The second so-called peace talks between the Zhou court and the Turks, in fact, ended in October, the Turkic mission with the princess Tong'an and the rich marriage of the Zhou court, Hao Hao and his party returned, from Ganzhou, Suzhou, Dunhuang is actually no longer under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou, but the Turkic king's tent is set up in the jurisdiction of the former Beiting Protectorate, is to travel through Dunhuang, still have to go all the way to the west.

In December, the Western Regions Mangyuan was already a piece of ice and snow kiln, and the north wind was full of muscles and bones, so even if Xie Ying was full of longing for a bright future, she was also devastated by this difficult journey, although since Zhou Wuzong conquered the Western Regions, the guest posts set up along the way were not abolished because of the gradually relaxed armaments after Mingzong, and finally there were still houses for rest, Xie Ying also felt that she couldn't raise much energy, so she was even more impatient to accompany Princess Tong'an, who seemed to be numb to the grievances of this harsh environment and a long future. The cynicism was so boring that he ordered the servants and maids of the palace on this day: "You have to take a good look at your lord, if you don't pay attention and let your lord find a short view, you will not be beneficial." ”

She went out of the courtyard where the female dependents were placed, and accompanied by Eli, went to the future backer Ashina Qisangzuo to curry favor.

Now that he has reached his own territory, Qi Sang no longer has the need to disguise, but it is a habit, he is still wearing a military uniform, and he is drinking wine and eating roasted meat at the moment, discussing the next itinerary with his guards, although they are accustomed to the desert wind and sand, but if they encounter a snowstorm in the wilderness, how can manpower withstand the harsh climate of nature, so they must be cautious.

Hearing the report Xie Ying asked to see, Qi Sang couldn't help but move his eyebrows slightly, this woman was recommended by Yi Li, he saw that she was born beautiful at first, and her style was far from being comparable to that of a Turkic woman, so he thought he might as well laugh and accept, along the way, listening to this woman's speech, it was quite insightful, so he became more and more pampered, but the wooden stake-like princess of the Great Zhou, Qi Sang felt bored, if it wasn't for the fact that he had just taken a lot of advantage from Zhou Ting, and the pressure of Tubo Zanpu, he almost wanted to leave Tong'an behind, and she would have left her to fend for herself.

In the ambiguous and rude laughter of the guards, Qi Sang pulled Xie Ying into his arms, but was "coquettish" by the beauty: "Teller forgot to observe etiquette again." Qi Sang waved his subordinates away and raised his eyebrows obliquely: "You Zhou people follow those dogmas, but it's really trivial, and it doesn't make people happy." ”

Xie Ying said with a smile: "Why does Teller follow the Han people as a teacher and learn Chinese since childhood?" Of course, Inteller knew very well that he wanted to command the world, although he must conquer by force, but to govern the Han people, he must follow the Chinese etiquette system, etiquette cannot be abolished, and respect and humility can be distinguished. ”

"How difficult is it to command the world? Now only Tibet, even for me to restrict. Qi Sang listened to the little woman's mouth, and said the lofty ambition of commanding the world, and found it very interesting, and was very willing to discuss with the beauty.

"On this way, there is nothing to do, and I often think about the great cause of Teller, so can Teller know why Tufan is reluctant to raise troops?"

"Tubo has no ambitions, and promised to form an alliance with our Turks, just to take advantage, but if they really want to use troops against the Zhou State, the Tubo people must consider the gains and losses."

"What Teller said is extremely true, so it should be understood that there is not no room to persuade the Tibetans to join forces."

Qisang frowned: "This time for peace talks, Tubo has occupied Yizhou, Songzhou and other places without wasted effort, and he is already satisfied, how can he be willing to invest in the brave wealth and food again to help my Turks advance into the Zhou State?" ”

"In this peace talks, both the Turks and Tibetans have benefited, but the three tribes of Tiele have no benefits, how can they be willing? The reason why Teller did not fight for the interests of the three ministries during the peace talks was not that he planned to take advantage of the dissatisfaction of the three ministries to force Tubo to compromise? ”

Qisan laughed: "It's really worthy of the beauty's giant eyes." ”

