Man Tanghong

Chapter 509 The incident happened quickly!
The reason why people these days like to get together and hurry is to protect their own safety.

Because traveling these days is far less convenient and safe than later generations.

Not only do you have to face all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts on the road, you also have to face all kinds of bandits and bandits, as well as people from various temples, villages, and post stations along the way.

If someone finds out that you are traveling alone, you will almost certainly die.

Anyone you meet along the way has the potential to be fatal.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Because since ancient times, there has always been a saying that a poor family is rich, so when people go out, they will bring some money more or less, and this money is the source of life.

Therefore, these days, on the road leading to such an important pass as Xiaoguan, it is not uncommon to have one or two caravans, but it is not uncommon for one or two people to travel alone.

"You did a good job. Inform our people, take your things and go back the same way."

Li Yuanji nodded, gave some instructions, and got on the horse first.

Ma Sanbao immediately called the others to bring their things, got on the horse together, and began to return the same way.

When the Turkic envoys visited Chang'an this time, they sent a lot of tributes and got a lot of rewards, so the spoils of Ma Sanbao and others were quite rich, but they all bore the imprint of the Tang Dynasty rewarding the vassals, so it was not easy to sell.

But this is not difficult for Ma Sanbao and others who have Li Xiuning's backing behind them.

So after Li Yuanji let Ma Sanbao and others watch and divide up the spoils, he didn't ask any more questions.

In comparison, the return journey was much slower, because it took a full five days to return to Wulingyuan because it carried a lot of trophies and the bones of the brothers who died in battle.

After Liu Che's Maoling parted ways, Li Yuanji appeared in Yuwen's Zhuangzi at the foot of Jiulongtan Mountain.

Just like when he first came, Zhuangzi's steward took the horse away after seeing the bronze medal, and didn't care about anything, didn't ask any questions, just like a deaf and blind man.

After returning to Jiudao Palace along the path in the mountain, Li Yuanji saw Ling Jing talking to Yang Miaoyan like begging his grandpa to sue his grandma.

"Your Highness, please do me a favor, let me report to the servants, something really happened, a big deal."

Ling Jing bent over, stood in front of Yang Miaoyan, and said pleadingly.

Yang Miaoyan brought two maidservants, and stood guard in front of the study door. With a wry smile, she said, "It's not that I don't want to help you with the report, but that Alang has confessed that he will devote himself to studying the secret technique in the next few days, and no one will be seen."

Ling Jing said anxiously: "I really have something important to report, and I'm afraid something serious will happen after it's over."

Yang Miaoyan hesitated for a moment, and said awkwardly: "Then, I'll report it for you. As for seeing or not, it's not up to me."

Ling Jing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Just tell Your Highness that a great event has happened in Chang'an City, which is related to the peace between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Your Highness will definitely meet with you."

Yang Miaoyan nodded her head, explained to the two maidservants beside her, and then walked to the door of the study, and opened the lock with a copper key. As soon as she entered, she saw Li Yuanji in a dusty suit. The servant's breath came in from the window at the back of the study.

Yang Miaoyan was taken aback for a moment, then happily said: "You're back?"

Li Yuanji jumped out of the window and let out an 'hmm' while packing up his armor.

"You can be regarded as coming back. If you don't come back, the group of people under your hand will force their way into this place."

Yang Miaoyan leaned forward, helping to tidy up the armor, while complaining.

When Li Yuanji had finished packing up the armor, he handed over the finishing work to Yang Miaoyan, and while putting on his uniform, he said, "What happened?"

Yang Miaoyan shook her head and said: "I don't know, anyway, at the evening of the day before yesterday, my father sent someone to ring the bronze bell to summon the officials, and discussed with them in the palace for an afternoon.

That night, all the people under your command gathered in Jiudao Palace, saying they wanted to see you, I asked them what happened, but they refused to tell me, they just said they wanted to see you.

I persuaded them to go away with all kinds of talk, but yesterday morning, they came again.

Today is the third time, and judging by their appearance, they are getting more and more anxious. "

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that Li Yuan already knew about his robbing and killing of the Turkic envoys, and so did all the officials.

Thinking about it, the place where he robbed and killed the Turkic envoys was not far from Xiaoguan, and there were two caravans passing by during the period, so someone would definitely report the relevant news to Xiaoguan's guard.

After being inspected by Xiao Guan, he reported to Chang'an.

In this kind of matter, Xiao Guan's guard must use fast horses, and it is reasonable to be faster than him, Ma Sanbao and others.

"So what happened in Chang'an City?"

After Li Yuanji put on his regular clothes, he stared at Yang Miaoyan and asked questions.

Yang Miaoyan leaned forward, and while helping Li Yuanji tidy up his clothes, he said in a rambling manner: "I don't know that, you know it too, and I don't like to pay attention to these things."

Yang Miaoyan was obviously pretending to be confused while pretending to understand.

Li Yuanji couldn't believe that Yang Miaoyan couldn't guess that what happened in Chang'an City was related to him after seeing his dusty appearance and the horizontal knife with a few gaps.

It's just that Yang Miaoyan made it clear that he wanted to pretend to be confused, so he didn't have to point it out.

