Di Yu's Black Demon Wolf, but I didn't understand anything else."

Xiao Ziyi looked at the cheering crowd and smiled, "Look how happy they are. You can guess the general idea without even understanding what they are saying. It's something like the Black Wolf King has been killed and the disaster on the grassland is over."

At this time, the city gate opened, a group of soldiers separated the crowd, and waved their hands to invite them in. Liu Ruyun and others immediately urged their horses forward and entered the city. They were all smiling, because at this moment they were the heroes of Gaoche State, enjoying the cheers and love of the Gaoche people.

The crowds followed them all the way to the outside of the palace, where the palace guards took over their escort and invited them in. In the open space outside the palace, the Gaoche people started their own celebration ceremony, lighting fires and torches and singing and dancing on the streets.

Even after entering the palace, one could still hear the noise outside, but then Xiao Ziyi realized that Li Yi was gone. She immediately said, "Langya, ask them where Li Yi is?"

Liu Ruyun shook her head and said, "No need to ask. Li Yi followed their Hudun into the city first. We will see him when the banquet starts."

This is the fact. When everyone was cheering, Hu Dun of Gaoche Kingdom, the mother of the Gaoche King, Hulu Xuanyi, married the previous Gaoche King Qiongqi at the age of fourteen, gave birth to a son Miaotu at the age of fifteen, and was now only twenty-four years old. White beauty, walked in front of Li Yi.

Hulu Xuanyi said in fluent Central Plains dialect: "My name is Hulu Xuanyi, and I am Hudun here. Hero of the grassland, please follow me, I will host a banquet for you and your companions!"

Li Yi, who was previously worried about the language barrier, suddenly became excited. He said in surprise: "I didn't expect Hulu Hudun to speak the Central Plains dialect so well."

Hulu Xuanyi smiled and said, "If I can't speak your Central Plains dialect well, I'm not worthy of being Hu Dun! Please come in!" Then he took Li Yi's hand and walked towards the palace.

At the moment when Hulu Xuanyi pulled Li Yi's hand, a note was stuffed into Li Yi's hand. Seeing that the other party looked calm, the latter did not say anything.

As soon as they walked down the city wall, a forty-year-old white man with a full beard and deep forehead wrinkles stood in front of them. This man was naturally Yan Da, the actual ruler of Gaoche Kingdom.

Yanda only glanced at the two people's tightly clasped hands, and Hulu Xuanyi immediately let go. Yanda saluted and communicated with Hulu Xuanyi in Tiele language, and then accompanied the two to the palace.

Women have a unique status in nomadic peoples. They can not only participate in production and life, but also participate in wars, and have a certain say in politics and economy. Therefore, the status of grassland women is much higher than that of women in the Central Plains dynasties of the same period. There have even been many countries or tribes with women as supreme leaders.

Arriving at the palace, they naturally had to pay respect to the King of Gaoche first, even though he was only nine years old. Accompanied by his mother, Hulu Xuanyi, the King of Gaoche, Mi'etu, sat on the throne and accepted the greetings of Li Yi and others. This meeting seemed very hasty, and they entered the banquet session without saying a few words.

Because of the language barrier, the atmosphere of the banquet was very ordinary. We could only say that we had a full meal and then finished it hastily.

After the banquet, the accommodation that Huluhudun arranged for Li Yi and his party was actually a tent. Fortunately, it was a large tent with a bed, otherwise Xiao would definitely have been furious.