A nobleman said: "We don't want tea, we want armor, it will cause suspicion in the Tang Dynasty." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Noli Junxiu said disappreciatively: "The party is a threat on all sides, why should we hide our martial spirits?" The Tang people really want to be suspicious, and there is no way. ”

Suddenly, Tuoba Deming, who was over thirty years old, suddenly had a gloomy face, and said casually: "I'm afraid you have forgotten that my poor Yuan Hao is still holding hostage in Bianliang, the little lamb has left the flock, and he has to come back, should this be added as well?" ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, as a father, everyone wanted this, but at the same time, everyone understood that with the current disparity in strength between the two sides, it would be better to have someone with a more important identity to stay in Bianliang.

If there is no collector, it would be great if there was no rebellion last time, then there would be no Tibetan Epang and he would not defect to the Liao State, the current Tang Dynasty Empress was originally the first beauty in the party, and the black cloud without hiding was also the most advantageous bargaining chip for the two countries at this time, hey!

Seeing that everyone was no longer talking, Tuoba Deming shook his head and left unhurriedly.

...

The house where Lu Guangxiao stayed was very low, and in this place, I am afraid that except for the palace, the other houses are very low. However, Lu Guangxiao is still used to living, he came from a humble background and has lived a hard life.

He sat in a chair in the middle, the room dimly lit, and he did not hide the expression on his face.

Because a civil official at the head of the lower head was touting him, this civil official was the messenger sent in the early stage, and the envoy looked admiring: "The lower official is good at talking nonsense, but there is no progress in it." As soon as Lu Yuanjun came, he saw the clouds and the sun, which was admirable, and the emperor relied on Lu Yuanjun so much, and he was also discerning and talented......"

Lu Guangxiao said in a big way: "The Khitans can't compete with us, you can rest assured." ”

The messenger bowed.

Lu Guangxiao said again: "You will follow the official in the future, watch it carefully, and whether you can learn it depends on your understanding." ”

The envoy was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "Xie Lu envoy cultivates, please accept the bow of the lower official!" ”

Lu Guangxiao also inquired in detail about the envoy's experience in Xiazhou and exchanged news. The envoy mentioned in a tirade that Tuoba agarwood is very famous.

Unexpectedly, Lu Guangxiao immediately interrupted the envoy and asked, "Tuoba Agarwood is Tuoba Deming's sister?" Then he inquired in detail, and the messenger was also hearsay.

Lu Guangxiao took this matter very seriously, and muttered: "If I can persuade Tuoba Deming to marry, I will complete this errand." ”

The envoy frowned and said: "The party is barbaric, and he doesn't know how to be polite, that Tuoba agarwood has some appearance in the local area, how can it get into the eyes of the emperor?" That barbarian girl has no skills, but she goes to the palace to enjoy the blessings of brocade clothes and jade, which is really a troublesome thing......"

Lu Guangxiao smiled but did not speak.

The envoy stopped and said in a deep voice: "Please ask Lu Envoy Jun to guide the maze." ”

Lu Guangxiao said bluntly: "You are a sage who has read too many books, but you don't understand the simplest things. So I can't do an errand. ”

Lu Guangxiao immediately picked up the brush on the case, and quickly wrote a letter, saying: "Find someone and send it to Lingzhou day and night immediately." ”

…… A few days later, the Lingzhou Emperor's palace quickly responded to Lu Guangxiao, as long as he could win over Tuoba Deming, anything could be discussed, and marriage could also be tried.

So Lu Guangxiao mentioned the marriage to Tuoba Deming.

The first person to oppose is Tuoba Agarwood himself.

As soon as she learned about this, when Tuoba Deming summoned Lu Guangxiao to discuss the matter, she went to spy on it. Although Lu Guangxiao's man was young, he was thin, but he was wearing a very wide robe, which looked empty; The number of rituals is cumbersome, and the words are roundabout, and Tuoba Agarwood is very disliked.

As soon as Lu Guangxiao left the palace city, Tuoba Agarwood immediately went to see Brother Wang.

