Chapter 67: Hoshino Rinro
Wang Li went all the way north from Kyoto, escorted by Jiang Baichuan, did not stop on the way, and finally arrived at Linlang after more than a month.
Linlang belongs to the northern part of Da Yao, connecting the edge of the Da Zhen Kari Mountains, to the north is the boundless grassland, is the border between the two countries, before Da Yao and the real person did not tear the skin, the two countries in Linlang to open the market trade with each other, to pass the have-not, the real person to cattle, sheep and animal skins, horses in exchange for Da Yao's medicine, salt tea and other things.
Because most of the things sold by Da Yao and real people are easy to plant and make, and the price is not cheap, and it is extremely scarce and desperately needed for real people, the silver that real people exchange for horse skins has flowed back into the hands of Da Yao, so for many years, although Da Yao has to pay tribute to real people every year, but the money of the tribute is a drop in the bucket compared with the silver and horse materials earned by Linlang.
Wang Li and more than 300 soldiers exchanged names and documents outside the city pass, and then saw a thin middle-aged man leading a group of soldiers, personally opened the city gate for Wang Li, and greeted: "The Nutao army led the minister Qiao Ge to greet Wang Qingxiang. ”
I don't know why this Qiao Ge greeted him so solemnly, Wang Li thanked him, "Qiao Shuai is very polite, this is General Jiang Baichuan Jiang who escorted me all the way." ”
Jiang Baichuan was busy seeing Qiao Ge, Qiao Ge nodded and said: "General Jiang has a meritorious service in escorting Wang Qingxiang, I will report this matter to Envoy Duan, and the credit must be implemented." Qiao Ge turned sideways and gave up his position, and said to the king: "Wang Qingxiang, let's talk while walking." ”
Wang Li and Qiao Ge side by side, entered Linlang City, and listened to Qiao Ge: "Before Wang Qingxiang came, I had already read the news from the road ahead, Duan Si said that Wang Qingxiang came here to resist foreign beasts, and also to treat the wounded and boost morale, Wang Qingxiang, to be honest, Qiao has always hated the ministers, but although Qiao is at the border, he has also heard a little about the things in Kyoto, and knows that Wang Qingxiang and those ministers are not all the way, and now he is angry with the millions of lives of the angry army, and he does not hesitate to come to this dangerous place, Qiao admires it very much!"
Qiao Ge was thin, with a slight dry beard under his chin, thin eyes and low nose, and his face did not look like a majestic person, but his tone sounded quite high-spirited, Wang Li looked at the middle-aged marshal next to him who was a head shorter than him, holding a heavy army, and said: "Qiao Shuai, Wang Li just did something he thought was right, and didn't think about anything else, if Qiao Shuai admired me for this, then the kid would be ashamed!"
Qiao Ge laughed, "The palace master tried to tell me, Wang Qing is good at medicine, fine literature, long in all things and short in disadvantages, today I am fortunate to meet Wang Qing, just like I said!"
The soldiers on the side also laughed, and a strong man teased: "Wang Qingxiang, we rough people learned that you were going to come to the border pass, at first we didn't believe it, I Zheng Fat Man also made a bet with them, but they all bet that you would not come, no one believed that you could come to Linlang! I never thought that Wang Qingxiang was really here, but I regretted the fat man! If I had fought hard and bet that you would come, the fat man would have made a fortune!"
Wang Li also laughed when he heard this, "Gambling in the army, you have all violated military regulations! This is a move if you don't fight!" Thinking of Li Yunchuan again, Wang Li sighed: "It's a pity that Brother Xianliu was taken captive by real people, and now it's been almost two months, and Brother Xianliu's life and death are unknown!"
Qiao Ge shook his head and said: "That day, the real people drove the strange beast to break into Linlang, and the city was in chaos, the strange beast was extremely fast, and ordinary arrows and feathers could not cause damage to it, and they were expelled from the city under the indiscriminate shooting of the bed crossbow, and after the pacification, the palace master was gone." Originally, the palace master planned to return to Beijing in a few days, but he was met with this difficulty, alas!"
The soldiers on the side were silent, and Wang Li asked, "Didn't the real person take Brother Xianliu as a hostage and negotiate with him?"
Qiao Ge said: "Since that day, the real person has not moved. I sent a light brigade to the Kary Mountains, hoping that they would go to the real people to ask for some information, but now that there has been no news for so long, I am afraid that something will happen to them. ”
This is strange, the real person arrested Li Yunchuan, and after so long, he didn't come out to negotiate as a hostage, and Wang Li began to understand the real person's intentions.
"Master Li Dian, Heavenly and Auspicious, will definitely be fine. Jiang Baichuan comforted, but everyone listened to it with trepidation, Wang Weizhong sighed, suddenly thought of Cao Hao, and asked, "Where is General Cao? Why haven't you seen him?"
"Cao Hui was temporarily dismissed from his post by me and locked up in confinement for repeatedly violating military orders. Qiao Ge said.
