In the past few months, both Chen and Chu have sent troops into the grassland to sweep away some small and medium-sized tribes, but they have only operated within a hundred miles and dare not go too deep.

The Wanyan Department, which has unified the Sushen Ministries, has been holding back in the past few months, until a few days ago, but suddenly appeared north of Yinshan, and the soldiers and horses of Chen and Chu were all taken by surprise, and the losses were not small.

Among them, the news that a certain general of Chen Guo was captured by Wanyanbu and was about to be publicly executed had already spread a few days ago.

For Chen Chu, this is undoubtedly an example of killing chickens and monkeys, being cautious of all the tribes, the tribe that is closest to the main department of Wanyan, and the tribe that was the first to get the news, has arrived a few days earlier, ready to watch the biggest event in these days.

Wanyan Khan has been unwell in recent days, and the matter has been handed over to the eldest prince with full authority.

Somewhere in the pasture, in the central tent.

An envoy of the State of Chen stood in the tent and arched his hand and said: "General Xiao and all the soldiers fell into the hands of your department, and I, Chen Guo, am willing to exchange the price of three times the price of prisoners of war for the lives of General Xiao and the soldiers, and I hope your department agrees." ”

He spoke the language of the Prudent, and everyone in the room could understand it.

The eldest prince sat at the top and sneered: "Our compatriots, sooner or later we will snatch it back, if you dare to kill one person, then we will slaughter one city, if you dare to kill two, we will slaughter two cities, if you kill a hundred people, I will kill all of you Han people......"

The messenger said solemnly: "This is a matter that is beneficial to both parties, and I hope that the eldest prince will not be rash." ”

The eldest prince waved his hand and said, "You are not qualified to negotiate with this king. ”

He looked out of the tent and said, "Come on, pull these people out and cut them down." ”

The faces of several envoys of Chen Guo changed greatly, and they immediately said: "The two countries are at war, and if you don't kill the envoys, you ......."

The eldest prince smiled: "This is your rule, in our place, as long as it is an enemy, there is no ...... that cannot be killed"

"Wait."

Several guards walked in, and when they were about to drag them down, a figure stood up.

Wan Yan Yan glanced at the top and said: "We also have a time to negotiate with Chen Guo, kill the envoy of Chen State now, they will kill our grassland envoy in the future, the two countries are at war, and if you don't kill the envoy, it is a rule that everyone should abide by, the Han people say that we are unreasonable barbarians, do we really want to prove that they are right?" ”

The tribal leaders in the tent looked at each other a few times and nodded.

"That's what the fourth princess said."

"The messenger cannot kill ......"

"This rule, it must be said, we are not barbarians......"

……

The eldest prince looked down and frowned, even he couldn't ignore the opinions of so many people and insist on going his own way.

He glanced at Yan Yan dissatisfied, waved his hand, and said, "I'll spare your lives today, get out." ”

Seeing this, several envoys of the Chen State did not say more, and after looking up, they slowly withdrew from the account.

One of the men at the head sighed and muttered, "This is simply a group of uncivilized barbarians, how can this be a good ......?"

An adjutant behind him had a complicated expression and said, "General Xiao this time, I'm afraid it's more than lucky." ”

In the tent, the eldest prince looked at everyone and said: "Tomorrow is the execution ceremony, that person has captured so many of our compatriots, not killing is not enough to vent his anger, I want to use his head to deter Chen Chuxiao, my grassland, is not a place where they can be presumptuous!" ”

"Wait." Wan Yan Yan looked at him again and said: "The threat of the black barbarians is still there, at this time, we should not have a deep grudge with Chen Chu, if we provoke them and fight with the black barbarians on both sides, how can we win?" ”

"After coming back from the Chu State, Yan'er's courage seems to have become smaller, wasn't she frightened by that group of four-legged sheep?" The eldest prince glanced at her and said: "Fighting is a man's business, what do you women know, the enemy is current, there are still so many tribes in your hands, it is better to hand it over to the eldest brother, those warriors are in my hands, and they are much more useful than in your hands." ”

Wan Yan Yan glanced at him and said, "Brother should tell my father about this matter." ”

A trace of displeasure appeared on the eldest prince's face, and he waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss the execution, tomorrow at noon, the account will be ...... courtesy."

