More than a dozen envoys gathered in Jiaohe City, such a scene in the short history of Jiaohe City has never been, the excitement of which needless to say, more interesting is that at this time Jiaohe City actually faintly has the meaning of the Warring States Period - the envoys of various countries have a lot of private meetings, pull the relationship between the relationship, and the secret alliance is also busy, the intrigue between them has a different taste, but it is needless to say, however, all countries are busy, only one country does not dare to make a mistake, let alone hook up with other countries in private, even if you don't have the courage to go to a banquet, in addition to waiting for the summons in the Dadu Protectorate every day, the rest of the time stays honestly in the outer domain, even the envoys of other countries don't dare to come forward to receive them, so cautious, this country is Tuyuhun.

Tuyuhun, the name of the ancient nomadic people, now no longer exists, this is a branch of the Xianbei Murong Department of Liaodong, the early Tang Dynasty was a regional power, its land once sat in Qinghai, southern Gansu and northwest Sichuan, the army had reached 300,000 people at its peak, every time the army plundered the Tang Lanzhou, Liangzhou, became one of the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty, and then the Tang army was defeated, attached to the Tang Dynasty, Taizong established Nuo Haobo as the Tuyuhun Khan, and then in the 14th year of Zhenguan, the princess Honghua of the clan was married to the Nuo Hao bowl, and the king of Qinghai was enshrined, and the rise of Tubo was inhibited by its existenceHowever, after the defeat of Tuyuhun in the hands of the Tang army, in addition to Qinghai, southern Gansu and the northwest region of Sichuan have been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength has declined, although it is claimed that there are still more than 200,000 armor, but in the war with Tubo, it is always defeated, if it is not for the Tang Dynasty to fund its grain and straw, it has long been destroyed, therefore, and now Tuyuhun has been the only Tang Dynasty order to obey, do not dare to have the slightest dissent, this time for the full moon of Li Zhen, the eldest son of Li Zhen, the governor of He'anxi, sent a huge envoy delegation to Murong Zhong, the son of the king, to come to congratulate, however, It has been seven days since he arrived at Jiaohe, but he has never been summoned by Li Zhen, which makes the Tuyuhun people extremely uneasy in their hearts, and after hearing that Li Zhen had a banquet to entertain the Tubo envoys, the entire Tuyuhun envoys immediately fell into panic, and after asking to see His Royal Highness King Yue overnight to no avail, early the next morning, Murong Zhong led more than 300 people of the envoy group to the Anxi Dadu Protectorate and the minister could not kneel down, in order to attract Li Zhenzhi's attention.

Oh, don't say it, Murong Zhong made such a fuss, and immediately stirred up the wind and rain in the city, obediently, more than 300 people knelt at the gate of the Dadu Protectorate, it was really spectacular, and the people who surrounded the excitement went to the sea, not only the people in Jiaohe City looked strange, but the other envoys also joined in the excitement, and for a time the small square at the entrance of the Dadu Protectorate was crowded, plus those who saw a lot of people, picked up the goods and sold goods in the crowd The hawkers went around, and the Dadu Protectorate was about to become a bazaar. Such a ridiculous situation was really a bit unexpected for Li Zhen.

"Eighteen, go, pass Murong Zhong in, and the rest of the people will disperse immediately, and then there will be those who dare to gather at the gate of the Duhu Mansion and be punished as exiles!" Li Zhen originally planned to meet Murong Zhong today, but he didn't expect Murong Zhong to give him such a hand, his nose was almost crooked, and he wandered around the study for a while, and then he gave Yan Shibai an order with a black face.

"Hehe, Murong Xiao'er was also forced to be anxious by His Highness, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit would bite if he was in a hurry, why should His Highness take it to heart." After Yan Eighteen came out as promised, Mo Li shook the feather fan with a smile and said.

Mo Li said that Li Zhen knew that Tuyuhun was oppressed by Tubo miserably, and in addition to losing steadily, many good pastures were taken away by the Tubo people, if it weren't for the relief of the Tang Dynasty from time to time, in the name of trade to give some grain and straw, in the name of trade, and privately allocated some weapons, sparing no effort to support it, the military strength under Tuyuhun did not start at all, if Li Zhen, the governor of Anxi, turned to support Tubo, how could Tuyuhun have a way to live, such a great pressure to survive, what is there that Tuyuhun people can't do? It's just that Li Zhen can't tolerate Murong Zhong playing a scoundrel outside his official office - he Murong Zhong doesn't care about acting as a monkey, but he can't let Li Zhen accompany him, that's too low, isn't it?