"Since you don't know, then call Ling Jing in and ask."

Li Yuanji said with a smile.

Yang Miaoyan finished tidying up her clothes, rolled her eyes at Li Yuanji and said, "I think, you'd better light the incense first, to fumigate the smell of sweat on your body before talking about it."

Li Yuanji lowered his head and sniffed. There was indeed a smell of sweat on his body, the smell was very weak, and it was almost invisible due to the scent of incense on the clothes, but since Yang Miaoyan reminded him, he had better smoke it.

Immediately, Li Yuanji put some incense foam into the incense burner in one piece, and then lit the incense with Yang Miaoyan's expression of 'you are raking in things'.

Soon, the smell of incense permeated the entire room.

The smell is very light, with a faint woody fragrance, not pungent, but also very pleasant.

Yang Miaoyan sniffed carefully with her nose up, and after confirming that there was no smell of sweat, she nodded in satisfaction and left the study.

Not long after, Ling Jing came in.

As soon as they met, Ling Jing quickly saluted, and then hurriedly shouted: "Your Highness, something serious happened. The Turkic envoy was robbed and killed. There are 350 people in the group, and none of them survived."

Li Yuanji was pretending to be holding a book with wonderful illustrations on one side. After hearing Ling Jing's words, he slowly raised his head and looked at Ling Jing in astonishment.

Ling Jing said quickly again: "Now the government and the public are speculating who did it, and the sage has sent people from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Honglu Temple to Xiaoguan to investigate.

This is not the key point. The key point is that the Turkic envoys were robbed and killed in our Tang territory, and no one survived. If this matter spread to the Turks, the Turkic Xieli Khan would definitely seek justice for them. "

Li Yuanji put down the book, frowning into a ball.

Ling Jing continued: "It is foreseeable that the Turkic people will attack in large numbers soon, and now the government and the opposition are discussing how to deal with this matter.

The ministers have no idea, so I want to ask His Highness to make a decision. "

Li Yuanji frowned and said, "Tell me what you think first."

Ling Jing cupped his hands and said: "I feel that whenever the Turkic people come to fight, the Tang Dynasty will definitely fight. It's just that I don't know who should fight and who should take the lead."

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Li Xiuning, Li Shenfu, Li Shiji, or someone else.

At the critical moment when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin took the throne, who will fight the Turks and who will lead the war against the Turks is very important.

Let Li Shimin go, the chances of winning are undoubtedly the greatest, and the price is undoubtedly the greatest.

So even if Li Yuan agreed, Li Jiancheng would not agree.

Let Li Jiancheng go, it is easy for Li Shimin to steal the house, so Li Jiancheng will not go no matter what.

The remaining Li Xiaogong, Li Shenfu and others may not be able to stop the large-scale invasion of the Turks.

Li Xiuning is a daughter's family, and has repeatedly contradicted Li Yuan. Even if Li Xiuning has the ability to stop the Turks, it is impossible for Li Yuan to hand over a large number of soldiers to her.

As for Li Shiji, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Chai Shao and others, they were all outsiders and did not conform to Li Yuan's usual style of nepotism, so even if they were capable of blocking the Turkic people, Li Yuan would not let them be alone.

So who should go, who should be recommended in the court, is very important.

If you choose the wrong one, you may be forced to stand in line.

If you choose the right one, Li Yuan may not be able to use it.

The most important thing is that the people of Qi Wangfu can only have one attitude in court, and that is the attitude of Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

If Li Yuanji doesn't express his opinion, the people in the house can't express his opinion blindly, otherwise he will not take Li Yuanji seriously, which is deviating from morality.

No matter who is in charge of this kind of person, there will be no good fruit to eat.

So Ling Jing and the others had to ask Li Yuanji to give an attitude when Li Yuan urgently needed their attitude.

"Then who do you think is suitable to lead this battle?"

Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked again.

Ling Jing hesitated and said: "I think... Your Highness is the most suitable!"

Undoubtedly, when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin did not come out, and other people could not afford to lead the way, or could not reassure Li Yuan, only Li Yuanji could take on this important task.

Leaving aside whether Li Yuanji can afford a large number, Li Yuan can only be assured that no one can compare to Li Yuanji except Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

As long as Li Yuanji took the initiative to invite Ying, Li Yuan would not hesitate to hand over the battle against the Turks to him, and transfer all the generals who were good at fighting in the Tang Dynasty to his account.

In the past, Li Yuan had no choice, and he didn't know who was capable among the generals under his command, so he could only send a son-in-law and a not very accomplished Yu Wenxin to assist his son.

Now that Li Yuan has a choice, and he also knows that the general under his command is capable, he can equip his son with an invincible and invincible auxiliary team.

For example, Qu Tutong, Li Shiji, Li Jing, Huang Junhan, Su Dingfang, etc., if the son needs that, he can equip his son with that. If it is not enough, he can send it to his son together, and he can do it.

This is the arrogance of Emperor Wude who has completed the great unification. He has the qualifications and the ability to equip his son with the most luxurious auxiliary lineup in history.

(End of this chapter)