Chapter 25: The Meteorite Reappears
In the whimper of the night wind, there seemed to be a distant voice whispering beside Yuan Haochen.
"Where does that sound come from?" Yuan Haochen was slightly shocked in his heart, it did not come from the pagoda - nor from the air - nor from the underground.
The whisper seemed to go straight to the depths of the heart through the soul.
In a trance, Yuan Haochen's feet were slightly unstable, and his body leaned back a few steps.
When Yuan Haochen stabilized his posture and came back to his senses, he suddenly found that the scene in front of him had been judged as if it were like mud.
A feeling of being out of time and space instantly came to his heart, and a strong intuition told him that he did not belong to this world. "It can't be the same as the dream I had in the underground stone chamber last time." Yuan Haochen muttered to himself.
Yuan Haochen looked around vigilantly
Yadan Pagoda! He is still standing next to the stupa, but the stupa is no longer mutilated at this moment.
The stupa is surrounded by thousands of delicate Buddha statues, each with different postures, but all of them are lifelike.
Yuan Haochen raised his head and looked, in the dark night sky, a bright moon, full of stars, and the pagoda was reflecting each other, and the entire pagoda was also shrouded in layers of candles, "Who is under the tower, sneaky!" Don't show up yet. A rough and loud voice suddenly sounded.
Yuan Haochen was taken aback, and hurriedly replied in a panic without being prepared: "Please don't get me wrong, I'm a good person, just a student"
"General, it's me~" Another voice that was like a nightingale came from behind Yuan Haochen.
Yuan Haochen turned around in astonishment, only to see a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman from the Western Regions walking timidly towards him.
The woman from the Western Regions had peach cheeks and apricot face, bright eyes and bright teeth, a white pearl hanging from her forehead, and her skin was crimson. On the delicately curled hair plate, he wears a round hat inlaid with pine jade and rubies, and the tassels hang down with the trend, and the brilliance flows.
The woman from the Western Regions was dressed in beige clothes, with a silk light purple light yarn and a white belt tied around her waist.
Looking at the oncoming woman from the Western Regions, before Yuan Haochen could speak, she had already walked straight to her side, and ignored Yuan Haochen, as if he didn't exist at all.
Yuan Haochen thought about it for a while, and then he realized that all this in front of him was just illusory, not real.
"Princess Hanyue, it's you." The man who spoke just now said in surprise, "Why did the princess come here this night?" ”
Yuan Haochen was a little surprised when he heard the title of Princess Hanyue, and only then did he realize that the appearance of the woman in front of him was indeed very similar to the middle-aged woman in the underground stone room.
"I just heard from the maid that the general's men and horses attacked the camp of the Hun envoys at night and wiped them out." Princess Hanyue said with a slightly flustered expression.
"As the princess said, we are returning from the Hun camp. After the repair is completed, I will go to meet the king of Loulan. The general's face turned grim, and he replied in a loud voice.
"General, you're wounded." Princess Hanyue suddenly saw the general's bloody right arm, and said with great concern, her eyes full of pity and love.
"A little injury, it's okay, don't worry about the princess." The general hurriedly said. "I beg the general to take care of himself." Princess Hanyue said as she caressed her wound.
At this moment, a mighty sergeant rushed towards the stupa.
"Report to the general, the last general has already found out the cause of the violent tremor in the wilderness outside the city just now." The mighty sergeant came to the general, waved his hands, and said.
"Come on."
"General, the violent sound is not the arrival of the Hun reinforcements, but a piece of [Flying Stone Outside the Sky] that fell in the wilderness outside the city, the flying stone is about more than a zhang long and wide, and the place where it fell is already a sea of fire at this moment, and the deep pit is in disarray."
"If it's not the Hun reinforcements, that's great!"
After a pause, the mighty sergeant beckoned to his attendant, who immediately presented an animal skin wrapping.
The package opened, revealing a treasure green stone. The green stone seemed to burst out in the hazy night. If you look closely, the appearance is round, and there is a strong heat emanating from it, it is the meteorite that Yuan Haochen found!
"What is this?" The general asked, confused.
