Chapter 821: Everyone is punished
Mengsa Chijiang nodded seriously after listening, her man had died on the battlefield, so the most important thing for her was her son, hearing that there might be someone who would be unfavorable to her son, she immediately became vigilant, and after giving a call, Princess Zhenzhu left, and began to check the defense of the palace guards, and was busy for a day, until night fell, Princess Zhenzhu returned to her dormitory, and the maids hurriedly served a sumptuous dinner, because Princess Zhenzhu had been busy for a day without eating, However, Princess Zhenzhu was in no mood to eat, so she waved her hand directly.
"Let's take it all!"
"Princess, you eat a little, you haven't eaten for a day."
The maid reassured, and Princess Zhenzhu shook her head slightly.
"I don't have an appetite, I don't want to eat."
The maid reassured.
"Princess, the slave also knows that you are very sad, but you also have to take care of your body, the little prince still has to inherit the position of Zampu, and he has to grow up, and he still needs the princess to support him, if Zampu knows underground, I must hope that the princess can take care of her body, support the little prince to grow up smoothly, inherit Zampu's will, and avenge Zampu."
If it's just for herself, then Princess Zhenzhu really doesn't care, because she feels that life is really too hard, too tiring and too painful, and death may not be a relief, but she still has to take care of her nephew, and to protect her nephew when he grows up, at least she can ensure that he is personally recruited.
"If you really don't have an appetite, princess, then drink two bowls of mare's milk, right?"
The maid comforted again, for the sake of the dead brother, for the sake of the little nephew, Princess Zhenzhu nodded and took the mare's milk, drank it all, and saw that the princess drank two bowls of mare's milk as if she drank very bitter medicine, they were relieved a lot, and it was good to be able to drink into the mare's milk, so that at least they would not burn their bodies, lying on the bed, Princess Zhenzhu couldn't sleep at all, Qinling's words rang in her ears again, and a picture even appeared in her mind, Li Yong rode on a horse and roared, and took up his brother's head with a knife, and tears gushed out again, She knew that life and death would be fateful when she went to the battlefield, she knew that it was her brother who started the war, and she also knew that Li Yong couldn't help herself, but, after all, it was her brother, it was her close relative, she really wanted to ask Li Yong, did she hesitate at the moment when she waved the knife? Lu Dongzan has already summoned the ministers and told the story that Zampu was killed by the Tang army, but it did not cause an uproar, because everyone is not stupid, and has already been psychologically prepared, not only the ministers know, the news has also spread rapidly in the city, and the people in the city also feel very sad and angry, Songtsan Gampo unified Tibet, no matter whether it is a rule or martial arts, the life of the people is much better than before, and the army has won successive battles to conquer the city, Not only brought back a lot of wealth, but also the nobles and people of Tubo also brought great glory, so, when they knew that Zampu died on the battlefield, the people of Luocheng felt very sad and regretful, worried that such a good day would end like this, as for the ministers in the court, they thought more, as the saying goes, once the son of heaven is a courtier, Zampu is dead but it will definitely bring drastic changes to Tubo, and the prince is very young, so it is difficult to say what situation Tubo will be in the future. These Tibetan nobles and ministers are more concerned about their own interests, when Songtsen Gampo is a zampu, they can lead them to occupy more land and force more wealth, they will support Songtsen Gampo, but Songtsen Gampo is dead, so how can they seek greater benefits? This is a question in front of them, the world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, throughout the ages, no matter where, it is so, since ancient times, it is the father who died and the son succeeded, so the little prince inherited the position of Zampu and no one objected, and won the unanimous approval of the noble ministers, of course, who will not take the tribe to establish himself as the king in the future, it is also difficult to say, but, at least in front of everyone in the city, no one has been arrogant, Princess Zhenzhu has not slept well all night, but in the morning is still very energetic, Because there is a will to support her, knowing that neither the court nor the people have caused any turmoil, and the ministers have unanimously approved that Xiaogong Rigongzan will inherit the position of Zampu, she is also a lot more relieved, of course, there should still be vigilance, no one knows if there is a dark tide under this calm.
"Princess! Princess! ”
A maid hurriedly walked in, and Princess Zhenzhu put down the mare's milk bowl in her hand and asked.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”
"Zamp's guards are back!"
