Shibi Khan was the younger brother of the eldest Turkic Khan, Jili Khan. Both were the sons of the Han Princess.
Princess Han Cheng was married to the Turks during the reign of Emperor Taizong. Of course, she was definitely not Emperor Taizong's biological daughter. She was just a goddaughter from the imperial clan for the sake of the marriage.
However, even if she was a goddaughter, she was still Gaozong's sister and Wu Zetian's sister-in-law.
In other words, Jili Khan and Shibi Khan were both Wu Zetian's nephews. They could also call Wu Zetian aunt.
From the looks of it, it was very normal for relatives to not want to fight and want to negotiate.
Moreover, ever since the Turks regained their country, they had been fighting the Great Zhou for many years. The Turks, who did not have much wealth, had long been unable to bear the burden! Not to mention the casualties of the people, just the lack of trade due to the war and the difficulty of replenishing the supply of ironware had caused the Turks to be unable to even afford weapons and armor!
If they didn't negotiate, the Turks would probably use their bones to sharpen their arrowheads!
Although the Turks had a certain level of iron-smelting technology, the continuous wars had made the production speed slower than the rate of consumption. Adding on the fact that large amounts of labor had been recruited into the army, causing the production of iron ore to greatly decrease, the production speed of iron-ware was even slower!
In any case, the Turks could no longer continue fighting. They needed a long period of rest to recover their already overdrawn strength.
It could be seen from this that the reason why Jili Khan and Shibi Khan chose to be the peace faction was not just because their mother was a princess of the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, the Shibi Khagan that entered Luoyang was not the real Shibi, but a fake.
Speaking of which, the Turks were almost at the end of their rope, so why were there still warmongers?
It was a very simple reason. After all, the leaders of the pro-war faction did not have to go to the battlefield personally, and they could enjoy the wealth they plundered first. With such a good thing, how could they not be passionate about war and plunder?
Unfortunately, the real Shibi Khagan had died under the schemes of the villains…
Zhang Dingguo came to the court early in the morning and waited for more than four hours before the group arrived.
In fact, he had been wondering if he should expose the fake diplomatic mission.
But the problem was that he lacked evidence! If others asked him why, how would he answer?
Moreover, if the plot was exposed here, Wu Zetian would no longer call Fatty Di back to investigate the case. What would happen to the rest of the plot? In the absence of Fatty Di, would those big cases still come as scheduled? Would there be a more serious butterfly effect?
After considering these problems, Zhang Dingguo decided to stay put and wait until something really happened!
The reception of the fake Turkic diplomatic mission was very smooth, so smooth that no accidents occurred.
After all, the purpose of the fake Turkic diplomatic mission was to rescue Liu Jin and transfer Princess Yiyang out, so they did not dare to provoke them, afraid that it would affect the original plan.
According to the normal plot, a Turkic warrior would challenge Zhang Dingguo, the new top scorer in martial arts, to show off the strength of the Turks and gain more benefits in the upcoming peace negotiations.
However, this was not a real diplomatic mission, so there was no chance for Zhang Dingguo to show off!
If the regiment had only stayed in Luoyang for three days, they would have completed the peace negotiations and signed the peace treaty without any conditions.
Although the main content of the peace treaty had been discussed in the past six months, they should still argue with reason. However, they were fake after all, and they didn't dare to waste too much time. Otherwise, when the news of the assassination of the real diplomatic mission reached Luoyang, all their efforts would be in vain…
However, what surprised Zhang Dingguo was that Wu Zetian suddenly remembered him and even gave him an important task!
Zhang Dingguo was appointed as the leader of the diplomatic mission for this marriage alliance. He was responsible for escorting Princess Yiyang to the Stone Kingdom of the Turkic Kingdom. He was required to ensure that the marriage alliance would be completed smoothly and that the peace negotiations would not be disrupted by evil people!
Regarding this temporary appointment, Zhang Dingguo could not react for a long time. If it was not for the reminder from the person who announced the imperial edict, he would have almost forgotten to accept the imperial edict.
Fortunately, the person who announced the decree thought that it was Zhang Dingguo's first time being entrusted with an important task. It was understandable that he was in a daze because of a moment of excitement, so he did not say much.
However, Zhang Dingguo felt bitter in his heart!
Of course, he knew that he would be attacked by Sword Spirit Tiger Jinghui when he escorted Princess Yiyang.
Although Zhang Dingguo had already reached the level of a first-class expert, and his inner strength was deep, it was definitely rare in the world. However, the problem was that he lacked actual combat experience. He was considered to have become a martial artist halfway through his life. Now that he had suddenly obtained so many high-tier martial arts, no matter how well he trained normally, it would be difficult for him to unleash his full strength in actual combat.?
Moreover, Hu Jinghui's combat power would definitely be far above Hu Jinghui's saber.
After all, Hu Jinghui was a sword spirit! If his swordsmanship was not good, how could he be called a sword spirit?
Therefore, Zhang Dingguo clearly realized that it was still very difficult for him to defeat Hu Jinghui with his current strength.
Although Hu Jinghui would definitely not be able to kill him if he insisted on escaping, this task was given by Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian did not care if Princess Yi Yang was in cahoots with Hu Jinghui. If he escaped without any evidence and let "Princess Yi Yang" be killed, he would probably become a wanted criminal!
After much consideration, Zhang Dingguo decided that unless he fell ill, he would not be able to avoid this battle.
Although he could understand that Wu Zetian wanted him to make contributions, so she let him take on this responsibility. After all, if it was a normal marriage mission, this would naturally be a good job for free. However, Wu Zetian did not know about the hidden conspiracy. Her kindness would only bring endless trouble to Zhang Dingguo...
While everyone else was enjoying the singing and dancing party held to celebrate the success of the peace treaty, Zhang Dingguo was sitting at the side with a bitter face and burying his head in his food.
Fortunately, no one noticed him. The other officials were either drinking happily or watching the beautiful women dance in high spirits. If someone found out that he had a sad face on this joyous day, they might even accuse him of being disrespectful!
Fortunately, Zhang Dingguo managed to come up with a method that was barely usable before the banquet ended after a rigorous calculation...
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