Walking slowly all the way, Qin Mubai walked around the city built by Samah.

Although this city is not as grand and magnificent as Chang'an's rules, it is also as prosperous and prosperous, especially business travel is extremely active. Walking on this street, the most common sight is the Sogdians dressed in traditional Islamic white robes, coated with oil, not to mention the rows of shops, even a minor child or an old man sitting by the door along the way, will also sell passers-by the special products of the Western Regions Sess and agate, or wine vessels and horses. Seeing that Qin Mubai resembled a native of the Central Plains, many people rushed to ask him if he had brought silk or ceramics from the Central Plains in exchange.

The silk, ceramics and tea of the Tang Dynasty, as well as paintings, armor and wine vessels, were all top goods on the trade routes of the Western Regions, and the profits were extremely huge.

It is said that after Kang Guo's child was born, his family would first smear honey on his mouth. The intention is to let him grow up "like honey in his mouth", which is convenient for business negotiations. Therefore, walking on the streets of Kangguo, everyone laughs when they meet each other, everyone is harmonious, and it is difficult to see a fight all year round, so it is not necessary to mention such evil things as murder and arson.

Such a rich, lively, harmonious and stable place is undoubtedly particularly suitable for living. Qin Mubai now understands why Wu Meiniang came to Kangguo without hesitation. She just wants that one day in the future, after Qin Mubai retires, her family will move to the paradise of Kangguo to live in retirement.

In the eyes of Kangguo people, business profits are everything. Businessmen pay attention to harmony and make money with harmony. Therefore, it is only natural that Kangju resisted war, from the king to the people, and thus became quite weak and incompetent militarily.

Qin Mubai pondered all the way, the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu wanted to unite into one country, which was a good thing for Datang. It is far easier to have a unified family as friendly neighbors than it is to control nine small vassal states. These nine small countries in the Western Regions from the same origin all share the same characteristics: they are good at business, their countries are rich, and their militaries are weak.

Now the people of the Nine Kingdoms have a powerful Kansai Army to help, which happens to complement each other.

This is indeed a great time for the nine-nation alliance to be united. Now both sides win. As long as Qin Mubai agrees to make up this matter, he is bound to hit it off.

As Yuan Tiangang said, this is a good thing for both public and private. But Qin Mubai also had a slight concern, and the reason was Wu Meiniang.

Looking at the current situation, Wu Meiniang seems to be very keen to be the Minister of Auxiliary Military Machinery of Kangguo. In other words, this woman was not born with an extraordinary thing. She has the desire to win without losing to a man in her bones, and strives to excel in everything she does.

If she has the throne of Kangguo, then, with her ability, she can really do it. Otherwise, she would not be the only female emperor in Chinese history to reign at the top of the world!

Originally, it didn't matter who was the king of Kangguo. But precisely because Wu Meiniang is Qin Mubai's wife, with such a sensitive identity as her being the king in the Western Regions, what kind of attitude will the Tang Dynasty court have?

does not rule out this possibility, in the eyes of the imperial court and Li Shimin, it is actually him Qin Mubai who is the alleged king!

The nature of the matter has changed!

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Thinking of this, Qin Mubai felt that the unification of the Nine Kingdoms and Wu Meiniang's claim to be the king must be handled carefully. If something is slightly wrong, it is very likely to cause a fire at the end of the war.

"To be a man, you can't forget your roots!" Qin Mubai took a deep breath and sighed long, and said to himself, "With my current strength and prestige, I can indeed establish myself as the king of the Western Regions, and even establish a great empire that is enough to compete with the Tang Dynasty!" …… But I never thought of betraying Datang, I don't want to be a rebel and a thief! ”

Back in the barracks, Qin Mubai fell asleep.

Yesterday, he first went to the "cave room" and then went to see Yuan Tiangang, who basically didn't sleep all night, plus he was really tired after marching for several days before.

The left and right generals didn't dare to disturb him, until in the evening, a fast horse secret envoy from Lanzhou came to ask to see Qin Mubai, Xiao Xuanwu and Zhu Bancheng, the two generals who stayed behind with Samajian, dared to wake Qin Mubai up.

"The secret envoy from Lanzhou?" Qin Mubai responded in a daze, and suddenly sat up in a daze, "From Lanzhou?" - Scream! ”

The secret envoy was summoned in, very familiar, it turned out to be a junior colonel in the Xiangzhou Military Mansion before, and he was Pang Fei's henchman.

