In March in the Central Plains, the grass has grown and it is time for everything to recover, but in Lhasa, it is still extremely cold. There was still a thick layer of snow on the ground, and the sky was sprinkled with a lot of snow. Naturally, not many people are willing to come out of this kind of weather.

But on a hillside outside the city, two men sat opposite each other on a carpet of felt, and a thick layer of snow fell on top of the cloak, and at the slightest movement the snow fell in torrents.

Between the two, there was a small stove, and wine was warmed.

There is no dish with alcohol.

The two of them still seemed to be drinking.

"Thank you, grandson." Xue Jun raised a glass of wine: "I haven't been out for three months." Last time, Xenobud came to see me and took me out for a walk. ”

Sun Zhonglin looked at Xue Jun, shook his head and said, "Brother Xue, why are you suffering?" In fact, you can live better than anyone else if you want to. ”

Xue Jun smiled and raised his glass to drink, but did not speak.

Originally, although the Tang Dynasty and Tubo turned their faces, they still maintained a peaceful state on the bright side, and Xue Jun could still enjoy freedom, after all, the Tubo people were still counting on Xue Jun to get them more goods from the Tang Dynasty.

But since Li Cunzhong showed his sharp fangs and the Tang Dynasty also cut off the trade in goods to Tibet, Xue Jun immediately became a prisoner.

If it weren't for Xenobud still protecting him, this person would have lived a miserable life in Lhasa. After all, Xue Jun was a noble man in the past, and no one dared to touch him, but now he has become the target of everyone's bullying.

It was Xenobud, thinking that when he was in the Tang Dynasty, even if he turned his face directly with the other party, the Tang people did not treat him harshly, and sent someone to guard Xue Jun's mansion, and did not allow others to come to the door to humiliate Xue Jun.

In Xenobud's view, Xue Jun can be killed, but not humiliated, which is related to the face of Tibet.

In any case, Tubo is also a great country on an equal footing with the Tang Dynasty, and it cannot lose its bearing.

"Brother Xue, you used to be in Hedong, how free you was? How noble? Now it has fallen to such a point, and it is not because of Li Ze. Now as long as you are willing to serve, Tubo will immediately treat you as a guest, why are you so obsessed? Sun Zhonglin persuaded bitterly. Don't you dare Li Ze? ”

"Hate, how can you not hate." Xue Jun was still smiling, and as he spoke, he kept drinking.

"If you hate him, why do you want to work with him?" Sun Zhonglin was puzzled, from the tone of Xue Jun's speech, he could tell that Xue Jun was telling the truth. "Brother Xue, as far as I know, the serf rebel army in Qamdo is in the hands of your Xue clan in fact, and I won't hide it from you, and then Delhi Chinan will do something to them, with their strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend."

"It's really hard to get help from outside!" Xue agreed.

"Therefore, as long as you say a word, this army of Qamdo will return to Shunderi Chinan, then both sides will be happy, and you can also solve the immediate misfortune, why not?" Sun Zhonglin said, "Now that the Northern Tang Dynasty has suffered a curse, floods in Henan and Shandong, and drought in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, can you still expect Li Cunzhong to send troops to save you?" Even if he dares to come to save you, I'm afraid it will be delivered to the door, and there will be no return, right? ”

"What the hell is going on, you won't know until you fight!" Xue Jundao.

Sun Zhonglin shook his head again and again: "Brother Xue, your Xue clan is basically in Tubo now, as long as you serve Tubo, the high-ranking officials and Houjue will get their hands on it immediately, and they will take root in Tubo, what's so bad?" In today's Central Plains, is there still a place for you? When a person dies, there is nothing. After this battle, what is left of your Xue clan? ”

Xue Jun pondered for a moment, and said to Sun Zhonglin seriously: "Sun Gong, after this battle, if we lose, there will indeed be nothing, but the Xue family still has a reputation. Your Sun family is in Shandong, and I Xue is in Hedong, they can be regarded as a thousand-year-old family, of course, a thousand years is an exaggeration, but there are still hundreds of years. We all know very well what fame means to a family like us. ”

Sun Zhonglin fell silent.

"In the past, I fought with Li Ze, to put it bluntly, it was a brother who was on the wall, and the matter of his own family was lost, I admit it. But in the history books, I, Xue, will not be stained by this. But if I vote for Tubo and serve the Tubo people, then Xue's reputation will be completely gone. There is no hope of a comeback. Xue Jundao.

"Your Xue clan is going to die, what do you want to do with this?" Sun Zhonglin sighed.

