Chapter Thirty-Six: Fire and Water
Xiao Shunzi was brightly dressed, followed by his master's usual appearance with his hands behind his back, bent down and bowed his head, and stood condescendingly in front of the cell door, waiting for the jailer to open the door of the girl like smoke.
With a "bang" on the cell door, the chains were removed, the cell door was pushed open, and Xiao Shunzi's father-in-law stood proudly in front of the unkempt face, curled up in front of the smoke-like girl in a pile of dead grass.
This young eunuch, who was red and purple in front of the saint, couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Supreme power is really a good thing! It can make any proud person bow his head and kneel at his feet, crumple any thorny flower, no matter how beautiful and bright, into a wisp of residue, and then dispose of their corpse in a dung pit.
The girl looked up at the beardless little eunuch with a strange smile who suddenly appeared in front of her, and lowered her head again. She didn't have any impression of this person in her mind.
"Miss Ruyan doesn't remember me?" Xiao Shunzi shook his head slightly and smiled.
Then he sighed softly, "It's no wonder, but you should be impressed by my master, right?" ”。
Speaking of this, he suddenly put away his smile, and his face changed and said, "Maybe you still can't figure out your current situation, then I might as well tell you directly." ”
As he spoke, he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve, threw it in front of the girl with disdain, and continued: "This is the confession signed by the dead old woman and pressed her handprint. Confess that you have fornicated with the bandits and plotted against them, and your so-called painting boat is a hiding place and a foothold for the bandits. You are guilty of rebellion! ”。
The smoke girl's eyes widened in surprise, and she picked up the crumpled piece of paper and looked at it carefully.
After a while, she angrily threw away the bloody piece of paper, gritted her teeth and looked up, "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add! Although the mother-in-law is rude in the world, she will never do such a thing unless she is beaten into a trick! I am a weak woman who has fallen into the dust, and you refuse to let go, what do you want? ”。
Xiao Shunzi was obviously stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this seemingly weak little woman in front of him was not bluffed.
He hurriedly changed his face, nodded and smiled: "What the villain said is not half false, the girl's life is hanging by a thread now!" This white and black letter, signed and drawn, you have no way to deny it, and you can't argue! ”。
Rolling his little eyes and observing the face of the girl like smoke for a moment, seeing that she was still as cold as frost and unmoved, he couldn't help but sigh lightly and said: "Now there is only one person in the world who cares about the girl, and only one person can save the girl's life!" Do you remember the young man in purple who gave you beautiful jade? He's a great man for you! ”。
The girl raised her head in confusion and looked at Xiao Shunzi.
Xiao Shunzi said word by word: "Don't hide it from the girl, that purple-clothed boy is the true dragon emperor, and he is a saint today!" As long as the girl is a little more interesting, she can come to Ji Tai and get rid of the sea of suffering, and she will enjoy endless glory and wealth in this life! ”。
The girl blinked her long eyelashes a few times, obviously a little unexpectedly surprised, and then slowly lowered her head and thought about it. Thinking of the face of the purple-clothed man, she couldn't help but wrinkle her faint eyebrows slightly in disgust.
After a while, she closed her eyes slightly again and sighed softly: "Since you have already fabricated the charges, if you want to kill, you can kill it, like smoke but ask for death!" Although my body has fallen into the dust, I already have a place in my heart, and I will never violate my heart, and I will tend to be inflammatory, and the people know that they are from a humble background, and they dare not tarnish the holy name of the Son of Heaven! ”。
Xiao Shunzi's face was flushed, and she roared angrily: "Bold! If you don't know how to lift, you will be innocent! ”。
He couldn't wait to raise a knife at this moment to chop up the little lady in front of him and feed it to the dog, but he gritted his teeth and lowered his head and thought about it: It's unpredictable, after all, this is the woman the master likes, if she really enters the palace one day and becomes a mother, then my life will be difficult to protect! The big husband can bend and stretch, I just have to go back to the palace and report the truth, if Long Yan is angry, it will not be too late to tear this little girl again! No, it's too cheap to chop her directly, I want her to survive, I can't die......
Thinking of this, he sneered sneered twice with a sinister gaze, then said no more, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.
