Lieshan

According to the few historical records left by the Mongols, Genghis Khan was buried under a certain tree in an oak forest after his death, and his tomb contained only gold, silver and jewelry.The conqueror from the steppe finally buried himself modestly in a roll of blankets, and did not enjoy the wealth he had plundered during his lifetime.

At this moment, in the depths of the Mandalay Gobi, an oak forest is lush and green, lying between the wind and sand.

The Mongols cheered, knelt down and kissed the soil of the oasis under their feet, and looked up at the sky from time to time and shouted Tengger.

The roots of the ancient oak forest are intricate, deep underground, and the branches are strong and strong, almost covering the sky above the head, leaving only shadows on the ground.Chu Chu looked up at the tangled branches and leaves above his head, ignored the Mongolians, and looked around for the woolen figure.

He didn't see the woolen thread at first glance, Chu Min thought he had missed it, so he searched carefully again, only to be sure that there was no woolen thread around.

The dark oak forest is as complicated as a maze, and it is completely impossible to see the distant scene clearly.

"Wool?" Chu Min called out and walked back, but no one answered.

When Zahemu learned that a person was missing, he couldn't help but look a bit dignified and vigilant. After thinking for a while, he allowed Chu Min and his men to search nearby.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound behind him, and Chu Min suddenly turned around, only to see a pair of blood-red eyes.The red pupils shone with a strange light, which made the blood in his whole body seem to freeze, and he lost control of his body and froze in place.

"Who is Patriarch Chu looking for?" Sariel chuckled secretly.

Chu Min stared in horror at the devil who should not be here. Legend has it that "Evil Eye" Sariye is the angel of death on the moon. Any living thing that looks into his eyes will turn into a stone statue. At this time, he tried his best to I wanted to call out, but I couldn't move.

On the other hand, Qi Xiu turned around and saw the familiar goatee, and he yelled loudly, causing the Mongols to raise their guns and aim at the unknown foreigner.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Sariel was not in a hurry at all, and his tone was brisk.

Qi Xiu raised his gun vigilantly.

"Oh," Sariel dragged his voice and raised the brim of his hat in greeting, "I just came to invite you...to hell."

"..." Chu Min couldn't move but could still look, his eyes wandered for a while, and he was surprised to notice that a person seemed to come out from the depths of the woods.

"Master?!" Qi Xiu ignored Sariye as if he saw his own mother, threw his gun and rushed forward.

As usual, Qi Huaiyuan ignored Qi Xiu, who was too enthusiastic, and set his sights on Chu Min, who was fixed in place.

Seeing Qi Huaiyuan frowning and giving Sariel a very unfriendly glance, Chu Chen shrugged his shoulders, blinked his gray eyes at him, and regained his ability to move.

"Are you all right?" Qi Huaiyuan stretched out his hand to support Chu Min who was flexing his muscles.

Chu Min shook his head and said nothing, his eyes wandered around Sariye and Qi Huaiyuan suspiciously.

"Patriarch Qi," Zahemu seemed displeased, and his voice turned cold, "What's the matter with this foreigner? I remember that we seem to have agreed not to disclose it to a third party."

"Didn't you guys leak the news to the authorities?" Qi Huaiyuan didn't listen to him at all. "What's more, this is someone I brought here, not a third party. Don't worry, my lord, except Zasak , I won't take anything."

After hearing this, Zahemu's expression eased a lot, and he acquiesced in the existence of Sariye.

"What's the situation?" Chu Min was confused, pulled Qi Huaiyuan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Why did you get mixed up with him?"

Qi Huaiyuan turned his head and gave him a steady look: "How much do you know about Chen Moxian?"

"Know what... Oh! I forgot! Where did the wool go?" Chu Min thought of the wool he had forgotten after being interrupted, and looked around again as soon as he clapped his hands.

"Don't look for it," Qi Huaiyuan didn't know whether he was really ignorant or just pretending, "He should have reconciled with the person he brought."

Chu Min felt the amount of information in these words was huge: "What do you mean?"

Qi Huaiyuan glanced at those Mongolians who were focused on their journey, and lowered his voice: "Chen Mo is not a surname, you are not Chen Hanhai's son at all."

Chu Min stood there, with his mouth slightly open, unable to speak for a long time. After a while, he laughed as if he had heard some joke: "Are you kidding me? How is it possible? I have known Maoyan since I was five years old. How could he not be Uncle Chen's son."

"Chen Hanhai has never had a son, and those restless descendants of the Chen family have been trying to drag him down from the position of patriarch. In order to stabilize his position, Chen Hanhai first sent his family abroad, and then went to visit him every now and then. After a few years, he brought a son back."

"Grandpa Chu should also know about this. After all, Chen Hanhai has been close to the Chu family for so many years. It was Chen Hanhai who helped your grandfather stabilize the situation when Xiangxi was in turmoil, so your grandfather didn't care about his trick of changing the civet cat for the prince." Just close your eyes."

"As you said, if Uncle Chen did this, wouldn't it be cheaper for outsiders in the end? Do you think Uncle Chen would rather pass on the position to someone who has no blood relationship than to a collateral branch of the Chen family?" Chu Min didn't really believe it. .

