Chapter 244: Disappearance
Ah Zheng walked into Ningxia Qing's tent, and Cuiyu went out immediately.
The light inside the tent was dim, and the autumn wind outside was blowing, and the whole world was dark and black.
"The eldest prince is looking for you?" Ningxia Qing asked Ah Zheng.
"Hmm." Ah Zheng nodded and told Ning Xia Qing everything the eldest prince said to him.
Ning Ningqing couldn't help frowning after hearing this: "The relationship between the eldest prince and the great general Qi is very tense, and now the eldest prince wants to pull you into the Mongolian tribe, and the great general of Qi Shou will definitely make an obstacle from it in order to oppose the eldest prince, and maybe it will affect you and me." ”
She couldn't help but support her forehead and said uneasily: "Even the third master was invited away, and things are getting worse and worse." ”
After dark.
Ah was asleep in his tent when he was suddenly awakened by a sound.
He got up vigilantly in an instant, and walked out of his tent quietly and quickly, only to see a dark blue overhead, and silence around him, as if there was nothing.
But he had just heard it.
Ah Zheng couldn't help but squint, patrolling left and right carefully a few times, and at this moment, he heard the voice again.
It's the howl of a wolf! Exactly what he just heard!
At this moment, a very light and faint aroma suddenly wafted over, Ah Zheng turned around, and saw that it was Ningxia Qing walking towards him.
Following the line of sight of his previous gaze, Ning Xia Qing looked over and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”
Ah Zheng listened for a while and whispered, "Maybe a little wolf is lost, and the wolves are looking for it, but it should have been found now." ”
For Ah Zheng's words, Ningxia Qing has always been convinced. She nodded, she was woken up from her sleep by the wolf howl before, and she was really sleepy at the moment, so she couldn't help but yawn and said, "Found it...... It's just ......."
Seeing that her whole person was tired, Ah Zheng whispered: "Go back and rest, it's cold outside, don't stand here." ”
"Okay." Ning Xia Qing answered, and then squinted his sleepy eyes and smiled sweetly, and returned to his account without thinking about it. Ah Zheng looked at her back, but suddenly noticed that there was an inopportune movement in one of the tents.
He became vigilant for a moment, staring at the tent, his eyes getting colder and colder.
After Ningxia Qing arrived at the Mongolian tribe with the people of the Yelu tribe, he never met the Mongolian Great Khan, so he was dried for more than ten days.
Because before meeting these Central Plains merchants, the northerners themselves still need to discuss a method of dividing interests. Therefore, not only Ningxia Qing was dried, but all the Central Plains businessmen who came here had to stand aside for now.
Originally, the hearty nature of the people of the Northland, who never circled around, did not need to be discussed for too long in the division of interests, but this time the situation was slightly different.
This time, King Yelu was quite deliberately looking for fault, opposing the decision of the Mongol Khan several times, and arguing fiercely with the Mongol Khan when he disagreed, so that the matter that could have been discussed quickly dragged on for more than ten days.
Ning Xia Qing learned about these things from Ah Zheng's mouth, and couldn't help but ponder.
The reason why King Yelu did this was both a demonstration and a temptation, and King Yelu wanted to show his confidence and strength by opposing the Mongol Great Khan, and also to test the patience of the Mongol Great Khan against the Yelu tribe. This act of demonstration and temptation began when the Yelu tribe refused the tents arranged by the Mongol tribes and set up camp for themselves.
At present, King Yelu is about to move, although the Mongolian side has not yet shown anything, but he must have been dissatisfied in his heart, and now the situation is becoming more and more anxious. For Ningxia Qing, this can be both a good thing and a bad thing.
By the time King Yelu finally negotiated a result with the Mongol Great Khan, it was already more than ten days later. When this result came out, it was finally possible to start looking for Central Plains businessmen who were suitable for cooperation, and it was finally time for Ning Xia Qing and others to appear.
It's just that before Ningxia Qing appeared, King Yelu, who had just finished arguing with the Mongolian Great Khan for more than ten days, had not yet sat down to take a breath, and the Yelu tribe continued to quarrel.
The reason for this quarrel was because of Ningxia Qing and Ah Zheng.
