413. Trick me

A celebration of the festival and the grand event of marrying a wife for the gods has caused a bloody tragedy.

On the outskirts of the city, this temporary venue seems to have been hit by an earthquake, and it is extremely chaotic as far as the eye can see.

Most of the people were in a panic, trying to flee but not knowing the direction, rushing left and right like headless flies, embarrassed and messy.

There are also hundreds of fanatical believers, who have basically been bewitched and lost their minds, and their only thought is to rush in front of the Song people who despise the gods and are full of evil.

Even if the Song people are cold and cruel, even if they are unarmed, in order to carry out the will of the gods, even if they grasp it with their hands and bite it with their teeth, they have to do their best.

It's just that in this chaotic scene at the moment, thousands of people are huddled together and pushing endlessly, and even trampling on each other, it is not easy to reach where the Song people are.

That's why Qian Long and others haven't been completely submerged for the time being.

Qian Long had already cut down the third person, but there was no wave in his heart, neither the fear before death, nor the excitement of fighting and killing the enemy.

Suriya, who was empty-handed, stood behind him, looking at the scene in front of him, feeling sad and ridiculous, and his mood was extremely complicated.

But a few lies, dressed in the cloak of faith, can manipulate the world and make life as cheap as a mustard.

There were already at least thirty or forty mutilated corpses on the ground, crisscrossing into a circle of death, but there were many more people coming from outside the circle.

There are so many fools in the world!

Suriya sighed and sighed, and had no intention of looking at the absurdity of this world again.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt as if a strange and unfamiliar sound had penetrated the chaos around him and entered his ears.

Listen carefully, but there is no trace.

Just when I thought it was my hallucination, I felt tightness in my chest and my heartbeat was a little chaotic, and then, there was a vibration under my feet, and it became clearer and clearer.

Like winter thunder lurking, like ten thousand drums sounding in unison, this sense of oppression makes it a little difficult to breathe.

What is the sound? Where did it come from?

Just when Suriya was puzzled, he heard Qian Long exclaim, "Cavalry?!"

"Cavalry?" Soulier opened his eyes in an instant, staring blankly.

He hadn't been through the battle formation, and he really hadn't heard this kind of voice, so he naturally didn't know what was going on.

But Qian Long was a 'veteran, and at this moment he had confirmed that he had heard correctly, and replied with great certainty, "Yes, it must be cavalry, at least three hundred cavalry, otherwise there would not be such a momentum!"

The use of cavalry on such a scale was rare even in the Song Dynasty, so Qian Long was shocked at first.

It's not that he doesn't know that there are cavalry in the city, or he subconsciously ignores it.

If on the battlefield, this kind of negligence is absolutely fatal, so Qian Long secretly reminded himself that he must not make the same mistake in the future.

Then he frowned, and said to himself, "The horse is neat, anxious but not impatient, there is no doubt that it is an elite, I didn't expect that Champa could develop the cavalry to such a height, and I really can't just underestimate others, I just don't know if it's friend or foe."

Suriya said, "If the elite cavalry can appear here and now, the Eight Achievements are the personal guards of Sharihari Deva, and it is really difficult to say whether they are friends or foes......

Qian Long swung his knife and slashed a fanatical believer who had just rushed up, without panting, "It's Sharihari Deva here? Your big cousin? That guy looks quite deep, moody and colorful, but it's a little hard to guess...... No matter what, we've all gotten to this point, and how bad can it be."

In fact, when Qianlong and Suriya first noticed the abnormality, the cavalry was still relatively far away, anyway, most of the Cham people present were not aware of it, so the chaos in the crowd continued to be chaotic, and the Song people continued to attack.

But it didn't take long for the two of them to talk, that is, the kung fu of the two talks, and the cavalry of the brigade arrived in front wrapped in wind and thunder.

The momentum of the mountain shaking was overwhelming, even the blind and deaf could not ignore it, and the crowd suddenly seemed to freeze, and they all stopped their original movements and turned their heads to look south.

