Bright Spring

Yisuva finally nodded slightly, and immediately had a little clue about the matter.

The minister of palace affairs colluded with the general, trying to trick her out of the city, and then get rid of her without anyone noticing; when the time comes, the world will not even know whether she is dead or alive, and some people may say that she was afraid of being sentenced to death and fled in fear of crime.And the handwriting on that letter was half true; the Lord Chamberlain's handwriting was real, and the King's handwriting was imitated.Yisuva even guessed that if she hadn't been fooled, she might have been killed directly in the mansion.

The old guard said, "Rather than choose to do bad things for the general and be silenced, it is better to turn to the light and rescue the queen back to Phnom Penh City, and then ask for the king's asylum."

Yisuva praised, "You will also get a lot of rewards."

The old guard bent over and said, "Thank you queen."

The horse has disappeared without knowing when.The two prepared to walk all the way, and returned to Phnom Penh City overnight, taking a nap from time to time on the way.Most of the time the old guard didn't fall asleep when he was dozing off. Occasionally, when he fell asleep and opened his eyes, he would rush to look for the queen, and he would breathe a sigh of relief when he saw her.

On the second day, Yisuva looked at the direction of the sun and felt that she was going in the wrong direction.She asked, "Why not go north?"

The old guard said, "We can't take the main road, the small road is always a bit crooked. Queen, don't think too much, since the dignitaries in Phnom Penh City want your life, you will only die if you run around."

Yisuva didn't dare to trust others easily anymore, she already felt something was wrong.

But the old guard was very respectful and friendly to her, why did he lie to her?Yisuwa thought, maybe this person was afraid that she would run away desperately; and he couldn't carry Yisuwa on his shoulders for a long distance, so he could only trick her to go by herself.

However, she was born as the daughter of a big family, and she was served by others since she was a child. She has no skills and does not know the way in this wilderness.For a while, Yisuva couldn't think of a good way.

Chapter 900 Vital Interests

In the camp of the Ming army, the Chinese army tent got the news that the queen of Chenla had come here.

Liu Ming, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty who is in charge of diplomatic relations, must be responsible for this matter.Liu Ming found it unbelievable, and recently he was troubled by all kinds of things; but eunuch Meng Ji advised him to ask him in person.Liu Ming agreed with the eunuch's opinion, and the two walked out from the central army tent.

Accompanied by the captain of Jin Yiwei, two guards on duty, and a general officer, Liu Ming and Meng Ji went to the simple hut outside Xingyuan, where foreigners were received.

This barracks was originally a remote place on the northwestern tip of a small peninsula in Saigon Bay, but now it has greatly changed its appearance.Not far away, the polygonal stone-based rammed-earth fortress has begun to show its scale; under the "West Mountain", the dust is flying, and tools and materials are piled up everywhere.There are also a lot of people, and many black and strong men are working there. They are all captured Chenla slaves, and the officers and soldiers call them Kunlun slaves.

On the east coast, there are already several simple docks, and warships and ships of various sizes are moored near the docks.I am afraid that this wilderness has never been so prosperous before.

There were actually less than 1000 Ming army officers and soldiers in the Saigon Bay Camp, and Lin Zixuan was the guard.Of course Liu Ming would prefer to see his acquaintance Tang Jing stay; but Tang Jing's temperament belongs to the ocean, and it is an appropriate arrangement for him to follow the commander-in-chief Chen Xuan to continue sailing.

These days, the big camp has become the center of diplomatic relations.The Chenla people, the Siamese people, and the Manchuka people all sent envoys here, and the relationship is intricate. Liu Ming and others have not straightened things out so far.

If the arrival of the Queen of Chenla is true, then things will be more complicated.However, Liu Ming felt that most of them were just a few liars. There had been incidents in the capital where they pretended to be envoys from foreign feudal vassals and tried to cheat the court of rewards, and it was not impossible in a place like Saigon.

The fortress-like city has not yet been repaired, and the places where everyone lives are very simple.Liu Ming and two other people walked into the hut, while Captain Jin Yiwei stood outside the door to observe the "sit mark" according to the rules.

Two visitors had arrived earlier, a man and a woman, dressed very simply and a bit embarrassed, not to mention there was no ceremonial entourage.But the amazing thing is that when Liu Ming saw that woman, he immediately believed in her heart that she was a lady.

Liu Ming has met various Chenla people in the local area, most of whom have darker skin; but the woman in front of him has light brown skin.Most of the village women here have cloudy eyes, ignorant and ignorant; most people don't have this woman's deep eyes and rich expressions.

The woman's appearance was completely different from that of the Daming women, and she was not as fair and delicate as the Han beauties that Liu Ming had seen, but he had to think that this woman was very beautiful, with a bumpy figure, three-dimensional just like her face took turns.Her posture and temperament did not look like a person of low status.

The three of them were all looking at the woman, and the woman was also observing them, paying special attention to Liu Ming who was standing in the middle wearing a red official robe.

"They probably don't speak Chinese." Liu Ming turned to the official.

