Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 259 Still a rich man? (The angel book friend character in the dark night appears)
Guiyi Army, Dunhuang City, although it is only the first quarter of the unitary hour, that is, [-]:[-] in the afternoon, but the six gates of the entire Dunhuang City are closed.

Not only were all the gates of Luocheng and the inner city locked early, but even the vast Yangma city outside was forbidden to go out and walk around.

Closing the city gate so early brought great inconvenience to the merchants passing through Dunhuang.

However, no one complained. They just wanted to replenish quickly and leave here. Even the commercial market that originally traded in Dunhuang Waiyangma City moved to Shouchang Town in the southwest of Dunhuang.

A big event is about to happen in Dunhuang, which is the unanimous opinion of everyone.

Ever since the Guiyi Army's white jade pillars held up the sky, Zijin beams erected across the sea, Jiedu envoys, and Tuoxi King Cao Yijin were sick and unable to get out of bed, the possibility of bloody conflicts in Dunhuang City has increased rapidly.

One of the parties to the potentially bloody conflict was the eldest son Cao Yuande, the second son Cao Yuanshen, born to Cao Yijin's former wife Suo, and the third son Cao Yuanzhong, born to the Song family.

The Suo family and the Song family are both big clans of the Guiyi Army, so what they represent is naturally the local faction of the Guiyi Army.

On the other side, Cao Yijin married Cao Yuantai, the fourth son of Princess Li, the youngest daughter of Ganzhou Uighur Renmei Khan.

At the beginning, Zhang Zhao's father, Zhang Chengfeng, was defeated by the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and he was forced to recognize Khan Renmei as his father, which caused great humiliation to the Guiyi Army.

When the Cao family replaced Zhang, Cao Yijin proposed to Renmei Khan and married Renmei Khan's young daughter, Princess Li, and cleverly turned the humiliating father Khan into a father-in-law Khan.

But this is not without price. After the heavenly princess Li Shi married, Cao Yijin's original wife, Suoshi, was forced to give up her position, and Li Shi became Cao Yijin's first wife.

At the same time, Khan Renmei married two teams of Ganzhou warriors as dowry. These Ganzhou warriors are brave warriors among the Uyghurs. For more than ten years, they have been an important guarantee for Princess Li to maintain her status.

In addition, the two states of Guasha and half of Suzhou controlled by the Guiyi Army have been flooded with a large number of Shazhou Uighurs who came down from the Qilian Mountains in recent years.

The Yamen of the Guiyi Army relaxed the restrictions year by year because they were greedy for the taxes they paid and did not want to cause disputes with the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

As a result, now, there are only [-] Han Chinese and Sinicized Sogdians in the Guiyi Army, and there are [-] to [-] Shazhou Uighurs nomadic in Gua and Shazhou. Most of these people were bought by the Heavenly Princess Li.

Of course, the biggest price for marrying Princess Li was only realized now.

Now Cao Yijin sees that time is running out. According to the rules, after Suoshi loses his status as wife, Cao Yuande loses the jurisprudence of succession.

But how could it be possible for the Guiyi Army to let the Heavenly Princess Li and his son of the Ganzhou Uighur succeed to the throne?
The two sides have had a blood feud since Zhang Huai, the second-generation rebel army Jiedu envoy, and have fought and killed each other for nearly a hundred years. The other party who fought each other signed an alliance under the city, and almost wiped out the country.

Therefore, the natives of Guiyi Army would rather Zhang Zhao come back to make a big reckoning than let Li's son Cao Yuantai succeed him.

But Heavenly Princess Li has no way out, if she does not get the right to inherit the Guiyi Army, the five mother and son will die sooner or later without a place to bury them.

Besides, she was originally a character with a strong desire for power, otherwise she would not have been chosen by Ganzhou Renmei Khan to marry into the Guiyi Army.

Therefore, both sides are preparing for the death of Cao Yijin, and the bloody fire may be staged immediately.

"Father, there is a message from Liulang, Ah Weng just passed out!" In the Guiyi Army's office, Cao Yuande's second son Cao Yanjing rushed in.

Cao Yuande's eldest son died early, and his second son, Cao Yanjing, was his de facto eldest son and the eldest of the third generation of the Cao family.

The Liulang in Cao Yanjing's mouth is Cao Yuanzhong's eldest son, Cao Sanniang's younger brother, and Li Shengtian's third son-in-law, Cao Liulang and Cao Yanlu.

Now both sides have sent people to guard Cao Yijin closely. Outside Yongqing Palace, Cao Yijin's living palace, both sides have placed a large number of people.

Especially the Heavenly Princess Li Shi, who took advantage of her position as the first wife to actually block Cao Yijin's bedroom inside and out.

