First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 13

As night fell, Liu Hongji returned to the camp with four Turks.

After Gao Chong looked at them one by one, he had to say that Liu Hongji still had a good eye in choosing candidates. These four people at least looked a little decent, not the kind of crooked melons. It must be tall and mighty, but at least it is not the kind of evil-eyed, emaciated image.

"Second son, these four people are all Turkic people who have been around Loufan County all year round. They have been bodyguards and thieves. They belong to the kind who want money but not life," Liu Hongji whispered to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded slightly, looked at the four people under the tent, "Four, do you know the mission of this trip?"

"I know", the leader is tall and strong, with a mighty face, and he is not a good character at first glance, "I just pretend to be the Khan's emissary, scare those idiots into opening the city, and let you enter the city." .

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, "This is a matter of losing your head, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid? As long as you make money, my brothers earn money from hard work." The leader smiled, quite disdainful, "Besides, as long as you enter the city, the four of us will have our own way to escape. When the time comes, the vast Grassland, Khan can still find us."

"Not only let us enter the city, but also let us see Shibi," Gao Chong interrupted and reminded emphatically.

The man was startled when he heard that, then he stood up and pointed at Liu Hongji and yelled: "How can I let you see Shibi Khan, this Liu didn't say it before."

Gao Chong waved his hand, "Don't get excited, when you pretend to be messengers, someone will lead us to meet Shibi. As soon as we get outside Shibi's house, you will find an opportunity to escape, how about it?"

"No, I just said that we were to pretend to be envoys and take you into the city, but I didn't say to see Khan," the leader raised his thick eyebrows and shouted.

Seeing this, Li Shimin slapped the desk and "add money".

"This..." Hearing the word "add money", the leader hesitated, Gao Chong winked at this, Jiang Song understood, took off his waist knife and slapped it on the desk.

"I heard things I shouldn't have heard. If I come and leave without doing anything, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Gao Chong calmly poured himself a cup of tea and said with a light smile.

The person at the head gritted his teeth and said immediately: "Add [-]%".

"I'll add [-]% to you. If things go wrong, I have a way to keep you from leaving Jingle City," Li Shimin sternly shouted.

The four of them looked at each other with greed in their eyes, "Done".

At dawn the next day, the four Turkic people who had been trained urgently for most of the night were dressed neatly, and they were no different from real Turkic envoys.

Before arriving at Jingle City, the Turkic people who stayed at the head finished a series of Turkic and Chinese words. The people on the city wall were stunned and hurriedly informed the generals who guarded the city. Coincidentally, the one who guarded the city was Huang Ziying. There was actually a Turkic envoy leading them, and the Turkic envoys under the city were furious because they were rejected by the door. How dare Huang Ziying refuse to leave the city. Before thinking too much, she ordered the opening of the city.

"Captain Huang, we meet again," Li Shimin said with a smile.

"May I ask where the envoy came from?" Huang Ziying glanced at Li Shimin, ignored him, and ran to the Turkic man with her head bowed and asked.

"Hmph, I was sent to Jinyang by the order of the Khan, and now I am returning to my mission. This is a guest from Jinyang..." said the leader of the Turkic man, and suddenly stared, "Are you interrogating me? "

"Don't dare, everyone, please come in," Huang Ziying hurriedly stepped aside, staring at Li Shimin and the others with an unfriendly expression, until all the convoys entered the city.

The leading Turkic captured a sergeant at random and said, "Take me to Khan quickly."

The sergeant also knew that the current Turkic was the uncle, so he dared not follow, he hurriedly led the way and went straight to Shibi Khan's residence.

When Gao Chong saw this scene behind him, he felt a little familiar, after all, there were dog legs in any era.

Li Shimin saw the patrolling sergeants on the street, and not many people came in and out. He knew that Jingle City had been managed by Liu Wuzhou into a military fortress, and there was no need to delay. He immediately urged: "Messenger, we hope to see Khan as soon as possible." , present a gift to show your heart."

The leading Turkic man frowned when he heard this, and angrily said: "Hurry up", the person who led the way hurriedly quickened his pace.

At the city gate, Huang Ziying looked at the convoy going away, frowned, rubbed his chin and muttered, he always felt that something was wrong.

At this time, a school lieutenant came over with a confused look on his face, "Captain, when did Shibi Khan send envoys to Jinyang? Didn't we receive an order from our superiors to cut off the connection between Turks and Jinyang? Could it be that these four people flew over?"

Huang Ziying was shocked when he heard this, and slapped his head, "I'll tell you something's wrong. If there is a Turkic envoy, why didn't they invite them out yesterday? How dare they pretend to be envoys and chase after me."

"My lord, the Khan is in the front house," said the guide, pointing to the largest mansion at the end of the street.

I saw a large Turkic wolf-headed banner flying in the courtyard, and the leading Turkic man pointed to the golden roof exposed in the courtyard wall and said, "That is the Khan's king's tent." After finishing speaking, he looked around and told the person who led the way: : "You can go, I will report myself."

After the man had left, the four Turkic people felt relieved, "Mr. Li, the matter has been done, let me leave." After saying that, they quickly ran into the alley beside them, took off their messenger clothes while running, and disappeared soon At the end of the lane, this speed looks professional.

At this time, the inspectors in front also came up to check, and Li Shimin rushed to his horse and shouted loudly: "Tang Minister Tang Taiyuan, please see Shibi Khan."

After the words fell, Liu Wuzhou who got the news and Huang Ziying who came to his senses rushed over with a large group of people and surrounded Li Shimin and others.

At the same time, Li Shimin and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the guards outside Shibi's house went in to report.

"How dare you send someone to pretend to be the Khan's envoy." Huang Ziying was deceived and furious. Liu Wuzhou sat on the back of the horse with a gloomy face. Seeing Huang Ziying's fury, he couldn't help scolding: "Shut up, it's more than failure ".

"Dare to ask, but Liu Wuzhou is in front of you?" Li Shimin asked calmly as he galloped out.

"Bold, how dare you call Khan by his first name," the general under Liu Wuzhou pointed at Li Shimin and scolded angrily. After all, calling him by his first name in person is extremely disrespectful.

"Rebellious officials and thieves, why can't you shout?" Li Shimin snorted coldly. Now Liu Wuzhou killed officials and rebelled, while Li Jiaming was still a courtier of the Sui Dynasty. Even in the future, both sides will rule the roost in the Three Jins, and they are destined to be enemies.

"It's quite courageous." Liu Wuzhou was not angry when he heard the words, but laughed loudly, "I am Liu Wuzhou, and you are Li Yuan's son? You are so young and so rampant, aren't you afraid of death?"

(End of this chapter)