Reborn Rongruo

Xuan Ye thought on the carriage back to the palace, if there were no accidents in the past half a month, Cheng De and the others should have passed through Shaanxi and entered Yijin Huoluo.But for some reason, Xuan Ye felt a little uneasy in his heart. Regarding the governor of Shaanxi, Wang Fuchen, Xuan Ye knew that this person was a man of great wealth, and it was really unknown whether he would obey the order.

Cheng De and the others have indeed encountered trouble in the Shaanxi border as Xuan Ye feared.Originally, the mission with Lin Zhengang as the chief envoy encountered more than one group of bandits after entering the border of Shaanxi. At first, the generals of the mission did not have any suspicions, but the closer the distance to Xi'an, the more and more bandits. Tough, this makes people have to doubt.Think that Wang Fuchen is also a generation of famous generals, why are the bandits running so rampant on the territory under his jurisdiction, even so close to Xi'an City, you must know that Xi'an is the residence of Wang Fuchen, and there are nearly [-] elite soldiers stationed here on weekdays. De would not naively believe that the bandits from Shaanxi would have the guts to make trouble under Wang Fuchen's nose.

Then there is only one answer left, these bandits are obviously Wang Fuchen's people in disguise!

Since Wang Fuchen allowed his people to pretend to be bandits and attack the mission, his intention to prevent the mission from sending out the dragon is very obvious.And his purpose - Cheng De thought of this, immediately ordered the [-] Imperial Forest Army to stop urgently, and invited Lin Zhengang, Gong Angci and others to discuss and change the advancing route.

When Cheng De explained his speculation like this, Lin Zhengang and the others suddenly realized that they broke out in a cold sweat.Especially Xinyu, he was dissatisfied just now because Cheng De bypassed him and ordered to stop the army, but now he immediately became confused and kept asking Lin Zhengang what to do.

After all, Lin Zhengang has been an official for many years, and he is also the chief envoy this time. He can still manage to stay in danger in the event of such an accident, so he discussed with everyone and decided to immediately withdraw from Shaanxi and take a detour to Alxa from Shanxi, and then go west. Although this may delay the five-day itinerary, if they don't retreat at this time, with Wang Fuchen's unclear attitude now, they will be like entering the dragon's pool and tiger's den after entering Xi'an City. Whether they can come out again is unknown.

Starting again, the group traveled day and night according to the changed route.Chengde wrote a secret letter about the change at Wang Fuchen's office, and sent it back to the capital quickly. He was worried that there were traitors in the capital, and would reveal their intention to instigate the dragon this time. Has secretly colluded with the Zhungeer Ministry.

In other words, this Wang Fuchen is also a man with many hearts.The reason why he obstructed the mission so much is not that he secretly colluded with Zhungeer, but that he was guilty of a crime. As early as two years ago, he secretly recruited troops and arbitrarily increased the number of Xi'an defenders, but he did not report to the court. The first time he received the imperial court's order to escort the mission, he felt that the mission was an imperial envoy sent by Kangxi to various places to inspect the military situation and people's livelihood in various places.If he let the mission into the city, he would definitely be noticed, so he made the bandits out of his own cleverness.

It was half a month after Xuanye received Chengde's letter. After reading the letter, he announced Mingzhu and Suo'etu to enter the palace, and ordered Suo'etu to send someone to secretly investigate Wang Fuchen to see what he was hiding. Hid some shady deeds.

At this time, Chengde and others had trekked through Shanxi and Alxa and entered the territory of Ejin Horo Banner. Three thousand warriors from Ejin Horo Banner escorted them across the grassland and arrived at the Wahidai Hills in mid-May.

If this season in the Central Plains is getting hotter, but the Wahidai hills and valleys are still covered with thick snow that has not melted.The huge temperature difference made these soldiers very uncomfortable along the way.In addition, the war horses they rode were unbearable to the mountain climate, the road was steep and snowy, and many of them fell to death and frostbite, so that the forward speed decreased again and again.It took them two months to travel from the Vahidai Hills to the Solong Kingdom.

And the casualties were huge.The 300 Royal Forest Army lost more than [-] people on the road due to climate, water and soil, plus the casualties such as dealing with bandits along the way, and there were only less than [-] left by the time of Jilong.

At this time, nearly four months have passed since the day they went out as envoys, and the chief envoy Lin Zhengang was very anxious, because the emperor wanted them to arrive in two months at most and return in two months, and now there are less than ten days left. He really didn't know how to explain to the emperor if he was destined to return to the capital this time.

