Chapter 72, Black Water
Fuxingfang is located west of Chang'an Imperial City, with a circle of willows next to Yeting Palace. Panxing's house is located in Fuxingfang. The lights are just coming, and the wealthy families are deserted, with only a crescent moon hanging in the sky.
There are two figures in the pavilion under the moon. If anyone can see clearly, they will be extremely surprised, because one is the Grand Marshal of the dynasty, Pan Xing, and the other is the romantic prince consort who said that he killed his young daughter, Bai Shijie!
Bai Shijie paced in the pavilion, with his hands behind his back, and slowly fiddled with a string of rosary beads in his left hand. He had a faint smile on his face. He had a passionate temperament that guided the country on his handsome face. He rarely saw Bai Shijie having a positive expression. He was afraid that he had done something amazing. Bai Shijie walked to the pavilion, looked at the moon, and turned to Pan Xing who frowned and thought, "Brother Zhengning, please be worried about Donglin's affairs, so Donglin is the only one left." Zhengning is the word "Pan Xing".
Pan Xing smiled faintly, "The prince-consort, this time it was such a big deal. Pan admired it. It was full of flowers from east to west, south and north. The tricks of assassination in Chang'an were used very well. Fengxiang was very happy to serve the people and stabilized the people's hearts. The military power of the Shenwu Army in the Western Regions is about to be taken over. In the matter of Hedong, I have to thank Mr. Bai for saving my son's life. Prince, hey, there is no way. As for Donglin, haha, don't worry, Mr. Pan will not delay, and news will arrive immediately."
Bai Shijie's expression became cold, as if he didn't want to hear about the prince. Is he guilty? Bai Shijie sat opposite Pan Xing and murmured, "The things in the world are very frequent, and those who end up are few. You must be extremely careful. Before the critical step, you cannot leak the news. It's only a few days away. The Fourth Prince cannot speak out at all. If you fail unexpectedly, there will be no peace in the world."
"Zhengning knows that if the success is achieved, the whole world is just around the corner. Mr. Bai has great ambitions, and Pan Zhengning will never drag him down."
Pan Gongyou of Hedong died because of a guise. Under this guise, he took back the only military power of Duke Zhenguo. The arrogant soldiers and generals under the old Duke were unable to subdue others. He borrowed the old Duke to take revenge and killed Pan Gongyou. As a result, the old Duke's old subordinates were taken by Pan Gongyou's death as a handle. He died and was completely subdued by Hedong.
Perhaps the assassination of Chen Qi was to cover up the purpose of assassinating the prince. The commander of the Shenwu Army, Fu Zhongming, had just been transferred back to the center, and the barbarian soldiers invaded the Western Regions. The Shenwu Army, I'm sorry, Bai Shijie held the rosary beads in his hand and frowned. The Shenwu Army of the Western Regions, next to the Yang family of Linzhou, the Li family of Liangzhou, and the old Linggong of the Yang family was a hero of Leng Quan's return. Li Xurang of the Li family was one of the eight lieutenants of Lanjiang when the emperor raised his army. They were all headache-inducing roles. Let's put it aside and stabilize the overall situation. His eyes were on the west side. The village people brought back by the Young Marshal Fu Qing could not be put into the capital. The purpose has been achieved. The Fengxiang Mansion riot dispersed them, but where is the Young Marshal now, and has he found the person the emperor wants to find.
As Bai Shijie's eyes went west, after Chen Qi paid off, he went west from the Central Plains to Liangzhou, and then entered the Hexi Corridor. He went west along the Qilian Mountains, and was covered with vast Gobi Deserts. After passing Jiayuguan, it became a sea of sand. He went west to Yumen Pass, divided into two north and south roads, south roads to Dunhuang and north roads to Hami Gaochang.
Five hundred miles west of Dunhuang is the famous sea of calamus, or the Peacock Sea, which is the Lop Nur in later generations. At the beginning of the eighth year of Dacheng, the sea of calamus suddenly dried up, and the Loulan plague was spreading. One sick and one village was killed, and one family died. Loulan people died in large numbers and could not survive.
