Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Luoyang, the main hall of Daming Palace.

"Your Majesty, Fengge Luantai received a report from Yao Xiang a few days ago. The shameless Tubo people actually led troops to attack the peace mission."

"As a result, His Royal Highness King Yan and Princess Jincheng are in danger. I hope Your Majesty will make a decisive decision immediately!"

As soon as Song Jing said these words, he immediately caused an uproar in the hall.

"What, the Tubo boy dared to kill the marriage envoys, it is simply unreasonable!"

"Hmph, I really can't believe this bunch of aliens. I think this alliance is nothing more than a delaying tactic."

Seeing the righteous indignation in the hall, Li Longji sneered in his heart and frowned on the surface.

"Prime Minister Song, is this news reliable?"

"Reply to Your Majesty, this letter is stamped with Prime Minister Yao's personal official seal. It is absolutely reliable!" Song Jing showed a trace of sadness on his face.

"It's just that three months have passed since this happened. I would like to see Prince Yan and the Princess..."

He didn't say anything else, but the ministers still understood.

More than four thousand guards were besieged by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Even if Fan Xin had ten arms, he might not be able to survive.

The atmosphere in the hall fell into solemnity for a while.

Although Li Longji was secretly happy for getting rid of Fan Xin, he did not dare to show it on his face.

After all, Fan Xin was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and his death was a great loss to the Tang Dynasty.

a long time.

Li Longji suppressed the joy in his heart, looked up to the sky and sighed, stood up and looked at the ministers.

"My dear friends, Fan Xin is our most outstanding minister in the Tang Dynasty. He has made immortal achievements in just a few years."

"Now that I am dead at the hands of the Tibetans, what do you think I should do?"

"Anyone who offends our Tang Dynasty will be killed!" the officials shouted angrily.

"it is good!"

Li Longji flicked his sleeves and robe and said to the ministers.

"We have never suffered such losses since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Today I will make the Tubo people pay with their blood!"

"Someone is coming, I will..."

"Report! The envoy of Tubo is urgently seeking to see you!" A figure ran from outside the hall, looking very anxious.

Li Longji frowned and looked at the person coming. The guard was sweating profusely from running too fast.

"What is so urgent?"

"Your Majesty, the envoy from the Tubo Kingdom is raising a white silk ribbon outside the palace to ask for an audience!"

"What! You came here holding Bai Ling?"

This surprise was no small matter, and all the officials' expressions changed.

According to etiquette, a country's envoy holding a white silk can only explain one problem.

That's when important people in the country die.

Li Longji obviously realized this and ordered his chamberlain to summon the Tibetan envoy.

After a while, the Tibetan envoy came to the main hall under the gaze of all the ministers and bowed his hands perfunctorily.

"See His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Before Li Longji said anything, the ministers immediately quit.

Several veterans immediately jumped out and scolded.

"The bold Tibetan envoy dared to be so perfunctory when he saw me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Perfunctory?" The Tibetan envoy sneered, not looking at them seriously at all, but looking directly at Li Longji on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother of our country has done everything in her power to make a peace and alliance with your country for the sake of peace between the two countries."

"But you took our city without authorization and massacred 20,000 soldiers."

"Let me ask you, compared to your Tang Dynasty's treachery, what is so wrong about this envoy's disrespect?"

As soon as these words came out, the angry sound in the Daming Palace stopped abruptly.

Everyone looked at the Tibetan envoy blankly, thinking that they had heard wrongly.

Li Longji's eyelids twitched and his face darkened.

"I don't care about being rude, but I will never accept your slander."

"It was clearly you, the Tubo people, who betrayed your trust and killed the marriage delegation, but you turned the blame on us."

"Do you really think that Datang is easy to deceive?"

It was okay not to mention it, but the Tibetan envoy became even more angry when he mentioned it. He suppressed his anger and took out the Queen Mother's letter and Gai Lixu's bone string from his arms.

"Your Majesty, the evidence on this matter is conclusive and you cannot deny it!"

"When our people arrived at Baiquan City, a Jiedushi named Guo Zhiyun was stationed in the city with an army of 60,000."

"The ground is full of Tibetan corpses. If it wasn't him, who else could have done it."

As if to confirm his words, several loud sounds of victory suddenly came from outside the hall.

Immediately afterwards, several urgent envoys with command flags on their backs broke into the hall and said with excitement on their faces.
"Your Majesty, I am reporting a great victory in Baiquan. Envoy Guo Jiedu personally led an army of 60,000 to conquer the important town of Tibet and killed 20,000 bandit enemies!"

Normally, when he heard such good news, Li Longji would have laughed three times and celebrated this hard-won victory with the ministers.

But now is a critical period when fighting foreign forces must first pacify the domestic situation. He needs to rely on alliances to stabilize the other party and buy some time.

Now that the Tibetan envoys are present, what should we do?