After the visit, the little colonel hurriedly took out a piece of letterhead from his bosom, which contained a piece of oiled paper.

This is a special "secret letter" paper for Baiqi, which must be soaked in a special potion to reveal the handwriting.

From this, it can be seen that what Pang Fei wants to report is indeed a top secret matter.

Qin Mubai hurriedly took the potion and read the letter.

The letter is actually very simple, the imperial court urgently summoned Li Ke, the king of Wu, to return to Beijing; Moreover, not long after Qin Mubai left, Chu Suiliang was ordered to "inspect Lanzhou" and asked Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang to return to Beijing to face the saint. Since Qin Mubai had already led the army to the Western Regions, Princess Gaoyang had already gone to the capital alone.

Qin Mubai's brows tightened at once.

"Does General Pang still have the mouth to trust you to bring it?" Qin Mubai asked the little school.

The junior colonel replied: "Before leaving, General Pang said that the young marshal should not worry about Lanzhou. But the affairs of the DPRK and China, General Pang can't handle it realistically. Also, three days before the last general came out, King Wu had already left Luo Qi and arrived in Lanzhou, and it was in plain clothes, and even the Lanzhou officials and generals did not know. If it weren't for the fact that King Wu was going to visit Princess Gaoyang, her nephew, and her daughter-in-law in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, even General Pang would not know. ”

"How can the operation be so top secret?" Qin Mubai was even more suspicious in his heart, "Could it be that King Wu is returning to the capital without permission?" No, if he returned to Beijing without permission, how could he come to my house, it clearly smelled of giving me a message......

"Did King Wu leave any words?"

"Not a word." Xiao Xiao replied, "He didn't see Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang, so he hugged Shizi and played with Xiao'er for a while, and immediately left the city and left Lanzhou." According to the people in the young marshal's house, he should have gone to Chang'an, and there were no more than ten people with him. Mrs. Chen felt that this matter was unusual, so she asked General Pang to ask the matter to be reported to the young marshal secretly. ”

"Chen Yan has always been careful and alert. It seems that King Wu is quite low-key and cautious this time, and he didn't reveal half a word to my family and Pang Fei. Qin Mubai's brows furrowed, and after thinking for a long time, he was suddenly shocked!

"Did General Pang send someone to escort King Wu all the way?!" Qin Mubai suddenly asked.

frightened the little colonel, and hurriedly replied: "General Pang saw that King Wu deliberately concealed his whereabouts, and it was not good to go to the meeting. But one of the generals who accompanied King Wu was called 'Yin Yang', who seemed to be particularly familiar with General Pang. When King Wu went to the young marshal's mansion, Yin Yang went to see General Pang in private. After the two gathered for a while, King Wu was about to leave, and General Pang secretly sent a 50-strong guard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the east on the same road as King Wu in the name of inspecting the merchant post and arresting fugitives, secretly protecting King Wu along the way. ”

"Only fifty?" Qin Mubai was a little unhappy.

"Don't worry, young marshal. It is fifty snow sculptures, dressed as ordinary guards of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The Snow Sculpture Army is the elite of our Kansai Army, and all of them block ten with one. Xiao Xiao replied quickly.

"Oh, that's pretty much ......" Qin Mubai was slightly relieved in his heart, Pang Fei had always been meticulous, and now he was getting more and more sophisticated.

The junior colonel continued: "The last general estimates that General Yin Yang must have made a request for General Pang to escort him, but he can't make it too obvious. That's why General Pang made this arrangement. However, our men and horses can only escort King Wu to Huizhou at the farthest! ”

"That's right. If our men and horses go further east and leave the jurisdiction of the Lanzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it will not work, that is, the private transfer of troops and horses will be misguided! Qin Mubai cut his back with his hands, paced back and forth, and pondered.

He believes that Li Ke, the king of Wu, will definitely not leave his post without permission and leave Luo to go to Chang'an without permission. The reason why he set off must be because of the call of the imperial court, and it was a secret summons. Otherwise, Li Ke would not be cautious all the way like a thief, and no one would dare to alarm.

However, Li Ke seemed to be a little worried about the safety of his trip, so he deliberately settled in Lanzhou. He didn't dare to ask Lanzhou for the protection of the guards, but he secretly "invited" Pang Fei to send someone to escort him.

In this way, Li Ke's trip is not simple. One is quite top secret, the second is a major mission, and the third - his life is in danger on the way!