The maid hurriedly reported.
"What about people?"
Princess Zhenzhu hurriedly asked, although she already knew the result, but after all, it was Qin Ling's words, and she really wanted to ask the accompanying guards in person.
"The guard was a little sneaky, and left only a message, saying that he had something important to ask to see the princess, but he wanted to invite the princess to an inn."
The maid was a little puzzled, and Princess Pearl was also very puzzled.
"Since it's my brother's personal guard, why didn't he just enter the palace? Didn't go to the prime minister, but asked me to go to the inn? ”
The maid was also puzzled and nodded.
"That's what the message left behind."
Princess Zhenzhu groaned.
"Are you sure it's Zampu's personal guard?"
The maid nodded.
"Princess, the slave is very sure, the slave and the maid recognize him, when the slave and the maid went out, he suddenly came out and stopped me, he was not dressed as a guard, but dressed very shabby, so the slave and maid carefully recognized it, it was indeed Zampu's personal guard."
Princess Zhenzhu immediately stood up and said decisively.
"Let's go, then go to the inn and find him! I'm going to ask for myself what happened! ”
The maid hesitated.
"Princess, could it be some conspiracy? Could it be that an adulterer set up an ambush there to the detriment of the princess? If the slave maid takes someone to take the guard directly to the palace, and then the princess will interrogate him. ”
Princess Zhenzhu shook her head slightly when she heard this, and said in a deep voice.
"How many people can be ambushed in a small inn? We are not weak, we all bring swords and arrows, if there is an ambush, we will not be afraid! Since the guards entered the city in disguise, there must be their reasons, and I think that they are guarding against someone, so I must meet them anyway, and listen to them tell them what is going on. ”
Princess Zhenzhu said firmly, and the maids did not persuade them again, they also felt that what the princess said was also reasonable, since it was Zampu's personal guards who came back, it was impossible not to ask clearly, and besides, with them here, they would not be afraid of any ambush! Princess Zhenzhu and her maid finally found this inn, this is a very small inn, it looks a little dirty, it stands to reason that as Zampu's bodyguard, he is also a nobleman, how can he live in such a small inn? Princess Zhenzhu and the maid walked into this small inn, and the unkempt man who had been looking at him in the corner walked over with an excited face, bowed down and whispered.
"Princess, you're finally here!"
Princess Zhenzhu looked at this unkempt man carefully, and although she didn't know what his name was, she was sure that it was her brother's personal guard.
"Why are you here? Why don't you just go to the palace and ask for me? ”
Princess Zhenzhu asked suspiciously, and the guard looked left and right for a moment, and said in a low voice.
"Please also ask the princess to come with the villain, the villain has something important to report to the princess."
Before Princess Zhenzhu could speak, the maid next to her asked vigilantly.
"Where?"
The guards looked around and whispered.
"Please princess Yi to the room, more than a dozen of us dressed up in disguise and went through hardships to return to the city, and even we were scattered, but I was afraid that we would not be able to bring back Zampu's last words."
Hearing Zampu's last words, Princess Zhenzhu's eyes were already red, and she said in a low voice.
"Lead the way!"
The guard took Princess Pearl into the inn, stopped in front of a guest room on the side, and said in a low voice.
"Princess, this is the place, the villain also knows that this is disrespectful to the princess, but it is really helpless."
The maid immediately pushed the door and walked in to check, however, there was nothing to check, because the guest room was very small and had an unobstructed view, except for some dirty messes and there was no ambush or anything, Princess Zhenzhu walked in with a few maids, looked at the guards who closed the door carefully, and asked.
"Now you can say it, right?"
The guard knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice.
"The reason why the villain is so cautious is because he is afraid of being known by the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
Princess Zhenzhu couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard this, and asked suspiciously.
"I'm afraid that the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion will know?"
The guard nodded heavily.
"After the villain entered the city, he also heard the discussion, in fact, Zampu did not die in the hands of the Tang cavalry, but died under the arrows of Geerqin Mausoleum!"
Princess Zhenzhu was shocked when she heard this.
"What do you say? Did my brother die under the arrows of the Golchin Mausoleum? What the hell is going on? ”
The guard said in a deep voice.
