Chapter 9, Prince Loulan

Fu Jiezi escaped from death and knew that it was Geng Rong's help. He quickly asked the injured sergeants and Wu brothers to help the sergeants rest. He helped him up and carry him back to the room. Because he had been seriously injured before, it was easier for the evil to invade the body at this time. He was the most seriously injured among these people. Fu Jiezi first pricked him with a silver needle. The acupuncture point stabilized the condition, and then wrote the prescription to ask the military doctor to take the medicine.

Geng Rong was also with Fu Jiezi. At this time, there was a little gap before he thought carefully. Who is this Geng Rong? He became more and more confused. He seemed to be friends and not enemies, but he did things mysteriously and abnormally. He didn't know what he wanted to do all the way. Over the years, he had lived fright and had habitual precautions against unknown things. At this time, although he accepted Geng Rong's affection, he did not dare to easily treat this person as a friend. Friends, come and see.

The Wu brothers arranged for everyone to meet Fu Jiezi. Fu Jiezi knew that they could not find Wuhou. At this time, he was not surprised when he heard it and arranged for them to go down to rest.

Early the next day, the post manager in Loulan City rushed over. There was also a captain, Loulan Iron Armor Guard, led by a gorgeous teenager riding a white camel, who looked only 17 or 18 years old. He couldn't hide the childishness printed on his face and looked a little awkward. If you say you are a man, you have grown up, but when it comes to being an official, you are still too young.

However, this man's whole body is full of silk clothes, and his neck is wrapped in gold and silver, and he also wears a big jasper wrench finger. It seems that he is rich or noble, but he has great power. There are not many such people in the small Loulan City, and Fu Jiezi also roughly guessed who he was.

But it is the one that makes Fu Jiezi the most jealous, not this teenager. On the camel next to the teenager, a middle-aged beard dressed in a red robe embroidered with a sacred flame pattern, with blonde eyes and a five-flowered rope on his forehead, is a typical Persian fire worshiper. When Fu Jiezi saw the people who worshiped the fire religion, he showed hostility when his eyes were neutral. In his mind, the scene of a large group of crows pecking Yin Yin Yin emerged again.

Therefore, Fu Jiezi did a big thing in Chang'an to suppress the cult of the Central Plains. It was also because of this incident that General Huo Guang took a fancy to this young man and sent him to the Western Regions. It was also because of this incident that he had a deadly enmity with the Zorcism, and even pulled the Laoshan Taoist faction into this muddy water.

And one of the reasons why he did this is natural punishment. In the doctrine of Zorism, people die, or guilty people should be put on a shelf and let the vultures eat meat piece by piece.

Just like when Yin Yin died.

The young man looked very arrogant and a little arrogant. When the people around him saw this person, they also gathered around and called him kindly. Fu Jiezi couldn't understand Loulan's language, so he had to wait for the post leader to speak first. The postman came forward and saluted Fu Jiezi, "Lord Messenger of the Han Dynasty, this is the Angui Prince of our Loulan Kingdom. Come to invite the Messenger on behalf of the king."

Fu Jiezi made a bow according to the dynasty and explained his intention. Unexpectedly, Prince Angui was very arrogant and neither disembowed nor saluted. He just pulled the rope and said coldly, "Han Dynasty messengers, what is the reason why you killed here as soon as you entered our Loulan Kingdom?"

Fu Jiezi didn't expect that the prince could speak Chinese and was very fluent, but it was unexpected, but as soon as he heard his tone, he knew that this was a shaved thorn. The anger in his heart suddenly came together. As soon as they entered Loulan, they were ambushed and died inexplicably. Nearly 30 people, this will not be a coincidence. I was about to argue with the prince, but he unexpectedly hit the target first.

Among the two brothers Wuda and Wuqi, Wuqi is the most angry. In addition, Fu Jiezi usually has no restraint on them like his own brother. At this time, after listening to Prince Angui's words, Wuqi shouted, "You little boy, so many of us have died in Loulan City. What kind of truth do you want?"

Prince Angui was obviously a little afraid of Fu Jiezi and his party. He was stunned and shouted to himself, "You barbarians, a big man has the law of the big man, and I, Loulan, have Loulan's state rules. Can the Han people kill people at will when they come to our Loulan Kingdom?" Fu Jiezi didn't say a word, strode forward to unscrew a dead Xiongnu soldier from the dead and said coldly, "Prince, how can there be a large number of Xiongnu soldiers in Loulan?"

Prince Angui was stunned for a moment and was about to be angry. At this time, the fire worshipers behind him said something, and Prince Angui calmed down and hummed, "I don't know who these people are. My father invited a big man's messenger to wait at the Sun Temple."

