Li Daduan, the lieutenant envoy, sat on a wide chair, he was forty-five years old, wearing a chimney hat and a four-grade civil official costume, he was the young eunuch of the royal prison in the twelve prisons, and the little eunuch who was less than twenty years old standing next to him was the imperial eunuch book he brought from Beijing, and his name was Xizi.

Wenda sat on the right hand side, with a big belly, wearing a three-beam crown, a five-grade flying fish suit, and an embroidered spring knife, which is the standard configuration of a brocade guard. On the left sat Li Xian, and there were some hundred households such as Ha San and other hundred households.

When Chen Lu came in, everyone stood up, including Li Da. Li Xian and Wenda both asked him to sit on the head, but he disagreed, so he humbly conceded for a long time and sat down under Li Xian.

Before leaving Beijing, Master Hu of the Hanlin Academy University specially met with Wenda, which is very unusual, Jinyiwei is not subordinate to them, and they do not interfere with the river water, not to mention that Lord Hu is the first assistant, and he actually received such a humble deputy thousand households, which shows the importance of this trip.

He said to Wenda: "You must reach Harlie before the next Yuan Festival, otherwise the world will be in chaos, and you will know about it." All the way to the west, there will be all kinds of dangers, and some people do not want our Celestial Empire to be friendly with the West, so they will use all kinds of means to stop you, or provoke incidents, create contradictions, and make it difficult for you to move an inch. ”

Lord Hu glanced at him, and then said: "Several envoys, especially the deputy envoy Lord Chen, he is proficient in the language, has been to the Western Regions many times, and is familiar with the roads and customs there, and is a thorn in the side of some people, these people will do everything to kill Lord Chen. You go to Suzhou and relay my words to Song Dashuai. As for the envoy, the Holy One will tell him. ”

When leaving Beijing, Wenda told Li Da what Hu Xiang said. Li Da was also extra careful, but he didn't take it too seriously. When I arrived in Suzhou, I met Song Dashuai.

This marshal has been in the border town for a long time, and he knows the situation in the Western Regions well, and he also knows some heresies of evil demons and cultivators. After exchanging views with the Chinese envoys, he increased the number of people by 300 and sent his most useful personal soldiers, 100 Hu Hasan, to the mission. Before leaving, he gave another 400 talismans, which came in handy this time.

Li Da saw that everyone had arrived, coughed, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Li Da's male duck sounded: "Ladies and gentlemen, the original plan was to set off before the beginning, but the outpost came to report, and the front was an endless desert, forty or fifty miles, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go out of the desert at night when I set off in the afternoon, there is no water, and there is no way to camp at night." Had to stay another night. Tomorrow the fourth watch cooks, the fifth watch sets off, and tomorrow night will definitely pass through these dozens of miles of desert, and then make plans. ”

Chen Lu glanced at Li Xian, Li Xian nodded at him, he understood that they had already discussed the few hours he was in bed.

He remembered the words of his teacher Ade, and felt faintly uneasy, and said: "Lord Lieutenant, I think this place should not be stayed for a long time, it is not fun at all, these guys really want to die." Let's go, it's too scary, even if you go ten or twenty miles further, just get enough water here. ”

Everyone watched him talk, obviously he was another coward who was out of tune, everyone got used to it.

Ha San also agreed, and he has been insisting on setting off. He had already persuaded the lieutenant envoy that he could also bring these wooden fences, and he was not afraid that there would be no trees in front of him. Even if you can't make a camp fence, you can just fence off the carriages and horses, which is also a method that can often be used in marching formations.

Li Da shook his head and said: "Lord Zicheng, General Ha, your worries can be understood, and the envoy has also considered it, our soldiers have not slept all night, and then they forcibly marched and arrived at the camp, and there is no accident. What's more, in this battle at night, the ice demons here have already suffered a lot of vitality, and they don't have the strength to make any more trouble. That's it. ”

Everyone shut up. Li Da continued: "When leaving Beijing, the Holy Lord specially instructed Lord Chen to protect him, and Hu Xiang also told General Wen. Of course, it's all divine will. Come to this battle at night, everyone understands it, the emperor is shengming. These demons don't want the head of the envoy, but the head of Lord Zicheng. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at everyone's expressions, coughed deliberately, and then said, "Think about it, everyone, they killed Lord Zicheng, and our mission is deaf and blind, what else are they going to the Western Regions? The generals cheered up and always protected Lord Zicheng, if he had a little problem, who was it, he had no choice but to be sorry, and he would definitely ask the king to kill him and sacrifice the flag. ”

Several military attachés stood up and thundered in agreement. Wen Da said: "Lord Lieutenant, please rest assured, the last general has been properly assigned, and General Ha will escort Lord Chen throughout the whole process, and he will not leave an inch." ”

Chen Lu patted his head and said, "My old man's head is so valuable, this is appreciation." These people don't know how to do business, and the price is clearly marked, and I will sell it to him when I think it is a good deal, and the silver will be divided among the people, and they will all make a small fortune. Everyone laughed.

Ha San shook his head and smiled. Ha San has a tall body, a Chinese face, short and thick eyebrows, a dark yellow face, and a plateau red cheek. He has been in the border town since he was a child, can speak Mongolian, Western Regions, strong martial arts, and has been instructed by strangers, trained a pair of night eyes, can see through the night sky, recognize immortals and demons, once worked as Song Dashuai's personal guard, plus he has read books, has literary talents, is just twenty-four years old, promoted to a hundred households.

This time, he was ordered by Marshal Song to protect several envoys, especially Lord Chen.

Li Da relieved himself and nodded approvingly. With a wave of their hands, everyone retreated. The three envoys sat down again to discuss the next step.

The most important thing for Chen Lu at the moment is the ghost talisman. He took out the talisman left by Ade, Li first came over to cut the yellow mounted paper, and the little eunuch Xizi, who followed the envoy, quickly took out the cinnabar to grind. Chen Lu cleans his hands and burns incense. Li first took the sword to protect him, twisted two sword tricks himself, and handed the sword to Chen Lu.

Chen Lu took the sword, twisted the two sword tricks, and gestured a few times, and suddenly shouted: "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law, edict!"

Put down the sword, pick up the cinnabar pen, and draw a few times on the original rune seal, only to see a red light on the original rune seal, and a wisp rushed to the tip of the pen.

Everyone could see that Chen Lu was full of cinnabar, and went to draw talismans on the blank yellow mounted paper. He wanted to paint a scoop from the gourd. But when the tip of his pen touched the yellow mounted paper, he saw a flash of red light. The exact same talisman seal is completed, not a scoop, but a gourd.

Several people were surprised and delighted, and Chen Lu drew them one by one. Li Da and Li Xian saw that he was drawing slowly, and they also wanted to help draw a few pictures, so they also picked up a cinnabar pen and painted a few times on the original talisman seal, but when they drew again on the yellow mounted paper, they couldn't draw any signs.

The people present were shocked, knowing that Chen Lu must have some reason. Chen Lu had a straight face, without his usual joking expression, and drew fifty pictures calmly, and like Li Xian, he couldn't draw anymore. Everyone understands that there is a certainty in this.

Looking at the painted talisman seals again, it seems that the ink is not dry, and it is placed in the big tent, and it gradually dries. A few people wanted to put it away, but they saw a house full of red light. Looking at the talisman again, it was as red as blood, the red light flashed, and gradually dimmed, little by little, and finally there was no trace of it, just like a blank piece of paper.