Chapter 153 The Blessing of the Heavens and the Blessing of the Society

After eating and drinking enough, the eldest grandson Wuji and his caravan left Yiwu City and headed west towards the vast desert.

At the same time, a group of red-eyed wandering Tibetan warriors also slowly followed the caravan.

In fact, the law of the Tang Dynasty is only suitable for the city and the place where the flag of the Tang Dynasty is flying.

On the official road from Yiwu City to Liuzhong County, which is 600 miles away, except for the Tang Army patrol passing by during the day, the sand bandits and bandits will be reined in, but at night, when the Tang Army patrol returns to stay, it is still under the management of the laws of the Western Regions.

The so-called law of the Western Regions is actually very simple, things are selected by nature, the strong are respected, the weak eat the strong, and the fittest survive.

Qikoujing is one hundred and fifty miles away from Yiwu City, which is the location of the Tuntian Army of the Han Dynasty. Of course, time has passed, the original Han Dynasty Tuntian has long been flooded by yellow sand, the hundreds of wells dug at the beginning, now there are still seven wells left to use, so the seven wells have become the place name here.

In the place of Seven Wells, in fact, caravans have been stationed here for a long time. With the pacification of the Western Regions by Chen Ying, the Western Regions were linked to Chang'an, and since the fourth year of Wude, trade routes were reopened, and merchants only needed to pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty government to trade. Although it is said that the Sassanid Empire and the Western Turks and the Byzantine Empire are still at war, and the battle is bloody.

However, the silk, tea and porcelain of the Tang Dynasty are all luxury goods loved by Byzantine, Sassanid and Western Turkic nobles, and a two-pound porcelain plate must be an exaggeration to sell for gold equivalent in the Sassanid Empire, but it is an indisputable fact that a plate is sold for fifty silver coins, but the goods that can be purchased with fifty silver Sassanid silver coins are very considerable.

Ten silver coins can buy one Sassanid cavalryman, twenty Sassanid virgins, and of course ten Great Eater horses. Of course, that's the price of a plate.

Mahim looked at the campfire in front of him worriedly, his chubby face crumpled. The eldest grandson Wuji thought that Ma Hehim was distressed about the expenses this time, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, you just need to take me to Gaochang City, the caravan is still yours, and I can also supplement you with fifteen loads of goods in Gaochang City, and let you bring forty loads of goods on the road!" ”

Machim shook his head and said, "Honorable nobleman, you don't know, Machim is not worried that the nobleman will break his promise, but he is just ......"

As he spoke, Mahim beaked towards Nunu, a caravan of Moyo hundreds, on the other side.

Eldest Sun Wuji just glanced at it, and the Tubo man with a scar on his face on the opposite side glared at him with a fierce gaze, and Eldest Sun Wuji felt like he was being targeted by a hungry wolf, very uncomfortable. He quickly withdrew his gaze, then looked at Mahim and said, "What is the way!" ”

Mahim said at all: "They are all people who do business without capital, I'm afraid they are eyeing our trip." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said disappreciatively: "Mahim, you go and talk to them, tell them that the goods can be given to them, don't embarrass all of us!" ”

Mahim said timidly: "This ......"

"Don't worry......" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled: "Forty pack goods, a little bit is not less!" ”

Mahim took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll go!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at the eldest grandson Huai'an.

The eldest grandson Huai'an came to the front of the eldest grandson Wuji. The eldest grandson Wuji said: "You go and prepare four horses, and if there is no cage in the future, we will ride and run!" ”

When the eldest grandson Huai'an heard this, he didn't dare to be careless and left quickly.

The eldest grandson Wuji's small eyes looked at the firelight, but the afterglow of his eyes looked at the group of fierce Tubo people opposite. He felt that things were definitely not that simple.

The wise man doubts everything!

