Chapter 428: Killing Storm

Hearing the shouts, everyone in the restaurant rushed to the window and looked down. Cui Yao and Gu Dai also turned their heads and looked out the window. Dozens of people were chasing and chopping two people from afar. Judging from the clothes they were wearing, they were indeed Uighurs and Tubos. The streets were crowded with crowds. More than a dozen municipal offices came to see that the Uighurs were fierce and did not dare to ask.

Cui Yao was furious and slapped the table and shouted: "How dare foreign tribes kill people in the streets? Do you really think that my Tang Dynasty is still in the Anshi Rebellion?"

He stood up and strode down the restaurant. Gu Dai hurriedly called him, "Mr. Cui, wait a moment."

Cui Yao stopped and turned around and said to her solemnly: "Gu Dai, just wait for me here. Don't walk away. I'll come when I go."

"Young Master Cui, be careful!"

Cui Yao nodded and ran downstairs quickly to the street. The crowd was already crowded and crowded. He struggled to squeeze out the crowd and came to an empty place on the street. Two Tubo people had been chopped over to the ground, bleeding all over the ground, one was killed, and the other was seriously injured, lying on the ground, closed their eyes and waiting to die.

There were about 30 Uighurs, and the head was Kang Chixin. He was crossing his hands and looking at the two Tubo people who died and injured, laughing proudly. Three days ago, the additional order from the Uighur Khan came, which made Kang Chixin very depressed and depressed for two days. Today, he specially brought a group of men to Dongshi to disturb trouble, smashed a stall and injured the hawker. Seeing that no one dared to care about him, he became more proud. Later, he met two Tubo envoys who were buying Shu brocade in a silk shop. Knowing that the Tang people were fighting with the Tubo people, he ordered his subordinates to kill and chase them all the way to the streets.

At this moment, he glanced at the Tang people on both sides and snorted coldly, "So what's under the feet of the world? Isn't there no one in these thousands of Tang people dare to care about me?"

"Kill him!" He issued an order to kill another Tubo man. The two Uighurs carried swords and slowly walked towards the undead Tubo man.

"Stop!" One person rushed over and stopped the two Uighurs. He clenched his fists tightly and was furious. It was Cui Yao. He stared at Kang Chixin and said word by word: "How can you let your body be rampant at the feet of the emperor!"

"Haha! Finally, a Tangren who dares to meddle in other people's business came." Kang Chixin laughed to the sky. His laughter suddenly subsided and said viciously: "Boy, aren't you afraid that I'll cut you together?"

"Dare you dare to kill me?" Cui Yao also smiled coldly. He suddenly raised his arms to the people around him and shouted: "Twenty years ago, the Uighurs killed people on the streets of Chang'an and humiliated me women in the Tang Dynasty. Today they were going to kill people in the streets and bully me in the Tang Dynasty. What should we do?"

"Kill them!" The people around were clamored for a painful past and shouted angrily. The shouts were like a mountain collapse and tsunami. The waves were higher and higher. Kang Chixin and his men changed their faces and retreated step by step. Suddenly, they turned around and ran away. A dense array of stones followed them and smashed them. A group of Uighurs ran away with their heads in their arms.

Cui Yao kept watching the Uighurs being driven away, and he sneered: "Do you really think my Tang Dynasty is still the same as before?"

"Young Master Cui." Gu Dai ran to him quickly and asked with concern: "You, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Cui Yao saw more than a dozen municipal office officers rescued the Tubo people, and he said angrily: "Although the Tubo people are not good things, these Uighur people dare to kill people in the street and provoke the authority of our Tang Dynasty. If they are not easy to punish them, they will really be looked down upon."

"That person is called Kang Chixin. He served as General Meilu in the Uighurs. He has a great status and is a famous master of the Great Food Sect. This time he served as Deputy Envoy of the Uighurs."

Cui Yao looked at her in surprise, "Do you know this person?"

Gu Dai nodded, "You see, he only kills the Tubo people and knows that he actually has a deep meaning. The young master doesn't need to pay attention to this matter. I don't think the Tubo people will let him go."

Cui Yao nodded silently, Gu Dai made a point, but with Kang Chixin's status, he came to Dongshi to cause trouble. This matter must not be simple, and he must not be reckless.

Gudelai smiled and said, "Young Master is going to take the exam tomorrow, so let's go back early!"

