Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 269 Chapter 278: Forcing the palace, remonstrating

Li Hao's pocket pistol can be equipped with a muffler, but he didn't, because he kept the gun with him to prevent others from assassinating him. If there are only one or two assassins, it's okay to just shoot it with two shots. More, he can fire a gun and call for help, so this time he didn't install a muffler.

At this moment, Li Hao's muzzle was still smoking, and Dawa Dunzhu had fallen on his back, his eyes were wide open, full of shock and despair, there was a blood hole on his forehead, but there was no bleeding, Because blood was bubbling from the back of his head, soaking the carpet.

"A master? Can even the best master dodge bullets?" Li Hao snorted coldly, went forward and searched Dawa Dunzhu's body carefully, and found nothing superfluous, so he couldn't help being a little disappointed.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard, and then I saw a team of special forces rushing into the room. This was the group of special forces waiting to change their guards. They were sleeping before and were awakened by the gunshots. , come to help immediately.

When the group of special forces entered the room and saw the dead body on the ground and Li Hao who was safe and sound, they broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down in front of Li Hao to plead guilty: "My subordinates are late in the rescue, please be punished by Lord Hou!"

"Where's Lin Dingkun?" Li Hao was a little angry at the moment. As the captain of the special forces, Lin Dingkun let the assassin break into his room so easily. If he didn't have a pistol for self-defense, he probably would have been in trouble today.

A special forces member replied: "The captain and the rice bucket are in a coma in the courtyard, and the other special forces members don't know where to go."

Li Hao nodded clearly when he heard the words. He learned from Dawa Dunzhu's words just now that other special forces members must have gone to the West Court to protect the princess. Lin Dingkun personally guarded here with a bucket. It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with Lin Dingkun's decision. The princess His safety is also very important. If it is an ordinary assassin, it is more than enough for Lin Dingkun and the rice bucket to stay, but they are not very lucky this time, and they met a master.

Li Hao didn't blame Lin Dingkun anymore, and said: "Try to wake them up." Then he frowned and began to think.

He was assassinated twice in one night, one by Tuyuhun and one by Tubo, Li Hao was very upset, Tubo sent people to assassinate him, Li Hao could understand, after all, he made Tubo suffer twice, they definitely hated him to death, but Regarding Tuyuhun's assassination, Li Hao really couldn't figure it out, just for the trivial matter of going out of the city to meet the princess, Tuyuhun wanted to assassinate himself?impossible!Or maybe Tuyuhun was just trying to put blame on Tubo and let Tang fight against Tubo?This is quite possible, but this move is too dangerous. I feel that Tuyuhun's courage is not that great. If he is not careful, he will burn himself, and the country will be destroyed by then. As smart as Li Hao, he can't think of Tuyuhun's assassination own real motives.

Li Hao thought for a long time, but there was no result. Lin Dingkun had already been woken up by the special operations team with water, and came to Li Hao's room. When he saw Li Hao, he knelt down with a plop, touched his head to the ground, and said, "Subordinate The guards are not strong enough to cause danger to Lord Hou, and the subordinates deserve to die, please let Lord Hou die!"

"Get up." Li Hao said coldly, returned to the chair and sat down.

Lin Dingkun got up and stood with his head bowed mournfully, waiting for Li Hao's punishment.

Li Hao said: "This time you fell into the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Fortunately, you are alert enough to leave two people guarding in the courtyard, otherwise I will definitely punish you."

"My subordinates are ashamed!" Lin Dingkun buried his head even lower.

Li Haodao: "Tomorrow morning, you send someone out of the city to the camp, and pass on my order to General Zheng, be careful to beware of Tuyuhun, every morning, noon and evening, I will send someone to report safety, if it is interrupted, let him attack the city immediately, don't Any hesitation."

Lin Dingkun was shocked when he heard the words, and took the order vigorously: "Yes!" From Li Hao's words, he already felt that this assassination should have something to do with Tuyuhun, otherwise Li Hao would not have done this.

At this moment, someone came rushing from outside, it was Chen Haijin. When Chen Haijin saw Dawa Dunzhu's body in the house, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he was about to apologize. Li Hao waved his hand and interrupted him: "Princess, be safe!" good?"

Chen Haijin said: "Go back to Lord Marquis, the princess is all right, all eleven assassins were killed, the subordinates were incompetent, and no one was captured alive."

"This is a group of dead men, it's useless even if they catch the living." Li Hao sighed softly and frowned slowly. The current situation is really bad. As Tang envoy, if he doesn't have enough reasons and evidence, It's not good to tear yourself apart with Tuyuhun, but if this continues, he doesn't know how Tuyuhun will deal with him. After all, this is on someone else's territory, and he still understands the reason why a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake.

Li Hao thought for a long time before returning to the case, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a secret letter to Lin Dingkun, saying: "Tomorrow morning, you go out of the city and give this secret letter to General Zheng, and ask him to send a few more fast horses." Send it back to Chang'an, remember, the matter is of great importance, and nothing can be lost."

"Yes!" Lin Dingkun took the secret letter with a serious face and stuffed it into his arms.

There was a lot of movement at the post house, and He Shi quickly brought a large number of soldiers to the post house, surrounded the place heavily under the pretext of protecting the Tang envoy and Princess Datang, and then personally asked Li Hao what happened.

Li Hao handed over the two corpses to He Shi, but he didn't even see him, and went back to his room to sleep.

