With Zhang Changxun's recommendation, everything is much more convenient. The Turkic officials who received them led the people to a camp where they were staying. The Turkic houses were not made of brick and wood, but yurts and tents, and there were only yurts in this camp.

They walked into a yurt room, and Zhang Changxun said: "Your Highness, it's getting late today, and tomorrow morning, I will take you to see Mo Helushe." ”

"Okay."

The next day, Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin rode horses and followed Zhang Changxun to the tooth tent set up by Mo Hedu. After dismounting, the three men walked into a huge domed yurt house, led by a Turkic official.

After Li Zhiyun entered, he took a closer look, and saw six or seven Turks sitting in a row opposite, all of them wearing clothes made of fur, one by one, with their hair scattered and their beards unkempt, looking very dirty. On the throne in the middle sat a short and stocky fellow, with dark skin, a fat head and big ears, a pair of small bird-like eyes, and a chin slightly protruding from the wolf. Li Zhiyun guessed that he was probably Mo Hedu.

Mohedu, also known as Mohe, Mofu, Mohefu, etc., is a title used by ethnic minorities such as the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Rouran, Khitan, and Turkic in the north, meaning a brave and healthy person, and later as a title of tribal leader.

Set up means to arrange, arrange, and establish. According to the Turkic biography of the Old Tang Book, "those who lead troops from other departments are all called set up." However, in the middle and late Eastern Turkic periods, "set" became an alienation of the Little Khan system.

In the early Turkic period, the system of the Great Khan and the Little Khan was implemented, with one Great Khan and one or more Minor Khans. However, in the middle and late periods of the Eastern Turks, "only one person is called Khan, and the rest is called the king." Therefore, "the status of the set is already equivalent to that of the little khan", and the people who serve as the "set" are generally the royal relatives and nobles. For example, Mohelu is the son of the Khan of Qimin, and his name is Dubi.

Since Mo Helu is equivalent to the "little khan", he has the power to build teeth. The so-called Jianya generally refers to the erection of military flags in front of the division, and can also refer to the establishment of royal courts by ethnic minorities, and the dental tent is the capital or capital of the minority regime.

Zhang Changxun took the lead and walked to the throne, arching his hand and said: "Dear Mo Helushe, I brought the King of Chu and his deputies of the Tang Dynasty to meet you, they were sent by the Tang Emperor to envoy your department. After that, he turned to Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin and made a "please" gesture.

Li Zhiyun and Yu Wenxin walked to the throne and saluted with their fists clasped together. Mo Helu did not stand up and return the salute, but just waved his hand and said, "The two noble envoys don't need to be polite, please take a seat." Several servants brought over three pestles, and Li Zhiyun and the other three sat down. Mo He looked at Li Zhiyun and said, "Your Excellency, our Turks and your Tang Kingdom are friendly neighbors, and when your father attacked Chang'an, our Turks also helped a lot. I don't know what your envoy is doing on this business trip to the grassland? ”

Li Zhiyun arched his hand and said: "This king is ordered by Emperor Abba to send an envoy to your ministry to represent Abba and pay tribute to Mo Helushe. Second, we heard that Xue Ju sent an envoy to your department, asking you to send troops to assist him in attacking Chang'an, I don't know if this is the case? ”

Mo He nodded and said, "This is indeed the case." The messengers of Xue Ju have not yet left, but they are staying in the tents that I have provided for them. ”

"Mo Helushe, you also said just now that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are friendly neighbors. In order not to destroy this friendship, please refuse Xue Ju's request and don't help the abuse! Li Zhiyun said loudly.

Although Mo He didn't understand what "aiding and abusing" meant, he still understood Li Zhiyun's words. His pair of small eyes flashed with a cunning light, and he said, "Don't hide it from your envoy, Xue Ju has given me a lot of benefits. So, I've promised him. If you don't let me send troops to help him, there must be some explanation, right? ”

Li Zhiyun secretly scolded in his heart: This greedy guy! However, he still had a smile on his face and said, "Mo Helushe, in order to show my respect for you, my father specially asked this king to bring some gifts to you. He clapped his hands. Suddenly, Zhang Zheng walked in from outside the yurt.

"Bring the presents in." Li Zhiyun commanded.

Zhang Zhengjing answered, turned around and went out. In a few moments, a dozen guards walked in carrying four or five boxes, and they placed them in the open space in the middle. A guard opened the lid of the box, and the gold and silver jewels in the box shimmered dazzlingly.

