Chapter 038: Ulo
Wuluo is the border between Tuxilu and Dachen, to the east is the inaccessible west of Dachen, and to the north is adjacent to several nomadic tribes.
Due to the high altitude of the land and the fact that the land is unattended, coupled with the harsh climate and arid land, local herdsmen often fight for water sources.
On this day, the members of the mission crossed Bai Xian's horse team on the border and entered the territory of Tuxilu.
Seeing that Ulo was already in the western sky, hundreds of herdsmen were fighting on the road with knives across their horses, and within a few miles of dust were instantly filled, and the shouts of killing shook people's eardrums. When they got closer, they realized that the two tribes were fighting over a well.
Shi Fan muttered in his heart, how could something happen not long after he and Bai Xiangang were separated. While asking Li Chong to reiterate his entrustment to the civil officials in the mission again, the group stopped at the horse to rest and secretly prepare for contingencies.
Sure enough, some of the herdsmen came out of the crowd, pointed at the mission and shouted loudly, and after a while, nearly a hundred people responded and gathered around the mission's horse team.
"These Diao people, who don't know whether they are alive or dead, dare to take advantage of the Dachen Mission."
Li Chong's eyes showed a fierce light, gritted his teeth and said with a smile.
"This is a place where there are three things, and there is no official meeting with Tu Xi Law to verify that it is compatible, there was a misunderstanding with the mission under the civil riots, what happened to Tu Xi Law does not have to be responsible, and it is necessary to let Dachen suffer this secret loss."
Fei Wenli changed his usual modest and optimistic style, and stared closely at the herdsmen gathered in front of him.
"Put!"
Shi Fan rode alone at the front of the mission, and with his order, hundreds of guards threw countless water bladders into the crowd.
Not only did the crowd surrounding the mission disperse, but even the herdsmen who were fighting hurriedly rushed forward to pick up the water bladders, causing a mess for a while.
Shi Fan waved his hand and ordered the delegation to continue walking around the crowd, and the doubts in his heart were even greater.
Turned back to Li Chong and said, "Strengthen vigilance, there may be trouble!" โ
When it was approaching dark, sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves behind him was loud, and there were not many people in the dark, and they chased after the mission team with murderous energy.
The first few people shouted in Chinese:
"It's the people in front of us who poisoned our water!"
"Can't let them go!"
"Snatched their cars and horses as compensation!"
Shi Fan ordered the guards to shrink around the rear and sides of the mission, and he rolled up the wide sleeves of his civilian uniform with great speed, and immediately lifted his lance forward and stepped forward.
Fei Wenli beside him showed the national letter covered by Kanhe and yellow silk satin, "We are ordered by the Emperor of Dachen to come to envoy Tuxilu, this is the national letter of Kanhe and the country." โ
He shouted a few more words in the Tuxilu tribal language.
There was an uproar in the crowd, and suddenly someone shouted:
"Murder pays for life, it is justified!"
"Do the warriors on the grassland want to tremble and retreat in front of the Han officials?"
There was another commotion in the crowd, and dozens of horsemen had swept in front of the guards.
Shi Fan snorted coldly, put his lance in his chest, and rushed into the enemy formation first.
In the darkness behind him, two more groups of men and horses shouted and approached the mission.
"Bang!"
A hundred miles away in Quanshang City, in a low felt tent, a fat man in black knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
On the green silk curtain in front of him, a thin figure was reflected.
"Who told him to do it without permission?"
The old man's voice came from behind the curtain, with a very angry heart.
"Yes...... It was an order from Master Hu. โ
"This fool!"
He said...... said that he didn't need to wrap the land of Sichuan and Shapu to exchange, and he also had a way to help the old master stir up this mutual market, and he could also get rid of Lin Shifan. โ
"Humph......"
The old man behind the curtain seemed to laugh angrily.
"Fools are not enough to conspire."
Who really wants to send the land of Dachen and Liangzhou to Tu Xilu, it's just a bait, and their actions are plain and startling.
"I'm afraid that this surnamed Hu didn't kill Lin Shifan, but gave his life first."
The old man's voice became even colder.
"Bai went first?"
"Bai Xian should have gone back, and our people did not see him appear in Wuluo."
Hearing the cold sneer behind the curtain, the man in black felt a chill down his spine for no reason.
"Inform all parties in Kyoto and Tuxilu that if they encounter Lin and Wei investigating the surnamed Hu, tell them that they don't need to hide it and release the news - you go first and act according to the original plan."
"Yes......"
The black-clothed body trembled even more, and swallowed back the second half of the sentence he wanted to say:
"Bai Xian and his master heard that the old master had dedicated the two prefectures of Baochuan and Shapu to Tuxilu in exchange for the failure of the mutual market and Lin Shifan's life, they were already very dissatisfied and almost rebelled."
"Our people cleaned the battlefield and didn't see Bai Xian inside."
Li Chong whispered in Shi Fan's ear, and Shi Fan was even more puzzled in his heart.
"Dachen is a distinguished guest of Tuxilu and a distinguished guest of King Tiele, and our herdsmen have collided with distinguished guests, and I am deeply sorry."
Wei Chengye followed behind Fei Wenli, listening to the chatter of the Tu Xi Lawyer military general beside him, bent on helping King Tiele exonerate himself, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.
The mission clashed with the herdsmen in the territory under the jurisdiction of King Tieler, and it seems that this farce was instigated by the old man Lamulun behind the scenesโthe feud between the two was already known to everyone in Tuxilu, but he didn't expect Lamulun to be so hostile to the Dachen Mission.
Noticing that the uncle who accompanied Tu Xi Lu Wu to walk at the front of the team bowed his head to him, and his eyes faintly showed appreciation, Cheng Ye knew that he was doing the right thing.
He knew that someone would attack the mission in Wuluo, and that this realm was under the command of King Tiele, who had always been well aware of righteousness and close to Dachen, so he used his network in Tuxilu to report to King Tiele while letting Jiang Yuyi send someone to respond quickly.
"Young master, you don't know, it turns out that Lord Lin asked Brother Yun Chai to lead a team of good men who have been secretly protecting the mission, tsk, he didn't come out when he encountered the bandits hijacking the caravan before."
Ah Xiaoyin had just been fighting with someone heartily, and at the moment he was dancing with his eyebrows and boasting about Chengye.
"I think it's because Brother Yunchai received the order, so he only came out to help in Wuluo."
Cheng Ye thought about the situation he encountered on the way, and how he felt that the opponent was too stupid, unless, as his uncle said, they were specially here to remind him.
"It's a pity that when the young master brought the Tuxilu warriors, the people brought by Brother Yun Chai and the shopkeeper Jiang had already cleaned up the herdsmen, otherwise you would ...... young master."
"This is the residence specially chosen by King Tiele for the mission, and like our queen, the Han family may not be used to living in a felt tent."
A group of people entered Wuluo City and came to a four-story Han family building, and the leading Tuxi Lu military general loudly introduced to the mission.
It turned out that a dinner party had already been prepared in the hall on the first floor, and the military general took Lin Shifan and Fei Wenli in both hands to take the lead in the seat.
Shifan also arranged for Li Chong to station the guards, took wine and mutton and distributed them to the soldiers, and led the delegation to the banquet.
When they had reached the realm of the land protected by the king of Tiele, they were also drunk and worms, and after the feast was dispersed, they went back to their rooms and fell asleep.
Before dawn, there was a commotion downstairs, followed by the sound of busy footsteps mixed with shouting:
"It's on fire! It's on fire! โ