All the palace guards in the front hall of the Xuan chamber withdrew, and even the air in the large hall showed a bit of solemnity. Li Yanzhen sat alone in the upper seat, Chu Mingyun Su Shiyu and Loulan Guo's Lai Shi were separated on both sides.
The guard who passed the message informed Su Shiyu about the situation in detail on the way: Loulan came to the border town to meet the princess as agreed, but found that the inn was dead silent. The anger was unbearable, and Loulan's most beloved noble princess fell to the ground with messy hair, her white arms stained with blood stretched forward, as if she had tried her best to catch something.
After hearing the news, the King of Loulan almost fainted, roaring to send troops immediately, but after being persuaded repeatedly by his officials, he agreed to send messengers.
After the guard finished speaking, he asked eagerly, "Lord Censor, the world is only at peace when it's rare, will we start a war again because of this?"
Su Shiyu frowned and didn't answer. The curtain of the car rises and falls with the wind in the rush, and the road outside the window is full of flowers, and the spring is picturesque.
In the hall, the Loulan messenger looked gloomy, but he still bowed in a proper manner and said straight to the point: "For the murder of our highness, Da Xia, please take responsibility!"
Li Yanzhen didn't answer for a while, but Chu Mingyun said, "It's natural, Lord Messenger, don't be impatient. We have blocked the border entry and exit to search for the suspect. If there is any news, we will inform you in time."
The messenger looked at Chu Mingyun, "Your Majesty's speech is so evasive, isn't it good?"
"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun turned to meet his line of sight, "Whatever you need to avoid, just ignore it, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"The great country of Xiayangyang, but now that our princess was killed in your territory, is it easy to just find out?"
"Otherwise?" Chu Mingyun said, "It is only natural to solve the case and catch the murderer. If this is considered to be avoided, what is the intention of the messenger?"
"There is no guarantee of safety within the national border, and shirk responsibility after an accident. Is this the way of doing things in Daxia?" The messenger said, "The place where the princess is staying is not known to ordinary people. Nothing to do with it?"
"You can't say that," Chu Mingyun said. "Except for us, the royal family of Loulan is not aware of the whereabouts of Her Royal Highness. Since it was an ambush at the border, it's hard to say who leaked the news."
Su Shiyu next to him was startled when he heard the words.
The messenger asked in a cold voice, "Your Majesty's words have come to this point, how dare you say that you are not shirking responsibility?!"
Chu Mingyun said without tone: "I just brought up the possible situation, why are you so excited?"
"you-"
"Please calm down, Master Envoy," Su Shiyu said suddenly, "This matter is the common pain of Da Xia and Loulan. After all, the dispute is useless and will only add to the grudge. Now only the two countries can cooperate honestly to find the murderer as soon as possible. "
The other party's attitude is gentle and courteous, and even if the messenger has a fire in his heart, it is not easy to attack again.
Chu Mingyun turned his head to look at Su Shiyu, "What did Mr. Su think of?"
He did think about it. At the moment when Chu Mingyun's words fell, the thoughts that were turning sharply suddenly stagnated and became silent, and what struggled came out clearly.
It should not be premature to send an envoy to visit, and Mu La and Ben, who are the princess, should not visit in person.
only…
- "I found my sweetheart."
- "My father has already promised to let us get married, and this time he also told me to tell you."
"My lord, may I ask if Her Royal Highness is about to marry a Chinese businessman?" Su Shiyu asked.
"Master Censor is referring to Young Master Ji Heng?"
"Do you know where the others were after the incident?"
"I don't care, he..." The messenger's words suddenly stopped, and his face changed.
Seeing the messenger's reaction, all the people present came to understand. Li Yanzhen finally said: "Since you have a clue, then quickly send an order to arrest this person."
The messenger responded, his expression changed a bit, and finally he looked at Su Shiyu and said, "But how could the Censor suspect him? Someone set up an ambush in Daxia, and Ji Heng is a Han merchant. I don't know if these are true. What contact?"
Chu Mingyun narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered inwardly. From the beginning, he repeatedly emphasized that Da Xia was responsible, but now this Loulan messenger finally couldn't help showing his intentions.
The deceased cannot be resurrected, so instead of being persistent, it is better to seek benefits from it. It should be like this in planning and calculation, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Su Shiyu said lightly, "Does the messenger think there is a connection?"
Before the messenger made a sound, Li Yanzhen raised her hand to stop their conversation and sighed, "I understand the meaning of the messenger, I will definitely order someone to investigate it thoroughly, and this happened in the territory, and Daxia is indeed to blame. ."
The messenger turned around and bowed his head to Li Yanzhen, "Since His Majesty the Emperor said so, I can rest assured. However, although Loulan is a small country, its national strength is inferior to that of Daxia, and I hope His Majesty the Emperor can be more fair."
Li Yanzhen glanced at Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu, who were standing at the bottom, and said, "In those days, when the lord of Loulan used three cities as his dowry, he would compensate for the three cities. Please treat the lord as marrying the princess to Daxia."
