Chapter 1274: Vigilance
Kashgar is the intersection of the north and south lines of the ancient Silk Road, the only way to cross the green mountains, since ancient times, it is a place where business travelers gather, and it is a prosperous place, known as "five mouths through eight countries, all the way to Europe and Asia".
It is said that Wang Cuiqiao and his entourage left the Bulun Pass, stayed in a nearby village for one night, and left for Kashgar the next day.
The inhabitants of this place in Kashgar are mainly Uygurs, as well as pure white Tajiks, so the exotic atmosphere on the street is as if you are in Europe, and blue-eyed mixed-race people like Song Dayan do not look abrupt at all when walking on the street.
Dozens of horsemen led by Wusi quietly disappeared after entering Kashgar, and although Wang Cuiqiao felt strange, he did not ask questions, and settled under Babur's arrangement.
This stay was half a month, until the injuries of the old pawns and Erniu and others were no longer serious, and Wang Cuiqiao planned to set off again the next day to rush back to Daming.
On the morning of the eighth day of October in the sixth year of Jiajing, Wang Cuiqiao and his entourage left Kashgar and headed for Shache, the capital of the Yerjan Khanate.
After leaving Kashgar about ten miles away, Wang Cuiqiao suddenly stopped the carriage, and Song Dayan and the six old soldiers stopped waiting when they saw this. I saw the curtain of the carriage lifted, and the maidservant Qiu Yan poked her head out and said, "Please come close to His Royal Highness Prince Babur, our young lady has something to say to you." ”
Hearing this, Babur hurriedly turned over, walked quickly to the carriage, and said with a smile: "What do you command?" ”
Wang Cuiqiao's voice like a yellow warbler out of the valley came out of the car: "Don't dare to be, thanks to His Royal Highness's care along the way, the little woman is grateful, but she has to say goodbye to the monarch for a thousand miles, and the little woman will say goodbye to His Royal Highness here. ”
The smile on Babur's face instantly froze, and he said with a somewhat unnatural expression: "This...... Miss Cuiqiao's return to China this time is far away...... It's better to give it another one to Prince Ben. ”
"It's really not necessary, Your Highness has a good intention, Cui Qiao's heart, don't pass it away!" Wang Cuiqiao's voice was calm, but her attitude was obviously very resolute.
Babur couldn't help but be a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Miss Cuiqiao, Shache is the capital of the Yarkand Khanate, this prince happens to have some friendship with Zaisang of the country, and when we meet and say hello, by the way, ask for a warrant, and in the future, Miss Cuiqiao will walk on the ground of the Yarkand Khanate much more smoothly, at least the local officials and soldiers will not dare to stay in trouble, so no matter what, Miss Cuiqiao should at least let this prince send you to Shache." ”
"Miss......!" The maidservant Qiu Yan gently touched the side of Wang Cui's elbow, making her look at her and agree.
"That'...... Well, His Royal Highness the Laborious Prince! Wang Cuiqiao hesitated for a long time, but finally agreed, from Shache back to Daming, there is at least four or five thousand miles, and most of the distance is on the territory of the Yarkand Khanate.
Seeing that Wang Cuiqiao agreed, Babur couldn't help but be overjoyed, got on his horse again and set off, and took the lead in opening the way. Uth rode closely behind Babur, and after traveling for several miles, he looked back and found that Song Dayan and the old soldiers were dozens of meters behind, so he rode his horse to catch up with Babur, and the two walked side by side.
"Your Royal Highness, do you really want to send the kings back to the Ming Kingdom in person?" Uss asked with a frown.
Babur calmly asked, "Is there a problem?" ”
Wu Si said cautiously: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Highness heard that the king's family has a man in the Ming Kingdom, and the other party's power is not small, if you return to the Ming Kingdom...... I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will draw water with a bamboo basket when he arrives - it's empty. It's better to take the king back to Persia directly at this time, although the twisted melon is not sweet, but it is better than the gain outweighs the loss, right? Women, they can't always follow what they are used to, they have to clean up when they should be cleaned up, and she will obey them. ”
Babur frowned, in his values, how can this not be the truth, it is really Wang Cuiqiao is too attractive, if he can make the other party willingly obey himself, it is a first-class wonderful, with strength is not beautiful after all, so for more than a year, he has been patient, I hope that his "affectionate kindness" can finally capture Wang Cuiqiao's heart, but until now, Wang Cuiqiao is obviously not moved by him at all, which makes him feel discouraged, and his patience is about to run out.
Seeing that Babur was silent, Uss consciously figured out the right thoughts of His Royal Highness the Prince, so he continued in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, why don't your subordinates send someone to pretend to be a robber who cuts the path, rob people halfway, and then take them back to Persia directly, and then His Highness will stage another heroic rescue of the United States?" Maybe the king will be moved and promise His Highness. ”
Babur was obviously a little tempted when he heard this, but after thinking about it again and again, he finally shook his head and said: "No, this woman seems to be indisputable, but she is actually very smart, it is difficult to guarantee that she can see a clue, so it is not beautiful, and that Song Dayan has the courage of ten thousand people, and it is not easy to deal with." ”
Wu Si was a little disapproving, as the so-called two fists are hard to defeat four hands, not to mention the strong bow and crossbow, no matter how powerful Song Dayan is, how much can he resist? To put it bluntly, His Royal Highness still doesn't want to destroy his good image in the eyes of beauties.
"What then? Could it be that His Royal Highness really wants to send people back to the Ming Kingdom? Uss reminded.
Babur smiled with confidence on his face: "Don't worry, Prince Ben will let her be trapped in Shache and can't walk." ”
Wu Si's eyes flashed, and he didn't say more, with His Royal Highness the Prince's connections in Shache, it is indeed not a problem to secretly keep Wang Cuiqiao.
At this time, in the carriage, Wang Cuiqiao and Qiu Yan's master and servant were also talking in a low voice, only to hear Qiu Yan sigh: "Prince Babur is really a person with deep affection, you are so affectionate to Miss that you can even throw away your life, and you are also handsome, and you are still a prince, maybe you will be the king of Persia in the future." ”
Wang Cuiqiao glanced at Qiu Yan and said lightly: "If your little hoof is rare, why don't you stay and be the queen?" ”
Qiu Yan smiled and said: "Even if a maid is rare, people don't look down on a maid." ”
Wang Cuiqiao said angrily: "Don't be a nymphomaniac." After saying that, he closed his eyes and refreshed himself.
As Babur said, although Wang Cuiqiao's temperament is quiet and faded, he always looks like he is indisputable, but in fact he is very intelligent, and the appearance of Uth has aroused her suspicions, a prince of another country can mobilize such a powerful cavalry in other countries, although the number is not large, but it is also extremely unusual.
So in Wang Cuiqiao's view, Babur is not as simple as it seems, and that Sumani also said that Babur is obviously secretly recruiting troops in Persia, this kind of character will really be so indifferent that he doesn't care about the throne? Are you only obsessed with sightseeing?
Moreover, what made Wang Cuiqiao most vigilant was that Su Mani died in the Buren Pass, even if Song Dayan didn't kill him, he would probably die in the end at the hands of the cavalry that suddenly killed Us.
If all this had been carefully arranged, including his own escape from Persia to this place, and all of this in this game, then Babur's scheming was so deep that he shuddered just thinking about it.