People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 734 This is a trap

At the bottom of the Wei River, under the awning boat.

A huge translucent bubble gently stuck to the bottom of the boat, moving forward with the boat silently.

In the blisters, a black figure stood calmly.

Although the voice above was low, it came out very clearly: "Who are you?"

The black figure raised his head, his gaze seemed to penetrate the bottom of the boat and directly see the appearance of the people inside.

In an instant, his appearance was also revealed under the water.

The body and arms are slender, the face is like a crown of jade, the eyes are like bright stars, the nose is like hanging gallbladder, the lips are light and thin, and the eyes flash with a hint of coldness.

Li Xuan.

Wearing black rattan armor and a long knife hanging from her waist, Li Xuan stood in the underwater bubbles and in the entire Weishui River.

Overhead, in the awning boat, no one noticed Li Xuan's presence, but the tense atmosphere was pushed to the extreme in an instant.

……

The sharp blade was lifted upward, as if it was about to scrape off the mask on Jia Hui's face.

"I advise you not to move. If you do, then you will never be able to get what you want to get today." Jia Hui raised his head with cold eyes, staring at the face of the person standing behind him. face.

It was a completely Tang Dynasty face, wearing a gray robe and a black hat. He was tall and ordinary, with a thin face. His eyes shone with vigilance and shrewdness. The knife across Jia Hui's neck was terrifyingly steady.

Hearing what Jia Hui said, the man thought for a moment, then he put away the knife, took half a step back, looked at Jia Hui warily and asked, "Where are the things?"

The blade moved away, Jia Hui's brows were still furrowed, he looked at the other person deeply, and then took half a step back.

Jia Hui took out a short sword from his waist and threw it directly on the low table in the middle of the cabin. Then he sat down and stretched out his hand: "Please sit down!"

The visitor was a little unhappy, but he still sat down with Jia Hui.

"I never thought that the Tubo emissary turned out to be a Tang person?" Jia Hui looked at the Tubo emissary opposite who looked like a Han Chinese, and couldn't believe it in his heart: "I have long heard that the Prime Minister of Tubo said that Qinling employs people in an eclectic way, but even the Tang Dynasty sent to Tubo The descendants of craftsmen all use it to make rooms. This method is really impressive."

"Your Excellency is wrong. I am not a descendant of the craftsmen who followed Princess Wencheng to Tubo. I have met officials." Qinyan held his hands in front of Jia Hui, but his expression suddenly turned cold.

Jia Hui raised his eyebrows. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Tianshui accent, Qinyan, you are not a member of Lun Qinling... Tianshui accent, you are Zhao Deyan, no, you are Zhao Deyan Descendants...you are his grandson."

"This is boring, Jia Langzhong." Qin Yan lowered his head slightly, his eyes flickering. In one sentence, he directly revealed Jia Hui's true identity.

Jia Hui suddenly looked horrified: "How did you..."

"Today in Wugong County, most of them are locals from Wugong, as well as businessmen traveling from various places. Apart from this, the only exceptions are the imperial envoys from Chang'an, Jia Hui, a doctor in the household department, Di Renjie, the chief minister of Dali Temple, and Wailang, a member of the military department. Coming to Sui, there is also the imperial censor and Prince Xima Lu Yuanfang."

Qin Yan raised his head and looked at Jia Hui, and said disdainfully: "Di Renjie was a great detective, Laisui is the nephew of his servant Lai Heng, and Lu Yuanfang was born in the Lu family of Wuzhong. From his motives and qualifications, only those who have the opportunity to appear here now are You, Jia Hui, Jia Langzhong."

Jia Hui naturally didn't want his true identity to be exposed, but looking at Qin Yan, he smiled softly and said with a relaxed expression: "What Mr. Qin said is just his own guess without any solid evidence. Even if he gets it in the future, No one in the court believed what the descendants of the Zhao family said."

Descendants of the Zhao family, descendants of Zhao Deyan.

