Start with detective Li Yuanfang

"This general's injury must not be disclosed to the outside world."

"Yes!"

"Bury these warriors on the spot. They were killed by the traitor Leonti and the inner guard of the Tang people. We will avenge this revenge sooner or later!"

"Yes!"

The little black horse sat on the main seat with a golden knife, his neck was bandaged, and his voice was slightly hoarse and deep.

Yang Zaiwei and Pu Ximi stood on the left and right, watching her push the death of her own soldiers to the attack of the Tang people, and use her injuries to cover up the abnormality of her voice and tone. When she issued orders, she was pleasantly surprised, but also inevitably scrutinized and apprehensive.

Especially Yang Zaiwei.

He used to pretend to be his twin brother Yang Zaisi. The two were almost identical in appearance, but because of the difference in behavior, Li Yan saw through the authenticity. The influence cultivated by father and daughter is accepted and absorbed, and they are more aware of the difficulty of pretending to be another person.

The mysterious man in front of him turned into General Abu, even if he observed closely, there was no sign of it at all, it could be called a fake!

What kind of human skin mask can have such a terrifying effect?

Has the internal guard's current technology reached this point?

Xiao Hei unceremoniously used the identity of the inner guard, and after stabilizing the situation, he asked the soldiers to leave the tent, clapped their hands: "Hang up!"

Puab Tuli was let down, and Gin Abu was hung up.

Feng Shui turns.

A few hours ago, he was interrogating the traitor with confidence, but now he is being interrogated by the traitor. General Abu's face was obviously ashamed, but his expression was still calm. He slowly closed his eyes and consciously closed his senses.

But the next moment, an indescribable tingling pain hit his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes and opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't make a sound.

Yang Zaiwei slowly withdrew his fingers, feeling a little nostalgic: "It was 20 years ago to use consciousness-only force to interrogate... If you don't want to suffer, you should confess as soon as possible. If the force goes deep into the meridians, you will not be able to survive or die! "

The tingling pain eased slightly, General Abu gasped for a few breaths, and said coldly: "Come on, you dare not keep me for a long time, the longest is before entering the Tang Dynasty, ten days of torture, I suffer Gotta live!"

Yang Zaiwei was not surprised and continued to act.

Silent torture began.

But after a quarter of an hour, Yang Zaiwei stopped.

This person does have willpower, and the consciousness-only energy is aimed at the five senses, which can torture him into an unconscious and useless person, but the secrets in his heart still cannot be 100% discovered.

What's more, he admired this great food general in his heart, and felt that the other party was brave and resourceful, and that he was able to take the lead when there were traitors everywhere around him. He was worthy of respect, but he didn't want to humiliate the other party.

"Don't stop, keep going!"

Pu Ximi was not so tolerant, he was almost exposed for his collusion with the Tang people, and he walked between life and death, wishing to cut the person in front of him to death: "You are stubborn now, just don't cry and beg for mercy next time! "

General Abu's head was covered with cold sweat, his facial features were distorted in pain, but his eyes were still determined, and he didn't bother to answer.

"Torture is the next best thing to do!"

At this moment, Leonti stood up: "How about cutting off this man's retreat and making him a traitor to the Caliph?"

Pu Ximi's eyes lit up: "How?"

Leonti obviously had an idea long ago, took out a letter, and handed it to Puab Toli: "This is my forged letter, see how similar it is?"

Puab Tuoli took it, read it carefully, and commented: "I can't tell the truth from the fake, it's like it was written by a general, but it lacks the family coat of arms..."

Just like the seals of the Tang Dynasty, Dashi usually uses the family crest as a way to identify the authenticity, but Leon turned his palm over and it turned out to be an exquisite small seal.

Puab Toli was very surprised: "This...it's so similar!"

Pu Ximi grinned: "Okay! With the evidence of the secret connection with the Tang Dynasty, we have to see how the Caliph treats our loyal and brave general!"

Listening to several people discussing face to face, how to discredit his loyalty in front of the monarch, General Abu's eyes fluctuated, and he said in a hateful voice: "Despicable behavior can't shake my loyalty to the Caliph, let alone shake the Caliph's trust in me!"

Leonti shook his head: "General, don't lie to yourself. You are surrounded by traitors, including personal guards, scholars, and guest officials. With these letters secretly communicated with the Tang people, even if the caliph believed in you, he would probably feel guilty. How suspicious!"

"And it's these doubts that doomed you!"

"With the general's prestige in the army, once he betrays, it will be much more harmful than ours. The Caliph is a wise monarch. He will not take the risk of being driven by the Tang Dynasty for a little bit of trust!"

General Abu gritted his teeth, but did not argue.

He knew that the other party was right.

Once the envoys enter the Tang Dynasty and vote against the enemy, the Caliph will not ignore the overall situation for his confidant, and will definitely label them all as traitors!
Leonti observed his expression, and his tone slowed down: "I have no doubts about the general's determination to die loyally for the country, but you must also be very unwilling. The arrest of the traitor fell short, and you will be charged as a traitor , life is worse than death!"

