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At this moment, Cheng Sijie, wearing the royal dress swaggeringly, received Yuan Rong and Ji Huan in the main hall—Qi Yunruo?He didn't worry, he couldn't run out, the way out of the palace was impossible without a key, if Qi Yun went down the secret way, he could only wander around.

Cheng Sijie said in a dignified manner: "I felt unwell a few days ago, and I have neglected the envoys. If there are any ignorant subjects and wrong words, please don't mind."

Yuan Rong said: "Since the lord came out in person, I will repeat the conditions..."

Cheng Sijie interrupted him with a smile: "I understand what you mean, so there is no need to repeat it."

When Ji Huan knew that Cheng Sijie was coming out, he had some bad premonitions. He had never seen Tanqiao when Cheng Sijie came out. These confirmed his guess - there must have been a fight among the monarch and his ministers before, and it was Cheng Sijie who came out. Jie is even better, but Ji Huan would rather Tan Qiao come forward, Cheng Sijie is indeed too difficult to deal with.

Cheng Sijie said: "But as far as I know, there are many misunderstandings."

Ji Huan frowned and said, "What does the Lord mean?"

Cheng Sijie coughed lightly and said, "Let's talk about the supply of grain and grass for the Qiang people first. This is not something our country does on its own initiative, but has to do it. The two envoys don't know that our Xinyuan Kingdom is next to the Qiang people. The people of our country live on agriculture and trade, and the army is there to protect the frontier. The number of people is small, and the weapons and weapons are poor. We are really vulnerable to the Qiang people. If we stop suddenly during the war Supplying food for the Qiang people, I am afraid that the ferocious Qiang people will attack in a blink of an eye. Unlike Dakang, we have the Yushu Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The land of Xinyuan Kingdom is flat, and a hundred Qiang cavalry cannot be stopped. Our Xinyuan Kingdom , but it is not easy to make a living under the hands of your country and the Qiang people."

As he talked, he almost burst into tears, the corners of Yuan Rong and Ji Huan's mouths twitched, several Han officials from the Xin Yuan Kingdom also showed embarrassment, and some people like Shangguan Yao smiled very proudly.

Cheng Sijie really wiped his eyes with his sleeve, choked up and said, "Dakang, a powerful country, doesn't understand the difficulties of a small country like ours."

Yuan Rong didn't know what to say, but Ji Huan said, "Since that's the case, it's better to include the Xinyuan Kingdom into our territory. In the future, if the Qiang people dare to invade the ten-zhang land of the Xinyuan Kingdom, you can also ask my Lord Dakang to send troops. In the future, the Xinyuan Kingdom will rely on Dakang, and no one will dare to bully it."

Cheng Sijie's expression froze, and his gaze towards Ji Huan was cold for a moment, but it was fleeting, and he said kindly: "Thank you for the envoy's concern, but I am a small person in the Xinyuan Kingdom, and I do my best alone, so I can still survive." , don’t bother Dakang.”

Ji Huan said again: "What about the ambush of General Si De, what will the lord say?"

Cheng Sijie quickly said: "That's because our Xinyuan Kingdom was framed by others! Xinyuan Kingdom never sent anyone out to ambush Dakang's soldiers. If you two have any evidence, do you know how Gu was injured? It was the king who heard that someone pretended to be a Chinese to do illegal things and attack the allies, so he went to investigate in person, but he was wounded by those unknown people!"

Ji Huan: "..."

Yuan Rong: "..."

Cheng Sijie continued: "As far as I know, those people are all dressed up as Han people, and they keep saying that they are from our country. They are obviously trying to bring trouble to the east. Gu speculates that it is very likely that some of these people from Dakang intentionally harmed King Chun. Your Highness, framed us."

The Qiang territory is adjacent to the Xinyuan Kingdom, and they will arrive in one day at a fast pace. Ji Huan has already received a letter from Li Chen. He is thinking about Xiao Qi, so he said: "I have one more thing to ask the Lord."

Cheng Sijie smiled and said, "Please tell me, envoy."

Ji Huan said: "I am entrusted by King Chun of our country, and I want to find someone in your country."

