In feudal dynasties, eunuchs played a very important role.

The same is true of Tong Guan, who was given the important task of delivering news to the emperor.

From supervising the army, to making meritorious contributions, and then becoming a tool man.

Tong Guan experienced the darkest dormant period of eunuchs, but he was not discouraged, but told the good news to the emperor who was far away in the capital, using the carrier pigeons of the Imperial City Division. It's just that the pigeon ran out of this delivery message and there was no more.

Carrier pigeons are so troublesome, one-way contact, how many carrier pigeons the army slack, how much information can only be passed back. This is a fact that cannot be changed. Unless someone brings the carrier pigeon from the capital to Qingtang City. Otherwise, after the last carrier pigeon left Qingtang City, Tong Guan also lost all contact with the Imperial City Division.

Moreover, after the carrier pigeon was used, it had to be sent out to send a fast horse to send the news to the capital.

A pigeon is a harmless creature, and after any creature is labeled harmless, it is a sure thing to be bullied.

Birds of prey, people, and even wild beasts can slaughter pigeons halfway to the ground.

It can be said that the carrier pigeon, as a tool for delivering messages, can only guarantee to leave with the message, but cannot guarantee that it will be delivered.

This is a great test of luck, and Tong Guan feels that his luck is not ordinarily bad. So, he simply sent two pairs of fast horses to send the list of Qingtang toasts to the capital.

And in Qingtang City, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

All the Tusi officials who had received Li Kui's verbal promise of the official position of Tusi, or the New Song people, were waiting for the angels of the imperial court to come to Qingtang and give appointments. Because Li Kui also said that the final appointment of the imperial court is needed to be regarded as a hereditary official position of Tusi into an heirloom. Before the imperial court appointment, it does not count.

Well, the candidates for toast in Qingtang City who were recognized by Li Kui were in a bad mood, and they were always worried that they would end up in an empty panic.

The temporary toasts who had no bottom in their hearts wanted to grasp the official position of hereditary toast in their hands, so they had to do what they liked.

What does Li Kui like?

Bayin, and others only know that Li Kui doesn't like women, but in fact, Li Kui doesn't like women who don't take a bath...... It's just that he didn't say it, and he didn't know.

Li Kui doesn't care about money, it seems that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are not very greedy for money.

Except for Cai Jing......

Li Kui likes war horses and all kinds of small animals. But Li Kui eats alone, how many small animals can he eat?

On this day, Basong Sherab walked into the Great Song Dynasty's governor's mansion in Qingtang, who did not win Li Kui's favor, let alone the quota of temporary toast, let alone turn to a decent toast.

But this could not hide Basong Xirao's noble status in Qingtang City, he was a nobleman from the city of Luoqi of the Wusi tribe in the central region of Tibet, and it is said that he also had some blood ties with Zampu. Such a powerful person is obviously impossible to be reused in Qingtang. Because the bloodline is too noble, it is easy to cause the worry of King Ali Gu of Qingtang.

At the same time, it will not be suppressed.

After all, Basong Sherab was nothing more than a Tibetan magnate with no roots.

He came to find Li Kui and was stopped by the guards: "The government is heavy, and the idle people are avoided!" ”

"I'm Basong Sherao from the city of Luoqi, the Wusi tribe, please inform Lord Li Kui."

Bassoon's tone of neither humility nor arrogance interprets the confidence of a nobleman at any time, but unfortunately he obviously used it in the wrong place. The guards guarding outside the yamen had an ugly look on their faces, and they were about to drive away, just as Ruan Xiaoer walked out of the yamen, and saw Basong Xirao looking at the other party curiously, and finally his eyes fell on the other party's knife, and asked, "Can I see your knife?" ”

Tibetan warriors, war horses and sword covers are not lent.

But Basong Sherao just wanted to refuse Ruan Xiaoer, but he saw the fierce light in Ruan Xiaoer's triangular eyes, yes, it was a fierce light, as if he was threatening someone's life.

Bassoon's heart tightened, his hand held the scabbard, and his face was unnatural: "This knife is what I want to offer to Master Li Kui, and the second brother wants to see it, so naturally he can." ”

"My young master?" Ruan Xiaoer snorted coldly: "His old man is rare for such ordinary goods. ”

"Little second brother, don't underestimate this knife, the material of this knife is made of Nibora steel, short hair, can cut gold and silver."

