Zheng Peng asked people to give money to Guo Ziyi, and when he explained the reason, Guo Ziyi's expression was also complicated.

However, Guo Ziyi said very tactfully: "The princess is here, suffering." ”

"Let her go, by the way, how's it going?" Zheng Peng didn't want to entangle the question of Princess Jincheng, and went straight to the topic.

"Four words to describe, calm and quiet" Guo Ziyi hesitated for a moment, and quickly said: "I always feel that there is a big move in Tibet, and the second child has stepped up investigation, and I believe there will be good news soon." ”

"When besieging Luoqi City, it's a pity that the two old foxes of Kudayan and Xinuo Luo Gonglu were not in the city, by the way, we took Luoqi City, announced that Tubo was merged into the Tang Dynasty, and all Tubo people became the people of the Tang Dynasty, is there any progress in this regard?"

Li Longji handed over all the affairs of Tubo to Zheng Peng, Zheng Peng's policy was to kill a group, suppress a group, and win over a group, mainly punish the culprits headed by the Sishang clan, implement amnesty for others, and exempt the Tubo slaves who took the initiative to join the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Ziyi opened his mouth and responded: "The progress is not bad, the news sent back by Kuluo, many slaves secretly joined his team, and many frightened Tubo people took the initiative to send them grain and grass, lead the way, provide information, etc., by the way, the Zhangxiong Department secretly sent people to test our attitude, it seems that there is a meaning of submission, the second brother has sent someone to contact, in addition to Zhangxiong, there are several small tribes that also mean submission." ”

"Kundayan and Sinoluo Gonglu are not idle people, the current situation is unstable, and there is a lot of grass on the wall, even those who are obedient should be careful." Zheng Peng admonished.

"Be careful" Guo Ziyi sighed: "A lot of fine work is mixed with the people who surrender to Cheng, secretly sabotage, and there are also people who pretend to be obedient and trap our people, like the Ni Bora Department, pretending to be obedient to the Tang Dynasty, and secretly ambush after taking over the head, and at once arrested more than ten Tang Dynasty fine works who went to negotiate, and then nailed them alive on the city wall to show the public, which is simply the anger of people and gods." ”

Zheng Peng said with a calm face: "In order to strengthen the relationship with Ni Boro, many Zanmeng are from the Ni Bo Luo Department, and the Tubo royal family has a very close relationship with Ni Bora, and it is not surprising that they have become the vanguard of the anti-Tang Dynasty, they will pay the price, I promise." ”

When it came to the back, Zheng Peng's tone was surprisingly calm, so calm that even Guo Ziyi was a little scared, he knew that Zheng Peng had already left his anger.

In Guo Ziyi's view, a calm Zheng Peng is far more terrifying than an angry Zheng Peng.

"Although the situation is a little uncertain, but overall it is still good" Guo Ziyi analyzed: "Tubo's clan culture is deep-rooted, self-contained and hostile to each other, it can be said that each has a mind and no one obeys anyone, the alliance that Ku Dayan and Xi Nuo Luo Gonglu worked hard to figure out, but barely got together, the cohesion is very low, it is easy to break it up, in fact, many people yearn for the Tang Dynasty, after all, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and rich, and it is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and Kun Dayan and Xi Nuo Luo Gonglu have been forcibly suppressed, so there is not much progress, As long as a big victory or a fatal blow to the two can strengthen those who want to submit to the Tang Dynasty. ”

It is the common feeling of people to seek good fortune and avoid evil, the momentum of the Tang army is great, there are too few places that can be controlled, and Tubo has more than 100 years of heritage, so it is indeed very difficult to make them surrender with a notice.

Zheng Peng nodded secretly when he heard this, Guo Ziyi's thoughts were similar to what he thought, and now the confrontation between the two sides is in a delicate balance, if you want to break this balance, you need a big change, whoever has the initiative, the balance of victory will be tilted towards whom.

There was a kind of silence in the camp tent all of a sudden, Zheng Peng and Guo Ziyi were trying to figure out how to take the initiative in the confrontation.

Unexpectedly, it was not Zheng Peng or Guo Ziyi who broke this silence, but Cui Xiyi, who came in a hurry.

Cui Xiyi walked a little hurriedly, panting, didn't say a word after coming in, picked up the teapot and poured it directly into his throat, because he was in a hurry, he choked, Guo Ziyi said angrily: "Second child, drink slowly, look at your hurry, didn't you steal a pretty daughter-in-law from any family, let people chase after you, right?" ”

Lan Duo and Cardinal didn't know what to talk about outside the barracks, there were only three brothers inside, and they talked a lot more casually.

