In the camp of the Han army, the negotiations between the Han and the Tibetan people had been going on for a day, until the stars and the moon were high in the sky, and several bursts of laughter suddenly came from the camp. Huo Yan, who was outside the camp, heard the laughter inside, and anger arose in his heart, and he was ready to rush in and disrupt their negotiations. Qin Fu wanted to hold Huo Yan, but Huo Yan actually threw Qin Fu's hand away and walked straight into the camp, shouting: "Talk about peace, talk about peace! You thieves are so picky." When the war started, I thought about the outcome now. Now that the country is about to be destroyed, I can’t think of peace..."
"Huo Yan... you..." Lu Xiuyuan stared at Huo Yan. Just as the anger in his heart was about to burst out, he was caught by Lu Zuo.
Seeing that the second leader's expression was really angry, Huo Yan had no choice but to turn around and leave with a wave of his sleeves. Qin Fu looked at Lu Xiuyuan with an embarrassed look on his face, not knowing what to say. Instead, he was scolded by Lu Xiuyuan.
Qin Fu was scolded by his second brother in front of everyone, and his face was quite unhappy. He muttered: "That kid Huo Qian's words are not rough, so you don't have to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this!"
The envoy of Tibet stood in front of Gao Jun in great embarrassment, neither advancing nor retreating. He turned around and bowed to Gao Jun and said: "Marshal Gao, this..."
Gao Jun also returned the greeting and said: "Your Majesty the Envoy, don't mind. We will report the conditions discussed today to the Emperor based on the facts. Once we have the results, we will set a date to sign the alliance."
"Okay! I'll take my leave now."
After Gao Yun nodded, Lu Xiuyuan was worried about the envoy's safety and took the initiative to ask Ying: "I'm here to see off the envoy."
Gao Yun hugged Lu Xiuyuan and said, "Thank you!"
Qin Fu watched his second brother and the envoy leave the camp, and asked Gao Yun impatiently: "You have been talking for a day, but have you achieved any results? If you negotiated some conditions that would undermine your power and humiliate the country, don't say that Huo Yan will not do it." Promise, even I won’t obey.”
Lu Zuo smiled and said: "Uncle San is overly worried. Of course, we are the main focus of this peace negotiation." It turns out that this peace negotiation not only made Tibet convinced and willing to become a vassal state, but also willing to transfer Ganzhou, Suzhou and other prefectures and counties With the Qilian Mountains as the boundary, the two countries would not interfere with each other, and Tibet was willing to provide the Han with annual coins and other tributes every year. All the conditions for peace talks were very generous. However, Lu Zuo put forward another important condition during this period, that is, Tibet's military strength must be limited to 160,000, otherwise it will be regarded as a breach of contract.
After Qin Fu heard the series of terms for peace talks mentioned by Lu Zuo, he was all happy. He stepped forward and patted Lu Zuo on the shoulder, smiling and saying: "You are really smart! You really have the spirit of being a father..."
At this point, Gao Yun, An Shiqing and others looked at Lu Zuo in confusion, wondering, Lu Zuo's father? They refer to each other as uncle and nephew. Is it possible that Lu Zuo's father is also a bandit?
Lu Zuo saw the worries of An Shiqing and others, and quickly said: "Second uncle, although my father is a small peddler, he still studied in school for several years."
An Shiqing suddenly stepped forward and asked: "Brother-in-law, I have been busy these days and have forgotten, why do you and Senior Lu always refer to each other as uncle and nephew? Your father and them..." An Shiqing hugged Qin Fu, " I don’t mean to offend, I heard that you fell into the trap of bandits in Fengji Mountain a long time ago. Logically speaking, you should have nothing to do with each other, right?"
Qin Fu froze on the spot for a moment, looking at Lu Zuo with helpless eyes. Lu Zuo replied calmly: "None of these are born bandits. My second uncle Lu and third uncle Qin have known each other since before I was born. I heard my mother say that they were born in childhood. Later, the two uncles' families were impoverished, and they had no choice but to go up the mountain to weed the grass. Later, they no longer had contact with my father. However, after my father passed away, Uncle Lu and the others learned that we orphans and widowed mothers were very pitiful, so they often felt sorry for us. Send someone to help our family. So..." Lu Zuo laughed. Qin Fu also nodded in agreement.
"I see." An Shiqing actually didn't care about this question. The reason why he asked it was because he was afraid that others would gossip. If he didn't give everyone a clear and reasonable explanation, he would be afraid that it would become a reference for others when they go back and forth in the future.
Although Lu Zuo answered An Shiqing's question without changing his expression, he still couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He didn't expect that it would still be a close relationship after all. Ever since they captured Shanzhou and met with Uncle Lu, they only thought about how to destroy them. The thief never thought about the original identities of Uncle Lu and Third Uncle Qin. If he recognized them from the beginning, wouldn't he have brought it on himself? Fortunately, it was resolved in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
However, within a few days, when the Han Emperor learned that this was a great victory in the Western Expedition and that Tibet was defeated, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. When he saw Tibet's surrender letter presented to his dragon case, the Han Emperor was simply Unable to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, he looked carefully at the various clauses in the surrender letter. They were all extremely beneficial to the big man, and he even praised Gao Yun and others. When the Han Emperor's personal eunuch told him that a group of surrendered grass bandits also played an important role in this battle, the Han Emperor actually praised this group of people and immediately wanted to summon these people into the capital.
So the Emperor of the Han Dynasty immediately summoned the prime ministers Li Shizhi, Xun Yu, Anyuanshan and others to discuss the matter. Everyone strongly agreed to accept the surrender of Tibet. After all, if they went deep into the hinterland of Tibet, although they still had the strength to destroy Tibet, they still had the power to destroy Tibet. The countries in the south are watching with eager eyes. Once they take advantage of the situation, they will lose more than they gain. In this way, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty asked Li Shizhi to draft an edict to Gao Yun to accept Dabo's surrender. He sent people to deliver the imperial edict to Gao Yun as soon as possible, and drafted another imperial edict to order Gao Yun to settle the border areas and return them immediately. towards.
When the whole country heard about the victory of the Western Expedition, everyone raised their eyebrows with their hands, but some people were still unhappy.
In the palace of Duke Wei, a cold rain greeted the arrival of the winter solstice. Xun Mou had already begun to plan his next plan. Since Lu Zuo and others left the capital, he and Prince Liu Yan had arranged many arrangements in the court. His confidants took the opportunity to squeeze out many of his colleagues, and Ning Wang Liu Xun gradually doubled the pressure. However, what Liu Xun didn't know was that the messengers he sent to Shanzhou to seek advice from Lu Zuo were all intercepted by the prince's people, so Liu Xun waited around in the capital, but there was still no news from Lu Zuo. Although the recent struggle between Liu Xun and Liu Xun has been quite effective, and Gao Yun returned to the imperial court victoriously in this western expedition, all the results were originally enough to satisfy Xun Mou. However, in Xun Mou's view, Gao Yun's victory also meant that Lu Zuo will also follow suit as a hero, which is exactly the result Xun Mou does not want to see.
In the study, Xun Mou was deep in thought, while his father Xun Yu stood aside and laughed. Seeing that his son was unhappy, he was very puzzled and asked: "Mou'er, why do you look so unhappy when you come back? There have been so many happy events recently. We should be happy. The one who should be grimacing at this moment should be that old guy Liu Xun."
Xun Mou had a gloomy face and said in a hoarse voice: "That old guy Liu Xun must be waiting for Lu Zuo to come back. He has already sharpened his sword and can't wait any longer."
"Most of the people in the court are ours now. Can that kid Lu Zuo turn things around when he comes back?"
