Chapter 394: Evil Rewards
On the third day of following the messenger into the cold, He Mulan received the first reply from the direction of Pingcheng.
Between Wei and Beiliang is separated by a large summer realm, and it takes too long for letters to come and go. In particular, the post station in the Xia realm was renovated after the Xia Kingdom was conquered, and it was slow to do anything when the population was insufficient, and the same was true for the paving of the post road, so when He Mulan received this letter, a month had passed since Pingcheng sent the letter.
The letter roughly wrote about the current situation in the DPRK, such as the sudden change in the situation in Beiyan, which may be defeated within this year, and the Gaoche people have donated new weapons, and will equip the Tiger Army Yunyun in advance.
What brought tears to Hermulan's eyes the most was Tuobatao's reply to Li Shun's matter.
Only four words.
"When you cut it, you cut it."
These four words were approved by the imperial pen Zhu, and there is a royal seal under the holy decree, and its role is no different from the holy decree, with this letter, even if He Mulan really beheaded Li Shun, he would only be reprimanded by the official when he went back, and there was no Tuoba Tao who ordered the dismissal and arrest of the official, and Su Hejun was a good brother and brother with her, and no one dared to touch her.
Along with Tuobatao's letter, there was also a letter sent by Su Hejun, who was a marquis.
If the letter can arrive in Beiliang so quickly, it must have taken the intelligence path of the Egret official, and it is normal for Su Hejun to "entrain" a private letter.
Unlike Tuobatao's concise and concise words, which are as obvious as introducing the synopsis of the story, Su Hejun's letter is obviously more "mother-in-law".
He first talked about the situation in Beijing, basically sharpening his knives for the sake of Beiyan, Kumoti led an army of 50,000 deep into Liaoxi, and the military towns in the east were ready to rush to the aid at any time.
Su Hejun was worried that once the war was stalemate, Tuoba Tao was likely to take the imperial expedition in person, and Su Hejun hoped that He Mulan would be able to accompany the army at that time, and hoped that He Mulan could complete this mission and return to Pingcheng before winter.
In addition to this matter, it is the matter of Di Yefei's promotion to Gaoche Huben Zuo Sima, and her position is on an equal footing. Su Hejun said that Di Yefei became the coach and was currently "training" in the north of Pingcheng, but He Mulan knew at a glance that he was going to dig coal, or it was coal smelting.
Knowing that the Riders had been granted a fief and that a large number of Cartridges had begun to migrate, Mullan was overjoyed for his companion.
A number of people's sisters and a number of cats became the second pregnant woman in the harem, since Tuoba Tao cleared the harem, the cat was pregnant, so that many women were shocked by this, relatively, Tuoba Tao did not get peace at night, almost day and night, cough cough, everyone understands.
Wang Muyun has won the respect of Mrs. He because of her high martial arts skills, boldness and carefulness, and now she is a female official by the side of the eldest prince, if it weren't for the fact that she might have to go out of the palace to marry in the future, I am afraid that the prince's "nanny" candidate will fall on her head in the future.
Tuoba Huang also admires her and is known as "Aunt Wang". Wang Muyun is also a strange person, he actually taught this four-year-old child riding archery and martial arts, Tuoba Huang also learned it well, so that Tuoba Tao Longyan Dayue, holding Tuoba Huang in front of the ministers and shouting "I have a successor".
There was a faint sadness in Su Hejun's letter, I am afraid that he felt that Wang Muyun was getting more and more valued, and his little careful thinking was going to end without a problem.
Regarding Li Shun's matter, Su Hejun wrote much more clearly than Tuobatao. Li Shun may have colluded with Beiliang or other forces, Bailu Guan has been investigating, Tuoba Tao reused him just to relax the vigilance of him and the forces behind him, so that Li Shun can be more bold, so as to expose the clues.
Yuan Poqiang was nominally protecting the envoys of Northern Liang, but in fact he also played a role in monitoring Li Shun, long before He Mulan, Yuan Poqiang had already sent back to Pingcheng the news that Lu Shuihu and the interpreters around He Mulan might have been bribed.
In order to gain Li Shun's trust, he didn't dare to startle the snake, nor could he get acquainted with He Mulan, so he made his soy sauce well, and then gave Li Shun a good look after collecting evidence and returning to Beijing.
Yuan Poqiang is another confidant of Tuoba Tao, and he went to Liangzhou to contact the old department, and he kept a low profile at this time just to not attract the attention of others. Su Hejun hoped that He Mulan could help Yuan Poqiang in Liangguo, and deliberately created some movements to cover up Yuan Poqiang's actions to contact Nanliang's old ministers.
Seeing such a request, He Mullan almost dropped the letter.
can make the entire Liang Kingdom so alarmed that she doesn't pay attention to Yuan Poqiang's actions, so wouldn't she have to make a shocking momentum? Is there really no problem with her messing around like this?
When He Mullan saw it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.
Su Hejun said in the letter that the Egret official had found out that He Mulan had fainted three or four times, and Tuoba Tao had sent an edict to invite Kou Qianzhi and Kou Yizhi, and he was afraid that he would rush to Pingcheng soon after the letter.
The letter expressed strong condemnation for He Mulan's concealment of her physical condition, and said that even if He Mulan had a serious illness, she would not let her "go to Shi" due to illness, so she did not have to hide it so deliberately, and when she returned to Beijing, Kou Tianshi would treat her.
Su Hejun even asked Tan Wuyu to recommend a few virtuous monks who practiced in Beiliang, all of whom were ascetic monks who did not care about politics, so that He Mulan would go to Dunhuang to visit if he was free, and he might be able to get unexpected gains.
