When Meng Xinghe ran to Tongguan, Luo Feng and Xue Rengui also chased from behind with three or five brothers. At the same time, Du Ruhui, who was going to the Du Mansion to find his daughter, also led Miss Du and ran quickly to the school ground.
When they came, Meng Xinghe had been chasing them for a while. He learned from Du He that the Turks had left. Du Ruhui had the same expression as Meng Xinghe. He secretly sighed that the matter was done in a confused way. He quickly arranged for Miss Du to inform Qin Shubao. He and Li Jing went to meet the Holy One by themselves.
After the tasks were arranged, people with assigned tasks immediately started doing their own things.
On the other hand, when Luo Feng, Xue Rengui and others caught up with Meng Xinghe, Tongguan, the fortress out of Chang'an, was ahead of them.
"Boss Meng, wait a minute. Tongguan is ahead." Luo Feng shouted with all his strength. He and Xue Rengui had already arrived at Meng Xinghe's side.
Meng Xinghe also saw the word "Tongguan" on the wall in front of him.
But be sure not to let the Turks leave Tongguan. Otherwise, all your previous efforts will be in vain.
"Catch up and stop the Turks." Meng Xinghe ordered the two young generals around him. Luo Feng and Xue Rengui received the order. They all rushed forward excitedly.
"In front of us is General Zhang, the guard of Tongguan." The two came to Tongguan. Luo Feng, who was more familiar with the generals stationed here than Xue Rengui, shouted loudly. "We are the soldiers under Marshal Qin. Now we have received the order from the Marshal to intercept the Turks here. Does General Zhang know whether the Turks have come?"
Hearing that it was Qin Shubao's soldiers, General Zhang on the city tower immediately asked people to open the Tongguan gate and let the two men into the city.
He came to the front of the two men: "The young general is talking about the team of Turkic envoys."
"Exactly." Luo Feng had a premonition that something was not good. Could it be that they were a step too late after all.
General Zhang did not dare to hide anything. He said: "Just now, the Turkic envoy took out the customs clearance document approved by the Holy Emperor and passed here. It is estimated that he will not go far. He should catch up. But I don't know what the young general wanted to stop the Turkic envoy. ."
At this time, Meng Xinghe, who had already run over, heard their conversation and secretly sighed that they were missing a step after all.
Luo Feng already wanted to chase out of Tongguan and stopped the Turkic group. He said: "General Zhang doesn't know something. This matter is extremely urgent. Please quickly have the Tongguan gate to the outside of the Great Wall be opened."
"Okay." General Zhang immediately ordered people to open the gate from Tongguan to the outside of the fortress. "Young general, do you need me to send you another team of soldiers to stop the Turks?"
"Then General Lao." Meng Xinghe stood up and said some polite words. He immediately ran to the official road outside Tongguan leading to the outside of the Great Wall. General Zhang immediately ordered his troops and followed him towards the outside of Tongguan.
They didn't run very far. On the horizon in the distance, a group of people riding fast horses gradually came into sight of Meng Xinghe and others.
"Stop him. Don't let the Turks escape." Meng Xinghe gave the order. Seeing the Turks right in front of him, the word politeness could not be reflected in Meng Xinghe at all.
Luo Feng and Xue Rengui immediately galloped away on horseback. Because they were riding Turkic horses, their speed was extremely fast. They rolled up a cloud of yellow sand all over the sky on the dusty road.
The two men galloped forward, overtaking the Turkic convoy, rushing in front of the Turkic envoys, and immediately stood in the middle of the road, blocking their way.
"No one is allowed to leave."
The two of them yelled. They were not afraid of the group of red-eyed Turks in front of them.
After catching up with the Turks, Meng Xinghe slowly came to them. Bi Xiao saw that the person coming was none other than Meng Xinghe. He seemed to be trying to please him and said, "I knew we were leaving, but I actually bothered Master Meng to come and see me off." Xiao is frightened and flattered."
"Haha." Meng Xinghe smiled and rode up to Bi Xiao. "Master Bi Xiao is too polite. It's a long way out of the fortress. I also came to see you off on the order of the Holy One."
The corner of Bi Xiao's mouth twitched. "How dare you trouble your Lordship."
"No trouble." Meng Xinghe laughed: "Just now, someone from the palace reported to the Holy Master that an important national treasure was missing in the palace. The convoys entering and exiting Chang'an were strictly inspected. Imperial Master Bi Xiao. I offended you first."
Meng Xinghe made a search gesture. Luo Feng and Xue Rengui immediately walked into the Turkic convoy. All suspicious boxes or carriages were searched.
"Brother Meng, no." He searched all the Turkic carriages and boxes containing goods thoroughly. No hidden compartments were found.
"No." Meng Xinghe couldn't believe these two words. He glanced at the Turkic team. Although there were many people, he couldn't recognize them all. But among the dozens of people, he didn't see the shadow of a single person. Meng Xinghe recognized that person. He was the Turkic man named Ashina who he had punished once in front of the Siyi Pavilion that day.
"Master Bi Xiao, why don't you see Ashina? Could it be that he went back to Turks first?" Meng Xinghe asked with a smile, and hit the nail on the head. Ashina is not here. This matter is quite strange.
"I asked Ashina to go back to Turks a few days earlier." Bi Xiao said in a low voice, for fear that something was wrong and the secret would be revealed.
Meng Xinghe chuckled. But Luo Feng behind him let out a loud voice: "Fart. Didn't a man named Ashina and old Xue Saimai lose to him just now? Call me out quickly." Luo Feng Searching around, using his memory, there is no problem in finding Ashi who raced before.
