Chapter 276: Dangerous
After all, King Xuan was the prime minister of a country. After a moment of shock, he immediately calmed down. He frowned and thought for a while, and said, "According to what you said, it is indeed not difficult to kill Li Hao. The difficulty lies in how to deal with the aftermath."
"The aftermath is not difficult." He Shi said confidently, "As long as we conquer the troubles east and blame Tubo, I think the Tang Dynasty will not blame us."
"No." Ji Tongguang suddenly shook his head and said, "Why do we want to kill Li Hao? In order not to let him know that we are going to refuse to pay tribute? This matter cannot be hidden anyway. As long as we do not pay tribute next year, Emperor Tang will naturally know."
King Xuan suddenly said, "You don't understand this. If we just stop paying tribute, the Emperor Tang would not investigate it. But if His Majesty told Li Hao in person and refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, Li Hao would definitely be furious. After returning, he would encourage Emperor Tang to launch an army to invade. He heard that Li Hao was extremely trusted by Emperor Tang and was granted a title of marquis at only twenty years old. If he fanned the flames, Emperor Tang would not give up."
"That's true." He Shi nodded, "This Li Hao is definitely not a good person. If Your Majesty angers him, we Tuyuhun will be in danger. It's best to get rid of him."
King Xuan thoughtfully said: "The Emperor of Tang values Li Hao so much. If Li Hao is eliminated, Emperor of Tang will definitely be furious. Is the method of shackles against Tubo as you mentioned feasible?"
"Of course," He Shi suddenly said proudly, "I spent a lot of money to hire a Tubo master named Songjiamima some time ago. He has great martial arts skills. One person can fight against the three masters in my original mansion. We just need to send them to assassinate Li Hao and leave some evidence to prove that it was the Tubo people who killed Li Hao. That's fine. After all, Li Hao destroyed the major events of Tubo twice, and I believe Tubo hated him very much."
After hearing this, King Xuan thought about it for a long time and asked slowly, "If Songjiamima was captured by mistake, will he give you a letter?"
He Shi said: "Don't worry, his little family is under my control. Even if he is captured, he will not dare to talk nonsense."
"That's good." King Xuan nodded, "When leaving evidence, remember not to keep it too deliberately, otherwise it will only backfire."
He Shi asked: "What kind of evidence should the Prime Minister leave behind?"
King Xuan said: "The weapons used to kill people can be used to kill people with the scimitar that the Tubo people are best at. After killing Li Hao, a Tubo jewelry can be stuffed into Li Hao's hands, which looks like Li Hao quietly pulled away from the killer before his death. In this way, he can completely blame Tubo."
Lou Zhengnan, who had been silent all the time, frowned and said, "Prime Minister, you don't really plan to do this, you are too risky."
King Xuan suddenly raised his eyebrows and his eyes were shining brightly, saying, "Actually, I just discovered that there is another wonder in this method."
When others heard this, they asked in confusion: "Oh? What's the wonder?"
King Xuan said with great spirit: "Our Tuyuhun's national strength is weak, and it is also sandwiched between the two powerful countries, Tubo and Tang dynasties. One of them is surviving. If the Tang and Tubo can go to war and fight each other, they will have no time to take care of us. It will give us Tuyuhun a breather. The more tragic they fight, the more severe the national strength is consumed, the better it will be for me, Tuyuhun."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, Ji Tongguang said excitedly: "The Prime Minister is indeed a pillar of the country. After you say this, it turns out that this is a trick of killing three birds with one stone!"
King Xuan laughed and said happily: "This trick was come up with General He. General He is rare to have wisdom at once."
He Shi smiled proudly when he heard this, "Since that's the case, let's take action separately. You should quickly contact other ministers and agree to advise His Majesty to go out of the city to welcome the princess tomorrow. I will start to arrange for Songgamima to prepare to assassinate Li Hao."
"Yes, it's not time to go." King Xuan was also a little excited and said, "Everyone will do their own duties. This time, we will definitely make the Tubo and the Tang Dynasty chaos!"
