Yang Chong started the next day, he wanted to wait for the fish to take the bait, but he didn't expect that the first to come was the palace guards, and the king of Kangguo summoned him on behalf of him; Yang Chong was very surprised, Kang Guo was the suzerainty of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, and he could be described as a hegemon after the loss of the generation, and there must be something wrong with summoning him. In a hurry, Yang Chong chose a coral and a string of Puzhu necklaces, let Zhou Qian hold them, followed the guards to the palace, and walked into the main hall, a palace with a huge scale and exquisite structure, and the pillars were all bluestone pillars, carved with flowers.

There were many people in the main hall, all of them looked solemn, Dai Shibi was a middle-aged man about forty years old, sitting on a throne, a high platform covered with blankets, and next to them stood two palace maids, each holding a plate of fruit. Dai Bibi's eyes swept back and forth on Yang Chong's face, and everyone present understood that if Yang Chong dared to move his lips, or if he was not humble and submissive in the slightest, he would be pushed out to kill him mercilessly.

It's a pity that after Yang Chong handed over the credentials, there was no response, Zhou Qian stood with Yang Chong holding the gift, like a lost old sheep, not aware of the danger at all. The two of them just waited quietly for Dai Shibi to speak, the atmosphere was strange and depressing, even the guards were eager for time to be too fast, Dai Shibi finally asked: "Why did the Great Sui envoy come from the Turks?" ”

Yang Chong replied respectfully: "Back to the king, Xia Guan has some official affairs in Shule, so he came directly from Shiguo, and Dasui is also the suzerainty of the Turks. ”

In the first year of Renshou, Emperor Wen of Sui sent Yang Su and others to attack the subordinates of Datou Khan with the assistance of Qimin Khan, three years of fierce fighting, all the tribes under Datou were defeated, and they changed their ways and defected to Qimin Khan, and the Turks were also divided into east and west, and Datou Khan himself fled into Tuyuhun. Now the Western Turkic Luo Khan does not want to see him lose his life, and the attitude of the Great Sui Dynasty is not clear, although it is the suzerainty of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, he still feels like walking on thin ice.

The Great Minister Wendal saw the bad mood of the generation, and asked after the ministers came out: "Lord Yang, what is the Great Sui Mission doing in the Western Regions?" ”

Yang Chong said with an innocent face: "I'm here to find a bloody BMW." I also brought two jewels for the king. ”

After the guards came over to open it, they took the jewelry box and presented it to Dai Shibi, who also understood Wendal's intentions, and there was no need to worry about a Sui envoy, the army of Tong Ye Hu was still on the other side of the medicine and water, and he endured it and passed. After a short period of silence, Dai Shibi asked in a slightly tired voice, "Yang Chong, do you know what a sweaty horse is?" ”

Yang Chongshen gave a bow and replied: "The skin of the sweat and blood BMW is thinner, and when running, the blood flows in the blood vessels and is easy to be seen, in addition, the horse's shoulders and neck will sweat, for the horse with jujube red or maroon hair, the local color will appear more vivid after sweating, giving people the illusion of bloodshed, which is called the sweat and blood horse." In fact, the biggest advantage of sweat BMW is that it is full and graceful, and its pace is light and elegant. ”

Yang Chong said in such detail, Zhou Qian was shocked when he heard it, Yang Chong saw it from the book, or did he really see a bloody BMW? Dai Bi is also very surprised, this kind of sweat is not very clear to many locals, after all, only a small number of people can come into contact with sweat and blood. Dai Shibi cursed in his heart, damn it, how many spies from the Central Plains are there in Samalgan City, and it would be better if foreign merchants were not allowed to come to Samalgan City.

However, Dai Shibi understood that this was impossible, and that the Sogdians had started by doing business, and without business, there would be no city of Samalgan; Thinking of the report I heard yesterday and the legend that Persia fled back to the Han people in the past two years, it can almost be concluded that the Great Sui is trying to open up a route with Persia and Great Qin. Dai Shibi asked in a low voice, "What if, I say no?" ”

Yang Chong said without humility or arrogance: "Back to the king, the Son of Heaven asked us to come to Kangguo to look for sweat and blood, and he did not intend to ask the king. After finding the bloody horse, we brought the warriors who descended the horses ourselves; Of course, if Kangguo's people capture the sweat and blood horse, we also intend to pay for it. ”