"How is that possible?" Xue Jun said with a smile: "First, when I fought with Li Ze, after I lost, only the descendants and a few houses that were close to my descendants were degraded, and there were some partial houses and side branches, which were still in the Central Plains." In the future, if our room is gone, the banner of the Xue family will naturally be carried by these people, so I must not defile the lintel of the Xue family. Otherwise, there would be no hope of resurrection even with them. Anyway, they are also surnamed Xue, and the ancestors they worship are also my ancestors! ”

"Li Ze is an open-minded emperor. These side branches are now studying and becoming officials, but they have not been affected much, of course, they can't be expected to achieve it overnight, and there must still be some obstacles in this. Therefore, I, the sinner of the Xue family, want to earn some reputation and capital for them at the end. The Xue clan was defeated in my hands, how could I not do something for them at the end! ”

Sun Tonglin lowered his head, as a family with a long heritage, how could he not understand this truth?

"Besides, some of the brightest grandsons in this room have been allowed to go back. In the future, the Xue clan will be re-developed, and there will naturally be someone to support them. Xue Jun continued.

Sun Tonglin tilted his neck and drank the wine in the cup.

"What I said above is my selfishness. Next, let's talk about Gongxin. Xue Jun said with a smile: "A big family like you and me has been reading sages since childhood, and the righteousness of the family and country is naturally understood. Over the years, Tubo occupies a geographical advantage, countless times to harass my Tang Dynasty, the past history, the two countries have stopped fighting, peace talks, and relatives have not changed this situation, and now, finally Datang has the opportunity to solve this historical disease in one fell swoop, I Xue someone added to the Tang Dynasty, how can I not do my best? Li Ze said it well, if Tubo is included in my Tang territory, then Datang will no longer have to worry about this place from now on. ”

"Tibet is also a big country of thousands of miles, but I'm afraid it's not easy." Sun Zhonglin shook his head and said.

"It's still the same sentence, if you have the opportunity, you have to do it, what if it happens?" Xue Jun laughed. "Sun Gong, I advise you to also take precautions, Zhu Youzhen will not be Li Ze's opponent. You are now tied to him, and you have to run for it, but you can't tie all your Sun clan to his body, otherwise, it will be destroyed, and under Jiuquan in the future, how will you see the ancestor of your Sun clan? ”

Sun Zhonglin hung his head and was silent.

"It's still too late to set it up." Xue Jundao: "In my opinion, Li Ze will definitely clean up Tibet first, and then deal with the south." If he cleans up Tibet and comes back, there will really be no chance. ”

Sun Zhonglin turned his head to look at the white snow on the top of the mountain in the distance, and suddenly laughed: "Today, I was entrusted by Xenobud to persuade you to surrender, but I didn't expect you to turn against the guest and come to persuade me?" ”

"The general trend is like this, in fact, you also understand, just hold on to the luck of just in case. I hope that Zhu Youzhen can cut the governor of Yizhou for a long time, so that your Sun family can also take root in Yizhou. But if you look at the history of my Greater China, we will be united for a long time, no matter which person is in power, will he tolerate such a split? The idea is also to try to dominate the world. ”

"I'll take this to heart!" Sun Zhonglin nodded and said, "But Brother Xue, do you know?" Today I came to you, it is Xenobud's last effort, if you refuse, it is really a dead end, I am afraid that they will use you to sacrifice the flag before sending troops! ”

Xue Jun laughed: "Brother Sun, do you know what I'm thinking now?" ”

"What is it?"

"I'm afraid that I won't die vigorously enough, and I'm most afraid that I will be humiliated and die by some lowly jailer in my cell!" Xue Jundao: "Before thousands of troops and horses, in front of countless Tubo people, I can be disemboweled, dug out my heart and sacrifice the flag, I am not afraid of danger before I am executed, and I scold, oh, no, no, no, I can't do this kind of thing, but I can still sing a drama." In this way, does it seem more sensational and heroic? Tell me, when Li Ze knew that I was so fearless and heroic for his Datang, would he look at me differently from the Xue family? No, no, no, there is no need to look the other way, it just needs that he will not put us in our hearts from now on, with my Xue family's heritage, it will not take a few decades to rise again. ”

Sun Tonglin's face twitched.

"I also sent a letter to several nephews in Qamdo, telling them that even if they die, they must die vigorously, which is actually a truth!" Xue Jundao: "The Xue clan has been defeated in our generation, and we people must rebuild a good foundation for him before we die." The Huanghuang history books will definitely remember that we people sacrificed their lives for the country, Sun Gong, with our blood, to redecorate the façade of the Xue family, even if Li Zegui is the emperor, it will not be able to prevent us from making a comeback. ”

Sun Tonglin lifted the wine jug and shook it: "Brother Xue, it's the last glass!" ”

Xue Jun snatched the wine jug and stood up: "The last glass is all mine!" ”

Tilting his neck, he stuffed the spout into his mouth, drank it with a grunt, threw the jug far away, watched the jug sink into the deep snow, looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, actually ripped off his clothes, and sang loudly and went down.

Behind him, Sun Tonglin looked at Xue Junyuan's back with a complicated expression.

This glance is goodbye.