"The person who can provide you with the identity of the inner guard is definitely not an ordinary person. Tell us his name. Next, we will enter the Tang Dynasty as an envoy group. We will have a struggle of our own. Maybe we can use this to save our lives and turn defeat into victory. !"

"Doesn't the general want to seize this opportunity?"

General Abu's expression quickly regained his composure: "As expected of a scholar with extraordinary wisdom, he can speak well, but unfortunately you can't fool me, I have no chance to turn defeat into victory!"

Leon raised his brows: "Proud as a general, did you just give up like this?"

General Abu said indifferently: "There is a difference between pride and arrogance. You traitors have long been prepared. I have already failed, so I should accept the reality. The only chance I have as a prisoner is to prevent you from getting what you want!"

"After I die, that traitor from the Tang Dynasty will still contact Dashi, making the inner guard's many years of infiltration come to naught!"

"You don't want to find clues from me to solve this serious problem!"

Seeing that this person refused to accept, Leonti also frowned, and Pu Ximi suddenly sneered beside him: "Don't ask any more, he probably doesn't even know who the inner guard traitor who tipped off the news is."

Puab Tuoli was puzzled: "How could you not know?"

Pu Ximi said: "The one who can betray you is not the high-level internal guards, but also the high-ranking officials of the Tang people. Only then can they have the opportunity to know the identity of the internal response lurking in the enemy's country. If the other party is exposed, it will be a handle. If you hold it in Dashi's hands, how would you be willing? "

Leonti nodded slightly: "So that Tang official will only give information, but will not reveal his identity. It is this suspicion that General Abu wanted to test before. It is one purpose to lure us out, and the other is because he I’m not sure if the information is true or not?”

Puab Toli understood, and stepped forward with hatred: "But if this is the case, this butcher is useless. His hands are covered with the blood of the pious. By Allah, kill him!"

Yang Zaiwei stopped: "After all, this is speculation and has not been confirmed. Besides, with this person's heart, I am afraid that he is not willing to be led by the nose by the other party. He entered the Tang Dynasty as an envoy this time, and he wants to make trouble. Obviously, he has something to rely on... ..."

Leonti said slowly: "Next, if you can't get him to speak, you can take him into the Tang Dynasty and set up a trap as a bait to lure the traitor out, but this is a huge risk, everyone, be prepared!"

During the discussion, the eyes fell on General Abu intentionally or unintentionally. The latter's eyes flickered, his face changed several times, and finally turned into a sneer: "You guys have analyzed very well, so do it... it's not too late to kill me now , so as not to regret after entering the Tang Dynasty!"

Yang Zaiwei, Leonti, Pu Ximi and Puab Tuoli had different expressions, and finally looked at Xiao Hei subconsciously.

This mysterious but crucial person has never expressed his opinion.

Xiao Hei finally spoke: "We belong to the Datang camp. Although we have the upper hand, there are Dashi soldiers and members of the envoys outside. The movement of the interrogation cannot be made too loud, and we want to obtain key information, and the time is limited..."

"The Dashi General who is in prison is wandering on the edge of life and death. He is unwilling to die like this, and he is unwilling to leak information. We have eliminated the internal traitors. We can only use the plan and try our best..."

"Each has his own fears, but each has his own determination!"

"But no matter what, we have the upper hand. At this time, if we are afraid of risks and stagnate, then in the near future, the person who hangs others for torture may become General Abu again!"

Having said that, she looked around everyone, and said with a final word: "I'm afraid of a bird, enter the Tang Dynasty, and see who has the last laugh!"

……

"Ahead is the official road!"

Xiao Hei sat on the tall horse, looking at the scenery not far away, with an excited expression.

After returning to this world for nearly two months, I finally arrived at my hometown.

She didn't feel timid about being close to her hometown, but felt sincerely happy, because she had already seen through what she saw along the way, and she had a taste of the current prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

I still remember that when I went to Tibet as an envoy, the border between the two countries was also desolate. It was still the Chiling Mountain on the right side of Longyou. Now this area is in the west, which is very far away from Hexi, but there are convoys coming and going. In between, it was very lively.

This is partly due to the stability of the Silk Road.

Originally, the business road connecting the eastern and western countries required going through various countries, and there were many risks. Ordinary small merchants were not capable of doing it alone. Earn a lot of money.

After the rise of Tubo, the looting became more and more serious, and the four towns were threatened, even those big merchants dared not take the road to Anxi in Longyou.

Now that Tubo has been destroyed early, the western frontier is stable, and the barbarians have worshiped them, and they no longer have the heart to peep and disturb. The imperial court even set up a post station ten miles away on the main traffic road, and a post station thirty miles away on some remote roads to ensure that The smooth traffic and the reduced risk naturally attract more and more caravans to join in.

The unimpeded flow of goods has also promoted the prosperity of all parts of Anxi. Coupled with the garrison to kill bee robbers and the large-scale farming, the original places where the tribes wandered have become new towns.