"Really?"

Ruan Xiaoer's eyes lit up as he stared at the knife in Bason Sherao's hand, this weapon popular in the interior of Tibet was relatively much shorter than the long knife of the Song army, and about the same length as an ordinary pen knife. The pen knife is a kind of straight knife, which is generally equipped by every Song army, but it is only a short knife more than one foot long and less than two feet long, which is used as an auxiliary weapon on the battlefield and used as a tool at the same time.

Li Kui doesn't need such a weapon, and he won't use it.

But Ruan Xiaoer wanted to have a handful on him, and finally saw what he liked, and someone in Qingtang City dared to refuse his request. Ruan Xiaoer looked at Basong Sherao with playful eyes, and then grinned: "Wait!" ”

With that, he went to the mansion.

Bassoon Sherab waited, from noon until the sun was about to set, and the anger in his heart grew bigger and bigger, but in the face of the Song army's guards, he didn't dare to show it.

waited until it was dark, and then Bason Sherab understood that he had offended people.

Ruan Xiaoer, who is just a general next to Li Kui, embarrassed himself with such an arrogant move. This made him especially angry, but there was nothing he could do. Anyway, the Tibetan magnates have family generals, and Basong Xirao easily puts Ruan Xiaoer's identity above the family generals. Basson Xirao didn't dare to leave, but he couldn't wait, so he took out a piece of silver to bribe the guard at the door: "This brother, please report it to Master Li again, and say that Basong Xirao has a military situation to discuss." ”

The guards weighed the silver in their hands, and once again looked down on Bason Sherab's identity. It's only less than two or two, when has the magnates of Qingtang been so embarrassed?

Fortunately, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat. The guards are not disgusted, since they have taken the money, they have to do things. Like Ruan Xiaoer, he threw a cold sentence at Basung Sherao: "Wait! ”

After finishing speaking, he entered the mansion, and then turned around and entered the mansion, and found Ruan Xiaoer.

After listening to the guard's announcement, Ruan Xiaoer's eyes lit up slightly, and he sneered: "Military situation, if my young master doesn't speak, what military situation can Qingtang have?" ”

"That is Li Zhizhou's prestige in Qingtang City, that is, such magnates from the mainland of Tubo, and the stinky shelf of the relatives of the Tubo Emperor, I thought that Master Li would really meet him, please rest assured that the second brother will go out immediately. Besides, Lord Li went out early in the morning, how could he be notified? ”

The guards bent their knees and flattered Ruan Xiaoer vigorously.

On the contrary, Ruan Xiaoer became impatient, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, we are not unkind people, let him come back tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?"

Bassoon Sherao couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, hated the guards, and finally turned around and left.

He was afraid that when he couldn't help it, he pulled out the knife on his waist and slashed the Song guards with one sword. In today's Qingtang City, the status of the Song people is rising, and they are all the objects that the Qingtang people want to stammer.

He came to seek a business for himself, not to find something unhappy with the Song people.

It's just that he was melancholy in his residence, touching the knife inherited from the family, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart: "People are in the knife...... Ay...... It seems that this knife will not be saved! ”

Things outside the body, as long as you figure it out, naturally there is no hesitation.

Aristocrats, with aristocratic trade-offs and decisiveness.

The next day, Bason Sherab's face was as usual, and he came to the Great Song Dynasty before dawn.

Just like yesterday, after taking out the door salute, he waited for Ruan Xiaoer to appear.

Ruan Xiaoer still looked unhurried, standing on the steps, looking at Bassoon Sherab condescendingly, playing with taste: "What, I still want to offer a knife to my young master today?" ”

"The little second brother said that he laughed, the villain is here to offer a knife to the little second brother." As he spoke, Bason Sherab looked pained, untied the knife from his waist, and handed it to Ruan Xiaoer with both hands.

"You know each other."

After Ruan Xiaoer took the knife with a big grin, he looked at the colorful gems on the hilt, and his heart jumped with joy. Finally, there is a weapon that echoes Ben's identity as a general. This kind of bells and whistles weapon is something that many bigwigs in the military will not like. And the only advantage of this weapon is that when you don't have money, you can pick off the gems on the hilt and scabbard and exchange them for money to get through the trouble.

It's too fancy, even Li Kui doesn't want to see it, but who made Ruan Xiaoer a layman?

