The sun is slightly westward, and the clouds are clustered. The yellow sand is like a mountain, and the oasis is like a point. Qiuci City is located next to Yanze, when the Silk Road is rushing, the merchants are endless, in the past it was attached to the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty had set up the Western Regions to protect the palace in Qiuci. Later, the Han family declined, and Qiuzi fell to the Xiongnu and killed the people who were on the border of the Han Dynasty. When Ban Chao passed through the Western Regions, Qiuzi returned to Han again. Hundreds of years of capriciousness, the Central Plains is deeply troubled.

Now the country of Baochun is a vast territory of Qiuzi, east to Luntai, west to Bachu, north of the Tianshan Mountains, south of the desert, the first big country in the Western Regions, well deserved. Silk pure military equipment, heavy taxation, military expansion, and great ambition to unify the Western Regions. Now the holy monk Kumarosh is stationed in Qiuci, and countless pious believers in the northern part of the Western Regions gather in Qiuci, just asking for a worship, and Qiuci is even more powerful for a while. It's just that when the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will overflow, and the turtle is too noisy, and finally attracted the Central Plains army. Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and the wise saying is true.

The city of Qiuzi in front of him stood in the Kuqa oasis, the city gate was closed, and the soldiers on the city wall were all over, looking around vigilantly, and the flag was planted, obviously ready for battle. Qiuzi City is facing a twist of fate. Is it peace, or is it war?

Duan Ye came here, and while Jiang Yu personally accompanied him, of course, he also sent a messenger Pegasus to tell Yu Bochun. Although it was possible to ride a horse before, once it crossed the boundary marker and officially entered the territory of Qiuzi, it had to be changed into a carriage, which was the pomp and circumstance of envoys to other countries. But the problem is that according to what was said at that time, when you get close to the city, unless you are a messenger of the Son of Heaven, or you will have to go back to riding a horse, which is really troublesome. Duan Ye had no choice but to comfort himself by being able to chat with beauties on horseback riding, and to drink some water in a car.

Now seeing the envoy of Great Qin, the east gate of Qiuzi City slowly opened, and the two lines of soldiers rushed out, and next to the road, a middle-aged fat man rode out on horseback, followed by several civil and military figures, and a group of people from the Huafu Temple. Obviously, this is the team sent by King Qiuzi to greet the envoys of the Celestial Empire.

Everything was as good as a ceremony, Duan Ye dismounted, the fat man strode forward, hugged his chest and bowed slightly, and said: "The envoy of the Celestial Empire is here, Qiuci should have been in the suburbs to welcome Wuli, but there have been many thieves recently, and the king of Qiuci had to be arrested behind closed doors, so he sent the minister Qiuzi Xiangmengbai to meet the envoy of the Celestial Empire. May this trip be a success. ”

Mengbai is extremely obese, and his nose is especially large, but he feels like he is laughing when he speaks, and he is like Maitreya Buddha, which makes people feel close. However, the king of Qiuci was able to send the dignified prime minister of Qiuci to see Duan Ye, which can be regarded as giving enough face, although it is said that in order to make an envoy, Lu Guang authorized Duan Ye to be the captain of the army, and he was actually awarded after Xu returned, so that Duan Ye was both civil and military, and he could be an envoy. But in any case, he is still a petty official after all. Fortunately, with Lu Guang's 100,000 army as the backing, he is also full of confidence. He returned the salute and said with a smile: "Duan Ye heard that King Qiuci was wise and powerful, and he was the best at grasping the opportunity, and Duan Ye would definitely be able to reach agreement with King Qiuci in this trip." From now on, you and I are ministers in the same palace, but we have to be more close, ah, hahahaha. ”

Meng Bai was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and laughed.

After a simple welcome ceremony, the two seemed to be very close to each other, and they talked there, and the topics they talked about ranged from the general trend of the world to the red and green, just like old friends for many years. Jiangyu looked at the two of them rather dissatisfiedly and coughed. Meng Bai remembered the topic, and then said: "In this way, my king will set up a banquet for the envoy in the palace to welcome the wind, and ask the envoy to move. ”

"Please!"

