Next to the corpse of King Angui of Loulan is a dagger, the iron blade is shining with cold light, and the handle decorated with Khotanese jade is even decorated with gold, which is very beautiful.This was supposed to be a saber for Angui's fun, flashy, but today, it finally came in handy.Every Loulan official who was held hostage must, under the urging of Ren Hong and others, come forward to pick it up, stab it into An Gui's corpse, and then pass it on to the next person like a relay race.Fu Jiezi called this "killing his corpse", on the grounds that An was too responsible for the crime, but it was too simple to kill.In fact, this was just Ren Hong's suggestion, and the officials and nobles of Laloulan went into the water and forced them to become a means of complicity.It is easy to kill An Gui, but it is difficult to let the envoys retreat and keep Loulan, and next, they also need the cooperation of these Loulan nobles.Yi Xianghan, who had long had no way to retreat, was the most active, and was the first to step forward and stab Angui in each of his limbs, and counted Angui's sins while stabbing back, saying that even if there was no Han envoy, the people of Loulan should have gotten rid of this tyrant a long time ago.Then there was a canal left and right, and the right canal was completely frightened, holding the dagger in both hands and trembling, piercing for a long time, and not even piercing An Gui's clothes.And Zuo and Qu Li Beye are different, the moment he took the dagger, he couldn't bear to look at Angui's miserable appearance, and he actually had the idea of avenging the king!
But as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Fu Jiezi standing on the side with a bloody end of the hand, like a god-killing statue, he shuddered, immediately dispelled this thought, secretly said sorry, and stabbed at An Gui with his eyes closed.After everyone had been stained with blood, Fu Jiezi smiled: "Right and ditch, go out and tell the Loulan people that the first evil has been punished, the rest are not guilty, the officials have the gold silk given by the Son of Heaven, and all the Loulan people will not have to pay tribute to the Xiongnu in the future." ”The right and Qu promised, but before he went out, he slipped back in fear, and said: "The Yan clan is here, with her Hun guards, is reorganizing the soldiers, gathering all the Loulan people to surround outside, shouting that they will kill the Han envoy and avenge Angui!"
”"What should I do?"
The first to panic were the Loulan officials, they knew that the Yan family was ruthless, and if they knew that they were involved in the killing of Angui's corpse, they would definitely not let it go."
Panic what!"
Ren Hong rebuked the anxiety of the Loulan officials and encouraged them: "The reason why the Yan family has a noble status is because she is the wife of the king of Loulan, and now An Gui has died of sin, and she is no longer the queen of Loulan, but just a widow of a sinner, a foreign Hun woman, who extorts Loulan for the king of the sun, and is the great enemy of the Loulan people." ”"All out."
Fu Jiezi also knocked on the festival and drove everyone away, and they had to go out again under the pressure of the sword behind them.Ren Hong followed, and after going out, he took a look, good guys, all people.He saw that the men of the entire Loulan City rushed to hear the news, including warriors and civilians, more than a thousand of them.They either climbed on the walls of the city or stood around the perimeter of the square, enclosing the hall so that if a conflict broke out, they feared that one person could drown the envoys with a single spit.According to Fu Jiezi's instructions, the nobles of Loulan who were kidnapped announced the sin of returning to Loulan with a slightly trembling voice, and at the same time loudly appealed to their own people to quickly persuade others to see the situation clearly and not to take action.Later, Fu Jiezi also came out, he refused the shield that Han Dangdang and others held for him, and raised An Gui's head high in his hand.Thousands of pairs of cyan, brown, or black eyes all looked at Angui's head, as if to discuss whether this was their king or not.Fu Jiezi coldly glanced at the Loulan people who surrounded the hall, and said loudly: "An Gui bears the sins of the Han, the Son of Heaven sent me to punish him, and the second son of the first king succeeded to the throne in the Han Dynasty Wei Tu Qi."
Now that Angui is dead, the Han soldiers are coming, don't dare to move, and if you move, you will destroy the country and destroy the nation!
”Lu Jiuyu and two translators translated loudly, and for a while, more than a thousand Loulan people, no one stepped forward, and they didn't even dare to shoot an arrow.Loulan had just arrived, and she was shocked to hear the news of her husband's death, but instead of grieving that the six gods had no master, her eyes were full of hatred, and she whipped the warriors on the city wall: "Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, kill all these people who killed the king, and then chop them up and scatter them in the fields!"
”But the warriors would rather be beaten by her, but did not dare to make a move against the Han envoys, so angry that the Yan clan went up to the city wall and wanted to come by themselves.But before the Yan clan snatched the bow, the Loulan man with the bow suddenly erupted and kicked her off the city wall.Because compared to the powerless intimidation of the Yan clan, the shouting of the Han envoy was real money: "If there is a son who captures the Yan clan and An Gui, he will be rewarded with five catties of gold and ten silk silks!"
”Hearing this, all the Loulan warriors on the city wall did not hesitate to aim their bows and arrows at the frightened round face of the Yan clan!