Fu Jiezi knew that it was not appropriate to make more trouble at this time, so he left the army in the post according to the imperial system, so that the Wu brothers were on guard, and he accompanied the Prince An Gui into the palace alone.

Prince Angui did not get off the camel and walked straight around the road. Fu Jiezi took Yuanwu's epee and picked a camel from the army to walk forward. This Loulan City is really not big, and it will take a short time to get to the palace. Fu Jiezi saw that the scale of this palace was limited, far more than the palace in Chang'an, but much more elegant than the royal palace in Chang'an City. After all, it was the palace of the king, and it was more or less to show the style of a country.

The whole palace is also Indo-European style. The round castle and the spired hall are very different from the Sifangcheng in Middle-earth. They look very strange, but there are many armaments in the city. These Loulan guards are well equipped. They should be the most elite division in a country like the tiger army of the big man, used to protect the royal court. , to put some facades in front of foreigners.

These soldiers are obviously not usually used to stand guard. Fu Jiezi can conclude at a glance through his many years of military career that there is a sense of pride and nobility in the eyes of these soldiers, and even some of them are like soldiers, not honest sentries.

As soon as Prince Angui entered the city, these Loulan guards shouted in unison, and their voices were really like tiger roaring dragons, very strong. Fu Jiezi was not very surprised and said secretly, "Loulan Xiaoguo, I don't think I have seen the power of the tiger Ben army of the big man." Prince Angui was very proud. He expected that Fu Jiezi would be surprised. He didn't expect him to react at all. He couldn't calm down first and said, "Han messenger, what do you think of my sergeant Loulan?"

Fu Jiezi smiled and said, "I dress neatly." Prince An Gui was a little dissatisfied with this answer and reported himself: "This is my patrol division of Loulan, called the 'Vulture Guard', and each of them can defeat ten." Seeing that he wanted to show off his military prestige, Fu Jiezi smiled and said, "How many people are there in the prince's army?" Prince Angui said proudly, "There are 396 people in total." Fu Jiezi said lightly, "Does the prince know how many soldiers I had in Dunhuang?"

Prince Angui was stunned for a moment and said, "There are many people in the Han Dynasty. I really don't know." Fu Jiezi glanced around and said, "For the peace of the border, our Han Dynasty had about 15,000 troops in Dunhuang, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Wuwei counties, with a total of 67,000 in the four counties." Speaking of this, Fu Jiezi paused for a moment and said, "Prince, how many soldiers and civilians are there in Loulan in your country?" Prince Angui's momentum weakened for more than half, and after a while, he said, "Our country of Loulan is located in the wilderness, with 47,000 people, and there are thousands of merchants from the East and the West every day."

Fu Jiezi didn't say anything, just hummed and hurried on his way quietly.

Prince An Gui suddenly said, "The messenger of the Han Dynasty, please untie the sword." Fu Jiezi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why?" Prince Angui said, "This is Loulan's rule. If you want to see the king, you must disarm." Fu Jiezi thought that this request was too much to go anywhere. Now he untied the heavy sword and sent it to the Loulan Guards and said, "Where is the king now?"

Prince Angui said, "In the sun temple not far ahead, you will arrive after Wang Ting." Fu Jiezi followed Prince Angui and walked for a while, but found that he was pulled in a circle by the prince. The sun temple was also in the east of the city, and the palace was in the north of the city. He walked from the west of the city and went around to the north of the city before going to the east of the city.

After a while, the crowd came to a very bright temple and stopped. Although it was a temple, it was as good as the big people in Loulan City and the officials who welcomed the past envoys. In front of the temple was an extremely wide square, and a tower burning flames rose up in the middle. There are ten feet high and low. The surroundings are full of red-clothed believers, with five columns on the left and right, roughly two or three hundred people, plus the Loulan Guard, with 500 people. Compared with the Han Guojiao, the Laoshan Taoist school is much bigger.

The small temple always makes people feel a little noisy.

Prince Angui got off the camel in front of an extremely tall pointed building and said, "Han messenger, this is the Temple of the Sun. My father prayed to the sun god inside. Fu Jiezi took a look and saw that it was a place to worship fire, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

However, in the Western Regions, many of these ancient countries have worshipped Zorm as the state religion. He has to pass through these countries one by one, so he can't do anything about them. As long as he doesn't offend himself, he has to let them go.

The king is an Indo-European in his fifties, but his eyes are broken. He wears a hood like a pirate, with fluffy blonde hair and a beard over his neck. He looks very powerful, but when he sees the messenger of the big man, he looks very respectful and even a little cowardly. At this time, the king is kneels in front of a huge altar of fire. , the fire on the altar of fire is raging, brought by the breeze and rampant.

