Not everyone is happy to see the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks. Because whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Western Turks, in the eyes of the small countries in the Western Regions, they are all 'predators' general existence, only these two 'predators' are hostile to each other, they have space, if these two big predators join forces, their survival space will be further compressed.

However, in the face of the situation of the union of the two powers, as a small country, what can they do? After all, strength is the foundation of the right to speak, and without strength, no one will care even if they say something.

Many messengers drank to relieve their sorrows, and the wine in the Dingxiang Brewery was in short supply every day, and it was snatched up as soon as it was hung out.

There is a saying that there is no endless road to heaven, and when the envoys were desperate, they almost invariably found that there was a group of people who were in contact with other envoys. These people are sneaky, as if they have something big planned. People can't suppress their curiosity, and everyone is a small country in the Western Regions, and no one has a few friends with each other, and the news can't be hidden. With such a tandem, things leak out.

It turns out that some people are connecting small countries, and it is also very reasonable. In today's Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks have an alliance, so why can't we, a small country, form an alliance? Although everyone's strength is very weak, and they are not opponents at all, but what if they join forces? The Western Regions are so big, even the Western Turks can't take care of every part of the Silk Road, but the small countries dotted around the Western Regions have a geographical advantage. Everyone united, whether it is the Western Turks or the Tang Dynasty, cannot be underestimated.

This is actually a bit far-fetched, a small country is a small country after all, countries like Yanqi and Qiuci, the whole country adds up to less than 20,000 people, and there are only a few thousand people who can fight, whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Western Turks, if they are determined to destroy them, they will definitely not be able to resist.

But human nature is like this, they will not delve into whether they can fight or not, and how much strength they have. They only want to 'unite and strength', and as long as everyone is united, they will be able to achieve something."

Under the urging of the 'common friends' of all parties, the envoys of the thirty-two countries of the Western Regions finally reached a consensus. The countries of the Western Regions must have a position and face on the trade route of the Silk Road. Together, they drafted a 'Song Shu', in Chinese and Turkic, to play the Tang Dynasty and the Turks respectively, asking the two countries to allow the Western Regions countries to form an alliance, just like the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, after the alliance, they would also participate in the affairs of the Silk Road.

It's very polite, but in fact, I just want to share a piece of the cake. If this happened after the alliance ceremony, the two countries would not take it seriously, although the song was written together, but after all, there are 32 countries in this 'alliance', it is certainly impossible to be of one mind, and if you use a little means, it will be over. But this happened before the alliance, which caught the two countries a little off guard. It's like two families getting married and having a happy event, everyone wants it to go smoothly, if on the day of the wedding, someone shouts 'I don't agree', even if it doesn't affect the marriage in the end, it will also stir up the marriage.

The mud has been attached to the table, and the alliance is held in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Dingxiang, this matter naturally kicked the ball back to the Tang Dynasty to make the final decision. And Li Shimin already has a will, and everything here is from Li Mu, so in the end, let Li Mu decide.

Li Mu looked at the note in his hand, sighed, and said, "Damn, damn, tomorrow is the day of the alliance, what do these people want to do?" I'm really angry, Siwen, pass on the order of Benhou, tell the Turks that the alliance will be put on hold for the time being, and the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will each send 30,000 troops to one place, and the Western Regions will be leveled first. Save these unsightly things, it's so noisy that it's annoying! ”

Li Siwen had already been instructed by Li Mu, and when he heard this, before Li Ji and Hou Junji could speak, he threw himself at Li Mu's feet, hugged his thighs and cried: "Big brother, calm down, think twice!" Don't kill again! Killing people can't solve the problem, the Tang Dynasty, it's not to govern the country by killing, Your Majesty is respected as the Khan of Heaven by all ethnic groups, that is the result of Your Majesty's kindness, you should convince people with virtue, since the envoys of all countries have such a request, there must be their reason, why don't you summon a few people and ask them what they think, it's not too late to make a decision. ”

"This-"

"Big brother! For the sake of my brothers, I have dealt with some of them, they are really kind people, they have admired Datang for a long time, and they will never dare to act recklessly. ”

Li Mu sighed contrivedly and said, "That's it, whoever made you my brother, I'll see a few in your face." You went find a few people who could speak Chinese, I couldn't understand their bird language. ”

"Good!" Li Siwen looked happy, turned around and went out, Li Ji and Hou Junji glanced at each other, and they both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes: I know that this kid didn't hold back his fart, look, this is coming.

