Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Persian Beauty

Cui Laohou met him in a pavilion located in the garden. The garden is filled with all kinds of flowers, plants and trees unique to this area. It also introduces river water to form streams and ponds, with small bridges and flowing water. The scenery is not inferior to the famous gardens in Zhongtu. Cui Laohou sat at the stone table in the pavilion, raised one foot, stepped on the edge of the stone bench, held a pipe in his hand and smoked, and looked at his "Fan Qingzhou" who had changed another look without surprise. "Stay close. Cui Laohou sent the guide away and said, "Sit!"

Long Ying sat down opposite him, and Cui Laohou sighed: "No wonder you seemed to know me just now, and afterwards I also felt that your eyes had a feeling of deja vu. It turns out that it is really Brother Fan. You have very special eyes. People are happy at first sight." Long Ying thought about all kinds of changes, but still couldn't change his eyes.Lifting off the mask, he said: "Little brother came to see brother this time, to ask him to do me a big favor, let him ask for a price." Cui Laohou frowned and said: "With your skill, you can go wherever you like, why do you need to follow the regiment?" He narrowed his eyes and looked at him, and said: "Do you want to go to the plateau?"

Long Ying said happily: "Brother is indeed understanding." Cui Laohou said calmly: "We are old friends, and you know each other well. Since you know which route I take, you are begging me now, of course you want to follow me to take the old route back to Middle Earth." Long Ying said: "Just make an offer." Cui Laohou said: "Since we are old friends, we shouldn't hide anything. Now who is Fan Qingzhou who is showing his strengths in Bashu, and his business is getting bigger and bigger? What's the relationship with you?" Long Ying said calmly: "He is my substitute, this is a secret, please keep it secret for my younger brother. The snake head knife of my younger brother is on his back."

Cui Laohou looked up at the blue sky, his eyes showing nostalgia, and said: "Where did the beautiful girl who was with you back then go? I really can't imagine that there is such a beauty in the world, the more I think about it, the more memorable it becomes." Long Ying was surprised and said: "But at that time, my brother turned a blind eye and didn't feel anything." Cui Laohou said: "This kind of superficial skill. I still have it, but which man is not lustful?" He looked at him again, and said in a deep voice: "Who is your Excellency? It must have a lot of background, otherwise the military will not Such a laborious person came to find you."

Because Long Ying found out that he is a kind and righteous person, and wanted to obtain his unreserved cooperation and support, he said without any concealment: "Little brother Long Ying, please forgive the crime of hiding the truth from my brother." Cui Laohou shuddered when he heard it, and said involuntarily: "It turned out to be you." The foot of the step stool was put back on the ground unconsciously. Longying said: "My little brother was going to go up to the plateau from the secret path of Altun Mountain, but was intercepted by the Tubo and Turkic coalition forces of more than 20,000 people. Fortunately, he took advantage of the terrain to break out of the siege at night. When he was exiled in Khotan, he could imagine all The road to the plateau has been heavily blocked by the enemy, fortunately I have the ugly doctor mask of 'Young Commander' Kou Zhong, I can hide it from anyone, as long as the business team of the brother is willing to cover up for the younger brother, it will pass."

Hearing that he was still able to escape under the siege of more than 20,000 enemies, Cui Laohou's eyes widened, and he looked at him for a long time, and said with a sigh of relief: "Let me tell you my feeling first. Alas! Brother Your name is too resounding. This morning I was talking about you with Luotuo Wang and others. You killed Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong’s hands are really beautiful, which makes us Han people very proud. This time I am here in Khotan. All friends respect me His attitude is completely different, much more respectful. I was thinking in my heart, if I am lucky enough to see Longying, I will kneel down and worship him. I want to thank him for the glory he gave us Han people. Ha! But I will see you eventually! But There is no way to kneel down."

The two stared at each other for a while, then laughed out loud at the same time, choking tears from their laughter.Full of heartfelt joy. Longying gasped and said: "My brother is honest enough, I understand the feeling you said. Ha! It's easy to think, but it's another matter to put it into practice." Cui Laohou said: "When I knew you were Brother Fan, I already wanted to help you. Now that I know you are Longying, let alone. Hey! Since you are Longying, I have a new idea, which is to Please do me a favor and make my wish come true." Long Ying thought in his heart that he wanted me to deal with a powerful enemy for him, and said: "Just say it out, the brother's enemy is the younger brother's enemy."

Cui Laohou said: "It's not to deal with anyone, but to seek someone for me." Long Ying was surprised and said: "Pleasant? Whom?" Cui Laohou's eyes were full of enthusiasm, and he was lost in memory, and he said dreamily: "On the way I led the delegation, I met a group of thieves who trafficked women. They drove more than a dozen young women in three mule carts. The whole body was wrapped in a white robe and a white hood, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and one of them was staring at me intently. Those were really a pair of talking eyes, full of begging, so pitiful and heartbreaking. Alas! I didn’t You can forget her for a moment. I once discussed with the Camel King, asking him to talk to those devoid of conscience, whether it is possible to save her from the dire situation, but the Camel King flatly refused, saying that he did not want to have anything to do with such people. "

Longying said: "Isn't he your old friend?" Cui Laohou smiled wryly and said: "Do you know how my old friend came to be? At first, he relied on giving gifts. After giving them for decades, we got to know each other well, and we found out each other's behavior and style, so we could trust them, so we called them brothers and sisters. But I understand him, the benefits of human trafficking are too great, to establish a terrifying transnational force, even the government has to accept bribes, let's turn a blind eye." Longying asked: "Isn't it possible to do business with them if you have gold?"

