Zhang Xunqi said: "I don't know what kind of big opportunity it is, why bother you to come and tell me?" ”

"That's the case...... the Yanqi envoy looked left and right, looking very cautious, Zhang Xun smiled: "There is no one left and right, there is nothing to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak." ”

"Or whisper." The Yanqi envoy leaned into Zhang Xun's ear and muttered for a while, Zhang Xun could listen indifferently at first, but then he was shocked, shook his head again and again, waved his hand again and again, and said, "How can this be done?" Don't say I don't have this intention, even if I have this intention, I can't hurt my son-in-law? If he makes me the king of Gaochang, my previous merits will also become a stain, and if someone slanders in front of His Majesty the Emperor, will I not harm my son-in-law's life? ”

"Don't say it again, I will definitely not accept it!"

The Yanqi envoy hurriedly said: "Tian Khan has all over the world, and your son-in-law has made great contributions, how can he kill the heroes?" Today's situation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, if you miss it, you won't have it again, you don't want to think about yourself, but also think about future generations! ”

Zhang Xun smiled: "You don't know it, I only have one daughter." At my age, do you still want to have another heir? I don't want to, I don't want to, messenger, don't say any more, and don't say that I don't have this heart, and I don't have this intention, even if I have this heart, I have this intention, and I am not a Gaochang person, can the people of Gaochang elect me to be the king? ”

"But—"

"Say no more, if nothing happens, I will arrange a place for you to rest, and if you want to go, I will prepare the horses for you."

After that, Zhang Xun called the men outside and said, "Go and bring the best horse and give it to the messenger." ”

"Alas-" Seeing that Zhang Xun had made up his mind, the Yanqi envoy sighed helplessly, walked out of the house, and saw that the man had already led the horse over, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had a trace of realization in his heart.

He thought back to what Zhang Xun said just now and understood. It's not that Zhang Xun doesn't want to be the king of Gaochang, it's just that he is worried that the people of Gaochang will not support him. Moreover, he finally said that he would arrange a place to live or lead a horse, but when he did it, he directly arranged to lead the horse over, and the meaning was already very obvious, he wanted to let himself be a lobbyist, so that the people of Gaochang would take the initiative to elect him as my king.

It's treacherous!

The same treacherous as Weng's son-in-law!

The Yanqi envoy cursed secretly, rode away. Belly slander is belly slander, he has to do it. As soon as he walked out of a short distance, four guards came behind him, and one of them was the first to say: "The city commander is afraid that it is not safe for the messenger to travel alone, so let us escort a few people." ”

When the Yanqi envoy heard this, he once again confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and sure enough, he was not wrong.

In the room, Zhang Xun coughed for a while, raised his hand, and a ghost flashed out of the shadows, saying, "Chief, what are your orders?" ”

"Gaochang, how is the arrangement?"

"Don't worry, the city lords of the major cities, our people have already taken care of it."

Zhang Xun took a pill, calmed down, and said, "Things have come to this point, and they have been much better than expected, at least until now, our people have not lost." After this matter is over, you can take your people to hibernation, Li Mu, this kid is a ghost and a ghost, I'm worried that he will see some flaws. ”

"Yes."

The ghost answered, and then retreated into the shadows.

……

The Dingxiang Alliance came as scheduled, without the slightest wave. On the Turkic side, the Great Khan was in person, while on the Tang Dynasty's side, Li Mu Pei Shangfang's sword replaced Li Shimin, who could not be present. Since the Turks have already been attached to the above table, it is not considered a slack. Both sides read the covenant in their own language, and then sacrificed the fields. He dug another pit and buried the swords, bows and arrows brought by both sides, to show that the army had made peace. On the top there is a stele cast, the front is engraved with Chinese characters, the back is engraved with Turkic characters, and the two sides are engraved with the names of the witnessing countries and envoys.

At the end of the ceremony, just as he was about to get off the platform, something suddenly happened.

"Master Hou!"

I saw that under the stage, the alliance knelt down, like a chain reaction, more and more. Li Mu and Ni Yi stood on the high platform, their faces full of astonishment, and immediately, Li Mu was furious, pulled out Shang Fang's sword, and scolded: "Who are you?" What are you doing on your knees? What is the intention? ”

"Please make the decision for the people of Gaochang!" An old man pulled his neck and shouted, saying that, he picked up an umbrella from the ground like a trick, Li Mu pressed Shang Fang's sword, frowned, and said, "This old man, what is this?" ”

"This is the people's umbrella named by the people of the twenty-two cities of Gaochang, please make the decision for the people of Gaochang!"

