Bright Spring

Zhao Ping and more than a hundred people followed the army to the bank of the Red River, and then parted ways.Huang Zhongbu's army continued to go down the Red River and entered Annanguo from Jilingguan Old Street; Zhao Ping led his troops across the Red River and went to Laos to comfort the envoy.

Fortunately, Chen Xingwang has been to Laos, and the group of people will not get lost.

Laos is next to the chief envoy of Yunnan, and they arrived in Laos in a few days.Zhao Ping led a large group of armored soldiers, and their whereabouts were very obvious. Soon they met the chieftain officials who came to question them.There was no need for an interpreter, and the chieftain officials could speak a little Chinese, so everyone negotiated reluctantly.

Zhao Ping handed over the official document of Yunnan Capital Division, which was stamped, and he claimed that he was an envoy of the Ming Dynasty government.

In the past two years, the relationship between the chieftain of Laos and the imperial court was very good, and the Lao officials did not embarrass Zhao Ping, and took Zhao Ping and others to meet the Laotian consolation envoy.

Zhao Ping wanted to make up a reason so that the Laotian consolation envoy would allow them to go to that temple.At this time, Chen Xingwang said: "The consolation envoy should know about Queen Annan. Back then, Chen Tianping and the old ministers of Annan Kingdom were able to hide in Laos, and they had already bribed a lot of money."

"So that's the case." Zhao Ping nodded and said, "Then there is no other way. We just need to explain the purpose of coming and discuss the conditions to accept him."

Greeted by Lao officials, everyone headed to Mengsaowa city, and they went smoothly all the way.

... Mengsao Wacheng is the seat of the Laotian Consolation Envoy. There are many Buddhist temples and luxurious palaces in it. It does not look like a city, but the capital of a country.But the Ming court had to call them a chieftain.

Chen Xingwang said that the country name of Laos is "Nanzhang Hongkao", and its king is called the king locally and in other countries, except that he was granted an official position in the Ming Dynasty and was called Xuanweishi in the Ming Dynasty.

The meaning of Nanzhang is that they claim to have 100 million war elephants that can scare people.

The king of Laos made the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty very happy because he sent Chen Tianping to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute many times.Today, he has just been appointed as a consolation envoy.

But it is said that in the past few years, Laos was often harassed by the Hu family's army in the Annan Kingdom, so they took the initiative to show their favor to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to seek protection.

Fortunately, Zhao Ping was able to read and write, and quickly learned about some things about this place.In terms of diplomatic relations, Laos is now on the side of the Ming Dynasty and has a hostile relationship with Annan Kingdom; but Annan Kingdom has more than one power, so the king of Laos accepted bribes from the Chen clan.

The king of Laos is called Wu He'an. He has a Chinese-like name, but he doesn't speak Chinese at all.The two sides were unable to communicate directly. Under the lame translation of the Lao officials, Zhao Ping handed over the official document, barely letting each other understand the general situation.

Wu He'an respected the envoys of Ming Dynasty very much, and specially sent elephant soldiers to send them to that temple.

But there is no queen in the temple at all, and there is no caretaker as Chen Xingwang said!

Zhao Ping had walked for so long on the rough and difficult road, and at this moment he suspected that Chen Xingwang was lying, and he was extremely annoyed.But he still calmed down and questioned Chen Xingwang.

Chen Xingwang was also very nervous, and finally found a monk he knew in the temple.

The monk could speak some Chinese, mixed with local Chinese, and told the whole story, which finally proved that Chen Xingwang didn't seem to be lying.The words of the temple monk and Chen Xingwang were put together to make Zhao Ping understand what happened...

Chen Tianping was not directly responsible for detaining the queen, but handed it over to someone from Chen An; then Chen Tianping went to the Daming capital thousands of miles away.

Before, Chen An accidentally let the little prince be taken away, and hurriedly took people to the Yunnan Mansion to make up for his mistakes; but Chen An was shot to death by a general of the Han Palace... After that, an assassin who escaped took Chen An to death. The news of Ann's death came back.

The remaining three men couldn't find their employers. They were going to play with the queen first, and then run away to continue their original activities.

When they partnered up to humiliate the queen, because the queen resisted fiercely, they alarmed the monks in the temple and stopped the matter.The queen proposed to bring a letter back to Annan Kingdom, and asked her family to redeem her with a large sum of money; the money was shared equally among the three men and the temple monks.

Several people finally agreed to this method because the leading employer, Chen An, was dead.

Zhao Ping thought for a long time, and asked: "Master, the woman here has gone back to An Nanguo?"

The monk understood this sentence and nodded in agreement.

Zhao Ping asked again: "Since Chen Tianping sent treasures to the king, whoever releases him should be ordered by the king. Why do you, a monk, dare to do such a thing?"

The monk didn't seem to understand such responsible words.Zhao Ping called Chen Xingwang, and Chen Xingwang didn't understand the Lao language very well, so he couldn't figure it out after talking for a long time.

Zhao Ping stationed in the temple with more than a hundred armored soldiers for a few days. Lao officials brought food and water, but he was not familiar with the place and the language.

