bastard seizes tang

Chapter 476 Rejection
In the vast Gobi, there is a piece of yellow sand, some are just dead silence, and it is difficult to find running water. It is not easy for Tizhen to find water in this Gobi, not to mention that he has 15 livestock behind him, even if he finds water by luck , How can it be abundant.

When Tizhen was driving his cattle and sheep, he continued to walk south while searching for water sources and lakes, but this time, he had no confidence and did not dare to delay any longer. All the people were trapped in the Gobi Desert.

Since the attack, Tizhen Daguan took his cattle and sheep, and traveled southward carefully every day. Every day, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep died due to thirst or acclimatization. In the first one or two days, it was manageable. , the number of livestock that died every day was only a few thousand, but in the next few days, the number of dead livestock soared to tens of thousands. In the most day, more than [-] animals died at one time.

The camels and horses are fine, and they can carry them for a while, with [-] to [-]% remaining, but the cattle and sheep are very delicate, and they can't stand the continuous driving and drought, and the most die. After the desert, there are not even two Chengs left.

Five days later, he finally came out of the desert. When he was counting the cattle, sheep and livestock, there were nearly 15 livestock that went south with him, and less than [-] had left the desert alive.

15, which is not even half of the [-] dowry that Li Shimin asked for, or even half of the half. Such a figure is too far from the plan, and the official Tizhen became more and more worried, for fear that Datang would reject the marriage because of this. thing.

But worrying in the end can only be worrying. Tizhen is a high-ranking official who has a mission and needs to rush to Lingzhou to meet his relatives.

In mid-August, Lingzhou, outside Lingwu City.

Tizhen Daguan set off from Dujun Mountain in July, and it lasted nearly [-] days. When they arrived in Lingzhou, it was mid-autumn.

The reconciliation of the two countries is a major event, and when Ti Zhen and his entourage arrived outside the city of Lingzhou in a mighty manner, the sons of the clan who were ordered by the emperor, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, and Gao Jifu, the minister of Honglu Temple, had left the city in advance to wait.

"Xue Yantuo Tizhen Daguan, I pay my respects to the King Jiangxia of the Tang Dynasty, and to the Siqing." After some introductions, the Tizhen Daguan was polite. Right now the situation is not as good as others, and now in the Tang Dynasty, it is still a small thing, and it is the first thing to do.

In recent years, the foreign wars of the Tang Dynasty have always been unfavorable. A few days ago, Tuyuhun was newly pacified. It was the time when it was in its prime. This is especially true of Li Daozong, the Jiangxia king of the army.

Li Daozong looked at the senior official Ti Zhen who was worshiping in front of him, raised his hand slightly, helped the senior official Ti Zhen to stand up, and said: "It's been a hard journey, please get up."

"Thank you Prince." Ti Zhen Daguan thanked him and stood up.

After Ti Zhen got up, he looked up and only saw Li Daozong, Gao Jifu, and a group of government troops who came with them, but there was no figure of Princess Pu'an who was married to him.

The official Tizhen asked: "Excuse me, the king of the county and the minister of the temple, I, Xue Yantuo, have arrived to welcome the relatives, but I don't know where Princess Pu'an is now?"

Among the princes, both Li Daozong and Li Ke are at odds with Changsun Wuji, and Li Ke has dealt with Li Daozong a lot and are very familiar with each other, so I don't know if it's because of Li Ke, Li Daozong doesn't care much about Xue Yantuo I have a good impression, and I don't really agree with the marriage, but the emperor's order is in my body, so follow the rules.

Li Daozong said: "My Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and Her Royal Highness is a body of ten thousand pieces of gold. There is no reason for a king to wait outside the city."

"That's it, that's it." The official Ti Zhen replied quickly.

Seeing this, Gao Jifu at the side also knew that Li Daozong had such a temperament, and most of the Tang border commanders didn't have a good impression of Xue Yantuo and other northern tribes. Li Daozong was naturally no exception. Princess An is now resting in Lingwu City, after we finish counting the betrothal gifts, Pasha will follow us into the city."

As for the betrothal gift, when the senior official Ti Zhen heard that Gao Jifu wanted to count the betrothal gifts first, he couldn't help being a little flustered for a while. The betrothal gift he brought was very different from what Li Shimin wanted, and he knew it very well.

