Chapter 170 Guasha
Chapter 170 Guasha
"Wait a little longer." Su Qinchao observed carefully for a while and confirmed that most people were attracted there.
Cai and Gao Chongwen, taking advantage of the shelters along the way, moved quickly and quietly towards the tribal leader's tent.
In just half a minute, it had disappeared into the shadow of the side of the tent.
"You keep watch here!" Su Qinchao lowered his voice, lifted a corner and slipped in.
The tribe of Moge Xiqi was considered relatively large among the Huihe.
Apart from those who have climbed up, there are still 50,000 to 60,000 people, and the number has been increasing in recent years.
Therefore, his main tent was also exceptionally magnificent, especially with the light of numerous candles, which almost blinded Su Qinchao's eyes.
"Who?" Noticing the abnormal flickering of the candle flame, the female slave who was originally guarding the tent and making butter tea turned around.
But I saw that there was nothing behind me, without a trace of anyone. Could it be that I was mistaken?
The slave girl looked around again in confusion, and when she saw that there was indeed nothing there, she turned back and continued her work.
While stirring the butter tea, add two pieces of firewood into the stove from time to time.
"Crackle~" Suddenly, the flame under the stove exploded inexplicably. When the female slave turned sideways to look, she saw a thin smoke blowing towards her face.
"This thing is really good." After confirming that the female slave was completely unconscious, Su Qinchao slowly walked out from the shadow of a screen.
This was one of the little gadgets Qi Min sent them when they set out. I won’t go into details here.
This thing is made by grinding up the sleeping grass and adding several kinds of medicinal herbs into a secret recipe. It is suitable for various special scenarios.
For example, now, just throw it into the fire from a distance. When you see fire and smoke, it is hard to guard against.
Su Qinchao originally thought that Moge Xiqi, as one of the several wise kings of the Uighurs, was also a close confidant of the Uighur emperor.
Even if there are no letters of collusion with the Li clan in the main account, at least some related details can be found.
Unexpectedly, although these were not turned out, a lot of letters exchanged with the Turks and Goryeo were found.
Most of the content is about how to connect and attack the border of Wu Dynasty while the weather is cold.
However, from the following letters, it can be seen that the Turks were just laughing it off, while Goryeo directly refused.
Although it had nothing to do with what he was looking for, it was better than nothing.
Then, they each picked up two and stuffed them into their arms.
...
"How is it?" Gao Chongwen couldn't wait to ask after the two of them returned to the haystack.
"No." Su Qin spread his hands.
The secret letter from Princess Yucheng also mentioned that there were two groups of people colluding with the clan members in Chang'an.
There were nine large Uighur tribes in total, and this was just the first one.
I didn't really expect it to be so fast. If I find something, I can just look for it one by one.
"It will take several days to reach the next tribe." Gao Chongwen sighed and sat down on the haystack.
"No hurry." Su Qinchao also sat next to him, picked up a blade of grass, leaned against the haystack and looked up at the sky.
The weather is very good today. The bright moon is shining in the sky and the stars are shining brightly in the sky.
When people sit underneath, they will feel as if the stars are twinkling right in front of their eyes, within reach.
Their current location is far away from the Tianshan Mountains, and the temperature is incomparable to before. Now they will not feel cold even if they only wear two pieces of clothing.
In a couple of days, the further south you go, the hotter it will be, and by then you probably won’t be able to wear even a single layer of clothing.
"How can I not be anxious? Before coming here, the princess said that we should do it as soon as possible." Gao Chongwen narrowed his eyes.
Although he looks very steady on weekdays, it is a different story if he has something on his mind. He will not feel at ease until he accomplishes something.
What's more, this matter concerns his future.
"There's no point in being anxious now. We can't leave the caravan and act alone." This is the grassland. No matter what they do, two or three people alone will be very conspicuous.
That's why they choose to hide in the caravan and take the opportunity to do things. However, it is not easy to do things well.
"if…"
"Don't worry, it's okay."
...
In the following half month, the three followed the caravan to several large and small tribes, but did not find any useful information.
Until we arrived at the Xuelingge River, which was still dozens of miles away, we saw a large tribe called Guasha.
They finally found the first piece of evidence.
"It turns out to be the Prince of Longxi." Gao Chongwen took the stack of letter papers brought back by Su Qinchao and read them excitedly.
Judging from the letter, King Guasha has been colluding with the Prince of Longxi for three years.
In the past two years, the Prince of Longxi sent some ironware and several hundred sets of armor to Guasha through secret channels in order to show his sincerity...
"I remember that the first Longxi County Prince of the Wu Dynasty was Li Chengqi, the younger brother of Li Longji, the deposed Crown Prince of the previous Dynasty, right?"
"Yes." Gao Chongwen looked at the secret letter without raising his head. This was something that everyone knew.
The current Prince of Longxi is Li Jingqi, the great-great-grandson of Li Chengqi.
"No wonder." Su Qinchao was silent.
Longxi was a relatively special place in the Wu Dynasty. After all, the previous emperor Gaozu, Li Yuan, originated from Longxi.
Its significance is far-reaching. After Wu Lizong successfully seized the throne, he deliberately granted Longxi to Li Chengqi, which was already ironic.
Although he did not agree with what the Prince of Longxi did, he could understand it.
After all, he has been living in fear for several generations and has not been promoted, so how could he not cause trouble?
There's no hope anyway, so I might as well try my best to take a gamble.
"Then will these things be sent away today?" Gao Chongwen finally finished reading the secret letter, folded it up again, and then looked up.
This was what they had discussed before. Although they were doing things covertly, they were still afraid of omissions.
Therefore, just in case, he planned to hand over the evidence to Ling Qi outside to send it away immediately once he found it.
"Well, I will meet Ling Qi tonight." Su Qinchao nodded.
In fact, after delivering the blanket last time, he had looked for Ling Qi two or three times.
They either go to deliver fresh food, or they go to keep watch for people in case they are worried that they will not sleep.
Every time I stay here for a long time before coming back, and today is the first time I come back for serious business.
That night, when everything was quiet, Su Qinchao took advantage of the darkness and quietly slipped out with the secret letter in his arms.
At this time, the two Arabs who were originally tied up had become very familiar with Ling Qi. They only had their hands and feet tied, and their mouths were not even gagged. They sat under a tree and chatted casually.
The guard who looked similar to Su Qinchao greeted him happily in a low voice when he saw him coming: "Alimu!"
"Hello, Awad." Su Qinchao replied with a smile.
Then he pulled Ling Qi over and walked to a place where the two big Arabs couldn't see him before letting go of his hand.
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