The stormy fists and feet poured on the bearded man, Zheng Xiaolou used the beard as a sandbag like crazy, and only the thumping sound was heard in the camp tent, and the screams of the bearded man killing pigs.

Li Su and Jiang Quan quietly watched Zheng Xiaolou commit violence, and every time his fist and kick landed on the bearded man, Li Su's cheeks twitched fiercely, and everyone's rhythm was very tacit.

Zheng Xiaolou's expression is very hideous, more executioner than the executioner, this kind of ruthlessness, this kind of cruelty, is almost the same as encountering the boss of an investment company who runs away with money, and the hatred value is bursting.

I wanted to persuade Zheng Xiaolou, not sympathy, but I was worried that the beard would not be repaired, Li Su's stomach was still waiting for the beard to answer, but when I thought of the Turkic attack on the camp, I was careless that time, leaving Xu Mingzhu alone in the camp, and almost killed her......

Zheng Xiaolou concentrated on violence, Li Su concentrated on watching the excitement, and Jiang Quan was anxious.

can't help but be anxious, this guy was captured by his own hands, and he caught it very hard, if he was really beaten to death by this guy who fell into a state of rage, then what is the point of his hard work to capture this beard?

"Okay, don't drive Li, it's almost ...... stop"

Jiang Quan hadn't finished speaking, but he heard the bearded man screaming miserably in a very stiff Guanzhong dialect: "Stop! If you fight again, you'll die! You Han* people are too bullying! Bah! Vile! ”

The three people in the tent were all stunned, and even Zheng Xiaolou was so frightened that he stopped, and after the three of them looked at each other, Li Su said in surprise: "Do you know how to speak human words?" ”

"Will speak!" The bearded man tried his best to open a pair of eyes that were beaten to the point that there was only a slit left, and glared at Li Sudao: "Why is Guanzhong dialect a human language, and Turkic dialect is not spoken by a human being?" ”

"Because we have a kind of *clan* discrimination * in the Tang Dynasty, ah......" Li Su looked at him as a matter of course.

Syllable!

Zheng Xiaolou slapped the back of the bearded head with his backhand, and said angrily: "You can talk about people, you don't say it earlier!" You have to be beaten, cheap! ”

The bearded man held his head high in disbelief. The eyes that stared at Li Su radiated a light of hatred, if he wasn't afraid of being beaten again, he would probably scold Li Su again.

Li Su was interested, and actually squatted down and talked to the bearded man with a straight face.

"Behold, you Turks...... Is there a historical background? How many years have your writing and language been around? Do you have a culture that you can handle? Do you have a hundred schools of thought? Is there a world-famous Xiongguan high-rise building? Are you embarrassed to say that you are a country of etiquette? In addition to herding sheep and cattle, what will you do if you send troops to rob people when you are poor? I'll just ask you. Do you have these good things that we have in Datang? ”

The bearded man was hit by Li Su so much that his self-confidence plummeted, and he opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't refute it after all, so he snorted and accepted the cruel reality that Guanzhong's words are what people say.

Li Suyi chased after the poor man, stared at the bearded man very seriously, and made a final concluding statement: "So, outside of Datang." They can't be counted as people, they are monkeys. ”

The bearded man suddenly became angry and his chest tightened and shortness of breath, and he snorted angrily again, turning his head and ignoring him.

Li Sule smiled, although he knew that the race was not right, but ...... It's a really nice feeling to discriminate against others.

Waving behind him, Jiang Quan found a clean small cushion from the tent, and Li Su knelt on the cushion. A pair of eyes glanced lazily at the beard, and said leisurely: "Since you can speak human words." We must have had a great conversation, but now we can get straight to the point......"

The bearded man's face suddenly became a little gray, and he hung his head and did not reply.

Li Su frowned, and said patiently: "This brother Qian, I think we should be able to chat happily." What I ask, what you answer, know everything, say everything, let's work together to continue this chat. It will continue until I have nothing to ask, if you are still unwilling to cooperate, we can only continue to pump you, draw you until you are willing to chat, since sooner or later you have to be recruited, you don't have to be cheap, what about me, and spend less effort, each other can maintain a happy mood, Brother Qian, what do you say? ”

The bearded man is a little unhappy just by hearing the name, and the bastard of the Tang Dynasty in front of him really calls himself "Qianmi", which is bearable...... Let's bear with it.

So the bearded man nodded reluctantly.

Li Su smiled: "You see, from this moment on, we have a good chat start, this is a good sign, then, our chat begins...... First of all, what's your name? Which Turkic tribe is it? ”

The bearded man snorted, and said angrily with a humiliating urn: "My name is Battle, and I am a warrior of the Turkic Baye Ancient Division......

