Yao Ying was taken to the tent and placed under strict guard.

She wanted to see Xie Qing's injuries, but the Hu women did not allow her to get close and directly dragged the dying Xie Qing away.

Yaoying was secretly anxious.

Pretending to know Dammaraka is a good way to escape.

Wakhan Khan was wary of Tanmologa, but also admired him for staying in the royal court for more than ten years despite his frail body. This time, he not only made a non-aggression pact with him, but also vowed that no matter what happened in the future, the Northern Rong would never harm his family - Tanmologa had a sister.

In the book, Haidu Aling, who killed his uncle and brother without mercy, also kept this promise.

After the royal court was destroyed, Tanmarajiva's sister survived.

It was a good idea, but Haidu A Ling was too sensitive, and the lie Yao Ying told in a hurry could not really scare him.

Haidu Aling is in a hurry to go to Sand City to meet up with Wakhan Khan, so he ignored her. What will she do when he comes back?

She didn't know Tanmaraka at all.

No, there is no need to wait for Haidu Aling to come back. If he meets Tanmarajiva in the Sand City and asks her about it, her lies will be exposed.

Yao Ying sat cross-legged on the felt carpet, making rapid calculations in her mind.

She couldn't panic. Xie Qing and the others' safety depended on her. She had to calm down and think of a way to fool Haidu Aling before he came back.

Or find a way to escape the camp.

This place is very close to the royal court. As long as she can escape to the royal court, the people of Beirong will not dare to go to the royal court to capture her.

She couldn't stay here any longer.

Tali came into the tent and brought Yaoying lunch, which consisted of a few buns and a bowl of meat soup.

Yao Ying asked her to deliver some medicine to Xie Qing.

Tallie shrank back and dared not agree. She had returned to her hometown as she wished and did not dare to take any risks lightly.

Yao Ying did not force it.

Tali looked ashamed and hesitated before leaving. She advised, "Princess, you are already here. Where else can you escape to? This place is eight thousand miles away from the Central Plains. Even if you escape, you can't return to the Central Plains. It's better for you to follow Prince A Ling in the future. He is good at fighting and other princes are afraid of him. Although this place is not as prosperous as the Central Plains, you can still live a noble life as before."

She knew that the princess had been secretly spying on the team's manpower deployment along the way in an attempt to escape.

Yaoying said nothing and just lowered her head to eat the cake.

Haidu Aling was cold-blooded and gloomy. She couldn't really surrender to him. Once she surrendered, he would have more ways to torture her. She would be like the divine eagle he tamed. Even with a pair of strong wings, she would never be able to escape from his palm.

And he will not show mercy to Xie Qing and his men.

Yaoying was nervous and had no appetite, so she forced herself to finish the meat soup and carrots.

If you want to escape, you must have enough strength.

For the past six months, she has been trying to escape, escape from the Yelu tribe, escape from the wilderness, escape from Haidu Aling's control. Half of her fifteen years have been spent in fear. Every night before going to bed, she plans how to escape. The first thing she does when she wakes up every morning is to encourage herself and tell herself that she can definitely return to the Central Plains.

She misses her brother very much.

Yao Ying felt a lump in her nose. She lowered her head and took out the night pearl from her sleeve.

Wusunma was dead. It was the only gift Li Zhongqian gave her that she still carried with her.

Whenever she felt scared, she would take out the bead, and when she thought of her brother, she would no longer be afraid.

Yao Ying gently stroked the night-shining pearl with her fingers. She was absent-minded for a while, sighed, and called a Hu woman who was guarding her to hand over the night-shining pearl.

When the Hu woman took her on horseback across the Quicksand River, she accidentally saw the night-shining pearl on her body and immediately showed a covetous look.

She had heard from Tali that such a night-shining pearl could be exchanged for a small tribe from the monarch.

The Hu woman was startled, her eyes showing surprise. She took the bead and immediately put it in her arms, saying in Hu language: "I can only help you lead the others away. Whether you can escape depends on yourself."

Yao Ying nodded and replied in Hu language: "If you don't keep your promise, I will tell Haidu Aling about this and drag you to be buried with me."

A fierce look flashed across Ms. Hu's face. After weighing the pros and cons, she stepped out.

