After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an, under the leadership of the Tongshi Sheren, came to the imperial study.

The emperor has rarely stepped into the imperial study, but it is still luxurious and extravagant, when Chu Huan and the others entered the imperial study, they saw His Majesty the Emperor standing next to a wall, and on that wall, there was suddenly a huge map.

The two stepped forward to pay respects, and the emperor did not look back, and after letting the two of them flatten down, he said slowly: "Two Aiqing, come and have a look!" ”

Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an glanced at each other and approached the past.

The back of Chu Huan's official robe was torn, and even the skin inside was exposed, and there was no official robe replacement in the palace, so in order to prevent Chu Huan from being rude, the eunuchs in the palace found him a big coat to put on it temporarily to cover the hole in the back.

Chu Huan's gaze swept over the map little by little, and he was sure that this was the territory map of the Great Qin Empire, and the thousands of miles of Great Qin were only on a map, appearing under the nose of His Majesty the Emperor at any time.

"This is my country." The emperor's figure was already a little rickety, he stared at the map in front of him, his gaze slowly slid to the northwest, the northwest of this map, until the Yanmen Pass, there was no territory outside the pass.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then slowly walked to the chair and sat down, Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an stood respectfully in front, the emperor looked at the two of them, and finally asked: "I promised to make peace with Xiliang today, marry the princess, and compensate a huge amount of money, what do you think in your hearts?" ”

Xue Huai'an glanced at Chu Huan, only to see that Chu Huan was expressionless, he was a righteous envoy, and the reply naturally had to start with him, in desperation, he could only say respectfully: "The saint is wise, between the raise of his hand, resolve a disaster of swords, and the minister ......!"

Before he could finish speaking, the emperor had already sneered: "How can I be wise? In my life, I have never compromised with anyone, and this time I was forced by the Xiliang people to marry the princess, is this still a wise move? His eyes were cold, and he stared at Xue Huai'an and said, "Are you thinking in your heart, I am already old, and I am no longer as brave as I used to be, and I have wronged the people of Xiliang?" ”

Xue Huai'an knelt down with a "puff", trembling, "Holy Lord, Wechen will never dare to have such a rebellious idea, Wechen ...... Wechen lost his words and begged the Holy God to give him sin! ”

The emperor didn't look at him, looked at Chu Huan, and asked, "Chu Huan, what do you think?" ”

Chu Huan groaned slightly, and finally said: "Shengshang, Weichen said a word in the hall, and put his fist back, that is to fight out more powerful." Weichen was ignorant and didn't understand the deep meaning of the saint, but ...... Wei Chen felt that the saint's move today should be to prepare for the punch, and this punch recovery is for a greater achievement! ”

As soon as his words fell, the emperor's pale brows stretched out, and he said with a smile: "Well said, Chu Huan, I didn't expect you to have such insight at such a young age!" Xiang Xue Huai'an said: "You can calm down first!" ”

Xue Huai'an became nervous, and the emperor had already asked the two, "I sent you two to lead the delegation to Xiliang this time, do you know what to do?" ”

Xue Huai'an hurriedly said: "Not only to successfully propose marriage and welcome back Princess Xiliang, but also to promote the prestige of my Great Qin State, don't let the Xiliang people underestimate it!" ”

The emperor bowed slightly, and said, "This is nature, but what else?" ”

Xue Huai'an was stunned, and the emperor had already said: "Since the founding of Great Qin, except for this time, there has never been official contact with Xiliang before. Outside the Yanmen Pass, what is the situation, that is, I am not clear. ”

Chu Huan faintly guessed something, but since the emperor hadn't said it yet, he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to say it by pretending to be smart.

The emperor got up again, walked to the map, pointed to the blank space outside the Yanmen Pass, and said, "I really want to know what is there, and I will set foot here one day!" He put his hands behind his back, turned his head suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Your trip is not only to marry Princess Xiliang, I have bigger things for you to do." ”

Xue Huai'an hurriedly said: "The Holy Trust is heavy, but there is a life, Weichen will do his best, and he will die!" ”

"I don't want you to die." The Emperor shook his head and said, "I want you to live and bring back something for me." After a pause, he said slowly: "The 100,000 iron horsemen of Xiliang can actually cross the vast Jingulan Desert, and the Xiliang country can also send supplies and equipment to the Xiliang army through this dead zone, so in this great desert, there must be a post station for the Xiliang people, and there is a route specially used by the Xiliang people to enter the army and transport supplies, this route, the Xiliang people must have spent a lot of effort, it is the lifeline of the Xiliang people!" ”

Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an glanced at each other, they both thought deeply, the emperor seemed to be old, and he had reached the age of confusion, but his mind was still extremely clear, and he could actually think of the conveyor line of the Xiliang people in the desert.

"You are traveling through the great desert, and you must find this route as much as you can." The emperor said solemnly: "This route in the Great Desert must be strictly protected, but you have to find a way to figure out the location of this route and the settings along this route." ”

Xue Huaian said respectfully: "Wechen understands, Wechen must do his best to investigate this matter." ”

The emperor added: "In addition to this route, after you cross the desert, you should also understand the geography of Xiliang as much as possible, and find out the situation on the road to Qingluo Wangcheng. He raised his hand and stroked his white beard, and said slowly: "The most important thing is to gain insight into the intelligence of Qingluo Wangcheng, the size and structure of Qingluo Wangcheng, the number of population, the number of troops, and even the deployment of troops, it is best to be able to get a detailed map of Qingluo Wangcheng, and if possible, try to understand more information about the people of Xiliang as much as possible." The corners of his mouth flashed with a sneer: "Xiliang Country, something should have happened, you have to find a way to find out what happened, and see if there is a place where my Great Qin can take advantage of it!" ”

Xue Huai'an showed surprise and said, "Holy Lord, is it ...... Could it be that I, Daqin, want to make a move on Xiliang one day? "His Majesty the Emperor ordered to find out the transportation routes of the desert, and also to know all kinds of information about Xiliang, if it were not for Xiliang's plans, naturally there was no need to know so much detailed information.

