You buried your bones in the mud under the spring, but I sent them to the world with a head full of snow.
——"Meng Wei Zhi" Bai Juyi
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The fight at the "Exiled Immortal Tower" alerted the Jinwu Guards who were patrolling Pingkangfang. A team of 100 people arrived at the wine shop.
The princess's guard held up a gold medal and said loudly: "The Tubo thieves attacked Your Highness the Princess and they still haven't taken it!"
With a "crash", the soldiers of Jinwu Guard quickly dispersed and surrounded the Tubo people. Dozens of crossbows in their hands were aimed at the Tubo people.
Although the Tubo Master was highly skilled in martial arts, he could not escape with the Tubo Master. He could only put down his weapons with the other Tubo people and capture him without mercy.
At this moment, Li Zhifang, the doctor in charge of Yousi, rushed over, bowed deeply to Princess Qingluan, and whispered: "Your Highness, these are the envoys of Tubo, and they are all influential figures in Tubo. The leader is Tubo
The new owner abandoned Songdezan's eldest son A. The Dharma king beside him was Tubo State Preceptor B.
They will meet with His Majesty tomorrow and express to the Tang Dynasty that they are willing to send troops to help Tang quell the rebellion. Your Majesty attaches great importance to this matter, and please be kind to His Majesty and forgive his sins."
Hearing that these Tibetan people were going to meet their father tomorrow, Princess Qingluan's face softened slightly. She said to Li Zhifang: "You tell them, even if they are Tibetan envoys, it is not their turn to cause trouble in Chang'an.
If you dare to insult me, the people of the Tang Dynasty, next time, I will not be merciful even with my father's holy words!"
Seeing Princess Qingluan's extravagant mercy, the Jinwu Guards withdrew their arrow array. Li Zhifang, the right commander, took the Tubo leader A and the national master B to thank the princess and left in a hurry.
When passing by Bai Fu, B and Bai Fu's eyes collided in the air, with murderous intent.
Yi smiled slightly, bowed to Bai with the eleventh salute, and said: "Your Excellency, you have done a great job. I will come back to learn from you someday if I have the chance."
Bai Fusheng looked serious and said: "Since you are the national master, why don't you assist the Tubo hero to follow the right path? We have a saying in the Central Plains: 'Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away'! Please take care of yourself, national master!"
B's face changed, he snorted coldly, and walked away.
After walking out of the archway of the "Exalted Immortal Tower", A turned around and looked back.
Looking at the aloof Princess of the Tang Dynasty, A swore an oath and said secretly: "One day I will go south to herd horses and fight back to Chang'an. When the time comes, I will first rape and then kill you women of the Tang Dynasty, leaving no one alive!"
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Seeing the Tubo people leaving, Princess Qingluan asked: "Brother Fu, what do you think of the Tibetan people helping the Tang Dynasty suppress the rebellion?"
Bai Fu smiled contemptuously and said: "The weasel has no good intentions when paying New Year greetings to the rooster. The real intention of abandoning Song Dezan is to invade Tang Dynasty in the name of providing military assistance.
After the Anlushan Rebellion broke out, the imperial court sought military assistance from Uighur, Bakhna, Tochara and Dashi, and withdrew 200,000 soldiers from the Western Regions.
In the past two years, Tubo took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's flawless visit to the west and encroached on a lot of land in the Western Regions. The Tubo army marched north and conquered Weiwu, Shibao City and other Tang army fortresses in the Jiuqu area. These places were the places where the Tang army fought bloody battles
It was just taken back from Tibet two years ago.
In addition to going north, the Tubo army went eastward and occupied many places in Longyou, cutting off the connection between the Tang army in the western regions and the imperial court. Even Shanzhou, the seat of Longyou government, had fallen.
Now that Longyou and several states in the northwest of Bashu have fallen into the hands of Tubo, the door to Chang'an has been opened. If the time to suppress the rebellion continues to be prolonged, Tibet will have the ambition to covet Chang'an."
Princess Qingluan was shocked and said: "Then I have to remind my father as soon as possible!"
Bai Fu smiled and said: "Your Majesty must have noticed Tubo's disobedience, so Tibet had proposed sending troops to help Tang quell the rebellion several times before, but Your Majesty always refused.
It was only because he did not want to be attacked from both front and back that he made appropriate concessions to Tibet's move to encroach on the Western Regions and sent envoys back to visit Tibet to show goodwill."
Back in the private room, the beautiful middle-aged woman who was harassed by the Tubo people knelt before Princess Qingluan and thanked her for saving her.
After a few words of comfort, Princess Qingluan raised her eyebrows and asked: "Madam, you look so kind, have I seen you somewhere?"
The middle-aged beautiful woman hurriedly replied: "Your Highness Princess has a good memory. Yao, a daughter of the people, used to be a maid in the palace and served the king and queen for many years. When you were young, the daughter of the people used to accompany you to play in the palace.
Later, when the daughter of the common people got old, she was deported from the palace by the chamberlain.
After I left the palace, I opened an embroidery workshop with a few palace maids I had made friends with and made a living from embroidery. My daily job was to cut new clothes for wealthy families and sew and mend expensive clothes."
"Then why did you get together with the Tubo people?" Princess Qingluan asked curiously.
The palace maid Yao replied: "A few days ago, an old customer introduced us to a business, saying that a Tibetan envoy arrived in Chang'an and hoped that we could customize a batch of Tang Dynasty clothes for him to meet His Majesty. Our sisters accepted the deposit.
After that, I worked day and night to make clothes for the Tibetan envoys, and finally completed them on time.
After receiving the clothes, the Tibetan envoy thought that the size did not fit yet and still needed some modifications, so he called us here to have the clothes altered. After the alterations were completed, the balance payment was made."