"Okay! Let's go back." Cui Yao called a carriage. Amid the applause of praise, he took Gu Dai onto the carriage and rushed towards Cui's mansion.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jingzhao Yin urgently reported to Zhang Huan about the murder case in the East City. Moreover, the murdered Tubo people were actually Bater, the deputy envoy of the Tubo delegation, and his entourage was also seriously injured.

Zhang Huan immediately realized that this was not good. Kang Chixin was obviously unwilling to let the Uighur Khan establish the Princess of the Tang Dynasty as Ke Dun, and took the opportunity to cause trouble to destroy the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the two countries. If the court favored Tubo, the pro-Gao faction on the Uighur side would definitely find an excuse to obstruct the Uighur's neutral position, but if it was left alone, it would inevitably cast a shadow on the negotiations on Tubo's troops.

But Zhang Huan was not in a hurry to deal with the matter. He was waiting until dusk and did not see Tubo people complaining. He knew it clearly and immediately wrote a secret order, ordering people to send it to Du Mei.

That night, the night was dark, and large clouds covered the stars and moonlight. The imperial city was very quiet. Patrol soldiers walked by the street by chance. The Honglu Temple's building was located in the southwest corner of the imperial city, close to Hanguang Gate, and consisted of hundreds of large and small courtyards. Various missions who came to Chang'an to pay homage were stationed there. Because of their existence, Hanguang Gate was closed all night to facilitate their entry and exit.

In the museum, a straight road runs through it, and hundreds of yards are distributed on both sides of the mainland. The Uighurs came earlier and they were ambassadors, so they occupied the three largest yards beside the museum. One was the chief envoy and the deputy envoy each occupied one, and the other was the servants of the rough envoy. Around them, most of them were the stations of small countries in Anxi.

It was already very late at night, and it was already the first time. All the envoys had fallen asleep. The entire museum area was quiet and there was no pedestrian on the road. Suddenly, a large group of black shadows appeared outside the Uighurs' station, about a hundred people, holding sharp blades in their hands and were quietly walking along the wall.

"Zablun, this gate." A black shadow pointed to the courtyard gate on the far left, and then several tall black shadows climbed into the courtyard wall like monkeys. After a moment, the courtyard gate opened with a creak. The black shadow in the leader waved his hand, and more than one hundred black shadows penetrated into the gate like gophers. But just as they had just disappeared into the courtyard of the Uighurs, three other black shadows appeared on the ridge of a room ten feet away. They were all covered, wearing the same clothes as the Tubo people, and staring at the yard opposite with sharp eyes.

One waved his hand, and the three of them immediately disappeared from the roof like ghosts, but suddenly appeared on the roof of the Uighurs again, and a bright Tubo short knife appeared in each of them.

At this moment, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the yard on the left of the Uighurs, and then the shouts of killing were loud, roars, crying, begging for mercy, and the sound of fighting weapons and fighting sounds were heard in a mess. The lights around were lit. Someone ran to the Tang army for help, and the voice suddenly became quiet again. Only one person cried loudly, "No! General Meilu was killed by the Tubo people."

The sound of horse hooves of the brigade of the Tang cavalry began to sound in the distance, and at this time, the three people on the roof had already disappeared.

In the middle of the night on the fifth day of the first lunar month, a major incident suddenly happened in the Honglu Temple's museum. Nearly a hundred Tubo people attacked the Uighur people's garrison at night. During the melee, the Uighur deputy envoy Kang Chixin was killed by the Tubo people. When the Tang army stationed in the imperial city arrived, the Tubo people had already cut off Kang Chixin's head. The Uighur people were excited and drew their swords to fight against the Tubo people. The Tang army immediately separated the two countries' missions, which were about to break out in a larger-scale conflict, and seized everyone's weapons. The missions of the two countries continued to silence until dawn.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the Uighurs were sending Yao Luo Ge Ling to the Tang court to protest the atrocities of the Tubo people. The Tubo people also protested to the Tang court that the Uighurs killed their deputy envoys. The Emperor Zhang Huan of the Tang Dynasty sent Cui Yu and Pei You to appease the emotions of the two countries respectively, expressed deep apology for what happened last night, and issued an order to remove the post of Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple who was in charge of the hall.

On the morning of the same day, the Tubo delegation ended its pilgrimage and officially returned to Tubo. Cui Yu, the Tubo delegation from the Tang Dynasty, accompanied him. In order to ensure the safety of the Tubo delegation, Zhang Huan ordered three thousand cavalry to escort the Tubo delegation. The Uighurs were helpless in sending Yao Luo Ge Ling to report the matter to Khan overnight.

