After Kou Ji returned the gift, he looked at them several times.
The dress of noble ladies is very close to that of Song Dynasty people.
The appearance is also very similar to that of people from the Song Dynasty.
Very beautiful.
After Jiao Siluo's introduction, Kou Ji learned that the lady's name was Qiao, and Jiao Siluo was now his wife.
My ancestors were Han Chinese and moved to the Western Regions, where they had considerable influence.
Jiao Siluo's former head wife was the sister of Li Lizun, a monk who was very influential in Tubo.
In order to control Jiao Si Luo and draw the Tubo people to work for him by taking advantage of Jiao Si Luo's identity as a descendant of Tubo's lineage of King Longjue'a, Zongge monk Li Lizun married his sister to Jiao Si Luo and then controlled Jiao Si Luo.
Luo, achieved the purpose of holding the emperor hostage and ordering the princes.
Jiao Siluo is not a person who likes to be a puppet.
But he never found a chance to get rid of Zongge monk Li Lizun.
Until Zongge monk Li Lizun joined forces with Xixia to cause trouble for the Song Dynasty and was defeated by Cao Wei, Jiao Siluo saw the opportunity and fled to Miaochuan City, joined hands with Qingtang to discuss Bu Wenbuqi, and defeated Zongge
Monk Li Lizun came to Zongge City again and dealt with Li Lizun and Li Lizun's sister.
Even the children Li Lizun's sister gave birth to for him were thrown away by him in Zongge City and left to fend for themselves.
After Li Lizun's sister was dealt with by him, he supported the Qiao family and doted on the Qiao family alone.
Among the other women were the concubines of Jiao Si Luo and some girls from the noble families of Qingtang.
They are all pure Qingtang people.
Big eyes, aquiline nose, fair skin and beautiful appearance.
Each of them blinked their big black eyes, and when they stared at people, they seemed to be able to talk, making people unable to help but look at them a few more times.
Jiao Siluo and An Ziluo saw Kou Ji's eyes lingering on a girl named Yilan for a while, then looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
After introducing each other.
Jiao Siluo took Kou Ji into the palace.
Inside the palace.
The servants had already prepared sumptuous food and wine, and were kneeling on the ground, waiting for the servants and their entourage to take their seats.
In order to show the importance he attached to Kou Ji, Jiao Siluo specially arranged Kou Ji's seat not far from his own seat.
The person sitting opposite Kou Ji was not Jiao Siluo's confidant An Ziluo.
It was Qingtang's newly appointed Lunbu Helang Yexian.
A very old man, a Hezhou Qiang person.
This person made great contributions to Qingtang.
Jiao Si Luo's achievements today are all due to this person.
When Jiao Siluo was young, he wandered in the Western Regions. It was this man who discovered Jiao Siluo and brought Jiao Siluo back to Zongge City.
It was also this person who helped contact Wen Buqi secretly when Zongge monk Li Lizun was controlling Jiao Siluo.
It was this person who discovered Jiao Siluo who was thrown into the well by Wen Buqi, and led others to save Jiao Siluo.
Therefore, Jiao Si Luo relied heavily on this person.
An Ziluo sat under this person, and the other important ministers sat under An Ziluo.
Each of them had his wife and daughter, worthy of sitting beside him.
Kou Ji sat aside. Under his command, there was only one Liu Heng.
After Jiao Siluo asked Kou Ji to sit down, he smiled and stared at Yilan, who was sitting behind a chubby Qingtang nobleman, and said: "Yilan, go and help the Kou officials pour wine..."
Yilan saluted, walked to Kou Ji's side, and stayed with Kou Ji.
When Kou Ji saw this, he couldn't laugh or cry.
He just glanced at Yilan twice before he was discovered by Jiao Siluo, and Jiao Siluo quickly arranged Yi Lan to his side.
Jiao Si Luo really knows how to use every opportunity.
As expected, there is no simple person who can take the position of leader.
Jiao Siluo spoke again and helped Liu Heng choose a woman to pour wine.
Regarding this.
Liu Heng and An Ziluo seemed to have no objection.
Liu Heng happily accepted Jiao Siluo's kindness in front of An Ziluo.
The meal that Jiao Si Luo entertained Ko Ji was very sumptuous. There were several kinds of barbecued meats, as well as two jugs of wine, one jug of milk wine, one jug of wine, and raisins and other dry goods. It was enough to fill a large table without any duplicates.
Yilan knelt and sat next to Kou Ji, all white... (Ahem, not allowed to write)
With a smile on her face, Yilan helped Kou Ji pour the wine and sat next to Kou Ji obediently.
Jiao Siluo raised a gold cup and said with a hearty smile: "Toast to the distinguished guests who have come from afar..."
Everyone in the palace raised their glasses.
"Dear guest..."
Kou Ji raised his wine glass, held it from a distance with everyone in the palace, and drank it all in one gulp.
