Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 557 The Truth That Will Be Lost Forever

It's good news that Datang has finally dispatched troops.

Since coming to Liangzhou City, Li Qinzai has sent troops to intimidate and negotiated with the two countries. He has killed people and punished them. The purpose of doing so many things is to delay the war between the two countries.

Now it seems that before Li Qinzai left Chang'an, the purpose of discussing with Li Zhi has been achieved, and he successfully pressed the pause button of this war by himself.

The fierce offensive Tubo army has been pinned down on Jishi Mountain, and Tuyuhun has also died down, and voluntarily gave up the position of Khan. The Khan and his wife are planning to move east to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, waiting to be crowned king by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. From then on, they only envy mandarin ducks Do not envy immortals.

After coming to Liangzhou, a lot of things happened, one after another, including Li Qinzai's personal plan, and also an unexpected plot to assassinate him. Although it didn't go well, in general, he achieved his goal.

Now that it finally lasted until the Tang Dynasty sent troops, Li Qinzai's mood suddenly became happy.

"Old Sun, pass on my military order, reward the soldiers today, two hundred whole roasted sheep, let's pretend!" Li Qinzai laughed.

Sun Congdong also embraced his orders excitedly.

"If you don't have enough sheep, send someone to take up a part-time job. Go to Tuyuhun and find some tribes to grab some. In short, everyone should have fun."

Sun Congdong hesitated for a moment, but still answered loudly.

After Sun Congdong left, Li Qinzai was still laughing so hard that he couldn't close his legs, and suddenly slapped the table hard.

Tonight, let's go wild, drink some authentic Western Region grape wine, and let the maiko girls twist a few times...

Immediately, Li Qinzai's expression froze, and he couldn't help but think of Zinu when talking about Maiko in the Western Regions.

What a good girl, she is in jail, and even if she is released in the future, she will have a criminal record. If she wants to join the army, she will not be able to pass the political trial...

While thinking wildly and worrying, Song Sen came to see him again.

Song Sen has been very busy these few days, busy looking around to search and arrest people, today he looks a little thinner.

Li Qinzai turned pale when he saw him, turned a blind eye to Song Sen's ingratiating smile, pointed at him and said, "Who told me that all spies, big and small, in Liangzhou city were caught by Baiqisi?" What do you say about the gang of thieves who snatched the three-eyed gun?"

Song Sen said with a bitter face: "Uncle Li, can we be reasonable? The word "spies" is not engraved on the face of a spy, and Baiqisi does not dare to make Liangzhou city angry. Spy, it's normal not to find out, Baiqisi is not a god in the sky after all..."

Li Qinzai said again: "Then let's talk about another matter. Didn't you set up an eyeliner at the post in the city? You didn't find out that the missions of the two countries conspired to assassinate me? If it wasn't for my fate, I would It has been made into pottery figurines..."

Song Sen was stunned: "Why am I made into a pottery figurine?"

"Bury it with me. If something happens to me, do you think you won't be questioned? Song Sen, Bai Qisi can't do it. Don't brag in front of me in the future. I won't have the face to listen."

Song Sen suddenly looked like a frail middle-aged man who was complained by his mother-in-law. He sighed, vicissitudes and shortness of breath: "Baiqisi just came to Liangzhou and was too tired on the road. This time he is not in good condition..."

Li Qinzai glanced at him sideways: "Take some medicine if you are not in good condition, I will chat with you more, and wait for the medicine to improve..."

Song Sen talked about him from left to right: "Uncle Li, after coming to the desolate Liangzhou City, the lower officials discovered that the scenery here is beautiful. We have lived in Chang'an in such a hurry these years. In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, as if It’s as if it’s gone in vain, which is embarrassing.”

Li Qinzai sneered. When a man is not good enough, his thinking is very deep. From literature to philosophy, by the way, he reflects on life and examines himself. In short, he is waiting for the medicine to come up...

"I'll let you off this time. We'll settle the score after we return to Chang'an. In the days to come, Bai Qisi had better support me, and don't force me to sue you in front of His Majesty." Li Qinzai said.

Song Sen was relieved, and hurriedly agreed, just like a husband who was allowed by his mother-in-law not to pay the public rations tonight, he was relieved and at the same time mixed with a trace of humility.

"Uncle Li, the gang of thieves who stole the three-eyed gun have been recruited." Song Sen came here specially to report the good news.

"Who is the mastermind behind them?"

Song Sen said in a low voice: "Lu Dongzan, Prime Minister of Tubo, your purple-eyed dancer from the Western Regions was also sent by Lu Dongzan. I was frightened by the three-eyed blunderbuss, Lu Dongzan was very interested in this object, and strictly ordered to get it."

"That purple-eyed maiko was said to have been adopted by Lu Dongzan since she was a child. It seems to have something to do with the extinct Loulan. Lu Dongzan valued her quite a lot. I didn't expect her to fall into your hands this time."

Li Qinzai asked curiously: "In the four years of Zhenguan, the Loulan Kingdom was destroyed overnight. Was it our Tang Dynasty who did it?"

Song Sen said with a wry smile: "Uncle Li, it happened decades ago, who knows? Besides, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty fought against the Turks. The battle spread to many countries and places in the north and west. Under the circumstances, it is normal to be wiped out, and the army can't take care of so much when it is mobilized, and it will be wiped out as well."

"Back then, General Wei Gong Li Jing attacked the Turks from the north, drove the Turks from the north to the west, and chased them all the way. The strategic purpose was not only to eliminate the troubles of the Tang Dynasty forever, but also to open up the business route between the Tang Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions."

"The Loulan Kingdom is stuck on this business route, with only a few thousand troops, and the country has been flattering and vacillating for hundreds of years. With the strategy of General Li Jing, this small country must be wiped out easily, so that the Western Regions trade route will be unimpeded. .”

Li Qinzai nodded, he probably understood.

Some historical truths can only be buried in the dust forever, the pros and cons of which can only be understood by people of this era, and cannot be recorded in official history.

Only when the Loulan Kingdom is destroyed, the Silk Road from Yumen Pass to Anxi Dufu will be smooth. For the benefit of the Tang Dynasty, even if Li Qinzai possesses Li Jing, he will probably make the same choice.

"So, Datang is really her sworn enemy..." Li Qinzai sighed regretfully.

Song Sen said in a low voice: "Uncle Li, the thieves have been captured, no one slipped through the net, and the matter has been investigated clearly, how should we deal with the thieves?"

Li Qinzai thought for a while, but said nothing.

Song Sen understood, and immediately said: "Yes, I will arrange for this group of thieves to be beheaded."

Li Qinzai shook his head and said, "Leave them alive."

Song Sen asked in astonishment, "Why?"

"Last night when they snatched the three-eyed blunderbuss, they could have killed five soldiers patrolling outside the manor, but they only wounded our soldiers and did not kill anyone. Since they kept their hands, I will repay them once. The life and death of Xiao Luo is not important."

Song Sen said again: "Where's the purple-eyed maiko locked in the prison?"

Li Qinzai glanced at him: "I bought her with money, how about I bleed her to make you happy?"

Song Sen was shocked, and immediately became wise: "No, there is no need, hehe, the officer is just asking casually, the life and death of that girl is up to you, County Uncle Li."

(End of this chapter)