Tan Wuyu is the national teacher of Beiliang, and the profundity of his magic is not under Kou Qian, since he recommended the strange person, it naturally gave Su Hejun and Tuoba Tao some hope.
The so-called rush to the doctor, Kou Qianzhi is still in the mountains and rivers of Wei State, and there are the most monks in Beiliang, and it is better to have monks to relieve symptoms than to do nothing.
Tuobatao's letter and Jun's letter of care and love were overflowing, which made He Mulan's heart even more stirred.
It is a great fortune to have a best friend in life, and it is even more fortunate to have a boss who is eloquent and cares about his subordinates. [,ļ¼ ] means to fight for it.
Just for the concern in the letter of the two, and Tuoba Tao even ignored the displeasure of Kou Qianzhi and Tan Wuyu, and summoned the leaders of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism respectively, it is worth He Mulan to summon up the courage to go to Dunhuang.
At most, hope is raised and hopefully dashed.
She is not afraid of death, so why is she afraid of this disappointment?
Because of this letter, in the following days, He Mulan kept urging the whole army to speed up the march, and the caravan following the Tiger Ben army complained bitterly.
The envoys of Beiliang are like arrows, but there are no complaints, but the poor Beiliang originally arranged a large number of elite divisions along the road, pretending to be soldiers defending the city, the purpose is to promote the strength of Liangguo, as a result, He Mulan hurried all the way, sometimes in order to rush not even enter the city, Liangguo's preparations are purely flattering to the blind man.
Northern Liang occupies the entire Hexi Corridor and influences many countries in the Western Regions, making it a very powerful force among the Sixteen Kingdoms.
Fuqu Mengxun is a rare Sinicized monarch among the Hu people, and even Tuoba Tao is afraid of it, which shows its power.
Along the way, even if it is a scale and a half claw, you can see the wealth of Beiliang, oases everywhere, high mountains towering, along the road He Mulan's mission to see no less than 100,000 head of livestock, from the Western Regions countries to trade merchants come and go, and they go to Liangguo, no longer east, many eastbound merchants are Beiliang people, these Beiliang merchants bring back huge wealth to Beiliang.
The might of the Tiger Ben Army also left a deep impression on the Beiliang people, but He Mulan herself did not leave anything for the Beiliang people, because her appearance and figure were too ordinary.
Na Luo Hun once asked her to wear full armor and appear in front of the Beiliang people to deter them, but He Mullan rejected with "I will suffer from heat stroke if it is too hot".
This kind of thing that doesn't pull the wind and pretends to pull the wind, only you will suffer, and you will make a four-way difference, what is there to be reluctant about?
The group got closer and closer to Guzang, and just when everyone thought that the road was going smoothly, they were afraid that they would soon arrive at Guzang.
Since Li Shun was placed under house arrest by He Mulan, he has been like an invisible person in the mission.
The envoys of Beiliang vaguely knew that Fuqu Muqian had brought a huge amount of bribes when he went to Wei, and they were all worried that it was Li Shun's matter, so they didn't dare to touch this bad head, knowing that Li Shun never took the initiative to look for him in the team, or mention this person.
Because of the letter from Jingzhong, He Mulan and Yuan Poqiang have already regarded Li Shun as a person who must die, and keeping him from killing him is just to prevent the Beiliang people from laughing at him.
Li Shun also knew that there was He Mulan's "overhead", and he injured his arm again, so it was impossible to "seize power", so he simply hid in his carriage all day and night, and his appetite became more and more sluggish, and he often had headaches.
However, the Master of Compassion and the imperial physician accompanying the army looked at him many times, but they could not come to any conclusion, and could only think that he had decreased his activity and was in the carriage on a hot day, and he had suffered from heat stroke.
After arriving at the oasis, Master of Compassion Jian yƬ Li Shun scrubbed himself well in the warm water of the lake, which had already sunburned, and when his skin was all in contact with the water and took away a lot of heat, this discomfort would be less.
When He Mulan heard the words of the Master of Compassion, he finally softened his heart, and after passing through the Qingtong Gorge, he found a large oasis to station, this oasis has several lakes, which can be drunk by people and animals, and He Mulan sent the Tiger Army to "escort" Li Shun to bathe with the Master of Compassion to temporarily relieve his heat stroke.
However, it was when it was sent to the lake that something went bad.
Li Shun has been irritable and excited these days, because he has been under house arrest for a while, and everyone doesn't care, but Li Shun suddenly exploded when he saw the oasis.
Facing the pool, which was no more than the size of a small puddle, Li Shun shouted in horror, not only with his mouth and eyes crooked, but also with so much fright that he drooled and wet the entire placket.
When they got the report from the Tiger Army, He Mulan and Yuan Poqiang screamed in their hearts. They first thought that Li Shun was deliberately pretending to be sick or crazy in order to break the situation, and hurriedly rushed to the small pond with the imperial doctor.
Li Shun, who was shouting, looked like crazy, and his whole person kept convulsing and struggling, and his strength was so great that he needed three or four tiger soldiers to suppress him so that he would not be accidentally injured by him.
The compassionate master on the side didn't know where to start with a lit moxa stick in his hand, because Li Shun struggled too much, and there was no time to fix it at all.
Li Shun, a person who pays attention to appearance, said that he was so self-destructive, pretending to be crazy or stupid, no one would believe it. If a Han man is crazy, he will not be able to become a leader in this life, and He Mulan does not show that he wants Li Shun's life, so he doesn't have to sacrifice so much to protect himself.
So a bad premonition had begun to rise in Hermulan's heart.
When they saw Li Shun baring his teeth at the pool and his throat spasming, He Mulan and the imperial doctor exclaimed in unison.
"Aquaphobia!"
"Oh my God, rabies!"