Chapter 564: Entering the City
No matter what, Fang Xuanling has a sentence, what he said must be right.
"Wang Hao is not credible."
He has always advocated that 'if it is not my race, its heart will be different', and even the millions of Waihu people gathered in Dingxiang City, he wants to kill them in one fell swoop, can he sit back and watch the Tang Dynasty collect all the population of the Western Regions? I'm afraid that if I really let him go west, it will be a different scene.
It is precisely on this basis that Li Shimin hesitates.
And Sun Xiangfu, who was rushing to the West City Gate in the carriage, after feeling Li Shimin's attitude, what he was thinking about was no longer how to persuade Li Shimin.
In his opinion, a ruthless person like Li Shimin, who kills his brother and takes the position, must be a hegemonist, and he will definitely not be able to refuse the temptation given to him by Wang Hao, otherwise, he will not be too lazy to listen to his own advice.
Therefore, Sun Xiangfu recruited Wuying'er over.
"Can the people of the lore group kill Wang Hao in the hands of Qianniuwei?"
"This, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, even if it is done, I'm afraid, no one in the entire group can live."
"What if I can find a way to transfer most of the Qianniuwei who are in charge of guarding?"
Wuying'er thought for a moment before replying, "The possibility of success increases, but the whole group of people, none of them can live." ”
'No one can live' and 'no one can live' are two concepts, the first is because you want to kill people desperately, so you will be killed. The second is to successfully kill someone, because the person who did it cannot implicate the owner and will eventually need to commit suicide.
Neither of these situations is what Sun Xiangfu wants to see, because he will never exchange the lives of his subordinates.
"Is it possible to kill Wang Hao without sacrificing? For example, poisoning his food or water. ”
Wuying'er thought for a moment before saying, "This, it depends on whether there are any loopholes to exploit, but unless you kill the person who does it, otherwise, the secret guards are likely to find out about you, and when the time comes, there will definitely be a lot of people involved." ”
Originally, it was not difficult to kill a death row prisoner, but this death row prisoner was strictly guarded by the emperor himself, and the situation was different.
Assassination, an unsightly method, was originally not something Sun Xiangfu was good at, and after discussing with Wuying'er for a while without results, the West City Gate also arrived, and Sun Xiangfu put this issue aside for the time being, looking forward to Wang Xu's side that there would be a better way.
The team of more than 100,000 people seems to be very large, but if the number of people who greet them outside the city is nearly one million, they will look very thin, even if it is as strong as the Byzantine Empire, it is difficult to see the scene of millions of people gathering together, and according to the Tang envoy who led them, this is just a city on the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, not the capital of the Tang Kingdom.
Tang Jian walked at the forefront of the team, and after three years away from Datang, he couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of him.
After seeing Sun Xiangfu's reassuring eyes, the worries that lingered in his heart completely dissipated, and after stepping forward to greet Sun Xiangfu, he let go of his body, and at this time, a large group of tearful people appeared in front of him.
"Welcome home."
A simple sentence is like opening the floodgates of everyone's tears, especially the female members of the art troupe, who suddenly became silent.
The three-year trek, how many heartaches and bitterness, at this moment, all passed, and when I got home, there would only be warmth here.
Sun Xiangfu had long expected this scene, although he was a little mentally prepared, and he knew that they had all returned safely the night before, but at this moment, his eyes were also red.
After everyone's emotions were slightly vented, he spoke, "You have worked hard, but we can't lose face in front of Fanbang, the city has prepared a banquet for you to celebrate your achievements, your brothers and sisters, and also prepared beautiful songs and dances for you, you must hold your heads high, with the best mental outlook, enjoy the glory that belongs to you." ”
Hearing Sun Xiangfu's voice cheering them up, everyone wiped away their tears with their sleeves, Li Xiangdie and Yao Hongsleeve, who were standing at the front of the team, glanced at each other, and turned to face the team behind them.
"Brothers and sisters, play music and enter the city."
"Knock knock, knock knock······"
A song that is passionate and with a bit of joy, played by all the musicians at the gate of the city, led by Li Xiangdie and Yao Hongsleeve, who are wearing the ceremonial costumes of the art troupe, the whole team began to march into the city, this song, is they in the return journey, jointly written and completed, called 'return'.
On both sides of the streets in the city, the aborigines in Dingxiang City waved the flowers in their hands to welcome them, and this group of people is the hero who brought them the prosperity of Dingxiang today, and deserves the gratitude and welcome of all of them.
At such a grand reception ceremony, there is no time to give Sun Xiangfu and his acquaintances a warm chat, and it is already rare to be able to nod and say hello, and it has been delayed for a long time, and the whole process of entering the city will probably last for several hours.
Therefore, after all the people of the Art Troupe and the mission headquarters passed, Sun Xiangfu began to greet the delegations of the Western Regions one by one.
Sun Xiangfu and Tang Jian, one on the left and one on the right, stood on the left side of the city gate, and behind them were many interpreters of the mission, as well as officials of the Ministry of Rites and Dingxiang City, who were responsible for arranging for these Fanbang delegations to live and live in the city.