Wang said that only Cao Hui had fought head-on with the strange beasts, and he had to ask Cao Hao for the details of those strange beasts, so after arriving at his residence, he thanked all the soldiers, inquired about Cao Hui's residence from Qiao Ge, and went alone.
Linlang's terrain is not too high, but it is enough to be called a plateau, but I don't know why, Wang Li didn't have any altitude sickness, in his previous life, he was on Niutou Mountain in Zhaling Lake, but he was fed up with the pain of lack of oxygen, could it be that he had cultivated the extradition tips of the twelve spirit veins?
It's also possible, how to say that it is also an immortal law, although it is basic, but if you practice it, you can count it as half an immortal.
Linlang used to be a place where the two countries traded with each other, so there are many buildings in the city with real customs. The real people live in the grassland, and they live in red tents with domes, which are somewhat similar to the yurts in the previous life, but the difference is the color, the tents here are all bright red, like flames.
Cao Hui's residence was a large red felt tent, and two sentry guards stood at the door, apparently guarding Cao Hui. Entering the felt tent, Wang Li smelled a lot of wine, saw Cao Wei lying on the bed and falling asleep, poured a wine jar on the ground, Wang Li didn't know where this kid got the wine, sat on the edge of the bed, patted Cao Hao, saw that he didn't react, and pushed with great strength: "Xiao Wan? Wake up, Qiao Shuai is here." ”
"Huh?" Cao Wei suddenly got together and said dizzily: "Qiao Dutong, I didn't drink!" After opening his eyes and seeing that it was Wang Li, the kid breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said in surprise: "Brother Wang Li, why are you here?"
"Can't I come?" Wang Li stood up and kicked the wine jar on the ground, "You kid, where did you get this wine, aren't you afraid of being discovered? ”
Cao Wei covered his head, "This wine was collected from real traffickers when I first entered the city. His expression was gloomy, and he said, "Brother Wang Li, were you ordered to arrest me back? I have confessed all my crimes, but now Uncle Li's life and death are unknown, and I have to rescue Uncle Li before I can go with you." ”
Cao Hui was locked up for a problem, but it was also, he was repelled by the beast twice in a row, and he also made a mistake that caused Li Yunchuan to be taken away by real people, Cao Hao had a lot of negative emotions in his heart, and he was locked up by Qiao Ge for nearly two months, drinking and sleeping here all day, and when he saw the king leaving, he thought that he was coming to arrest him and go back to convict.
"I'm not here to catch you. Wang Li said angrily: "What is the use of you knowing that you are wrong now, when Brother Xianliu came to Linlang, in order to persuade you not to be so radical, now it's okay, if you don't listen, it will cause trouble, and your father will definitely be mad." ”
Cao Hao's heart was even more confused when he heard this, he couldn't wait to come to Linlang to lead the troops to fight, one was to avenge the revenge of Cao Hao and the others, and the other was to want Cao Mingwang to prove himself, but now it backfired and committed such a crime, he looked at Wang Li and asked, "Then why did Wang Li's eldest brother come to the border?"
Wang Li said to Cao Hui in the future, "You have a lot of contact with real alien beasts, let me ask you, how many of those alien beasts are there, and what are their body characteristics?"
Cao Hao heard that Wang Li came to Linlang to deal with strange beasts, and he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, this big brother Wang Li, who had extremely high medicinal skills, actually had a way to deal with those giant beasts that gave Yao Jun a headache?
"The number of those strange beasts is probably not less than a hundred, the size is huge, and the speed is extremely fast, mainly because ordinary arrows are difficult to pierce their fur, and the most amazing thing is that no one on the battlefield drives these strange beasts, but the purpose of each attack is extremely clear, and there are rules for attacking each other, like, as if they understand tactics, that attack into the city, if it weren't for Commander Qiao thinking of using a bed crossbow in time, Linlang would have fallen long ago. ”
Cao Wei frowned and thought: "Those strange beasts look like foxes, but they have two horns on their heads, they are covered with black coarse hair, and they stand on all fours, which is no different from the height of a horse. ”
There are a few of the king's centrifuges, and these strange beasts are all wind-bound. He met one in the palace that day, but as far as he could see, this wind did not seem to be wise, it should have been secretly driven by someone, but what method was used to drive the beasts?
After returning from Cao Hui, Wang Li inquired a lot of news with the rest of the soldiers, and in the evening, Wang Li ate the dinner that was sent, and thought that he had not seen Guan Shunjian today, so he thought about going to him to see how he was doing.
Looking up, the starry sky was bright, and the stars shimmered like jewels, scattered in the sky, as if they could be taken off with a single hand.
Wang Li couldn't see the Milky Way, and sighed in his heart, isn't this in the Milky Way?
Linlang was cold, Wang Li wrapped his cotton clothes tightly, and the soldiers lit torches all the way to escort Wang Li to Shun Jian's residence.