33 Good words

You must know that the military camp in Yumen Pass has hoarded a lot of commonly used medicinal materials, and when the plague in the glutinous rice was spread before, it was found that the two medicinal materials of "hanging golden lamp" and "Chaotianzi" were missing, and after everyone deduced, most of them were stolen by the master of the Shenhuo Sect who called himself Zou Song, so the garrison of Yumen Pass fell to the point where it is today. Now General Lu led the uninfected sergeants to retreat to the city wall of Yumen Pass, carrying with him a lot of medicinal materials in addition to food, and now with the bag of "hanging golden lamp" and "Chaotianzi" brought by Prince Geshu, he can immediately dispense medicine according to Mr. Mu's prescription.

Seeing that Prince Geshu was so honest, General Lu hurriedly laughed a few words, claiming that he could absolutely trust him, but he didn't have to try again. Master Lu next to him understood, and immediately stood up as a villain, and asked Sui Jun Langzhong to take the medicinal materials in the hands of Prince Geshu and decoct the medicine according to Mr. Mu's prescription. Xian Jingyue and Li Liu next to him glanced at each other, and they both saw suspicion in each other's eyes, the more this Prince Geshu behaved brightly, the more unsettling it became, but after thinking about it, he couldn't see what was abnormal behind his actions.

At that moment, General Lu beckoned Prince Geshu and others to sit on the ground on the city wall, and Xian Jingyue also asked Prince Geshu to tell General Lu and Master Lu what he had told him before. Hearing that the enemy hiding behind the scenes was the Divine Fire Sect and the Beshi Bali Wuer Clan, General Lu was secretly shocked in his heart, but his face was immovable, and he said proudly: "Beshi Bali is just a small country in the Western Regions, caught between the Central Plains, Tubo and the Khanate, and even dares to come to invade my Yumen Pass, it is simply not a matter of life or death! As long as the plague of the soldiers can be cured, Lu will definitely make them come and go!"

While everyone was talking, most of the hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the sky was already dark, but it was a starless and moonless night, all lit by the fire on the wall of Yumen Pass. At this time, Sui Jun Langzhong had already fried a large pot of thick medicinal juice according to Mr. Mu's prescription, and General Lu and everyone got up and returned to the top of the city gate of Yumen Pass, and asked Sui Jun Langzhong to go to the crowd below the city wall to select two soldiers infected by the plague and give each of them a bowl to drink. After the two sergeants finished drinking the medicine, Master Lu asked them to rest under the stone stairs of the city wall, so that everyone at the head of the city could watch the changes.

Later, General Lu asked Prince Geshu carefully about the details of the army of Beshi Bali, but Prince Geshu said that he knew nothing about it, and the reason why he knew the details was because of the meeting with Jin Wanjin. In the end, Prince Geshu said to General Lu: "Xiao Wang and General Lu are meeting for the first time, and there are some things that should not be said, but since General Lu regards Xiao Wang as a friend, Xiao Wang has to take the liberty of saying a few words. ”

When everyone heard him say this, their hearts sank, and they secretly said: "It's finally time to get to the point." I only heard Prince Geshu continue: "You must know that the power of the Divine Fire Sect is all over the world, and it is even more deeply rooted in the Western Regions, and its methods are ruthless and vicious, and everyone knows it, and some people in the Central Plains Martial Arts even call it the 'Demon Sect', and its ferocity can be seen. And for more than ten years, the Divine Fire Sect has been dormant, but this time it suddenly sent a mysterious person who claimed to be Jin Wanjin, instigating Bei Shi Bali to poison Yumen Pass, judging from the Divine Fire Sect's traditional style, even if there is no full chance of winning, at least seventy or eighty percent sure, otherwise he will never act rashly. What's more, Xiao Wang had seen that Jin Wanjin before, his mind was so high, the city was deep, and the means were ruthless, even Xiao Wang was ashamed of himself, and even the living corpses that killed people and the long-extinct plague were brought out by him, which had to make people fearful. So it's not that Xiao Wang underestimated General Lu, judging from the current situation at Yumen Pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist. ”