Zhao Deyan, born in the Zhao family of Tianshui, was a local official in the Sui Dynasty. After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, he defected to the Tang Dynasty and became the local governor of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Deyan himself was somewhat talented and learned, and he served as governor for two consecutive terms, but later he defected to Prince Li Jiancheng.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Jiancheng was killed, and Zhao Deyan was transferred to the post of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple and was given the order to send an envoy to the Turks. In the end, he was detained by the Turks and he defected to the Turks for a long time.

After defecting to the Turks, Zhao Deyan actually used his knowledge to persuade Jieli Khan to imitate the Tang Dynasty and centralize power.

Jieli Khan was immediately filled with joy, and then supported Zhao Deyan to start reforms within the Turks.

The old customs were changed, the government orders were cumbersome, the Hus were believed in and the Turks were sparse, the internal situation was repeated, and it coincided with heavy snowfall, many livestock died, and there was famine for years, and the people were frozen and exhausted.

In just three years, the arrogant Eastern Turks began to fall apart internally, and various tribal alliances sought refuge in the Tang Dynasty.

With Zhao Deyan's wholehearted assistance, the strength of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty waxed and waned. In the end, Li Jing defeated the Eastern Turks in a single battle.

Zhao Deyan also died in this battle, making future generations laugh.

However, Zhao Deyan's wife and children escaped from the Turks during this chaos, and there has been no news since then.

Who would have thought that many years later, Zhao Deyan's descendants would be accepted by Tubo Prime Minister Lun Qinling and become Tubo secret envoys. They would sneak back to the Tang Dynasty and even try to get the hands of Jia Hui that he was supposed to hand over. A secret message to the Tibetans.

Jia Hui felt quite emotional that the person he met turned out to be the descendant of Zhao Deyan, the most unlucky man in Zhenguan back then.

The reason why Zhao Deyan took refuge in Tubo was actually the envoy policy implemented by Emperor Taizong.

Zhao Deyan was of average ability and could serve as governor, mainly because in the early years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many talents, and Zhao Deyan was born in the Tianshui Zhao family. Although he later joined the camp of Prince Li Jiancheng, he continued to work.After the Xuanwumen Incident, Emperor Taizong saw through his true nature and sent him as an envoy to the Eastern Turks. He secretly kept letting people out in the envoy to deal with him when he came back. He also asked Tang Jian, who was accompanying the envoy, to sue the Eastern Turks. The various benefits of the Turks finally prompted Zhao Deyan to stay in the East Turks.

There are even rumors that it was Tang Jian who taught Zhao Deyan the strategy of centralizing power in East Turkestan.

After Zhao Deyan defected to the East Turks, Emperor Taizong even sent all his wife and children to the East Turks, making him feel more at ease and worry-free.

These things were absolute secrets at the time, but after the demise of the Eastern Turks, no one knew who spread them out while drunk, and finally became known to everyone.

It was quite unbecoming of an emperor to exercise his own policies. However, except for the former Prime Minister Wei Zheng, almost no one spoke for Zhao Deyan. They all said that he brought the blame on himself, did not underestimate his capabilities, and deserved it.

Now that Zhao Deyan's descendants have arrived in Tubo, no one in the court will believe anything he says in the Tang Dynasty.

People even wanted him to work for Lun Qinling, and then help Lun Qinling centralize power in Tubo, and finally follow the example of the Eastern Turks, make the gods angry and people resentful, and exterminate themselves.

……

"Okay, it's meaningless to say these things, what about things?" Qin Yan restrained his thoughts in a blink of an eye and concentrated on business.

Jia Hui's expression also became solemn, he gently pushed the dagger on the table forward, and then looked at Qin Yan: "Where are the things you brought?"

Qin Yan's brows instantly wrinkled and he said rudely: "We have already paid you [-] yuan before, but in the end we failed. How can you have the nerve to ask us for money again?"