"Oh?" Cheng Sijie asked with a smile.

Ji Huan unfolded a scroll of portraits that he drew overnight, and Qi Yunruo's appearance clearly appeared on it. Cheng Sijie's pupils shrank slightly, but the smile on his face kept deepening. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard "Boom" coming from below him. Long" sound.

Ji Huan and Yuan Rong naturally heard it too, and stood up in surprise, Cheng Sijie frowned suddenly, and said sharply: "Come here! Send the two envoys out of the palace!"

Yuan Rong looked at Ji Huan in astonishment, and Ji Huan listened quietly, and heard someone shouting from under the floor - speaking in Qiang language and vague Chinese, saying the word "stop".

Their feet trembled constantly, Ji Huan waved back the person who was going to send them out of the palace, and sneered as Sijie, "My lord, what's going on?"

Cheng Sijie finally changed his face, and his complexion became more and more bad. He had already figured it out, it seemed that if Qi Yun caused a big problem for him, he would offend those Qiang people.

Soon the voice disappeared from the main hall and went away, Ji Huan's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a smile: "It turns out that there is a secret way in your palace."

Cheng Sijie said: "Three or two cellars have been built to store things."

"It turns out that the Qiang people are something that your country needs to store up. I don't know where they are needed?" Ji Huan's face was full of malice, "Which concubine hid it? Or the kitchen?"

Not only Ji Huan, but Yuan Rong also thought that there are many spies in the Xinyuan Kingdom, and they are distributed in various countries. Their lord even eavesdropped on his own palace, presumably those rumors are not groundless, Ji Huan Shi Shi Ran smiled and said: "Master Cheng, we are leaving today. We will discuss it later when the Lord has tidied up the 'cellar'."

Qi Yunruo felt that he was already the fastest runner, but the Qiang people behind him seemed to have inexhaustible strength, holding such a heavy weapon and they could still keep on chasing him. Qi Yunruo had lost his way at all, so naturally he didn't know I just ran across the underground of the main hall of the Xinyuan King's Palace, and his current direction is the place where Cheng Sijie imprisoned Feng Qiang - after locking up Tanqiao, Feng Qiang immediately contacted her family and prepared to ascend the throne by herself As a result, someone reported the matter to Cheng Sijie early on. Today, Cheng Sijie went out, immediately took control of the situation, and imprisoned Feng Qiang in a secret place.

Qi Yunruo couldn't run anymore, his only thought was to find a place where he could go up, at the next escalator, Qi Yunruo ran up, pushed hard the partition, climbed up and pushed the partition back, pressing firmly, he looked around When I was there, I saw a beautiful woman tied to a chair with a rope, with a cloth towel stuffed in her mouth, looking at him with wide eyes.

Qi Yunruo sat on the partition, calmed down his messy breathing, and he was relieved after noticing that there was no one else here except this woman and himself.It's just that he was relieved too early, and suddenly there was a sound of "dong, dong, dong" under him, and it was those Qiang people who started to smash upwards with hammers.

Feng Qiang's head was full of emeralds, and it shook wantonly with the movement of her head. She looked at Qi Yunruo anxiously, and made a "woo-woo" sound from her mouth. Qi Yunruo stood up, and finally remembered the identity of this woman. Madame Feng Qiang!She was captured by Cheng Sijie and locked up here?

Seeing that the stone slab will not be smashed open for the time being, Qi Yunruo walked over and pulled out the cloth towel that blocked Feng Qiang's mouth, Feng Qiang said: "Quick! Let me go! Let me go out of the palace!"

Qi Yunruo asked: "Do you have a way to leave the palace?"

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Who is that—" There was a crack in the floor.

An enemy's enemy is a friend, Qi Yunruo untied Feng Qiang's rope, Feng Qiang stood up, pulled all the jewelry off her head, and then ran outside, Qi Yunruo felt that she should really know another way out of the palace , had to follow up.

After going out, Qi Yunruo found out that this was an abandoned palace with no one there. It seemed that Cheng Sijie didn't want to deal with Feng Qiang in a big way, so he locked her here.Qi Yunruo saw Feng Qiang going out along a small path, and couldn't help asking, "Where is this going?"

