From eunuch to emperor

This camel caravan was exactly the caravan that Long Chen had mixed into Xingqing City.

After all the officials brought by Bailibing were appointed, they immediately set off to return to the capital.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, she has many things to do, so she cannot stay here for a long time.

Before leaving, Baili Bing specifically asked, saying that the Empress had a decree that all the newly conquered cities in Xixia should be under the jurisdiction of Long Chen, and these appointed officials would also report government affairs to Long Chen.

Long Chen immediately refused and asked them to report directly to the Empress.

The newly conquered city must be full of messes, Long Chen is not willing to take over, if he wants to bother, he will bother the Empress.

Baili Bing smiled sarcastically, said nothing, and returned to Beijing with a few guards.

With Baili Bing gone, Long Chen immediately set off for the Panhe Palace in the name of avoiding the summer heat.

After walking for tens of miles, the others continued to head towards Panhe, while Long Chen took Feng He to head towards Xingqing City.

This time it was still disguised as a caravan, the route was to pass through the pass city, and then continue west to Xingqing city.

In fact, it is possible to bypass Guancheng, but Long Chen wanted to come to Guancheng to see the situation, so he chose this way.

There are many tents outside Guancheng, and the morale of the soldiers seems to be low, and they are sparsely populated.

Having suffered so many defeats in a row, it is normal for morale to be low.

Soldiers on the city wall patrolled with weapons on their shoulders, and there were always soldiers guarding the gate of the city.

The reason why Guancheng is called Guancheng is because it is a pass.

To the north is White Wolf Mountain, and to the south is a city, leaving a long and narrow passage in the middle.

Through this passage, you can enter the hinterland of Xixia.

Dozens of soldiers in bright armor stood on both sides, and the merchant brigade walked through the middle.

These soldiers are not against business travelers, but against other soldiers.

When the defeated soldiers arrived at Guancheng, the military discipline was very chaotic, and the passing merchants were killed and plundered, so that no one dared to pass through Guancheng.

Xiao Liang immediately reported to Shi Le, and Shi Le issued the king's order not to allow soldiers to plunder the merchant brigade, and ordered Xiao Liang to send troops to protect him.

"Old Feng, do you want to go in and have a look?"

Long Chen asked with a smile on the camel's back.

Feng He immediately changed his face and said: "Master, don't mess around."

Feng Hezhen was worried that Long Chen would enter Guancheng alone on a whim.

There are 10,000+ elite soldiers in Guancheng, it is definitely impossible for Long Chen to break through a city by himself, but it is not a problem to make a big fuss and then retreat calmly.

Long Chen smiled, and rode the camel forward.

"Get down!"

When they reached the gate, the soldiers guarding him yelled loudly.

Passing through the pass, everyone must dismount and no horses are allowed to pass through.

Long Chen slowly got off the camel, Feng He led the camel, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Jun, I'm a small businessman."

The soldier stared at Feng He and Long Chen for a while, then carefully checked the staff and goods behind him, and asked, "Where are you from, what did you do in Daxia?"

Feng Heman came to make a lot of laughs, shook out a few gold coins from his sleeve, and quietly handed them to the soldiers, saying: "Master Jun, we are merchants in Xifeng City, selling wine and goji berries."

"We transport drinks from Xifeng City to Wangcheng, and then transport goji berries back from Wangcheng."

"It's all small business, the military master is accommodating."

The soldier took the gold coins and asked with some doubts, "Why haven't I seen you?"

Feng He said with a flattering smile: "Your military lord forgets a lot, I'm a clerk at the Jade Buddha Building in Xifeng City, and I've been here twice."

With that said, Feng He stuffed a few more gold coins in the past.

The soldiers collected the gold coins, but still stared at the camel carriages and refused to let them go.

"Master, wait a moment."

Feng He immediately brought over two jars of spirits, and said with a smile: "Master Jun has worked hard, drink some thin wine to quench your thirst."

The soldier lifted the lid and smelled a tangy aroma of wine, and then said happily: "I remember, I have a little impression, let's go."

Feng He immediately led the camel through the pass, walked several hundred meters to the west, and entered an open field.

"Damn it, these bastards are too dark, I gave him twelve gold coins, and even took two fucking jugs of wine from me."

Just now he was full of smiles, but when he passed the barrier, Feng He began to curse.

Long Chen said with a smile: "Don't be so stingy, isn't it just twelve gold coins and two jugs of wine, when I enter the palace, I'll double it for you."

Feng He's face changed, and he asked with a smile: "My lord, can you take me this trip? I also want to enter the palace to have fun."

"I heard that Concubine Li is the most beautiful in the harem, and she is more beautiful than Concubine Li. It's just that Concubine Li is good at flattering, so she dotes on the harem."

Long Chen sneered and said: "Take you into the palace? That's ok, follow me to the cleansing room, and I'll take you in."

Feng He immediately refused: "I have only one seedling in my family. If I go to the clean room once, the incense in Lao Feng's family will be broken."

Long Chen said with a smile: "Then there's no other way, I can't possibly bring a man into the palace, right?"

Speaking of this, Feng He was very curious and asked, "My lord, you are not a eunuch now, how did you sneak into the palace without being discovered?"

Last time, when Long Chen went to the palace, he still pretended to be a eunuch.

Feng He felt very strange, Long Chen was no longer a eunuch, how did he pretend?

Long Chen smiled but didn't answer, he couldn't tell Feng He, because he practiced Yin Xiu Dafa and was able to hide his second brother.

"My lord, the little one has been with you for several years, and you still refuse to tell me about this?"

Feng He guessed something tricky and aroused his curiosity.

Long Chen smiled, but still didn't answer.

rumbling...

A dozen horses suddenly rushed out in front, and a dozen strong men were sitting on their backs, with waist knives in their hands, and their faces were covered with black cloth, blocking Long Chen's way.

sigh...

The dismounted horse neighed, and the sound was very clear, and it sounded like a good horse.

Long Chen stopped, and the caravan also stopped.

"I opened this road, and I planted this tree. If you want to live here, leave money to buy roads."

The leading thief scolded him with a knife in his hand, with a look of greed in his eyes.

Long Chen squinted at the dozen or so people on the opposite side, from the way they sat down on the horse, the weapons in their hands, and the figures of these people, Long Chen judged that these dozen or so people were not horse thieves, but soldiers.

In times of war, it is not uncommon for soldiers to rob a family of soldiers and bandits.

"Brothers, we have already paid the toll just now, and you are blocking the road here again, isn't it too unruly?"

Feng He was not afraid at all, and sneered.

There were no other caravans around, only a dozen or so people like Long Chen, Feng He didn't bother to pretend to be afraid.

Seeing the caravan so calm, the horse thief was puzzled.

"What toll?"

The horse thief's tone was not kind, and a dozen horses surrounded Long Chen and his party.

"It was at the pass just now, we paid for it."

Feng He said with a smile.

The horse thief scolded sharply: "Put your mother's shit on, that's from the government, what does it have to do with me!"

Feng He laughed and said: "You are also soldiers. I paid tolls at the pass, but I already paid it. You charge it again. This is a bit too much."

The horse thieves were slightly surprised, with a fierce look in their eyes.

"Hahaha...not bad, you actually found out that we are soldiers!"

"I don't like smart people, you know too much."

The leading horse thief simply removed the black mask, revealing a face full of beards.

"You don't like smart people, I don't like idiots, you don't like me, I don't like you."

Feng He sneered.