The reason why King Yelu quarreled with the Mongol Great Khan for so long was mainly to win the trade of horses through the Tianshan Mountains, and only after winning this item could Ningxia Qing stay in the Yelu tribe, so as to leave Ah Zheng.
However, the people of the Yelu tribe were skeptical of the deal itself.
The people of the Yelu tribe understand that many of them have never really trusted Ningxia Qing, in their eyes, the people of the Central Plains are all bad-hearted, if they really leave Ningxia Qing in the Yelu tribe, it is difficult to ensure that Ningxia Qing will not be bad here, and it will bring trouble to the Yelu tribe when the time comes.
Moreover, Ningxia Qing is not from the Yelu tribe, she does not have the blood of the Yelu tribe, even if Ningxia Qing agrees to stay in the Yelu tribe now, it is not a very strong guarantee for the Yelu tribe.
In addition, the eldest prince's wooing of Ah Zheng has spread in the Yelu tribe, and the relationship between the eldest prince and Ah Zheng is almost well known, so it is difficult to guarantee that Ah Zheng will not be moved by the eldest prince. At that time, Ningxia Qing, who does not have Yelu blood, will definitely follow Ah Zheng and leave, and will not persuade Ah Zheng to stay in the Yelu tribe.
And the battle between the Mongol prince and the great general Qi is also a well-known thing, and now that the eldest prince has clearly said that he wants Raa to pass, the general of Qi Shou must have been in a hurry for a long time.
It is speculated that the general of Qi Shou must have hoped to be able to solve Ah Zheng's heart disease for the Mongol Great Khan before the eldest prince, and the general of Qi Shou must disdain to use the same gentle strategy as the eldest prince, the general of Qi Shou has always been belligerent, and in a hurry, he does not know what troublesome tricks will be used to make Ah Zheng leave the Yelu tribe.
In short, the eldest prince is now in a hurry to win over Ah Zheng, and then the head of Qi is a hindrance, in short, it is difficult for Ah Zheng to say whether he will continue to stay in the Yelu tribe.
If Ah Zheng leaves the Yelu tribe in the future, then all the efforts made by the Yelu tribe to keep Ningxia Qing will be useless.
For the people of the Yelu tribe, the reason why they want to make a deal with Ningxia Qing is to keep Ah Zheng, but the deal itself is not completely reliable, in this case, it is better to use a more direct method to keep Ah Zheng.
For example, the Yelu tribe has received news that General Qi has set his sights on Ningxia Qing......
If the Yelu tribe can push the boat down the river and keep the evidence, in this way, Ah Zhengding will turn against the Mongolian side, and the Yelu tribe will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman!
In short, for the people of the Yelu tribe, it is more meaningful to let Ningxia Qing die than to keep her alive.
At the same time, Xiao Jingyuan went to the tent of General Qishou's wife, visited his sister, and told his sister and his plan.
Xiao Jingyuan said that he had already handed the news to the people of the Yelu tribe, and more importantly, he deliberately misled the other party, making the other party think that this was the meaning of the Mongolian king and the general of Qi.
Even if the matter is really traced to Xiao Jingyuan in the future, Xiao Jingyuan will say that this is completely his own meaning, and it was he who attacked Ningxia Qing as the Xiao family in order to suppress the Ning family, and it has nothing to do with the Mongolian king and the general Qishou!
When the time comes, the people of the Yelu tribe will not only help him get rid of Ningxia Qing, but they will not be able to blame the affairs of Ningxia Qing on the heads of the Mongolian king and the general of Qi. At that time, in Ah Zheng's eyes, the two-faced Yelu tribe must be more hateful than the Mongolian tribe! And Ah Zheng will definitely break with the Yelu tribe!
When the time comes, either Ah Zheng destroys the Yelu tribe, or the Yelu tribe kills Ah Zheng, in short, it will be a lose-lose situation, and the Mongolian tribe will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
In this way, Xiao Jingyuan can be regarded as a great merit for the Mongolian king, and Xiao Jingyuan, as the wife and brother of the general Qishou, this credit will inevitably be counted on the head of the general Qishou, and the general of Qishou will be able to overpower the prince.