Sure enough, neither the woman nor the dark man next to her responded.And the woman was just observing Liu Ming's expression when he spoke.

Tong Shi started talking to them in Chenla dialect, and got a quick response.The woman said a few words coldly, and then the black man "grumbled" a lot.

Liu Ming waited for a while.Only then did Tong Shi turn his head and say, "I will report to Mr. Liu, the general situation is that this man has kidnapped the queen, but there is no token to prove it."

The identity of the real queen. "

Liu Ming frowned and said, "According to the envoy of the Chenla Kingdom, the queen has been deposed."

Eunuch Meng Ji immediately said to Tong Shi, "Test them."

Tong Shi said, "Forgive me, Mr. Liu Shijun, Eunuch Meng, but the official did not mention it. The man just mentioned that the woman is the deposed queen. He said that the Chenla people will send envoys to confirm the queen's identity." identity."

After a while, Tong Shi and Hei Han talked for a long time.The woman showed an annoyed expression.

Tong Shi turned around and said, "There is a small hole on the left nose of the woman, which was decorated with precious stones. The man also said that the woman's obscene clothes may be a good material that only the royal family can wear."

The matter was stated in a precise manner, and Liu Ming suddenly felt that such a bizarre situation might be true.

Meng Ji also said, "It seems that it may be true. Didn't we also capture several important Chenla generals, and we can choose two to come over later to confirm her identity."

Liu Ming noticed that Meng Ji did not propose to let the Chenla envoy come to identify people.The envoy from Chenla is in the camp of the Ming army. The black man in front of him may not know that the envoy has already arrived.

Then Tong Shi asked in detail, and asked about the situation clearly, at least it was a version of the black man in Chenla.

According to the account of the black man, because of the domestic strife in Chenla, the abolished queen was tricked out of the city and would have been killed.But the black man thought that his life was in danger, so he temporarily turned against the water and killed the other two people, and then hijacked the waste to come to Saigon Bay, hoping to get a reward from the Ming people; he fled to other places after getting the money.

The Chenla black man believed that the Ming people would reward him because he thought he had made great contributions to the Ming army.He heard that the culprit who slaughtered the Ming mission was none other than An En, a member of the descendant family and the queen's younger brother.

Liu Ming and Meng Ji looked at each other, then Liu Ming turned his head and said, "Come here, take these two Chenla people into custody separately." After that, he made another gesture and said please to Meng Ji.

So the three left the hut.There is also no decent etiquette, after all, the identity of the abolished empress has not yet been officially confirmed.

On the way back to the Xingyuan of the Chinese Army, the eunuch Meng Ji happened to be by his side, so Liu Ming asked calmly, "Who does Eunuch Meng support more, according to the envoys of the Kingdom of Chenla and the Kingdom of Siam?"

Meng Ji looked stunned, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Liu, please don't ask our family. Of the father-in-laws who came out of our ceremonial supervisors, only the princes have the power given by the emperor, and they have obtained the imperial edict; others can't care about it. Just run errands and do some handy work."

Liu Ming was noncommittal.

Meng Ji was silent for a while, and said calmly, "Liu Shijun is the envoy appointed by the emperor for diplomatic relations, and what you mean is what the emperor wants. This matter is really Liu Shijun's decision."

Liu Ming said, "The matter is so important that we have to think about it in the long run."

Meng Ji nodded and said, "It should be. But the authenticity of An En's head can be seen by the waste queen. Isn't she An En's sister? Let her see An En's head, and maybe she can see whether it is true or not. There are few clues."

"It makes sense." Liu Ming said.

When the Chenla envoys first arrived, Liu Ming heard the conversation between the Chenla envoys.The people of Chenla did not know where they found out that Liu Ming, the official envoy of the Ming Dynasty, had a relative who was slaughtered by the people of Chenla in the previous mission.so really

The La people are also very worried that Liu Ming will be affected by personal enmity.

The eunuch Meng Ji may also know about these things, but he didn't have any opinions just now.It stands to reason that Meng Ji is someone close to the sage, even if he can't make a decision on everything, it's still okay to make some suggestions.

When Liu Ming returned to the fence of the camp of the Chinese Army, immediately a sergeant came to report that the envoys from Chenla wanted to see Mr. Liu.

But Liu Ming found an excuse and shirked the matter.He went back to the tent and sat for a while, then got up again to meet the eunuch Meng Ji.

The eye-catching man Meng Ji showed a surprised expression on his face, and hurriedly welcomed Liu Ming into the account, and then asked, "Liu Shijun came to the door, is there anything else you want to talk about?"

Liu Ming pondered for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "There is no fire in my tent, so I'm here to ask for some tea."

Meng Ji smiled and said, "Liu Shijun is sitting on the stool, and we will serve tea here." After he finished speaking, he put an iron pot on the stone stove, and put out an iron military cup and two cups .

Liu Ming sat on the wooden bench and said, "In the past few days, I have thought of my dead cousin, Chen Zhang."

Meng Ji squatted slightly, turned his head and said, "Our family has heard about it."