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Chapter 128 We are part-time bandits

His Majesty’s several official titles, the solicitation of the five surnames, and the enlistment of the princes.

All were rejected by Li Zheng.

Li Chongyi made a conclusion about Li Zheng. Although he might be a little bad as a gentleman, he is also a smart person.

In the following days, the negotiations will be chaired by the Secretariat and the Ministry of Rites.

To be on the safe side, the Secretariat decided to meet Tuyuhun and Tubo's envoys separately.

Negotiate separately.

A few days later, the negotiations were ended on the three conditions of Fu Ni accepting Li Zheng. At this point, Li Shimin issued an order to send Li Daliang to garrison the Hexi Corridor with 100,000 troops.

Over the years, after many twists and turns, the Hexi Corridor has returned to the control of the people of the Central Plains.

Tubo took out 500,000 guan at the cost of it.

The Tang Dynasty promised not to send troops to support Tuyuhun.

The negotiations between Tuyuhun and Tubo finally came to an end.

Fu Ni returned to the inn in a daze.

Lu Dongzan also looked depressed when he returned to the room of the inn. Although he was not like Tuyuhun, he did not seek any benefits in the Tang Dynasty when he was on a mission.

Lu Dongzan wrote a letter and handed it to the followers around him, "Thank you to Zanpu immediately."

Lu Dongzan has recorded all the troops stationed at various passes along the way in the Tang Dynasty.

The letter had just been sent out of Chang'an, and that afternoon, the entourage who delivered the letter came with a bruised and swollen face.

"What's wrong?" Lu Dongzan asked with concern.

"As soon as we left the city, we passed by Jingyang, we met a big man and Li Zheng. We beat us up and the letter was stolen."

"What did you say!" Lu Dongzan looked nervous, "Is the letter taken away by Li Zheng?"

The entourage said with a grievance: "It's not just faith, but our wealth has been robbed by them. The Tang Dynasty is so dangerous."

The letter recorded the situation of troops stationed from Yumen Pass to Chang'an. If this letter fell into Li Shimin's hands...

Lu Dongzan didn't dare to think about the consequences of the matter.

Sitting on the couch weakly, he looked in a daze.

"The Tang Dynasty is too dangerous, why don't we go back to Tubo."

Listening to the words of the follower, Lu Dongzan was worried, but in order to avoid the incident, it was better to leave Chang'an quickly.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave the inn with a bag on his back, he bumped into Li Chongyi, who was carrying an official from the Ministry of Rites.

Looking at the situation of the people, Li Chongyi asked with a smile: "Several messengers, are you leaving?"

"Yes." Lu Dongzan sighed: "I am concerned about the safety of Tubo, and I want to go back early to serve our great Zamp Songtsen Gampo."

Li Chongyi and some officials from the Ministry of Rites still stopped Lu Dongzan and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty will hold a banquet to entertain envoys from all countries in a few days. You might as well eat before leaving, so as not to outsiders say that our Tang Dynasty is not well received."

Hearing this, Lu Dongzan looked pale.

I didn't dare to show anything unusual, so I had to go back to the inn

Tubo people will definitely pass by Jingyang when they leave Chang'an to deliver letters.

Li Zheng, Cheng Chumo, Li Tai, and Li Ke were idle and roasted a wild roe deer on the official road, and met a Tubo people riding a horse.

Li Tai said while eating meat: "I just robbed the Tubo envoy. What should I do if the court investigates it?"

Cheng Chumo said indifferently: "I'm afraid he will do something!"

Li Zheng put a few silver cakes stolen from the Tubo people into his arms and looked at the contents of the parchment.

This is the letter that the Tubo man was about to send out just now.

After robbing this letter, the Tubo man looked particularly panicked.

"Songzan Gampo is an ambitious person. This time Lu Dongzan came to Chang'an was strange. Tubo said that he was attacking Tuyuhun now. In fact, Songzan Gampo's goal has always been in the Central Plains and has never changed. The annexation of Tuyuhun is just a stepping stone for Songzan Gampo."

"A stepping stone that can attack the Central Plains. After getting Tuyuhun, Tubo has a channel that can attack the Central Plains, so he deliberately wants to get the Hexi Corridor."

Li Tai asked in a low voice: "What do you mean is Tubo who is not at ease with kindness?"

Li Zheng nodded and continued to look at the contents on the parchment. He couldn't understand the Tubo text at all.

He waved to Li Ke, who was standing not far away, was undressing.

Li Zheng handed the parchment roll to Li Ke and asked, do you understand?

After taking the pampering scroll, Li Ke read it for a long time and said, "I understand some Tubo dialect, but I can't understand the Tubo text. The Tubo text is too small and it looks almost the same."

After looking closely, Li Ke said, "But I know the few words here."

Spreading a pampered scroll on the ground, Li Ke pointed to three symbolic characters and said: "These three characters are Yumen Pass, this is Liangzhou City, and there are also troops, city defense, city walls..."

Cheng Chumo asked curiously: "What do you mean by saying that this Tubo envoy sent a letter to Tubo and wrote the place name of our Tang Dynasty?"

"Yumen Pass, Liangzhou? Forces, city defense and wall..."

Li Tai immediately thought of it, and he looked even more wrong after snatching the parchment with one hand.

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Zheng, then looked at Li Ke and Li Tai, "What's wrong?"

After thinking about it, Li Zheng was silent for a long time and said, "This Lu Dongzan is going to send information to Songzan Gampo, and you know that this person is not at ease."

Li Ke read the parchment again and said, "It says Zanpu, which is a respectful title for the king of Tubo. It is used to call the king of Tubo. It seems that this letter was given to Songtsen Gampo."

Cheng Chumo bit the meat, "The Tubo text is written like a bug, which is really ugly."

Li Zheng looked at Li Tai and said, "Fatty, do you want to make contributions? Do you want to return to Chang'an?"

Looking at the pampered scroll, Li Tai was still hesitating, "We can't understand the contents of this letter. At most, we can understand a few sporadic words. Just like this, we can't determine the intentions of the Tubo people. It's better to do this. There are some people in my Literature Museum and several staff members who are quite insightful about the words outside the pass. It's better to let them take a look and we make a decision."

Eighty-mostly you can think of the content of this letter.

Li Zheng said to Cheng Chumo: "How about we wait for the rabbit?"

"What's waiting for the rabbit?"

...

Such an important letter was intercepted.

Lu Dongzan couldn't sleep or eat, so he shouldn't have sent a letter at this time.

No matter how much regret it is, it is useless.

It's really unlucky to come to Chang'an this time.

Why did the Tang Dynasty produce Li Zheng, the number one person?

After coming to Chang'an, nothing goes well. I always feel like everyone is doing it to me.

The night is long and the dreams are too many, and that letter is a serious crime. If it is handed over to His Majesty by Li Zheng.

All negotiations were in vain.

While Li Shimin had not seen this letter, Lu Dongzan planned to run away.

I didn't sleep all night, and it was almost dawn. Lu Dongzan took advantage of this time that there were few pedestrians in Chang'an, and the curfew had just ended and the city gate had just opened.

Pretending to be a businessman from Tubo, he handed over the road to lead him out of Chang'an City. Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the city did not ask much.

Not far away, the sound of breaking through the air came from behind.
Chapter completed!
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