In the Honglu Guest House, in the room of the Tubo envoy, Shang Nang was also listening to his subordinate's report.
"Prime Minister, good news, last night there were three thousand Turkic soldiers, cooperating with the barbarians from the Imperial Army of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, to attack Lijiazhuang at night!"
"Three thousand Turkic soldiers will attack Lijiazhuang at night?"
Hearing this, Shang Nang couldn't help but be overjoyed, "What about the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty seems to be fine. Early this morning, he returned to Chang'an under the protection of a group of military generals from the Tang Dynasty!"
A Turkic envoy quickly reported: "However, of the two thousand imperial guards that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty brought with him, it seems that only more than two hundred people came back. As for his palace servants, there were even more casualties!"
"pity!"
Shang Nang sighed heavily.
"Where is the King Jin of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, it seems that yesterday it was King Jin who led a group of personal guards who fought to the death to save the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"How was the loss at Jin Wang Li's Village?"
"... Prime Minister, it seems that King Jin Lijiazhuang did not suffer much damage. Last night, all the people around Lijiazhuang only heard the roar of thunder and fire in Lijiazhuang. However, there seemed to be no death of the villagers in King Jinzhuang, only dozens of villagers and guards were injured.
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"How could it be so?"
After listening, Shang Nang couldn't help but frown, his face full of confusion.
I really don’t understand the situation in Lijiazhuang.
However, at night, after a Tubo envoy brought back a note from outside, Shang Nang 'finally' figured it out!
"Can what you say be true?"
After Shang Nang read the writing on the note, he couldn't help but look overjoyed and stared at the subordinate closely.
"Are you sure that that person is from Jinwang Village?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, when the man handed this note to the villain, he showed him his fish talisman. There is no doubt that he is a personal guard of the King of Jin!"
The Tubo envoy quickly replied.
"Very good!"
Shang Nang was so happy that he couldn't help but stood up with excitement on his face and walked around the house a few times before slowly calming down.
Immediately, he looked at the subordinate again.
"How do we contact the person who sent the message?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, at Jinwang Tea House!"
The Tubo envoy quickly replied, "As long as we go to any Jinwang Teahouse in Chang'an City and go up to the second floor, someone will naturally come into contact with us!"
"wonderful!"
Shang Nang thought about it carefully and couldn't help but praise excitedly.
"Who would have thought that the teahouse opened by King Jin in the major bustling markets of Chang'an City, specifically to serve the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty, would be the headquarters of King Jin's spies. His Highness, King Jin, is really smart. The world has no respect for King Jin.
Say, there are no more secrets."
With that said, Shang Nang told his confidants: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to Jinwang Tea House!"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
…
The next day.
As soon as Chen time arrived, Shang Nang took two of his confidants to the teahouse in Dongshi.
Soon, Li Xuan, who had just woken up, received news that the old Tibetan monkey had gone to the Dongshi Tea House to drink tea with his confidants early in the morning.
After pondering for a moment, Li Xuan took Zheng Fu and several personal guards on an ordinary carriage and headed for Chang'an City.
There were no markings on the car, and Li Xuan and others were all wearing very ordinary clothes.
In addition, Li Xuan, Zheng Fu and others put a little makeup on their faces. Anyone who is not familiar with Li Xuan will think that Li Xuan, Zheng Fu and others are just a group of simple businessmen when they see Li Xuan.
Even Shang Nang was startled when he saw Li Xuan sitting directly in front of him.
The expressions of the two confidants on the side changed and they directly protected Shang Nang on his left and right sides.
"Why, Shang Daxiang doesn't recognize this king?"
Li Xuan chuckled.
Long after Shang Nang sat down, the people sitting on the tables around Shang Nang were all people from Lijiazhuang.
Therefore, Li Xuan was not afraid of being heard by outsiders when he spoke like this.
"His Royal Highness King Jin..."
However, Shang Nang was shocked.
After recognizing Li Xuan, he quickly raised his head and looked around.
I felt relieved when I found that all the "tea guests" around me were talking loudly, as if they hadn't heard any sound.
"I didn't expect that His Highness Prince Jin would come in person and still pretend like this. This really shocked me!"
"My time is limited, Prime Minister Shang does not need to go around in circles with me. I am here this time to confirm whether what you said a few days ago is true?"
Li Xuan didn't want to talk around with this old hozen, so he asked directly.
Hearing this, Shang Nang's eyes widened slightly, showing a hint of surprise.
"What is the matter that His Highness is talking about?"
"snort!"
Li Xuan snorted coldly and stared at Shang Nang closely, "Are you trying to make trouble with me? Or do you think that I came to you to beg you?"
"It's just a Tubo hozen, I really don't know what to say!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked out.
Seeing this, Shang Nang panicked.
He quickly got up and chased after him, but seeing so many tea patrons around him, he didn't dare to make a loud noise, so he had to follow closely behind Li Xuan.
Li Xuan, on the other hand, got directly into the carriage and asked Zheng Fu to drive back.
At this time, Shang Nang was really panicked. He didn't expect that the King of Jin would be so straightforward and didn't even give him a chance to explain.
However, this good opportunity was only for him once. If he missed it, not only would he regret it very much, but even the entire Tibetan elite would not forgive him!
Thinking of this, Shang Nang felt cruel and kicked the ground with both feet. Zheng Fu was caught off guard and quickly got into the carriage.
"Hush!"
Zheng Fu was startled and quickly stopped the carriage, staring at Shang Nang in the carriage with an angry face.
"No problem, continue back to Lijiazhuang!"
In the car, Li Xuandan glanced at Shang Nang who was kneeling in front of him, and said to Zheng Fu outside the car.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zheng Fu responded, immediately understood something, and quickly headed outside Chang'an City.
In the car, Shang Nang breathed a sigh of relief, but he no longer dared to take the initiative, and still knelt on the ground with respect on his face.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness, Prince Jin. The young envoy is older and didn't realize what His Highness said just now, but he will understand now!"
"snort!"
Li Xuan sneered, "I have good intentions to discuss with you, but you put on airs with me. And when I lost interest, you old hozen started to kneel in front of me again. You are such a mean person. Is it possible that you guys
Are all the Turkic Hozens this virtuous?
I, the Tang Dynasty, treated you calmly, and you began to show off your power, thinking all day long about sending troops to plunder my Tang Dynasty border gates. But when I, the Tang Dynasty, wanted to make a decision to destroy your country, you immediately began to pretend.
grandson?"
"What?"
After hearing this, Shang Nang's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly looked up at Li Xuan.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, does the Tang Dynasty want to destroy Tubo?"
"Why not destroy it?"
Li Xuan sneered, "The Japanese and Goguryeo countries that dared to launch war against us, the Tang Dynasty, have been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. And the small country of Tubo did not stay on the plateau honestly, but dared to go down the mountain on its own.
How can we, the Tang Dynasty, want to spare you Tubo when we provoke a war without authorization?"