Feng Qiang didn't answer, but there was a voice in front of her, Feng Qiang immediately flashed to one place, Qi Yunruo noticed that she might be moving too fast, and covered her stomach.

The two were behind the rockery and saw a group of patrolling soldiers passing by. Feng Qiang started to walk along the original route when they disappeared. There was a loud noise, and someone found out, or someone found out that Feng Qiang was missing.

Feng Qiang suddenly asked coldly: "Who are you? Why are you underground?"

Qi Yunruo said: "I was captured by Cheng Sijie."

Feng Qiang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you from Dakang?"

Qi Yunruo nodded without any hesitation.

Feng Qiang led Qi Yunruo to bypass the inspection and came to a small corner gate of the palace. There were only two guards, both of whom seemed to be Han Chinese, but Feng Qiang walked over without hesitation. Qi Yunruo could only follow, Feng Qiang said with a gloomy expression: "We What about people?"

"The lord has been prepared for a long time, we didn't meet anyone at all today." The two guards were already Feng Qiang's people, and they were in charge of meeting her here.

Instead, Feng Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, her own people did not enter the palace, and if they did not enter the palace, they still had a chance.

A guard saw Qi Yunruo and asked, "Who is this?"

Feng Qiang didn't want to waste time, she walked out and said: "The person who was kidnapped by Cheng Sijie may be useful to us."

There was no sign of anyone outside the small gate, and no one responded, Qi Yunruo followed Feng Qiang and asked, "Where are you going?"

Feng Qiang is very familiar with this road, Qi Yunruo gradually became a little uneasy, it seems that Feng Qiang is not only a place for her family to go, she also has other places where she can hide, Qi Yunruo has recently learned that Feng Qiang is sensitive and suspicious, But being selfish and cold, the road ahead may still be dangerous for you.

When Qi Yunruo stopped, Feng Qiang turned her head and looked at him coldly.

Qi Yunruo said: "I saved you, you bring me out, we don't owe each other, why don't we just say goodbye."

Feng Qiang said: "What is your identity? Why did Cheng Sijie tie you back? Why are you underground?" She is also a smart person, and quickly thought, "Cheng Sijie dug a secret passage in the palace? Yours is from the Qiang people?"

Qi Yunruo did not answer the first question, but betrayed Cheng Sijie without hesitation, "There are many secret passages in the palace, and the Lord Cheng controls the entire palace in his own hands. I am going to escape today, but I went the wrong way and took the Qiang people away." When people disturbed me, they smashed the ground and came down to chase me.”

Feng Qiang's complexion was very bad, she thought that maybe when she was talking with Tan Qiao recently, there might be Cheng Sijie eavesdropping underground, no wonder he was not afraid at all, he had a way to escape.

Qi Yunruo said: "Madam Feng is a hero among women, she must have a chance to make a comeback, Cheng Sijie only relies on those ghost tricks, she may not be your opponent."

Feng Qiang's face turned pale, but she seemed unwilling to let Qi Yunruo go.

Qi Yunruo said: "The two of us are more conspicuous than one person. If we are discovered because of this, the loss outweighs the gain."

Feng Qiang let out a "hmm" and continued walking, saying as she walked, "We will part in the front market."

"Huh?" Qi Yunruo stopped in astonishment, "What's ahead?"

Feng Qiang said lightly: "I have left some people in the human market, and the human market is mixed with fish and dragons, so it is convenient to hide."

People city?Qi Yunruo frowned, is it a place to sell people?Isn't Xinyuan Kingdom known as the people's comfort and stability?How can there be such a place.

But let him not think about it, Feng Qiang walked familiarly, for a full half an hour, she was finally supported by Qi Yunruo, and she resisted the slight pain in her stomach, and persisted to this place.