Qin Mubai was suddenly shocked in his heart: Could it be that the emperor secretly summoned Li Ke back to Beijing in order to establish a prince?!

In the Tang Dynasty, the East Palace has been vacant for more than a year, which is a very inappropriate thing. Now that the war has subsided and the Quartet is calm, there is no other major event in the imperial court, and the matter of establishing a reserve is bound to resurface, and it can no longer be avoided!

Although it is not yet known who Li Shimin will appoint as the prince, it can be seen from his secret summoning Li Ke back to Beijing that Li Ke may be one of the candidates for the prince!

Then, on his way back to Beijing, it is conceivable that someone will want to kill him! But Li Ke couldn't be too ostentatious, and he didn't dare to bring too many troops with him. So he had no choice but to travel to Lanzhou to seek Lanzhou's protection.

At this time, Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang were not there, but fortunately, Pang Fei was quite cautious and safe, which made Qin Mubai feel a little relieved.

The information sent by Pang Fei was very important to Qin Mubai. Thinking about it carefully, Li Ke stopped in Lanzhou on the way back to Beijing, although it was only like a flash of surprise and did not leave a word, but he had already sent a very important message to Qin Mubai - "I went to Chang'an to gamble on my life, you have to take care!" ”

Compared with the dispute over the Tang East Palace, the things of Nurman, Zhaowu Jiuguo and Wu Meiniang as kings are not so important.

"Someone!" Qin Mubai called.

"The last general!" Xiao Xuanwu and Zhu Bancheng entered the account together to listen to the order.

"Pass me to order Su Dingfang on the front line, and order him to send someone to negotiate peace with Nurman!" Qin Mubai said, "The standard for peace negotiation is that Kang and Da Shi do not accept each other's vassals, do not pay tribute to each other, and get along on an equal footing, and the two countries are bounded by the Sam River, and they will not invade each other and have friendly exchanges from now on." Whoever dares to betray the alliance and breach the contract, Datang is bound to attack it with 400,000 strong soldiers in Kansai, and it will not be destroyed! ”

"Yes!"

The two generals agreed together, and the accompanying secretary room on the side wrote down the military order that Qin Mubai said.

"Send a message to Su Dingfang, so that he might as well give Nurman a little more of the Central Plains specialties and Kangguo's treasures, so that he can have a step down, and he can go back and explain to their monarch." After that, Qin Mubai took down a treasure knife hanging on the tent and said, "This is the treasure knife that His Majesty the Emperor personally gave me when I was elected as the Hundred Cavalry Envoy. Take it to Nurman. Just tell him that I, Qin, welcome him to Datang as a guest and am willing to make him a friend. ”

"Uh......" Xiao and Zhu were stunned for a moment, and said, "Young marshal, this is a treasure knife given by His Majesty, you have always carried your beloved things with you, and you can't use it to please Nurman?" Could it be that we are still afraid that he will not succeed! ”

"Hugh said a lot, who have Qin and the Guanxi Army ever been afraid of?" Qin Mubai glared at them coldly and said, "It's just that there is a hurry, now we don't have time to pay attention to the big cannibals, we must make an alliance and truce as soon as possible." Tell Su Dingfang that after the peace alliance, only the original Kang ** team will be stationed at the Sam River Port Pass, and let him and Yuwen Hongtai lead the army back to Samad as soon as possible to join me! ”

"Yes!" The second general's expression suddenly became solemn, and his heart also sank at the same time: The young marshal is concentrating the strength of the Kansai Army, is there a big battle to be fought in the near future? !

"Don't guess, don't spread false news everywhere, the messenger went to the Sam River, and you can't talk nonsense and confuse the army!" Qin Mubai said sternly, "Violators will be severely punished!" ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go!"

The second general Xiao Zhu promised to leave, and Qin Mubai chatted with his junior colonel for a while, learned some about the situation in Lanzhou, and arranged for him to go down to rest.

Chang'an, there is finally a hint of wind.

Although Qin Mubai was thousands of miles away in Samajian, he could already imagine how tense and rumored it was above the Chang'an court at this moment.

Back then, Li Shimin ascended to the throne through the Xuanwumen Change, killing his brother and forcing his father; Feng Shui has flowed to today, and when Li Ke returns to Beijing, if the King of Wei in Chang'an doesn't do something special, then he is not the "insidious and black-bellied dead fat man" in Li Daozong's mouth!

Qin Mubai began to worry faintly about Li Ke......