Tang's dining table

He Lan Minzhi looked down upon Li Xian very much. Through these few days of contact, he found that Li Xian was a very irritable but timid person.

Irritability and timidity are two completely different traits of human beings, and basically should not appear in the same person.

Generally speaking, a irritable person is more courageous, while a less courageous person is generally unable to become irritable.

Li Xian is different.

He was a very bad-tempered person when he was in Prince Lu's Mansion, but just now in front of Li Hong, he acted like a coward.

He Lan Minzhi generally looked down on this kind of person, but when Li Hong ignored him, he had no choice but to use Li Xian. After all, Li Xian was actually favored by some officials in the court, such as Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Another example is Shangguan Yi.

Xu Jingzong said that Li Xian had the style of Taizong, Li Yifu said that Li Xian had the heart of an ancient benevolent person, and Shangguan Yi thought that Li Xian had the qualities of a dragon and a phoenix, and he was the best among the princes who knew etiquette and kept his heart.

Everyone is praising Li Xian, and some are praising the young Li Xian and Li Dan, but no one cares about Li Hong. Even the most basic judgment has not appeared. Only in this incident of escaping from marriage, Li Hong was criticized. Prince Hong is very verbal and verbal.

Even if he criticized him verbally and in writing, he said that the prince was too arbitrary and disrespectful, which made the emperor and empress sad.

What kind of person is Helan Minzhi? Even if he was a bastard before, he has been trained into a great man in Tubo in recent years.

From the different attitudes of these people towards Li Hong and Li Xian, he had already seen that Li Xian was far inferior to Li Hong.

Li Hong is the king, and the courtiers are ministers. There are ministers in this world who can talk about the king at will. Only when the king makes mistakes will everyone give advice and persuade the king to correct himself and return to the right path.

As for praising Li Xian, you don't need to take it seriously. It's just to give the emperor face. It's like a neighbor seeing his Shangguan giving birth to a baby. It's the same thing to praise the kid for being smart. Everyone just says it casually. As an auspicious saying goes, whoever takes it seriously is a fool.

However, Li Xian took it seriously and made friends with ministers everywhere, hoping to get more praise from them.

Today's Tang Dynasty is extremely powerful, and can be said to be the most powerful dynasty in the world.

Helan Minzhi didn't know much about the Tang Dynasty when he was in Chang'an. He always thought that the Tang Dynasty was very powerful and there should be powerful countries outside.

After his army went rampant in the Western Regions, He Lanmin discovered that he had not sat in a well and watched the sky in Chang'an before, but was sitting under the sky.

The great cannibals, Persians, Romans, all kinds of people, one is better at blowing than the other, one says he is the king of kings, another says he is unique in the world, the king of kings, and another says he is the star under the blue sky. Among, thousands of rivers, king of thousands of hills...

Then, these kings now all admit that Li Zhi is the Khan of Heaven.

Those who don't admit it will be beaten. Yunchu did nothing and deprived twenty-seven cities from the cannibals. However, these twenty-seven cities have not been recognized by the Tang Dynasty court. It was convenient for Yunchu to let a group of bandits As the city lord there, he would continuously draw blood from there.

Pei Xingjian went even further. He did nothing else all day long and was busy sending envoys and tax collectors to foreign countries. He wanted whatever good things there were in the Western Regions and the land in the middle of the river.

In the past, beautiful women from the Western Regions belonged to the king, but now they belong to the Khan of Heaven.

As for the bad things Xue Rengui did in Beiting, it is even more difficult to describe. Without a huge amount of money to satisfy the emperor's appetite, he would not have been able to return to Luoyang from the Beiting Protectorate so quickly.

It was the constant plundering of these people that gave the emperor the confidence to implement his policy of light corvee and low taxes in the Tang Dynasty. He canceled the tax on money and grain every year, so as to rest with the people and the country.

When he first went to Tubo, he heard that the nobles of Tubo were always discussing the matter of marching eastward from Dafei Sichuan to capture Tuyuhun.

I haven't heard much about it in the past few years.

