Although Longmen Xi had been attached to the Taizong Dynasty as early as a few decades earlier, it had become a direct subject of the Tang Dynasty. Like other Tang people, the Son of Heaven was called "Emperor" instead of the "Heavenly Khan" that Rao Lexi used to use, but the change of affiliation could not change the bloodline that had been passed down from generation to generation.

No matter whether Tang Tianzi is called Emperor or Tian Khan, it can't change the fact that Tu Yezhuo is an out-and-out ridicule.

As a mocking person, Tu Yezhuo's mood today is very complicated, especially at the beginning, when he saw the two envoys of Tu Xian and Pingcuo begging bitterly in front of Tang Cheng, and even to the point of wagging his tail and begging for mercy, although he didn't say a word when he stood on the side, the sadness in his heart gushed out like a raging boundary river, pouring it from the inside out.

Maybe he is really old, so many times his heart is getting softer and softer, and he likes to remember the old times of ten, twenty, or even decades ago, which he never had in his prime. It is precisely because he likes to recall the past, and compared with the scene he saw in front of him, the deep and deep sadness became deeper and deeper.

When did it begin that the proud descendants of the wolf god had fallen to such a point? Ten years ago, no, just two or three years ago, who among the Xi people would put a Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion Sima in his eyes! Even the lowliest slave baby knew that Tang Guan'er who stayed in Sima's Mansion was just a mud bodhisattva ornament. It's useless, and when something happens, people would rather beg a small clan patriarch with only a hundred people than think of running in front of Sima.

But now...... Tuduo and Pingcuo's envoys Tu Yezhuo actually knew each other, one of them was the patriarch's younger brother, and the other was the patriarch's own uncle, and in terms of the blood relationship that the Xi people valued the most, they belonged to the most noble people in the entire Raole grassland. But this is the kind of person who is now groveling in front of the Tang man Sima, who used to be able to sneer at even slave children.

It's only been two or three years, how strong is the contrast between before and after, how can you not be very sad when you see this scene as a mock person!

But what is even more desolate is that this scene in front of me is just a small manifestation of the Xi people as a whole sliding into the abyss, Rao Lexi, who has been strong for many years, after the sudden death of the former Xi king Li Yanji, began continuous infighting and sinking because of the struggle for power, and finally came to the present, to the point where more than 2,000 Xi athletes took the initiative to ask the generals of the Tang border army to submit to the point.

Jia Zixing's short-lived fighting man is not wrong about one thing, no matter how dangerous and embarrassing Domogao's situation is in the Domo Ministry, now he is still the nominal patriarch of the Domo Ministry, especially since he is still holding the bronze drum that represents the highest power symbol of the Domo Ministry.

If it is not a real Xi people, you will never understand the meaning of the copper drum in the hands of the great patriarch, after countless generations of inheritance, this copper drum is not only a symbol of the highest power in the clan for the Xi tribe, it is also the favor of the wolf god to a tribe, is the condensation of countless generations of inheritance of the entire tribe, is ...... There are too many things it carries, and for any of the five parts of Rao Le, the significance of this copper drum is not too much, but now, this precious holy relic, which should be worthy of the life of all the people of the entire tribe, was held up by Duo Mogao in front of Jia Zixing as a "evidence" of submission.

Although Tu Yezhuo is not a citizen of Domobu, he is a Xi person. He also felt deep anger and humiliation. With such complicated feelings, he didn't want to see Domogao return to obedience at all, this kind of guy who betrayed the wolf god and betrayed his ancestors should be hacked to death with a knife.

Listening to Jia Zixing's toothache as if talking about the great merits brought by Duo Mogao's return, Tu Yezhuo's hand holding the tea cup tightened, and after the wind stirred up the tea in the cup to ripple in circles, he turned his gaze to Tang Cheng who was sitting on the other side.

Tu Yezhuo has been looking after his family in the rear these days, and he has lost all the affairs related to Tang Cheng in the tribe to his son Tu Yehei, so he is not very clear about some of Tang Cheng's specific methods of intervening in the Raole Grassland, but it doesn't matter, he knows that all matters involving the grassland now, the final tone will still be Tang Cheng.

Although Tang Cheng is very good in ordinary interactions, he is far from the pretense and trivialism of those Tang Dynasty officials he has seen before, and even when it comes to the conflict of interests, he can take the initiative to take into account the other party's requirements and make appropriate considerations or even concessions, but if you want to think that he is a good talker, it is very wrong to be outrageous. Although he is very tolerant in the details, Tang Cheng is hard-hearted when it comes to fundamental issues, once he insists on something in his heart, this often means that the matter can only be done according to his will in the end, unless you can convince him, otherwise the result of going against his will is to face revenge and countermeasures that will definitely bring tragic consequences.

