The desolate sound of trumpets pierced the night sky, the dark clouds beside the full moon were swept away, the clear moonlight fell on the grassland, and the golden dome of the king's tent shone brightly. The crowd bent down in unison with their left chests and bowed to His Holiness Paldorje.

His Holiness Badorje raised a single palm and replied, "May the heavens bless you." "His Holiness is over seventy years old, bareheaded, with short hair half an inch long like snow, a ruddy face, pale eyebrows, and a big red robe, a tall and thin body, and a loud voice.

Ti Zhu said: "The grassland is facing a catastrophe, and I hope that the king will help." ”

"The holy woman doesn't have to be polite, Ba Dorje is a deserter, and he is also a child of the grassland, so he should do his best. Holy Maiden, let's discuss it in the account. Badoje smiled kindly.

Ti Zhu led the way, followed by His Holiness, followed by the Four Great Lamas, Leha, Benhu, Karyu and Lule, and Quinpo and Liman turned their inquiring eyes to the objects held by the Four Great Lamas, including boxes and plates, which contained gifts brought by His Holiness. The others gathered around the Venerable Master and His Holiness to enter the Golden Horde, and the empty Golden Horde was suddenly crowded.

Tizhu gave up his central position to His Holiness Padorje and knelt sideways at the table to pour tea for His Holiness, with the Four Lamas sitting cross-legged behind His Holiness and His Holiness standing behind them. The tribal chiefs sat cross-legged at the table in turn, and cast their expectant eyes on the King who was seated in the center.

After receiving the butter tea offered by Ti Zhu's hands, His Holiness took it and put it on the table, and praised it with a smile: "The saint is ingenious, and oil and tea are inseparable. ”

"His Holiness came to the king's tent and dispelled the dark clouds in the sky, bringing the will of immortality, and bestowing auspicious wishes on the children of the grassland." Ti Zhu carried a copper kettle and poured butter tea for the four masters in turn.

The King and the people in the royal court exchanged a few words, and saw Ti Zhu come to his side with the butter teapot, picked up the tea bowl and blew it gently, took a sip and praised: "It's so fragrant, I can't drink enough butter tea in the grassland, this taste melts into the bones of the grassland people." ”

Ti Zhu filled the bowl with butter tea, handed the teapot to the maid, knelt down and said, "The wolves have come to the grassland, but the eagles are fighting each other, and the sheep are confused and uneasy. Outside the tent, it was freezing and snowy, and Tizhu didn't know how to lead everyone through the cold winter. ”

As she spoke, Tizhu's eyes turned red, and the sadness and grievances of these days finally broke through the strength on the surface and turned into hot tears. His Holiness Badorje gently patted Tizhu's hand and said softly like a kind old grandfather comforting his granddaughter: "The holy woman is tired for the grassland, and Badorje has brought the divine decree of the Immortal Heaven this time, and the Immortal Heaven will drive away the jackals together with the children of the grassland, so that the grassland can resume singing and laughing. ”

The kings and elders of the tribe stood up in unison, stroked their chests and saluted, "Please bless the grassland." ”

Ba Duojie smiled faintly: "The Zheng people are like a vicious wolf who wants to rob us of the place of life, and if we lose the grassland, we will all become lost dogs, and there is nowhere to sing and graze, so Changshengtian has passed down a decree to every son and daughter of the grassland to abandon their grudges and deal with the evil wolves from outside." ”

Everyone responded in unison: "May I obey the decree of the immortal god." ”

Ti Zhu knew that these people responded well, but in fact, they had their own thoughts, and they were afraid that it would be difficult to work together in the face of a strong enemy. His Holiness Badorje's eyes flashed with determination, and he said, "I have issued a conscription order for the grassland, and ordered the messenger to spread to all directions of the grassland, so that the tribal warriors who have received the conscription order will come to the royal court to gather, and the sons and daughters of the grassland must work together to deal with external forces. ”

Ti Zhu was overjoyed

The grassland is vast and boundless, thousands of miles from north to south and east to west, and countless tribes are scattered on the grassland. The royal court is where the sweat tent is located, and it is also the most fertile place for the grassland water and grass, and the tribes gathered here are only thirty percent of the grassland tribes, if those tribal warriors scattered in all directions can come, the grassland light cavalry will exceed one million, which is no less than the Zheng army. Ti Zhu looked at His Holiness gratefully, this gift was not light.

