Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Soldiers Are Coming to the City
Two roads of people and horses went straight to Loulan with great momentum, 10,000 iron horsemen marched quickly along the Peacock River, came to Loulan territory in a few days, and set up camp by the river ten miles away from Loulan City, and then the Roman king and the king of rest personally took the guards to Loulan City, entered the palace to find the king of Loulan to ask for the guilt, and the two kings made up their minds that as long as the king of Loulan said unreasonable, he would wave his army to kill Loulan.
On the top of the palace hall, the old king of Loulan received the two kings.
The Roman king asked, "King Loulan, who has taken my daughter Thirteen Princess Thirteen into your Loulan when she disappeared?" ”
King Loulan has now become a puppet who has been set aside, not only has no cronies around him, but even all the edicts to the outside world must be according to the meaning of the national teacher, the national teacher has long mastered the power of Loulan, if it weren't for the fact that the golden seal of the Loulan people's faith has not arrived, he would have killed the king and the eldest prince Yiquan, the king of Loulan believes that as long as the national teacher does not get the golden seal of the country, Yicheng cannot usurp the throne, and his heart is also waiting for his third princess to come back to save him, although this hope is very slim for him, But he still believes that the third princess will return to Loulan sooner or later to get rid of the national teacher.
King Loulan also knew that there were frequent big cases in the city, and he wanted to send someone to investigate, but there was no one available around him, so he replied: "King of Rome, this king is also very sad about Ling Ai's disappearance, and this king must order someone to find out the truth and rescue Ling Ai." ”
"Humph! I see that you are simply perfunctory to me, I think you have not investigated at all! My people have already inquired in the city last night, and the case of the woman's disappearance is not the first case, but the Loulan royal family ignored it and let the gangsters make waves, King Loulan, what do you want!? ”
King Loulan couldn't say a word, he knew that this thing must have been done by Yicheng, and of course the national teacher would not send someone to investigate, so he fell into the point pointed out by Qianfu, but what can he do now.
Seeing that the king of Loulan did not speak, the king of peace also asked: "King Loulan, we often come and go with your country, and it can be regarded as a country of friendship, but I didn't expect that I kindly sent an embassy to bring jewelry to your country to get good, but I was killed and lost, and all the people and money were lost, you Loulan is really hateful!" ”
The king of Loulan knew in his heart that it was also the national teacher who did it, and he said: "King of Anxi, this king is deeply sorry for such a big incident in our territory of Loulan, and this king is willing to compensate all the gold, silver and jewelry in the country of Anxi. ”
"Reparations? There is a fart, my mission is the elite of our country, and it was killed for no reason, which cannot be measured in gold and silver! ”
"Please give this king some time, and in time, this king will definitely be able to find out the ins and outs of this case."
"Okay, I'll give you three days, if you can't find the real culprit in three days, I'll bloody Loulan City!" The King of Sabbath said.
"That's right, bloodbath Loulan City!" The Roman king agreed.
At this time, the ministers in the main hall were all minions who had been bought by the national teacher, they were the same as the national teacher, no one said a word for the king of Loulan, and the king of Rome and the king of rest frantically threw their sleeves and left.
Yunru heard about this, and thought that if the two kings started to kill three days later, Loulan's men and horses would definitely not be able to stop it, and the people of Loulan would not be able to escape.
"Yunru, it seems that only by finding out the real murderer can Loulan be spared, but we don't have any clues in the two cases, and it is impossible to find the real murderer in three days."
"Yes, what can we do about this, we can't watch the people of Loulan being slaughtered, Brother Zu, think of a way."
"The two kings are determined to take revenge, and they don't have the patience to wait for us to solve the case, so the only way to get the two kings to withdraw from the army is to find out the real culprit."
"Seeing that the two kings are aggressive, how can we listen to persuasion, and besides, our identity is just a mustard grass people."
"In this way, I will first go to the Western Regions Changshi Mansion to find the capital protector and persuade the two kings, and I believe that the two countries will not dare to offend the court officials."
"I don't think it may be useful, I once looked for Lord Duhu, but he said that the current Changshi Mansion can't get the support of the imperial court at all, and only takes Tuntian as a business, and he doesn't bother to ask who is the king of Loulan, even if Loulan is invaded, the Changshi Mansion can't do anything, because it can't recruit troops, think about it, the Great Jin Dynasty is negligent in the management of the Western Regions, and in the long run, it will let the Xiongnu control the Western Regions, isn't it in vain the painstaking management of General Banchao in the Han Dynasty."
"I'm going to give it a try anyway."
"Okay, let's go."
