Chapter 734: A Step Late

Xiahou Xuan left Chang'an City, and at this time, his identity was no longer the governor of Yongliang, the general of Zhengxi, but one of the nine Qings.

What kind of official is Da Honglu, in fact, its rank is not the bottom, the middle two thousand stones, and Xiahou Xuan's current position is the same, in this sense, this time Xiahou Xuanfeng was transferred back to Beijing, and it was just a flat transfer, and there was no derogation.

But compared with the feudal officials who held heavy troops like the general Yongliang Governor of Zhengxi, the position of Da Honglu was much shabby. All the princes and kings, princes and princes of the vassal states, as well as foreign monarchs or envoys, were regarded as guests of the emperor, so most of the affairs related to this were in the hands of the great king. For example, the princes and kings, the princes who were given titles or their sons and heirs, as well as the seizure of titles and the cutting of land because of their guilt, were all handled by the Great Hung Lu. When the princes and kings entered the Beijing court to see the emperor, Da Honglu was in charge of the ceremonies; when the princes and kings died, Da Honglu sent envoys to mourn and draft a decree and a nickname. The chief of a vassal state that belonged to the imperial court, and when he received the title or met the emperor, as well as foreign envoys who made contributions, were all ceremonial affairs, and were all undertaken by the Great Hongro.

In some respects, the Great Hung Lu is somewhat similar to the foreign ministers of later generations, except that the foreign ministers of this era are somewhat frivolous.

But the imperial court's edict has been issued, and Xiahou Xuan cannot be allowed to oppose it or not, and all he can do is to return to Beijing to answer his orders.

Guo Huai, the new general of the expedition to the west, was very attentive and enthusiastic about the resignation of his predecessor, and sent a team of nearly 10,000 people to escort Xiahou Xuan back to Beijing.

However, Xiahou Xuan knew that the so-called courtesy was more like a kind of imprisonment, and Xiahou Xuan returned to Beijing except that he did not take a prisoner car, and the other treatment was no different from that of the imperial court.

In view of the fact that Xiahou Ba had already defected and fled the country, Guo Huai did not dare to be careless, so the army that escorted Xiahou Xuan back to Beijing this time was Guo Huai's Yongzhou descendant troops.

However, escorting one person back to Beijing and mobilizing a team of 10,000 people seems to be a bit of a fuss. In fact, this was Guo Huai's secret order from Sima Yi to mobilize Yongzhou's troops to Beijing and send another one.

The team left Chang'an in a mighty way, and the carriage that Xiahou Xuan was riding was wrapped in the flow of people and vehicles, and it was so small that it was almost invisible.

Moreover, Guo Huai also blocked the news of Xiahou Xuan's departure from Chang'an, so the people of Chang'an only saw the Yongzhou army leaving the city, and they didn't know that in this team, there was also the former Yongliang supreme commander in the ranks.

The carriage slowly left Chang'an in this noisy, Xiahou Xuan looked at this familiar city through the curtain, and sighed softly, in Chang'an for five years, this city left the deepest impression on him, but also left endless regrets, now, he can only take this melancholy and dazed, leave here, return to Luoyang.

And the sky in Luoyang is no longer the original sky, Xiahou Xuan doesn't know what awaits him, but it will definitely not be the future of singing and dancing to level the rust, or the bloody ghost head knife.

Maybe Xiahouba's choice is correct, he defected to Shu, at least he can have no worries about his life, and when he returns to the bloody Luoyang, his fate can no longer be controlled by himself.

After fighting with the Sima family for so many years, Xiahou Xuan knows very well what kind of character Sima Yi is, Sima Yi's ruthlessness, that is absolutely unmatched, decades of forbearance and restraint, it can be seen how ruthless he is to himself, as soon as he gains power today, Sima Yi will naturally give the ruthlessness added to him for decades to his rivals, and once the emotions that have been suppressed for decades erupt, it is comparable to a volcano in the eruption.

Cao Shuang, He Yan, Ding Mi, Deng Yang and so on are all ambushed, can they be spared?

Xiahou Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, maybe the day he returned to Luoyang would be the time when he cut off his head, if this is the case, then it would be better to flee to Shu with Xiahou Ba and live for the rest of his life.

However, Xiahou Xuan has never regretted his decision, as the Cao Wei clan, he himself disdains to do this kind of treason to the enemy, even if he flees to Shu, he may not be reused, and in the end he can only die alone and die in a foreign land, this kind of life may not be what Xiahou Xuan wants.

Life is Cao Wei's person, and death is also Cao Wei's ghost, Xiahou Xuan has been determined to martyr Cao Wei's country and society from the moment he decided to stay, and he sees death as home.

Xiahou Xuan glanced out of the car window, there were some people standing sparsely on both sides of the street, as if they were watching the travel of the Yongzhou soldiers, in the crowd, Xiahou Xuan suddenly found a familiar figure, hey, that person is very similar to the personal guard next to Cao Liang, what is his name? By the way, his name is Fang Bu, every time Cao Liang and Xiahou Xuan meet, this personal guard has been standing silently behind Cao Liang, so Xiahou Xuan still has a deep impression of him.

But how did he end up in Chang'an City? Xiahou Xuan couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, but Fang Bu didn't see Xiahou Xuan's car, there were indeed many such carriages similar to Xiahou Xuan's in the army, if Xiahou Xuan didn't show up, it would be difficult to determine which car he was staying in.

Xiahou Xuan seemed to want to poke his head out and shout, but when he saw that there were Yongzhou soldiers with guns and knives all around, he stopped rationally, if he shouted this voice out, not only would it be impossible for Fang Bu to save him, but it would take Shang Bu's life, why bother?

The carriage slowly drove out of Chang'an City, and when Xiahou Xuan looked back again, Fang Bu had already disappeared, he sighed lightly in amazement, Fang Bu appeared in Chang'an, and he must have come on Cao Liang's orders.

Now Cao Liang must have returned to Bingzhou, escaped from Sima Yi's clutches, he sent Fang Bu to Chang'an, there must be something important, but unfortunately now he has become a prisoner of the stairs, and there is no chance to see him again.

Fang Bu wore an ordinary person's cloth clothes, blended in the crowd, and silently watched the Yongzhou army pass by, and the vehicle that Xiahou Xuan was riding in had already been flooded by no one and could not be recognized.

Fang Bu knew that his search was in vain, not to mention that he couldn't find Xiahou Xuan, even if he really found it, what could he do, could he really save Xiahou Xuan from this army?

Although Fang Bu's martial arts are strong, it is impossible for him to retreat from the army, it seems that this time, he is a step late, and he will not have the opportunity to meet Xiahou Xuan after all.