"The sheep cannot be without a leader, and the battle with the Zheng army cannot be without a unified command." His Holiness smiled and pointed to Guru Karyu beside him, who stood up and took out two flags from the wooden box beside him and unfurled them, one for the sun and the other for the moon.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and the Saduists believed that the sun was the god of heaven, the moon was the god of the earth, and the sun and moon gods were the most sacred of the many saints of Sadu, and the sun and moon flags represented the authority of the great religion, and the flag was the mandate of heaven, and all believers who believed in the great religion had to bow their heads and obey orders.

His Holiness Badorje glanced at everyone and said, "The Sun Flag and the Moon Flag are sacred relics of the Great Sect and represent the authority of the Great Sect. When the Zheng people attacked, the Sadhu generals and the royal court fought against the Zheng army, in order to unify the command, the two banners were temporarily handed over to the holy woman, if there was no respect for the sun and moon banners, it was regarded as apostasy. ”

Kalu handed the banner to Ti Zhu and smiled, "With the Sun and Moon Banner, the Holy Maiden can command all the people of the Saduke Sect, including His Holiness, to obey the Holy Maiden's command. ”

The Dharma King said: "Kalu knows the situation of the Zheng people very well, so let him help come up with some ideas by the saint's side, Leha and Benhu have some kung fu, the saint may as well take them with her to protect them, and use them on the battlefield to kill and capture the flag, Gehusen (the Venerable) and Fu Ying These people, the saint can scatter them into the light cavalry, these people have some courage, and they can make some efforts to compete with the Zheng army." The attendants, practitioners, and members of the Great Sect, the Holy Maiden can only arrange them at will, and I have already told them that your orders are my decrees, and they will not disobey them. ”

Ti Zhu bowed deeply to His Holiness and said, "Since the three lamas are by my side, the Sun and Moon Banner will be in the hands of the lamas, and I will tell them directly if I need to." How the Venerable Master and His Holiness should be arranged will be discussed later. ”

Ba Duojie nodded, it is indeed safer for the Sun and Moon Banner to be handed over to the hands of Kali and a few people than to hand it over directly to the Holy Maiden, the Holy Maiden of Tizhu is thoughtful, if she can survive the difficulties this time, the grassland will definitely flourish under her leadership.

Caryu took the Sun and Moon Banner back into the box and placed it on Ti Zhu's side, with the Sun and Moon Flag in his hand, the people in the Golden Tent looked at Ti Zhu with more awe.

Kunpo took the lead and said: "Since the Dharma King has let you take charge of the Sun and Moon Banner, eldest brother, I will definitely obey your orders." ”

Li Man was a little disappointed, and also said: "The second brother will also respect the order of the Sun and Moon Banner." ”

Everyone in the audience said that they would obey Ti Zhu's command.

Whether these words were sincere or not, the grasslands were condensed together at the urging of His Holiness. Seeing that the butter tea in His Holiness's bowl had become lighter, Ti Zhu got up and filled the tea again for His Holiness, and said gratefully: "The two gifts sent by His Holiness have made Ti Zhu full of confidence, I don't know what the third gift is?" ”

Ba Duojie smiled mildly: "Holy Maiden, don't worry, the second gift of the old man has not been delivered yet, how about waiting for me to take a sip of tea?" ”

Ti Zhu Jiao said: "Butter tea is mellow and warm, and the gospel of the Dharma King warms people's hearts, may the Dharma King drink the sweet butter tea and bring a beautiful gospel to the children of the grassland." "Let go of your mind at this moment, Ti Zhu

Restored a little bit of the daughter's playfulness and liveliness.