She couldn't take care of it at this time, so she said in a hurry: "Brother Wang can't marry me to Han'er, I won't go!" ”

Tuoba Deming was very fond of her, but he didn't agree to her at this time, but said in the party words: "Agarwood is the woman of the Tuoba family, if it is beneficial to the clan, you should focus on big things." ”

When Tuoba Agarwood heard this, his heart was half cold. She was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Han'er is ugly and cunning, and he still looks down on us and calls us barbarians, how can he bear to send me to such a far place?" ”

Tuoba Deming said: "Who said that? The folk rumors are biased, the Han are not so unbearable, and all ethnic groups in the Tang Dynasty were proud of the Tang people, and they couldn't ask for it. Now that the Central Plains is in decline, people are still the same people, how can they be so unbearable? You don't have to worry too much. ”

Tuoba Agarwood choked and said: "Uncle Yeli Junxiu is loyal to his father, you have promised to marry your daughter to Yeli Black Eagle, how can you tell Uncle Yeli Junxiu now that you regret it?" ”

…… Tuoba Deming paced a few steps after hearing this, and also paid attention to this matter. Immediately, he sent someone to summon the leader of the Yeli clan into the palace to discuss.

Agarwood didn't dare to make a mistake, but this time she was really messed up, seeing Yeli Junxiu, before he could meet the king, Agarwood cried: "Uncle Yeli Junxiu ......"

Nori Toshihide said kindly: "Don't worry. He winked at her, then bowed to meet Tuoba Deming.

Tuoba Deming saw it in his eyes, and naturally understood his sister's thoughts...... Her Uncle Nori Toshihide is very good to her, the people of Nori Toshihide are very familiar with her, and Black Eagle is almost a person who grew up together, like brothers. Of course, she was reluctant to marry far away.

Yeli Junxiu opened his mouth and said: "The king regards Tuoba Agarwood as a pearl in his palm, and he must be reluctant, there are many women in the party, even if he marries, the king does not have to let Tuoba Agarwood go." ”

Sure enough, Nori Junxiu was interceding for Tuoba Agarwood.

Tuoba Deming looked at his sister, the colorful dress wrapped the figure full and tight, the white skin was as smooth as jade, the neck was glowing with a healthy goose yellow color from the sun, full of vitality, the face was round, the facial features were beautiful, and the skin was not born black like some people.

Tuoba Deming said: "Yeli Junxiu doesn't know, the court women of the Central Plains Dynasty have a lot of power, as long as they are favored, they can completely affect the national policy of the imperial court. The Han Dynasty was the dynasty of the harem autocracy, and the matter of Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty, have you heard of it? Even if you don't know this, the traitor didn't hide Heiyun, the sister of Pang, is now the mother of the Tang Dynasty, I think my sister's appearance and intelligence are not under the thief girl, if it is ......"

Yeli Junxiu is silent, and it is a shame for Yeli's family not to hide black clouds.

Tuoba Deming said again: "Agarwood is the king's own sister, how can I not cherish it?" But the life of the party is in the cracks, and surviving and strengthening our strength is our most important thing. Compared with the whole clan, one of the king's sisters is on par? It is not easy for Xiazhou to find a woman who can compare to agarwood, and loyalty is unreliable. Agarwood is the best choice...... "His subtext is to exchange his sister for his son, which should be logical.

He examined the appearance and figure of Agarwood again with a man's gaze, nodded and said: "This king thinks that Agarwood is likely to be favored, and it must be replaced by black ......clouds."

"Brother Wang......" Tuoba Agarwood's face was pale.

Tuoba Deming said: "Remember that you are the daughter of the Tuoba clan!" The responsibility of the party is to shed blood and sweat on the battlefield, and marriage is your due responsibility! ”

When Yeli Junxiu heard this, he didn't persuade Tuoba Deming anymore, and said: "The Yeli clan is loyal to the king, and marriage is not an important matter. ”

Tuoba Deming said: "Today, this king made a vow that when my son Yuan Hao grows up, he can marry the daughter of the Yeli family as a concubine." ”

Yeli Junxiu was immediately overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you, the king." As soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned, where is Yuan Hao?

…… Tuoba Agarwood wanted to cry without tears, and Brother Wang and Yeli Junxiu nobles decided her fate in a few words. Whatever she said was useless, and there was no other way but to cry.

It was very windy in Lingzhou. Lu Fei stayed here, and there was nothing changed here, and the most intuitive thing was that the houses in the northwest were generally lower than those in the Central Plains, and I don't know if it was because of the construction technology and materials, or because the buildings that were too tall were easy to be blown down.

The accompanying officials successively held banquets to entertain the leaders of various clans who came, but Lu Fei never met them in person.

He was in a room, looking at the map hanging on the wall repeatedly. He held a candle in his hand, and the wind poured in through the cracks in the doors and windows, blowing the candles and candles flickering, and the light in the low house was bright and dim.

At this moment, the door creaked, and the wind suddenly became stronger. Lu Fei quickly covered the direction of the incoming wind with his big palm.

