The two of them were overjoyed in their hearts, but they couldn't show it, and they couldn't tell Song Jiangong about it. Because once Song Jiangong was informed, the fact that he had eyeliner in Chengdu City was exposed, which inevitably aroused suspicion. If Wang Yuan is dead, when he is held accountable afterwards, any clues may lead to burning.

Therefore, even though the two of them wanted to inform Song Jiangong of the news and let Song Jiangong take his soldiers and horses back to Chengdu quickly, they had to weigh the pros and cons and kept silent.

At that moment, Wang Ji and Luo Xixiao ordered to be pulled, and under the escort of Song Jiangong's 2,000 soldiers and horses, the brigade marched out of the west gate of Yazhou City to the border. Ten miles out of the city, the terrain changed abruptly. Beyond the rows of windproof poplar forests is the Gobi Desert, which stretches for dozens of miles. Although it has not yet entered the desert area, the Gobi Desert is desolate and barren, and the ground is full of gravel and gravel, except for a few tenacious dwarf trees and shrubs and wild grasses. At the end of the Gobi is an endless desert.

But this situation did not make the two Qincha feel unhappy at all, on the contrary, they were in a good mood, and they were actually happy with the scenery on the Gobi. Wang Ji racked his brains to make two poems: Shafei is like a curtain, and the clouds are suspicious at night. Luo Xizao stroked his hands and praised it, saying that these two sentences have the style of Wang Majiebian's poems, and after returning to the capital, he must give these two poems to the scribes in Chang'an for evaluation.

Wang Ji stroked his beard and smiled, his mouth was silent, and he was extremely proud in his heart.

In the evening, more than 30 miles deep into the Gobi, we are about to reach the last town on the edge of the desert. Although it is still more than 20 miles away from the border, the defense system of the western border of the Tang Dynasty can reach the edge of the Gobi. After the Gobi Desert is the desert area, there is no defense system, on the contrary, it is possible to build a beacon fortress on the Gobi Desert, and build an early warning defense system along the border. Once an enemy attacks from the desert, these beacon fortresses can be lit to alert the border towns, and they can also have some defensive functions.

And the last town about to enter the thirty miles west of Yazhou is actually a small military town. The main function is to provide supplies of grain, grass, water and other materials to more than 20 beacons within its jurisdiction, as well as a transit place for soldiers in shifts. The soldiers and horses camped in the military town to rest, and according to the plan, they entered the desert area early tomorrow morning to take a turn, and completed the Yazhou border patrol, and then went directly to the south, all the way to Wangzhou.

After dark, Wang and Luo Xizao drank wine in a decent earthen house in the center of the military town. Although the journey on the Gobi Desert is not far, it is also extremely hard. The two of them have back pain, and they hope to drink some wine to relieve their fatigue, sleep well tonight, and meet tomorrow's harder trip. The two had just drunk two glasses of wine and were talking quietly about some secret things, when the Nanya guards outside the house came in to report that the Jiannan soldiers and horses had asked Song Jiangong to see him.

The two hurriedly sent a message to General Song to come in, and Song Jiangong hurriedly entered the house with an anxious look on his face to meet the two messengers.

"Wang Shangshu, Luo Yushi, the lowly position has to disturb the drinking Yaxing of the two Qincha, because the lowly position has something important to report."

Wang Ji smiled and said, "What is Yaxing." It's just two glasses of wine to quench your fatigue. General Song led the soldiers, and military discipline did not allow him to drink alcohol when leading the army, so he did not invite General Song to drink two glasses, and I hope to forgive me. But I don't know what to report? ”

Song Jiangong frowned and said, "Just now, Jiannan Jiedu sent a messenger from the Yamen to gallop in the starry night to deliver a message. said that last night there were Nanban assassins in Chengdu City, and they assassinated the new Jiannan Jiedu on the Sanhua Tower to make Wang Yuan successful. ”

"Huh?" Wang Ji and Luo Xizao's acting skills are first-class, with expressions and eyes, open mouths, stiff bodies and arms that show perfect shock.

"Is there such a thing? What happened last night? Isn't that what happened when we first arrived in Jazhou? What happened to the king's envoys? Roshizao shouted.

"The messenger said that Wang Jiedu had been seriously injured and dying, and the city was in chaos." Song Jiangong frowned, and his face was gloomy.

"Oh, why is this happening, how is this good?" Wang Ji smashed his palms again and again and sighed.

"The lowly came to meet the two messengers on the basis of this news to discuss the itinerary. In view of the information I have received, the city of Chengdu is now in chaos, and I, as the soldier and horse envoy of the Jiannan Army, have to rush back to Chengdu City immediately to sit in the town, stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, and direct the arrest of the murderer. Once the injuries of the envoy Wang Jiedu are gone, I am worried that there will be chaos. Song Jiangong said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, General Song should immediately return to Chengdu to stabilize the situation and take command. Not only to go back, but also quickly. Wang Ji waved his palm.

