This is a stone building, there is no courtyard, through a few dark houses, Cui Yao was led to a golden and splendid house, to be exact, the former glory, if you look closely, you will find that the golden ornaments have yellowed and faded, the walls have also peeled and cracked, and along the way, there are very few servants to see, giving people the feeling that this is a dilapidated aristocratic mansion.

"Master, that's them." The servant who led them in bowed and saluted, and Cui Yao found that there was a person sitting behind a curtain, about fifty years old, stocky and short, with a pair of eyes that were extremely flexible. ”

Cui Yao smiled slightly, took out a sapphire ring from his arms, and put it in front of him, Chisoya was surprised, this was a gift he gave to the Tang Emperor at the beginning of the year, how could it be in the hands of this young man, as soon as he thought about it, he understood, he walked quickly to the door, looked outside, then closed the door, turned around and asked in a low voice: "Are you the envoy of the Tang Emperor?" ”

"The official envoy to Bahanna is the young secretary of Honglu Temple, Meng Envoyjun, who was stranded in Broken Leaf and could not come over because of the war, I am his envoy Cui Yao, and the current Broken Leaf Prefecture Hu Cao Shen is in the military, and I was ordered by Meng Envoy Jun to contact your country."

Chisuoya nodded, from the envoy, this is about the same, he just heard that the person came from Chang'an, and guessed that it was the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, but the person who came was too young, and he didn't look like an envoy of a big country, so he had doubts in his heart, and the doubts were eliminated, he smiled and asked: "The envoy Cui wants to see our country."

"I would like to see the king if it is convenient. There are some things I have to talk to the king face to face. ”

Chisoya was a little hesitant, the Samanid family had recently taken control of Bakhana and kept a very close watch on the palace. A look of embarrassment appeared on his face. "Can the Cui envoy wait a few more months?"

Cui Yao pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, I've been delayed in Rohan City for two months. I don't know about the battle situation of Broken Leaves, I am worried that I will miss a big event, and besides, if the matter is not urgent, Wang Dashuai and Meng Yuanjun will not agree to me taking the risk. ”

Chisoya understood what Cui Yao meant. He thought about it again, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! You come with me. “

Cui Yao followed him into an inner room. It looked like a woman's room, but it seemed that it had been uninhabited for a long time, and Chisoya walked to the large closet in the corner, pulled something in the corner, and then pushed it slightly, and the closet immediately slid to the side, revealing a small hole in the wall behind the closet, which was actually the entrance to a dark room.

Chisoya turned around and smiled mysteriously, holding an oil lamp and getting in, and Cui Yao also bent down to get in. A damp, musty smell hits my face. As soon as he entered the dark room, a low sound came from behind him. The door to the dark room closed, and it was pitch black in front of him, save for the faint light in Chisaoya's hand.

"The steps are slippery, so be careful to hold on to the wall." Chisuoya took care of the oil lamp carefully, groping his way forward step by step.

After walking a few steps, Cui Yao found that there was a downward staircase under his feet, in other words, this secret passage leads to the underground, but he doesn't know where it will lead to the palace in the end, is it leading to the palace?

With a hint of excitement, Cui Yao stumbled forward with the faint light, the passage was very narrow, unable to accommodate the two of them walking side by side, the air was full of damp musty smell, especially the ground was very slippery, and he would fall if he was not careful, and he also felt that there seemed to be some kind of creature moving under his feet, which made him suspicious, along the way, Chisuoya was always silent, and was engrossed in leading the way in front, this difficult dark road walked for most of the hour, Cui Yao finally felt the steps up the ground.

"Hold on a little longer, and you'll be there soon."

The more he walked up, the less moisture in the air became, and there began to be ground air, and after walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Cui Yao was greatly surprised, he had been walking upward, at least twenty or thirty zhang, wouldn't this be going to the air?

Squeak! With a bang, there was a sound of the door opening overhead, and a strong light pierced his face, and Cui Yao's eyes couldn't open for a while.

Chisuoya seemed to be adapting, and after a while, he asked, "Envoy Cui, are you adapting now?" ”

"I'm used to it." Cui Yao stepped up the steps in two steps, walked out of a small door, and there was a window hole in front of him, and he was surprised to find that he was really in the air, and he could look down on a large area of low houses, and the small door they came out of was also a wall, which was tightly intertwined with the surroundings, and people who didn't know couldn't see it at all.

