Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 19

Considering the possible language barrier with the horse thief, Yichang Chen specially hired Sogdian Yalang, who was specialized in negotiating prices between buyers and sellers, as an interpreter.

Li Chengye, the deputy envoy of Yele Town, Qianniuwei Zhonglang, who was left behind in the town, also did not want anything to happen to the crazy son of the supervising army, so he asked a highly skilled fire chief to come and redeem him with Chen Yichang, and ordered his subordinate generals to lead 120 riders far away. Follow behind, about three miles away from Xierfeng.

If the horse thief dares to cheat, the fire chief of the frontier army will desperately cover Chen Yichang and shoot a loud arrow into the sky according to the agreement, and the brigade will charge over without hesitation.

Facts have proved that the "horse thief" is very trustworthy. Seeing that the three of Yichang Chen stopped the horse a hundred steps away, he immediately sent a person to meet him.

Seeing Yichang Chen nodded his head slightly, Sog Te Yalang hurried to negotiate.

The "horse thief" wants to look at money, but Yalang proposes to look at people first.

So, the two sides sent another person to go to the opposite side to see what they wanted to see.

Yichang Chen got off his horse and walked over slowly, confirming that "Crazy Saburo" was fine, and turned around to gesture for money.

The chief of the frontier army let the "horse thief" who inspected the ransom money put six full boxes of silver money transported by two horses into more than a dozen linen pockets, tied them to the horses without haste, and transported them over in three trips.

The leader of the "horse thief" was very careful. He waited for his subordinates to tie all the dozens of bags of money brought in to the horse's back before agreeing to Yichang Chen to take Han Ping'an away.

And at the same time as Yichang Chen and Han Ping'an went downhill, he whistled, and led a dozen of his men to roar away.

Everything was done according to Han Hai's rules, and the whole redemption process went smoothly.

But that is a full ten thousand silver coins, which can be exchanged for one hundred thousand copper coins!

The commander of the Bian army had never seen so much money before, and he was really unwilling to see it being taken away by a gang of horse thieves.

But the horse thief not only ran fast, but also had one person and two horses, so he had no choice but to go up to him and said helplessly, "Mr. Chen, even if you shoot an arrow, you can't catch up!"

Yichang Chen helped Han Ping'an untie him, looked back at the direction in which the "horse thief" was escaping, and said coldly, "The monk can't run away from the temple if he can run away. Let the night watchmen deal with them when the night watch team returns from Baisha City."

"The vast sea is so big, can the night watchmen find them?"

Bian Junhuo asked with his mouth, but looked at the legendary "Han Sanmad" with his eyes, secretly muttering to himself, is your life so valuable? The salary of my whole team for a year is not so much.

"As long as you are determined to find it, there is no horse thief that the night watch team can't find, and there is no horse thief that the night watchmen can't kill."

Yichang Chen snorted coldly, turned around and asked with concern: "Sanlang, are you okay, are you thirsty, do you want to drink some water?"

"..."

"Are you hungry? If you are hungry, eat some dry food. I brought white flour steamed buns."

"..."

Han Pingan drooped his head, rubbed his wrist that was hurt by the rope, and said nothing.

From now on, let those guys hiding in the dark think that the real Han Ping'an is dead, and they can't speak easily, and they can't show his face easily, otherwise it will be easy for those guys to see the flaws.

In fact, asking Cui Mingfu to borrow money from Sogdian wealthy merchants, asking Chen Yichang to report to General Li, imploring General Li to send troops, and asking Sogdian Yalang to help negotiate, is to let those guys hiding in the dark know "Han Sanfeng" was tied up by the Turkic horse thief, and was redeemed again.

As for the real "Han Sancrazy" or the fake "Han Sancrazy" redeemed, let those guys hiding in the dark guess for themselves. If they are not sure, they will naturally try to find out.

Anyway, wait for them to move.

As long as they move, they can follow the clues to find out their details, and then catch them all!
Chen Yichang knew that he would pretend to be crazy and talk less in front of outsiders, so he glanced at Sogd Yalang calmly, pretended to be worried and asked: "Sanlang, are you okay? I'm so anxious, you Just say something."

Not only did Han Pingan not speak, he didn't even lift his head.

Yichang Chen seemed to realize that he was still a 15-year-old boy and had just been frightened, so he comforted him in a slow voice: "Isn't it all right? Don't be afraid. I'll take you home. Take a shower after you get back. Get a good night's sleep..."

Because it cost so much money to redeem him, and now he has to be served as a grandfather.

The commander of the frontier army who didn't like the supervising army, let alone the crazy son who looked down on the supervising army, said "I'm going to report to General Chen", kicked the horse's belly and galloped away.

Yichang Chen also had a lot of things he wanted to discuss with Han Ping'an. He looked up at the commander of the frontier army who left first, and said in a deep voice, "Sayed, do me a favor."

"What's the matter?" Sogd Yalang asked subconsciously.

