Li Longji nodded and said, "Tao'er is right, we have to prepare in advance. ”

Li Tao pondered for a moment and said: "If it is just a Tibetan invasion, we will only defend it, and I am most worried about ......."

"Worried about what?" Li Longji asked.

"I don't say it, I hope it doesn't happen!" Li Tao shook his head and said.

"Tao'er, say it!"

"What I'm worried about is that the Tibetans and the Turks will join forces to deal with the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions will be in danger!"

"How could it be that the Tibetans and the Turks joined forces?" Yao Chong exclaimed.

"How so? Lao Yao, if you are the Zampu of Tibet or the Khan of the Turks, can't you think of joining forces, once they join forces, they will attack Datang from two directions at the same time, wouldn't it be a disaster for Datang? ”

After being silent for a long time, Yao Chong nodded and said, "King Lantian, your analysis is reasonable. Say, what do we need to do? ”

"Send someone to lead the affairs of the Western Regions, prepare for precautions, once something happens, it will not be out of control, and then find a way to break it one by one, only in this way, there is no other way!"

Li Longji asked, "Who to send?" ”

"Ashina Xian!" Li Tao said without hesitation.

"Ashina Xian?" Li Longji shook his head and said: "Back then, Ashina Xian was recalled from exile, and Emperor Zhongzong asked him about his aspirations, and he said that he only wanted to live in Chang'an for the rest of his life. Later, when the Emperor Taishang was in power, he also asked about him, and he still said that he didn't want any official position, he just wanted to live a good life in Chang'an. In the first year of Kaiyuan, I specially summoned him to the palace and talked with him about the strategy of the Western Regions, but he kept silent and only said me. I didn't want to get involved in the Western Regions, so I ended up unhappy. It is for this reason that he has never had an official position. You are now bringing it up again. Will he agree? ”

Li Tao waved his hand and said, "Third uncle, what you said is just a superficial phenomenon. In the past, he mentioned that the timing was not right at this time, and there were not enough chips for him, so he naturally would not come forward, but now it is different. The Western Regions has always been the territory of the former Western Turks, and as the heir of the Ashina family, he has been paying attention to this place. If the Tibetans joined forces with the Eastern Turks to disrupt the Western Regions, how could he be indifferent? If you want to come forward, you can't rely on the court to force you. But I have a way to let him take the initiative to ask for help, and when the time comes, Your Majesty, it will be as it is! ”

"Are you sure?" Li Longji was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Third uncle, you've known me for so long. Can you see that I've done something I'm not sure about? ”

Li Longji nodded and said, "I believe you!" ”

Li Tao smiled and said, "If the third uncle is not at ease. I'll go to Weifu with you for a private visit one day, and I'll personally witness this Ashina Xian? ”

Li Longji said very neatly: "Why choose a day? It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and it will be tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go with you to meet Ashinaxian. ”

……

In winter, as soon as the sky was bright, Ashina Xian, who lived in Changle Fang, drank the housekeeper Guo Gou and asked him to continue cooking porridge to help the people.

Guo Gou and a few family members set up a temporary porridge shed in front of the house, so they were busy and washed the dozen or so large iron pots that had been erected first. Then wash the rice into the pot and put the firewood to cook the porridge. Time. The shack was steaming hot, and before the porridge could boil, a large group of beggars and refugees had gathered around.

The Guanzhong region was hit by a drought not seen in a century, with barren crops and starvation on the roads. In Chang'an City alone, thousands of beggars gathered. Although Ashina Xian is a Turkic, he still has compassion, and although his family is not very wealthy, he still does good deeds of relief without hesitation.

Half a month down, the iron pot in front of the door from the initial two or three mouthfuls to a dozen, although the deficit is numerous, but also relieved a lot of beggars and refugees, for a time, the capital is reciting the good name of Ashina.

After the porridge was cooked, Guo Gou asked everyone to line up, and according to the usual practice, one person had one scoop of porridge, and the family began to separate the porridge. But after a while, Guo Gou heard a noise, and when he stepped forward, it turned out to be a middle-aged beggar with an obscene appearance but a sturdy physique who actually carried a wooden bucket to make porridge.

The beggar said evilly: "Isn't it just a little rice porridge, so stingy, what good deeds do you do, what kind of good people do you pretend to be?" ”

When Guo Gou saw that this person was a bad man, he instructed his family not to bother with him, and filled his barrel with things.

After the beggar filled the bucket, he actually proposed to see Guo Shanren again, and he was ashamed to say: "There is an old mother at home, and she is frail and sick; He had a wife and children, and he almost starved to death; Ask the good man to give some silver taels to help the emergency. ”

His family persuaded him to leave, but this person refused to give up, so he scolded in front of the porridge shack, attracting nearly 100 onlookers for a while.

Guo Gou had to report the matter to his master, and Ashina heard it and knew that this person was prepared. Ashina Xian, who was at a loss, wanted to give the beggar a few taels of silver, and sent things away, but when he went out, he saw that the refugees were gathering more and more, and he was afraid that others would follow behind and coax, and when he was at a loss, the beggar had already caused trouble, he threw the wooden barrel in his hand horizontally, and the porridge in the bucket splashed everywhere, and then he picked up a few bricks from the ground and threw them into several porridge pots.

Several family members wanted to step forward to stop it, but seeing that the beggar was strong, they didn't dare to move. Ashina saw this man sprinkling, and it was inconvenient to deal with him, so he had to let his family retreat into the house and close the door.

When the beggar saw this, he was even more powerful, and after he overturned the porridge pot at the scene, he scolded in front of the door.

At this moment, behind the lively crowd, rushed out a man, who was dressed in martial arts, carrying a saber in his hand, and was vigorous, he took three steps and made two steps, came to the beggar, and shouted: "What a wicked beggar who does not know what to do! ”

Before the beggar could react, the knife in the man's hand had already plunged into his chest.

Everyone exclaimed: "It's a murder, it's terrible, report to the government!" ”

I saw this man draw his sword, look around, and see that no one dared to come forward, so he threw the knife on the ground and walked away.

When the errand arrived, everyone at the scene had already dispersed. When people's lives were at stake, they sent people to arrest Ashina Xian and Guo Gou and other family members and bring them to the government.

When Yin Chen Shi, the governor of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, heard this, he ordered the city gate to be closed and the murderer arrested, but after several searches, there was no result.

……

"Little master, that Lin Feng has moved!" Li Shen reported excitedly.

"Tell me what's going on!"

"Yes! Little master! ...... last night"

In the night, a black shadow swept into the backyard of King Shen's mansion like a ghost, and he turned around, avoiding the patrolling guards, tiptoed into the study, and took a piece of flower milk stone that King Shen had offered on the bookcase into his arms. (To be continued......)