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The banquet was soon set down, and the old king called several important ministers of the court to accompany him, and also asked the ten singers to sing songs. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

These ten singers are all first-class, and the most rare thing is the charm of the dancing and teasing posture, which is simply heart-wrenching. Seeing that the old king and several ministers were intoxicated, they praised again and again.

At the end of the feast, the old king asked his attendants to bring a few large chests, which were opened, and they were full of some local products of Duomi. The old king said: "The Dharma King has given him a lot of money, and there is no way to repay it, these are the riches of our Duomi country, presumably you Zhangxiong do not have it, so send it to the Dharma King." ”

Zuo Shaoyang glanced at those handicrafts with rough workmanship, fabrics, and all kinds of food, and he couldn't laugh or cry. Da Longxin said that the old king of Duomi Country was very picky, and now he knows that it is true, he is worth two thousand taels of silver and ten stunning beauties, in exchange for such a bunch of simple things? Fortunately, Zuo Shaoyang's move was a drunkard's intention, not alcohol. I met with Prince Taya tonight to find out if and how much he could get for his gamble.

After the banquet, the old king personally accompanied Zuo Shaoyang and Da Longxin to the prince's bedroom in the autumn rain and thunder.

Prince Nakris received fifty lashes, and his whole back was bloodied. Lying on the bed. The imperial doctor had already given him medicine. Seeing his father come in with the previous Dharma King, he already knew that it was the Dharma King who interceded to save his surname, and he wanted to struggle to get up and salute, but when he saw his father with a cold face, he lay still on his stomach again, and even twisted his head to the side.

The old king snorted heavily, and said: "This is the Dharma King of the Zhangxiong Kingdom Gangren Buche, you don't know the general situation, you don't know the importance of state affairs, and you almost ruined the major affairs of the state. Do you understand? ”

The prince seemed to be asleep, and did not react.

Zuo Shaoyang saw the old king's anger rising, and hurriedly waved his hand: "The king is angry, wait for me to come and talk to him." ”

After listening to Daronsin's translation, the old king flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned away.

Zuo Shaoyang ordered all the attendants in the house to retreat outside the house and asked Da Longxin to close the door, and then Da Longxin translated and said: "Your Royal Highness, you ......"

The prince waved his hand, turned his head, and said to Darongsin in Tibetan, "Please help me up." ”

Daronsin hurriedly helped him to sit up. The prince struggled and arched his hand, "Thank you, Your Holiness, for saving your life." ”

Da Longxin translated for Zuo Shaoyang, and Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "Your Highness is polite." ”

The prince said coldly: "Thank you for saving your life, if the Dharma King wants to act as a lobbyist for my father and persuade me to change my mind, it is better not to open my mouth, so as not to hurt the peace!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "The prince misunderstood, I am not a lobbyist, but I am here to help His Royal Highness the prince." To tell you the truth, if it weren't for His Highness's opposition to the alliance with Tibet, I wouldn't have saved you, but then again, if you didn't object to an alliance with Tibet, you wouldn't have been pushed out and beheaded by your father. Hey hey"

Hearing Zuo Shaoyang's words, the prince was surprised and delighted: "It turns out that the king doesn't have a good impression of Tibet?" ”

"It's not that I have a bad impression of Tubo, Tubo is a respectable opponent, it's just that he is too ambitious, I believe he will annex all the Fanguo and tribes in the Western Regions one by one, including our Zhangxiong. He wants to destroy my Zhangxiong, can I still have a good impression of him? ”

"That's right!" The prince slapped his thigh, pulling the wound on his back, which made him grin in pain, but he ignored it and said urgently: "Then the Dharma King, have you persuaded my father?" Let him not form an alliance with Tibet! ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled faintly: "If you don't ally with Tubo, what should you do if Tubo beats you?" Are you confident you can handle it? ”

"We have to form an alliance with tribes like Bokang, Bowo, Bailan, and even Misang to unite against Tibet in order to protect ourselves."

