The guards of Hami Palace looked at this big man with a big beard and dressed as a businessman, and said disdainfully: "Who are you? Our prince can't meet everyone?"
This guard spoke an authentic Fengyang accent and spoke fluently. It turned out that these palace guards were soldiers sent to him by Zhu Di when he sent Tuotuo back to Hami. Most of the palace soldiers did not understand the local dialect, but they could fight well.
A good official tone.
"Bold, do you know..."
Chen Dong was furious. He was stopped by Xia Xun just after he said a sentence. What was his identity? There was no need to compete with a guard from the Hami Palace. Xia Xun calmly said: "Please tell me about Yang Xu
arrive!"
"Yang Xu? Which Yang..."
The guard was mid-sentence when he suddenly became speechless. Duke Fu of the Ming Dynasty was attacked and disappeared on his way to Hami. This matter had spread throughout the Western Regions. Even Xia Xun's name was unknown to everyone. Why didn't he know it?
I've heard of Yang Xu's name.
Ye An said: "Which one else? Of course, my Duke Fu of the Ming Dynasty has arrived, why don't you go and report it soon?"
"You... you..."
When the guard saw their appearance, he really couldn't associate it with a prince, but no one dared to pretend to be such an easy-to-expose identity. The guard did not dare to neglect and stammered: "Excuse me...
... Please wait a moment, I will report to the prince right away... right away!"
The guard rushed in quickly. When the other guards heard that the man in front of them was actually the missing Duke Yang Xu, they couldn't help but whisper and looked at them with strange and surprised eyes, but they did not dare to speak nonsense.
After a while, an official hurried out from the palace. He was wearing a blue official uniform, with an egret embroidered on the chest. The sleeves and front of the robe were decorated with small floral flowers. He had a thin face and three slight beards under his chin.
He was a talented person, but as soon as he rushed to Xia Xun's side, there was a faint smell of powder coming over him. It seemed that the Changshi, who was choosing a concubine for King Hami in the palace, was trapped in the Kingdom of All Fragrances, so he was very lucky.
This official was Shi Zhou'an, the former official of the Ministry of Rites and now the head of the Zhongshun Palace. He looked at Xia Xun in surprise and hesitated: "Your Excellency...is the Duke of Fu? The lower official...I have seen him before.
I still have some vague impression of Mr. Fuguo Gong, but..."
Xia Xun smiled slightly, and suddenly pulled out a sharp knife from his waist. It was gleaming with cold light and extremely sharp. Zhou An was startled, and hurriedly took a few steps back, almost tripping and falling on the steps: "You, you... you
What to do?"
Xia Xun stroked his beard and sighed: "It's time to shave this beard."
Xia Xun raised his knife and shaved his beard in front of the palace. The beard was shaved cleanly. It turned out that he looked like a very rugged man. He was suddenly full of heroic spirit, with facial features and eyebrows. He was very handsome. The long history man said:
He yelled, pointed at Xia Xun and said loudly: "It's Duke Fu, it's really Duke Fu! Duke Fu survived the catastrophe, and Duke Fu is back, the prince..."
Zhou An turned around and just shouted for half a minute when he stumbled out from behind the screen wall facing the door and snatched out Hami King Tuotuo.
It turned out that Tuotuo was half-convinced when he heard that Duke Fu was alive and was outside his palace. He wanted to welcome him out in person, but he was also worried that if it was not true, his majestic King Hami had already welcomed him out. If the word spread, he would inevitably call him those things.
The cousins saw the joke and quickly called Zhou An, the chief minister who was doing the beauty pageant for him.
When Zhou An was on duty in the Ministry of Rites, he had met Xia Xun once and had some vague impressions, so he stepped in to identify the authenticity. King Tuotuo of Hami hid behind the screen wall to listen to the news. Upon hearing Zhou An's confirmation, King Hami hurriedly
He walked around from the back and bowed his head to Xia Xun: "Oh, my lord, you are back. The government and the public only know that my lord has unfortunately died for his country..."
After bowing to each other, he realized that he was a county prince, and his status was higher than that of the Duke in front of him. He straightened up quickly, stepped forward, took Xia Xun's hand, and shook it affectionately: "The king
Sir, you... where have you been for more than half a year? Xiao Wang sent people to search the eight hundred miles of the vast sea, but could not find the whereabouts of the Duke. It would be great if the Duke is back. It would be good if he is back.
, if the emperor knew, he would be very happy!"
Xia Xun smiled and said: [ ] "This is not the place to talk. Should we..."
King Hami slapped his forehead with an "Ah" and said: "Yes, yes, it's the little king who is confused. Please come into the palace quickly..."
At that moment, King Hami hurriedly entered the palace with Xia Xun. He sat down and served tea. He asked about Xia Xun's journey after the attack. It was not convenient for Xia Xun to tell him everything about his journey to the west. He knew about King Hami.
He said that he and Liu Yujue escaped from the desert, and luckily met a group of businessmen in Luobu Nur. With their help, they rushed to Beishebali together, and met Saihazhi and others who had been living here. It is not convenient to elaborate on the next situation.
It is only said that due to the impending war and the lack of business travel, they did not return in time and wandered in the Western Regions for several months until Timur withdrew his troops and then came back.
Even so, King Hami was amazed when he heard this and kept complimenting Xia Xun for surviving the catastrophe and that he would be blessed later.
