Chapter 444: Broken Leaf Fengyun (9)

This is a stone building with no yard. After walking through several dark houses, Cui Yao was led to a magnificent house. To be precise, it was once glorious. If you look closely, you will find that the golden ornaments have turned yellow and faded, and the walls have peeled and cracked. Along the way, there were very few servants I saw, giving people the feeling that this was a mansion of a ruined nobleman.

"Master, they are them." The servant who led them in bowed and bowed. Cui Yao then found that there was a man sitting behind a curtain hanging. He was about fifty years old, and he was tall and short and fat. His eyes were extremely flexible. When Cui Yao came in, he stood up with a smile and asked in fluent Chinese: "I am Chissoya, are you merchants from Chang'an?"

Cui Yao smiled slightly, took out a sapphire ring inlaid from his arms and placed it in front of him. Chissoya was shocked. This was a gift he presented to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the year. Why was it in the hands of this young man? When he thought about it, he understood. He quickly walked to the door, looked outside, then closed the door, turned around and asked in a low voice: "Are you the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

"The official envoy who was on the mission to Bahanna was the envoy Meng of the Honglu Temple. He was stranded in Saiye because of the war and could not come. I am his envoy Cui Yao, who is currently serving as the military officer of the Suiye Prefecture. He was ordered by the envoy Meng of Saiye to contact your country."

Chisooya nodded, "Entertainment". This is almost the same. He just heard the news that he was from Chang'an, and he guessed that it was an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. However, the person who came was too young and did not look like an envoy of a great country, which made him feel doubtful. The doubts were eliminated. He smiled and asked, "Is the envoy Cui going to see our king?"

"If it's convenient, I hope to see the king, and I have to talk to the king in person."

Chissoya was a little hesitant. Recently, the Saman family controlled Bakhanna and monitored the palace very tightly. He looked embarrassed, "Can the messenger Cui wait for a few more months?"

Cui Yao pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, I have been delayed in Luohan City for two months, and I don't know the situation of Saiye's battle. I am worried that it will miss a big deal. Besides, if things are not urgent, Marshal Wang and Meng Jun will not agree to me take the risk."

Chisoya understood what Cui Yao meant, and he thought about it again, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Come with me."

Cui Yao followed him into an inner room. It looked like a woman's room, but it seemed that no one had lived in the room for a long time. Chisoa walked to the big wardrobe in the corner and pulled something in the corner. Then he pushed it gently, and the wardrobe immediately slid to the side, revealing a small wall hole behind the wardrobe. This was the entrance to a dark room.

Chisoya turned around and smiled mysteriously, held an oil lamp and drilled in. Cui Yao also bent down and crawled in. A damp smell of musty came to his face. As soon as he entered the dark room, a low sound came from behind him. The door of the dark room closed, and it was pitch black in front of him, and there was only the faint light in Chisoya's hand.

"The steps under your feet are very slippery, please be careful to hold on to the wall." Chissoa carefully cared for the oil lamp and groped forward step by step.

After walking a few steps, Cui Yao discovered that there was a downward stair under his feet. In other words, this secret passage leads to the underground, but he doesn't know where it will lead to the end. Could it lead to the palace?

With a hint of excitement, Cui Yao stumbled forward with the faint light. The passage was very narrow, and it could not accommodate the two of them walking side by side. The air was filled with a damp and musty smell, especially the ground was slippery. If you were not careful, you would fall down. And he also felt that some kind of creature seemed to be swimming under his feet, which shocked him. Along the way, Chissoya never spoke without saying a word and focused on leading the way. After walking the difficult and dark road for more than half an hour, Cui Yao finally felt the upward steps.

"Persevere, it'll be here soon."

The more you walked upward, the less moisture there was in the air, and there was air on the ground. After walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Cui Yao was very surprised. He had been walking upward, at least twenty or thirty feet. Wouldn't he go into the air?

With a squeak, the door opened on his head, and a strong light thrust towards him, and Cui Yao's eyes couldn't open for a moment.

Chisoya seemed to be adapting, and after a while he heard him ask, "Emister Cui, have you adapted now?"

"I've adapted." Cui Yao took two steps to climb up the steps and walked out a small door. There was a window in front of him. He was surprised to find that he was really in the air, and could look down at a large area of ​​low houses. The small door they came out was also a wall, tightly buckled with the surroundings. Those who didn't know could not see it at all.

"This is the highest tower castle in Thundersay City, which is within the palace." Chisoya understood Cui Yao's surprise, and he smiled and said, "Let's go! I'll take you to see our king."

