The arrow furnace is located in the west of Yazhou, facing Yazhou across the Dadu water. This realm has a more familiar name in later generations, that is, Kangding.

At present, there are no love songs to sing in the arrow furnace, which can basically be said to be the dividing point of the western territory of the Tang Dynasty. Although there were still many Qianghu tribes to the west of Dadushui attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty also set up some prefecture capitals, it did not set up state capitals or send officials to directly govern them.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, the grass and trees in the ditch and mountains in western Sichuan gradually withered, and the cold mountain breeze passed through the mountains, and the climate gradually became cold.

In such a season, the army of more than 2,000 people from the Dadu Governor's Mansion of Yizhou in the Tang Dynasty suddenly appeared in the arrow furnace, and some of the surrounding Tuqiang tribes who were aware of this news could not help but be vigilant and suspicious, and sent their soldiers to peep near the arrow furnace to inquire, trying to find out why the Tang army had such a move.

The commander of the Tang army on this road was Shi Shi, the governor of Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Li Guangshun, the king of Han. The reason why Li Guangshun led the crowd here was not to gather to meet the chieftains of Zhuqianghu, nor to attack Tubo, but to welcome Princess Chizun and her party from the Eastern Regions of Tubo, who were about to enter the Tang Dynasty.

The Tibetan contingent had not yet arrived, so Li Guangshun took advantage of this time to send troops to report and expel the Qianghu people who had gathered near the Arrow Furnace to clear out the idle eyes and ears around the Arrow Furnace.

Li Guangshun led the crowd to wait here for a few more days, and the Tibetan team was late.

There are more than 5,000 members of its team, in addition to more than 2,000 armor soldiers, there are all kinds of male and female servants, craftsmen, and slaves sacrificed by the barbarians of the Eastern Regions who are attached to Tibet, and there are tens of thousands of cattle and horses, and nearly 1,000 large and small cages, or carried by manpower, or carried by cattle and horses.

Just the arrival of the road ahead, the suburbs on the west side of the castle are full of people and horses, and there is almost no idle land.

Li Guangshun, the king of Han, waited inside the city gate to greet him, and when he saw such a large team, his brows were already furrowed.

It wasn't until Guo Yuanzhen and his entourage led the Tibetan envoys in the team into the city to meet him that he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, nodded and responded to the pre-entry salute of the Tibetan envoys, and then said: "The princess is far away, the journey is hard, Xiao Wang has made a brief arrangement in the city, and invited the princess to enter the city to rest." ”

After saying this, he instructed some of the Yizhou officials and maidservants who had come here to go out of the city to enlist in the army to receive the Tubo princess into the city.

The Tibetan envoys had to cooperate with the Tang officials to settle the princess's life, and Guo Yuanzhen, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, also hurriedly followed the Han Wang's Yijia at this time and returned to the city to inquire about the details.

Until he returned to the city, Li Guangshun dismounted and entered the hall, and Guo Yuanzhen also tended to follow. After retiring from the idle people and waiting, Li Guangshun no longer suppressed his emotions, raised his hand and pointed at Guo Yuanzhen and said angrily: "Guo Yuanzhen, are you guilty?" Who gave you such the courage to dare to form a relationship with the country of Tibet and seduce the women of the country to humiliate the children of my clan! ”

Guo Yuanzhen knew that he would definitely face such accusations and reprimands after returning to China, and after hearing this, he knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Zhen used his skills outside the king's order, and it is indeed indisputable that he has done this." ”

When Li Guangshun heard this answer, he was even more angry, and the halberd pointed at his people and continued to shout angrily: "King Yong pulled you out to be a subordinate to the clumsy staff, and did not abandon you with despicability, and the opportunity was given, which can be described as appreciation." As a result, you can't be righteous inside, and you can't be brave outside, but you only know how to hunt and choose barbarians and evil colors to offer, and whether you are grateful for the grace of King Yong's appreciation, where is the majesty and dignity of the king placed by you? The species of jackals in the country of Tibet, how can it match my brother's bright demeanor and heavenly position! ”

Li Guangshun is usually calm and kind, and rarely angry, but at this moment, his face is red and his knuckles tremble, which shows that he is extremely angry with Guo Yuanzhen.

It's no wonder that their brothers have been dependent on each other since they were young, and their feelings are deep. Although the situation has improved now, and the brothers are in the lead, Li Guangshun knows that this is all the result of the hard work of the younger brother.

As the eldest brother, he has nothing to do in the face of the danger of the family business, and he has nothing to do, and he is stuck behind, relying on the struggle of the young brother in danger, and he enjoys it, in addition to admiring the young brother, there is also a shame that is difficult to declare.

Now seeing that Guo Yuanzhen attracted the princess of Fan Kingdom into the country, and his young brother didn't know what kind of criticism he would bear because of this, Li Guangshun was naturally extremely angry, and he was extremely disgusted with Guo Yuanzhen.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion had just received a summons from King Yong, if Guo Yuanzhen had returned to the country and he had properly responded, he would not have led the army to meet him at all, or even directly turned away the princess of Nafan Kingdom.

It is precisely because of this that Li Guangshun is even more annoyed with Guo Yuanzhen. His brother is in charge of great responsibilities and every opportunity, and he did not forget to tell him to take Guo Yuanzhen well, but Guo Yuanzhen actually reciprocated with this, which is really unbearable.

Hearing King Han's accusation, Guo Yuanzhen bowed to the ground: "The king's reprimands for all the crimes, Yuan Zhen dare not refuse." His Royal Highness King Yong's blue eyes drooped on me, and he intended to recreate the grace, so he sacrificed his life and forgot his life. There are many strange things in the national conditions of the Tibetan country, and the so-called plan of harmony is also very hidden. This is not a word to be able to describe everything, please let me breathe for a moment, and make a complaint in the matter, if Yuan Zhen's plan is contrary to the will of the above, no matter what punishment His Royal Highness King Yong makes, and even the sword soldiers, Yuan Zhen will never dare to complain! ”

"Say!"

