Fan Jingming knew that Chang Sheng was carrying a gold medal bestowed by me, and that Chang Sheng's words were equivalent to an imperial edict. Seeing that Chang Sheng had made up his mind, he hurriedly bowed, clasped his fists, and loudly accepted the order.
Because Fan Jingming was raising his hands and clasping his fists, Chang Sheng took a closer look and noticed that a red shaft was exposed in Fan Jingming's sleeve. He often received imperial edicts and recognized the red shaft as part of the imperial edict at a glance.
Changsheng was not surprised that Fan Jingming was carrying the imperial edict. He could even guess what was written in the imperial edict. The emperor had previously sent someone to Qingyang to deliver a message to him, and learned that he was not in Qingyang but rushed there alone. Nanhai blocked Li Huanchen and began to worry about his safety. After he, Datou and Yu Yi returned from Nanhai, he did not immediately send Yu Yi to Chang'an to report the battle situation. The emperor was worried that he had died in Nanhai, so he was worried. Fan Jingming was sent to investigate the situation. Fan Jingming had the imperial edict but did not take it out, indicating that this edict would only be used when he had died for his country. If nothing else, the content of the edict should let Fan Jingming take over. Qingyang military power.
Although he guessed what was written in the imperial edict, Changsheng was not dissatisfied with the emperor because he could understand the emperor's mood and sympathize with the emperor's difficulties. The emperor only believed in himself and did not believe in Datou, Li Zhongyong and others. , if he is really gone, the emperor will definitely take Qingyang's 70,000 troops into his own hands.
After a brief pause, Changsheng turned to look at Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu, "Second Senior Brother, you stay in Qingyang and provide food and grass for General Fan. You can directly transfer the food and grass used for the Southern Expedition from the Western Region Food Team. The consumption account must be recorded. Be clear and report it to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War in time. Third Senior Brother, you are the deputy commander of the Southern Expedition and will go on the expedition with General Fan."
When the two nodded in agreement, Changsheng looked at Fan Jingming again, "General Fan, we haven't found the white tiger bones needed to protect Luoyang Palace from evil. Next, we have to go to the northwest, due west, and southwest. Look for the white tiger's spiritual bones. When we find the bones, we will rush to help you immediately. However, we cannot continue to march south with the team. I have to rush to Luoyang to replace Zhang Zhenren and lead the army to attack Zhengzhou. Once the war on the Western Front is over, you will immediately take over. Soldiers march eastward to meet me."
Fan Jingming responded seriously, and at the same time he glanced at Changsheng with admiration. It was the letter he sent to Changsheng for the first time when the emperor met Changsheng secretly. He also knew what had happened in these years. As a close confidant of the emperor, no one was more loyal than him. He knew how suspicious the emperor was, and no one knew better than him how capricious the emperor was. However, after so many years, Changsheng had always maintained a close relationship with the emperor, and had always been the most trusted person by the emperor. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty could do this Changsheng is the only one who can do this.
The reason why Changsheng was able to do this was definitely not due to luck, but to being wise and open-minded, and being able to advance and retreat in a measured manner. Let alone taking Qingyang Military Power as an example, Changsheng guessed the emperor's concerns and immediately took the initiative to communicate them. After leaving Qingyang's military power, it is already rare to be able to hand over military power. The most rare thing is that Changsheng did it smoothly when handing over his military power. There was no deliberate intention. After defeating Li Maozhen, he immediately led the troops eastward. This move was equivalent to conquering Qingyang. The 70,000 soldiers and horses were handed over to the imperial court smoothly.
With the explanation in hand, Chang Sheng immediately set off westward with Datou and others without further delay.
Da Tou did not drive Miss Bai to fly high, but rode with Shi Xuanming. After leaving the city and walking away, Da Tou said, "My lord, do you believe what Fan Jingming said?"
"What?" Changsheng asked casually.
"He said he was here to see if he could help in any way. I feel like this was just his excuse," Datou said. "His real purpose should be to see if you are still alive."
Changsheng smiled, "These are not important."
