Li Shun found himself in trouble with the mission.

And it's a super big problem.

When the mission left the resting capital of Apameya, it accepted a Bactria merchant group, so the mission did not directly look for a shortcut to Dawan, but went to Bactria first under the leadership of the merchant group, which was similar to the way they came, but the leader of the merchant group, Bagira, said that taking the mission to a faster and more convenient path would shorten the time a lot, so Li Shun and other mission officials did not pay much attention to it.

At first, everything went well, the mission and the caravan traveled every day from sunrise to sunset, and the officials of the mission also observed with the compass every day, and the direction of travel was indeed Great Xia.

Until one day at the end of April, the mission and the caravan stayed at a small lake to camp and rest, and after dark, Li Shun and several officials had dinner and were going to go to the small lake to swim to refresh themselves, but when they came to the lake, they found that several slave girls that Bagjira had bought in the city of Sabbath were also bathing in the lake.

Although it was dark and it was night, the sound of a few women playing softly and laughing in the water was still full of temptation in the barren mountains and mountains, so Li Shun and the others hid in the grass until a few women finished bathing and went ashore, ready to feast their eyes.

This road has been going for more than two months, the mission and the caravan are actually separated, and the responsibility of the forbidden army is to protect the safety of the mission and others, so whether it is traveling or eating and sleeping, the mission and the caravan are almost isolated, and the only person who communicates with Li Shun on weekdays is the leader Bajila, as for the servants of the caravan and a few female slaves, almost none of them have communicated positively, and Bajira seems to be worried that a few female slaves will be mistaken by Li Shun and others, and they are generally arranged at the end, and they also wear a headscarf to cover their faces during the day, The people of the mission are not visible on weekdays.

As a group of Great Qin officials who are deeply influenced by the etiquette and culture of the Central Plains, the quality of the mission is still very good, not only the forbidden army is carefully selected from the guard and forbidden army, but also the officials of the mission still maintain enough civility and politeness, not to mention the protection fee of ten gold coins from Bajila, so the mission never interferes in the affairs of the caravan, and has no idea of fighting these female slaves.

But on this moonlit night, Li Shun and the others sneakily hid in the grass, several female slaves finished freshening up and went ashore to dress, looking at Bai Huahua's slender body by the moonlight, an official drooled and gently pulled Li Shun's sleeve and whispered: "Lord Li, the one in the middle looks so familiar!" ”

"Fart, how can it be familiar!" Li Shun stared impatiently at a pair of thief eyes and continued to look at death.

"Lord Li, Xia Guan also feels a little familiar, it seems to be the blue-eyed concubine of Antioch......"

"Althea?!" Li Shun suddenly had a bad feeling, and he didn't care about the teachings of Confucius, who was benevolent, righteous, wise, faithful, and incivil, and didn't listen to indecent and disrespectful, so he jumped out in surprise and rushed to a few frightened women to take a closer look, and when he saw one of the beautiful faces that made him remember it through the bright moonlight, he suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Ah...... How could it be you, Athea? Li Shun stared at Althea who was hurriedly covering her body with her skirt, and her mind went blank.

“%￥#……”

Althea was ashamed and scared and hurried to explain, but Li Shun didn't understand a word, and after being stunned for a long time, he came back to his senses, and Li Shun immediately ordered the officials to inform the forbidden army to arrest Bagila and everyone in the caravan for interrogation.

The interrogation was very fast, and the result was not complicated, Bagjira went back and forth between Great Xia and Rest for many years, Althea let her maid find Bagjira, gave him a hundred gold coins, and asked to join their caravan, and then asked that this caravan must follow Daqin's mission to Great Xia, Bagjira knew that this matter was extremely dangerous, but in the face of the temptation of such a large amount of gold coins, Bagjira still gritted his teeth and agreed, and then joined the Great Qin mission very smoothly, but for the sake of safety, he volunteered to be a guide, He led the Great Qin Mission to constantly choose those routes that were not often traveled by business travelers, so as to avoid the eyes and ears of pedestrians.

The next thing is very clear, this caravan has been walking and staying with the mission, and there is no communication between each other's living and life, especially a few female slaves do not meet with Li Shun and others, because the customs and etiquette are different in various places, and the mission does not have the slightest suspicion, so Althea and her three personal maids have been walking with Li Shun's mission for two months, and according to the map, it is almost in Great Xia.

And after figuring out the whole story, Li Shun, the officials of the mission, and the leader of the forbidden army all felt a sense of impending disaster.

No matter how Althea left with them, Antiochus III would place the blame for the abduction of his wife on the head of the mission.

Because this happened right under the nose of Antiochus III, as long as Antiochus III gave an order, the whereabouts of Althea and the mission were as clear as lice on the bald head.

If the guess is correct, perhaps Antiochus III has arranged for his elite army to hunt down the mission.

The reason why they haven't caught up for two months, a group of people can roughly guess, that is, when the mission said to Antiochus III before leaving, he went directly to Dawan and returned to Daqin, but in fact, in order to covet the protection fee of ten gold coins, his group followed Bajira to Daxia.

"Master Li, what should we do now?" A mission official asked nervously.

"The best way to clear up the misunderstanding of King Sabbator is to send Asya back!" The leader of the forbidden army reminded.