Helan Minzhi had seen the ferocity of the Tubo warriors. If they were led by a general, after they marched eastward from Dafei Sichuan, it would not be a delusion to defeat Tuyuhun, but a practical strategy.

Now, the strategy of the Tubo people has changed a lot. Many wise men believe that keeping Tuyuhun as a buffer zone between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is far more beneficial to Tubo than taking Tuyuhun directly.

Generally speaking, the strategy implemented by Tibet is to shrink to the plateau, focusing on both sides of the Yangchabo Zangbo (Yarlung Zangbo River), and actively moving closer to Nibala, hoping to obtain more warm, moist land that can grow food from Nibala .

On Qinling's troops leaving the Kunlun Mountains tunnel was a test that Qinling tried hard to win. He wanted to see if the Tang Dynasty really cared about the Western Regions. If the Tang people did not fight back resolutely, they would try to encroach on the Western Regions. If the people of the Tang Dynasty were determined to resist, they would go west to manage Dabolu.

A sudden snowstorm crushed Lun Qinling's ambition to go north to pieces. He had to lead the remaining team of less than 2,000 people to conquer Dabolu, and then achieved excellent results, and also used Dabolu. The victory in the Bulu War re-established his position.

Little Bolu was not as rich as Big Bolu, and Helan Minzhi lost his foundation of Yangtong because of Dunzhu's recklessness. Now the Tibetans led by them are in danger of overthrowing anytime and anywhere.

Just like what the stupid Li Xian said, at this time, if he offended the Anxi Army again, he and Dunzhu would really have no choice but to rely on others in the Tang Dynasty.

After seeing Li Hong's intelligence and determination, Helan Minzhi was ready to work hard to win over Li Xian.

No one likes a wise person riding on his neck, because once a wise person rides on his neck, He Lan Minzhi's life will be over. Apart from continuing to be a cow and horse for others, there is no other choice. choose.

It's not a big deal if you throw a fool on your neck for the time being. Over time, where you go and what you want to do are all decided by him, the bully.

"Then kill Li Hong!"

After He Lan Minzhi patiently told Dunzhu his judgment on Li Hong and Li Xian, Dunzhu immediately gave He Lan Minzhi a good idea.

He Lan Minzhi thought for a moment and said, "Let's settle Xue Changfeng's matter first. I'm not in the mood to do anything without asking what happened to Xue Changfeng back then."

Dunzhu hugged his belly and leaned on Helan Minzhi and said, "Honglu Temple said that the Savage King is missing."

Helan Minzhi carried Dunzhu to the bed, lifted her legs and placed them on his thighs, and kneaded Dunzhu's legs vigorously. As the third trimester of pregnancy approached, this dead woman's legs were a little bit... Edema.

Dundup enjoyed her husband's tenderness with peace of mind, caressed her huge belly and said, "I will definitely give birth to a son as strong as a yak for you."

He Lan Minzhi shook his head and said: "Whether it is a son or a daughter, they are all my flesh and blood. As long as they are my flesh and blood, they will definitely become the supreme king."

Dunzhu looked at He Lan Minzhi's rough face, reached out his hand and stroked it and said, "Only after meeting Yunchu did I realize that the wind and snow on the snowy plateau destroyed a handsome He Lan Minzhi."

Helan Minzhi smiled and said: "A new Helan Minzhi has also been created."

Xue Changfeng is now hiding in the tunnel in the small courtyard, scrubbing himself clean every day.

In the past, the black skin all over his body was his protective color, but now it is no longer the case. If he appears in the streets of Luoyang wearing black skin again, it will be too easy for him to be discovered by the swordsmen, rangers and Tubo warriors hired by Helan Minzhi.

Fortunately, Yin Erhu still had some friendship with him and prepared enough food for him before leaving. Therefore, it was enough for him to hide in this small courtyard for two months.

He originally had white skin, but his skin became tanned by the sun. As long as he hid in a tunnel where he could not see the sun and blocked out the sun, the hair on his head would grow longer and the black skin on his body would slowly fade.