The two of them quickly went down the tower castle along the spiral staircase. The palace in Bahanna was not big. It was composed of several huge conjoined buildings, with more than twenty tower castles built on the top. The entire palace was like a maze, with overlapping rooms and doors everywhere. The layout of the palace was very luxurious. The ground was covered with thick Persian carpets, and Tang Dynasty porcelain, Byzantine goldware and various exquisite handicrafts from Dashi.

However, Cui Yao couldn't see these. After Chisauya took him down the tower, he came directly to a secret room. There was only a table, a few chairs, and a few oil lamps on the wall. He had nothing but that.

"You sit down! I'll be back soon." Chissoya asked Cui Yao to sit down, but he went out through a small door. It took nearly two hours to go there. Even though Cui Yao was patient, he finally couldn't help it. He stood up and walked slowly to the small door. There was an iron door. He pushed it, and the iron door did not move at all. He pulled it again, "Crash!" With a sound of a door lock came from outside, but the door still couldn't be opened, and he was locked inside.

Cui Yao was stunned. He swept around. There were only two doors in the entire secret room. One was the iron door they came in. It had been locked, and the other was the small door in front of him, which was also locked. Moreover, the entire secret room was made of huge square stone and there were no windows to escape. In other words, if Chissoya did not come back, or something happened, he would be trapped here.

Cui Yao walked back slowly and sat down dejectedly. He was helpless and had to wait. After about an hour and a half, there was still no movement. It should be night now. Cui Yao began to feel a little panic in his heart. He vaguely felt that something must have happened to Chissoya, and he would not have been allowed to wait for so long. If something happened to him or no one knew about it, wouldn't this place become his own grave? An inexplicable fear enveloped his heart. He could no longer help him and rushed to the iron gate and pulled it desperately. The iron lock was "waggling!" and it couldn't be opened at all.

"Hey! Is anyone? Is there anyone!"

He opened his voice and shouted loudly, and the voice echoed in the secret room, no one answered, and after nearly a hundred shouts, the voice was hoarse, no one answered him, and there was no empty sound outside the iron gate, he suspected that he was in the basement.

Cui Yao finally became anxious. He picked up a chair and smashed it to the iron gate with all his strength. With a loud bang, the chair was split into pieces, but the iron gate was not moving at all. He swung a chair and smashed it to death. The chair was broken, but it still had no effect.

"Bastard!" He kicked the door hard, and there was no gain except for a severe pain. Suddenly, Cui Yao seemed to think of the small door on the tower castle. Perhaps there was some secret passage here.

A glimmer of hope made him suddenly excited. He looked almost inch by inch against the wall, and he didn't let go of any gap or convex object. He dug with the broken wood of the chair, stood on the table and smashed the roof with a chair, and even twisted off the oil lamp. He tried to find the mechanism behind it. After searching for an hour, he still found nothing.

He stood there blankly, and the last glimmer of hope was cut off. Should he die in this stone chamber isolated from the earth? His nose was sore, and his two lines of tears flowed out in a daze. Finally, he couldn't help but lie on the table and cried, "Grandfather, grandson is unfilial, and I will never see you again."

The lights finally burned out, and the secret room suddenly turned dark. In the darkness, Cui Yao wiped his tears while recalling his short life. He remembered Gu Dai again. It was his first love, and his heart was sad and sweet. He was extremely exhausted and fell asleep unknowingly.

I don't know how long it took, four or five hours, Cui Yao lay on the table in dismay. His hunger and thirst had faded, his fear had disappeared, and his weakness had disappeared. He had no feeling, and he just waited quietly for the arrival of death. He knew that something must have happened to Chissoya.

Suddenly, ‘Da Da!’ An extremely subtle sound came from afar, and Cui Yao sat up in a "twist". Is it an illusion? No! No!

There was finally a burst of rapid and low footsteps outside the door, which he would never forget in his life. His desire for the world made him jump up, jump off the table, and pounce straight towards the iron gate.

‘Crash!’ With a sound of unlocking, the iron door was finally opened, and a red light came towards him. Cui Yao stopped suddenly and slowly took a step back. In front of him were dozens of fully armed big food soldiers, holding a scimitar in one hand and a torch in the other, staring at him coldly like a group of wolves.

Chisoa was dead, his body lay on the carpet in the hall. Not long after he came out of the secret room, he had not had time to see the king, and a thousand great food soldiers surrounded the palace. He was unfortunately killed by a short spear thrown by a soldier.

