Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 416: The Deterrent Power of Military God Li Jing (Part )

Outside the Liangyi Hall, Lu Dongzan walked up the golden steps with a calm expression.

The guards on both sides, wearing heavy golden armor, looked straight ahead.

Not even a second look at him.

The solemn and heavy atmosphere made Lu Dongzan's heart sink.

In a blink of an eye, Lu Dongzan had already walked into the hall.

With a quick glance, he saw the emperor sitting on the Danbi, and Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Sun Fujia and others kneeling on both sides.

It turned out that they were really discussing something just now, instead of deliberately making him wait for half an hour.

Stood there for half an hour.

Although Lu Dongzan came from a military background, to be honest, he was not young anymore. After standing for half an hour, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Especially now it is the hottest time of year.

Even a little tired.

Lu Dongzan suddenly took two quick steps and came to the foot of the Danbi. He kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Your Highness, I, your minister, pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live a long and healthy life."

"Stand up." Li Chengqian raised his hand lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Dongzan then stood up.

Li Chengqian glanced at Lu Dongzan indifferently and asked, "My dear, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Yes!" Lu Dongzan bowed, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I recently sent a letter to the Honglu Temple, requesting that someone be sent back to Lhasa to inform the Zamp of Your Majesty's ascension to the throne. However, for some reason, the official document has not been issued."

"Really?" Li Chengqian said nonchalantly, then continued, "Don't worry, my dear minister. I'll have someone notify the Honglu Temple and send out the clearance documents in a moment."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Dongzan bowed deeply.

"My dear, if you have nothing to do, please leave." Li Chengqian glanced at Lu Dongzan lightly.

For some reason, Lu Dongzan had a feeling that his whole body was seen through.

What's more, when facing Li Chengqian, he actually felt a kind of pressure similar to that of the Khan and the Supreme Emperor.

He was about to say something else, but after thinking it over, he bowed and said, "I will take my leave. May Your Majesty be blessed."

"Yeah!" Li Chengqian raised his eyes calmly from Lu Dongzan.

Lu Dongzan took three steps back before turning around and leaving the Taiji Hall.

Li Chengqian withdrew his gaze and then looked at Fang Xuanling: "Prime Minister Fang, please inform the Honglu Temple later and send all the clearance documents of the Tibetan delegation except for Gar Qinling."

"Yes!" Fang Xuanling bowed slightly.

"Duan Baoxuan." Li Chengqian spoke calmly.

A general in red and golden armor stepped out from behind the pillars of the corridor, released his hand from the Thousand Ox Sword at his waist, and bowed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty!"

"Take them out of the palace." Li Chengqian raised his head indifferently.

"Yes!" Duan Baoxuan bowed, then turned around and left quickly.

No one in the hall spoke. They were all old foxes and knew very well what the emperor was going to do.

……

The night is deep at the Tibetan Embassy.

Gar Qinling walked quickly into the study in the backyard and placed the pass in his hand on the table in front of Lu Dongzan.

Looking at Lu Dongzan with a hint of anger, Gar Qinling said, "Father, they are really up to something. The customs clearance documents for the other members of the delegation are all there, except for my son."

Lu Dongzan took a look at the pass, then leaned back, raised his eyes, and said nothing.

Gar Qinling continued, "They are targeting us. They want to trap us all in Chang'an so they can find evidence to investigate us. Father, if it really doesn't work out, I will replace you with someone else and join the group to leave the city. As long as we leave Chang'an, I can easily return to Luoshui."

What Lu Dongzan and Gar Qinling are most worried about now is that the Tang Dynasty will find evidence on Gar Qinling.

Once evidence was found linking Gar Qinling to what happened that night, Nalu Dongzan was sure that Li Chengqian would kill them.

But as long as Gar Qinling left Chang'an, all the clues would be cut off, and it would be even more impossible to find Lu Dongzan.

but……

Lu Dongzan felt a deep sense of unease.

This is intuition, the intuition of a veteran in the military.

"Is there anyone watching outside?" Lu Dongzan continued looking upward. "Yes!" Gar Qinling calmed down and whispered, "Every time we leave the embassy, ​​someone follows us. They don't investigate anything, they just follow us."

"Tell me, if you leave Chang'an, will they follow you?" Lu Dongzan finally lowered his head and looked at Gar Qinling and said, "No matter what identity you use?"

"Yes!" Gar Qinling nodded solemnly and said, "They will send people to follow."

"Will you go separate ways from the group, or will you go with the group?"

Gar Qinling fell silent for a long time before he spoke: "If we are being watched all the way and have no chance of escaping, it is naturally safer to follow the group."

"Why do you feel unsafe?" Lu Dongzan asked one question after another.

"Because if my son leaves the group, they will most likely come after him. It's safer to be in the group." After a brief pause, Galqinling said, "Chang'an is too far from the border. Even to Tuyuhun is a long way off. Passes are required everywhere. It's difficult for my son to reach the border safely on his own."