Mo He's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped off the throne, and several other Turkic officials also stood up and surrounded him. The Turks marveled at the jewels in the chest, their eyes glinting with greed. Zhang Changxun struck while the iron was hot and said: "Mo Hedu, the Tang Emperor has sent you such a heavy gift, which shows his sincerity." For the sake of friendship between the two sides, you will refuse Xue Ju's request to send troops, right? Mo He nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." ”

After leaving the yurt, Zhang Changxun excitedly said to Li Zhiyun: "Mo He has already agreed, and His Highness's mission will be completed." I'm keeping an eye here to make sure he doesn't regret it, and His Highness can return to Chang'an with peace of mind. Li Zhiyun was also very happy, nodded and said, "Then there is Master Lao Zhang." ”

The next morning, Li Zhiyun instructed his entourage to pack up and prepare to return home. At this moment, Zhang Changxun suddenly hurried over. He found Li Zhiyun with a solemn face: "Your Highness, the situation has changed. When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Xue Ju heard that the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy with a lot of money to Mo Helu to set up a department, and sent someone to send a batch of gold, silver and jewelry, with more than a dozen boxes. When Mo Helu received the gold and silver, he changed his mind again. ”

"A dozen boxes? So many? Li Zhiyun seemed a little unconvinced.

Zhang Changxun nodded and said, "It's true." What I saw with my own eyes was two or three times more than what His Highness gave to Mo Helu yesterday. Li Zhiyun listened to it and secretly pondered to himself, it seems that Xue Ju really made a bloody investment this time. But thinking about it, it is understandable that for him, Chang'an City is much more important than those gold and silver treasures.

Zhang Changxun saw that Li Zhiyun's face was not good, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Highness, don't worry too much, I'll go to Mo Helu again and try to persuade him to refuse Xue Ju's bribe." With that, he hurried away.

After Zhang Changxun left, Li Zhiyun asked the guards to call Yu Wenxin, Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to his yurt and told the three of them the situation. When the three of them heard this, they were all anxious. Cai Hu said: "Why don't we send someone back to Chang'an and get some gold, silver and jewelry?" ”

Li Zhiyun listened, shook his head, and said: "Chang'an is far away from here, and it will take at least three months to go back and forth, and it will be too late." Besides, Mo Helu is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money can fill it. Zhang Zhengdao: "Didn't Zhang Changxun say, help us persuade Mo Hedu?" ”

Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "Mo Helu is such a greedy person, Zhang Changxun can convince him just by relying on his red mouth and white teeth?" I don't think there is much hope. When Yu Wenxin heard this, he was anxious: "Then what should I do?" ”

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "You guys go out first, let me calm down alone." After the three of them went out, Li Zhiyun circled around in the yurt, twisting his eyebrows and pondering as he walked. After turning around a few times, he asked the guard at the door to call Zhang Zheng over. After a while, Zhang Zheng walked in, and Li Zhiyun asked, "Do you know where Xue Ju's envoy lives?" ”

"I've inquired, and their camp isn't far from here, only two or three miles away."

"How many of them are there?"

"About seventy or eighty."

Li Zhiyun listened, nodded, and asked him to call Yu Wenxin and Cai Hu. Not long after Zhang Zheng went out, he called Yu Wenxin and Cai Hu over, and the three of them sat around a low table. Li Zhiyun sat down on a low stool next to him and said, "How can I make Mo Helu change his mind?" I thought about it for a while and came up with a solution. When the three of them heard this, they did not squeak, but stared at him eagerly.

Li Zhiyun continued: "Let's go and attack the camp of Xue Ju's envoys tonight and kill them all. Only in this way can the contact between Mo He and Xue Ju be broken. ”

When the three of them heard this, they were all taken aback and looked at each other. Yu Wenxin worriedly: "Lord Wang, let's kill people on the territory of the Turks, what if we anger Mo He and kill us?" Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he doesn't kill us and hand us over to Xue Ju, what is the good thing? ”

Li Zhiyun looked at him firmly: "I can't take care of it so much!" As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger? Only by killing Xue Ju's messenger and letting Xue Ju and Mo He completely cut off contact, can we complete the mission delivered by my Abba! ”

Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu are both bloody men, and when they heard Li Zhiyun say this, they both agreed. Cai Hu said: "Lord Wang, let's listen to you, do what you say!" Yu Wenxin saw that they both agreed, so he had no choice but to agree.

In fact, Li Zhiyun's decision to sneak attack Xue Ju's envoy's camp was not entirely brutal. He had already inquired clearly, although Zhang Changxun was the general guard of Wuyuan, his territory was not only Wuyuan County, but also Wudu County and Danqu County. Moreover, Zhang Changxun has fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses under him, a proper powerful faction, and even Mo He is afraid of him for three points. Li Zhiyun killed Xue Ju's envoy, although he may have angered Mo Hedushe, but with his relationship with Zhang Changxun, as long as Zhang Changxun came forward to help him speak, Mo Hedushe would not dare to make it too difficult for him.

As night fell, Li Zhiyun led his entourage to quietly leave the camp. After about half a burnt of incense, they came to the vicinity of Xue Ju's envoy's camp. There was a half-moon hanging in the sky, and under the hazy moonlight, I saw more than a dozen yurts standing on the vast grassland, a few of which were still lit up, and there were sentry posts swimming around the camp.

Everyone was ambushed in the grass an arrow away, Zhang Zheng squatted beside Li Zhiyun, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, you stay here, I'll lead someone to rush over!" Li Zhiyun looked up at the moon in the sky and said, "I'm not busy, I've just handed in the second watch now, and I'll wait for the third watch before acting." ”