Not far away, the smoke and dust moved from far to near. Looking at his direction, it was actually coming straight towards Li Qinzai's carriage.
Things are not going well!
A family of three sat in the carriage and looked at each other. Li Qinzai gritted his teeth and had to react.
So he pushed Cui Jie and Qiao'er in the carriage, and Li Qinzai said: "Make room for me."
The couple inexplicably gave way to an open space in the carriage. Li Qinzai pondered his emotions for a moment, then fell into the carriage.
Roll your eyes, foam at the mouth, twitch your hands and feet like crazy...
Li Qinzai's expression instantly showed that his death was approaching and he was dying.
Cui Jie and Qiao'er watched his performance quietly with their eyes wide open. For a long time, Qiao'er chuckled and followed his example and fell aside, rolling their eyes, foaming at the white, and twitching chicken feet like crazy...
Cui Jie was so angry that she punched him hard and said angrily: "You have led the child to ruin, what are you going to do?"
Li Qinzai patted Qiao'er's butt: "Be serious, someone will come over later and say that I am seriously ill and will die soon. You take me up the mountain to find a Feng Shui treasure land to bury me..."
Cui Jie: “…………”
These bastard words came out of this bastard's mouth without any sense of violation.
"Both of you, please cooperate and look like you are mourning for your concubine. Qiao'er, your father is dying soon. Don't be so cheerful..."
Cui Jie was furious: "How do you know that person is here to stop you from traveling?"
Li Qinzai sighed: "Your husband, I am born with very accurate intuition. Believe me, our poems and distant places are probably in ruins..."
While he was talking, the knight had already arrived at the carriage. After confirming to his troops that Li Qinzai was on the carriage, the knight clasped his fists and said loudly: "Uncle Li, according to your majesty's decree, I am summoning Uncle Li to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. Taiji Palace will meet the Holy Spirit."
, this order is extremely urgent!"
The car curtain opened, and Cui Jie looked at the knight with a strange look on her face. Qiao'er's little head popped out, and she didn't know whether she was crying or laughing. Her expression was too heavy.
"My father is dying! We are going up the mountain to bury him."
Cui Jie sighed, she was powerless to prevent anything from happening.
Unexpectedly, the knight on the horse was not surprised at all, and said calmly: "Your Majesty said that any excuses made by County Uncle Li are invalid. Even if he said that he was about to die, he would have to meet the saint first. At worst, he would be buried in Tai Chi Palace.
"
Cui Jie glanced sideways at Li Qinzai, who was pretending to be dead in the carriage, and said, "Husband, have you heard this? Stop pretending, you are almost losing face."
Li Qinzai also sighed, stood up from the carriage, looked at the knight and said: "I have an infectious disease..."
The knight smiled: "It doesn't matter, there are top doctors in the world in Tai Chi Palace."
…………
The poems and distance between a family of three veered off course and turned a sudden corner into the city of Chang'an.
Cui Jie and Qiao'er returned to the British Palace, while Li Qinzai went directly to Tai Chi Palace.
In Anren Hall, Li Zhi frowned and sat behind a low table with one hand on his temple.
Li Qinzai walked into the palace and was about to salute, but Li Zhi waved his hand lazily: "There is no need to be polite Jingchu, come quickly, something happened in the west."
Li Qinzai stepped forward quickly, thought for a moment, and said, "But the Tubo invaded Tuyuhun?"
Li Zhi nodded and sighed: "Yes, Liangzhou Governor came eight hundred miles away to report. A few days ago, Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan ordered 80,000 Tubo troops to invade Tuyuhun. Now Tuyuhun's defenders are resisting, but the battle situation is worrying. Tuyuhun
We are retreating steadily."
Li Qinzai asked: "Can the Tang Dynasty King send troops to rescue Tuyuhun?"
Li Jiahe said sadly: "The king's division is here, but there is no food, so we can't send out troops."
Li Qinzai also became serious: "But we cannot allow Tuyuhun to be taken over by Tibet. It will do great harm to the Tang Dynasty."
"That's true, but it's still the same sentence... Without food, we can't let the soldiers on the expedition drink from the northwest wind, right?"
"What does your Majesty mean?"
Li Zhi stared into his eyes and said: "Last time I met with Jing Chuzuo, your suggestion was consistent with that of Right Prime Minister Xu Jingzong. If the Tang Dynasty can squeeze out a little food from Jiangnan and Huainan, it will not be a big problem to support a small battle.
, but food takes time to raise.”
"It's a pity that Tubo won't give us time. By the time we gather all the food and the army is ready to go out, the whole territory of Tuyuhun may have been captured by Tibet..."
Li Zhi punched the table hatefully and said angrily: "The Tubo thieves are really good at calculating. They calculated correctly that there will be a severe drought in the north of the Tang Dynasty this year. The food in the official warehouses in various places can only be used to help the people, and they have no energy left to go to war. That's why they dare to brazenly
Invasion of Tuyuhun."
Li Qinzai sighed and said: "Lu Dongzan is a person, he is very accurate..."
Li Zhi sneered: "I am a man, but I am not mediocre. Even if the Tang Dynasty is short of food, I will make Tubo's plans fail!"
"Your Majesty has reached an agreement with the courtiers?"
"Yes, I will send my ministers to Tuyuhun to mediate the war between Tubo and Tuyuhun in the name of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and slow down the Tibetan attack on Tuyuhun. We in the rear will hurry up to raise food. Once enough food is raised, I will order the dispatch of troops and send the king's division.
Drive out the Tibetan traitors."
Li Qinzai nodded: "That's a way. I had the same idea when I confronted His Majesty last time."
Then Li Qinzai showed a look of regret: "However, the envoy must be selected carefully. This person must be courageous, outstanding in eloquence, have a view of the overall situation, be able to bend and stretch, and more importantly, have fearless courage."
"In places where two armies are fighting, envoys from third countries are often in danger. If you are not careful, they will be chopped into pieces. Your Majesty should think twice."
Li Zhi stared at him without blinking and said nothing for a long time.
Li Qinzai's back felt cold and his hair stood on end. At this moment, he finally reacted. He pointed at his nose and said in surprise: "Your Majesty will recall his ministers to Chang'an. Could it be, could it be..."
Li Zhi nodded firmly: "Jingchu said it boldly, yes, that's what I thought."
Li Qinzai was shocked: "Your Majesty, think twice! This 'think three times' is serious. You must think twice!"
"I have thought about it and thought about it again and again, until I couldn't think about it anymore. That's right, it's you."
Li Zhi counted on his fingers: "Jingchu's courage was already demonstrated when he conquered Japan, not to mention his eloquence. Before every word you say, you seem to have swallowed a mouthful of poison. You have a big picture view, you can bend and stretch, and you are fearless.
Courage, you don’t lack anything.”
"After several visits to the court, Jing Chu was the most suitable envoy candidate."
Li Qinzai's whole body was cold, his eyes kept blinking, and he was struggling in his mind. Should he foam at the mouth, twitch chicken feet like crazy, strip naked and walk like a bird? It was not impossible to consider...
Li Zhi sighed: "It's useless, Jingchu, give up. Pretending to be sick in front of me won't work. It's you."
"Your Majesty, this is a narrow escape. How can Your Majesty bear to push your minister into a pit of fire alive?"
"It's not that serious. No matter how rampant Tubo was, they would definitely not dare to kill the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. To kill the envoys would be to openly declare war on the Tang Dynasty. It would be fine for Tubo to bully Tuyuhun, but they would not have the guts to offend the Tang Dynasty to death."