Li Hong slowly stood up, walked to Ashinu, gently patted Ashinu's shoulder, and said calmly: "Except for King Liang, you have never had contact with anyone else in the Tang Dynasty. How about his subordinates? Have you never had contact with them?"

"No, I've only had contact with King Liang, and every time I went to Liangzhou, there was a doorman and one of his personal eunuchs. And every time I went there, I only saw these few people. I've never seen anyone else." Li Hong's big hands grasped his shoulders like iron clamps, making him feel that these powerful hands could easily crush the bones of his shoulders.

There must be someone supporting them from behind, but who could it be?

Isn't this person a member of the royal family, or is there a traitor in Taiyi City?

But this group of people pushed King Liang Li Zhong out in the open, obviously to protect the people behind them from being discovered.

The King of Liang was just a cover to divert his attention. He wanted to create the illusion that King of Liang Li Zhong was the mastermind.

Li Hong scratched his head helplessly. His inky long hair was tied casually behind his head. Combined with his stern face, he gave people a domineering impact.

"When did you contact King Liang? Was it after your country was destroyed?" Li Hong walked back to the table, sat down and asked.

"It's almost the same. Before Taiyi City held the Chamber of Commerce, I suddenly received a letter from an unknown source. It said that he could help me restore my country, but the condition was that I surrender to Tubo. I didn't think much about it at the time, I just wanted to give it a try..."

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"Is this the letter from Lu Dongzan to you?" Li Hong interrupted Ashnu and asked.

Ashinu looked at Li Hong in surprise. He didn't tell him who had given him the letter, so how could he guess it so quickly? Did he know everything from Lu Dongzan?

At that moment, Ashinu dared not hide it any longer and honestly told Li Hong everything about Lu Dongzan's letter, his meeting with him, his request to meet King Liang, and his acting as a messenger between the two.

If history records are correct, in the first year of Xianheng, Tubo invaded the four towns of Anxi on a large scale and captured the three towns of Khotan, Shule and Qiuci in a very short period of time.

The remaining Suiye Town was occupied by Ashina Duzhi. The four towns of Anxi were divided between the two, and the border of Tubo suddenly became adjacent to Ashina Duzhi.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty only had one Kangju Governorate left in the Western Regions, which was isolated from the Tubo in the west and was the former Kangguo territory.

Its governor was also the King of Kangguo, Fuhuman, but the Tang Dynasty had already left it idle at that time. It was not until three years later, when it retook the four towns of Anxi, that it was restored.

And it was at that time that Ashnu became a victim of both Tubo and Ashina Duzhi. After Tubo occupied the Western Regions, it was unable to defeat Ashina Duzhi for a while, and finally reached a peace agreement. Ashnu was handed over to Ashina Duzhi by Tubo, and no one knows his final whereabouts.

However, because of the appearance of Li Hong, not only did the four towns of Anxi not fall, but he suppressed and recovered Ashina Duzhi and Li Zhapu in a very short time. At the same time, he miraculously entered the Tubo royal city, breaking the conventional pattern of history in one fell swoop.

Now the wheel of history has long lost its original track due to Li Hong's strong interference. Everything no longer has any track to follow. This will be a legendary moment.

Ashnu looked at Li Hong sitting there with a frown on his face, not daring to interrupt Li Hong's thoughts. He carefully leaned his buttocks against the chair, waiting for Li Hong to ask questions.

Li Hong saw that he couldn't get anything valuable out of Ashino, so he just quietly tapped the table with his index finger.

He was too lazy to ask Ashinu about the affairs of Tibet. He was afraid that Lu Dongzan, Mangsong Mangzan, and Aunt Wencheng would not let an outsider know some of the core affairs of Tibet.

"What are your plans now?" Li Hong suddenly looked up and asked.

Seeing Li Hong lost in thought for a long time, Ashnu also fell into his own thoughts. When Li Hong suddenly asked him this question, he was startled and almost fell off the chair.

"I... I am willing to obey your orders, Your Highness, and will serve you without hesitation." Ashnu now knows that he is no longer valuable in the eyes of both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Most of the troops who had followed him to Tibet had already been divided into various troops by the Tibetans.

After Li Hong's repeated battles in and out of Tubo, there are probably not many people left, some dead and some injured.

"How about this, you start as the fire chief. As for how far you can go in the future, it depends on your achievements on the battlefield. Follow the lawless troops." Li Hong said easily.

The fire chief was the lowest-ranking officer in the Tang army. Ten men made up a fire corps, fifty men made up a team, and three hundred men made up a regiment. In such a system in the Tang Dynasty, it was not difficult to stand out with military exploits.

Ashinu originally thought that Li Hong would at least give him a rank of captain of a regiment leading 300 men, but he did not expect that he would have to start from the lowest rank of fire captain and work his way up.