Smoke and dust covered most of the sky, as if the waves were crashing into the sea.

Immediately, the knights were heard shouting in unison, "The High Priest and the Left Shangqing have an order, everyone stands still and must not move, otherwise they will be executed immediately!"

Under such a majesty, no one dares to disobey orders, even those fanatical believers who are like crazy people, when they hear the order from the high priest, they habitually choose to obey.

Even the three priests did not dare to object, although their faces were full of astringency, they did not act unusually, and only began to pack up their clothes and prepare to greet their own head boss....

However, Kanisong still had unwillingness in his eyes, and seemed to be very sorry for the failure, muttering in his mouth, "If you don't come early, you won't come late!"

Seeing that the fanatical believers who had originally come to him stopped one after another, Qian Long had a sense of unreality, "Niang Xipi, is this a desperate situation?"

Suriya also felt a little suspended, but thought about it seriously, "We should have saved the day, although Sharihari Deva is a gloomy woman, but no matter what his idea is, since he has appeared publicly, it should not let Xian Di and others have an accident, after all, he has no reason to set himself on fire and offend the Great Song Dynasty in vain."

After hearing this, Qian Long nodded, "Brother Su is reasonable, what is the matter, let's do it and see."

Immediately, he stopped worrying about the reason for the moment and began to check the condition of the sergeants.

In the short period of time before, it was roughly estimated that at least fifty or sixty fanatical believers rushed up one after another, and basically all of them turned into corpses.

Even if these people were almost bare-handed, they did not cause harm to the Song people.

At the most chaotic time, a Song soldier was torn apart by three or four people at the same time, and fell to the ground on an unstable footing.

Six other sergeants were wounded, ranging from severity to injury, but fortunately none of them were fatal.

Qian Long took off his blood-stained robe and covered the corpse of the fallen soldier, then squatted there, and was silent for a long time before he said bitterly, "Brother Hu, take the first step, go to the Martyrs' Shrine to occupy a good position, there is no need to worry about what is going on after death, from now on, Brother Hu's family is Qian's relatives, and he will never be disappointed."

Then he stood up, looked around at all the sergeants, especially the injured ones, and blamed himself, "It's all my fault today, if we die together, it's okay, there's nothing to say, but at present, it seems that things have taken a turn for the better, then in the future, Qian will definitely compensate the brothers, just ask the brothers not to have too much resentment, and they are willing to fight side by side with Qian in the future."

The sergeants couldn't help but look at each other, surprised and at a loss.

Qianlong is not only their commander, but also noble-born, and his identity is very different from their big-headed soldiers.

At this moment, he not only frankly admitted his mistakes to his subordinates, but also showed great respect for ordinary soldiers, which had to shock and move the sergeants.

Immediately, a sergeant reacted and hurriedly said, "The commander is serious, as the saying goes, the clay pot is not broken from the well, since we are in the army, the horse leather shroud is really ordinary, and the subordinates are just rough people, they don't understand the major affairs of the military state, and they don't understand what is right or wrong about the commandery, they only know that the commander has always killed the enemy side by side with us, and there is nothing to be sorry for us, how can we be resentful, it is our blessing to have such a good general as the commander."

The other sergeants also chimed in, "Yes, yes, we are willing to die for the rule, and we will not complain!"

"Thank you for your faith, Qian will definitely learn today's lesson, and strive to lead everyone to make contributions and be safe and sound!"

Qian Long solemnly promised his subordinates, and his expression showed a calmness far beyond his years.

At this time, the most special little lady among the rescued slave girls watched all this, her eyes staring at Qian Long's round side face, flashing a spark of curiosity.

Surier naturally saw Qian Long's actions, and felt more and more that this newly acquainted virtuous brother was unusual, and his achievements were limitless.

I made up my mind right away, even if the cooperation with the Song Dynasty failed, then we must maintain this friendship.

