Chapter 634 Crisis
In mid-June, a drizzle fell in Beijing, and the drizzle lasted intermittently for half a month.

Fu Yuan set out from Peking in mid-June and entered the U-Tsang Regional Administration via the Silk Road around the end of June.

During the past half month, he learned Tibetan from a person from the Western Regions on the road. In just half a month, Fu Yuan had mastered Tibetan almost completely.

It has to be said that Fu Yuan is the only truly evil person in the Ming Dynasty besides Chen Ce.

Chen Ce was able to reach this height only because of his golden finger and knowledge from later generations, while Fu Yuan really relied on his own abilities and enchanting wisdom!

The carriage slowly drove into the border of U-Tsangdusi. Fu Yuan said in fluent Tibetan that they had gone out of the border to do business and had just returned. They didn’t know what had happened in the Western Regions.

The journey was smooth. After entering the U-Tsang Regional Command, Fu Yuan headed towards Lhasa.

After entering Lhasa, Fu Yuan found a residence to rest in, and asked his connections in the inner factory to quickly begin visiting and investigating in the Western Regions. He wanted to know what had happened here.

Originally, Fu Yuan didn’t have to come in person, but the imperial court attached great importance to the Western Regions, so Fu Yuan was asked to go in person.

Three days later, the thugs scattered around the inner factory had found out some clues, and immediately reported to Fu Yuan after arriving at the residence.

Fu Yuan, dressed in white, sat in the room, listening carefully to the intelligence report from the guard, frowning from time to time. After he had heard the general idea, his face suddenly changed. He sat at the desk as quickly as possible and wrote a letter, saying to the guard in the inner factory: “Leave quickly!”

“Find a way to get back to Beiping. Give this letter to Chen Ce. Go quickly!”

The internal factory guard was somewhat puzzled and asked Fu Yuan in confusion: “Sir, what’s wrong?”

Fu Yuan said: “Don’t ask so many questions, just leave quickly!”

The internal factory guard said nothing more and left the residence as quickly as possible.

Not long after the guards from the inner factory left, a group of people came into the residence and surrounded Fu Yuan’s room.

A Tibetan man, who was leading the group, walked in and said to Fu Yuan in fluent Chinese: “Sir…are you from Peking?”

Fu Yuan said calmly: “No, what’s wrong?”

The man smiled slightly and said, “Our master noticed you when you entered the snowy area. Why do you need to disguise yourself?”

Fu Yuan took a deep breath and smiled, “You got the wrong person.”

“Aren’t you here to investigate why these Tibetans rebelled?”

“Have you found out now?”

“Over the years, we have oppressed and humiliated the Tibetans and exploited their property, but so what? These people are not of Han Chinese descent anyway, so they deserve to be oppressed and exploited!”

Fu Yuan stared at him and asked, “Are you not Tibetan?”

“Yes, the commander of the guards.”

“My Lord, I’m sure you know that the Tibetan rebellion was fake. It was all forced by our Lord.”

“The court will find out about the problems in the Western Regions sooner or later, so our master has to take preemptive action.”

Fu Yuan smiled and said, “Who is your master?”

“The envoy Gao Zhongshun.”

Fu Yuan groaned and said, “Master Gao is afraid that his atrocities in the Western Regions will be known to the court. After all, this is a capital crime.”

“So he provoked the Tibetans to rebel, and then he killed a few envoys?”

“He deliberately fled the Western Regions and informed the court of the situation in order to cover up his atrocities of oppressing and exploiting the Tibetans?”

The man nodded. The more he said so, the uglier Fu Yuan’s expression became, but he soon felt relieved.

“He also knew that the court would definitely send someone to investigate. He also knew that no one would believe what he said to Lord Yang in Hami if it was spread to the court.”

“So he had you guys waiting for us at the Western Region Gate, and then – kill me?”

“Well, that should be the case. Only by killing me can the situation in the Western Regions not be spread out, and the court will pay more attention to the Western Regions. In the end, maybe your master will ask for permission to lead troops to re-enter the Western Regions… After all, he is very familiar with this place.”

“Once he pacifies the Western Regions again, all his crimes will be covered up.” “So…”

Fu Yuan paused and said, “Am I going to die here today?”

The man narrowed his eyes, “You are really amazing! No wonder the court sent you to the Western Regions to investigate. Yes, you will die here.”

Fu Yuan sighed helplessly and said, “If I tell you, I won’t say anything nonsense, can you let me go?”

“It’s just a job, there’s no need to fight to the death. The salary is so little per month, why bother with it?”

“If you kill me now, I think your whole family will die later. I have a very powerful friend who will find out about these things soon. If he finds out that you killed me, I think the consequences will be very serious.”

“So, let’s make a deal. Let me leave the Western Regions, and when the court settles the accounts, I will save your life. How about that?”

The man laughed loudly: “Are you so afraid of death? Do you think I will be afraid of such a threat? My ancestors fought side by side with Mr. Gao’s ancestors. He is my brother. Will I betray him?”

Fu Yuan looked up outside, sighed, and cursed: “Damn it! I thought I could live a hundred years, but who knew I would die before you, Chen Chunjian! Damn! What bad luck!”

The man had already drawn his knife.

Fu Yuan said: “Can you give me a cup of poisoned wine? I want to choose my own way of death.”

“no!”

puff!

The knife cut through quickly and efficiently. The man left indifferently only after he confirmed that Fu Yuan was dead.

“Drag the body out and feed it to the dogs!”

The man said coldly.

……

Mid-July.

Beiping.

The sky became even darker. Chen Ce looked at the dark sky and had a bad feeling.

In the inner factory, a soldier arrived exhausted and found the commander of the inner factory: “Sir, the commander asked me to deliver a letter to the Duke of Fuguo. I don’t know where the Duke of Fuguo lives.”

“what happened?”

Fanzi said: “I don’t know, but the master asked us to come back. We were hunted before we even left the Western Regions. We might have been exposed…”

Upon hearing this, the commander of the inner factory suddenly changed his face and hurried into the Qianqing Palace’s Silijian to find Liu Jin.

When he told Liu Jin the news, Liu Jin’s face changed drastically, and then he rushed to find Zhu Houzhao as quickly as possible.

Zhu Houzhao was also stunned and flew into a rage: “How could this be!”

boom!
Zhu Houzhao slammed his fist on the desk, and Liu Jin said cautiously: “Your Majesty, Master Fu, Master Fu is a good friend of the Duke of Fuguo. He will give this letter to the Duke of Fuguo.”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a long time before he said, “Leave the palace! Let’s go to Chen’s house!”

“According to the order!”

……

The sky became even darker. Xiaohua came to the back door and said to Chen Ce, “Brother Chen, it’s raining. Why are you still sitting here?”

“Let’s go back quickly.”

Chen Ce: “Oh, let’s go.”

(End of this chapter)