Chapter 382: Joining Forces Again
Chapter 382
"General He, please."
Seeing this, Emperor Zhengcang knew that He Qili already knew that his identity was the current son of the Xining Dynasty, so he put on a posture of going to the court on weekdays, raised his hand to Chu lightly, nodded slightly and said:
"If General He has anything to say, you might as well say it bluntly."
He Qili stood up, and couldn't help but glance at Deng Si'er and Zuo Idiot who were standing on the left and right sides of Emperor Zhengcang, and saw that both of them were looking at him thoughtfully, so he stopped pretentious at the moment, and said frankly:
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I, Heqili, do not dare to speak in front of you today. What will happen to you Xining and my Hui Qiang clan after today, I can't make all the decisions, after all, I am not the king of Hui Qiang, but as long as I, He Qili, can get out of this valley cave alive today, I can promise you to retire immediately. ”
"Immediate retirement?"
Deng Si'er couldn't help but say with hesitation on his face when he heard this:
"As you said just now, it's not up to you to call the shots in Huiqiang, so how can you promise that if we get out of this valley and cave, we will immediately retreat? What if we promise to help you, but when you get out, you break the agreement, and lead an army to attack the north? ”
Hearing this, He Qili raised his eyes and looked at Deng Si'er, and when he saw Deng Si'er's suspicious appearance, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, his eyes were heavy.
When Deng Si'er saw He Qili looking at him like this, his heart was empty at the moment, and he couldn't help but say:
"You originally had a hundred sergeants under your command, and you should have doubled us, so we were interested in forming an alliance with you, but you rejected our kindness. Now that your manpower has made Chu Qingyang blow up half of it coldly, only then did he remember that he wanted to go all the way with us, and whoever it was replaced would be suspicious, right? ”
He Qili looked at Deng Si'er, his face moved, what Deng Si'er said was not bad, not to mention that his actions were obviously in the eyes of all Xining people, not only Emperor Zhengcang.
However, in the current situation, if He Qili did not seek help from Xining's side, it could be said that there was no possibility of escaping safely.
He Qili knew that no matter what, he, He Qili, could not be buried here quietly!
Deng Si'er saw that He Qili was staring at him but never spoke, and just wanted to speak again, but heard Emperor Zhengcang say at this time:
"General He can have this realization, and I am also comforted. As long as General He can keep his promise and return to Huiqiang when this cave valley is seen again, I can agree to join forces with General He. ”
When He Qili heard this, he looked at Emperor Zhengcang, and saw that he took a step forward slightly, standing upright with his hands behind his back, and his calm eyes made people have a steady momentum.
But the person outside the stone gate, although he had the same face as the person in front of him, had a cold-blooded and cruel heart.
He Qili immediately bowed deeply to Emperor Zhengcang, clasped his fists and said:
"Thanks to His Majesty the Emperor, I dare to swear to Heaven today, if I violate this agreement, let God punish me for not getting back to the throne."
Seeing this, Emperor Zhengcang tilted his head slightly and glanced at Zuo Zhi, and saw that Zuo Zhizhi also nodded in agreement, so he said to He Qili:
"Okay, as General He said."
Deng Si'er quietly walked around to Zuo's side at this time and asked in a low voice:
"You believe him like that? If he turned his face and didn't recognize anyone as soon as he escaped from this cave, wouldn't he let the tiger return to the mountain in vain and leave behind trouble? ”
Deng Si'er said in a low voice, and Zuo Idiot should also be quiet, only to hear Zuo Idiot say lightly:
"You don't have to worry about that. Keeping Heziri alive is far more beneficial than his death here. The king of Huiqiang was old and seriously ill in bed, and several tribal royal families wanted to take this opportunity to take the throne of the king in one fell swoop. Heziri was a man with great ambitions, and letting him go away safely was indeed a difficult opponent. However, just now you have also heard the oath made by He Qili, the Hui Qiang people treat the oath far more loyal than you think, if he made another oath, it will require us to think about it, but about the throne, He Qili does not dare. ”
"So as soon as he escapes from this valley cave, he will retire according to the oath he swore to retreat?" Deng Si'er blinked, looking at He Qili's thick beard with a whole chin, and really didn't believe that He Qili would be a person who could keep his oath.
But I heard Emperor Zhengcang say softly:
"Deng Si'er, as long as you can be the head of the tribe and the head of all armies, you will definitely be different from ordinary people. He Qili is bound to win the throne of the Huiqiang clan this time, since he dares to use this to make an oath, he will definitely not violate it, Deng Si'er, you don't have to worry about this. ”
Seeing that Emperor Zhengcang, the person in charge, said so, Deng Si'er couldn't say anything more, so he nodded and said:
"Since the emperor and Lord Zuo have said so, I will believe him He Qili for the time being, but if you believe it, we still have to be on guard."
"This is natural." Zuo Wen Yan nodded and said softly.
Although He Qili couldn't hear what Emperor Zhengcang, Deng Si'er and Zuo Idiot were talking about, but thinking of the current predicament, the more He Qili didn't dare to slack off.
Because He Qili knew very well in his heart that whether he could leave this fateful cave safely as he wished, the key point was on the side of the Xining people.
The people in charge of Xining and Huiqiang expressed their attitudes every word, and Chu Qingyang, who was still stuck outside the stone gate, looked at them inside the stone gate for a long time.
Although the stone gate was full of rubble, but under the chaotic environment, the conversation between He Qili and Emperor Zhengcang could still be clearly heard, the voice was not big or small, just enough for everyone inside and outside the stone gate to hear, as if it was deliberately said to Chu Qingyang, to tell Chu Qingyang that they would join forces again.
Seeing Xining and Huiqiang in front of him, discussing what was impossible in Chu Qingyang's opinion, the corners of Chu Qingyang's mouth couldn't help but bend upwards slightly.
How easy is it to escape from this place safely?
At the moment, a black-clothed master stepped forward and walked to Chu Qingyang's side, listening to the conversation between the two sides of Huiqiang and Xining in the stone gate, and immediately asked Chu Qingyang with a slightly nervous expression:
"Door master, your subordinates are all ready, as long as you give an order, you will immediately throw fire and thunder into the stone gate, according to this situation, it won't take much to make them blow up to pieces."
Hearing this, Chu Qingyang couldn't help but turn his head to look at the subordinate who was whispering in front of him, but he suddenly raised his hand and slapped the subordinate in the face, and the loud slap slowly echoed throughout the grotto.
Immediately, everyone inside the stone gate immediately raised their eyes to look outside the stone gate when they heard this sound, their eyes were slightly gloomy, but they were all puzzled.
Immediately, while the subordinate bowed his head and admitted his mistake, he only heard Chu Qingyang say fiercely:
"In front of this seat, when will I need you to preach?" (To be continued.) )