In the main hall, when Pei Yuan proposed that Zhang Zhao go to Liangzhou, the situation had actually eased.

Zhang Zhao's maternal grandfather Song Tongyi slowly walked to Zhang Zhao with the support of his uncle Song Shantong.

The ancestors of the Song family in Shazhou were the officials recommended by Zhang Xiaosong, Zhang Zhao's ancestor, when he was the governor of Shazhou. The relationship between their ancestors can be traced back to the Kaiyuan period hundreds of years ago. The two parties have been married countless times in history.

Song Tongyi didn't have much feeling about Zhang Chengfeng's son-in-law, because Zhang Chengfeng was really unreliable.

He only married the daughter of the Song family to win over the Song family so that he could carry out his extravagant hope of conquering the East and West and regaining the glory of the Rebel Army.

But Song Tongyi had already seen the reality clearly. After the Guiyi Army experienced four bloody internal struggles between Zhang Huaishen, Suo Xun, Li's rise to power, and Zhang Chengfeng's seizure of the throne, the Guiyi Army was no longer the same as before.

These four power transitions all resulted in large-scale bloody conflicts. Except for Zhang Huaiding, Zhang Huaishen, Suo Xun and Li's three sons all ended with the murder of almost all the men in the family.

Such serious internal fighting greatly weakened the strength of the Guiyi Army, and more importantly, dampened the morale of the Guiyi Army.

After Zhang Chengfeng came to power, he hoped that his subordinates would follow him and rejoin the six counties of Hexi Province, but in fact no one believed that the Guiyi Army could prosper again.

And even if it prospers, so what? If we continue the next bloody internal fight, maybe the whole family will be killed?

Therefore, after Zhang Chengfeng was forced to recognize Ganzhou Uighur Khan as his father, Song Tongyi hardly hesitated and followed Cao Yijin to oust his son-in-law.

But for Zhang Zhao, he is different. The son-in-law is not related by blood, but the grandson is different.

Moreover, this grandson is so talented, and more importantly, he is the only living bloodline of Zhang Yichao.

"Your Majesty, please remove the soldiers outside! Erlang is the only bloodline of Duke Taibao. We Guasha Tang children, without Duke Taibao, I am afraid we would still be slaves of the Tubo people. I am about to die, and I cannot see the death of Duke Taibao!"

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After saying that, Song Tongyi patted Zhang Zhao on the shoulder and said, "Ask your people to let Cao Eryamen go. We Guasha Tang'er only have a population of a few hundred thousand. If we continue to kill each other, I'm afraid we will be wiped out."

If you are still angry, Grandpa can tell you that the two leaders who forced you, Emperor Yeye Baiyi, to abdicate were King Ling Gong and Grandpa. If you can be ruthless enough to kill us both, then come

Bar!"

"Erlang, that was all over twenty years ago. No one wanted your life back then. We just didn't want to be led into hell by him, because we no longer have the ability to join Hexi."

Before Grandpa Song Tongyi finished speaking, Zhang Zhao's uncle and grandpa from the Yin family also came over.

That's what he said, and that's the fact, but Zhang Zhao felt very depressed.

His father died and the Zhang family lost its authority. Can it be revealed with just two sentences?

Besides, he made such a big fuss and wanted to leave without any compensation. At that moment, his face darkened and his words did not sound so nice.

"The two elders lost their son-in-law and nephew, but they could still treat it so lightly. It seems that they must have mastered the art of cultivating their qi.

But not my grandson. I lost my father and brother in the coup more than 20 years ago, which cannot be explained away with just two sentences."

"Erlangjun, you...your mother is here!" Just as he was about to say something sarcastic, Cao Yanming ran over with a strange look on his face.

Zhang Zhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his most important support was finally here!

It seems that his third cousin, Princess Tiansheng, has a very good brain.

"Open the door! Let's explain all the grudges and grudges from twenty years ago together today!"

Zhang Zhao waved to Cao Yanming with a relaxed expression, and then looked at Ma Shacai, who had been holding Cao Yuanshen down, "Let go of my second cousin too!"

Cao Yanming and Ma Shacai looked at Zhang Zhao in confusion, thinking that Zhang Zhao's mind was broken?

Now if you open the door and let people go, can they still get out?

