In the Liangyi Palace, Xiao Yanzhi was lazily lying on the low table in front of him, stretching his limbs.

Pei Ze, who was sitting opposite Xiao Yanzhi, had long been accustomed to his appearance, but Xu Lishan, who was at the top, felt unpleasant no matter how he looked at it, even if he wanted to cover his vision with a fold, he would always see the presumptuous and lazy Xiao Yanzhi.

Putting down the recital, Xu Lishan glared at Xiao Yandao: "The Turkic mission is coming soon, can you have some rules?" ”

Xu Lishan said this for a long time, and Xiao Yanzhi slowly turned his head to look at Xu Lishan: "Huh? You say me? ”

"Who else but you?" Xu Lishan looked at Pei Ze with annoyance, "He's like this at home?" ”

Pei Ze smiled lightly.

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly: "I didn't sleep all night last night, so you can be considerate of me." ”

"Haven't slept all night?" Xu Lishan raised his eyebrows, "What did you do?" ”

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows, looked at Xu Lishan playfully, and asked, "Are you sure you want to ask?" ”

Xu Lishan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood something: "You two are in your thirties, as for it?" ”

"What's thirty," Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Xu Lishan, "I'm just thirty, don't say that I seem to be an old man." ”

The three of them were arguing, and Ying An came to report that the Turkic mission had arrived, and when he heard this, Xiao Yanzhi immediately sat up straight, Xu Lishan rolled his eyes, and then announced that the Turkic mission had arrived.

Outside the Liangyi Palace, the Turkic Khan faintly felt that something was wrong, so he turned his head and asked Paleken, "Are you sure Your Majesty Tang wants to see me here?" ”

Receiving the mission is also a big event, especially if the lord of a country comes in person, in the past, he would summon the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Tang State in the Taiji Hall in front of him, and make the scene very grand, but this time how did he move the place to the back? Looking at the size of these two ceremonial halls, he doesn't seem to be able to fit so many ministers of the Tang Kingdom, right? And standing at the door until now, he didn't feel the grand atmosphere at all, and even the guards guarding the door of the temple didn't bother to look at him.

Paleken glanced at the Khan, and said a little depressedly: "Your Majesty Tang is still willing to see you, Father Khan, you will be content." ”

Standing on the other side of the khan, Tong Jin Batu glared at him and shouted, "Paleken, which side are you on?" They are obviously snubbing their father Khan, how can you still make your father Khan content? I think this little emperor of the Tang Kingdom looks down on me Turkic, right? ”

Palegen sneered, not bothering to pay attention to Batu.

Despise? They really can't afford it! People don't care about the little offering you give, and they are not afraid of war, so why should they look up to you?

A quarter of an hour later, the Khan and his entourage did not hear the announcement of the promise, but saw a little eunuch running out with steps: "Several envoys, please, Your Majesty will announce it." ”

Khan frowned.

Where is this to meet the envoys? It's clearly to summon the courtiers!

Despite his displeasure, the Khan led Batu and Palkon into the Hall of the Two Rites in a majestic manner, and burst into laughter as soon as he stepped through the door.

"Is the new emperor of the Tang State really lazy, or has the etiquette of the Tang State in receiving foreign envoys changed? Such neglect is a loss of manners! If the first emperor had knowledge, he would have been angry. ”

Hearing this, Xu Lishan shot back unhurriedly: "In addition to paying attention to etiquette, my Tang Kingdom also pays attention to faithfulness, the first emperor once said that treacherous people should not have fellowship, this teaching, I dare not forget." ”

The smile on Khan's face froze, he stared at Xu Lishan, and said with a hearty smile: "The first emperor is reasonable!" ”

Xu Lishan smiled and said, "Khan and the two of you, please sit down, the three of you come from afar, it must be very hard, and I ordered the people to prepare some refreshments." ”

As he spoke, Xu Lishan gave Ying An a look, and Ying An immediately ordered someone to serve refreshments.

"Thank you." The khan sat down with a big grin, and when he saw someone serving tea, he poured a cup down, "The tea of the Tang Kingdom is really good tea!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He drinks like that, and he can still drink good tea? I'm afraid I can't tell what kind of tea I'm drinking.

