Facing Li Yan's gaze, Eunuch Gao's pupils shrank and he shook his head.
Li Yan said: "Okay, then I will explain it more clearly!"
"I submitted a report about Tuyuhun's restoration of the country, but it is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news..."
"Tuyuhun was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. The current situation must be supported by the Tang Dynasty so that the new regime can be stabilized again."
"Without the sage's edict, even if Princess Honghua and the Lord of Qinghai come back, it will be unfair."
"This matter is related to the stability of the border and the containment of Tubo's expansion. His Majesty was so concerned about the war situation in Tibet before, so the edict should be issued as soon as possible!"
"What now? Why is there no response from Chang'an to such a big event?"
Eunuch Gao said: "The saint has a headache and is feeling groggy all day long. Is there any major event in the world that is more important than the saint's dragon body?"
Li Yan said: "Not to mention His Majesty's body is ailing, there are also ministers who have entered the cabinet, and there are also ministers from all over the dynasty. Whose orders do you have for coming here?"
Eunuch Gao whispered: "I am here to treat Qiuge Ling's injuries so that the condition will not recur."
Li Yan sneered: "By the way, check the border situation again so that you can go back and report?"
Eunuch Gao shut his mouth, and the three chamberlains saw the tense atmosphere and walked out again.
Li Yan turned a blind eye and pointed to the outside of the house: "Do you really want to see the sergeants outside the house, and what will happen if you give an order and all of you are killed?"
Eunuch Gao trembled slightly and looked at Yang Zaiwei.
Yang Zaiwei said irritably: "With Li Yuanfang watching, if the army in the city moves again, we will indeed have no way to survive. Does it still have to depend on me?"
Eunuch Gao sighed deeply: "In that case, how can you, Li Jiyi, know nothing about what is going on in Chang'an? I've just said this, if you really want to persecute me, I will have no choice but to sacrifice my life for you!"
Li Yan closed his eyes slightly and said after a moment: "Let's go back to Chang'an!"
Eunuch Gao was stunned: "Back to Chang'an? Now?"
Li Yan said: "Right now, I have just made arrangements for you to set off with me!"
Eunuch Gao and Yang Zaiwei looked at the dark night sky. Thinking of staying up late with this person, they nodded helplessly: "Okay!"
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Just leave.
When the five people hurriedly packed their luggage and left the mansion, they found Shishi Cong standing quietly outside the mansion, with luggage hanging on the saddle.
Everyone rode out of the city, covered in stars and moonlight, and galloped all the way to Chiling.
After passing Chiling, we will reach Longyou of Tang Dynasty.
After descending the mountain road, Li Yan took a breath of air and found that he had been living in a plateau environment for this period of time, and it was really easy to get drunk when he suddenly returned to the plains.
Yang Zaiwei didn't realize anything. Eunuch Gao and the three chamberlains also felt vaguely uncomfortable and suggested: "Li Jiyi, why don't we go to Liangzhou to recuperate and then return to Chang'an!"
Li Yan shook his head: "If you don't enter Liangzhou, go directly to Guanzhong. I want to see what the disaster is like!"
In fact, there was another reason. Wei Daijie, the governor of Liangzhou, had a strange attitude and stopped the supply of food and grass to the army at a critical moment, which was suspected of being a hindrance.
Jingzhao Weishi has obviously completely taken sides. If he returns to Liangzhou at this time, he may be detained.
Seeing Li Yan's firm attitude, Eunuch Gao had no choice but to follow him.
Everyone did not take the official route, but only sought a shortcut. In just three days, they arrived at Lingwu County, Lingzhou.
Li Yan went to the inn, but Eunuch Gao's expression changed slightly: "Li Jiyi, it's inconvenient for us to stay in the inn, so please find another place to go."
Li Yan glanced at them and said, "Then find a room to stay in!"
Although a plum blossom inner guard like Ming Chongyan doesn't want to be exposed, if he really can't hide it, he will reveal his identity directly.
After all, he was a member of the imperial court, not a foreign enemy. At most, it would be disgraceful to spy on his ministers, and he would be met with hostility.
But these people are different. Once they are exposed to the public, their end will be absolutely miserable.
The person in the palace has not really taken over yet!
Eunuch Gao said: "Thank you very much Li Jiyi for your understanding."
Looking for a comfortable reverse journey along the way, he looked at the street again: "The disaster in Guanzhong does not seem to be as serious as the rumors!"
Li Yan had been observing for a long time: "Didn't you notice that there are too few people on the street? Yang Zaiwei, go ask about the price of food here."
Yang Zaiwei curled his lips: "I'm not your subordinate, why do you order me?"
Then he went to a rice shop not far away to ask about the price of grain. When he came back, his face became very ugly: "A bucket of rice costs a hundred cents, so it's better to grab it!"
Li Yan's face darkened: "When I was in Liangzhou, it only cost ten cents to buy a bucket of rice. Here in Lingzhou, it actually cost ten times more?"
A person passing by heard this, looked at Li Yan's clothes and demeanor, and came over to chat: "This gentleman is not from here, so the price is not high!"
Li Yan said: "You haven't asked for advice?"
The man sighed: "There is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the red land is thousands of miles away, followed by the locust plague. All this rice comes from Longyou, so it is naturally precious!"
Li Yan said: "But how many people can afford this hundred cents per dou of rice?"