Badorje smiled and nodded, motioning for Guru Leha behind him to speak. Guru Leha, the eldest of the four lamas, with a face as cast of iron without a smile, administers the precepts and punishes those who break the precepts, and the disciples of the Great Sect are in awe of him, secretly calling him "Dezhen" (fierce as fire).

Leha leaned over and opened the box, took out a gold plate, Ti Zhu looked at the gold plate, and was shocked "Ah", everyone in the seat changed color, and the gold plate held two bloody human heads.

"The leaders of the Bute tribe and the Yashari tribe abandoned the crowd and fled, contrary to the divine decree of the Immortal Heaven, and the Dharma King ordered me to take their lives, and warned those who have the intention of waiting and seeing to protect themselves, whoever wants to learn from these two people, don't blame me for being ruthless." Leha said coldly, his sharp gaze crossing the faces of everyone in the room. The leaders of many tribes were originally planning a little, but they were swept by Leha's gaze, and they immediately threw those careful thoughts out of the clouds.

Ba Duojie sighed: "The grassland tribe was originally a family, and the old man was helpless to do this extraordinary act, the holy woman asked them to be cremated and buried, and the old man would personally surpass the souls for them." The Bute and Yashari tribes have been brought back by Leha, and the Holy Maiden is to properly settle the people of these two tribes, so that they can elect a new leader and return to the steppe family. ”

The wolf guard standing by the tent took the gold plate and took the head out, and there was a faint smell of blood in the golden tent, lingering on the noses and hearts of everyone.

Seeing the serious expressions of the people in the Golden Tent, His Holiness Badorje's fingers flicked lightly on the tea bowl, and the soft sound of "ding" was like a light knock on the Buddha's voice, and everyone's hearts were light, and their eyes were focused on His Holiness again.

"Benhu, unfold the last gift that the old man prepared for everyone." Badorje commanded.

With a smile on his face, the Venerable Benhu was the opposite of Leha, and when he heard the sound, he got up, bowed to Tizhu and the others, and took out a bundle of cowhide from the box.

The astonishment of the crowd turned into amazement as the cowhide unfolded, and the whole cowhide was hung up, and it was clear and abnormal in the light of the torches, which was a marching map. Tizhu jumped up, walked quickly to the cowhide map, found the location of the royal city in the middle of the map, and moved his fingers quickly on the map, and the stations of the grassland tribes were clearly marked on the grassland.

"Raena Valley." Ti Zhu's finger fell on it, and he said softly: "This place is more than 2,000 miles away from the royal court, and it is only more than 300 miles away from Zheng Ren's Zhenbei City, how could Su Luman be so stupid and come here to graze." There were no other tribes within five hundred miles of La'e, so if you wanted to ask for help, you couldn't find anyone. ”

Everyone in the audience stood up and gathered in front of the marching map. Kun Bo stared at Zhenbei City and said, "Is there a Zheng army stationed in the area of Zhenbei City for hundreds of miles?" There are actually more than 600,000 Zheng troops here, and seeing that the Zheng army is well defended, it is difficult to launch an attack and harassment. ”

Li Man noticed that more than ten passages had been formed between Zhenbei City and Baisheng Pass and Huangsha Pass, and he seemed to be able to see countless materials flowing into the grassland through these channels to deliver supplies to the Zheng army in the northern expedition, which was the real terrifying place.

"It took my sect members more than a year and hundreds of lives to draw this marching map, which not only marked the terrain, but also the reality of Zheng's army's defense, which could point out the direction of the steppe warriors' attack." Badorje said in a low voice: "After fifteen days, I will personally preside over the ceremony, divination of good fortune and evil, and pray for the blessings of the warriors. ”