"Yes, this method is the best, let the forbidden army work hard, arrange for someone to escort Althea and Bagjira to the official office where they are resting nearby, write down the cause and effect clearly, and let them notify Antioch by themselves, so that the whole thing has nothing to do with the mission, otherwise once we are caught up by Antioch's army, we can't say it clearly!"

"Yes, Lord Li, Your Majesty and the Marquis of Qinghe arranged for us to go to the Western countries, for the sake of good-neighborliness, friendship and trade exchanges, this silent abduction of an emperor's concubine, provoke a misunderstanding between the two countries, I am afraid that I will be punished by Your Majesty when I return to Beijing......"

Several of the mission officials agreed that it was safest and proper to return the beautiful concubine of Antiochus.

"Lord Li, don't hesitate, this matter must be as soon as possible, if we are caught up by Antioch's army, we will be finished!" The leaders of the forbidden army couldn't help but twitch and persuade.

They have a total of more than 100 forbidden troops, plus a total of less than 200 people, including interpreters, grooms, doctors, slaves, etc., and there have been seven or eight scattered along the way, the weapons of the Western countries are indeed not advanced, but they can't stand the crowd, if there are hundreds or thousands of people, the mission will be wiped out in an instant, because here is tens of thousands of miles away from Daqin, everything can only rely on themselves, so the purpose of the mission is to force and never fight, be careful and lucky enough to pick up a small life and go back to enjoy happiness.

But when it came to the stall where he was about to go back to enjoy the blessings, there was a fatal figure mixed in with the mission.

"Master Li, my subordinates know that you can't bear it, but Althea must not stay, have you forgotten Xia Wei's sister Xi, forgotten the praise of the Youwang, and the Xi Shi of the husband...... Troubled ...... I can't keep it! An official of the mission tugged at Li Shun's sleeve and tried hard to admonish.

Li Shun finally let out a long sigh, and decided that it was better to listen to everyone's opinions, and now he is still in the territory of rest, although it is a remote area, but he can still find the local city and government, as long as he hands over Althea, and then makes it clear the beginning and end, this matter will be solved, otherwise the way back is really bleak, maybe at this moment Antioch's army has been guarding the road from Dawan to Daqin.

However, when Li Shun and the interpreter told Althea about his arrangement, Althea wailed and begged Li Shun not to send her back to rest, because if she was sent back, Antiochus III would definitely imprison her in a dark dungeon and torture her every day......

Looking at the tearful appearance of this elegant and beautiful princess of Susa, and looking at the pair of sapphire-like eyes overflowing with tears, Li Shun felt that his heart softened again.

It is indeed possible to be safe to send Althea back to the mission, but after all, Althea was robbed by Antioch, and the purpose of following the mission is also to escape the clutches of Antioch, from a man's point of view, it seems natural to protect such a weak woman.

However, Athea's purpose does not seem to be so simple.

After thinking twice, Li Shun asked: "Althea, you must tell me a sufficient reason for you to follow us and leave the rest, I can't let the entire mission die because of you, if your reason can impress me, I can carefully consider whether to take you and continue to go, otherwise I can only send you to a nearby city and hand over to the rest officer!" ”

In the face of Li Shun's questioning, Althea still told the truth after a long time, she wanted to follow the mission to Daqin, and wanted to beg the Emperor of Daqin to send troops to attack Anxi, and avenge King Susa and her father who were killed by Antioch.

Sure enough, Li Shun remembered the parchment letter that Althea gave him at the beginning.

At first, because of that letter, Li Shun was afraid that Antiochus would find out, so he hurriedly left the rest of the capital, but he never expected that Althea would be so persistent, and he would sneak into the mission with three maids, and he had already traveled nearly three thousand miles.

"Lord Li, Althea begs you, I will be tortured to death by Antioch when I go back now, my father and brother were killed by Antioch, the only belief that supports my life is revenge, if you don't help me, no one in the world can help me, Antiochus is a tyrant, he even killed his own brothers and uncles, all the countries occupied by him were enslaved by him, he doesn't know how many princesses of the kingdom he has robbed and humiliated over the years, I am just one of them, please don't send me back......"

Althea continued to cry and plead, and even the caravan leader who was the translator could not hold back her tears, "Your Excellency Messenger, what Princess Althea said is true, we are also forced to pay a large amount of taxes to Anxi every year, and we have to pay tribute to beautiful women, he is the demon of this land......"

"Get out of the way, believe it or not, I'll give you to the Sabbatarians right now, and tell them that you kidnapped Princess Althea!"

Li Xin kicked Bagjira to the side, and at the same time hated his teeth, if it weren't for this bullshit caravan, the mission would not be in the current dilemma.

Bagira's legs fell to his knees, trembling and pale, begging Li Shun not to do this, and he was willing to give Li Shun all the hundred gold coins given by Althea.

"Gold coins and gold coins~ You know gold coins so well~ Enter your wife, you don't want to baa for money and life...... Beat him up~"

Li Shun was even more angry when he heard the gold coin, jumped up and kicked Bajira on the head and face, and after the beating, he was still angry, and ordered the forbidden army and officials next to him to continue to beat him, and soon Bajila, a burly and strong man, was beaten and rolled on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Do you know that right now, the soldiers of Antioch are searching for us everywhere, and they may have been blocked on the road to Daqin, if we don't hand you and Althea over, we will all die~" Li Shun gritted his teeth and stepped on Bagira's chest and roared.

"Choking~" A forbidden soldier drew the long sword at his waist, "My lord, let his subordinates kill him with a sword!" ”