Chapter 40: The Assassination of the Messenger
"Whew~ Fortunately, I made the right bet." Chen Fei watched the four people in the crack outside the door walk into the main room and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It's safe for the time being, but there's no guarantee that no one will come here in the future.
The small utility room was about seven or eight square meters, with only a few dilapidated stools and chairs stacked in it, and the rest were only large and small cobwebs.
It's so dirty here!
Chen Fei was thinking about whether to take advantage of the fact that the owner of the house had not found him in the main house now, and hurriedly ran outside the door.
At this moment, two more people came in from outside the house, completely dispelling Chen Fei's thoughts.
Because they locked the door after they came in, Chen Fei couldn't run out even if he wanted to.
"Well, it looks like we can only stay here for the night, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning when they all go out." Chen Fei reluctantly accepted the fact that he would live in this small dilapidated house tonight, leaned against the wall for a while, and saw that there was no movement in the house, and soon fell asleep in a deep sleep.
"Click!"
Chen Fei was dazed and heard what seemed to be a sound in the yard.
"Be careful in your actions later, if you are caught, you will be killed, don't drag us down!"
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“¥&;%&p;#*%#%&p;#*%#......”
"Where's the foreigner?" Chen Fei turned a thought into his sleep. After a while, he heard the faint sound of footsteps again.
In this way, he woke up completely.
Inherently in an unsafe environment, he is particularly sensitive to footsteps.
Could it be that he was discovered? A thought popped up in Chen Fei's heart.
He stood up and peeked through the crack in the door, and saw several dark shadows flashing out of the courtyard, and in a few moments, the place was calm again.
"It's weird, why are these people going out in the middle of the night?" Chen Fei scratched his head, but unfortunately he was too sleepy, and he didn't think about it for a minute, he fell asleep against the wall again.
It can only be said that this carousel is too big, and no one can stop it when the drowsiness comes up.
About the fifth watch, there was another sound of hurried footsteps in the courtyard.
Chen Fei opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the crack in the door...... Hey? Are they back? It looks familiar, but I can't remember it all at once.
"Whatever, if only he didn't come to me anyway." To say that Chen Fei's heart is really big enough, he turned over and continued to sleep.
..........
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight sprinkled on Chen Fei's face through the crack in the door, warm and comfortable.
"Ha~ I slept so uncomfortably, my neck was about to break." Chen Fei yawned, rubbed his shoulders, glanced at the unfamiliar environment around him, and was stunned for a moment before remembering that he hadn't been able to go home yesterday and slept in a strange yard.
"If you haven't been back all night, Daddy should be crazy, right? Why don't you take a leave of absence with Master Zheng today and go home to visit your father? Chen Fei smiled heartlessly.
Chen Fei walked out into the courtyard and was thundered by the snoring of the main house.
There were at least four or five big men living there.
Four or five strong men slept together... Heck, just thinking about the picture makes people blind.
Chen Fei decided not to disturb their passionate time, quietly climbed over the wall and walked out of the courtyard, and then after looking for a long time, he finally returned to a main street.
In the morning, the atmosphere in the county seat was a little wrong, and Chen Fei couldn't say what was wrong, it seemed that there were a lot of Wuhou patrolling the streets on the street, not only Hu people, but even Guanzhong people had to be interrogated.
However, this had no effect on Chen Fei, he had nothing on him, and he was let go after answering a few questions.
Withstanding the temptation of fragrant Hu Cake Buns, Chen Fei swallowed his saliva and asked several passers-by before finding the county office.
When I came to the gate of the county yamen, several porters who were originally giggling did not say a word, stood at the yamen with heavy faces, and glanced at the yamen from time to time worriedly, as if something big had happened in the yamen.
Strange, what's going on today? How do you feel weird everywhere you go?
The oppressive atmosphere made Chen Fei shiver unconsciously. But he didn't think too much about it, and walked towards the yamen, where the porter didn't stop him, but looked at him with a little pity.
........
Chang'an City, Taiji Palace.
"What? You repeat? Li Shimin yawned halfway through, and stood up from the dragon chair in shock.
A little eunuch knelt in front of him, and when he saw Li Shimin angry, his voice trembled a little.
"Back... Back to Your Majesty, early this morning Zhaoying County sent an urgent report, saying... It is said that ten envoys sent by Silla to make a pilgrimage were stabbed by thieves, three were seriously injured and dying, and the tribute 'Pearl of the Night' that the envoys had originally brought was stolen by the thieves......"
"New... An envoy from Silla was assassinated? Even the tribute was stolen? Li Shimin's eyes were a little straight, and he didn't react for a long time.
The envoy was killed? Stolen tribute? He has been an emperor for more than ten years, read through history books, and has never heard of such a bad thing!
And these thieves are doing things under Li Shimin's nose, this is not to treat the emperor as a cadre!
At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the assassination of foreign envoys had a huge impact on Li Shimin, and even on the entire Tang Dynasty.
The reason why Datang can make all nations come to the court and serve all over the world, in addition to its strong military strength, is that Datang is very polite to foreign envoys, and treats them as guests, eating and drinking well.
The envoys were full of food and had fun, and when they returned to China, they naturally said to their own monarch how good the Tang Dynasty was and how wise the king was.
In this way, Datang's good reputation spread ten, ten, hundreds, and all over the world.
In addition, Li Shimin is indeed broad-minded and kind to the envoys, so he is respected by all countries as "Heavenly Khan." ”
But today... The envoy was assassinated more than ten miles away from Chang'an City? This is tantamount to ruining Li Shimin's good reputation that he has worked hard for more than ten years!
There is such a living example in the past, who else will dare to come to the Tang Dynasty in the future? What other country would dare to send an envoy to pay tribute? The great country can't save the lives of a few envoys, wouldn't it be laughing off the big teeth when you say it?
So Li Shimin was furious! Really angry!
"Damn it! How dare someone do such a rebellious thing under my nose... Come! Go and call Cheng Zhijie and tell him that he is too late to get the Ten Army Sticks! ”
The eunuch hurried out to give the order.
Li Shimin's face was gloomy, uncertain, and he lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.
The eunuchs and palace maids who served Li Shimin were all angry, for fear that what they had done would make Li Shimin, who was angry, unhappy and bring disaster to themselves.
After a while, someone from outside the temple hurried in.
This person's face was grim, he was not wearing an official uniform, he knelt down on one knee in front of Li Shimin, bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen has received the latest information on the murder of the Silla envoy of Zhaoying County. ”
Li Shimin raised his eyelids lightly.
"Read."
"Yesterday afternoon, the Silla envoy was attacked by thieves in Yangjia Village, 20 miles away from Zhaoying County...... The envoy was attacked, and the county magistrate of Zhaoying County and others did not report it. On the night of the third watch, about six or seven thieves sneaked into the embassy, assassinated seven envoys, and took away the 'Qingxuan Night Pearl', because the people in charge of the embassy were all unruly officials, so they did not capture the thieves, and the search has been fruitless so far, the only clue is that a thief accidentally dropped a dagger during the assassination, look at the shape and the words engraved on it, because it should be worn by the Goguryeo people. ”