The last thing that Changsun Wuji believes in is coincidence, he doubts that this will be instigated by Chen Ying, he doubts that Mahim will betray him, and he even doubts that Li Xiuning is on the side of the East Palace, and he doubts that he can grasp the power of Changshi in a short period of time when he goes to the Western Regions......

After a short time, Mahim came back with a relaxed face, and said to the eldest grandson Wuji with a smile: "Master, the other side agreed, let us pay a hundred gold, and they will protect us on the road safely!" ”

While squeezing his eyes at the eldest grandson Wuji, Mahim quietly moved towards the idle war horse.

It's a pity that the eldest grandson Wuji and Mahim have too little conversation, and there is no tacit understanding.

The eldest grandson Wuji said loudly: "One hundred gold, we don't have it, we can borrow it from the merchant when we arrive in Gaochang City......

The words had already been spoken, and at this moment Mahim deftly turned on his horse, bit the horse, and stabbed the horse in the buttocks.

It was hard for Eldest Sun Wuji to imagine that a fat man as fat as Mahim would be so agile.

However, at the same time as Mahim turned over and got on the horse, the eldest grandson Huai'an also led the horse.

However, at this time, it was already too late.

The killing has begun.

These fierce Tibetans drew their knives and slaughtered Mahim's caravan.

The scuffle broke out, in fact, in this era, there is no one who dares to do business. Of course, at this time, the remote merchants are actually half-bandits and half-businessmen, and when they can rob, they will definitely do it, and the other party is too strong, so they should do business.

Among Mahim's caravan were five Sassanid knights and two skilled Byzantine warriors, all of whom Mahim had paid for to protect them.

Especially the Byzantine fighter, the so-called fighter, is the chance to survive if he wins ten consecutive games in the gladiatorial arena, and of course, someone needs to pay for them to ransom them. The two fighters that Mahim bought cost a full twenty silver coins, which made Mahim feel distressed.

However, the price is worth it. In particular, the two fighters leaned back to back, picked up an iron rod, and beat a Tibetan man, almost smashing his head into the stomach.

The eldest grandson Wuji was so frightened that he hugged the horse's neck and was about to run. However, after watching Mahim run hundreds of paces, he stopped. The eldest grandson Wuji asked, "Why don't you run yet!" ”

"Run for what?" Mahim said: "I'm just afraid of being injured by mistake, you see, the dead soldiers I bought are amazing!" ”

Sure enough, he looked in the direction that Mahim was pointing. The men under the command of Mahim, without exception, drew their swords from their horses and fought with this group of Tibetans.

Although the number of Mahim was slightly smaller, they became more and more courageous, and the Tibetans were defeated one after another.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji finally determined that this Tubo was definitely not sent by Chen Ying, and it was impossible for Chen Ying to send out this group of wastes to kill him.

In the dark, the two black-clothed men lying in the sand shook their heads at this scene and said, "It's really mud that can't support the wall!" ”

Another man in black said: "We have to make a move!" ”

"Don't leave a trace!"

The man in black smiled lightly and said, "I'll do something, don't worry!" ”

As he spoke, he tore off the tight-fitting suit on his body, took off the package, took out a sheepskin robe of a Tibetan from it, endured the strong smell of sheep's body, frowned and put it on his body, and then used the rouge to spit out his cheeks into plateau red.

The biggest characteristic of the Tibetan people is that their cheeks are ruddy, as if they have been smeared with rouge.

This pretending to be a Tibetan man went around in a big circle, picked up his knife and joined the battle group.

He slashed over one of the Mahim's guards, and then snatched a Sassanid longbow from a Sassanid knight, the Sassanid longbow is an extra-long bow arm, usually eight feet long, which is very different from the traditional recurve bow of the Central Plains Dynasty, this single bow must be made of a hard material in order to pursue strong elasticity, and it is not easy to bend, so it must be made longer. In contrast, the composite bow of the Celestial Empire does not need to be as long because it is reinforced with composite materials such as wood, horns, and tendons. The back of the bow is bent from a complete piece of wood, and the strength of the longbow depends on it.