As Duan Ye and the others entered Qiuzi City, the door behind them slowly closed. A pair of eyes stared at Duan Ye, who was chatting and laughing with Mengbai, and the owner of the eyes secretly made up his mind......

The war was approaching, and the furniture was closed, but there were a lot more soldiers patrolling, and the city of Qiuzi was much depressed because of this. Along the way, Meng Bai did not mention state affairs, but talked with Duan Ye about the fame of the blood spirit girl, and said that he could see the beauty in his life, although he had no regrets in death. Seeing that everyone praised the Blood Spirit Son so much, Duan Ye couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his heart. But what's the name of this girl, it's not good, it's called a blood spirit son, the name is weird, I don't know how to get a big name, so that everyone in Qiuzi is fascinated?

Although it is not majestic, but also the chic palace has appeared in sight, the palace of Qiuzi has both Han family characteristics and Western Regions style, but it is quite atmospheric, the guards of the palace have come in and out from time to time, obviously ready to welcome distinguished guests. Duan Ye also began to recall Lu Guang's previous explanation and Jiang Yu's reminder to himself, such as that Bo Chun is more impatient, he can be reasoned slowly, and he must not be provoked, and so on. It is obvious that Jiangyu is still very pragmatic, and knows that he can't fight with Qin Jun at the moment, so he strongly advocates peace. Silk is quite unwilling, and one of the big factors is face.

The dignified overlord of the Western Regions, he surrendered without fighting, and from now on how will he be? How can Qiuzi still deter other countries?

Just when Duan Ye's expression was not belonging, he heard Meng Bai shouting: "Be careful! Before he could react, he saw a cold light flash, almost hurting Duan Ye's eyes, and at the same time, a strong wind passed through his ears, causing his skin to hurt. Then there was a muffled sound of "clang", Duan Ye looked sideways, and there was a carved arrow on the wall, and the tail of the arrow shook slightly!

Someone assassinated himself! Duan Ye realized that if the arrow just now was a little crooked, he would have died here! At this time, I saw Jiangyu holding Qinghong, her arm was still trembling slightly, obviously, it was she who opened the stray arrow with a sword just now, and she was able to save her life, but because the power of the arrow was too great, even Jiangyu could only barely open it.

"Don't thank you, Miss Jiangyu, Duan Ye owes you once." Duan Ye's expression was dazed, and he thanked him,

Jiangyu's face was a little pale, and he smiled reluctantly: "Lord Duan sent me Qiuzi, but Qiuzi failed to clear the night, so that Lord Duan was in danger, it was already a loss for Qiuzi, how dare you thank you." ”

Already furious, Mengbai commanded the city patrol soldiers who had heard the news to arrest the assassin, and the streets were suddenly in chaos. Duan Ye took the opportunity to lean over, lowered his voice and said, "As the minister of Qiuzi, you should do nothing wrong. However, you are still a woman. ”

After saying that, he took a deep sniff, sat up straight, and replied to the reserve that a messenger should have.

"You?" Jiang Yu was ashamed and angry, and was about to attack, but saw Duan Ye shake his head and said: "This is not an ordinary assassin, if I die, I will immediately attack the city, and in order to give His Majesty an explanation, and to give the world an explanation, it is very likely to slaughter the city." After all, the assassination of the envoy is a matter of national prestige, and it is difficult to be good. ”

Seeing that this man had returned to business so quickly, he didn't even have the usual horror of literati, almost like no one else, Jiang Yu also sighed secretly in his heart, but he had to admit that what he said was very reasonable, if Duan Ye was killed at this time, it would give Lu Guang an excuse that he couldn't refuse. Now he has that kind of catapult again, and Guizi can't escape!

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu only felt so powerless, why, is it so difficult to defend his country?