The interior of the golden palace is divided into three parts: the outermost part is where the old khan meets with the ministers, the middle part is the place where the old khan deals with government affairs, which can also be called the study, and the innermost part is the old khan's bedroom.

The old Golden Horde Khan was not on the throne in the outer hall, in fact he had not sat on that throne for a long time, maybe a few months, maybe half a year. Old Khan was not in his bedroom either, he was not bedridden yet, especially in front of outsiders, he had to maintain his apparent health. So he was in his study, lying on the comfortable recliner, the recliner was covered with a tiger skin, even if the whole study was warm like spring, the old sweat was still covered with a fox skin, looking a little chilly.

In addition to the old Khan, there was also a middle-aged man dressed in shaman costume in the study, who was certainly not a national teacher, but a disciple of the national teacher, who also held a revered position in the Golden Horde, and was one of the leaders of the shamans.

At this time, the man was holding a mirror polished with jade in his hand, and a light shot out from the mirror, shining into the void not far in front of Lao Khan, turning into a thin light curtain.

In the light curtain, the scene of Li Xuandu and Ce Ling talking outside the palace was clear, and the sound was clearly audible.

After listening to Li Xuandu's words, Old Khan slowly asked, "What do you think of this envoy from the Central Plains?"

The shaman holding the jade mirror replied: "Old Khan knows, I don't understand military affairs, and I don't understand any changes in people's hearts, but I only know some spiritual things, so I can only see that this envoy of the Central Plains has a very high level of cultivation." ”

Old Khan asked, "How tall?"

After the shaman pondered for a moment, he said: "There is a kind of pagoda in the Central Plains, which is divided into seven layers, and if the national teacher stands on the seventh floor of the tower, then this envoy of the Central Plains also stands on the fifth floor at least. ”

Old Khan asked again: "What about Qin Qing in Liaodong?"

The shaman replied, "Qin Qing is on the sixth layer, but there have been rumors recently that he will soon reach the seventh layer. ”

Old Khan let out a long breath of turbidity, "The fifth layer, second only to Qin Qing, then he must also be a great big man in Liaodong, and it is impossible for him to be unknown all the time." ”

The shaman said: "Captain Celing has already sent someone to investigate, he followed a Central Plains caravan to the royal court, and there are no flaws. ”

Old Khan said: "The people of the Central Plains are cunning, if they want to prepare any conspiracy, they will definitely not leave any traces in these aspects, if you go to investigate, then nothing can be found." If you really find out something, you should be vigilant, because it is very likely that this is a flaw deliberately exposed by the Central Plains people, and there is a new trap hidden behind it, which may not hurt you, but it will mislead you. ”

The shaman said respectfully: "Follow the teachings of the old Khan. ”

Old Khan narrowed his eyes and said, "Later, you go and tell Ce Ling to stop taking care of that caravan and focus on the kings, compared to a Central Plains envoy, my sons are more terrifying." is like a wolf pack on the grassland, what threatens the status of the old wolf king is never an external threat, but a new wolf king from within the wolf pack. When outsiders threaten the wolves, the whole wolf pack will work together, all the members are the help of the old wolf king, and when the new wolf king challenges the old wolf king, the members of the wolf pack will just stand by and wait for the battle between the old and the new to end. ”

The shaman's face was grim, and he responded in a deep voice.

Because these words of the old Khan seem to be said by the countermeasures, but they are actually said to him, the old Khan said that when the old and the new are alternated, most of the members of the wolf pack are watching, and these members include shamans. The old khan was expressing his displeasure to the shamans, and the samans were in a respected position and could ignore the hatred of the common herdsmen or be indifferent to the dissatisfaction of the nobles, but they could not ignore the attitude of the old khan. Although the national teacher is the leader of the shamans, if the national teacher is determined to compete with the old Khan, the old Khan will also make some concessions, but in recent years, the national teacher is like the old Khan, he is less and less interested in worldly things, and always lives alone in the palace of the Great Snow Mountain.

