After a while, the former minister of Guishan, who had asked to see Zhao Jun, was brought closer.

Looking at this gray-bearded old man, Zhao Jun asked, "I heard that you took the initiative to ask to see this king?" And you are still the former minister of Guishan, aren't you afraid that this king will order someone to kill you now? ”

The old man even identified himself and said:

"Back to the prince, the old man's name is Cigu, and he was added as the former chief administrative minister of Guishan.

Since he dared to come to see the prince, he was naturally prepared to be treated arbitrarily by the prince.

It's just that I also ask the prince to give the old man a chance, so that the old man can finish what he should say, how about the prince kill me again? ”

Zhao Jun looked at the old man in front of him with interest, the former chief administrative minister of Guishuang?

Isn't the official small......

Dang Yang nodded and said, "Okay, just talk about it, explain in advance, if this king is not satisfied, he will kill you immediately." ”

Cigu nodded and bowed: "The old man knows!" ”

Then Ci Gu said: "More than twenty years ago, when the Great Moon Clan had not yet come to the Western Regions, this land used to be the land of our Great Xia, and our Great Xia was built by the descendants left behind in the Western Regions when the former Tang Dynasty fell. ”

"Wait! Descendants of the former Tang Dynasty? ”

Zhao Jun raised his hand to stop Cigu's words, sat up straight and asked.

Cigu nodded, and explained as if he was not surprised by Zhao Jun's reaction at all:

"The former Tang Dynasty itself had a Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions, and when the Former Tang Dynasty fell, the rise of the grassland barbarians directly cut off the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, which also led to our former Western Regions Protectors being left in the Western Regions.

Then, without the support from the Central Plains, in order to live in the Western Regions, we gradually became a force of our own, and then founded the country.

However, in the process, there were disagreements between our descendants and the military, the military advocated expansion, and the administrative department only wanted to protect itself.

In the end, the two departments did not interfere with each other, so they were simply separated, they were all people from the former Tang Dynasty, and neither the administrative department nor the military department were willing to fight among themselves.

In the end, the ancestors of the administrative line stayed here with the people who were unwilling to leave, and established the Great Xia Kingdom, while the military went all the way north and established the Upper Bytu in the northernmost part of the Western Regions.

Since then, we, the descendants of the former Tang Dynasty, have been divided into two veins, each of which has multiplied and risen, and the connection has gradually decreased.

More than 20 years ago, the Great Moon Clan invaded, and my Great Xia only resisted for less than two years before the whole territory fell, and the Xia people also became slaves of the Great Yue Clan, knowing that it has gradually improved in the past few years.

We thought we had successfully integrated into the Kushan country, but in reality, people didn't see us as their own at all.

Once in danger, all the sacrifices are our Xia people. Even the wartime conscription order, which was explicitly ordered to treat everyone equally, was only for the Xia people, but it was untouched for those of their Otsuki clan.

Not long ago, they ran away and used us as piggy banks, directly smashed into pieces! ”

After listening to Cigu's words, Zhao Jun suddenly realized that it was because of the former Tang Dynasty that he was left here as a descendant.

This group of descendants was actually divided into two parts to build two countries respectively, and this Yubi Tu he had also heard of, according to Ayimu, it was one of the three great powers in the Western Regions.

It's just that I haven't heard of this country since I came to the Western Regions, and the coalition forces of the Western Regions have never seen them appear.

As if he saw Zhao Jun's doubts, Cigu took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty the King of Yun, Haobitu is located in the northern border of the Western Regions, close to the Mobei Desert, and bears the responsibility of guarding against the Turks who come to fight Caogu from time to time, so he is rarely on the road in the Western Regions, perhaps people don't bother to fight with us at all.

When the Otsutsuki clan attacked the countries before, they also sent troops to Obitu, but it didn't seem to get any benefits, and Obitu was far away, so the Otsuki clan didn't continue to provoke them. ”

"That's what it looks like......

Zhao Jun touched his chin and nodded in understanding, then looked at Cigu and asked, "Then what do you want to do today?" ”

"Revenge!"

Cigu's eyes were lowered, and his eyes revealed endless hatred!

"Revenge? It's up to you? ”

Zhao Jun shook his head and smiled, it was not that he looked down on them, it was really that the strength of the Xia people was not enough to fight with the people of the Dayue clan.

"It's not this king who hits you, you are not the opponent of the Da Yue clan in your heyday, and now although the Da Yue clan has fled north by us, there are still 200,000 cavalry in your hands, with the current strength of your Xia people, if you want to take revenge, it is tantamount to a fool's dream."

Zhao Jun said his thoughts directly without concealing it, without leaving any face for the old man in front of him.

And that's true.

"This is something that the old decay and other Xia people also understand."

Tzugu didn't feel embarrassed by this, and nodded and acknowledged.

"In that case, you still have this kind of thought, so did you come today to ask this king to lend you troops?

It's not that the king is ruthless, but even if you want to borrow troops, you can't get a reward that can satisfy the king.

Don't think that you are a descendant of the former Tang Dynasty, and you want this king to help you selflessly with a blood of the same origin, and it is absolutely impossible for this king to be responsible for my soldiers. ”

Zhao Jun directly expressed his attitude, but Cigu's complexion did not change in the slightest, but still said calmly:

"Please rest assured that the old man is not here to borrow soldiers today.

He will definitely not use his blood to blackmail the prince for help. ”

"So what are you doing today?"

Zhao Jun was really curious, and he didn't borrow soldiers, but he wanted revenge. Still looking for yourself, what does this old man mean?

Ci Gu immediately took out a bronze object full of copper embroidery from his arms, handed it to Zhao Jun and said:

"Lord Wang, this is half of the talisman that we used to protect the capital of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, once when we separated from Yubitu, they promised that with this half of the talisman in hand, we could go to them to do something, and then we would do our best to do it.

The old man knew that the prince had the means to quickly send the news to the north, otherwise the prince would not be able to know the movements of the Dayue clan.

The old man only begged the prince to send this tiger talisman to the north to send it to Haobitu, so that they could stop the Dayue clan from continuing to escape, although the strength of Haobitu was not the opponent of the Dayue clan, but it was still possible to stop them for a while. ”

Stretched out his hand and took this half of the talisman, the bronze embroidered is half a tiger, this half is the upper body of the tiger, it should be the legendary tiger talisman, I didn't expect to see this thing, and now the Great Song Dynasty can use the seal.

Looking at the half of the tiger talisman in his hand, Zhao Jun asked, "How can you be sure that the other side of the tiger talisman will recognize this half of the tiger talisman?" ”

Cigu raised his head suddenly, his eyes were full of confidence and said solemnly: "The Tang people make a promise, a promise is a thousand gold!" Don't destroy it! ”

Zhao Jun was stunned when he heard this, and after being silent for a moment, he nodded silently: "I can send it over, but whether it can be done depends on whether I recognize it or not." ”

Cigu's old face finally showed a smile, and he said confidently:

"Although the prince can rest assured, the old man believes in the discipline of the descendants of the Tang Dynasty such as me."

"Maybe......"

With a long sigh, Zhao Jun didn't know what he was sighing for.

Promise this thing, in today's Great Song Dynasty, has become a bullshit, the word is the head, and treachery is the mainstream.

Whether the times have changed, or the people's hearts are not ancient, who can say......

(End of chapter)