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 the troops 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 did not understand the local dialect.
He sounded very official.
"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 has spread throughout the Western Regions. Even Xia Xun's name is 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. However, 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..."
The guard rushed in quickly. When the other guards heard that the man in front of them was 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 green 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 scent 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 country of Zhongxiang, 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. Fu Guo 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 took a few steps back in a hurry, 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 clean, and he turned out to be a very rugged man. He was immediately full of heroism, with facial features and eyebrows that were very handsome. The chief historian let out a loud voice.
Yelled, pointed at Xia Xun and said loudly: "It's Duke Fu. It's true that Duke Fu has survived the catastrophe. Duke Fu is back. Your Majesty..."
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 laughed and quickly called Zhou An, the chief minister who was doing the beauty pageant for him.
When Zhou An was working 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, 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 good if the Duke was back. It would be good if he came 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 hurried into 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 said quickly: "My lord, General Feng survived the catastrophe. When our troops found him, General Feng had two arrows on his back. He was stabbed in the thigh, almost breaking the bones. His abdomen was also opened with a shot, and his intestines were shot."
They all leaked out. If several pro-military guards hadn't risked their lives to protect 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 just stayed here to recuperate. 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, Tuotuo said: "Xiao Wang sent people to the desert to find the Duke of the country. They searched all the way and found many frozen corpses. Some of them had been chewed by wild beasts and were indistinguishable. Some of the corpses were indistinguishable.
They were still in good condition. Later, the surviving soldiers identified them one by one and tried their best to identify their identities. One of them was Lao Fan."
Zhou An, the chief historian, sighed and said: "The Duke's bodyguard is very brave. When our people found him, he had 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 that the Duke was robbed..."
Zhou An quietly pulled his sleeves from the side. 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 in front of 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 write 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. There was also a person whose alias was Hu Qiqi, whose real name was Yu Jian. This person had other identities, but he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy. They must be controlled and dealt with when he arrives.
"
Xia Xun admired Song Sheng's loyalty to the country, but people have selfish motives and put themselves in a "public" position no matter what. Heroes only exist in legends. Song Sheng had embraced
He didn't know if Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han Dynasty, had any friendship with Ji Gang now, because he couldn't make it clear in the letter, but since he specifically named this person's name, he expected Song Shengzong to have friendship with Ji Gang, so he didn't dare
Release the water at this time.
People who die 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 pretending to be an enemy's power 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 desperate move.
Furthermore, his detailed itinerary was decided only after 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 the lord of Qingtian, so he must make good use of this matter.
It doesn't matter whether Ji Gang is implicated or not. Any major move in the political arena does not start from small to large, and expand the scope of attack?
Therefore, Tuoba Mingde, the witness, and Yu Jian, the envoy, must be preserved. Keeping them is ironclad evidence.
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