hsntnovel Chapter 2413 Turns out to be an assassination
Chapter 2413 Turns out to be an assassination
Dividing Tubo and supporting the rise of tribes within Tubo to compete with the Tubo court was a plan that Li Shen and Li Shimin had already discussed.
It is now being implemented step by step.
If Songtsen Gampo's threat was gone and no new Zamp leader emerged in Tubo, it would be of great help to the plan.
Wang Xuance thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing with Li Shen's point of view. Once Songtsen Gampo died, Tubo would immediately elect a king.
But if Songtsen Gampo were alive, Tubo would be leaderless.
Just like in the Tang Dynasty, if the emperor is still alive, the prince will always be the prince. Only when the emperor is gone will the prince become the new emperor.
"Your Highness is right. This Songtsen Gampo may be of great help to us in our attack on Tubo. At least he can serve as a hostage."
Wang Xuance agreed. Having a country's leader in hand would have a significant impact on the enemy's morale.
"Well, in that case, I will keep him. Let's go."
Seeing that Wang Xuance also agreed, Li Shen stood up and walked out of the study.
When Li Shen arrived at the guest room, the doctor was already examining Songtsen Gampo's injuries.
When Li Shen came forward, Songtsen Gampo had already taken off his shirt, revealing his injuries.
The wound was on the right side of the waist, an inch long. Li Shen could tell at a glance that it was caused by a dagger or short knife stabbing into the abdomen.
I just don't know if his internal organs were injured, but I think he probably wasn't, otherwise he wouldn't have lasted more than a month.
There was some ulceration around the wound, and pus was flowing out of the wound. It looked quite serious. No wonder Songtsen Gampo was so weak. It was lucky that he didn't die.
After examining himself, the doctor stood up.
"How can he still survive? No, can he be treated?"
Li Shen blurted out, realized that it was wrong, and changed the question.
When he saw the wound, he subconsciously felt that there was no hope.
"Your Highness, Prince Ji, the patient's wound was likely caused by a dagger. The wound isn't large, but it penetrates deep into the internal organs. Due to the intrusion of evil wind, there are already signs of infection, making it very serious."
The doctor explained Songtsen Gampo's condition. Only doctors who graduated from medical school would understand the meaning of the word "infection".
"Is it so serious? Is there any treatment?" Li Shen asked hurriedly. This was a hostage who would go down in history.
"Your Highness, Prince Ji, the patient's condition is somewhat serious. This..."
The doctor was hesitant to speak when talking about this meal. He didn't know what King Ji meant.
He had just learned that the injured person was the Zamp of Tubo, equivalent to the king.
It has long been known that the relationship between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty is not good. He doesn't know whether Prince Ji wants him to save them or not.
"What? Is there no hope?" Li Shen misunderstood and thought that if he died, he would never live again. This was a pity, as the hostage would be lost.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, please think of a way to save our Zamp." Upon hearing this, the Grand Chamberlain's wife, Mangbujie Shangnang, immediately stepped forward anxiously and requested.
"Don't be impatient. Wait until I find out clearly." He winked at the doctor.
The doctor saw it and reported immediately:
"Your Highness, the patient's injuries are serious, but not incurable. However, my medical skills are limited, so I need to discuss treatment with Your Highness."
"Your Highness Prince Ji also knows medicine?" Niang Mangbujie Shangnang asked curiously after hearing this.
"Of course. His Royal Highness Prince Ji is a highly skilled doctor who has saved many dukes and princesses. Even the miracle drug you just mentioned was created by His Royal Highness Prince Ji.
Even the Empress was cured by His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Wang Xuance immediately explained proudly.
This is not his bragging, but the fact. You can find out by simply asking around in Chang'an City.
"Prime Minister, please wait here for a while. I will discuss with the doctor how to treat the Zamp." Li Shen said to Niang Mangbujie Shangnang.
"Then I wonder if an outsider could accompany you and provide information on the Zamp's condition and the medicines he used in the past."
Niang Mangbujie Shangnang asked hurriedly. It was obvious that he was too relieved and wanted to go and listen.
"Well, why don't we treat the Zamp's wound first and give him an injection of penicillin." Li Shen glanced at his mother Mangbujie Shangnang and made the decision.
"Yes, I'll go get the penicillin now." The doctor immediately took the order.
Li Shen waved his hand and the doctor retreated, while Wang Xuance followed him out quietly.
"By the way, speaking of illness, I want to know how your Zamp got injured."
In order to divert his mother Mangbujie Shangnang's attention, Li Shen came to the bed and asked.
"This..." Niang Mangbu Jieshangnang looked at Songtsen Gampo hesitantly.
Songtsen Gampo smiled slightly:
"Haha, there's nothing to hide. To be honest with you, Prince Ji, I was assassinated, which is why I'm like this."
"Was assassinated? How is that possible?" Li Shen was really surprised this time.
It is unbelievable that Songtsen Gampo actually hired someone to assassinate him and succeeded.
Even though his father would be assassinated, the thieves couldn't even get close to him.
Li Shen knew of two assassination attempts. One was when he was inspecting the Tiele in the north. Someone pretended to be from Prince Ji's mansion and shot an arrow, but the arrow was blocked by Tie Niu.
Another example was the time when Ashina Jieshe led his army to the front of Li Shimin's bedroom in Jiucheng Palace and almost succeeded.
As for the incident in Qinghai Road, it was not an assassination, but a direct ambush.
Songtsen Gampo was a king after all, and his guards should have been very strict. How could he have been assassinated?
"Ah~~~~" Songtsen Gampo sighed, adjusted his posture to be comfortable, and then said:
"The people who assassinated me were followers of the Bon religion. I have been promoting Buddhism and the Bon religion has been suppressed.
So they began to hate Buddhism.
I don't know when some of the guards around me converted to Bon and became their believers.
They tried to assassinate me when I was off guard, but fortunately the other guards around me intervened in time to stop them. Only one guard who had been with me for many years was too close to me and stabbed me, and I didn't dodge it completely.
Songtsen Gampo briefly explained the reason in a nonchalant tone, but Li Shen could only imagine how dangerous it was at that time.
Bon religion? Li Shen seemed to have heard of it, but he couldn't quite recall it. He hadn't expected Bon believers to be so crazy as to dare to assassinate Songtsen Gampo for the sake of their religion.
This is probably why the Central Plains does not allow various religions to grow and develop. The power of faith is simply too terrifying.
"Your Highness, Prince Ji, this Bon religion originated in the ancient Zhangzhung Kingdom and later spread to various places."
Guo Xiaoke, who came with him, saw that Li Shen was stunned and thought that Li Shen had never heard of it, so he explained.
Zhangxiong Kingdom? Li Shen's eyes flashed with an imperceptible light after hearing this.
It seems that my plan worked.
(You and I are truly close friends. I'm waiting to update you despite the pain of kidney stones. You're just brothers and sisters, right?)