Yaoying lowered her eyes and looked at her empty palms, and her heart seemed to be empty as well.

Then he smiled bitterly.

It is indeed the national treasure of Fulin as my brother said. It can come in handy in times of crisis.

Haidu Aling went to Sand City and took some of his followers with him, but the defense of the camp remained strict.

Two days later, one night, the Hu woman brought a set of Northern Rong clothes for Yao Ying to change into, and took her to the place where the captives were held.

The captives had no tents to live in, so most of them just built a straw cage to surround a dozen people and left them to sleep in the cold wind.

After Xie Qing stabbed Haidu Aling to death, she was whipped and carried back. Others were afraid of being implicated by her and did not dare to approach her. In the past few days, other personal soldiers have been taking care of her.

Yao Ying walked into the grass cage, knelt beside Xie Qing, and said in a low voice: "It's me."

The others recognized her immediately, but did not shout out, their eyelids drooping. "Princess, we failed to stop Xie Qing. She was afraid that Haidu Aling would bully you, so she wanted to die with Haidu Aling."

Yao Ying sighed.

When the news of Wakhan Khan's illness came, she thought it was a godsend and had secretly contacted people to prepare for escape, but Haidu Aling did not leave, so she did not dare to meet Xie Qing and others. Xie Qing did not know what she was planning, and suddenly assassinated Haidu Aling, disrupting her plan.

Now, even with hasty plans, they had to run.

Yaoying could not blame Xie Qing for doing bad things. Xie Qing just wanted to save her from the tiger's mouth as soon as possible. For this, this loyal bodyguard was ready to die at any time.

She helped Xie Qing up and fed her some water.

Xie Qing had a strong physique and a pretty face. Because of this, after she put on men's clothes, no one ever doubted her identity, and these Tianbei Rong people did not discover that she was a woman.

She was covered in wounds, lying in Yaoying's arms without making a sound.

Yao Ying called her softly, "Ah Qing."

Xie Qing's eyelids twitched a few times.

Yao Ying was careful not to touch the bloody wounds on her body: "Haidu A Ling has left. There will definitely be a riot in the camp in the next two days. You should be more alert at night. If you hear any movement, we will find a chance to escape. Can you hold on?"

If they missed this opportunity, they would not find any other chance to escape before being escorted to the Beirong camp.

Xie Qing made a few vague sounds from his throat and clenched his fists tightly.

She can handle it.

Yao Ying didn't dare to stay any longer and left behind a can of medicine and a dagger.

The Hu woman took her back to the tent, and the next day, Tali brought her Hu pancakes and meat soup as usual.

Yaoying hid the biscuits and waited until sunset, then changed into a short-sleeved shirt, packed up everything she could take with her, sat cross-legged in the tent, and waited quietly.

As night fell, the camp gradually became quiet.

Yaoying's heart was pounding and she listened carefully.

There was a chattering sound coming from outside the tent, and the Hu woman who took her night pearl led the other Hu women away.

Yao Ying waited patiently for a while.

Suddenly, in the quiet night, there were a few shouts, followed by the chaotic sound of horse hooves. Someone shouted to gather people. The flickering firelight was projected on the tent, and then the sound of burning came on the wind.

Shouts arose everywhere: "Enemy attack!"

Half of the guards rushed to put out the fire, and the other half rushed to stop the attackers. Without Haidu Aling, the guards were leaderless and not as orderly as usual.

Some of the prisoners squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, shaking like chaff, while others looked around for a while and then ran away into the night.

The camp was in chaos.

The bodyguards used the dagger given by Yao Ying to cut the shackles on their feet, carried Xie Qing on their backs, escaped from the grass cage in the chaos, and found Yao Ying's tent.

Yao Ying pointed to the east: "There are horses in the east!"

The personal soldiers picked up several weapons dropped by the dead guards, surrounded Yao Ying in the middle, and ran towards the east.

The northern Rong people were busy fighting, and the Hu woman was nowhere to be seen. Yao Ying had already tied up her long hair and changed her clothes, so the guards did not notice her for a while. She and her personal soldiers mixed in with the fleeing captives and slowly approached the east.

A few Beirong people came towards them, shouting and yelling, attracting a dozen guards.