Seriously, the old Khan has not been to the Daxue Mountain Palace for many years, the palace that once belonged to the Khan King, now seems to have become the residence of the national teacher, the national teacher does not easily use the power in his hands, the only exception is that a large number of slaves are recruited every year to go to the Daxue Mountain Palace, there are rumors that the national teacher is building a mausoleum for the old Khan, and there are also rumors that the national teacher is going to completely transform the Daxue Mountain Palace into his favorite, no one knows the truth of these rumors, because none of the slaves who went to the Daxue Mountain Palace can come back。

Old Khan let out a heavy breath, his chest was like a worn-out bellows, and he made a hoarse voice, "If this Central Plains Envoy is not a messenger, but an assassin, and wants to take the opportunity to take my life, can you stop him?"

The shaman carefully organized his words, carefully examined them in his mind, and then said carefully, "If it's outside, you can't. But if you are in the palace, you can. ”

A satisfied smile appeared on Old Khan's face, "Very good, then I can let this messenger from the Central Plains come to see me, I think he can't wait." ”

After saying this, Old Khan closed his eyes, as if he had exhausted himself from just meeting the Great Clan and not having any physical contact.

The shaman didn't make any movement, and the light curtain floating not far in front of Lao Khan began to slowly dissipate and melt

Then the shaman put away the jade mirror in his hand and turned to go outside.

After a short time, the shaman came to the gate of the temple, stood in the shadow of the main hall, and said to a few people outside: "The old Khan has summoned the envoy of the Central Plains. ”

Ce Ling stopped talking, and turned sideways in silence to get out of the way. The chamberlain came to Li Xuandu and Yue again, and led the two of them to the palace.

Li Xuandu stepped on the steps of the palace, and he could clearly feel that the eyes of Ce Ling and the person in shaman costume were focused on his body, for the great master of the Heavenly and Human Realm, it was not an incredible thing to "see" people to death at a glance, so these two eyes that seemed to be substance made Li Xuan a little uncomfortable, but that's all.

Walking up the steps, the two heavy gates are completely open, the gates are carved with strange patterns and totems, and are inlaid with various colored gemstones, and after walking through the gates, you will enter the core of the royal court, that is, the Golden Horde, which has the same name as the Golden Horde. Many years ago, when the royal court was a mobile city, the Golden Horde was a huge tent of a certain golden color, and from a distance, it looked like a huge golden spider crawling on the grassland, and the sun in the sky was also dimmed. Today, the royal court is no longer a mobile city, but a city with walls and gates, and the Golden Horde is no longer a golden tent, but a golden palace, but the name of the Golden Horde has been retained. The old khan is called "the master of the Golden Horde", which has two meanings, one is the master of the Golden Palace, and the other is the master of the entire Golden Horde.

Compared with Emperor Tianbao, who was young and immature, manipulated by his mother, and had just had his first child, the Golden Horde, who was old and full of children and grandchildren, was more in line with the image that a human emperor should have, and Emperor Tianbao still had decades to go if he wanted to obtain the status of Lao Khan, not only age, but more importantly, the power in his hands.

The emperor's power does not come from the heavens, but from the loyalty, submission and support of the courtiers below, which is the similarity between the Tianbao Emperor and the old Khan King, whether it is a milky tiger cub or an old lion who is about to die, it is difficult to obtain the loyalty and support of the courtiers. This point, even Zhang Suqing is not exempt from vulgarity, he once said "how can a ten-year-old child rule the world", and later this big truth has also become one of Zhang Suqing's life-callings.

Li Xuandu saw two people in the main hall of the Golden Horde, one was the shaman who was in charge of transmitting the message, and the other was the second lieutenant of the cowardly Xue Army, Ye Chi, who had fought with him. But this is also reasonable, with the heart of the late, let him lead, that is nonsense, his real duty is to protect the safety of the old Khan King, and the old Khan King also likes a young man who does not play tricks in front of him.

Ye Chi still had a completely unintentional smile on his face, "We meet again." ”