Chapter 204 Sun
In the Northern Frontier Camp, in Murong Jing's tent, the candlelight illuminated three figures.
"You mean... the text about the sacrifice on those pages at that time, the 'Wood Wolf' mentioned there does not refer to Wood Wolf Mountain, but to the date?"
"Yes." Zhu Lan nodded, and then repeated the song that A Yu had sung.
"The wood wolf shines on the desert, and the solitary smoke rises straight into the Cloud River.
The wooden wolf in the sky is slowly turning, and the grace of the Lord God is all over the world. "
"This is what she heard in the desert. The 'wood wolf' mentioned in it obviously does not refer to a mountain." Zhu Lan said firmly.
"The wood wolf... shines on the desert, and the horizon slowly turns." Murong Jing tapped his head, and after a while he said, "This 'wood wolf', could it be referring to the sun?"
"Exactly."
Zhu Qingyan asked Murong Jing: "Ah Jing, you grew up here, haven't you heard of it?"
"No, this is the first time I've heard of it." Murong Jing said, "Could this be a name used by some religious sect? Dafu believes in this sect, so he also calls the sun 'wood wolf'?"
Zhu Lan said he didn't know, but someone should know.
Murong Jing ordered people to bring Cheng Hu and Dong Dalong and asked them if they knew what "Wood Wolf" was.
Cheng Hu and Dong Dalong thought for a long time before carefully observing Murong Jing's expression and said:
"Reporting to the princess, I seem to have heard those great exorcists call the sun 'wood wolf', but this is rare. I have only heard it two or three times in total. I didn't understand what it meant at the time. I asked around and guessed before I realized that it referred to the sun."
Murong Jing nodded, let the two of them go down, and then looked at Zhu Lan.
"It is just as you said, but how can you be sure that the 'Timber Wolf' mentioned on those pages is the sun, and not the Timber Wolf Mountain which is also real?
Also, what do you mean by 'wood wolf' hinting at a date?"
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"Brother, how long do we have to stay in this Northern Frontier Camp?"
After leaving Murong Jing's tent, Dong Dalong asked Cheng Hu while touching the goose bumps all over his body.
"Keep your voice down!" Cheng Hu scolded, and then looked back carefully, "Can't you see? The princess is determined to completely destroy the Great Purification this time. We have to do something meritorious before we have a chance to escape!"
Dong Dalong touched the back of his head, thinking in confusion: "But if we don't make any contribution, the princess will find that we are useless and might just ignore us..."
"I think your brain is full of shit!" Cheng Hu was so angry that he slapped Dong Dalong on the back of his head, "What kind of business are we in? If we are in the outlaw business and fall into the imperial court, we will be beheaded! If we don't make meritorious deeds, do you think the princess will let us live?"
"Oh my god..." Dong Dalong suddenly panicked.
He was about to say something when he suddenly felt a strong force from behind, twisting his hands behind his back. Then he felt a pain in his knees and fell to the ground.
Before he could scream, something was stuffed into his mouth.
Cheng Hu, who was beside Dong Dalong, received the same treatment.
"You two escaped from the Great Purification and entered the territory of Liang State. You did not report to the government, but became bandits, killing people and robbing goods. You should be executed according to the law."
Mu'er, dressed in military uniform, appeared in front of the two of them, lowered her head and spoke in a cold voice.
"Execute these two thieves on the spot."
"Woo! Woo! Woo!" Cheng Hu and Dong Dalong, who were about to be dragged away, were filled with fear and struggled violently.
Mu'er raised her hand, and the guards behind them stopped their actions.
"It seems that you don't want to die?"
Cheng Hu and the other man had tears in their eyes and nodded rapidly.
Mu'er raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Now there is a chance to survive in front of you. Whether you can seize it depends on you."
Mu'er looked at the two people in front of her with satisfaction, as if they were grasping at a life-saving straw, and turned around and walked forward.
"The prince invites you."
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Facing Murong Jing's question, Zhu Lan lowered his eyes and said, "The reason why I ruled out the possibility of Wood Wolf Mountain is because I overlooked a problem before."
She pointed outward.
"This is a desert with unpredictable terrain. The Gobi Desert we went to look for has been covered by sand in just a few years.
The Mulang Mountain is a sand mountain that was formed not long ago. The sacrifices recorded in the book pages have a history of hundreds of years. How could it mention the current 'Mulang Mountain'?
In other words, the climate of the desert is like that of the hinterland. If the author wants to continue the sacrifice, he should write about how to find a place that meets the requirements, such as water or trees, instead of just writing the name of a sand hill. "
Murong Jing thought for a long time, "Okay, what about the date?"
"It's the winter solstice." Zhu Lan said with certainty.
"Why?"
"Because the pages that record the sacrifices say 'the Wood Wolf's ambush' and 'the time when yin is strong and yang is weak'. If 'Wood Wolf' refers to Wood Wolf Mountain, then the 'absent' is hard to explain, but if it refers to the sun, then it makes sense.
"Fu" means weak and short. The winter solstice is the day with the shortest daylight hours in the year, which also confirms the saying "Yin is strong and Yang is weak."
Zhu Qingyan agreed: "This way, it will be much smoother."
Murong Jing was also convinced. This explanation was the most reasonable one so far.
The Dafu were elusive in the desert, and they usually only sent a small force to plunder border villages and towns for quick decisions. Murong Jing spent many years trying to find the location of their main force.
But this sacrifice is so important that it even involves the risk of kidnapping a living person. The leader of the great purification ceremony is likely to be present. We have to capture the leader first, so this opportunity cannot be missed.
"If they really want to hold a sacrificial ceremony on the winter solstice and kill the abducted women, then we only have ten days left." Murong Jing said in a deep voice.
"Miss." Mu'er suddenly walked in from outside the tent.
"The prince wants to see you, and the two Miss Zhu."
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"From what you said, you have already guessed the movements of the main force of the Great Purification?" King Zhenbei sat at the top and looked at them with calm eyes.
He had received the news since the moment Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan appeared outside the Northern Frontier camp again.
"Father," Murong Jing stepped forward and said, "Zhu Lan has already predicted that the Great Purification will take place on the winter solstice, but the location is still unknown. But we can't miss this opportunity. If it doesn't work, can we mobilize troops from nearby military towns and launch a comprehensive search in the desert--"
Murong Jing's tone sounded a little anxious. She had made similar suggestions to her father before, but her father always refused on the grounds that "mobilizing troops is a big deal, and you can't do anything without confidence."
"Just go ahead and do this. I will fully support you." King Zhenbei had a faint smile in his eyes.
"Really?" Murong Jing said happily. She didn't expect that her father would give in so easily this time.
After Murong Jing, Zhu Lan and Zhu Qingyan took their leave, only Mu'er and King Zhenbei were left in the tent.
"Your Highness, what if the young lady..." Mu'er was a little worried.
"I understand Jing'er's temper, and you understand it too. She has to fight this battle. Simply stopping her will only backfire." King Zhenbei said in a deep voice.
“Go and inform Tianduo that I will not interfere with their beliefs. There is no need to cancel this operation. I will make my own arrangements.
Also, send another letter to Uzbekistan and give it to Zhurtai."
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