The man whispered: "What can I do if I can't afford it? There are still rice sellers here. If you go further east, let alone rice shops, the county government has no rice! This horse of yours is a green horse from Longyou.
Well, I advise you to return to Longyou as soon as possible, you can’t stay here any longer!”
Li Yan fell silent.
Seeing that Li Yan was not shaken, the man gave a final reminder: "Go to the western suburbs outside the city and have a look. After reading the words, you will know that you can't leave anymore..."
Li Yan cupped his hands: "Thank you for your kindness! Let's go!"
When everyone came to the west of the city, they saw from a distance that the place was crowded with people, and the cries of women and babies reached the sky.
Yang Zaiwei changed his color: "What's going on over there?"
Eunuch Gao whispered: "Every time there is a big disaster, sons and daughters will be sold..."
As soon as he spoke, a dozen figures suddenly rushed over from the side.
When the chamberlain behind Eunuch Gao saw it, he immediately rushed out and kicked those people to the ground with just a few kicks.
Many people fell down, vomited yellow water, and stopped moving after a few moments.
Several of them, who were slightly stronger than others, were twisting on the ground. Yang Zaiwei grabbed one of them and asked, "What are you doing?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The man groaned: "The one from Longyou... ran to Guanzhong to buy people... I sold my wife and children... I have finished eating the rice... Please... give me someone who stutters...
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Yang Zaiwei put the people down, and not far away came another scream: "My baby! My baby!"
He looked over there and saw a tall man from Longxi throwing a young woman onto his horse and throwing the child in her arms to the ground.
The woman cried out: "Don't throw him here, don't throw him here, they will eat him!"
The big man from Longyou muttered something, picked up the child, got on his horse, and left happily.
And the onlookers did sigh in disappointment.
This is because Long You came to Guanzhong to buy a wife, but he doesn't want children. Even if he holds her and goes with her now, I'm afraid he will end up abandoning her next.
Although it was obviously no different from human trafficking, no officials stopped it, and even the officials did not dare to be present.
Otherwise, if the victims come flooding in, they will not be able to leave.
Li Yan stopped looking: "Go to Chang'an quickly!"
Eunuch Gao and others followed him silently. Yang Zaiwei followed him without saying a word and climbed onto his horse.
They soon discovered that the passerby from Lingwu County was right. The further they went to Guanzhong, the worse the situation became.
Because misfortunes never come singly, due to famine, epidemics also occurred in some areas, killing people in one village after another.
Hordes of hungry people fled, dressed in rags and as skinny as firewood.
The bark of the trees has been stripped off, revealing the white trunks, and the leaves have been eaten away by locusts and hungry people.
Li Yan and his party had to avoid the large fleeing troops, but even so, they could still see the fleeing people.
As we walked, people fell down, and because there were so many corpses, wild beasts began to overrun them.
Wolves and wild dogs were roaming around, not afraid of humans at all. Yang Zaiwei punched them all, and Li Yan killed dozens of them with a knife.
Finally, they arrived in Fufeng County.
I still remember that when the envoys came, they stayed here. Monks who came to Famen Temple for pilgrimage could be seen everywhere on the streets, and the street snacks also made people sate their cravings.
But now, that orderly and prosperous scene is gone. The streets are desolate, but there are no crowded victims.
But precisely because of this, Li Yan's face darkened and he went directly to and from Famen Temple.
I saw that the temple door was closed, and there were no monks to greet the guests.
Li Yan's anger was built up to the extreme, and he said every word: "What we have seen along the way is that we are not even as good as Tubo! We went up to the door and opened it when no one opened it!"
Yang Zaiwei's heart trembled. Hearing the overwhelming anger contained in the words, he immediately stepped forward and kicked him without saying a word.
It seems that the door is closed, but there are people guarding it vigilantly.
He had just kicked, the temple door opened a gap, and several stick figures came out.
Yang Zaiwei didn't dodge, he grabbed it with his backhand, grabbed the stick directly, and smashed it in head and face.
There were screams inside, and soon the monks were lying on the ground. The movement caused more monks to rush out.
"Deputy Ambassador Li?"
The leading monk looked at Li Yan and was stunned for a moment. He still remembered the envoy from the Tang Dynasty who summoned them in the middle of the night. He quickly shouted back: "We didn't know it was Deputy Envoy Li who was driving us, so we are rude!"
Li Yan asked: "Where are you hosting? Where is Fa Ming?"
The monk said: "I just went to ask for the abbot, but Brother Faming is no longer in the temple!"
When the host walked out slowly, Li Yan's first question was: "Why is the temple door closed? The disaster is so serious. As a royal temple, shouldn't it help the victims?"
The host calmly said: "Deputy Ambassador Li, the temple is a porridge provider, but there were too many victims, which caused chaos several times. The Buddha's bones and relics were inevitably damaged, so the county government refused to allow it."
Li Yan said: "Where are the victims?"
The host said: "The county government took away the victims, so we can only close the temple to practice."
Li Yan took a deep breath and asked again: "Where is Master Faming? I want to see him."
The host said: "Junior brother Fa Ming has gone to Luoyang. He is traveling in such a hurry that he seems to have some unspeakable secrets."
Li Yan stared at the host who was neither sad nor happy, said no more, and turned to leave.
After leaving Famen Temple, Yang Zaiwei and Eunuch Gao said in unison: "Li Jiyi, we can reach Chang'an tonight!"
Li Yan looked in the direction of Chang'an from a distance.