Pan Mei's voice said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to the banquet, and the situation is very good. ”

Lu Fei didn't look back: "At this time, the Tibetan tribes are very scattered, and Buddhism is flourishing, and the threat is not big; The threat of the Western Uighurs and the Ganzhou Uighurs to our Tang Dynasty is beyond the reach of the whip, and the party in the middle is the most important. ”

Pan Mei said: "What the emperor said is very true, and the ministers have also inquired in many ways, the party and the whole people are soldiers, and they take force as the norm, although the previous use of soldiers has greatly damaged their vitality, but after a few years, their strength is growing day by day, and they are only nominally worshiped to our dynasty, so they really can't be taken lightly." ”

The information that Lu Fei understands now is consistent with the memory of the "Xia Kingdom" (historically known as Western Xia) in his mind.

However, Western Xia was established in the hands of Tuoba Yuan Hao, and Yuan Hao was only a four or five-year-old child at this time.

Now Lu Fei pondered that the timing of the party's recent founding of the country was not very appropriate...... But I'm afraid that after the war with the Liao State falls into a stalemate in the future, the northwest side will take advantage of the situation to enter the country!

At this time, Lu Fei's biggest dream: to defeat the Liao State and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun! He had to avoid all kinds of unfavorable factors in advance.

Lu Fei was silent for a long time.

Pan Mei said: "As long as the Lingzhou mutual market is smooth and the Hexi trade route is unblocked, I will continue to get war horses." Everyone is profit-seeking, and there must be merchants in the middle who take horses to buy and sell with us, and if the war horses come less, the profits given to them are not big enough......"

Lu Fei suddenly diverted the topic: "Tuoba Deming really has a sister named Tuoba Agarwood?" ”

Pan Mei hurriedly said: "This is indeed the case. The minister asked the party members, and this woman is quite famous, and many party members have heard of her reputation...... However, the barbarian woman has a strange appearance, and she has not been educated and unreasonable, so what is the real person, she ......"

Lu Fei said: "It doesn't matter what kind of person she is, as long as she is indeed a Tuoba clan." ”

Pan Mei said: "Yes, if it is a marriage, the party members are still very sincere...... The dowry will not be less. I think that the Han and Tang dynasties were friendly with various ethnic groups, and there were few real princesses, but the Central Plains must be sincere and harmonious, so they will be harmonious, but the emperor, the eldest son of King Xiping is still in Bianliang. ”

Lu Fei nodded and said with a smile: "It is inevitable that they will not accept the detention of his son, if it can be replaced by marriage, what do you think?" ”

In this era, it is not popular to sign peace treaties and other ways, and there are only two best ways, one is hostage, and the other is marriage, the former is full of hostility, and the consequences are more harmonious and rich.

Pan Mei nodded yes and smiled: "Emperor Shengming!" ”

**

Within a few days, Lu Fei received a report that the party sent the nobleman Yeli Junxiu to meet him. Lu Fei immediately met with this person, mainly because of etiquette, and then sent Pan Mei to discuss with him personally.

Toshihide Nori came as a matchmaker to discuss the marriage...... This kind of marriage is different from civil marriage, etiquette is not the most important, what matters is bargaining!

The Yeli Junxiu clan hoped that the imperial court would sell one or two border states as a dowry, and also wanted a thousand pairs of new armor of the Tang Army, and a hundred muskets whose names were only known; Replace Feng Jiye, the violent festival envoy of Lingzhou, to ensure that he will live in harmony and no longer burn, kill, loot, and return the proton Yuan Hao to the party departments.

Pan Meixian readily agreed to the last three conditions.

Then he directly rejected the land of Xuzhou, and Pan Mei's reason was: "The envoy has no right to cut the land." ”

Pan Mei said that she appeased again, saying that the imperial court would increase the amount of money and goods in the dowry to compensate the party.

As for the armor and ordnance, Pan Mei sold it because it was not good to directly refuse too many party members...... It will appear insincere.

Pan Mei said: "The Tubo and Ganzhou Uighurs also hope that the Tang Dynasty will trade armor, and they are willing to exchange it for good war horses. ”

Sure enough, Nori Junxiu immediately dissuaded: "The Dingyan army is a minister of the imperial court and obeys the emperor's edict; The Tibetans and Uighurs were not subject to the holy decree, and the imperial court must not give armor to outsiders. ”

Pan Mei knew what Yeli Junxiu meant, and in the southeastern part of the Hexi Corridor, the Tibetans were fighting for territory with some Dangxiang tribes, and the Ganzhou Uighurs also had an alliance with the Tibetans; Bringing armor to trade with the Tibetans was extremely unfavorable to the Dangxiang tribe.