Cao Yuande and the others had very limited means of obtaining Cao Yijin's physical condition, the most important of which was Cao Yanlu.

This is because Cao Yanlu’s wife, Princess Tiansheng, is the third daughter of Li Shengtian, and she has 100 people of Khotan warriors as dowry, and now Khotan’s Jin Kingdom is powerful in Anxi, and in fact controls the western section of the Silk Road.

Therefore, Princess Li of Uighur Heaven in Ganzhou dared to isolate the inside and outside, and detained the maid servants sent by the three brothers Cao Yuande, but she absolutely did not dare to touch Princess Tiansheng of Khotan.

This Princess Yutian became the most important source of news for the Cao brothers.

When Cao Yuande heard the words, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and a few muddy tears flowed down from his eyes.

"Isn't this a catastrophe? My father is seriously ill, and my fake mother is isolated from the inside and outside. Not to mention serving soup and medicine myself, I can't even see my father! It's not the way of a son of man!"

"What fake mother! Huh! That Uighur woman has a heart of snakes and scorpions, and her viciousness is far more vicious than that of Wei Shu in the past! He is here to bring down our Cao family!"

Cao Yuanshen stood up suddenly from the bed, his beard and hair swelled, and he gritted his teeth.

At that time, his mother Suoshi was forced to give up the position of main wife to Li Shi, the princess of heaven, which brought great humiliation to the young Cao Yuanshen.

"Eldest brother, second brother, what should we do at this time? You guys should come up with an idea!
If our father does something good or bad, we won't even be able to die in front of the bed. How could it be the son of man? "

Cao Yuanzhong was not as excited as his two elder brothers, because his mother Song was not the official wife, but Cao Yuanzhong still cared very much about being able to die before his father's bed.

"huh huh huh huh!"

Just when a group of the second and third generations of the Cao family were extremely angry and were yelling at the Heavenly Princess Li, a very disharmonious cold snort sounded in the room.

Everyone followed the snort and saw a man dressed as a scholar in a moon-white round neck robe, sipping tea in a porcelain bowl.

The scholar didn't wear a cape on his head, but simply covered it with a net towel, which looked elegant and unconventional.

In terms of appearance, this scholar should be quite handsome, with a small square face, a straight nose bridge, and a slender figure, but the pair of eyes ruined the overall temperament.

These eyes are too aggressive and unscrupulous. When looking at you, you will feel in a trance that he has already completed the evaluation of your value in his heart.

When anyone sees these eyes, they will involuntarily think of the word Eagle Watching Wolf Gu, which is the appearance of a treacherous minister!

The scholar didn't care about the anger on everyone's face, he was still sipping on it, as if the bowl of tea in his hand was like fine wine, his slender eyes squinted even more treacherous.

"How dare you! I treat you as a superior guest of the Cao family! How dare you insult me? Do you want to try Cao's sharp sword?"

Cao Yanjing, who was full of anger, exploded at once. He jumped up suddenly, and rushed to the scholar to pull out the instrument knife at his waist.

"Mr. Dalang is already in danger of his life, what insult do you care about? If you have the courage, go to the Uighurs and draw your sword, and you will be a good man!"

The scholar glanced at Cao Yanjing, not taking him seriously at all.

"Evil barrier! How dare you draw your sword here? Don't back down!"

It was Cao Yuande who was so annoying in his heart, he hammered his right hand heavily on Hu's bed, and yelled angrily at Cao Yanjing.

"Hmph!" Cao Yanjing gave the scholar a hard look, and was dragged back to Cao Yuande angrily.

"Pei Sheren, I respect that you are the descendant of Mr. Pei Wenzhong, you are a descendant of a famous family, and you are treated with more courtesy. Now that the Cao family is in trouble, you don't say a word, but you are here to despise us. This is the Wenxi Pei family. As a guest gift?"

Cao Yuande suppressed his anger and said that he didn't want to see Pei Sheren, because Cao Yuande didn't like his eyes at first sight.

It's just that because he is from a famous family, and Shazhou is remote, it is rare for a high-ranking scholar from the Central Plains to come here, so he is treated preferentially, but he did not expect this person to be so rebellious!
Sheren is the same as Langjun, both are respectful titles for men at this time, but Langjun is used more, while Sheren is specially used for those who are noble or have an extraordinary family background.

Duke Pei Wenzhong was the famous Prime Minister of the late Tang Dynasty, Pei Du, who went to China and abroad for 20 years, with his body in the safety of the country and the importance of the times. Wen Zhong was his posthumous posthumous title.

Although Wenxi's Pei family is not of five surnames and Qiwang, it is also a wealthy family in the Tang Dynasty. I don't know how he, a son of a famous family, would travel thousands of miles to Dunhuang under the rule of the Guiyi Army.

