Volume Two, Chapter 257, I'm Really Not Interested
Li Hong is really no longer interested in Lu Dongzan.
A man without dignity was a great minister of Tubo in the past, but now he can only become a prisoner. In this case, it is no longer difficult to get something out of him. What else can Li Hong have to say?
In fact, Li Hong is not a petty person. If Lu Dongzan hadn't been too obsessed with this bet and wanted to use such a bet to humiliate Li Hong, Li Hong wouldn't have forced him to cash in on the bet.
Li Hong thinks he is not a good person, but as long as he respects him, he will also respect others.
But Lu Dongzan was too arrogant and thought he was saved. Liu Ju could control the situation 100%. So he was so arrogant that he was so proud that he would be defeated by Lu Dongzan.
"Your Highness, is it just dealing with Lu Dongzan?" Xue Rengui asked in confusion. After all, he was also a prime minister of Tubo. He felt that it was a bit inappropriate for Li Hong to deal with Lu Dongzan like this.
"There is nothing wrong. Is there such a worthy courtesy of a country that has lost?" Li Hong said coldly.
Seeing that the Crown Prince was unhappy, Xue Rengui realized the tactfulness and shut up.
At this moment, a team of cavalry rushed towards him.
The people who were immediately there were Chen Gong and Zhou Xing, and Zhou Xing's 200 Yulin Guards.
Chen Gong and Zhou Xing rode to Li Hong, tied up their war horses, and then reported to Li Honghui, "Your Highness, we have fulfilled our mission and captured Liu Ju back to you."
"Really?" Li Hong said happily. Liu Ju was the nemesis he was the one who was killed. He and Liu Ju could only survive alone. Now that Liu Ju was captured by Chen Gong and Zhou Xing, it would be like his nemesis was gone. If nothing unexpected happens, he would not die suddenly at the night banquet of Hebi Palace, which means that he has rewritten history.
Thinking of this, Li Hong was so unhappy.
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Hongxi said, "Where are people?"
"Pull Liu Ju up." Zhou Xing said.
The Yulin Guard behind him obeyed the order and escorted Liu Ju, who was tied up in front of Li Hong.
"It took a lot of effort to catch him, so that he would be like this." Seeing Xue Rengui seeing Liu Ju tied into a zongzi, Chen Gong said a little embarrassedly.
In fact, it took him a lot of effort to capture Liu Ju with Zhou Xing.
Because Liu Ju was too cunning, he left a thirty-people personal guard under the mountain road. Chen Gong had just begun to catch up with Liu Ju, but was dragged by the thirty-people personal guards. If Zhou Xing had not led the Yulin Guard to arrive and deal with Liu Ju's personal guards for him, he would probably have missed the opportunity to capture Liu Ju alive today.
After listening carefully to Chen Gong's detailed process of capturing Liu Ju alive, Li Hong burst into a cold sweat after hearing this.
Fortunately, I asked Zhou Xing to assist Chen Gong, otherwise Liu Ju would have run away tonight.
Li Hong looked at Liu Ju, who was already injured and tied into rice dumplings and said coldly, "Liu Ju, didn't expect you to be today?"
"We either die or I die. There is nothing today or today. Only who dies early and who dies late. What do you think?" Liu Ju was very open-minded.
"It turns out that the Buddha has passed down from generation to generation, and his thoughts and opinions are different." Li Hong sighed. He didn't look at Liu Ju's cassock and bald look, but his eyes were shining brightly, and he looked like a Taoist monk at first glance.
"Success and defeat of the enemy are the truth that eternal and unchanging. Since it is in your hands today, this is fate. I have nothing to complain about, and there is no need to praise me." Liu Ju said very simply.
"Liu Ju, be honest, dare to be so arrogant, I will let you taste the power of the seventy-two torture instruments." Zhou Xing cursed. He would have long been dissatisfied with Liu Ju. If it weren't for the hindrance of Li Hong, he would have given Liu Ju a great punishment.
"Zhou Xing." Li Hong stopped Zhou Xing's insults, and he said to Zhou Xing, "Lu Dongzan has been taken down. Don't let Gu down again this time."
By the way, Zhou Xing was played by Lu Dongzan, which angered Li Honghe. Fortunately, he did not send some of the information he learned from Lu Dongzan to Pei Xingjian in Hezhou City, otherwise he would have really cheated Guo Shifeng's army.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Xing is still too young, and Lu Dongzan, who has not played with the older one, is the old fox.
"Don't worry, your highness, I will never let this old guy succeed again this time." Zhou Xing said gritting his teeth, then said goodbye to Li Hong, and hurried down to chat with Lu Dongzan.
"Liu Ju, your calmness makes Gu admire you, and Gu also admires your talent, but he just doesn't understand it at all." Li Hong asked.
"Please say it." Liu Ju said.
"Why should we collude with Tubo people?" Li Hong asked. What he hated the most was that the Han people colluded with foreigners, invaded their own private capital, and harmed their own nation. Just like some traitors in the late Ming Dynasty either served the Jurchens against the Han people or became traitors. In the end, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, China was ruled by the Jurchens, and the country was closed to the public, which led to the most humiliating scene in modern history - a great country, which was beaten by thousands of mercenaries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and almost destroyed the country.
"What is the difference between Tubo people and Han people in the hearts of Buddha?" Liu Ju said, "What I pursue is the great way. Everyone is born equal, no distinction between superiors and inferiors. Everyone works, everyone shares food equally, loves each other, and unites as one. Be the devout disciple of Buddha."
"Is it communism?" Li Hong asked.
"Yes! Not right!" Liu Ju said.
Li Hong smiled and did not ask Liu Ju again this question that seemed to be there and not exist, but also a bit illusory.
In fact, he really doesn't know how to answer, because he came from this era and he should be the most qualified to answer this question, but now he really doesn't want to answer it, and he doesn't want to answer it because of it.
Because what he did was contrary to Liu Ju's great cause. Liu Ju wanted peace and a country that was not divided into classes, but what he wanted was hegemony and rule the world.
"Hahahahaha--" Liu Ju saw that Li Hong did not ask him this question again, and he laughed heartily, "Li Hong, one day, you will agree with me, you will agree with me."
"Do you agree?" Li Hong asked himself back. He really didn't know, but now he wouldn't think about this illusory question, because he still has something to do, that is, how to deal with Liu Ju, whether to escort him back to Beijing, or execute him now.
Liu Ju was too powerful, and even the governor of Qizhou was his. Li Hong didn't know how many of his people were in the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty. He was afraid that Liu Ju would be rescued again on the way back to Beijing, so that it would be more than worth the loss.
But now I will kill him. How should I explain to Emperor Gaozong when I go to Luoyang? In fact, I also want to see Liu Ju himself in high school.
"Chen Gong, let him be taken down and taken care of first!" Li Hong thought for a while and replied.
Chen Gong took the order and escorted Liu Ju and left.
After a moment, Chen Gong returned to Li Hong, and Li Hong said to him, "Chen Gong, since the hero of Qizhou governor is Liu Ju's person, it means that he is familiar with Liu Ju's rebellion. You immediately lead the guards to capture him. Before he could realize that we captured Liu Ju alive, he would take him back to Chang'an City."
"No!" Chen Gong took the order and left with great strides.
With Xue Rengui's ten thousand cavalry, Li Hong's safety was guaranteed, and Chen Gong had no worries and could complete the task assigned to him by Li Hong without any worries.
After Chen Gong left, Li Hong did not stop here anymore, but ordered Xue Rengui to lead the army to start the journey. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!