Chapter 290: Envoy to Chang'an
"The general spares his life, the general spares his life! We are not enemies, we are the Don Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "The leader of the men in black saw the fierceness of the Xuanjia Army, and quickly threw his knife and gun and knelt on the ground and shouted.
"What's going on?" Chai Shao and Li Yuanba, who were already ready for battle, urged the horse to the front and asked.
Li Yuanji grinned, and said with a more hideous face: "Brother-in-law, these are all my guards; We are rehearsing enemy night attacks. ”
Chai Shaoyi frowned and said, "Nonsense! Hurry up and disperse! Did you do that? Why is there no one to persuade him? What about Yu Wenxin and Dou Dan? Don't they care? ”
The black-clothed general blushed and hurriedly said: "Junma, below, below is Dou Dan." A slight smile piled up on Li Yuanji's ugly face, and he said to Chai Shao nonchalantly: "Brother-in-law, I asked Dou Dan to pretend to be a thief who attacked Taiyuan Mansion to practice. That Yu Wenxin dared to disobey my orders, and he has already been arrested. ”
Cheng Zhijie looked at Li Yuanji's ugly face and sighed secretly in his heart, he was also born to the same mother, why are Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both handsome guys, but Li Yuanji and Li Yuanba are not as good as one another?
It is said that when Li Yuanji was born, his mother, Mrs. Dou, was disgusted with his appearance and was unwilling to raise him, so she ordered her family to abandon him. The maid Chen Shanyi secretly took him back, raised him secretly, and waited for Li Yuan to go home and tell him, so that Li Yuanji did not die in infancy; However, Chen's kindness was not rewarded, and he was beaten to death by Li Yuanji's strong man because of the incident.
Li Yuanji's official position is far above Chai Shao, and Chai Shao can't manage the acre and third of Taiyuan; He had no choice but to ask Li Yuanji to quit the army and release Yu Wenxin.
Although Li Yuanji looks average, he is ruthless and brave, and he doesn't want to embarrass Chai Shao, so he promised to order someone to collect troops and return to the camp, and let Yu Wenxin out.
"Brother-in-law, aren't you stationed in Mayi? Why did you suddenly come to Taiyuan? You don't give me a word in advance, so I'll go and meet you. ”
Chai Shao smiled: "Come, Yuanji, I'll introduce you; This is our honored guest, Cheng Zhijie, the demon king of the Great Demon Kingdom, and I took him to Chang'an to meet the alliance at the behest of my father. ”
Li Yuanji sighed, looked Cheng Zhijie up and down, and said, "I heard that you abolished one of the arms of Tianbao General Yuwen Chengdu in Siming Mountain; robbed him of his reputation as invincible. Seeing that the master can't cross his arms and miss; It just so happens that I'm also a little confident in my martial arts, how about we compare two times? ”
Chai Shao said angrily: "Yuanji is rude! This is our Li Tang's distinguished guest, dare to make a mistake? Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "Junma doesn't have to be angry, since the Duke of Qi is willing to teach, let's make a comparison." ”
Li Yuanji was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! is also good at horse lance, let's try the lance method? Saying that, he ordered someone to bring his Qingyun horse, flew up, and said with the horse lance in his hand: "You take the blade." ”
Cheng Zhijie smiled: "No need, let's compare!" Li Yuanji said angrily: "The madman is looking for death!" "It's a sting.
Cheng Zhijie knew as soon as he saw this posture that he was worthy of the word brave, and his ability should be similar to Qi Guoyuan and others. Thinking of this, he turned around, and the big lance went empty.
Li Yuanji secretly gritted his teeth and wanted to stab Cheng Zhijie to death at once, he stabbed seven or eight times in a row, and he didn't even touch the edge of Cheng Zhijie's clothes. "Why are you hiding! How can this be a kung fu. ”
Cheng Zhijie smiled: "Okay, I'll fight back this time, you have to be careful." Li Yuanji held the lance and jumped on the horse, aiming to stab him, but Cheng Zhijie flashed suddenly, grabbed his horse lance with his right hand, and then shouted: "Let me go." Li Yuanji resolutely refused to attack this huge force, and involuntarily let go.
Cheng Zhijie smiled and returned the horse lance to Li Yuanji and said, "How is it?" If you don't accept it, let's come again. Li Yuanji was furious and stabbed again, but after two or three moves, he was snatched away by others; In a matter of moments, he snatched the lance three times.
Li Yuanji threw the lance and was convinced, but his face was even more gloomy, and he had already hated Lao Cheng in his bones.
Li Yuanji lost face and left with people, and Chai Shao and the others returned to live in the Horse Mansion. Everyone had dinner, and someone reported: "The right guard general Yu Wenxin asks to see." ”
Chai Shao agreed, let people invite him in, Cheng Zhijie and the others got up to leave, Chai Shao said: "Fifth brother doesn't have to avoid it, it's all his own people, and it doesn't hurt to listen to it." Cheng Zhijie smiled and led people back to their seats.
Not long after, someone brought in a middle-aged scribe, who had a clear face and three long strands of hair; Inside, he bowed slightly, clenched his fists, and said: "Yuwen Xin greets the county horse, thank you for the help of the county horse." ”
Chai Shao waved his hand lightly and said, "General Yuwen is exempt; Hurry up and take a seat; Tell me how Yuanji is in Taiyuan? People still recognize him. ”
Yuwen Xinyi frowned and said: "The king of Qi is in Bingzhou, often puts on civilian clothes and goes out of the city, plays and hunts with Dou Dan, tramples on the farmland and crops, indulges the people around him, openly plunders the property of the people, and the poultry and livestock in the territory are almost robbed by them.
