Chapter 22: In the Qingtang City
A few days later, outside Qingtang City, the capital of the Tubo Kingdom, Lu Fengqiu rode a camel into the capital of the Tubo Kingdom.
Before leaving, he refused the kindness of Tianshan Tong's grandmother, according to Tong's wishes, he is now the head of the dignified and free faction, and he always has to bring a few entourages when he travels, and he directly wants to hand over the four daughters of Meilan Zhuju who are serving him to Lu Fengqiu.
was rejected by him, what kind of joke, he was a Taoist priest, and took four flower-like girls to Tubo, isn't that refreshing?
Lu Fengqiu entered the city from the east gate of Qingtang City, and he could clearly see the iron-colored blue and black armor of the Tubo warriors, and the crystal like a mirror of the Qingtang armor.
Qingtang City is located in the mountains, and the terrain is dangerous.
Due to the rise of the Western Xia Kingdom, the control of the Hexi Corridor area, between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia City of various countries, envoys were often plundered, so the caravans and envoys of various countries have detoured to change the Qingtang City, and then from the south of Qinghai Lake through the Qaidam Basin to the west, Qingtang City has become an important town on the South Silk Road and the Tangbo Ancient Road.
Qingtang East City is the business district in Qingtang City, all kinds of shops are lined up, business travelers from all over the world gather, there are hundreds of merchants in Khotan and Hui only, and the flow of people is bustling every day, rubbing shoulders and backs, and it is very lively.
Lu Fengqiu stopped all the way, but he admired this exotic style, compared with the Central Plains City, this Qingtang City has its distinctive characteristics.
However, although he looked casual on the surface, he was thinking about how to make this trip smooth and successful.
His destination was not in the East City, but in the West City.
Xicheng is a royal city, with a large council hall, palaces, temples, military and political institutions, and aristocratic residences.
The "she" he was looking for was now in the palace of the royal city.
Senior Brother Xiaoyaozi married his eldest daughter Li Qiushui to the Western Xia Kingdom, and the younger daughter was married by him to Dong Yu, the then lord of the Tubo Kingdom.
However, Dong Yu has passed away for many years, and the current lord of the Tubo State is named Ali Gu.
As far as Lu Fengqiu knows, this Ali bone is not Dong Yu's biological son, but because his biological mother Zhang Mu was once Dong Yu's concubine, so he was accepted by Dong Yu as a righteous son.
The reason why Ali Gu was able to successfully inherit the throne had a great relationship with Dong Yu's wife Qiao.
The person Lu Fengqiu is looking for is this Qiao family.
Qiao, this is the meaning of disguise, when the senior brother let the youngest daughter pseudonym Qiao's woman, became Dong Yu's wife, and now Qiao's has become the queen mother of the Tubo Kingdom, and Li Qiushui of the Western Xia Kingdom, Concubine Li, and now he is also one of the most powerful people in the Tubo country, but it is a pity that these two daughters did not inherit the will of the senior brother, they have their own thoughts, and they have not become the arms of the senior brother on the road to recovery.
Now that Senior Brother Xiaoyaozi has passed away, these two daughters with different thoughts don't know how they will react when they hear the news.
Lu Fengqiu walked around Dongcheng for a long time, found a wine shop that looked quite lively, and walked in.
It was winter, it was freezing outside, and the pedestrians were wearing thick clothes, all kinds of colors.
Lu Fengqiu was not afraid of the cold, but he didn't want to attract too much attention, so he had already changed into a big fur and a velvet hat on top of his head.
The bartender of the liquor store is a local, and the words spoken in his mouth should be in the local language, which Lu Fengqiu can't understand.
When the bartender saw that he spoke a mouthful of Central Plains official dialect, he immediately changed to a not very fluent Central Plains official dialect.
Everywhere the bartenders are welcoming.
Lu Fengqiu ordered a few "red foods" according to what the bartender said.
