"Alang, I seem to have seen the pattern on this badge."

It was already dark and the bonfire was beating.

Yang Shouwen returned to the camp after confirming that those people had left.

Seeing that he came back safely, Feng Changqing and Yang Shiliu were relieved. Feng Changqing was also sleepy, so he went to bed early.

Yang Shouwen opened the cloth pocket and took out a badge from it.

Well, it's the badge!

The badge is made of gold and is carved with a pattern of flames.

And behind the badge, there is a line of weird text.

Yang Shouwen did not recognize the words, and they looked like a foreign language. However, it was not English! It was a bit like the Arabic language in later generations. The reason why Yang Shouwen said this was because he had seen Arabic language, but he just didn't recognize those words.

It looks similar, but it is not necessarily Arabic.

Yang Shouwen looked at it for a long time, but did not recognize the origin of the badge, so he handed it to Yang Shiliu.

Originally, he didn't have any hope, but he didn't expect that after looking at it for a while, Yang Shiliu said that he seemed familiar with the patterns on the badge.

"Sixteen, where have you seen it? What badge is this?"

When Yang Shiliu heard this, he showed a look of distress.

He scratched his head, stared at the badge for a long time before whispering: "Alang, I can't say..."

"Didn't you say you've seen it?"

“I mean, the pattern looks familiar, but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it.

Well, I probably have seen it..."

Seeing Yang Shiliu's entangled look, Yang Shouwen did not ask any more questions.

"It's okay, let me know when you remember."

He waved his hand and signaled Yang Shiliu not to be worried anymore. Then he looked at the sky and said in a deep voice: "Shiliu, go to bed quickly. We have to hurry up tomorrow morning, and try to reach Suyechuan as soon as possible... I will be the night watch tonight."

That night, the wind was calm and there was no more trouble.

After dawn, Yang Shouwen and the other two finished washing up. After a little breakfast, they continued to walk in the mountains in the morning light.

The source of the Yili River is in this Kunling Mountain.

Following the Yili River, they finally walked out of the Kunling Ancient Road three days later.

Suiye City is an important town set up in the Anxi region in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the border city that the Chinese dynasties have fortified the farthest in the western region. In Anxi, Suiye City, Kucha, Shule, and Yutian became the "Four Towns of Anxi".

It was first built during the Zhenguan period and is said to have been originally built by the Sogdians.

Later, as the Tang Empire's control over the Anxi region increased, the hub city originally used for trade gradually evolved into an important western town of the Tang Empire.

Ruiye City is built in the Ruiye River valley. There are snow peaks on both sides and many hot springs in the mountains.

The valley has a pleasant climate and can be called another "Hexi Corridor" on the Silk Road.

According to Master Xuanzang's account, the city of Saiye is located on the banks of the Saiye River. The city is about seven miles in circumference, and it lives in various countries with merchants.

Here, the flowers are blooming and the scenery is beautiful around you.

The so-called Saiyechuan is the collective name of several towns scattered over the entire Saiye River Valley with Saiye City as the center. Saiyecheng is the center of Saiyechuan, which is a bit similar to the provincial capital city in later generations.

After entering the Sailye River Valley, Yang Shouwen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least there are many people here, unlike the Kunling Ancient Road where there are often no one seen all day.

However, this place is a bit different from Tingzhou, with a stronger exotic style, and it seems like it has entered another country.

"Master, what are we going to Thunder Ye City to do?"

When he arrived outside Suoye City, Feng Changqing sat on the horse's back and asked in confusion.

Yang Shouwen was holding the horse, while Yang Shiliu followed him.

"Look for someone and you can leave here soon."

Yang Shouwen smiled at Feng Changqing and said softly: "Ugly slave, remember to start from now on..."

"Call the elder of the call."

Yang Shouwen immediately smiled, then turned his head and led his horse to the Thunder Ye City.

The scale of Suye City has obvious traces of imitating Chang'an City. Its area may not be as big as Chang'an, but the city's pattern is not much different from Chang'an. According to Yang Shouwen's understanding, Suye City is a city that never sleeps in the western frontier, and the entire city is not on guard. The Tang Empire used this to show its graceful and generous side and adopted an inclusive attitude towards those who came to Suye City. This further stimulated the development of Suye City.

However, when Yang Shouwen arrived at Shuye City, he was stunned.

