Outside the south gate of Chang'an City, Lu Dongzan, the prime minister of Tubo who was gloomy, stared at the tall Chang'an City for a long time, and finally sighed weakly, and climbed into the carriage.

But before the team could go out of three miles, they were chased by a team of fast horses.

"Prime minister, someone is blocking the road, it's the Tang Army."

Lu Dongzan lifted the curtain of the carriage and shouted, "Who is blocking the way? ”

Li Junxian slowly approached with ten horses, "Xiangguo, why are you in such a hurry?" Let's stay for two more days, my lord is invited. ”

Who? Champion Hou looking for me? Is it to fulfill the original oath and not let me go out of Chang'an?

Thinking of this, Lu Dongzan said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the champion Hou wants to keep his true appearance?" ”

The entire Tibetan team instantly became nervous.

Li Junxian laughed and said: "Xiangguo misunderstood, Master Hou just wanted to invite Xiangguo to be a guest, how could he force him to stay?" ”

"What if you don't go?" Lu Dongzan said dissatisfied.

Not going?

Li Junxian's smile froze on his face, and he said in an unkind tone: "Then I'm sorry, this is Datang, and you can't call the shots." ”

The cavalry of the Xuanjia Army beside him all drew their horizontal swords.

You......

After hesitating, Lu Dongzan also knew Xiao Rui's strength, so he could only say coldly: "Okay, lead the way!" ”

"Order, the deputy envoy led the team back to Honglu Temple, and told them that the Tang Champion Hou let us stay for two more days."

Li Junxian smiled and didn't say anything, this Lu Dongzan is smart enough, if he lives in Honglu Temple, Datang will be responsible for the safety of these people. This is because he is afraid that Hou Ye will kill people with a knife.

In Xiaojiazhuang, as the weather slowly gets colder, Xiao Rui no longer goes out fishing, and every day is to drink tea and read, which makes people jealous leisurely.

The emperor sent someone to recall the crown prince Chengqian and the prince Zhao Deyan, and said that the prince began to contact government affairs, in fact, he wanted to see how his son was learning, whether he could help, and he was more relaxed.

After leaving the prince and Zhao Deyan, they eloped with Feng Zhidai and the couple, and Xiao Changle also went to Lingnan, Xiaojiazhuang suddenly became deserted, if it wasn't for the frequent people who came to visit, there would be no difference between this and an ordinary country farm.

"Master Hou, the great minister of Tubo has arrived."

"Yo, here? You may be seated. Is it tea or drinking, Sangkook? Xiao Rui greeted warmly.

Lu Dongzan didn't have a good face, and asked with a straight face: "Master Hou didn't leave his true appearance to invite me to drink tea and drink, right?" What purpose, please make it clear. ”

Xiao Rui didn't understand that this thing was afraid.

"Hahaha, Xiangguo misunderstood, I had a little unpleasantness with Your Excellency earlier, and it was also because of the kiss. Well, now that everyone doesn't mention peace anymore, then we're still friends. You came to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy for the establishment of diplomatic relations, and it is reasonable for Benhou to entertain you as the host. Don't think about it. ”

Lu Dongzan said vigilantly: "Hospitality? Hehe, Hou Ye is no longer the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, you are a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, it is not appropriate to see the next minister like this. ”

"If there is nothing else, I will say goodbye and go back in a hurry."

Xiao Rui got up and grabbed the other party directly: "Isn't it because you beat you at the beginning, and you hold a grudge until now?" Xiangguo is not like a narrow-minded person. Your Excellency is not invited here today as an official matter, but as a purely private matter. ”

Personal? What personal matter do I have with you? Lu Dongzan's face was full of doubts.

"Why don't we sit down and talk slowly?"

Seeing that the other party was holding on, Lu Dongzan could only sit down, Xiao Rui smiled and added tea with his own hands, "Xiangguo, Ben Hou is full of sincere invitation." In this world, there are very few people who can make Ben Hou add tea by himself, and Xiangguo seems to be the first outsider. ”

Lu Dongzan said lightly: "It's an honor." What's the matter, Master Hou, please say. ”

Xiao Rui smiled: "Simple, a small thing. My Xiao Family Chamber of Commerce wants to go to Tubo to do business, so Benhou invited Xiangguo to come just to discuss a deal with you. ”

"Buying and selling? Isn't Hou Ye Mo joking? Datang sits on the world, rich all over the world, Tubo is bitter cold, poor and remote, I don't know what to make Hou Ye you like to buy? Lu Dongzan didn't believe it.

