Chapter 938: West of the Mountains and Seas
Sun Shaozong kept silent at the birthday banquet, but that doesn't mean the officials from the Dali Temple can keep their mouths shut.
Therefore, within a few days, the various details of the Lin Qisheng case gradually spread between the government and the opposition, and what followed was naturally a conflict between the condemnation faction and the support faction.
In the beginning, due to the unanimous support of old friends in the court, the argument that "rumors stop at the wise" was once the most popular.
But as more details came to light, the situation began to slowly change, and the debate went from one-sided suppression to a stalemate.
In the end, people who were eager to find out the truth all turned their attention to the Dali Temple, especially the main person in charge, Sun Shaozong.
However, it was not until this time that they discovered that Sun Shaozong had actually left the capital long ago.
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The sixth day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of Guangde.
In the rolling mountains three hundred miles west of Shanhaiguan, a caravan was trudging along a rugged path in the snow and wind.
After once again getting the fallen carriage out of the snow pit, Sun Shaozong pulled off the mask on his mouth and let out a long breath.
He now feels more and more that the reason the court sent him here this time is to make him do hard labor!
Ever since leaving Shanhaiguan, the role he played was almost the same as that of cattle and horses - he was even more capable of carrying more loads over short distances than cattle and horses.
But what else can we do?
Could it be possible to ask Xu Furen, who was nearly seventy years old, to give up the carriage and walk with everyone else?
I guess the old man died in a foreign land before he even got there.
"General."
At this time, someone came closer and said respectfully, "Not far away is the tribe of my wife's family. We can rest there for a night and continue our journey ."
The person who came over to talk was none other than Alinqitu, the Jurchen deputy envoy who had been locked up next to the urine bucket in the Dali Temple's prison for several days.
Although he is called a deputy envoy, he is actually the younger brother of the fake Jurchen king. His status is even more noble than that of the chief envoy. Moreover, he is extremely brave and domineering. He is the only one who takes advantage of others. Has he ever suffered any loss?
Therefore, the few days when he was locked next to the urine bucket in the Dali Temple were truly the greatest humiliation this guy had ever suffered in his life.
At that time, he didn't know how many times he gritted his teeth and swore that he would not be a human being if he didn't avenge this.
Therefore, when he heard that he would return to the Later Jin Dynasty with the envoys of the Great Zhou, Alin Qi Tu was ready to take revenge doubly on the way - even if it was difficult to humiliate the legitimate envoys, it would not be difficult to humiliate a few Han people in front of them.
However, more than ten days have passed...
Seeing that Sun Shaozong was busy brushing off the snow on his gloves and not paying any attention to him, Alin Qitu leaned forward again and said servilely, "I have asked people to go there in advance to prepare wine and food, and to recruit women in the tribe who are good at singing and dancing, so that the general can see the customs and practices of our tribe."
Sun Shaozong glanced at him this time, sneered and asked back: "Experience?"
"No, no, no, it's tasting, tasting!"
Alin Qitu , who was very familiar , quickly changed his words. Seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and laughed, "General, my women love warriors the most. If you are willing to show some skills, you will definitely make them a hundred times more passionate in bed!"
"Shh~"
Sun Shaozong sneered: "It's not like I haven't slept with foreign women before."
As he spoke, he put on his mask again, covering his mouth and nose, looking like he didn't want to say anything more.
But even so, Alin Qi Tu still stayed beside him, flattering him with clumsy words.
More than ten days ago, when he had just left the capital, this guy was like a vicious wolf waiting for someone to bite.
But now, he has evolved into a pug that wags its tail and begs for mercy.
Of course, this is only in front of Sun Shaozong.
When facing other people - even Xu Furen and the Jurchen envoys - Alinqi Tu would still reveal his violent and arrogant nature.
This was certainly the result of Sun Shaozong's constant suppression and education, but the deeper reason was that the Jurchens, who lived in harsh conditions, had a strong worship of personal force.
Sun Shaozong's martial arts skills have obviously surpassed the level that this world should have.