"Then why was there a conflict?" Princess Qingluan asked.
The palace maid Yao paused for a moment, thinking about her words before replying: "Perhaps the daughter of the people is worrying too much. The women of the people have been in the palace for many years and have experienced the grievances and grudges of the harem such as Queen Wang and Concubine Wu Hui, so they are particularly sensitive.
These Tubo people are not ordinary people. Under the guise of changing their clothes, they kept spying on the situation in the palace, inquiring about the rituals in the palace, the grievances between the palace residents and the courtiers, etc. "Women of the People.
It turned out that the Tubo people kept inquiring about the father-son feud between Xuanzong and Suzong, the influence of Queen Zhang, Li Fuguo and others on Suzong... These sensitive topics aroused the vigilance of the palace maid Yao. Seeing that the situation was not good, she tried to escape from Tubo on the pretext of changing her clothes.
human control.
Unexpectedly, the Tubo people were not stupid. They were worried that the woman would take the opportunity to escape, so they sent people to secretly follow her. If the woman took the opportunity to escape, they would take action to capture her.
As luck would have it, the palace maid panicked and broke into Princess Qingluan's private room at the critical moment.
Hence everything that followed.
Bai Fu suddenly realized that these Tubo people had really worked hard to spy on the Tang Dynasty.
The Tubo people deliberately bribed the maids who had been expelled from the palace due to old age and sex. The Tubo people knew that these maids knew more about the affairs of the palace, and when they were abandoned, it was a good opportunity to take advantage of them. Through
They, the Tubo people, could easily obtain important information about the Tang Dynasty Palace and spy on the core secrets of the imperial court...
It can be inferred from this that the Tubo people must have other channels to spy on the military situation of the Tang Dynasty.
Being able to grasp the intelligence of the Tang Dynasty in a timely manner, it is no wonder that Tubo took the initiative in the battle with the Tang army in the Western Regions. It can be said that the powerful intelligence work gave Tubo the capital to challenge the Tang Dynasty.
From this, we can see the deep scheming side of the new ruler of Tubo, Song Dezan.
Bai Fu ordered people to reward the palace maid Yao heavily. Bai Fu said: "Ms. Yao, after you go back, I will send the Sichuan gang members to protect the safety of you and other embroiderers. You don't have to worry about the Tubo people coming back to retaliate against you."
The palace maid Yao quickly thanked her.
Bai Fu said: "Please also ask Aunt Yao to help me contact other palace ladies who have left the palace to see if there have been similar situations recently. If so, please inform me in time to avoid being used by thieves and falling into banditry."
The palace maid Yao nodded in agreement.
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After everything was settled, Bai Fu and Princess Qingluan walked out of the "Exalted Immortal Tower". When they got out of the building, it was snowing heavily outside.
The goose-feather heavy snow instantly transformed Chang'an into another world. Looking from a distance, the Daming Palace on Longshou Plain is solemn and majestic, like a palace in the sky.
Princess Qingluan was overjoyed, her beautiful eyes shone brightly, and she said, "This is the first snow this year!"
Bai Fu nodded and said, "The first snow this year came really early."
Princess Qingluan couldn't help herself, raised her hands high, and danced a cheerful Hu Xuan dance on the snow. Her skirt was flying and spinning freely, like a beautiful swan.
Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, and a heavy snowfall makes everyone jump for joy. Thousands of households open their doors and take to the streets. Groups of children chase and play in the streets, clapping their hands and singing: "God sends demon soldiers to kill the injustice."
, How many people can be peaceful in this world? Let’s see if the sun and moon shine evenly, killing them all will not bring peace.”
Princess Qingluan asked with a smile: "Brother Fu, what are they singing in their songs?"
Bai Fu smiled and said, "It's just a nursery rhyme for children. It doesn't have any deep meaning. It's probably just a catchy rhyme."
Even so, Bai Fu couldn't help but think about the meaning of the nursery rhyme.
We walked to a clearing by the lake, where the terrain was open and the snow was very thick. Princess Qingluan still had her childlike innocence, so she took her maid to build a snowman on the snow.
Bai Fu suddenly thought of the meaning of the nursery rhyme: "Isn't it about someone who will become the second Wu Zhao?"
There was a "swish" sound, and suddenly a hidden weapon flew towards Bai Fu's face. Bai Fu had no time to think about it, so he moved instinctively and flew sideways, like a swift flying across the water, to avoid the hidden weapon.
"Pa", the concealed weapon hit the tree trunk next to Bai Fu directly. Bai Fu burst into laughter. It turned out to be a snowball.
Princess Qingluan said coquettishly: "Idiot, how can I have a snowball fight like you? Come and see the snowman I built."
Bai Fu smiled brightly and walked forward. This time he found that Princess Qingluan and the maids had built two big snowmen. Judging from the snowmen's facial features, they turned out to be a boy and a girl.
Princess Qingluan said shyly: "Brother Fu, this old father-in-law is you, and that old woman is me."
Princess Qingluan's eyes were filled with brilliance, and she was extremely beautiful against the backdrop of the heavy snow.
On the stone arch bridge across Qushui, two graceful women stood under an oilcloth umbrella. Hu Shaner, a woman in green holding the umbrella, asked: "Are you really willing to give up?"
The woman in white was as pale as a chrysanthemum and said, "I feel relieved to see that Senior Brother Fu is accompanied by someone."
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Bai Fu suddenly felt something in his heart and looked at the stone arch bridge. People were coming and going on the bridge, enjoying the snow and scenery, but no one he knew.
Bai Fu thought about it and said: "At this solar term, it should also snow on the Golden Summit of Emei? I wonder what Junior Sister Li is doing at the moment?"