Li Mu frowned, showing displeasure, and said, "Father-in-law, if you talk like this, the son-in-law will be a little unhappy." The reason why I took Tianai away was that I didn't want her to be involved, and you even counted our feelings - father-in-law, can you ask if Tianai is really your biological daughter? ”

"Naturally, it's my biological daughter," Zhang Xun sighed, "and my only son." ”

"Then the son-in-law asks again." Li Mu's tone became colder, and he said: "My father-in-law has no son, even if you make you a king, this country will still be given to outsiders after a hundred years, why should you be obsessed with this?" ”

Zhang Xun smiled: "It's not a secret, virtuous son-in-law." In less than a hundred years, I don't have many days left. Seeing that Li Mu was puzzled, Zhang Xun explained: "You should have heard Li Ji mention the 'bearded guest', he is the number one master in the world, I was hit by him and did not die, it is already a big fate." In the past two years, I have become more and more powerless, and the medicine I am taking has become more and more strong, and now that I have stopped taking the medicine, my life is gone, and I don't know how long I can live. So I must hurry up, I have this one wish in this life, I must sit on the throne before I die, to experience the difficulties you said. Even if it's only for a month, only ten days, I die without complaint. ”

"This ......"

Li Mu didn't know what to say, this person's obsession could reach this level, for a thought, dormant for a lifetime, although Li Mu had a different position, he couldn't help but have the idea of 'or help him'.

Li Mu tried his best to suppress this thought, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said: "Father-in-law, although I can understand your thoughts, but I am the marquis of the Tang Dynasty, I feel that I can't act recklessly, if you want to be the king of Gaochang, I can take risks, but you also have to come up with the bargaining chips for exchange, otherwise the Western Turks will come over, and these things you and I are talking about are all fantasy bubbles." ”

"This is natural, since I came to see you, I have a bargaining chip for you." Zhang Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "It's just, how can I confirm that the chips are given to you, and you can do what you promised me?" ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Father-in-law, in fact, you don't have a choice, do you?" ”

Zhang Xun's face was cold, as if he was about to be angry, but he calmed down in an instant, and said with a wry smile: "Indeed, I have no choice. Well, I'll just ask you, are you sincere or false to my daughter? ”

"Sincerely."

"That's it, I won't live long anyway, even if you lie to me, I'll admit it."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Zhang Xun smiled, not entangled, and said: "I seek the land of Gaochang, and what I can't avoid is the Turks." On the Eastern Turkic side, I provoked Jieli and Tuli's uncle and nephew to disagree, and on the Western Turkic side, I was not idle. ”

Li Mu knew in his heart that Zhang Xun was about to show his hole cards, which was related to the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks, so he didn't speak, just looked at him.

"Do you know how the Khan died?"

"It is said that he was killed by his uncle."

"Yes, it's not." Zhang Xun sneered and said, "On the surface, he was killed by his uncle Mo Helu, but in fact, he was poisoned by my killers. Seeing Li Mu's look of disbelief, Zhang Xun smiled conceitedly and said, "Don't doubt my ability, back then, a swarm of bees had the strength to chase down the bearded guest and almost kill him." To put it mildly, if I wanted to kill anyone, even if he was in the palace, he might not be able to escape death. ”

Li Mu didn't know if this was bragging or true, but it didn't mean anything to him, he just wanted to know Zhang Xun's real hole cards.

"After the death of Tong Ye Hu, Mo He became the target of the public, and the Western Turk Crossbow lost Bi to promote Ni Yu as the Khan, Ni Yu found that the death of Tong Ye Hu was strange, he was a cautious person, he did not agree, but set up Tong Ye Hu's son Yu Li Special Service, and Mo He Du fought against him. Due to the internal strife of the Western Turks, the countries of the Western Regions and the nine surnames of Tiele rebelled one after another. My men took the opportunity to mix up one of the surnames of Tieler, married the daughter of the chief of Tieler, and occupied an important position. ”

Later, with the help of Ni Yu, Ye Hu defeated Mo Helu and became the leader of the Western Turks. He immediately requisitioned Tiele nine surnames, my people took the lead in attaching to the Ye Hu, got his trust, and then provoked him, so that he and the hero of the levy of Tie Le, Yili Xiao Khan had a contradiction, Yili Xiao Khan was killed by the Ye Hu, the whole family was not spared, and his clan was also given Tiele, which caused the dissatisfaction of many tribes in the Western Turks, and the mud felt that the disaster was coming, so he fled to Yanqi. ”

"With the help of one of the nine surnames of Tiele, my people gradually infiltrated the various Turkic tribes in the western part of Daoxi, and after more than a year of planning, they finally selected the cadres of Beida and the crossbow lost Bi department as the main targets, and now my people have controlled these two people——"

"Wait a minute." Li Mu interrupted and asked, "Can you ask, how many people are there in these two departments?" ”

"That's about 20,000 in total."

"Twenty thousand?" Li Mu frowned and said, "Isn't my father-in-law exaggerating?" If there are 20,000 people, what will you ask me to do? ”

Zhang Xun said with a smile: "The virtuous son-in-law may have misunderstood, the so-called control of these two people is in the name of mud. These two chiefs are not fools, how can they obey the dispatch of outsiders? My people pretended to be envoys sent by Ni Mi, in order to welcome Ni Mi back to the Western Turks, so that these two men and horses would be used by me, so explained, does the virtuous son-in-law understand? ”

"Well," as soon as he said this, Li Mu understood, daring Zhang Xun used deception and did meticulous work, and he united the people who opposed the unscrupulous Ye Hu within the Western Turks, and used the power of others for his own use. And in order for this power to be used, there is a necessary condition, and that is the cooperation of this person. Now that the mud is in his own hands, he naturally has something to ask for himself.

Zhang Xun continued: "I have received the news, and the Yehu is now ignorant of the news of these two people's centrifuges, so he must be defenseless. And the vanguard of this Eastern Crusade is the tribesmen of the mud, there are about 10,000 people, the total number of the Western Turkic army is only 100,000, we have mastered, there are more than 30,000, plus the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, even if it is not suddenly attacked, it is 80,000 to 70,000, if it is unexpected, it may not be possible to use the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After Li Mu heard this, he also felt that this matter was feasible, but if he gave Gao Chang to Zhang Xun in this way, he still couldn't do it. Because this matter involves two very sensitive matters, one is that he is not qualified to be the king, only Li Shimin has this qualification. Moreover, Zhang Xun is his father-in-law, who defeated Gaochang, killed so many people, and finally made his father-in-law the king of Gaochang, this matter cannot be explained!