The personal soldiers drew their swords, gritted their teeth and killed their way forward, and indeed saw more than a dozen horses tied in the stable in the east.

The guards caught up with them, and the personal soldiers did not dare to delay. They helped Yao Ying and Xie Qing climb onto the horses. Each of them grabbed a horse, pinched the horse's belly hard, and rushed out of the camp.

The night was dark, and they ran for several hours without knowing how far they had run. The sky gradually brightened, and behind them was an endless expanse of yellow sand, and in front of them were also undulating low sand dunes. Apart from the rock piles that had been eroded by the wind for many years, there were only scattered dry vegetation.

The guards looked at each other.

They could use the sunrise to find their way, but they didn't know where to escape.

After discussing for a while, they decided to continue walking east.

Soon after, they found themselves lost.

Yaoying lifted the veil covering her face, looked at the undulating sand dunes in the distance, and sighed.

She knew that Haidu Aling was not on good terms with the sons of Wahan, so she secretly spread the news, causing other princes to suspect that Haidu Aling's camp contained a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and weapons stolen from Helan.

Haidu Aling had been secretly training people and indeed embezzled a lot of money. Several princes had heard about this and when they heard the news, they became suspicious and sent people to investigate.

Yao Ying was imprisoned by Haidu Aling, and the spies of those people thought she was a Han woman seeking ordinary things, so they went to ask her about it. She deliberately spoke vaguely and guided them to find the treasures that Haidu Aling had looted from the Yelu tribe.

Several princes believed that Haidu Aling had hidden weapons and jewelry, so they decided to send troops to rob him when he went to the yayu to visit Wakhan. Once they got the weapons and jewelry, they would divide them up completely, leaving Haidu Aling with no way out.

The Hu woman who took her night pearl not only benefited from her, but was also an insider for several other princes. The Hu woman thought that she could not understand the Hu language, and did not care when talking to other spies. She overheard that the other princes were preparing to attack the camp.

According to Yao Ying's original plan, Xie Qing was not injured, they did not have to escape so desperately, and they could also capture a small leader and force him to lead the way.

Now they are lost.

Yao Ying patted the horse's neck and said, "There is always a way out. Let's keep going. This place is close to the royal court. There is an oasis town every hundred miles. We can always find a place with people."

The guards should regain their spirits and continue to rush eastward.

After walking a few dozen miles, they saw brilliant clouds rising in the western sky. Suddenly, a guard pointed to the distance and said in surprise, "It looks like an earthen city over there! There are people there!"

Yaoying looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, there stood a high earthen city to the southeast, which showed signs of artificial carving.

Outside the earthen city there is a road running east-west, on which one can vaguely see figures riding camels and horses.

You can ask in populated areas how to get out of the desert.

Yao Ying and the others were cheered up.

A personal soldier rode off to investigate and came back to report: "The earthen city seems to be a place where merchants stop to rest. No Northern Rong people were seen."

Yao Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said to the others, "Let's move closer slowly. When we meet people later, don't speak. I'll ask someone where this place is."

Each city-state and tribe in the Western Regions has its own language. She followed Tari on the way and learned the Hu language. Although her accent was not authentic, at least she could communicate with the Hu merchants.

The guards responded by covering their faces with turbans and riding their horses towards the city.

As we got closer to Tucheng, we could gradually hear the sounds of camel bells and voices. Merchants driving their carts stopped by the roadside to talk, discussing how long the alliance between the royal court and the Northern Rong would last and whether it would affect their business.

Yao Ying did not dare to enter the earthen city, so she went to the main road outside the city to ask a young man who was feeding camels for the Hu merchant.

The young man looked at her beautiful eyes exposed outside the veil, stammered to give her directions, and told her that this was under the jurisdiction of the royal court.

Yao Ying thanked the young man, took out the Persian silver coins she had with her, and exchanged them for some food from the caravan.

They rested outside the earthen city that night, and Xie Qing woke up several times. The personal soldiers took turns standing guard, and jumped up nervously at the slightest movement.

Fortunately, nothing happened overnight.

The next day, Yao Ying and her friends followed the boy's instructions and headed southeast.

Many caravans were heading in the same direction as them. On the road, there were the clatter of horse hooves, the ringing of camel bells, and the sound of people laughing. There was a foreign merchant wearing a brocade robe, a felt hat, and a small moustache sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, playing the pipa. The music was cheerful and exciting.