Xia Xun had no intention of being polite to him, and immediately asked about the whereabouts of the others after he was attacked. The King of Hami said: "My lord, your troops scattered and fled at that time. Those who fled to Hami first encountered the people who were sent by the king to greet the lord.
After explaining the situation, the people who met him immediately went to the desert to meet him. After Xiao Wang learned the news, he mobilized all his troops and horses in Hami and rescued many soldiers, but the Duke was not seen, which was really worrying. Later, another
There were more than 800 survivors who escaped on their own, but the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers were..."
Xia Xun's face darkened, and he asked again: "How is General Feng Lieyan doing? Is my guard commander Lao Pang... still alive?"
Zhou An on the side said quickly: "My lord, General Feng survived the disaster. When our troops found him, General Feng was hit by two arrows in his back, a knife in his thigh, almost breaking the bones, and his abdomen was also opened by a shot.
, his intestines were leaking out. If several pro-military guards hadn't desperately protected him from escaping, I'm afraid..., after we rescued General Feng, we reported the news to Governor Song Sheng, because General Feng was seriously injured and should not be moved.
, so I stayed here to recuperate, and now I have just recovered and am planning to return to Ganliang in the near future!"
Xia Xun was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Where is he now?"
Zhou Andao: "Don't be anxious, Duke. I have sent someone to pick him up from General Feng's residence. As for the commander of your bodyguard..."
Zhou An and Hami King Tuotuo looked at each other and Tuotuo said: "Xiao Wang sent people to the desert to find the prince. They searched all the way and found many frozen corpses. Some of them had been chewed by wild beasts to the point where they were indistinguishable. Some of the corpses were indistinguishable.
It was still intact, and the surviving soldiers identified them one by one, and tried their best to identify them, and one of them was Lao Pang!"
Zhou An, the chief historian, sighed and said: "The Duke's bodyguard is very brave. When our people found him, he had quite a lot of wounds, big and small..."
Xia Xun suddenly raised his hand to stop Zhou An's words. His cheeks twitched painfully a few times and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I would like to borrow your study!"
King Hami quickly stood up and said: "Yes, the Duke is back. This is a great joy. We should report it to the emperor immediately. The Emperor was very sad after learning the news of the robbery..."
Zhou An quietly pulled his sleeves from the side, and King Hami immediately shut up and said with stern hands: "Please come this way, Duke!"
King Hami personally let Xia Xun into the study, and stood in the corridor and whispered to Zhou An: "Go quickly, go quickly, those who choose concubines should stop beforehand, and those beauties should find a place to settle down first. It is important to receive the Duke Fu at the moment!"
Zhou An also knew that although the loyal and obedient king in front of him was older than the auxiliary official in terms of authority and status before the emperor, he could not catch up with him, so he quickly agreed and hurried to the side compartment.
In the study, Xia Xun picked up the pen in his hand, thought for a moment, and then started writing. For more than half an hour, Xia Xun wrote three letters, one of which was to the emperor, and he didn't say anything too carefully.
, the main thing was to report that he was safe. One was a letter from home. He also expected that the news of his life or death would have a great impact on his family, but he was helpless at the time. Now he just wrote a letter home to reassure his family.
The last letter was addressed to the Marquis of Xining and Pingqiang General Song Sheng. In addition to briefly explaining how he returned safely, this letter also focused on one thing: "Hu Shang Tuoba Mingde is a spy of the Timur Empire.
After writing the letter, they were immediately controlled and no one was allowed to escape. Among them was a person whose alias was Hu Qiqi, whose real name was Yu Jian. This person had other identities, but was suspected of collaborating with the enemy. They must be controlled and dealt with when he arrives.
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Xia Xun admired Song Sheng's loyalty to the country, but people have selfish motives, and heroes who put themselves in a "public" position no matter what, only exist in legends. Song Sheng had once
Having hugged the thigh of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han Dynasty, he didn't know if he had any friendship with Ji Gang now, because he couldn't make it too clear in the letter, but since he specifically mentioned this person's name, he expected that Song Shengzong had a friendship with Ji Gang.
Don't dare to release water at this time.
Those who died innocently cannot die in vain. This Yu Jian must pay the price! Moreover, he will use this matter to bring Ji Gang down!
In fact, Xia Xun didn't believe that Yu Jian's whistle-blowing and getting him killed was because of Ji Gang's instructions. Based on his understanding of Ji Gang, although this person would use any means to attack his political opponents, the risk of using the enemy's power at his own hands was too great. Although Ji Gang
They are on the same level as him, but Ji Gang is now prosperous, and he is not in a desperate situation and needs to take risks, so Ji Gang will not make such a move.
Furthermore, his detailed itinerary was not decided until he arrived in Xiliang. Even if Yu Jian wanted to report the rules and regulations before making a decision, there would be no time. There is no doubt that this matter was due to Yu Jian's personal behavior, but this
It is a life-and-death political struggle, and all means that can be used to attack political opponents can be used. Just as Yu Jian used all means to deal with him, he is not a neutral Qingtian master, so he must make good use of this matter.
It doesn't matter whether Ji Gang is implicated or not. For any big move in the political arena, which one doesn't start from small to big and expand the scope of attack?
Therefore, Tuoba Mingde, the witness, and Yu Jian, the envoy, must be preserved. Keeping them is ironclad evidence!