The emperor said calmly: "Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles." The people of the Western Liang are eyeing my Great Qin, this time the peace is not out of their wishes, although they came to negotiate peace this time, but who dares to guarantee that the Western Liang people will not be like the capricious Goryeo, and he will not invade my Great Qin again? Xiliang already knows a lot about my Great Qin, so naturally we can't be ignorant of Xiliang. Looking at the two courtiers, he said with a solemn expression: "I will entrust this envoy to the two Aiqing, and I hope that the two Aiqing will not let me down!" ”

The two knelt down together, "Weichen has done his best, and he will definitely live up to the trust of the saint!" ”

Chu Huanxin was thinking of Mahazang at this time, Mahazang was going to arrive in Luo'an Capital City long in the morning compared to the Xiliang Mission, could it be that Mahazang was also ambitious, and quietly traveled to Daqin in advance, and its purpose was also like what the emperor planned now, which was to grasp as much information about Daqin as possible? If this is the case, then for both sides, this peace conference is just for their own internal reasons, and the sword soldiers are temporarily suspended, in fact, both sides are already brewing the arrival of the next war in their bones.

Prince Maha is unruly, and it can be seen from his attitude that he still has ambitions to conquer Great Qin, and His Majesty the Emperor has already taken advantage of the opportunity of the envoy to investigate the intelligence of Xiliang at this moment, and his heart is not confessed.

At this moment, I heard the eunuch's shrill voice outside the door: "Qiqi Shengshang, Honglu Temple Qing Zhao Xuan asks to see!" ”

The emperor frowned, groaned slightly, and finally said, "Pass him in!" ”

Soon, an obese official entered the imperial study, bowed down, knelt on the ground from a distance, and said in a loud voice: "Zhao Xuan of Honglu Temple pays a visit to the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

This person's official robe is obviously special, and it is abnormally fat, if it is only an ordinary official robe, it is enough to make two or three pieces, but this official robe wraps Zhao Xuan's fat body, but it is just right.

Zhao Xuan's fine skin and tender meat, at first glance, he is a pampered person.

Honglu Temple specializes in foreign affairs, and its main responsibilities are to receive foreign countries, provide food and lodging to foreign envoys, set up banquets, etc., but in fact it does not have much authority.

There are very few foreign countries in Daqin, before only the Goryeo Kingdom and the barbarian ministries, so the Honglu Temple has always been a very deserted yamen, although the grade of the Honglu Temple is very high, but the real power is very weak, in the court has not been able to speak the role, once a minister suggested that the Honglu Temple be merged into the Ministry of Rites, all matters have the Ministry of Rites, but in the previous dynasty Dahua period, there was a Honglu Temple, the emperor naturally would not let the Great Qin be weaker than Dahua, so did not adopt this advice, but retained the existence of the Honglu Temple.

This time the Xiliang delegation came, Honglu Temple was finally able to raise its eyebrows once, assist the Ministry of Rites to receive the Xiliang delegation, and the emperor ordered a banquet to be held in the Guangming Hall tomorrow night.

"Let's get flat!" The emperor asked: "Zhao Xuan, tomorrow night there will be a banquet in the Hall of Light, why don't you take care of this matter, you come to see me, what else is the matter?" ”

Zhao Xuan got up with difficulty, his facial features were squeezed into a ball of fat, and he said respectfully: "Qi Sheng, Weichen has already followed the will of the Holy Lord and prepared for tomorrow night's banquet." However, Weichen still has one more thing that he wants to ask the Holy Lord, and I implore the Holy Lord to show him! ”

"What?"

Zhao Xuan hurriedly said: "In addition to the banquet, in order to promote the prestige of our country, Wechen is going to arrange some programs to help the fun, in addition to singing and dancing, Wechen is also preparing a team to perform acrobatic ......!" ”

Before he finished speaking, the Emperor didn't seem interested in any of this, and waved his hand: "I know, everything is up to you to prepare, and there is no need to discuss with me!" ”

Although Zhao Xuan is a Honglu Siqing, he has never had the opportunity to show himself in front of the emperor, and he can't even find an excuse to meet the emperor on weekdays.

Although he is in the Honglu Temple, but it is a deserted yamen, no real power in hand, that is, even the Han Dynasty Party and the princelings do not disdain to recruit him into the party, this Zhao Xuan only hopes that the emperor can think of him as a person, if it is lucky, he will be transferred to use it, which is much more promising than the official position of Honglu Temple Qing with no power.

"Wechen understands!" Zhao Xuan showed great humility: "The will of the Holy Lord, Weichen will definitely be on the sword mountain and under the sea of fire, and do his best to do a good job, and he will greatly promote the national prestige of my Great Qin, so that the people of Xiliang will not dare to underestimate it!" He wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that the emperor had no expression on his face, he didn't dare to say more, and bowed down slowly.

Chu Huan looked at Zhao Xuan's departing back, and quickly frowned, it was strange to say, this Zhao Xuan's back, he seemed to have seen it somewhere.

"Holy Lord, when will the mission depart?" Since Xue Huai'an has taken on this errand, he can't get rid of it if he wants to, so he can only resign himself to fate.

The emperor said: "Don't worry, you guys should prepare well for a while." If you want to explore the transportation line of the Great Desert, you naturally can't return with the Xiliang Mission, and when the conditions are negotiated, after they leave Beijing, you can set off again! After a pause, he said, "In order to ensure the safety of your road, I will send an elite army to follow you, and I want you to come back alive and bring back what I want!" ”