Chapter 123: Chasing Nanzhao Envoys

The sun reluctantly left the top of the mountain, and the city of eastern Yunnan was still quiet. After a night of carnival, people were exhausted and still reminiscent of the beauty of last night in their dreams. There were only a few woodcutters carrying wood and fishermen pushing fresh fish and shrimps wandering on the street, looking for early buyers. At this time, a fast horse ran over the street quickly, and immediately saw a red dress and long hair flying in the air. She rushed past the woodcutter and fisherman, and her figure soon disappeared on the street.

At the Hangui King's residence, his entourage was packing his belongings in chaos. Suddenly, the young lady rushed in with her hair disheveled. She was furious. The golden hairpin with her hair fell off at some point. Everyone dared not stop her and watched her break into the room.

In the room, King Hangui was holding the crown and caressing the shining diamond lovingly. His eyes narrowed into a slit. He turned to Zhao Quanwei and said, "Please tell the prince that King Hangui is willing to submit to him. At the latest, I will unify the entire eastern Yunnan territory of half a year."

"Why have to wait for half a year?" A hint of displeasure floated across Zhao Quanwei's horse's face, "Since you have joined the prince, your business is naturally our business. The prince means that we will send troops to help you attack Han Chongdao, what do you think?"

King Hangui naturally knew Nanzhao's ambitions. I was afraid that the matter would not be so simple as this dispatch of troops. He waved his hand quickly, "After all, I am still an official of the Tang Dynasty and can't do too much. I hope Nanzhao can help me secretly, such as food aid, so that I can also send troops in advance, otherwise I will let them know," King Hangui pointed to the north and said a little afraid: "I'm afraid they won't stop doing it."

"Tang Dynasty?" Zhao Quanwei sneered repeatedly, "I don't know if you are really confused or pretending to be stupid. Can't you still see the true identity of Li Qing? He is really a businessman? And his subordinates who are like wolves and tigers, killing your soldiers in Yingchou Valley and Anxi City. They are so cruel. If they weren't professional soldiers, who could do it?"

King Hangui smiled. He was about to speak when he suddenly said "bang!", Ruyu kicked the door open with a cold look. Her eyes turned cold and ice. She stepped forward and grabbed King Hangui's goatee and gritted her teeth and said, "Dog guy, did you change my wine glass last night? Say! Did my sister kill you?"

"What! Is the second lady dead?" Zhao Quanwei stood up and slowly turned back to stare at King Han Gui, "Governor Han, this is true."

"Hmph! So what if it's me?" King Hangui pushed Ruyu's hand away and pointed at her and cursed hatefully: "I was going to let Li Qing drink that glass of wine, but you stupid woman actually gave A Wan a drink. If you hadn't had bad thoughts, how could she die!"

King Hangui said to Zhao Quanwei coldly again: "That woman dared to sweep my face in front of everyone and throw herself into the arms of the Han people. It would be better if this woman died!"

Zhao Quanwei thought to himself: "Now it's time to use human solutions, so it's not easy to turn against him."

Thinking of this, he said to Ruyu: "Since Governor Han didn't intentionally harm her, he was already dead, I'll forget about this matter. Miss. Don't make trouble again. Your father will be unhappy." After that, he threw a wink at her again.

Ruyu asked him to remind him that when he thought that he could not turn against King Hangui, he would not have any major plans to break his father, but more importantly, if he offended him, he would not have a good life in the future."

Seeing that King Hangui looked gloomy, she also secretly regretted it. She just stood there and bowed her head without saying a word. She suddenly remembered something and said, "When I came, I saw Li Qing looking for Han Chong, and I vaguely heard him say something like the commander, the servant, etc., which was very strange."

King Han Gui and Zhao Quanwei looked at each other, and their faces changed drastically, "No, Li Qing has a showdown!"

At this moment, the sound of running in the yard came from a hurry, and a follower rolled and crawled to report: "Lord, something is wrong! After receiving emergency information from the inside, Han Chongdao wants to kill us."

The news even made the air shaking. King Hangui ran to the yard and shouted loudly. Suddenly he rushed back, picked up the crown on the table and ran out again, but he didn't even look at Ruyu. Zhao Quanwei was not in a hurry and said to Ruyu: "Miss, the situation in eastern Yunnan is now chaotic. What about you and me going back to Nanzhao first?"

Ruyu was already scared by them. Now Zhao Quanwei asked her to go back to her parents' home. How could she not want her to agree? She and Zhao Quanwei walked into the yard. King Han Guiwang led a group of followers to disappear. At this time, a large group of soldiers appeared on the street, running towards this direction with rhythmic footsteps.

Ruyu saw that Zhao Quanwei was still calm and wanted to go back to summon his subordinates. She was so anxious that she shouted, "Mr. Zhao, if you don't leave the city gate, you will be closed."

Zhao Quanwei smiled slightly, "Don't worry, we can definitely go out."

The King of Hangui was like a frightened bird. He didn't care about the others. He led only a dozen close followers and rushed to the north gate. The North Gate had just received the order from Guancheng. The gate was slowly closing. When the soldiers guarding the city saw more than a dozen people rushing towards him, they immediately opened their bows and arrows to stop, but the other party ignored them. It was not until they got closer that they found that the horse was the King of Hangui who was asking them to intercept. The soldiers immediately fired arrows at the same time. The followers of Hangui were desperately protecting their lords. While making a sword, they rushed towards the city gate quickly. The horse was as fast as thunder. In a blink of an eye, dozens of soldiers raised their guns and stabbed them. The King of Hangui was all powerful people. Faced with life and death, they fought to the death, chopped over a dozen soldiers guarding the city gate, pulled open the gate that had not yet been closed, and rushed out of the city gate side by side.

