It is precisely because of this that Muchuan can see the methods of Mochizuki Dagong. His methods are ruthless and clever. Even if he is an enemy, he is also a formidable enemy! If possible, he must keep the opponent in the Tang Dynasty so that the opponent can never come back.
Don't go to Goguryeo, otherwise I'm afraid it will cause greater trouble to Muchuan in the future.
On the other hand, while Muchuan and Ouyang Bufan were talking, Xiaorou, who was sitting on the side, lowered her head and said nothing. Her expression looked very guilty and uneasy.
Muchuan could tell what Xiaorou was thinking at a glance, and comforted him: "Miss Xiaorou, there is no need to feel sorry for this. You have already helped a lot with this matter."
"Lord Muchuan..." Xiaorou's eyes were slightly red and she said in a sad tone, "Then the people from Goguryeo want to harm you, right?
The little girl is stupid and does not know the important affairs of the country, but she can also see that the Lord is a loyal minister and capable man. This time he was murdered by others and had no way to defend himself. It is all my fault."
Xiaorou felt guilty because of her identity. If she hadn't been a prostitute, she might have been able to testify for Muchuan and identify Mochizuki Dagong.
However, one thing Xiaorou didn't know was that this matter had nothing to do with her identity.
Muchuan said calmly: "Even if you are not a prostitute, I'm afraid you can't cure Wangyue Dagong... The emperor deliberately wants to protect Wangyue Dagong, so this has nothing to do with your identity."
After hearing this, Xiaorou expressed her confusion. The emperor was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. How could he protect a foreign minister?
Ouyang Bufan also said: "Isn't this right... No matter how you think about it, the emperor will not protect Wangyue Dagong!"
"There is nothing wrong. After all, keeping him now is more useful than killing Mochizuki Dagong."
Now is the time when the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo are negotiating peace. As the defeated party, Goguryeo will definitely give in at every turn, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely gain the upper hand when negotiating peace.
In fact, Li Shimin doesn't want to fight. It's not that he can't fight, but that he can't fight now.
Winter is about to enter, and the food supply in the southern and southwestern regions of the country is poor. Food from Gyeonggi Province and the eastern region has to be shipped there. The food reserves can sustain the entire country, but it is not enough to carry out large-scale operations.
Food is only one aspect, and there are also several small countries in the southwest and east that are ready to move. Li Shimin is afraid that if he goes to war with Goguryeo, it will attract covetous disputes from other countries. Even a powerful court like the Tang Dynasty cannot have multiple ways to fight with it.
People fight.
Precisely for various reasons, Li Shimin was unwilling to start a war at this time, at least until next year's autumn harvest.
In fact, in the official history, Li Shimin led the troops to attack Goguryeo with many difficulties, and the attack time was not so early.
The reason why it is brought up so early is not because of Muchuan, because when he went to rescue the crown prince Li Chengqian, he accidentally attacked the Goguryeo Kingdom, so the time for the war was advanced.
At this time, Muchuan talked about the background of the matter with Ouyang Bufan and Xiaorou, and praised: "So it's not that Your Majesty wants to protect Wangyue Dagong, but he has to protect him."
Xiaorou didn't quite understand these state affairs matters, but Ouyang Bufan, who did understand, showed an indignant look.
"Even if His Majesty has a far-reaching plan behind his back, wouldn't this mean sacrificing your interests, my lord?"
"It's not even about sacrifice..."
Ouyang Bufan meant that Muchuan's life would be threatened if His Majesty allowed Wangyue Dagong to act like this, but in fact Li Shimin had already made arrangements.
When leaving the palace, a guard from one of the Nine Palaces came to tell Muchuan that His Majesty had sent extra manpower to protect him around the clock.
From this point of view, even if there is no real evidence to prove that Wang Yue Dagong sent people to harm Muchuan, Li Shimin also believes that this happened, but due to human feelings, Li Shimin did not tell the truth directly.
The carriage carrying Muchuan and others happened to stop. When everyone got off the carriage, they could see nearly a hundred soldiers standing outside the residence of the Minister of Revenue. These were all the royal guards of the palace!
After Ouyang Bufan saw these troops, he couldn't help but sigh: "These imperial troops are specially designed to protect the royal family. I didn't expect that your majesty would send this army..."
"So Bufan, do you still think His Majesty doesn't pay enough attention to me?"
"Pay attention to it!"
To say that the person who cared most about Muchuan in the entire Tang Dynasty, apart from Xiner, Ouyang Bufan and others, it was Li Shimin.
Muchuan was the number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty and the Minister of Household Affairs. Li Shimin was counting on him for many things, so naturally he would not let anything happen to him. After learning that he had been assassinated by Wangyue Dagong, he hurriedly
Send out a royal army.
When Muchuan was about to enter the mansion, a man wearing black iron armor rushed forward and saluted.
"Meet the General of the Zhenjun Army!"
"Oh... ok, no gifts."
Muchuan waved his hands perfunctorily, he just wanted to go back to the mansion and have a good rest.
However, the man blocked the front and did not give way. Instead, he continued: "General of the Zhenjun! Have you forgotten me?
It's me!"
"ah?
Who is it?"
Muchuan began to see this man's face clearly, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became.
The man was 1.8 meters tall, handsome, with bronze skin and sharp eyes like an eagle. Muchuan seemed to have seen him somewhere.
After thinking about it carefully, Muchuan finally remembered, isn't this person Lunan, the commander of the Northeastern Xuanjie School?
In the past, Muchuan was besieged by the Goguryeo army on the northeastern border, and it was Lunan who brought a cavalry to the rescue.
After that, Muchuan returned to the imperial capital and never met Lunan again. He was very happy to see Muchuan again after several months of separation: "It turns out to be Lieutenant Lu! Why are you in Chang'an City!"
"This is all thanks to Lord Muchuan's great blessing!"
During the next moment of burning incense, Muchuan invited Lunan in and heard the other party talk about his past experiences.
It turned out that in the past few months, Lunan had been commended by the court for rescuing Muchuan. He was promoted to one level for military merit, named a seventh-grade military official "Yunqiwei", and transferred to Chang'an City to command a small team of the Royal Forest Army.
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Li Shimin probably considered that Lu Nan was familiar with Muchuan, so he sent Lu Nan to protect him.
"So that's it, haha, then we are so destined!"
Muchuan patted his thigh and laughed.
It happened that Temujin Dali had already cooked a lot of wine and food in the kitchen, and Muchuan Zuodong showed his courtesy as a landlord, and he and Lunan drank happily.
On the other side, the moon and stars are sparse and the autumn wind is bleak. In a hall of the Chang'an City Ambassador's Palace and the Goguryeo Palace, Dagong and Shangguan Jin are sitting opposite each other while looking at the moon.
"Ambassador Mochizuki, you were too careless this time. How could you make such a mistake?"
Shangguan Jin complained.
As for why Shangguan Jin had such complaints?
That's because he and Mochizuki Dakong are in the same den of snakes and rats, and they are in cahoots with each other!