"This guy is abominable." Li Zhen scolded angrily, then shook his head and said: "This king is just angry with this kid's rogue methods, hey, this kid is the son of the king, he can make such a trick of playing monkey tricks in public, and his scheming is only far above his father, I am afraid that he is not a master who is easy to control." ”

Li Zhen's words faintly revealed a murderous spirit, without him, Li Zhen's overall strategy Tuyuhun is an important supporting role, its role is to consume the strength of Tubo, in the footsteps of the Tubo people to the west, disrupt the pace of the Tubo people's internal political reform, in order to achieve this goal, then we must make Tuyuhun an obedient hunting dog, let him bite whoever he wants, as for when to bite, how to bite must be decided by Li Zhen, obviously, too smart dogs are not popular with Li Zhen.

"Your Highness, let's take a look before we discuss." Mo Li knew where Li Zhen's murderous aura came from, but he didn't take it to heart, he just said with a smile.

"Well, it's better to see someone." Li Zhen also had a little wonder in his heart, without him, the information sent back from the "Rising Sun" showed that Murong Zhong was not outstanding, just a mediocre person, both civil and martial arts were average, and he was not a very courageous person, but at this time, he would play the trick of collective petition regardless of the respect of Wang Shizi, which really aroused Li Zhen's curiosity, and Yan Eighteen had already gone to summon people, and Li Zhen didn't think about these things anymore, got up, waved his hand at Mo Li, and walked out of the study and went straight to the second entrance hall.

Murong Zhong knelt straight at the door of the Dadu Protectorate, although his face was calm, but in his heart he was rolling up and down, both uneasy and ashamed, the reason for the uneasiness was not that he was worried that Li Zhen would not receive him, he knew very well that by virtue of his kneel as the prince of the king, Li Zhen would not see it, but he was worried that Li Zhen would really fall to the side of Tubo, as far as the political situation of the Tang Dynasty that he knew, Li Zhen's prestige in the army was terrifyingly high, once Li Zhen fell to Tubo, It will inevitably affect Datang's policy towards Tuyuhun, not to mention a comprehensive turn, even if the aid is less, it is not something that Tuyuhun can afford in an extremely difficult period at present, as for the shame, it is easy to understand, he is a dignified prince of the king, and he has fallen to the point of kneeling in public and begging for a meeting, not to mention that his face has long been lost, even Tuyuhun's face has also lost most of it, but unfortunately his move is also out of helplessness, after all, survival is the first, if the national body does not exist, what is the use of those mysterious faces? Of course, it's one thing to know in your heart, but it's another thing to listen to the sarcasm from the mouths of the onlookers on the side, Rao is Murong Zhong has already made up his mind, but he still can't help but feel uncomfortable, but at this delicate moment, there is no room for him to attack, so he can only pretend not to see the pointing and pointing of the onlookers.

Murong Zhong didn't kneel for long, but there was only a little more incense before and after, Yan Eighteen had already led a team of heavily armed armor soldiers out of the gate of the Metropolitan Protectorate, but when he saw Yan Eighteen standing on the steps in front of the Metropolitan Protectorate, a thunderous voice had already sounded: "Everyone listen, His Royal Highness has an order: Please invite Prince Murong, the envoy of Tuyuhun, to enter the mansion to discuss matters, and the rest will disperse immediately, but those who are stranded will be punished as nomads!" ”

According to the decree of the Protectorate of the Metropolitan Government of Anxi, all the people of Anxi must do their job, whether farming, animal husbandry, commerce, engineering, or learning, they must report to the states and counties, and those who are unemployed will be disposed of according to the displaced people, and sent to the tuntian land for reclamation, although the tuntian is also a living road, at least the government is in charge of food, but the hardship of reclamation is needless to say, coupled with the harsh environment in the wild, a careless is the result of death, but no one who has a livelihood wants to fall into such a field, this is not, Yan Eighteen words just fell, The people of Jiaohe, who were watching energetically, immediately dispersed as fast as a fryer, and without counting, the originally crowded small square was empty.