The man in black grabbed his Sassanid longbow and shot at the two fierce Byzantine warriors.

"Sigh ......" two arrows, knocking the two archers to the ground.

When the other Tibetans saw it, they also set up arrows one after another, and those who were far away used bows and arrows to enter and shoot.

The screams were loud, and at this time, the black-clothed longbow suddenly turned around and fired a sharp arrow at the eldest grandson Wuji in the distance with lightning speed.

The Sassanid longbow could shoot a range of 300 meters, and in the battle with the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire's hoplite legions were crushed by the Sassanid longbow.

The sound of breaking the air sounded, and the eldest grandson Wuji waited until he found the incoming arrows, and it was too late to avoid them.

"Poof......

As the sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh sounded, sharp arrows were inserted into the lobes of his lungs, and the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of snow foam.

The eldest grandson Huai'an was so frightened that he didn't pay attention to this Xibei Tubo man at all.

The Tibetans eventually left behind thirty or forty corpses and a dozen wounded and exited the seven wells.

At dawn, the eldest grandson Wuji died of his injuries.

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When Chen Ying received the news, he couldn't laugh or cry. He really wanted to let the scourge of the eldest grandson Wuji die, but it was really not easy to get rid of the eldest grandson Wuji without implicating himself.

If political struggle is used, Chen Ying really can't play the conspiracy patriarch Sun Wuji, not to mention that he has won the trust and protection of Li Shimin, similar to Chen Ying at this time, even if the eldest grandson Wuji loses his official position for a while, it will be harmless.

But he never thought that the eldest grandson Wuji would leave alone, but let the Tubo people find an opportunity to kill the eldest grandson Wuji.

Since the eldest grandson Wuji did not reveal his identity, the Yiwu City government only dealt with it as an ordinary robbery, grabbed the Tubo who could not retreat due to injuries, interrogated the remaining accomplices, and then arrested those who should be arrested and those who should be killed were killed.

……

Li Yuan, who was in Chang'an, took the same simple and brutal treatment of Yang Wengan's rebellion under the prince's men, Yang Wengan was killed by his subordinates, and his three clans were executed.

However, no action was taken against Li Jiancheng.

Because Li Yuan is not stupid, although Yang Wengan is Li Jiancheng's person, but he is not the most capable person under Li Jiancheng, if Li Jiancheng wants to rebel, he will definitely unite Chen Ying, Feng Li, Li Shiji, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanren and Wei Chigong and others.

However, none of these people moved, and Li Jiancheng did not make the slightest change, not even the most basic preparations.

Therefore, Li Yuan did not believe that Li Jiancheng would instruct Yang Wengan to rebel and force him to abdicate and become emperor himself. If Li Jiancheng really has this idea, he must at least transfer the left and right guards of the East Palace back to Chang'an and control the capital.

Li Shimin was very injured and wasted a lot of energy, but he did not achieve the results he wanted.

At this time, Chen was asked to return to Chang'an Province and arrived in front of the emperor.

Li Yuan took Chen Ying's recital, looked at Pei Lin and said, "Pei San, what do you think?" ”

Pei Lin said: "This is not the first one, Feng Li, Xue Wanche, and Li Shiji asked to return to Beijing to report on their work, and now Chen Juma has asked to return to Beijing to save his relatives, all of them are the same!" ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "They are avoiding suspicion!" ”

Pei Lin smiled bitterly: "Princess Pingyang admonished the eldest grandson Wuji to serve as the governor of the Western Regions, I'm afraid I didn't communicate with Chen Juma in advance, this move will be misunderstood by Chen Juma!" ”

"Misunderstanding?"