After hearing what Li Hong said, he was stunned for a moment. Before he could reply, he only saw Li Hong raise his eyes and said calmly: "Why? You still don't want to?"

"No, no, no, I dare not. I am willing to obey your orders." Ashnu hurriedly stood up and waved his hand.

"The fact that Tubo handed you over to me means that you are of no use to anyone. I gave you the title of Fire Chief because of our old friendship. If I hadn't burned your hand, I wouldn't have cared about your life or death." After Li Hong finished speaking, he waved to him and led him out of the room.

Hua Meng and Jingzhe, who were standing at the door, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Li Hong coming out.

Although the prince is now a skilled military man, he has an absolute advantage in armed confrontation with Ashnu.

But they were still worried in their hearts. If something went wrong while leaving the prince alone in the room to talk to Ashinu, it would be a complete loss for them all.

Jingzhe took Ashnu away slowly, and Li Hong began to stroll around the Potala Palace. He had already mastered this place thoroughly.

He was still not used to the maze-like place and the short houses, so he simply moved his dormitory to the most sunny place. By opening the window, he could overlook the entire city of Lhasa.

The side of the Lhasa city that was blown up by themselves now has no ruins left. Many Tibetan craftsmen are now transporting bricks and tiles there and starting to repair the city walls.

The Tibetan people who were left homeless and whose houses were destroyed had already been resettled in other places by Pei Xingjian in the name of the Tibetan Deputy Prime Minister.

Li Hong would release any officials who were not of high enough rank. Now, there were only a dozen Tibetan officials left in the Potala Palace.

Led by Banmei, Galzangzhuo walked in respectfully. Seeing Li Hong staring at the Lhasa City below in a daze, he stood there waiting without disturbing him.

"How is it, have you finished the discussion?" Li Hong asked without turning back, staring outside.

"We agree with your proposal. As soon as the letter of appointment from the Tang Dynasty arrives, we will recognize you as the prince of our Tubo and agree to let you supervise the country's affairs." Galzanzhuo said in a calm tone, without any sense of tragedy as a minister who had lost power and humiliated his country.

"Why doesn't my aunt come and talk to me?" Li Hong turned his head and gestured to Galzangzhuo to sit down.

He was the real murderer of Galzanzhuo's father Lu Dongzan. I think Galzanzhuo should be very clear about who killed his father.

But when Galzanzhuo faced himself, he did not show any hatred at all. When he faced himself, he was just like he faced other people, without any emotional fluctuations of hatred.

This made Li Hong admire Galzanzhuo's shrewdness. No wonder after he returned to Lhasa, Chamo was willing to give up the position of prime minister and serve as deputy prime minister to assist him.

"The Holy Salvation Buddha has some Buddhist activities to do in the afternoon and cannot be delayed, so she asked me to inform you." Galzanzhuo said calmly after sitting down.

"Do you believe in Buddhism too?" Li Hong asked.

"I believe in Buddhism. It is our faith. Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, I want to ask you something." Galzangzhuo was unwilling to discuss Buddhist principles with someone who did not believe in Buddhism.

In Garzangzhuo's opinion, discussing Buddhist principles with non-believers is tantamount to slandering the holy place in their hearts in disguised form.

"Speak out what you know."

"When my father died, did he say anything? Or did he leave anything behind? This is very important to us." Garzanzhuo asked solemnly.

"No, he didn't have the chance to speak." Li Hong was very calm, staring at Galzangzhu with bright eyes.

Both of them were staring at each other, trying to find a flaw in the other's eyes, but Li Hong's eyes, which were the same as Bai Qi's, finally made Galzanzhuo shift his gaze first.

He couldn't help but admire Li Hong, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. His innate arrogance and the murderous aura he had honed over the years made ordinary people dare not look him in the eye.

I only looked at him for a few breaths, but I was already frightened and terrified.

"In that case, thank you very much, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Galtsanzhuo stood up and solemnly performed the Tibetan etiquette for treating distinguished guests to Li Hong.

Li Hong sat there calmly, enjoying the noble etiquette of Tubo as a matter of course.

After Galzanzhuo left, Li Hong's eyes became more fierce.

"Where is Wei Tuqi? Tell him that the people leading him should secretly keep an eye on Mangsong Mangzan and must not allow Mangsong Mangzan to leave his sight, otherwise I will chop off his dog head." Li Hong looked at the door, and Galzangzhuo's figure had disappeared long ago.

It would have been better if Galzanzhuo, who was so abnormal, didn't ask about his father's death. Moreover, he didn't ask about it earlier or later. It had been several months since I entered the city of Luoshui, but he acted like he just remembered it. This was totally unreasonable.