Jia Hui looked at Qin Yan calmly, and said coldly: "First, the person who traded for you last time was from the Vientiane Pavilion. You gave the money to Vientiane Pavilion. If something goes wrong, you should go to Wanxiang Pavilion; secondly, we didn’t get the money here, and we didn’t get anything, so why should we hand over things; thirdly, Tubo is strong, and a certain family doesn’t believe that Lunqinling only gave you [-] yuan. Well, he's not that stingy..."

Qinyan sneered, then took out a small black bag from the belt around his waist and threw it directly on the table with a crisp sound.

"The things are here. How are the two people who traded last time?" Qinyan asked seemingly casually, but his hand was on the short knife again.

"Don't be nervous, I'm surrounded by my people." Jia Hui picked up the black pouch, opened it slightly and looked at it. There was a bright piece of multi-colored diamonds inside.

Qin Yan said calmly: "These are donated by Tianzhu Kingdom to my king. As for how to use them, I don't need to teach you."

"No need, just get a fake mission and present it to the emperor. The reward the emperor will reply will be worth more than this." Jia Hui looked up at Qin Yan and said, "A certain family can even pay half of it and leave it to the emperor." The emperor has half of it, and the rest can be easily dealt with."

"Good means." Qin Yan sincerely praised Jia Hui, then picked up the dagger on the table and unscrewed the hilt without hesitation.

A note fell out.

At this time, Jia Hui continued to speak: "The two people who traded last time, our people are dead, and the people from Wanxiang Pavilion have been arrested. The court will soon be able to find out where the main altar of Wanxiang Pavilion is, which is not too far from Tubo." , you should know how to do it.”

Qinyan ignored Jia Hui, just looked at the few words on the note, and read with great surprise: "On March 23, the commander of the Central Route Army, King Li Xian of England, arrived in Lintao."

This sentence was repeated over and over on the entire note.

Qin Yan's face turned ugly for a while, and he looked at Jia Hui and asked, "That's just it. I thought you would just give me the information about all the grain depots on the Tang Army's front lines to me from the Ministry of Revenue..."

Jia Hui suddenly raised his head and looked at Qin Yan coldly: "How do I know that? The only thing I can bring out is this piece of information I don't know where I got it from and I don't know whether it is true or false."

"But you are a doctor from Tobe!"

"Who said I was a doctor in the household department?" Jia Hui looked at Qin Yan and sneered: "From the beginning, you were talking to yourself."

"So you don't want to admit it." Qin Yan had already tightly grasped the handle of the knife with one hand, wanting to chop it down with the knife.

Jia Hui looked at his appearance and sneered: "No wonder you can't be reused in Tubo. You can only go back to the Tang Dynasty to show your existence. If you are smart enough, you should understand that this news is to be exchanged for three cities." , it’s not bad at all.”

Capturing the British King Li Xian and forcing the emperor to make concessions to make Tubo stronger was the real shortcut. However, Qinyan seemed to be unable to understand and said directly: "But I still want the Ministry of Revenue to obtain all the grain depots on the front line of the Tang Army." Virtual reality.”

"I can write it to you silently now, but firstly, I don't have time, and secondly, you have to pay more, ten times more money." Jia Hui said directly, blocking all Qin Yan's words.

"Ten times the money, you're dreaming." Qinyan grabbed the money bag in his hand.

Jia Hui looked at him indifferently and said: "If you don't give it, then I will go back and report tomorrow that the secret of the King of England's journey to Lintao has been leaked."

Qin Yan's face suddenly darkened. He nodded with a sneer and said, "You are awesome. I hope we can meet again next time."

"There shouldn't be a next time." Jia Hui nodded to Qinyan. Qinyan stood up and walked away, while Jia Hui still sat there.

……

Under the awning boat, Li Xuan stood in the air bubbles, his face livid.

The brocade bag in his hand was opened, and there was a sentence written inside: "The Queen of Heaven gave an oral order to let the Tibetan envoys leave... On March 23, the commander of the Central Route Army, King Li Xian of England, arrived in Lintao."

……

This is a trap, a trap that involves hundreds of thousands of Tibetan soldiers.

(End of this chapter)