Chapter 2278 Let Go
"Write it now while you're still angry," Bai Shan suggested, "so it'll be more sincere and heartfelt. Then you can send it out when the trade route is open."
Bai Erlang also offered advice, "Just cry. Write whatever pathetic you want. Imagine you're all alone in the Western Regions, and you run into a relative. You want to happily go up and acknowledge him, but he ends up setting traps for you. Isn't that pathetic?"
Liu Huan nodded, "But..."
"No buts, just write it like this. What's wrong with Anxi? What's so far from the capital? Don't they still have to rely on the Ministry of Revenue for funding?"
Liu Huan said weakly: "But I'm not alone..."
But no one listened, including Yin Huo, who said, "It's okay to exaggerate a little, but too much is not good."
So with the help of the five people, Liu Huan immediately wrote a letter home that would make anyone sad and cry, and then he put the letter away, planning to ask the returning merchants to take it back as soon as the trade route was reopened.
The next day, Zhou Man, the chief officer of the delegation, also happily followed them to set up a stall. General Guo, who was handling military affairs in the Protectorate, was speechless for a long time after hearing this.
The confidant who came to report hesitated for a moment before saying, "General, I heard that they took ten beauties away today and told everyone that these beauties were given to Lord Zhou by you, so..."
General Guo raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then asked, "Did he receive the things I sent to Master Liu?"
"No, they've all been returned. Even if our people dropped off their belongings and left, their guards would return them afterwards."
General Guo sneered, "Just like his grandfather, he's always been a showman. Is there anyone in this world who doesn't want fine food and fine clothes, but instead prefers a simple life?"
The confidant lowered his head and said nothing. General Guo said, "Go, have them continue to send gifts, and change the way they are sent. I don't believe he doesn't have a good intention."
He just wanted to let Liu Hui see that his grandson was not a good person either.
"By the way, aren't Zhou Man and his group a diplomatic mission? If they're on official business, why are they always doing personal things? Let's send someone to inquire about the situation."
The confidant immediately replied, "I've asked someone before, and Mr. Zhuang from the delegation is currently waiting for approval at the government office with his documents. They plan to stay in Xizhou for two months..."
The confidant looked at General Guo's face and said carefully, "But the government office is busy and can't worry about these things right now, so the documents are temporarily put on hold. He has been sitting in the government office waiting almost every day these days. Do you think we should let him jump the queue for approval?"
Just ask General Guo whether to let them go.
General Guo rubbed his forehead and asked, "Where do they want to go after taking the documents?"
"It's not certain yet. Recently, General Nie who is accompanying them is asking about Danshi Village."
General Guo frowned and thought for a long time, "This village sounds familiar. It seems to be closer to Tingzhou?"
"Yes, I've investigated. Three years ago, rumors spread in the capital that Hou Ji was using a poisonous stone from the Western Regions to poison His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The stone had fallen from the sky, and the people in charge of polishing it were from Danshi Village. The object also landed near Danshi Village, so..."
General Guo couldn't help but become more serious, frowning and saying, "Three years have passed since the incident, and Hou Ji has turned to ash. Why are they still looking for this village? Could it be the Crown Prince's intention?"
The confidant also suspected this, but did not dare to say it.
General Guo hesitated for a moment, then said, "Forget it. Ask them to stop and give them the approval."
I heard that since the prince had a son, his position in the court has become much more stable. Even the emperor rarely scolds him, and now he can take over many state affairs.
So it is really possible that the prince will sit on the throne of the world in the future.
Zhou Man and his men are the prince's men. It would be more trouble than good to be too stubborn with them. The most important thing now is to be granted a title of nobility.
Thinking of this, General Guo suppressed his anger and asked his confidant to leave.
Although the people had retreated, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He couldn't help but wonder, did Zhou Man and the others come to the Western Regions this time really for the epidemic prevention prescription, or for the prince?
The more General Guo thought about it, the more he felt it was the latter. He had been here for several years and had never heard of any cowpox treatment in the Western Regions. After receiving the inquiry document from the capital, he also inquired carefully, but no one had heard of it.
So they have other intentions?
But what on earth could have happened that made an imperial physician travel all the way to the Western Regions?
Is there a hidden story behind the prince's poisoning? Or what does she want with the poison stone?
General Guo had too many thoughts in his mind and couldn't concentrate on his work for a while.
After being on the bench for four days, Mr. Zhuang finally got the documents that allowed him to stay in Xizhou and travel within Anxi. He smiled slightly, stood up, saluted, and left.
In fact, these four days were quite good. There was tea and snacks every day, and I could sit in the small room and see how the Anxi Protectorate operated.
Mr. Zhuang was holding the documents and going back with his hands behind his back. When he passed by the street, he saw his three disciples leading people to sell things.
He shook his head slightly and said to the guards, "Let them save some effort. If we can't sell all the goods here, we can go somewhere else."
Anyway, they can go anywhere within Anxi.
When Manbao came back and heard about it, he said to Mr. Zhuang, "Sir, are you going with us?"
Mr. Zhuang raised his eyebrows. "Why, you don't want me to follow?"
Manbao gave him a flattering smile and said, "I'm worried you'll get tired. We won't go far. Let's just walk around Anxi and ask around. Maybe we can split up and ask around, which will be faster."
Mr. Zhuang began to think, "That's a good idea. How many people do you plan to take with you?"
His eyes slid over Yin Huo Liu Huan and others.
Manbao turned to Yin Huo and said, "Don't go either. We have to go somewhere to see some people first."
She said, "The poisonous stone used to murder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fell from the sky and affected an entire village. Although I gave them some antidote, I don't know how effective it is, so I want to go for a follow-up visit. That place is dangerous, and you're weak, so it's best not to go."
Then he said to Bai Erlang, Liu Huan and others, "You guys shouldn't go either."
Bai Erlang was stunned: "Then what are we going to do?"
"Just sell some things in the city, see what good specialties Xizhou has, and help me find out about the cowpox," Manbao said. "The poison stone is very toxic, and it has an effect even when you can't see it. We don't know what the situation is now, so don't take risks lightly."
Bai Erlang said, "Then you shouldn't go. If you want to know the situation, why not ask someone to come over and ask?"
Manbao said: "That's a good idea, so we decided to find out the place and the people first."
Yin Huo: "...So you don't even know where the person and the place are now?"
"I don't know, didn't you ask General Nie to find out?
Now, not to mention Mr. Zhuang, even some of their friends felt that the two of them were a bit unreliable.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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