The wailing sounded seven times and continued until the end of the hour. After Wei Xu and Gao Chongan met in the county government, they went to the palace early in the morning to wait for the decree, Gao Xun went to the west of the city to welcome Ye Xin into the city, and Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) continued to interrogate the people of the Red Light Building on the unfinished interrogation last night. At about the beginning of the time, the officials outside the hall came to report that Tang Zhao had something to see.

I thought there were other royal guests traveling with me, but I saw Tang Zhao coming alone:

"Brother Tang is here today, I don't know what is going on?"

Tang Zhao gave a slight salute and said casually:

"General Wei, the envoy handed the name to the foreign deacon's mansion yesterday, King Xian personally promised to meet the envoy today last night, but this morning I heard the news that the queen mother suddenly returned to the sky, and the king of Xian has no intention of summoning him so far, and the envoy Gu came to ask General Wei for a favor, I don't know if I can ask the palace for the envoy what King Xian means, if it is inconvenient during the state funeral, the envoy should also have a preparation, so as not to miss the deadline of the marshal."

"Hiss......" Bai Liyan frowned and thought for a moment, but he didn't think deeply, and then he said: "Since the name card was voted to the Foreign Ruling Mansion, Brother Tang can go to the Foreign Ruling Mansion to find the Foreign Ruling Mansion and the officials of the Foreign Ruling Mansion, and come to Wei to spread the news, which is neither reasonable nor legal, and it will inevitably be suspected of trespassing if it is spread out." ”

The foreign envoy is an important official in charge of the country's foreign affairs, which can be permanent or not permanent, and is under the jurisdiction of the state administration and is led by the prime minister.

After the defeat of Jiangdong, the post of foreign envoy was vacant for a long time, and after the Black Turban Army invaded the Xian country, the king of Xian appointed Xun Mu, the political envoy, as the foreign envoy, responsible for the princes and diplomatic work, and was directly responsible to the king of Xian himself. During the funeral period, the foreign consul office is an important foreign organization to undertake the condolences of various countries, and there are only a lot of personnel, Tang Zhao went to the county guard office to find Bailiyan to ask the palace for news, which is neither legal nor reasonable.

At this time, Tang Zhao said helplessly:

"General Wei doesn't know anything, except for the errand officer, there are no officials in the foreign deacon's office."

"No one? What about the Inner Governor's Office? ”

"There was no one on duty, so I had to ask Tang to ask General Wei for help."

"Shhh...... Lang Guan didn't either? ”

"No, there is indeed not a single official on duty."

"It's weird, are they all in the palace for funeral?"

The specifications of the funeral vary from person to person, the king is the first-class honor guard, the spouse and queen are equal or slightly lower, the side concubine is lower than the main room, the concubine and concubine are one or even two or three classes lower, and even the funeral is exempt from the worse one.

The rest of the important ministers and civil and military officials enjoy different levels of funeral courtesy according to their previous merits and positions.

For example, when the uncle Kuozhi funeral, it was presided over by the King of Jin himself, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military lines bowed three times and bowed nine times, enjoyed the imperial bronze ritual and jade seat, and was buried on the right side of the royal tomb, next to the tomb of the King of Jin, which was the courtesy of the current etiquette system higher than that of the marquis.

Now, according to Tang Zhao, the outer and inner deacons are empty, and even the lowest level of Lang officials are nowhere to be found, and such a situation can only occur after the death of the king.

As a rule, when a king dies, the officials of the capital are to mourn. Officials from inside and outside the court need to enter the palace to listen to the announcement, and other officials in the capital go to the palace gate early in the morning to go to the palace gate to knock three times and knock nine, and worship all the people to come to the court to give a big gift, which is the specification of the king's level.

Even if the queen mother returns to heaven, there is no precedent for officials of all sizes to perform the great gifts of all the people. What's more, King Xian has a grudge against the queen mother, the national strength is weak, the political situation is unstable, where can the vast majority of the capital officials be transferred to hold a grand funeral.