This time, as long as Xiao Jingyuan can carry this black pot for General Qi Shou and help General Qi Shou get rid of Ah Zheng, a troublesome character, after General Qi Shou ascends to the throne in the Mongolian tribe, he will definitely return to the Xiao family in the Central Plains, and at that time, the Xiao family will get a thousand times more benefits.
After arguing with the Mongol Great Khan for more than ten days, King Yelu and the Mongol Great Khan initially decided on the profit distribution model of many matters, but they were still arguing over several projects that neither side would give into, including one of the materials that Ningxia Qing and others were concerned about.
Those projects that have been decided in advance have been contracted by the tribes to negotiate cooperation with the Central Plains businessmen one after another, and Ningxia Qing is envious when he sees it, but he can only wait.
I waited a few more days, but I didn't have to wait for the final news about the Pi Material. However, the great prince of Mongolia suddenly came to invite King Yelu and Ah Zheng to his tent for a private banquet.
Ah Zheng wanted to let Ningxia Qing go with him, after all, the eldest prince had also said before that he wanted to meet Ningxia Qing, but he was persuaded by several people from the Yelu tribe. These people said that the eldest prince invited them over to drink, and Ningxia Qing was uncomfortable with a woman, if she wanted to introduce Ningxia Qing to the eldest prince, there would be opportunities in the future.
Having said so, Ningxia Qing is not good to follow Ah Zheng anymore. After watching Ah Zheng leave, Ning Xia Qing went to find Master Ning San.
The projects that had decided on the profit-sharing model had now been taken by the contracted tribes to negotiate cooperation with the merchants of the Central Plains, and as the negotiations were settled one by one, the business of jade, furs, and gems immediately began to be lively, and the commercial activities on the grassland gradually became more frequent.
The merchants of the Central Plains brought a lot of good things, and now they are busy trading with the tribes here, and at the same time, they are selling them in bulk, so there are small markets that specialize in jade, furs, gems and other things, and I heard that it is very lively.
The Mongolian tribe and the Yelu tribe have not negotiated the ownership of the Pi material project for a long time, so Ning San and Ning Xia Qingdu were bored, so they simply decided to go to those small markets to see the excitement.
Generally speaking, it is rare to invite people to the banquet in broad daylight like the eldest prince, but perhaps because the eldest prince just wants to have a good gathering with Ah Zheng, he invites Ah Zheng and King Yelu over during the day.
Sure enough, after eating and drinking, the eldest prince reluctantly pulled Ah Zheng to wrestle with him, and after wrestling, he pulled Ah Zheng to compete with him.
The people of the Yelu tribe have been encouraging Ah to accompany the eldest prince. The Yelu tribe and the Mongolian tribe are still in a stalemate because of the horse material project, if Ah Zheng accompanies the eldest prince today, maybe the eldest prince will be happy, and he will be able to help the Yelu tribe say a few good words in front of the Mongolian Great Khan and help the Yelu tribe win the horse material project.
Therefore, Ah Zheng has been left with the eldest prince and is not allowed to go back.
Ah Zheng didn't know that Ning Xia Qing, who went to the small market, was separated from Master Ning San, and he was also separated from Cuiyu, and no one knew Ning Ningqing's whereabouts.
When Ah Zheng learned that Ning Xia Qing was missing, Ning San and Cuiyu had been looking for Ning Ningqing for a long time, but they couldn't find any trace of Ning Ningxia.
After Ah Zheng heard about this, he left without saying a word, and went to find Ningxia Qing alone, leaving everyone on the martial arts arena to look at each other.
However, Ah Zheng did not come back until the evening, and when he came back, he was the only one immediately, and there was no Ningxia Qing.
He also didn't find Ningxia Qing.
If something like this happens, the eldest prince's banquet naturally doesn't need to be opened, and King Yelu and the eldest prince have already sent people to find Ningxiaqing, but they have found nothing. When Ah Zheng returned, King Yelu and the eldest prince were still in the tent where they had been at the banquet, but they were all solemn.