"This is the highest tower in the city of Thirst, that is, in the palace." Chisuoya understood Cui Yao's surprise, and he smiled and said, "Let's go!" I take you to our king. ”

The two of them quickly descended the tower fort along the spiral staircase, the royal palace of Bahanna is not large, it is composed of several huge conjoined buildings, there are more than 20 tower forts built on the top, the whole palace is like a labyrinth, overlapping rooms, there are doors everywhere, the layout in the palace is very luxurious, the floor is covered with thick Persian carpets, and you can see the porcelain of the Tang Dynasty, the gold of Byzantium and all kinds of exquisite handicrafts of Dashi.

However, Cui Yao couldn't see this, and after Chisuoya led him out of the tower fort, he went straight to a secret room, which contained only a table, a few chairs, and a few oil lamps on the walls, and nothing else.

"Sit down! I'll be back soon. Chisoya asked Cui Yao to sit down, but he himself went out through a small door, this time it was nearly two hours, Rao Cui Yao was patient, but he finally couldn't help it, he stood up and slowly walked to the small door, it was an iron door, he pushed it, the iron door did not move at all, and pulled it again, boom! With a bang, there was a sound of door locking outside, but the door still couldn't be opened, and he was locked inside.

Cui Yao was stunned, he swept around, there were only two doors in the entire secret room, one was the iron door they came in, which had been locked, and the other was the small door in front of him, which was also locked, and the entire secret room was made of huge ashlars, and there were no windows to escape. In other words, if Chisoa doesn't come back, or something happens. He was trapped in it.

Cui Yao slowly walked back again. Sitting down, he was helpless. Only waited, about another hour and a half passed, and there was still no movement, it should be night now, Cui Yao began to have some panic in his heart. He had a vague feeling that something must have happened to Chissoya. No matter how he is, he will not be allowed to wait so long, if something happens to him, or no one knows, this place will not become his own grave, an inexplicable fear enveloped his heart, he couldn't help it anymore, and rushed to the iron door at once, pulling desperately, and the iron lock was rattling! It rings straight and can't be opened at all.

"Hey! Anyone? There is no one! ”

He let go of his voice and shouted. Voices echoed through the chamber. No one answered, and they shouted nearly a hundred times in a row. His voice was hoarse, no one answered him, and there was no sound of emptiness outside the iron door, and he suspected that he was in the basement.

Cui Yao finally got anxious, he picked up a chair and smashed it towards the iron door with all his strength, bang! There was a loud bang on the ground, the chair was torn apart, but the iron door did not move, he picked up another chair and smashed it with all his might, the chair was broken, but it still had no effect.

"Bastard!" He kicked the door hard, and there was nothing to gain except for a sharp pain, and suddenly, Cui Yao seemed to think of the small door on the ground of the tower, maybe there was some secret passage here.

A glimmer of hope lifted him up, and he pressed against the wall to find almost inch by inch, not sparing the slightest crevice or bulge, digging with the broken wood of the chair, standing on the table and smashing the roof with the chair, and even unscrewing the oil lamp, trying to find the mechanism behind it, and looking for an hour, but still found nothing.

He stood there dumbfounded, his last glimmer of hope cut off, was he going to die in this stone chamber that was isolated from the world? His nose was sore, and his two lines of tears flowed out uncontrollably, and finally he couldn't help but lie on the table and cry, "Grandfather, grandson is not filial, and I will never see you again." ”

The lamp finally burned out, the secret room suddenly became dark, in the darkness Cui Yao wiped his tears, while recalling his short life, he thought of Gu Dai again, that was his first love, his heart was sad and sweet, he was haggard to the extreme, and unconsciously fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, four hours or five hours, Cui Yao was lying on the table in prostration, the hunger and thirst had faded, the fear was gone, the weakness was gone, he didn't feel anything, he just waited quietly for death to come, he knew that something must have happened to Chisuoya.

Suddenly, da-da! There was a very subtle sound in the distance, and Cui Yao sat up teng, is it an illusion? No! No!

Outside the door there was finally a sound of hurried and low footsteps, which he will never forget, and his desire for the world made him leap to his feet, jump off the table, and rush straight to the iron door.

Whoa! There was a sound of unlocking, the iron door was finally opened, and a red light came to him, Cui Yao stopped abruptly, and slowly took a step back, in front of him were dozens of heavily armed big food soldiers, holding scimitars in one hand and torches in the other, like a pack of wolves, staring at him coldly.

Chissoya was already dead, his body lay on the carpet of the hall, and not long after he came out of the chamber, before he could see the king, a thousand soldiers surrounded the palace, and he was tragically killed by a short spear thrown by one of the soldiers.

When Cui Yao was pushed into the hall by dozens of big food soldiers, he saw Chisuoya's body at a glance, face down, a short spear pierced his heart from the back, the blood had coagulated, showing that he had been dead for a long time, the hall was full of big food soldiers, Cui Yao's heart was sad, he broke free from the soldiers who pushed him, slowly walked to the corpse of Chisoya and squatted down, silently staring at this nobleman who was bent on returning to Tang Dibahan, not long ago he was still hating this person, but he was killed to protect himself.

