From a distance, I saw that there were many people at the entrance of the yamen who seemed to be arguing about something, and there were many pedestrians who stopped to watch and watch the excitement. And he said it foamingly, as if he was reprimanding the beggars who were begging for food on the street and called Hanako, but looking at the costumes of a few people, it was indeed too simple, and people had to think that they were some homeless people.

Lu Jinping didn't want to be nosy, so he put his hands behind his back with interest, and was about to pace from behind the crowd watching the excitement, this is, he heard a woman's voice, crisp and pleasant, but with anger: "We came from the desert and traveled a long way, just to see Lord Thorn Shi, and there is something to discuss with him, so it's okay if you don't report it, why do you say hurtful words?" Could it be that we desert people are inferior to you Tang people? ”

In recent years, the relationship between the Turkic and Tang dynasties has been good and bad, sometimes at war and sometimes at peace, but in the past two years, there has been basically no war, because the Turks are sending troops to conquer the western Turkic region. In order to avoid being attacked by the enemy, he showed goodwill with Datang, not only did not send troops south, but also frequently sent envoys to Datang. There is no restriction on the exchange of border people, so there are many ethnic groups from Turkic and surrounding tribes in Lingzhou, an important border town of the Tang Dynasty.

An important mission of Lu Jinping to Ningzhou was to form an alliance with the Turks and quell the war between the two sides, of course, from a personal point of view, he did not want to see these poor poorly dressed ordinary people being bullied by the officials. Seeing this situation, he naturally felt an urge to draw a sword to help when he saw the injustice, not to mention that there were women inside.

Therefore, Lu Jinping stood still, listened to a few words, and saw the official flying with his waist and mouth foaming and shouting, "What are you guys? How is it that you can see what you want? You should be herding horses on the grassland, and you can come up and say hello to anyone you see? Our officials in Datang are masters. If you have anything to tell me, I will decide according to the situation, if there is nothing to do, leave quickly, and stay at the door and yamen less, otherwise, I will not be polite to you! ”

The men were angry and anxious. They couldn't speak Chinese fluently, and they didn't know how to speak in a hurry. At this time, I suddenly heard someone behind me: "What can you tell me?" ”

A few people turned their heads, and they saw a young man with a jade tree in the wind, with his hands behind his back and a long robe, standing behind them, with a face carved like jade carving, with sharp edges and corners. Due to the wind and sand, although there are a bit of vicissitudes, but it shows the masculinity of a man, I can't help but be stunned for a moment, such a handsome man is really rare.

Lu Jinping saw that these people were wearing coarse cloth shirts that ordinary herdsmen only wear, and it was a young woman who spoke before. He wore a gauze scarf on his face to protect him from the dust. Only a pair of eyes are exposed, which is very smart. The waist is quite toned. At first glance, she is a woman who is good at riding and shooting on the grassland. And there are several people behind him, both old and young.

The young woman looked Lu Jinping up and down suspiciously, and finally, her eyes slowly became warmer, her eyes seemed to be much brighter than before, and when she looked at Lu Jinping, her voice became softer: "This son." ...... are you? ”

The two officials who were still pointing and foaming at the steps before, when they saw Lu Jinping, they ran down in a panic and knelt down on one knee and kowtowed, and then said to the young woman: "Stand back, stand back!" This is the loyal prince. Our prince of the Tang Dynasty, hurry back! ”

Lu Jinping waved his hand and said to the officer: "Seeing that they look quite anxious, it seems that there is something urgent to report, maybe they don't know much about the situation in our Datang, you have to explain patiently, don't be simple and rude, leave this matter to me." ”

The two officials hurriedly agreed and retreated. But for fear that the prince would make a mistake, they all stood nervously not far away, watching the situation here.

The young woman's eyes showed a look of surprise, and she clenched her fists and said, "Are you really the prince?" That's great, I have something to discuss with someone who can talk to you Datang, I don't know if the prince can take a step to speak? ”

Lu Jinping frowned, he didn't believe that a young woman would have anything important to discuss with him, but there was nothing to do, and seeing that the other party was so eager, he nodded and said, "Okay, there is a teahouse in front, let's go sit there for a while." It was going to be dark soon. ”

With that, he walked forward with his hands behind his back. The young woman and the men behind her glanced at each other, and then followed. And Xiaoxiao didn't follow Lu Jinping closely, she was far away and kept watching, she just needed to ensure Lu Jinping's safety.

A few people came to the tea garden and sat down on a teahouse by the window, which was not of high grade, and was a resting place for some peddlers and pawns. Lu Jinping ordered a pot of tea. After Dr. Tea poured the tea, Lu Jinping threw a small piece of broken silver and said that there was no need to look for it, and Dr. Tea was so happy that he thanked him repeatedly.

The young woman looked left and right, and there was no one drinking tea at this moment, so the teahouse was empty, except for the shopkeeper who sat lazily behind the high counter, and was checking the accounts with a ledger that had been turned up and rolled up. It's a great place to talk.

