Yang Yuanqing opened the curtain and walked in, Yu Wenshi hurriedly stood up and gave a deep salute, "Yu Wenshi and His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

Yang Yuanqing first met Yuwenshi and was in the fourth year of Renshou, he returned to Beijing from Fengzhou, and fiercely cleaned up He Ruobi's three sons, and then met the crown prince Yang Zhao, Yuwenshi and Princess Nanyang were also at that time.

Thirteen years have passed in this flash, and he Yang Yuanqing is nearly thirty years old, and Yu Wenshi has also changed from a suave young talent to a middle-aged uncle.

Especially the grudge entanglement between Yang Yuanqing and the Yuwen family for more than ten years has not made his impression of Yuwen Shihe not very good.

However, Yu Wenshi was an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and he came on behalf of Li Shimin, and he had nothing to do with him.

"Yuwen joins the army, please take a seat!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and invited Yu Wenshi to sit down, he also sat on the couch, a personal soldier came in with two cups of tea, Yu Wenshi and hurriedly took the teacup, bowed and said: "Please forgive me for my presumptuousness, can you let me visit Qu Tu Shangshu first?" ”

Yang Yuanqing originally wanted to say a few words to him, but unexpectedly, Yu Wenshi and impatiently entered the topic.

The smile on Yang Yuanqing's face disappeared, and he picked up the teacup and said lightly: "Qu Tutong is a prisoner of war of the Sui Army, and my friendship with Li Shimin is not to the point of visiting prisoners of war at will!" ”

Yu Wenshi was stunned for a moment, secretly scolded himself in his heart for not being able to speak, and hurriedly said: "Please forgive your Highness for my rashness, I shouldn't have made this request in a hurry." ”

He took out a letter and presented it to Yang Yuanqing with both hands, "This is a handwritten letter from the lord of my family to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, please take a look at it." ”

Yang Yuanqing took Li Shimin's handwritten letter, opened it and read it, Li Shimin's tone in the letter was very modest, first thanked him for saving the Guanzhong soldiers from Goryeo, and then hoped that the Sui and Tang dynasties would maintain benevolence and righteousness, and that war would be war, and that no one would be ruined because of war.

At the end of the letter, Qu Tutong and Shi Danai were mentioned, and Li Shimin appealed to him in a very sincere tone. 'I implore His Royal Highness to let the two return to Tang to comfort their wives and children as a gift of gathering people. ’

After reading the letter, Yang Yuanqing casually put it on the small table, sighed slightly, and said: "I can understand King Qin's care for his subordinates, the Sui army is a benevolent and righteous army, and will not abuse prisoners of war." ”

He then ordered: "Bring General Shi Danai up!" ”

A personal soldier rushed away, and Yang Yuanqing said to Yu Wenshi again: "I'm sorry. General Shi doesn't seem to have a good temper, and in order to ensure his personal safety, we have made a little personal restriction on him. ”

Yu Wenshi and Qu Tutong were more concerned, his lips moved, and finally restrained, and he saw Shi Danai before talking.

Moment. Several soldiers brought Shi Danai in, only to see that Shi Danai had a wound on his shoulder, his face was very haggard, but his hands were tied behind his back.

Shi Danai was about to scold when he entered the tent, but when he saw Yu Wenshi at a glance, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood that this was King Qin who came to save himself, and his eyes were red. Tears of emotion almost rolled out.

He knelt down on one knee to Yuwen and said in a loud voice: "Please ask Yuwen to join the army and tell His Royal Highness the King of Qin that Shi Danai is loyal to him and would rather die than give in!" ”

Yu Wenshi nodded, "I will definitely tell His Highness, and I also ask General Shi not to make unnecessary resistance, take care of yourself, His Royal Highness King Qin will definitely find a way to save you back." ”

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately took Shi Danai down. Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly at this time: "It stands to reason." The armistice agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties included the exchange of prisoners of war, and it would not hurt to directly let Yuwen join the army and bring General Shi back. But then I can't give an account to the brothers, so be it! Since Shi Danai is a Turkic nobleman, we can ransom him back according to the rules of the Turks. ”

Yu Wenshi and Daxi, as long as Yang Yuanqing is willing to open this opening, it will be easy to talk about Qu Tutong later, he hurriedly asked: "I don't know what His Highness needs us to redeem him?" ”

Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said: "What price is used to redeem themselves between the generals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, we don't have specific rules, and there will be a chance for the military departments on both sides to sit down and set certain rules in the future, now since Shi Danai is from Turkic Teller, then we will follow the rules of the Turks, Khan ransom a million sheep, Ye Hu ransom 200,000 sheep, Teller is 80,000 sheep, for the sake of the sincerity of your King Qin, I will let another goat, 50,000 sheep, you can redeem Shi Danai." ”

Yu Wenshi secretly estimated in his heart that 50,000 sheep were worth 100,000 taels of silver, and the price that King Qin offered himself was 10,000 taels of silver, and now it was ten times the price.