After three glasses of wine.
Jiao Siluo asked with a smile: "Corps, what do you think of my Qingtang wine?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It tastes delicious..."
Jiao Siluo laughed loudly and said, "My beauty from Qingtang tastes even more delicious."
As soon as these words came out.
The palace burst into laughter.
Yilan, who was sitting next to Kou Ji, also laughed. She didn't have the shyness of a Han woman, and her big black eyes stared at Kou Ji very passionately, seeming to melt Kou Ji.
Yilan was still full of curiosity about Kou Ji, a Song official.
She had heard since she was a child that Song officials were very lustful.
After seeing the beautiful women in their Qingtang, they couldn't walk.
If a woman from Qingtang poured wine next to a Song official, the Song official would definitely take action.
As early as three days ago, she had learned from her mother that she might have to serve Song officials today.
Her father told her that if she could stay with Song Guan, their family would gain great benefits.
She had an important mission and sat next to Kou Ji.
He was also prepared to be touched by Kou Ji.
But Kou Ji didn't touch her.
So she chose to take the initiative to provoke.
Kou Ji glanced at Yilan, feeling dumbfounded.
Although beauty is good, she can easily make mistakes.
Moreover, the beauty trap used by Qingtang was too simple and crude for him to accept.
If he uses a honey trap, it will definitely make it difficult for people to refuse.
You can first arrange a few pairs of people to do bad things in the other person's place to arouse each other's desire, and then insert a delicate beauty inside.
Few people can refuse such an act.
At this point, what Liao did was far better than Qingtang.
Kou Ji only glanced at Yilan and then stopped looking at her. Instead, he smiled and said to the servant: "No matter how fragrant the beauty is, how can it be as fragrant as the territory of Huangtou Huihe?"
As soon as these words came out.
There was silence in the palace.
Jiao Siluo quickly looked at An Ziluo.
An Ziluo shook his head vaguely.
Obviously.
Jiao Siluo was asking An Ziluo whether their plot to plot the Huangtou Huihe territory had been exposed?
An Ziluo shook his head to show Jiao Siluo that he was not exposed.
Jiao Siluo looked at Kou Ji and smiled calmly: "What does Kou Libu mean by this?"
Kou Ji poured himself a drink and said with a smile: "Don't the Marquis of Qingtang care about Huangtou Huihe's territory?"
Kou Ji put down his wine glass, glanced at the Qingtang Wenwu who were staring blankly at him, and said with a smile: "If the Qingtang Marquis doesn't care about it, then I, the Great Song Dynasty, will take it away."
Just as Jiao Siluo was about to open his mouth to speak, he heard Kou Ji continue: "To be honest with Qingtang Marquis, I led the army to Shazhou this time. In addition to helping the Shazhou Uighurs to rescue the siege, I also have another mission, which is to educate the Yellow Emperor.
Head back to He.
The little Huangtou Huihe also dared to go against me, the Song Dynasty, and interfere in the war of the Song Dynasty.
We, the Song Dynasty, will definitely fight back.
Let them know what it means to be a sovereign state."
Kou Ji's words were slightly arrogant.
But it is very consistent with the Qingtang people’s impression of the envoys of the Song Dynasty.
Jiao Siluo glanced at Lun Buhe Lang Yexian who was sitting not far from him.
He Langyexian understood, and an old voice rang in Kou Ji's ears, "I, Qingtang, have been friends with the Huangtou Uighurs for generations, and I don't want to be enemies with the Huangtou Uighurs. The Western Regions are not as good as the Central Plains. It may not be easy for the Celestial Empire to conquer the Huangtou Uighurs.
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When Kou Ji heard this, he almost threw out the wine glass he had just picked up.
Qingtang was born out of Tubo.
Before the establishment of Qingtang, it had been scattered throughout the Western Regions, and each major leader had his own affairs.
Qingtang has only now established a firm foothold in the Western Regions. How can it maintain good relations with Huangtou Huihe for generations?
Lies should also be drafted.
Kou Ji held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Only Qingtang treats the Huangtou Uighurs as a serious enemy and treats them with caution. Just like the Song Dynasty, a huge country, dealing with the Huangtou Uighurs is like crushing an ant to death.
Qingtang Marquis should know that our Song Dynasty sent troops to the Western Regions this time, with tens of thousands of elite troops.
Later, 100,000 elite troops rushed to the battlefield in the Western Regions.
Hundreds of thousands of elites are all warriors who can compete with the Liao Kingdom.
Wait until they step into the territory of Huangtou Huihe together.
How to stop Huangtou Huihe?"
Jiao Siluo narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
He Langyexian said quietly: "The Western Regions are no better than the Central Plains. The Celestial Empire's infantry and armor can roam freely in the Central Plains, but it is difficult to move in the Western Regions. The Celestial Empire lacks horses, and the Celestial Empire has even fewer cavalry."
The Western Region is a place where cavalry is rampant.