"They will send people to hunt you down, and the pass will be enough to expose your location." Lu Dongzan took a deep breath and asked with narrowed eyes, "If you were given a different caravan, or if you stayed with our team, are you sure you'd be safe?"

"Of course." Gar Qinling finished speaking, but then shook his head and said, "This requires that my son's identity is not exposed."

"Chang'an will prepare a replacement for you." Lu Dongzan took a deep breath and said, "Everything else is unimportant. What's important is the current emperor. Has he guessed that you're going to leave Chang'an alone?"

"I don't think so." Gar Qinling suddenly paused and looked at Lu Dongzan uncertainly: "Father, this time they confiscated my son's customs clearance documents."

"My father came to the palace today, and His Majesty didn't say much. He just promised to send a message to the Honglu Temple to issue the clearance documents. But in the end, only yours was blocked. This shows that this is the emperor's intention." Lu Dongzan sighed and said, "They already suspect you of that matter."

Gar Qinling fell silent and whispered, "After all, my son was the most active during that period. It's normal for them to have doubts, so my son had to leave."

The one connected with the remnants of Prince Yin was Gar Qinling.

Lu Dongzan couldn't move at all, and the only person he and the other party could trust at the same time was Gar Qinling.

Gar Qinling's frequent actions during that period were also noticed by others.

"Yes, you must go." Lu Dongzan knew very well that once Gar Qinling was caught and proven to be plotting to murder the Tang emperor, war would break out between the Tang and Tubo.

This is exactly what Tubo is trying hard to avoid today.

……

"Father, since they're keeping an eye on my son, why don't we just make a feint to the east and attack in the west?" After a brief pause, Gar Qinling said, "First, send a substitute to pretend to be my son out of the city. Then send another substitute to pretend to be my son and blend in with the main group. Then, my son will fall behind and blend into a caravan before we leave."

"Chang'an will leave you a substitute." Lu Dongzan nodded slightly. Qin Ling was indeed very thoughtful.

"Right!" Qin Ling breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "It would be best if we could send someone to Tuyuhun to meet them in advance. We don't need many, three hundred cavalrymen would be enough."

"Three hundred isn't enough, I need one thousand." Lu Dongzan looked at Gar Qinling, shook his head, and said, "The one targeting you now is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If he really wants to kill you, he won't let you go, not only in the Tang Dynasty, but even outside of it."

Qin Ling's expression changed slightly and he said, "Yes!"

"First see what the two groups in front do. If that doesn't work out and they're all dead, when you get to the border, contact 3,000 Tuyuhun cavalry to pick you up." Lu Dongzan's face turned grim. No one could stop him from sending his son back to Tubo, not even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"Yes!" Qin Ling nodded in agreement.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the door, and then someone knocked on the door hard.

Qin Ling walked over, opened the door, said something, and finally delivered a secret letter to Lu Dongzan's desk.

Lu Dongzan opened the secret letter and looked at the case, and his face instantly turned completely ugly.

Qin Ling asked in a low voice: "Father, what's wrong?"

"The emperor has re-employed Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, and appointed him as the Inspector of the Northwest Road." Lu Dongzan's face suddenly became completely expressionless.

"Li Jing!" Qin Ling was suddenly stunned and couldn't help asking, "Father, why did the emperor suddenly appoint Li Jing? Hasn't Li Jing been recuperating from illness?"

Li Jing, the god of war.

Of course, it was Li Jing who destroyed Tuyuhun in one battle.

If Li Jing had not later come into conflict with the generals of the Qin Palace, perhaps Li Jing would still be galloping on the battlefield now.

But now that Li Jing appears, the Tuyuhun people on the Tuyuhun side will become as obedient as quails, and no one dares to move.

"It was Tian Khan who kept Li Jing idle. The generals in the Qin Palace were jealous of Li Jing's military achievements, so Tian Khan had no choice but to keep Li Jing idle in order to balance the contradictions. At that time, he had Hou Junji to succeed Li Jing, but he didn't expect Hou Junji to rebel."

Lu Dongzan shook his head slightly and said, "But there aren't that many conflicts between the new emperor and Li Jing. The people in the Qin Palace back then are old now. What's more, Li Jing's eldest son was a close confidant of the new emperor when he was the crown prince. There is no problem for him to use Li Jing now."

Qin Ling's expression turned completely grim. "If that's the case, with Li Jing guarding the border, my son probably won't be able to escape."

The Tuyuhun people did not dare to move, and Li Jing's methods on the border were terrifyingly complex. If Gar Qinling really wanted to escape from the Tang Dynasty secretly, he would have no way out.

"Unless... unless the Zamp can send troops from Lhasa." After Lu Dongzan finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned. Then, his face turned pale and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)