Originally, Qi Yunruo wanted to go to the embassy to find Ji Huan, but he was worried that he would be discovered on the way, and also worried that his appearance would attract Cheng Sijie's attention, which would be detrimental to Ji Gege——Qi Yunruo suddenly saw a man not far away. There were people gathered in one place on three floors, and he walked over curiously. He was standing on a high place alone, and said proudly: "The people I bought today are all going to be sent to Prince Berg of the Qiang nationality. Those who serve Princess Changping, do you know Princess Changping? She is the eldest princess of Dakang! Now the eldest prince Berg is the most favored prince of the Qiang people, and you will be blessed if you go."

Qi Yunruo's heart skipped a beat, Princess Changping?The prince's sister?

Someone wondered: "But I heard that the situation of the Qiang people is critical now, and they are besieged by Dakang's soldiers. Will our people be in danger after they go?"

That human tooth waved his hand indifferently and said: "I just heard the news that the prince of Dakang has personally gone to the capital of the Qiang tribe to negotiate peace. In the future, those who should surrender will surrender, and those who should pay compensation will not fight again. This is not it, Prince Berg personally asked someone to buy smart men and women to serve the princess."

——The Prince of Dakang!Qi Yunruo's eyes widened in the crowd, is it the prince?He personally went to the capital of the Qiang tribe for peace talks... Then, he will definitely go to see Princess Changping!Qi Yunruo made up his mind, he looked around at the sold Han male and female slaves, rolled his eyes, and squeezed to the front of the crowd.

Ren Yazi proudly selected people, as long as those fifteen or sixteen years old looked fair and good-looking, he seemed to think that he had done a good deed, and the price he gave to others was very low.

Qi Yunruo was bouncing around while waiting, but Ren Yazi glanced at him, and then went on to ask the next person, Qi Yunruo had no choice but to say, "I'm going to sell myself."

Ren Yazi looked at him——Qi Yunruo was wearing the clean clothes of a guard who was about the same size as him after being captured by Cheng Sijie, the color was dull but the workmanship looked good, and his face and hands had no injuries or injuries Cocoon, it can be seen that he has never done any work, Qi Yunruo said: "I can't live on my own, I want to sell myself."

Ren Yazi hesitated for a moment, Qi Yunruo blinked, and continued to prove himself, "I can write and settle accounts, and I can do any kind of work."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Ren Yazi's mind, and two words immediately flashed in his mind: Fugitive slave—Qi Yunruo's servants dressed up, but they used good materials. The family committed a crime and escaped to avoid punishment.

But he immediately thought: This kind of person doesn't want money!

So he pretended to turn Qi Yunruo's body and patted it, then squeezed his arm, nodded, and said like a benevolent person: "Okay, I'll accept you."

Qi Yunruo breathed a sigh of relief and stood among the selected crowd.

At this time, the tunnel of the Xinyuan King's Palace had been exposed, and Cheng Sijie simply sent people down to find out where the troublemakers were. As a result, they saw the hole that had been smashed out under the deserted palace where Feng Qiang was imprisoned. The big man was already running and cursing on it.

If Qi Yun disappeared, so did Feng Qiang.

Cheng Sijie immediately ordered the city gates to be closed and searched for the whereabouts of the two of them throughout the city, but remembering that Dakang's envoy hadn't left yet, he could only order the search for Qi Yun to be carried out secretly without attracting attention.

And Ji Huan was discussing what he saw today with Yuan Rong.

Yuan Rong smiled and said: "I don't know why the Qiang people discovered the secret way of Cheng Sijie's palace. Today we saw a good show."

Ji Huan thought about it: "I vaguely heard that those Qiang people seem to be chasing someone."

"Could it be that the spies who went to eavesdrop were discovered?"

Ji Huan shook his head, no longer thinking about the reason, but said: "Today's incident reminded me that the spies sent by Xinyuan Kingdom are really worrying. Before there were rumors of slandering King Chun in Beijing, I suspected that The handwriting of those spies."

Yuan Rong also nodded, and sighed: "In the past, there were countless spies in the pass, providing information to the Qiang people and the people of the Xinyuan Kingdom, and it was hard to guard against."

There was a sneer on Ji Huan's face, "Aren't they unwilling to take out everything? Then let them take back their own things!"