"Brother Xian, it looks like Sharihari Deva should be coming......

Qian Long followed Suriya's gaze and saw more than 100 cavalrymen divided into two columns to drive away the crowd, and soon opened a passage.

After a while, a white horse of a divine steed trotted in from the passage, and the person on the horse was none other than the left lord of the Champa State.

Strictly speaking, the Champa state is only a tribal alliance with religion as the core, and all tribes in each region have a certain degree of self-power, not centralized power, and the king is more like a hegemon than a full ruler.

Therefore, the official position of the kingdom does not have much practical significance, what matters is the strength in the hands.

In terms of strength, if it weren't for the union of the king's two brothers, then Sharihari Deva would be the most powerful one, enough to make the vast majority of ordinary people fear and obey.

But he didn't show a lofty posture at the moment, and he was still three or four feet away from Qian Long, so he rolled off the saddle and stepped forward quickly.

"A certain family is late, which frightened General Qian, please forgive me."

Shi Lihali was full of apologies, and his posture was also very respectful, reflecting a very loyal look to the kingdom.

Seeing that Suriya pouted, heh, it can really pretend!

Qian Long greeted him with a smile and said with gratitude, "If it weren't for Shangqing coming to rescue him in time, most of the bones of Qian and the others would be gone, and it would be too late to thank them heartily, so how could they blame Shangqing."

"General Qian is really worthy of being a pillar of the country, and he is so magnanimous that a certain family is even more ashamed......

Shi Lihali still looked like he had done something wrong, and he said a basket of sorry words, and then explained, "A certain family was worshipping in the Manta Temple, and suddenly heard that the envoys of the Kingdom of God had a conflict with our subjects, and they were in danger, so they hurried here, but they didn't expect to hurry up or almost be a step late, by the way, what kind of misunderstanding happened here, how did it become like this?"

"Shangqing doesn't know what's going on!?" Qian Long seemed surprised.

Shi Lihali looked embarrassed and blamed herself, "As a subordinate of the lower state, I should have paid more attention to the safety of the envoys of the upper kingdom, but... First, the king has ordered the right lord to take charge of the protection of the mission, and second, it is also sudden, and a certain family has indeed not had time to understand the ins and outs of the matter, but in any case, disrespecting the envoys of the upper kingdom is a great crime, and a certain family is willing to accept the punishment of the superior kingdom on behalf of the city."

This is reasonable, but it implies the purpose of deducting the pot to the king and protecting the bald flowers, and it also reveals the message of moving closer to the Song Dynasty.

Qian Long seemed to understand, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes, and then said with a little pride, "The matter is not complicated, at first, Qian Mou just found that a group of human traffickers were very suspicious of pirates, so he planned to contact them on the grounds of buying female slaves, so as to investigate clearly, how do you know that the prince of your country suddenly came to interfere with it, so Qian Mou had to suspect that the eldest prince was involved with pirates, and planned to ask him to go back to assist in the investigation."

Speaking of this, Qian Long looked helpless, and continued, "Shangqing also knows why Qian Mou's envoy to your country came, this inspection of Haikou is exactly where Qian's duty lies, although the collusion between a prince and Haikou is incredible, but the Qing is self-purifying, and when Qian Mou investigates clearly, he will naturally return the eldest prince's innocence, but inexplicably, people from several sects came to obstruct Qian's actions, and they also blatantly incited ignorant people to attack us!"

At this time, Qian Long's face was filled with righteous indignation, and then he complained, "Qian deeply regrets the casualties of your country in the incident, but in the case of Qian's repeated statements, he still stubbornly launched an attack, which is completely trampling on the dignity of my Great Song Dynasty, and this crime is unforgivable!" If such a crime is committed according to the law of our dynasty, it is far from being compensated by death, but our dynasty has always been benevolent, and we will no longer exhaustively investigate these ignorant people!"