"In order to eliminate dissidents in the family struggle, he had no choice but to use someone else's son to impersonate him. He probably just wanted to make a stopgap while he was alive to secure his position. Who knows that it is easy to ask the Buddha and difficult to give up the Buddha."

There was a cold light in Qi Huaiyuan's light-colored eyes, and a somewhat unemotional smile appeared on his lips: "Chen Moxian's real name should be Chang Juan."

Chu Min saw that he was sure, and he didn't seem to be joking. Thinking about the clues before, he already believed him a little.It's just that the name Chang Kun sounds a little familiar: "Chang Ju... Chang... What does wool have to do with that Chang Kun?"

"He should be Chang Kun's younger brother." Qi Huaiyuan's tone seemed a little mocking, but he didn't know who he was addressing. "The Qi family and the Chang family are brothers in this generation. The Chang family was even more low-key back then than it is now. , not active in front of outsiders at all. If it weren't for a large piece of land in the north still in their hands, outsiders would almost think they had disappeared. But my father... was always provocative when he was alive, and deliberately made rumors of my discord with Xiao An Everyone knew it, so that everyone focused on our two brothers. Later, the Chang family became active again, and some people thought of the two brothers of the Chang family, but found that Chang Jue could not be found, so some people speculated Was it also removed by Chang Kun? Now it seems that Chen Moxian was given to Chen Hanhai as his son because of an agreement reached between the Chen family and Chang Kun."

"Then why are you with him again?" Chu Min noticed Sariye who had been looking at him.

"Chen Mo brought people here first, and I don't know what he wants to do," Qi Huaiyuan explained, "The Mongols are unreliable, and I don't have enough manpower. No matter what the purpose of the British is, at least they can be used to check and balance other people."

"What is the purpose of our collection of artifacts? I told you just now. As I said, artifacts are useless to you. Why don't you shake hands and make peace?" Sariel spread his hands helplessly. As for the specific pros and cons, I think my analysis is deep enough, otherwise Patriarch Qi would not be willing to be with me, would he?"

Chu Min still felt that this move was unreasonable, and pulled Qi Huaiyuan aside: "Are you crazy? Are you with the devil? Isn't what they are best at bewitching people?"

"Hey, what does Patriarch Chu mean? We devils are very trustworthy, unlike you descendants of the sons of the soil, who are full of deceit." Sariye was quite dissatisfied.

"Associating with the devil, so what?" Qi Huaiyuan laughed softly, and deliberately turned his head to look at Chu Min, "Our Qi family has never been a devil in the eyes of outsiders."

Chu Min choked for a moment, unable to refute.

"Didn't Chen Mo tell you what the Qi family is like? Anyway, they are not good people, so naturally they don't need to cooperate with good people."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chu Min didn't know why he was so hot and cold.

In fact, Qi Huaiyuan was very contradictory. He felt that he could not tolerate the existence of Chen Moxian, a regular family member, but he also knew clearly that Chu Min would never turn his face because of his status and 20 years of childhood. Only here can be regarded as full of bad spots.Patriarch Qi, who has always been so proud that even the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu don't look down on him, sometimes wonders whether he shouldn't provoke this chic and free fourth brother Chu.

After all, the Qi family has never been able to give anyone happiness.

Qi Huaiyuan turned his head, his eyes became colder, and he drifted into the woods.

“啊啊啊啊啊啊啊——”树林里传来一阵惊恐的叫声，引人侧目，军方的士兵们纷纷警惕地抬起枪口对准那个方向。

"Sariel! Help me!" A black shadow flashed out at an inhuman speed and hung on Sariel.

The always handsome devil rolled his eyes: "What's the matter?"

"Someone is chasing me!" The other party is still hanging on Sariel's not stalwart body...

Sariel raised his head and looked into the woods. A bullet was fired, but it suddenly stopped in front of the devil. The bullet that pierced through the air seemed to be stopped by some invisible force and stopped in the air.

"Hidden!" Suo Muruo roared when he heard the gunshot.

Before Chu Min could react, Qi Huaiyuan dragged him behind a tree.The intimate physical contact allowed Chu Min to clearly feel the temperature of the other person's body, as if infected, his face was a little hot.

"Stay here." Qi Huaiyuan instructed, taking off the bow behind his back, moving to another tree and shooting an arrow, and a person fell from the tree not far away.

The silent feathered arrows and constant movement made it difficult for the enemy to judge the direction of the arrows, and the ambushing snipers could not find the target among the lush branches and leaves of the oak forest.

Chu Min hid nervously behind the tree, but soon found that no one shot at him, as if avoiding it.

When they came, they were unprepared, and they didn't pay attention to concealment. Everyone's position could be clearly seen by the ambush.Only by relying on Di Jiang, the ghostly Patriarch Qi and the foreign and unfathomable devil make the opponent elusive. A soft persimmon like him is not like Zahemu, who has a large group of people to protect him, and should have been solved long ago. right.

Qi Huaiyuan dared to let himself stay here, and the other party would not shoot in this direction... Chu Min sighed, and probably guessed who set up the ambush.