"What"
This time it was Hu Xiuwu's turn to be surprised, and he secretly speculated why Zhang Qian rejected him.
After a while, Hu Xiuwu raised his head and looked directly at Zhang Qian, and said to him sincerely:
"Brother Ziwen is worried that Amei and I will join the mission and wants to prevent this mission? I swear to Taiyi, I have no such plan."
Zhang Qian shook his head: "No, of course I will not doubt the character of Liuhou's descendants."
"But I have to complete this matter myself. If anyone else interferes, I will give them a handle."
"I must walk these fourteen thousand miles by myself step by step. Even if I eat grass and drink snow, I will crawl back to Chang'an."
Looking at Zhang Qian's firm eyes and sonorous and powerful words, in this era, I am afraid that only Hu Xiuwu understands how serious he is.
This time, there were more than a hundred people on the mission to Dayuezhi. They experienced the attacks of the Huns and the test of severe cold and heat. After more than ten years, only Zhang Qian and Tang Yifu returned to Chang'an completely. .
Because of this incident, Zhang Qian was named Bowang Hou. At the same time, this mission made the world understand that ordinary people can also achieve great things and eat five tripods!
Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to use low-level people with no cultivation skills.
The ruthless master Fu Yan, the calculating Sang Hongyang, and the late-blooming Gongsun Hong ascended to the elegant hall and were promoted to higher positions.
From then on, the foreigners began to slowly withdraw from the court. Except for a few people who were unwilling to be lonely, most of the foreigners still let nature take its course, looking for beautiful places to establish sects and Taoist temples, cultivating immortals and no longer worrying about the affairs of the world.
Although there were some signs of Yiren's restoration during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they were still suppressed.
Even the top combat powers in the alien world cannot defeat the general trend of the world with their personal bravery.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the only way for foreigners who wanted to make achievements was to fight on the battlefield. Most of the remaining foreigners who were relatively Buddhists worked in the Taishi Bureau. Apart from calculating Feng Shui and compiling calendars, they no longer paid attention to temple calculations.
Although he couldn't ride on the mission's train as he originally thought, Hu Xiuwu was not disappointed to witness Zhang Qian's heroic demeanor, which changed the relationship between strangers and ordinary people and left a strong mark on the history books. .
After not talking about joining the mission, Hu Xiuwu and the three of them had a good conversation. The main reason was that Hu Xiuwu and Zhang Qian got along very well. Chen Duo just listened and drank water, glancing at Hu Xiuwu from time to time.
Relying on the records of later generations, Hu Xiuwu told Zhang Qian about the general geographical characteristics of the Western Region, which is the modern Northwest Region, and part of Central Asia, especially the situation in Central Asia where the Yueshi are located.
The Han Dynasty didn't understand this. When Zhang Qian went out as an envoy, his eyes darkened and he groped his way across the river.
In addition, he also taught him several methods that Hu Bayi had taught him about finding water sources in the Gobi Desert and making water in emergencies, so that Zhang Qian could be more careful and well prepared.
The situation in Central Asia, and the knowledge that small emergency measures in the desert will be useless in later generations,
But these were extremely precious to the Han Dynasty who had not yet formally established diplomatic relations with the Western Regions. They were even more priceless treasures for Zhang Qian, who was about to go to the Western Regions.
When Hu Xiuwu was talking about the situation in the Western Regions, Zhang Qian had been listening silently, keeping every word of Hu Xiuwu firmly in his heart, with a pious attitude like a student who was being taught by a teacher.
After Hu Xiuwu said that his mouth was dry, Zhang Qian poured the wine for Hu Xiuwu himself and handed it to Hu Xiuwu with both hands to show respect, which made Hu Xiuwu feel a little flattered, and at the same time he felt a little happy.
Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, poured wine for him personally. When he returned to modern times, he told Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan about the incident, which would make them jealous to death.
"Qian, thank you Xiuwu for your help. If you don't understand these circumstances, I'm afraid Qian will die in the desert within a short time of walking with the envoy."
Zhang Qian now truly believed that Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo were sincerely here to help him. Such precious knowledge would not have been known at all without careful research and investigation.