With the departure of the Tubo delegation and the beginning of the imperial examination in the fifth year of Dazhi, this matter gradually subsided. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Tang Dynasty held the first New Year's dynasty in the fifth year of Dazhi. At the court meeting, it officially decided to combine the two major procuratorates of Anxi and Beiting into one to establish the Western Regions Procuratorate, which was under it, with seven major governors of Kucha, Gaochang, Saiye, Shule, Khotan, Yanqi, and Luntai. The first Western Regions Procuratorate was Wang Siyu, the former governor of Anxi, and also served as the governor of Saiye; the former governor of Beiting Xin Lang served as the deputy governor of Luntai and Cao Hanchen transferred to Shule.

At this court meeting, it was also decided to transfer 80,000 Han troops from Longyou, Guanzhong and Jiannan to Anxi, and send 5 million stones of grain and a large amount of military supplies to Shule. The war wheels of the Tang Dynasty gradually turned, and batches of young officials were sent to the distant Western Regions to take office. They would shed their youth and passion to that distant land.

That afternoon, the imperial examination was finally over. Cui Yao rushed back to his mansion excitedly. He was about to set off for Saiye the day after tomorrow, so he made an appointment with Gu Dai to go to Qujiangchi to have a trip together after the exam.

But as soon as he entered the mansion, the butler stopped him, "Young master, the great master, please come over."

Cui Yao was stunned, and then he understood that this was his grandfather asking about the situation of the imperial examination! Although Gu Dai was still waiting for him, he did not dare to disobey his grandfather's instructions.

Walking to my grandfather's study, Cui Yao knocked on the door gently, "Grandfather, grandson asks for a visit!"

"Come in!" Cui Yuan's somewhat old voice came from the room.

Cui Yao quickly walked into the study and saw his grandfather leaning against the cushion. His body was already very weak. Cui Yao felt guilty. He had almost never been with his grandfather these days, but he would have to.

Cui Yao's nose felt sour, he slowly knelt down and kowtowed to his grandfather, "Grandson kowtows to his grandfather!"

"How come you kid, why did you give me a big gift?" Cui Yuan waved his hand and smiled, "Are you dissatisfied with your grandfather not giving you New Year's money?"

"The grandson dares not, the grandson is leaving the day after tomorrow and can no longer serve his grandfather."

Cui Yuan looked at the eldest grandson whom he had been raised since childhood, and felt a sense of licking the calf in his heart. Thinking that he might never see him again, Cui Yuan's eyes were slightly wet. He waved to Cui Yao, "Child, come here!"

Cui Yao hurriedly climbed to his grandfather's side. Cui Yuan touched his head with love and smiled, "Crazy, it will take at least one or two years to go to Anxi. I don't know if my grandfather can see you again. Don't let your grandfather down!"

When Cui Yao heard this from his grandfather, he cried out in a word. He leaned on his grandfather's lap and cried, "The grandson will not go to Anxi anymore. The grandson will stay and serve his grandfather."

"Bastard!" Cui Yuan suddenly became angry. He pushed his grandson away and scolded sternly: "Is this what my grandson said? Like a woman, get out of me, I will never see you again."

Cui Yao knelt down quickly, resisting the sadness in his heart and said, "The grandson knew he was wrong, so please punish him."

Cui Yuan stared at him for a while, and the sadness in his heart slowly calmed down. He sighed softly and said, "Do you know why my grandfather must have you go to Anxi? He even begs the emperor with a thick face, because his grandfather has seen that the competition between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi for the Western Regions is related to the strategic interests of our Tang Dynasty and will be the most important event in the Tang Dynasty in 20 years. In the future, the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty may come from the Western Regions. Only when you practice in this magnificent historical event can you have the chance to ascend to the position of Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty again in decades, and truly make our Cui family not declining. Do you understand? Grandfather has already bent all his hopes on you."

Cui Yao nodded silently, "The grandson understands."

"No! I'm afraid you don't understand." Cui Yuan's mouth twitched, and he slowly took out a beautiful jade from his arms and put it on the table, "Is this your thing?"

Cui Yao's heart suddenly jumped up, and he remembered that this was the jade he bet in the jewelry store. He had been busy with the imperial examination these days and had forgotten it. How could it come to his grandfather's hands again?

"This jade has my name on it, who dares to accept it?" Cui Yuan glanced at him and saw that he looked ashamed, and said lightly: "This was delivered by the owner of Fubaoji in person that afternoon. Because you want to be the imperial examination, I don't mention this matter. I'll ask you why this jade came to Fubaoji's store?"

