There is a special fruit called fragrant fruit in Nanzhao, about the size of a fist, the color is bright, the fruit is delicious, the fragrance is strong, the air of the whole Nanzhao will be wafting with the unique smell of passion fruit after ripening, although there are many planting households in Nanxi County, but somehow compared to the fragrant fruit of Nanzhao, the taste and size are a lot worse.

In the summer, after the passion fruit is squeezed into juice and processed by craftsmen, and after being added to the ice, it has become a popular drink piece for the entire Nanzhao, but this is limited to those princes and nobles and large households, after all, this small bowl is not something that the poor people can afford.

Wanjing City is full of large and small fruit farmers at this moment, and the people of Wanjing have long been surprised by this, after all, these fruit farmers are everywhere as if they have emerged from the ground every season, and Du De is one of these fruit farmers, dressed in sackcloth and shoes, and the thick joints all indicate that they have been engaged in that heavy physical labor for many years.

"How do you sell this fragrant fruit?" said a middle-aged man in a short cloth shirt, picking up a fragrant fruit.

"Five copper plates for a pound. ”

"How did one pound and two copper plates on the street become five copper plates for you? Could it be that they are inlaid with gold?" said the man in the short cloth shirt.

"If you want to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, get out, where is there so much nonsense?" said the farmer impatiently.

"You... You—" Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the fruit farmer raise his head that had been lowered, and under the veil was a mask with a metallic luster, leaving only a pair of emotionless eyes, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

The man in the short shirt had no doubt that if he stayed here, the man would tear himself to pieces in front of him, so he ran the way he came from without looking back, and after running far, he panted and looked behind him, and only then did he realize that the fragrant fruit he had started to hold was still in his hand.

This fruit farmer is none other than Wuxin, who has been traveling for nearly twenty days in a row from the starry night of the imperial capital, and has used the identity of others to infiltrate Wanjingzhong, as for why he chose this place, it is because fifty zhang in front of the right is the headquarters of the secret gate, and Qin Jian is imprisoned in the dungeon here.

As the No. 1 killer of the Inspector's Mansion, Wuxin is very patient, he has been sitting here for more than three days, but he has not seen the slightest helplessness, just like an old monk settled, not long after, a young man dressed as a scholar patronized his stall.

"How do you sell fragrant fruit?"

Wuxin didn't even raise his eyelids and said, "Five copper plates for a catty." ”

When the scholar heard this, he smiled and said, "You have taken the five copper plates." As he spoke, he threw down the copper plate, took three or four fragrant fruits for himself, and then turned to leave.

After this person left, he picked up the rag beside him and covered it in the bamboo basket, and then got up and walked into the distance, and after a stick of incense, he came to the inn where he stayed, closed the mountain door and took away the rag covered on the bamboo basket, and there was a secret letter in it.

After opening the secret letter, there was a floor plan of the building that I don't know where, even where there was a secret passage, where it was clearly marked from the secret whistle, and I didn't intend to take this floor plan to look at a pillar of incense, and after a long time, I muttered to myself: "If you step into the realm of heaven and man, you are still a little sure, now..."

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The negotiation group sent by Daqin has stepped into the land of Nanzhao at this moment, with Tang Shunzhi, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, as the negotiation envoy, Cheng Xiang Yue of Honglu Temple as his deputy, Su Yi, the squire of the military department, and Qin Xuchao, the waiter of the household department, as the senator, and the accompanying team of as many as 300 people, including many good hands of the Imperial City Division and the Inspector's Office.

Xiang Yue didn't go up to the curtain on the carriage at this time, looked at the Nanzhao personnel who greeted and escorted the mission not far away, and couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead with one hand and complained: "This Nanzhao is also too hot, my imperial capital is simply a summer resort compared to this!"

Tang Shunzhi smiled and said: "It is inevitable that you will be a little unbearable when you come for the first time, and it will not be so hot if you come a few more times." ”

Xiang Yue pursed his lips when he heard this, and said: "You see that those barbarians are wearing such a hot day and such thick armor, they are really not afraid of heat stroke one by one." ”

"Southerners don't dream of camels, and northerners don't dream of elephants, isn't that the reason? People may be much cooler than you think!"

"Oh, where do you say that?"

