"Stop, what are you doing again?" Lu Yuqing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came to the gate of the city with a white flag, and a thousand household elders shouted loudly.

Yesterday, the soldiers defending the city also knew him, and the white flag representing the negotiation was also quite eye-catching, and everyone did not pick up their bows and arrows to aim at him.

"On behalf of Datang, I want your Zampu to negotiate, you can't be the master of this matter, go and report it."

The elder of the thousand households shouted: "Negotiation, negotiation what? What are your intentions? ”

Lu Yuqing raised his head high, like a proud swan, and said with a disdainful expression: "This squire is just a weak scholar, without a servant, unarmed, what, aren't you a warrior who claims to be not afraid of death?" What, scared? ”

So many people, but they were laughed at by one person, and Lu Yuqing was indeed alone, without a single guard, although the head of the thousand households was extremely unhappy and very dissatisfied with his words, but he still admired his courage, and he dared to enter the "tiger's den" alone, and he did not dare to slack off on such a major event, and immediately went to report to Songtsan Gampo.

About two quarters of an hour later, the gate of Luo Qi City quietly opened a crack, and after Lu Yuqing, who was negotiating on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, entered, he "banged" and hurriedly closed it, for fear that the Tang army would take the opportunity to cover up.

"Who's coming?" Lu Yuqing had just arrived at the main hall of the palace, and before he could speak, Songtsen Gampo suddenly shouted loudly.

This sound, very suddenly, Songtsen Gampo deliberately dismounted, condescendingly shouted, with the majesty of the superior in his words, ordinary people heard it, they were scared and verbose, and their feet and stomachs trembled, but Lu Yuqing's face did not change, he was calm, and he made a salute without humility or arrogance: "Lu Yuqing, the waiter of the Tang Rite Department." I've seen Lord Zampu. ”

Songtsen Gampo's face sank, and he said with a frosty face: "Bold, a little waiter, why don't you kneel when you see Benzanpu." ”

As soon as the voice fell, the four guards on the side pulled out their scimitars and aimed them at Lu Yuqing, and one of them put the scimitar on Lu Yuqing's neck and shouted: "Kneel, or you will cut off your head." ”

Negotiation is also an integral part of war, and there are contradictions that cannot be reconciled, so we can only meet each other in arms. When the fight reaches a certain level, the two sides will negotiate again until both sides can accept it, and in order to obtain greater benefits in the negotiations, it can be said that they rack their brains. I couldn't scare it just now, so I immediately weaponized Lu Yuqing. Force him into his own rhythm. So as to grasp the initiative in the negotiation.

"Hahaha" Lu Yuqing's face did not change, and he said loudly: "It's ridiculous, this servant kneels to the heavens and the earth, kneels to the king, kneels to his parents and respects the teacher, but he does not kneel to the enemy country." ”

"Aren't you afraid that Benzanpu will kill you?"

"I'm afraid I won't come" Lu Yuqing raised his head high and said with a straight face: "This squire was ordered to come to negotiate with Lord Zampu. Talking about something that everyone is happy and benefits both parties, if Lord Zampu has the heart to talk, then we will get straight to the point, and there is no need to use knives and guns. If you don't have the heart to negotiate, if you want to fight or kill, you can do whatever you want, if someone in my land snorts and begs for mercy for half a word, he is not a man's husband. ”

His words were awe-inspiring and loud, and everyone present was shocked by him.

Datang is really full of talents, not only is the famous general like a cloud, but he is also a little squire, and he is so bold, no wonder the country is in full swing.

Songtsen Gampo's eyes rolled twice, then he laughed, waved his hand, and asked the guards to retreat, and then said with a smile: "Just now I was just joking with Lu Shilang, I didn't expect Lu Shilang to be so temperamental, which is admirable, okay, Benzanpu appreciates." ”

"Master Xie Zanpu praised falsely, Lu Mou didn't dare to be ashamed."

"Just now, Lu Shilang said that there is a thing that everyone is happy and both parties benefit, I don't know what he said?" Songtsen Gampo sat in his seat and asked unhurriedly.

Lu Yuqing said bluntly: "Zampu is a cheerful person, and this squire will get straight to the point, this time I came to discuss the exchange of prisoners with Lord Zampu." ”

Sure enough, Songtsen Gampo said secretly in his heart, in fact, he had guessed Lu Yuqing's intention early in the morning, and when he heard the words, he remained silent and said lightly: "Oh, then tell me, where is the joy and where is the benefit?" ”

"Datang is ready to exchange the people of Tubo for the people of the Tang Dynasty, so that the people of both sides can go home and reunite with their families, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Songtsen Gampo was not interested, shook his head and said, "Benzanpu didn't see any benefit. ”

Lu Yuqing was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Why did Lord Zampu say this?" Aren't they your people? ”

"Our Tubo is different from the Tang Dynasty, heavy death and light life, death in battle, that is the supreme glory of life, these captured people, is the shame of Tubo, not worthy of Benzanpu to save them, as for those people of the Tang Dynasty, that is our very effective meat shield" Songtsen Gampo said indifferently: "You say Benzanpu, take these people who can protect life, to exchange those useless waste or the best of both worlds?" ”

This Songtsan Gampo is ruthless, not only to the people of Datang, but also to his own people, and I don't know if he really cares, or if he wants to take the initiative to negotiate, he actually said like this.

