Changsun Sheng didn't answer directly, but looked at Wang Huaqiang, who hadn't spoken for a while just now, and a divine light flashed in his eyes: "Wang Jianshu, do you know why I didn't do it at that time?" ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "There is such a good opportunity to completely eradicate the righteous princess, how can General Changsun be worth giving up?" ”

Changsun Sheng didn't speak, but he smiled and touched his beard, all without saying a word.

The carriage stopped at this time, and the front board was knocked twice, and Changsun Sheng opened a small window in the front of the carriage, and the face of the family member who led him to the car appeared in the window: "Three adults, you have arrived at the side door of Gaofu." ”

The three of them got off one after another, Wang Huaqiang found that the carriage was parked in an alley, and there were families on both sides, and the idlers couldn't see the situation in the alley at all, and in front of him was a door without a plaque, which was not big, and the door of his own Xinfeng was about the same, as the side door of the prime minister's mansion, it was a little shabby.

After the three of them entered, Wang Huaqiang found that this was a guest pavilion, and there were a few potted plants simply placed around the room, and the upper seat was a large chair with an elm backrest, and there were eight guest chairs on both sides of the lower head, and there were brewed tea soup on the side of the chair, and it was steaming, obviously just prepared.

Changsun Sheng glanced at the two of them, and sat directly on the left side of the guest seat, Pei Shiju sat down opposite him, and Wang Huaqiang sat next to Pei Shiju.

Wang Huaqiang also closed his eyes slightly, he was quickly thinking about Changsun Sheng's thoughts, obviously, since Gao Xi made an appointment with the two of them and temporarily replaced Changsun Sheng as the chief envoy, he agreed to Changsun Sheng's proposal, but in this way, his position as the deputy envoy would obviously fall to Pei Shiju, so what kind of role did he want to do? If this mission had nothing to do with me, I wouldn't be able to sit here now.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Gao Xi and a person wearing a dark purple first-grade court dress, paced into the room, and the three of them stood up and saluted in unison, and said respectfully: "See Qi Guogong." "This is the title that Gao Xi just was awarded in the afternoon, and the founding prince is the first grade, which is higher than his current position as the left servant of the second grade Shangshu, so everyone is commensurate with the higher grade of Qi Guogong in front of Gao Xi.

Gao Xi waved his hand, motioned for the three of them to sit down, and sat on the main seat above, after a busy day, Gao Xi was still in good spirits at this time, and he couldn't see a trace of fatigue, and from his breathing and footsteps, he could also hear that his heart was as calm as water, calm and calm.

After Gao Xi sat down, he was the first to look at Changsun Sheng: "Ji Sheng, the relevant situation has already been introduced to the two of you." "Ji Sheng is the word of Changsun Sheng, after all, his family has been a generation of Hu generals, and his family is not as good as the Han family.

Changsun Sheng nodded: "It's already clear." Just now, Hua Qiang saw that our goal this time was to eradicate Princess Dayi, the stinger of our dynasty. ”

Pei Shiju's eyebrows moved, and he said, "Duke Qi Guo, has the emperor really made up his mind this time?" After all, this righteous princess was also sealed by him, and if we really get rid of it, we will be disgraced. ”

Gao Xi shook his head and said: "The emperor doesn't know about this matter yet, the emperor has finally been so happy with the recent victory in the Southern Expedition, and I can't use this bad news to stimulate him at this time." And this matter involves Liu Chang, which is another difficult thing for the emperor to deal with. ”

Pei Shiju said "oh": "What does the high servant mean to do, if you want us to go to the Turks?" ”

Gao Xi said in a deep voice: "It's very simple, to collect evidence of Princess Dayi's misdeeds, not only to show the emperor, but also to let Dulan Khan see it." Only by ruining the reputation of the righteous princess can we correct it, otherwise outsiders will say that the emperor has no room for people, and he will kill all the princesses of the former dynasty who are close to him. ”

Wang Huaqiang opened his mouth and asked: "Then in that case, why didn't you take down these two people when An Sui's family and Liu Jushi secretly connected today?" This is finally ironclad evidence. Moreover, An Sui's family was single-handedly promoted by Princess Dayi, and he realized this kind of espionage activity in my Dasui, and Princess Dayi couldn't get out of it. ”

Gao Xi waved his hand and said: "This is too risky, first, the Turks may say that they are arresting the An Sui family on the land of my dynasty, and it is completely framed by us, if it is not done well, it may even make Dulan Khan directly raise troops in anger, and now that I have just destroyed Nan Chen, it is not appropriate to have a full-scale war with the Turks, so we must try to avoid this kind of thing."

