While talking, Liu Hongji had already walked back to Zhuque Street with several of his men. Looking at the crowded street in front of him, one of his men suddenly slapped his forehead and pointed at an old man pushing a wheelbarrow on the street and said:
"Your Majesty only said it was higher than the wheel, but didn't say what wheel it was higher than? Look, let's calculate it according to the height of that wheel, okay?"
"That wheel?"
When Liu Hongji heard the sound, he also looked over. When he saw the unicycle wheel on the street, which was a full circle smaller than the normal wheel, his eyes suddenly lit up!
"That's right! His Majesty only said that anyone taller than the wheel will be killed, but he really didn't say anything about the wheel! However, this wheel is a bit high, so we need to find a smaller one!"
"Smaller? Is there any wheel smaller than this?"
When all the subordinates heard this request, they couldn't help but get confused. Where would they go to find smaller wheels? They couldn't just make one themselves, right?
Seeing the frowning brows of several people, Liu Hongji grinned, showing his sharp white teeth and said: "Wheels smaller than this are difficult to find, but who stipulates that this wheel must be standing? Lying down.
A wheel, isn’t it a wheel?”
"Wheel, lie down..."
Everyone was shocked and then suddenly realized!
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Five days flew by in a hurry!
During these five days, Xiao Lizi was not idle.
He first issued an order from the imperial court to announce the news that Tuyuhun had invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty and killed the people at the border. The relevant details were even written into the Di Bao and announced to the world!
Therefore, when I learned that the Tuyuhun people dared to attack Yumen Pass and slaughtered all the soldiers and civilians in the pass!
The people of Chang'an were in a panic!
Born at the feet of the Emperor and raised in the capital of Tang Dynasty!
Over the years, the people of Chang'an have heard and seen that all nations have come to court, and all barbarians have surrendered!
It can be said unceremoniously that when the people of the Tang Dynasty face those so-called foreigners, they feel a sense of superiority and pride from the bottom of their hearts!
Not to mention the ordinary people of Chang'an, even at this time, any beggar from the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City would not bother to beg from those barbarians, Persians and cannibals. This shows the pride in the bones of Chang'an people!
Therefore, when they learned the news that Yumen Pass and Yang Pass had been lost, their first reaction was anger!
The second reaction is to take revenge and make that Tuyuhun pay for his debt with blood.
For a time, first the Tyuhun people in Chang'an City were in trouble!
As long as he is recognized, no matter what, he will be beaten violently!
Even though many of these people have settled in Chang'an for many years, they have no longer had contact with Tuyuhun.
But how do the angry people of Chang'an care about this?
As long as you are a Tyuhun person, you will receive the lightest beating! If you run slower, you will not be surprised if you are beaten to death!
However, there are still few Tuyuhun people in Chang'an City.
When all the people were gone, the people in the city had nowhere to vent their anger, and some barbarians with yellow hair and green eyes, or Persians with red hair, also suffered the disaster!
Even though they spoke in poor Tang dialect and shouted at the top of their lungs that they were not Tyuhun people, their end was still miserable!
Later, people from the military and horse departments of the five cities were mobilized to stop the chaos and rescue the half-dead foreigners.
Seeing the miserable condition of these people, no matter they were Hu people or Turks, as long as they were not from the Tang Dynasty, they all immediately became honest and hid themselves, not daring to go out on the streets anymore.
Even the Japanese, Silla people, and Goguryeo people who were very similar to the people of the Tang Dynasty disappeared without a trace in Chang'an City, and they were never seen again.
With the intervention of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the indignant people no longer dared to hurt anyone at will, but this did not hinder their hatred of Tuyuhun.
Some young and enthusiastic students even went to the palace to petition collectively, wanting to imitate Ban Chao of the Han Dynasty and join the army! Go to the Western Regions to fight for the country's thieves!
And under the excitement of this crowd!
The wise, great, and omnipotent Emperor of the Tang Dynasty finally complied with the public opinion! He decided to appoint Liu Hongji, Duan Zhixuan, and Cheng Yaojin as generals to conquer the West, and went to the Western Regions to conquer Tuyuhun, vowing to replace the border guards who died in vain, and the people of Guanzhong.
Seek justice!
As soon as this news came out, almost everyone was excited!
In the past, when they heard that troops were going to be sent to fight, the people were all frightened and could not avoid it!
But now, after the imperial court issued the expedition order, countless people rushed to join the army. This is a strange thing!
And, when this matter was reported to the court!
Those pedantic scholars who tried to stop the emperor from sending troops by using the excuse of "going out with a large army would be extremely wasteful and fearful of causing resentment among the people" were now completely speechless!
What else could they say?
Looking at the attitude of the people outside, if they stop them and don't send troops to attack, then there will be real resentment among the people!
"Dad has only been back for a few days, why do you have to leave again!"
In the Xiaojiazhuang, An An looked at Xiao Han who was lying on the recliner in a depressed manner, with her small mouth pouting so much that she almost caught the oil bottle.
"Hey, there's no way!" Xiao Han smiled bitterly when he heard this, sat up from the recliner, hugged An An to his side, and said to her: "Good boy An An, daddy will be back in just a few days this time. Wait for this
When you come back next time, would you like to bring a gift to An An?"
"No!" An An shook her head vigorously and looked at Xiao Han's big eyes, which were instantly filled with water mist: "I want dad to stay at home with me, no gifts!"
"..."
What Xiao Han was most afraid of at this time was that his daughter would cry. Seeing her looking like she was about to cry, his heart ached. He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
He was originally a person with no ambitions. If he hadn't been pushed by current events, being a second-generation ancestor living at home and waiting to die would have been Xiao Han's ultimate dream, instead of running around here and there like he is now.
There is no time to settle down and spend time with my family.
"An'an, be good!"
The small courtyard became quiet for a moment. At this moment, Xue Pan walked over from nowhere.
She walked to the edge of the lounge chair, gently picked up An An, wiped the moist corners of An An's eyes with her hands, and then said to her with a sweet smile:
"Daddy has something serious to do! Now, there are some big bad guys outside who bully us. Daddy is going to fight off those big bad guys so that they don't dare to bully us anymore, so that other children and their mothers can live in peace, so An'an wants to
Be good, stay at home and wait for daddy to come back with mom, okay?"