Chapter Two Hundred and Four: Not Together
After struggling for a long time, Qin Shaoyou finally fell asleep with peace of mind. He had made up his mind that Li Lingyue would follow her, but... he just pretended not to know. Anyway, she disguised herself as a palace maid and was at her own risk.
Of course... there is another factor here.
In any case, Princess Taiping is one of her most important allies in Luoyang. If Qin Shaoyou had not secretly informed and helped her, she would not have been her current situation.
Sometimes, although there are also beatings and scoldings, they are still considered their own people.
Qin Shaoyou simply didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he just led the team to continue north.
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In the desolate desert, an oasis is looming with the green rivers, and a sparse city silhouette appears in the distance.
This so-called city block is a bit inappropriate to describe.
Because in addition to the main buildings that are built of bricks and wood, these huge buildings are endless tents.
The outer areas are surrounded by fences, but in the depths of this desert, such a large-scale settlement is rare.
This is Heisha City, the "capital" of the Turkic State.
After the Turks were divided into two parts: the East and West Turks, the Western Turks were destroyed by Emperor Taizong of Tang, and then the Anxi Protectorate was established. The Eastern Turks also died immediately after experiencing a series of civil strife.
However, although the two major Khanate countries perished, the Turks who had dominated here for hundreds of years were still strong. They gathered in the Heishui area far away from the pass. Under the recruitment of the Eastern Turkic royal family, the Khanate was reestablished and secretly accumulated strength.
Asina Gu Dulu is a legendary figure in the desert. He gathered his troops here to try to revive. Since Asina Gu Duluo called the Turkic Khan, he led his army to fight east and west. He went on many expeditions. He attacked the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, with nine surnames Tiel, thirty surnames Tatars, Khitans, Xi and others, and went on a total of 47 expeditions. Among them, he personally participated in the battle twenty times, thus laying the foundation of the Later Turkic Khanate.
In everyone's impression, the Khan of Zhongkong was definitely not a reckless person, he was an extremely cunning fox. He was very good at capturing fighter jets. When Emperor Gaozong was in power, he once sanctioned Gaozong and even assisted the Tang Dynasty in using troops against Goguryeo and other countries. However, when Wu Zetian was arbitrarily aggravated and the political situation was turbulent, the Tang army was unable to carry out large-scale effective counterattacks, so he took advantage of the situation. He seized favorable fighter jets many times, fully utilized the advantages of fast maneuvers of cavalry, and frequently plundered all parts of the north. In addition, he always held the initiative in the battlefield during the war, which brought great trouble to Wu Zetian. Although Wu Zetian had famous generals such as Hei Yai Changzhi and Cheng Wuting in the north, he had won some victories, but since Wu Zetian's strategic focus was often to suppress the "disruption party" in the country, he could not change the strategic passive situation.
It can even be said that Gu Dulu's today is inseparable from Wu Zetian. If it weren't for the civil strife in the Central Plains, he would probably still be playing with mud.
Of course, Gu Duluo had his plans to marry his daughter. On the one hand, marrying his daughter to Li can enhance his influence in the desert, suppress some unruly tribes of various tribes, and even intimidate his enemies. On the other hand, he is a rough and meticulous person. The situation in the Central Plains has gradually stabilized. Once the Han people are stable, the Zhou army will be attacked by the Turks sooner or later. Gu Duluo chose to marry his daughter, of course, has the intention of provoking, marrying his daughter to Li, strengthening the strength of Li, colluding with Li, and sow discord. Even if the Li family dares not cause trouble, it doesn't matter. If the Li family marrys the Turkic princess, will the suspicious emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty be suspicious? Once suspicious, he will inevitably kill him. How could Li sit and wait for death?
The Turks had no abacus here, but the cunning Gu Dulu had a very powerful mental arithmetic ability. This plan was a painstaking effort.
After his daughter entered the pass, Gu Dulu was waiting for good news, but he could not hear anything after waiting. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he hunted near Hei Shui City every day.
I returned to my tent at noon today, but Gu Dulu heard someone come to report: "Shan, a Han envoy is here."
Gu Dulu was overjoyed and said that there was news and hurriedly said, "Please come in and speak."
This khan was an old acquaintance and often went between Luoyang and Hei Shui. It was considered half a Turkic connection. He was appointed as the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites. His surname was Zhou and his name was Cheng. Zhou Cheng's face looked very bad and he forced a smile. He knew that the Turkic people had no rules, so after the greetings, he handed out a letter of the country and said, "This is my Emperor of Great Zhou..."