Li Su touched his chin and groaned, "Baye Gubu...... I remember that in the first year of Zhenguan, Bayegu, Hui, Tongluo and other Turkic tribes were dissatisfied with Jieli Khan's reuse of Han * Zhao Deyan, and favored the Hu people in the Western Regions and alienated the Turks, so Bayegu and other tribes rebelled from the Turks and Turks......"

Battle snorted heavily, and said: "Jieli is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, in order to defeat the Tang Kingdom, he has recruited troops in various tribes all the year round, and he is brutal and murderous by nature, and he will often split and cut off his head, if I don't rebel from the ancient tribe, sooner or later the entire tribe will be killed by him!" ”

Li Su said with a smile: "These are not the point, it is a bad account within your Turks, I am not interested in knowing, so I only ask you, from the ninth year of Zhenguan to the present, Xizhou has been attacked by foreign enemies a total of five times, and every time it is critical, you lead a thousand Turkic cavalry to rescue, why do you want to help Xizhou?" In other words, you are a Turk, why do you want to help me defend the territory of the Tang Dynasty against the enemy? ”

Battle twitched his cheeks and hung his head to stop talking, with a struggling and hesitant expression on his face.

Li Su sighed: "Here it is again, I said this brother, can you not be hypocritical?" At this moment, you have fallen into my hands, and after pumping you just now, it turns out that you are not a hero who regards death as home, in this case, why not simply be single, I ask what you answer, after asking, I will let you and your warriors return, from now on the well water does not interfere with the river water......"

Battle raised his head and stared at Li Sudao: "If I say it, will you really let us go back?" Released us unscathed? ”

Li Su said with a smile: "I will definitely let you go, but I can't promise if I am unharmed, at least your current virtue is definitely not 'unscathed'." ”

Battle hesitated for a moment. Gritted his teeth fiercely: "Okay, you are a cool person, I will believe you once, in fact, it is not for nothing that we help Xizhou defend the city, since the first year of Zhenguan, after the rebellion of the ancient department of Baye from Jieli Khan." We can't stay anymore, so we have to move westward, these more than ten years, the tribe continues to look for water and grass to rest and recuperate, but unfortunately every good place is occupied by other tribes, we move all the way west, the tribal warriors due to the cause of the disaster, become less and less, hard robbery can not rob others. The tribesmen were starving and extremely poor, and too many people died all the way west, so we could only walk into the desert of the Western Regions and temporarily find a green state as a habitat, and make a living on weekdays...... relied on the past merchants who plundered the Silk Road......"

Li Su snorted, glanced at him unkindly, and said, "You are still not convinced to say that you are a monkey." Will the kingdom of knowledge and etiquette rob people? ”

Battle: "............"

Then he said that he had found a green oasis to live in. And then what? You can't just count on the Silk Road looting, right? The merchants who passed on the Silk Road may not be able to meet once in ten days and a half months, and it is too unrealistic for the entire tribe to make a living on this. ”

Battle sighed: "It is true that we can't make a living by plundering the Silk Road, our tribe moved into the desert from Zhenguan for three years, and has been robbing Zhenguan for nine years, and the people of the tribe have become fewer and fewer in the past six years, and the old and young can't survive." Many of the young warriors also died of poverty and hunger, and there were only a few hundred left, barely supporting themselves to survive and pull out the ancient tribes...... It was on the verge of extinction until the seventh month of the ninth year of Zhenguan. There was a guy who approached our green state and talked to me about a deal......"

"What kind of deal?" Li Su suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked slowly, he knew very well that he was about to talk about the meat.

"That's a Guanzhong person, a serious Guanzhong person wears, and he seems to be a scholar, he said that he is willing to support our entire tribe of the Baye Ancient Tribe, find us a bigger green state to live in, and even promised that ten years later, he is willing to help us return to the Saibei grassland, and give us a piece of fertile pasture, so that we can live and reproduce in the Baye Ancient Tribe......"

"The conditions are so good, I'm afraid it's not easy for him to ask, right?" Li Su blinked and said, "Could it be that his request is for you to help defend Xizhou City?" When Xizhou is in trouble, send your tribal warriors to solve the misfortune of Xizhou? ”

Battle nodded: "Yes, in the past few years, Xizhou has encountered five foreign enemy sieges, with the earthen city wall in Xizhou and the soldiers and horses of the two Zhichong Mansion, it is impossible to hold Xizhou, every time the foreign enemy is about to break through the city, we will kill from the north, at the most critical juncture and the Xizhou defenders inside and outside, five times have defeated the invading enemy, and we have also obtained rich silver money and food, and even the silk and porcelain of your Tang Kingdom, the green state we live in is now getting stronger and stronger, and we have no worries about food and clothing, In the past three years, the clan has given birth to a lot of babies and raised many children, and these are the hopes for the future growth of our Baye Ancient Tribe......"