After listening to the envoy's relay, Chao Gesulid, who was clenching his back molars, couldn't bear it anymore, and hit the table with a punch. His beard trembled slightly, his eyes protruded slightly, and he shouted, "It's too much of a deception! Did he really think that our Tuni men were all muddy? ”。
The elders in the tent were also filled with righteous indignation and rubbed their hands one after another. A slightly thin elder with a bent waist raised his arms and shouted: "Lord Chief, our Tuni sons are all hot-blooded men, and we have never been afraid of anyone!" Since he Bars Khan looks down on us like this, even if he fights for my life, he must let the tribes of the steppe see the fast horse knife of our Tuni warriors, so that everyone can see the face of the so-called coalition Khan! Lead the men and do it with them! ”。
A pot-bellied elder gently twisted his black beard and said, "You must do it!" But don't do it lightly! The tribes that are outside the coalition are the ones we are fighting for, and the enemies of our enemies are our friends! ”。
Suha, who was full of anger, stepped forward and solemnly saluted: "Honorable Chief, since this matter has started because of me, that child is willing to take the lead in the confrontation with the coalition forces, so that those arrogant people will be impressed by our Tuni people from now on!" ”。。
Throwing a relieved glance at Gesulid to Suha, the corners of his mouth grinning involuntarily. He immediately turned his face away and said to the tribal elders below, "Not bad! We Tuni tribes don't fight alone, we have our own friends! It's just ......" He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up at the pot-bellied elder and frowned, "Those tribes that don't have a deep friendship with us, since the coalition forces are so arrogant and have not joined them, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for them to help my tribe!" ”。
The round-bellied elder shook his head and said, "How do you know the result if you don't fight for it?" What's more, we take advantage of reason, and I think that those tribal leaders who understand the righteousness will definitely be unreasonable! There are also many people who have long been tired of seeing the so-called coalition forces flying high on the grassland and doing whatever they want! ”。
Seeing that all the elders present nodded their heads in deep understanding, and the blazing flames burned again in Gesulid's eyes, he said loudly: "Suha, I order you to be responsible for stepping up the training of strong men over the age of sixteen in my tribe from today onwards, and once the war starts, everyone can go into battle to kill the enemy!" ”。
Suha was overjoyed, solemnly bent down to salute, and gladly accepted the task.
Chao Gesulid turned to the two elders and said, "I bother you two, carry generous gifts, run for the survival of my tribe, and persuade the ten or so tribal leaders to lend a hand in time, and we will be sure of victory!" ”。
The pot-bellied elder and the other stood up and bowed respectfully, taking on the daunting task.
Manduratu turned his gaze to the face of one of the bearded men in the seat, who hurriedly took a few steps forward.
"I'll give you an important task, take some tribal brothers, cross the border, this time it's not for you to rob, so don't be too ostentatious. Bring the money, go to the direction of Qingzhou, and find a way to buy a batch of good knives and guns, we need them urgently! ”。
Mandu Ratu opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a moment, he hadn't done business for many years, he was used to grabbing something, he was going to make a big deal coldly, why did he feel so awkward in his heart? But since the leader ordered it, and the trip was a heavy responsibility, it was not easy to refuse, scratched the back of his head, and had to bow his head and bow deeply, which was reluctantly accepted.
"Hey" With a loud shout, Rising Sun shook his powerful arms and threw the wrestler who was playing against him from the top of his head, and when he saw that his opponent was thrown heavily to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, he immediately straightened his waist, clapped his hands, and laughed.
"Well done! Dry sunrise. Rising Sun turned around to look for prestige, and saw his brother Suha striding over in high spirits.
"Aha, what did you say when the messenger came back?" Rising Sun asked eagerly.
Su Ha narrowed his eyes and glanced at this younger brother who was taller and more powerful than himself, and said with a smile: "As you wish, there is going to be a war!" Abu has ordered me to train the tribe men from today, you must help me! ”。
Rising Sun was overjoyed, rubbing his hands with a red face and saying, "Do you need to say this?" If I don't fight again, my scimitar will rust! As he spoke, he punched Suha in the shoulder.
Suha couldn't help but hesitate, frowned slightly, raised his hand to cover his shoulder with a painful expression and said, "How many times have you said it, can you be lighter?!" ”。
Rising Sun grinned embarrassedly.
With the crisp sound of Ma Ling'er, the two brothers turned their heads almost at the same time, and a white horse galloped from far and near, stopping beside the two of them.
On top of a handsome white horse, a young girl wearing royal blue traditional costume and holding a whip giggled and turned over and dismounted.
"Seeing how happy you two looked, is there something happy in the tribe?"
The person who came was none other than his own sister, the pearl of the palm of Chao Sulid's favorite.
Rising Sun pouted dryly: "After holding it for so long, it's finally going to war, can you not be happy?" ”
Qi Qige furrowed his sparse little eyebrows, and couldn't help but ask, "Go to war?" Who are you fighting with? ”。
Suha hurriedly explained: "If it wasn't for our initiative to provoke, it was the steppe coalition army that bullied people too much, and Bars was a great khan, but he didn't have a broad mind, and our Hani tribe had to be forced to fight back!" ”。
Qi Qige opened his mouth slightly and said in surprise: "The steppe alliance led by the new Khan King Bars? Is that the same Bars who led his troops to kill all the Cathes? I have heard rumors that they are very fierce, can we beat them? ”。
Suha and Sunrise showed disdain on their faces at the same time, and they invariably scolded: "What is this called? Before the war starts, how can you increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?! ”。
Rising Sun Gan rolled up his arms and sleeves and said loudly: "No matter who he is, if he dares to bully us Tuni people, I will unscrew his head with my own hands!" ”。
Qiqige's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly stuck out his tongue and closed his small mouth.