"Dong-Dong"
The sound of knocking on the door was one long and three short. The back door of the Li family in Longxi also quietly opened a gap, and Ashina He squeezed in.
The person who opened the door for him even leaned out to see if anyone was following him.
Naturally, Eunuch Lin would not be discovered.
Ashina looked at the person who opened the door and said,""Butler, don't worry. No one is following us. I've tested them three times along the way.”
"If anyone can keep up, they must be immortals.”
The butler was expressionless.
As a member of the Li Clan, he considered himself to be of noble status and had been passed down for thousands of years. Naturally, he didn't have a good expression on his face as he spoke to the Turkic barbarians,"The Great Tang has countless experts."
"Naturally, it's not too much to be careful about losing your head.”
How could Ashina not understand what the butler meant? He said,"No matter how strong an expert is, facing an army of 200,000, they can only die.”
"Hurry up and lead the way. I'm afraid the two clan heads can't wait anymore, right?”
The butler closed the back door, and with a wave of his sleeve, he led Ashina into the inner courtyard.
In order to prevent Ashina from being discovered, he had already removed the guards in the backyard.
She was afraid of too many eyes.
However, this made things convenient for Eunuch Lin.
For Eunuch Lin to be able to follow Li Yuan as the chief steward of the inner court, it was not just loyalty that was enough. His martial arts skills were one of the best in the secular world.
Now, he had even obtained the secret manual of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Whether it was stealth or following, Ashina was not someone who could detect it.
He followed the two of them into the Li Residence very carefully. However, as he went deeper, he smiled. Finally, his body became light and he jumped onto the roof.
His footsteps were light and silent. Finally, he leaned over the eaves like a gecko.
He quietly removed a tile and looked at the three people below.
Ashina took off his cloak and the other cloaks on the outside. He gave a respectful Tang salute to Li Xu, the head of the Li family in Longxi, and Li Xunfeng, the head of the Li family in Zhao County.
Li Jiu sat there and raised his hand.""Shopkeeper He, there's no need to be so polite.”
Ashina He's identity to the public was the shopkeeper of the Gathering Wealth Trading Company. Tang's surname was also He, so Li Xu and Li Xunfeng addressed each other accordingly.
Ashina sat on the chair and said,""Patriarchs, I've seen your sincerity.”
"The Khagan will also understand your intentions.”
"My purpose for coming here today is…"
Ashina was about to continue.
However, Li Xunfeng said,"Shopkeeper He, the premise of cooperation is profit, but I don't know when Jie Li Khan will break through the border city."”
"Can you do what you promised us?”
"Otherwise, when the time comes, we might not even be able to keep our lives under Li Yuan's hands after taking such a huge risk.”
Ashina seemed to have known Li Xunfeng's worries. He leaned forward slightly and said,""Patriarch Li, you have business with us for several years.”
"I believe you all know the situation on the plains.”
"When have I ever seen all the tribes gather together, and even an army of two hundred thousand? War is fought to the point of exhaustion.”
"I just don't know the strength of the Great Tang.”
"Tell me, if we can't break through the Great Tang, can our Turks bear the consequences?”
Li Xunfeng and Li Jiu looked at each other.
They all knew what Ashina had said.
The Turks had not gathered their army for the sake of showing off, but as long as they did not fight, they would continue to worry.
"We've already given you everything we can find out," said Li Xunfeng.”
"Why haven't you sent out your troops yet?”
"The more time you give Li Yuan, the more terrifying he will become. As long as you can break through Border City, our people will lead the way for you.”
"Go straight to Chang 'an and take down Li Yuan. What do you think?”
Ashina sat there. He was just an emissary who came to bribe the two of them. How could he make the decision? He said,"Don't be anxious."
"The war is the Khagan's business. I'm sitting here today to give the two clan heads confidence.”
"Your choice is wise.”