Bi Xiao's face twitched. "Young general, what you said is wrong. There are too many Turks named Ashina in my country." Bi Xiao immediately called a Turk named Ashina out.
Meng Xinghe just glanced at it and then walked to the Turks' group in person and observed each Turk carefully.
He read it from beginning to end and suddenly looked at an old man driving a horse in the Turkic team.
"Come here." Meng Xinghe looked at the old man and felt a little familiar.
Sitting at the front of the carriage, the old man wearing a bamboo hat came over. His bamboo hat was held down so low that his face was almost invisible. This made Meng Xinghe even more suspicious. He said, "Take off the bamboo hat. Why are you covering up?" Could it be that he did something shameful?"
The old man took off his bamboo hat. A wry smile appeared on his dark, thin, beard-covered face.
Dirty old man.
Meng Xinghe glanced at it, thoughtfully. But in the end, he still laughed and decided not to search.
"Take care." Meng Xinghe reached out and patted Old Wei's shoulder before turning and leaving.
"Boss Meng, just let them go like this. No more searches." Luo Feng came closer. He was very puzzled by Meng Xinghe's sudden lack of search.
Meng Xinghe waved his hand and asked all his people to step back.
The wretched old man opposite walked straight towards him.
"Can we talk in private?" He said to Meng Xinghe with a smile.
"Damn, there's nothing we can't do." Meng Xinghe and the wretched old man walked to an open place in the distance. Hundreds of pairs of eyes behind them were looking here. They didn't know what was going on. Why did their leader come to the same place? The horse driver was so kind.
"You are ready to let me go like this. This does not seem to be in line with your shameless nature." In that open area, the wretched old man started to talk first. Although this place has not left the fortress, there are already glimpses of the scenery outside the fortress along the way.
"If I don't let you go, why don't I take you back again and stay in Chang'an for more than ten years?" Meng Xinghe said very seriously. It seemed that the identity of the wretched old man had been guessed by him.
The wretched old man laughed hoarsely and said: "I've known you for so long, and I've seen that you are more of a girl today. You must know that letting the tiger go back to the mountain will leave troubles. You are not afraid that one day you will regret it."
Meng Xinghe pulled his collar. His grandma's. Before we left the fortress, the wind and sand were so strong. After we got out of the fort, it was not bad. Looking at the weeds bent by the wind in front of him, Meng Xinghe didn't care at all. He said: "In this life, there will be always... It takes one or two things that you regret to do to wake up."
The wretched old man did not answer. He turned around and walked back to the Turkic team and brought two jars of good wine. He threw a jar to Meng Xinghe and said: "Finally, he looks like he is the number one scholar. He speaks in a refined manner. How about you follow me to Turkic? .Beauty, money, and power are all the same to you."
Meng Xinghe took a sip of Old Wei's wine and said, "You're poaching Li Shimin so quickly."
Old Man Wei laughed loudly: "Okay. I won't joke with you. After drinking this wine, there will be no more affection between me and you. When the time comes, you will be arrested and killed. It's up to you."
He suddenly took a big gulp of wine and threw the empty altar in his hand into the sky. The wretched old man stood in front of Meng Xinghe, ready to be captured.
Meng Xinghe carried a jar of wine and poured all the wine into the ground.
"I advise you to drink another glass of wine. There is no old friend in Yangguan in the west. Although I, Meng Xinghe, am shameless, I take the word affection very seriously. Since I let you go, I will count to three. If you don't leave, then I will leave. "
There was a clang. The wine jar in his hand broke into pieces. Meng Xinghe strode towards the return road.
"one."
"two."
He hadn't counted to three yet. The wretched old man laughed and said, "Stop counting. I'll just go."
"It's your grandma's." Looking at the shadow of the Turkic team leaving, Meng Xinghe didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed. He led the team he brought and stood on the ancient road leading outside the Great Wall until he watched the Turkic team disappear at the end of the field of vision. .He then ordered the team to return the same way.
When he returned to Chang'an, Du Ruhui personally greeted him at the city gate. When he saw that Meng Xinghe had failed, Du Ruhui didn't seem as anxious as before.
"Brother Meng," he greeted. He was already riding over.
Meng Xinghe didn't know how to explain it to Lao Du. He just smiled apologetically and said, "It was a step too late. The Turks escaped."
Du Ruhui sighed with regret: "I met the Holy One earlier and he asked me to give this to you."
Meng Xinghe immediately took it and took a look. It was an oral edict written by Li Shimin himself, but there was only a big word "pardon". Meng Xinghe couldn't understand it, and he couldn't guess Li Shimin's holy intention. He wondered whether this meant pardoning me. Or forgive the sin of the wretched old man. I have to say that the word game played by Li Shimin is too damn profound.
Seeing this, Du Ruhui laughed and said, "Brother Meng, don't you understand what the Holy One means?"
Meng Xinghe shook his head. "I don't quite understand."
"Haha." Du Ruhui laughed and said quite cautiously: "The power of God is unpredictable. Rewards and punishments are equal."
Meng Xinghe suddenly realized it. He secretly sighed that the art of the emperor was indeed the most profound knowledge in the world. It turned out that everything today was under Li Shimin's control.
He was relieved immediately and said with a smile: "It seems that I can't wait to become an unknowing soldier, running around. Only then I found out that I was doing things without permission. I made a mistake. I made a mistake."
After sighing several times, everyone entered Chang'an City.