Chapter 67 Conflict arises
“How to prove it?”
Zhao Yuan also knew very well that once he told this, General Hu would definitely make himself prove it. After a moment of silence, he said: "In one month, Senior Zhuge taught Caomin three martial arts, internal skills, body skills, Lingyunpu, a set of unnamed swordsmanship, and…."
He reached out and pulled his hand around his waist and said, "This water-stopping sword! Caomin didn't know what the general had and Senior Zhuge had, nor did he know how much the general knew about Senior Zhuge, so he didn't know how to prove it!"
This is indeed the problem he is facing now. In order to prevent him from guessing who his martial arts are from, Zhuge Tian is original in both swordsmanship and body skills, and he has never shown up in the martial arts world. As for his internal skills and mental skills, his secret is even more secret, and no one in the martial arts world knows it.
The most important point is that I don’t know when Zhuge Tian was? General Hu had met.
General Hu was silent for a moment, and after a while, he said, "You can wait for a moment!"
After saying that, he walked out of the room and soon the lights outside also lit up.
Zhao Yuan also followed him out, and saw General Hu sitting at the desk, picking up his pen, throwing rice paper, and starting to write a letter. Not long after, the letter was finished, folded the letter and put it in the envelope. After sealing the number with fire paint, he left the desk and walked over and said, "You convey this letter to Xia Zizai for me. As for whether you can tell him to work hard for the court, it is your ability. In addition, this is a pass to the city gate, so that you will be unobstructed at any time!"
Zhao Yuan took the letter and the entrance and exit certificate and said in confusion: "Does the general believe in the grass?"
General Hu sighed and said, "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Compared with the safety of the court, the safety of the court is the most important. There is no clear evidence yet to prove that the Brahma Sect and Tubo collude, but they must be guarded. If Xia Zizai can really eradicate the Brahma Sect's stronghold outside the pass, at least it will make me sleep more peacefully!"
Zhao Yuan put his letter into his arms, bowed to General Hu, and said, "Thank you General Hu, say goodbye to the people!"
General Hu smiled and said, "It's not enough, you can't get out now."
As he said that, he walked to the door, opened the door, and said, "Come here!"
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The next morning, even if it was not the day of trading, Zhao Yuan left Jiayuguan and headed straight towards Dunhuang with the pass in his hand.
There are two completely different scenery inside and outside the pass. In the location outside the pass near the city wall due to trade, this place is like a small town. In addition, you can see many guards with weapons. After all, there are different inside the pass outside the pass. If there is no guard, the goods will be easily robbed, and the robbed goods will be easily taken. Those merchants recognize the goods but not the people.
I left Jiayuguan and walked towards Dunhuang. The more I walked, the more desolate I felt, the less and less crowded. Sometimes, I couldn’t even see the simple houses for a long time, let alone people.
Since the Ming Dynasty's army withdrew from Jiayuguan, this area has not been peaceful. Those ordinary people fled and died. Therefore, it is very difficult to survive in this land that lacks vitality, and it is even more difficult under this situation. So those who are brave and brave and not afraid of death joined the robbers, and those who are afraid of death have the strength to escape. The rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled. As they die one by one, the land gradually loses its vitality and appears dead. The only life brings are those merchants on the road who are rushing to go under the escort of many bodyguards.
Now, more than five or six hundred miles away from Jiayuguan, it basically belongs to Xia Zizai's sphere of influence. As long as you give some silver as a protection fee, you will basically be safe along the way.
The Jiayuguan transactions are still very popular now. These continuous caravans have also brought Xia Zizai a steady stream of income. With these silver and experience in the military camp, Xia Zizai's men and horses were trained by him as if they were army-like, not only with strong combat effectiveness, but also with strict discipline.
Because of this, the bandits around him who were still dying of breath did not dare to provoke him. Their shrimp soldiers and crab generals were not even enough for Xia Zizai's men to put their teeth into pieces.
Compared to those caravans, Zhao Yuan seemed a little lonely alone. As for the rush, it is safer to join the caravan and rely on the caravan as a support. However, those caravans who come and go rarely let outsiders join in order to consider their own safety.
