Chapter 265: Hunting

Lu Wentai followed Tang Jian's gaze, and at a glance saw Zhang Yunwen wearing Mingguang armor standing beside him, and immediately made a sudden appearance, and said to Zhang Yunwen: "It turns out that this is General Zhang!" Xiao Wang has eyes and doesn't know gold and jade, and asks General Zhang to forgive him! ”

Zhang Yunwen didn't dare to accept this, and hurriedly supported Lu Wentai: "Where is the lord of the country!" Where would the last general dare to accept the gift of the lord of the country! ”

Lu Wentai straightened up and said apologetically: "Since General Zhang refuses to accept Xiao Wang's gift, then please accept this scimitar as Xiao Wang's apology!" As he spoke, he untied the saber at his waist and handed it to Zhang Yunwen.

This saber is a typical Persian scimitar, with a crescent-shaped scabbard and a white body, but it is not known what material it is made of. It is inlaid with sapphires, rubies and emeralds, carefully carved and shining. On the handle of the knife, there is a golden wire entwined, and at the end there is an opal the size of a finger. Just these four gems are pure and immaculate, I'm afraid they are worth ten thousand, let alone the knife inside.

Where does Zhang Yunwen dare to accept such a thing, if he accepts it, he will have to be impeached by the imperial historians. At the moment, he resigned again and again.

Seeing Zhang Yunwen's resolute attitude, Lu Wentai had no choice but to give up and said with unwillingness on his face: "Since General Zhang thinks this knife is valuable, then Xiao Wang will give him another thing in the future to apologize to General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly excused himself, but was rejected by Lu Wentai in a resolute tone.

After this delay, the Gaochang mission was delayed for at least three quarters of an hour in opening the far gate. However, in these three quarters of an hour, the Tang soldiers on both sides stood straight, like sculptures. It made Lu Wentai amazed.

Entering the Kaiyuan Gate, under the leadership of Tang Jian, the Gaochang delegation came to live in the Fan Pavilion.

Now that the welcome has been completed and the mission has also settled in the Fan Pavilion, Zhang Yunwen said goodbye to Lu Wentai and Tang Jian.

Lu Wentai was enthusiastic and kept greeting, which made Zhang Yunwen inexplicable. He is not a beauty, why should he be so courteous?

When Zhang Yunwen and Tang Jian came out of the fanguan, Tang Jian said to Zhang Yunwen with a deep face: "Yunwen, you have to be careful, this Lu Wentai is so attentive to you, maybe there are other purposes!" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!" I don't know what I can do to make this Lu Wentai so attentive, but I'll be careful! ”

That night, Li Shimin feasted the guests of the ministers in the Baifu Palace, except for the newly arrived lord of the country, the envoys of other countries, the chieftains who surrendered, as well as Tuli, Jieli and others, were all among them.

During the banquet, Zhong Ming ate and staggered. Food and wine are all available; Singing and dancing acrobatics, everything. Among the guests, there are dancers with smiling faces and flying eyebrows; Gu Ying is self-pitying, and there are those who are depressed; Looking around, there are also those who tremble. On this banquet where the strings resounded and the sheng songs were endless, all kinds of performances were performed.

The days passed like this, like snow piled up on the ground, silently, melting and accumulating, accumulating and dissolving. In an instant, the four years of Zhenguan passed quietly.

Lu Wentai sent people to Zhang Yunwen's mansion many times to give generous gifts, but they were all refused. Even if the visitor stayed in the house, Zhang Yunwen sent someone back the next day.

After a few times, Lu Wentai did not come to give generous gifts again.

At the beginning of the new year, Zhang Yunwen sent a gift to the minister's palace he knew as usual, most of the military generals were weapons and armor, and most of the civil officials were stationery and ancient books. This time, there were three more places for him to give gifts, Su Dingfang, Lu Chengqing and Zhang Wencong. Zhang Wencong is the brother of Zhang Wencong, and he was a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at this time.

When he was sent to Su Dingfang's residence, Zhang Yunwen patted his head violently, and suddenly remembered that Su Dingfang was the same as himself, and he had no relatives. His father Su Yong died in battle in his early years, and his adoptive father Gao Yaxian was a general of Dou Jiande, and he was also killed in battle. Therefore, Zhang Yunwen directly dragged Su Dingfang back to his home and spent the New Year with him.

At this time, a piece of information was sent to Zhang Yunwen, but it was about the Western Turks. Zhang Yunwen glanced at it, then put it aside, rubbed his head and said: "This Eastern Turk is attacking my Tang Dynasty, but this Western Turk is in civil strife, hehe, it's still interesting!" Saying this, he paused, "Every time I think of this, I admire the eldest grandson Sikong!" ”

The eldest grandson Sikong in Zhang Yunwen's mouth refers to the eldest grandson queen and the eldest grandson Wuji's father, Changsun Sheng, who was posthumously presented by the eldest grandson queen as Sikong, Shangzhu Guo, and Qi Guogong. Changsun Sheng fought against the Turks for more than 20 years, and although he did not command a large-scale battle, he relied on his extraordinary strategy to divide and disintegrate the huge Turkic Empire, which divided the Turkic Empire into two parts. Today, the Eastern Turks have been destroyed, and only the Western Turks are left to dominate the Western Regions.

During the period of Daye and Wude, the Western Turks successively produced a Khan of Shooting and a Khan of Tongyehu, both of whom were outstanding members of the generation, expanding the territory of the Western Turks and fighting with the Eastern Turks. However, in the second year of Zhenguan, Tongyehu Khan was killed by his uncle Mo Helu and established himself as Khan. Tongye Hu Khan's son Qili Special Service avenged his father, and also in order to compete for the Khan position, he and Mo Helu attacked each other, and this fight has continued to this day.