Li Yuan muttered: "Are you thinking that I am worried about sitting in his Western Regions and sending the eldest grandson Wuji to divide his power?" ”

"Quite possibly!" Pei Lin saw that the water in Li Yuan's teabowl was empty, so he picked up the teapot, added water to Li Yuan, and then handed the teabowl to Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, you think, what happened to Yang Wen, all the civil and military forces in the East Palace, for fear of harming themselves, it is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is reasonable for Chen Juma to implore him to return to Beijing at this time!" ”

Li Yuan said: "Chen Ying is back, can the eldest grandson Wuji live in the Western Regions?" ”

"No way!" Pei Lin shook his head and said: "The eldest grandson Wuji is at best the material of a state and county, and it is already reluctant to let him govern the land of a state, the nineteen states of Xizhou Road, Han and Hu live together, and there are constant entanglements, if there is no ability to make a decision, it is not enough to appease the Western Regions, and Tubo suffered a big loss last year, and this year they can hardly guarantee that they will not collude with the Eastern Turks!" ”

Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "Chen Ying has been guarding the Western Regions for more than two years, and even his child has never met, if I don't allow him to go back to Chang'an Province, it will be too unkind!" ”

Pei Lin still couldn't figure out what Li Yuan meant, if he agreed to Chen Ying to return to Beijing to pay his relatives, then it would definitely send a powerful signal to the imperial court.

The emperor is ready to weaken the power of the crown prince, then the prince's line will be hit hard, and the Qin king's line is bound to be greatly boosted. I'm afraid that impeachment and framing will come like a cloud.

In fact, from Pei Lian's point of view, there are not many Datang officials with clean buttocks, they are all afraid of checking, and a check is accurate.

If the East Palace suffers a heavy blow, then there will be a big turmoil for the society.

The Eastern Turks are affected by the drought, and it is inevitable that they will launch an offensive in winter. Once the Turks are affected by natural disasters, they will find compensation in the Central Plains Dynasty, which has been the law for thousands of years.

A stable court and a stable society are more important than anything else.

But when it comes to national stability and the future of the country, Pei Lin does not easily express his opinions in this regard. He muttered, "What does Your Majesty mean ......? ”

Li Yuan muttered: "The heirs of the Hou Mo Chen family are thin, there is only one child under Pingyang's knees, the prince now has three sons and two daughters, and the King of Qin also has three sons, and I can't favor one over the other as a father!" ”

When Pei Lin heard this, his heart sank. He felt that Li Yuan really wanted to agree to Chen Ying's return to Beijing.

The key is that Chen Ying can't come back now.

Chen Ying in the Western Regions, he could look west to the Western Turks, and deter the Tibetans in the south, once the Eastern Turks went south, Chen Ying could also send surprise troops from Jinshan to copy the back road of the Eastern Turks.

The key is that the eldest grandson Wuji is not the material to guard the Western Regions at all. Once Chen Ying returns, unless Li Jing or Li Xiaogong is put on top, things will only get worse.

Pei Lin gritted his teeth, even if he offended Li Yuan, he couldn't let Li Yuan make such a stupid move.

At this moment, Li Yuan muttered: "Chen Ying can't come back, then let Pingyang go to the Western Regions!" ”

"Pingyang to the Western Regions!" Pei Lian's gaze froze.

Now Chen Ying is in power, because of Yang Wengan's change, rumors say that Chen Ying may rebel. If you follow the practice of kings since ancient times, it is natural to take his weak son as a hostage, but Li Yuan just did the opposite, do you think Chen Ying may rebel? I sent his son to him!

Pei Lin reacted and asked Pingyang to take her young son to the Western Regions, because Princess Pingyang would definitely not sit idly by and watch Chen Ying rebel, of course, it is more likely that the rumors about Chen Ying and the prince's rebellion will be self-defeating all at once!

Li Yuan smiled and said: "The husband and wife have been separated for a long time, I don't want to be this evil guest, now I go to the Western Regions, although the road is hard, Pingyang is a hard-working person, naturally not afraid, maybe in order to see the horse, she is happy to do so!" “

PS: Today's two more 8,000 words are presented! I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Lao Cheng will not rest, and will continue to update tomorrow.

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