Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu Temple, had long disliked Prince Gaochang. When he heard the words of Mo Hedu of the Western Turks, he smiled and shouted: "Great Khan, if you have any personal grudges with this man, please come outside." Go and solve it, this is the Taiji Palace of the Tang Dynasty, don’t interfere with the affairs of the Tang Dynasty."
Mo Heduo understood and laughed loudly and said: "Okay, then I will take this remnant of Gaochang away with me, so as not to disturb the Tang Dynasty meeting."
Prince Ju Zhisheng of Gaochang shouted angrily: "You are shameless! As a special envoy of Gaochang, I can't receive protection in the Tang Dynasty. Bah! It's in vain that you claim to be a country of etiquette, you are shameless..."
Li Er's face looked a little ugly. He also wanted to kill this useless prince, but he couldn't be so blatant, and he couldn't die in the hands of Datang or in Chang'an.
So he coughed lightly and glanced at Changsun Wuji without leaving any trace.
Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Wait a minute, Khan!"
how?
"Great Khan, although Gaochang was destroyed by you, it is also true that the prince of Gaochang has a marriage contract with me, the Princess of Tang Dynasty. So we cannot just watch him die."
Mo Heduo asked in confusion, "What do you mean? The Tang Dynasty wants to protect him? Or does the Tang Dynasty really want to help him restore his country?"
Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "The Great Khan misunderstood. I think that the betrothal of the princess to the prince of Gaochang was approved by Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia in the Tang Dynasty, and he came to invite the matchmaker who was my protector. The king of Jiangxia fell in love with this prince. Son-in-law, but now that Gao Chang is gone, he is no longer a prince, and it is not yet known whether our King of Jiangxia will marry a daughter."
"So please ask the Great Khan to take over for a few days. We will send someone to ask King Jiangxia about his intentions."
"If the prince still recognizes this son-in-law, then this person will be a member of the Tang Dynasty from now on, and will naturally be protected by the Tang Dynasty. If the prince does not recognize him, then this person's life and death will have nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty."
oh……
Mo Hedu let go of his hand disdainfully, and Ju Zhisheng fell to the ground like a dead pig.
"Good luck to you and let you live a few more days!"
Ju Zhisheng, the prince of Gaochang, said angrily: "Just wait, sooner or later I will avenge Gaochang!"
Mohedu Khan was too lazy to look at this ant.
Li Er waved his hand and said: "Come here, please send Prince Gaochang to seek medical treatment. If you have nothing else to do, please ask the envoys from all countries to return to Honglu Temple to stay."
After everyone was taken away by Tang Jian, Li Er looked at Changsun Wuji and sighed: "Auxiliary machine, why did you let Daozong be this evil person?"
Changsun Wuji laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Jiangxia must be very happy to take responsibility for the country."
Li Er said no more and changed the topic: "My lords, not long ago Goguryeo conspired to assassinate me and the champion prince. We took all the envoys and sent people to hold them accountable. I don't know if the man behind the scenes is the King of Goguryeo. I don’t even know if the other party will admit its mistake and compensate. If the other party refuses to accept it, it will be an enemy country and there will definitely be a war.”
"Let's discuss preparations for war."
…
At the same time, the Goguryeo Palace also received the delegation from the Tang Dynasty, led by Liu Jinyuan, the sixth-rank director of Honglu Temple.
After the letter of credence was handed over, Gao Jianwen, King of Goguryeo Rongliu, became furious after reading it, "This is impossible! What is the intention of the Tang Dynasty? It wants to start a war with me, Goguryeo, even if it declares war with the letter of credence, why use such a lame reason?" What's more, why should we blame him? That's Chang'an. I brought less than a hundred people as an envoy to Lu, so where did the two thousand people come from to attack and assassinate?"
He knew whether it was true or not. He said this openly, but in his heart he had already scolded Yeon Gaesumun a thousand times, "Damn it! Yeon Gaesumun, this loser, swore to me that nothing would go wrong, and all he did was die." Scholars, even if they fail, they will not be exposed. What should I say now? That is the seed that our Goguryeo has buried for decades, and it was destroyed in just one day..."
