Within five or six days after the arrival of the second day, Li Siye took his brothers from the Protector's Brigade to search everywhere at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, as if they were looking for something, but they were not in a hurry. They even had some spare time to go hunting.
In the early morning of the ninth day, a shepherd came down from the Tianshan Mountains and reported to the army: "Master, I was tending sheep by the Tianchi Lake when I saw a strange stone that looked like a man riding an ox. It was so lifelike that I thought it was something magical."
, came down the mountain specifically to report to you!"
Li Siye nodded solemnly and asked, "Is there really a strange stone?"
"Of course I don't dare to lie to the military master. If you don't believe the military master, you can go up the mountain with me to have a look."
This was what he was waiting for. He waved his riding crop and said, "Lead the way."
This Tianshan Yaochi is actually within the territory of Beiting Protectorate, but Beiting has already transported a statue of Emperor Xuanyuan from Tianshan Mountain, and it is probably on its way to Chang'an. Naturally, it will not prevent the Anxi Protectorate from doing the same at Tianchi.
It's a trick. Everyone knows that this thing is formalism, but they only see through it, don't tell it, and everyone does their own thing. This is how good neighbors come to be.
The shepherd led him to the statue. Li Siye took a look and saw that it should be a work carved by two master craftsmen. The whole sculpture was eight feet high and nine feet wide. It was an image of an old man riding on the back of an ox. In order to make
It looks more natural and vivid, and the two old master craftsmen spent a lot of time polishing it. Now it looks natural, indeed like it has been eroded by the wind.
In fact, even if their workmanship is worse, they can still be fooled.
When Li Siye saw the stone statue, he was shocked at first and shouted three times: "Looks like, looks like, looks like! It's so similar!" Then he climbed down from his horse in fear and led everyone to prostrate themselves on the ground, shouting
Emperor Xuanyuan.
"I respectfully welcome Emperor Xuanyuan down the mountain!"
The shepherd stood aside kicking the sheep dung eggs and couldn't help but laugh out loud as he watched the group of people pretending to be funny.
Li Siye kowtowed nine times to the stone statue, turned around and saw the shepherd, frowned and ordered someone to pull the shepherd aside, stuffed him with a few copper coins, and sent the unqualified extra down the mountain.
The method of inviting Emperor Xuanyuan down the mountain is actually very simple. Use several rolling logs and alternate the rolling. Send someone behind to hold him with a hemp rope and red silk, and use two people next to him to change the direction with a wooden stick. Wait until you can drive the carriage at the bottom of the mountain.
place, and then find a way to load the stone statue onto the cart.
The stone statue weighs about a ton, and it took a lot of effort to transport it back to Qiuci. It took hundreds of people and crushed three large carts.
Dufu Meng Lingcha led the civil and military officials who stayed in Kucha to greet him at the city gate. After performing nine bows, he sent an additional 200 soldiers, and the Dufu Cang Cao joined the army to escort them all the way along the post road.
Shipping from Chang'an.
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Li Siye followed Fumeng Lingcha back to the main hall of the Protectorate. Fumeng Lingcha turned around and said with emotion: "Siye, thank you for insisting on presiding over the construction of the Khotan Road and Turtle Road this year."
The post station on the road has also eliminated the banditry in the Tulum Mori Desert. Otherwise, our Anxi Protectorate would have accomplished nothing this year."
He looked surprised and asked quickly: "Captain, could it be that..."
"That's right, Tanaka Cheng's expedition to Xiaobolu failed. The secret report came back from Congling yesterday. Our army failed to cross the river three times before Po Lechuan. After crossing the river for the fourth time, we besieged Lianyunbao for three months, but still failed.
It was not until the cold wave hit in October that the river froze and the best fighter plane was lost. Tanaka Cheng knew that there was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Fortunately, our army's losses were not too great.
Li Siye thought to himself, isn't this a big loss? The Anxi Protectorate's fiscal revenue for two full years, and its 19,000 soldiers, spent countless amounts of food and grass, yet they all worked in vain and retreated hastily.
Judging from Fumeng Lingcha's expression, he didn't look too surprised, as if he had expected that the expedition would not succeed. Gao Xianzhi seemed to be involved in the expedition, and I don't know what role he played.
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"Tan Zhong Cheng will return with his army soon. Don't rush around these days. Stay in Kucha City and wait. We will meet Tan Zhong Cheng at the city gate."
After Fumeng Lingcha said these words, he turned around and returned to the inner hall alone, without calling Li Siye to follow him.
