Niu Xianke said: "It is indeed these three ghost masters. However, the money they defrauded was actually not as much as 1.5 million yuan. ”

"Why?"

"No matter how good these three ghost masters are, they won't be able to confuse everyone in Yizhou. If they want to take away this 1.5 million yuan of money, how can it be possible if they don't get it up and down? Xia Guan estimated that they could transport 500,000 guan, which was quite good. ”

"500,000 Guan...... That's a lot! Cui Geng said hatefully: "These Yizhou magistrates are really hateful, for their own little calculations, they were actually played by three barbarians~ between applause." ”

Niu Xianke smiled bitterly: "King Ji, don't worry, although the subordinates of these three ghost lords are barbarians, they themselves are Han people. In fact, many of the ghost masters of these barbarians were Han Chinese, and their ancestors were sinners and local tyrants who forcibly migrated here during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It's just that they have been living in the wilderness for hundreds of years, and their living customs are completely monestic, and only the surname still retains the Han surname. ”

"That's the Han surname, the barbarian surname?"

"Of course not." The cow cyclamen explained: "Barbarians don't have surnames, and whatever the ghost lord has by name, they have whatever their surname. In addition, the barbarians did not understand the language of each other, and the various tribes had to communicate with each other, mainly by Chinese. That's right......"

Speaking of this, Niu Xianke suddenly remembered something and said: "In order to deal with Tubo, Nanzhao and our Tang Dynasty, the barbarians are ready to unite and launch a barbarian king." If King Ji has a heart, he can send a fine work to Yaozhou to have a look. Anyway, there are many barbarian tribes in the mountains and forests, with different languages and different customs, and they themselves cannot understand everything. ”

Cui Geng's eyes lit up and said, "You say...... How about this king take a trip to Yaozhou? ”

"What? Do you go on your own? ”

Poof!

The cow cyclamen knelt down again and said, "King Ji's golden body, don't take it lightly!" ”

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In the end, Cui Geng thought twice and planned to go to Yaozhou.

First of all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and if you go to Yaozhou, you can contact almost all the barbarian tribal leaders, and the opportunity is really rare.

Secondly, there are many plagues in Yao Erzhou, which is not an empty word.

Later, Datang and Nanzhao dispatched nearly ten armies to compete for these two states. But it is also evil, from the state to the south, the Tang Dynasty often wins less and loses more, and the whole army has been wiped out several times. But if the southern edict is an inch and attacks from the state to the north, it will also be a big defeat and a loss, and the whole army will be annihilated. All in all, in this era, the degree of development of Yao Erzhou was too low, and it was really not suitable for the Han people to carry out military operations. And further north after the state, the geographical environment is biased towards the Han people again. Song Taizu "jade axe rowing the river", saying that "this place is not owned by me", it is not without this consideration.

But at the same time, if Cui Geng wants to quell the rebellion in Yao and Erzhou, he will definitely not be able to do business with the barbarians. You have to have a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other.

In Cui Geng's vision, if he could persuade several barbarians to use the ghost masters for his own use and use the barbarians to control the barbarians, the matter would be twice as effective with half the effort.

As for the last reason why Cui Geng wanted to go to Yaozhou in person, that is, to do this, in addition to having a certain identity and being able to respond immediately, he was also willing to risk his life.

Don't look at the cow cyclamen, it sounds good, making cattle and horses for King Ji or something, but if you really let him go to Yaozhou, it must be a thank you.

Therefore, Cui Geng can only go by himself.

Of course, it won't be so easy to get away this time. On the official side, there is the court's minions Quan Huai'en eyeing him. There was Zhang Lingjun beside him, who was suspicious, and he didn't know what he was thinking. As long as they leak a little news, Cui Geng will die in Yaozhou and have no place to be buried.

In the end, Cui Geng decided to take two hundred guards, as well as Zhang Lingjun and others, to Rongzhou City, the seat of Niu Xianke.

Halfway through, the team was attacked by barbarians.

Rongzhou's "state city controls the hundred barbarians", in other words, the imperial court near the state city can absolutely control it. As for the surrounding mountains and forests, they are the territory of the barbarians.

After the barbarians learned of the whereabouts of Cui Geng, the pacification envoy of Jiannan Province, it was not surprising that they gathered their forces and suddenly launched an attack.

In the end, Cui Geng ordered to break out in all directions, and although poor Zhang Lingjun was good, he was still invincible, became a prisoner of the barbarians, and was finally imprisoned in a dungeon and lived a dark life.

These barbarians, of course, were disguised by the people of the Ox Cyclamen.

After getting Zhang Lingjun done, it will be simple, with the talent of the prime minister of Niu Xianke, there is no problem in ensuring that Cui Geng's whereabouts are not leaked. As for the official documents exchanged, of course, they were handed over to Shangguan Wan'er for disposal.

In the end, Niu Xianke specially found some barbarian clothes for Cui Geng and the others to change into, and a new barbarian tribe was born.

Among them, Cui Geng is the little ghost master, Wu Zhi and Zang Xilie are his civil and military protectors, and there are four men, five women and nine personal guards.

The man is strong, and the woman is ...... Stronger than the men.

In addition, there is also a naturalized barbarian guide named Zhang Tianlu. His ancestors were Han Chinese, and he later returned to Han under the rule of Niu Xianke.

Zhang Tianlu can probably understand about half of the barbarian tribes, and he is also familiar with geography and is quite competent.

In general, in the eyes of outsiders, it is three leaders, plus five men and five women, a total of ten guards. As a little ghost master, this pomp is quite good.

Cui Geng even thought about the customs of his own tribe, men and women are equal, insist on monogamy, come and go if they are together, and they are not allowed to talk to foreign clans without the order of the ghost master. In this era, these customs and habits can definitely be called shocking and shocking, and the person who asks the question is stunned.

Everything was arranged, and this small team of thirteen people left Rongzhou City at night and came in the direction of Yaozhou.

It is said to be a land across two states, but in fact, this trip is equivalent to a distance of more than 1,000 miles from western Sichuan to central Yunnan. In addition, the road was difficult to travel, and all the post stations along the way were destroyed by the barbarians. Even with horses, the journey was not easy.

After walking for three days, everyone was still walking on the mountain road in the state.

I saw a valley with two mountains and a ditch, and the terrain was dangerous.

Everyone was awe-inspiring, and deliberately slowed down, preparing to investigate, and then continue to move forward.

But at this moment, there were bursts of cries for help in the distance.

"Help! Help me! ”

Immediately afterwards, a group of barbarians ran out of the valley in a very embarrassed manner, and it was roughly estimated that there could be forty or fifty people, and more than ten of them hung up the lottery.

The guide Zhang Tianlu said in a low voice: "Pull your hair in a bun, insert a copper hairpin, wear a felt shirt, and walk barefoot, either the Batch Clan, or the Batch Sand Clan, it seems that someone is chasing and killing them." ”

Cui Geng's heart moved, and he pointed to the distance and said, "What kind of clan are those people who are chasing and killing?" Is it strong or not? We...... Do you want to help, or do you run away? ”