Han Yan jumped off her horse and strode towards the Weiyang Palace Gate.△↗,.

Li Shuyun, who had been waiting outside the door, hurried out, followed Han Yan's steps and followed him step by step. Han Yan glanced at him, and a chuckled a slight corner of her mouth. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Li Shuyun smiled and said softly: "There is one thing that must be an adult."

"Is that?" Han Yan didn't comment, and kept walking, without any intention of stopping. He was about to enter the palace gate. Li Shuyun was a foreigner, and he could not enter the palace gate without an imperial edict, so he could only say a long story. "I want to ask the Lord to pass on a word to Your Majesty."

"Oh?" Han Yan stopped and looked at Li Shuyun. "Why didn't you say it directly when you met His Majesty?"

"I was so happy when I first met the saint, but I forgot it. Now I remembered that I was afraid of missing something. After thinking about it, only the adults have such loyalty and only begged him for the adults."

Han Yan hit the palm of her palm with a golden horse whip. "Tell me."

"The Dayuan horse I brought back this time is actually not the best Dayuan horse."

Han Yan's eyes flashed and she smiled, "You are so brave. If you don't bring a better horse back, you can fool Your Majesty with a second-rate one?"

Li Shuyun laughed even more humblely. "My lord jokes, how dare we? The best Dayuan horse is worth a thousand gold, and the people of Dayuan regard it as treasures and refuse to give it lightly. Moreover, along the way, besides the Wusun people and the Xiongnu people, there are many bandits and Qiang thieves. We are afraid of being robbed and dare not turn our fortune. We just wait for our Han army to expel the Xiongnu in the future and the Western Regions are peaceful, so that we will have the opportunity to transport the best Dayuan horse to Chang'an. At that time, please encourage us."

"That's true." Han Yan glanced at Li Shuyun meaningfully. "I admire you for your hard work. I can't help with other things. I can still serve this little thing. Don't worry, I will tell Your Majesty."

Li Shuyun bowed to the end. "Thank you hard by sir."

"It's easy to say." Han Yan stepped into the palace gate and walked lightly.

Li Shuyun breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and shook his head with a bitter smile. A familiar man came over, looked at Han Yan in the palace gate, and patted Li Shuyun on the shoulder.

"See it. It's better to be favor than to be successful. If military merits are so easy to earn, will General Li still not be granted a marquis so far?"

Li Shuyun sighed secretly.

Han Yan quickly walked into Qingliang Hall, and the emperor was at the desk to read the memorial brought back by Liang Xiao and Li Shuyun. Han Yan came over and looked over. The emperor waved. "Son of the King. Come and see, it turns out that there are such heroes in the Western Barbarians, which is really desirable."

Han Yan sat next to the emperor, sitting side by side with the emperor. He glanced at it and was a little surprised. "Is that true? This Western Yi named Alexander is really a hero. He rode probably the best horse in Dayuan. Otherwise, how could he go so far?"

"Haha, nonsense, Liang Xiao clearly said that he is a Macedonian, Dayuan is the end of his journey of thousands of miles, how could he ride a Dayuan horse?"

"Then Macedonia also has the word "horse". Could it be that it is like Dayuan, and is famous for raising horses?"

"This is not clear." The emperor pondered for a moment, with a smile on his eyes. "However, my great man has this Dayuan horse and improved his horse breeds. In the future, we will not be at a disadvantage in the face of the Hun horses."

"Your Majesty is wise. However, this Dayuan is too far away, and there are Huns and Wusun people in the middle. It is not easy to get their good horses."

"What's so difficult? Don't we have it now?"

"There is, there is, but it is not the best." Han Yan laughed and said, "Li Shuyun just told me that the horse they brought this time is not the best Dayuan horse."

The emperor's face immediately sank. Han Yan's face did not change her expression, and he said again afterwards: "Liang Xiao has always been vulgar and rude. This matter is thoughtful. It's just a pity that for these good horses, he has to lose his life in Dayuan."

When the emperor heard this, his face turned pale and showed a little regret.

"When I think about it, the Huns are really hateful." Han Yan slapped his thigh and cursed the Huns. "I think they are blocking the Western Regions, but they don't want us to get a good horse in order to gain an advantage in the horses. The messengers who drove away the Yuezhi people and now intercepted us are all for the same purpose. Zhang Qian was caught by them and Liang Xiao broke through, but it is hard to say how long he could live."

The emperor nodded repeatedly. "Then do you think you should send someone to support Liang Xiao?"

"Of course, it should be. Liang Xiao finally arrived in Dayuan, how could he let the Huns drive them away?"

"But what if he doesn't lose his tail?"

"Haha, it's not that easy." Han Yan laughed loudly. "Your Majesty, if Liang Xiao could control Dayuan so easily and control the river, then there were tens of thousands of royal officials in Chang'an City. Wouldn't he be rampant in the world? He was not a famous noble family or a hero in the past. He was honored and humiliated by His Majesty. The three-foot-foot imperial edict arrived, and he was either a marquis or a rogue, and all was determined by Your Majesty. What's the point of fear?"

The emperor laughed. "Son of the King, are you brave enough to see thoroughly. In your opinion, who can travel west?"

