Chapter 108: City Gate Killing Horse
It was dark as the night was getting dark, and Gu Qing went home. A group of fireflies were flying at the door of the Taoist temple. He stood up for a while after watching the lights in the Taoist temple go out.
"Husband, the bird has flew out all day and hasn't come back." Wu Mei said aggrievedly looking at her roof.
Gu Qing looked at the night sky and saw a little bird flying across the sky and returning to the eaves, "Didn't it come back?"
"Yes." Wu Mei nodded satisfiedly, "I'll wash my husband's feet."
"I'll wash it for you." Gu Qing touched her head.
"How can a husband wash his wife's feet?" Wu Mei shyed.
After picking up the foot wash, Gu Qing took off Wu Mei's shoes and socks, "I haven't taken care of the family affairs much, you have always been worried about it."
Wu Mei had a happy smile on her face, "Actually, this is what I should do. This is our home, and I must make this home prosperous."
"You are still young now. When you grow up, let the family prosper." Gu Qing hugged Wu Mei to bed, "Is it easy to use all the servants in the family obedient?"
"They are all pretty good." Wu Mei said, leaning against Gu Qing's arms, "I have always seen my master have something to worry about recently."
Gu Qing knew that Sun Simiao was worried about her and Changle, so he comforted Wu Mei to fall asleep, "Master may have fallen in love with some master on the mountain recently. My husband found an opportunity to join in this marriage."
"Go to you, Master is so old." Wu Meiqiao glared at Gu Qing.
The two hugged each other and fell asleep...
That night, the envoys from various countries arrived in Chang'an and the curfew was lifted again. Lu Dongzan and Songzan Gampo did not stop visiting the Dukes on Zhuque Street. Although they were turned away several times, they still entered the Dukes, but they only kept people to drink tea and did not see their master.
However, after entering Wei Zheng's house, he was driven out by Wei Zheng with a broom. Lu Dongzan didn't know where he offended him. Maybe this is what the people in the Central Plains said about the horoscope?
Songtsen Gampo returned to the inn without any interest. Seeing the other envoys, he looked disappointed. It seemed that most of them were turned away. As expected, they were still a little anxious. Such a visit would inevitably make me please. The ministers of the Tang Dynasty knew this truth. At this time, we cannot fight casually. Everything was impossible until the monarch issued an order.
The envoys from various countries were prepared before they came. Their purpose was different from Lu Dongzan and Songtsen Gampo. The first thing they wanted to visit was the princes of the current Tang Dynasty kings, but the princes had a very tacit understanding and disappeared.
Until dawn, Gu Qing washed his face and saw Fang Yizhi waiting at his doorstep. Wu Mei was packing her clothes.
"Fang Yizhi is here, I'll go and have a look." Gu Qing walked out of the house.
"Gu Qing, you have calculated it." Fang Yizhi pulled Gu Qing up and said, "Your Majesty wants to meet the envoys of various countries. We must go quickly and send them to the palace."
"Do I want to go too?" Gu Qing asked lazyly.
"Yeah!" Fang Yizhi nodded, "Your Majesty asked you to listen."
"Wu Mei, I'll go out." Gu Qing shouted to the house.
Fang Yizhi pulled Gu Qing away, "Hurry up, don't miss the time."
The two hurried to Chang'an, and the guard of honor all the way to the inn was ready. Kong Yingda was the one who led the way. There were not even a few Turkic envoys.
"Where is the person?" Gu Qing was puzzled.
Su Dingfang was also in the escort team, and a soldier came hurriedly: "Report to the two generals of the Central Army! The Turkic envoy was running outside the city."
"Where did he get the interest?" Gu Qing said.
The old Kong Yingda said, "I'll both the generals of the Central Army and take the person over."
"Yes!" Su Dingfang responded and left with the escort army.
Gu Qing followed Su Dingfang to the outside of the city gate and saw several Turkic people riding horses outside the city and shouting Turkic words.
"Please enter the palace by the Turkic envoy!" Su Dingfang shouted.
Several Turkic people raised their horses and ran towards Su Dingfang and Gu Qing. The speed continued to decrease and faster along the way. The soldiers behind the two retreated step by step. Gu Qing and Su Dingfang stood in place to face the war horses coming from the Turks.
"Wow wow wow..." The Turkic people shouted with provocation on their faces, and waved their whip toward the two of them, as if they were rushing towards them.
Staring at the other party, Gu Qing shouted, "Cut the horse for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Dingfang drew his sword and slashed it down with a knife as the war horse rushed by. Blood flew and splashed into the sky. The huge horse's head was cut off on the spot.
The Turkic people turned over and fell to the ground, watching the knife in Su Dingfang's hand lowered his blood and retreated step by step, with a very heavy murderous aura.
"Turkish envoy, please enter the palace." Gu Qing said coldly.
The Turks watched Su Dingfang pat the dust on his body and walked into Chang'an City.
After the people were together, they could finally set off. Gu Qing took a look at the envoys of various countries in a tacitly arranged order, following the strongest Turks and Tubos, then Tianzhu and Nanzhao, then Tuyuhun, the countries in the Western Regions and other small countries.
The group not only wore colorful clothes, but also had colorful skin colors.
There was a Taoist priest on the roadside who was hawking fortune telling. The Indians were curious and said in unfamiliar Guanzhong dialect, "We in India also respect the Taoism in the Central Plains, which is like telling fortunes with bones."
"Actually, I have heard of a more superb fortune-telling technique." Gu Qing said with a smile.
"Oh? What else?" asked the Indian.
"For example, fortune telling with your chest and fortune telling is also very superb." Gu Qing nodded seriously, "You might as well try it."
"Yes." The Indian nodded and looked very worshipful.
"Hmph!" Songtsen Gampo snorted coldly.
The people walked around their homes and looked at the group of envoys in strange clothes, like watching a group of monkeys in the zoo. Gu Qing looked at the crowd of monkeys, and he could not have thrown a banana around him.
Before coming to the palace gate, the escorted soldiers dispersed.
"Your Majesty has an order, the envoy will enter the palace!" A eunuch stood in front of the Tai Chi Palace and shouted.
"Entering the palace!" Another eunuch took the speech and shouted a hundred steps away.
"Envoys enter the palace!"
...
Starting from Tai Chi Palace, from far to near, shouting all the way to the front of you. As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Yingda took steps and walked into the palace with many envoys.
Fang Yi straightened to Gu Qing and asked him to follow him quickly.
Envoys from various countries looked around as they looked at the majestic palaces. Songtsen Gampo's eyes were the hottest, until before the Tai Chi Palace.
"The Turkic envoys brought back their reins and came to see the king of the Tang Dynasty."
"Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan came to pay homage to the monarch of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Nanzhao envoy..."
...
The envoys saluted one after another.
Gu Qing found that only Songzan Gampo had not spoken. Li Er's eyes were also staring at Songzan Gampo. The two of them looked at each other, as if sparks flashed between the air.
Chapter completed!