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Chapter 173 Yuanfang Festival
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This is the starting point of the Chang'an Silk Road in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. There is a monument "Lihou" outside the gate, with the title "Nine thousand and nine hundred miles of the West Pole Road".

Not talking about thousands of miles means that people who travel far away do not travel thousands of miles.

At this time, China is prosperous and powerful, and the Tang Dynasty is [-] miles away from the Anyuan Gate. Sending the envoys here not only has the meaning of pioneering, but also has full expectations.

Escorted by a large number of imperial guards, the imperial chariot of the empress and prince arrived in person.

Li Zhi, who looked a little old, came to Li Yiyan and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, please be polite!"

Li Yiyan half knelt down, raised his hands high, and took over the ceremony.

His scepter is a golden staff decorated with feathers.

The prince came to Li Yan and said expectantly: "Yuan Fang, please hold the festival!"

Li Yan also half-knelt down, raised his hands high, and received the Jingjie.

His scepter is a copper staff, which is also equipped with a feather, and its color is red.

The two stood up and shouted with the envoys: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Highness, Prince!"

Li Zhizhong tried to raise his breathless voice: "I'm here to see you off, I hope you will praise my Great Tang Tianwei and return safely!"

"Show me Great Tang Tianwei! Show me Great Tang Tianwei!"

There are thirty-two people in the mission, which is very small for a formal mission.

But most of them are composed of inner guards, all elite.

There is one envoy, Li Yiyan, the leader of the Neiwei Pavilion, who holds the festival.

There is one deputy envoy, Li Yan, who is the envoy of Internal Guard Jiyi and holds the festival.

The remaining Shen Juyuan and Yang Zaisi were the occasional envoys, and there were more than [-] Wudeweis including Wang Xiaojie and Peng Botong.

It almost engraved the unkindness of the visitor on his face.

But you really don't need to be polite with Tubo, especially the completely hostile Gar family.

Even if a group of thin scribes go there, if the other party makes things difficult, they will still make things difficult, and nothing will be changed.

And behind such a group of powerful men, followed by a group of women, it is even more eye-catching.

But they put on the fence, and the long veils almost covered their whole bodies, and they couldn't see their faces clearly.

In addition, there is also a convoy of gifts for Zanpu, escorted by elite soldiers.

Li Bi.

The envoys officially went to Tibet.

Li Zhi, Empress Wu, the Prince and the officials who came to see them off watched for a long time before they got up and left.

……

When Chang'an completely disappeared behind him, Li Yan, who hadn't left the capital for a long time, became very broad-minded.

He blew his whistle, and saw a black shadow passing over the sky.

The trajectory of the flight is extremely coquettish, as if to avoid arrows at all times.

After drawing several arcs and making countless feints, it landed cautiously and stood on his shoulders.

Li Yiyan looked sideways at him.

How did this eagle train to be so vigilant?
Li Yan saw what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Maybe it's an innate talent, I just did some insignificant things."

Shen Juyuan came over and was greatly amazed: "What a eagle of the gods!"

"Look, everyone likes you!"

Li Yan touched it approvingly, Ying'er first dodged reflexively, and then proudly raised his neck.

Xiao Hei, who was squatting behind the horse's back, moved, put his paws on Li Yan's back, and asked for praise.

Li Yan laughed loudly: "You are also good! You have a face for me!"

Shen Juyuan was really envious: "I heard that Yuan Fang has a wonderful way to tame animals. These leopards and eagles are so spiritual. When they are there, how about giving me one?"

Li Yan glanced at him, smiled and said: "It's easy to say! Easy to say!"

Shen Juyuan paused, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Fang, I heard from Qiu Geling that you still have doubts about me, right?"

Li Yan's smile slowly subsided: "I arrested Jia Sibo with my own hands, and I took him to Chang'an with my own hands, and interrogated him several times, but he disappeared in front of me. Brother Juyuan, would you be willing to replace him with you?"

Shen Juyuan was questioning, and scratched his head when he heard the words: "Listen to what you said, I would not be reconciled to it, but did Leader Qiu Ge tell you that I have a deep hatred with the bandits, help No one can help the bandits!"

Li Yandao: "Qiu Geling did promise me that you would never seek refuge in Tubo, but he didn't say anything about it. Can you tell me more specifically, Brother Juyuan?"

Shen Juyuan said bitterly: "My father was murdered by bandits during the battle of Songzhou. The revenge for killing my father is irreconcilable!"

Hearing this, Li Yan sighed: "The battle of Songzhou was the beginning of Tubo's provocation against us!"

In addition to disturbing the Tang Dynasty in recent years, Tubo also had two confrontations with the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period.

At that time, Songtsan Gampo, who was particularly bloated, attacked Songzhou under the pretext of marrying a princess. He won first and then lost.

But in all fairness, in the two battles of Songzhou, Tubo won first, not a big victory, and later lost, it is not a disastrous defeat, it is still remarkable.

Therefore, Tubo withdrew its troops on its own initiative, sent envoys to apologize, and asked for marriage again. Li Shimin agreed, and chose a woman from the clan to marry, that is, Princess Wencheng.

In the historical materials of the Central Plains Dynasty, Princess Wencheng was an ordinary clan daughter, and it was mentioned briefly, but it was widely publicized in Tibet, so that it became known to everyone.

It is not surprising that Tubo was excited. Marrying the princess of the Tang Dynasty immediately increased its prestige among the surrounding forces, which was very important to Songtsan Gampo who had just annexed many tribes at that time.

Now Songtsan Gampo died early, and his grandson has been a puppet for many years, but Shen Juyuan obviously held his breath, took out the water bag from his waist, gulped a few mouthfuls, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

In the end, he simply patted the treasured sword on his waist: "When I arrive in Tubo territory, if I find an opportunity, I will personally kill the bandit! Yuan Fang, you wait and see, how can I prove my innocence!"