"Forgive me! It's not about insulting people, but you don't know that the disaster is coming. Now that you are isolated from the inside and outside, the king has actually fallen into the hands of the Uighurs. He is old, how long can he last?
You didn't make a decision earlier, and you are still talking about it here, and you just have to use the knife and the ax to regret it? "

Hearing Cao Yuande's words, the scholar finally put down his tea bowl and cupped his hands at Cao Yuande.

But even though he was explaining, the look on his face, no matter how you look at it, no matter how it makes people feel, he is still mocking people.

"Then according to Pei Sheren's opinion, what should we do?" Cao Yuanzhong, who was already tired of everyone's indecision, sat up straight and asked.

"Of course, you should go and gather the soldiers immediately, and kill the generals tonight, and eradicate the Uighur princess and her sons together!"

Pei Sheren stood up, his face immediately covered with a fierce look, his right hand was in the shape of a knife, and when he said to eradicate them together, he swung them fiercely, making everyone jump in fear.

"Pei Yuan! Pei Yuanying! After all, it's still the same saying that strike first." Cao Yuanshen couldn't take it anymore, he stood up and pointed at Pei Sheren.

"Do you know that the Uyghurs are guarding outside the bedroom of King Ling Gong. People say that burying a corpse and attacking each other regardless of armor is already a tragedy in the world. Do you want us to kill in front of a certain father until the blood flows like a river? ?"

It turned out that Pei Sheren's name was Pei Yuan. In this day and age, it would be very shameless and even humiliating to call people by their names, especially their names, so shamelessly.

Therefore, when Pei Yuan heard this, he immediately became furious. He snorted coldly and looked at Cao Yuanshen with squinting contempt.

"I really doubt that your Cao family in Shazhou is from the Cao family in Qiao County? Is it the heir of Emperor Wu of Wei?
What time is this?The Uighurs in Ganzhou started mobilizing three months ago, and they will march westward as soon as the ice and snow lessen. How dare you still pay attention to filial piety here!
Could it be that if you are all killed, King Linggong can smile at Jiuquan?pedantic!pedantic!What's the matter, isn't it enough that Cao Zhaobo is still a rich man? "

Cao Zhaobo is Cao Shuang, and he is still a rich man, but he is the laughingstock of the ages. These words are too vicious, and the whole room of Cao Shuang was so angry that he was so angry.

What's more, because the Cao family in Shazhou has collected a large number of Sogdian Caos into their genealogy, they are most taboo and afraid of others saying that they are not descendants of the Cao family in Qiaojun. Pei Yuan's almost words hit the most sensitive part of their hearts.

At that moment, the angry three generations of the Cao family rushed up and were about to grab Pei Yuan and beat him up.

But at this moment, a little lady in a light red pomegranate padded robe kicked the door open with a bang and rushed in.

The cotton robe worn by this little lady is not simple, it is a high-end product from Khotan, light and warm, it is a good thing that is priceless in Dunhuang, except for her, her mother Song and her sister San Niangzi, everyone No.

"Nineteen Niang, what are you doing here?" Cao Yuanzhong asked, frowning.

This running little lady with a red face is impressively King Zhang's fiancée, Cao Yuanzhong's youngest daughter, Cao Nineniang and Cao Yanxi.

"Yeah! Sixth brother asked me to tell you that there is a change in Qingyuan Palace. Princess Tiansheng just wanted to go in, but was stopped by those Uighur warriors!" Cao Yanxi said out of breath.

"Not good!" Cao Yuande yelled, cold sweat poured down his face, and the faces of all Caos in the room were as white as snow.

There must be something wrong with King Linggong, or even passed away, otherwise Princess Uighur would not dare to stop Princess Khotan from visiting.

"My lord! The Cao family is in danger, and it is still too late to summon soldiers!"

Pei Yuan jumped out with a groan, scolding Cao Yuande and others' eighteen generations of ancestors all over the place.

He suggested several times to ask Cao Yuande to kill Uighur Princess Li Shi. If Cao Shi was defeated, would he be able to escape?

While speaking, Pei Yuan glanced at the little girl who looked harmless to humans and animals. If Cao Yuande still didn't dare to make up his mind, he would hug Cao Nineniang's thigh in a while.

Because the Uighur Heavenly Princess dares to kill anyone, but she must not dare to touch Cao Nineniang, because her husband is the second son of the Zhang family who is so powerful in the Western Regions.

But fortunately, Pei Yuan didn't have to brazenly hug a little girl's thigh. After Cao Yuande's expression changed a few times, he finally stomped heavily.

"Yuan Shen, Yuan Zhong, immediately go out to greet the soldiers in the city, follow me into Qingyuan Palace, and rescue the Great King Linggong!"

(End of this chapter)