"I've got a plan in mind." Xie Yingqiubo was affectionate and smiled skillfully: "Imagine, if the three eldest princes are assassinated, especially the Tubo King Hajil is killed in Chang'an, will Tubo Zampu refuse to raise troops?" ”

"Are you trying to blame Zhou Ting?" Qi Sang looked serious, shook his head and said: "Empress Dowager Wei is very serious about peace, the world knows, how can she plot to assassinate the eldest prince to give the five reasons to raise troops, this method is too full of loopholes, it is easy to be recognized by Tubo, Hajil is the Tubo clan, if because of its death, Tubo resents my Turks, it can be said that the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Empress Dowager Wei is advocating peace, but the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty are the main fighters, although the Empress Dowager will not provoke war, the officials may force the war." Xie Ying insisted: "As long as Tiele and the other three tribes work together with the Turks, even if Tubo has doubts, it cannot be confirmed that the eldest prince did not die at the hands of Zhou court officials and nobles. ”

Seeing that Qisang was already a little tempted, Xie Ying made persistent efforts: "At the beginning of the founding of He Zhou, because Tianzhu Luo Shun was self-reliant, destroyed the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and murdered the envoys of Zhou, he was once raised by the Zhou family, and the soldiers of Cha Gong and Luocheng were defeated and broken, and the Tianzhu soldiers were killed and injured countless times. In addition, the merchants of Dashi and other countries have great wealth, and Teller can also lobby for funding, and Tubo sees that the Turks are strong, how can they give up the general trend and follow the cowardice? Empress Dowager Wei was in charge of the Zhou regime, repeatedly yielded and forbeared, and the splendid rivers and mountains under her rule were like fat, which would be coveted by all countries, who didn't want to get a piece of the pie and get benefits? ”

"It's still feasible to form an alliance with Tianzhu, but how easy is it to let merchants such as Da Shi finance our military supplies? They have always had business dealings with the Zhou room. ”

"Merchant Profit." Xie Ying is full of confidence: "Although the Zhou State encourages commerce and trade, but it has always looked down on the Hu merchants, if the great cause of Teller is successful, the Hu merchants will be more noble than the Han merchants, and in the Turkic future, as long as the Hu is given leniency in the commercial and trade decrees, it is just to let them use their resources, which can be described as small investment and big benefits, as long as there are interests to be made, there will be a basis for negotiation, how can it be difficult?" ”

Qi Sang was actually already plotting to unite Tianzhu to destroy Zhou, and was reminded by Xie Ying that Dawu was not even unable to unite with Da Shi, although it was not so realistic to let Da Shi send troops, only with material consumption, it was really a great chance to promote, and as long as the countries were united, the greater benefit would be to cause great pressure on Tubo and force it to obey the general trend.

He was about to praise him, but suddenly he heard a commotion, and his face changed.

He also said that Princess Tong'an was sitting stiffly at this time, and heard the sneering of the palace maid who married the Turk with her, and it was clear that she wanted to force her to commit suicide, and the misery in her heart was even colder than the frost on the original, but she didn't want to cry at this time.

Although these palace people are all from Daming Palace, many of them have served by her side since childhood, but before leaving, of course, they were all taught by her grandmother, Empress Dowager Wei of Da Zhou, and they were no longer Tong'an's slaves, their task was to urge Tong'an to win Qisang's favor, and work together with Xie Ying to fight for precious peace for Da Zhou.

However, as soon as they left Ganzhou and stepped into the Turkic territory, the palace maids knew that Qisang was actually mixed in the mission, and they loved Xie Ying first, their life and death were only between Xie Ying's thoughts, and where could they take care of the interests of Da Zhou? When they heard Xie Ying's words, they clearly wished that Tong'an would commit suicide, so they hated to say words like knives and destroy Tong'an's ambition.

But Tong'an didn't want to die yet.

She still had a hint of forgiveness in her heart, her uncle would not ignore her, and his uncle would definitely find a way to save her from the Turks, and she would not despair before she reached the Turkic king's tent.

So when he suddenly heard that there was a commotion and noise, and the palace maids lost their faces, only Tong'an suddenly clenched his fists.

She sat up from her bed, strode open the door, and burst into tears when she saw the Turks pierced through her chest with a crossbow shot from nowhere.