I saw that the information on the paper read: "Mo Helu was defeated, fled to Jinshan, and was killed by the mud, and all the tribes jointly promoted Ye Hu as the Great Khan!" "The Yehu Khan is the son of the Tongye Hukhan and the special service. According to this information, the Western Turkic Civil War is now over.

Chen Quankang, who was on the side, asked: "My lord, the civil strife in the Western Turks has subsided, do you need us to do anything?" ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "Although a divided Western Turk is good for my Tang Dynasty, it is also disadvantageous. Besides, do you think this unbridled leaf protection can last a long time? ”

Chen Quankang suddenly looked at Zhang Yunwen suspiciously. The latter patted him on the shoulder, laughed, and walked towards the palace with the information.

After reading the information, Li Shimin said with a smile: "This Western Turk seems to have calmed down the civil strife, but in fact, the civil strife has just been born!" Between the mud and the unbridled leaf protection, I'm afraid there will be a fight! Forget it, don't worry about it for now, let them continue to mess around! ”

Zhang Yunwen snorted.

At this time, Li Shimin said again: "Oh, by the way, Yunwen, I will hunt in Kunming Pool with the four Yi monarchs and the envoys of all countries, you go down and prepare, don't weaken my face of the Tang Dynasty when the time comes!" ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly understood, it seems that Li Shimin still wants to use this hunting incident to deter Gaochang Wang Lu Wentai. At that moment, he hugged his fists and said: "Weichen knows!" After a pause, Zhang Yunwen continued, "By the way, Your Majesty, Weichen still needs to ask Your Majesty for instructions!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's about Na Lu Wentai! This person keeps sending gifts and micro-ministers, and the ministers are worried that they have other hearts, so they dare not accept them, please make it clear to Your Majesty! ”

Li Shimin listened to it and smiled "haha": "Yunwen, you are really cautious!" Even these things have to come to tell me! You're my son-in-law, can I distrust you? Also, since Lu Wentai gave you a generous gift, why should you refuse, just accept it, and when the time comes, you will say that I gave it to you! ”

Zhang Yunwen listened to the last sentence, thought about it for a while, understood the meaning, and immediately said: "If this is the case, then the son-in-law will do it!" ”

From then on, Zhang Yunwen never refused the generous gifts sent by Lu Wentai, and selected fifty percent of them and sent them directly to the palace, leaving fifty percent for his own use.

Three days later, Li Shimin led the civil and military officials, the envoys of various countries and the rulers of the four Yi provinces, and left Chang'an City in a mighty way, and went in the direction of Kunming Pond in the southwest.

Kunming Pond is not a natural lake, but was dug in the three years of the Han Yuan Dynasty to practice water warfare. The pond is forty miles around, and the width is three hundred and thirty-two hectares. It is recorded in the "Biography of Southwest Yi" that the Son of Heaven sent an envoy to the country of poison to seek the city of bamboo, but was blocked by Kunming and could not arrive, so the Son of Heaven wanted to conquer Kunming. Kunming has the Dianchi Lake, with a radius of 300 miles, so it is called Kunming Pond by digging a pond to practice water warfare.

The six thousand forest guards were all dispatched, and the armor swayed along the way, standing on both sides to escort them. When they arrived at the edge of Kunming Pond, the soldiers who had arrived first had set up camp and waited for the arrival of the emperor.

At the edge of the pond in Kunming, the lake wind is whistling, as fast as a knife.

In the big tent, Li Shimin sat on the upper seat, and below it were the four Yi monarchs, civil and military ministers, and envoys of various states.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Hunt today, have fun with everyone!" Everyone, don't hunt less prey because of restraint! ”

There was a low burst of laughter.

At this time, a burly man wearing a felt hat standing behind Lu Wentai said coldly: "If you win the first place, what reward is there?" ”

"Shut up!" Lu Wentai's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly stopped the big man's words. The Great Khan had no choice but to keep silent.

Li Shimin waved his hand and smiled: "The lord of the country doesn't have to be like this!" Whoever can win the first place must be a great warrior, and I will be rewarded abundantly when the time comes! ”

As soon as these words came out, the big man suddenly showed a hint of joy.

"That's it! Now I announce the start of the hunt! Li Shimin stood up and said loudly.

Everyone stood up at the same time: "Wow! ”

It's the first month of the year, the cold hasn't passed, many animals are hibernating, and there are of course far fewer animals for everyone to hunt. But this is Kunming Pond, inhabited by many water birds, so you don't have to worry about not being able to hunt prey, at least you can catch a few water birds to fill the number.

In the cold wind, the knights set out from here and ran in different directions. Or into the mountains and forests, or by the lake.

Zhang Yunwen held a steel crossbow in his hand, accompanied by Song Waterfall, Ma Wangshan and Yang Shi, and walked along the lake.

Yang Shi turned his head to look at the knights who had entered the snow-covered woods, and asked, "Brother Zhang, why don't we go into the woods, but walk around this lake?" Aren't you afraid that the first place will fall into the hands of others? ”

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "Little stone, don't you see, there are so many people entering the woods, what are we going to do in there!" Walking along the edge of this lake, looking at the beautiful mountains and beautiful waters, the lake and the mountains, what a pleasant thing, it is much better than squeezing the woods! As for the first place, you can rest assured, it will definitely be mine, and no one can grab it! ”