Chapter 171: Into Tibet
Against the sky: "Ting'er rarely goes out to teach without authorization, counting this time is the third time." The first time I happened to be in distress, I went for eight years without a sound, and when I came back, I was as tall as me. The second time was when she slipped out by herself, and she didn't even reply to a letter once in a year and a half, and only came back yesterday. The third time was this morning, and I don't know how long it has been this time. ”
Duan Siping smiled: "Ting'er has also grown up, she will take care of herself, and she doesn't have to worry too much about being an adult." When she gets tired of playing, she will come back by herself, so let it be. ”
Against the sky, he smiled and nodded: "What the emperor said is extremely true. ”
Duan Siping got up and said, "The widow will leave here, and the abrupt trip will disturb the sect leader." ”
Against the sky, he got up and said: "The emperor is serious, I implore the emperor, the crown prince, the prince, the Xiangguo and the two uncles to rest in the cold house." ”
Duan Siping politely refused: "I'm so tired of waiting for state affairs, and I can't stay if I want to, I'm really ashamed." If you find a good day, you will definitely come back again. ”
Against the sky: "Welcome the emperor's holy drive at any time." ”
Duan Siping smiled and nodded, turned around and walked out of the main hall. Everyone followed out, and sent Duan Siping out of the gate against the sky, and after seeing Duan Siping and others leaving, they were sweating profusely.
Duan Siping was not fast, as if they all had a lot of thoughts, and they were silent.
Duan Siliang said: "Brother Huang, how do I think that this anti-heaven movement has changed too much, as if it were two people?" Among the group, only he and Duan Siping had talked about tea with anti-heaven, and the two of them still knew a lot about anti-heaven.
Duan Siping nodded and said, "I do feel this way, but it is inconvenient to speculate." ”
Duan Siliang immediately thought to himself and stopped talking. Everyone walked for a while, and Duan Siliang said: "How can you be so skillful, you just came back yesterday and went out early this morning?"
Duan Siping turned his head and asked a general behind him, and said, "General Wang, the sentry lying in Weishan City may find out the whereabouts of the young master of the Qiankun Sect?"
This General Wang was originally the leader of a certain department in the east, his full name was Wang Meng, who followed Duan Siping to make great contributions, and was one of Duan Siping's right-hand men, and was very trusted by Duan Siping. Since Duan Siying, Yang Huo, and Yang Rui met Yaojia by chance in the stone forest, they learned that the sister Yaojia claimed to be very similar to Duan Siying. Duan Siying ordered Yang Huo to look around to find out who this sister in Yaojia's mouth was, and after Yang Huo's investigation, he learned that this sister in Yaojia's mouth was Liu Tingting, the young master of the Qiankun Sect. Duan Siying played this matter to Duan Siping. Duan Siping was ecstatic to receive this news, this was the first time he had news of his daughter Duan Siyi in more than 20 years. Two orders were immediately made. One purpose, so that Duan Siying, Yang Huo, and Yang Rui must visit Liu Tingting and invite them back to the palace for further verification. One purpose is that Wang Meng, the general he trusted, personally led people to sneak into Weishan City to guard, and if he saw Liu Tingting returning to Wuxuan Palace, he would immediately return to it. It's a pity that Duan Siying has lost Yaojia's whereabouts, although there was a chance encounter, but she lost it for no reason. Duan Siping was worried about the chaos in the east and Duan Siying's safety, so he ordered the three of them to return to the palace. In addition to being disappointed, he received Wang Meng's recital and learned that Liu Tingting had returned to Wuxuan Palace yesterday evening. Immediately led Duan Siliang, Dong Jialuo, Duan Siying, Yang Huo, Yang Rui and others out of the palace to Qiankun Sect Wuxuan Palace, it was late at night when they arrived at Wuxuan Palace, and it was inconvenient to disturb the anti-heavenly travel, so they rested for the night in the city. The purpose of Duan Siping's trip is to see for himself whether Liu Tingting is really his daughter Duan Siyi, who has been separated for more than 20 years. I couldn't sleep all night, and I hurried to the Wuxuan Palace early this morning, who knew that I missed it again, and it was inevitable that I would regret it in my heart. After listening to the story of saving Liu Tingting and the description of Liu Tingting, most of the people in my heart were sure that Liu Tingting was his daughter Duan Siyi. But after all, I didn't see the real person, so I really couldn't verify it further, and I didn't dare to conclude easily. Although he was suspicious of Liu Tingting's unauthorized sneaking out of Wuxuan Palace, he also wanted to use Wang Meng's subordinates lurking in Weishan City to monitor Liu Tingting's whereabouts, so he asked.
Wang Meng said: "Back to the emperor, if the young master of the Qiankun Sect passes through Weishan City, even if it is a radius of five miles outside the city, Weichen can find out where he is going." Wang Meng knew that Duan Siping was affectionate, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and when he arrived in Weishan City, he immediately joined the Weishan City County Order Mengcheng, and he was full of eyeliner within a radius of five miles from Weishan City. Just because Duan Siping asked him not to set up sentries in Weibao Mountain, he had no choice but to do so.
Duan Siping nodded, sped up and ran forward. Duan Siping's mount came from a bloody horse selected by the Tubo State, named Wuying. True to the name, seeing that he had taken ten steps with a light whip, he turned a corner and disappeared. Duan Siliang and the others sped up their horses and chased after them.
As soon as everyone got off Weibao Mountain, they saw Meng Cheng waiting with a large group of soldiers. Meng Cheng and his entourage knelt down and saluted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Duan Siping dismounted and said, "Flat!"
Everyone said in unison: "Emperor Xie." He stood up.
Duan Siping asked Meng Chengdao: "Do you know the whereabouts of the young master of the Qiankun Sect?"