At the same time, Xue Changfeng did not think that Yin Erhu would give up on him. If he really gave up completely, the small courtyard where he was hiding would have been discovered by the urban foxes and rats in Luoyang City.

After all, Helan Minzhi gave a reward of three thousand gu in the swordsmen's guild. Such a huge sum of money was enough for the city foxes and rats in the guild to dig out him.

I can still hide safely in the small courtyard now, probably because of the cover of Yin Erhu and Aunt Qian.

Therefore, Xue Changfeng hid in the tunnel with peace of mind, waiting for Yin Erhu's test on him to end.

On this point, Xue Changfeng is still very confident.

Yin Erhu ignored Xue Changfeng these days. A person suspected of defecting was not worth his efforts.

When he came, Junhou said that Zhong Kui must be watched to death. Only by seeing what Zhong Kui is going to do, Junhou can judge what the Taoist sect will do next and to what extent it will do it, and then decide what they want to do. Don't get involved and see if there is any possibility of fishing in troubled waters.

Therefore, these days, Yin Erhu has been guarding Baiyun Temple, taking this opportunity to secretly block the land and water roads in Baiyun Temple.

Six days ago at night, Zhong Kui quietly left Baiyun Temple with a group of people. These people were all wearing night clothes and fully armed.

Yin Erhu and his men followed them quietly. Although Zhong Kui was extremely careful and sent out secret sentries, he did not get rid of Yin Erhu and his party who were following them.

Seeing Zhong Kui and his men lying in ambush in a bend of the canal all night, they probably didn't catch the target they wanted to attack, so they retreated silently before dawn.

Yin Erhu investigated the list of important ships that needed to pass through the canal in the past few days, and finally targeted Luo Gongyuan, a Taoist master.

Because all the other ships passed the canal bay at the scheduled time, only Luo Gongyuan's boat suddenly stayed at Banzhu Ferry.

Luo Gongyuan is also a Taoist master. It is said that he has the ability to telepathize with others and can know what others are thinking. He can also escape from the earth and become immortal when he sees the earth.

Banzhu Ferry was originally the most important ferry on the canal, and Yin Erhu also had manpower there. When his people discovered that Luo Gongyuan's boat was empty, Yin Erhu had no intention of telling Zhong Kui about this discovery.

Judging from the status of the Taoist priests who came in and out of Baiyun Temple these days, Yin Erhu felt that Zhong Kui seemed to be involved in the royal struggle this time.

At this time, it is far better to let Zhong Kui return without success than to let him do something that the princes and the others do not want to see.

But tonight was different, the moon and stars were sparse in the sky, and the scouts sent out by Yin Erhu kept making the chirping of night birds. The sound was not only shrill and shrill, but also very urgent.

This was a signal asking him to retreat urgently. After Yin Erhu heard the third night owl cry, he glanced coldly at the Baiyun Temple under the bright moon, retracted his body into the dug tunnel, and waited for a sudden After the sound of intensive footsteps came, he closed the uninstalled lid of the tunnel, squatted quietly in the tunnel, took out a piece of biscuit, chewed it, and said to himself: "Zhong Kui and the others are not good enough." Ah, Ye Fashan, Zhang Guo is known as an immortal, he doesn’t even know about such a simple sudden attack, and he doesn’t know if he will die here tonight.”

Don't worry about matters that don't concern you. This is the attitude of Yun Chu, Wen Wen, and Di Renjie. Even if the matter now concerns Zhong Kui, Yin Erhu still handles it the same way.

Just now, he saw a dense crowd of men in black from the lookout hole. The most important thing was that these men were carrying a large number of firearms.

The tunnel dug by Yin Erhu has a good view. Not only can it overlook the entire Baiyun Temple, it is also the best place to raid Baiyun Temple.

Now, those men in black were obviously not cowards. They chose the route chosen by Yin Erhu.

Because the location of the tunnel he chose was so good, three men in black who looked like leaders also stopped here, treating it as a good place for the commander to observe.

Yin Erhu held his breath and put his ear against the lid. At this moment, he was very curious and wanted to know who these people were.