kvmb Chapter 1080 News from Chang'an
Chapter 1080 News from Chang'an
"Miss Aya is so righteous." Yuan Tiangang was addicted to watching the fun. After Aya made such a bold statement, he immediately gave her a thumbs up and said, "My Dou family has added another powerful general to their entourage!"
"This Taoist priest is right!" Aya laughed, then took out a pear from her flowered bag and threw it to him: "Here you go!"
"Miss Aya is really generous." Yuan Tiangang took the pear and put it into his sleeve while chatting and laughing.
"You really understand the ways of the world, don't you?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu glanced at Yuan Tiangang, then said helplessly: "Okay... things have come to this... Aya, do you have any more pears?"
"No way." Aya spread her hands when she heard that.
On the other side, Yuan Tiangang suddenly took out the pear again and took a big bite.
"Crack!"
"..."
Seeing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu took a deep breath, and then... took another deep breath.
For the sake of the new worshiper, Gangzi, we will settle this account later!
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"Zanpu, why do I feel like things are getting more and more wrong..."
"Prime Minister, what do you mean..." - At the same time, in Lhasa City, Songtsen Gampo looked at Lu Dongzan who had a serious face in front of him and said hesitantly: "What happened in Chang'an?"
"Qiongbo Bangsai hasn't sent back any news for more than a month." Lu Dongzan stopped talking halfway, pursed his lips, and continued: "The spy I arranged in the delegation...has not sent back any news either."
"Heh..." Songtsen Gampo sneered when he heard this, and did not comment on Lu Dongzan's truthful words: "Prime Minister, are you worried that the envoys we sent will rebel collectively?"
"The result may be worse than this..." Although Lu Dongzan still didn't know how much trouble Qiongbo Bangsai's "stupid man suddenly became smart" had caused to Tubo, he had a hunch that something must have happened in Chang'an: "I suspect... the entire delegation has been controlled by the Khan of Heaven."
"Why would the Heavenly Khan do this?" Songtsen Gampo frowned when he heard this: "Don't they still want to join forces with us to conquer India?"
"For the Tang Dynasty, India can be taken at any time." Lu Dongzan felt that his own Zamp was taking things for granted. Although he didn't want to complain, his Zamp was really too immature compared to a certain bastard from the Tang Dynasty: "Then the reason why Li Kuan asked us to cooperate with him to attack India was just to drag us and Tuyuhun into the water.
As for Tocharistan and Xueyantuo, they are now located on the northwest border of India. Compared with us and Tuyuhun, the threat they pose to the Tang Dynasty is almost negligible..."
"Prime Minister, you have said these words before - the enemy is coming for us." Songtsen Gampo sighed and said, "But...what can we do?"
"No, Zamp, things have changed now..." Seeing that Songtsen Gampo still thought he was repeating the same old tune, Lu Dongzan could not help but emphasize his tone: "We sent Qiongbo Bangsai before to test and find an opportunity to refuse to participate in the war. According to our original plan, whether the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty agrees to the marriage or not, we have room for maneuver.
But now...
Chang'an has cut off contact with us, and it has been so complete that I suspect...something must have happened, otherwise——"
"——Zanpu! Zanpu!" Just as Lu Dongzan was talking about the key point, the voice of Sangsuo, another minister of Songtsen Gampo, came from outside the study: "Something happened! Something happened in Chang'an!"
"Huh?!" Songtsen Gampo immediately stood up from his seat upon hearing this, and Lu Dongzan also looked towards the door at the first moment.
After entering the study, Sang Suo first glanced at Lu Dongzan, and then told him everything that happened in Chang'an more than a month ago: "The envoys we sent to Chang'an... were all killed!"
"What?!" Songtsen Gampo's face darkened when he heard this: "Who did it? Li Shimin?!"
"Not necessarily." Lu Dongzan interrupted immediately after hearing this: "Li Shimin is a true hero. He would never -"
"——What do you mean?" Sang Suo immediately refuted after hearing this: "The news was leaked by the Duke of Zhao of the Tang Dynasty to the merchant who sent it to our Tubo, and then the merchant sent someone to send it back.
It is said that the cause of the incident was that Qiongbo Bangsai took the initiative to write a letter to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, expressing his desire to ask for a Tang princess in marriage for the Zamp. After the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty refused, Qiongbo Bangsai turned around and set his sights on the daughter of Li Daozon, Prince of Rencheng, but was rejected again.
So he accused the Tang Dynasty of being insincere in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, saying that Li Shimin was not worthy of the title of Heavenly Khan...
As a result, the other party was furious and ordered him to be imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison. Even the entire Tibetan delegation was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice..."
"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is really going too far!" Songtsen Gampo was so angry that he trembled all over: "Such humiliation... I will never forget it!"
"Wait!" Songtsen Gampo was so angry that his eyes were blazing with fire, but Lu Dongzan felt a chill down his spine. He looked at Sangsuo and said solemnly, "Sangsuo, let me ask you, did the message sent by the Duke of Zhao from the Tang Dynasty really mention the King of Chu from beginning to end?"
"Why did he mention the King of Chu? Isn't the King of Chu now in Qiongzhou, the southernmost part of the Tang Dynasty?" Sang Suo blinked when he heard this, somewhat confused about the situation.
"Sang Suo, do you know that the sister of the Duke of Zhao, Zhangsun Wuji, is the empress of the Tang Dynasty?" Seeing Songtsen Gampo still gritting his teeth and cursing the Tang Dynasty, Lu Dongzan said helplessly, "If you were him, why do you think he would do this? You know, this kind of thing... once it gets out, it's treason! Let's not talk about Zhangsun Wuji's purpose, let's talk about this first, why did he reveal his identity?"
"Uh..." Sang Suo blinked when he heard this: "To prove that the source of this information is reliable?"
"That's right." Lu Dongzan nodded after hearing this: "But I really can't figure out what the other party's motive is... unless..."
"Unless Zhangsun Wuji received Li Shimin's instructions and deliberately passed this news back." Seeing that Lu Dongzan deliberately stopped talking, Songtsen Gampo took the initiative to say after a moment of silence: "So... the truth of the matter is far more than that!"