Meng Cheng was stunned and replied: "Back to the emperor, Weichen found out that the Qiankun Sect's Qianyin envoy Hu Jue, Qianyang's Qianxian envoy and eight elders each brought four or five hundred people, passing outside Weishan City to the four directions, but failed to find the trace of the young master of the Qiankun Sect. ”
Duan Siping looked very disappointed, and said coldly: "Stand down!" Yan Biyue got on his horse and went to Dali City. Duan Siliang, Dong Jialuo, Duan Siying, Yang Huo, Yang Rui and others followed. Wang Meng looked very angry and said, "What's the matter, could it be that the young master of the Qiankun Sect hasn't been here?"
Meng Cheng hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Weichen should die, please punish the general!"
Wang Meng endured his anger and walked towards Weishan City, saying, "What's the use of punishment...... everyone followed him towards Weishan City.
Who knew that Liu Tingting, Yaojia and the Yin and Yang Twins left the Wuxuan Palace before dawn, took a shortcut, and bypassed Weishan City from the mountainside of Weibao Mountain and went directly to the northwest where Jiegu was located. Naturally, they couldn't find out the whereabouts of Liu Tingting and the four of them. On this day, the scorching sun was at the head, and at this time, Liu Tingting and the four of them had come to Dali City, the capital of Dali. The Yin and Yang twins were clamoring to enter the capital to eat and drink, but they were stopped by Liu Tingting, and the two had no choice but to follow her and Yaojia around the capital to continue their journey. Compared with the east, the situation here is much more stable and peaceful, there are many merchants on the road, and you can meet many tea and horse gangs one after another. Most of the Tea Horse Gang are from the Camellia Palace, and the elders rarely encounter them. The caravans of the Camellia Palace traveled all over the world, and many of them were shipped to foreign countries. It is not difficult to distinguish the caravan of the Camellia Palace, because the caravan has a horse tied to the flag of the Camellia Palace and marked with the caravan number. This is precisely to warn the robbers who want to block the road and those who try to do wrong, stay away, since the battle of the Camellia Palace, the Camellia Palace has more such regulations, and because of this, the caravan of the Camellia Palace has never had a mistake.
Liu Tingting wore a veil, and no one in the Camellia Palace knew her, and she didn't say hello, but when she saw the caravan in the Camellia Palace, she couldn't help but recall the experience of the year. The three of them walked until night and came to Heqing and rested in Heqing City. The next morning we set off early, and the closer we got to the northwest road, the more difficult it became, and we arrived at Jiuzhi Town at noon. The town was not prosperous, so Yaojia and the Yin Yang Twins prepared a lot of dry food here according to Liu Tingting's instructions, and continued on the road. From here to the northwest, there is only one Shangri-La. Although there were some scattered stalls on the way, Liu Tingting didn't want to make any extraneous branches, so she prepared enough dry food and no longer rested. Due to the steep mountains and bumpy roads, I didn't reach Shangri-La until late at night. Although Shangri-La is remote, it is a thriving city, where merchants and caravans replenish their food and rest. Although it was late at night, the city was brightly lit and noisy. There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, most of them are caravan warriors with a heavy terroir, most of them are the eleventh, seventy-nine, and one hundred and twenty-third caravans of the Camellia Palace, and many are merchants and caravans of Tibet.
Tea stalls on both sides of the street are full of people talking about business. Many Tibetan merchants came here to wait for the caravans to go to Tibet, to buy their tea, silk, cotton cloth, and so on. When many of the caravans arrived, if the price was right, they resold them to the Tibetan merchants and returned home.
Liu Tingting and the four of them entered several inns one after another, all of which were full, and finally found one and only one room left. The Yin and Yang Twins didn't need a guest room, so they booked it for Liu Tingting and Yaojia to rest. The four of them quickly had dinner and went back to their rooms. There were many Tibetan merchant warriors here staring intently at Liu Tingting, Yaojia and the Yin and Yang Twins, their eyes were quite strange. The yin and yang twins were all angry and angry, and they were all suppressed by Liu Tingting. If Liu Tingting was not there, the Yin and Yang Twins would have killed a lot of people.
At night, the Yin and Yang twins stayed outside the door of Liu Tingting and Yaojia's room, which was a stable night. Early the next morning, the Yin and Yang Twins prepared a lot of dry food according to Liu Tingting's intentions and continued to the northwest. At noon, I passed by a large town called Deqin, which looked extremely **, and there were soldiers standing on both sides of the door. The town is surrounded by a high stone wall, and the wall is guarded by dense soldiers, and the same is true on the high lookout.
The town is prosperous, of course, the house architecture is very different, the Dali style is closer to the Tibetan style, it should be the habit of the locals, and it has little to do with others. There are no inns and tea stalls in the town, not even a place to rest. Barracks were everywhere, and patrolling soldiers patrolled back and forth in the town. If you encounter a lingering person, you will immediately inquire about it, and if there is a suspicion, you will be taken away quickly. After all, it is the last big passage from Dali to Tubo, and it is reasonable that it is heavily defended. Long caravans and merchants swept across the town towards the north gate, and no one wanted to stay here any longer because of the suffocating atmosphere. There was a long queue at the entrance of the north gate, waiting for the guards to check and let them go.
Although the line is long, the inspection is also very fast, after all, most of them are caravan merchants. And most of the caravan merchants will send a bag of things to the guard, and the guard will rummage through it and let it go, and there are very few accidents.
Soon arrived at Liu Tingting's four people, and Yaojia gave the guard a small bag of silver according to Liu Tingting's meaning. The guard weighed the silver taels and asked, "You two girls, what are you going to do in Tibet?"