Phi-Fic Chapter 1075: The Extreme Suicidal "Inspiration"
Chapter 1075: The Extreme Suicidal "Inspiration"
Chang'an was calm and Qiongzhou was peaceful, but in the distant Tubo and Tuyuhun, the situation began to change and a storm was about to come.
To be honest, Qiongbo Bangsai really performed his duties conscientiously as an envoy.
Although Tang Jian, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, had approached him several times after the previous Honglu Temple incident, saying that Fang Yiai, this "bastard", dared to be so unscrupulous and cause such trouble because he relied on the fact that he was the son of the prime minister and had a "bigger bastard" backing him up.
It's all a misunderstanding.
All the responsibility lies with Fang Yiai and has nothing to do with Qiongbo Bangsai.
Even Emperor Li II ordered the punishment of Fang Yiai and his father Fang Xuanling, and rewarded Qiongbo Bangsai as a sign of appeasement.
But Qiongbo Bangsai was not fooled by these appearances. He just grasped one point: "Sir Tang, may I ask when His Majesty will agree to grant the marriage?"
"Ah?" Tang Jian, who had come to the courtyard for the nth time and continued to "chat" with the Tubo envoy, was stunned at first, and then he said seriously: "Grant a marriage, of course I will grant a marriage!
But... Mr. Envoy, you have to understand that the Tang Dynasty is a great country, and the matter of granting marriage is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly."
"How can I avoid being hasty?" It was almost autumn in Chang'an, and Qiongbo Bangsai had been waiting for the news of the marriage proposal so long that "even the flowers were about to wither."
"It's an arranged marriage... it's just what it means, an arranged marriage." Tang Jian, who had not been with the Prince of Chu for too long, also had a sense of fun at this moment: "Since it's an arranged marriage, the process can't be too fast, because if it's too fast, it will be hasty - your Zanpu is the ruler of a country after all, and in our Tang Dynasty, he is at least a prince, and the process of a prince's marriage will take at least a year and a half..."
"No..." Although Qiongbo Bangsai's brain was not very good, he also heard the derogatory meaning in Tang Jian's words: "How come my Zamp is a prince..."
"Do you still want to be on equal footing with His Majesty?" Seeing that the other party took the bait so easily, Tang Jian narrowed his eyes and stared at Qiongbo Bangsai, saying with contempt: "Could it be that you Tubo... really have such a wolfish ambition?!"
"..." Qiongbo Bangsai felt his eyes go dark when he heard this. Damn it, you people from the Honglu Temple are really...
They are worthy of being the heavenly soldiers brought by the King of Chu!
"What do you mean by not speaking, envoy?" Tang Jian saw Qiongbo Bangsai shaking with anger, and he felt relieved: "Could it be that what I said was right?!"
"Lord Tang..." Although Qiongbo Bangsai was quite arrogant in Tubo, he also understood the principle that one must bow his head under someone's roof: "I am sorry for being disrespectful... so... does that mean that Your Majesty will definitely agree to grant the marriage?"
"Yes." Tang Jian nodded when he heard that.
"Well, I will go to the palace to see His Majesty and ask His Majesty to allow me to leave Chang'an with this good news and report to the Zamp."
"Well... there's no rush."
"How can this matter not be urgent? Lord Tang..." Qiongbo Bangsai now wished he could strangle the other person to death.
"Because the purpose of granting marriage is to solve the problem." Tang Jian looked at Qiongbo Bangsai and said in a leisurely tone: "Mr. Envoy, do you think what I said makes sense?"
"That makes sense..." Qiongbo Bangsai's heart tightened when he heard this. The purpose of Tubo's request to marry a royal family girl this time was, firstly, to test the situation, and secondly, to bring Tang Dynasty's farming techniques, crop seeds, medical books, and excellent craftsmen to Tubo.
"Since the envoy also thinks it makes sense... then... what is the price?" Tang Jian performed a round of Tai Chi and finally waited for the opportunity to cut the opponent's center.
"..." Qiongbo Bangsai felt that his brain was not enough. He even felt that his chest was a little stuffy and he had difficulty breathing.
Wait... shouldn't this be the reaction that the Tang people should have when they arrive in Lhasa City?
