The eunuch who went to Hexi with this group of people was named Wang Daohe, who was the supervisor sent to Hexi by Li Siyuan, the current supervisor of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the five dynasties of the Jiedu envoys had great military power, which was also the main reason for the division of feudal towns and the decline of the imperial court in the late Tang Dynasty. Now, after Li Siyuan stabilized the situation, he also began to send eunuchs as supervisors to restrict and supervise the behavior of military generals.

Li Siyuan, the superintendent of the state, also understood that the Hexi Army's dependence on the central power was only a formality, and the Hexi Corridor and the old Hehuang land were mixed with Hu and Han, and the various tribes were also unruly. At present, the power of the Tang State is far from reaching Hexi, but it still sends a supervision army to Hexi as usual, of course, Wang Dao and this "supervision army" are basically an ornament, whether it is the Tibetan army or the Hexi Han army, it is impossible to obey the command of a "eunuch" sent from the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

The accompanying samurai guards had already cleaned the main hall, and two bonfires had been lit in the open space in front of the mountain temple. Tuoba Ye came to the fire, pulled out a knife from his boots, cut a small piece of roast mutton from the shelf, and splashed a few large drops of melted mutton fat on the fire, and the flames lit up violently, making a sizzling sound.

"I feel that we may have worshiped a fake emperor, this prison army doesn't even dare to station in Weizhou City, it should be that the Qi Wang family is also attached to Jinyang." Tuoba Ye said to Gongre while fiddling with the barbecue in his hand.

"I heard that the two emperors are still brothers, and the leader only recognizes this official document, and it doesn't matter which of them is the emperor." Gong Re said nonchalantly, "I asked someone about the seal on this official document, but it was the same as the original Tang Dynasty, but I heard that Jinyang did not get this heirloom jade seal, and the emperor was sealed by himself, and he couldn't count it." ”

"But this Guanzhong side obeyed Jinyang's orders, and it always felt that something was not right...... Well, it's almost, send these to Lord Wang! Tuoba Ye didn't go any further, picked up a few large pieces of roasted mutton, asked the young officer under his command to send them to Wang Daohe and his men, and then turned to one of his attendants and said, "Bring me the wine on my horse, and everyone drink some to warm up." Milk * Milk bear, the best Fengxiang old wine, you bunnies are cheaper! ”

The young officer came out of the east side hall where Wang Daohe lived, carried a blanket in his hand, came to Tuobaye's side, threw the thing to the soles of his feet, and then took out a knife and cut a piece of roasted mutton and ate it.

"Gao Sheng, what's in there?" The blanket was heavy, and it slammed on the ground with a clang, and Tuoba Ye turned his head and asked.

"Oh, I made a little fortune, and there were a few pieces of broken silver in it, and two copper coins." Gao Sheng picked up the cowhide bag, poured two large sips of wine into his mouth, and then told Tuoba Ye about the discovery of dead bodies in the temple just now.

"There's a big problem here!" The more he listened, the more solemn his face became, and finally stood up and said.

"What's the problem?" Gao Sheng was a little stunned, and Tuoba Ye didn't take advantage of it, and turned to the mountain temple to find Gongre.

"You mean the dead man is suspicious?" Gongre was sitting cross-legged on the leather mattress on the ground, holding a small knife in his hand, and a large piece of roasted mutton in front of him had been almost eaten by him.

"I think so, judging from the remaining clothes, the deceased should be a merchant in the past, this year, the merchant who dares to walk alone on Hexi Road must be confident in his martial arts, and his skills are good, even ordinary thieves and tigers, leopards and jackals can't help him, maybe they are green forest characters. Gao Sheng had already told him in detail about the situation in the hall, and there was no trace of a fight left at the scene, it was obvious that he was killed by a blow, and the person who did it must be a master. Judging from the traces at the scene, the other party only took away the livestock and horses that he was carrying belongings, and the deceased's blanket with money was still there, which proves that the person who made the move was not trying to make money, but did not want to reveal the news. They are in ambush and have bigger plans. Tuoba Ye said, "On this Ganliang Road, it seems that we are the only people who are worthy of such skills to set up ambushes. ”

Hearing Tuoba Ye say this, Gong Reye suddenly felt that things were a little strange, "Damn, who dares to fight Lao Tzu's idea!" He couldn't help but say angrily.

"It's hard to say, this trip to Luodu, the emperor and the prison country rewarded a lot of treasures, and more importantly, we have the Hexi Jiedu envoy seal letter given by the imperial court, and if we get it, we can rule the entire Hexi. The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty, and there will be no shortage of people who covet this thing! Tuoba Ye said.

"What do you say? Lao Tzu rolled over from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, would he still be afraid of a few little thieves? Gongre's eyes widened, "I'm afraid these robbers who have built mountains and villages are tired of being crooked?!" ”

"Those who come are not good, and the people who want to attack our ideas are probably not ordinary robbers." Tuoba Ye said, "After a while, everyone will have to hurry as soon as they are full. ”

"Well, just do as you say, let's set off overnight." Gong Re thought for a moment and immediately agreed, although he is a rough man, but he can survive on the battlefield until now and be promoted to general, but he is definitely not stupid.

The "prison army" Wang Daohe was unwilling to rush overnight, he was pampered in the palace, where he could withstand such wind and frost and hard work, and the bumps of the day had already made his bones almost fall apart, but he just wanted to rest, but he was called up by Tuoba Ye and prepared to leave. However, after hearing that his life was in danger, Lord Wang immediately ordered his subordinates to start packing up.

"Lord Wang, it is not safe for the festival to put the talismans and seals on you, our family will keep them for you for the time being, and when we get to Liangzhou City, I will return the things to you." Tuoba Ye said, and after speaking, he reached out and took Wang Dao and his luggage. Wang Daohe wanted to rob it, but Tuoba Ye was angry, "Donkey Riha, I'm thinking about you, don't be verbose, if you annoy you, I'll throw you into the ravine to feed the wolves!" ”

Tuoba Ye is the captain of the Hexi Army, and his martial arts are outstanding, and Wang Daohe is afraid of annoying him, so he really throws them to the middle of the road, and can only let him tie the bag containing the holy decree, the Hexi Jiedu envoy and the seal letter to his body. Hu and Han people live in the northwest region, the folk customs are fierce, since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the fifth dynasty, there are thieves and thieves, and everyone is careful along the way, so that Tuoba Ye is so tossed, and he is even more worried.

Everyone was still packing up, and before they got on the road, there was a galloping horse's hoofs from the mountain roads on both sides, and Tuoba Ye, who had just got on the horse, couldn't help but change his face when he heard it!

Gongre came to the front and opened his mouth to ask, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's so fast, it's coming, about three hundred to ride!" Tuoba Ye said: "We can't go, tonight is not a good day!" "This mountain temple is on the Qipan Mountain on the north bank of the Wei River, the mountain road is narrow, and the terrain is dangerous. The mountain road leading to the river and mountain leans on the mountain and faces the river, close to the river bank is a cliff dozens of zhang high, the river below is turbulent, like a thousand horses galloping, a group of people only care about the road, did not expect to enter this Jedi.