"Sanlang's soul seems to have been frightened away. Go back to the city and help me find the false priest. Ask him to go to the Governor's Mansion and open an altar to exorcise evil spirits. After I send Sanlang home, ask him to help me." Saburo called Hun'er."

"Look for the false Taoist chief...Chen Yichang, you might as well send Sanlang to the Fire God Temple. The High Priest Qu Du happens to be here, and he will definitely heal Sanlang."

"We don't believe in Vulcan, we only offer it to the Supreme Lord."

"But the false Taoist priest is a false Taoist priest."

"He understands more or less, and if you talk about this kind of thing, sincerity will help you. Hurry up, and the money will be settled with you later."

"Okay, I'll go first."

……

After sending Sogd Yalang away, Yichang Chen looked at Han Ping'an with a smile and asked, "Ten thousand yuan is a bit much, don't you think, Shi Xianning and Bai Zuojian must be cursing their mothers."

"Isn't my life worth ten thousand dollars?"

Han Ping'an raised his head, looked at the frontier soldiers who were faintly visible in the distance, thought about it and smiled: "Besides, the three of them didn't pay all the money, they will definitely share it with the businessmen in the city. What's more, this What happened in a few days, they can't get away from it."

Yichang Chen nodded: "That's true, at least Mifatai participated."

"Is the Sogdian warrior raised by Mephatai dead?"

"Dead, but before he died, he should have told another Sogdian that you and the Hu people who tied you had died at the hands of the Turkic horse thieves."

"Who did you tell?"

"The night before yesterday, I asked the night watchman to go outside the city to arrest several Hu people. Among them was a Sogdian named Bai Yiza. I asked them to be locked together under the pretext that the warrior from Miphatai's family was injured. , let Bai Yiza take care of it."

"That warrior knows he won't last long, so he will definitely ask Bai Yiza to deliver the message."

"It's a pity that he didn't know that Miphattai was dead. Of course, I didn't know at that time either."

I thought I could play hard to get, but it turned out to be a waste of time. Chen Yichang was not to mention depressed, and he couldn't help sighing.

Han Ping'an was not so pessimistic, and asked, "Where is this Bai Yiza man?"

"It should still be locked in Weng City."

Chen Yichang stroked the horse's neck, and said helplessly: "Cao Wulan rebelled, and he wanted to send the army out. Mifatai died, and Cui Mingfu drank some "Humu" in the Huoshen Temple again, and became dizzy from drinking. almost.

The tiger is not at home, the monkey is king.No matter what, everyone came to me, I was so busy that I couldn't even touch the ground with my heels, so I couldn't take care of him. "

With so much going on in the past three days, you can imagine how busy he was.

Han Ping'an nodded, then smiled and said, "Cui Mingfu is really real, he dared to drink anything."

"Hum is poisonous?"

Yichang Chen thought about it and shook his head again: "Impossible, the believers of the Fire Cult drink it every festival, and no one dies after drinking it. Moreover, Humu is a sacred object of the Fire Cult, not just anyone who wants to drink it can drink it."

Han Ping'an had visited the Fire God Temple more than once, and every time the Fire Cult priests went to join in the fun, not only saw people drink Humu, but also read the scriptures about Humu in the Holy Book of Huo Cult.

Seeing Chen Yichang's surprised face, he explained with a smile: "Humu is made from their holy grass, and that holy grass is called holy flax, which is actually a kind of flax."

"Is flax poisonous?"

"How should I put it, this kind of flax can be used for both weaving linen and medicine. It is three-point poisonous. If you drink it, you will feel dizzy. If you drink too much, it is easy to become addicted. Once addicted, it is difficult to quit. Fortunately, this Hum is not easy to extract and brew, and it is regarded as a sacred object by others, and according to your words, not anyone who wants to drink can drink it."

Chen Yichang frowned and asked: "Sanlang, you mean you will lose your mind after drinking this Humu?"

Han Ping'an smiled and nodded, thinking that it was a pure natural and pollution-free marijuana juice, which is both a medicine and a drug, and of course it would make people lose their minds if they drank it.

Yichang Chen understood as if enlightened, and suddenly exclaimed: "I said, why do those Huo Cult believers all swear that they have seen God? It turns out that it is because they drank flax juice!"

"It's not important, Uncle Chen, if you want to experience it, I'll make some for you later."

"Sanlang, you know that you can't drink flax juice, why are you still saving flax juice?"

"Didn't I just say that it is also a medicine, a painkiller that works very well. When I went to the Fire Temple to play, I asked them for a few altars."

Han Ping'an paused for a moment, and then got down to business: "Uncle Chen, I think that Bai Yiza is still useful. The Sogdian warrior entrusted him with a message, and he must not be able to send it to Mifatai. But it's hard to say whether it is. People want to know how the Sogdian warrior died, and whether the Sogdian warrior left any words before his death."

"It makes sense. Fortunately, I was too busy to forget to release him."

"After you go back, you can continue to work on your big things, and leave these small things to me."

(End of this chapter)