The three cities in the desert and the three cities in the Central Plains are incomparable. The compensation offered far exceeded expectations. The messenger was both shocked and surprised. Before the joy could surface, Chu Mingyun said coldly:
"Your Majesty, speak with caution."
Su Shiyu also said: "Your Majesty, according to the usual practice, the specific compensation needs to be discussed in the court before it can be decided."
Li Yanzhen was silent.
The messenger's expression was slightly distorted. He understood what was going on in the Great Xia Dynasty. Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu were the only ones making decisions at the court meeting. Now they have both spoken, the so-called discussion at the court meeting is just a word of delay.
Chu Mingyun felt that this person was too aggressive, and the envoy's eyes fell on Su Shiyu, "Lord Censor, our princess regards you as an elder brother. Now that she was killed in your territory, the bones are not cold, do you still want to dispute over compensation?"
Su Shiyu's eyes narrowed and he did not speak for a while.
Chu Mingyun tutted and laughed, "Isn't the messenger more concerned about compensation?"
Seeing that there was a tendency to quarrel again, Su Shiyu sighed lightly and said, "The messenger is true, Her Royal Highness has treated me sincerely, and I am grateful." He paused, "That's why I hope to be able to Talk to you alone with the messenger."
The messenger didn't know why, so Su Shiyu saluted Li Yanzhen and asked, and after getting the answer, he raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Please, my lord, the messenger, talk to me in the side hall."
The messenger hesitated, but hesitantly followed.
Without Li Yanzhen's onlookers, Su Shiyu would be less restrained when negotiating with the messenger, but even though he was adept at rhetoric and had many means, Da Xia was ultimately responsible for the tragic death of Mu Lahe.
This negotiation was extremely difficult, and it was not until the thousands of families fell into the ground that they barely reached an agreement to convert the ceded land into indemnity. When the messenger left, his face was extremely ugly, but after he reported to Li Yanzhen, he got permission, and he only had to discuss it in the morning.
Su Shiyu stepped on the setting sun all over the ground and returned to the house alone. He lowered his eyes and watched the afterglow on the bluestone slab under his feet, as if blood meandering away.
I don't know if the blue-eyed girl had ever seen such a scene when she closed her eyes, how she felt when she was killed by her sweetheart, and whether she had recalled the wedding that she had agreed with Su Shiyu to go to at that moment, The doomed wedding.
Such a silly girl, perhaps it was she who told the other party the route in person.
In fact, Su Shiyu knew very well that with the position of Mu La and the Lord of Loulan, I am afraid that the three cities would not be able to relieve the slightest pain, but even so, he could not respond to the request of the envoy to go down to Loulan.
The family and the country are at the top, and personal relationships are small and insignificant.
It's just that if Jiuquan went down to Mu Lahe and felt it, knowing that he looked like this, he would regret calling him a brother, just like... Su Xing, who was resentful in the water prison that day.
Thinking of this, Su Shiyu smiled softly, a look of exhaustion in his eyes, which was fleeting.
News came a few days ago that Ji Heng was arrested, confessed to all the crimes, and was escorted from Zhenjiang to Chang'an.
When Su Shiyu heard the words, he just nodded and ordered the person to step down. He didn't say much, and continued to approve the document one by one. When he picked up one of the pages, something suddenly fell on the case.
A letter with a red seal on a yellow background, with a corner of the seal torn open.
Su Shiyu was startled, looked at it quietly for a long time, and then slowly stretched out his hand. He hesitated, and opened the letter little by little.
Although the letter paper is thick, the content is not too much because of Mura and the crooked characters. Su Shiyu read it word by word, and couldn't help but smile slightly.
The first half of the letter didn't have the standard style that Han people often have. It was all written by Mu La and casual. It started from the places in Chang'an that she found delicious and fun these days, and suddenly it was written in Loulan a few days ago. A few new flowers bloomed.
Su Shiyu turned a page, and the smile on his lips faded.
"An Yinuo doesn't even blush when he lies! Later, I remembered the tone and asked several Han people, and they all said that it was the names of the two of you. That group of people was just talking ill of you that day, and you said no!"
"I just realized that the Han people aren't all that nice. I don't know why I've been hearing bad things about you these days, but I thought you didn't seem happy to let me know, so I held back and didn't fight them. stand up."
"Have you ever heard that our Loulan women can read minds. Han people are stupid so they can't tell, but I know you are very good."
"Anino has the best gentleness in the world."
Anino has the best tenderness in the world.
I am afraid that only Mu Lahe can write a sentence that does not make sense.
Su Shiyu's hand holding the letter suddenly tightened, trembling slightly, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath very slowly, and relaxed again. Su Shiyu lowered his eyebrows and stared at the line of words for a long time, and finally gave a bitter smile.
Su Shiyu turned to the last page, and the moment the ink jumped into his eyes, he was completely stunned.
"Anino didn't answer the question that came up that day, I seem to already know the answer."
"so… "