Xiao Ling was quite shocked and said in a daze: "I thought Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was really using troops against Dawan just for the bloody horse. It turns out that there was such a hidden secret in it. He was still doing it for his dream of immortality."

It seemed that the old monster was not just a critic of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but he had a lot of opinions. He sneered and said in a cold voice: "It cannot be ruled out that he does covet the bloody horse and wants to use it as a stallion to improve the Central Plains horse.

However, it is not enough to make him go to war and be so obsessed with it. In the final analysis, it is still for the vague dream of immortality. However, except for the general and the Sixiang family, almost no one knows the inside story, so this period of history is

It will be drowned by time. Do you know that Sima Qian was castrated twice and there is something hidden in it?"

"Is it also related to this matter?" Xiao Ling really didn't expect that Sima Qian was also related to this matter.

"He was against Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's pursuit of immortality, large-scale construction projects, and large-scale military use. How could Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty let him go so easily? Li Ling's incident was just a trigger and an excuse."

"Then what happened next? Li Guangli led the Western Expedition and failed. What happened next? How was the elixir of life developed?"

The old monster sneered disdainfully: "Who is Li Guangli? With his talent, he also wants to get a favor from Dawan, who has a strong cavalry? If he can't, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will of course have no choice but to replace him with someone who has the ability to get it.

The man with the secret recipe to complete this task.”

"Is it the general you mentioned?" In fact, he was certain, but he wanted the old monster to admit it himself and get a definite answer.

"Yes, after Li Guangli's defeat, Emperor Wu secretly ordered the general to lead the four masters of the Sixiang family and a hundred elite soldiers to officially visit Dawan. I was also among them."

"On a visit? Just bring a hundred elite troops?" Xiao Ling thought that with the national strength and status of the Han Dynasty at that time, and the character of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he would definitely raise more troops to suppress the country and would not give up until he forced King Dayuan to hand over the secret recipe. Who knows?

With one hundred elite soldiers, even if you add the old monsters from the Sixiang family and five masters who are worth a thousand, they can only be regarded as a few thousand people. It is impossible to compare with the scale of tens of thousands of people led by Li Guangli before.

Wouldn't it be too risky to do this?

"You don't understand." The old monster smiled bitterly, "In fact, at that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty claimed to Dawan that he was sending envoys to negotiate peace, and at the same time, he was discussing the introduction of high-quality BMW breeds and Dawan horse breeding technology, but his drunkard's intention was not wine.

, this is the inside story that anyone who knows the existence of the secret recipe can imagine. However, in view of the strong strength of the Han Dynasty, Dawan did not dare to completely fall out with the Han Dynasty, so even if he knew our purpose, King Dawan could only pretend to be confused.

Welcomed us into the royal city."

"Then you started exploring the secret recipe and trying to find a way to get it?"

"Yes, but since the King of Dayuan already knew our purpose, how could he let us succeed so easily? Therefore, none of us expected that we would stay in Dayuan for more than two years."

"More than two years?" The mission took more than two years in the name of introducing stallions and learning how to raise horses. It was not a short time. I wonder if it was considered as bearing the humiliation and bearing a heavy burden? It was difficult for the general to have such patience.

But... "For a secret recipe that I don't know if it is useful, I sent this general and the masters of the Sixiang family to Dawan. And even if they got the secret recipe, they might not be able to escape from Dawan. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so

Isn’t it a bit risky and unreasonable to do it?”

"Hey, don't forget, the Sixiang family only left four masters. The others still stick to their posts and continue to study "The Secret of Immortality". Anyway, the research on "The Secret of Immortality" has also encountered a bottleneck. It is not necessary to do so.

Delay. Moreover, he had already calculated it. The four masters of the Sixiang family, me, and the one hundred elite soldiers all understood their ultimate mission, which was to protect the general from the capital of Dawan with all his life after obtaining the secret recipe.

As long as the general can go to Yumen Pass with the secret recipe, someone will naturally help him."

"So, your task is to protect the general and return to Yumen Pass safely. As for you, do you live or die?" Xiao Ling had to admire that once people in ancient times became loyal, they would not care about their personal life or death at all. This kind of loyalty

, Xiao Ling actually doesn’t agree very much. He thinks that even if he has to pay his life, it depends on whether the sacrifice is worth it. For the sake of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s vague dream of immortality, he definitely thinks that the price of sacrificing so many people’s lives is not worth it.

