Body 821 Fire

A good heavy bow was placed in a red cloth tray and presented in front of Li Hong, and someone who understood what to do next, reached out and picked up the heavy bow, and then pointed to the six kings with the back of the bow, and then Xinuluo held the arrow that had been ignited, and respectfully walked over and knelt in front of Li Hong, waiting for Li Hong to take the arrow away.

Drawing a bow and arrows, when the heavy bow was like a full moon when Li Hong had exhausted his strength to eat, the surrounding sea of people suddenly erupted in applause and cheers like a tsunami, and it was great to set off a huge wave of Erhai Lake, which was about to merge with the night.

Li Hong naturally doesn't need to aim, the campfire like a mountain, no matter how bad his archery skills are, even if he closes his eyes, he can shoot.

As soon as Li Hong's hand was released, the arrow with the fire light was like a fire dragon, leaving a bright afterimage in the night sky, and then went straight into the bonfire.

As the arrows fell into the bonfire, the entire ancestral hall fell into a brief darkness in an instant, and then it was just a matter of three or two breaths, and the huge bonfire instantly burst into flames, and the huge fire light illuminated the open space in front of the entire ancestral hall.

The cheers and congratulations sounded like a tsunami in the face of Li Hong under the leadership of the five edict kings, and after the shun and the five edict kings knelt down in the face of Li Hong and made an unconditional surrender, the surrounding six edict officials and wealthy families also knelt down at the same time, welcoming Li Hong's arrival with their unique etiquette.

The sound of singing and dancing continued to sound, bright and crisp but incomprehensible singing, with a simple and primitive atmosphere, strong and clumsy dance movements, also like a slowed down of the fighting action, the sharp blade shining in the firelight in the hand, was danced back and forth.

Xinuluo and several people accompanied Li Hong to drink for a while, and introduced Nanzhao officials to salute Li Hong for a while, all in order to set off Li Hong's nobility and authority with a low profile, and also to show Nanzhao's respect for the Tang Dynasty.

Today's Nanzhao has followed the official system of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the Tang Dynasty's Yunnan King Xinuluo, there are other five Zhao kings, and now the status of Nanzhao is equivalent to the position of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

And below it are the twelve generals, collectively known as the twelve generals, and now Li Hong only sees six, and the other half is the private soldiers equivalent to the six kings, and they are also a self-protection force that balances each other.

As for the six departments, they also imitated the official system of the Tang Dynasty and were called Liucao.

The rest of the local official positions are equivalent to the status of the state capital of the Tang Dynasty, but in addition to the Taihe City controlled by Xinuluo, there are two other so-called Governor's Mansions, which are among the five edicts, and the two edicts are second only to the Zhaowang of the Xinuluo forces, and the military system is also copied from the government military system in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, so this also allows them to enter the early Tang Dynasty, and they don't have to worry about too much military spending.

While the dinner party in front of the ancestral hall was still going on amid cheers, in Taihe City, which was much quieter than it, black shadows began to sneak towards the place where the floating slaughter camp was located.

Xinuluo's small eyes flashed with subtle sharpness, and Li Hong listened attentively to the whispers of Shi Langzhao, the governor of the Tonghai Governor's Mansion, that is, Shi Langzhao, one of the five edicts.

"Is that true?" Li Hong turned his head to look at Shi Langzhao and asked with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness is aware that the ministers will never dare to say a half-word lie, there are perennial smuggling of my Datang grain, ironware, salt industry, etc., between Xinuluo and Zhenla, and these ministers have full evidence in their hands." Shi Langzhao glanced at the fine slave not far away and said.

Li Hong refused Shi Lang's edict, pushed a woman dressed in flowers and branches to his side, ignored the woman's resentful eyes, and continued to ask: "The rice in the land of the six edicts is ripe every year, and barley will be planted after receiving it, and wheat will be planted on the hill, and harvested at the same time, plus mulberry, hemp, salt, kapok, etc., it is good that the six edicts can not be like the imperial court to ask for grain every year, how can it be smuggled to the country of Zhenla?" ”

Shi Langzhao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that in just a few days, the prince of the Tang Dynasty had already thoroughly understood the farmland and water conservancy of the six edicts, as well as the salt and tea they relied on the most.

His eyes then flickered a little, but he still said calmly: "The Tonghai Governor's Mansion under the jurisdiction of Huichuan and the ministers has always been dominated by salt and tea, followed by Sangma, but Xinu Luo is the king of Yunnan given by His Majesty, and Tonghai also has his confidants and important ministers, and the ministers, as the governors of Tonghai, also have to obey, so there is no way to stop salt and tea being smuggled by the ministers." ”

"And where did his food come from? It must be difficult to levy the general rent of the Tang Dynasty, right? Li Hong swept the corner of his eyes, and saw that after Xinuluo met his gaze, the expression on his face immediately softened, and after smiling at himself, he began to continue drinking and singing with the people next to him.

"Your Highness, I can't hide it, the minister knows the main purpose of your visit this time, the officialdom of Jiannan Dao is now an eventful time, and you have been in Jiannan Dao for a full month, it is impossible for Xinuluo not to know that this is your Highness, let alone ......."