"Wanmin Umbrella?" Li Mu couldn't help but be moved, and gestured to Li Siwen in the audience, Li Siwen walked over and took the umbrella, and when he got it to the stage, Li Mu opened the umbrella, and sure enough, he saw the dense fly-headed small letters on it, all of which were names.

Li Mu put down the umbrella and said in a deep voice: "What is the matter with writing the Wanmin umbrella for your life?" Don't you want to take my head from Li Muxiang? ”

The old man knelt down in panic and shouted: "Master Hou wants to fork it, the people of Gaochang don't mean that." On the contrary, Hou Ye killed the Gaochang royal family and divided the land equally among us, and the people were all grateful. What we want to ask Master Hou to call the shots is not this matter. ”

"What's that?"

"We ......" The old man seemed to be a little afraid, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Master Hou, the people of Gaochang want to beg Master Hou not to merge Gaochang into the Tang Dynasty." ”

"What?!" Li Mu was furious, pulled out Shang Fang's sword again, pointed at the old man, and said, "You dare to say it again?" ”

"Master Hou!" The old man put his head on the ground and cried: "Hou Ye Rongyu, the little old man risked death to admonish!" Master Hou! Although the Gaochang people also migrated from the Central Plains, they have been here for hundreds of years, and although the Gaochang people speak Chinese, they have lived together with the Hu people for a long time, and they have inevitably been contaminated with the habits of the Hu people. Clothing, habits, etc., are inconsistent with the Central Plains, if merged into the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will definitely send officials to manage, the people are worried that there will be contradictions, after all, not everyone can have the mind of the Hou Ye, if there is another Ju family, repeat the mistakes of the past, Gaochang people suffer. ”

"Another," the old man looked up at Li Mu, and said stubbornly: "Hou Ye killed the Ju family because Ju Zhisheng killed his father and seized power, and Hou Ye led the king to avenge the lord Ju Wentai, and because Ju Zhisheng offended the Tang Dynasty, the Ju family was killed." If the Tang Dynasty classifies Gaochang as governed by the Tang Dynasty, it will inevitably be unfavorable if the name is not right, and the teacher will not be able to convince the public. ”

"You!"

Li Mu glared angrily, and was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly saw the envoys from the left and right countries looking over, gritted his teeth, pressed his temper, and said: "It makes sense, but now that the Gaochang royal family has no descendants, how can Gaochang Guozuo continue?" You can't arbitrarily assign someone to be the king of Gaochang, right? Isn't that ridiculous? ”

"Master Hou, little old man, here is a petition from the people of the twenty-two cities of Gaochang, I respectfully invite Lord Hou to read it."

Li Mu drooped his eyelids and snorted: "It turns out that I have been prepared for a long time, Siwen, bring it to me." ”

Li Siwen walked over and took the petition again. Li Mu opened the petition, only glanced at it, threw it on the ground, and scolded: "Good old man, you want to put Benhou in a situation of disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice? Come on, kill this thing that doesn't know how to die! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two guards went over and arrested the old man. The old man shouted vigorously, and the other envoys did not know what he meant, and they all bowed down to ask. Ni Yu bent down to pick up the petition, and after reading it, he glanced at the angry Li Mu, sighed helplessly, and secretly said in his heart, I fell in love with this kid again, it seems that this play is my appearance, and if I don't accompany him to play this scene, it will be endless.

"Wait!"

The scene instantly quieted down, after all, he was already the Great Khan of the Western Turks at this time, and his status was respected, and no one dared to disrespect him.

Ni Xiao unfolded the petition and said, "You don't have to wonder, let me tell you the content of the petition. The petition said that the people of the 22 cities of Gaochang jointly petitioned that the Zhangjia Bazaar ordered Zhang Xun to succeed to Gaochang Guozuo, and the people of the 22 cities of Gaochang were willing to serve Zhang Xun as the new king of Gaochang. Ni Xiao looked at Li Mu and said: "Master Hou, Ben Khan thinks that this is not impossible, since he is a person recommended by the people of Gaochang, it means that the people have a very high expectation, and the Tang Dynasty has not occupied the heart of Gaochang, so it is okay to agree." ”

Li Muwu was angry and said, "It's okay to change anyone, but this person can't!" ”

"Why not?"