"The Tang Dynasty needs land, a lot of land for farming." Tang Jian saw Qiongbo Bangsai trying to struggle in vain with a long silence, so he wanted to chase him and kill him: "So, a few years ago, when your Tubo's Prime Minister Lu Dongzan accompanied the envoys of various countries to pay homage to my Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Chu-"
"——Wait a minute," Qiongbo Bangsai heard this and felt something was wrong: "Master Tang, are you the King of Chu's man?!"
"Oh?" Tang Jian pretended to be surprised and asked, "How did the envoy know that?"
"At that time, the envoys from all countries came to pay homage to the great and respected Khan, not the evil and despicable..." When Qiongbo Bangsai said this, he suddenly swallowed his saliva.
"Ah? Ah?!" Tang Jian saw that the other party knew that he had said something wrong, so he stopped "hiding" himself and suddenly whispered to Qiongbo Bangchdao: "I didn't expect that great minds think alike..."
"Hey? Hey?!" Qiongbo Bangsai's eyes widened at this moment: "Master Tang, what are you talking about?!"
"Your Excellency, you don't know..." Tang Jian sighed, "You only know that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was once the Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple, but you don't know that during the war with the Eastern Turks... I almost died in the camp of Jie Li Khan because of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu...
You are afraid of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu because you have been beaten by him!
But have you ever thought about this... before His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu became famous... ahem... this 'Demon King' who was feared by the world... he first harmed... his own people!"
"..."Qiongbo Bangsai looked at Tang Jian, whose voice was still trembling. He really couldn't tell... couldn't tell!
"Mr. Envoy, I have the guts to make some slanderous remarks to Your Majesty regarding the marriage... the sentimental words of a loyal minister. But... Mr. Envoy, what is the price?"
"If Lord Tang can make this happen, I think the Zanpu and the Prime Minister... will also abide by their original promises—"
"——No, no, no," Tang Jian raised his hand to interrupt him, "No one in this world can break their promise to the Tang Dynasty. Envoy, I hope you can be sincere."
"Okay." Qiongbo Bangsai finally revealed his trump card at this moment: "If the great Heavenly Khan can give Tubo some benefits in advance and show enough sincerity, we Tubo people are willing to serve as the vanguard of the Tang Dynasty."
"What benefits do you want?"
"The Tang Dynasty wants to unite with Tubo, Tuyuhun, Tocharian, and Xueyantuo to conquer India. We Tubo can serve as the main force of the allied forces, but correspondingly, we want to take the lion's share of the spoils afterwards."
"That's easy. The Tang Dynasty just hopes that after you Tubo get the fertile land of India, you will no longer think about invading our Tang Dynasty." Tang Jian was lying with his eyes open at this moment.
But Qiongbo Bangsai thought this was normal: India was too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and Chang'an had no way of controlling that vast land.
"Also," Qiongbo Bangsai was truly worried at this moment. Although he knew the risk was great, he still couldn't help but "had an idea in his mind" and said to Tang Jian hesitantly, "Our Zamp already has a son, who is three years old this year..."
"Well, so what?" Tang Jian still hasn't realized the seriousness of the matter: "The future... is so far away..."
"I heard..." Qiongbo Bangsai said carefully, "The eldest daughter of His Royal Highness the King of Chu was born not long ago..."
"I will! ￥@your￥%@ancestor￥%#!!" Tang Jian never expected that these Tibetan barbarians would actually dare to think so!
And just as he was furious, cursing Datang Yayan, he turned around and drew the long sword from the waist of his guard.
“Swoosh! Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
After a burst of intensive sounds of breaking through the air.
Tang Jian turned around and looked at the scene in front of him with shock - Qiongbo Bangsai, the smart man who originally thought that he could destroy this conspiracy by angering the Tang Dynasty, was now pierced with arrows and fell to the ground with a bang.
Do not look down.
Tang Jian, after looking up at the black-clad men who had been standing around the wall, could not help but close his eyes and continued to curse: @%￥ Tubo! You are completely finished this time!
At the moment when Tang Jian was feeling depressed, the black-clad men who had just executed Qiongbo Bangsai, who was looking for death, did not retreat. Instead, they jumped off the wall one after another, drew the short knives from their waists, and began to kill the remaining Tibetans who rushed out of the house after hearing the noise...