He secretly complained in his heart, but he had no choice but to say: "I'll go back and discuss with King Qin, and I will reply to His Highness as soon as possible." ”

After a pause, he said again: "Your Highness, can you talk about the old general Qu Tu again, or let me meet him first." ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed, "Of course there is no problem to see him, but I heard that the old general Qu Tu broke two ribs when he fell from his horse, and he was stabbed into his body, and he was extremely injured and couldn't move, he is still in Xiangcheng County, I'm afraid you won't see him for a while." ”

Yu Wenshi was taken aback, "Your Highness is saying that the old general Qu Tu is extremely injured?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I'm sorry, I've sent the best military doctor to treat him, but his injuries are too serious, and coupled with his advanced age, I can't guarantee that he will be safe and sound." ”

Yu Wenshi and a heart fell into the abyss, so speaking, if Qu Tutong died, it would be normal, he didn't know whether he should believe Yang Yuanqing or not.

But even if he didn't believe it, he had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "Okay then! I'll go back and report to the King of Qin, and we'll talk about it when the old general Qu Tu's injuries improve. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Wenshi hesitated again, bowed down and said, "In addition, I have a private matter that I want to beg His Highness to agree. ”

"You say, only I can do it, I won't embarrass you."

"It's my wife and children, whether Your Highness can let them go back to Chang'an, Shi Ji is grateful."

Yuwen Shi and his wife are the princess of Nanyang, and his son Yuwen Zen Master follows his mother, and their husband and wife originally had a deep relationship, but because of Yang Guang's death, their husband and wife turned against each other.

Despite this, Yu Wenshiji still loves his wife deeply and hopes that his son will also return to him and the family can be reunited.

When Yang Yuanqing heard that it was this incident, he couldn't help laughing, "Princess Nanyang and your son Zen Master are now living in Jinyang Palace with the Queen Mother, except for the Queen Mother, who is related to the national body and cannot leave the palace at will, your wife and children are completely free, you can send someone to pick them up back to Chang'an, I will not stop you." ”

Yu Wenshi and bowed his head deeply, he didn't want to take his wife and children back, but he knew that his wife would not forgive him anymore, and she would not come back.

Thinking of the happy time of love between husband and wife in the past, but now his wife is separated, and the world is separated, and he doesn't know if he can see each other again in this life, which makes his heart extremely sad, his eyes are red, and tears roll out of his eyes.

Yang Yuanqing originally didn't have a good impression of him because his father was Yuwenshu, but now seeing that he was actually crying in front of him, he also felt a little pity for him in his heart.

Sighing secretly, Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "You find an excuse to go to Taiyuan, such as talking about the rules of redemption, etc., and persuade her well, I also hope that your husband and wife can be reunited, and father and son can be reunited." ”

Yu Wenhe wiped away his tears, nodded, and said in a slightly choked voice: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, Shiji will leave first." ”

He stood up and gave a long salute, and Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered his soldiers to send him out of the camp.

Yu Wenshi left, at this time it was already dawn, Yang Yuanqing returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, stood in front of the sand table and pondered for a while, and ordered his own soldiers, "Go and find Xie Shilang!" ”

After a while, Xie Sili hurriedly came and bowed, "Please command, Your Highness!" ”

"Three days have come, you go and ask Qu Tutong how he thinks about it?"

"I went to ask him yesterday and he said there was nothing to think about."

"Humph!"

Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, "You go ask him again and give him one last chance." ”

"Yes! Humble duty understands. ”

Xie Sili turned around, Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, of course he knew that Li Shimin sent Yu Wenshi and came not for any Shi Danai, but for Qu Tutong.

But how could he hand over Qu Tutong to Li Shimin, it was impossible to buy it with anything, once he was moved by the thick coin, the person who led the troops to Taiyuan in the future was very likely to be Qu Tutong, this person would either be used for himself or killed, there was no third way.

After a long time, Xie Sili hurriedly came back and let out a long sigh, "Your Highness, the humble position has worn out the skin of his mouth, and he only said one word. ”

"What?"

"He said, I just ask His Highness to leave him a whole corpse."

This sentence made Yang Yuanqing's body shake slightly, and after a while, Yang Yuanqing finally sighed helplessly, this is the will of heaven, and he can't violate it.

Yang Yuanqing took out a red jade bottle from the drawer and handed it to Xie Sili, "This is the poison of the Sogdians, called 'Papamu', it will kill when you enter it, you give it to him, and then tell him that I will bury him in Beibi Mountain, let him go in peace!" ”……

Inside the tent, Qu Tutong wore his hair loose, kowtowed three times to the northwest, and then sat cross-legged, he had bathed and changed into a clean white robe.

His father and ancestor were Qiang people from Hexi, and although he did not live in Hexi himself, he knew the rules left by his ancestors, and he must go in white clothes without any ornaments.

There was a bowl of wine on the table in front of him, and next to it was the jade bottle as red as blood, only an inch in size, Qu Tutong picked up the wine bowl and sniffed it, and laughed, "Is this the best peach wine for His Royal Highness the King of Chu?" ”

A soldier next to him said: "This is my lord's best peach wine, there are only two bottles in the world, he knows that Qu Tugong is a good wine, and he gives him a bottle." ”

Qu Tutong picked up the wine bowl and sniffed it deeply, squinted his eyes and praised: "Good wine!" I have to drink this wine and die without regrets, thank you King Chu. ”

He gulped down the wine and washed the dirt off his body with the spirits.

"Happy!"

Qu Tutong put the wine bowl on the table, reached out to take the jade bottle, unscrewed the lid, he stared at the turquoise viscous liquid in the bottle, and suddenly raised his head and sighed, "If I make a mistake once, I must not make a mistake a second time!" ”

He drank the bottle of poison and said, 'Snap! The bottle hit the ground, and Qu Tutong committed suicide