Chapter Seventy-Three: Xingqing Mansion
Qin Daochuan got the military order, and felt that since it was imperative, it was better to do it sooner rather than later, so he informed Tuvar and his guard Bai Yin, who had been staying in the military camp in Meaux.
Tuvar excitedly put down the leg of mutton in his hand, pulled Bai Yin and said, "I can finally go back to Xixia, I can finally avenge my mother, I can finally avenge them... As he spoke, he burst into tears.
Qin Daochuan was a little surprised, since he came to Meaux, whether he was asking for help under the city or staying in Meaux, Tuvar had to answer all questions, but he had never cried.
Bai Yin was still sullen, except for the look on his face that was much more relaxed, and he couldn't see joy.
Qin Daochuan took Qin Dong's four people and a small team to disguise themselves as merchants' camel caravans, and accompanied Tuvar and Bai Yin to set off for Western Xia.
During this period, he deliberately avoided the shortcut from the northern royal court to Western Xia, but there was one place that could not be detoured, that is, the Yuhaiguan Pass, the only way to Western Xia.
Qin Dong first took a few people to explore the road, and found people with the same strange whereabouts as them, presumably the men and horses sent by Burigud to intercept them.
Qin Daochuan looked at Tuvar's increasingly rounded body and was stunned.
Qin Nan said quietly: "It's better to put him in the compartment." ”
Qin Bei shook his head and said, "If you want to put it on the back of a camel, you should also put something as heavy on the other side, I'm afraid the camel will not be able to eat quietly." When you say it again, if you open it, it will leak the filling. ”
Qin Daochuan beckoned to Bai Tong, Bai Yin walked over, and Qin Daochuan said to him, "Can you convince him to pretend to be a woman?" ”
Bai Yin subconsciously turned his head, looked at Tuval, who was still eating in his mouth, turned back to Qin Daochuan and said, "It's not like it?" ”
Qin Daochuan said: "The complexion is very similar, if you change into the dress of Western Xia and cover your headscarf and veil, it should be easier to pass now." ”
Bai Yin couldn't help but look back again and said, "What about the beard?" He won't be willing. ”
Qin Daochuan said: "What is more important than life, not to mention this kind of thing that will grow every now and then." ”
Bai Yin said: "You don't understand, we always regard hair and beard as equally important, and we won't move it when we are idle." ”
Qin Daochuan said: "So as long as you lose your beard and dress up in women's clothes, you can easily pass the level." ”
Bai Yin could only say that he would try it himself.
After a while, Tuwar's voice was heard: "Absolutely not, the head can be lost, the beard cannot be shaved." ”
Qin Nan whispered: "That's a good thing, as soon as there is wind and grass along the way, I am scared like a bird." ”
Qin Daochuan glanced at him, and Qin Nan immediately shut up.
Bai Yin persuaded for a long time, and finally walked over dejectedly and shook his head.
Qin Daochuan said: "We are just suggesting, since the king is unwilling, we will find another way, but we have already arrived here, and the longer it drags on, the easier it will be to attract attention." ”
Bai Yin said: "I've been thinking about this problem along the way, I have an idea to see if it works?" It's better for me to take a few people to clear the customs first, and deliberately reveal their whereabouts one day, once they have the movement to chase, wait for the few people guarding the customs, and then you can calmly clear the customs. ”
Qin Nan interjected: "But I won't be able to find the big fat man for a while." ”
Qin Daochuan looked at him and said, "Pretend to be." Qin Nan suddenly had a bitter face.
Early in the morning of the second day, Bai Yin and Qin Nan took two other people to disguise themselves as merchants and went to clear the customs, Qin Dong stared at them for two days, and finally in the evening of the second day, he saw a large group of people and horses riding out of the customs.
Early in the morning of the third day, Qin Daochuan took Tuval, who was veiled and only showed a pair of big watery eyes, ready to go out of the customs, the guards just wanted to get close to him, Qin Bei, who was dressed as a merchant in Western Xia, immediately blocked in front of him, and looked at the soldiers guarding the pass viciously, the soldiers knew that there were many merchants from the Western Regions in Western Xia, and their women could not put down the veil in front of outsiders, and saw that he was white and tender, and he didn't want men, so he didn't care too much, and after taking a gold bead that Qin Dong stuffed in his hand, he scolded loudly, but his hand was swinging towards them, A group of people got out of the pass with a sense of humor, mounted a camel and walked slowly and leisurely.
After walking for a day, Qin Dong heard that Bai Yin had revealed his whereabouts in this market, but then a team of people turned this place over on their backs, and everyone complained bitterly, but they found nothing, and chased forward again this morning.
Qin Daochuan listened and decided that everyone should slow down and stay away from those pursuers.
Tuvar said: "As long as they get out, Bai Yin has a way to get rid of them. We only need to find the nearest Western Xia garrison and be safe. ”
Qin Daochuan disagreed, saying that now the enemy and the enemy are unknown, in case there are spies from Bu Rigude in the garrison, everyone has no way to live, and insists on sending it to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.
Tuvar didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he had to agree.
Qin Daochuan thought to himself, the emperor ordered me to hand over the letter of state to the king of Xixia, and not personally send you to Xingqing Mansion, how can I show that my hard work is high, and the king of Xixia will take a look at it, and handle the errand assigned by the emperor more smoothly.
The group walked slowly and leisurely on the road, and when they encountered a big bazaar, they would stop for a while, really exchange some goods, and then move forward.
After doing this a few times, there were obviously fewer eyes on them on the road.
After walking for about half a month, I almost arrived at Xingqing Mansion.