But Bai Liyan thought about it again, could it be that it was the arrangement of Uncle Guang, who deliberately raised the specifications of the Queen Mother's funeral to stabilize people's hearts and win over some of the Queen Mother's party.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan continued:

"Brother Tang, during the Queen Mother's funeral, there are a lot of state affairs, and the king must not be able to take care of it, even if Wei goes at this time, I'm afraid it won't help. I think it's better to wait a little while and wait for the county guard to return to the house, and then discuss it. ”

"When will Master Wei return?"

"Lord Wei's governor is in the tomb, martial law is bound to be imposed during the funeral, Lord Wei and Sima of the city should be the first officials to leave the palace, you might as well wait for Lord Wei to ask about the situation in the palace after returning to the house, and then enter the palace to meet the king."

During the state funeral, martial law was imposed in the capital, and all entertainment venues in the capital, such as brothels, wine shops, wine shops and even teahouses, stopped all business activities, officials banned alcohol, Baixin banned killing, workshops were not allowed to sell colored goods, and everything had to be done according to the rules.

Wei Xu, as the county guard of the capital and the chief administrator of the Lingling, has the responsibility to coordinate the various prefectures and government offices to clean up the entertainment venues, implement martial law in the whole city, and prevent people from making trouble during the state funeral, so he should be the first group of officials to enter the palace and leave the palace.

Tang Zhao looked up at the sun, felt that the time was not early, and thought that he should always come back before noon, so he did not object, and then sat down. Bai Liyan also had no intention of continuing to try the case, and asked about Song Jie, Gu Shan and others:

"Brother Tang, Song Jie's brothers are good now."

"Song Jie, Gu Shan and the Ma family brothers are on the way to Qianyue Mountain, and Fang De and I are ordered to escort the envoys."

"I see." Bai Liyan twisted his short beard, and in a blink of an eye, he remembered the past two years ago when he and Song Jie, Fang De and others exterminated the horse thief Huo Xing, and couldn't help but think of what Song Jie and Tang Zhao did when they went to the Changsun Kingdom in the end.

At that time, I had always wondered why Qin Han secretly consulted with the horse thief Huo Xing to rob and kill Song Jie, Tang Zhao and others, but now seeing that Tang Zhao and Fang De were reused by the royal guests, people couldn't help but suspect that they must have had an important mission at that time.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan asked carefully:

"Brother Tang, there is something Wei has been puzzled about, I don't know if Brother Tang can know a thing or two."

"General Wei, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Tang Zhao gladly accepted.

"Back then, the horse thief Huo Xing had always had a question. Huo Xing knew that Brother Song, Brother Tang and others were royal guests, so he had to rob and kill them halfway, and then evacuated halfway for unknown reasons.

At that time, Wei had suspicions, suspecting that Brother Song and Brother Tang must be carrying treasures, otherwise they would never have been killed. It's been two years now, and I don't know if Brother Tang can solve the confusion. ”

"Oh, that's what it was. Actually......" Tang Zhao paused, took a shallow breath and continued: "Actually, it's a letter. ”

"A letter?"

"Exactly, I was sent by the main hall at that time to go to Sun Kingdom to check a flying stone outside the sky, and escorted it to the Ligong faction."

According to Tang Zhao, he and Song Jie and others went to Changsun Country to see a flying stone outside the sky, which was about the spring of 625 in Shengyuan and fell in Changsun Kingdom.

Meteorites were once regarded as ominous objects by Changsun Kingdom, especially at that time, most people had no objective understanding of magnetic substances, and only thought they were mysterious powers. After the Ligong faction learned the news, they sent people to Changsun Country to check, and it was determined that it was a huge extraterrestrial magnet, and the Ligong faction did not say anything at that time.

Because most of the current magnets come from mining, there is a lot of chance, and magnets have not yet been found to be used for guides, power generation and other functions, so they are basically useless. However, after the Gonggong faction obtained the magnet, it was used for mechanical operation, and such a large giant magnet was naturally not to be missed. For this reason, he made an appointment with the royal guest to send someone to escort the meteorite to avoid being robbed by others.