The young woman was still very cautious and spoke to one of his attendants, Nunu, who understood, got up and walked up to the shopkeeper of the teahouse, put a small ingot of silver in front of him, and said, "Shopkeeper, we have to borrow your place to talk about something, can you and your men avoid it?" ”

The shopkeeper grabbed the silver ingot, nodded his head and agreed, and led the man into the backyard.

Several retinues were immediately placed at the entrances of the passages, convinced that no one had entered.

At this time, the young woman took off the scarf from her face, revealing a round apple face, but with a vegetable color. He lowered his voice and said, "Lord Zhong, I was sent by the Khitan Khan to discuss important matters with the Tang Dynasty. ”

Lu Jinping has heard a lot about Khitan, in various film and television dramas and novels. Of course, what impressed him the most was the Tianlong Babu of Old Man Jin, and the Xiao Daxia Xiao Feng in it was a Khitan. Because he likes the characters in this novel very much, he has an inexplicable liking for the Khitans. It's just that the other party appeared too abruptly, which makes people wonder.

Of course, Lu Jinping didn't want to be a fool who was deceived, so he looked at the other party very seriously, trying to see if there were flaws on the other party's face.

The young woman had a vegetable-looking face and seemed to be malnourished, but her body was very strong, and she had a slight chin, which showed that she was pampered. Her face and neck were almost the color of vegetables, but as she leaned forward, her beauty bones were exposed. The beauty bones are very cute, and the color is quite different from the neck, which is pink and white.

Lu Jinping understood that the woman's face and neck should have been smeared with a certain makeup color, changing her skin color so as not to be recognized.

Lu Jinping observed carefully and found that the root of her hair was also different from the other parts of her hair, the root was jet black and shiny, while the other parts were covered with wind dust, showing a dark gray, obviously the hair was also dyed.

Lu Jinping's gaze fell on his hands on the table again, which were also full of wrinkles and looked a little rough. However, the fingers are round and jade, and there are obvious traces of depression in the root of the fingers, which are obviously the traces left by wearing the ring, although the ring is removed, but this trace has not been able to cover up the past well, leaving a flaw.

After seeing these clues, Lu Jinping's gaze moved back to the young woman's round face. He noticed a kind of grace and elegance on the young woman's slightly rich round face, which could not be concealed by the coarse cloth blouse on her.

Lu Jinping is sure that this woman must be very talented, and she is definitely not an ordinary peasant woman.

Lu Jinping asked, "What does Madame want to say?" ”

"This matter is very important, I can't be cautious, before talking about this matter, can you ask the prince to prove your identity? No wonder offended. ”

"As it should be!" Lu Jinping took out a jade plate from his arms and handed it over, this is Lu Jinpingzhong's waist card.

Yelujue took the jade plate and looked at it, nodded, returned it with both hands, and said, "I am Yelujue, the wife of the Khitan Khan Li Shenghuo." On the orders of my husband, I came to discuss with Datang about returning to Datang. ”

Lu Jinping was taken aback, and couldn't imagine that this young woman actually had such an identity, how could she dress up like this, and how could she use this way to talk about the matter of returning to the Tang Dynasty.

The young woman took out a bag from her arms, untied it, took out a seal from it, handed it to Lu Jinping, and said, "This is my husband's Khan jade seal, which is used as a certificate to prove my identity." ”

Lu Jinping took the seal and looked at it over and over again for a long time, but he didn't make out what words were on it. Later, he estimated that it should be a Khitan script, and where could he recognize it, so he returned the jade seal to the young woman.

Lu Jinping leaned over slightly and said, "Since it is the Khitan Khan who wants to talk about such a big thing, then why didn't he come himself, and asked you to talk about such an important matter from a woman's family." ”

Yelujue lowered his voice and said: "My husband took the Khitan army and followed the Turkic Khan to the west, and before leaving, he told me that after their army arrived in the Western Regions, let me come to the Tang Dynasty officials to contact the matter of returning to the Tang Dynasty." Because the Turkic army was not there at that time, it would not be able to imprison us, and we hoped to be protected by the Tang Dynasty so as not to continue to be bullied by the Turks."

As soon as he heard this, Lu Jinping couldn't help but move in his heart, the news that Xiaoxiao brought back before, Tianyan Heavenly Master said that he would immediately send the matter of courtship back to the Turks to report to the Khan, and let the Khan decide whether to agree to the marriage. And now, the Turkic Khan has already gone west, so who is he looking for to talk about this? Could it be that the Heavenly Eye Heavenly Master told a big lie to deceive himself?

Lu Jinping pretended to be indifferent, and said: "Since the Khan went to the west with the Turks, let you discuss such an important matter with the Tang Dynasty, you can also send envoys to submit the credentials to the Tang Dynasty through official channels, why do you have to come to the Lingzhou Mansion to discuss this matter with the assassin?" (To be continued.) )