Yao Ying had not seen such a peaceful scene for a long time. Listening to the sound of the pipa, she couldn't help but think of the caravan in Liangzhou that died tragically at the hands of the eldest prince.

There were wars and chaos in the Western Regions, and wherever the Northern Rong went, nine out of ten houses were empty. Perhaps only in the city-states ruled by the Buddha could one see such a prosperous scene, and only his subjects had such leisure time that they did not forget to bring their pipa, flute, and hand drum when they went on business trips.

Unfortunately, that Buddhist disciple did not live for many more years. The holy city was massacred, and the last pure land in the Western Regions was also destroyed.

Yaoying sighed for a while. The sound of the pipa was pleasing to her ears. The pleasant tune seemed to vibrate in her heart. Her mood could not help but rise and fall with the tune. She hummed a little song following the tune.

Suddenly, two eagle cries were heard from the sky, and the sound of the pipa paused.

Yao Ying reined in her horse in astonishment and raised her head.

A large snow-white falcon flew over her head, its soaring figure looking so familiar.

A shiver ran through Yaoying's body.

The bodyguards also noticed the eagle above their heads and their faces changed drastically.

In the past few months, they often saw this eagle following the team. As soon as they saw the pair of gray and white wings, they knew it was the sacred eagle of Haidu Aling.

"Haidu A Ling is here!"

The guards held the reins tightly, their voices trembling slightly.

Yao Yingqiang calmed himself down.

It wouldn't be such a coincidence, she wouldn't be so unlucky...

Her eyes followed the white falcon and looked into the distance. The falcon flew lower and suddenly a faint black color appeared on the sand dunes on the north side of the avenue.

The black color moved slowly—it was a black flag fluttering in the strong wind, and then another one followed.

A dozen black flags fluttered in the wind, as if night had fallen.

The battle flag of Haidu Aling.

As the black flags appeared, rows of knights in black armor appeared on the west side of the earthen city. Their mounts marched in neat steps across the flat sand and headed towards the avenue.

Yao Ying reined in his horse and turned back.

A dozen black flags also appeared on the sand dunes on the other side, and black-armored knights holding long swords slowly approached.

The man in the lead was wearing a gold-brocade robe and looked tall and strong on horseback.

The sound of the pipa stopped. The people in the caravan discovered the soldiers hiding behind the sand dunes. They recognized Haidu Aling and were so scared that their faces turned pale. They dropped their goods and turned around to run away. The black-armored warriors on the other side were also approaching.

The Hu merchants screamed in unison: "The Northern Rong people are coming! The Northern Rong people are coming!"

The guards surrounded Yao Ying tightly to prevent her from being swept away by the crowded crowds and traffic.

Yao Ying gripped the reins tightly, and all the torment of the past few months came flooding back to her.

Cautious attempts, fears, and despair time and time again.

Those were nothing...she could bear it, but why did she have to fall into despair again when she just felt a little rare peace and freedom?

How could Haidu Aling come so quickly!

Haidu Aling on the hill slowly raised his longbow, drew his bow and drew his arrow towards the panicked crowd. In the blink of an eye, he shot five arrows in quick succession. The arrows were so powerful that they broke through the air.

Several screams were heard and people fell off their horses one after another.

Yao Ying came to her senses.

Haidu Aling didn't recognize her. It seemed that his target was these businessmen?

No, his target is everyone alive on the avenue.

Yao Ying's mind raced, and she rode away quickly: "Run away with these people, they know where it's safe!"

Haidu A Ling didn't recognize her now, but when he had killed most of the people, she would still fall into his hands.

This time Haidu Aling will not let her go.

She knew how he would punish women who disobeyed him.

The personal guards responded quickly and escorted Yao Ying as she fled.

The foreign merchants abandoned their camels and carts and fled on horseback. The slaves in charge of transporting the goods could only run wildly behind them, and the dust rolled up and filled the sky.

Yao Ying was scolded so much that she coughed repeatedly. She looked up and found that Haidu A Ling was not in a hurry to kill people, but was following behind with a longbow in his hand to drive them away.

He was narrowing the circle, like hunting, first driving the prey into the traps he had set in advance, and then killing them one by one.