"Datang doesn't want to buy and sell in Tibet? And what about Tibet? Tubo didn't want to buy and sell from Datang? Xiao Rui took a sip of tea.

Lu Dongzan still didn't understand, "Of course, Tubo wants to do business with the Tang Dynasty, so every year countless caravans go to Chang'an to do business. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid it's more than that, right? Xiangguo came from afar and spent a few months, as if it was also for trading. Xiao Rui sneered.

Well?

"Harmony is a diplomatic relationship between the two countries, is it a transaction? What does Hou Ye mean by this? "Lu Dongzan is about to lose his patience.

Xiao Rui waved his hand and said, "Xiangguo, do you know why I invited you to my house to talk?" ”

Lu Dongzan: ......

"It's very simple, I just want to talk to the truth without any scruples. In Chang'an City, Xiangguo didn't have a word of truth. Moreover, the group of rotten Confucians in Chang'an are very annoying, they don't do business, and there is a lot of gossip, and Ben Hou also annoys them. ”

"Let's be straight, you marry a princess? Joke! Tricksters. How old is the princess, and she hasn't even seen what she looks like, so she dares to say that she has admired her for a long time? I really don't blush. ”

Without waiting for Lu Dongzan to refute, Xiao Rui said tightly: "Okay, everyone is smart, don't beat around the bush." If you want to get married, it's nothing more than that you have taken a fancy to my advanced technology in Datang, such as salt and iron, silk, paper, tea, and grain...... Wait, to put it mildly, my Datang is advanced, and you will be in Tibet for more than a hundred years. Even if it is a piece of paper from my Tang Dynasty, it is also a precious thing in your Tubo. ”

You......

Lu Dongzan's face was pale, and his chest rose and fell violently, but what the other party said was the truth, and he had no way to refute it.

"Humph! Master Hou made a special trip to see my jokes in Tibet? Humiliating me to my face? Lu Dong said angrily.

Xiao Rui put down the teacup and said sincerely: "Hehe, you have a lot of eyes, you always think about people in the worst way, Benhou is not as dirty as you think." ”

Bah! You're not dirty? You are a vicious and ruthless conspirator, a cold-blooded and ruthless executioner! If you talk about the heart and eyes in this world, I'm afraid there is no more than you, chatting with you, do I dare to believe it stupidly? I'm afraid you won't even know if you've been sold. Lu Dongzan scolded secretly for a while.

Xiao Rui continued: "Benhou doesn't like you, it's not against you personally, and it's not against Tubo. I simply don't like to marry a princess. If you don't mention marrying a princess, you can talk about everything else, but if it is not necessary, who wants to use swords and soldiers? At the beginning, the Northern Expedition to the Turks was profitable, not because he was strong, but because of the shame he left us in Chang'an in the ninth year of Wude. If you don't destroy him, how can you wash away your shame? ”

"If the country is strong, we have to fight people? Hehe, then the Western Turks will not be my friends. This time, it was not the small country of Gaochang that was destroyed, but Ben Hou personally led a team to the Western Turkic royal court to have a look. ”

Hehe...... Fool whom? You go on making up stories, and I'm going to see what you want to do. Lu Dongzan didn't believe a word.

Say you're not belligerent? Bah! Whoever believes is a fool.

Xiao Rui didn't look at the other party and didn't speak, and he was not bored, and still said to himself: "You are so advanced and rich that you are red-eyed, it is understandable. If you want to progress and develop together, we are not unwilling. For example, the Khitan tribe in the northeast, isn't it the Khitan kingdom now? That's what we're here to help. There is also the overseas Wa Kingdom, from the Han Dynasty to the present, often send people across the sea to study, we teach each other to treat it sincerely, how can we ever make unpleasant? ”

"But it's good for you to want our technology and property, but also our princess? What is the truth about this? We have helped you, and we want our daughter to go to your remote and bitter cold land to suffer? Isn't this revenge? ”

"Xiangguo, change places, will you agree?"

I...... I'm ......

"Wait! Master Hou, are you going around? How can this be related to the revenge of the generals? Datang doesn't seem to have any kindness to me in Tubo, right? Lu Dongzan suddenly reacted and almost fell in.