I won't be a courtier anymore

Five hundred soldiers set off from the capital with a long grain team. Xie Feng was placed in the carriage because he was a civil servant, while fifteen drove outside.

Xie Feng got into the carriage and began to close his eyes to calculate. The end of this year must be unusual. The old emperor's illness will worsen further. The ministers under him began to urge him to establish a prince. The old emperor didn't want to talk about this topic, but it was hard to avoid it. The two princes Finally, the first round of the battle for succession began.

Zhao Zi's power is not yet obvious, and he brings medicine and soup to the emperor all day long, pretending to be a filial son, but makes the eldest prince dizzy and busy with state affairs.

All the ministers saw that Zhao Nanju was the head of the first line, with outstanding ability and gentle temperament, and they immediately petitioned to be crowned prince, but they didn't know that this was the rebellion against the old emperor.

Although the old emperor was ill, he was still two or three years away from death. Xie Feng's going out of Beijing at this time was also a clever way to hide first.It was the time when the crowd was chaotic and excited, and it would be bad to be accidentally injured by swords and swords.

After walking all the way for less than half a month, even Laba was on the way, and it was almost in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, when Xie Feng arrived in Anxi with food and grass.

Anxi was already close to Mobei, and the cold wind was howling under the gloomy sky. Along the way, he even encountered many houses and cottages that were crushed by heavy snow.

"My lord, we have already arrived at Anxi, and the people ahead are the people sent by the Anxi army to meet us." Qiu Kun said from outside the carriage.

Xie Feng lifted the curtain of the car, bent down and jumped off, Qiu Kun also dismounted, Xie Feng pulled the cloak on his body, and saw two lines of troops at the gate of Anxi City.

Anxi City is exposed to wind and sun all year round, not only to resist wind and sand, but also to strictly guard against foreign enemies.

Xie Feng got out of the car and changed his horse, and he and Qiu Kun stood side by side in front of the city gate before dismounting.

The one from Anxi Mansion is Zhang Jinyan from Anxi Mansion.

"Master Zhang." Xie Feng bowed slightly.

Zhang Jinyan had been looking forward to it for so long and finally got the lord who came to the imperial court for disaster relief. When he saw the grain and grass brought by Xie Feng, his hands trembled with excitement. At this moment, he quickly returned a deep salute and said: "Thank you, lord, for your hard work from a long distance, lord, save me Anxi." Yu Shuihuo, Zhang Jinyan is grateful!"

Xie Feng hurriedly helped the old man who had guarded Anxi for ten years to his feet and said: "Master Zhang has said it before, we will go to the city to order food and grass, sign the paperwork, and send it out in time for disaster relief."

"Yes, everyone, please." Zhang Jinyan said hurriedly.

Xie Feng stepped into the Anxi city gate, but recalled the time when he went to Li Bai to come together.

That year Li Bai had just followed him, Zhao Zi had just ascended the throne and the frontiers were unstable, no one in the court went out to fight, only he led the troops as a scholar, it was the first time Li Bai went to the battlefield, the yellow sand in Anxi was soaked in the blood of the soldiers, There were dead bodies all around the city, when he came back from being shot by an arrow, Li Bai hugged him and cried bitterly.

That was the first time Li Bai said that he liked him.

Xie Fengyuan thought that if he used his power to force Li Bai, he would hate him for the rest of his life, but he never thought that he would say that he liked him.

"My lord, we're here." Qiu Kun said.

Only then did Xie Feng pull back his thoughts, the most important thing right now is to find Li Bai as soon as possible.

Xie Feng waited for Zhang Jinyan to check out the materials he had brought, signed the paperwork, and then talked about another matter.

"Master Zhang, the caravan from the Western Regions that you detained earlier is still in the city?" Xie Feng asked.

Zhang Jinyan hurriedly said: "They are all in the post in the west of the city."

Xie Feng took the cloak from Shiwu's hand, cupped his fists and said to Zhang Jinyan, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Jinyan said with a smile: "Master Xie, you are being polite. I don't know what your lord is looking for...?"

Zhang Jinyan was also curious. Nearly a month ago, he received a secret letter from the prince of Dingguo in Beijing, asking him to detain all the businessmen in the city who were going to the Western Regions, and promised that he would personally bring the food and grass for disaster relief.

It is not difficult to detain these merchants until they die. It is only necessary to say that the road is blocked by heavy snow, and the court is sympathetic, and it is fine not to open the trade route.

It's just... who the hell is it that can make Shizi Xie come here from Beijing.

"There is a child in the family who got lost." Xie Fengqian said, said goodbye and left.

Fifteen has already gone to explore the way. Anxi's post house is in the west of the city, very close to the government office. Xie Feng simply walked there with Fifteen.

The cold winter street is very chill, few people move around.

Anxi Station stood beside the west gate, and many Hu people came in and out, presumably because they were trapped in Anxi by the heavy snow and could not go home.

There were two rows of soldiers outside the post house, they went to hand over Xie Feng's token fifteen days ago, and the post office hurriedly came out to greet him, Xie Feng walked inside and said, "Take me to the place where the merchants from the Western Regions stay."

"Yes." Yicheng hurriedly said, "My lord, please."

Anxi is a poor place, and the post office seldom received officials from the capital. When the post office saw that Xie Feng was a senior official from Beijing, he was excited and frightened, and he was very respectful all the way.

"Here we are, my lord." Yi Cheng said, "It's here." Yi Cheng took Xie Feng to a small building in the post house, "The merchants from the Western Regions are all settled here."

Xie Feng nodded, and went forward to search with Fifteen Eleven.

