The sudden fighting at the border delayed the trip to Leiqishi for more than half a month. In the early morning of April 18th, the Nanli delegation set off again and rushed to Dayan. When passing through Zheqiao Pass, everyone from the Prime Minister Zuo down
Everyone couldn't help but frown.
In the past, the Xiongguan Pass in the north was now full of desolation, and the city was filled with the stench of corpses. The soldiers who were stationed just a few days ago had just begun to clean up the city gates, and were throwing the corpses in the city into the fire one after another. The place where the corpses were burned was in the suburbs, but the breeze was unbounded
, walking in the pass, you will often encounter a fine wind and dust.
Burn ashes.
Mr. Hu frowned and sighed, Shi Xiaoci lowered his eyes, Nan Rong was expressionless, Xiao Qi had tears in his eyes, and Song Yang was playing with his red sleeves in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking...
After leaving the customs, contact the officials of Yan State, exchange documents and complete the procedures. The Nanli people no longer need to worry about the future itinerary. The Yan people will arrange it themselves. It is a long way to Zoucheng, and it is only less than 100 meters away from the Dragon Boat Festival.
In twenty days, we had to go all out. The Yan people had already made arrangements. All the people from Nanli, including officials, the three hundred imperial guards of the imperial city, and "Liu Wu" were all loaded into carriages and galloped northward.
go.
We traveled day and night on the road, stopped at the post, put on new horses and coachmen, and were on the road in a blink of an eye. All Nali people ate and slept in the cars, and there was only one hour every day to "land" for washing and changing clothes. 2
Shada was displeased and said more than once, "I'll never come again."
Xiao Qi had a hard time since childhood, but she didn't complain about it at all. She just felt a little distressed... She felt sorry for her 'Huier'. The situation of such a rush could have been predicted when she left Hongcheng, and most of the ten good horses she chose stayed behind.
After arriving in Hongcheng, only the most inconspicuous gray horse was brought to the Yan Kingdom by her. During the long-distance running with only one hour of rest every day, although she was getting tired day by day, Hui'er actually followed the team.
Everyone was amazed at this. This horse deserves the title of 'Dragon Horse'.
The companions were all surprised, and the people of Yan were even more shocked. The news that the Nanli delegation had brought Shenju to Yan spread like wildfire, and it became a hot topic for a while. Before the Nanli delegation entered Beijing, its reputation was "gloomy".
Er' gradually became louder, and this overwhelming momentum made Prime Minister Zuo, who was not expecting it, couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling.
Ten days after they left the border, a murder occurred deep inside Nali territory, which also caught Prime Minister Zuo off guard. However, if he knew the whole story, there was no way he could still laugh. Three days later
, the murder that occurred in Nanli was known to Emperor Jingtai of Yan. When he received the secret report, he was reclining on the soft couch in the palace and eating apricots.
Furious!
Jingtai ran barefoot outside the door, roaring angrily: "Bring the gun, bring the gun!" The inner court guard hurriedly knelt down on the ground, holding the long gun high above his head. Jingtai grabbed the weapon, turned around and ran back to the big house with a roar.
, and then a series of loud noises were heard, and Emperor Yan was like a madman, waving his Changge and smashing everything in front of him to pieces.
The eunuchs and maids fled outside the palace and did not dare to go further. They were all pale with fright. A few days ago, Long Live Lord had just lost his temper, but that time he smashed the imperial study room... What on earth was it?
What would happen that would make the Holy Emperor furious one after another? No one dared to ask.
After a while, disheveled Jingtai appeared at the door, threw Chang Ge to the ground with a loud bang, and then glared at a little eunuch: "Xiao Douzi, throw the secret report back to me from Quezi just now.
Get it, quickly, quickly, quickly!"
Everyone present knew that the sparrow who delivered the message was about to be poisoned, but who dared to say a word of advice. Xiaodouzi responded, turned around and ran away. In a short time, he ran back with a birdcage in his arms and handed it to him respectfully.
In Jingtai’s hands,
There is a black sparrow in the cage, with bright eyes and dense plumage. Anyone who knows how to see it will know that it is extraordinary. The sparrow is elegant, but the spirit is listless. Let alone an ordinary bird, even a real phoenix, let it
Even after flying for three days from the depths of Nanli back to Dayanzoucheng, it couldn't cheer up.