.

"There was another very important reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to make such a determination by putting the general and the four elites of the Sixiang family in danger."

"what reason?"

"Did you just pay attention to when I said that the secret recipe Dawan kept was obtained?"

"Qin Shi?" What's the connection between this?

"Yes, during the Qin Dynasty, it was said that this secret recipe was left in Dawan by Xu Fu, the first leader of the Sixiang family."

"Xu Fu?" Xiao Ling was no stranger to this man. Not to mention that he was the first leader of the Sixiang family, he himself was also very famous in history.

"He once led the Sixiang family and helped Qin Shi Huang research the elixir of immortality. Regardless of whether he developed the elixir of immortality in the end, it was worth fighting for for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

Xiao Ling absolutely agrees with this. As an emperor who is greedy for power, I am afraid that there is no temptation that can compare with the illusory dream of immortality that has a chance to come true. He began to understand why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was willing to give up such a dream.

Money spent.

"Originally, everything went smoothly according to plan, but one day, a little girl came to the post house, and everything suddenly changed. It changed our plan and the general's fate." At this point, the old man said

The monster sighed again.

"Little girl?" Xiao Ling's heart skipped a beat, and a face suddenly flashed in her mind, a face that was extremely beautiful, a face that was pale and sad.

"The general has a habit of performing a sword dance every morning. A month after we moved into the inn, one morning, while the general was doing the sword dance, a little girl came." The old monster took a deep breath and sighed.

He said, "The little girl's name is Xuelian. She is the favorite little princess of King Dayuan, Princess Xuelian."

"Princess Dawan?" Xiao Ling had a premonition that a bloody plot was coming. This is also a classic plot of martial arts TV. Such plots, in which love is interspersed with family affection, loyalty, choice, use and betrayal, are often the most touching.

However, he never imagined that the girl in white in his dream was actually the princess of Dawan.

The old monster continued: "The King of Dayuan loves this daughter very much and never restricts her personal freedom, so she can enter and leave the palace freely. From that day on, she came here almost every day to watch the general dance his sword, no matter how bad the weather, as the saying goes.

Well said, love grows with time, the general and her have been together for a long time, and they have developed feelings for each other."

"Won't King Dawan stop her from coming to the general?"

"Xuelian said she wanted to learn the sword from the general. King Dawan took the initiative to ask the general to teach her. How could he object?"

"Then does she know the general's purpose of going to Dawan?"

"I didn't know it at first, but the general told her later."

"Is she willing to help you?" Judging from the plots of the martial arts TV series he has watched, this should be the next development path.

"Yes, after the general confessed to her, although she hesitated, she still chose to help us. Later, she helped find the secret recipe."

"Is this secret recipe related to the Secret of Immortality? Is it really the missing part of the Secret of Immortality?"

"When Xuelian found the secret recipe, the general took the secret recipe with her and planned to escape from the royal city, but was discovered by King Dayuan in the end. King Dayuan had long heard that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was pursuing immortality, and of course he also wanted to obtain immortality.

Medicine, but he also knew that it was impossible to develop a real elixir based on the secret recipe passed down from his ancestors, unless he used the "Secret of Immortality". But he also wondered, how could the general give him the "Secret of Immortality"?

so……"

The old monster suddenly stopped, and Xiao Ling guessed: "He asked the general to help him develop the elixir of immortality on the condition of snow lotus?"

The old monster nodded: "This is the first time I have seen the general love him so lovingly for many years. King Dawan's initial condition was to let the general exchange the "Secret of Immortality" with him for snow lotus. The general refused, so King Dayuan

I thought, since the general has been studying the "Secret of Immortality" for many years and is more familiar with it than anyone else in his time, it would be better to ask the general to help him develop the elixir of life in exchange for saving time and effort. Although we tried our best to dissuade him, the general finally agreed.

Already."

"You didn't participate back then? If you did, how could you not know the mystery of immortality?"

If he wasn't involved, what was he doing?

Xiao Ling was very curious.