Seeing Ah Zheng coming back alone, the eldest prince was the first to be stunned, and the eldest prince looked Ah Zheng up and down a few times, and asked in surprise, "Didn't you find Miss Ning?" ”
It was not surprising that the eldest prince asked. Ah Zheng's sense of smell is naturally sensitive and different from ordinary people, which many people know, and the eldest prince also knows. And in the grassland terrain is empty, the smell can drift farther, Ningxia Qing has just disappeared not long ago, it is impossible to be taken too far, if Ah Zheng chases a horse, it is impossible not to smell the smell of Ningxia Qing.
But Ah Zheng came back alone, which made the eldest prince stunned.
After the eldest prince asked, Ah Zheng just shook his head silently. The eldest prince paused, suddenly looked at King Yelu who was sitting on the side, and asked in a deep voice: "Miss Ning has been a guest under King Yelu's tent these days, and she is also a member of the Yelu tribe who is taking care of and serving, right?" ”
King Yelu looked at the eldest prince, his eyes full of vigilance and vigilance, waiting for the eldest prince to continue.
The eldest prince added: "Everyone in the steppe knows that bathing in water soaked in geranflower flowers, as long as it is washed for three days in a row, is enough to cover the smell of a person for a short time, and the hunters sometimes use this method to confuse their prey." It is impossible for Ah Zheng not to smell the smell of Miss Ning's body, unless someone has used the water of the sunflower flower for Miss Ning. ”
Ningxia Qing's affairs are all taken care of by the people of the Yelu tribe, if someone gives Ningxia Qing the water of the sunflower flower, it can only be the hands of the people of the Yelu tribe.
The meaning of the eldest prince is very clear - it was the people of the Yelu tribe who used the sunflower flower to cover the smell of Ningxia Qing, that is to say, the disappearance of Ningxia Qing was arranged by the people of the Yelu tribe, and the people of the Yelu tribe also used the sunflower flower in case Ah Zheng found Ningxia Qing.
King Yelu immediately took the case and said with a serious face: "The eldest prince should not spew blood. Miss Ning brought a maid with her, if the people of the Yelu tribe gave Miss Ning the water of the sunflower flower, how could the maid next to Miss Ning not know? Since the eldest prince is suspicious of the Yelu tribe, he will call the maid and ask! ”
Cuiyu was brought in immediately, and was interrogated by a group of big men for a long time, and Cuiyu finally explained that Ningxia Qing had indeed used the water of the sunflower flower to bathe, and it was Ningxia Qing himself who ordered someone to prepare it for her!
However, no one knew why Ningxia Qing used the water of the geranflower flower to bathe, and the eldest prince couldn't help but guess that it was the people of the Yelu tribe who said something to Ningxia Qing, such as that the water of the geranflower flower can eliminate illness and the like, and it may be possible to deliberately induce Ningxia Qing to ask for the use of the sunflower flower himself.
As a result, King Yelu became even more annoyed and quarreled directly with the eldest prince.
At this moment, a Mongolian soldier suddenly walked in, saying that there was a clue about Ningxia Qing's disappearance. This so-called clue is a Central Plains businessman, who came forward to testify, saying that Ningxia Qing's disappearance was related to someone from the Yelu tribe, and he also said it well.
How could the tribe of Jerod recognize it? The Yelu tribe said that the Mongolian tribe bought the merchant to perjury, and everything was done by the Mongolian tribe in order to blame the Yelu tribe, including the disappearance of Ningxia Qing, and it was also a conspiracy that the Mongolian tribe came up with in order to fake the Yelu tribe!
Things became more and more chaotic as they talked, and Ah Zheng suddenly disappeared at this moment.
Nearly 100 miles east of the Mongolian king's tent, when the sky was completely dark, Ningxia Qingcai was put down from his horse and taken to an abandoned tent.
In the past, there was abundant water and grass here, but because of the diversion of the stream, it was abandoned.
When Ning Xia Qing was thrown into the tent, she only felt that her bones were about to break because of the rudeness of the captor's movements, and the moment she landed, she almost didn't cough up her lungs because of the dust that had accumulated after a long time of not being cleaned.
Ning Xia Qing looked at the strong man who had kidnapped her, and the strong man also looked at her curiously, and neither spoke to each other.
Soon, someone came looking for her.