Lu Yuqing, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was only slightly surprised by Songtsen Gampo's indifference to his people, but he quickly calmed down, and still said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Zampu's words are wrong. ”

"Oh, what's wrong, tell me."

Lu Yuqing raised his voice and said loudly: "The meat shield that the general said is just to take advantage of our Tang Army's unbearable shooting of its own people, so as to achieve the purpose of covering, it is impossible to eat all over the world in the army, in fact, Zampu also knows that the war between the two countries is related to the lives of thousands of people in the two countries, and a huge war cannot be controlled by a few thousand people, or so, then this person is not doing whatever he wants in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

After a pause, Lu Yuqing continued: "Lord Zampu also saw that although those people of the Tang Dynasty took the initiative to defect today, the fire team of the Tang Dynasty has been tied with white silk, which is a way for the Tang Dynasty to say goodbye, ready to send them on the road, that is our boss has made up his mind, and would rather be infamous than at the mercy of it, so the word meat shield is no longer applicable, and in the hands of Lord Zampu, it has now become a person who can only eat, has little use value, and has to beware of their sudden riots."

"As for the captured Tibetan people, saying that they are waste, it is an exaggeration, the Tibetan army is about to collapse at the first touch, and the army has no fighting spirit, how can we blame the civilians who did not have the protection of the army, they used to actively pay taxes, and they were all paid in vain? Besides, we captured Pibo City, and there are still a lot of noble lords in it who have supported you since you came to power, and they are also waste? Like the uncle's family of Lord Chisang Yangton, Qiongbo. The two elders of the Bangse clan and their families, the third concubine of General Qinling, oh, by the way, and the child in her womb, the relatives of the Ka clan, the Guer Tusi, etc., these are not waste. ”

As the old capital, there are really a lot of nobles living in Pibo City, the new capital is full of vitality, the old capital is full of memories, many old or elderly nobles like to spend winter in the district, but I didn't expect to be picked up by Hou Junji for a big bargain.

This time it involves the nobility, and there are so many powerful nobles, Songtsen Gampo is not easy to say, such as on Qinling, Chisang Yangdun, and Qiongbo. Bangse and the others are now their right-hand men, if they are angry and leave, then they will become alone, and they will lose without fighting.

No, as soon as the people of their own family or their own people were present, Trisang Yangtun and Jongpo. Bonse didn't speak, looking at his eyes with a look of expectation.

"What do you want?" Songtsen Gampo finally couldn't hold his breath anymore.

This Lu Shilang is right, the first time he was caught off guard, there was no countermeasure, and he chose to retreat, but the two countries are at war, and the war between the two countries will not change because of 10,000 or thousands of civilians, and it will be very good to succeed once, the Tang Army cannot be so naïve, and in front of so many important ministers, Songtsen Gampo can't go too far.

Lu Yuqing smiled slightly, all this had long been expected by himself, there was Apo in Pibo City. Sex management, no one can hide from his eyes, and none of the powerful people in the city have run away, and when they need to be used, they will be found immediately.

"Use Tufan's nobles, lords, and soldiers to exchange the Tang people in your hands, and the ordinary people will exchange one for one, and the noble lords will be exchanged for ten, which is fair enough, right?"

Using the nobles and soldiers of Tubo for these worthless slaves of the Tang Dynasty is simply making a lot of money, and it is worth it to change it to someone else, arresting so many important people, and knocking a lot of money on anything, I didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to be so generous, it is a lord, and it is simply too worth it to exchange only ten slaves from the Tang Dynasty.

Chisang Yangdun and Qiongbo. Bangse's eyes were full of joy, and he secretly shouted in his heart that Songtsen Gampo would agree quickly, after all, without the role of the meat shield, those Tang slaves were just empty food, and it was useless to keep them, and they had to send someone to monitor them, for fear that their sudden riot would give the Tang army a chance to take advantage of, and they would have agreed a long time ago if they were themselves, but Songtsen Gampo's words made them raise their hearts:

"Yes, Ben Zampu can promise to exchange all the Tang Dynasty captives to fulfill your reputation, after all, you are here in the name of rescue, and you can also promise you that they will return to the Tang Dynasty safely, and the Tubo army will not attack again, however, the premise is to meet a small condition of Ben Zampu."

"On what terms?" Lu Yuqing asked in a deep voice.

Songtsen Gampo picked up the wine glass in front of the case, drank it dry, and then said lightly: "It's very simple, Datang is willing to pay for the expenses they need to travel in Tubo for all these years. ”

What the?

was taken captive here to be cattle and horses, tortured to the point of not being human, and was extremely generous without asking for compensation, and now he even said what kind of food expenses he wanted?

You can't be so shameless as a man, not only Chisang Yangdun, Qiongbo. Bangse's own people looked surprised, and Lu Yuqing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who had always been calm, also had anger in his eyes.

"I wonder how much this will cost?" Lu Yuqing suppressed the anger in his heart and asked lightly.

Hou Junji's task to Lu Yuqing is to reach this exchange no matter what, although he doesn't understand what Hou Junji's idea is, Lu Yuqing has been secretly enduring it, otherwise, he would have brushed his sleeves away.

"It's very simple," Songtsen Gampo said lightly, "just use 500 firecrackers to pay off the debt." (To be continued......)