Wan Yan Yan was about to say more, but was persuaded by the people around her.

"Princess, the eldest prince is right, don't say it again."

"We have a blood feud with Chen Chu, and we can't get rid of ......"

"Yes, if you don't deter them this time, they will only get worse next time!"

……

After a while, Wan Yan Yan walked out of the big tent, her face was unhappy, the woman with the bow on her back stood outside the tent, looked at her, and said, "The eldest prince wants to take advantage of this incident to cover the limelight of the third prince, he will not listen to the princess." ”

Wan Yan Yan sighed lightly and said, "What the eldest brother thinks about is just the clan in my hands, and it is the position of the khan. ”

The woman with the bow looked at her and wondered, "Why didn't the princess tell the khan about his repeated assassination of the princess?" ”

"What can you do if you say something without evidence?" Wan Yan Yan shook her head and said, "Clean up, let's go back." ”

The woman with the bow on her back was surprised: "Don't see the execution tomorrow?" ”

Wan Yan Yan waved her hand and said, "Don't look at it." ”

The woman with the bow thought for a while and said, "The princess should stay for another day, I'm afraid that the eldest prince will take advantage of the topic to play again, these days when the Khan is sick, the princess should be careful in everything and not give the eldest prince any chance......"

After Yan Yan thought about it, she nodded helplessly: "Listen to you." ”

……

In addition to the handsome tent of the main department, a platform has been built.

Today is the day of the public execution of a certain general of the Chen State, and there is a row of seats on the stage, and the leaders of the nearby tribes gather to wait for the execution to begin.

The woman with the bow on her back stood behind Wan Yan Yan, shook her head and said, "I have seen the general of the Chen State, he is very handsome, and he died like this, it's a pity." ”

Wan Yan Yan was irritable and did not speak.

At this moment, a figure slowly walked up to the high platform under the escort of the two-life guard.

Xiao Jue was mentally depressed, although he had not been subjected to any special abuse in the past few days, whether it was eating or sleeping, he was not very good, and when he stepped on the stage, he had no strength.

He simply sat on the ground, drooping his head, there was no fear on his face, but there was some regret and regret in the depths of his eyes.

I regret that I didn't listen to Tang Ning's words and act in a low-key manner, but I regret that I haven't married Lu Ya yet, and the Xiao family's incense is going to be cut off from him after all.

What happened in the first half of his life flashed in his mind one after another.

When he was a child, he fell into the ice lake in order to save Lu Ya, and was ridiculed for falling ill, Lu Ya stood up for him, and then bullied him more than them......

After Tang Ning came to Beijing, his stubborn illness was cured, he won the first class in the imperial examination, and he scourged the Jingshi with him, and was taken away by Lu Ya after listening to his nonsense......

As these scenes flashed through his mind, the sound of the steppe people was already heard below.

One of the people behind the eldest prince looked at the sky, looked down, and said loudly: "The hour has come, and the execution will be carried out!" ”

The executioner on the stage turned the collar off his neck so that the cutting edge would not be affected when he cut off his head.

Xiao Jue's collar was rudely opened, revealing a pendant on his chest.

The pendant is a wolf's tooth, worn with an ordinary rope, and looks very rough.

On the stage, after Yan Yan glanced at it, she couldn't take her eyes off it.

The next moment, she walked quickly to the stage, ripped off the wolf tooth pendant on Xiao Jue's chest, and when she saw a small "Yan" character carved on it, she looked at him again and asked in a daze, "Where did this come from?" ”

The eldest prince stood up, looked at her, frowned, and said, "Yan'er, come down quickly." ”

Wan Yan Yan ignored his words, and her eyes were still staring at Xiao Jue.

The eldest prince looked at the few people behind him and said, "Take her down and execute her quickly!" ”

When a few people walked on the stage, Wan Yanyan's eyes suddenly looked over, snatched the big knife from the executioner's hand, slammed it heavily into the stage, and said angrily: "I see who dares!" ”