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Chapter 184 Turkic Envoy
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Luoyang finally ushered in the first snow after winter.

It has been more than a month since Yang Qing returned to Luoyang.

In the city full of silver, the withered branches of cherry blossoms on both sides of Tianjie Street are decorated with ice and snow again.

"Quickly retreat ahead, don't get in the way!"

On the Chengnan Avenue that day, as a rush of cars and horses came, the pedestrians on the street gave way one after another.

A group of about a dozen people broke through the crowd and walked into the city, most of them were Turkic people in brocade clothes and whips.

The two Luoyang officials on the left and right led a group of soldiers to follow quickly, with eager expressions on their faces.

When a group of people crossed the long street and reached the Tianjin Bridge, the majestic Ziwei City has been thrown into everyone's sight across the wide Luohe River.

"General Dazhi."

Seeing this group descending from the sky, the Turkic who claimed to be the Turkic envoy wanted to enter the palace, Zhao Liyan, an official of Honglu Temple who was full-time to receive guests from other countries, hurriedly stopped him:
"Although Luoyang and Turkic are allies, the general came here unexpectedly, and there is no official document to pass on. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to enter the palace rashly. Please go to Honglu Temple to stay first. The official has sent a message that the emperor will come early tomorrow morning." I will meet you all."

"Tomorrow?" Da Dazhi's falcon-like eyes swept over the frail subordinate in front of him: "When I came to Luoyang before, Wang Shichong never asked me to wait.

Or did the rules change when the emperor changed? "

Zhao Liyan was swept away by Dazhi's eyes, and his momentum suddenly weakened by three points.

Although Wang Shichong said he had a covenant with the Eastern Turks in the past, his identity was actually more like a vassal, and he never showed a strong attitude towards the Turks.

As for the current one, he didn't express his position clearly, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

But now that Luoyang has become its own country after all, if the other party just leads people to knock on the palace gate, not to mention what crimes he will bear afterwards, but his face will not look good.

"General, the emperor is busy with state affairs every day, even if he enters the palace now, he may have to wait until dark."

Zhao Liyan wiped the sweat off his face, and patiently explained: "It's better to go to Honglu Temple first, so that you don't have to wait."

Dazhi said coldly: "It's the twelfth lunar month of winter, you think I am willing to come to Luoyang to meet Emperor Naluoshizi."

Now the Turks are overwhelming the north, and the entire Central Plains are under the threat of their forces.

Those who are as strong as the Li family also want to stay low and small in order to be stable.

Zhao Liyan heard that his words were disrespectful to his own emperor, but he only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak out. He forced a smile and said: "The general walked too fast all the way, I am about to ask the general about the purpose of his visit."

"The purpose of this general's coming here, you are not qualified to listen." Dazhi raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Ziwei City: "Quickly go and call the palace gate open, I want to ask Yang Qing personally if he wants to marry me The Turks are at war!"

Zhao Liyan was startled and said, "What does the general mean by this? Luoyang and the Turks have always had only trade exchanges, and there has never been any conflict with swords and soldiers. How could there be talk of war?"

"It didn't happen before, but it's hard to say in the future!"

"Where did this start..."

Zhao Liyan felt that the situation was serious, and wanted to ask more details, when suddenly he heard two coughs from behind.

He looked back and saw Lu Chu walking slowly from the other side of Tianjin Bridge.

"What are you waiting for to gather here?"

When Lu Chu saw the crowd gathered at the bridgehead, Dazhi, the leader, held his head high with a stern expression; on the other hand, his own officials were slightly stooped and rather weak.

He raised his thick eyebrows, and a sense of inexplicable anger rose in his heart: "This is the emperor... the important place of the palace, how can idlers gather? All of them will be scattered by this official!"

"Lord Lu." When Zhao Liyan saw Lu Churu saw his savior, he immediately had a backbone.

He ran over quickly, explained the matter in a few words, and then saw Lu Chu frown even deeper.

After taking a closer look at Dazhi and his party from a long distance, he said loudly: "The two countries have diplomatic relations, so the status is naturally equal to...the same.

If I don't even say hello, I run to the Turkic king's tent to eat...and drink, will the general agree? "

Dazhi looked at Lu Chu with a cold face, and saw that his eyes were firm and did not back down, so he smiled and said, "This matter is urgent, my Khan has his own credentials, but I have to hand them over to your emperor in person.

If adults think they can afford the consequences, just stop me. "

When Lu Chu heard this, his heart moved, and he suddenly thought of Pei Xingyan.

Since Yang Qing came back, there has been no news for a long time.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked: "Is the general's visit related to military affairs?"

"Pei Xingyan is your Luoyang defender, right?"

Lu Chu thought that sure enough, he still replied seriously: "That's right, General Pei is indeed from Luoyang."

"It's good to admit it." Da Zhi said, stepping up to the bridge deck, he stopped in front of Lu Chu before gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "This person killed my people in Mobei and took countless cattle and sheep.