Ti Zhen replied vaguely: "I have brought the betrothal gift, and it is in the back. It will be delivered after the princess is picked up."

Gao Jifu waved his hand and said, "According to my Great Tang regulations, I have always hired first and then greeted the relatives. There is no reason to do it the other way around. Since Pasha has already prepared all the dowry gifts, after we have counted them, Pasha Xia can then go to Lingwu City with me and the county king to meet the bride."

"That's good, then there will be Minister Lao Gaosi." He himself knows better than anyone how many livestock the high-ranking official Ti Zhen brought. He heard Gao Jifu's words and he also knew that once the count was made, the number would vary greatly, but He had no choice but to agree, and asked the people brought by Gao Jifu to count the number of dowry gifts.

Outside Lingwu City, the officials of the Honglu Temple brought by Gao Jifu were counting the number of cattle, sheep and livestock, while the official Tizhenda was chatting with Gao Jifu and Li Daozong, but the mind of Tizhenda official was obviously not here. Thinking about how he should deal with Tang Ren if he finds something wrong.

Sure enough, it was much faster than Gao Jifu imagined, but in less than half an hour, the officials of Honglu Temple who went to count the number came back to order.

"Jun Wang, Minister of the Temple, the amount of the betrothal gift is a bit wrong." After counting the number, the officials of Honglu Temple walked quickly to Li Daozong and Gao Jifu, and reported back.

Gao Jifu frowned slightly, and asked, "What's wrong with the number?"

The yamen official replied truthfully: "The total amount of cattle, sheep, horses, and camels brought by Xue Yantuo is less than [-], less than [-]%."

"What?" Gao Jifu was startled when he heard the words, and said in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Jifu asked Tizhen, "Pasha, what's the reason?"

Tizhen Daguan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Temple minister, please calm down. I am ordered by Khan to go south. There are indeed as many as 15 livestock brought out from Dujun Yu Mountain. They just passed through the Gobi and met sand bandits. They were destroyed." The waterwheels and fodder died of thirst and many died of starvation along the way, that’s why, I hope the minister will not blame you.”

Ti Zhen's words caught his ears, and Li Daozong opened his mouth before his deputy Gao Jifu could speak.

Li Daozong didn't have a good impression of Xue Yantuo, but now that Xue Yantuo brought less than [-]% of the dowry, he was furious, swung his sleeves, and shouted: "Tizhen Dao, my princess of the Tang Dynasty came from Chang'an all the way. Lingzhou marriage, the betrothal gift you brought is less than [-]%, you know that this is the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Tizhen Daguan heard the words and quickly explained: "Please calm down, the king of the county. I, Xue Yantuo, have never lied to the heavens or Your Majesty. It's just that the natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Gobi are indeed beyond our control. Why don't the king think this is good. The king of the county allowed me to bring the princess back first, and after I returned to the Khan Court, I immediately gathered the betrothal gift and sent it to Lingzhou, that's great."

Some things are feasible in the grassland, but in the eyes of Tang people, they are a great offense. Not only Li Daozong was dissatisfied when Ti Zhen said this, but even Gao Jifu, who has always been generous, was angry. Gao Jifu said: "You treat me as a big What kind of thing is Princess Tang? It is a commodity that can be bought and sold, but it is not possible to make such lies, so contemptuous."

Hearing Gao Jifu's words, Tizhen Daguan really wanted to cry, but he regretted it for a while, regretting why he came up with such an idea to deal with Li Ke. If he had read the Three Kingdoms, he would probably have to sigh "I'm sorry!" Madam broke up again."

The official Tizhen was already a little flustered, so he could only plead: "I dare not belittle the princess, nor dare to belittle the Tang Dynasty and Your Majesty, this matter is indeed beyond our power, I hope the county king and the minister will intercede on your behalf, I Xue Yantuo Everyone will be grateful.”

Princess Pu'an was originally Li Daozong's niece from the same clan, she was only over ten years old, still young, and Yi Nan was over forty years old, how could she be a good match? There will be no more compromises.

Li Daozong immediately rebuffed and said, "It's useless for you to tell me these words. You'd better keep talking to His Majesty and the [-] frontier troops of King Chu."

(End of this chapter)