Zuo Shaoyang nodded frequently: "What the prince said is very good and very far-sighted." Tubo now uses the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, which was used by the Qin State during the Warring States Period to unify China and establish the first imperial power. This trick of Tubo is not new, but it is very confusing. Many countries should have been confused by him, and the prince could accurately see the true intentions of Tubo, which was really admirable. ”

The prince said in frustration: "What do you admire, I can't convince my father, he would rather kill me than offend the Tibetan envoys, this alliance is concluded." Alas! The destruction of my country is not far off. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "It's not too late to make amends!" ”

The prince looked at him suspiciously: "What does the king mean ......?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang said in a low voice: "I'll help you force the king to abdicate, and you will inherit the throne, how about it?" ”

The prince listened to Daronsin's translation, and just as he was right, a thunderbolt resounded in the air. The prince's heart was like this thunder, and he shook all his sorrows. I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, the people of that era firmly believed that the Dharma King had magical powers, and that what the Dharma King said could be done, he would definitely do it. What's more, the Dharma King of Zhangxiong, the birthplace of Bon, is even more powerful, if he is willing to use his magic power to help him ascend to the throne, he can save the country of Tami.

Thinking of this, the prince hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! As long as His Holiness helps me ascend to the throne, I will thank His Holiness heavily! ”

"There is no need for a reward, as long as His Royal Highness can fulfill his promise after ascending the throne, form an alliance with Misang, and form an alliance with the eastern countries such as Bowo and Bokang, and live and die together, even if the prince thanks me."

The prince said, "How can this be done, forming an alliance with them is what I have to do, how can I use it to reward the king." ”

"Alright, it's not done yet, so let's not talk about that. Let's wait until that's done. ”

"Good! As long as the Dharma King helps me inherit the throne, the Dharma King can open his mouth for whatever he wants! ”

"Hehe, I want the prince to tell your father that you have changed your mind and agree with the alliance between Tami and Tibet. And asked to participate in the Ming Dynasty Alliance ceremony. Leave the rest to me. ”

The prince arched his hand and said, "Good! Everything is at His Holiness' behest! ”

The prince immediately called in and went to inform the king that he had something to say. The old king soon arrived. The prince had already let the servant support him and knelt on the bed and kowtowed, and said in a mournful voice: "Father, after the enlightenment of the Dharma King, the child knows that he is wrong, please forgive him." ”

The old king was surprised and delighted, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, good boy, it's good to know your mistakes, and forming an alliance with Tubo will do us a hundred benefits and no harm!" If you know that, get up! Hurry down and get down, - where is the Imperial Doctor? Ask the imperial doctor to heal the prince well! ”

The prince kowtowed and said, "The child bows to his father for his grace!" ”

"Well, you're recuperating."

"Yes, father, Haier's injury is not a big deal, as a prince, the child wants to participate in the Ming Alliance ceremony, please ask for his father's permission."

"This ......" The old king hesitated, although his son had already admitted his mistake and his attitude was very sincere, he was the crown prince, the future heir to the throne, and it was reasonable to participate in such a ceremony. However, I was a little worried about whether he really repented, and didn't make something out of the ordinary.

The prince had apparently guessed the old king's fears, and said, "The child sat down at a distance and watched the ceremony, without saying a word or doing anything, and asked the father to believe the child." ”

The old king hesitantly turned his head to look at Zuo Shaoyang: "What does the Dharma King think?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said: "The prince has already known his mistake, it is naturally best to attend the ceremony, so that Tubo can rest assured." ”

When the old king heard this, he nodded frequently: "Well, what the French king said is extremely true. Okay, Wang'er, you will participate in the ceremony of the alliance tomorrow. However, you can only sit on the viewing platform, and you can't enter the altar! ”

I thought that as long as he didn't enter the sacrificial platform and didn't contact the Tibetan envoys, he wouldn't have to worry about any trouble.

The prince hurriedly bowed in agreement.

The old king smiled and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "The magic power of the Dharma King is really unfathomable, and he is so good at it, so I can change my mind and recognize my mistake." This kind of profound mana, this king has never seen it. ”

"Where. Your Majesty has won the prize. Zuo Shaoyang said a few words humbly.

Since the prince has changed his mind, there is no need for Zuo Shaoyang, the king, to live in the prince's palace, the old king arranged for Zuo Shaoyang and Da Longxin to live in his palace garden, but Zuo Shaoyang insisted on returning to the inn to live, saying that there were still some relatives and friends to take care of. The old king was not reluctant and personally sent him out of the palace.