You tell Yang Qing, don't think that Luoyang is far away, and my Turkic cavalry can't step here! "

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Lu Chu's shoulder hard, as if emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.

But when Lu Chu was slapped by him, he felt a rush of heat rushing into his body, and his whole body immediately felt thirsty, as if all the water had been evaporated.

"what are you doing!"

Da Zhiyin smiled and said, "Take me to find Yang Qing quickly, I don't have time to waste with you."

The heat in his body became more and more intense, as if a mass of flowing flames were burning, Lu Chu was dripping with sweat, and his lips were visibly dry and cracked.

But he still kept his spirits up, glared at Dazhi and said: "It's a big deal...you have to follow the rules, please go to Honglu Temple and wait for yourself."

Da Zhi shook his head and said, "I haven't seen Yang Qing, so I'm not going anywhere."

"Then let me wait here!"

Angrily scolded, Lu Chu turned and walked towards Ziwei City.

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Qianyang Hall.

After the meeting was over, Yang Qing wandered around the palace for a while, then flew to the top of the tallest building in the palace.

He stood by the eaves hanging in the air on the east side, then closed his eyes, and used his divine sense to control the spiritual energy within twelve feet around him, constantly looking for ways to imprint his own brand on it.

As early as ten days ago, he had completed the first layer of "Yoga Tantra".

The spiritual sense is stable in the range of ten feet, and there is no further improvement.

So he switched to the second level, and now ten days have passed, and he has gained about two feet.

As the cultivation method progressed, his control over the divine mind became more flexible and free, allowing him to control the formation of spiritual energy faster.

At this moment, he was in the gap between his mind wandering, when he suddenly saw Wei Cheng running far away in his mind, he raised his head on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu Chu has something to ask for an audience."

Hearing Lu Chu's name, Yang Qing couldn't help but think of the fact that he had been giving performances one after another these days, blaming himself for negligence in government affairs.

It was as if the open and honest chat in the cabin had never happened that day, and he still demanded himself by the standard of a qualified emperor.

"Let him in."

With Yang Qing's consent, Wei Cheng ran away in a hurry.

When he came back after a while, he brought two eunuchs to carry Lu Chu to the front of the hall.

Seeing this, Yang Qing jumped down from the eaves, and when he came to Lu Chu, he was almost drenched in sweat, his lips were gray and chapped, as if he had been ill for a long time.

"what happened?"

The person who was still full of energy just after leaving the palace, changed his appearance in a blink of an eye.

He reached out to put his hand on Lu Chu's wrist, and when he breathed out his true energy, he immediately found a scorching air rolling around the meridians in his body, disturbing the vitality.

There was a slight chill in his eyes, Beiming's true energy instantly submerged into Lu Chu's meridian, and the heat flow was pulled out in the blink of an eye.

Then he used Changchun Zhenqi to smooth the disordered qi in his body and replenish his vitality, and Lu Chu's face gradually recovered, and there was no pain in his eyes anymore.

"Lord Lu, who hurt you?"

After Wang Shichong's death, after a few months, Luoyang can now be said to be monolithic.

No matter the court officials or the gangs on the ground, no one would dare to kill and injure the people around him at will.

What's more, Lu Chu is honest and self-loving, and has never had conflicts of interest with others.It is impossible for the court to argue to the point where someone seeks revenge.

In Luoyang, the person he offended the most was himself.

"Emperor... Your Majesty."

Lu Chu let out a long breath, feeling that his body was gone, and he was not in the mood to marvel at the mysteries of Yang Qing's skills.

The eunuch in the palace broke free from his support and said to Yang Qing: "The Turks suddenly sent envoys, and they are already waiting outside the palace gate."

Yang Qing frowned and said, "I'm asking who hurt you."

Lu Chu shook his head and said: "A little injury...it's nothing serious, the minister just tested the people, they are... they came for General Pei Xingyan."

Knowing that he was afraid that the injury on his body would affect his judgment, Yang Qing didn't ask any more questions.

Later, he heard that Pei Xingyan was killing all directions in Mobei, and even forced the Turkic people to come to the door, so he laughed and said: "That kid Pei Xingyan killed people, they have the ability to catch them themselves, what's the use of coming to Luoyang? "

"The emperor's words are wrong." Lu Chu denied, "Now the Turks are powerful, and the chaos in the Central Plains is still uncertain. If they use this as an excuse to go south, burn, kill and plunder, wouldn't those border Han people suffer because of us?"

He spoke quickly and hurriedly, without any stuttering in his haste.

Although Yang Qing didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, he couldn't say it out loud.

The Turks and Luoyang are separated by mountains and rivers, beyond reach, and there is the Li faction in the middle as a buffer.

As for whether the Turks would use Pei Xingyan as an excuse to go south, this is simply nonsense.

The northern nomads have never stopped going south to burn and kill. It doesn't matter whether there is an excuse for such things as robbery.

