The reason why Luo Zhang led people to rush towards the palace was to capture the thief first. If he could capture the Turkic King, then this siege battle would not have to continue. However, Luo Zhang thought about it, and the Turkic King was probably Already escaped.
But you have to go and see to know. Of course, Luo Zhang went to the palace for one more thing, and that was to help Sun Simiao rescue people. His friend was imprisoned in the palace prison, and Luo Zhang had made a promise to Sun Simiao.
Of course, it would be best to catch the Turkic King, but it doesn't matter if you can't. Anyway, Hou Junji is already ambushing him ten miles outside the north of the city.
Sun Simiao and Lao Duwu naturally followed Luo Zhang, thinking about the person they were about to rescue. Even though Sun Simiao was already seventy years old, his cheeks were still rosy and the corners of his eyes were moist.
On the side, Old Poison smiled slightly when he saw this scene and said: "It seems that our Divine Doctor Sun still has a sentimental side. This old lover is about to meet again. Don't you have a lot of feelings for him!"
Luo Zhang glanced at Sun Simiao. Although he wanted to laugh, he held back. If he laughed out loud, Sun Simiao might not be able to see anyone.
Hearing what Old Poison said, Sun Simiao glared at Old Poison and said, "If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!"
"Hmph, you are so old. If you were willing to listen to me back then, what would happen now?" Old Poison rolled his eyes.
This sentence immediately aroused Luo Zhang's gossip. Back then? Could it be that Grandpa Sun had some romantic affairs back then?
I can't tell that such an old-fashioned person as Grandpa Sun actually has a romantic affair. It's true that people are beyond appearances and the sea is inaccessible. Although he was very curious, Luo Zhang didn't ask much.
"If you say one more thing, I will fall out with you!" Sun Simiao spoke to the old poisonous man, but glanced at Luo Zhang. Seeing that Luo Zhang had no reaction, he glared at the old poisonous man again, obviously not wanting him to talk too much. After all, Speaking of what happened back then was a big concern for him, and he didn't want to lose face in front of Luo Zhang.
Seeing that Sun Simiao seemed to be really angry, the old poisoner naturally stopped talking.
The army slowly advanced towards the palace. Sure enough, the situation in the palace was as Luo Zhang had guessed. After a vigorous search, the palace was already empty. There was no trace of the Turkic King, only some abandoned slaves.
According to what the slaves said, the Turkic King had already fled towards the north of the city with his own bodyguards when they first invaded the royal city. This just confirmed Luo Zhang’s previous conjecture, that he did not know whether Hou Junji could defeat the Turkic King. Stopped and captured.
However, what made Luo Zhang a little confused was that he never met the Turkic masters that Sun Simiao and the others mentioned. He didn't know whether they saw that the Turkic King was gone and left in a hurry, or whether they followed the Turkic King.
It would be fine if he left in a hurry, but if he followed the Turkic King, Hou Junji might not be able to stop him.
But that was not the time to think about it now. After failing to find the Turkic Queen, Luo Zhang captured several slaves and asked them to take him to the palace prison.
The palace prison is located behind the palace hall, where the Turkic king built an underground prison specifically to imprison those princes and nobles who disobeyed him, as well as members of the royal family who committed crimes.
The person Sun Simiao wanted to save was imprisoned here.
At this time, the door of the underground prison was already open, and they could walk in directly without having to open the door.
Perhaps the guards in the prison had already fled here after learning that the Tang army had invaded here.
Walking into the underground prison, Luo Zhang felt like a beggar walking into the Grand View Garden.
Compared with the underground secret room in his home, the underground prison of the Turkic King can be called luxurious. The downward corridor is surrounded by many gems, and the ground is paved with red stalls. After reaching the underground, the underground is brightly lit with oil lamps. , torches were hung all over the walls on both sides.
There are not many prisons here, and you can see the ends at a glance, and the prisons on both sides look equally well-decorated. Compared to the dirty and messy prisons in the Tang Dynasty with only stone beds, this place is really luxurious.
The bed was a wooden bed, and it was actually covered with animal fur. Although I didn't know what it was, it seemed to be very warm.
When they discovered that someone had entered here, the Turks who were imprisoned in the prison looked outside the prison.
Discovering that the people who entered here were not Turks but Tang people, the detainees immediately started shouting at Luo Zhang and the others.
Luo Zhang didn't understand, but he had a translator. Under the interpretation of the translator, Luo Zhang finally understood that these Turks were actually scolding him, which was okay.
Such people are locked up, and they still think they are nobles. They really don't know what to say.
"Open the cell door and beat me hard. If you beat me to death, it's mine. If you don't, it's yours!" Luo Zhang just glanced at these people, said something to the guards behind him, and continued walking deeper. .
He doesn't care about these Turkic nobles at all. Even their king has abandoned them. It's obvious that they are undesirable masters. They are not worth much if they are kept. On the contrary, they waste food and are not easy to serve. It is better to die. .
However, just as Luo Zhang walked deeper, several figures flashed out and stood in front of Luo Zhang.
Lao Duwu and Sun Simiao immediately stopped in front of Luo Zhang and looked at the people in front of them solemnly.
When Luo Zhang saw the movements and expressions of Sun Simiao and Lao Duwu, he knew that they were probably masters or worshipers of the Turks.
But looking at their dressing, they don’t look like Turks, but more like Koguryo people. How come there are Koguryo people here and they still stay here?
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Before Luo Zhang could speak, the people standing in front of Luo Zhang started asking questions.
Hearing them speak, Luo Zhang was even more certain that these were Gaoguli people, because they had captured Gaoguli people and heard them speak.
It's one thing to hear it, but it's another thing to understand it. Only people here can understand the Turkic dialect, but no one can understand it. After Gaoguli, Luo Zhang had no idea what these Gaoguli people were saying. , I just spread my hands, which means I don’t understand it at all!
Seeing that the people in front of them ignored them while they were talking, the people from Gaoguli in front of them couldn't help but get angry.
They came here to negotiate with the Turkic king to march together and annex the Tang Dynasty. Although the Turkic king failed this time, with the strength of the Turks, a failure was nothing. In the coming year, they, Gaoguli, would send troops together with the Turks. The Tang Dynasty will definitely make it impossible for the head and tail of the Tang Dynasty to care about each other. When the time comes, the Tang Dynasty will be at your fingertips.
And this was just the Turks. Gaogouli also sent people to contact the Japanese and Tubo people. If everyone agreed to send troops together, then the Tang Dynasty would not be able to resist their joining forces.
