There was an assassination incident at the state banquet of the Temple of Light, but after this incident, the officials did not dare to mention it too much, most of the officials thought that the mastermind behind the scenes was Tianmendao, and they knew that the criminal department would take the captured assassin for interrogation, but what was the follow-up situation, but not many people knew.

There was an assassin at the state banquet, which was naturally not a decent thing for Daqin, Zhao Xuan, the emperor of Honglu Temple, was killed by the emperor himself, and the family was put on death row.

In fact, the Xiliang people opened their mouths, and the officials of the various yamen also knew more or less, and they all felt that the Xiliang people were really whimsical, if Daqin could come up with such a huge amount of silver and wealth according to the requirements of the Xiliang people, then there was no need to compromise with the Xiliang people, and with such national strength, they could compete with the Xiliang people in the northwest.

Although Mahazang said in public that a result would be negotiated within three days, everyone only felt that Mahazang was just a rhetoric at that time, and no one thought that the result could really be negotiated within three days.

Bai Linxi is a recognized negotiator in the empire, when the emperor fought in the south and the north, he had to contact all around, and the various forces or allies or friends, or war or force, Bai Linxi was the person who negotiated the most with the various forces at that time, some were patient, everyone thought that the negotiations would last at least half a month or even longer, and what surprised everyone was that after the Guangming Temple incident, it was really only three days, and Xiliang and Daqin finally reached an agreement at the negotiation table.

The degree of negotiation is surprising, and the result of the negotiation is also surprising to many people, the Xiliang people seem to really have little patience, and finally made concessions, and the Qin side also made certain concessions, and the two sides finally determined the compensation at five million taels, in addition to the need to provide a large amount of grain and grass for the withdrawal of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

The Qin State also agreed to the conditions, but proposed the delivery procedure, five million taels of silver, the empire must pay it in three years, and the first batch of compensation of two million taels of silver will wait until the princess of Xiliang arrives in the northwest, and then transport it to the northwest with the princess of Daqin, and then transport it to the Xiliang country in the form of a dowry for the princess of Daqin.

As for the grain and grass, the Qin State naturally could not transport it at one time according to the number proposed by the Western Liang people, and it would be transported in batches, and each batch of grain and grass delivered, the Western Liang army would have to withdraw a part of the army, which would be divided into ten deliveries, and the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Western Liang would be divided into ten batches and withdrawn from the northwest.

The state of Qin naturally also took into account that once the country was disposable. After all, there has been no official agreement between the two sides before, and no one dares to guarantee that the Xiliang people will not go back on their word.

Although the negotiation team represented by Gusa Heiyun argued, but finally accepted the conditions proposed by Qin, and the next day after the negotiation was reached, the Xiliang delegation left Luo'anjing under the leadership of Gusa Heiyun and returned to Xiliang, everything seemed very sudden, although the explanation of the Xiliang people was that Prince Maha had been haunted by the Guangming Temple incident and was unwilling to continue to stay in Luo'an, and just wanted to rush back to Xiliang as soon as possible, but the officials of Qin knew in their hearts that there was only something hidden behind this.

The peace negotiation was successful, no matter what the reason, Bai Linxi made a contribution, at least the Xiliang people offered 20 million taels, and finally he talked about 5 million taels at the negotiation table, although this amount is still not small, but in the end it made the Xiliang people make a huge compromise, and the emperor rewarded the negotiation team headed by Bai Linxi for this.

Bai Linxi was proud, and Xue Huaian was indeed extremely depressed.

Xue Huai'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was actually very complicated in his heart.

When the Temple of Light was assassinated, he was indeed frightened, but afterwards he felt that the peace talks between the two countries might collapse, and for some reason, he was excited when he thought that the peace talks between the two sides could not be carried out.

It's just that in the end, the people of Xiliang reached a peace agreement with Daqin in an extreme time, and left Luo'anjing to return to Xiliang in a hurry, and Xue Huai'an's mood suddenly dropped to the freezing point.