"Take a closer look at the difference between the armor on those barbarians and our Great Qin soldiers?"

Xiang Yue squinted his eyes after hearing this, but he didn't see anything famous, the only difference was that they were covered with a thin layer of cloth outside their armor, Xiang Yue had to puzzle: "Is there any use in wearing that cloth?"

"The sun here is scorching, far from being comparable to my Great Qin, and the armor is made of iron, so it will inevitably get hot under such exposure to the sun, which is a great damage to combat power in wartime, so the barbarians deliberately put on a thin cloth, so that the armor can be avoided from being directly exposed to the sun and become hot, without affecting the breathability. ”

"I see, but Brother Tang still hasn't said what he should mean. ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled after hearing this: "Brother Xiang, don't worry, the most critical point is still in their armor, the biggest difference between their armor and ours is that most of them are chain mail, so there will be no unbearable heat at all, plus they have adapted to the climate here, so they naturally look as usual." ”

"Haha, I underestimated these brutes!"

In this way, Daqin's negotiation group talked and laughed all the way, and after a journey of three days and two nights, they came to the first stop, Shangcheng, and the welcome guard of honor who went out of the city to greet them before they arrived at the city gate greeted them early.

"Lord Tang, you and I said goodbye to the emperor last time, but we haven't met again for four years!"

"That's what Lord Jin said, but I want to congratulate you on your promotion to the position of Siqing. ”

"Hehe, Lord Tang should not be modest, it won't take much time to think about it, and he will definitely be able to ascend!"

Tang Shunzhi wanted to say something, but the other party waved his hand and said: "You have come from afar, you must be very tired after a long journey, we still go to the city first, and after you have rested and eaten enough, we will slowly return to the city." ”

"Lord Tang, please!"

"Lord Kim, please!"

Then everyone in the far Xun sound and salute, one by one slowly into the city, the majesty of the city so that many people who came here for the first time are shocked, although it is not able to catch up with the three cities of the three cities, but it is not far behind, but in the eyes of Tang Shunzhi and others is naturally sparse and ordinary, for those Nanzhao people in the eyes of the pride, naturally is familiar with the color, although it has come more than once, but every time I see the heart can't help but secretly laugh.

No matter which country's envoys, in addition to the heavy responsibility, meeting the emperor is the most important thing in the rest of the matter, and after the envoy stayed in Shangcheng for two days, he rushed to Wanjing accompanied by Jin Shengyi, the secretary of Nanzhao Temple.

Emperor Nanzhao Gao was naturally very enthusiastic about the Great Qin's mission, and he himself couldn't help but be overjoyed at the banquet, the biggest reason was to forget that only they sent a mission to the Great Qin, which family sent to them, the scale of the previous several exchanges was less than 100 people, nominally it was only business and trade and border matters, how could there be a lot of attention now, and the two sides began a formal meeting on the third day after the banquet.

Tang Shunzhi looked at everyone present, then cleared his throat and said, "I had a small proposal before, I wonder if you can agree?"

Jin Shengyi was stunned after hearing this, looked at his colleagues around him and said, "Lord Tang, but it's okay to say it." ”

"I want to visit Qin Dutong first, otherwise our meeting will be meaningless. ”

After a while, Jin Shengyi smiled and said, "Lord Tang is too worried, if we can't even guarantee the life of Qin Dutong, there is no need to sit here with everyone." ”

Tang Shunzhi saw that the other party rejected his first request, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face: "Okay, I also believe in your sincerity, as for how to return the Qin Dutong, it is up to you to put forward the conditions first!"

"In this case, let's get straight to the point, there are three conditions, the first is that the 500,000 troops stationed in the Qimeng camp retreat fifty miles. ”

Before he finished speaking, Su Yan, the squire of the military department, said angrily: "This is impossible! The Qimeng camp was exchanged for how much blood my Great Qin soldiers spilled, even if you take the head of the cabinet away, it will be impossible!"