"Xiao Wang is Murong Zhong, and there is General Lao." The crowd dispersed, Murong Zhong hurriedly got up, hurriedly walked to the front of the steps, his face was full of flattering smiles, and said politely to Yan Shiba.

Yan Shibai returned the military salute expressionlessly, and didn't say much, just waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, please, my lord has been waiting in the hall for a long time." ”

"Thank you, General, please." Murong Zhong didn't dare to be rude at all, and hurriedly took a reserved step back and made a gesture of please. Yan Shibai didn't make a sound, just nodded, turned around and walked towards the mansion, Murong Zhong hurriedly followed, without an entourage, and walked into the Anxi Dadu Protector's Mansion alone.

"Murong Zhong, the prince of Qinghai, see His Royal Highness the King of Yue." As soon as Murong Zhong walked into the second gate, he saw a tall young man dressed in the costume of the prince of the Tang Dynasty sitting upright in the hall, and immediately knew that it was the famous Tang Dynasty King Li Zhen, who did not dare to slack off, hurriedly rushed forward, knelt down respectfully on the ground, and bowed to worship.

Hey, this kid is still very interesting, it's kind of interesting! As soon as Li Zhen heard that Murong Zhong was coming to meet in the name of the prince of Qinghai, not in the name of the envoy of Tuyuhun, he immediately guessed Murong Zhong's intentions - the king of Qinghai is the throne canonized by the Tang Dynasty, and he is the king of two characters, which is a grade lower than that of Li Zhen, the prince, and the prince of the king, naturally he should give Li Zhen a big gift, but if he comes to see Li Zhen as the son of Tuyuhun Khan, it is a relationship between equals, of course, if it is a relationship between countries, then everything is official, and Tuyuhun has no way to do anything. Without him, Li Zhen said lightly: This matter is not under the jurisdiction of this king, if there is something to go to Chang'an to discuss with the court, Murong Zhong can be blocked so that he has nothing to say, if he talks about things with the prince of Qinghai, Li Zhen will not be able to prevaricate casually, and the meaning of this can only be understood and not spoken.

"The prince has worked hard from afar, this king has always been entangled in official duties, and he has never found time to visit the prince, it is really a sin, the prince does not need to be so polite, come, sit down and say." Li Zhen stepped forward with a smile, stretched out his hand to help Murong Zhong, and said half-truthfully.

Murong Zhong didn't insist on the full courtesy, he got up according to Li Zhenxiang's gesture, and said with a respectful face: "Your Highness is polite, you have every opportunity to work for the country, Xiao Wang admires it so much, it is really an honor for Xiao Wang to see His Highness today." ”

Thousands of clothes, sycophants are not worn, Li Zhen is not a saint, although he knows that the flattery in Murong Zhong's words is nothing more than to please himself, but it is not easy to break it, so he just smiled, and said with a smile: "The prince of the world is too famous, this king is just an ordinary person's ear, it's just that, don't mention this, the prince of the world, please sit down, come, serve tea." Li Zhen gave an order, and a group of his subordinates served the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and then all of them retreated, leaving only Li Zhen and Murong Zhong, the host and guest, in the entire Ermen Hall.

Murong Zhong looks extremely mediocre on the surface, his figure is not tall, his appearance is not rough, and he does not have the sturdy physique of a nomad at all, but his mind is very dexterous, at this time, when he saw Li Zhenping retreating left and right, he knew that Li Zhen was going to discuss with himself, and he immediately lifted his spirits, and he didn't dare to say more, he sat up straight, put on a deaf look, and waited for Li Zhen to speak.

Hehe, it seems that the rumors are really unreliable, Murong Xiao'er is obviously a smart person, how can he be rumored to be a mediocre person in his country, this is too outrageous! Li Zhen just glanced at Murong Zhong, and he already knew that this person was not as mediocre as his appearance, and his heart suddenly struck a sudden - the first requirement of a dog used to bite people is naturally to be obedient, too smart to do it, that kind of dog is like a wolf, usually not fed, after it is not well raised, give the owner a mouthful, this kind of dog can only be killed early, it has avoided future troubles, but it is too stupid to succeed, and the dog that does not understand the master's orders is also a waste, except for being able to stew dog meat, it is useless, let alone hunting, It is difficult to find a dog that is just right smart, if you can't find it, then you can only find some stupid dogs, so that you can give birth to some hard work to train, but you can also make do with it, and now, the dog named Murong Zhong in front of you is suitable for use has become the key to determining whether it is alive or dead.