Unexpectedly, Jingtai, who was originally full of anger, was slightly stunned when he saw the bird's handsome appearance. He raised the birdcage and looked at it carefully for a while. The anger on his face gradually dissipated. He turned to ask Xiaodouzi: "Is this?"
Good bird?"
The emperor never cared about such trivial matters, but Xiaodouzi knew it well: "Back to Lord Long Live, it's called Qi Yan. It's the first of the seven skills of our Great Swallow Army Bird. It flies like electricity and has a dexterous temperament. It's as good as looking at the earth."
There is no faster bird than this..."
Unexpectedly, before the little eunuch finished speaking, Jingtai suddenly reached into the cage, grabbed Qiyan out, and smashed it into a puddle of flesh with a fierce shake: "The bird of bad news, die clean!"
Xiaodouzi was so frightened that his face turned pale. He knelt on the ground with a grunt and kept urging: "Long live the anger, long live the anger."
"Why are you kneeling while I throw the sparrow? Get up." Jingtai waved his hand impatiently and turned around to go back to the palace: "Xiao Douzi, come in and bring yourself another embroidery pier. I'm angry, so talk to me."
With that said, Jingtai kicked away the garbage and sat back on the dragon couch.
If he were a minister of Nanli, he would definitely say, "I just need to stand," but Xiaodouzi understood the temper of his long-lived master, and whatever he said was what he said. He immediately found a stool with a broken leg from the ruins of the palace.
My butt rubbed against one edge and I forced myself to sit down.
After he sat down, Jingtai spoke: "I have a treasure that was stolen by the Nanli people. What do you think we should do?"
Xiaodouzi puffed up his thin chest and was filled with hypocritical indignation: "Send a letter to the dog-headed emperor of Nanli and ask him to personally return the stolen treasure, and then ask him to go to the Ministry of Punishment to accept the crime himself. If he doesn't comply, long live the light."
Millions of soldiers dug up his family's ancestral graves."
Jingtai's expression has returned to normal, and he smiled slightly when he heard this: "This is a good idea. My treasure is a corpse. Fenglong stole my dead person, so I dig up his ancestral grave. It suits the situation very well."
With that said, Jingtai changed the topic: "To dig out Fenglong's ancestral grave, we didn't need millions of soldiers, just relying on that treasure was enough... But the treasure was stolen, and if we want to dig up his ancestral grave again, we really have to use a lot of troops."
Yan Xiong has set up his army. Originally, this matter is not difficult, but the trouble is that when Dayan's soldiers go to attack Nanli, Tubo, and Quanrong, they will most likely take the opportunity to attack us. I am just digging up other people's ancestral graves. There is no guarantee that my ancestral graves will not be attacked.
Got plowed by someone else."
Xiaodouzi looked surprised at first. No matter how hard he used his brain, he could not imagine what it would be like to dig up the precious corpse of another emperor's ancestral grave. But when he heard the second half of the sentence, the surprise disappeared and was replaced by anger.
Yu Se: "How dare they! The power of the Great Yan Heaven is mighty..."
"Stop flattering."
Xiaodouzi immediately stopped talking, rolled his eyes and thought: "Or... Long live the moment of anger, send powerful warriors to take back the treasure first, and when the treasure comes back, you can dig it as much as you want."
Jingtai chuckled: "Yes, I thought so too. Nanli sent people to escort the treasure and sneaked in the dense forest on the mountainside all the way. He thought the route was secret, but he didn't know that his whereabouts had been leaked long ago."
Xiaodouzi added: "Long Live Lord is the incarnation of a true dragon. The dragon's eyes penetrate the heaven and earth. The dragon's ears can be heard for thousands of miles. I can't hide anything from you."
Jingtai ignored the little eunuch's flattery and continued: "I sent our Dayan... not only Dayan, but also the strongest and most ferocious warriors in the entire Middle-earth to rob the treasure. It was absolutely foolproof." At this point, Jingtai
The smile disappeared: "But Quezi just sent word that my warriors arrived a step too late and were caught first."
Deep in the dense forest, all the Nanli warriors who were escorting the "treasure" were slaughtered. The whereabouts of the "treasure" were unknown. When Master Yan arrived, only dead people were left on the ground.
Xiaodouzi's eyes widened in shock: "Who did it?"
"It's just because I don't know who it is that I'm angry." Jingtai shook his head slowly.
Xiaodouzi frowned and said bitterly: "No matter who did it, in the final analysis, it is Nanli who is hateful. I heard that the Nanli delegation is coming. When they arrive in the capital, they will break one of their legs first!"