Due to the rapid increase of prefectures and counties, in order to facilitate management, the imperial court also established Beiting Dadu Protectorate in Tingzhou, which governed the vast area north of the Tianshan Mountains, including the Altai Mountains and west of Lake Balkhash.

Therefore, the current pattern is that Beiting Dadu Protectorate and Anxi Dadu Protectorate divide and rule the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, supporting thousands of miles, social stability, and unprecedented development of agriculture, animal husbandry, commerce, and handicrafts in the northwest region.

Xiao Hei doesn't care whether the territory of the Tang Dynasty will expand again. In her opinion, every new town here is a distribution center for markets and goods, and it is also a meeting place for the civilization of the Tang Dynasty to accommodate all ethnic groups.

The Tang Dynasty in history reached its peak in the era of Li Zhi, but soon lost a lot of territory in the era of Wu Zetian. After that, Tubo rose and competed with it for the Western Regions, and repeatedly stalemate in the four towns of Anxi.

This kind of change, on the one hand, is that Wu Zetian, the heroine of the country, killed the border generals in order to stabilize her own power, so that it gave the enemy country an opportunity to take advantage of it, but the proportion of this factor is not high. Killed, but Wang Xiaojie and other outstanding generals were promoted, generally speaking, the impact was not great.

The real key is that the rule of the Anxi Protectorate is relatively empty. This area is equivalent to the sum of Xinjiang, the five countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan in later generations. It is sparsely populated and mixed with various ethnic groups. In essence, taxation and control seem to have a vast territory, but in fact it is Datang's sovereignty in the Western Regions that is maintained, and the local area is still autonomous.

This caused the national power of the Tang Dynasty to decline slightly, and the distant Anxi was immediately in turmoil. During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, many officials even proposed to voluntarily give up the rule here, because the consumption of the army stationed was too great, and the gains outweighed the losses. Then the Anshi Rebellion broke out. A large number of garrisons from the Anxi Protectorate were transferred to the interior to participate in countering the rebellion. Tubo took the opportunity to march in, but they failed to fully control the land. In the end, the locals returned to the country, such as Kucha.

Until this world, Datang intends to spend several generations immigrating and reclamating this vast land, setting up prefectures and counties, building cities for defense, and educating foreign races, so that they are completely naturalized in terms of geography, culture and economy. .

This is an extremely important item of advice that Li Yan left for Li Hong before his ascension.

This kind of management cannot ensure that the Northwest will be controlled by the Tang Dynasty after hundreds of years, but just as the Han Dynasty opened up the Hexi Corridor, even though there were aliens occupying it, it will eventually return to the Han country. This kind of deep-rooted influence is the great cause of generations to come .

Of course, Dashi is uncomfortable.

The Tang people farmed all the way to their doorsteps, and the national strength of the two countries became more and more obvious, and the gap was also widening rapidly. With such a neighbor as Hushi, any monarch would have trouble sleeping and eating.

Therefore, on the one hand, this powerful Arab country tried every means to add chaos to the Tang Dynasty;

"Ah!"

Xiao Hei thought about the mentality that General Abu he played should have, and led the team towards the posthouse.

The posthouse here is more like a gathering of rebel travelers. The center is an official building, and the surrounding is a place to receive caravans from various countries.

As the envoys, they naturally wanted to enter the official residence of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, as soon as they approached, a group of guards greeted them neatly.

The leader, an official dressed as a scribe, had a calm face and cupped his hands: "Jia Zhong'an, the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, welcomes the foreign guests. I don't know which country's envoy is it?"

Honglu Temple is in charge of ethnic affairs and foreign affairs reception activities. The Temple Chancellor appeared here from the sixth rank, which shows that he still pays more attention to the diplomatic missions of various countries. However, the other party speaks Chinese, and it is inconvenient for Xiao Hei to reply directly, so he beckoned. Let Leon communicate in advance.

Leon Tize immediately stepped forward and presented the credentials bearing the Umayyad family coat of arms to prove the identity of the envoy and demanded due treatment.

However, the Honglu Temple official took it over, and after careful inspection, he frowned unobtrusively: "Dashi envoys, you... whatever, please come with me first!"

Leonti noticed that not only the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, but also the officials on the left and right had strange expressions when they heard the Dashi envoys. He hurried back to the team and whispered: "'General', something is wrong..."

Xiao Hei said indifferently: "Don't panic, just stay at the station and find out the situation."

The embassy stayed.

The situation was found out very quickly, which surprised even Xiao Hei: "A month ago, there was a Dashi envoy group that entered the country, and they were already received by Honglu Temple? Is this someone impersonating us?"

Leon said: "No, it's not a simple counterfeit. We have credentials, and the envoy also has them. Even those we don't have, they have them..."

Xiao Hei wondered, "What do they have?"

Leonti paused, and said anxiously: "In that mission group, there is the first dancer who dances to the saint, the living Lanma Sandy!"