So don't look at this is Jia Zixing's leather tent. Don't look at the object of Duomogao's obedience is also Jia Zixing, but as long as this matter involves intervention in the grassland, then whether Duomogao is alive or dead, and at least five achievements in the decision of what fate will be in Tang Cheng's hands in the future.

Sure enough, Jia Zixing grinned for a while before turning his head to look at Tang Cheng, "Brother, how do you think this matter is appropriate?" ”。

"What use can the imperial court have if it wants these two thousand people except to have a long face? Leave it to me", Tang Cheng's words were also crisp, but Jia Zixing's face was full of regret, and after sucking his mouth like a toothache again, he waved his hand listlessly to the captain who was passing the word and said, "Go, bring people in."

Seeing this scene, Tu Yezhuo secretly smiled and muttered at the same time, what deal did these two people do behind them? Otherwise, how could Jia Zixing be so good at talking, Tang Cheng was willing to spit out the great work to his mouth with just one sentence?

At this time, Tang Cheng was also secretly glad in his heart, glad that Li Longji's letter to Jia Zixing was really timely, otherwise it would not have been so smooth now.

After a while, Duo Mo Gao, who was holding a copper drum in both hands, walked in under the grip of two sturdy little schools, and this was the second time Tang Cheng had seen Duo Mo Gao since he first met him on the terrace of Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion when he first arrived at the grassland. Compared with the last time we met, Domogao has lost a lot of weight now, and his bloodshot eyes and wolf-like ruthlessness have also been frustrated a lot.

As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Tang Cheng looking at him with interest, and Duo Mogao's body suddenly tightened, but at this time, he couldn't afford to regret it, his eyes flashed from Tang Cheng's body, and then he fell to the ground with a copper drum in his hand, "Duo Mogao, the patriarch of the Duomo tribe of the Rao Le Xi clan, and two thousand elite clansmen please return to the Tang Bang Heavenly Dynasty, and from now on, he will be loyal and obedient, and he will never rebel, please fulfill the Lord Duwei."

"It's a pity. A four-turn military exploit with a handle in his hand is gone", Jia Zixing sat up straight and looked at Duo Mo Gao up and down carefully, sighed with regret and waved his hand, "Come on, take it!" ”。

Duo Mogao set this return to obedience as the last way to survive in death, naturally it was well thought out, in his mind that any Tang Dynasty border army general could not refuse the temptation of such a great achievement, but he didn't expect to meet such a thing as soon as he walked into Jia Zixing's leather tent, and his heart suddenly turned cold for a while, and he wanted to resist violently, and the scimitar on his body had been taken away when he crossed the bridge, what use could he use with his bare hands, it was this kung fu that turned his mind, and he had been pressed to the ground by the two small colonels who were close to him. And the bronze drum that symbolized the supreme power of the Duomo Department rolled towards Tang Cheng after it landed.

Tang Cheng raised his foot and stepped on it, and the copper drum was honestly placed on the sole of his foot, "This is a famous warrior on the grassland, be careful, take the rope, be sure to tie it strongly."

When the two small colonels who were according to the people heard this, they looked at Jia Zixing, and Lord Du Wei glared angrily, "Look at what I'm doing, do what Master Sima tells me."

It was this stunned kung fu, but Duo Mogao, who didn't make any resistance just now and let others hold it down, suddenly rose up. The two colonels didn't control him, but after the outbreak of the fight, they didn't go to Jia Zixing, who ordered him to take him, and they rushed straight to Tang Cheng with their arms, looking at his crazy and violent expression, as if Tang Cheng had a deep hatred with him for killing his father and wife.

Jia Zixing and Tu Yezhuo, who were shocked by this sudden situation, stood up suddenly, and the two junior colonels even changed their faces and wanted to remedy it, but after all, they were still one step slower, but Tang Cheng, who was the target person, did not see any panic, and when he saw that Tu Yezhuo was about to get closer, he flipped his wrist, and the small crossbow in his sleeve made a slight sound of "Zheng", and shot out a bright crossbow arrow.

Domogao fell in response. Half of the middle-finger-long bolt was driven into his thigh.

Tang Cheng played with the extremely small crossbow in his hand, and his mind suddenly remembered the scene when he and Domogao met for the first time, "I originally thought that there would be no more chances, but now it seems that there is really a providence, it should be yours is always yours, but it took a long time to wait."

Xu didn't want to be humiliated anymore, and Duo Mogao, who fell to the ground and forced himself to endure the pain, didn't say a word, which really made Tang Cheng feel a little disappointed.

