Imperial Capital of the Tang Dynasty
In a national villa specially designed to entertain foreign guests, a middle-aged man in his fifties yelled: "What a Xu Qian, he has no organization and discipline at all. It's okay to come alone, and he disappeared inexplicably. He took it." What do you think of this alien affairs?"
"Deputy Wu, Deputy Xu is too young after all. He is eager to make contributions and is self-centered. These are common things. Don't get too angry." The speaker was Secretary Lu Liang, wearing a golden look. Silk glasses, looking very elegant.
The middle-aged man is Wu Shiwei, the executive deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the main negotiator on behalf of China to negotiate with Datang this time. He is not a monk. He is very capable to sit in this position at this age. However, he was very unhappy when he heard that the superiors had arranged for a young boy under twenty years old to be his partner, who was also the deputy director of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He was still scrupulous in front of outsiders, but in front of his own secretary, he expressed dissatisfaction with Xu Qian not once or twice.
"The most common mistake young people make is arrogance and arrogance. Xu Qian became famous as a young man and held a high position. If he is not careful, he will fall to pieces." Wu Shiwei lost some of his anger, but his tone when commenting on Xu Qian was very disdainful. .
Lu Liang said in a low voice: "Deputy Wu, Xu Qian has no one in his sights. Why don't we ignore him? You are in charge of the negotiation anyway. It will be the same with or without him. As long as the matter is done, you can go back and take care of it yourself." Isn’t gong better?”
Wu Shiwei and the others came here as a Chinese negotiating delegation, so they were arranged to live in this high-standard villa. But at this time, there was no meeting notice from Emperor Tang or Qin Zhao, so we could only wait. According to the original plan, Xu Qian will set off with them and stay together. Wu Shiwei also needs to convey to Xu Qian the goals to be achieved in this negotiation, as well as China's bottom line, etc. Now Xu Qian can't even find anyone. , such a ridiculous situation has never been seen by Wu Shiwei in many years.
Wu Shiwei was noncommittal about Lu Liang's suggestion. In fact, he had never wanted to leave Xu Qian alone and do things well. How convinced was he that a young man ten years younger than his son suddenly jumped up to a position where he could sit on an equal footing with him? ?
But he also knew that the leader had also confessed that this mission Xu Potential would bring greater benefits to China. Without Xu Qian, it would be difficult for China to gain advantage from the powerful Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Wu Shiwei did not dare to do anything wrong and leave Xu Qian alone. It would be okay if it was done well, but if the talks collapsed, the consequences would not be something he could bear.
"You go ask them again to find out whether it is the Emperor of Tang or the Prime Minister of Qin this time. It is better for us to prepare in advance."
"Prime Minister Qin is still fighting fiercely with the orcs. He won't be able to come back for a while. Emperor Tang has been idle for many years..."
Wu Shiwei's face darkened, and Lu Liang immediately felt that he had made a mistake.
"I asked you to inquire, not to analyze it for me!"
Daling Gorge
A natural huge ravine of thousands of feet separated the Orc Army and the Tang Army on both sides.
Such a geographical structure would be impossible for ordinary humans to fight with cold weapons. The ravine in the middle is hundreds of meters wide. It would be difficult for ordinary people to get across it, let alone fight.
But now, the armies of both sides are not mortals, and their minimum cultivation level must be the Soaring Cloud Realm. The battles basically take place in the air, so this giant ravine is just a symbolic boundary between the Chu River and the Han Dynasty.
"Commander Qin, there are reports that there have been many incidents of orcs attacking small towns in the Tang Dynasty in the past two days."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Qin Zhao did not expect such a situation to happen. "Please tell me the specific situation."
"Yes, Commander Qin."
Qin Zhao is indeed unparalleled in both civil and military affairs in the Tang Dynasty. This can be seen from the fact that he became the Prime Minister of Qin when he was a civil servant, and the Commander-in-Chief of Qin when he went to war.
"Currently, there are 34 small towns reported to have received large-scale attacks by orcs, 6 of which suffered extremely serious damage. It is said that the orcs opened a channel for the small town and then released a light shield to cover the entire city. We All communication signals will be blocked, and residents in the city will be unable to contact the outside world. After about five or six hours, the mask will disappear automatically. Orcs usually rob towns in teams of 200, with the main purpose of robbing items and taking away young people. Men and women will also kill residents without any scruples."