King Rongliu's heart was bleeding.
Liu Jinyuan held the scepter and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "The evidence is conclusive about the assassination of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty and the Champion Marquis by the Goguryeo Grand Dui Lu. The Grand Dui Lu of your country also signed and sealed it. Come and present the evidence to the king. look."
"If the king needs witnesses, I will send someone back right now. Your country's great general Du Lu and more than a thousand prisoners who participated in the attack and killing are all detained in Chang'an. They are just escorted here for confrontation. Are they from Goguryeo? People, I believe someone will know him.”
The deputy envoy beside him took out the confession document signed by Yeon Gaesumun. King Rongliu's face turned pale. He pondered for a moment and said: "Your envoy, please go to the post to rest. This matter is serious. Please allow me to discuss it with all the officials before proceeding." Reply."
Liu Jinyuan slammed the staff on the ground in his hand and shouted seriously: "No! Goguryeo conspired to assassinate my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If this revenge is not avenged, it will be difficult to quell the anger of the whole country of the Tang Dynasty. This envoy is not here to discuss with you. Just letting you know!"
"If compensation is agreed to in accordance with the terms of the credential, the two countries can still maintain diplomatic relations. Otherwise, in a moment, I, the champion of the Tang Dynasty, will personally lead the heavenly troops to kill, kill prisoners and sacrifice to heaven, and then wipe out Goguryeo!"
"Bold! Tang Dynasty is rude! This is a threat!" Goguryeo officials stood up angrily.
Seeing a scolding battle, King Rongliu said calmly: "Your Majesty, please wait in the side hall for an hour, at most an hour, whether it is war or peace, I will definitely give you an answer."
Nodding, Liu Jinyuan said coldly: "Okay, just one hour!"
After leaving the main hall, Liu Jinyuan felt extremely happy. This is the real pleasure of an envoy. He once followed Duke Ju as an envoy to the Turks, and the feeling of being squeezed out everywhere was really unpleasant. Think about the past and compare it to now? Haha, after all, the country has become stronger!
As soon as Liu Jinyuan left the hall, King Rongliu couldn't suppress his anger. He swept over the table in front of him and cursed Yeon Gaesumun loudly, "Let him die, why doesn't he die! Die!"
"What should we do now? The Tang Dynasty can even destroy 200,000 soldiers. How can we, Goguryeo, resist it? This is no longer the past two years. After several years of recuperation, the Tang Dynasty is stronger than before. The enemy is stronger than ours. Weak, and the handle is in hand..."
A veteran general stood out from the generals and said forcefully: "Don't worry, my king, I, Goguryeo, are not Turks and are not that fragile. So what if the Tang Dynasty is strong? Can he be stronger than Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty? Yang Guang advanced both by land and water. A million-strong army has been defeated three times in three battles. Now compared to the Tang Dynasty, they are like children, so why should they be afraid?"
The person speaking was the Goguryeo general Sa Nun Yanshou. When he was in the army as a teenager, he experienced the second and third wars between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo.
An old man stood out from the crowd of civil servants and said: "Okay, General Yanshou, you have also experienced what happened before. When we defeated the Central Plains three times, was it really because we, Goguryeo, were powerful? Others don't know, don't you also know? If it wasn't the Central Plains Dynasty, There is internal discord, and the three countries on the peninsula have long been their territory."
The old man was the uncle of King Rongliu, and what he told was true. Sa Yu Yanshou lowered his head, and the whole audience fell silent.
King Rongliu sighed: "Uncle Wang, what do you always say should be done? Because of this matter, the Tang Dynasty wants our three cities. Is it possible that I want to give my gate to Goguryeo? Before he left, Yeon Gaesumun repeatedly told me It’s guaranteed to be foolproof, what now? It’s signed and sealed by his own hand!”
Yes, Da Du Lu was a famous general in Goguryeo and a strong-willed man. Why did he just sign and pledge it? The officials were very puzzled.
ps: Yeon Gaesumun: Huh? Can it be done without making a pledge? How about Xiao Ruiqu's method of making a move? Can you try it?