Cui Yao sighed slightly, pulled the short spear out of his body, and rolled him up with the carpet, and the big food army all over the room silently watched his actions, but no one came up to interfere.

"Do you still care about others? Think about how you're going to die! Suddenly a cold voice came from outside the hall, speaking in Turkic, and I saw a man in his forties slowly walking in, he had a hooked nose and a vicious gaze, and he walked into the hall. Immediately, a soldier handed him a handwritten letter from the Tang Emperor to King Bahanna, which had been found on Cui Yao's body.

The man unceremoniously opened the letter, although he couldn't read it, he knew from the seal below that it was a letter from the Tang Emperor. He smiled grimly. He pointed to himself and said to Cui Yao, "My name is Tavir Saman, and I am the leader of the Saman family. Do you speak Turkic? Datang came to spy on the land. ”

Cui Yao snorted coldly, raised his head and said, "I am an envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not a spy." ”

"It's all pretty much the same for me." Saman sat down on the throne of King Pakhana and waved his hand, "Bring him up." ”

In a moment, a young man with a pale face was brought up from outside. He was the king of Bahanna, Cheli, when Chisoa came. He happened to be outside the city to greet the distinguished guests who came from the big meal, and he was not in the palace.

Seeing Cui Yao standing in the hall, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, he had been kept out, but from the soldier's words, he had vaguely guessed that Chisuoya must have brought some important news, but he didn't expect that there was a Tang Dynasty man hidden in his secret room, and his secret room was extremely secret, and he was actually found by the big cannibal, but he didn't know that if the big cannibal didn't find the secret room. Sooner or later, this envoy from the Tang Dynasty will also die in his secret room.

When his gaze fell on the carpet. He suddenly screamed and pounced. "Uncle Chisoya!"

Cheli shook vigorously a few times, only to realize that his uncle had been dead for a long time, Cheli stood up angrily, pointed at Saman and rebuked: "You executioner, Prince Agush has promised me not to kill the Nakhan royal family again, but you dare to commit murder in my palace, I will report to Harry." ”

"He fornicated with the enemy country, he should be dealt with, killing him here is cheap for him, he should be hanged in public!" Saman said viciously.

Cheli's face was pale, his chest rose and fell violently, his eyes stared viciously at the demon in front of him, their family occupied the best land in Bahan, brutally exploiting his subjects, he had endured him for so many years, and now he actually dared to break into his palace without permission to kill people and search, Cheli finally couldn't bear it anymore, he pointed out with a trembling hand, "You get out of here!" ”

Saman took out the letter he had collected from Cui Yao, raised it in the air, and smirked, "You should be fierce now!" When the caliph sees this letter, it's too late for you to cry! ”

He laughed, waved his hand and said, "Take the Tang spy away for me!" ”

"Stop!" Qi Li stepped forward to stop Saman, he pointed at Cui Yao and said: "This is the envoy sent by the Tang Emperor to Bakhana, you are the governor of Shiguo, and you have no right to interfere in the affairs of my Bahanna." Samandi's eyes slowly narrowed, and he said with a sneer: "I tell you what I will do with this Datang spy, I will hang him on the city gate today, and let everyone come to see the Datang spy go down." ”

Cui Yao looked up to the sky and laughed, "You kill!" If you kill me, one day, my Tang Emperor will hang you in the same way at the head of Broken Leaf City. ”

Saman turned around abruptly and whipped Cui Yao fiercely, "Dare to be hard when you are dying, are you really not afraid?" ”

"Phew!" Cui Yao spat him disdainfully, "I, Cui Yao, died for the country, so why am I afraid?" But you are flying and domineering, and sooner or later you will be slaughtered by your landlord. ”

Saman's face changed greatly, Cui Yao's words pierced his heart, he was furious, raised his whip and slashed his face, at this moment, a large group of soldiers suddenly poured into the door, and one of Saman's subordinates ran to report in a panic: "Governor, His Royal Highness Prince Agush has arrived, just outside the door." ”

"You're not right, I'm already in."

I saw a person walking in from outside the hall, with a golden helmet and golden armor, with a lazy smile on his face, it was the governor of Samarkand, Agush.

