Chapter 96 ninety five

The sound of horseshoes could already be heard outside the door, and Huali'er said anxiously: "I'll take His Majesty and the others away." Tuli waved his hand and said, "It's too late." He winked at Ashinayun , Ashinayun took Li Shimin and others into the account, and then Tuli ordered: "Hualier! Greet your people and welcome Zhishisili!" As soon as the words fell, Zhishisili was already Surrounded by the soldiers of the brigade, he walked into the big tent. He glanced at the remnants of the table and said with a smile, "Er Khan is really in a good mood. He is still having a banquet at such a late hour. Where is my friend from? Let you So excited."

Tu Li said without raising his eyelids: "Who are friends or not? It's cold in the middle of the night, and it's just a few brothers from my family drinking together to keep warm." Zhi Shi Li walked around the wine table slowly, and sneered: "You keep saying that there are only a few brothers from your own family. Why is this table full of meals eaten by people from the Central Plains?" A servant next to Tuli's face changed, and he glanced behind the tent nervously. Something happened.He walked to the side of the curtain in two steps, and said in a long voice, "Isn't there someone hiding behind your curtain?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards the curtain, and Li Shimin who was hidden inside shook his hand, and the sword had been drawn out of its sheath. , Tuli's guards also showed their weapons one after another, swords were on the verge of firing in the tent, everyone raised their hearts to their throats, and they didn't even dare to make a sound, the surroundings were dead silent, so quiet that you could hear the sound of a needle falling sound.A gust of autumn wind blew into the tent, and knocked down a pen holder on the table, and the pen fell to the ground.At this moment, a corner of the curtain was lifted suddenly, and a person came out slowly, Tu Li's heart tightened, and he pressed his hand to the handle of the knife, looking up, it turned out to be Mu Yikuan.

Mu Yikuan stood under the light, looked at the crowd calmly, cupped his hands and said to Tuli, "Khan, I didn't expect that I would come to your department to discuss this business, and I would cause you so much trouble. I'm really sorry." Zhi Shisi looked this person up and down, and asked sharply: "Who are you?" Mu Yikuan cupped his hands: "Mu Yikuan, a businessman from Chang'an." Tu Li had heard his intentions from Mu Yikuan's words, followed his words and said to Zhi Shili: "This is the son of the Dou family in Chang'an, his family has more money than the emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Mu Yikuan Yikuan smiled and said: "That's all gossip made up by people in the market, it's not credible." Holding the arrow and thinking force on his face, he asked with doubts: "This swordsman, what are you doing here?" Mu Yikuan replied : "Our Chang'an Dou family likes to earn money on the tip of the knife. The harder the battle, the greater the profit. Tuli Khan is often in business, and he knows this best." Tuli On the side, he echoed: "Mr. Mu's words are right. Seeking wealth and danger is the most rational way to do business."

Zhi Shili then asked Mu Yikuan what kind of business he was doing with Tuli, and Mu Yikuan replied that he wanted to sell a batch of grain to the north, because the price of rice in the Central Plains has dropped to three or four yuan a stone, but in You can't buy two or one stone on the grassland, and there is a seven-fold spread here.At this moment, a small school came forward and whispered something to Zhishi Sili, telling him that the thousand people outside the tent were surrounded by five thousand elite soldiers from the Tuli tribe who rushed out suddenly.Zhishi Sili's complexion changed, his tone eased, and he put on a smiling face and said to Tuli: "Second Khan, the grasslands are famined. It's a good thing that you can find middle-earth merchants to buy grain. Why do you have to dodge it? With such a big Misunderstanding?" Then, he cupped his hands to Mu Yikuan and said, "The Great Khan has always wanted to buy grain from merchants in the Central Plains, Mr. Mu rarely visits the grassland, can you come back to the camp with me and talk about it in the Great Khan's tent?" After finishing speaking, Zhi Shili looked at Mu Yikuan, observing his reaction.

Tu Li put on a face of displeasure and said: "Putting your arrows and thinking hard, Mr. Mu is my guest - we haven't finished talking yet!" Mu Yikuan laughed and said meaningfully: " Khan, it’s rare that General Zhisili is full of enthusiasm. What we businessmen like is to make friends and get to know Da Khan. This is a great thing that our Chang’an Dou family can’t wait for! But you have to hurry up on the deal between the two of us. Otherwise, I'll miss this market." After speaking, Mu Yikuan walked out of the tent, holding his arrows and thinking force was a little surprised, he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, bowed to Tuli, turned and left.

The sound of footsteps and noise went away, and Li Shimin and others came out from behind the scenes. He said to Changsun Wuji with emotion, "I never thought that the son of a businessman would be very daring." Because of such an accident, Li Shimin Not daring to stay any longer, he bid farewell to Tuli overnight, and under the escort of Huali'er, he went to the Yinshan trail. Zhishi Sili returned to the camp, and reported to Jieli what he had seen and heard in the Tuli camp. He told his master that he rushed to the outside of the main tent of the Tuli army only by the undercover who opened the door and guided him. He was immediately surrounded by Tuli's five thousand elite soldiers. If he hadn't found a step and ordered to retreat in time, he might have suffered a big loss.Xie Li frowned when he heard this, and he said to Zhi Shi Li: "It seems that this guy Tu Li has turned his back on me, but he is so thoughtful and has such high popularity among the tribes, it is really a shame. A tough bone! The Southern Expedition is imminent, if there is no other way to deal with him, I'm afraid it will be hard."

Zhishi Sili remonstrated: "If you want to do something, you have to find a reasonable reason, so that all the elders of the ministries who are facing him shut up, otherwise it will affect the morale of the army." Jieli said: "Collaborating with the enemy is the best reason. Huh! Interrogate that Chang'an businessman carefully, and see if you can dig out something from his mouth." Holding on to the arrow and thinking hard, Mu Yikuan was brought for interrogation, and the skin was almost peeled off, but Mu Yikuan Still insisting that he was here to do business, there was nothing he could do about it, so he had to put him in the sheepfold.

Fang Xuanling was lying on the table in a piece of clothing, and the room was full of documents that were blown into a mess by the wind.A young official crept in and blew out the candles, then stooped to pick up several proclamations on the ground.Suddenly, a shout of "It's urgent!" came from a distance outside the door.Fang Xuanling opened his eyes in a jerk, and quickly stood up. A fourth-rank civil servant had already walked in quickly with a dusty little schoolboy.The fourth-rank civil servant said anxiously: "My lord, an urgent report from the front line in the cloud!" The junior officer untied the official document from his back and handed it over. Fang Xuanling walked quickly into the room and opened the wax with a knife Sealed, took out the official document and read it, after only reading a few lines, his expression changed drastically, and he sat down on the chair slumped!

The fourth-rank civil servant hurried forward and called several times: "My lord, my lord, what's the matter with you!" Fang Xuanling waved his hand and said weakly, "Quick, prepare the chariot quickly, I want to enter the palace." Fang Xuanling was almost put on the chariot by someone, and when he arrived outside Qiyun Palace, he was taken off from the chariot by the attendants. He regained his composure, and with the support of his left and right, he walked heavily to the front of the main hall .Someone went in to announce, and after a while, the heavy wooden door was pushed open creakingly, Fang Xuanling stepped in, and a gust of cold wind blowing from the deep palace lifted his messy hair.Empress Changsun was sitting on a chair, Fang Xuanling's expression made her guess something, she stood up slowly.Fang Xuanling took a few trembling steps and knelt down towards her, and reported in a sad tone: "Madam, Yuchi Jingde has sent an urgent report that Mayi City is broken!"