Therefore, it was not just Alinqitu. At least more than half of the entire Jurchen delegation were in awe of Sun Shaozong, and a few even reached the level of totem worship.
Of course, the chief envoy of the delegation, Ye Sugai, and think tank Hulibo and others, all remained calm at all times, and even tried overtly or covertly to stop Alinqitu and others from continuing to get close to Sun Shaozong.
However, the result was that Hulibo's face was swollen for three whole days and the swelling has not gone down yet.
Stop talking nonsense.
The group trudged through the wind and snow for another half an hour. Suddenly, the view in front of them became clear and the wind and snow had weakened a lot. It turned out that they had entered a valley.
"Alinqitu, Alinqitu!"
Just after passing the entrance of the valley, I saw more than ten people in the valley coming towards me from a distance. The first one was a burly man who walked very fast, shouting Alin Qi Tu's name all the way, and then I bumped into him violently.
Both of them used too much force, and since they were already wrapped up like bears, they both fell to the ground in the snow. They then got up and laughed loudly, punching each other in the chest.
In the end, it was Alin Qi Tu who couldn't hold on any longer. He took two steps back with a grin on his face, muttering something incessantly.
The burly Jurchen man just laughed triumphantly at first, but gradually his expression began to darken, and his defiant gaze also fell on Sun Shaozong.
Yes~
I guess Alin Qi Tu couldn't win the fight with the other person, so he brought up the issue with himself - and looking at the other person's unconvinced and indignant look, I'm afraid he will definitely come over and give him a kick.
As expected.
A moment later, the man followed Alinqi Tu and came closer. Before Alinqi Tu introduced the two parties, he suddenly raised his fist and hit Sun Shaozong in the chest.
Sun Shaozong did not dodge or evade, allowing him to hit him in the chest. Then he sneered contemptuously, took off his gloves calmly, and slowly poked his index finger into the man's chest.
The man looked annoyed, but did not dodge. He just gritted his teeth and held his strength, wanting to wait until Sun Shaozong finished poking him with his finger before he would hit him with all his strength to let the Han man know how powerful he was.
Sun Shaozong's movements were so leisurely and slow. He took a long time before he touched the man's chest like tickling.
"Shh~"
The man also imitated Sun Shaozong and sneered impatiently.
Unexpectedly, before the voice fell, the carrot-thick finger suddenly burst out with an irresistible force, pushing him so hard that he couldn't stand steadily and stepped back seven or eight steps. Although he tried hard to maintain his balance, he finally sat down in the snow.
At this time, the other people who had come out from the valley had also arrived nearby. Seeing the strong man being pushed down, they immediately surrounded him shouting and yelling. Each of them was indignant and seemed to want to rush up for revenge.
"@*#!"
At this time, the man roared, as if to stop everyone, but then he started coughing and shaking all over, obviously because he was choked by Sun Shaozong's finger.
When Alin Qi Tu saw this, he burst out laughing.
It took a long time for both of them to recover and then they introduced each other's identities.
The man was Haqinmi, the son of the local tribal chief, Alinqitu's brother-in-law, and the most outstanding warrior in the tribe.
After eating the finger just now, Ha Qinmi heard Alin Qitu boasting that Sun Shaozong single-handedly killed tens of thousands of barbarians in the south. Although he did not believe it completely, he did not dare to make another obvious provocation, but enthusiastically welcomed everyone into the valley.
However, when Sun Shaozong saw the flicker in his eyes, he knew that this guy would most likely not give up.
At the same time, Xu Furen, who saw this scene in the carriage, took out the small notebook he carried with him and carefully recorded: The tribal alliance of the Jurchens was still very loose, and they did not have a clear understanding of the exchanges between countries.
In addition: After leaving Shanhaiguan, the road along the way was all rugged mountain roads, which did not match the intelligence obtained by the court. It was suspected that the Jurchen envoys deliberately avoided the main roads to prevent the delegation from knowing the geography.
If this is true, such a meticulous person will definitely be the biggest obstacle on this journey.
