Chapter 3355 We are going to Yumen Pass
Only the wind blowing in from the gap in the tent blew the hair on the back of his neck, faintly revealing a five-petal flower.
He whispered, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Monk said: "I will arrange for the troops to accompany Princess Baoyin to Baihu City to pay tribute to Arslan. You will come with us. When we get there——"
His voice gradually became lower.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew on the grassland, carrying the scent of earth and an indescribable smell of blood, which quickly blew onto people's faces.
It seems to foreshadow something that is about to happen.
After a while, Hu and Lu came out of the king's tent.
At this time, a tall and strong figure walked out of another tent. It was none other than Lord Mandu, an important official of the Kingdom of Dian. His hair was already gray, but his deep eyes were still bright and focused as he stared at Hu Helu's figure until his back disappeared in front of him.
He turned his head and asked the attendant beside him.
"What did the emperor ask Hu and Lu to do?"
The attendant whispered, "Princess Baoyin is deeply saddened by the news of the fall of White Tiger City. I heard she wants to rush to White Tiger City to pay tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Nanli. His Majesty has approved it and even sent an additional team to escort Her Royal Highness."
"oh?"
"Hu and Lu were probably also sent to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Man didn't say anything, just narrowed his eyes slightly.
A hint of cold light flickered faintly in those tiger eyes.
In fact, he was not surprised that Monk agreed to Princess Baoyin's trip to Baihu City to pay tribute to Arslan. To Monk, although Arslan was his mortal enemy, the two of them had supported each other after all, and this feeling was complicated and contradictory. Even in his heart, he might not have been sad about Arslan's death.
However, to escort Princess Baoyin, any team would be enough, why send Hu and Lu?
Mandu knew very well that because of the breakup between Arslan and Monk, Yihuatang's strength was greatly reduced. The melee in the past few years also consumed a lot of people. After Jie Shi's death, Monk had even fewer trusted masters in Yihuatang.
And this Hu Helu is a top master.
It would be feasible to send such a person out to assassinate some important person, but simply asking him to escort Princess Baoyin would be a waste of his talent and it is not like Monk's style.
Thinking of this, Mandu felt something was wrong and asked in a low voice, "Did the scout who came back today report anything else besides the White Tiger City incident?"
The attendant thought for a moment and then whispered, "Someone outside the king's tent overheard a few words and seemed to have reported it to the Emperor of Yan."
"Emperor of Yan?"
Mandu frowned upon hearing this: "He defeated Arslan and destroyed White Tiger City. Shouldn't he have returned to the capital?"
The attendant said, "I heard that he didn't. Not only did he not return to the capital, but he went to Bailong City instead, where he met with the Parthian envoy who had come from afar. According to the scouts who reported back earlier, he brought a small group of people to see the Parthian envoy off. After leaving Bailong City, he headed north and has been walking for several days."
"What?!"
Mandu was startled and turned to look at the attendant: "Are you saying that the Emperor of Yan Kingdom went to Yumen Pass with only a small entourage?"
The attendant whispered, "I haven't heard whether they went to Yumen Pass or not. But if you leave Bailong City and head north for a few days, you'll be not far from Yumen Pass."
Mandu gasped.
He turned to look at the king's tent again, and suddenly understood everything.
Immediately, he turned and walked towards the military camp.
On the other side, the team that was seeing off the envoy from the Parthian Empire marched day after day. Even though Xiyun was still happy to stay with her sister for a few more days, a shrewd man like Gao Ye sensed something was wrong when he saw the emperor personally seeing them off. As they got closer and closer to Yumen Pass, his inner anxiety was magnified to the extreme.
That evening, when everyone stopped to rest and eat, he held a bowl of sweet wine and slowly walked towards the other side of the camp.
Although the two sides seemed to be as close as one family, they came from different places and had different living habits, so they camped separately. Only Xiyun ran tirelessly to the side of the concubine of Yan State. The two of them were so affectionate that they were inseparable, like a person and a shadow.
The air was also filled with the heat from the bonfire and the aroma of food stewed in the iron pot.
Nan Yan had someone bring a blanket and cover a large rock. She and Xi Yun sat there side by side. Nan Yan looked at the vast wasteland before them, and the end of the sky in the distance that looked like a sea of fire. She couldn't help but smile and said, "The scenery here is really beautiful."
Xiyun said seriously, "But beautiful scenery doesn't always bring good weather."
"Um?"
"With this kind of weather, I'm afraid there will be a big sandstorm in the next two days."
Nan Yan then remembered that their guide Ashu seemed to have mentioned that the weather in the northwest was like this, and she couldn't help but frowned.
Xiyun turned to look at her again and said, "But sister, where are you going to take us?"
“…”
"Although I also want to stay with my sister more, but if you guys keep sending me, I'm almost sending you out of the country, right? If we go any further, if we really run into a sandstorm, the people here won't be able to handle it."
Nan Yan hesitated and just smiled.
At this moment, Gao Ye's voice came from behind: "Xiyun."
Xiyun turned around and saw that it was him, and immediately laughed: "Little brother."
Gao Ye came over and handed her the bowl of sweet wine. He bowed to Nan Yan and said, "What are you talking about?"
Xiyun said, "We were talking about the weather. Look at the weather, little brother. Is it going to be windy and sandy?"
Before she finished speaking, as if to confirm her words, a sudden gust of wind blew yellow sand towards them. Xiyun was caught off guard, and the bowl of sweet soup in her hand was covered with a layer of fine sand. She couldn't help but frowned: "I haven't even taken a sip yet."
Gao Ye smiled and said, "There's some over there, freshly heated up. Go drink it while it's hot."
Xiyun nodded, then stood up with the bowl and walked towards his own camp.
After she left, Gao Ye looked at Nan Yan and said with a half-smile, "Your Highness, although I know that you have a deep affection for the Xiyun sisters, and your emperor is also interested in establishing friendly relations with our Anxi Kingdom, but sending them a thousand miles away is a bit too much. Your Majesty should not have come so far with such a small group of people. What exactly do you want to do?"
Nan Yan also smiled.
She knew that although this matter could be hidden from the naive Xiyun, a shrewd person like Gao Ye would probably have suspected their actions a long time ago.
So, Nan Yan smiled frankly and said, "I won't hide it from you. We are going to Yumen Pass."
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