Just when Li Longji was in a dilemma, the envoy who was kneeling on His Highness couldn't wait any longer.

It turns out that a great victory on the front line is a great joy, so why do the emperor and ministers look so weird?
So, he repeated what he just said.

"Your Majesty achieved a great victory on the front line. Guo Jiedu used his formation to kill 20,000 Tibetan enemy bandits..."

"Get out of here!"

"Yes!"

Several urgent envoys shrank their necks in fright and ran out of the hall.

At the same time, I was a little confused, what happened to Your Majesty? Shouldn't you be happy after winning the battle?
When the urgent envoy left the main hall, the Tubo envoy looked at the Tang Dynasty monarchs and sneered.

"Your Majesty, you may not know that after you Tang people killed our soldiers, you shamelessly went to Luoxie City to demand compensation."

"The Queen Mother of our country gave more than 10,000 cattle, sheep and horses, and more than 50,000 copper coins in the spirit of peace between the two countries. How to calculate this account?"

hiss!
Li Longji took a breath and felt his teeth hurt.

This Guo Zhiyun was so shameless, he just asked him to get rid of Fan Xin with the help of the Tubo people.

Unexpectedly, this guy not only occupied the city of the Tubo people, but also killed 20,000 people and went to the court to demand compensation.

What should we do?

Song Jing saw the emperor's face was gloomy and uncertain, sighed and walked out, cupping his hands.

"Your Majesty, Baiquan City is too far away from Luoyang, and the court does not know the specific situation."

"I think we should send a holy envoy to the front line to investigate."

"If what the Tibetan envoy said is true, Guo Zhiyun will be punished on the spot and the Tibetans will be given an explanation!"

Li Longji nodded gloomily.

"Who does Song Shangshu think is suitable to be the envoy?"

"I believe that Li Linfu, the great-grandson of King Changping Li Shuliang and the imperial censor Zhongcheng, is suitable to serve as the envoy to the Western Regions!"

"Li Linfu?"

Li Longji frowned and looked at the middle-aged man in the corner.

This person has never liked words and has never spoken since he went to the temple.

If Song Jing hadn't mentioned it, he really wouldn't have noticed this person.

"Li Linfu, Song Shangshu recommends you to go to the front line to investigate the dispute between the two countries. Are you confident?"

An official named Li Linfu knelt respectfully on the ground and bowed prostrate. "The emperor's holy metaphor, I will complete it even if I narrowly escape death!"

Li Longji laughed and said solemnly.

"Come here and draw up a decree to appoint Li Linfu, the censor Zhongcheng, as the envoy for the Western Regions, with full authority to handle disputes between the two countries!"

After the court meeting dispersed, Li Longji left Li Linfu alone.

"Do you know what I mean by keeping you here?" Li Longji sat on the dragon throne and looked down at Li Linfu.

Hearing this, Li Linfu knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Your Majesty, the establishment of Jiedushi is an important reform implemented by the imperial court. We must not let anything happen to Guo Zhiyun now."

"Not bad!" Li Longji nodded approvingly.

"To win over you is related to the border defense of the Western Region of the Tang Dynasty. There are more than 70,000 troops stationed all year round. I only have one Guo Zhiyun available, and I must not let him fail in this matter."

Li Linfu slammed his head on the ground and promised.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. When I get to the front line, I will properly handle the dispute between the two countries. I will punish those who deserve to be punished and kill those who deserve to be killed. I will never place the responsibility on Ambassador Guo Jiedu."

"Well, let's go!"

"Yes, Wei Chen resigns!"

Looking at Li Linfu's back, Li Longji tapped the armrest with his fingers, his eyes flickering.

"Rikishi, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is a bit strange. Guo Zhiyun has been with you for many years and has deeply understood your holy will. How could he do such a reckless thing?" Gao Lishi looked unbelieving.

Li Longji sighed softly.

"Yeah, I don't believe that Guo Zhiyun can do such a radical thing. It's probably Fan Xin's trap again."

"After all, he is the only one in the Tang Dynasty who dares to do this."

When he mentioned Fan Xin's name, Li Longji's palms suddenly clenched the armrest, and endless killing intent burst out of his eyes...

...

The road was long, and months passed in a flash. A team carrying a Tang flag moved forward slowly in the desolate desert.

"Li Yushi, our Baiquan City is ahead. I hope you can severely punish those who undermine the alliance between the two countries on behalf of the court." The Tubo envoy said bitterly.

Li Linfu knew who he was talking about, so he didn't answer directly and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I am here with the emperor's holy order. I will naturally find out the truth impartially and give you an explanation for Tibet!"

While talking, the team arrived at the foot of Baiquan City. Li Linfu nodded to his subordinates, who shouted towards the city wall.

"You are blind, open the city gate quickly, the person on the horse is your Majesty's envoy to the Western Regions, Li Linfu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the city gates rumbled open to both sides, and a group of Tang Dynasty generals came on horseback.