The other party probably had nothing to do with Pei Xingyan, so they sent someone here to exert pressure.

It's just that Pei Xingyan's lone army made such a commotion on the grassland that people came to him.

"Come on, go out and meet them."

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Lu Chu stretched out his hand and said, "How can the emperor greet you in person? Since... since we are not in a hurry, why not let... let them come to see us tomorrow morning."

"No." Yang Qing shook his head and said, "Absolutely don't let them enter the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked out of the palace first, and Lu Chu strode behind him, but he couldn't understand Yang Qing's intention.

All the way out of the palace, Yang Qing glanced at Lang Feng who was waiting in front of the door.

"Lord Lu was injured just now, didn't you see it?"

"Uh..." Lang Feng clasped his fists in a daze and said, "It is true that the last general was not there just now, he hurried over when he heard that the emperor was leaving the palace."

"Emperor... Your Majesty." Lu Chu persuaded: "This is a trivial matter, General Lang Feng was indeed not present just now, and he was on the other side of the bridge, and no guards in front of the palace saw him."

"Bring someone with me."

Calling Lang Feng to lead people to follow, Yang Qing continued on.

When you step onto the Tianjin Bridge, you can see Dazhi standing on the other side of the bridge with people standing at the bridge.

With a sweep of his spiritual thoughts, he immediately remembered that he had noticed this person's aura in Chang'an Jufulou.

While walking, he asked Lu Chu behind him, "Who is this person?"

"Back to the emperor." Lu Chu responded, "This person is Jieli's confidant, Dazhi. It is rumored that he loves to play with Han women the most. He also stirred up wind and rain in Luoyang before, but I hate Wang Shichong for turning a blind eye."

Hearing the name, Yang Qing was stunned.

Dazhi is a rare master among the younger generation of Eastern Turks, and he is good at using knives.

It is said that the mad sand knife technique can be turned into a storm when it is used, and people will be sucked into the wind and sand of the desert.

Yang Qing seemed to be strolling in the courtyard, but in fact he got up quickly as soon as he stepped on the bridge.

When he stood opposite Dazhi, Lu Chu and Lang Fengshang chased after more than ten feet behind with their guards.

"You are Dazhi?"

When the group first left Miyagi, Dazhi had noticed it, but when Yang Qing walked onto the bridge, he felt that his vision seemed to be interrupted one after another.

After blinking twice, Yang Qing suddenly stood in front of her.

As early as a month ago in Chang'an, he was invited by Li Jiancheng to test Yang Qing, but Li Jing stopped him after the death of one of his subordinates.

Later, when Li Shimin was assassinated at the head of the Yuema Bridge, he also watched from afar, so he was no stranger to Yang Qing.

"The Turkic envoy Dazhi has met His Majesty the Emperor of Luoyang."

Even though he didn't think much of the status of Emperor Luoyang, and the purpose of his trip to Luoyang was to incriminate him, he still bowed and saluted patiently.

After all, this is the diplomatic relationship between the two countries, which is different from the meeting between rivers and lakes.

And more importantly, when Yang Qing stood still in front of him and met the eyes of the other party who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Da Zhi's heart trembled slightly for no reason.

It felt like encountering a pack of wolves on the grassland when I was young, and I couldn't control it at all.

"I saw you in Chang'an." Yang Qing nodded and said, "You must have seen me too."

Da Zhi said solemnly: "This trip to Luoyang today is for state affairs, but it is not good to talk about personal relationship with you, the emperor."

"Well said." Yang Qing asked calmly: "Since it's for state affairs, why did you hurt my servant as soon as you came?"

"I didn't intend to hurt people." Da Zhiqiang resisted the urge to avoid Yang Qing's gaze, and retorted forcefully: "It's really that Mr. Lu is too pedantic, so he had to make such a bad plan."

"It's not that he's pedantic, it's that you Turks don't take us Han people seriously."

Yang Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly turned cold: "If Wang Shichong is still in charge in Luoyang, you may even kick the palace gate open."

Although it was the twelfth lunar month at this time, as far as Yu Dazhi was concerned, the ordinary cold and heat could no longer affect him.

However, after Yang Qing finished speaking, he suddenly felt the air around him was very cold.

In just a split second, the true energy in the body felt sluggish, as if it was about to freeze.

Although he has deep scruples about Yang Qing, his self-confidence as a master and the hostility that has been rampant for many years are also bursting out at this moment.

Suddenly took a step back, Da Dazhi held the handle of the knife on his waist with one hand, and looked at Yang Qing with sharp eyes like a knife: "I am here for state affairs, although your martial arts are high, if you want to use this to suppress others, I'm afraid Wrong calculation!"

Yang Qing glanced at his hand holding the knife, then looked at Lang Feng and said solemnly: "He wants to assassinate me, don't you see? Take them all for me!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone around was stunned.

The astonished eyes of each other randomly met in the air, and finally fell on Yang Qing again.

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(End of this chapter)