Let Ying An take away all the folds on the table, Xu Lishan sipped a cup of tea, and asked the Khan unhurriedly: "So, is there something wrong with the Khan coming in such a hurry this time?" ”

Khan's eyes tightened, and he gave Batu a look.

Batu understood, so he said to Xu Lishan with a displeased face: "Why does Your Majesty pretend to be stupid with us? This year, the grain that the Tang State wants to support the Turks has not yet been delivered, and His Majesty has not been able to send the grain for a long time, isn't it just to force his father Khan to come in person? ”

"Persecution?" Xu Lishan looked surprised, "I never thought of forcing the Khan to do anything, and the Turkic Khan, how can he be forced by others to give in?" I have always admired the backbone of the Turks, how can I be disrespectful? ”

"Then why hasn't the grain of the Tang Kingdom been distributed?" Batu glared and shouted, "The Tang Kingdom has made an alliance with the Turks, and our offerings have been sent this year, where is the grain?" ”

Xu Lishan picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, the tea rolled around in his mouth, but he didn't swallow it.

Xu Lishan was silent, and Xiao Yanzhi spoke: "There is indeed an alliance between the two countries. ”

Xiao Yanzhi stretched out his hand back, and someone handed him a scroll.

Xiao Yanzhi unfolded the scroll with a smile, and said while looking at it: "But after counting the offerings sent by the Turks this year, I always felt that something was wrong, so I sent someone to find this Old Testament and take a look, only to find that the ten years mentioned in the covenant are about to expire, so it is no wonder that the number of offerings sent by the Turks is more than double that of the past, it seems that the Turks have found other allies, in this case, my Tang Kingdom does not have to worry about the food problem of the Turks." If you calculate it carefully, the number of offerings in the past few years seems to be too right, but since the grain has been sent, my Tang Kingdom is not a stingy person, and it is only to blame that we did not notice the deadline of the covenant. ”

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's statement that the covenant was about to expire, Khan, Batu, and Palegen were all stunned.

After a careful recollection, Palegen said uncertainly: "But I remember that the covenant was set for a period of ten years, and now it is ...... There must be three years left, right? ”

"Yes, that's right." Xiao Yanzhi nodded.

Palegen was even more confused.

There are still three years, why is it about to expire?

Xiao Yanzhi handed over the covenant to the person behind him, and said, "But since the Turks have reduced their offerings, they must have other thoughts, right?" This implies that we can still understand it, and since we understand, we will naturally not meddle in our affairs anymore, and some things are not easy to say openly, so everyone should just tacitly understand it. ”

Hearing this, Paleken knew that Xiao Yanzhi said this on purpose, and he was helpless, but he could only bow his head and taste the tea, and said no more.

If it is involved in the covenant, it is indeed their fault.

Khan and Batu also understood the meaning of Xiao Yanzhi's words, and they were speechless for a while.

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled lightly, and said: "Please don't show such a guilty expression, the covenant was originally made by you and me on the premise of mutual benefit, and now that the Turks have decided that it is not profitable, it is reasonable that they will unilaterally break the treaty. ”

Suddenly, someone walked into the Liangyi Hall quickly, and after kneeling down in front of Xu Lishan, he held a book of folds in both hands.

"Your Majesty, it's urgent to return to you."

"Submit it," as soon as the smile on Xu Lishan's face was closed, he immediately asked Ying An to take the fold, and then turned his head to the Khan and smiled, "Then the Khan must be tired, since everything is clear, then ask the Khan to rest first, I have some urgent matters to deal with." Ying An, arrange for someone to take Khan and the two catties to rest. ”

"Yes." Ying An responded and walked up to the khan with a smile, "Khan, please." ”

"Wait a minute......"

"Khan," Pei Ze, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke in a deep voice, and after attracting the Khan's attention, he motioned to the Khan with his eyes to look at the door of the Liangyi Palace, where there were six soldiers in light armor standing, "Although there are some sorry Khans, but the matter is urgent, please forgive the Khan." 166 Reading Network