The Celestial Empire has very few cavalry, so if they want to run rampant in the Western Regions and deal with the Huangtou Huihe, it is simply impossible."
The civil and military ministers of the Song Dynasty lived their lives guarding their own one-third of an acre, but that does not mean that the people of Qingtang also lived their lives guarding their own one-third of an acre.
The senior officials in Qingtang not only know the Song Dynasty, but also the Xixia and Liao Kingdoms, and even the Gaochang Uighurs and Karakhan Dynasty further northwest, and Qingtang are very familiar with them.
Therefore, it was difficult for Kou Ji to deceive Qingtang into sending troops with just lies.
After He Langyexian finished speaking, Jiao Siluo coughed dryly and said, "Speaking of the truth, the power of the heavenly kingdom is beyond what you and I can imagine. Don't make false claims."
Kou Ji didn't bother to care where the two of them were singing the double act, and he didn't have time to waste time with Qingtang.
Immediately.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Our Song Dynasty lacks horses, but the power of our Song Dynasty's armor far exceeds that of everyone else. Our Song Dynasty now has enough powerful soldiers and armor to deal with cavalry.
The cavalry is vulnerable to the powerful weapons of the Song Dynasty."
An Ziluo couldn't help but said: "Is this the kind of firecrackers the bandits are talking about?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "That's right... In addition to that kind of firecrackers, we also have stronger firecrackers."
Stronger firecrackers?
An Ziluo has never seen it before.
But the firecrackers demonstrated by Kou Ji's men were still fresh in An Ziluo's memory.
It is lighter than a crossbow, easier to operate than a crossbow, and easier to carry than a crossbow.
Its lethality is comparable to some of the powerful crossbows of the Song Dynasty.
If it can be equipped on a large scale, it can indeed pose a considerable threat to the cavalry.
Seeing that his favorite general reacted strongly, Jiao Siluo looked at An Ziluo and asked, "An Ziluo, have you ever seen the powerful weapons of the Celestial Empire?"
An Ziluo nodded and said, "I was about to report this to Zanpu."
An Ziluo looked at Kou Ji.
"Brother Kou Xian, can you please bring out a firecracker like yours so that our clan Zanpu can see it?"
Kou Jixiao asked: "Do you want to kill someone?"
An Ziluo pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I want..."
Only by killing people can one intuitively see the power of that kind of firecrackers.
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Okay..."
An Ziluo looked at Jiao Siluo.
Jiao Siluo pondered for a moment and prepared to find a death row prisoner to try.
Jiao Siluo ordered the king's guards to pick up a death row prisoner from the prison and escort him into the palace.
Wait until the death row inmate arrives.
An Ziluo asked Kou Ji, "Brother Kou Xian, do you need him to stand still?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "Give him a horse and let him run. If he can escape, let him live."
An Ziluo muttered: "If he escapes..."
Kou Ji interrupted An Ziluo's words and smiled calmly: "If he doesn't escape, how can he prove the power of the weapons made by our Song Dynasty? He is already a death row prisoner. If you give him a chance to escape, he will definitely stick to it."
He grabbed hold and struggled to escape.
If the weapon made by me, Da Song, could kill him with one blow while he was escaping.
That is enough to show that the weapons made by our Song Dynasty are quite powerful."
An Ziluo looked at Jiao Siluo.
Jiao Siluo nodded in agreement.
Other Qingtang civil and military officials also nodded in agreement.
He waited expectantly to see Song's weapons.
When a person is running for his life, he must use all his wisdom and strength.
If under such circumstances, the weapons made by the Song State could easily kill him, it would be enough to show how powerful the weapons made by the Song State were.
Seeing the expectant expressions on the faces of the Qingtang civil and military officers, Kou Ji smiled and said, "You can give the prisoner another piece of leather armor..."
Qingtang civil and military officials were shocked when they heard this.
Leather armor is the most mainstream armor in the entire Western Region.
Most of the cavalry in the Western Regions wore leather armor.
Only a very small number of cavalry from the Western Regions are qualified to wear iron armor.
If the weapons made by the Song State could easily lock on to the cavalry while the cavalry was moving, penetrate their leather armor, and kill them with one blow, then the weapons made by the Song State would not only pose a threat to the cavalry, it would be that simple.
Regarding Kou Ji's request, Jiao Siluo, An Ziluo, and all the Qingtang civil and military officials did not refuse.
An Ziluo sent someone to get a set of leather armor, handed it to the death row prisoner, and whispered a few words in Tubo language into the death row prisoner's ear.
After listening to An Ziluo's words, the death row prisoner looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.
Kou Ji smiled lightly and glanced at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng nodded heavily, stood up, and prepared to take out the short-barreled musket from his arms.
Seeing this, Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Send someone outside the palace to summon Chen Datou to come in."
Liu Heng was stunned and said seriously: "You don't need Chen Datou, I can easily deal with him."