Li Siwen walked out of the mansion, and the door was already surrounded by envoys from various countries. Last night, under the guidance of the 'caring person', these headless envoys finally opened their minds, found Li Siwen, and put together a 'heavy gift', wanting Li Siwen to help say something good in front of Li Mu.

Seeing Li Siwen coming out of the yamen with a happy face, the envoys were also relieved, looking at it like this, it should be done. I can't help but thank the friend who gave the idea yesterday in my heart, if it wasn't for his allocation, how could I think of giving a gift to this Dingxiang county? At the same time, I also remembered in my heart that when I was doing things with the Tang people, I had to dredge up the relationship, and this relationship was naturally as close as possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad that I have not been dishonored." Li Siwen clenched his fists and said, "You don't know how dangerous it was just now!" My eldest brother was very angry when he saw your performance and decided that you people were trying to obstruct the alliance between the two countries. Guess what's going to happen to him? ”

"What does Master Hou want to do?"

"He said that he would notify the Turks to suspend the alliance, and the Tang Dynasty would send 30,000 troops and the Turks would send 30,000 troops, and destroy your small countries first!"

"How's that okay?" / "How can Master Hou do this? / "I don't believe he dares, His Majesty the Tang Emperor doesn't care about him?" ”

The envoys suddenly exploded, and at this time, the Yanqi envoy stood up and acted as a 'commentator', and said, "Everyone, be quiet, listen to me!" ”

"What do you say? You know? ”

"Of course I know, don't forget, the Turkic Great Khan has been taking refuge in our Yanqi for more than a year, so I naturally know some news that you don't know."

"Then you say!"

"Don't underestimate this Zhulu Hou, do you know what kind of character he is? Don't say anything else, let's just say that the two generals in the yamen now, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, don't you still have to listen to his dispatch? What does a military marquis rely on on the head of the prince? Did you know? ”

The envoy of Yanqi said mysteriously: "Because he has the emperor's sword of Shangfang, with this sword, it is like the emperor of the Tang Dynasty coming in person, with the right to cut first and then play, and to kill and seize!" This place is seven thousand miles away from Chang'an, even if the Tang Emperor doesn't want to send troops to destroy us, as long as he wants to, he will have the final say. When the news reaches Chang'an, it's too late! ”

Everyone gasped, they didn't know that Li Mu had Shang Fang's sword in his hand!

Someone asked, "Isn't His Majesty the Tang Emperor confused?" I once saw Zhulu Hou from afar, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, why did he hold the sword of Shang Fang? ”

The Yanqi envoy cautiously peeked at Li Siwen, lowered his voice, and said: "I'm also hearsay, I don't know if it's true or not, it is rumored that this Zhulu Marquis is the first son of His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the widow of the people." After being separated for many years, he was found last year. Because now that he has set up an empress and a crown prince, he has no chance to be the emperor, so His Majesty the Emperor has given him great authority, and he is really one person under ten thousand people——"

"Huh?!"

Everyone exclaimed, Li Siwen interrupted at the right time, and said unhappily: "How can you privately speculate about my royal secrets?" Is this kind of thing something that you can comment on wantonly? Do you still put my Datang in your eyes? ”

The envoys hurriedly apologized, but they were still curious, and they didn't know how to die, and asked, "Is what the Yanqi envoy said true?" ”

"I don't know, I don't know!" Li Siwen said impatiently: "You ask me, I can't say, do you have a long brain?" In short, my eldest brother can make up his mind about this matter, and he wants you to send a few representatives who can speak Chinese to go in and ask, which of you goes, and the words are in front, no more than three people! ”

"I'll go!" / "Me! I speak well in Chinese! ”

Everyone competed for me, and in the end, Li Siwen selected the envoys of Yanqi, Qiuzi, and Chechi to enter the yamen. After about half an hour, the three envoys came out of the yamen, each with a happy face, and said: "Lord Hou has agreed to our request, let us all the countries of the Western Regions elect a representative, and in the future, we can participate in the affairs of the Silk Road, represent the countries of the Western Regions, and discuss with the Tang Dynasty and the Turks." ”