Let’s talk about Li Qing and Han Chongdao reach an agreement and immediately rushed back to the military camp. At this time, his subordinates changed into Tang army uniforms and were waiting for the order. Seeing Li Qing rushing back, Li Siye stepped forward and asked, “Is Han Chongdao willing to cooperate with us?”

Li Qing nodded, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. Li Siye was stunned, "What? Is there anything unexpected?"

"There was no accident, but he agreed too readily, which made me a little worried." Li Qing pulled Li Siye to the side and whispered: "I just asked him to kill the Nanzhao Special Envoy together. We cannot say that the two countries will not be killed in the confrontation. Moreover, he should also consider the consequences of killing the Nanzhao envoy, but he agreed without hesitation. His pleasure made me a little doubtful. It was a bit unreasonable to think of his attitude towards the Nanzhao envoy a few days ago!"

Li Siye thought about it and said, "Maybe he wants to show you his determination!"

"I hope this is the case." Li Qing had no time to think deeply. He changed his military uniform and turned over and said, "Hurry up and don't let them run away!"

More than 300 cavalry and horses swarmed out, and the sound of horse hooves broke through the long street. The street was already covered with soldiers from Han Chongdao. The Tang army rushed to the residence of King Han Gui. The soldiers grabbed some of their followers and asked again, but learned that they were one step late. Li Qing then turned his horse's head and headed straight towards the north gate. This place was closest to the north gate. If they wanted to escape, they could only walk from here.

When I arrived at the north gate, I saw that there were already a mess here, with more than a dozen red blood stains on the ground, which was shocking. The city gate was half open, and dust could be seen flying in the distance. The guard general knew Li Qing and came over to report that King Han Gui had rushed out of the city gate, and Han Chongdao led people to chase him.

"Will the envoys of Nanzhao be there?" Li Qing hurriedly asked, this was what he was most concerned about. Once Zhao Quan escaped, Nanzhao would know that eastern Yunnan had changed, and the consequences were extremely serious.

"Only Han Return to the King of Han, and there are no Nanzhao envoys."

Li Qing relieved his heart and said to the guard general: "Closing the city gate quickly, no one is allowed to leave the city." Seeing that Li Qing and the others had changed into Tang army uniforms, the guard general did not dare to neglect them, so he urgently ordered the soldiers to close the door.

Li Qing thought to himself, 'There are more than 500 people in the Nanzhao delegation, and the movement should be quite good. They are closest to Ximen, so there is the greatest possibility of going to Ximen."

He turned his horse's head and shouted twice, leading the Tang army of 300 cavalry to rush towards the west gate. It was not yet west gate. Li Qing saw a few fish sellers on the roadside and ordered Zhang Chai to go and ask. Zhang Chai asked a few words in earthy words, and replied for a moment: "General, they said there are indeed a large group of people heading towards the west gate."

When the Tang army arrived at the west gate, it was quiet here, with no Nanzhao delegation, and no signs of fighting. Li Qing rode his horse to the city tower and shouted: "Who is the guard here? Come down and answer!"

The guard of the West Gate was nearly forty years old, black, thin and tall, with his eyes always rolling around. Seeing Li Qing wearing a helmet and armor, tall and mighty, the cavalry behind him was as powerful as a mountain, and murderous intent, he was nervous. He heard him ask him where the Nanzhao delegation was going, and he quickly smiled and said, "The city gate has never been opened from morning to night. I have never seen the delegation mentioned by General Li. Maybe they have turned to the south gate."

"Is that?" Li Qing smiled, "Okay, let's go to the south gate." He pushed his horse past the guard, suddenly grabbed his clothes and shouted sternly: "But my subordinates saw him leaving the city from here with their own eyes, and they were so powerful that you dare to lie in person."

Sure enough, Li Qing was cheating, and the guard general's eyes were panicked and he stammered: "How many people have gone out, but I don't know who they are?"

Li Qing sneered, pulled out his sword and put it on his neck, and used a little force, and a blood mark immediately appeared on his neck, "How many people? Well, I'll ask ten defenders separately. If you dare to lie, I'll let your head fall to the ground."

"Come on! Find ten soldiers to ask questions separately." Wu Xingsu responded, waved his hand and led the people to the city tower.

The guard shouted, "The Nanzhao delegation has left the city, but they are delegations. They should treat each other with courtesy. What's the point if they don't stop them!"

"Dog, you dare to lie to me at this time. Do you really think I dare not kill you?" He used his hand and a blood thread flowed down his neck. The guard felt his neck hurting sharply, and then smelled a bloody smell. When Li Qingzhen wanted to kill him, he was so scared that he begged for mercy, "God, please spare me, the young man can do nothing. It was my lord who ordered me to release the Nanzhao delegation out of the city, and I dare not disobey."

Li Qing slowly straightened his waist. As expected, Han Chongdao stepped on two boats. On the one hand, he agreed to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he secretly colluded with Nanzhao. No wonder he accepted his appointment and did not look at the so-called "imperial edict". A thought flashed through his heart. I am afraid that the person Nanzhao really wanted to support was Han Chongdao instead of Han Guiwang. What gave Awan and Wang Guan to Han Guiwang was just a trick to confuse himself. Then Zhao Quanwei had long seen that he was a Tang general rather than a so-called merchant, and Han Chongdao used himself to kill Queen Han Guiwang and would definitely kill him to silence him.

"What a traitorous Han Chong said, I almost fell for you."

Li Qing sneered in his heart, "Since that's the case, I'll play with you."

Thinking of this, he withdrew his sword and shouted, "Hurry open the city gate, and when the Nanzhao army comes, all of you will not survive!"
Chapter completed!