"Otherwise, when the Khagan's army breaks into Chang 'an and takes Li Yuan captive, your Li family will be the first family to be exterminated.”
"But the Khagan respects you for being able to return to the right path.”
"This is a letter of pardon written on the golden seal of the Khagan's wolf head. It is the same as your Great Tang's death-exemption medallion.”
"When the Turks enter the Great Tang, they won't invade your tribes in the slightest. Moreover, our people aren't too familiar with business. As for the other two clans that aren't cooperating with us, everything they have will be your spoils of war. The children of the steppe never mistreat their friends.”
As Ashina spoke, he took out something that looked like an imperial edict from the Tang Empire.
The Turks were imitating the Great Tang in many ways.
This pardon letter was the same.
Li Xu and Li Xunfeng stepped forward to receive it, as if this thin thing could protect their lives.
They were really afraid of being exterminated. In the past, the change of dynasties did not have much to do with them, but this time, Li Yuan was from the Li family.
They couldn't let it go no matter what.
They were afraid that Jie Li Khan would destroy the Great Tang once he broke through, so when Ashina arrived, they had only struggled for a moment.
He chose to surrender.
Ashina sat there and smiled. He sent out the letter of pardon. He knew that the mission was more than half completed.
Lee Jiu also looked at Ashina and said,""Shopkeeper He, we might be working together in the future.”
"However, my residence has everything.”
"Just you wait. I'll instruct the housekeeper to prepare some wine and dishes, as well as some dancers to liven things up. When the time comes, Manager He can choose one of them to go back.”
Ashina's eyes lit up when he heard that.
He swallowed his saliva.
He did not dare to be presumptuous elsewhere, but now that they were in the Li family, they were already grasshoppers on the same rope. He was a little bolder and said,"Then I'll accept your request.”
Li Xu smiled slightly and said," Shopkeeper He, what are you talking about? Please take a seat first. I'll go with Xunfeng to put away this pardon letter."”
"After all, it's something that we use to save our lives.”
Ashina also did not have a son.
Li Jiu and Li Xunfeng walked into the study room. The two of them sat there, the candle flickering and making sizzling sounds.
Bang!
Li Jiu threw the pardon letter aside and said,""Xunfeng, do you really believe the words of this Turkic barbarian?”
Li Xunfeng sat there and said with a mocking look in his eyes,"I don't believe it. With his status, he would only be a guard in the Great Tang.”
"How can we have any power? But the Great Tang is already a dilapidated ship.”
"We can sink to the bottom of the lake at any time.”
"Wang Clan, Zheng Clan, they didn't say anything. I'm afraid they've already secretly contacted Jie Li Khagan. We'd rather suffer a loss than let our clan be destroyed in our generation.”
Li Jiu slapped the table silently and said,""That's the only way. It's all that damned Li Yuan's fault. Why did he have to offend these Turkic barbarians?”
"To make us endure such humiliation."
"Let's go. Don't let this barbarian wait too long.”
Li Xunfeng nodded slightly and stood up. When the two of them walked out of the study, the expression on their faces returned to its previous state as they chatted and laughed with Ashina.
Eunuch Lin, who was lying on the roof, witnessed everything. At this moment, he also left quietly and quickly returned to Li Yuan's residence.
"Your Majesty," he said after bowing respectfully,"this old servant has just followed the leader of the Turks, Ashina, to the Li family. I saw with my own eyes that the three of them were plotting treason."”
"Ashina was even more treacherous, directly giving Li Xu and Li Xunfeng a Turkic pardon.”
"He said that after Jie Li Khan breaks the city, he will pardon their crimes.”
"He's currently eating and drinking at the Li residence.”
Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Eunuch Lin's words.""Very good. Zhen just happened to not have eaten enough tonight. Follow Zhen to the Li residence.”
"Zhen also wants to take a look. Is this Jie Li kid's pardon useful?”
"Zhen wants to kill, who can forgive?"
Everyone thinks it's good, we can have a little flower
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