But Gu Dulu was anxious and rushed forward, took the letter of the country into his hand, and then opened it.
The letter of the country is written in Chinese characters and Turkic texts. Although Gu Dulu is the founding "Emperor" of the Turkic State now, it is also the royal family of the East and West Turkic countries back then. He has always been familiar with Turkic and Chinese characters. He doesn't care if he doesn't read it, but when he sees it, he can't help but get furious.
In addition to Wu Zetian's greetings to him, the Turkic Khan, the one that splashed the most ink was one thing.
The princess wanted to marry the King of Linzi, but I agreed to marry him on a date. However, the commander Qin Shaoyou was so fond of love at first sight, and then she had a beautiful lady and a gentleman's kindness. So she ordered the family soldiers to rob the bride according to the alliance between Emperor Taizong and the various tribes of the desert. The man was brave and defeated the Turkic soldiers and horses who protected the lords, and returned with a beautiful woman. Now our two countries, Zhou and Turkic countries have become the love of Qin and Jin...
Gu Dulu almost spit out an old blood, you're so damn it!
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From the beginning, he never really thought about marrying his daughter to Li. He just wanted to provoke civil strife. This is why he chose the King of Linzi and let his daughter not marry unless the King of Linzi.
After all, the King of Linzi is young and at a young age, even though he is a marriage, his daughter can keep her chastity.
He never thought of marrying his daughter to a Han man.
After all, back then, the ancestors of the Li family attacked everywhere, attacking Gu Duluo's ancestors, and defeating Gu Duluo's ancestors to the point of falling flowers and flowing blood into rivers. Several Khanate countries were destroyed one after another. I don't know how many royal families died in the wilderness, or they became prisoners and sent to Chang'an. On the surface, they were even given official positions, but in fact they were dependent on others and under surveillance. Some people like Gu Duluo fled everywhere, panic like dogs of a broken family.
This was a trick he carefully concocted, but who knew... he actually asked him to be Zhou Lang, but he had to do all the work, but he lost his wife and his army.
Gu Dulu twisted the letter of the country in his hand hard, his eyes widened as if they were copper bells, and his breathing began to worsen.
However, the Han envoy Zhou Cheng just smiled bitterly in his heart. What a fucking thing, before he came, he knew that it would be a bad thing. As a Turkic disciple, he often traveled inside and outside the desert, how could he not know the nature of the Turkic Khan?
But the superficial skill still has to be done. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Congratulations..."
Before Zhou Cheng could finish his words, Gu Dulu suddenly threw the letter of the country to the ground, then grabbed Zhou Cheng's clothes and said viciously: "Who is Qin Shaoyou, who is Qin Shaoyou...he...he dares to insult my beloved daughter innocence, ahhh...this little thief...I want to kill him, and I have to kill him. He thought that if he was hiding in Luoyang, I would be out of reach for the Khan? One day...one day..."
Zhou Cheng said to himself: "That guy, I actually want to kill him for a long time. I have to make such a robbery, but it has made me suffer." However, Zhou Cheng opened Gu Dulu's hand and said with a righteous spirit: "Shan, please respect yourself!"
"Self-respect!" Gu Duluo was angry, but he still took a step back.
Of course, he knew that the representative of the Zhou surname was the Emperor of the Great Zhou, and the Emperor's Conscience. If he really hurt him, he would be truly incompatible. The war was rising again and there was no room for a turnaround. Gu Dulu was not a reckless person. Now the situation in the Great Zhou period has begun to stabilize, so naturally he could not completely offend Wu Zetian at this time.
However, if you hold the talisman of the Emperor, I dare not touch you. Can't touch others?
Gu Dulu said angrily: "Come, bring in."
After a while, several Turkic warriors pushed a shepherd-like man in. The man shrank timidly. As soon as he walked in, he was busy and said, "Don't beat him, don't beat him anymore, I...I..."
When Zhou Cheng saw this person's Turkic accent was a bit like Luoyang. After deciding carefully, he felt a little more aware of it.
This person is not Duke Heng!
But Gu Dulu did not reveal his identity, so Zhou Cheng naturally pretended to be confused. The most important thing now is the national letter. The Turkic Khan fell into trouble. That Anima was his beloved daughter, but he married an unknown person. No matter how he looked at it, he would turn against him.
Gu Duluo glanced at the trembling man and said viciously: "Hang up, suck me hard, and... summoning all the ministries, I have something to say."
After giving the order, he faced Zhou Cheng and said word by word: "I would like to ask the Han envoy to tell me who Qin Shaoyou... is...?"
Every word is murderous.
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Chapter completed!