On the road leading to the capital, the motorcade carrying Chai Yan and his party was moving forward at a constant speed.
Chai Yan, Hang Baiqiu and Wang Wangzhou were sitting in the same car, while Ge Hong and others were sitting in several other cars.
The three of them were chatting relaxedly when they suddenly felt the carriage slow down and stop.
Wang Wangzhou immediately lifted the car curtain and asked the driver: "What's going on? Why did you stop?"
The driver immediately said: "Come back, sir, the road ahead is blocked..."
"Blocked?" Wang Wangzhou felt strange and couldn't help but look back at Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu.
So, the three people in the car looked towards the road ahead, and saw four or five carriages parked on the road, the middle one being particularly wide. However, these carriages and horses were slow to move forward, and the road was already
It is not wide, which also makes it impossible for vehicles coming from behind to move forward.
Hang Baiqiu suddenly became unhappy and complained: "Whose car is this? If you want to go, hurry up. Why are you blocking the road?"
Chai Yan took a closer look and asked, "Hey! Look, the flags on their cars seem a little different."
Wang Wangzhou and Hang Baiqiu took a closer look and saw that the carriage in front had a small flag with a blue background. The pattern on the flag was a yellow crescent.
"Crescent moon on a blue background, what kind of flag is this?" Wang Wangzhou had never seen it before.
Hang Baiqiu answered: "It's the flag of Muyue Kingdom."
"Muyue Kingdom?" Chai Yan and Wang Wangzhou asked in unison.
Hang Baiqiu nodded and said: "Yes! It's the Muyue Kingdom! This Muyue Kingdom is a small country in the Western Region. Most of its land borders our Sheng Kingdom, and a small part of it is adjacent to the Piz Kingdom. It is said that the spices produced in their country
It is so famous that as soon as the business groups bring it to the capital, it will be sold out within a few days."
Chai Yan nodded in understanding and asked, "Look at their appearance, they should be going to the capital, right?"
"It should be." Wang Wangzhou said: "The enthronement ceremony will be held in two days. The surrounding countries have sent envoys to congratulate you. If I am not mistaken, these people should be the envoys from Muyue Kingdom."
Chai Yan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Wait a minute, Muyue Kingdom is not a country in the Western Regions. Why does it appear on the road east of the capital? Logically speaking, shouldn't they take the west or north city gate?"
Hang Baiqiu also felt something was wrong and said, "Yes, if they go this way, wouldn't they take a long detour?"
Wang Wangzhou thought for a moment and said, "Either it is not the Muyue Kingdom's envoy?"
Chai Yan was not sure, so he said: "If it is true, just ask someone to find out."
Next, Wang Wangzhou got out of the car and walked with two people to inquire about the situation...
During this gap, Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu came to Chai Yan's carriage together.
"Sir, there seems to be troops from Muyue Kingdom in front of me. Why are they here?" Ge Hong asked Chai Yan outside the car window.
Cheng Jiu said nothing, keeping his eyes fixed on the Muyue Kingdom motorcade ahead.
Chai Yan turned around and said, "We don't know yet. Secretary Wang has already brought someone there. We will know when he comes back."
After saying that, Chai Yan asked: "Lao Ge, you are from the Shi Kingdom. You should be familiar with the Muyue Kingdom. What kind of country are they?"
Ge Hong shook his head slightly and replied: "Sir, although the Stone Kingdom and the Muyue Kingdom are not far apart, we actually don't know much about them. We only know that the royal family and people in their countries believe in the Haoyue God, and every full moon
Worship ceremonies are held at night, which is quite mysterious..."
Cheng Jiu suddenly answered and added: "By the way, sir, I heard people say that when they worship the Haoyue God, they sometimes use the lives of young children as sacrifices. The methods are very cruel!"
"What did you say? Use living people as sacrifices!" Hang Baiqiu screamed.
Chai Yan was startled by Hang Baiqiu's sudden sound. He couldn't help but roll his eyes at her and said, "Hey, can you stop being so surprised?"
Hang Baiqiu ignored Chai Yan, looked at Cheng Jiu and asked, "Is this really true?"
Cheng Jiu scratched his head and said, "I don't know if it's true, but the old people in the village often say this, and they also scare the children in our village, saying that if they don't obey, they will be sent to Muyue Country as slaves.
Sacrifice..."
Chai Yan laughed when he heard it and said, "You would also say something to scare children?"
Hang Baiqiu glanced at Cheng Jiu unhappily and didn't want to say anything else.
Unexpectedly, Ge Hong said: "Sir, the story of Mu Yue Kingdom using children as sacrifices actually did happen..."
"Fuck, it's true!" Chai Yan was suddenly shocked.
Hang Baiqiu also showed a surprised expression again.
Ge Hong continued: "But that is all in the past. It is said that Muyue Kingdom had a new emperor more than 20 years ago, and the rule of using children as sacrifices was abolished!"
Hang Baiqiu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly and said: "Good change, great change!"
Chai Yan also nodded and couldn't help but poke his head out to look at the carriages and horses of Muyue Kingdom in front of him.
After a while, Wang Wangzhou came back.
Wang Wangzhou walked to the car window, cupped his hands to Chai Yan, and then said: "Sir, I just asked, they are really the envoys of Muyue Kingdom, and they are here to congratulate His Highness on his enthronement."
Chai Yan nodded and asked in confusion: "Then why do they appear here? Why don't they enter the city through the northwest gate?"
Wang Wangzhou paused and said sheepishly: "Sir, regarding this... I didn't have the time to ask just now..."
"It's okay, I didn't ask if I didn't ask! There are so many roads to the capital, and we don't care how people want to go," Chai Yan said nonchalantly.
Hang Baiqiu asked hurriedly: "Sir Wang, what else did you ask just now?"
Wang Wangzhou hurriedly said: "Oh, I just asked them why they didn't go forward. Their people told me that their ambassador was too bumpy along the way and was very uncomfortable. At this time, he was vomiting in the woods by the roadside. He had to wait.
It won’t be long before we leave…”
"A while? How long is a while?" Hang Baiqiu said slightly impatiently: "Can't you get out of the way first? He can vomit as long as he wants!"
Chai Yan said calmly: "Forget it, just wait for a while. It's not easy for people to come all the way. They may be out of tune with the climate now. Please understand..."
Wang Wangzhou nodded and said, "Sir, I'll tell you guys to rest on the spot for a while."
Chai Yan said: "It's okay. I've been walking all morning and I just want to get out of the car to get some fresh air, pee or something..."
Hang Baiqiu felt it was indecent, and immediately frowned in disgust: "Fuck you!"
After saying that, she moved back and sat in a corner away from Chai Yan.
Chai Yan jumped out of the car and stretched hard, then took a few breaths of fresh air, then turned around and asked: "By the way, Lao Ge, I remember we still have some pills to treat seasickness, right?"
..."
Ge Hong immediately said: "Yes, sir, there are a few left."
Chai Yan then said: "Take them all and give them to the ambassador. Tell him, just eat them! Go..."
"Yes, sir."
Ge Hong agreed, and then took Cheng Jiu with him to get the pills and sent them to the Muyue Kingdom envoy.