"This is the great prince of the Byzantine Empire, Heraclius."
Under Tang Jian's introduction, Sun Xiangfu gave a fist hug to the Hillac on the open-top carriage, and then handed him a red invitation in person, "My Datang official has arranged for you to stay at the Wang's Hotel in the city, however, in the afternoon, there is a welcome banquet held in the Wangjianglou Hotel, this is your invitation, you can bring up to ten people to the banquet with the invitation, now, please go to the hotel with the officials of our Ministry of Rites to check in and settle down, later, they will take you to the banquet site." ”
Even Heraclius, who had some contempt for Datang before, was a little more jealous of the strength of Datang, the Eastern Empire, after seeing the scene outside Dingxiang City, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing!
Therefore, he didn't dare to entrust him, and after receiving the invitation from Sun Xiangfu, he expressed his gratitude to Sun Xiangfu with Western aristocratic etiquette! Then, under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the interpreter, he led his own procession of up to 3,000 people into the city.
At first, Heraclius was a little curious, why did Tang dare to let such a large team as himself enter the city, this is a city that looks very prosperous! Are they not afraid of robbery by their own people?
However, when his carriage passed through the cave of the city gate, he knew why.
On both sides of the street, there were soldiers in iron helmets and iron armor, all of whom were burly and guarded along the street, blocking a wide cement road for them, and not only was the city gate crowded with people watching the excitement, but the people in the city were actually no less than those outside the city gate, and everywhere he could see, except for the tall cement buildings, were all people, all of whom had the characteristics of various races, and there seemed to be more than the population of their capital, Constantinople.
Outside the city gate, Sun Xiangfu had already handed out the second invitation, which was the Persian Sassanid crown prince Yi Hei.
He didn't dare to be like Heraclius, standing in the carriage and greeting Sun Xiangfu, he knew more about the etiquette and information of the Central Plains, Sun Xiangfu was a duke with a pivotal position in the Tang Dynasty, and even one of his decisions or suggestions could change the fate of Persia.
These actions may not have great practical significance, but in the eyes of the onlookers of the Tang Dynasty, they are still relatively long-faced, after all, their identities will be sung by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty, before, has always been a big country whose national strength is still above the Tang Dynasty, and their crown prince will actually salute a duke of the Tang Dynasty, which fully proves the international status of the Tang Dynasty.
After that, it is called the great cannibal Arab delegation by the Tang people, Abu Bakr is the first caliph of the four major caliphs in the Arab world in history, however, his reign is only two years, he died of illness, Muhammad died more than two months ago, that is, he can live less than two years, sure enough, when Sun Xiangfu saw Abu Bakr, he found that he looked sick.
"I can't imagine that this land, under the governance of the Tang Emperor, has become so rich, I really can't wait to be ten years younger and go here a few more times."
Abu Bakr, who was born in a businessman, was the only person in this group who could communicate with Sun Xiangfu in Chinese, and when he was young, he went to the Tang Dynasty many times to do business, at that time, Li Yuan was still in power, and the northern land was still desolate.
"Hehe, in the future, the trade between Datang and Dashi will only become more and more convenient and frequent, maybe, you just need to wait in Medina, and many of the goods produced by my Datang will be delivered to you."
"Really? That's good. ”
After years of war, all kinds of resources of Da Shi have long been scarce, and people who stand at the height of domination value resources more than money.
"These things, let's talk about them later at the banquet, and during the sports conference, we can reach a trade agreement."
"Ahem, it's extreme, it's extreme······"
Seeing that Abu Bakr was coughing in pain, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly beckoned and asked the doctors from the medical school to come and help him diagnose and treat him.
In fact, the doctor of the mission had already helped him diagnose and treat him, except for the old wounds left on the battlefield that could not be cured, he just had some cold and cough, but unfortunately the location of his illness was not very good, just in the wilderness, the mission's medicine had already been used up, and it became more and more serious after a few days, and he only took the medicine when he arrived in Ningyuan County.
"Young Master Sun, it's just an ordinary wind and cold cough, drinking a bottle of cough syrup can relieve the cough symptoms, and later, take a few more pills to dispel wind and cold, and you will be able to get better in two or three days."
Hearing this, Abu Bakr felt a burst of joy in his heart, his body, he himself knew that this time he came to Datang, he may not have the intention of seeking medical treatment, otherwise, he would not come to Datang when Muhammad's body was almost unable to hold on, and the power of Dashi might be alternated.
After some diagnosis and treatment, it was naturally delayed for a few minutes, but at this time, there was a commotion at the back of the team.
"What's the situation?" After asking Abu Bakr to collect the invitation and enter the city, Sun Xiangfu asked the guard.
Soon, a guard from behind came to report, "Grandpa, it's the Tubo and the Bi people, they are dissatisfied with being lined up at the back of the brigade and the team in front of them going too slowly. ”
"Two uninvited countries? Bring some people and teach them how to abide by the rules of our Datang. ”