Chapter 17, Centennial Rebirth
Elder Lingquan still wanted to say more, but Lu Ming suddenly ran over and said, "Your Excellency, King Loulan has come back and wants to see you outside." Fu Jiezi was thinking of fighting a guerrilla with the Zor. Hearing that the Queen had sent a spy around the post station, she rushed to relieve the encirclement and said with a smile, "Please."
After a while, the queen came over with the car guard general and a team of 30 vulture guards, saluted everyone and said, "The king invited a big man's messenger, but the elders were also there." Elder Lingquan said, "Some chores in the teaching made the queen laugh." Fu Jiezi saw that the queen was casually dressed in a white fox leather windbreaker. Although she looked luxurious, she did not have that kind of power. It seemed that she had left in a hurry and did not dress carefully. It seemed that he was specially to help herself.
The queen didn't wear anything, but just said, "The messenger of the Han Dynasty has something important to do today. If the elders have anything to do, it will not be too late to discuss it in two days. Tomorrow is the day when the king of Loulan worships. At that time, we have to pass it to the Han Emperor to listen to the Han Dynasty. If the elders want to preach to the east, they also have to rely on the Han Dynasty. Messenger, please ask the big man's messenger for more help at that time. The queen seemed to say this to Fu Jiezi, but Elder Lingquan could not hear the meaning. He laughed and said, "There is a request from the Queen Lao. In this way, the remote religion will leave first."
The queen said, "Don't send the elders, let the people outside withdraw. There is my Loulan guard here, and there will be no problem." Elder Lingquan arched his hand, saluted and went out.
The queen didn't seem to know the star saint, but nodded to her. The star saint also gave a faint signal and left. After the people who worshiped the Vance religion left, the queen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Messenger, have you ever been in trouble?" Fu Jiezi smiled and said, "But it's a small matter. If you don't worry about the queen, there is a person who will see you." Wang was surprised and said, "Who?"
At this time, a deep voice said, "Sister!"
The queen trembled all over and suddenly turned around and saw Geng Hu standing behind happily with a haggard face. When Fu Jiezi saw their sister and brother meet again, he didn't interrupt much, so he withdrew to see the situation of Suicheng.
Suicheng was still sitting in the back hall, as if waiting for someone to lose his temper. When Luo Ya saw Fu Jiezi, she hurriedly hid behind Suicheng. Fu Jiezi said, "Mr. Sui, I want to ask her a few words." Suicheng said, "Just ask here, and I'll listen."
"Okay," Fu Jiezi paused and said, "How did you come to Loulan?" Luo Ya snorted and didn't answer his words, so Cheng also said, "Little Yaer, tell grandpa." Roya said reluctantly, "They chased me and ran away. I followed a large group of black-haired people and rode a camel for more than a year."
Fu Jiezi said again, "Then why did they arrest you and want you to go back to be a saint?" Roya snorted and said, "No. They said that I had the memory of the king and wanted to bring the king back to life through me, so they put me in the fire and burned me. I couldn't stand it and ran away."
Fu Jiezi was stunned and said, "Let the king come back to life? What are you talking about? Luo Ya was very unfriendly to him. After saying that, she refused to say anything more, so she touched her little face and said, "Little Yaer, tell grandpa."
"Oh," Luo Ya snorted at Fu Jiezi and said, "Their king was killed in the temple. When the king was alive, he wrote the Fire Sutra on the sacred flame order. The spirit of the king was restored once in 500 years to save the fire religion. According to what is recorded in the Fire Sutra, they found one A person with the memory of the king can refine the gods through the sacred flame order, so that the king can be brought back to life.
Fu Jiezi said angrily, "What a fantasy! Can these false things fool me? You little girl, your mouth is full of nonsense. Luo Ya looked at Fu Jiezi with contemptuous face and said, "If you don't believe it, I won't say it."
Fu Jiezi said, "Even if what you say is true, then you are the person who has the memory of teaching the king?" Roya gave a hum, with a proud look on her face. Fu Jiezi said, "As far as I know, the founding king of Zoroaster has been dead for more than 400 years. If you want to lie, you have to calculate it first. How old are you?"
Roya was obviously a little puzzled. She touched her head and said, "For many years, I can't remember it. When I was alive, I liked to watch me dance." Suicheng shook his head, and Fu Jiezi said, "Some people believe such nonsense!" You are twelve or three years old, what a big tone.
Roya spit out her tongue fiercely at him and no longer talked to him. She took out raisins from her pocket and chewed them, as if she had forgotten the danger. Fu Jiezi couldn't help shaking his head. The little girl's nonsense was plausible, and he didn't know which one to listen to or which one to.
After a while, the queen came in with Geng Hu and said blessedly, "The messenger saved the little woman's own brother, and the little woman thanked here." Seeing that she was still a big man's etiquette, Fu Jiezi quickly helped her up and said, "The queen is polite, but there is one thing I want to ask the queen to help." The queen said, "Is it the prince who saved General Huo?" Fu Jiezi said, "I'm afraid that the queen will rarely help with this matter, and according to Brother Geng Hu, there are thousands of Han people in the witch tomb. The queen is the queen of Loulan. Don't you know about this?"
The queen was ashamed and said, "The little woman also just heard the second brother talk about it. There are some things that the big man's messenger may not know yet. Fu Jiezi was a little surprised and said, "What's the queen talking about?" The queen said, "Do you know how long it has been since the envoys of the Han Dynasty entered the Western Regions?" Fu Jiezi shook his head blankly and said, "My father-in-law went to the Western Regions five or six years ago. At that time, fire worship had spread in the Western Regions." The queen said, "The first to worship the Zorect was the Pantuo Kingdom, which has been more than 100 years, but it was still more than ten years ago. However, for so long, the Zorcism has not been able to become the state religion of our Loulan. Can the messenger know the reason?"