Yicheng sent officers and soldiers from the station to help, and soon found all the merchants from the sixteen countries in the Western Regions. These barbarian people had deep eye sockets, high nose bridges, and special clothes, so they could be distinguished at a glance. Xie Feng found them After two circles, Li Bai's shadow was not seen.

Fifteen also came forward and said, "My son, you are not here."

"Surround and search the entire posthouse." Xie Feng said in a deep voice.

Xie Feng gave the order, and the people in the posthouse immediately started to move. After a while, officials from all over Anxi were also alarmed, and came to see Xie Feng one by one.

Marquis Dingguo is in charge of the military power, and Xie Feng is the only heir to the hereditary Marquis. These small local officials can't even see each other on weekdays. How could they not take this opportunity to make friends.

Xie Feng was restless and couldn't find Li Bai, so he turned around and left.

On the fifteenth day, a notice was posted in Anxi City, and a reward of one hundred taels would be given to anyone who found Li Bai.

This is not 100 taels of silver, but 100 taels of gold!

The Li Bai on the notice has round eyes and a smile on his mouth, very similar.

Xie Feng faintly felt that Li Bai was by his side, but he couldn't find it.

As the sky was getting dark, Zhang Jinyan ordered people to invite Xie Feng to have a banquet with the officials of Anxi, but Xie Feng had no choice but to go.

It was dark early in Anxi, and it was already dark when Xie Fengdao yamen was opened, and it was pitch black outside, and nothing could be seen.

Fifteen was walking beside him with a lantern in his hand, and the snow gradually began to float in the sky again. Xie Feng shook his cloak and walked in.

A table surrounded by five or six officials, and a barbarian.

Seeing Xie Feng coming in, Zhang Jinyan got up and introduced to the five people at the table: "This is the Minister of the Ministry of War sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief. He is the Prince of Dingguo, Mr. Xie."

Several officials got up and saluted Xie Feng, Xie Feng returned the salute, several people introduced each other, and finally the barbarian smiled and bent over Xie Feng and said: "Na Luo has met your lord."

"Your Excellency is from the Western Regions?" Xie Feng asked.

"I'm from the Dayue clan." The Hu man's Chinese was a bit blunt.

Xie Feng nodded and said, "Sit down."

After a round of drinking, Xie Feng left. The Hu Renhao talked about the caravan from the Western Regions stranded in Anxi, and asked Zhang Jinyan to let the Hu merchants from the Western Regions go.

Xie Feng lowered his head and sipped his wine, Zhang Jinyan glanced at Xie Feng, and understood that the prince Xie didn't want to let him go for the time being, so he could only continue to fool Naluo: "This guest, it's not that we don't want to let him go, it's that this road is really difficult. It won’t be too late for you to go back when the ice and snow melt in spring next year.”

Na Luo said loudly: "My lord, we have been stranded here for two months. If we don't leave, we won't be able to catch up with the caravan from the Western Regions to Daqi this year. We still have parents and children to support."

Zhang Jinyan persuaded gently: "You have also seen the weather, no one knows when the weather will clear up, the road is so dangerous, money or life is more important?"

Na Luo "hummed" and stopped talking, with a face full of reluctance on his neck.

Xie Feng stood up and said goodbye.

The thin snow is like sugar, falling one by one in the palm of Xie Feng's hand, and he doesn't know where Li Bai is now, he will always be one step late when he receives the news, if he misses this time, Cheng Jing will take Li Bai again Where is the white belt going?When the population of the Western Regions is mixed, and I am far away in Daqi, it is even more difficult to control.

Xie Feng was staying in the post house. In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard mixed voices outside. It was very noisy. Xie Feng got up and opened the window to look. He saw a barbarian lying straight on the ground, surrounded by a circle of barbarians crying. Singing strange songs, expressing their sadness.

Fifteen approached Da: "My son, it's a Hu businessman who just died of illness."

"What disease?" Xie Feng asked casually.

The lights in the courtyard were bright, as if it were daytime.

"Lung disease, it is said that he coughed up blood a few days ago." Fifteen said.

Xie Feng frowned, turned around and put on his clothes, and took fifteen down to look.

Na Luo was the head of the Hu merchants and presided over the funeral.

The Hu man was placed on a wooden board, covered with a white veil embroidered with gold inscriptions, dressed in white, with three candlesticks on his head, his hands folded on his lower abdomen, very solemn and sacred.

"My lord." Na Luo stroked his chest with one hand and saluted Xie Feng.

Xie Fengwei returned the gift.

Looking at the corpse of his companion, Na Luo begged Xie Feng: "My lord, please intercede with the prefect and let us go. I will leave my hometown to do these businesses. If I go back late, I won't be able to catch up." It’s the second time for a caravan to come to Daqi. Moreover, we Da Yue clan must be baptized by God after death, if we can’t go back, this companion will be cursed by God, and his soul can’t escape, which is a great sin.”

The color on Xie Feng's face did not change at all.

"My lord, Da Qi and my Da Yue Clan have no enmity, they are friendly and commercial friendly countries. Your country forcibly detains us. This is not an act of a good friend, and it is not beneficial to the exchanges between Da Qi and the countries of the Western Regions." Na Luo continued.

Xie Feng said "Oh", and looked at Na Luo in a blink of an eye: "Why, the businessman of your country feels offended by my good intentions?"

Daqi's national strength has always shocked the surrounding people, except for the Huns who can't find their old caves in the desert, who would dare to be an enemy of Daqi?Xie Feng's question immediately made Na Luo very nervous.

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