This time we really can't be caught again.

Yao Ying's heart was pounding.

The Northern Rong soldiers were on three sides, and they were galloping on horseback together with the Hu people. Haidu Aling shot five arrows into the air from time to time, and several people fell to the ground and died. Everyone was in a hurry to escape and fought for the way. Finally, everyone was forced to flee to a low-lying depression.

Battle flags were flying at the only gap ahead; they were surrounded.

The merchants huddled together, trembling and terrified.

The black-armored knights rode their horses towards the valley, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller.

Yao Ying was protected in the center by the personal guards, and her ears were filled with screams, curses, cries, and pleas for mercy.

Different languages, same despair.

She suddenly recalled the time when she was five years old, facing the overwhelming enemy forces, the personal soldiers of the Xie and Li families stood guard over her. They fell one after another, and she hid under a mountain of corpses until Li Zhongqian found her.

I don’t know how my brother is doing.

Thinking of Li Zhongqian, Yao Ying suddenly felt calm. Even though a disaster was imminent, it seemed that there was nothing to be afraid of.

The guards' turbans were scattered, and their appearance, which was very different from that of the Western Hu people, quickly attracted the attention of the black-armored knights on the hill.

A scrutinizing gaze fell on Yao Ying.

Yao Ying raised her head and looked across the crying crowd towards Haidu Aling's sharp, hawk-like gaze. Her face was covered with a light veil, revealing only a pair of eyes.

Haidu Aling had excellent eyesight and recognized those personal soldiers. Then when he saw those bright eyes, he reacted and became furious.

How come a Han woman is here? !

Wasn't she supposed to be in the camp?

Haidu Aling's face was as gloomy as water. He bent his bow and pulled it repeatedly. Several arrows flew through the air. Several Hu merchants beside Yao Ying fell off their horses one after another and were trampled to pieces by the horses' hooves. It was a horrible sight.

The guards stopped Yao Ying and said, "Protect the princess!"

Yao Ying withdrew her gaze and no longer looked at Haidu Aling.

Haidu Aling's pale golden eyes flashed with rage, and he drew his bow again.

A low horn sounded suddenly.

Haidu Aling didn't pay attention at first, until another horn sounded. He stopped what he was doing, his anger subsided, and he raised his head alertly.

He ambushed the royal caravan on the road and specifically ordered the soldiers to hide their tracks. Who blew the horn?

The sound of the horn stopped for a moment, and then there was another one. The horn sounds came from all directions, gathered together and echoed throughout the sky.

It shocked everyone.

Not only were their hearts trembling, the ground beneath their feet seemed to be shaking as well. The horns were howling, and the sound waves gathered together, like a tsunami and thunder booming at the same time, echoing between the boundless heaven and earth.

The dust that filled the valley suddenly spread out, the sound of the horn became closer and closer, and the sound became lower and lower, and the sound of hunting flags could be vaguely heard in the wind.

The businessmen around Yao Ying were stunned, with expressions that seemed to be both crying and laughing on their faces.

Some people sobbed quietly, and more people suddenly burst into tears.

Yao Ying followed the line of sight of the Hu merchants and saw a snow-white flag slowly appearing on the opposite hill. The white background had golden curling grass patterns, which looked noble and holy.

As soon as they saw a corner of the flag, the black-clad Northern Army soldiers on the hillside immediately showed panic and retreated towards the valley.

In an instant, the Beirong people lost all their momentum.

Haidu Aling's face was gloomy, and he signaled his subordinates to stabilize the formation with his eyes.

The subordinates were helpless. The soldiers were already terrified and just wanted to stay away from the flag. The horses couldn't control their speed going downhill, so how could they maintain their formation?

On the distant hills, snow-white flags fluttered in the wind, and the ranks of black-clad Northern Army soldiers seemed to be torn in half by an invisible giant hand. The soldiers did not even glance at Haidu Aling, and obediently pulled their horses aside to make way.

Yaoying slowly widened her eyes.

The smoke and dust rose up again, almost covering the sky and the sun.

Flowing curves move slowly among the sand dunes, with light and shadow interweaving, as if the hills are floating.

Yao Ying looked closely and found that the curves were made up of countless cavalrymen wearing different uniforms.