When the messengers heard this, they were all overjoyed. But it didn't take long to be happy, and the clever man thought of the joint of the problem: "Wait, everyone, don't be busy rejoicing!" What Hou Ye said is to elect a representative, we have envoys from thirty-two countries here, who will be this representative? ”

The Yanqi envoy immediately answered, and said: "Naturally, we Yanqi, we Yanqi have provided a place of refuge for the Turkic Niqi Khan for more than a year, which is a great achievement, if there is no Yanqi for us, there is no alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks today, this point, Hou Ye has praised." Do you dare to deny it? ”

"Fart!" The envoy of Qiuzi immediately scolded: "Don't think that others don't know, when the mud Khan was in your old age, but he was not less angry with you, I heard that the mud Khan was injured and needed medicinal materials, but you took advantage of the fire to rob, not only made things difficult everywhere, sold him the medicinal materials, but also asked for three times the price outside, and more than once argued about whether to hand over the mud Khan, which is also a kindness?" ”

"You're slandering!"

"You two countries are not good things, and no one can let you be!"

"What do you say? What country are you from? Believe it or not, I will play the king and send troops to fight you? ”

For the qualifications of this representative, it was another noisy conversation. Li Mu stood in the courtyard and listened, feeling that it was almost over, and glanced at Li Siwen. Li Siwen took a deep breath, walked out with a calm face, shouted loudly, and said, "What are you doing?" Noisy at the entrance of the yamen? Afraid that Hou Ye won't hear it? I can tell you, my eldest brother is not very good-tempered, and when he says that he will turn his face, he will turn his face, and a few days ago, Gaochang was bleeding like a river, do you know what is going on? It's because of that Ju Zhisheng, who doesn't know how to die, provoked my eldest brother, and buried thousands of people in the Gaochang royal family with one sentence! My eldest brother said, either you don't kill, you kill or kill, you are doing death! ”

The envoys really didn't dare to shout anymore, they glared at each other one and separated, and the Yanqi envoy leaned forward and stuffed a crystal clear jade pendant into Li Siwen's hand, Li Siwen looked down, put it into the cuff without leaving a trace, coughed lightly, and said, "What does this mean?" I can't promise you anything, and I don't count. ”

"Don't dare to ask for extravagance - I just hope that the county will dial one or two."

"Is this ......" Li Siwen leaned sideways into the ear of the Yanqi envoy and said, "Your news, it's too backward, don't you know, around here, there is an elder who is closer to me than my eldest brother?" ”

"Elders?" The Yanqi envoy was a little dazed, and Li Siwen stomped his feet and said, "His father-in-law is stupid!" ”

After speaking, Li Siwen returned to the yamen. The Yanqi envoy was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered who it was, and turned around and left without saying a word, and the other envoys couldn't shout, so he found a horse, got on it and ran away.

The Yanqi envoy rushed to Zhangjiaji non-stop, and Zhangjiaji's guards all recognized him. Because in addition to his identity as an envoy, his other identity is that of a big merchant who travels to and from the Silk Road. In fact, most of the so-called envoys of various countries were merchants on this trade route. They earn treasure for their country, and at the same time, they use money to obtain official positions for themselves. The two are not in conflict, so they are very concerned about the issue of the right of countries to speak on the Silk Road, after all, this is their job.

Zhangjiaji is a place of mutual trade in the Tang Dynasty, and he is naturally a frequent visitor here. and Zhang Xun, the city order, naturally knew each other, and they had drunk together. Not to mention how close the relationship is, it is also the degree of being called a brother.

"Brother Zhang, little brother is bothered!"

The Yanqi envoy shouted Brother Zhang when he was far away, but in fact, he was a few years older than Zhang Xun, and Zhang Xun had always called him brother.

Zhang Xun knew that someone would come, but on the surface, he still pretended not to know, greeted him outside, and said, "Why are you here?" Are there any goods that need to be traded? ”

"No, no, no." The Yanqi envoy bowed his head and kowtowed to Zhang Xun, Zhang Xun hurriedly helped him up, and said in surprise: "What are you doing here?" Is there any mishesitation? ”

"The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he doesn't know the relationship between the city order and the Hou Ye, but today I know, and I came to apologize for the previous offense, and I also ask the city order to forgive me. In addition, there is one more thing, I am here to inform the city order, this is a great opportunity, the city order should not be missed! ”