The leader was none other than Guo Zhiyun, the envoy of Duanyou Festival. I heard that the imperial court sent people to investigate.

He didn't even sleep well in the past few days, and ran directly from Shanzhou to Baiquan City to wait for the imperial envoy.

Guo Zhiyun looked at the person who came, and finally his eyes fell on Li Linfu.

"You are the envoy to the Western Regions sent by the imperial court, Your Majesty, Saint An?"

"Holy Holy Gong."

After the greetings were completed, Li Linfu snorted with a straight face.

"Envoy Guo Jiedu, your majesty heard that you led an army of 60,000 to attack Baiquan City without permission. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Guo Zhiyun's expression changed and he quickly defended.

"Misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding. The city gate had been breached when I came, and I don't know who killed him."

Upon hearing this, the Tibetan envoy's face turned livid.

"Guo Zhiyun, you are already trapped in the city by Qimeng Dadu, and you still want to quibble! You are still not a man!"

"Haha, please calm down. We have just arrived in Baiquan City. Let's go to the scene first and don't rush to conclusions!"

The Tibetan envoy shook his sleeves heavily and became silent.

After taking care of the Tibetan envoy, Li Linfu said calmly to Guo Zhiyun.

"Envoy Guo Jiedu, please take us to see it!"

"Yes!"

Guo Zhiyun was a little unsure of Li Linfu's thoughts, so he could only hold back his anxiety and lead the group to the city.

Fortunately, the weather in Baiquan City was cold, and the Tibetan soldiers who had been dead for several months were only slightly decomposed and could still be identified.

Seeing so many corpses piled up together, even though Li Linfu was prepared, he was still frightened and ran to the side to vomit.

He vomited and waved his hands.

"No, I really can't walk today. Messenger Dara, let's try the case tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Li Linfu was not vomiting properly, the Tibetan envoy could only temporarily leave the scene and return to the Jingshi Hall.

As soon as he left, Guo Zhiyun quickly stepped forward to support Li Linfu and expressed concern.

"Li Yushi must be exhausted from traveling for a long time, right? I have prepared a table of food and wine for you at the camp. Can we go over and have a rest?"

Li Linfu wiped his mouth and glanced at him, then nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Guo Jiedushi."

The two of them sat in a sedan and came all the way to the carriage house. After they dispersed the servants, Guo Zhiyun's expression changed and he clasped his fists.

"Li Yushi, you must save me!"

Li Linfu changed his previous indifference and helped Guo Zhiyun up with a smile.

"Guo Jiedu made serious remarks. What is the crime of killing the Tibetan people? Hurry up and sit down to eat. I will be exhausted from all the walking."

After the two sat down, Guo Zhiyun looked sad as he looked at Li Linfu who was devouring his food.

"That's what I said, but now is the time when His Majesty is about to form an alliance with Tubo. If the Tubo people don't give an explanation for this matter, I'm afraid it won't end well."

After spitting out the chicken bones, Li Linfu glanced at Guo Zhiyun.

"Envoy Guo Jiedu, there are no outsiders here. Tell me the truth. Have you killed the Tubo people?"

"Absolutely not!" Guo Zhiyun raised his palms and said solemnly.

"I swear to God that I will never kill a single Tibetan!"

"This is strange. Who could kill the Tibetans and then go to the Potala Palace to demand compensation?"

Li Linfu is a person who is very observant of words and expressions. When he saw that Guo Zhiyun didn't look like he was telling lies, his brows suddenly furrowed.

"Who else could it be? Of course it's Fan Xin?"

It was okay not to mention it, but Guo Zhiyun felt angry when he mentioned Fan Xin.

If it hadn't been for this guy's deception, he would have sat on the fire, causing both ends to suffer.

"Guo Jiedu doesn't have to be angry. This matter will be easy to handle as long as we know who did it. Just put your ears over."

Li Linfu muttered something in Guo Zhiyun's ear, which made the latter's brows widen completely.

Finally, he laughed and slammed the table.

"Come here, bring me some good wine. I want to have a drink with Brother Li."

However, what the two of them didn't know was that a man in black was hiding on the roof and eavesdropping on the conversation.

Then quietly left the camp and came to the Jingshi Pavilion.

Bang!
"Did Guo Zhiyun and Li Linfu really say that?"

The Tubo envoy suddenly stood up, shocked and angry. He did not expect the Tang court to be so cunning and just accompanied him for a formality.

"Back to the Little Protector, my subordinates didn't hear the details clearly, but one thing is certain, they want to put the blame on King Yan Xin."

"Okay, okay! Even the envoy has been deceived. The people of Tang Dynasty are so cunning!"

A coldness flashed in the Tubo envoy's eyes, he put on his clothes and walked out.

"Come on, let's go out of the city to see Qimeng, the Great Protector, and tell them the situation here!"

(End of this chapter)