Lin Zhengang was so anxious that he fell ill on the way.At this time, they were still lingering in the northern part of the Vahidai Hills, the weather was unbearable, and the night was even more bitterly cold, but they had not yet found the location of the dragon.Originally, according to Nan Huairen's memory, they should have entered the territory of Solong, but in the past few days, no soldiers have been stationed at the border. Lin Zhengang has to wonder if Nan Huairen deliberately brought them into this desperate situation .

On this day, when night fell, after Lin Zhengang ordered to set up camp, he invited Chengde and others into the tent. He expressed his doubts, but although the others didn't say anything, they could see that they were also very angry, and even more so wanted to kill Nan Huairen.Only Chengde Libao, Nan Huairen survived.

After the crowd dispersed, Cheng De went directly to Nan Huairen's tent, and saw that he and the other missionaries were studying the map, Cheng De listened quietly to the side, and after a while, several people found him there, which showed that they were equally anxious Want to find where the dragon is.

After discussing for one night, everyone decided to head northwest. In a few days, they would be able to walk out of the hills and enter the snowy land.Probably their team of thousands of people could not be ignored. The next day they were attacked by a cavalry.

These cavalrymen are all brave, tall, dark-skinned, wearing battle armor and wearing mace jewelry, and the horses they ride are taller and stronger than ordinary soldiers and civilians, and they run on hilly mountain roads as if they are walking on the ground.

These cavalry came up and attacked the mission group without asking questions, but Nan Huairen rushed into the group shouting desperately at this time.The Qing soldiers could not understand what he shouted, but Cheng De understood it.

Nan Huairen shouted: "Don't fight, stop fighting, we are the Qing Dynasty Mission, we are here to instigate the dragon to meet Ozio Khan!"

Nan Huairen shouted many times, Cheng De could clearly see that those cavalrymen hesitated when they heard Ozio sweating profusely, and Cheng De thought that these were probably the soldiers who instigated the dragon.Taking advantage of their hesitation, he immediately ordered all the Qing soldiers to withdraw, and he rode forward, bowed his hands to the general who was the leader of the cavalry, and said in a foreign language: "This brave general, please believe us, we are not far away. Come to meet the envoy of the Great Qing Dynasty, if you are a citizen of the Great Khan Ozio, please introduce us. Our emperor brought a rich gift to the Great Khan Ozio to express our respect Sincerity!"

Probably because of Chengde's pious attitude, at this moment, the general finally said: "Are you really the envoys sent by the Qing emperor?"

Cheng De nodded yes, and asked the soldiers to bring forward the hundred horses carrying the gifts.The general jumped off his horse, checked the salute on the horse, and saw that it was indeed silk, spices, gold and silver, etc., and then said to Cheng De: "I believe in you, you can come with me with a gift, but your The army must stay here! They cannot go together!"

At this time, Lin Zhengang, who was ill, was helped forward. After he asked about the situation, he told Chengde to choose 120 soldiers to follow them on the grounds of escorting gifts, and asked Chengde to negotiate with the general who instigated the dragon. The general will find a place with a suitable climate to settle these soldiers. After all, the climate on this hill is really unpredictable.

Chengde told the general what Lin Zhengang meant, and the general suddenly laughed, and said, "The climate of the Vahidai hills is called a devil's trap, and those who are not familiar with it and rush in rarely can come out alive." They can be considered warriors among warriors if they can survive! I admire warriors the most in my life, and of course I can agree to this request. Come with me!"

With the leadership of this general, the mission finally walked out of the maze-like Vahidai hills, and soon a basin appeared in front of them. It's green.

The general's name was Aguda, and he was naturally not the famous Wanyan Aguda in history, but his bravery did not disgrace the name Aguda.

The area of ​​the basin is very wide, and Chengde cannot confirm the size of the area by visual inspection alone.The south, north, and west sides of the basin are surrounded by hills, extending eastward to the sky, nowhere to be seen.Aguda ordered the Qing soldiers to stop ten miles away from the foot of the hill. He said that the leeward here was good for their cultivation.

In fact, Cheng De and the others understood that Aguda was worried that they would threaten the safety of Aolongdu City if they moved forward. Therefore, in order to dispel Aguda's vigilance, after discussing with Lin Zhengang, Chengde ordered the soldiers to camp here Hearing the order, only [-] soldiers were selected to accompany them with gifts.