Tuvar showed that he was excited, but Qin Daochuan was a little uneasy, it stands to reason that Bai Yin had already arrived in Xingqing Mansion, and Xixia knew it, so he should send someone to answer it, why is it so calm now.
Could it be that Bai Yin and they suffered an accident, then Qin Nan...
Not only did Qin Daochuan think so, but Qin Dong and the others were also very worried.
After they rested that night, Qin Daochuan looked in the direction of Xingqing Mansion, thinking that this time it would not go well.
Qin Xi and Qin Bei each took two people to enter the city first, and he and Qin Dong took Tuvar and the remaining four people to enter the city after half a day.
Outside the city gate, Qin Daochuan still didn't see any trace of Bai Yin and Qin Nan, Qin Xi and Qin Bei were looking at them in the distance, Qin Daochuan asked Tuvar to walk inside by a camel, blocked him outside, and slowly entered the city. The group seemed to be outsiders who came to the capital of Western Xia for the first time, looking east and west, Tuvar quietly said to Qin Daochuan: "Turn right ahead, go two more intersections, and you can see the palace gate of your uncle." ”
Qin Daochuan nodded, signaling him not to make a sound again.
Qin Xi and Qin Bei walked slowly behind them, separated by more than ten meters.
Finally saw the palace gate of the Xixia Palace, Tuvar could not hide the joy in his heart, his steps increased, and he walked towards the palace gate quickly, Qin Daochuan was about to pull him in behind, when a few people rushed out of the roadside, raised their knives and cut over.
Qin Daochuan didn't have time to draw his sword, so he could only block it with his scabbard.
Qin Xi and Qin Bei hurriedly stepped forward when they saw it, and there were more and more people holding knives on the side of the road, and the two people were in a mess.
The guards guarding the palace hurriedly went to report.
The people who came were all masters, and for a while, Qin Daochuan and they injured four people, but they didn't have the slightest advantage.
Qin Daochuan, Qin Xi and Qin Bei surrounded Tuvar in the middle, trying to slowly move closer to the palace, but the other party stopped in the middle, no matter how they broke through, they couldn't advance half a step.
At this time, someone in the crowd shot an arrow, and Qin Xi blocked in front of Tuvar and was hit by an arrow.
The arrows on the side of the road shot one after another, for a while, don't say that the soldiers brought by Qin Daochuan, Qin Bei and Qin Daochuan were both hit by arrows, Qin Beizhong was on the left chest, and the knife in his hand was not stable for a while, and he was about to pick it up, when a knife had been cut towards his head, Qin Daochuan leaned towards him, and his chest was cut squarely, Qin Daochuan snorted, and the long sword in his hand almost came out of his hand.
At this time, there were the footsteps and shouts of a large group of people and horses behind, "Whoever dares to attack in front of the Xixia Palace, don't hurry up and arrest him." ”
Tuval was already so frightened that his face was pale, his legs and feet were weak, and when he heard this voice, he shouted loudly as if he had seen a life-saving elixir: "Commander Li, I am Tuvar, save me!" ”
Commander Li heard it and said in a loud voice: "Take everyone down, and don't let anyone go." ”
When Qin Daochuan and his entourage heard this, their hearts were half cold, and then Commander Li continued: "Prince Tuval, come to me. ”
When the men who killed them saw that there were people coming from the palace of Western Xia, they all retreated into the crowd, and when Tuvar saw that his killers were gone, he immediately ran towards Commander Li.
Qin Daochuan and they were all injured, so they had to watch them disappear, and after Li Commander ordered the deputy general around him to take people to search, he looked at the bloody people in front of him, and saw Tuvar who was unharmed, and said: "Come on, take them down to heal." ”
In the evening Tuvar came to see them, brought some food and drink, and said that he had told his uncle, who said that he would meet them when they were healed.
Qin Daochuan asked Bai Yin and Qin Xike in the palace, and Tuval's originally smiling face suddenly drooped and shook his head.
Qin Daochuan leaned on the bed, the wounds on his chest were burning, and his heart was up and down, secretly praying that nothing would happen to them.
Seeing him like this, Tuvar said, "I have told my uncle, and he has agreed to send someone out to look for him, but we have no trace of them along the road, so where will they be?" ”
Qin Xi said: "It should be that we want to take the pursuers away from our route, it is possible to face east and west." ”
Qin Daochuan said: "The west is deserted, even if they go there, they can't deceive the pursuers, most of them go east, and there are many markets there." ”
When Tuvar heard this, he hurriedly said, "Then I will go to my uncle early tomorrow morning and ask him to send someone to the east to find him." ”
Qin Xi said: "That's good, I'll thank the king here." ”
Tuvar said: "Everyone calls me Prince Tuvar in Western Xia, and I am no longer the king of the royal court. ”
Qin Daochuan said: "When the king of Western Xia helps you return to the royal court, you are still the king there." ”
Tuvar said: "If you are honest, in fact, you have to ask me what I want, I would rather stay here for a long time, and you will understand when you are healed and go out for a walk." ”
After saying that, seeing that it was not early, he asked them to rest early, and he would come to see them tomorrow when he had news.
After Tuvar left, Qin Dong said: "General, my injuries are the lightest, I won't know if I will go to Qin Nan and them?" ”
Qin Daochuan looked at his hanging left arm, shook his head, and said: "Since the king of Western Xia has sent people to look for it, it is not good for us to look for it again, and wait for two days, Bu Rigude has received the letter and knows that Tuvar has arrived at the Western Xia Palace, and will not stay in the territory of Western Xia anymore, but will only go back to prepare for war, as long as Qin Nan and them are okay now, there should be no more danger." ”