The success of the peace talks meant that he had to lead the mission to Xiliang.

Thinking of the long road ahead and the uncertainty of life and death, Xue Huai'an sighed to himself, only feeling that his luck was to the extreme, and after the Xiliang mission left Beijing, His Majesty the Emperor immediately issued a decree and ordered Xue Huai'an to immediately prepare for the envoy.

This envoy, on the surface, is to go to Xiliang to propose, marry the princess of Xiliang, Daqin boasts of being the state of the Heavenly Empire, to marry the princess of Xiliang, naturally it is necessary to prepare a generous gift of proposing, fortunately, these are the things that are within the part of the ceremony, and they are familiar with it, according to the specifications of the prince's marriage, they have prepared three carriage gifts, and there are some rare treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Chu Huan, as the deputy envoy, was much more relaxed before leaving, but what he was most worried about at the moment was how to settle Mo Lingshuang.

In fact, Chu Huan never told the white blind man and others about his intention to send Xiliang to the people, until the peace agreement was finally reached and the Xiliang delegation left, Chu Huan found an opportunity to tell the matter.

When the white blind man learned about it, he immediately prepared to pack his bags, and Sun Zikong was not willing to be left behind, and asked Chu Huan what he wanted to bring on the road, and Zhang Luo packed up.

After Ling Shuang knew about this, she looked a little gloomy, Chu Huan was an envoy to other countries as a deputy envoy, it was a state affair, she was a woman, even if she wanted to follow, it would not work, when she thought that after Chu Huan left, the mansion was deserted, and her heart was a little gloomy, and she also knew that Chu Huan was on an envoy this time, it was not ten days and half a month to come back, even if it was smooth, it would take three or five months to complete, and in nearly half a year, she would have to be alone in the mansion.

Chu Huan originally wanted the two white blind men to stay in the mansion to take care of them, but the white blind man categorically wanted to follow Chu Huan, and after thinking about it, Chu Huan took the white blind man and went to buy two little girls to go back to the house.

In fact, many places in the empire are already poor, and the sale of children and daughters is not new, and there are many special places in Beijing that buy people from all over the country at low prices, and then sell them to dignitaries and nobles at high prices in Beijing as slaves and maids, saying that it is a high price, but for dignitaries and nobles, the price of buying slaves and maids is very cheap.

Chu Huan spent one hundred and fifty taels of silver to buy back two beautiful girls, both of whom were less than twenty years old, although their appearance was average, but they were smart and smart, but this was the first time Chu Huan had bought maids for his home in his life.

He now has hundreds of catties to feed two girls, which is really more than enough, Ling Shuang didn't understand why Chu Huan bought a girl at first, but soon understood that Chu Huan bought a maid, not for himself, but for her, with two clever little girls to accompany him, naturally he would not be too lonely.

Chu Huan even went to find Wang Fu, the head of the Ximen Administration, and asked him to take care of one or two, the palace naturally patted his chest and agreed, Chu Huan sent an envoy to Xiliang, he was a small signatory, in fact, he didn't know that this was a dangerous trip, I only felt that Chu Huan could represent Daqin to envoy Xiliang in this short period of time, it was really incredible, this Lord Chu naturally had a bright future, he was in public and private, he was going to hold this thigh, and in front of Chu Huan, he ordered Sun Jingyi and the other three Wu Jingwei, From now on, he will only guard on the edge of Chu Huan's mansion, and he will be on duty day and night, and he will be the guardian of Chu Mansion.

There are more than 30 people in the Ximen Department, and now they are all dispatched by Wang Fu, and four people are sent out to protect the Chu Mansion, but it is also a matter of favor.