"Go and do it! What are you waiting for!" Zhang Zhao knocked on Cao Yanming's head and pointed at his own head to show that he was not dizzy and asked Cao Yanming to open the door quickly.

The heavy creaking sound seemed to hit everyone's hearts. It had been almost two hours since Zhang Zhao broke in and threatened everyone with the terrifying explosive wooden tube that Cao Yuanshen had on him.

The bloody internal fighting in front of them made everyone feel deep fear. The sound of the main door opening was like a trumpet of hope in their ears.

Everyone looked up at the door and saw four women walking in, surrounded by dark soldiers.

The one on the far right is a woman who looks slightly older, but has a tall and straight figure and a noble temperament.

She is wearing a similar style to the woman on the far left, a gorgeous queen's robe in the Anxi style.

There are a lot of Hu people in his face, especially the older one, who is almost a complete Hu Ji.

The two old women in the middle look like Han Chinese and are wearing brown coats and skirts commonly worn by old women in Dunhuang. Both of them are very old, and one of them was even pushed in.

"Zhao'er! Don't get entangled with your father's death. The moment you recognized Ganzhou Uighur Khan as your father in order to save Dunhuang, he was already dead.

A man who is as proud as an eagle cannot accept this humiliation!

If you want revenge, you should not go to Cao Yijin, let alone a fool like Cao Yuande, you should go to Ganzhou Uighur Yao Geluo family!"

Only a woman could call Cao Yijin by his first name, call Zhang Zhao Zhao'er, call Cao Yuande a stupid boy, and still comment on Zhang Zhao's father Zhang Chengfeng like this.

That is Zhang Zhao's aunt, Li Shengtian's eldest sister Rumu, and the eldest princess Fengtian of the Khotan Kingdom!

Next to Princess Fengtian, who also has obvious Hu ancestry, is the third daughter of Li Shengtian and Cao Yuanxin, Princess Yutian Tiansheng.

And the two old women caught in the middle by their mothers were even worse.

The younger ones on the left are the daughter of Zhang Huaishen, the second military envoy of the Guiyi Army, the daughter-in-law of Suo Xun, the third military governor of the Guiyi Army, and the concubine of Cao Yuande and Cao Yuanshen.

She was older, and the identity of the old woman sitting in a four-wheel wheelchair was even more incredible.

Her stature was stooped, her sparse hair could only be wrapped with a gauze scarf, her face was lined with wrinkles, and only a pair of eyes that showed neither sorrow nor joy were shining brightly.

The old woman was born in the fourth year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign in the Tang Dynasty, that is, 850 AD, which was the second year after Zhang Yichao raised his arms and began to resist the Tibetan rule. She is already eighty-six years old this year.

She is Zhang Zhao's biological aunt, the fourteenth daughter of the great hero Zhang Yichao, the wife of former Guiyi Army general Li Mingzhen, and the only living child of Zhang Yichao in the Guiyi Army so far.

The soldiers following behind them were vaguely headed by a woman wearing leather armor. The woman also showed a faint smile to Zhang Zhao. She was Cao Sanniang.

Following Zhang Zhao's instructions to her, Lady Cao Sanniang entered Dunhuang City in batches with thirty soldiers.

Then one hundred Khotan warriors who joined Princess Tiansheng, after Zhang Zhao entered Qingxi Palace, went directly to fetch Zhang Zhao's aunt, Princess Fengtian, and finally entered Qingxi Palace using the identity of Cao Liulang and Cao Yanlu.

This is the most important trump card for Zhang Zhao's self-confidence. After he detained brothers Cao Yuande and Cao Yuanshen, the Cao family could be said to be in fact leaderless.

The only two people who still speak in the usual way are Cao Yuanzhong and Cao Yanlu.

But these two father and son would never attack Zhang Zhao.

Cao Yuanzhong was Zhang Zhao's double father-in-law, and Cao Yanlu was even more special. He was Zhang Zhao's cousin-in-law, and Zhang Zhao was Cao Yanlu's brother-in-law and brother-in-law.

There is no need to guess who Cao Yuanzhong and his son will lean toward. This is why Cao Yuande wanted to lock up Cao Yuanzhong's family in the first place.