"Lord Su's temper is really as hot as rumored, but Lord Su should not be anxious first, and it will not be too late until I have finished talking about the conditions. ”

Hearing this, Su had no choice but to sit back in place, Jin Shengyi continued: "The second condition is that your country no longer restricts the exchange of civilian caravans between the two sides, and the third condition is that when the two sides were at war ten years ago, nearly 10,000 people from our Nanzhao were abducted, and dozens of people such as my secret door detective Chang Cheng Cheng Cheng were arrested, and I hope you can also return them together." ”

Tang Shunzhi's good temper is well known, when is it not a smile, but now the smile on his face is gone, more like the eve of a storm, calm down for a while and be in a good mood, then sneered: "Your country is really a good calculation, but there are inevitably some lions who open their mouths, right?"

"Lord Tang misunderstood, it is not that you want to complete all these three requirements, but to choose two from these three, as for how to choose it depends on you. ”

Tang Shunzhi has been in Honglu Temple for many years, and he is naturally clear about these small means on the negotiation table, and after pondering for a while, he said: "I can't reply to these requests of yours, or wait for me to listen to the heavens before making a decision." ”

"It's nature, it's nature. ”

The first day of the meeting between the two sides broke up unhappily, but Tang Shunzhi and the others were not discouraged, they were already accustomed to this kind of negotiation, which one was faster or not two or three months, and a year and a half was a common thing, so all the conditions put forward by the other party were written down on the secret letter, covered with fire paint, and sent to the imperial capital urgently through the special mail route of the Inspector's Office for 800 miles.

Qin Han couldn't help but be a little worried about the fact that there was no news from Chasing the Wind there, he knew the speed of the secret mail route of the Inspector's Mansion, and a round trip would definitely not exceed twelve days, but now it was twenty days, if he didn't know it, it would be understandable, if ordinary people went back and forth to the imperial capital, it was normal for them to be delayed for twenty days on the road, but for a person like Qin Han who knew the inside story well, how could he not be suspicious?

But as soon as he walked to the door of the Inspector's Mansion, Chasing Feng hurriedly walked out, and the two could be said to have collided.

"Hey, I was about to look for you kid, Lord Qin has a letter here, saying that there was some problem in the middle, and he came back after a few months. ”

"Really?" Qin Hanhu wondered.

"Can I still lie to you?"

"Then show me my father's letter. ”

"The secret that Lord Qin wrote to the mansion, can you read it casually? But I think it won't be long before Lord Qin's letter from home will be sent to the door, and you kid will know about it then. ”

Seeing Chasing Feng say this, Qin Han nodded with satisfaction, and when he was about to leave, he was unexpectedly grabbed by the collar of his shirt from behind by the other party, and then saw the other party say contemplatively: "Boy, your temper has risen these days!

Qin Han secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, these days because of the boredom in his heart, he has lost some of the respect he had before when he spoke, he thought that this matter had been revealed like this, but he didn't think that the other party would settle accounts after the autumn, Qin Han had to laugh and say: "Chasing the wind senior, what are you talking about, even if the kid has a temper, he won't dare to be here with you!"

"Don't talk nonsense, get out of here for me, if you can't make up for the previous days, Lao Tzu will not be finished with you!"

If it comes to metamorphosis, the iron hand is still a lot worse than chasing the wind, since taking over Qin Han for more than a month, it can be said that Qin Han's body has been tossed and turned, and there is no good meat on his body, but the effect is also remarkable, until now, the sack of more than 100 catties on Qin Han's back can run back and forth in half an hour.

And the unique secret skill of chasing the wind to walk the hemp rope, Qin Han was finally able to walk on the tenth day in such a dangerous way, the progress is not small, but the requirements of chasing the wind will naturally not be limited to this, it can be seen from his name, fast, is the only criterion he measured, after the next month of devil training, nearly ten meters long rope, Qin Han has been able to gradually shorten from the initial five breaths of time to only two breaths is enough, so Qin Han is already very satisfied in his heart, but when he knows the requirements of chasing the wind, he feels that only a madman will have such an idea, walking from the hemp rope should be like a peaceful place, of course, this is not walking, but runningIt can be said that the final requirement for chasing the wind is to pass within a breath of rope on a ten-meter rope.

Qin Han had a skeptical attitude towards this, in his opinion, no one could pass in less than 2.5 seconds from the ten-meter hemp rope, what was the difference between this run? But with the contemptuous eyes of Chasing Wind and the next action, Qin Han's cognition was completely shattered, and it took less than two seconds to chase the wind from this end to that end, and it could almost be said that he ran over in the blink of an eye, yes, he was really running.