Cui Yao's face was flushed. Seeing that the matter could no longer be hidden, he said a little about buying a necklace for Gu Dai. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "The grandson and her are in love with each other, beg for grandfather."

Before he finished speaking, Cui Yuan slapped him on the table. He coughed violently, so that his waist could not be straightened. Cui Yao was panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to massage his grandfather's back. Cui Yuan lifted him up and shouted sternly: "Kneel down for me!"

Cui Yao's heart was already cold. He slowly knelt down. After Cui Yuan's panting was slightly calmed down, he pointed at him and said, "You are confused! Who is she? A woman from a foreign country, and who are you? I am the eldest grandson of my Cui Yuan. Not to mention her, I will not let you marry even the princess of the Tang Dynasty. My Cui family is the number one prominent family in the Tang Dynasty. How can a blond and blue-eyed foreign country woman become a family wife? It's ridiculous! You are really ridiculous."

At this time, Cui Yao's heart had completely fallen into the cold cave. He knew his grandfather very well. He actually said two ridiculous things. Then he would never agree with the matter between him and Gu Dai. Cui Yao's passion suddenly surged over his head. He said angrily: "No one will marry his grandson before his fame has been achieved. Now my grandfather is satisfied!"

"Hmph!" Cui Yuan snorted coldly, "Don't try to hide the truth from me. Let me tell you the truth. If your lifelong affairs are not resolved, I will never close my eyes."

He took a red paper sticker from the table and threw it in front of him. He said in a tone without any room for negotiation: "I have already decided on a marriage for you. Your wife will be Fang Min, the youngest daughter of Fang Zongyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. This woman is gentle and virtuous, and she is the legitimate daughter of the Fang family. She is your good match. She is thirteen years old this year. I have written to your father and agreed to Fang Jun that you will get married in four years."

"What!" Cui Yao's eyes turned dark, and a deep pain almost made him die of pain.

Cui Yao himself didn't know how he walked out of his grandfather's study. He walked forward blankly and came to the guest room without realizing it. Cui Yao stood up and looked at Gu Dai's room blankly. He didn't know how long he had been standing. He sighed softly, turned around and walked back, but just after walking for less than two steps, an extremely familiar voice came from behind, "Young Master Cui!"

Cui Yao was shocked all over. He slowly turned around and saw that beautiful face appeared in front of him, "Are you sick?" Gu Dai was shocked by his pale face, "Mr. Cui, what happened?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired." Cui Yao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'll tell you, Qujiang, I may not be able to accompany you."

"It doesn't matter, you go back and rest!"

In order to go to Qujiangchi, Gu Dai had already changed into a gorgeous long dress and dressed up carefully. She had been looking forward to Cui Yao taking her to Qujiangchi after the exam since the morning. She heard from her brother that the beautiful scenery of Qujiangchi had been said more than once. She had been fascinated by her for a long time, but she still couldn't go there in the end, and she felt a little regretful.

"You go back and rest quickly! You are about to set off the morning after tomorrow. How can you not rest well?" Seeing that Cui Yao was still standing there stupidly, she urged him to leave quickly.

Cui Yao still didn't move. He stared at Gu Dai in despair. The muscles on his soft face twitched violently, twisted, and made a painful choking sound.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Dai was a little panicked. She felt Cui Yao's extreme pain in her heart like ice and snow. Moreover, this pain seemed to have something to do with her, otherwise how could he look at him like this?

Cui Yao could no longer control his feelings. He hugged her in his arms like crazy, and raised his head to the sky and shouted silently, why is heaven unfair? Why did his grandfather ask him to make such a vicious oath, why did he have to force him into a dead end? He burst into tears,

The pain completely swallowed him.

At this moment, the gentle and elegant Cui family grandson disappeared and became a young man trapped by love and crazy for Yi. Gu Dai did not push him away. She felt his trembling and despair all over. She snuggled in his arms like a golden silk kitten, hoping to drive away his fear with her warmth.

‘Cough! Cough!’ A heavy cough suddenly came not far away, and the young couple in the yard were dispersed. The two separated in panic. The old butler was standing at the moon gate. He said expressionlessly: “Sir, the master, let you go back to pack your luggage and set off the day after tomorrow.”

"I understand!" Cui Yao gritted his teeth and ran to the inner courtyard without looking back.

The old butler looked at his back and shook his head pity. He looked at Gu Dai again, as if he wanted to say something to her, but he was a little reluctant, so he turned around and went slowly.
Chapter completed!