Huo Quzhi threw down the veil to wipe his face and said: "That's right, they don't know, but I think since she came to Chang'an, this matter can't be hidden from her, I'm afraid what she really cares about is the Western Regions, and how much we are willing to help them." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xue Qing said while sipping hot corn porridge: "Let her be, anyway, this female prince is not very honest, the lion opened his mouth, and waited for the sky to ask for the price to sit on the ground and pay back." Let's wait for her to show her cards. Dry him for two days. Bo Wanghou, why don't we talk about our affairs in the next two days, and ignore her for now. ”

Zhang Qian nodded: "It's okay." Your Highness, do you want to do this, first reveal to her the plan of the Northern Expedition, in order to express our strong attitude towards the Xiongnu. And then hang him out. I don't believe she would watch us put all our forces on the Northern Expedition and ignore the Western Regions. This was not the outcome she wanted. ”

Huo Quzhi sat down and picked up the bowl and said, "Is this okay, wait for her to go back." There were Xiongnu activities in the Western Regions. In case one is not careful, the news leaks out. That's not good. ”

Xue Qing said: "Fiction and reality. Even if we say our overall plan, the Huns may not believe it. Let's be honest. We can't afford to fight this battle at all, and don't we still have half of the military spending unsettled? ”

After breakfast, at noon, Huo Qu was sick and hurried down the mountain, and went back to the shogunate to have something to do. Zhang Qian stayed in the other garden and discussed with Xue Qing about the Xiongnu and the Western Regions.

And Na Li Tuo Ci was arranged by Xue Qing for various programs, storytelling, juggling, singing and dancing performances, pot throwing, and drinking banquets. In short, all kinds of programs are arranged, and they are broadcast on a rolling basis 24 hours a day. If you get tired of it, you can still hunt in the mountains and catch fish in the stream. It is breathable, too.

Anyway, I just won't let her out. I didn't tell her how things were going. Hang her aside.

As for Zhang Qian, Xue Qing has some other ideas, compared to the geographical knowledge that Tiandao currently has, it is far more than Zhang Qian's knowledge, and the places he knows, Tiandao has basically planted the flag, not to mention the places he has been to.

So he talked about Zhang Qian's experience in Hexi and the Western Regions after the Battle of Hexi, especially the influence of the Middle Heavenly Dao and his little connection.

Zhang Qian is an important minister of the court who has been most deeply infiltrated by the way of heaven. Relatives and friends have all been infiltrated by the people of the Heavenly Dao. Unconsciously. Zhang Qian is also very puzzled, why did so many well-educated people suddenly appear in the people, and where did they come from.

This Zhang Qian is not so much a politician as an adventurer and a scholar. He is indifferent to fame and fortune, and his lifelong ideal is just to see more different customs and customs.

Speaking of this, Zhang Qian was like a box that couldn't be closed when opened, and he kept telling Xue Qing some new knowledge he had just known, but in Xue Qing's opinion, this knowledge was basically the basic geography that he told Tiandao.

Zhang Qian mysteriously took out something from his arms and whispered: "Your Highness, I'll show you something, don't tell others, I didn't even say it to the emperor, it's too incredible." ”

As he spoke, he unfolded the silk book he had taken out, on which was drawn a rough map of the world. Xue Qing was blindsided when he saw it, isn't this the world map published within the Heavenly Dao, how did it get into his hands?

Zhang Qian said: "This is a sketch drawn by myself according to some people of insight, sporadically told me about the place, you see our big man, there is only this small piece on this map, magical, there are people outside the people, there are mountains outside the sky, we are like the frog at the bottom of the well to sit in the well and watch the sky, but I don't know that this world is so big, Your Highness, I have also seen people who look like black charcoal." Do you believe it or not? ’

Xue Qing waved her hand and asked, "Why don't you tell the emperor about these things, tell the emperor, isn't it your dream to let him pay to support you to go to these places on behalf of the Han Court?" ”

Zhang Qian said with a smile: "Your Majesty is not out of money, besides, to say something that shouldn't be, Your Majesty has some great joy, if you know that the Han is just a drop in the ocean, then I am afraid that there will be a lot of incidents, your tenth uncle, I grew up with him since I was a child, and I still have a little understanding of his temperament, if he knows that he is the Ninety-Five, but a frog at the bottom of the well, he will have a lot of resentment towards the world outside the bottom of the well, and at that time, he may not say that something will happen." Why would I bother to do something like that? ”

Xue Qing pursed her lips and smiled, it seems that Zhang Qian still trusts herself more, and she has said everything that should be said and what should not be said. Maybe there are some like-minded people, who are forced by the emperor to do something they are not willing to do.

It is not a good thing for the courtiers to talk about the emperor, Zhang Qian said two words and then did not follow, and said: "I have two greatest wishes now, that is, to go to every place on this map, and I want to know what the places that no one knows outside this map are like, and I want to know what the stars in the sky look like." I also want to know what it's like beyond the stars. ”

Xue Qing asked tentatively, "Do you really want to know?" ”

Zhang Qian nodded heavily: "En." ”

Xue Qing asked, "How much do you want to know, if the price of knowing all this is that you and the emperor can no longer stand together." Because a chivalrous man who has traveled all over the world will not succumb to the rule of a small village head. What will you do then. ”

Zhang Qian was taken aback: "However, this is not a contradiction." Even though I have traveled all over the world, I am still a member of this village, my family here, my hometown. ”

Xue Qing said: "It's hard to explain to you, it's like our Han people are holding back our strength to deal with the Huns, but one day we find that there are people who are more powerful than the Huns, so what should I do." Things are always changing. For example, if you go out, you can't come back, because the emperor doesn't want you to come back, he doesn't want people to know, he's just a village chief, he wants his villagers to think that this village is the whole world, and he is the master of the whole world. If you only have two choices, either stay and be a loyal servant of the emperor who sits back and watches the sky. Either go out of the Han Dynasty and be a traveler who travels all over the world. Which one do you choose? ”

Zhang Qian's face changed a few times, lowered his head and muttered for a while, then raised his head and said: "This big man does not lack a loyal military general who can't fight, and there has never been a walker in this world who has seen all directions. ”

Xue Qing slapped the table and said, "Okay, then this palace will tell you what this world is like." ”

Zhang Qian was stunned: "How could His Highness know." (To be continued.) )