Aguda had already sent someone back to the city to deliver a letter to their Great Khan. When Ozio Khan heard that he was the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, he ordered his prince Li Qilu to lead his troops out of the city to welcome them.

Lin Zhengang, as the chief envoy of the Qing Dynasty Mission, did not slack off even when he was ill. He ordered the deputy envoys Gong Angci and Xinyu to stay behind, while he brought Cheng De and Nan Huairen with gifts and entered the Long with Prince Li Qilu. capital.

It can be seen from the buildings of Solong Capital City that although this country has left the grassland, it still retains the nomadic way of life. Although the entire capital city is also walled with huge stones, there is only one palace. The animals, the brave men, and the enthusiastic women seem to remind themselves that they are authentic children of the prairie.Cheng De remembered what Nan Huairen said that they would attack Mongolia every year, and concluded that they must not want to return to their hometown all the time, so the chances of their mission's goal being achieved this time are very high.

Sure enough, when Lin Zhengang presented the gift and Chengde showed Ozio the letters of alliance from various Mongolian ministries, and stated that Emperor Kangxi was willing to return their original homeland and sign a treaty with them, Ozio Khan and the people present The civil and military ministers all showed expressions of excitement that could not be concealed.

Afterwards, at the suggestion of several ministers, although Ozio Khan did not agree immediately, he already treated Lin Zhengang Chengde and others as honored guests.

This night, after the feast, Chengde and Lin Zhengang returned to the tent prepared for them by Solong Kingdom, while Nan Huairen, who was a missionary, was invited by the Great Khan alone in the name of the Great Khan wanting to hear the holy words palace.

After the two entered the account, Lin Zhengang asked Cheng De worriedly: "Nephew, you said that this Ozio Khan asked Master Nan to preach the scriptures alone, is it really just to preach the scriptures?"

Cheng De handed the poured milk tea to Lin Zhengang, and asked with a smile, "Are you worried?"

Lin Zhengang sighed: "Although Nan Huairen has been in the court for more than ten years, he is a foreigner after all. If at this time—"

"My lord, you are overthinking! Although Master Nan is a foreigner, he is also a sincere and sincere person. He has followed the emperor since he was a child. He regards the emperor as a king and a friend, and the emperor has saved his life. At that time, he was framed by Yang Guangxian and the emperor released him to save him. At that time, he had vowed to be loyal to the emperor for life, and he would not betray the emperor! Don't worry, my lord!" Cheng De said lightly, but Lin Zhengang heard something. Clue.

He thought for a while, couldn't hold back, and still asked, "Nephew, forgive uncle for asking too much, didn't you accompany the emperor in the early years?"

Cheng De was taken aback for a moment, then regained his composure, shook his head and said, "No. Why did your lord come to ask this?"

Lin Zhengang didn't want to say anything more, he just said: "I just listened to what my nephew said just now, and I know the emperor's childhood very well."

Cheng De originally wanted to say that these were just what the emperor said to him before he left, so as to confuse the past, but then thought that saying this would make Lin Zhengang feel that he was more valued by the emperor than him as the chief envoy, and that Xuan Ye would show favoritism, so he just shook his head and laughed He smiled and didn't answer, just said: "It's getting late, my lord is sick, why don't you go to bed early, and I'll see Ozio Khan tomorrow."

Although Lin Zhengang was still curious, he couldn't ask any more questions. He was indeed ill, and he fell asleep after lying on the couch.

Cheng De leaned on the couch and waited for Nan Huairen to come back.But Chengde waited all night, but Nan Huairen didn't come back, Chengde was already faintly worried, he worried that Nan Huairen was being interrogated by Oziola.The so-called interrogation would inevitably involve torture. He only hoped that these were just his conjectures, and that Nan Huairen was not injured.

After dawn, Ozio Khan really invited them to go to see him again.He asked Chengde to show him the covenants of various Mongolian ministries that he took out yesterday, but Chengde said that Nan Huairen did not return yesterday night and asked Ozio to hand him over.

Unexpectedly, Ozio showed a rather surprised expression, saying that he had ordered someone to escort Nan Huairen back yesterday, and it was impossible for Nan Huairen to not return all night.