When Cui Yao was pushed into the hall by dozens of big food soldiers, he saw Chisoya's body at a glance. Facing down, a short spear pierced his heart from the back, and the blood had solidified, indicating that he had been dead for a long time. The hall was covered with big food soldiers. Cui Yao felt sad in his heart. He broke free from the soldiers who pushed him and slowly walked to Chisoya's body and squatted down, silently staring at the noble Bahan who was determined to return to the Tang Dynasty. Not long ago, he hated this person, but he was killed to protect himself.

Cui Yao sighed slightly, pulled out his short spear, and rolled him up with a carpet. The big food army in the room silently watched his actions, but no one came up to interfere.

"Do you still care about others? Think about how you will die!" A cold voice suddenly came from outside the hall, speaking Turkic words. A man in his forties slowly walked in. He had a hooked nose and a vicious look. When he walked into the hall, a soldier immediately handed him the letter from Cui Yao, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wrote to King Bahan.

The man took the letter apart without hesitation. Although he couldn't understand it, he knew from the seal below that it was the letter of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He smiled coldly and pointed at himself and said to Cui Yao: "My name is Tavil Saman, I am the leader of the Saman family. Can you speak Turkic? A spy from the Tang Dynasty."

Cui Yao snorted coldly, and raised his head and said, "I am an envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not a spy."

"It's almost the same for me." Samman sat down on the throne of King Bakhan, waved his hand and said, "Bring him up."

After a moment, a pale-faced young man was brought up from outside. He was the king of Bahan, Cheli. When Chissoya came, he happened to go outside the city to welcome the distinguished guests from Dashi, and was not in the palace.

When Qi Li saw Cui Yao standing in the hall, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He had been controlled outside, but he had vaguely guessed from the soldiers' words that Chisouya must have brought some important news. However, he did not expect that there was a Tang Dynasty man hidden in his secret room. Moreover, his secret room was extremely secret and he was found by the Great Cannibal. However, he did not know that if the Great Cannibal did not find the secret room, the envoy from the Tang Dynasty would sooner or later die in his secret room.

When his eyes fell on the carpet, he suddenly screamed and rushed forward, "Uncle Chissoya!"

Qili shook his strength for a few times, and then he realized that his uncle had been dead for a long time. Qili stood up angrily and pointed at Saman and scolded: "You executioner, Prince Agush has promised me that he will no longer kill the Bana Khan royal family, but you dare to commit murder in my palace. I will tell you to the Cali."

"He should be dealt with by his affair with the enemy country. It is a bargain to kill him here. He should be hanged in public!" Samman said viciously.

Qi Li's face turned ashen and his chest was fluctuating violently. He stared at the demon in front of him with vicious eyes. Their family occupied the best land of Bakhan and cruelly exploited his subjects. He had tolerated him for so many years. Now he dared to break into his palace to kill and search. Qi Li finally couldn't bear it anymore. He trembled and pointed out, "Get out for me!"

Samman took out the letters searched from Cui Yao, raised them in the air, and smiled proudly: "You should be fierce now! When the Caliph saw this letter, you wouldn't have time to cry!"

He laughed loudly and waved his hand and said, "Take me the spies of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Stop!" Qi Li stepped forward and stopped Saman. He pointed at Cui Yao and said, "This is the envoy sent by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to Bakhanna. You are the Governor of the Shi Kingdom and have no right to interfere in my Bakhanna affairs."

Saman's eyes slowly narrowed and said with a smile: "I will tell you what I will do with this Tang Dynasty Spie. Today I will hang him on the city gate and let everyone see what the Tang Dynasty Spie will end."

Cui Yao laughed to the sky, "Kill me! If you kill me, one day, the Emperor of Tang will hang you to the top of the Thunder Ye City."

Samman turned around suddenly and whipped Cui Yao hard, "You still dare to speak stubbornly when you die. Are you really not afraid?"

"Bah!" Cui Yao spat at him disdainfully, "Why do you fear me, Cui Yao, died for the country? You are domineering, and you will be slaughtered by your master sooner or later."

Saman's face changed drastically. Cui Yao's words touched his heart. He was furious and whipped his face. At this moment, a large group of soldiers suddenly rushed into the door. One of Saman's subordinates came to report: "Governor, His Highness Prince Agush has arrived, right outside the door."

"You're wrong, I've come in."

I saw a man walking into the hall, with a golden helmet and a lazy smile on his face. It was Agush, the Governor of Samarkand.

Agush came to Bakhanna to inspect the logistics and supplies of the Battle of Saiye. The big food distinguished guest mentioned in the past two days refers to him. After the inspection, he will immediately return to Baghdad to report to Rashid. He heard that something happened to Bakhanna palace, so he rushed to check the situation. He happened to see the extremely arrogant scene of Saman. Agush is a scholar-type official. His task is to use Huairou to promote Islamic culture and reform the tax system east of the Amu River. However, the Saman family, the independent landlords, existed.

