At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

What do these traveling merchants mean?

Aren't they just trying to get some bribes and benefits from it? Why would they be so stingy as to burn all the goods?

If that's the case, what's the point of them transporting the goods from thousands of miles away?

Just as the guards were complaining about the pity and thinking about going down to rescue the burning "cargo", they heard a loud thunder coming from under the wall.

After this loud bang, not only the entire eastern wall of Dongzi Kingdom was destroyed, but even the buildings in the city collapsed one after another.

At this time, both the people in the city and King Dongzi who was sleeping with his princess mistakenly thought that there was an earthquake, and they all hid under their beds or ran out.

At this time, the entire Dongzi country was in chaos.

"All troops, follow my orders. Attack the palace and capture King Dongzi alive!!!"

Xu Qing pointed his sword at Dongzi Kingdom and rushed out first.

Except for the Hu cavalryman who was still standing there in a daze as if he had seen a ghost, the rest of the soldiers rushed to follow Xu Qing and took out a bronze ghost mask from their breastplates and put it on their faces.

This ghost mask not only has the function of intimidating the enemy, but also has the function of protecting oneself from being blinded by the blood spurted out by the enemy or from choking oneself.

The entire Dongzi country has been thrown into chaos because of the loud noise just now.

Now suddenly a group of cavalrymen wearing ghost masks and holding sharp blades rushed in from outside the city. This not only frightened the people in the city, but even the guards in the city forgot that it was an enemy attack and stood there in a daze for a moment.

It was not until the sharp blade cut their throats that they realized it was an enemy attack.

But it was too late to react. Before they could draw their bows and crossbows or draw the scimitars from their waists, they were beheaded by the rushing cavalry.

"All those who are loyal will be spared, but those who are not loyal will be killed without mercy!!!"

Xu Qing roared in a low voice.

Although the Hu people could not understand Chinese, the merchants from the Han Dynasty or Wei State all prostrated themselves on the ground.

When the other Hu people and guards saw that this could save their lives, they all followed suit and crawled on the ground.

Seeing that everyone was frightened and subdued, Xu Qing went straight to the palace.

At this time, the palace was already in chaos because of the loud noise before, and now with the enemy attacking, it became even more chaotic.

Anyone who disobeyed was beheaded by the Hanjing cavalry.

Xu Qing casually broke into a bedroom and saw a Semu woman in light clothes huddled in the corner and shivering. Next to her was a drunk Hu man who was sleeping soundly.

"Wake up, wake up." Xu Qing patted the Hu man's cheek with the blood-stained sword in his hand.

But this not only failed to wake up the Hu man, but also made him turn over and mutter in his sleep.

Xu Qing was so angry that he stabbed the Hu man's shoulder with his sword.

"what!!!"

The Hu man screamed and reached for the scimitar beside the bed in a rage.

But before his hand could touch the scimitar, Xu Qing put his sword to his throat.

The Hu man had no choice but to retract his hand, turned around and glared at Xu Qing, saying: "Who are you? How dare you assassinate me?"

"Who are you?" Xu Qing asked back.

"I am Yanshan, the envoy of Udon Chanyu. Who are you?" the Hu man continued.

"I am the general appointed by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Xu Qing." Xu Qing said proudly.

"What, this...how is this possible?" Yan Dan was suddenly confused.

The Dongzi Kingdom is impregnable and has more than 15,000 archers. How did Xu Qing break in?

"Where are the other members of King Dongzi?" Xu Qing asked directly without paying any attention to Yan Dan's confusion.

“In…” Yan Dan wanted to play tricks, but Xu Qing just moved the sword in his hand, causing some blood to flow from his throat. He didn’t dare to play tricks and said, “He is in the innermost bedroom. Don’t… don’t kill me.”

Xu Qing put away his sword, and the deputy general beside him asked, "General, how do we deal with this order?"

"Capture them back for me as well." After giving the order, Xu Qing walked towards the bedroom that Yan Dan mentioned.

At this moment, everyone in the palace, whether it was the guards, servants, or the usually domineering royal family members, were all prostrating themselves on the ground with a look of fear on their faces.

Wherever Xu Qing went with the sword, no one dared to look up.

He pushed open the door and walked into the bedroom that Yan Dan mentioned. Looking at the bald old man who was shivering on the ground, he asked, "Are you the King of Dongzi?"

"It's...it's me." King Dongzi nodded without daring to look up, looking like he was about to scare himself.

"Damn it, you old man really don't tell the truth. I just asked you if you were the King of Dongzi, and you told me that you were the butler of King Dongzi."

"Now my general asks you personally, have you become the King of Dongzi again?"

This knight also had a bad temper and kicked King Dongzi directly.

Xu Qing frowned, put the sword to King Dongzi's throat and asked, "So, are you King Dongzi or his steward?"

"I... I am indeed the King of Dongzi, Yu Xie." King Dongzi nodded repeatedly in fear and dared not say anything else.

"Take him away." Xu Qing gave the order with a wave of his hand, and two cavalrymen tied him up and carried him out of the hall, and put him into a cage cart together with the captured Yandan.

Xu Qing led the Hanjing Light Cavalry and came and went quickly. Even though they had already left the city and were returning to Minglan, the Hu people, guards, and royal family members in Dongzi were all crawling on the ground and dared not get up.

It was not until dawn, when they were sure that everyone had left, that they dared to get up.

On the other side, Ren Hao, who was waiting for good news, was also not idle. Apart from producing a large number of small doses of thunderbolts every day, he ate and drank with King Minglan and others. He was not in a hurry to discuss the joint fight against Wudun Chanyu.

While eating, drinking and having fun with Prince Minglan and his friends, Ren Hao unexpectedly found a very precious condiment, which was the coriander that was highly praised by Prince Minglan.

And this so-called coriander is the famous cilantro.

The reason why Minglan Country was able to grow coriander was because it was brought by the Semites from Central Asia.

According to the world history before him, coriander was brought back by Zhang Qian during his mission to the Western Regions.

But now he can't care so much. As a person who loves coriander, he can't wait for a figure like Zhang Qian to appear in this world and bring coriander back to the Han Dynasty.

Ren Hao grabbed a handful of coriander, picked off all the leaves and threw them into the soup bowl and said, "Prince Minglan, can you give me some coriander seeds? I want to take them back to the Han Dynasty to plant them."

"Lord Sikong, you also like coriander?" Prince Minglan's eyes lit up, as if he had found a confidant.

He had been worried that Ren Hao might not like it or wouldn't be able to adapt, but now it seems that all these worries were unnecessary.

The way this Lord Sikong eats coriander is simply an expert.