At three o'clock in the hour, outside Dingxi City.
Zishu looked at the two women in green shirts in front of him with some embarrassment.
"Mrs. Song, the war is in chaos right now. If there's something bad going on along the way, I won't be able to explain it to the Song family!"
Song Muqing, who was dressed in a green shirt and dressed as a man, saluted Zishu and said firmly:
"I once promised Qin that he would join the army and collect the cows in the city and deliver them to him."
"I have carefully considered the dangers of this journey. Moreover, I have already explained the situation to my mother. If there is an accident, the Song family will not get involved."
Zishu turned sideways to avoid the gift, frowned and persuaded:
"It's just transporting some cows. Mrs. Song, why do you need to risk your life?"
Song Muqing shook his head slightly, saluted Zishu again, and said:
"Your Majesty, please grant me your permission."
Zi Shu sighed deeply when he saw Song Muqing being so persistent.
"Oh well."
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for causing you trouble."
After saying that, Song Muqing took Xiaodie dressed as a book boy and walked towards the crowd not far away.
After Song Muqing's master and servant left, Mu Er ran up to Zi Shu and asked with a gossipy face:
"Team Rat, does that lady from the Song family fall in love with our young master?"
Zi Shu looked at Mu Er with a playful smile, stretched out his hand and gave him a big blow on the forehead.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. It's getting late. The young master is still waiting for this batch of food and grass."
Mu Er rubbed the back of his head and said oh.
Not long after Zishu and others left.
Wearing Mingguang armor, Yuchi Baolin led ten elite cavalry to the city gate.
After learning that the grain and grass team had left, Yuchi Baolin chased them along the official road without saying a word.
........
Youshi, Chang'an City, Ganlu Hall.
At this time, the hall was brightly lit, and Li Shimin, wearing a black dragon robe, sat on the jade steps with a dark face.
In the main hall stood a group of civil servants and military generals.
On the civil servant side are Shangshu Zuopu Shefang Xuanling, Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong, Qi Duke Chang Sun Wuji, Hubu Shangshu Dai Zhou, and Ci'ertou Wei Zheng.
As for the military generals, standing in sequence were Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, and Li Daoyan, the governor of Minzhou.
Fang Xuanling looked around and frowned.
He really couldn't figure out why Li Shimin summoned them and other important officials at such a late hour to discuss something.
Looking at Li Shimin, whose face turned dark, he glanced at the generals next to him.
Fang Xuanling suddenly felt an ominous premonition in her heart.
[Did something happen in Lanzhou? ]
With the thought together, Fang Xuanling did not dare to delay any longer.
He quickly stepped forward, bowed and asked:
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what is the important matter for summoning ministers to see you so late at night?"
Li Shimin raised his eyelids and kept saying nothing.
"I want to send troops to destroy Tuyuhun and Dangxiang."
The civil servants present could not help but turn pale with shock, while the military generals' eyes were filled with golden light.
Fang Xuanling's body trembled and she asked in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, could it be that the pharmacist..."
Li Shimin glanced at Wu Shi and said coldly:
"Give them the pharmacist's report."
"Here."
Soon, Wu Shi handed Fang Xuanling the secret report sent in the afternoon.
Fang Xuanling couldn't wait to open the report and read it. The others also leaned their heads out of curiosity.
Everyone only glanced at it, and then the hall exploded.
"They actually dared to risk the disapproval of the world and spread the plague to Lanzhou."
"They're just a bunch of beasts."
"..."
Li Ji made a puff, knelt down on the ground, and said with red eyes:
"Your Majesty, my minister Li Ji, please go to war."
Li Ji just finished speaking.
Hou Junji, Li Daliang, and Li Daoyan then knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight."
Fang Xuanling and other civil servants, after reading the secret report, also fell to their knees and were furious.
"My ministers, I sincerely request your Majesty to send troops to destroy his country and destroy his species."
The reason why the civil and military ministers are so united is very simple.
Tuyuhun and Dangxiang's behavior of spreading the plague in Lanzhou City has exceeded the moral bottom line.
No one can guarantee whether they will spread the plague to Chang'an one day.
Their relatives and roots are all in Chang'an!
If so, they will have trouble sleeping and eating if they don't destroy the country.
During the Zhenguan Dynasty, Wei Zheng, who was born in a Shandong noble family, respected Confucian etiquette the most.
In peacetime, he often opposed Li Er and advocated peaceful coexistence and friendly exchanges with neighbors at court meetings.
But now, even Wei Zheng is angry and clamoring to destroy Tuyuhun.
One can imagine how angry Li Er, who was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was respectfully called Tian Khan by the barbarians from all over the world, must be.
Li Shimin stood up slowly with a sullen face.
Even if his proposal was approved by the courtiers in an instant, there was no trace of happiness on his face.
At this moment, Li Shimin was like a volcano about to erupt. In addition to anger, there was still rage in his stomach.
He looked at the ministers who were kneeling and said coldly:
"The princes are at peace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Half an hour later.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said to the crowd of ministers:
"In that case, then go back and prepare. I will see how you perform at the meeting tomorrow."
"I'll take my leave."
"Xuanling, you stay."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wait until Li Xiaogong and others leave.
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling standing alone and asked:
"Xuanling, I just saw you hesitate to speak a few times, but if you have something, why don't you tell them in front of them?"
Fang Xuanling hesitated and said:
"Your Majesty, you have overlooked one thing."
Li Shimin frowned and asked:
"What's the matter?"
Fang Xuanling sighed inwardly and uttered five words.
"Qin Mansion, troop carrier."
At the end of the Youshi period, the Zhengdian Palace was established.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said:
"You all get down."
"Here."
Wait until all the maids and eunuchs in the palace go down.
Only then did Empress Changsun ask:
"Erlang, what happened?"
Li Shimin was silent for a while and sighed:
"Mr. Guanyin, I have to trouble you to pay a visit to Qin Ming's Mansion tomorrow."
Queen Changsun was stunned for a moment when she heard this and said doubtfully:
"Going to Qin Ming's house? Why?"
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