Chang'an City, in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Champion Hou Xiaorui personally came to visit Goguryeo's great rival Lu Yuan Gaisuwen. It was said to be a visit, but in fact it was an interrogation.
The two had met once before, so Yeon Gaesumun recognized Xiao Rui, but he was surprised. He did not expect that the champion would come to interrogate him.
Xiao Rui walked into the cell with a smile, took a receipt and handed it to Yun Gaesu Wen, "Let's take a look, Da Dui Lu, I didn't expect that you, the prime minister, are quite valuable."
valuable?
Yeon Gae Suwen didn't quite understand, why did the prime minister have anything to do with valuables? But when he looked down at the document, his eyes widened in surprise, his face full of disbelief.
After a moment, all expressions turned into anger: "This is blackmail, this is blackmail! Is this how you treat the visiting envoys? Isn't Datang afraid of incurring public outrage when it acts like this?"
What is written on the document? What makes this powerful prime minister so angry?
The specific content is as follows: Goguryeo ceded the three cities of Liaodong, Anshi, and Jian'an to Datang, and also compensated silver...
This is a document for ceding land and paying compensation. It can be said to be a treaty of shame. Xiao Rui showed it to Yuan Gaisu Wen. What does it mean?
What doesn't this big brother understand about Lu? The people of the Tang Dynasty regarded their envoys as meat tickets and extorted territory and property from Goguryeo. If they didn't give them, they would tear them up.
"You...you..." He pointed at Xiao Rui for a long time, but couldn't find any words to curse. Yuan Gaisuwen sat back on the ground feebly and said dejectedly: "We didn't do that thing."
Yo? Not you?
Your acting skills are good. People who don't know the inside story will be deceived by you 99% of the time. Why are you pretending to be pitiful?
Xiao Rui kicked him unceremoniously, spat and cursed: "Bah! It seems that you don't know the pain unless I really hit you in the face. You think all the people sent here are dead soldiers, we don't have evidence." Is there nothing I can do against you?"
"It's ridiculous! It's okay for you to use this method to deal with the corrupt scholars in the court. But not everyone in the Tang Dynasty will follow your rules. At least, you are not qualified here!"
"If you stay peacefully in Honglu Temple and visit and send envoys honestly, I can pretend that I haven't seen you and won't bother to pay attention to your quarrel with the court. Haha, but you are seeking death yourself!"
"Now I know that when other countries sent envoys to ask for peace, they probably really wanted to marry the Tang Dynasty. But you, Goguryeo, are definitely not the same. You came for me, Xiao Rui, from the beginning. The so-called marriage is just a cover."
No matter what Xiao Rui said at this time, Yuengai Suwen just pretended that he didn't know anything and looked at the other party expressionlessly. He was sure that the soldiers he sent were all dead soldiers. Without evidence, Datang would not dare to mess around.
Xiao Rui looked at the dead look of the other party and was furious. He stopped talking nonsense with this guy, walked out of the prison, and shouted loudly: "Here, this guy has a tough mouth, let me beat him to death!"
ah?
What?
Yeon Gaesumun never thought that he would be beaten severely just for being careful.
Wait... No, I am Goguryeo Da Duilu, the special envoy for this visit. Do you dare to hurt me? That would be equivalent to a war between the two countries.
"Xiao Rui, how dare you? Do you want to provoke a war between the two countries?" Yuan Gaisu Wen shouted in a stern voice.
Xiao Rui laughed loudly: "From the moment you sent dead soldiers to attack my Xiaojiazhuang, the two countries have been at war."
You...you represent Datang? Yeon Gaesumun mocked.
Xiao Rui said disdainfully: "You are right, I cannot represent the Tang Dynasty. In other words, from that moment on, you, Goguryeo, have started a war with me, Xiao Rui."
"Okay, you like it better this way, and I like it better too."
"As the champion of the Tang Dynasty, I always have scruples and constraints when doing things. But now, if you declare war on me personally, then I can have no scruples and devote all my energy to revenge. No one dares to make irresponsible remarks, right? ?”