Li Siye stood for a long time, guessing that Governor Fumeng should go back and have some fun. He completed the major task of building a post station and cleaning up the bandits. Tian Renwan's expedition to Xiaobolu failed, and the court would discuss these two matters.
On balance, Tian Renwan may soon have to move his butt for Fumeng Lingcha.
The most important thing now is the attitude of Li Linfu, the right prime minister of the DPRK. This right prime minister is more keen on appointing Hu people to serve as Jiedu envoys, thus cutting off the path of border generals to become prime ministers of the DPRK.
Isn't this called virtue being out of place?
He turned around and led Hei Pang back home. Halfway through, snowflakes began to fly in the sky, fine and light. Snow in October was nothing. Cen Shen said in his poems that Hu Tian would snow in August, but this expedition
The returning team was probably going to have a hard time on the road. Tian Renwan was already in a sad mood at this moment, and when he encountered the falling snowflakes again, he might have recited some kind of sad sentimental poem.
Li Siye led the fat man into the stable, pushed open the backyard door, and entered the main hall through the corridor. As soon as he entered the door, he saw two women sitting cross-legged on a large white wool carpet. One of them had her breasts and shoulders exposed, and her eyes were filled with white flowers.
He dodged back, leaned against the wall, sighed, and asked himself, "Is this my home?"
"Brother?"
Meier's voice came from inside.
He regained his composure, turned around and walked in again. Meier and a strange woman had already stood up from the carpet. The woman was wearing a chest-length skirt with her myrobalan pulled down very low. Her shoulders were covered with gauze. Although
There was still something vaguely visible, a blush flashed across his face, and he soon looked dignified.
"Oh, it turns out there is a female guest at home, don't worry about me, you can play with yourself."
Mei'er and the woman put their hands on their waists and bowed to Li Siye. After standing upright, Li Mei'er extended his hand and introduced: "Brother, I told you about this, she is the daughter of General Cheng Qianli.
Cheng Wansu. Wansu, this is my brother."
"Oh, nice to meet you."
Li Siye secretly thought, is this Cheng Qianli's daughter? It is really unimaginable that Cheng Qianli, with his rosy nose and beard, could give birth to such a beautiful woman. The only way to explain it is that she has more of her mother's genes.
Cheng Wansu was also looking at Li Siye, looking straight at Li Siye without any evasion. Perhaps this Han woman was born in Anxi and was inevitably influenced by the barbarian culture and became more open and bold.
"Ahem, you guys keep playing, I'm going back to my room."
The junior's clothes are a bit revealing, so as a parent he should hide.
He walked through the porch, turned and walked towards the side room of the back hall. Behind him came the voice of the daughter of the Cheng family talking boldly: "Mei'er, is this your brother? I didn't expect that he became a lieutenant general at such a young age. He is better than my brother."
I am much more impressive."
The little lady is indeed very talkative.
Li Twelve Niang suddenly appeared in front of him, and keenly caught the smile on his face. She leaned around him, glanced at the main hall with a cold expression, turned around and followed him: "
Li Lang."
"Oh, Twelve Niang, didn't you and Mei'er entertain her guests together? Three ladies are more lively."
"Li Lang, this is what I want to tell you. This friend Mei'er has made is not serious. Can you advise her to avoid associating with such people?"
Li Siye smiled: "She's just a little lady, what's so serious about her?"
"It's really not serious." Twelve Niang stopped in front of her and whispered in a low voice: "A few days ago, when Madam Wu and I went to the market to buy sheep, we met this young lady from the Cheng family. She actually raised a boy.
Darling, you are teasing and playing in the car in broad daylight."
"Raising a male pet?" Li Siye's eyes widened. Isn't it only a married lady who would raise a male pet? How could she, a little lady, raise one?
"Did you read it wrong? That might be her lover. Anxi women are open-minded, and they must be willing to love a man and a concubine in public."
"No, Twelve Niangs will not be mistaken." Li Twelve Niangsaid firmly: "Twelve Niangs have lived in Chang'an for many years with their master. Such men are often seen in wealthy places. They shave off their beards and apply makeup. It's okay.
Production, dedicated to making a living.”
Isn't this just a pretty boy who just eats soft rice?
"That's why I came to tell you, lest Mei'er learn bad things from her."
Now it was worth pondering for him. No wonder the lady looked at him provocatively and boldly just now. It turns out that she has rich experience. As the saying goes, those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black. If Li Meier learned from her, he would raise someone like this outside.