Chapter Twenty-Six: The Shadow of the Cup, the Bow and the Snake
Chengyang Palace
The princes and nobles who were about to die or live and want to leave the palace were served with good tea and water, and at first they were still suspicious of what kind of heart Han Yuan'an had, you look at me, I look at you, but I am afraid that the tea is poisonous, and I hesitate and refuse to drink. It wasn't until the Han envoy left, and the guards served the left and right respectfully, without the slightest negligence and neglect, that they gradually relaxed their hearts.
So, they began to wonder what the Han envoy was going to do with them next, and the unlucky guy before was forced out of the palace and couldn't cut off a hand, which scared them out of their minds and didn't know what to do. But in the blink of an eye, he was treated as a guest by the Han envoy, as if he didn't do it at all.
This person who turns his face faster than a book is the most terrifying, he can't guess what he thinks at all, he has long heard that the Han people are treacherous and cunning, and they have to turn a few corners first to do anything and say anything, unlike them in the Western Regions, who come straightforwardly and refreshingly.
Dawan became a subsidiary of the Han Dynasty, to be honest, few Dawan people were convinced from the bottom of their hearts, but the Han country was rich and the people were strong, and it was not possible to be unconvinced. In addition to the loss of autonomy, eating, drinking, and merrymaking are not affected.
"Hey, just now I heard the attendant beside Lord Wei of the Han Dynasty say that Lord Wei seems to have gone to worry about the princess." A rectangular face sitting at the door looked around for a long time, covered his mouth mysteriously, and whispered to the people around him.
"Oh? Seriously? The goatee beside him blinked his shrewd little eyes, glanced at the heavily guarded Han army outside the hall, and said thoughtfully, "It seems that this Lord Wei is talking to the princess about how to deal with us, do you think they will kill us all?" ”
The goatee made a killing gesture, his rectangular face shrank his head in disgust, and he gasped: "No, if we are all killed, the Dawan court will disperse directly!" It's okay for us courtiers to say, but if the royal family is also wiped out, let the Han people take care of things, and the people below will not be able to turn the sky upside down? No, no, the situation in Dawan has just been decided, and they won't ask for trouble! ”
"Then why are they so wary? None of them are allowed to be released from the palace? What the hell are you doing here? The goatee shook his head and kept sighing, "I haven't been back all night, and the family doesn't know what's wrong, so it's definitely bad!" ”
The rectangular face carefully studied his words, and muttered: "None of them are allowed to be released from the palace...... None of them are allowed to be released from the palace......"
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh sharply and widened his eyes: "I know, I know their thoughts." ”
The goatee general looked at him suspiciously, with a look of disbelief, his rectangular face shifted his position, approached him and said: "Last night, the king was assassinated, and there were countless dead and wounded in the palace, what do you think will happen to Guishan City if we go out?" There is such a big thing in the imperial court, and the people are panicking, who is the most headache? ”
"That's right!" Goatee nodded approvingly, and looked at the rectangular face with great appreciation, "Yes, the assassination of the king is a big deal, and if you don't get the Han people, you have to go back, how can they go back and explain to Emperor Wu of Han, I'm afraid that I have to raise my head to apologize!" They didn't allow us to go out, just to block the news in the palace, and then make up a statement to appease the people when the situation stabilized! Oops, the Han people are too cunning, we almost fell for it! ”
"It's not, fortunately, we thought of going ahead, and when the princess came to relieve her worries, I'm afraid I just thought of a countermeasure." We have to think of ways to do it with her, we can't fall for the Han people, if we can really come up with a way to deal with it, we can completely turn over! Think about it, hundreds of thousands of Han troops set foot in Dawan on two westward expeditions, and we drove them back to their hometown without a single soldier, what a great merit! ”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and the fear in his heart was suddenly swept away when he thought that he was about to become a hero of Dawan. The goatee was said by him excitedly, who wants to be bald with hair, and being a vassal of a big man is purely helpless, if he can turn over and fight a beautiful battle, it is really happy.
The goatee was just about to applaud, when suddenly something came to mind, and the walnut lines on his face were tangled again. Seeing him so entangled repeatedly, the rectangular face wondered in his heart, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" Do you think my idea won't work? Or are you scared and afraid to go against the Han Chinese? Hey, are you willing to be enslaved by the big man? It's good to have a little backbone! ”
"I'm not afraid, I'm worried......" The goatee stopped talking, still shaking his head.
"Cut, fear and worry are not the same thing, no wonder people say that they are getting older and older, but their courage is getting smaller and smaller!" The rectangular face looked at him worriedly, and he couldn't help but count.