Cui Laohou said: "If it was so simple, I would have bought her back. There are rules in the industry, those human traffickers who come from big food must hand over the people and goods to the Tibetans intact, and they are not allowed to touch their hairs. Otherwise, the Tibetans will teach them to drop their heads." Only then did Long Ying understand why Cui Laohou appeared in the square, and said, "Dude, do you know that the King of Yutian has taken human trafficking seriously?" Cui Laohou said: "It's useless! If it could be stopped, it would have been stopped long ago. Yuchi's only focus is on the integrity of officials, and he doesn't want to bear the notoriety of being the capital of human trafficking, not to mention supporting human traffickers behind the scenes. A person who can't be offended."

Long Ying said: "Is it true that there is no morning sun in Tubo?" Cui Laohou said: "Your news is very good, but things are not as simple as you imagined. Are you interested in meeting someone? No one knows the current situation in Tubo better than him, but he lives in the palace of King Khotan. You can only ask him out to meet you tomorrow." Longying said happily: "Of course I'm interested, and it's like rain after a long drought." He also said: "If I let go to do things for my brother, of course I will try not to involve him, but the fire cannot be covered with paper. If my relationship with this matter is exposed, my brother will take this route in the future, and there will be great retaliation The possibility of it. Have you thought about the consequences of this?" Cui Laohou said: "I am forty-eight years old this year, and I have spent most of my life in the world. Isn't it enough? After getting this girl, I will never come back after returning to the Central Plains. It's time to enjoy the family happiness. Hey! Is there any way for you?" Longying said: "It's easy to ask for someone. Bringing someone back to the Central Plains can be done by disguise. The only problem is to recognize someone. You must not go with me. If the other party knows our relationship, it will not work well." Cui Laohou was immersed in the memories of that day, and said dreamily: "She is not difficult to recognize. Among the sixteen Persian girls, she is the tallest, half a head taller than me. She is a little girl with long legs and blue eyes. Yes, like two sparkling gems, there is a hand mole as round as lacquer on the left wrist, very cute." Long Ying recalled the touching expressions of the two black-robed foreign women who saw only their eyes this morning, and felt empathy. One can imagine Cui Laohou's situation at that time.He couldn't help asking again: "How could you see it so clearly? Logically, human traffickers would never let them be exposed." Cui Laohou explained: "We came down from the plateau and met them on the road east of Shule. At that time, there were several packs of hungry wolves looking for food nearby, and the woman in charge was afraid of wolves, so we all walked together. How daring." Long Ying asked in surprise: "The team of human traffickers is actually dominated by women?" Cui Laohou said: "This is their business rule. They are afraid that men will not be able to suppress their wildness and violate them. They stay in the car during the day, and only let them sleep in the car at night when they are surrounded by curtains, so they have never had a chance to see her. Until they had to wade across the river, the human traffickers had no choice but to let them come out and send them across the river two by two with camels." Long Ying said: "Are you sure that these Persian girls were handed over to the Tibetans?" Cui Laohou said: "That's for sure. In the past ten years or so, the business of human trafficking has been almost monopolized by the Tubo people with the help of the local Khotan gang. Even if there are exceptions, it is only a small business." Longying said: "That's it, this matter is on me. Within three days, I will hand it over to you, but you must prepare a place to hide your beauty, and leave as soon as you get the beauty. Let's go?" Cui Laohou said: "It will be in the early morning three days later, won't you go on the road with us?" Long Ying said: "Tell me the route you took first." Cui Laohou said: "After we left Khotan, we went west, crossed the Karakash River, then turned to the south, crossed the Kara Pass in Kunlun Mountains, arrived at Ngari in the west of the plateau, and then crossed mountains and ridges to the south. Pangong Cuo, "Cuo" means lake. After passing through the area of ​​the original Zhang Shung Kingdom, along the north of the Gangdise Mountains, turn to the east until Chemara. After arriving here, the road is much easier. Ba, Lazi, and then Luoxie, the capital of the Tubo people." Long Ying let out a breath of cold air and said, "Without you, I would either be hunted down all over the plateau, or lose my way." Cui Laohou said: "Where are you going to meet us?" After Long Ying asked about the distance, direction and distance, he said: "After crossing the Karakash River, you will set up camp on the west bank, and I will join your team at night." Cui Laohou enthusiastically said: "You must meet the person I just mentioned tomorrow, and the meeting place is not suitable here, but please forgive me for not revealing his identity now, because I have not obtained his consent."