Fu Jiezi was very surprised and said, "Is that what the queen means?" The queen said, "The behavior of worshiping Zorect is very different from our Middle-earth, which is strange and mysterious. It is different from Middle-earthism. It promotes the supernatural things of strange power and chaos, and does not obey Wanghua. Therefore, the king listened to my advice and did not invite Zorification to enter Loulan. This calm has been more than ten years."
After listening to her, Fu Jiezi knew that there was such a story and said, "But why do you respect it as the state religion now?" The queen smiled faintly and said, "Lou Lan is not as powerful as the Central Plains, and it is not for survival." Fu Jiezi was stunned and said, "Is it possible that the worship of fire can threaten the State of Loulan?" The queen laughed and said, "Of course, Loulan does not dare to be supported by big men. However, the forces of Zong worship have penetrated into the Western Regions, and the Huns also support the mission of Zorship. Loulan cannot be special. She is in the place where the Xiongnu, the Great Han and the Western Regions are connected. She can neither offend the Han and Xiongnu, nor be isolated from the Western Regions. Zolwaism has a lot of influence between the Western Regions and the Huns, so the State of Loulan can't help but be the same as the countries in the Western Regions. Nowadays, there is only the elite country without worship.
Fu Jiezi doesn't mind saying that he can't offend the Xiongnu's words from the queen's mouth. He knows the difficulties of small countries in small countries. He said, "Since the queen knows about the witch tomb now, I don't know what's the difficulty of this?" The queen said, "No matter what difficulties there are, the people of Han must be rescued. Messenger, we will take advantage of tomorrow's ceremony to talk about this matter secretly to the king. Tomorrow, the messenger will raise this matter, and we will immediately dispatch troops to the witch tomb to rescue. It's just..."
The queen suddenly thought of something and said puzzled, "It's just that why did the fire worship secretly build such an underground palace? Besides, where did he get so many Han people?" These two questions have been haunted in Fu Jiezi's mind, but he was anxious to leave and did not want to stay in Loulan's territory. He didn't think about this matter carefully. The queen is the second largest figure in Loulan's country, and she has to think more about everything. After she raised this question, Fu Jiezi also paid attention to this matter and said, "Fire worship is not But there is an underground palace and even a knife guard, which seems to be no worse than the Loulan Palace. The meaning of this sentence was so clear that the queen's face changed greatly and said, "I also heard what Ah Hu said, and the king will definitely not allow this matter."
Fu Jiezi said, "It's easy to save people, but you have to prevent the fire worshippers from playing tricks. The things in the palace have to bother the queen, and the matter of the witch tomb is handed over to me." The queen said, "The messenger is not familiar with Loulan. I let the general guard accompany me, so I will act cheaply."
Fu Jiezi knew that she was talking about the bearded general who had just accompanied him. The man had accompanied Lieutenant Tu Qi to come here. He was a trustworthy person, so he agreed. The queen said to Geng Hu again, "Third brother, have you brought someone back?" Geng Hu said, "My second brother asked me to make a micro-visit. I only brought more than 30 people to accompany them as merchants. I was just saved and I don't know how their situation is." The queen said, "The third brother found them first and sent some back to send a letter to the second brother and asked him to ask for troops from the Han court. I'm afraid the situation this time is not good."
When Fu Jiezi heard that he was going to send troops, he said, "Queen, has things really reached this point?" Wang was a little embarrassed and said, "Maybe it's not necessary, but the Xiongnu stationed 30,000 troops on the bank of the Peacock River, with Guizi as the station, and the Xiongnu envoys were also in the city. This matter is not only a matter of worshiping the fire religion, but also a matter of the Huns. Loulan's small country is not enough to fight against the Xiongnu. Maybe they don't need to move troops, but deter still needs to be deterred. Of."
Fu Jiezi thought of this, and his plan for his envoy would be delayed, but some Han people were trapped here, and it was related to the ownership of Loulan. Even if he did not use it, he had to do it well. If Loulan turned to the Xiongnu, there was no way to talk about his own envoy. Moreover, Huo Yi disappeared in Loulan. I didn't find it. I'm afraid I can't leave this Loulan City for a while.
Thinking of this, Fu Jiezi's heart calmed down. These days, he has always been a little noisy. Since he entered Loulan City, it can be said that it has been a pit step by step. Now that he has a goal, his square inch has been determined and said, "Queen, Fu Jiezi's situation with Lou Lan is unknown. If the queen has any arrangements, just ask him. Fu Jiezi will do what he says." The queen said, "There are three points now. The messenger is accompanied by the general Chehu to keep an eye on the witch's tomb. The second brother, you keep an eye on the Xiongnu messenger, and I will arrange the affairs in the palace. I will let Wei Tuqi do other things." After saying that, he paused and said, "The friends are mostly in the hands of the Huns. I will help the messenger pay attention to it. Don't worry about it."
Fu Jiezi heard the Xiongnu messenger, and a trace of murderousness flashed in his eyes and said, "Queen, can these Xiongnu messengers..." The queen hurriedly said, "No! Loulan is close to the Xiongnu, and it is not easy for us to move troops. The king is still more afraid of the Xiongnu. Fu Jiezi thought that now that the Han Dynasty relied on the dispatch of General Huo Guang, and the country was still in chaos, and he could not transfer troops for a while. He rushed into trouble and only pulled Loulan into the fire and took advantage of the Xiongnu. Thinking of this, he felt that he could not speak to his head and said, "It's all up to the Queen's deployment."