After the inspection, he will immediately return to Baghdad to report to Rashid, he heard that there was an accident in the palace of Bakhana, so he rushed to inspect the situation, and happened to see the extremely arrogant scene of Saman, Agush is a scholar-type official, his task is to promote Islamic culture and reform the tax system to the east of the Amu Darya River by means of Huairou, but the Samanid family is a large landowner independent of the empire, But it seriously affected the completion of his above two tasks, and also hindered the centralization of the empire, so the containment of the Samanid family was another secret task given to him by Rashid, who was a very strategic emperor. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Battle of Broken Leaves to hand over the security of Palhana to the Samanid family, and thus quietly discovered the true strength of the Samanid family in Palkhana. The rest was for Agush to do. But there is a premise that cannot affect the Battle of Broken Leaves.

Agush was the supreme governor of the land east of the Amu Darya River. Responsible for administration, religion and taxation, these are also the three major functions of the local government of Dashi, although Saman is also called the governor, but he is only a third-level governor, one level behind the Agush. Moreover, under his jurisdiction, the Abbasids inherited the provincial system of the Umayyad dynasty. The entire imperial region is divided into five viceroyalty, the supreme governor is called Amir, that is, the governor, the vast area east of the Amu Darya River belongs to the Iraqi governorate, but because the area of management is too wide, so the caliph has set up two deputy governors under the Iraqi governor, one to manage the area east of the Amu Darya River, and the other to manage Punjab and Sindh, and the governor of Samarkand is one of the deputy governors to manage the area east of the Amu Darya River, which is now Prince Agush. Nevertheless. The territory was still too large, and after Rashid ascended the throne, he set up three governors under him. For example, the Governor of Shiguo, the Governor of Bakhana, the Governor of Bukhara, etc., in fact, they are only equivalent to a governor, and they are given the title of Governor.

Saman also knows this, especially this Prince of Agush also served as the Amir of Damascus, that is, the governor of the second governor's administrative region, with a high status, although the former caliph was removed from his post because he was captured by the Tang Dynasty, but the current caliph Rashid trusted him very much and reused him, so as soon as Agush came in, Saman immediately restrained his arrogance, he stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Saman see His Royal Highness Agush." ”

"You're welcome." Agush waved his hand and said with a faint smile: "The samanid governor is not in Tuzhi City, why did he come to Bakhanna?" ”

"Returning to His Highness, His Majesty the Caliph ordered our Samanid family to temporarily maintain law and order in Bahanna, especially to prevent the Tang Dynasty from spying, and his subordinates did not dare to slack off, so they came to supervise in person." Speaking of this, he pointed at Cui Yao and said, "It's the first Tang spy we captured." ”

Agush's gaze turned to Cui Yao, he slowly walked up to Cui Yao, looked him up and down, and suddenly asked in Chinese that he was not proficient in, "Are you really a spy?"

Cui Yao was slightly stunned, the high-ranking official in front of him could actually speak Chinese, but he was stunned for only a moment, and he immediately raised his voice: "I'm not a spy, I'm an envoy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"What do I say? How could there be spies in the palace of Bahanna. Agush glanced at Saman coldly, stretched out his hand and said, "Take it out!" Letters from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Saman hurriedly took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Agush, who took it and looked at it, his face immediately sank, and he said unhappily: "You are not qualified to open this kind of state letter, you must hand it over to the caliph immediately." ”

"Yes! Be! Saman wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The subordinates don't know that this is the national letter, otherwise they wouldn't dare to open it without permission." ”

Cui Yao's words just now made him vigilant in his heart, and from the tone of the prince in front of him, he sensitively sensed the other party's dissatisfaction, whether this dissatisfaction was his own emotions in Agush, or what the caliph hinted at him, the fox-like Saman immediately faintly felt that Rashid asked him to act as the security of Bahanna, which may not be a good intention, which is not in line with his consistent position of recovering power and returning to Baghdad, this thought together, Saman quickly made a judgment, Agush must not be allowed to catch any more of his truth, and he immediately closed his mouth and said no more.

Agush sneered, then ignored him, and turned to King Khali of Bahhana and said softly: "King Cheli, it is not the caliph's style to search the palace, I apologize to you first, but

Speaking of the word "no more", al-Qush's tone became stern, and he warned Cheli: "However, the caliph's patience is limited, and I hope that the king will not do stupid things that harm the interests of the Great Eater, otherwise the consequences will not be what the caliph wants to see." ”

Cheli lowered his head and didn't say a word, Agush stared at him tightly, if it was peacetime, he would immediately execute this bold king, but now is the time of war, Bahanna can't make trouble for the time being, this matter can only be endured, after a while, he held back this sullen breath, turned back to Saman and said: "This matter is over, this envoy of the Tang Dynasty I will take it to Baghdad, hand it over to the caliph to deal with, and your soldiers will retreat!" ”

Saman didn't dare to disobey the order, and immediately led the soldiers to retreat, but Cui Yao next to him smiled slightly, "Are you going to Baghdad?" I've been fascinated by it for a long time. ”

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