"The official language of the Tang Dynasty is so fluent, it makes this king very curious, I don't know who the prince learned from?" Li Zhen didn't talk about business as soon as she opened her mouth, but asked about gossip with a casual look.

"So that His Royal Highness learned that Xiao Wang was weak since he was a child and couldn't learn to bow and horse, so his father ordered Xiao Wang to learn Chinese, and the official language was learned from the staff in the house, which was not standard, and then learned from Xiao Wang's wife for a while, so he gained a little." Murong Zhong couldn't understand why Li Zhen asked such a small question, but he didn't dare to hide it, and replied honestly.

"Oh." Li Zhen nodded, and knew in her heart - Murong Zhong's wife is the county lord of Jincheng, the daughter of the Tang clan, and she is still Li Zhen's distant cousin, although she has never met, she has heard of it a little, and she knows that the county lord of Jincheng is slightly famous, and she is one of the more outstanding among the daughters of the Tang clan.

"How is Father Er's health lately?" Li Zhen suddenly changed the topic again and asked with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your inquiry, my father is in good health, and everything is fine." Murong Zhong saw that Li Zhen suddenly changed the topic, so he didn't think about it, and answered casually.

"Hehe, that's good, that's good, the well-being of my fathers is a blessing for me as children and grandchildren, what do you think?" Li Zhen asked with a casual look.

Murong Zhong listened to Li Zhen's question, which some people asked knowingly, he was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly moved, and hurriedly said: "What His Royal Highness said is true, Xiao Wang has always thought that being able to share the worries of his father is the filial piety that should be done for his children and grandchildren, but he can only hate Xiao Wang's weak strength and can't go into battle on behalf ......of his father. At this point, Murong Zhong was already in tears, unable to speak, and suddenly fell to his knees, kowtowed to Li Zhen frequently, and said: "Your Highness, please help Xiao Wang to protect the peace of my Qinghai realm, Xiao Wang begs you." ”

"What do you mean? Hurry up, get up, get up. Li Zhen pretended to be shocked, rushed forward, and hurriedly tried to help Murong Zhong up, but he obviously didn't have any strength in his hands, just put on a show.

Murong Zhong lay on the ground and cried: "If Your Highness refuses to allow it, Xiao Wang will not be able to kneel for a long time, Your Highness, please." ”

"Well, where does that begin?" Li Zhen stomped her feet pretendiously, and said with an embarrassed look: "What does the prince want this king to do, there must be an accurate head, and this king is also thinking about it, right?" ”

Murong Zhong kowtowed a few times in succession and said: "Your Highness, although the Tubo dog thieves are evil, but my people in Qinghai are not afraid, it is a big deal to kill them with their swords, mountains and blood, but in the small country of Khotan, they help the abuse, every time I take advantage of the vicious war between Qinghai and Tubo, attack the old and young of my tribe, plunder my cattle and sheep, my father and the king have tried to lead the troops to reason several times but are always blocked by the Tubo, Xiao Wang sees it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, but he is helpless, but he begs His Royal Highness to make the decision for Xiao Wang. ”

Li Zhen has already known about the collusion between Tibet and Khotan, and Li Zhen has already heard of the attack on Qinghai by Khotan, according to Li Zhen's original strategic concept, Qiuzi, Shule, and Khotan, these three countries belong to the countries that must be exterminated immediately, of course, this is a strategic secret, not enough for outsiders, at this time, Murong Zhong vaguely said the key point, which immediately made Li Zhen's heart froze, although his face was still flat, but his eyes were sharp, and he glanced back and forth on Murong Zhong a few times, and suddenly said calmly: " Who told you to speak these words to this king? ”

Murong Zhong was originally kneeling on the ground, but when he heard Li Zhen's words different, he hurriedly raised his head, and met Li Zhen's sharp eyes as sharp as a knife, and suddenly trembled, his face was gloomy, his lips moved, but he couldn't say a word......

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