Pan Mei said: "The emperor hopes to live in harmony with all the departments in the northwest and avoid fighting. If the armor is awarded to Xiazhou, I am afraid that the Tubo and other tribes will think that the court is unfair...... At this time, the emperor was consulting with his ministers to sell the armor to all the tribes, or not to sell any of them. Forced by the situation, the envoy told the king of Xiping that he hoped to understand the emperor's difficulties. ”

Nori Toshihide was noncommittal, obviously not very satisfied with the "dowry".

Pan Mei hurried to see Lu Fei.

Lu Fei said: "Don't talk about it!" However, it is not allowed to cut the land, and there is no need to talk about ordnance...... You can promise that according to the imperial etiquette, I should have one queen and four concubines, and so far I have only two concubines; If Tuoba Agarwood marries the royal family, I will make her a concubine. ”

Pan Mei couldn't help but speak: "The status of the emperor's concubine is very high...... If the party woman is the imperial concubine, will it also have something to do with the government? ”

Lu Fei said: "She is a party woman, she is not familiar with life in Bianjing, what can she do?" I didn't hide the queen or a party member, and besides, giving a name and status is better than allowing land. "It's just that this queen has long been a traitor among the party members, and it is a shame for the party members, and no matter how beautiful the black clouds are, it will not bring any benefits to the current party members, which is also the reason why Lu Fei doesn't care about setting up a party member as the emperor.

Pan Mei nodded and said, "What the emperor said is extremely true. ”

…… Pan Mei meets with Nori Toshihide again, talks about new conditions, and convinces Nori Toshihide.

Nori Junxiu asked, "Does the emperor really promise to give the title of 'Concubine Jin'?" Can I give the Golden Book of the Decree first? ”

Pan Mei understood that the Yeli Junxiu clan really valued the status of the party women, and immediately said: "As long as the negotiation is completed, there should be no problem." ”

Pan Mei also pondered a little in her heart, the name of the harem should be useless, but I am afraid that if the party woman is really favored, it will really affect the national policy, and the role of the pillow wind is sometimes stronger than that of a pillar minister.

...

On the southern pastures of Xiazhou, a brown horse gallops across the meadow. The girl on horseback was dressed in a tight short dress, her legs were stronger and more slender, her riding skills were good, her body rose and fell in harmony, the back of the horse was bumpy, and the upper part of her dress was like a jelly wrap. The steed ran so fast that the team of horses protecting her could not keep up, and followed hard behind.

Tuoba Agarwood is facing the direct sunlight, and she doesn't care about being tanned now, so she holds her breath and goes crazy in her heart. Sweat trickled down from under the round hat adventure, beads of sweat glittering like jewels on her goose-yellow skin.

The oncoming wind pressed on her face and eyes like a huge pressure, and her eyes could not flow out of her sour eyes.

How I want to be like this horse, able to run freely between heaven and earth.

At this moment, a rider caught up with Tuoba Agarwood, "Huh! Sigh! The big man Black Eagle on the horse shouted a few times, and finally made Tuoba Agarwood slow down.

"Black Hawk ......" Tuoba Agarwood's voice was a little choked.

Black Eagle said: "The county lord can't go to the Central Plains, I heard Uncle White Wolf say that the women of the Central Plains can only stay in one courtyard and can't go out for the rest of their lives!" How is this different from going to jail? ”

Tuoba Agarwood's expression was gloomy, and his bright complexion seemed to have suddenly lost some color. But her expression froze, and she bit her lip and said, "I can't go with you." ”

"Why?" Black Hawk hurried.

Tuoba Agarwood said: "Black Eagle said that if you go north, you have to pass through the Yong'an Festival Town of the Tang people, even if you escape the scouts of the Tang people, there are people from the Liao Kingdom in the north...... Black Hawk is not afraid of fierce beasts, but the most terrifying thing in the world is not birds~ beasts, but people. ”

She added: "Brother Wang and Uncle Yeli have agreed to marry, if Brother Wang can't hand over people, it will also bring disaster to the clansmen." ”

Black Eagle said: "Tuoba Agarwood has decided to marry in the Central Plains?" The days after that ......"

Tuoba Agarwood raised his head: "From now on, Agarwood is dead!" Only the daughter of the Dangxiang clan. I can't stand it, it's a big deal! Dying in the Central Plains is not the fault of our party members. ”

Black Eagle blushed, with a look of humiliation, and said in a deep voice: "Tuoba Agarwood is innocent, don't be cheap that dog emperor, it's better to ...... tonight"

Tuoba Agarwood's originally gloomy expression suddenly became angry and ashamed, and he said angrily: "What are you and I am!" "Then he rode his horse and left.