The Western Regions Changshi Mansion is outside Loulan City, the government sits in the north and faces south, it is very magnificent, and the two soldiers at the door saw Zu Ti and the two of them coming, and stopped, Zu Ti said: "We want to find Lord Duhu." ”
"Lord Tsugo-sama is not something you can see casually, go away!" The soldier shouted.
"We are from Gaochang country, and we have urgent matters to see Daduhu, please report."
"No matter where you are, you don't see it!"
"The Western Regions Changshi Mansion is in charge of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, each of which is a subject country of the Great Jin Dynasty, and has always been subservient, if we don't let the people of Gaochang see the protection of the capital, wouldn't the protection of the capital be a waste of the imperial court!"
"What a big breath, who is shouting here!" A man walked out of it
"It's me, a native of Gaochang, who will protect most of you when you have something."
"Look a little bold with your looks, come in." It turned out that this person was the protector of Zhang Jian.
Inside, Zu Ti said: "Dadu Hu, we came to Loulan from Gaochang to study, I heard that there are frequent big cases in the city, and it also implicates the Roman State and the Sabbath State, and now the two countries have sent 10,000 troops to garrison Loulan, threatening to slaughter Loulan in three days, do you want to sit idly by?" ”
Zhang Jian said: "It's not that I don't care, but I don't have the ability, there are only a few dozen soldiers in the Changshi Mansion, how can I have the capital to negotiate with the two countries." ”
"Dadu Hu, after all, you are an official of the Great Jin, and besides, Rome and Anxi are also subject to the imperial court, I believe that as long as you mediate in the name of the Great Jin, the two countries will not dare to fight rashly."
"Then I'll only have one try." Zhang Jian decided to go to see the second king.
Zu Ti and Yunru followed Zhang Jian to the Roman barracks, and after the report, the soldiers said that the Roman king had gone to the resting barracks to drink.
Zhang Jian and a few people came to the rest barracks, and the soldiers heard that it was the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty who came here, and they did not dare to make a time, and let them go in, but Zhang Jian saw that the two kings were drunk in the dark, and they did not match the words before and after, and soon fell asleep on the ground, and Zhang Jian and the others had to return.
The next day, Zu Ti and Zhang Jian went to the barracks again, and the two kings were so drunk that they couldn't be directors, and they had to return.
On the third day, in order to prevent the two kings from drinking again, Zu Ti made an appointment with Zhang Jian to come to the barracks early, but the two kings were preparing to drink in the Roman barracks.
Zhang Jian directly explained the intention, asking the two kings not to be rash and not to hurt the innocent, the king of Rome said: "Today, most of the people are here, and they should have given face, but my daughter was taken captive for no reason, and she didn't give Loulan any color, who will put our Roman country in the eyes in the future!" ”
"Yes, our mission has been completely killed, but Loulan is incompetent and can't get the murderer, so I will count this account on the body of Loulan Kingdom, and each of their people will have to pay the price!"
"The two kings, since Ban Chao, have made a rule, the countries of the Western Regions are not allowed to attack each other, violators will be punished as rebellion, and the imperial court has the right to contact the countries to crusade against him, the two of them don't want to see such a situation." Zu Ti interjected.
"Who are you?"
"I am a little scholar below, but I don't want to see the countries attack and attack, and the people suffer, so I persuaded the two kings to talk about things, and when Loulan captures the murderer and hands it over to you, why do you have to offend the people of Loulan."
The king of Rome did not listen to persuasion: "I don't care, there is still a day today, Loulan country can not catch the real murderer, I will slaughter the city, as for the Dajin court you said, our Roman country can always be courteous, think back then, Ban Chao went to Rome, our ancestors sent 20,000 horses along the way to meet, in order to show the heart of belonging, now my daughter is missing in Loulan, no one is alive, no body is dead, try to ask the Dajin court can preside over justice for me, try to ask if the Dadu Protector can hold the real murderer, if not, this king has to dispatch our Roman iron cavalry to step on Loulan! ”
King Anxi said: "King of Rome, don't give them long-winded, the wine is also disturbed by them, let's go, let's go to the city to gamble twice, have a good time!" ”
It turned out that the two kings loved to gamble, and the king of Rome hit it off when he heard this, and took his close guards into the city.
Zhang Jianshi was weak, sighed and returned to the Changshi Mansion.
Zu Ti and Yun Ru left the barracks, Zu Ti decided to take a risky move, and said to Yun Ru: "Yun Ru, we will enter the city with the second king, I will follow Mao Sui to find an opportunity to take the two kings hostage and force them to retreat!" ”
Yun Ru said: "Big brother, that's too risky, once it doesn't work, it will be irreparable, just now they said that they were going to gamble twice, this is a rare opportunity, as long as they enter the casino, I have a way to force them to retreat!" ”