Ruan Xiaoer touched the gem on the scabbard with a smile, and said to Basong Xirao with his eyebrows: "My young master happened to get up, but I don't dare to guarantee that he will see you after the report." As for the ...... of this knife? ”

"It's for the second brother."

"Okay, I'll just say a few good words to my young master, who made us a real person?"

After speaking, Ruan Xiaoer pulled out his legs to find Li Kui.

"Young Master, Basong Sherao is here, and he said that he wants to see you to discuss the military situation."

"Bassoon Joy? Is it the Bason Hisaba from the city of Raksha? Li Kui said curiously, he had really heard of this person's name. It's just that he and Song Jun pretended to be high before, and Li Kui was the kind of character who was not used to people. Even if you know that Basong Sherab is a descendant of a top powerful family in Tibet, but what?

The city of Luoqi is the political and economic center of Tibet and is known as the holy city of Tibet. Since Songtsen Ganbu Dingdu Luocheng City, each subsequent generation of Tubo Zampu royal city will basically choose Luosome City Dingdu.

Li Kui didn't think that Bassoon Sherab would dedicate the road into the hinterland of Tubo to the Great Song Dynasty, after all, Tubo and the Great Song Dynasty did not deal with each other like this.

But Basong Sherab came to ask for a meeting, definitely for profit.

I'm afraid the only benefit is the official position of the toast.

But what to get in exchange?

It can't be because of Bassoon's noble bloodline, Li Kui will look down on him, right?

"Let him go to the front hall and wait, the official will be here soon!"

"Yes, young master."

Ruan Xiaoer happily put his hand on the Tubo knife on his waist, and was about to turn around, when he was suddenly stopped by Li Kui: "When did you stop the Tubo knife on your waist?" ”

"Young master, it was sent by a kind person."

Li Kui waved his hand and asked Ruan Xiaoer to go down. He already estimated in his heart that most of it was Bassoon's saber that was blackmailed by Ruan Xiaoer.

Just wait until Bason Sherab enters the front hall and see if Basong Sherab is carrying a saber, and the scene will be clear.

"Venerable Lord Song Li, I am Basong Sherao from Yang Zhuo."

After Li Kui stepped into the front hall, Bason Sherab stood up and bowed to Li Kui.

Li Kui looked at the other party, and sure enough, his waist was empty, so he was not miserable.

The Tibetans would not leave their sabers with them, but Basong Sherab had no ornament around his waist, and it was obvious that the sword no longer belonged to him.

Li Kui said with a calm face: "Why didn't you come when the official was recruited before?" ”

Ba Song Xirao bowed down and said: "Venerable Lord Song Li, I am just a stranger living in Qingtang, and I dare not compare myself with my talents. The adults were recruited, and I was afraid that I would be able to disappoint the adults, so I didn't come. ”

"Why are you here now?" Li Kui suddenly raised his head and stared at Bassoon Xirao, his eyes narrowed slightly like leopard eyes, but it gave people the illusion of cold light.

Basong Xirao's heart became nervous, and he stumbled and said, "The villain wants to become a Great Song person." ”

"You're not qualified yet."

Li Kui looked at Basong Xirao mockingly, if you want to become a member of the Great Song Dynasty, are you worthy?

"What if the villain takes the map of entering Tibet and presents it to the Great Song Dynasty?" Basong Xirao's face tightened, and after saying this, he stared at Li Kui deadly.

Li Kui couldn't help touching his chin and thinking, and entered the map of Tibet. After a long time, he shook his head and said, "It's just chicken ribs, Da Song doesn't need it." ”

Bassoon was amazed, and he was surprised; "Don't you want to merge Tibet into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Li Kui sneered, and incorporated Tubo into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, he thought about it, but the strength of the Great Song Dynasty did not allow it.

The Tubo map is of little significance to the Great Song Dynasty, and it can even be said that it is useless at all.

The merger of Tibet into the Central Plains Dynasty was the time for the Yuan Dynasty. As for the road to Tibet, it was actually dispensable for the Great Song Dynasty. Because there are many big merchants in Qingtang City, there will always be caravans entering the territory of Tubo to do business.

These roads, which are in the hands of businessmen, can be said to be one of the few secrets. But it's just a trade secret, as long as Li Kui wants to inquire, he can get it. It's just a price to pay.

