Chapter 9: The Surrender of the Turks

The jailer quickly informed the emperor, the emperor was a little hesitant, suspecting that Jingli was cheating, so he asked his subordinates for their opinions, the courtiers had different opinions, some people thought that Jingli should be summoned, Jingli might surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and the truce was a good opportunity, some people thought that Jingli should not be summoned, and they were afraid that Jingli's wolf ambition would take this opportunity to make a move.

When the two sides were arguing, Wanyan pushed the door in, knelt in front of the emperor, crying pear blossoms with rain, and said to the emperor with sobs: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that her brother has committed an unforgivable crime, and the purpose of the concubine and the emperor is to persuade my brother to make a truce. ”

The emperor frowned secretly, a trace of doubt flashed, why was Wanyan's news so fast, but he didn't go to his heart, hurriedly got down from his seat to help Wanyan, brought it to his place, held Wanyan's hand and said: "Concubine Ai is really serious, I just see your brother." ”

Jingli and Ding Ming were brought to Li Shimin, Jingli knelt down, and said with sincerity: "The emperor is above, please accept the guilty ministers." ”

Li Shimin nodded at him and asked, "The jailer said that you want to see me, what's the matter?" ”

Jingli bowed his head and kowtowed and said: "The minister is willing to return to the Tang Dynasty, and please ignore the previous suspicions." ”

Li Shimin was very happy when he heard that Jingli was willing to surrender, and after thinking about Jingli's words, he said: "What conditions do you have, let's listen to it." ”

Jingli kowtowed to the emperor again and said: "Emperor Shengming, Weichen has two conditions, first, let me and General Ding go back to Qingjing City, and let the minister personally prepare for the surrender of the Tang Dynasty, and second, let Marshal Tang Changyu marry my sister Princess Liuning as his wife, in order to marry the good of Qin and Jin. ”

The emperor readily agreed: "Okay, I promise you the first one, but for this second one, I have to ask Marshal Tang." Li Shimin turned his head to Tang Changyu again and asked him, "Are you willing?" ”

Tang Changyu was slightly stunned, such conditions surprised him, it was true that he and Princess Liuning had a good impression of each other, but all this came too suddenly, he always felt that there was something hidden behind this that he couldn't see through, and he was stunned for a while, and Zhao Nan, who was anxious, poked Tang Changyu directly, Tang Changyu reacted, and hurriedly saluted Li Shimin and said, "Weichen is willing." ”

Jingli hurriedly took Tang Changyu's words: "Since Marshal Tang has agreed, then please ask the emperor to come to Qingjing City tomorrow to take over the city, and marry Marshal Tang and his sister in Qingjing City three days later." ”

Li Shimin also boldly agreed: "Okay, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Li Shimin immediately ordered Jingli and General Ding to be released.

When the news reached Qingjing City, Liu Ning and Liu Bin were discussing how to rescue Brother Wang and General Ding in the camp, and Liu Ning asked his brother with a frown: "If I go to beg Tang Changyu, is it possible for him to release Brother Wang and General Ding?" ”

Liubin shook his head and replied to her: "If he cares about the friendship between you, he may ask the emperor to intercede and release General Ding, but Brother Wang will not let him go, and the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty will not agree. ”

At this time, Ding Chuchu broke into the door, grabbed Liuning and Liubin and cried and said: "Brother and sister, you must help me save my father, I all complain that Brother Jingli rashly raised troops, and that stinky boy, he dared to arrest my father, I will kill him." ”

Liu Ning grabbed her hand and comforted: "Don't worry, we are trying to find a way, you don't want to act alone, believe us, okay?" Chu Chu nodded heavily.

Liuning looked at Liubin again, was silent for a while, and said to Liubin and Chu Chu very seriously: "Let's negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty on behalf of the Turks." ”

This suggestion was quickly agreed by Liubin and Chu Chu, who, like Liuning, yearned for a peaceful and peaceful life, and they also cared for the people of the world, and did not want the people to be ruined and displaced because of the war, so the three of them immediately began to prepare for peace.