The goatee didn't have the same knowledge as him, and said truthfully: "Lord Wei is stationed in the capital, and the first king obeys him, although he is afraid of the national prestige of the Han Dynasty, but that lord is indeed capable." In fact, the first king also invited him to perfunctory, but he refused without even thinking about it, which shows that he is very assertive. Not to mention how Lord Wei is good, have you ever heard of the origin of Princess Jiewu? ”
"Princess Anxiety?" The rectangular face pursed her lips disdainfully, "Isn't she just a woman, the princess of the Han Dynasty, the right lady of Wusun, she is not small, but she is still a woman after all!" What can a woman do, her hair is long and her knowledge is short, she can talk crookedly for a long time when she encounters a small thing with a sesame mung bean, and she has already been dizzy when she has a big event. A woman should serve her husband and take care of the children as she should be, what do you want to do if you have nothing to do! I really don't understand why Wusun Kunmo didn't dare to care about her, the upside-down daughter-in-law rubbed her face, didn't watch it well at home, and asked her to come out and be embarrassed, and what kind of body did she become with the yin and yang prince of rest! Women have always been unable to participate in court politics, and Lord Wei went to invite her, just to hinder the courtesy of the master and servant, to give her some face, do you really think she is in charge? ”
The rectangular face was full of disdain for Princess Xie Wei's evaluation, and the wrinkles on the goatee's face were squeezed deeper, and he stretched his neck extremely carefully to look at the Han army outside the door, for fear that they would listen.
"Hey, what do you see, are you so afraid of the Han people? It's a person like you who is timid and afraid of things, forget it, you don't dare to do it against her, I'll come by myself, isn't it a ......"
"Shhhh Be quiet! Goatee kicked his foot from under the table and said in a low voice, "You don't know something, you don't know that you're afraid." This princess is not an ordinary woman, she is not a pampered golden branch and jade leaf, but the granddaughter of the anti-king Liu Wu, who was born in a rough background and has good qualifications, and was named a princess and a relative of Wusun by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at the age of nineteen. Do you know that there is a minister named Ji Huang in the Han Dynasty? That man is lonely and weird, there are only a handful of people who can convince him, and Princess Xie Wei is one of them! ”
"Jidi?" The expression of the rectangular face changed slightly, he had heard of this minister with a strange personality, and then he looked at Xie Wei with admiration, "Really? Lord Ji is not a person who tends to be inflammatory, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dares to admonish directly, are you still afraid of a princess! ”
"It's convincing, admiring the princess of anxiety, and even the person who is convinced by Lord Ji, can we underestimate her?" The goatee stroked his beard, his eyes rolled, and he said, "What are the Ubuji elders of Wusun and Wei Lu, the horse dealer of the Huns?" A family is ruined, and a trace is lost, all of which have something to do with her! ”
"Huh?" The rectangular face was finally shocked, and he stared at the goatee in disbelief, "No, Elder Ubuji's private pockets are in collusion with the horse dealer Wei Lu, and the military beard is dealt with by national law, how can it have anything to do with her?" She's, she's just a woman! ”
"I don't know exactly what the situation is, but I have a cronie in Wusun, and it is said that she designed to frame Ubuji and Weilu. In short, this woman is ruthless and has to be guarded against, if anyone gets in her way, it is estimated that they will end up with Ubuji. ”
The goatee and the rectangular face fell silent, the extermination of Ubuji caused a sensation in the entire Western Regions, if this matter was really done by the princess of relief, then she is indeed not a simple woman! Lord Wei is a tricky character, and if there is a ruthless princess, will they still have a chance to get out?
After being silent for a long time, the rectangular face asked unwillingly: "Could it be that we can only sit and wait for them to do whatever they want?" ”
"Not necessarily!" Goatee looked around and said confidently, "You and I may not be her opponents, but what will happen if all these princes and nobles here are against her?" As you said, the situation in Dawan has just been settled, and the Han will not ask for trouble, if they kill the Dawan court, it means losing the hearts of the people, and the people will definitely not be convinced. ”
The corners of his rectangular face raised a wicked smile, and he kept nodding: "What do you mean, I understand, hehe, I know what to do!" ”
Liu Ye walked into the Chengyang Hall accompanied by Lord Wei and Tu Qitang, and the princes and nobles who had already discussed the countermeasures raised their eyes to look at her, they didn't look carefully at the distance last night, so they were really a great beauty. They were amazed by her beauty, and there was no way to associate her with the black-hearted princess in any case, but the fate of the country was at stake, and they could not take it lightly, let alone be confused by beauty. The heart is like a snake and scorpion, no matter how beautiful the appearance is, the snake and scorpion poisonous woman!
Lord Wei's gaze swept lightly towards everyone, and they immediately lowered their heads and obeyed their orders, and they all looked obedient, and they didn't know what the black-hearted princess had thought of to deal with them, so as not to arouse the other party's vigilance. However, Tu Qitang came with her, did he mean that he was on her side, whether the Anxi Dynasty and the Han Dynasty had reached a secret agreement, or whether he was plotting with Wusun or something. If Tu Qitang allied with the Han Dynasty on behalf of the Anxi Dynasty, would these small countries in the Western Regions still be qualified to clamor!
Everyone in the hall had their own thoughts, and Tu Qitang, who accompanied Liu Ye to come, also had a calculation in his heart, every time Liu Ye attended this kind of occasion, he either brought the teacher or Chang Hui with the teacher, but this time she didn't bring any of them, and only invited him to come with him. Although there is a Han envoy Lord Wei here, she still believes in her own people more! If he was not mistaken, Liu Ye had been guarding against him, was this a sign that she trusted him? Impossible, she couldn't trust him! So, is it doubting him? Suspect he had something to do with last night's assassination?
In short, Tu Qitang didn't think that Liu Ye wanted to use the power of rest to subdue Dawan, she must have another purpose in doing so!