They also often stand in the middle of the road and shoot arrows to watch people dodge as entertainment. They often divide the soldiers into left and right sides, and play war games until they fight and slash each other, resulting in maiming and even death.
Open the door of the house at night, break into someone else's house and openly do some obscene things, ** women. The people of Li are all resentful and full of anger. How can you defend the city in this situation? Please also ask Jun Ma to invite King Tang and ask him to change someone else to guard Taiyuan! Otherwise, Taiyuan is in danger!! ”
Chai Shaoqi's face was pale, Cheng Zhijie and the others also looked at each other, this Duke of Qi was too capable; There haven't been many naughty people like him since ancient times.
"Okay, I made a note of that. I'll tell my father when I go back this time. General Yuwen, Taiyuan has to ask you to bother more during this period of time. ”
They said a few more words, and Chai Shao sent Yu Wenxin out. It didn't take long for Chai Shao to come back with a gloomy face, and he said apologetically to Cheng Zhijie: "Fifth brother, the ugly things in the family make you laugh." ”
Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "It's okay, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and no one has a few disdainful descendants; Haven't had a cancer? If there is a problem, there is no fear, and there is no fear of a toxic tumor; As long as you take it away, you'll be fine. ”
Chai Shao was thoughtful when he heard this, bowed his head and muttered silently.
The next day, Chai Shao refused Li Yuanji's repeated retention, persuaded him well, and then set off with the team.
Li Yuanji looked at their distant backs, and the fierce light in his eyes shone directly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Wenxin must have said bad things about me in front of Chai Shao; If Chai Shao goes to his father and says bad things about me, what will be good? ”
Dou Dan's eyes rolled and said: "Don't worry, I heard that the Duke of Qi and the prince are kind, and the prince is benevolent; You can ask him to intercede in front of the Tang King. In addition, the Cheshire horse is, after all, one-sided, and there is no evidence; Let's gather the elders of Taiyuan Township and ask them to jointly protect the Duke of Qi to the Tang Dynasty. In this way, the king of Tang will not only not blame the Duke of Qi, but also complain about Cheshire's false accusations. ”
Li Yuanji nodded again and again after hearing this: "Yes, yes, just do as you say!" I'll leave this matter to you, and I'll do it for me. In addition, keeping Yu Wenxin is also a scourge, I want to eradicate him, what can you do? ”
Dou Dan was shocked: "Qi Guogong can't!" After all, Yu Wenxin was sent by His Majesty to assist the Duke of Qi; We must not touch him. If Grandpa Guo doesn't like it, let's continue to put him under house arrest. ”
Li Yuanji snorted angrily and said, "This old guy, sooner or later he wants to look good!" Let's go, let's go back, let's see which one has a stunning look, let's visit late at night. "Dou Dan hehehe, he and Li Yuanji hit the horse and returned to Taiyuan.
Besides, Cheng Zhijie and Chai Shao walked for more than ten days and came to Chang'an, and Li Shimin led people to meet them ten miles away.
Seeing their team coming, Li Shimin and Deputy Envoy Pei Lin hurriedly got up and walked a few steps forward and stood on the side of the road. Although Cheng Zhijie's current status is the same as Li Yuan, he doesn't dare to play a big name in front of Li Shimin, he saw Li Shimin from a distance, and quickly turned over and dismounted to meet him.
"Demon King Chitose, I will be disappointed and atone for my sins in person." Li Shimin and Pei Lin stepped forward to greet each other.
"With Lao Qin Guogong driving far away, Cheng is ashamed to be ashamed." Cheng Zhijie also hurried to be polite.
Li Shimin pointed to Pei Lin behind him and said: "Demon King Chitose, this is the left servant who shoots Pei Lian, this is the eldest grandson Wuji, and this is ......" He introduced his entourage one by one.
Cheng Zhijie greeted everyone separately, and then introduced Luo Lian, Shi Danai, Liang Shitai, Ashina Yan, Bai Yuhua and others behind him.
Pei Lin and the others were stunned when they heard this, these people are all military figures, and they don't look like they are here to send envoys.
Li Shimin was familiar with the inside story and greeted everyone, and then walked into Chang'an together. According to the etiquette, they first went to the Jinluan Palace to meet Emperor Gong Yang Yu, and then had a brief meeting with the prime minister and Tang King Li Yuan.
Li Yuan took Cheng Zhijie and talked about Cheng Zhijie and others pretending to be Qin Qiong at Li Shimin's wedding, and everyone laughed when they heard it. Then Li Yuan asked Qin Qiong about the situation again, and repeatedly asked Cheng Zhijie to thank Qin Qiong on his behalf.
In the end, Li Yuan invited everyone to dinner, instructed Li Shimin to treat Cheng Zhijie well, and handed over all the reception matters to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin readily agreed and arranged Cheng Zhijie and others to rest in the best pavilion. The next day, negotiations began between the two sides; Cheng Zhijie has agreed to sell bows and crossbows to Datang, and with this big premise, all that remains is to negotiate the price. So although the negotiations were intense, the atmosphere was also harmonious.
After a day of negotiations, some resolutions were reached between them, and seeing the red sun setting, Li Shimin laughed and got up and said: "Demon King, seeing that it is getting late, let's get here today, how about talking tomorrow?" ”
Cheng Zhijie smiled: "Okay, I'm still a little hungry, let's talk about it tomorrow according to Qin Guogong's plan." As he spoke, everyone got up and said goodbye.