It can also be seen from this that Cao Yuande has no ability or means to carry out a coup. Before Cao Yuanzhong was imprisoned, Cao Yanlu had already ran out in advance, and he did not dare to imprison the Khotan Tiansheng Princess. There were simply loopholes everywhere.

"Mother!" Zhang Zhao shouted and knelt down on the spot. Everyone in the hall looked out and saw that the door was open, but they still did not dare to move.

Because the soldiers outside were all Khotanese warriors, the Cao family was leaderless, and the Jiedu Yamen who were guarding outside were directly arranged by Cao Yanlu to garrison outside the palace.

The two brothers Cao Yanjing and Cao Yanlu were Yuhou, the chief and deputy governor of the Guiyi Army Jiedu Yamen. While Cao Yanjing was in the main hall, the Cao family warriors outside could only listen to Cao Yanlu's command.

"My son! Lift your head and let your mother take a good look!"

Princess Fengtian quickly took a few steps, and then gently held Zhang Zhao in her arms, and her tears began to fall down.

"He is indeed a good man from the Zhang family. He looks exactly like you, but you are more promising than him. I heard that you expanded thousands of miles for Khotan in Anxi and became the most prosperous country in Anxi. Your uncle must be very happy.

?Is he in good health?"

Princess Fengtian held Zhang Zhao's face, with infinite nostalgia in her eyes. She had not been back for almost thirty years since she left when she was a teenager.

Zhang Zhao also raised his head and took a closer look at his aunt, Princess Fengtian. Her years had passed long ago, and she had changed from the stable embrace that Zhang Zhao remembered when he was a child to an old woman in her late fifties, slightly chubby.

His face is quite similar to Li Shengtian's.

"My uncle, the Emperor, is in very good health! When the child left, he told me that when he was no longer so busy with political affairs, he would send a full set of carriages to take his mother back to Khotan to live for a while!"

After hearing this, Princess Fengtian held her head high and took a deep breath, "I have been away from home for twenty years and Zhao'er has grown up. Things are over here. I really should go back to Khotan!"

After saying that, Princess Fengtian looked at Zhang Zhao again and lowered her voice and said, "Go and see your mother later. Don't blame her. She was frightened and hid in the Buddhist hall to pray for you."

The mother mentioned by Princess Fengtian was naturally Zhang Zhao's biological mother, Mrs. Song, a very timid woman.

Zhang Zhao originally wanted to take her out, but it seemed that the Song family had gone into hiding. Perhaps the shadow of the coup that year had stimulated her too much.

"Cao Yuande, why don't you come down? Your father hasn't passed away yet. Who asked you to sit in that position?"

As expected, Princess Fengtian, who was born into an imperial family, discovered Cao Yuande's biggest flaw very keenly.

Because Cao Yijin only had a stroke and was knocked unconscious by the cannibalism in Qingyuan Palace, but he did not die. Cao Yuande's Guiyi Army Jieduliuhou also said that he was talking to himself without any legal basis.

Cao Yuande's face suddenly drooped, and he felt as if a pot of fire had been suddenly set on his buttocks. Princess Fengtian almost said that he was disobedient and unfilial.

At this time, another young woman wearing a green cotton-padded jacket ran towards the door of the hall. The woman ran over panting, and she did not forget to glance at Zhang Zhao who had just stood up. There seemed to be a deep meaning in her eyes.

Zhang Zhao also recognized who it was at once, because he ordered craftsmen to make this cotton-padded jacket in Shule, and only Cao Sanniang and Jiu Niang had it in Dunhuang.

This bright-eyed, white-toothed, pink-looking woman must be his first wife, Cao Jiuniang Yanxi.

"First uncle, second uncle, yes, your Majesty is awake! He is clamoring to see you!"

Cao Yanxi whispered timidly, and deliberately gave him a break and stood next to Zhang Zhao.

Upon hearing that Cao Yijin had woken up, Cao Yuande's expression was a little complicated, while Cao Yuanzhong let out a long sigh of relief.

Princess Fengtian took Zhang Zhao's hand and asked him to push the four-wheeled carriage for Zhang Li, the fourteenth daughter of Zhang Yichao, and then said to the people in the hall.

"Song Weng, Yin Weng, Chen Weng, Murong Shijun, Luo Bingma Shi and the heads of each family should come with us to meet Cao Shijun!
To be continued...