……

Everything is going according to plan and irreversibly. The canonization of Tuoba Agarwood as the holy decree of the concubine of the Tang Dynasty and the golden book and golden seal were first sent to Xiazhou, which was a good matter discussed by the two sides. At the same time, there are also a large number of goods and dowry gifts, gold, silver, tea, silk, and jewelry.

The Dingyan army selected 2,000 horses in various pastures, and the Nori Junxiu clan escorted Tuoba Agarwood to Lingzhou.

The etiquette of the royal family canonizing concubines is different from that of civil marriage, and it has been canonized before they meet. Lu Fei is on the border of Lingzhou, so everything can only be done expediently.

Pan Mei asked Feng Jiye, the marshal of Lingzhou, to arrange a banquet and invite the leaders of all ethnic groups to the banquet, so that the marriage between the royal family and the party would have an influence in the northwest.

Lu Fei was very happy when he heard in the palace that Tuoba Agarwood's team had approached Lingzhou and had brought two thousand fine war horses, and immediately sent Pan Mei and Hu Benjun to meet and receive the war horses.

The generals entered the lobby to meet Lu Fei and congratulated Lu Fei with joyful faces.

For the so-called party beauty Tuoba Agarwood, Lu Fei actually didn't have much expectations...... No matter how beautiful it is, can it be more beautiful than the black clouds?

However, Lu Fei doesn't mind, her significance is not in her appearance, but in her identity.

…… Lingzhou is the most border city in the Tang Dynasty, focusing on the military, and it is also very coarse mine, which is worse than Xiazhou, and the wind is still very strong. Tuoba Agarwood had already seen the rammed city wall in the carriage, and the scene in the field was somewhat similar to that of Xiazhou, and there were many soldiers running on horseback.

Stayed outside the city of Lingzhou for a while, and then Tuoba Agarwood and his team of attendants separated from the brigade and followed the Tang people into the city.

The procession walked around the city for a while, and then stopped. Yeli Junxiu said outside the car: "The Tang Emperor summoned us in the palace, and the county lord got out of the car." ”

Tuoba Agarwood's face was like ashes, and his hands and feet stiffened and got off the carriage. It may not matter how she feels, but the important things have already been done...... Exchange goods and war horses, and marry as an alliance.

It would not be too good for a strange alien to suddenly become her man like this.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout, and then I was full of breath and "Huo". It scared the sluggish Tuoba Agarwood! She followed the sound and saw the two columns of sergeants in front of the door neatly straddle their feet and raise the cherry spear in their hands.

Tuoba Agarwood suddenly felt very novel and surprised, she had seen a lot of guards, but she had never seen such a guard, and some of the soldiers were holding weapons very strangely, could this be the legendary 'musket'? .

I saw that the two groups of people were tall and strong, almost the same height, they held their heads high, their armor and cloaks were very neat and clean, and they stood straight.

Uncle Toshihide Notoshi, who was in front, glanced back at her, and the two looked at each other. It is no wonder that Uncle Noli Junxiu is desperate to advocate marriage, and he is in charge of the leopard, just looking at the military discipline momentum of these two teams, today's Tang army is far superior to the Song army that has not long passed Sanchuankou.

Nori Toshihide handed over the saber in front of the door, and a Han military general searched him, and then said, "Please! But he ignored Tuoba Agarwood. Nori Junxiu reminded in party words: "Today is just a summons, a meeting, and I will go in with the county lord." In the future, I won't be able to be by the county lord's side, but I have to remember that the county lord is a woman from our party. ”

The two were taken into the courtyard of a rammed tiled house, the low building was not as good as the Xiazhou Palace City, but there were many guards inside, and the etiquette was also very complicated. I've already had two inquiries.

Later, I heard a voice say, "Xuan, I would like to see you." ”

After a toss, Agarwood's mood became nervous. The two entered a large room facing north, with people standing on both sides, and on a chair next to the wooden coffee table in the middle sat a young man in military uniform.

This person is the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty?

He was not wearing a dragon robe, but there were officials wearing high-grade official uniforms on both sides who were also standing respectfully, and Tuoba Agarwood could feel his status from the scene.

It was only at first glance that Tuoba Agarwood found that the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom was not the same as she imagined. This person looks very young, with a good face and facial features that are not disgusting, tall and straight, and looks powerful; Coupled with his dress, he looks a lot like a martial artist in the army.

But the emperor of the Tang State and the young son of the party are very different...... It's not at all as bold and casual as the party is young.

Nori Junxiu stepped aside, and let Tuoba Agarwood come forward to meet first.