Liuning and Liubin prepared the gold and silver for the surrender and tribute as quickly as possible, and prepared to go to Duming City early the next morning to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and pick up Brother Jingli and General Ding. Chu Chu saw that Liuning and Liubin had already prepared for the peace negotiation, and his heart was also a lot more relieved, and the group was about to go to dinner and discuss the matter of peace tomorrow, but they saw Jingli and General Ding Ming coming back.

The three of them were very happy to see Jingli and the old general Ding Ming come back safely, and Chu Chu hurriedly came to his father and asked, "Daddy, how did you and the king escape?" ”

Jingli smiled, led everyone to sit at the dinner table, and said, "This matter is a long story, let's talk while eating." ”

Jing Li raised his glass first: "Let's raise a glass together and toast to the safe return of me and General Ding." ”

The five of them ate and chatted together, listening to Liubin say that they were going to surrender to Tang, Jingli said happily: "It turns out that we wanted to go together, but you really surrendered, and I have my own plan." ”

Ding Chuchu asked bluntly: "King, you shouldn't be a fraud." ”

Ding Minggang wanted to reprimand Chu Chu for being rude, but Jingli smiled and said: "How can this king do such a thing, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, and Ah, Liuning, my brother has found you a good family, and three days later, your longing Tang Changyu will come to marry you." ”

Liu Ning felt incredible, looked at Jingli, and said in surprise: "How is it possible?" ”

Liubin looked at Liuning's blank brain in surprise, and said with a smile: "Haha, my sister is happy and stupid, thank you Brother Wang, let my sister's dream come true." ”

Jingli was also very happy, and said to Liuning: "Don't worry, go back and prepare well and marry your beloved." ”

The five people were very happy to hear this, and they raised their glasses and drank together, with the intention of being drunk and resting. Everyone was a little dizzy and went back to their respective rooms to rest, and Jingli took his other subordinates back to the room to discuss the matter of peace tomorrow.

Jingli arranged in an orderly manner: "General Li, you take half of the men and horses to be stationed outside Qingjing City, ambush, I will take the other people to meet Li Shimin tomorrow, I will send General Ding to guard the city, on the second day of Princess Liuning's marriage, you will listen to my orders, surround Qingjing City, and take Li Shimin in one fell swoop." ”

General Li said to Jingli with some puzzlement: "If we really act like this, wouldn't Princess Liuning and General Ding be in danger of their lives?" ”

Jingli explained: "I have my own way to protect the king's sister, and as for General Ding, I will treat him as dedicating himself to our Turks. ”

Ding Chuchu got up at night to go to the toilet, didn't want to pass through Jingli's room, but heard such a conversation, was surprised and scared, hurriedly ran to his father's room, woke up his father, and told his father all the words he had just heard. ”

When Ding Chuchu heard this, he cried and said to his father: "Father, you are foolish, what you said about sacrificing your life for the country is to die on the battlefield, shroud in horse leather, and return to your hometown with honor, not to die in the treacherous plan of such a villain." Father, you think about it, let's vote for Tang, it's really not worth dying like this. ”

Ding Ming felt that what his daughter said was reasonable, wiped her daughter's tears, nodded cautiously, and agreed to Chu Chude's request. Chu Chu finally burst into tears and smiled, and asked his father thoughtfully: "What about Sister Liuning and Brother Liubin?" They certainly don't know the king's schemes, so what should they do if they have something to do? ”

Ding Ming comforted his daughter and said: "We can't protect ourselves now, they are Jingli's sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and Jingli has his own way to protect them." I know that you and Princess Liuning have a deep relationship, and after we vote for the Tang Dynasty tomorrow, we will also be people of the Tang Dynasty, in case Jingli's treacherous plan succeeds, we can also protect her in the Tang camp. ”