Mahazang claimed that three months later, it was the Xiliang Festival, but the Great Qin mission did not dare to delay, Xue Huai'an prepared the envoy matters, and asked the emperor to play the envoy's schedule, the emperor made a decree, set an auspicious day, and summoned Xue Huai'an and Chu Huan into the palace again, instructed: "This time I go to Xiliang, I have great expectations for you, and don't let me down!" ”

The two of them naturally claimed that they wanted to bow to their best and die, and the emperor said: "You have traveled thousands of miles to Xiliang, and I have selected and transferred 300 elite soldiers from the Guards, led by Xuanyuan Shengcai, to accompany you to Xiliang." ”

Chu Huan was a little surprised, he knew that there would naturally be elite guards on this trip to Xiliang, and he had even guessed that it was very likely that he would select elites from the guards, but he didn't expect that the guard commander sent this time was Xuanyuan Shengcai.

The envoy did not make much fanfare, and until the day of the mission, many officials did not even know that the Great Qin mission was going to Xiliang today.

Xuanyuan Shengcai led three hundred elite guards, all of them were tiger armor, with bows and swords on their backs, and their armor was distinct, they were worthy of being the elite of Great Qin, although they were only three hundred, but the aura of slaughter was awe-inspiring, and they had an inviolable state.

Xue Huai'an is certainly a righteous envoy, but he also selected a few officials from the Ministry of Rites to follow, after all, if he really goes to Xiliang, I am afraid there are still many cumbersome things, in his eyes, even if Chu Huan is dressed in an official robe, but he is also the same as Xuanyuan Shengcai and others, they are all considered martial artists, and when they arrive in Xiliang, just he is an official, and many things will naturally be much trickier to deal with.

He chose five or six officials from the Ministry of Rites to go with him, and these officials were respectful on their faces, but their hearts were scolding Xue Huai'an's ancestors for eighteen generations.

In addition, there were five other carts loaded with belongings, plus the drivers who drove the cars, and there were more than 300 people in the mission, although it was not a huge number, but it was also a certain scale.

Up and down the mission, all of them were strong northwest horses with excellent endurance.

The white blind man and Sun Zikong wanted to follow Chu Huan to Xiliang, Chu Huan also told the two about the difficulties of the journey, and even said that there may be no return, the white blind man was categorical and determined to go, Sun Zikong had a trace of hesitation, but in the end he still had to follow, these two people went as Chu Huan's personal entourage, so Xue Huaian didn't say much, he hoped that the more people who followed, the better, one more manpower, and more protection, which was something that could not be sought.

In the early morning, the mission set off from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, when leaving, there was no lively scene, but it seemed deserted, in addition to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Household Department Lang did not vain brought a few officials of the Ministry of Household to send each other, the long street was long, the mission came out of the north gate of the capital, when he arrived at the North City Gate, but found that a black carriage was parked next to the North Gate, in addition to the driver wearing a hat, there were three men wearing black robes and hats riding on a tall horse, seeing the mission coming, a rider had already ridden to meet the front, Xuanyuan Shengcai was about to send someone to stop him, but Chu Huan had already urged the horse to step forward, staggered and stopped with the man's horse, approached and whispered a few words to each other, the man bowed his head slightly, bowed his hand to Chu Huan, and pressed his hat down, and galloped back to the black carriage.

Xuanyuan Shengcai was a little strange, Chu Huan had already galloped over, approached Xuanyuan Shengcai, and said in a low voice: "General Xuanyuan, the Chu Baihu who was the Divine Clothes Guard just now was ordered by the Holy Lord to go with the envoy!" ”

Xuanyuan Sheng was a little stunned, but since Chu Huan said this, he didn't say much, seeing that the black carriage was tightly sealed, he didn't know if there was a person sitting inside, let alone who it was.

After the mission went out of the city and walked out for a few miles, Chu Huan looked back, Luo'anjing under the dawn was majestic, the momentum was still the same, the city was still the same city, but Chu Huan couldn't be sure, after he came back from Xiliang, would the old man still be the old man?

Looking up at the dawn sky, the dawn is sprinkled on the earth, thousands of miles away in the desert, I wonder if there is such a quiet and elegant dawn?