Therefore, on the first day, Zhao Yuan was alone. If he got closer to those caravans, he would arouse their vigilance. After several times, Zhao Yuan would bypass every time he encountered a caravan to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
However, on the second day, when Zhao Yuan was planning to bypass a caravan like yesterday, suddenly a man in his thirties rushed out of the caravan and took the initiative to invite Zhao Yuan to accompany him.
Zhao Yuan felt a little strange. After thinking for a while, he did not refuse, but he walked behind the caravan. The invited man also walked with him. After chatting, Zhao Yuan knew that the man's identity was the escort of the caravan, named Wang Bin. As for his identity, he made up one casually.
The caravan has many horses and vehicles, so the speed is not enough, and it can only take more than 100 miles a day. Therefore, it was originally planned to arrive in Dunhuang in three days, which would have doubled the time at once. If you consider safety, the wasted time is still worth it.
On the fourth day, more than a hundred miles away from Dunhuang, Zhao Yuan, who was moving forward, suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves rumble on the ground. Looking at the sound, he saw a yellow cloud pounce on the position of the caravan.
This place belongs to Xia Zizai's sphere of influence. The original bandits and bandits had been eliminated. They were not panicked about the sudden emergence of the Malay caravan, but they did not remain silent. All the guards immediately took action and made all the goods form a circle, just like a simple city wall was built on the spot in an instant, which was very effective in resisting the impact of the cavalry.
As the group of people approached, someone suddenly shouted: "This is not the man of King Zizai!"
Xia Zizai subdued those robbers and bandits, and after occupying the mountains to build a city for the king, he proclaimed himself the King of Zizai, which was purely to make things difficult for the Ming Dynasty court.
His men and horses were like the army, with uniform clothing and armor. However, the group of people who came were dressed in colorful clothes and had various weapons, such as swords, guns, sticks, etc.
Seeing their fierce appearance, the guards became a little nervous. Xia Zizai's men had rules in this area. As long as they were given tolls, they would never make things difficult. But the group of people in front of them were not, which made people nervous.
The guards all pulled out their weapons and hid behind the goods, carefully peeping at the people coming from the gaps between the goods in order to avoid their bows and arrows.
There were about one hundred people in this group, and they rushed straight towards them like yellow clouds. They soon stopped at more than ten feet away from the outside, and then quickly dispersed and surrounded the entire convoy, but did not attack immediately.
Soon, a man came over directly in front of him and said loudly: "Don't worry, we are not here to rob, nor do we want your goods. We just want to find one person. If he is among you and hand it over honestly, you will be safe!"
"Look for someone?"
The people in the caravan looked at each other, and soon, the shopkeeper of the caravan carefully poked out half of his head and shouted: "Heroes, I don't know who you are looking for? The people in this caravan were all brought by me from the Western Regions, but there were no outsiders!"
This person said, "We will know if we have checked it out. Come in and take a look!"
Two people immediately rode their horses and approached the convoy.
Everyone on the caravan looked at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and said, "Let them come in."
It is best if the other party is just looking for someone. However, it is said that harmony brings wealth and can avoid fighting as much as possible.
With his approval, the convoy quickly moved a wide passage for one person. After getting off the horse, they walked in. Then they unfolded the scroll in their hands and began to compare one by one.
"Have you been exposed?"
Zhao Yuan thought to himself, his hand quietly touched the hilt of his knife, paying close attention to the movements around him. As the two gradually approached him, they could gradually see the person painting clearly. After a closer look, they found that the person painting was Wang Bin beside him. He lowered his voice and said, "They are looking for you!"
Wang Bin was stunned and said without changing his face: "Are you sure?"
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "Confirm."
Wang Bin's face sank and said, "I didn't expect that they actually knew my whereabouts. I was really careless!"
While speaking, his hand slowly touched the hilt of the knife.
Soon, the person who was comparing walked up to the two of them. When the man looked at the portrait, he looked happy when he saw Wang Bin, and turned his head and opened his mouth to shout.
At this moment, Wang Bin, who was already prepared, suddenly waved the knife in his hand. Before the man could shout, a huge head fell to the ground!
Chapter completed!