Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 968 Tang envoy was killed
Gyeongju, the capital of Silla, is a post house.

On the second day when Jia Zhang came here, Cui disappeared and brought people to the post house.

"But to see your king?"

When Jia Zhang is on a mission to Silla, he must meet the king. Although he knows that the power of the king of Silla has been emptied, he is still the king of Silla. All diplomatic matters can only be effective if he is told. of.

"Emissary Tang, the king of Silla also wants to see you very much, but our king is infected with a disease that is easily contagious, so there is no other way but to wrong the envoy Tang."

Hearing that Cui Xianzhi couldn't see people, Jia Zhang frowned immediately, he didn't believe that Cui Xianzhi would get an infectious disease.

Among them, there is clearly someone obstructing it, and this obstructing person is probably Tian Yigeng, the powerful minister of Silla Kingdom.

If he hadn't stopped him back then, would the Silla Congress have gone when the nations came to court?
Now, they want to stop him from seeing Cui Xianzhi even more.

Perhaps, other people were afraid of Tian Yigeng, but he, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, was not afraid at all.

Jia Zhang's face became more and more ugly.

"Hmph, it's ridiculous. My envoy from Tang Dynasty came, but he didn't let me see your king. What do you mean? Could it be that you look down on me, Tang Dynasty?"

Domineering, now Jia Zhang is very angry, and does not give people face at all.

Cui Bujian's cheeks twitched slightly, seeing Datang's envoy like this, he wished he could chop Jia Zhang up now.

However, thinking of the great Tang behind Jia Zhang and Tian Yigeng's great cause, he could only hold back and said, "There, my king is seriously ill, and I'm afraid it will infect the envoy of Tang, but although I can't see you, my family The king has ordered that I, Silla, send envoys to your Datang to plead guilty to your emperor. After all, all nations came to court, and we were unable to go because of some things. We must hope that your emperor will forgive us. .”

Cui Bujian's attitude was very good. Jia Zhang wanted to lose his temper at first, but when he heard this, he was overjoyed.

The purpose of his trip is to let the Silla Kingdom admit their mistakes to Datang, and then let them regain face.

Now that Silla is willing to accept the wrong tribute, whether it is Cui Xianzhi's intention or Tian Yigeng's intention, their goal of the Tang Dynasty has finally been achieved.

As for the internal strife in Silla, that was their own business, and Jia Zhang didn't want to care about it.

Soon, Jia Zhang's expression relaxed a lot, and his attitude improved a lot.

"Since your country of Silla is willing to pay tribute, it doesn't matter whether you see your majesty the king..."

Jia Zhang and Cui Bujian discussed about the mission and paying tribute. After the discussion, Jia Zhang decided to leave Qingzhou City tomorrow and pass the news back to Chang'an, while Cui Bujian was here to prepare for the mission. .

Anyway, since Datang wants this face, then they just give Datang this face.

After Cui Bujian went back, he told Tian Yigeng about the situation, Tian Yigeng nodded, but bit his lips: "This shame, let's bear it for now. After I ascend the throne, I must make Tang look good."

Datang sent envoys to question him, but not only did they not dare to say anything, they even smiled at him face-to-face. In Tian Yigeng's eyes, this was a shame.

So no matter what, he will make Datang pay the price in the future.
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Just when Cui Jianjian was about to go on a mission, Jin Jiang had already received the news.

"My lord, the Tang envoy is staying in the post house, so there is really no way to get in touch with him."

"By the way, Cui Buai went to see the Tang envoy Jia Zhang today, and they have reached an agreement that my country of Silla will go to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy, and I will pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and become a vassal."

As the spies spoke, Jin Jiang's expression changed suddenly when he heard the news.

"What did you say, Silla is going to pay tribute and become a vassal?"

Jin Jiang's eyebrows were frowned, he had faintly noticed what was going on, it must be that Tian Yigeng didn't want to conflict with Datang, so he wanted to use this method to delay time and give Datang face.

In that case, even if his people came into contact with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty would not agree to send troops to help, right?
After all, what Datang wanted was face, and if Tian Yigeng gave them face, Datang's goal had been achieved, and there was no need to send troops here.

Jin Jiang walked back and forth in the room, and he felt that things were a little difficult, a little out of his control.

They may miss this opportunity again.

If Cui does not go on an envoy, their people will have no way to contact Datang, and they will not be able to persuade people from Datang to help.

"It seems that we can only use the last trick."

In the late spring and early summer, the weather in Gyeongju is already unbearably hot.

Jia Zhang was not used to the weather here, so this morning, he was going to take the mission back to Beijing.

When they left the post house, Cui didn't see him and came to see him off. If he didn't see him off, Datang would lose face. Since they want to play, they should do a full set.

"Master Jia is one step ahead. After I have prepared the tribute, I will also set off for Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. I will also go to Master Jia to say a few nice words in front of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so that I will not be scolded after I go."

Jia Zhang laughed: "I'm definitely going to scold you, but don't worry, since you are willing to plead guilty, I, Datang, am not a stingy person."

Jia Zhang still looked superior, Cui Jianjian suppressed his unhappiness, and smiled apologetically, "If that's the case, that would be the best."

Just as he was talking, suddenly there was a sound of piercing through the air, Cui Bujian's expression moved slightly, and then he saw a few sharp arrows flying towards him. The sharp arrows were so fast that people were caught off guard.

"No, there are assassins..." Cui Bujian shouted loudly, but when he realized it, several sharp arrows had already flew towards him, and the targets of these sharp arrows were all the ones who had been with Cui just now. There was no talking Jia Zhang.

"what……"

There was a scream, and Jia Zhang, who had just talked to Cui Bujian, was shot by a sharp arrow, and his face turned black immediately after.

"It's...poisonous."

Sharp arrows are poisonous, since the envoys of Datang were to be killed, it was natural to use the fastest and least unexpected method.

People may not die after being hit by an arrow, but it is hard to say if they are poisoned.

Things happened very quickly, and it can be said that they changed rapidly.

When Cui Bujian looked over to Jia Zhang, Jia Zhang had already fallen to the ground and died.

"Damn it, come and catch the assassin..."

The envoy of Datang died, and Cui Bujian quickly realized the seriousness of the situation. This time, they failed to give Datang face, but scratched Datang's face, and none of them had a chance to recover .

There was a panic in front of the post house, and a group of guards scattered to arrest the assassin. From a willow tree in the distance, there was a sudden sound of cicadas, as if what happened here had nothing to do with it.

(End of this chapter)