The old monster said: "The general thought that the King of Dayuan might not really keep his word and exchange snow lotus with me, so he did not let me participate in the development of the elixir of life. This way, the King of Dayuan would pay less attention to me.

, so that I can wait for an opportunity to rescue Snow Lotus... Also, if the elixir of immortality is really developed, and King Dawan regrets it, and I leave with the elixir of immortality, they will pay less attention to me. Immortality

The chance of bringing the medicine back to the big man is a little higher. But I only figured this out later." At this point, the old monster's tears welled up again.

With the old monster's age, experience and cultivation, there should be nothing that could make him sad like this. This is of course the secret wound that he hides most deeply and is unwilling to touch. In order to satisfy his curiosity, in order to be able to study the "Secret of Immortality"

》Isn’t it too much to save a little trouble and make a thousand-year-old demon burst into tears?

What a sin!

"Old senior..." Xiao Ling wanted to tell him to stop talking.

The old monster raised his old hand to stop him, and continued: "This research lasted for a year, and I don't know how many times it failed before I finally developed an elixir of longevity. As expected, King Dayuan got

After taking the elixir of immortality, he regretted it, but the general had already kept a secret. The medicine given to him was fake and had been handed over to me before it was real. It was a late autumn night when the King of Dayuan got the fake elixir of life.

After that, troops were sent to surround the post house, hoping to catch us all. At this time, when the palace's security was at its lowest, I could live up to the general's trust and rescue Xuelian."

"What happened to the general and others?"

"A hundred elite soldiers and the four masters of the Sixiang family fought tooth and nail to protect the general and rushed out of the royal city. They met me outside the city. The King of Dayuan sent troops to pursue me. The general ordered me to escort the elixir of life and Xuelian to leave first. Xuelian refused and vowed to fight with the general.

We live and die together, so I took the medicine alone and took the first step. The King of Dayuan was afraid that the news would spread to others, so he sent people to chase me. Later, they really caught up with me. As a last resort, in order to prevent immortality

The elixir of life fell into the hands of the King of Dayuan. I swallowed the elixir of life with the idea that the elixir of life and I would be buried underground forever. I was knocked off the cliff. But I never expected that I would survive and live forever from now on.

Not dead, but among the one hundred and five of us, plus Xuelian, there are a total of one hundred and six people, and I am the only one who has survived. I have just... lived alone like this for more than two thousand years, you

Say, for people who have had such an experience and survived, is it a kind of torture to survive and still not be able to die?"

Xiao Ling was speechless. No one wanted to mention such a painful memory. No wonder the old monster said that living for a long time was sometimes a kind of torture.

The old monster burst into tears and sobbed for a long time before he regained his composure, calmed down his mood, and asked calmly: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Xiao Ling hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Where did the secret recipe obtained from Dawan go?"

"Burn it. When the three of us fled for three days and were about to be caught up, the general burned it. There is no more complete "Secret of Immortality" in the world."

The old monster sighed and Xiao Ling was speechless.

When this general developed the elixir of immortality, he still had a complete recipe to follow. Now he only has a incomplete recipe. How can he develop it? Isn't this making things difficult for him?

o(╯□╰)o!

I have no words to ask the sky.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? Hurry up and finish it all at once so that I can go back and adjust. I'm in a bad mood right now."

Xiao Ling continued o(╯□╰)o, by the way, old monster, you also have such a cute side.

"Is that Snow Lotus a beautiful woman wearing white clothes and dancing with a sword beautifully?"

"Yes, she only loves white. Before I see her again, I can't imagine that there is such a beautiful woman in the world, huh?" The old monster changed his tone and looked at him strangely, "How do you know?"

"I have dreamed of her dying in the desert, more than once." Xiao Ling was very depressed. What relationship did he really have with this general?

The old monster was stunned for a long time, and his charming face laughed wildly with joy. Xiao Ling was so terrified by his smile that he quickly said: "Go back and adjust your mood. I won't disturb you anymore." After that, he ran away.

After walking for more than ten meters, the old monster said from behind: "Whether it's a choice or a choice, you'd better make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise things will change if you wait too long.

****This plot is purely fictitious. If there is any violation of historical facts, just laugh it off.
Chapter completed!