Yu Yi said in a low voice, "This man is a former imperial guard. Leading troops and fighting is not his specialty. If you hand over Qingyang's soldiers and horses to him, good or bad luck will come."
"Good fortune and misfortune are unpredictable. There are some things that we can control, but there are some things that we cannot control." Changsheng said calmly. As early as after talking with Yuren from the far north, he had a vague feeling that his return was not far away. For a while, he had been seizing the time to arrange things after his death. Before that, he had been worried that the imperial court would not be the opponent of those feudal towns after he left. He also wanted to let Yang Kai take over his position, but after Fan Jingming came to take over the military power of Qingyang , he gave up this idea. The imperial court did not believe Yang Kai, Datou and others. Since the imperial court did not believe them, there was no need to let them stay. The reason why he asked Fan Jingming to lead his troops eastward immediately after pacifying Li Maozhen was to allow Fan Jingming to take over the military power in Luoyang in the future.
It is said that birds of a feather flock together, and people like Datou are not fools if they can associate with Changsheng. Everyone has vaguely noticed that Changsheng is arranging his funeral arrangements through some of his recent actions, but they are unwilling to reveal it clearly, so as not to be in vain. Increased sadness.
It was Sishi when everyone set off, heading westward, entering the Gobi in the afternoon, the desert at Shenshi, and in the evening they arrived at the Western Night Kingdom recorded in the Great Wilderness Strange Stories.
Xiye Kingdom is a small country in the Western Region. At its peak, it only had more than 10,000 people. At first, this area was not a desert, but a grassland with lush water and grass. However, now this area has been swallowed up by the endless yellow sand. It has long been uninhabited, leaving only the bare city wall made of rammed earth and a ruined wall that has not been completely covered by the yellow sand.
Since the cities were all built with rammed earth, there would be no wall inscriptions without stones. There is only one way to find possible scriptures, and that is to explore ancient tombs.
Although Chang Sheng was not good at Feng Shui, he was not completely ignorant. At night, he watched the stars to identify the location, and soon found the cemetery of Xiye Kingdom from the north of the city.
Unlike the deep burials in the Middle Earth, the dead people in the Western Regions are buried very shallowly, usually no more than seven feet. Everyone on our side has purple energy cultivation, and it is easy to explore the ancient tombs. You only need to extend your spiritual energy to explore the ground. Just feel it. If there is space underground, the spiritual energy will feedback.
Most of the tombs that were too small were civilian tombs and were of little value for exploration. Only large tombs could contain burial objects. After searching in the middle of the night, everyone selected five large tombs from a large number of ancient tombs. They were said to be large tombs, but in fact they were the largest. It's only three feet square. This is not Middle-earth after all, and there is no custom of life and death.
Excavation is not troublesome. All you need to do is remove the sand on top and use spiritual energy to break the top of the tomb. There are no mechanisms in the tomb, and there is no ear chamber. It is clear what is in the tomb.
Changsheng did not go to the tomb in person, but only reminded everyone to pay attention to the bamboo slips and parchment paper with writing on them.
Hearing the clang of bronze vessels from the tomb, Changsheng reminded him, "There is no need to inspect the bronze vessels."
"There is an inscription on it." Shi Xuanming's voice said.
"If there is an inscription, it cannot be the Yiqi Zhenjing," Changsheng said. "Although Taishang Laojun attained enlightenment in the Shang Dynasty, his journey westward was in the Spring and Autumn Period. Before that, the Yiqi Zhenjing did not appear in the world."
"How many years have I lived in total?" Big Tou's voice said.
"My life span is one hundred and twenty years old." Changsheng replied.
"It seems that the Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period was more than 120 years ago." Datou said.
"More than that, at least more than five hundred years," Chang Sheng knew that Da Tou Duo had a misunderstanding, so he explained casually, "According to the Taoist scriptures, I am the reincarnation of Tai Shang Laojun. In addition to me, Taishang Laojun has many incarnations... "
"Found it." Yang Kai's voice.
"Let's take a look, let's take a look, ah, it's really a scripture..."