Hearing these words, Su Liye was dumbfounded, even if he didn't refer to the deer as a horse and reversed black and white, it was not much worse, our Qian Xian's tongue was sharper than a sword, no wonder he could be an envoy.

What he didn't know was that these were completely the conventional practices of later imperialism, and Qian Long had heard Zhao Mengqi talk about it, so he used it at the moment.

Shi Lihe Li was also shocked and inexplicable, and almost couldn't resist the power of the flood in his body, but he could only hold his breath and try his best to stay calm, "General Qian's words are not unreasonable, and after a certain family finds out, he will also ask the country for guilt......

But Qian Long didn't seem to intend to accept it when he saw it, and still had to ignore people, "In this incident, one of our soldiers was killed, and the other fifteen soldiers were seriously injured, and your country must do this

In addition, the culprit of this matter should be the three priests including Kanisong, Qian does not know what their motives are, whether there are other conspiracies, and I hope that your country will thoroughly investigate, if you can't give me a satisfactory explanation, then our court will reserve the right to hold your country responsible!"

Seeing that Qian Long was talking more and more excessively, Shi Lihe pear became more and more like a fish in his throat, but he couldn't find a suitable way to deal with it for a while, after all, his purpose was to marry the Song Dynasty and achieve his ambitions with the help of strength.

At this moment, the three priests of Kanisong, surrounded by the congregants, approached and challenged Sharihali in a questioning tone.

"I just heard the decree of the high priest, why did I only see Zuo Shangqing alone!? Could it be that Zuo Shangqing pretended to give orders in the name of the high priest? In the religion, this is a blasphemous felony, please explain it clearly, otherwise ......

Shi Li Heli was already very aggrieved by Qian Long, but he didn't expect to be angry with a few magic sticks, and he immediately couldn't suppress the fire, "Presumptuous! How can you be free to frame and humiliate a certain family!? Take it, and open your dog's eyes to see if this is the High Priest's handwritten warrant!"

He slammed a roll of warrants with a hard shaft into Kanisson's face, and then gasped like a fire, apparently angry.

Kani Song couldn't care about the pain in his face, hurriedly held his hand to catch the warrant, and then eagerly opened it to check.

The three priests gathered their turtle-like heads together and examined them carefully for a long time, and finally had to admit that it was indeed written by the high priest himself.

Kani Song reluctantly returned the warrant to Shi Lihali, "It's me who misunderstood Zuo Shangqing, please don't take it to heart, since it is the decree of the high priest, the three of us will naturally follow it correctly, and let go of these ungodly heretics for the time being......

At this moment, Qian Long, under the translation of Suriya, knew the content of the conversation between several people, so he laughed loudly without concealment.

"Hehehe...... Absurd! How ridiculous! I never expected that in your country, the sect was actually above the government, and even figures like Zuo Shangqing could only bow down in front of a few monks, and dare not speak out. It seems that Qian can't expect your country to find out the truth fairly, or Qian can only return to the court with resignation, and as for the crimes committed by your country, the court will strictly investigate it!"

As if adding fuel to the fire, this series of sharp and prickly words immediately made Shi Lihali's face change.

It's not that he is really afraid of the Song Dynasty's accountability, and it may not be that he can't stand this humiliation, but he is worried that after Qian Long returns to report it, the Song Dynasty authorities will think that the city is only controlled by religion, and he has no real power.

Since he has no power, he is also a useless person, no matter what the considerations, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty will not look at him again, let alone provide him with any support......

In a flash of thought, for the sake of the great cause, Shi Liheli gritted his teeth, and his eyes showed a fierce light, "Disrespecting the kingdom is a great crime, no matter who is involved, it should be interrogated impartially, and someone will come!" Arrest Kanisong and the others!"

When a group of guards heard the order, they pounced like tigers and wolves on Kanisong and the others with an incredulous expression.