Li Junxian, who followed Xiao Rui, mocked: "I really don't know where you got the courage to provoke the Marquis? You provoke the Tang Dynasty. There are hundreds of civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty and the Honglu Temple. Maybe they will reason with you." But my Lord Marquis has no taboos here. Congratulations, you made the worst decision in your life."
puff……
Yuan Gaisuwen wanted to vomit blood. He felt that Xiao Rui was not trying to scare him. What Li Junxian said made sense. So...then again, can I re-elect?
He didn't need to keep thinking, and the jailers who were swarming in the prison didn't give him a chance. They all crowded this small prison. This is the person the Marquis ordered to beat. All of us jailers are here to serve the Marquis. A thug, that's not too much, right?
There were crackling punches and kicks. At first, Yeon Gaesumun was frightened and screamed, but soon he stopped breathing.
Li Junxian reminded: "Brothers, don't beat people to death. Leave them alive. The Marquis still wants to question you."
Everyone dispersed, and Yeon Gae Su Wen was dying. He was taking in too much air and giving out too little.
Xiao Rui was shocked when he saw it. Isn't this guy from a family of military generals? Why so fragile? He quickly took out a life-saving pill and fed it to him. At the same time, he slapped the other person's cheek and called, "Hey, don't die. We haven't finished talking yet."
puff……
What a family of military commanders!
Did you come from a family of military commanders and take a beating? What's your logic? Not to mention coming from a family of military commanders, even if you were born as the Stone Monkey Sun Wukong, with so many people surrounding you, punching and kicking you, and being beaten like raindrops, you would probably be beaten to pieces, right?
After taking the elixir and being treated by Xiao Rui, Yuan Gaisuwen came back to his senses and said bitterly: "Xiao Rui, what on earth are you going to do?"
Xiao Rui was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Li Junxian. He was also a little confused, "About, what on earth am I going to do? Oh... Judging from my memory, today I mainly want to chat with you. By the way, I'll let you know Look at that list. Is it large enough so that you won’t complain that I sold you at a low price?”
"Tell me, will your king Gao Jianwen, the king of Rongliu, agree to this list? If he doesn't use the city to redeem you, then I will break up the vote."
Yuan Gaisuwen spat out a mouthful of bloody water and cursed: "Bah! You're dreaming! Stop bluffing here. In fact, you don't dare to kill me. The Tang Dynasty didn't even dare to attack Goguryeo. At that time, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty failed in three expeditions. Okay, can you do it?"
"How long has it been since the Tang Dynasty was founded? Is the national inventory comparable to that of the former Sui Dynasty?"
Um? ? ?
Good guy, this is dissatisfaction! Are you still so stubborn even after being beaten?
"Fifth brother, does this guy look down on me? He seems to be deliberately irritating me and wants me to beat him again?" Xiao Rui smacked his tongue and said: "I have never seen such a shameless request. If so, let him grant it. .”
Li Junxian advised: "Master Hou, no, you can't really beat him to death, and you have to exchange him for a ransom. It's worth a lot of money."
puff……
Yeon Gaesumun wants to die. I am a powerful Goguryeo warrior, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. At this moment, how can I be the same as the goods in the wet market in your mouth? What am I? A tool for making money?
Enemy! Meat tickets and meat tickets are just tools to make money!
Faced with Li Junxian's kind advice, Xiao Rui waved his hands calmly and said: "It doesn't matter, I will give him a life-saving pill first, and then ask someone to prepare a life-saving ginseng soup and a hemostatic gold sore medicine, and then Let the brothers do it."
"In this way, even if he is beaten to pieces, he can still survive. I will treat him again, and when his injury improves, let others continue to beat him!"
"Although I can't kill him, if I make him suffer a little bit more like this again and again, I think he won't be so harsh, right?"
What? Cripple me? Then cure me and then cripple me? Then cure, then cripple...
Pfft... Xiao Rui, you are not a human!
Yeon Gae So Moon successfully fainted.