"Zampu took us out of the encirclement of the Tang army, and then Zampu was very wise to take us on a detour, completely avoiding the pursuit of the Tang army, along the way we all met the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, although we lacked food and grass very hard, but we successfully arrived at the Egula Pass, as long as we crossed the Egula Pass and returned to Tibet, however, Geerqinling led the army to ambush in the Egula Pass, first rolled down the boulder from the mountain to block the retreat, and then shot down the rain of arrows, so that the guards suffered heavy losses, The large army of the Gelchinling surrounded the mountain pass, and no one could rush out! ”
Princess Zhenzhu was shocked and asked with a frown.
"No one can rush out, so how did you rush out?"
The guard explained.
"Because we are scouts sent out, to find out if there is any trace of the Tang Army nearby, if there is a trace of the Tang Army, we will attract the Tang Army away! So, we finally entered the Egula Pass, when we entered the Egula Pass, the valley had been cut off by the piled boulders, we climbed to the stone pile and saw the corpses all over the place, and saw that there were no more guards left around Zampu, we saw Qinling shoot arrows at Zampu, but was cut down by Zampu with a sword, and then Qinling vilely ordered the arrows to be released, and Zampu was full of arrows and fell off his horse. ”
When Princess Zhenzhu heard this, her hand holding the golden knife was trembling, it turned out that it was Geerqin Ling who killed her brother? Of course, it is impossible for Geerqinling to call the shots, it must have been instructed by Lu Dongzan, no wonder the guards who fled back did not dare to go to the palace, but disguised themselves and hid in the inn, Lu Dongzan can be said to be in power, when the brother was still there, the prestige of the brother was enough to suppress Lu Dongzan, and now that the brother is dead, that Lu Dongzan can almost cover the sky with one hand in the city, at this moment Princess Zhenzhu's heart is full of anger, if the brother died in the hands of the Tang army, she can still accept it in her heart, after all, the two armies are already fighting, But if her brother died at the hands of a traitor, it would be even more infuriating, and she finally understood that this conspiracy to seize power continued.
"We should have rushed forward at that time, even if we killed a few to avenge Zampu, but before Zampu died, he shouted a few words, it must be that Zampu wanted us to bring his last words back and announce the mortal sin of Geerqinling to the world, so we quietly retreated, dressed up and rushed back, we were afraid that the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion would know that there were still guards alive to come back, so we didn't dare to go to the palace to meet the princess, so we could only hide in this inconspicuous inn, and hope that the princess would forgive the sins!"
Princess Zhenzhu hurriedly asked.
"What are my brother's last words?"
Zampu shouted on his deathbed.
"Zampu shouted that Lu Dongzan's father and son were shameless traitors, committed the crime of killing the king, and vowed to seek the position of Zampu, and they were sinners of Tubo through the ages, and everyone was punished."
Princess Pearl muttered.
"Of course everyone gets it! If you commit the murder of the king, even if you kill it with a thousand knives, you can't get away with it! ”
Although he brought the news back and told the princess, the guards were still a little panicked, after all, Zampu had died in battle, the prince was still in infancy, Lu Dongzan could be regarded as a monopoly on power, how could he get rid of Lu Dongzan? Although Princess Zhenzhu still had a sad look on her face, her eyes had become resolute, and she said in a deep voice.
"It's good that you can bring back Zampu's last words, it's very important, otherwise, we don't know the true face of Lu Dongzan, and we can't guard against him at all."
The guards hurriedly bowed and said.
"This is what the villain should do, we have a total of fifteen personal guards, they are still hiding outside the city, although there are not many people, but if the princess has any send, I will go to the soup and fight the fire!"
Princess Zhenzhu nodded.
"You are lurking outside the city for the time being, and if there is anything that needs you, I will inform you."
Leaving the inn, Princess Zhenzhu's mood was a little complicated, because the words told by the guards who fled back today were really amazing, she had never doubted Lu Dongzan before, and felt that Lu Dongzan was very loyal and reliable, now it is really ridiculous to think about it, she has never thought about it before, and now she thinks about it There are indeed a lot of doubts, at that time, Lu Dongzan directly sent Qinling to lead the private army of the Geer family, she was still very moved, but what about after that? He didn't send any soldiers and horses, and since that guard had been on the run for so long, why did he so coincidentally encounter Qinling and die of his injuries?