But what can you do when you get the map?

Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty had the strength to attack Tibet?

Don't be stupid, if it was simple to attack Tibet, it would have been done long ago when the Tang Dynasty was at its strongest. Even what Tang Taizong didn't do, don't think about it. After all, when entering Tibet, the infantry is a burden, and the cavalry may not be able to do it. It also needed cavalry that could adapt to highland operations in order to enter the hinterland of Tibet.

But the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty?

Forget it, wash and sleep!

Now the Great Song Dynasty can have a cavalry with the strength of a battle, and it is only 10,000 at most. An infantry on a horse really can't be considered a cavalryman.

This is a very embarrassing number, and most of them are not suitable for high-altitude operations. Starting such a war will not benefit at all, but may lead to a fiasco.

Without 50,000 cavalry adapted to plateau warfare, don't even think about capturing Tibet. As for the Qingtang cavalry...... Forget it, it's just bullying Qin Fenglu's infantry. If you really let Qingtang's cavalry go to Tibet, don't expect to come back alive.

As for Basung's thoughts, Li Kui had probably guessed: "This guy should have taken a fancy to the official position of Tusi." Merely...... It's not easy to take. ”

Basong Xirao gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "The villain can lead people to find the hinterland of the Achai tribe and help the Great Song Dynasty recover the Achai tribe." ”

"That's a good deal, but why do you think I'd say yes?" Li Kui sneered.

This guy must be holding back, Li Kui will not make wedding dresses for no reason.

Basong Xirao said in a deep voice: "The Tusi of Qingtang need credit, and the Achai tribe is a good choice. As long as the Achai tribe is defeated, Qingtang can occupy the initiative in the face of Tubo. ”

"Do you think the magnates of Qingtang who have obtained the place of toast will agree to your request? After all, their tribe has suffered a lot of losses this year, and war is the worst option for them. ”

Bassoon laughed: "My lord, they answered yes." Because there are people who not only have no merit, but they receive the favor of adults, which is very unfair to others. ”

"Well, yes, you can try to convince them."

After Li Kui finished speaking, he shouted to the door: "Come on, send off guests." ”

When Basong Sherab left the mansion, Li Kui sent someone to find Chong Jianzhong and asked, "Someone has come to offer a proposal to attack the Achai tribe, what do you think?" ”

"Yes, but my lord, we don't have enough cavalry." Chong Jianzhong worried.

Li Kui didn't care and said: "It's not the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty who went to attack the Achai tribe, but the original magnates of Qingtang, do you think they will win?" ”

"If I take 3,000 soldiers and horses to the formation, it shouldn't be a problem."

Chong Jianzhong thought about it, but he still felt that he was reliable.

Li Kui nodded and said, "You go and prepare." ”

In the days that followed, rumors spread everywhere in Qingtang City, almost all of them aimed at the Qingtang magnates who had obtained the qualifications of Tusi. They were not used for the slaves who followed the Song army at the earliest, and they did not make any contributions to the Great Song Dynasty at all. But he got the official position of Tusi, and the easier it was to get it, the less he cherished it.

Anyway, for a while, people in Qingtang City were panicked.

On this day, Bayin, Chisong, Mu Chi and other old Qingtang magnates gathered together, and everyone had a sad face on their faces. Let them make meritorious contributions, but how can Qingtang make meritorious contributions today?

"Isn't that hard for a strong man? I knew that the Song people were not credible, Cai Jing was like this, and so was Li Kui! ”

"Be cautious, be careful of causing trouble."

In Bayin Tusi's mansion, the five people were annoyed, why they surrendered earlier, maybe there would not be such doubts.

Suddenly, a person's voice at the door remembered: "If you don't make meritorious contributions, how can you get the hereditary Tusi official position?" Now the opportunity has come, the Achai tribe is your target, as long as the Achai tribe is defeated, any doubts will disappear. ”

"Bassoon Sheras, why do you say that?"

Mu Chi looked at Bason Xirao, and his heart was angry. Because this guy has a noble bloodline, he is a guest of honor in the mansion of any Qingtang magnate.

But guests are guests after all, and they are the owners of Qingtang.

Bason Sherab said, "I want to make toast too!" And I also know that attacking the Achalin tribe was Lord Li's idea. ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were shocked, and they were worried that they couldn't vote for Li Kui's favor.