Cheng De's heart skipped a beat, thinking something must have happened to Nan Huairen.Cheng De didn't believe Ozio's words in his heart, so he still asked Ozio to hand him over.At this time, Ozio Khan also realized that Nan Huairen might not have gone back, so he called the guard who escorted Nan Huairen. When the guard entered the hall, his legs were already trembling slightly. Cheng De noticed this. Afterwards, he knew that something had happened to Nan Huairen.

So, he said angrily to Ozio: "Seeing that this guard is so timid, he must have not fulfilled the task that you asked the Great Khan to do well. Even if a guard can disobey the order of the Great Khan, it seems that he is instigating the Great Khan." Your prestige is nothing more than that!"

Ozio sweated profusely, his face was flushed with anger. He couldn't do anything to Chengde, so he pointed at the guard and shouted angrily, "Say, where is that missionary? If there is something wrong with him, I will kill him." Your head!!"

The guard knelt down and said: "Yesterday, I sent Mr. Nan Huairen out of the palace. On the way, I met His Highness the Second Prince. It was His Highness who forcibly took Mr. Nan Huairen away!"

"Then why didn't you say a word when you returned to life?!" Ozzo almost roared.

The guard wept and said, "Your Royal Highness, you arrested my parents and don't let me speak out!"

"Come on, arrest that traitor!" Ozio finished yelling, and the captain of the guard led away.Some civil and military ministers even knelt down and begged him to appease his anger.

Cheng De and Lin Zhengang exchanged glances, and the two remained silent, standing aside and watching coldly.Cheng De listened to the consoling words of those ministers, until he heard all kinds of reasons why the second prince arrested Nan Huairen.It turned out that the mother and concubine of the second prince Solong was a blond Westerner. She disappeared when the second prince was eight years old. The second prince lost his mother and concubine and asked his father and the important person. Ozio had to tell him , His mother and concubine returned to her own country, and let the second prince find it by himself when he grows up.

The second prince has remembered Ozio's words since then. Although he has grown up now, he already knows that the so-called return of his mother and concubine to his own country is just Ozio's comforting him. His mother and concubine are probably dead, but his character is therefore Become paranoid and twisted.

But this time, after he saw Nan Huairen, who was also blonde and blue-eyed, he thought that he was from the same country as his mother and concubine, and he arrested Nan Huairen just to ask about his mother and concubine.

After hearing this, Cheng De's worry about Nan Huairen fell down again.Considering that the second prince's Oedipus complex is so serious, he should not be willing to torture someone who looks exactly like his mother and concubine.

Sure enough, as Cheng De expected, when the guards brought the second prince, the unscathed Nan Huairen was still behind the crowd.The second prince's name is Lisa. He is a fair-skinned young man with dazzling blond hair and lake blue eyes.He knelt in front of Ozio the Great Khan, no matter how the Great Khan lost his temper, he didn't say a word, and he didn't even say a word when Ozio asked someone to drag him out to be tortured.

It was still Nan Huairen who couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to explain the misunderstanding.Tell Ozio that Jesus sympathizes with the child who lost his mother since childhood, and he will not blame him for forcibly detaining himself, and the emperor of Qing Dynasty will forgive him.

Only then did Ozio have someone take Lisa down again, and began to discuss the signing of the contract with Cheng De and others.After Prince Lisa's incident, Ozio Khan's attitude towards the Qing envoy had softened a lot, so Cheng De and the others only took five days to settle everything and set off on the way back.

Ozio the Great Khan himself sent them out of the city and sent a guide to guide them through the labyrinthine hills of Vahidai.With a guide, it only took them ten days to go out of the hills this time.

The treaty signed this time was drawn up by Emperor Kangxi himself before the mission set off, which clearly stated that the grasslands of the former Tuhu Te tribe would be returned to Jilong and they were allowed to live here permanently.If Zhungeer and other ministries disagree, the Qing Dynasty will send troops to enforce it.

Even after more than ten days, Cheng De still remembers the tears in Ozio Dahan's eyes when he held the agreement in his hand.But Ozio hated the Zhungeer Ministry to the core, and now that he heard that they had migrated due to the snowstorm, he was even more excited on the spot and ordered the mobilization of troops from all over the country to attack.

Since there was no maze in the hills to waste time this time, the return journey was much smoother.But today, Cheng De has been separated from Xuan Ye for more than four months, and his longing has already boiled like water. He wants to see Xuan Ye as soon as possible, and the feeling of returning home has reminded him once again , his love for Xuan Ye has long been unable to extricate himself.