Chen Xingwang has been doing business in Laos for several years, but he didn't even learn the local language, and he only knows some simple greetings.Chen Xingwang said that he mainly deals with fellow villagers in Yunnan, while his employer, Chen An, is from Annan, but he can speak Chinese.

When Zhao Ping wanted to find the monk from that temple again, he was nowhere to be found.

In short, there is no clue about this matter, Zhao Ping decided to take people back to Yunnan Mansion first, report to King Han, and then listen to the arrangement.Click on Baidu to read the latest chapter of "Daming Chunse Jiezhong Literature" for free for the first time.

Chapter 299 It's Reasonable

It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the current of the Red River was still fast at this section.The roads on the river are spacious, but there are high mountains on both sides.Huang Zhong is a military general who leads troops all the year round. Seeing such terrain, he is inevitably nervous.

However, after passing through Jiling Pass (Old Street) one after another, everyone gradually felt relieved.Jiling Pass is one of the most important passes in the north of An Nanguo. Passing this pass will naturally make people feel that things are going well.

Military officer Lu Song forced a smile on his face, and said to Huang Zhong: "The Hu family hates Chen Tianping, but they dare not act rashly against the Ming soldiers, let alone we have the imperial edict."

Huang Zhong thought it was right, and nodded after hearing it: "Your words are reasonable."

After the Hu family usurped the throne, they sent envoys to the capital in order to get through the customs and get the canonization of the Ming court.It can be seen that they still dare not offend the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Zhong was ordered to escort Chen Tianping with only 4000 troops, and it was not for provocation. There was no need for An Nanguo to have any conflicts with his thousands of people.Moreover, so far, both parties have lived in peace and harmony, and no disputes have occurred.

Lu Song said with a calm expression: "The former Li Yushi came to Annan and said that the Hu family and his son were very respectful. General Huang came back to Annan for the first time? However, you don't have to worry too much."

At this time, the former army had reached another pass on the Honghe River Road, Qinzhan.

While observing the Annan defenders on the tower, Huang Zhong walked into the open gate.Because what Lu Song said made sense, Huang Zhong felt relieved at this time.

"Bang bang bang bang..." Suddenly, there was a dense burst of firecracker-like sound in the air.

Huang Zhong was in a hurry, he reined in his mount and followed the sound to see what happened.I saw white smoke bursting on the hillsides on both sides of the pass, as if there was a sudden thick fog.Of course Huang Zhong knew what it was, gunpowder smoke from firearms!

Immediately, many soldiers were wounded by firearms and fell to the ground screaming.Moments later, there were killing sounds on the hillside, and I don't know how many ambush soldiers rushed out!

"Back!" Huang Zhong immediately shouted loudly.

Many soldiers of the Ming army had already passed through the pass. At this time, they all turned around and retreated towards the city gate. The road was crowded and chaotic for a while.There were ambushes on both sides, and after rushing down, they fought hand-to-hand. Before the people could recover, they started fighting everywhere.

Huang Zhong led the crowd to retreat while fighting. His men and horses were on the road, which looked like long snakes before;The Ming army rushed a hundred paces to the north before barely forming a defense line with infantry. The crossbowmen fired several times and stopped the formation.

Annan's army did not take advantage of the victory to rush up, Huang Zhong took the opportunity to shout hastily, telling the generals to rectify their troops and horses, and line up for defense.At this time, on the hillsides on both sides, there were people and flags everywhere, and Huang Zhong was so anxious that his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Mr. Lu!" Huang Zhong stretched his neck and shouted, "Call Mr. Lu over here and ask what's going on."

"Lu Shijun is on the tower!" Someone in the chaos army responded.

Huang Zhong looked up and saw that Chen Tianping and Lu Song were on top, being grabbed by a group of people wearing bamboo hats... The situation was very chaotic just now, and the Annan Army's ambushes rushed down; Chen Tianping and Lu Song were arrested, they must be the at that moment!

Hearing that many of Annan's officials could speak Chinese, Huang Zhongpai immediately stepped forward and was about to ask.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the light of the upper limit knife flashed, and Chen Tianping's head was suddenly chopped off by the big knife!No sign, no reason.The human head rolled straight from the city tower onto the post road, making a "dong" sound.

A sentence choked in Huang Zhong's throat, and he swallowed it again.All the soldiers of the Ming army looked up, the noise in the crowd gradually quieted down, and countless people were shocked by the scene just now.

At this moment, a person from Annan shouted in Chinese: "Kneel down and beg for mercy!"

Lu Song struggled to straighten his neck and said, "I am Daming..."

"Crack!" Lu Song hadn't finished his sentence when the bloody machete slashed down, and his head also rolled down from the top of the wall with a "boom" sound, covered with a lot of dirt.

Not long after, another Ming Dynasty official in a red round-neck robe, tied with a rope, was lifted to the top of the city tower.Lu Song recognized that the man was Xue Yan, the Minister of Dali Temple!Xue Yan is a third-rank official, one of the civil servants with the highest three judicial positions, and was sent to Qinghua in Annan Kingdom before Li Qi.