Hundreds and thousands of cavalrymen with broad shoulders and strong bodies, wearing light armor and long robes, slowly approached the hill from different directions. There were many of them, densely packed, with fluttering flags, and a huge formation. Although no one was riding a horse at a gallop, the sound of horse hooves gathered together was still like thunder, shaking the earth.

In the blink of an eye, the mountains and plains were filled with lightly armored cavalry.

They didn't roar or run wildly, they just approached slowly.

Then, a group of cavalrymen dressed in blue shirts and white robes with exquisite armor came out with a snow-white flag. At the front of the team was a man riding a white horse.

Thousands of gazes flooded towards the man like a tide.

The man had a calm expression on his face, and he rode his horse slowly, neither fast nor slow, up the hill. His crimson cassock fluttered in the wind.

The Hu merchant in the valley held his breath and looked up at the man with wild eyes.

As one man dismounted and knelt on the ground, the Hu merchants rolled off the horse one after another, crawled between the horse's hooves, and kowtowed to the man.

"The Buddha's son is coming! The Buddha's son is coming!"

The man glanced at the valley indifferently. His pair of emerald green eyes, as deep as glass, were extremely clear and indifferent, as if a god who was not affected by the world's affairs was overlooking the earth from the clouds, with a kind of indifference and indifference that regarded all things as straw dogs.

The foreign merchants were so excited that they spoke incoherently.

The Northern Rong knights who were forced to retreat also showed fear and admiration on their faces. They stared at the man blankly and quietly put away their weapons.

In the valley, Yao Ying was also staring at the man's face in a daze.

This is a man whose appearance is difficult to describe in words, with deep features, a clear mind and a handsome appearance.

Yaoying suddenly recalled a line that Xie Manyan had said: "Your face is like the full moon in autumn, and your eyes are like pure lotus flowers."

These are the words of Manjushri Bodhisattva praising Ananda's appearance.

Ananda was the cousin and disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni. It is said that Ananda was handsome and upright, as clear as a mirror. Therefore, although he was a monk, there were always women who were attracted by his appearance and tempted him from time to time. However, he was determined and never broke his vows throughout his life.

Yao Ying suddenly understood why people in the Western Regions firmly believed that Tanmaraka was the reincarnation of Ananda.

Born so dignified and beautiful, holy and noble, the crimson monk's robe made him look otherworldly and elegant.

Such people are indeed not like people from this world.

Haidu Aling is a sword that has just been unsheathed, thirsty for human blood, filled with a sinister aura and intimidating power.

The Buddhist disciple Tanmaraka is neither a sword nor a knife. He is not like any kind of weapon. There is not a trace of murderous intent in his body. His figure is thin and slender, bright as the breeze and as bright as the cold moon.

He was gentle and polite, with a pale face and a slightly sickly look.

But the thousands of troops following him were all willing to obey. As long as he gave an order, they would immediately rush to wherever he pointed and tear his enemies to pieces.

This soft and invisible pressure is suffocating.

The Beirong soldiers were shaken and retreated again.

Haidu A Ling looked around and saw that he was surrounded and his subordinates had obviously lost their fighting spirit. He sneered, "Master, are you going to declare war on me, the Northern Rong?"

Tanmo Luojia lowered his eyes and looked at Haidu Aling, "Prince Beirong, you are killing my subjects."

The tone of his Hu language sounded very melodious, and the sound was clear, like the sound of jade hitting each other.

Haidu Aling released his longbow and said, "This is a misunderstanding. I have no intention of harming the subjects of the royal court."

He waved his hands, signaling his subordinates to move away.

The Northern Rong soldiers were already frightened out of their wits, and upon seeing this, they immediately scattered and retreated.

The Hu merchants in the valley escaped the disaster and danced with joy. They bowed to Tanmaragha several times, helped each other to stand up, climbed onto their horses, and climbed up the hill one after another.

Yao Ying and her personal soldiers were mixed in with the Hu merchants and were about to leave together when Haidu Aling suddenly pointed at her.

"Master, this woman is Han Chinese. She is a slave I brought back from the Central Plains. She is not a subject of the royal court. I led my troops to hunt her down because she escaped here. Can I take her away?"

Yao Ying felt cold all over.