Li Su was originally kneeling lazily on the cushion, but at this moment he unconsciously straightened up, and said lightly in a calm tone as much as possible: "Now, the problem is here again...... Who is the Guanzhong person who talked to you about this deal? Is it a Western State official? ”

Battle's eyes widened in surprise: "How do you know?" ”

Li Su smiled happily, winked at him, and said, "Cao Yu, right?" ”

Battle looked shocked, then returned to normal, nodded, and shook his head again: "It's not Cao Yu who came to talk about the deal, it's a Sima from the Xizhou Thorn Mansion, that Sima's surname is Feng, he is a round fat man, although he has never said who is behind him, but to support our clan, what is the cost of tens of thousands of dollars every year, in order to hold Xizhou City, if the Xizhou Thorn Shi does not nod, how can that Feng Sima have the confidence to talk to me about this deal?" ”

Li Su's expression remained unchanged, but he exhaled a long breath.

Well, the truth of Xizhou has finally been solved.

Since stepping into this city, I have always felt that the atmosphere is strange and mysterious, and the longer I take office, the greater the mystery in Li Su's heart, so this time to defend the city, Li Sucai ignored the morality and revenge, and brazenly ordered to take down this Turkic cavalry, the purpose is to relieve the thick fog shrouded in Xizhou City.

This fog has finally completely dispersed until this moment, and Li Su instantly has a sense of relief from the clouds.

There was a faint regret in my heart, I didn't expect that Feng Sima still hid so many secrets that he didn't say, if he had kept an eye on him at that time and asked Zheng Xiaolou to beat him a few more times, the mystery of Xizhou would not have haunted his heart for several months.

Looking up at the dome of the tent, Li Su muttered, "Cao Yu, Cao Yu...... Collusion with different * clans, privately hire foreign * soldiers for their own use, your courage is really boundless, no wonder you want to drive me out of Xizhou, no wonder someone on the city tower a few days ago shot cold arrows at me, if this matter is played in Chang'an, it is not only a crime to kill the head, it is not an exaggeration for the nine clans to be punished......"

Zheng Xiaolou and Jiang Quan next to him have been quiet and have not spoken, but Battle's every word fell into his ears without any mistakes, Zheng Xiaolou's expression was indifferent, he was not interested in military affairs, but Jiang Quan's expression became more and more solemn.

As the general of the Right Guard, Jiang Quan knew the stakes of this matter.

A state assassin history, collusion with foreign races, Fei huge money privately to support an army, and acquiesced in their robbery of merchants on the Silk Road, no matter what the purpose of supporting this army is, just looking at this matter, it has already committed a big taboo, when the Tang Dynasty's military god Li Jing was only a courtier, Li Shimin felt uneasy, and secretly put Li Jing's military power in the air, what is Cao Yu's behavior now?

Besides, this matter has not yet been investigated, if we continue to dig deeper, where will the money to support this alien army come from? It can't be Cao Yu's poor money every year, right? Thinking of the heavy taxes of two taxes and one in Xizhou City over the years, the taxes were not handed over to the imperial court, and Cao Yu's own family was as poor as if they had suffered a disaster, so the only possibility was that all the heavy taxes collected by Xizhou over the years were used to support this Turkic cavalry.

This move may be more serious than raising private soldiers, taking the hard-earned money of the people of the Tang Dynasty, without the emperor or through the court of the three provinces, privately supporting the foreign army, almost the nature of paying tribute and paying protection money, and as expected, the officials of the entire Xizhou officialdom are probably more or less involved in this matter, so much money is used to support the foreign army, without the acquiescence of the officials of the entire Xizhou officialdom, this matter cannot be covered in any case, and it is no wonder that when Li Su first came to Xizhou, the officials in Xizhou were so hostile and excluded from him... …

This sin is really too big, too amazing, for His Majesty, who is particularly sensitive to imperial power and military power, even if he is open-minded, I am afraid that he will grit his teeth and chop Cao Yu into pieces, and each slice is as thin as a cicada's wings, and it can be eaten directly in the hot pot with a dip......

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This chapter is yesterday's, and I'm going to continue to code words...... (To be continued......)