Yang Chong said reasonably, but from another point of view, wouldn't it be that if the Great Sui Mission didn't capture the sweat and blood for a day, the Great Sui Mission would not leave Kang for a day, if the Great Sui Mission used this name to wander around the Zhaowu Zhucheng, who knows if it was exploring the route, then what would happen later? Wendal reminded again: "King, we still have two sweaty horses in the barracks, or else?" ”

This is a negotiated routine, and Dai Bi pretended to be abrupt and said, "Is there one?" If you want to, you will take it away from the Great Sui Mission, which can be regarded as a little wish I gave to Emperor Ming of Sui, and remember to match it with two good men who specialize in raising horses. ”

Yang Chong hurriedly knelt down and thanked, "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Wendal was naturally responsible for the rest, and when he arrived at the rented house, Yang Chong gave the rest of the jewelry to Wendal, who was slender and long, shrewd and capable, glanced at it, and saw that it was all things from the Sui Kingdom, and it was estimated that it was worth four or five hundred taels of gold in Kangguo, so he skillfully accepted it, and in a blink of an eye, these jewels disappeared into Wendal's robe. Yang Chong asked: "Prime Minister Wendal, the lower officials are in a fog until now, what happened?" ”

Wendal said in Chinese: "Last night, the two generals, Furi Zhao and He Huxie, went to see the king, and I don't know what he said, and the king lost his temper at once, and it is said that he broke several vases. Lord Yang, the sweat and blood BMW is in hand, why not return to Chang'an as soon as possible, some things are better than knowing. ”

Yang Chong asked Shi Daqian and Duhu Yanshou to take ten of them, and followed Wendal to the barracks to receive horses, Yang Chong and Zhou Qianyi combined, and Blowing Lvzhao and He Huxie must have said some of the behaviors of the Great Sui Mission, so that Dai Lost Bi couldn't stand it. This shows that Dai Shibi is under tremendous pressure, and the two of them naturally think of the Guiniao incident, Dai Shibi must know about Guiniao, so he will be suspicious of the people from Da Sui.

Yang Chong and Zhou Qian both meant to accept it when they saw it, Kang Shiyuan's home may be a trap, and they will leave the city if they can't wait for the return bird to contact them within three days, not this time, and they can send someone next time. But Shi Daqian, who came back from watching the horse, disagreed, and Shi Daqian categorically vetoed: "Our task is to find the return bird and get the formula, which is related to the fate of the country, tonight, I will try it once." ”

"Try it once." Yang Chong said with a smile: "In Kang Shiyuan's family, there are estimated to be more than a dozen servants, you go and ask one by one?" If it's a trap, you're throwing yourself into the trap and we're all going to die together. ”

"So what do you say? Leaving like this? Shi Daqian's tone weakened a little, and he was still unwilling; Yang Chong said calmly: "Tomorrow Mr. Zhou and I will visit the six families one by one to say goodbye, and finally go to Kang Shiyuan's house. Shi Daqian, you have to remember that when the monks returned to the Central Plains, the passage was safe, and Gui Niao did not come back at the same time, nor did he hand over the things to the monks, which means that Gui Niao had ideas. ”

In the evening of the next day, Yang Chong and Zhou Qian went to the six houses of Fulu Zhao one by one to visit and say goodbye, only Abu was not at home; The structure of each family's house is similar to that of the house rented by Yang Chong, at most there are some differences in decoration and local transformation. Kang Shiyuan's family was having dinner, and after listening to Yang Chong's intentions, like Cao Xiang and others, Kang Shiyuan expressed his regret and was surprised that Yang Chong left in a hurry.

The Kang family has nineteen people from top to bottom, and there is not a single Han Chinese; Yang Chong greeted them one by one and offered to visit the Kang family with great interest. Kang Shiyuan didn't mean to stop at all, and led Yang Chong upstairs and downstairs for a walk, Zhou Qian was an entourage, so he had to stay in the living room and wait; Kang Shiyuan's house is also an ancient Roman-style flushing toilet, Yang Chong borrowed it, looked carefully at the gaps in the stone wall, and there was nothing.

After a peaceful night, the bird still did not appear, early in the morning of the third day, Wendal brought a thousand cavalry, escorted Yang Chong and his party and two sweaty horses out of Samalgan City, the two good horse keepers turned out to be Cao Pair and Abu, the group returned along the same road, after the Beidu medicine and water, the camp of Tongye Hu was really still there, and the wolf flag was fluttering.