Domogao was pressed to the ground again, and the two worried little colonels were very annoyed with him, and took advantage of this opportunity to only use all the strength to eat, and one of them even made a small movement in his black-hearted hand, and pushed the exposed crossbow arrow again, causing Domogao's whole body to tremble like a fish out of water.

When Duomogao was being tied up here, another small colonel from outside hurriedly walked in, "Lord Yuduwei, there is a fight on the other side of the Jiehe."

"Seeing that my brother's calmness just now was like I knew that this Duo Mogao would go crazy, it made me frightened in vain", Jia Zixing waved his hand casually to the little colonel who came to report the news, and said to Tang Cheng with a smile: "This is a crossbow with sleeves, brother, I heard it in the mouth of Li Changshi, who is in charge of weapons in the Governor's Mansion, only Chang'an will be the supervisor in the world who can make this thing, and the output of sixty or seventy bodies a year is at most, and it is all controlled by the Zongren Temple, and the elder brother can get this kind of weapon for the royal family to defend himself, and it is a good means!" ”。

Jia Zixing's words put the word "royalty" very seriously.

Tang Cheng knew the meaning of his words, but he didn't explain that this crossbow was originally from Zheng Lingyi, since he wanted to associate it with Li Longji, then let him go, "I have a holiday with this guy for a long time, and I was a little wary of seeing him." As for the sleeved crossbow, you always have to have some small means of self-preservation in a place of right and wrong."

"This method is not small", Jia Zixing withdrew his gaze from the sleeve crossbow and pointed to the outside of the tent, "How to deal with the affairs on the other side?" ”。

"No matter who fled back and brought someone here, it's not appropriate not to let him vent, let them fight for a while to vent their anger first", after Tang Cheng finished speaking with a light smile, he looked sideways at Tu Yezhuo who was sitting on the side, "Tu Ye Patriarch." I will borrow you a few of your capable men."

Tu Yezhuo's mind is still in Jia Zixing's sentence just now, stump Tang Cheng's roots can really go deep into Chang'an Palace? It wasn't until Tang Cheng turned his head to speak to him that he took back his somewhat deep thoughts, "Okay, how many people do you want?" ”。

"Seven or eight will suffice, and by the way, ask the patriarch to bring Nadomoch with you."

When Tu Yezhuo got up to get out of the account, he obviously endured it for a while and finally said, "I also want to ask the adults to raise their feet, this copper drum is not an object that should be used to pad the feet after all", said in his mouth, the other person had already arrived in front of Tang Cheng, bowed down and picked up the copper drum from the ground, brushed it carefully, and put it on the small table after placing it, and then stepped out of the account.

"The taste in these words is a little wrong", Jia Zixing touched his chin and said in a deep voice after seeing Tu Yezhuo come out of the tent: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different."

Tang Cheng came from the later generations, and he has long been familiar with the complexity of the national issue in the TV and newspapers, but he has a little understanding of the psychology behind Tu Yezhuo's abrupt move, and he just smiled when he heard the words, "Lord Du Wei thinks too much."

"My 4,000 men are not enough for you, so why use his men?" , Jia Zixing's attitude towards Tang Cheng was very disapproving, "Besides, brother, are you really going to support Domoqi?" This guy went to Chang'an to study since he was seven years old, and he was lucky to come back this time, just in time for his brother to die in the war outside the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion, and barely followed the example of 'brother to brother and' to pick up the patriarch, but although others are lucky, he is a fool who reads dead books, and he is not familiar with grassland affairs, what is the use of such a person? ”。

At this time, not only Japan and Silla sent a large number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty, but also many of the people in power in the grasslands and many Western Regions also sent their children to Chang'an to study and receive education, these people often stayed in Chang'an for several years, more than ten years, and even some of them directly participated in the imperial examination organized by the Tang Dynasty as a "Binggong Sheng" and then became an official in the Tang Dynasty.

"If it weren't for the fact that he still had such an experience, Xu would not have survived now, a person with the appearance of a Xi person and the heart of a Tang person is not easy to find here, it's a pity to waste it", Tang Cheng continued while gently tapping the copper drum on the small table next to him with his fingers: "As for the people who want to use the Tuye patriarch, it is for them to follow Domoqi to clean up the chaos on the other side of the river, and it is best for Xi people to do such a thing, since they have already pinched the entire Domo Department in their hands, why bother to obstruct people in this little matter."

After saying this, Tang Cheng sighed with emotion, "It's not easy, after spending a lot of thought and waiting for so long, the matter of Duomobu is finally over today."

……