Second, the An Sui family is only the person promoted by Princess Dayi, and there is no direct evidence to prove that Princess Dayi gave him this order, if Princess Dayi puts the responsibility for this matter on the An Sui family alone, then we can't get rid of Princess Dayi, on the contrary, her future activities will be more cautious, and it will be more difficult for us to arrest her. ”

Wang Huaqiang put on a convincing face, he had already known these truths just now, but he just wanted to give Gao Xi a chance to show himself, so he nodded and asked: "What Qi Guogong said is extremely true, so according to what you see, how should we act?" ”

Gao Xi smiled slightly: "This time, we will plan and arrange for people to enter the Turks, quietly connect with the righteous princess, and then let General Changsun catch a current, and the rest will be easy to do." Dulan Khan's current position is not very stable, and if he is unknown, the servant tribe may not listen to him. As long as we get rid of the princess of Dayi, send a new princess of the clan and relatives, and send a large amount of dowry money, there is not much that the Turkic tribes want to fight. ”

Changsun Sheng also nodded: "That's right, in recent years, some markets have been opened on the border of the north, and every year we give millions of money to the Turkic princess of Dayi, which is enough for them to live well, since they can get the necessities of life without robbing or dying, the Turks are also happy to use this peaceful way."

Dulan Khan ascended the throne, killed his brother first, and then forced the son of his predecessor Mohe Khan to the bitter cold of the extreme north, and the Turks complained about him, so his people's hearts were not stable, and it was precisely because of this that he had the idea of starting a war with our dynasty and promoting internal unity through foreign wars.

This time he seized the throne, and Princess Dayi made a huge contribution behind his back, so now he is obedient to Princess Dayi, and even the envoys who sent to our court were personally designated by Princess Dayi.

However, Dulan Khan also knows that our dynasty has a strong army, and when our army invaded the south last year, he was not on the throne for a long time, and the Khan's position was not yet secure, so he was unable to invade the south, and now his position is basically consolidated, but our dynasty has destroyed Nan Chen, and he has lost the opportunity, this person is ruthless, but his mind is not simple, and he knows that in this case, there is no chance of winning in a war with our dynasty, so he also agreed to send An Sui's family to respond to the contact between our dynasty and the princess of Dayi first. ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled: "But just now General Changsun also said that even that Liu Chang has no intention of really colluding with him, after all, being a traitor is a disgraceful thing, when the Northern Qi Dynasty had just perished, the clan Gao Baoning colluded with the Turks at that time to enter Kou Youzhou for many years, and as a result, within two years of fighting, his own subordinates ran out, and finally ended up in a different place and abandoned the sad end of the foreign country.

Since Liu Jushi did not formally discuss these substantive issues with the An Sui family this time, and only wanted to do the horse business with the Turks, then the An Sui family's task this time was only half completed, but if Liu Jushi's people could be taken back to the Turks, it would be considered a gain, and they would be able to make a difference in front of the princess of Dayi, and as long as this line was put on the line, maybe it would work in the future. ”

Gao Xi stroked his long hair, smiled and listened to Wang Huaqiang's words, and then opened his mouth: "Those who know the general trend, Wang Huaqiang also." Hua Qiang, now I'm going to give you a more dangerous mission, I don't know if you have the guts to do it. ”

Wang Huaqiang had already guessed this task when he listened to Changsun Sheng just now, he put away his smile, and his expression became extremely strict: "Qi Guogong, what you want me to do is to pretend to be Liu Jushi's envoy, set up a bureau for the righteous princess, and then General Changsun will catch a current evidence." ”