On the way, Zuo Shaoyang asked: "I don't know where your country and the Tibetan envoys will meet the alliance?" ”

The old king said, "It's at the altar behind the palace." ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked up at the night sky with rain and occasional thunder, and said, "It's raining heavily this day, and it doesn't look like it's going to be sunny tomorrow." Why didn't the king postpone the reunion for a while? ”

The old king shook his head and said: "This is calculated by our national teacher, which means that it is just right, after this hour, it will be more than a month to wait." The Tibetan envoys were anxious to return to Tibet, so they couldn't wait. It doesn't matter, isn't it raining, and the alliance will be made in the rain, which is more sincere! ”

"That's just as well." Zuo Shaoyang nodded: "Early tomorrow morning, I will come to the altar on time." ”

"Okay. Waiting for His Holiness to take over. ”

Zuo Shaoyang left the palace with Da Longxin and returned to the inn. Immediately went back to the room, closed the door, and said that he was going to rest.

He naturally won't rest, after closing the door, Zuo Shaoyang changed into a night coat, quietly went to the roof, high and high, and ran towards the altar next to the palace on a rainy night.

Although the altar was guarded by armor, because the altar was surrounded by a wall, and it was raining heavily, and it was night, there were all ghosts, and the guards hid in the squad room to avoid the rain.

Zuo Shaoyang calmly inspected the entire altar and had a bold idea in his heart.

When he returned to the inn, he immediately called some blacksmiths and gave such and such orders.

The blacksmiths all took their own guys' and immediately jingled. Soon, he got the things that Zuo Shaoyang needed.

Zuo Shaoyang returned to the altar with this thing again. In the dark night and rain, the empty altar was empty, Zuo Shaoyang quickly arranged his things, and then quietly left.

The next day, the rain stopped falling, but the sky was still dark. It looks like a rainstorm is coming.

The altar was already full of people, the viewing platform was built with a pergola, and those sitting in the pergola were the emperor's relatives and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, in order to promote the alliance between Domi and Tibet, the old king even allowed some people to enter the altar and stand under the wall from afar to watch. Of course, these people who came in were censored and searched. Stay safe.

Zuo Shaoyang is the Venerable Dharma King, and his place is arranged in the front row of the pergola. Sit with a row of princes and the most important ministers of the court. Sitting next to him was the eldest prince, Na Lisi.

That Nanglisi was a little nervous, but he didn't look at Zuo Shaoyang, which made Zuo Shaoyang secretly praise that this prince was still a little capable.

The altar is round, with a tall flagpole in the center, covered with prayer flags of various colors. Under the flagpole is an offering table with several large basins on it. There are also sacrifices such as melons and fruits. In the lower part of the flagpole, a cow and a sheep are tethered. There was also a woman, with her whole body tied up, curled up under the flagpole, staring at the ground with her eyes glazed.

The old king and the Tibetan envoys sat on either side of the altar, as if a pair of boxers were waiting to fight.

A shriveled old man looked up at the sky, walked to the middle of the altar, and spoke a lot in Tibetan, while Darongsin next to him helped translate, saying that he announced the beginning of the sacrifice and then recited the incantation.

Strange to say, in the sound of the mantra in a low voice, the rain turned out to be very light. There was a whisper of discussion in the cold shed, and an expression of amazement appeared on his face.

The old king also had a smile on his face, he and the Tibetan envoys stood up, walked to Taichung, greeted each other, and walked to the altar according to the order of the national teacher.

The Tibetan envoys and the old king read the oath in unison, and Da Longxin translated it to Zuo Shaoyang, that is, the two countries formed a brotherly alliance, and if the covenant was violated, they swore to be with this cattle and sheep!

With that, the two of them raised their knives and cut off the head of the cow. The two of them held it together and placed it on the offering table. The headless cow was bleeding from its neck, and soon the entire altar was dyed red, making it even more hideous.

Zuo Shaoyang kept looking at the sky, the sky was full of dark clouds, and the pressure was very low, but it was still just a light rain, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, but it did not come overhead.

Zuo Shaoyang became a little irritable, is it necessary to assassinate Li Yuan again?

Zuo Shaoyang touched the golden needle spray barrel in his sleeve. Thinking about it in my head.

At this time, the Tibetan envoy and the old king had already cut off the head of the sheep again, and the ministers in the pergola and the crowd around began to shout, and all of them had excited looks on their faces.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at the altar, and then knew why these people were so excited, but it turned out that the Tibetan envoy and the old king on the stage had already dragged the human sacrifice to the sacrifice table, it was a young woman, not yet twenty years old, her face was so pale that there was no blood at all, her eyes were blankly looking at the big flag, her whole body was soaked with rain, and her thin lips were constantly squirming, perhaps praying for herself.

(To be continued)