"Big brother, for the sake of running around every day and running all the legs, spare your poor second brother, the third brother is also here, great, just say something serious."

As soon as it came to business, Guo Ziyi immediately became serious: "What is the right thing, let's talk about it." ”

Cui Xiyi put down the teapot after drinking, breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched out two fingers and said: "The first thing is about Princess Jincheng, in fact, I have wanted to say it for a long time, the princess made a tent not far from the mansion, and at night let that Na Nan Guiyi pick up the guests, and pick out those vulgar people, this matter..."

Zheng Peng and Guo Ziyi glanced at each other, and said helplessly: "Needless to say, you should not see or know, by the way, let the population be more dense." ”

The money from selling skin and meat is still thrown aside, and Zheng Peng doesn't know how to persuade it, it's best not to get involved in the war between women, but it's too ugly for the princess to "pimp", she can't control the princess, just take care of the mouths of those idlers.

According to the confessions of the palace maids and guards in the Potala Palace, Na Nang Guiyi repeatedly resisted and destroyed Princess Jincheng in front of Chide Zuzan, and asked the princess to wash her clothes and feet for her.

Cui Xiyi nodded and said: "That's right, forget it, I shouldn't have seen this thing, the second thing is a big deal, Kundayan and Sinuo Luo Gonglu are going to have a festival to worship the heavens in the near future." ”

"Worship the heavens? What are they going to do? Seeing that Cui Xiyi looked serious, Zheng Peng also became serious.

"Roughly many people in Tibet believe that the Tang army can break the curse of Tubo and take some cities, that is, the gods no longer protect Tubo, it is caused by the loss of virtue of Zampu Chide Zuzan, in order to regain the protection of the gods, and in order to drive us away as soon as possible, they will hold a grand festival to worship the heavens."

Zheng Peng said with some disapproval: "The Tang Dynasty is strong, like the sun, and the strength of Tubo is exhausted, even if you do any Fa meeting, it is in vain." ”

The level of ancient science is very low, and all the phenomena that cannot be explained are blamed on ghosts and gods, and the Tibetan people believe in Bon, and they like to ask the gods when they encounter things, and now the blessed land of God has not played a role, and even Zampu Chide Zuzan has been martyred in his body, and it is completely understandable that such a big change has occurred, and it is completely understandable to make a Dharma meeting to seek peace of mind.

Not only Tubo, but also the Tang Dynasty, like major solar terms, solemn days will sacrifice to the sky, the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people want to sacrifice to the heavens, the drought and flood to sacrifice to the sky, pray to the heavens to calm the anger, and bless the people of the world, sometimes the emperor has a bad dream, but also to sacrifice to the sky for peace of mind, such as making a festival to sacrifice to the sky, this kind of thing is too common in ancient times.

Guo Ziyi echoed: "If you like to break the Fa, let them do it, the third brother is right, Tubo is exhausted, and it is useless to do anything." ”

Cui Xiyi said with a serious face: "Big brother, third brother, do you know what Tubo uses to sacrifice to the sky?" ”

"Cattle, sheep and horses, second brother, you are so serious, you can't be human, right?" Guo Ziyi said with some surprise.

"That's right, it's a person," Cui Xiyi said with a heavy face: "To be precise, it's the Tang Dynasty, and the intelligence says that Ku Dating and others killed the people who were captured from the Tang Dynasty, including the captured Tang Dynasty soldiers, captured scouts, and more than 2,300 people in the Heaven Sacrifice Conference, and sacrificed the blood of the Tang Dynasty to the heavens." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Peng and Guo Ziyi's faces changed abruptly: More than 2,300 lives, and the Tubo people wanted to kill and sacrifice to the sky like animals?

Zheng Peng said on the spot: "Second brother, is the news reliable?" ”

"Reliable, the intelligence says that the Tubo people began to transfer the imprisoned Tang people to prepare for the Heavenly Sacrifice Festival."

"When is the Heaven Worship Festival? Where is it held? ”

Cui Xiyi responded: "They did a very mysterious job this time, the intelligence said that the festival will be held in mid-March, the location of the sacrifice has not been heard, they have detained the Tang people in various places to gather in the area of Qilin Co, there is news that the son of Tsering also deployed in the area of Namu Lake, Namu Lake is the holy lake in the hearts of the Tibetan people, and many important festivals have been held, if you guess correctly, the location of the sacrifice is near Namu Lake." ”