When General Guo heard that one of them was the grandson of Liu Shangshu, he immediately stroked his beard and laughed. After laughing for a while, his eyes glowed coldly and said: "It's just in time. Speaking of which, our two families are still relatives. Since my nephew came to the Western Regions , how can I be negligent as an uncle? Come, I will go to the city gate to welcome the distinguished guests into the city in the future."
He also asked people to prepare the yard and houses, intending to keep Liu Huan and others in the house.
With the wounded soldiers, they walked for a long time before arriving.
A tall city appeared in front of them. This was the first big city they had seen in the Western Regions for so long, so they all sped up their speed.
Little General Meng reined in his horse, pointed at the two big characters "Xizhou" on the city gate and said: "Gao-chang-we have finally arrived in Gaochang."
Bai Shan and the others: ...
They raised their eyes to see the two big characters on the city gate, Bai Shan frowned, and couldn't help asking: "Xichang... Bah, why does the word Xizhou look a little golden? Isn't it gilded?"
Guo Zhao on the side said: "It's not gold-plated, but it does have some yellow."
He said: "You also know that Gaochang believes in Buddhism. In order to win the hearts of the people, my father made people emphasize the use of yellow. Gold and copper are precious. We dare not use them on the city gates, but there is a kind of stone in the Gobi. The powder soaked in water is yellow, and the color is very similar to gold, so my father let it be painted on the city gate."
Guo Zhao added: "Not only the two big characters on the city gate, but also some Buddha statues in the national temple are also painted with this kind of paint. Whether you look at it from a distance or from a distance, it is golden and beautiful, and it is very beautiful."
They introduced here, and the people who had been waiting at the city gate trotted up to meet them, "Young general, little general Meng, the general asked us to pick you up."
After speaking, he looked at Bai Shan and the others, his eyes gliding over them, he couldn't recognize which one was Mr. Liu, so he bent down and smiled and said: "It's the adults of the mission, the general has prepared a guest room at home, Let me take you guys to rest."
After all, we will invite them into the city.
Bai Shan and the others, who didn't know much about the relationship between the Liu and Guo families, really wanted to take advantage of the Liu family's relatives at first, but after seeing this person, Bai Shan and Man Bao immediately dismissed the idea.
Bai Shan smiled and looked at Man Bao.
Man Bao turned his head and smiled at Guo Zhao: "Thank you General Guo for your hospitality, but there are so many people in the mission, we won't bother you for the time being, we will come to visit after we settle down."
After finishing speaking, she turned her head and nodded slightly to Nie Canjun, signaling the convoy to enter the city. They would find a post station to stay. If the post station was not good enough, they would have to find an inn.
The steward didn't expect this, and hurriedly stopped the horse, "Oh, what is this little lady in a hurry..."
Bai Shan frowned, "Bold, Mr. Zhou is the official envoy of the mission, how can you easily stop him?"
After speaking, he looked at Guo Zhao unhappy.
Guo Zhao's face immediately sank, and he scolded the steward, "Get out of the way."
The steward hesitated and took a small step, but still stood in front of the horse. He smiled flatteringly at Guo Zhao, "Your Majesty, this is the general's intention. If the envoys don't stay here, it will be difficult for the young one to turn around and explain to the general." ah."
Man Bao smiled and said: "Why, do I have to obey your orders? If I don't listen, I won't be able to enter the city?"
The steward hurriedly said: "My lord, I misunderstood. It is our general who cares about Mr. Biao, and that's why we want to entertain you. If you don't go, why not Mr. Biao go with us, so that we can explain to the general when we turn back."
Bai Shan sat on the horse and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the relationship between the two families to be so good, but I didn't expect it. Why don't you come and guess which one of us is your cousin? You're right. , how about he go back to live with you?"
Liu Huan: ...
How could you cheat him like this
The steward also froze, how could he dare to speak
These gentlemen are similar in age, and their temperaments are all better than one, how can you tell.
By the way, how old is this cousin of their family
It's better to take a sneak peek at Guo Zhao, and want the young master to give him a hint.
But how could Guo Zhao help his father do such a thing
He wished his father would stay away from these people, so he turned his head aside and ignored him.
The steward broke out in a cold sweat, opened his mouth but couldn't speak.
Then Bai Shan snorted and said: "It seems that the relationship between the two is nothing more than that. If this is the case, it is even more difficult for us to bother General Guo. We will live in the city. I think this city is not big. It's easy for the general's mansion to find us, right?"
After finishing speaking, he immediately took two steps forward, stared at him and told him to leave.
The steward went to see Guo Zhao again, seeing Guo Zhao frowning, he couldn't help but look forward to it, but Guo Zhao reprimanded him, "Hurry up and get out of the way, don't you see that the envoys are going to the city to rest?"
The steward was discouraged, so he could only bow his head and step aside.
But he didn't dare to really leave it alone. After the envoys had all entered, he followed immediately, wanting to see where they lived.
As soon as he caught up with the heavy rain, he came running along, and said to Zhou Man, "People are following behind."
Man Bao nodded indifferently, and was staring at both sides of the street with great interest.
Gaochang, oh no, it’s Xizhou. Xizhou is very lively. There are many stalls and shops on both sides of the street. Unlike the turmoil outside, this place seems to be very prosperous. Seeing their team with so many people, many people stared at them. All glued to them and to the luggage cart behind them.
Li Guanshi has already led the people to the front, and when they slowly strolled to the middle of this street, Li Guanshi came back, "Master, Miss Man, the little one has booked in the post station and the inn next to the post station." room, let the young masters stay there for one night first, and then find a place to live."
Man Bao understood, nodded and followed Li Guanshi.
The post station in Xizhou City is not remote, or even crude. This was once the place where the Gaochang royal family entertained envoys from various countries, so it is naturally not too bad.
It's just that because it's not too bad, the rules are more strict than ordinary post stations. It's not a big problem for Zhou Man and the others to live in, but it's difficult for the soldiers to follow up.
So Li Guanshi also reserved a place in the inn next to him.
After entering the post station, everyone went to rest separately. Because they were notified in advance that they would change places to live in the future, so their luggage was still in the car. Nie Canjun asked people to watch directly, and it was over if no one came close.
Although he now knows that most of these boxes seem to be stones and hay. Not only he knew, but General Meng and Guo Zhao also knew, because when the two armies fought together, the luggage cart basically overturned.
Most of the boxes were fine, but many of the locks were broken during the rollover. Of course, man-made is not excluded. At that time, the boxes rolled down, and some people quietly pried open a lot of locks when they were closed later. Only then did they find that they were almost full of stones and hay.