General Lu couldn't help but "oh?", and asked rhetorically: "Then according to Your Excellency's intentions, what should the last general do?" Prince Geshu saw that he was asking knowingly, and immediately laughed: "The living corpse attacks the heart, and the plague kills you, these are actually just preludes. When the Vultures army pressed the border, the imperial court and General Gong of Jiayuguan refused to provide supplies to Yumen Pass because of the rumors of 'zombies', and General Lu was attacked by the enemy, but he was afraid that not only would he not be able to defend this Yumen Pass, but even General Lu and tens of thousands of soldiers here would be buried here. Therefore, the best way at the moment is undoubtedly to withdraw the whole army to Jiayuguan, even if General Gong of Jiayuguan refuses to let the troops enter the pass, General Lu can directly attack Jiayuguan, with the trust of the king of Thailand in General Lu, only need to explain clearly afterwards, the court will not blame; The rumors of zombies will naturally be self-defeating, and the imperial court will also take the initiative to recall General Lu's team. ”

When the words fell, Xian Jingyue's heart was suddenly shocked, before General Lu could answer, Master Lu next to him couldn't help but say: "Prince Geshu's words are not bad at all, and the villain also advises the general, but the general still refuses to listen!" General Lu snorted coldly, and gave Master Lu a roll of his eyes on the spot, and then smiled at Prince Geshu: "So I hear that the condition for Prince Geshu to send food and medicinal materials this time is to ask Lu to withdraw his troops?"

Unexpectedly, Prince Geshu looked up to the sky and snorted, and said: "Xiao Wang just saw that the general had an extraordinary bearing, and in the words of your Han people, he was a good man, so he persuaded him with good words." As for whether General Lu listened or not, and whether the garrison at Yumen Pass withdrew or not, what had to do with Xiao Wang, a Turkic merchant? As the commander of the 100,000 garrison at Yumen Pass, how could General Lu be able to say just a few words? If Xiao Wang came with this in mind, he was not only insulting General Lu, but also insulting Xiao Wang himself. ”

When Prince Geshu said this, he once again surprised everyone, and he couldn't guess what he wanted in his heart. Unexpectedly, this Turkic Hu man in his thirties could not only speak fluent Chinese, but also be thoughtful and calculating, and he was a very powerful character; even among the Han people, I am afraid that I could not pick out a few people who could compete with him, and if this person was not a friend or foe, the consequences would be unimaginable. General Lu and Master Lu were frightened, and then remembered what kind of gold and ten thousand catties he mentioned in his words, and they could still make the prince Geshu in front of him "ashamed", and they couldn't imagine that there were such characters in the world.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, obviously shocked by himself on the spot, Prince Geshu couldn't help but smile slightly, and finally said: "Since General Lu has repeatedly mentioned this matter, Xiao Wang has also told the truth. When Xiao Wang and Jingyue Gongzi were chatting before, they did say that if they wanted Xiao Wang to help the garrison of Yumen Pass, then they would have to put forward a condition to General Lu in exchange. In fact, this matter cannot be said to be 'a condition', it can only be said that Xiao Wang has 'one thing to ask for', and I hope that General Lu can agree. Dare to ask General Lu and this master, three months ago, did Yumen Pass capture an envoy from Tibet?"

Hearing this, Xian Jingyue next to him suddenly remembered. On that day, Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi joined forces to expose the tricks of the Taoist priests of "Yinshan Hall" and found out that their private activities were smuggled in the name of "driving out corpses". In addition to the smuggled valuables, the Taoist priests of the "Yinshan Hall" also hid the living in the corpse procession, so as to help those important criminals wanted by the imperial court and the lustful people of unknown origin to avoid interrogation and secretly infiltrate the Yumen Pass. Among the eight intruders who were captured by General Lu on the spot that night, there was a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian student, and in the end, Shang Bu gave up his identity, but he was an envoy from Tubo, saying that the lord of Tubo had already known about King Heng's rebellion in Jiangnan, so he sent an envoy to infiltrate Yumen Pass, to go to Lanzhou City to meet with a big man, and planned to join forces with the two families to wait for an opportunity to attack the Central Plains.

From this point of view, the so-called "big man" in the mouth of the Tibetan envoy is naturally the head of the Semu people in Lanzhou City, Prince Geshu from the Turkic royal family. And Prince Geshu's so-called "conditions" or "requests" are naturally to ask General Lu for this Tibetan envoy.