Shi Langzhao looked at Li Hong's side face under the firelight, and after a deep groan, he continued: "The minister has only one request, and I hope His Highness can agree. ”

Although Li Hong's face did not change color, he was shocked in his heart, and his eyes became focused, he looked at Shi Langzhao and said, "Tell me everything you know, including what you guess." ”

"Your Highness......."

"If you want to talk to me about the conditions, first of all, I have to know whether you are qualified or not, and I don't want me to give you a guarantee based on your two specious words." Li Hong stared at the hat on Shi Langzhao's head, the emerald in the middle of his forehead was shining, and people couldn't help but wonder if his wife had done something sorry for him.

"You came this time, presumably not just passing by, the crimes committed by Prince Zhenla in Chang'an are enough for the Tang Dynasty to ask them for their crimes, but you stopped after the six edicts, and it is impossible for Xinuluo to be ......defenseless."

"Oh, what is he guarding against?" Li Hong asked quietly.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister has always been loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and he has no two hearts, and the minister will not hide it from Your Highness, you come this time, presumably it will make the six edicts become the next Tibet, cut off the name of the king of Yunnan in Xinuluo, and the six edicts will be truly and firmly controlled by the Tang Dynasty." Shi Langzhao's eyes also became solemn, even pious, and he looked at Li Hong as if he was looking at their gods.

"Tell me about your conditions, including how do you know this, and who is behind you?" Li Hong stared at Shi Langzhao's almost pious eyes, and only spoke after a while.

"The minister's conditions are not very difficult for His Royal Highness, I only need the position of Governor of Tonghai, as for the hat of the king of Yunnan, who is willing to fight for them, the minister only wants to be loyal to His Royal Highness's power of dogs and horses, and do his part for His Royal Highness to rectify the six edicts." Shi Langzhao's tone did not appear tough, but seemed to beg.

Shi Langzhao is undoubtedly smart, if Li Hongzhen turns the six edicts into a second Tibet, and becomes a territory that really belongs to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, then the king of Yunnan will obviously only be a nominal feud, and there will be no real rights in his hands.

As a large number of Tang officials enter the land of the Six Edicts to govern the localities, whether it is their own Shi Lang Edict or the other five edicts, they will be deprived of all their rights by the Tang Dynasty.

And now, Shi Langzhao can realize Li Hong's big move, take the lead in raising his hand, and only seek the position of governor of Tonghai Metropolitan Mansion, and give up all other interests, which can be described as extremely wise.

At the same time, Lawless was hiding in the shadows on the periphery of the camp where the floating slaughter camp was stationed at this moment, watching more than a dozen black shadows sneak quietly in this direction.

The two smiled knowingly, and sure enough, as His Highness expected, Xinuluo chose to rob the three princes of Zhenla tonight.

"What should I do?" Wutian asked softly as if he was looking at a few turtles in an urn.

"After they have taken the kidnapping, they only need to be able to arrest two people as witnesses to prove that they were instructed by Shinura. But...... This is going to test our eyesight, although it is said to be on the territory of Xinuluo, but this guy has always been known for his insidious cunning, if we send a dead man to rob people, it is very likely that even if we capture a few people alive, it will be in vain. Can't smile, looked back at the stone house not far away, and said.

Around the stone house where the three princes of Zhenla were imprisoned, the soldiers of the Futu camp were all wearing armor tonight, especially for the vital places on their bodies, they were all wrapped in two layers of armor, so that once someone kidnapped the three princes of Zhenla, they would pretend to be hit by an arrow and fall down, so that they could rob people.

The barracks of the entire Futu Camp are, at least from the outside, an extremely heavily guarded barracks, with the sound of distant patrols and the occasional flickering wind lantern making the entire barracks quieter, not even a little noisy.

In order to be able to lure Xinuluo to take the bait, Li Hong even righteously and solemnly shirked Xinuluo's reward for the floating slaughter camp, but strictly ordered everyone in the barracks not to drink and make noise, and at the same time strengthened the defense.

The sound of breaking the air sounded in the ears of the lawless two, and then they saw the soldiers walking near the stone house, let out a low grunt, and then fell straight to the ground.

The black shadow in the distance watched the soldier fall, while the soldier on the other side was still unaware, and couldn't help but feel a sense of weakness in his heart, but at this moment, there was already a good beginning, and they didn't have time to think about it anymore.

More than a dozen black shadows who bent over and bent their backs and moved like rabbits were distributed into three parts: forward, alternate, and aftermath, and began to approach the stone house very quickly, and just as they were about to approach the stone house, they saw the soldiers who were originally walking behind the stone house suddenly walked over from both sides.

"Be careful......." The soldiers of the floating slaughter camp shouted, and then they felt a pain in their throats, and then they fell to the ground in a hurry.

Immediately afterwards, the soldier who had just fallen heard the sound of other soldiers falling to the ground beside him, and then quietly opened his eyes, only to see that the soldiers who had followed him were already lying on the ground at this time, and the dozen or so black-clothed people did not rush over at the first time.