When He Shi saw Li Hao's guards bringing in the two corpses, he broke out in a cold sweat. It doesn't matter if the assassination failed. What happened to another assassin who appeared here? Everything has exceeded his expectations.

After He Shi took over the two corpses, he quickly sent someone to notify King Xuan and other people involved in the conspiracy, and held an emergency meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures.

After a group of people got together, they all looked solemn. If the assassination failed, then the refusal to become a vassal would not be guaranteed. In addition to this assassination, Li Hao would be furious at that time, and Tuyuhun would be in danger.

King Xuan's hands were trembling constantly. He didn't expect that after so many years of painstaking efforts, he would end up on the road of subjugation. He was not reconciled.

After a long silence, He Shi said in a deep voice, "Since Li Hao can't be killed, His Majesty can only shut up."

King Xuan shook his head and sighed bitterly: "Your Majesty has made up his mind to refuse to be a minister. No matter how much we persuade you, it will be useless."

"Then don't try to persuade you." He Shi said coldly, "Prime Minister, for the sake of Tuyuhun, I, He Shi, am willing to honor you as king!" He suddenly stood up, knelt down to King Xuan, and kowtowed deeply.

Including King Xuan, everyone was stunned for a moment. King Xuan was stunned for a moment and just about to help him up, the rest of them also knelt down and said in unison: "For the sake of Tuyuhun, we will respect the prime minister as king."

King Xuan was completely shocked. Although they had hinted or stated that they would replace Nuogebo, they had never been so solemn. Tuyuhun had studied Han etiquette for many years. Although he hadn't learned the essence, he had learned some superficial ideas. Royal family orthodoxy and other ideas had been formed. , but this time he has a good reason, he is really moved, but he also knows that this reason is not enough to convince the ministers and the people, it is by no means easy to become a king, and there will definitely be many people who oppose it, Tuyuhun Can't stand the turmoil anymore.

Several people all looked at King Xuan eagerly. When he made a decision, King Xuan frowned and thought for a long time, but finally shook his head: "No, I can't sit on this throne."

"You can't sit? If you can't sit, who can sit?" He Shi exclaimed excitedly, "That ignorant little baby can sit, he doesn't know farts, and he wants to be in power, he will ruin Tuyuhun !"

The rest of the people nodded: "Prime Minister, please think twice."

King Xuan was so embarrassed, he frowned again and fell into silence. At this moment, Ji Tongguang suddenly thought of something and said, "Prime Minister, there used to be a man named Cao Cao in the Central Plains."

King Xuan suddenly turned his head to look at him and asked, "You mean...to force the emperor to order the princes?"

Ji Tongguang nodded and said: "Looking at the current situation, you can only do this, Prime Minister, otherwise we will die soon."

King Xuan was silent again. After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Then what should we do?"

He Shi suddenly said: "Simply, let's lead troops into the palace tonight, force the palace, and first frighten that ignorant Nuo Ge Bo, so that when he sees Li Hao tomorrow, he will stop talking nonsense."

"Yes." Lou Zhengnan nodded and said, "The matter of refusing to be a vassal is an urgent matter at the moment, and must be resolved before tomorrow morning, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous, and we can only remonstrate."

"Exactly!" Liu Tong also said, "Prime Minister, please make a quick decision, it will be dawn in two hours, if it is too late, it will be too late."

"Forcing the palace, remonstrating..." King Xuan was very nervous, his hands were shaking non-stop, and asked, "How sure is it that the palace is forced?"

He Shi patted his chest, and said: "The palace guard general Liu Dingshan used to be under my command, and I single-handedly pulled him up. If I raise an issue, he will definitely help me. There are only less than a thousand guards in the palace. I will bring 3000 people into the palace. Controlling the palace is easy!"

King Xuan pondered for a moment, finally made a decision, and nodded vigorously: "Okay, that's it, let's do it quickly!"

An hour later, the gate of the Tuyuhun Palace quietly opened, and a large army poured into the palace like a torrent, and then, the shouts of killing in the Tuyuhun Palace rose to the sky.

The eastern sky was pale, and King Xuan stepped into Nuogebo's palace under the lead of He Shi's army. Nuogebo looked at King Xuan striding towards him with a pale face, his lips trembling with anger.

"The old minister pays homage to His Majesty." King Xuan saluted indifferently. Now that he has put his mind to it, all his nervousness and fear have been swept away, and he has become very calm instead.

"King Xuan, how dare you rebel!" Nuo Gebo gritted his teeth and looked at King Xuan, trying to get up, but found that his legs were weak and he could only sit on the seat.

"Your Majesty is serious." King Xuan said solemnly, "This is a remonstrance, not a rebellion."

"What? Remonstrance?" Nuo Gebo had never heard the word remonstrance before, so he stared blankly for a moment and shouted, "You are a rebel!"

"Whatever you say, Your Majesty." King Xuan said coldly, "The purpose of this remonstrance is to persuade Your Majesty to continue paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and don't do anything wrong with the country."

"What! This king wronged the country?" Nuo Gebo roared angrily, "This king is the king of a country, how could he wrong the country?"

King Xuan said indifferently: "Your Majesty is wronging the country, and you are wronging yourself. I can't just watch Tuyuhun buried in His Majesty's hands, so I have the courage to remonstrate with you. Your Majesty, please continue to pay tribute to Datang!"

Nuoge Bo said sternly, "What if the king doesn't agree?"

King Xuan's face turned cold, and he said slowly: "Then your majesty can only follow in the footsteps of the former king. For the position of king, the minister will choose another talented person."

(End of this chapter)