The next morning, the ministers of Tuyuhun wrote a letter to Nuohubo, asking Nuohubo to go out of the city to welcome the princess of the Tang Dynasty. This time, King Xuan's political enemies also had a common opinion with him for the first time and persuaded Nuohubo to welcome the princess himself.
Nuo Hubo was furious and got angry on the hall, saying that he would refuse to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Of course, he also refused to leave the city to welcome the princess. The ministers rose up and attacked him, and all the mouths flew everywhere, almost drowned Nuo Hubo. Nuo Hubo had no choice but to compromise and go out to welcome the princess, but there was no turning point in the matter of refusing to submit. Nuo Hubo gritted his teeth and refused to let go. This was a matter of principle for him. He wanted to be a king, not a prince.
The ministers were also helpless. Although the matter of slandering was a political matter, it mainly depends on the wishes of the king. As long as Nuohebo died and refused to agree, the ministers could only worry. King Xuan had already expected that this would be the case, so he did not continue to persuade him. He immediately arranged to go out of the city to welcome the princess of the Tang Dynasty.
Nuo Hobo's carriage came outside Fuqi City to welcome the Tang princess. In order not to let Li Hao and Nuo Hobo talk too much, King Xuan followed Nuo Hobo and whispered to Nuo Hobo: "Your Majesty, I have not told the Tang envoy that it is such an important matter. I think it is better to keep it in the palace to exchange the letter of the country."
Nuo Hobo was happy when he heard this, and he smiled with a rare satisfaction: "Okay, the Prime Minister is thoughtful, so do it."
In his opinion, being able to personally say something to the Tang envoy refuses to surrender was his first step in handling the government affairs, which would definitely make his king's power reach its peak, and perhaps he could even take back the government's power.
Nuohu Bo stopped driving far outside the city. King Xuan served as the spokesperson of Nuohu Bo and shouted loudly: "King Tuyuhun welcomes the imperial carriage of the Tang Dynasty and invites the Princess of the Tang Dynasty into the city!"
Li Hao originally wanted to go up and meet Nuo Hobo, but who knew that Nuo Hobo only appeared for a moment and immediately went back to the city. After all, Nuo Hobo felt that going out to welcome the princess was a shame, so he just wanted to come out. It just so happened that King Xuan was not willing to have too much contact with Nuo Hobo and Li Hao.
Li Hao was not very satisfied with Nuo Hobo's perfunctory attitude, but the other party had already left the city to greet him according to his request, so he couldn't say anything more. If he continued to mess around, things would be difficult. He could only be generous and drove into the city with the princess's car.
When he entered the city, He Shi carefully observed that Li Hao brought into the city, there were only more than 120 people. When Li Hao arrived at the post station, he left 100 people to guard the princess, and only more than 20 people were Li Hao's sharp blade special team.
That night, King Xuan met with his party members again, secretly discussed the assassination of Li Hao, and began to make detailed arrangements. When they learned that Li Hao had only brought more than twenty guards, they were so happy that for them, this was undoubtedly a sending sheep into the tiger's mouth.
Just as King Xuan and his friends secretly discussed assassinating Li Hao, a group of suspicious people also sneaked into the city. There were twelve people in this group. They came from Tubo and were carefully selected by the Tubo prime minister Gerdonzan. The leader was named Davadonzhu. He was one of the three disciples of the Tubo National Master, the first master of Tubo. Their purpose of coming here was the same as that of King Xuan and others. The assassination was proposed by Gerdonzan and approved by Songtsen Gampo.
Li Hao's existence has caused Tubo to suffer two super big losses. Not only that, Geerdongzan could see that Li Hao is a military genius. It is not a good thing for such a young hero in the Tang Dynasty to produce such a young hero. He is as wise as Geerdongzan. He must not let Li Hao grow up and must kill him in the cradle. So he planned to send someone to do it quietly while Li Hao went to Tuyuhun to send him a secret. The most important thing is that as long as Li Hao died in Tuyuhun, the marriage between Tuyuhun and the Tang Dynasty could be destroyed. If the Tang Dynasty's bride team brought the princess back to China at this time, they could have another plan to rob the bride. Without Li Hao, what else would they be afraid of.
Chapter completed!