"Wait!" Qin Zhao quickly heard the question, "Two hundred orcs went to massacre a small town. How could it be possible that only six cities were severely damaged? It is impossible for other towns to have enough civilian power to save themselves. Could it be that the civilians What kind of mobile rescue organization has been formed?”
The person who made the report told the truth: "It shouldn't be a rescue organization. According to some residents' reports, a young man rescued them. This young man brought a little girl and two monsters, one big and one small."
When Qin Zhao heard this description, he couldn't remember who this young man was for a moment. After all, the Tang Dynasty was so big and there were so many capable and powerful people. Not only did Qin Zhao not know anyone he had never met, but just counting the ones he knew, there were already too many to count.
As for bringing monster beasts with them, there were quite a few strong men from the Tang Dynasty who had friendships with monster beasts, and there was nothing special about them.
"Report to Qin Shuai, it is said that the young man once reported his family status..."
Qin Zhao looked slightly displeased and glanced at this person. His meaning was obvious: Since everyone has said who he is, why didn't you tell me and still let me guess?
This man also felt Qin Zhao's dissatisfied gaze and hesitated: "That man claims to be the disciple of Zhenjun Xuanyuan..."
"What?" Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Xu Qian has come to the Tang Dynasty again. He has created a 'True Lord Xuanyuan' out of nowhere. He is really unpredictable!"
How could Qin Zhao not know that True Lord Xuanyuan was Xu Qian's trick? Playing it like this once or twice was just nonsense, but doing it again and again made even Qin Zhao feel a little less confident - could it be that this kid What's the layout?
"Report to Commander Qin!" The voice of a subordinate reporting the situation sounded outside the door.
"Come in!" Qin Zhao waved his hand, indicating that the people before him should go out first, and the people outside the door came in instead.
"Report to Commander Qin, a person who calls himself Xu Qian has requested to see you." Qin Zhao naturally could not ask for a meeting, so Xu Qian showed his academy card and received this notification.
"Let him in quickly!" Although Qin Zhao was surprised, he was even more pleasantly surprised.
"This man also brought a little girl and two monsters..."
"Please come in!" Now that he knew it was Xu Qian, he could figure out who the little girl and the two monsters were at a glance.
Two minutes later, Xu Qian and others entered the temporary office where Qin Zhao directed the battle.
"Old Qin! You ran so far away, making it easy for me to find you!" Xu Qian smiled brightly, seeming to be blaming Qin Zhao, but in fact he was saying hello to an old friend.
"Little friend Xu Qian!" Qin Zhao greeted him, "Last time you came back injured, and now I see that you are in high spirits and have made great progress in cultivation. You are indeed a person with great luck!"
The two performed an ancient ritual of monks. If the monks of the Tang Dynasty saw this scene, their jaws would definitely drop. Because the two of them were saluting between friends, among the people on the stage in the Tang Dynasty, there were only a handful of people who could salute Qin Zhao on the same level as Qin Zhao, and no one among them would call Qin Zhao Old Man Qin.
"There is no great luck. If you hadn't come to rescue me at that time, maybe I would have been a corpse now." Xu Qian learned from Xiong Er that Qin Zhao and the others used dragon blood to save him, and he was indeed grateful.
Qin Zhaogang wanted to say that it was not him who saved him, but King Rui. But who was he? He immediately thought that Prince Rui might not want Xu Qian to know the real situation. If he talked too much, wouldn't he offend Prince Rui?
So Qin Zhao did not stay on this topic, but changed the topic and said: "I heard that there was a young man who saved countless people in the Tang Dynasty. This young man must be you."
"It's just a matter of convenience to save people. I came here to find you."
"Find me?"
"I want to ask you about two people." Xu Qian then described the situation and characteristics of Li Yuanxi and Lin Qiaoni to Qin Zhao.
"I can tell you to go down and ask people to pay attention." Qin Zhao was not trying to prevaricate Xu Qian. That was really all he could do. In the vast sea of people, Xu Qian couldn't give any special clues. All he could determine was the time they entered Datang. Unless Datang kept records of personnel entering and exiting every exit, it would be really like finding a needle in a haystack. It is even more impossible to record anything. Today, Datang and China are still hostile forces as a whole, and things like the passage entrance will not be discovered by Datang at all.