Hu Xiuwu waved his hand and said: "Brother Zhang misunderstood. I investigated these things to enter the desert. In addition to asking us to help you, Master also asked us to go to Jingjue Country to find something."
"Although you don't need our help anymore, A-mei and I still want to go to Jingjue Country."
"Jing Jue Country? Is that the country where women rule the country?"
Zhang Qian thought for a moment and then remembered the familiar name Jingjue.
Hu Xiuwu was a little surprised: "Brother Ziwen has also heard of the name Jingjue Country?"
Zhang Qian laughed: "As an envoy of the Han Dynasty, how could I set out without collecting intelligence from the Western Regions? Although I don't have the details of your investigation, I have naturally heard about the Jingjue Kingdom that dominates the Western Regions."
"When I was in Chang'an, I asked His Majesty to enter Shiqu Pavilion to check the classics. In the past few days, when I was in Xiaoshipan City, I also asked merchants who came to the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty."
Zhang Qian paused for a moment, organized his words before continuing:
"This Jingjue country is powerful and is the leader of the thirty-six countries in the Western Region. All other small countries in the Western Region surrender to it and pay tribute every year."
"And the most peculiar thing is that the king of the Jingjue Kingdom is actually a woman, who is called the Queen of Jingjue. It is really unbelievable that a woman oversees the country."
Even if Zhang Qian himself wanted to clear up the world's prejudice against ordinary people, his thoughts were still limited by the times and he did not understand that there was a country in the world where a woman was king.
Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo looked at each other, and the most troublesome situation appeared.
Queen Jingjue is not dead yet,
This is the last recorded ghost mother who mastered the Unbounded Demonic Eyes. As long as she is within the vicinity of the remains of the snake god, she can attract a trace of the snakegod's power with the help of the Unbounded Demonic Eyes.
In other words, when she is near the ghost cave, she can use the power of Zhong Shan and the power of the world-devouring snake. Even just a trace of it is enough to become the best in the world.
Hu Xiuwu thought to himself: Trouble, if Queen Jingjue hides in the ghost cave, compared to me now, even if my body recovers, I will not be the opponent of Queen Jingjue.
Feeling a little worried in his heart, he glanced at Chen Duo unconsciously, looking at her beautiful profile, Hu Xiuwu thought:
Even if Duo'er's pill bite can work on Queen Jingjue, the two of us can't get within ten steps of her. Mr. Tang paid a heavy price for getting close to Ninto.
Seeing Hu Xiuwu looking at her, Chen Duo gave him a beautiful and elegant smile. Hu Xiuwu felt healed all of a sudden, and the worries in his heart were reduced a lot. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he remembered something. thing.
How did Queen Jingjue die? It seems that he was assassinated by Prince Gumo.
Gumo? Hu Xiuwu was suddenly stunned.
Yes, Prince Gumo should have already thought of assassinating Queen Jingjue now.
Zhang Qian was just concentrating on memorizing the scenery of the Western Regions that Hu Xiuwu described, and then he realized that it was already dark inside the restaurant. He turned to look at the weather outside the restaurant, and saw that the setting sun had already set in the west.
The shopkeeper stood aside in confusion, holding an oil lamp in his hand. He wanted to give the lamp to the distinguished guest, but seeing that Hu Xiuwu and Zhang Qian were in high spirits, he was afraid of disturbing their elegance.
It was the first time for him to meet Zhang Qian and Hu Xiuwu. He didn't understand their temperament. If they were arrogant and domineering people and didn't like being approached when they were talking about things, he would have offended the nobles from time to time when he went to add lamps.
Sometimes it's not a good thing to be too close to the superior. You don't know that you might offend someone if you didn't say the right thing.
In this era, if someone in power just says a word, your family may be destroyed.
Zhang Qian said to Hu Xiuwu, who was still thinking about his next plan: "It's getting late. If Xiuwu doesn't have a place to stay, how about taking your sister to the mission's residence to rest for a night?"
Hu Xiuwu said: "But won't this affect you?"
Zhang Qian smiled casually: "It's okay, as long as you don't go with the mission, no one will gossip."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
