Chapter 108: Killing Horses at the City Gate
The night was thick Gu Qing went home, a group of fireflies were flying at the door of the Taoist temple, watching the lights in the Taoist temple go out and standing for a while and returning home.
"Husband, that little bird flew out all day and didn't come back." Wu Mei looked at the eaves of her house aggrievedly and said.
Gu Qing looked at the night sky and saw a small bird skimming across the sky and returning to the eaves, "Don't you see it's coming back?" ”
"Hmm." Wu Mei nodded contentedly, "Wash your husband's feet as a concubine." ”
"I'll wash you." Gu Qing touched her head.
"There is no husband who washes his wife's feet?" Wu Mei squirmed.
Picking up the footwashing water, Gu Qing took off Wu Mei's shoes and socks, "I haven't taken care of things at home, you've always been worried about it." ”
Wu Mei had a happy smile on her face, "Actually, this is what a concubine should do, this is our home, I must make this family prosperous." ”
"You're still young, and when you grow up, you'll make your family prosperous." Gu Qing hugged Wu Mei to bed, "Are all the people in the family still obedient and easy to use?" ”
"They're all good." Wu Mei said and leaned into Gu Qing's arms, "Recently, the concubine has always looked like the master has something on her mind. ”
Gu Qing knew that Sun Simiao was worried about his affairs with Changle, so he comforted Wu Mei and fell asleep, "Master may have fallen in love with the master of which mountain recently, and the husband is looking for an opportunity to match this marriage." ”
"you, Master is a lot older." Wu Meiqiao glared at Gu Qing.
The two hugged each other and fell asleep......
That night, the envoys of various countries arrived in Chang'an, the curfew was lifted again, and Lu Dongzan and Songtsan Gampo did not stop visiting the various princes on Suzaku Street everywhere.
entered Wei Zheng's house, and was directly driven out by Wei Zheng with a broom, Lu Dongzan didn't know where he offended him, maybe this is what the Central Plains people said about the eight-character offense?
Songtsan Gampu returned to the post house without interest, and saw that the other envoys were also disappointed, it seemed that most of them were closed, and they were still a little anxious, so the visit could not help but be a little flattering, the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty knew this truth, and at this time, they could not just join the team, and everything could not be said before the monarch made a will.
The envoys of various countries had prepared before they came, and their purpose was different from that of Lu Dongzan and Songtsan Gampo, and the first thing they wanted to visit was the princes of the current Tang Dynasty, but the princes had a very tacit understanding and did not see one.
Until dawn, Gu Qing washed his face and saw Fang Yizhi waiting at the door of his house, and Wu Mei was packing her clothes.
"Fang Yi is here, I'll take a look." Gu Qing walked out of the house.
"Gu Qing, you can figure it out." Fang Yi pulled Gu Qing up and said, "Your Majesty wants to see the envoys of various countries, we have to hurry up and send them to the palace." ”
"Am I going too?" Gu Qing asked lazily.
"Hmm!" Fang Yi nodded straightly, "Your Majesty asked you to go and audit." ”
"Wu Mei, I'll go out." Gu Qing shouted towards home.
Fang Yi pulled Gu Qing straight and left, "Hurry up, don't miss the hour." ”
The two of them hurried to Chang'an, all the way to the post house, the honor guard had already been prepared, and it was Kong Yingda who led the way, and the number of people was not yet complete, and there were a few Turkic envoys.
"What about people?" Gu Qing was puzzled.
Su Dingfang was also in the escort team, and a soldier hurriedly came: "Two lieutenant generals!" The Turkic envoys were running horses outside the city. ”
"Where did he get the interest?" Gu Qing said.
The old Kong Yingda said: "I'm tired of the two lieutenant generals, go and pick them up." ”
"Yes!" Su Dingfang said in response and left with the escort army.
Gu Qing followed Su Dingfang to the outside of the city gate, and saw several Turks riding horses outside the city and shouting Turkic language.
"Invite the Turkic envoys into the palace!" Su Dingfang shouted.
Several Turks raised their horses' heads and galloped towards Su Dingfang and Gu Qing, the speed did not decrease and became faster and faster along the way, the soldiers behind the two retreated step by step, Gu Qing and Su Dingfang stood in place to face the war horses coming from the Turks.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa......," the Turkic shouted, with a provocative face on his face, waving his horsewhip and speeding towards the two, with a posture of colliding with each other.
Staring at each other, Gu Qing shouted, "Behead the horse for me!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Su Dingfang drew his knife and slashed it down at the moment when the war horse rushed over, blood flew and splashed into the sky, and the huge horse's head was cut off on the spot.
The Turkic man turned over and fell to the ground, watching the knife in Su Dingfang's hand retreat step by step with blood low, so heavy and murderous.
"Turkic envoys, please enter the palace." Gu Qing said coldly.
The Turks watched Su Dingfang pat the dust on his body and walked into Chang'an City.
After the people were gathered, they could finally set off, Gu Qing glanced at the envoys of various countries in a tacit order, according to the strongest Turks and Tubo in the forefront, then Tianzhu and Nanzhao, and then Tuyuhun, the countries of the Western Regions and other small countries.
Not only did the group wear colorful clothes, but also their skin tones.
There was a Taoist priest on the side of the road who was selling fortune telling, and the Tianzhu people were curious and said in an unfamiliar Guanzhong dialect, "We Tianzhu also revere the Taoism of the Central Plains, just like touching the bones to tell fortunes." ”
"Actually, I've heard of a more sophisticated fortune-telling technique." Gu Qing said with a smile.
"Oh? What else? Tianzhu asked.
"For example, touching the chest and telling fortunes is also very superb." Gu Qing nodded seriously, "You might as well try it." ”
"Hmm." Tianzhu people nodded and looked very worshipful.
"Humph!" Songtsen Gampo snorted coldly.
The people walked to the door of their houses one after another to look at this group of strangely dressed envoys, as if they were watching a group of monkeys in the zoo, Gu Qing looked around, should anyone throw a banana over.
All the way to the palace gate, the escorted soldiers dispersed.
"Your Majesty has a decree, the envoy enters the palace!" A eunuch stood in front of the Taiji Palace and shouted.
"The envoy enters the palace!" A hundred paces away, another eunuch took over and shouted.
"The envoy enters the palace!"
……
Starting from Taiji Palace, shouting all the way from far to near, until he was in front of him, as soon as the words fell, Kong Yingda took a step forward and entered the palace with many envoys.
Fang Yi glanced at Gu Qing and asked him to hurry up and keep up.
The envoys of various countries looked at the majestic palace and looked around, and Songtsen Gampo's eyes were the hottest, all the way to the Taiji Palace.
"The Turkic envoy is reined, and he came to meet the monarch of the Tang Dynasty."
"The Tibetan envoy Lu Dongzan came to meet the monarch of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Nanzhao Envoy ......"
……
The envoys saluted.
Gu Qing found that only Songtsen Gampo had not spoken, and Li Er's eyes were also staring at Songtsen Gampo, and the two looked at each other, as if there were sparks flashing in the air.
All the envoys felt an inexplicable tension, and the smell of gunpowder between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was very strong.