"
Jingtai laughed loudly: "Aren't you a little too stingy?"
Xiaodouzi also laughed along, scratching the back of his head and acting coquettishly: "My slave hasn't grown up yet, he is still a 'villain', and a villain is naturally stingy..."
Jingtai shook his head and continued to smile: "It's not that you are stingy, it's that your ideas are too stingy. Just breaking one of their legs is not enough!"
After finishing speaking, Jingtai stood up and walked out. Xiaodouzi hurriedly stood up to serve. The emperor waved his hand and smiled: "No need. I'll talk to you for a while, and my depression will be relieved a little. It's not bad."
Xiaodouzi was very happy and was about to say a few words of flattery, but Jingtai suddenly smiled and said: "By the way, he told me not to tell anyone about the baby."
Xiaodouzi didn't know who 'he' was, but he could hear that when mentioning 'him', the emperor no longer addressed himself as 'I'. He was about to pat his chest to ensure that the secret would not be leaked, but he briefly smacked the words "Long Live".
After thinking about Wanzai's character again, his little face suddenly turned pale! Jingtai turned around and smiled at him, and walked away. When leaving the palace, he waved his hand lightly and made a 'killing' gesture to the guard in front of the door.
gesture.
The childish cry was cut off by a sharp blade just as it started to sound. Jingtai continued to move forward, muttering to himself: "It's uncomfortable to hold it in. I have to find someone to talk to..." At this time, another minister hurried over with a happy face.
He said: "Long live Qi Zhen, I just received the great news that Mr. Su is back and is rushing to the capital."
According to the normal walking speed, it is only ten days' journey from Zoucheng, the capital of Yan, and there will be "ten stops" on the way, so Dahaocheng Pass got such a weird name.
Song Yang and others "landed" at that hour today, just inside the Shidu Pass. The envoys of Nanli rarely relaxed. Everyone got off the car and stretched their waists and legs after washing to relieve themselves from the fatigue of the carriage and horses, except for the girl Xiao Qi
, he didn't even bother to clean his face, and concentrated on taking care of his horse. The gray horse was exhausted, his eyes were dim, and the tendons on all four legs were trembling.
The girl looked at Prime Minister Zuo with a worried look on her face and said, "Hui'er can't hold on any longer. If he runs another mile, he will probably lose his strength and die. I overestimated before, please forgive me."
Mr. Hu shook his head and said: "It's very valuable to be able to persist until now. Don't blame yourself for leaving it here." After saying that, seeing Xiao Qi's expression of reluctance, Mr. Hu laughed: "It's not that I don't want it anymore, it's just that I keep it.
Keep it here and take it with you when you return. This is a meritorious hussar. Even if you want it or not, I won't agree." After that, he arranged for the junior officials in the mission to handle the matter.
Xiao Qi followed the young official and led Aiqi to find the envoy of the State of Yan. The official of the State of Yan who was responsible for escorting this journey was a military general named Li. His official title was Huaihua Lang General, a fifth-rank official. After hearing about Nan Li
After the envoy's request, General Yan smiled and said: "There are times when dragons and horses lose their strength? I thought they could run all the way to the end of the world without stopping."
After saying that, he stepped forward and stretched his arms from bottom to top to wrap his arms around the horse's neck. Seeing his posture, Xiao Qi was shocked and reached out to pry off his arm: "This won't work, it will hurt the horse." With the girl's help,
Although his strength could not shake the opponent, Yan Jiang ignored him and gave a strong force to his arm. He is a brave man and knows horses, and what he grabbed was the vital part of the horse. The gray horse was already exhausted and could not hold on.
With a strangle, all the mournful screams were strangled in the roar, the body tilted and fell to the ground, the four hooves twitched for a moment, and he died in the blink of an eye.
General Yan put on a look of astonishment: "You're going to die just because you say you're going to die? It seems like you're really exhausted. Why try to be brave if you can't do it?" As he spoke, he clicked his tongue and shook his head, changing the topic: "The way of cavalry only consists of two things:
As long as the people are strong, the horses will be strong. If there are good horses, there will be good cavalry. But if the good horses die, the 'cavalry' will be left with only soldiers." At this point, he burst out laughing.
Before the laughter subsided, a voice came clearly, and then he continued: "If the soldiers die, there will be nothing left in the cavalry."
Song Yang walked closer, nodded to General Yan, reached out to help Xiao Qi, turned around and left.