Although magnets are not very useful nowadays, not every time a stone flies out of the sky, it is necessarily a stone.

In the past 2,5600 years, a total of 48 times have been recorded in the history of the occurrence of diamonds, large or small, the smallest is the size of grapes, the largest is said to be bigger than a fist, the most recent is 56 years ago, a meteorite fell to the country, bringing an egg-sized transparent hard crystal, identified by the Ligong faction as diamond.

Such a huge meteorite, Changsun Guo did not react, most of them were lonely and unheard, and they had never heard of diamonds appearing in flying stones outside the sky, in case when Changsun Guo had a blood rush, detained the meteorite or even destroyed it to find diamonds, it would be all over.

So there was a Gonggong who sent an appointment with the royal guest to escort the meteorite out of the Changsun Kingdom.

According to Tang Zhao's description, this meteorite has extremely strong magnetism, which is completely different from the magnetic iron ore obtained under natural conditions. A person can easily suck away the iron tools carried by a person from a foot and a half away, and it can only be removed without the combined efforts of three strong men.

Based on this, Bai Liyan judged that this meteorite should contain some other magnetic rare earth compounds, and if it was a simple iron-based magnetic meteorite, it would not have such a large magnetic force.

This meteorite weighs more than 150 stones, the whole body is magnetic, although the Gonggong school specializes in hundreds of craftsmen, and also has a certain study of astronomy, but such a huge meteorite, and magnetic, is a rare treasure, ironclad to be transported back to the main hall for mechanical labor.

Hearing this, Bai Liyan couldn't help but wonder, this Qin Han secretly communicated with the horse thief Huo Xing, is it just for this letter? But even if you get the letter, you can't get the meteorite?

"Forgive Wei for taking the liberty of asking, after Brother Tang, Brother Song and the others went to the Eldest Sun Kingdom, can they be familiar with the people who watch the flying stones?"

"I'm not familiar, the main hall sent Gu Mou, Song Jie and others to escort them with them, and secondly, they also want to transport the remuneration paid by the Ligong faction back to the main hall."

"So, Brother Tang and the others are royal guests who belong to the main hall?"

"Exactly, although the royal guest is all over the world, but the main hall is the foundation of the royal guest, every year a large number of disciples come to the main hall with the master to receive ordination, so the main hall stays behind a large number of direct subordinate royal guests to serve. At the same time, most of the external contacts should eventually be subsumed into the main hall, and if the main hall is sent, it is more convenient to mobilize the main hall first. ”

"In this way, Brother Tang went to escort the flying stones outside the sky, and he also had the warrant of the main hall with him."

"Exactly, at that time, I had half a piece of the warrant, and only when the two pieces of the warrant were combined, the goods could be on the road."

Most of the orders are male and female, and the left and right sides are half in one. Different from the single form of the tiger talisman, the male and female body talismans are different in appearance, and there are any shapes, but whenever the royal guest participates in major actions, the main hall order is combined.

At that time, Tang Zhao carried half of the order with him, which was in line with the other half of the order held by the eldest grandson Guo's royal guest, so that things could be transported on the road.

Bai Liyan pondered that Qin Han must have deliberately robbed and killed Tang Zhao, Song Jie and others for the sake of this half of the order. The reason why they were not killed was probably that once Huo Xing found this half of the talisman from Tang Zhao, he would immediately know that Tang Zhao and the others had a huge mission from the Imperial Guest Hall, which was enough to make thousands of Imperial Guests dispatch to bring them to justice.

Therefore, Qin Han intended to injure Tang Zhao and make him enter Guangxin City to recuperate, and then find a way to secretly steal this plate of tokens, preemptively connect them with the Changsun Kingdom Yuke, and trick the Changsun Kingdom Yuke into the trap to annihilate it, and take away this meteorite.

But people are not as good as heaven, but unexpectedly, Bailiyan robbed Song Jie, Tang Zhao and others halfway, and finally annihilated Huo Xing and others all the way, Qin Han had to finally give up.