Yan Shi was still dead, she was pointed at by hundreds of bows, I don't know which of them Loulan slipped her hand, so she was hit by an arrow.But what really led to her death was the excitement of the Loulan people.They held back their resentment for several years, and their anger at the extortion of the Huns, after An Gui's death, was like a sloping flood after the collapse of the dam, all of which were vented on the Yan family, and nearly a thousand people rushed up to beat her and several Huns to death, of course, it may also be to rob her of the gold ornaments.From the envoys to the Loulan officials, they all looked at the scene in front of them in surprise, the situation was out of control, the cries were continuous, and some people took the opportunity to rob and steal.Fortunately, the crisis was quickly resolved, and when the envoys killed the king of Loulan in the city, Xi Chongguo also successfully completed the task, "protected" the water priest, and led Yi Xianghan's more than 100 men to rush into the city and control the situation.The Loulan nobles and officials, who had already accepted the vote, hurriedly regathered the clansmen and slaves, dispersed the chaotic crowd, and told them to go back and stay at home and not come out.The bodies of An Gui and Yan were placed in the square, and the respected water priest was "invited" into the city, and after he had been silent for a long time, he also made a statement."
The water priest said that An Gui and the Yan clan will not be buried in the Sun Cemetery of the Loulan royal family."
Yi Xianghan translated: "Instead, it will be sacrificed to the god of the Xianshan River!"
”Everyone in the envoy group looked at each other, but Ren Hong was quite satisfied with the result, but he felt a little ironic.The nobles and officials of Loulan completely forgot about the bloody wind of Fang Cai, and they all showed smiling faces and congratulated each other: "Almighty virtuous river god, wise high priest." ”"It seems that the reason why the river has become smaller over the years has finally been found!"
The next morning, a new festival was held at the altar outside the city.Only this time it was no longer a humble slave lying in the boat, but the King of Loulan and the Yan clan who were still standing in the seven circles of the altar yesterday, richly dressed, and supreme.An Gui's headless corpse was poked with many holes by the Loulan nobles who surrendered to Cheng, but they were not as big as the hole in his chest that was pierced by Fu Jiezi.And the Yan family is even worse, she was beaten to death by the collective atrocities of the Loulan people, beaten beyond recognition, and the gold leaves and other things decorated on her body yesterday were all gone.There are still more than 1,000 Loulan people present today, all dressed in costumes, with solemn and kind expressions, no longer the madness of yesterday.Under the leadership of the water priest and Yi Xianghan, who was appointed by Fu Jiezi as the lord of Loulan City, they faced the Peacock River and sang a ballad praising the virtuous river god, and their expressions were extremely reverent."
Xianshan River God, you give life to Loulan.""
And Loulan, I will also give you life!"
Listening to the same ballad in his ears, Ren Hong only felt a chill worse than yesterday.Yes, life and death, reincarnation is not endless, yesterday was the death of slaves, today is the death of the king and the queen, this oasis in the desert, life and death are so impermanent, you have to get used to them, get used to their capriciousness.Ren Hong thought that today's Loulan people are afraid of the strength of the Han, and they can turn their faces so much and disown people, and treat their own king as a sacrifice.What if the Huns come to the city tomorrow?
They were brutally killed another day and sacrificed to the god of the Xianshan River, right?
As the Loulan warriors pushed the wooden boat into the distance, the raging fire ignited, announcing the history of Loulan and turning the page.But water is always water, but the boat on the water can be overturned at any time and replaced with a new one."
We are the new ship, and under our feet are the seemingly weak, but turbulent water!""
You're right."
Fu Jiezi didn't go out of the city to see the festival, and after listening to Ren Hong's description, he put down the letter that he had been writing, and said: "Wu Zongnian and Xi Chongguo and other ten people, last night with the head of Loulan Wang Angui, set off to go to Dunhuang, and let the Yumen Lieutenant send troops to guard Loulan. ”"But even if the Han army has set up camp in Yushuquan in advance, it will take at least a month before they can reach Loulan City, and it is not easy to cross the natural dangers such as Langcheng, Sanlongsha, and Bailongdui."
Fu Jiezi got up and looked to the north: "And the Huns, after learning about the change in Loulan, they only need to leave the Rizhu King to garrison the pastureland, and the cavalry will go south along the river." ”Yesterday's action was perfect, but there is still a little regret, that is, the son of An Gui, Prince Loulan, was taken away by several Hun women under the arrangement of the Yan family.Fu Jiezi sent people to chase but did not catch up, those Hun women were skilled in riding, as if they were on horses, and they could even turn around and shoot the horses of two officials.They could only watch them flee north, which was afraid that the king of Rizhu would know about Loulan in advance."
There is no doubt that Hu Lu must have come faster than the Han army!"
Fu Jiezi looked at Ren Hong, Zheng Ji, and the more than twenty people behind them, and said with a smile: "You were very slack last night, many officials went to hook up with Loulan women, and they didn't return all night, did they think it was too easy to assassinate the king of Loulan?"
Sun Shiwan and Han Dangdang scratched their faces embarrassedly, Fu Gong said that it was the two of them, but Ren Hong, who had been talking about the Hu woman, took the initiative to ask for a night last night and stayed at the gate of the Loulan Palace, which was requisitioned by the envoys, for a night."
Nope."
Fu Jiezi suddenly became serious, completely different from the ease and casualness before the assassination operation."
It's easy first and then it's difficult, guarding Loulan is much more troublesome than killing An Gui, for us, the next month is the real matter of life and death!"