Outside the city of Sailye, the atmosphere was a bit serious.

There are dozens of wooden stakes outside the city gate, and a dead body is hung on each wooden stake.

At the gate of the city, there were Hu people dressed in alien clothes and looked like servants to check the pedestrians entering and leaving the Thunder Ye City.

Yang Shouwen frowned, so he stopped a man who had just come out of the city.

"Donor, I bow my head."

"Oh, is there anything wrong with the elder?"

"Is this Thunder Leaf City?"

“That’s right.”

"What happened here...? I found so many corpses hanging outside the city, I wonder who it was?"

"Shh!"

The pedestrian was wearing a beard dress and his hair was covered with disheveled.

He is not very tall, but he looks very strong.

Her skin looks a little fair, her hair is thick, and she has a hooked nose. She looks like a naughty person.

However, he was able to speak fluent Chinese, which also shows to some extent that during the Tang Empire, Chinese was also a common language in the entire Western Regions. The Hu people spoke fluent Chinese, but their accent was a bit weird and awkward.

He signaled Yang Shouwen not to look at the corpses and whispered: "The elder doesn't know that a rebellion happened here five days ago. A group of people from the gang tried to attack Mr. Bo Lu, but Mr. Bo Lu found out and suppressed him.

Those people were traitors who benefited the people. Master Bo Lu ordered them to be hung up for thirty days."

Qianli Ren is a homonym of Yutian's language. It was then introduced into the Central Plains and translated into Qianli, which means Qianli Ren.

If explained in later generations, the so-called Congliwen is Sogdian.

Yang Shouwen had some knowledge of Sui Yechuan. There are many races living here, among which Sogdians are part of it.

Since the first year of Changshou, that is, in 692 AD, Wu Zetian ordered the Anxi Protectorate to be governed in Kucha. The Suiye City no longer established officials. The entire Suiye City was managed according to the Western Regions model, selecting powerful figures from several major races to form a group to govern together. This model, Yang Shouwen felt a bit like the Senate model of the Roman Empire. However, the Senate of Suiye City must obey the command of the Tang Empire.

Bo Lu is a veteran in the Senate of Suiye City.

According to the introduction of the Nahu people, Yang Shouwen learned that Bo Lu lived in Suye City for generations and was the leader of the Axiji tribe of the Western Turkic tribe. This Axiji tribe was nomadic in Suyechuan because of its large population. It is also one of the five crossbows on the right wing of the Western Turkic tribe.

The five crossbows were lost, and they were the official name of the Western Turks.

Later, the Axiji tribe was divided into two parts, and part of it surrendered to the Tang Empire, stationed on the east side of the Kunling Mountain Ancient Road, and under the jurisdiction of the Mengchi Protectorate; while the other was unwilling to surrender, so it stayed in Suyechuan and called it the Axijiquejin tribe.

This Bo Lu is the leader of the Axijiquejin tribe.

Because the Axijiquejin tribe is quite powerful in Suyechuan, Bo Lu has become the veteran of Suyecheng.

The Sogdians attacked Bolu?

Yang Shouwen wanted to ask about some more information, but at this moment, a team of people walked out of the city.

The Hu man immediately changed his face after seeing those people.

"Elder, that person is Bo Lu's eldest son Arman. He is a very cruel guy. Don't offend him later."

After saying that, he left in a hurry without looking back.

At the same time, the team of people also walked towards Yang Shouwen and others.

Yang Shouwen hurriedly led his horse to dodge the roadside before he stood firm. Those people had already arrived in front of them.

"Well!"

The strong man in the lead suddenly strangled his war horse.

He looked about thirty years old, and had a beard and his hair was very lush on his face.

He was wearing a shirtless vest, a big belt around his waist, and a big knife was dragged on the horse's back.

He rode his horse to Yang Shouwen, looked at Yang Shouwen and Yang Shiliu, and then looked at Feng Changqing sitting on the horse...

"Little monk, where are you from?"

At his age, it is not very abrupt to call Yang Shouwen to be a young monk.

Yang Shouwen hurriedly put his hands together, "The donor, I am summoning Ji, and he became a monk from Donglin Temple in Xingyang.

Because he admired Master Xuanzang's deeds, he traveled west to seek the Dharma."

"What about him?"
To be continued...