"He ......" Li Mu gritted his teeth and said, "He is my father-in-law!" Thou hast said, Great Khan, that if I had done this, would I not have become a man who abused power for personal gain? How will I, Li Mu, walk in the world in the future? How to face my majesty, how to face the mouth of the world? No, it won't work, even if you kill me, I will never agree! ”

"Oh, Master Hou," said the mud bitterly, "I have heard that the Central Plains has the character of 'being virtuous and not avoiding relatives and enemies', and those who have this virtue are called gentlemen." Today, there is an umbrella for the people, and the petition is here, indicating that this is the wish of the people of Gaochang, how can it be that the Hou Ye uses his power for personal gain? Your attitude, your Khan, the envoys of all the countries, and the people who are watching the ceremony, all see it, is this a fake? ”

"Great Khan!" Li Mu hurriedly said: "It's not like you think!" You know me, my character is straightforward, there is no city. Just because of this temperament, I don't know how many people I have offended, those scholars and doctors in the court all hate me to the bone, and they can't wait to find a handle to kill me. No, no! ”

"Nothing!" Ni Dayi Ling Ran said: "What you see in the eyes of the villain is naturally the act of the villain, but I have known His Majesty the Tang Emperor for many years and know his personality, he is a gentleman, and he will not treat you like a villain." If you are worried about the attacks of those scholars, it is easy to do, and I will testify for you," he said, and he looked at the envoys of various countries next to him, and said, "You have also seen it, don't you want to testify for the Hou Ye and explain the truth?" ”

The envoys of various countries are not stupid, things have progressed to this point, and they all know what is going on, and in this situation, whoever tells the truth will die, not only will they have to die, but the country behind them will not be better, what to do, there is no need to teach.

The crowd shouted: "We are willing to jointly sign a table to explain this matter." ”

The people also knelt down and shouted: "We are willing to testify for Hou Ye, and we will never let Hou Ye bear infamy." ”

Thousands of people shouted, Li Mu was moved to tears, he looked at the people and envoys in the audience, and sighed again and again: "You are forcing me, forcing me!" ”

"Please make the decision for the people of Gaochang!"

"Alas!" Li Mu sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll risk my life for a while!" Siwen, please come to my father-in-law! ”

Li Siwen answered, and not long after, Zhang Xun came. Zhang Xun was only a city order, and he was not qualified to appear at the meeting ceremony, but he also came to help with the work, and when Li Siwen found him, he was helping to prepare the banquet after the ceremony. Because there are not enough cooks, he is cooking haggis soup around his apron. When he was dragged over by Li Siwen, he was still holding a soup spoon in his hand, looking like he couldn't figure out the situation.

Li Mu looked at Zhang Xun, explained the matter again, and said, "Zhangren, there are people in Gaochang who have elected you as the king of Gaochang today, are you willing to agree?" ”

"No, no, no!" Zhang Xun was so frightened that his face turned pale, the soup spoon in his hand was thrown on the ground, and he waved his hand again and again: "How can I be a king, how dare I be a king?" Don't dare, don't dare ”

The old man who gave the Wanmin umbrella stood up and said loudly: "Don't shirk the king, your virtue is admired by the people of Gaochang, and the throne of Gaochang belongs to you." ”

Zhang Xun said again: "Where did I get my virtue, didn't the old man recognize the wrong person?" ”

"Xiao Lao'er definitely didn't recognize the wrong person, it is because you are there, the people of Gaochang have been able to trade with the Tang Dynasty, and you have never embarrassed the people, and you have a gentle attitude towards the past businessmen, consistently, which is in response to what the Khan said, so the people of Gaochang want to invite you to be the king."

"No, I'm just a small official of the Tang Dynasty, I just act on orders, how dare I say it, I have received the old man's heart, and I really don't dare to take the throne!"

"Your Majesty!" The old man suddenly knelt down and said hoarsely, "You will answer, do you have to force me to tell the secret?" ”

Li Mu said in a deep voice: "What is the secret, you can tell me!" Do you still want to hide it? ”

"Alas!" The old man sighed and said, "I have no choice but to say it." Actually, you are a person of royal blood. ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly said: "How is it possible, my surname is Zhang, I am originally from Lingzhou, and I have nothing to do with the Ju family." ”

"Naturally, you have nothing to do with the Ju family, and Xiao Lao'er is not talking about this Ju Gaochang. Xiao Lao'er is talking about Zhang's Gaochang, Gaochang was originally the hometown of Cheshiguo, Kan's establishment of Gaochang State, the second and Rouran destroyed, after Zhang's replacement, ten years, for Ma's usurpation, Ma's reign for five years, Ju's extermination of his clan, and its replacement. And you are the descendant of Zhang's Gaochang, and the jade pendant on your body is the evidence! ”

Zhang Xun looked down at his jade pendant, as if he didn't understand what the old man was saying at all.

Li Mu asked at the right time: "How did you know about the events of more than a hundred years ago?" What are the credentials? ”

"Xiao Lao'er's ancestor was the city lord of Futu City in Gaochang of the Zhang family, when the Ma family usurped power, it was the ancestor who escorted the royal bloodline to Lingzhou City, if the king's ancestral home is Lingzhou, then it will definitely not be wrong!"