Tanmarajiva on the hill didn't even look at Yaoying, he turned his horse around.

Haidu Aling looked at Yao Ying with eyes that were colder than the snow on the mountain top that had not melted for years.

Yao Ying was sweating profusely and was almost unable to breathe because of his gaze.

Haidu Aling was in good health and lived to be in his seventies or eighties. As long as he was in the Western Regions, she would not be able to return to the Central Plains.

She had to find a way to get rid of him, otherwise she would never be able to escape from this man's shadow for the rest of her life.

Seeing the Northern Army soldiers rushing up, Yao Ying's heart was made up, and he shouted to Tanmo Luojia's cold back: "Luojia!"

Before Tanmarajiva could react, the two light-armored knights closest to him immediately changed color and turned around to glare at Yao Ying.

Yaoying lifted the veil from her face.

The knights were stunned for a moment. How could this Han woman be so beautiful...

No, how could this Han Chinese woman know Master’s name?

Yao Ying observed Haidu A Ling's expression from the corner of her eye, and gritted her teeth and called out again, "Luo Jia, I've seen you before."

She hesitated to speak, her eyes red, and she was full of charm.

Although he didn't say anything, his hesitant look made people imagine more.

The light-armored knight's face suddenly turned red, and he shouted loudly, asking Yao Ying to retreat.

The sound of horse hooves clattered on the hillside as Haidu Aling chased after them on horseback.

Once the arrow is shot, it cannot be retrieved. Yao Ying's mind raced, and she simply took off her headscarf, raised her voice, and said loudly: "I am not a slave of Haidu Aling. I am Princess Wen Zhao, a legitimate daughter of the Wei Dynasty in the Central Plains. The Wei Dynasty has fertile lands and strong national power. My father is the Emperor of Wei, and my brother is the Duke of Wei. He has millions of soldiers and many brave generals."

"I have met the Master once, and I fell in love with him at first sight. I have never forgotten him. I have traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions just to marry him. I have brought with me more than a thousand volumes of agricultural books, law books, and construction technology books, more than a thousand volumes of scriptures, statues of Sakyamuni Buddha, more than a hundred boxes of treasures, and ten thousand taels of gold. I wish to serve the Master and be with the King forever."

Now not only the light-armored knights changed color, but the knights on the hills nearby also stared at Yao Ying in amazement, their eyes almost popping out.

Someone actually proposed to their king in public?

Although the dowry was generous...but who doesn't know that their king had been a monk since he was young and was a famous monk throughout the Western Regions?

The light-armored knight shouted angrily: "Han woman, our king is a monk!"

The Han woman was so shameless that she actually blasphemed their Buddhist disciples!

Countless reproachful glances covered her like knives, and Yao Ying's scalp went numb.

It was because Tanmarajiva was a determined and compassionate monk that she dared to say such words.

She couldn't hide any longer, she had to first kill Haidu A Ling's mind, and then find a way to eliminate the trouble forever. She was the princess of Wei, and as long as Wei existed, she could find allies for herself.

Even though she only has a few personal soldiers around her now.

Today's proposal will not bother Tanmaragha for too long, nor will it hurt Tanmaragha's face and reputation. She also gave a reward - an alliance with the Wei Dynasty, gold, silver, treasures, and Buddhist scriptures.

If he wanted something else, she would do her best to satisfy him.

I hope that as the monarch, Tanmarajiva can understand the hidden meaning of her words.

Yao Ying had a plan in mind, suppressed her shame, and said slowly: "No matter what the mage's identity is, I am sincere to him."

The two knights were stunned. Their minds raced. After racking their brains for a long time, they came up with a very powerful rebuke:

"You have no shame!"

Yao Ying looked at Tanmarajiva's back as she left the world with a serious expression on her face. She thought to herself, Prince Yan is watching her right beside her, so she can give up something like her face.

"The master is a practitioner, and I am a secular person."

Yao Ying clasped her hands together in a very formal manner.

"I wish to follow the example of Madana, become a nun and practice Buddhism for the Master, and then see what happens."

The light-armored knights were stunned and looked at each other.

They had heard the story of Madana.

When Ananda was young, he was very handsome. A woman named Madana fell in love with him and insisted on marrying him. Ananda could not get rid of her and asked for help from Sakyamuni.

