Three days later, in the secret room of Tianzi under the garden, the giant butter candle on the wall burned violently, although it was the height of summer, but the secret room built underground, it was still much cooler than on the ground, but the three people sitting around a round table in this room were all stern and silent.

After careful planning, Wang Shichong finally invited Gao Baoyi and Yizhi Wende over today, and after many rounds of transfers, he deliberately chose this day after the Great Dynasty meeting, which was also the time when the Sui Dynasty's official monitoring of these envoys from various countries was the most lax, and Wang Shichong made this host to the end, directly intervened in the negotiations between the two, causing a big trouble, and he didn't want the two to collapse and ruin his own big affairs.

It's just that Gao Baoyi and Yizhi Wende, although they both changed their clothes as servants today, but sitting behind this round table, they seemed to have a deep wariness of each other, just looking each other up and down, not saying a word, not even nodding and smiling.

Wang Shichong coughed dryly, broke the long silence in the secret room, and said with a smile: "The two of you also know that it is not easy to come here, let's make a long story short, if the negotiation fails, you can make a friend, and you can go back as soon as possible to avoid suspicion from the officials of the Sui Dynasty." Today, everyone speaks Chinese, and the translation is also saved. ”

Gao Baoyi hooked the corners of his mouth and said coldly: "Brother Wang, we haven't finished the matter last time, you directly stirred up the eldest prince of our family, oh, no, now it should be called the sweat position of the big secret service, and you also sent someone to spread the word that the pig iron trade in the future can not continue, is this to cross the river and tear down the bridge?" The old man did not come today to discuss anything with the Goguryeo ambassador. I want to ask you what Brother Wang wants to do in person! ”

After hearing this, Echiwende heard this. also changed slightly. He said in a deep voice: "Wang Shilang, what's going on?" Didn't you say that you didn't trade pig iron with the Turks? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and said to Yizhi Wende: "Strictly speaking, I didn't do it, I just helped Mr. Gao and them find the Western Turkic merchants who were willing to provide pig iron, and I was just an intermediary from it, and this time the Western Turk Khan was replaced, and my friends who used to know me well stepped down, and I couldn't continue to provide pig iron to Mr. Gao and them in the future." That's why I thought of Minister Eulji. ”

Etozhi Wende snorted heavily and did not speak again.

Gao Baoyi still stared at Wang Shichong motionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "What, Brother Wang, are you considered to be not bright in the West and bright in the East?" Goguryeo is going to provide us with pig iron instead? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, I just want to find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Gao about the current situation, the last time the incident in the Western Turkic Yiwu City, I had to make amends to Mr. Gao and the Dubi Special Service, when the incident happened suddenly, and it was ready to fly." I had to send it until now I also think. That was the only right choice I made at the time. ”

Gao Baoyi said coldly: "The right choice? Brother Wang, did you win the bet this time? As a result of the Battle of Yiwu, Chuluo Khan stepped down, and your years of business in the Western Regions were all in vain, and the relationship with us was stiffened, which is probably not the work of you, a wise man. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "This time we lost from the beginning, the reason why the Dubi Special Service is willing to lead troops and horses to the Western Regions to develop is only because I got Prince Duji, oh, no, it should be a hint from Shibi Khan." ”

Gao Baoyi's face changed slightly: "How do you know this?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "That's it, in fact, the Dubi Special Service also betrayed his own brother this time, he actually didn't know that the Dubi Special Service wanted to use the credit of opening the Western Regions to compete with him for the Khan position, but he still took the initiative to mention that you would lead the troops to the battle, which is to dig a pit for you to jump!" ”

A look of doubt flashed in Gao Baoyi's eyes, and he shook his head: "Brother Wang, Shibi Khan is far away in Monan, and he doesn't know the situation in the Western Regions at all, how can he know what is going on in the Western Regions?" And at that time, the Khan throne was originally Shibi Khan, even if our eldest prince conquered the entire Western Regions, it could not change this fact, at best, he was just a Western Turkic Khan, how can it be said that Shibi Khan dug a trap for us? ”

Wang Shichong sighed, and a question in his heart for many days was finally confirmed: "As I expected, it turns out that Shibi Khan's condition for your eldest prince is to make him the Great Khan of the Western Turks, no wonder you will work so hard, and even do not hesitate to start a war with the Sui army!" ”

Gao Baoyi gritted his teeth: "The words have already been spoken, and I don't need to hide anything." Yes, Shibi Khan did say so at that time, the nearest Gaochang and Yiwu in the Western Regions are also separated from the Great Sui by two thousand miles of desert, even if the Sui Dynasty knows that we have raided their army, they have nothing to do with us, the bitter cold land of the desert, Brother Wang, the materials you send us every year are simply not enough for the needs of our millions of Turks and servant tribes, so instead of being controlled by you for the rest of our lives, it is better for us to fend for ourselves and take the initiative to open up the Western Regions, and we don't have to look at your face to act. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "I can understand your feelings, but Shibi Khan is taking advantage of your psychology, which will make you do such a thing, if you succeed, then you will also leave Mobei, settle in the Western Regions from now on, and no longer pose a threat to him, if you fail, you will also be greatly injured, and you will not have the capital to compete with him for the throne." ”

Gao Baoyi said coldly: "But Shibi Khan didn't know that the eldest prince of our family had reached a secret agreement with the crossbow tribe of the right wing of the Western Turks early in the morning, and Ashina Kuzhen Tutun, if you hadn't made an obstacle this time, we would have a great chance to defeat the Sui army, and when the time came, the victorious army would return to the Khan's court and defeat Mohe Khan, then the Lu tribes in the left wing would be handed over to the eldest prince of our family to control, and after a few years of development, we would have the qualifications to compete for the Great Khan of the Western Turks!" ”

Yizhi Wende frowned and interjected: "What's going on with this left compartment, the right compartment?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "The prime minister of Eulji is a Goguryeo people, thousands of miles away from the Western Turks, and I don't know that their political system is normal. After Ashina Tumen defeated Rouran and established the Turkic Khanate, he stayed in the steppes in the east and divided ten servant tribes to the Murdian Mi Khan for him to develop westward, which is the so-called Western Turkic Ten Surnames. (To be continued......)