Kanisong suddenly shouted, "Daring! I am an apostle of the gods, and even a king will honor us. Sharihari Deva, you tell me clearly, even if you are the Zuo Shangqing, then you have no right to deal with me, and finally warn you again, don't mess around, otherwise you will definitely regret it......

"Shut them all up! Immediately escort them back to the house." With a dark face, he ordered the guards to gag the mouths of the three priests and send them away.

Qian Long smiled when he saw this, "Zuo Shangqing enforces the law impartially and selflessly, and will definitely become the mainstay of the city!" When Qian returns to the court, he will definitely present the loyalty of Shangqing to the official family and His Royal Highness King Yan."

Hearing this, Shi Lihali's face became a little better, "The foreign minister's admiration and loyalty to the kingdom can be expressed every day, and everything he does is worthy of his heart, and he does not ask for a reward, I only hope that the kingdom can understand the minister's intentions."

"It's easy to say, if you wrap it up on Qian, you will definitely not let a pearl like Shangqing be dusted." Qian Long nodded again and again, seemingly very satisfied with Shi Lihe pear.

Seeing that Qian Long was in a good mood, Shi Liheli said in a consultative tone, "This case is very involved, and I am afraid that it is also extremely complicated

I hope that General Qian will be more patient, so that a certain family will have enough time to find out, so that they can live up to the expectations of the kingdom."

Qian Long shook his cheeks, pondered for a while, and then reluctantly said, "Shangqing's words are not unreasonable, okay, Qian still has this patience, I believe that Shangqing will handle this case well."

"Thank you General Qian for your trust, and in addition, I also ask General Qian to hand over those traffickers and Mo Kegui to me together, not only to investigate the case, but also to give a certain family a face, after all, Mo Kegui is the prince of the country." Shi Lihe pleaded inch by inch.

Qian Long hesitated for a moment again, "Okay, okay, Shangqing is so honest, Qian is naturally arrogant."

Subsequently, Shi Lihali's personal guards took over Mo Kegui and others who were still unconscious, and then began to clean up the scene, and the detainees who should be driven away, the detainees who should be detained, and the corpses were also checked and registered......

While he was busy working, a large group of people came from the direction of the capital in a hurry, and Shi Liheli's personal guards reported that Bao Bao Bald led five or six hundred soldiers, and more than a hundred Song troops came together.

Then Shi Li Hali said to Qian Long, "Since they are here, there is no need for a certain family to escort General Qian back to the city, in order to find out the case as soon as possible, a certain family will leave first."

Qian Long thought that he didn't want to meet with Bao Bao Bald, so he agreed, "Then I won't stay with Shangqing, please go slowly."

Shi Liheli turned around, and was just about to take a step when he suddenly turned his head, "By the way, there is something I have to remind General Qian, it is best to be wary of Baotuo Baldness, you must know that a large part of the navy army in the country is under his control, and the relationship between China and China, I think General Qian can understand......

As he spoke, he glanced deeply at Suriya on the side again, "The fifth prince is outstanding, with him by his side, I believe that General Qian can have a good time in the country, hahaha, see ......you another day."

After speaking, no matter how Qian Long reacted, Shi Lihe really got on the horse and left neatly this time.

When he walked away, Qian Long still had a smile on his face, "Brother Su, what does he mean by this, is he saying that you are useless and can only be a playmate?"

"Probably, whatever he says." Suriya didn't care, but after hesitating for a while, he made up his mind, and looked at Qian Long solemnly, "Virtuous brother, Sharihari Deva has a deceitful mind, don't be gullible!"

Qian Long smiled, and there was a natural naivety on his chubby cheeks, "I know."

Suriya was stunned, you know? And you had a good conversation with him just now?

After all, this was not asked, and Qian Long did not explain much.

With his background, this kind of thing is engraved in his bones, and he doesn't need to worry about others at all.

Afterwards, Qian Long stretched his waist at the setting sun, "Today is a thrilling past, and the next few days are probably going to be a good show......