The so-called "red food" refers to meat, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, everything.
However, just eating meat was too tired, so Lu Fengqiu kept the wine warm for a pot of wine, he worshipped the fire dragon as a teacher, and also drank a lot of pure yang wine.
However, he is extremely self-disciplined and never drinks much, and it is the first time he has drunk since he went down Zhongnan Mountain.
After staying in the wine shop until the night, Lu Fengqiu felt the darkness and walked towards the palace in Xicheng.
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The moon and stars are scarce, and the palaces in the Tubo royal city are naturally different from those in the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty.
Most of the palace and fort buildings of the Tibetan royal family are straight cylinders, which are a combination of stone masonry, earth ramming and wood structure.
At this time, although the lights in Miyagi were bright, there were also many places where the lights were blind.
Lu Fengqiu came to this Tubo Royal City for the first time, so it was naturally impossible to be familiar with the road, so he arrested two warriors in the palace to ask him, but he didn't ask what was going on.
It's just that the two warriors don't understand the official dialect of the Central Plains at all, Lu Fengqiu can't understand what they say, and they can't understand what Lu Fengqiu says.
Lu Fengqiu had no choice but to knock out the two, click on the acupoints of the two, and continue to explore around the palace.
Lu Fengqiu is outstanding, but he is not afraid of people discovering his traces.
It's just that the patrolling samurai in the palace always feel like a demon in the palace tonight, and there is always a demon wind blowing from time to time.
Lu Fengqiu searched for most of the night, and finally let him hear someone talking about the official dialect of the Central Plains.
In the middle of the hall, a man in a tunic with a large triangular lapel and a placket sat beside him, and the man looked to be about fifty years old, and his face was very majestic, and he looked like a man of authority.
Sitting opposite the man was a young monk in a red robe, the young monk was quite handsome, and he held his hand and said: "Lord of the country, the national teacher just came back yesterday with a message, saying that the king of Naxixia wants to recruit horses, so let the lord of the country prepare early." “
Lu Fengqiu listened outside and nodded secretly, it turned out that the person inside was Ali Gu, the lord of the Tubo Kingdom.
The young monk didn't know who it was.
I only heard the Tubo lord Ali Gu say: "Sange, in your opinion, who should be the right person to ask for marriage this time." ”
The young monk smiled faintly and said, "The lord of the country has already made up his mind, so why bother asking the little monk again." ”
The Tubo lord nodded and said, "Then let Zongzan go." ”
At this moment, someone from the palace came to report to the door: "The lord of the country, the queen mother said that there is something important to ask the lord of the country to go to discuss." ”
When Ali Gu, the lord of Tubo, heard this, he immediately replied: "I know, if you go back to the queen mother, you will say that the king will arrive soon." ”
The palace man left respectfully, and the young monk said: "Since the lord of the country still has something to do, the little monk will not bother, and will come back another day to discuss the Buddha with the lord of the country." ”
The Tubo lord Ali Gu nodded and said, "Okay." ”
The young monk quietly retreated, and the Tibetan lord Ali Gu walked towards another palace under the escort of his attendants.
Lu Fengqiu followed him quietly.
The cold wind was cold, and the thick clothes on his body could not stop Lu Fengqiu's flexible posture.
The lord of the Tibetan kingdom walked in the palace city for a short time, came to a palace, retreated left and right, and walked towards the palace.
About half a pillar of incense passed, and the Tubo lord Ali Gu left.
Lu Fengqiu made sure that the Ali bone was leaving, so he dropped down, lured the guards outside the palace gate, and then sneaked into the hall.
Entering the hall, the palace curtain was tented, the candle shadow fluttered, and Lu Fengqiu walked inside step by step.
Seeing that most of the furnishings in it were in the style of the Southern Dynasties, Lu Fengqiu was relieved and knew that he should have come to the right place.
At this moment, only a cold voice was heard from the inner sanctum.
"Is it Sanger who has arrived?"