And the people around the king are much more dazzling in Fu Jiezi's eyes. An old man with a white beard hanging down to his waist and a white robe looks like an erudite Confucian. Looking at age, at least 100 years old, age alone is enough to show that he is not an ordinary person. For the best, he is a strange man and bad Say, it's a weirdo.

Fu Jiezi knew that he was an elder of Zorship. Like the old man with white beard he met in Chang'an last time, he was an elder of Zorism who came to preach. There are more than 30 red-clad believers next to them, two of whom are reading scriptures for the king, and the others seem to be guarding security, while the two believers next to the old man with white beard ignite a blue fire in the palm of their palms, like silver lanterns, which look very strange. Fu Jiezi knew that this kind of person was called a fireman and was a high-ranking person in the religion, but he didn't know why he didn't burn his hand. Does he really have magic power?

The queen is a beautiful woman of a Han family. She is very well-maintained. She is in her forties and has 30 years old skin. She has thin veil on her head and looks graceful. Fu Jiezi guessed that the prince's Chinese must have been taught by the queen.

Thinking of this, Fu Jiezi felt much better in his heart. Since the queen is a Han man, Lou Lan should be directed to the big man. At least, he will not surrender to the Xiongnu to attack him, the messenger of the big man.

The king did not speak Chinese very well, so the interpreter made a courtesy greeting to Fu Jiezi. Fu Jiezi saw that the king was not as hostile to the messengers of the Han Dynasty as Prince An Gui, and the burden in his heart was much lighter. He answered politely one by one. Finally, when he asked about Loulan's choice between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, the king was a little embarrassed and vague.

Fu Jiezi knew that the matter was not so simple. If he wanted to go back alive, he could not ask more deeply, so he no longer asked questions about the Xiongnu. He just said that the envoys of the Han Dynasty were ambushed in Loulan and asked the king to send more troops to guard them.

After a while, another person came in, but Prince Angui was about the same age, but he was much more luxurious and thin, and looked very gentle, not as hostile and ambitious as Prince Angui.

According to the king's introduction, this person is Lou Lanwei Tu Qi (“Tu Ji" means "sage", which means prince here). He is the younger brother of Prince An Gui and the heir of the future king. In the territory of Loulan, there are no orderly rules for the young. The king can set up whoever he likes. Although Wei Tujiu is his younger brother, he suddenly attracted the king's love, so he was appointed as the crown prince.

Wei Tuqi looked older than Prince An Gui. He saluted Fu Jiezi and said a lot of respectful words to the Han Dynasty. Although Fu Jiezi felt comfortable listening, he looked down on this person. On the contrary, he was a little worried that such a prince would certainly be a good thing for the Han Dynasty in the future, but this People seem to be a little weak, and they are not as strong as Prince Angui. I'm afraid that the prince's position will change sooner or later.

Fu Jiezi proposed to investigate Lou Languo's case of the ambush envoy and the disappearance of the mission. He asked Lou Languo to give a reason for himself to go back and have an answer. The king hurriedly responded and ordered Prince An Gui to get the customs clearance disc, which meant that he wanted to send away the plague god as soon as possible.

Although Fu Jiezi himself is not afraid, he came on behalf of the Han Dynasty. Lou Lan has always struggled on both sides of the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty. He can't afford to blame him, so he only hopes that the Han envoy will not find trouble and leave after having some fun in Loulan's country.

Prince Angui said, "Father forgot. My father has been praying for blessings in the Sun Temple for the past two days, and he hasn't had time to stamp the official documents. The messenger of the Han Dynasty was ambushed in Loulan. Please rest for two days and attend the Loulan National Worship Ceremony."

The king was stunned for a moment and also ordered the interpreter to interpret: "The messenger of the Han Dynasty, the day after tomorrow, when my Loulan country worshipped the Zorect as the state religion, I also asked the messenger from the Han Dynasty to testify at such a grand ceremony." Fu Jiezi heard that Loulan also worshipped the fire religion as the state religion. Although he was unhappy, he could not refuse such things. He thought that his sergeants had been seriously injured and could not leave for a period of time. Moreover, Huo Yi and others disappeared and there was no way to leave Loulan City if he could not find them, so he had to respond.

Fu Jiezi looked at the bearded elder again. This man was like a rejuvening child. Although he didn't say a word, his behavior was still a little virgin, and he was not as rigid as the elder he saw in Chang'an City.

This is the Temple of the Sun, that is, the altar of Zorship. Like the Taoist temple, the king actually summoned the messengers of other countries in such a place. It can be seen how important the king put the Zorship. Fu Jiezi is a little strange in his heart. Why do so many countries in the Western Regions believe in Zorship?