The mighty sergeant hurriedly replied: "I waited until I saw that the [Flying Stone Outside the Sky] was very strange, so I wanted to bring it back, but after the fire was scorching, the Flying Stone was extremely hot. Later, the general found that the role of the flying stone was very different from the other parts, so he only used an axe to take off this corner and bring it back to the general for inspection. “
"You're doing a great job! It's actually a [Flying Stone from the Sky], which reminds me of an old incident in the Qin period," the general said in deep thought.
"In the past, when I was not in the army, I edited history books with my father and brother in the court. It is recorded that in the thirty-sixth year of the first emperor, the star stone fell to Dongjun. The stone carved seven characters is [the first emperor died and divided]! The general continued, "Now is a celestial phenomenon, and we can follow the example of our predecessors. ”
"Whoever comes, do as I say," the general then ordered, and the sergeants went straight to the countryside after receiving the order.
"General, attacking the Hun camp at night and intercepting and killing the Hun envoys is not trivial, what is the general's plan to do next?" Princess Hanyue on the side asked again.
"After our army is repaired, we will immediately meet with King Loulan, analyze the situation, know the benefits and disadvantages, and persuade him to submit to the Han Dynasty." The general replied.
"General, please be cautious, with my understanding of my father, the general will be very angry if he suddenly kills the Hun envoy and makes it difficult for him to ride a tiger. The general went hastily at this time
Life is in danger. Princess Hanyue said worriedly.
The general was about to speak, when a soldier rushed to report: "General, there is an ambush around the pagoda, and we are surrounded. ”
"Stay in the military and be ready for battle!" The general immediately and boldly gave the order.
The army of the Han Dynasty on the pagoda was not much, and it was soon surrounded by people and horses pouring in from all sides of the square.
The leader of the opposing camp was a majestic middle-aged man from the Western Regions, gorgeously dressed and full of anger, who was the king of Loulan.
"General Ban, my Loulan treats the general very politely, but unexpectedly, the general attacked the Hun camp at night and killed the Hun envoy. The general's move is to put my Loulan in a dangerous place. King Loulan said sternly.
"The Xiongnu have repeatedly been enemies of our Han Empire, and now they are demagoguing people, instigating the relationship between the Han and Loulan, so the crime is extremely evil, I will kill it and then quickly, what does the king of Loulan think." The general said with a majestic face and righteous words.
"General Ban is really clever and clever, but I Loulan doesn't know how to explain to the Huns at the moment. If I promise to borrow the general's item, the Venerable Master will use it as a head," King Loulan said with a cold face.
"Father, no!" When Princess Hanyue, who was hiding in the shadows, heard this, she suddenly appeared and shouted at King Loulan.
"Hanyue, why are you here?" King Loulan looked at Princess Hanyue in General Ban's camp and said with a shocked expression.
"Father, the countries of the Western Regions have always maintained a good vassal relationship with the Han Empire, and the current general Ban is the envoy of the Han Dynasty, and he came to reconcile with my Loulan, if he takes the life of General Ban, it will definitely lead to a rupture between Loulan and the Han Empire, which is powerful, please think carefully about it." Princess Hanyue said eagerly.
"But if I Loulan doesn't take his life, I will also bear the wrath of the Huns." King Loulan said sharply.
"If this is the case, the king of Loulan can report to the Xiongnu that my Han killed the Xiongnu envoys, and my Han Tianwei will not be afraid of the Xiongnu." General Ban stood proudly in the night wind, and said majestically, "My Han Empire and the Xiongnu will be incompatible, and each will choose between them, please think carefully about it." ”
Of course, the king of Loulan knew the strength of the Han Empire, but he was afraid of the anger of the Xiongnu, so he was indecisive at this time.
"Father, General Ban is also kind to his daughter, if he takes his life, his daughter will not live in the world." Princess Hanyue said again.
"You, you unfilial daughter. Come back with me at once, and never step out of the palace. King Loulan scolded Princess Hanyue, and then turned around and left angrily
On the second day, the outskirts of Loulan Wangcheng came with amazing news, [Flying Stone Outside the Sky] shocked the meaning of the heavenly phenomenon, and the book on the Flying Stone was "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity".
The people of Loulan thought that the will of heaven was showing, so the ministers of the Loulan court came to the table one after another, asking to conclude a vassal friendship with the Han Empire