Wang Ji and Luo Xixiao were both happy in their hearts, they could finally get rid of Song Jiangong's tail, this guy led two thousand soldiers and horses to follow him, and he was always a burden and a threat. In fact, after learning the news of Wang Yuan's assassination, Wang Ji and Luo Xizao's first reaction was to immediately walk around in a so-so manner and quickly leave Jiannan Road to return home. But because Song Jiangong led the troops and horses to follow, he couldn't show that he was in a hurry to leave, so he had to slowly swallow the inspection according to the plan. Now it's okay, if Song Jiangong leaves, he will go to the border tomorrow to take a turn, and there is no need to go to Wangzhou, just take a detour to the east and return to Beijing from Jiannan Road. Don't stay long in the place of right and wrong, so as not to have many dreams at night.

Song Jiangong gratefully bowed his hand and said: "Thank you for your forbearance, however, I suggest that the itinerary of the two chins should be modified." After I returned to Chengdu, the two Qincha were unescorted, which was a troublesome matter. Or shall I leave some soldiers and horses behind and send an adjutant general to lead the army to continue the journey with the two messengers? How to decide, let the two Qincha decide. ”

Wang Ji hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, you can bring back all the soldiers and horses you lead." The army of Jiannan is far away in Yaozhou to rest, and the number of soldiers and horses in the city is insufficient, and if you want to stabilize the situation and arrest the murderer, you need a large number of soldiers and horses. Luo Yushi's itinerary and I remain the same, but didn't Wang Taishou say it? The border around Yazhou is stable, and there will be no danger. We have more than 200 Nanya guards to escort us, which is enough. General Song returned to Chengdu to preside over the overall situation with peace of mind, so he didn't want to be distracted and take care of us. ”

"Yes, yes, we were shocked to hear the news of the assassination of Wang Jiedu. Originally, Wang Shangshu and I should have rushed back to Chengdu City to visit. But after all, we have the emperor's order, and we don't want to cause trouble for you, so we can't go back to Chengdu with you. After General Song returned, he remembered to send someone to inform us of the situation of Wang Jiedu's envoy. If Wang Jiedu is unharmed, we can also rest easy. As for the itinerary of the two of us, General Song doesn't have to bother. ”

Song Jiangong bowed and said: "Even so, the lowly post will not say more, the lowly post will rush back to Chengdu in the starry night, and the humiliation cannot accompany the escort two." The two of them took care. ”

Wang Ji and Luo Xixiao returned the salute, Song Jiangong quickly turned around and went out, and soon after the people outside called the horses neighing, and it was obvious that the escorted Jiannan soldiers and horses had already begun to pull out the whole team.

Wang Ji and Luo Xi looked at each other and smiled, Wang Ji stretched out his hand and said, "Luo Yushi, are you still drinking this wine?" ”

Luo Xixiao smiled and said: "Of course I want to drink, I am now in a good mood, and I want to drink a small jar again, could it be that Wang Shangshu doesn't want to drink it?" ”

Wang Ji laughed and said, "Drink, drink him drunk." ”

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A few hours ago, Liu Jun led hundreds of personal guards and cavalry out of the southern city of Chengdu with great fanfare in the name of arresting assassins. Wang Yuan was dressed in a personal guard costume and pretended to be a personal guard cavalry with a mustache and unknowingly mixed out of Chengdu. After leaving the city, hundreds of cavalry began to gallop towards Yazhou in the southwest.

Yazhou is eighty miles away from Chengdu, everyone does not stop all the way, when Wang Ji and Luo Xixiao are drinking endlessly in the town thirty miles west of Yazhou, Wang Yuan and the cavalry led by Wang Yuan are galloping under the moon, and they arrive in Yazhou before the second watch.

But instead of entering Yazhou City, they rested in a small village ten miles south of the city. When they set off at dawn the next day, there were dozens of camels carrying supplies and a few local guides, who had quietly prepared the manpower and supplies after Song Jiangong arrived in Yazhou, and placed them in this small village ten miles away to wait for Wang Yuan and the others to arrive.

Tianming continued westward to the Gobi Desert. At noon, the team arrived at the junction of the Gobi and the desert in the southwest of Yazhou, and beyond that was the vast desert sea.

Wang Yuan ordered to dismount and rest, and everyone stopped their horses in the shade under the bushes on the edge of the desert to rest, drank some water and ate some dry food, and sheltered from the scorching midday sun by the way. Wang Yuan spread out a map in the shade of the bushes, and several guides were summoned to listen to Wang Yuan's instructions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are some things that need to be explained before entering the desert. The desert is a place of death, this is not a joke, so everyone must remember the words of these guides, they are all masters of entering and leaving the desert, and I and you will listen to and be taught. Wang Yuan said.

Everyone nodded again and again, everyone knows the danger of the desert, this is the sea of death, many people enter and never return, so the reason why there are few garrisons in Yazhou is that even the Tibetan people are good at living in the desert Gobi, it is difficult to cross hundreds of miles of sand sea.

Wang Yuan smiled and bowed to a local guide with a white scarf on his head: "Please tell us what we need to pay attention to when entering the desert." ”

The old man was at least in his early sixties, his face was tanned, his body was thin and small, as if he had been dried in the desert and Gobi for a long time, but he was in good spirits and spoke loudly.

"The military master is polite, the old man will tell you a simple thing, in fact, it is not so terrible, just do what the old man says."