, but it seriously affected the completion of the above two tasks and hindered the centralization of the empire. Therefore, silencing the Saman family was another secret task assigned to him by Rashid. Rashid was a very strategic emperor. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Battle of Saiye to hand over the security power of Bahanna to the Saman family, and thus he did not express his feelings to find out the real forces of the Saman family in Bahanna. The next thing was completed by Agush, but there was a premise that it could not affect the Battle of Saiye.

Agush is the highest chief executive east of the Amu River, responsible for administration, religion and taxation. These are also the three major functions of the Dashi local government. Although Saman is also called the Governor, he is only a three-level governor, missing Agush. And under his jurisdiction, the Abbasid Dynasty inherited the provincial system of the Womaye Dynasty and divided it into five governor administrative regions throughout the empire. The highest chief executive is called Emir, that is, the Governor. The vast area east of the Amu River belongs to the Iraqi Governor administrative region, but because of management.

The territory is too wide, so the Caliph established two deputy chiefs under the Governor of Iraq, one managing the region east of the Amu River, the other managing the region east of the Amu River, and the other managing the Governor of Samarkand is the deputy chief who manages the region east of the Amu River, which is now Prince Agush. Despite this, the territory is still too large. After Rashid ascended the throne, he established three-level governors under him, such as the Governor of Shi Kingdom, the Governor of Bakhanna, the Governor of Bukhara, etc. In fact, they are only equivalent to one governor, and they are given the title of Governor.

Samman knew this very well, especially this Prince Agush also served as the governor of the Second Governor's Administrative Region. He had a high status. Although the former Caliph removed him from his post because he was captured by the Tang Dynasty, the current Caliph Rashid trusted him very much and reused him again. So as soon as Agush came in, Samman immediately restrained his arrogance. He stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Saman met His Highness Agush."

"You're welcome." Agush waved his hand and smiled faintly: "Governor Saman is not in Tuozhe City, why are he sweating?"

"Report to Your Highness, His Majesty the Caliph ordered our Saman family to maintain the public order of Bakhanna for the time being, especially to prevent the spies of the Tang Dynasty. The subordinates did not dare to slack off, so they came to inspect in person." Speaking of this, he pointed to Cui Yao and said, "It is the first spies of the Tang Dynasty that we captured."

Agush's eyes turned to Cui Yao. He slowly walked to Cui Yao, looked him up and down, and suddenly asked in unskilled Chinese: "Are you really a spy?"

Cui Yao was slightly stunned. The high-ranking official in front of him could speak Chinese, but was stunned for only a moment. He immediately said with a high voice: "I am not a spy, I am the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"What do I say? How could there be spies in the palace of Bahan?" Agush glanced at Saman coldly and stretched out his hand and said, "Take it out! Letter from the Emperor of Tang."

Samman hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Agush. Agush took it and looked at it, his face immediately darkened, and he said unhappily: "You are not qualified to disassemble this kind of national letter, and you must hand it over to the Caliph immediately."

"Yes! Yes!" Samman wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I don't know that this is a letter of state, otherwise I wouldn't dare to disassemble it without authorization if I beat my subordinates to death."

Cui Yao's words just now made him feel alert, and from the tone of the prince in front of him, he sensitively sensed the other party's dissatisfaction. Is this dissatisfaction his own emotions or something the Caliph hinted to him? The fox-like Saman immediately felt that Rashid asked him to act as a proxy for Bakhan's security, which might not be a good intention. This is not in line with his usual position of taking power back to Baghdad. As soon as this thought came, Saman quickly made a judgment and must not let Agush catch his own any more. He immediately closed his mouth and stopped saying anything.

Agush sneered, then ignored him, and turned around and said softly to the king of Bahan, Cheli, "King Cheli, searching the palace is not the style of a caliph. I apologize to you first, but..."

Speaking of the word "but", Agush's tone began to become stern. He warned Qi Li: "But the caliph's patience is limited. I hope the king will not do stupid things that harm the interests of the great food, otherwise the consequences will not be what the caliph wants to see."

Qi Li lowered his head and said nothing. Agush stared at him tightly. If it were normal, he would immediately execute this bold king. But now it is the war period, and Bahan cannot cause trouble for the time being. He can only bear this matter for a while. After a while, he held back the suffocation and turned to Saman and said, "This matter ends here. I will take this envoy of the Tang Dynasty to Baghdad and leave it to the Caliph. All your soldiers will retreat!"
Chapter completed!