"Hu Kou, immediately take your people to investigate, and the rest of the people will wait for martial law, and return to the ship immediately if there is danger." Xu Yuan immediately pulled out his knife and shouted behind him.

Behind him, a fierce man immediately ran along the road with a dozen people, and disappeared from the road in a short time.

On the calm seaside, only the waves were crashing on the shore, and after two hours, Hu Kou still did not come back, Xu Yuan's heart gradually sank to the bottom, and he was afraid that something bad would happen after so long.

Not long after Hu Kou and a dozen people sneaked along the road, they saw a large area of farmland with many farmers working.

Hu Kou only glanced at it and showed a look of surprise, the clothes worn by those farmers were all Han costumes, even if it was not the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it was also a vassal country of the Tang Dynasty!

Thinking of this, he excitedly walked up and hugged his fists and said, "Everyone, you are polite, may I ask where this place is?" How far is it from Datang? ”

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, those seemingly harmless farmers turned into demons in an instant, and the hoes and rakes in their hands became terrifying weapons.

The people he brought were also captured in one fell swoop, and the sudden change made Hu Kou stunned in place, what was going on, could it be that these people's clothes were robbed?

"Tell me, whose subordinates are you?"

A young officer in his early twenties in armor walked briskly and asked with a frown, "What's going on?" ”

"Lord Lieutenant, we have caught people suspected of being Fuso's fine work, and we are interrogating them!"

A farmer said loudly, both of them spoke in standard official language, Hu Kou hurriedly said: "We are not meticulous, not meticulous, we are people from Chang'an, we were ordered to go to sea, and now we are lost at sea." You are the people of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we have the Queen's decree, which part are you? ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince's people?" The young lieutenant looked at the group of ragged people in front of him suspiciously, it didn't look like it! Although it is a standard Chang'an dialect, Songwen's Chang'an dialect was more standard than many old Chang'an, and now he can speak Chang'an dialect and cannot prove his identity at all.

"You have a will, take it out and I'll see it."

"Yi is aiming to patrol the general, he is now waiting for me to return to my life on the beach, if I don't go back for too long, the general will feel that this island is in danger to continue, and he will leave immediately."

Hu Kou hurriedly said, the captain pouted, no patrol general has ever heard of it, Datang does not have such an official position.

"Lock them up, and Lao Zhang ordered 200 people to follow me to the beach to check them out. Uncle He, you send someone to report this situation to the general, and if we don't come back for a while, you must be ready for battle. ”

The young lieutenant thought about it and ordered, now the monsoon at sea is getting stronger and stronger, and from time to time there are powerful hurricanes, if it is really his own people, watching them go to sea will kill people.

Xu Yuan and the others were already ready to retreat, rowing a small boat to approach the big boat, in their opinion, Hu Kou and his party were dead, and they were not just out to sea, nearly a thousand soldiers were more than generals, and now they have more than 200 people left, although they are brave and good at fighting, each of them is precious, and cannot be consumed in this kind of place.

At this time, a team of people suddenly appeared on the beach, the flag was waving in the wind, and the huge Tang characters showed the majesty of the Tang Dynasty in the wind.

"Yes, it's Tang Jun, it's my own people, brothers, we're home." Xu Yuan said tremblingly, his eyes were already flowing wantonly on his face, and tears rushed out of the furrows on his dusty face.

"Back, home, home!"

"We're home, woo...... Finally home. ”

Everyone choked up, all wept with joy, the oars were waving and ghosting, and those who didn't have oars paddled hard.

When they were close to the sea, some people couldn't wait, they jumped from the boat, the sea water was up to their waists, and they were not satisfied with stepping on the sand, and one of them plunged into the sea and kissed the sand.

Xu Yuan was quite sensible, and after landing on the shore, he asked loudly in front of him: "I am Xu Yuan, a confidant of His Royal Highness the Prince of the East Palace, and I have returned from the sea on order, may I ask where is my brother here, and now in the Zhenguan period?" ”

"I am Shan Xiong, the captain of the Tuntian Institute of the Tang Water Army, and now it is the eleventh year of the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan, and this place is the Fusang Mansion Road under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. Your people say that you have the queen's decree, can you show it to prove your identity? ”

Xu Yuan only felt that the blood was buzzing in his ears, and he muttered: "Fusang has been laid down in four years? Didn't Hou Ye say that it would take ten years? ”

At the end, he came back to his senses and shouted, "Come, go and invite the queen's decree." ”

After a while, Yi Zhi was invited back, Xu Yuan held Yi Zhi in both hands, and roared in a sacred and solemn manner: "Queen Mother Yi Zhi, everyone kneels to receive it." ”

The people behind him knelt down one after another, while Shan Xiong and the others hesitated, and finally stood still, unable to confirm the truth of the holy decree.

"Captain Shan, this edict was given to us by the queen's mother, I can't read it properly, please read it for me!"

Xu Yuan said and knelt on the ground, holding Yi Zhi high, Shan Xiong is a bold person, he stepped forward and took Yi Zhi with two hands alone, just opened it and looked at it, his face changed greatly and shouted: "Everyone kneel to receive Yi Zhi." ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers behind him who were waiting for him all knelt down subconsciously. Shan Xiong originally wanted to read out the Yi Decree, but he still didn't pronounce it out in a trembling state, but asked Xu Yuan with some expectation: "The Empress Niang's Yi Decree is not to return if you don't complete the mission, ...... you Mission accomplished? ”

"Fortunately, we have relied on planting food on big ships in the past two years to be full, Xu Mou said unceremoniously that these three big ships are more important than all the lives of Fusang."

Xu Yuan said categorically, he didn't know how many soldiers and civilians were stationed in Fusang, but he knew that even a million soldiers and civilians could not compare to the grain on the ship, because millions of soldiers and civilians could not let Datang never have a famine and these three big ships could.

"Come, send this edict to General Fang Yuan, and tell the general that the people on the ship have completed their mission, and now there are three ships of grain on the seaside, please show the general. The rest of the people are stationed here with me to protect the grain, and no one is allowed to leave their posts without permission until the military order arrives, and those who violate the order will be executed! ”

Shan Xiong said loudly, all of a sudden everyone was like a great enemy, the sword was unsheathed, and his face was full of fierceness, at this time, whoever dared to approach it was a dead end.

"If there is me on the shore, I can ask the patrol general to board the ship to protect the grain in case of accidents!" Shan Xiong shouted, Xu Yuan nodded and led people on board, he knew better than anyone how important these grains were, so no matter how big the movement was, it was reasonable for Shan Xiong.

(End of chapter)