Chapter 30, Dunhuang Visitors

When he received Zheng Ji, it had been a long night. Loulan's weather began to become extremely cold. Zheng Ji only brought five attendants. Fu Jiezi took him to the post house. Zheng Ji couldn't care about the dust and talked about the matter. In the past few months, he has been contacting the countries of the Western Regions, but one The country did not agree to fight against the Huns with him, mainly because the domestic situation in Loulan is complicated and the Xiongnu are so popular, so these countries dare not come out.

He had learned about Fu Jiezi's situation in Loulan, so he immediately rushed to Loulan and thought it was an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the envoys from almost all countries to contact Loulan to fight against the Xiongnu together.

After listening to Zheng Ji's words, Fu Jiezi knew that Zheng Ji did not really come for himself, but came to find an opportunity to contact the countries in the Western Regions. Coincidentally, the purpose of Fu Jiezi's trip was also here. Now that the four cities are closed and are not allowed to enter or leave, the envoys from various countries are still in Loulan City. Zheng Ji came at the right time.

Three days passed, it was the day when the queen was merged into Loulanzu Mausoleum. The main thing was the elder of Lingquan. Fu Jiezi had to rush to Angui's house early, and all the workers were ready. The elder of Lingquan was well commanded. Because fire religion is a heavenly burial, the elder of Lingquan just took out the queen's bones. Come on, put it in the stone pot, and then the witch god of Loulan came to merge the queen into the royal mausoleum.

Seeing the remains of the queen, Fu Jiezi was very uncomfortable. On this day, the general also came and sent heavy soldiers around the royal tomb. He lay sick at home for a few days, but he stood for half a day in military uniform.

Fu Jiezi knew the queen's position in his heart.

Just as everything was going well, a soldier suddenly came to report, and Wei Tuqi returned to Loulan.

The incident spread in a moment, and the fortifications here continued, and some ministers went to welcome Wei Tu Qi back.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was a person that Fu Jiezi didn't think of.

It was the Han Dynasty messenger from Geng Hu and Chang'an, but they didn't see Wei Tuqi.

When Geng Hu and his entourage arrived, Fu Jiezi did not see Wei Tuqi, and his heart began to feel uneasy. If Wei Tuqi did not come to Loulan, Loulan was bound to be in chaos.

Geng Hu met Fu Jiezi,  did not explain his intention, but because this was the time for his own sister to move the grave, and it was a matter of course that he rushed over. It was wrong. It was clear that Wei Tuqi came with Geng Hu, which was agreed in advance.

Because it is not appropriate to talk about these things at this time, Fu Jiezi asked Geng Hu to worship the queen first, but Geng Hu said, "General Fu, what my second brother and I mean is to bring the bones of the eldest sister back to Dunhuang. Lou Lan, a ruthless and unjust place, is really not worth the eldest sister to stay here again. Recently, the Xiongnu attacked Dunhuang too tightly. The second brother wanted to defend the city, so I came alone. I took the bones of my eldest sister today and returned to Dunhuang early tomorrow morning.

When Geng Hu said this, his eyes were full of hostility. An Gui, who was killed by Fu Jiezi, was Geng Hu's nephew. Seeing Geng Hu like this, Fu Jiezi was also a little ashamed in his heart. It was inconvenient to say anything more for a moment, but he vaguely felt that he would not be discouraged.

At this time, at the ceremony of the merger of the queen's bones into the royal mausoleum, Geng Hu came forward to stop the elder Lingquan and said what he meant. The scene immediately froze. General Che Hu's face was so bad that he came to stop Geng Hu and said, "General Geng, the queen is the queen of our Loulan. According to The ancestor is to be merged into the royal mausoleum. She is the princess of the old king. Does General Geng want to separate the queen from the old king* in the spirit of heaven?

Geng Hu snorted and said, "If the old king hadn't been weak, how would my eldest sister have let the Huns die!" It's okay not to have such a husband. We Han people pay attention to returning to the roots of fallen leaves. My elder sister was born in the Han Dynasty and died as a ghost of the Han Dynasty. This time, I will take it back. If you have some kindness to the queen, then when he arrives in Dunhuang, he will burn a few columns of incense in front of the grave. Don't embarras Geng about this matter.

General Chehu said, "General Geng, although you are the queen's own brother, you don't understand the queen's feelings for the old king. If the queen chooses herself, I think he will choose to stay in Loulan." Geng Hu was unhappy and determined to take back the remains of the queen.

At this time, several ministers suddenly came out and pointed to Geng Hu and rushed to argue angrily. The general also ordered the soldiers to strictly take care of the remains of the queen, and no one could move without permission.

Seeing that the words were wrong, Fu Jiezi quickly persuaded everyone and asked the elder of Lingquan to arrange to take care of the remains of the queen before making a decision another day.

The matter was temporarily put aside here, and Lou Lan's ministers finally couldn't help asking about the whereabouts of Wei Tuji, which was also something Fu Jiezi was concerned about. Geng Hu said, "Because the Huns attacked Dunhuang, Dunhuang City was surrounded like an iron barrel. For safety, Wei Tuqi was fashionable and still in Dunhuang. Because it was my sister's big event, I risked my life to rush out of the city and rushed to Loulan. There were more than 50 people who were accompanied, but most of them have been lost. This is our envoy of the Han Dynasty. You can rest assured that our Han Dynasty has indeed released Wei Tuqi and let him come back to become a new king.

At this time, a minister asked, "I don't know when Wei Tu Ji can return to Lou Lan?"

Geng Hu said, "When the Xiongnu's soldiers are relieved, Wei Tuqi will naturally come back."

When everyone heard the chaos, several ministers were so angry that they accused Geng Hu of threatening Loulan. If Loulan turned to the Xiongnu, then Wei Tuqi would always come back.

This was originally the role of Wei Tuji's coming to the Han Dynasty, but now it became controversial. Fu Jiezi was afraid that things would get bigger and bigger, so he asked the general to take the ministers back first and make a decision tomorrow.

Zheng Ji also took this opportunity to mention the affairs of the envoys of the Western Regions again. After Fu Jiezi's killing An Gui, Zheng Ji added some superior conditions, such as trade, Hu Shang's entry into Chang'an to exempt taxes and money. These means of radishes and sticks made the ministers of the Western Regions look at you and have a good attitude. Hesitate.

After Fu Jiezi and Zheng Ji met the cities in the Western Regions, they suddenly received an invitation from the Hu Hou faction. They seemed to be very anxious. Fu Jiezi and Zheng Ji went there together and arrived at Hu Hou's mansion. Unexpectedly, General Che Hu and Geng Hu and Yuan Tong were also there. The two had been arguing for a long time.

Fu Jiezi thought that Huhou had something to ask himself, but as soon as he saw Hu Hou, Fu Jiezi knew that there would be another funeral immediately, but Hu Hou's face was yellow and he couldn't get up on the couch. Several sons and granddaughters around him cried like tears, but Hu Hou's hands were still shaking violently.

Fu Jiezi and Yuantong looked at each other and knew that this was a return of light, but Hu Hou would soon die.