Shakyamuni calmly told Madara-ga that Ananda was a practitioner and if she wanted to marry him, she must first practice for a full year.

Madana agreed happily and became a nun. She practiced diligently every day and gradually came to realize the suffering of being obsessed with the five desires.

She sincerely confessed her stubbornness to Sakyamuni, and was enlightened. She saw through the worldly world, cut off her emotional ties, and attained the Arhat fruit.

This love entanglement eventually turned into a thousand-year-old beautiful story.

The light-armored knights exchanged glances.

It is said that the Buddha's son is the incarnation of Ananda. Coincidentally, a princess from Wei voluntarily became a nun in order to marry the Buddha's son. Could it be that all this was a test from the Buddha for the Buddha's son?

No matter what, the fact that this beautiful Han woman thought of becoming a nun to prove her sincerity towards Buddhism shows that she truly admires Buddhism.

The knight snorted.

Yao Ying took in the white-robed knight's relaxed expression and let out a long sigh in her heart.

For more than ten years, Tanmarajiva relied on his reputation as a Buddhist to rule the royal court, and the theory that he was an incarnation of Ananda was indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As long as she deified Tanmarajiva and compared him with Ananda, these knights would naturally accept her statement.

In this way, her public proposal today would only raise Tanmarajika's reputation to a higher level.

Tanmarajiva didn't need to pay any attention to her at all. She was willing to risk her dignity and become a resentful woman in love with a crazy monk - as long as she could survive, this sacrifice was not worth mentioning.

Yao Ying was thinking about it, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was a solution that would please everyone. Before she could even look at Tanmaragha's reaction, she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her.

Haidu Aling's thick arms had already approached and held her waist.

"What nonsense!"

With a sinister look on his face, he picked up Yaoying, carried her to the horse, and lowered his voice, "It seems that I have been too polite to the princess these days. When we return to the camp, I will let the princess see how I tame a woman in bed."

Haidu Aling likes to tame women, especially stunning beauties like Li Yaoying.

In the past, he would have sex with a woman after only one month and then abandoned her. But this time he was very patient. He found that Li Yaoying's occasional active and gentle behavior made him feel more conquered. It was like training an eagle. Only a thousand eagles could produce a divine eagle like Abu. This woman was worth his patience.

His patience was rewarded with decisive betrayal. She actually dared to say in front of him that she liked a monk!

Haidu Aling pinched Yaoying's willow-like waist. Fu Man, that idiot, was right. Her dress should be torn open fiercely.

Yaoying's hands were twisted and she couldn't struggle. Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, this man actually kidnapped her!

She heard the roars of her personal soldiers and Xie Qing, and the whispers of the royal court knights, and she became extremely anxious.

"Let her go."

Among the countless voices, a clear voice spoke softly.

The sound seemed to come from the sky, very cold and very light, but in an instant, all other sounds disappeared.

Only this sound remained.

Haidu Aling raised his head in surprise.

Tanmarakala stood on the top of the hill, his crimson cassock blown up by the wind, revealing a string of dull-colored Bodhi beads on his wrist. His emerald eyes drooped slightly, his gaze fixed on Yao Ying, with no expression of either sadness or joy.

Even the Buddhist who detached himself from worldly affairs was fooled by Li Yaoying?

It's impossible. He is not only a monarch, but also a monk. How could he be fooled by a young lady?

Haidu Aling couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that what Li Yaoying said was true?

While he was distracted, Yao Ying broke free from his restraints, fell off the horse, and without caring about the scratches on her body, she immediately got up and ran towards Xie Qing and the others.

Haidu Aling sneered and reached out to grab Yao Ying.

There were suddenly several howls in the air, and a ferocious eagle swooped down, grabbing Haidu Aling with its sharp claws, tearing his skin and flesh apart instantly.

The white falcon that was circling nearby immediately flew over to protect its master. The eagle spread its wings fearlessly to meet the attack. The two large falcons fought for a while in the sky. After a while, the white falcon let out a clear cry and flapped its injured wings to land on the uninjured arm of Haidu Aling.

Haidu Aling was furious and glared at Tanmaragha.

Tanmaraka holds a bodhi bead in his hand, and his robes fly freely.