"I naturally have to choose some capable people in the Western Regions. Li Danghu is the son of General Li, with both virtue and talent, and is highly respected by Liang Xiao. I think he is a good candidate. With him, Liang Xiao will not dare to act recklessly."

"It's reasonable." The emperor nodded repeatedly.

Liang Xiao traveled east along a large river on the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. This river has no name, it is called a river. Liang Xiao traveled to Xinjiang in his previous life, and it is probably the Tarim River in his later life.

The reason why it is estimated is that this river is wider than the Tarim River he has seen, with larger water volumes, and more green states along the coast. The rivers in the desert often change lanes, which no one can say. In fact, it is not only the Tarim River, but many places he has walked through are like this. Many deserts in later generations may still be grasslands now, and there are more lakes on the grasslands than in later generations.

The most famous one is of course Lop Nur, because the ancient Loulan Kingdom is now living a prosperous life and shines on the Silk Road.

Following the river, he passed Gumo and Kucha and came to Yuli. In the country of Yuli, Liang Xiao left the river and headed north. He was preparing to bypass the Tianshan Mountains there and rushed to the mountain pass.

Yuli is a small country in Green Prefecture. It has a small place, but it has good soil and soil. They both grazed cattle and sheep like other small countries, and also had some agriculture, but they were managed extensively and were in the stage of harvest. Even so, they were richer than those small countries with only animal husbandry, and even had a capital, just north of the oasis, with the same name as the country name, and they were also called Yuli.

Liang Xiao and his group had more than 400 people, and they couldn't keep it low even if they wanted to keep a low profile, so he simply showed off the Han Festival and appeared in front of everyone as a Han envoy. Every time he went, he would treat the local small government as much as possible to understand some of the situation and record it. He saw mountains, rivers and geography along the way, and also recorded it one by one. Oasis suitable for farming like Yuli was of course more within his attention.

When King Yuli learned that an envoy from the Han Dynasty was coming, he did not dare to neglect it and sent his important minister An Shihou to welcome him. Perhaps for safety reasons, King Yuli did not dare to invite Liang Xiao into the city, so he held a banquet outside the city to entertain Liang Xiao. Not only did he add supplies to Liang Xiao and others, but he also replaced horses for them. Liang Xiao thanked him one by one, and gathered with An Shihou outside the city and parted with him.

Leaving Yuli, Liang Xiao turned to the northwest.

At the end of July and early August, it was the hottest time. Liang Xiao was worried about heatstroke and tried his best to avoid the hottest time at noon and rush on the road while it was cool in the morning and evening. As soon as the sun got hot, he found a shaded place to rest, and chatted with the travelers he met to increase his experience.

On this day, during the lunch break, Liang Xiao met someone he could never have imagined: Wu Dan.

Wu Dan and Yiwuer walked together and rushed to Chigu City. At noon, the weather was hot and they were enjoying the coolness in the shade of trees on the side of the road. They saw Liang Xiao and his party from afar. Yiwuer's face changed drastically. He got up and wanted to run away, but was pulled by Wu Dan.

"Don't run." Wu Dan said: "You run away, it will attract their attention. Why not take a risk and bet that they don't know us."

Yiwu felt it was reasonable, so he lay down, leaned against a big tree and pretended to sleep, covered a piece of cloth on his face, and started to snore.

Wu Dan hugged his chest with his hands, closed his eyes to rest, and looked at Liang Xiao from the corner of his eyes. He saw Liang Xiao at one glance, and couldn't help but take a few more glances. It was these two eyes that made Tu Niuer beside Liang Xiao notice him.

Tu Niuer walked over, looked at Wudan and Yiwuer, saw the bows, arrows, swords and shields in their luggage, and looked at their appearance.

"Huns?"

Wu Dan nodded, smiled, but said nothing.

"Mercenary or horse thief?"

Wu Dan glanced at Yiwuer. Yiwuer understood and said with a forced smile: "Mercenary."

Tu Niuer stared at Wu Dan. "Why don't you speak?"

"He is a mute." Yiwuer said. After Wudan was injured, his voice gradually became thinner and thinner, like a female voice, and became disliked. Usually, Yiwuer came forward and lied to be mute. They lived alone and rarely stayed with others, and did not reveal any flaws.

"Whose bow is this?" Tu Niuer looked at the bow in his luggage. This bow was larger than an ordinary bow and was much thicker.

Wu Dan pointed to his nose, picked up the bow again, pulled it hard a few times, and looked very proud. Tu Niuer looked at him and was a little confused. He felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him. At this moment, Liang Xiao walked over and happened to see Wu Dan pulling the bow.

"It's not bad." Liang Xiao said with his hands behind his back, "Where are you doing? What are you doing?"

"Huns, mercenaries." Tu Niuer leaned over to Liang Xiao and whispered: "A Xiao, I think these two people are a bit strange. I seem to have seen them somewhere, but I can't remember them. Take a closer look at whether you have any impressions."

Liang Xiao nodded quietly and looked at Wu Dan and Yiwuer carefully, but had no impression at all, but developed a strong interest in Wu Dan's bow. According to his observation, this bow may have more than two stones, which is only weaker than the bow in his hand. Moreover, it is simple in style, unlike the common Xiongnu bow, but somewhat like the Han bow. Such bows are rare even among mercenaries with complex weapons.

"Where did your bow come from?"—

(To be continued.)
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