Li Guangshun snorted coldly after hearing this, and sat down in the hall, his eyes still glaring at Guo Yuanzhen who was prostrate on the ground.

Next, Guo Yuanzhen told all kinds of concise and concise accounts of the experience of this trip, and did not exaggerate the dangers experienced in it, but carefully talked about the domestic situation in the country of Fan and the reason why the so-called Princess Chizun entered the Tang Dynasty and relatives.

"The monarchs and ministers of the Tibetan State are centrifugal and contradictory, and they are bound to become fire and water, and they are almost incompatible. Although the daughter of the Chen family was born in a powerful family, she did not have the protection of her relatives, and in this whirlpool, she had no power to protect herself, and she was unwilling to be a plaything, so she fled the country to seek refuge in the Tang Dynasty. The vain and hypocrisy granted by the monarchs and ministers of the Tibetan State is still a plan of persecution. ”

When Guo Yuanzhen said this, he sighed: "This woman's life experience may be a sigh, but her life and death are indeed not worth caring about. Only the name of the clan added by the Fan Kingdom does have an opportunity to take advantage of it. The monarchs and ministers of the Tibetan country are competing, and they may be able to press a little in a short time, but for a long time, there will be a war, and chaos will arise in the country. Since I hold his daughter in my hands, once the thief is here, I have the handle and motive to send troops to interfere with his state affairs. Therefore, attracting this woman into the country is definitely not for the purpose of hue. ”

When Li Guangshun heard this, his face softened slightly.

The Tang Dynasty was founded with a majestic state, and there were not a few foreign kings who were sheltered and protected, not to mention the rise and fall of the Western Turks who had been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and succeeded the Khan, the most typical is the prince of the Persian Sassanid Dynasty, Balus, whose people died in the country to vote, and the Tang Dynasty not only sheltered them, but even tried to help them restore the country, although in the end it failed, Balus finally died in the land of the Tang Dynasty.

From this point of view, it makes sense for Guo Yuanzhen to lure the princess who escorted Tubo into the Tang Dynasty to seek refuge. Although the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is now bad and there are frequent wars, it can be regarded as a country of uncles and nephews, and there is a little friendship.

Of course, putting aside these so-called national friendships, if the situation described by Guo Yuanzhen really happened in the Tubo Kingdom, it would be inevitable that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to intervene. With such a person with the status of the Tibetan royal family in his hands, there will naturally be more room for manipulation at that time.

After listening to Guo Yuanzhen's explanation, Li Guangshun's mood calmed down, but when he thought of the so-called peace covenant, his mood became bad again, and he said in a condensed voice: "Even if this Tubo princess has the purpose of planning for the future, she will not want to damage the reputation of the king to protect her people." King Yong is now a young man of the clan and a pillar of the country, and his future is even more ...... In short, it is always inappropriate to marry a woman from a Tibetan state. ”

Li Guangshun is a typical scholar doctor's idea, he has prejudice against the Fan State, and at the same time, he does not approve of the too flexible and treacherous schemes, and still resists the official acceptance of a Fan State woman from the Heavenly Family.

Guo Yuanzhen saw that King Han was no longer as angry as before, so he continued: "The so-called theory of harmony is just the words of the Tubo family. Since the Fan girl entered the Tang Dynasty, it is naturally a two-headed monk who recites scriptures separately. How can my Tang Dynasty strategy be due to thieves?

The thief wants to trouble me, and I can make the thief more troublesome. His country's strong ministers are overpowered, the royal family is weak, and he is about to defend, and he urgently needs foreign aid, so he sent his princess to ask for our country, because he was afraid that the strong ministers would obstruct and could not make the trip, so he was in the name of his relatives, and relied on His Royal Highness King Yong's Qinghai Shengwei to intimidate the strong ministers. ”

Since he finally decided to lure the girl back to Tang, Guo Yuanzhen naturally thought a lot about this. In the name of harmony, it was a matter of the Tibetan country, but in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family of Tibet could no longer bear the humiliation of the powerful minister Gar family, so they sent the princess abroad to ask for help.

No matter what kind of statement it is, it is just to give an explanation to the people in the country, and there is an excuse to be able to deal with the accusations issued by the imperial court against King Yong.

King Yongke has never bypassed the imperial court to hire foreign states and behaviors, and the entry of the Fan girl into the country is also an aftermath of Qinghai's great victory, which shows the prestige of King Yong in the West after his victory over the Great Qinling of the Fan State in Qinghai.

Hearing Guo Yuanzhen's words, Li Guangshun opened his mouth and didn't know how to evaluate it, and only sighed after a while: "Guo is sophistry, honesty can make trouble." ”

After Guo Yuanzhen heard this, he didn't know whether this evaluation was a compliment or an accusation, but he just hung his head and said nothing.

"King Yong is in the aspect, and he is thirsty for talent, so he is meritocracy, not informal. But this is not a reason for you and other users to be arrogant, the minister's physique is Kuang Zheng Yishi, so he has to keep it for a long time. If it is only used by trickery, even if it is favored for a while, it will not last long. King Yong treats you very kindly, and sends you a word, hoping that you will not live up to this feeling. ”

In the end, Li Guangshun still knocked Guo Yuanzhen a few words before ending the conversation, they have different temperaments, he doesn't agree with Guo Yuanzhen very much, but King Yong will not interfere too much with him or not, just hope that Guo Yuanzhen will not be too out of proportion.