The source of the plague is a mutational environment. The sea of calamus has dried up and there is no water to drink. The black water from the Peacock River has become life-saving water and also become deadly water. The black water follows the dragon and the stars shine in the west. With the black water, there are people from Qimen. There was a plague a hundred years ago. It was the people from Qimen who saved the Central Plains and purified the black water and sealed it under the sea of calamus. Qimen disappeared from the world.
There is a town in Loulan, not from the Western Regions, but from the Han people. Before the founding of the Qin Dynasty, it was stationed in this land. It was used as a supply transfer station for the Western Regions army. In the northwest of the Changpu Sea, Xiongcheng became an ordinary town. Because there are two hundred-year-old dead trees by the lake, it is called the Dead Tree Town. The mayor is called Huang Zongquan. It has been guarding for generations. The Dead Tree Town is not big, with more than 100 households and more than 400 people. Everyone can call Huang Zongquan.
Kushu Town is well-known in Loulan. There are headaches and fevers in nearby villages and towns. When Kushu Town is on the 3rd and 6th day of the 3rd and 9th day of the 3rd and 3rd day of the 3rd and 3rd day of the 3rd and 3rd days of the 3rd and 3rd town, there are many experts in the town who know how to watch the star and gossip. Kushu Town is even more of a formation. Those who have bad intentions cannot walk into Kushu Town at all. As they walk, they lose their direction and eventually disappear into the vast desert of the sea of calamus.
An unexpected natural disaster spread. Nine out of ten houses near the sea of calamus, but one person in Kushu Town was not dead. In this black water, Qimen would definitely not sit idly by. Kushu Town, but one person in Kushu Town was not dead, which made Fu Yi have an association. As soon as he received the news, he made a quick decision and ordered Loulan to move inward, bringing only healthy people. He moved everyone in Kushu Town to Anding County west of Chang'an. The task he paid was to find the people from Qimen. Not to mention bringing them back, he could learn a move and a half-stage, which was also of great help to go north to find the imperial city. After thinking about it, all the civil and military officials in the court would pay the full amount.
Fu Qing has been smart and talented since childhood. He showed outstanding wisdom and strategy when he was a child. He was deeply loved by Fu Yi. When Fu Qing left, Fu Yi instructed him to have a mentality of apprenticeship. There are few descendants of Qimen, and each generation is three people. The three are looking for their next generation separately. As soon as the Qimen is born, they are pillars of the country. Every time the dynasty changes, the Qimen is a striking figure. With the ability to pay Qing, they will definitely be favored by the Qimen masters.
In the vast desert, the undulating sand dunes are continuous. Fu Qing walked on the road with a dry mouth, wrapped in a thick scarf, covered her mouth and nose, facing the wind, step by step, her eyes were blown away, and she left Chang'an and traveled westward. The environment of the desert was a little liked, open and generous, with not so many intrigues, and could not pay and stay in the days of studying in Chang'an. What I don't like most is the second generation of nobles who are jealous of the wind and rain. There is a saying that it is better to meet than to meet. Fu Qing, who has long been missing Chen Qi, is different from the rumors when he meets him. He asks himself to take care of his elder brother Chen Yu, and Fu Qing is not old and has only been born fifteen years. In the past fifteen years, the young marshal has never been so embarrassed. The people around him die. Not to mention taking care of Chen Yu, Fu Qing's clay Buddha crosses the river, and he will not be able to protect himself.
When we arrived at Kushu Town, we were catching up with the unprecedented strong wind and sand. It was a great formation of burying the sky and burying the earth. The sky was dark and the sand was flying, and the sound was like a fierce ghost. Fu Qing watched a city scatter in the turbid blur and lost in the sea of sand.
I couldn't stand and walk in the strong wind. Fu Qing crawled, but I didn't know why I climbed into a tree hole. I haven't eaten for more than ten days. The followers who followed me were infected with the plague. No one walked to the end. Fu Qing was tired and thirsty, and his head was drowsy and hot. I was afraid that he would be infected with the plague. Fu Qing sighed, and he left this for a while and fell asleep in the trough.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!