After finishing speaking, Shen Juyuan rode his horse forward.

Watching his back, Li Yan sighed.

The parties are not on the same channel.

The belief that this kind of person implements is to help relatives but not to help others.

If it's reasonable, just don't treat him as a relative.

If you don't treat him as a relative, he won't reason with you.

Endless loop.

Yang Zaisi's voice came from behind: "Yuan Fang, do you have a headache for this Qiu Ba?"

Li Yan knew that the relationship between the two was very good, so he could joke around, so he gave a wry smile and changed the subject: "Brother Zaisi is still here?"

Yang Zaisi said: "Yuan Fang asked me to investigate Lu Dongzan. I did collect a lot of information. I don't feel at ease entrusting it to others. I gritted my teeth and came along. I just hope that I won't be reduced to Li Gong and Yuan Fang. burden."

Li Yandao: "Brother Zaisi is too presumptuous!"

Yang Zaisi was smooth and well-rounded. If he could endure hardships, he would be a great helper. Anyone who could become a chancellor in the future would have some ability.

The two of them were chatting, and Yang Zaisi accidentally looked at the woman riding behind him: "The sage pardoned the sins of those noble daughters of Su Pi, and let them go home to visit their relatives, it is really kind and magnanimous!"

Li Yan wanted to be magnanimous, I just wanted them to write letters, Li Zhi wanted their lives.

These women are also ill-fated. Since they don't want to go back, why force them into the envoys?
You especially saw that small figure, the smallest spy in history, actually started to go on duty.

Only seven years old!

"If you exploit child labor like this, then don't blame me for being rude!"

……

The whole journey was uneventful.

Three days later, the envoys arrived in Qizhou and checked into the posthouse.

Others just checked in normally, but Li Yan sighed a bit.

When he entered Chang'an, he was escorting the Tubo envoys and lived here.

After leaving Chang'an, he was the deputy envoy of the Tang Dynasty envoys and is still here.

The world is wonderful.

Above the lobby, Li Yiyan saw Li Yan looking out frequently, and said with a smile: "Can't you get bored? If you want to go out, go out. You are indeed a martial arts practitioner. With your physique, the cold miasma of Tubo can't do anything about it!"

Li Yan praised: "Uncle is also in good health!"

Li Yiyan waved his hand: "Stop flattering, just go if you want!"

Li Yandao: "I'm not flattering. My uncle is still in good spirits after being exhausted by boats and cars. He also knows how to conserve energy. He didn't look tired during the whole journey. Look at Brother Zaisi, his body is puffy, and he sleeps soundly every night!"

Yang Zaisi passing by smiled wryly: "Stop it! Stop it!"

"Ha ha!"

Li Yiyan stroked his beard, and finally couldn't help but let out a smug smile.

Li Yan is really not lying, Li Yiyan is old and strong.

His birth and death are unknown in history, but he lived at least over [-] years old and was physically strong. At this time, he dared to go to Tibet as an envoy, not because he was completely passionate, but because he had confidence.

Since the envoy approved the leave, Li Yan was not polite, and walked out with Wang Xiaojie and Peng Botong.

After leaving the post station, Wang Xiaojie also sighed with emotion: "Liu Lang, I had a conflict with Bren Zanren here, and then you valued it. Thinking about it now, it's like a dream!"

Li Yandao: "You are all talented people. Even without me, you will be able to stand out in the end. What I have done is to keep you from being left in the dust for too long."

Wang Xiaojie didn't think so, he was a low-level Zhechong mansion soldier, he really had to wait until sometime, and at this time he revisited the old place, feeling even more grateful.

Peng Botong hugged Li Yan and let him keep the festival, not daring to lose it, but looking forward to cooking: "Liulang, where are you going to eat dinner?"

Li Yan looked around: "Let's go eat some Qizhou specialties. The fast food at Famen Temple was not bad last time. What other good places to go here?"

Wang Xiaojie frowned: "Why don't you go to Famen Temple to have a meal and pay homage to the Buddha's relics?"

Li Yanqi said: "You don't believe in Buddhism, why do you suddenly want to worship Buddha bone relics?"

Wang Xiaojie said: "Didn't Shenji say that when he was a child, he saw a sage welcoming the Buddha's bone relics, and he was fortunate to be bathed in the Buddha's light, and his body was no longer sick. We are going to Tubo soon, so we should pay homage to the relics and let the Buddha bless us! "

Li Yan laughed: "Don't believe that, that kind of publicity is actually to enhance self-confidence, so you think about everything on the Buddha. You see, Shenji often talked about it at the beginning, but then he said it less and less. That's him. Become really confident."

Wang Xiaojie was stunned, but he still said: "I'll go and pay my respects. After all, it's left over from the Buddha. The monk Xuanzang also came to pay his respects to the Buddha's bone relic. I've always wanted to see it, but I didn't have the chance."

This is purely visiting places of interest. Last time Li Yan patronized to bring goods, but did not see the Buddha bone relics. He nodded and said, "Alright, let's go together!"

……

Famen Temple.

The Zhike monk was meditating in the courtyard, when he suddenly saw the young monk rushing in at the door, his pace was unprecedentedly fast.

He stood up, clasped his hands together, and looked solemnly: "Is there a devout benefactor coming to the door to accept donations? The poor monk went to meet him!"

The little monk subconsciously replied: "The benefactor didn't pay the donation..."

The Zhike monk sat down again and said, "It's already late, go and ask the almsgiver to come back tomorrow."

The monk took a deep breath and picked it up: "...but he holds the banner!"

The Zhike monk jumped up suddenly.

(End of this chapter)