C317 Gift (2/2)

On one hand, this could allow the Tang Kingdom to focus most of his attention on the western development. But on the other hand, the Tang Kingdom also lacked the communication with other Chinese countries.

It could be said that the current Tang Kingdom did not have a much greater understanding of the other Chinese countries than he did of the Arab Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire.

”This can only be blamed on the Dianke of the big sized man as well as their strange foreign policy. If it's not the Han, what else can we do? ” Li Shimin complained in his heart.

However, he also knew that the location of the Great Tang Dynasty would easily threaten the big man's, Guan Dong. If he was Liu Bang, he would also tacitly seal the Great Tang Dynasty under his command.

Although it had been sealed for many years, not only did the Great Tang Dynasty not become weaker, it had instead concentrated on managing the Western Region and becoming stronger.

”Maybe Liu Bang sent him here just to resolve the conflict between us!” Li Shimin secretly guessed Liu Bang's intentions.

He never would have thought that changing the big sized man's foreign policy was only Xiao Wen's own doing.

In any case, the burly man's understanding of diplomacy was only that much. Even if he changed the big man's foreign policy, it would still take them a long time to find out whether the change affected their interests or not.

Just as Li Shimin was thinking about what Xiao Wen meant by this, a long and urgent report woke the entire palace up.

All of a sudden, the palace's door that had been locked was wide open. A yellow door was holding a package, and on the package was a mysterious symbol.

Most people did not know what this symbol represented. Only the emperor's most loyal bodyguards and intelligence officials knew clearly that this was an emergency intelligence report from the Great Tang Dynasty's spy agency. It had to be submitted to the emperor immediately, even if it was late at night.

Behind the yellow door was a battered man in black. He was supported by the imperial guards and hastily rushed to Taiji Palace.

His Majesty Li Er was already seated on the throne. When he heard that it was an intelligence officer's question, he felt somewhat puzzled.

Since the Great Tang Dynasty and the rest of the countries did not engage in war, it must have nothing to do with the war situation. That means it must be a domestic matter, so His Majesty Li Er could not help but clench his fists, anxiously waiting for news of the arrival.

The little yellow girls handed the bundle to the servants at the front of the hall. The servants untied the bundle and opened the wooden box, revealing a strange crossbow lying inside.

Under the light of the candle, this crossbow did not reflect the slightest bit of light.

However, anyone with experience would be able to tell that it was a killing weapon.

Just as the inner court servant was hesitating about whether he should present it to the emperor, he saw that the emperor had already stepped down from his throne and walked quickly to the front of the hall.

Just by feeling it, he had already nocked a crossbow next to the crossbow.

The sound of the mechanism's transmission rang out, and the crossbow arrow had already been loaded onto the mechanism. The emperor aimed at a pillar at the side of Taiji Palace and pulled his blade. With a chi sound, half of the crossbow arrow had already sunk in.

His Majesty Li Shimin exclaimed in shock and ran all the way to the door to pull out the crossbow arrow.

”This humble subject is here!” The intelligence officer immediately ran over and bowed towards Li Shimin.

Li Shimin asked: ”Where did you get this crossbow? ”What's his name?”

”It is said that this crossbow is called the lever crossbow. It is one of the gifts given to His Majesty by the ambassadors of the Han Empire tomorrow. As usual, we found it when we were doing our routine inspections. Because I have never seen this lever crossbow before, I brought it for your majesty to take a look first. ”

Li Shimin squinted his eyes, looking at the lever crossbow. After some thought, he ordered the attendants to bring some court masters.

An hour later, the master craftsmen arrived. Li Shimin passed the lever crossbow to them, and asked a little nervously: ”Everyone, we have just obtained a mystical weapon called the lever crossbow. The material of this crossbow was simple, and it didn't need any gem steel. However, the mechanisms in here were a bit special. I wonder if everyone can imitate and produce it? ”

Hearing this, the master craftsmen took the lever crossbow and observed it carefully. Then they said: ”Your Majesty, if you take the crossbow apart and study it a little, it will be easy to copy it. However, we are very curious as to who exactly did this heaven defying technique come from. ”