"Shut up!" Nezi was ashamed and annoyed, and the woman's gaze made him uneasy, as if a gravel had fallen into his shoes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 He glanced at Liu Cheng cautiously, and hurriedly shouted to the woman: "You are Jurchens, we are Mongols, how can the Mongols listen to the orders of the Jurchens to fight against the Great Khan?" Besides, a woman is to obey her husband's orders, and you have to go wherever Hatch tells you to go. Master Jinong is a magnanimous man, and he will treat you and the children well! ”

"Husband?" The woman sneered: "From the moment he handed me and the child hostage, he is no longer my husband, and you are no longer my father-in-law!" Speaking of this, she suddenly turned around and said to Liu Cheng in an unforgettable tone: "Lord Liu, I don't resent you, because you just did what you should do. You are the enemy of our Jurchens, and whatever you do to us is right. But these two men have committed a crime against me, they have betrayed their wives and daughters-in-law, and they will give away the heirs for themselves, and the women who take care of them are like a cow and a horse. My brothers will know what they have done and will punish them in the future. Piercing their eyes, cutting off their hands and feet, pouring lead into their mouths, causing them to cry out for death! ”

Faced with the woman's vicious curse, Nezi and Hatch looked embarrassed and speechless. Out of a strange feeling, none of the people on Liu Cheng's side said anything to stop the daughter of the Aixin Jueluo family. Although she was their enemy, the crowd was emotionally more inclined to the side of the woman.

Soon, the woman's voice became hoarse and muffled, and it was clear that the intense feelings had drained most of her energy. Hatch raised his head and said to his wife with a wry smile: "I'm sorry for you, if you want to scold, scold yourself." But don't worry, Master Jinong has already said that he will never treat you and your children harshly, and will send you to the Great Wall, where you and your children will live better than in the past! ”

"Phew!" The woman's face turned iron-blue, she turned sharply, snatched the child from the handmaiden's hand, threw it to the ground, and cried out to her husband in a frenzy, "I would rather fall him to death than let him live as a captive!" ”

The woman's crazy actions stunned everyone at once, Liu Cheng's eyes widened, looking at the baby on the ground, and he was speechless. However, Chesan on the side was the first to react, rushed forward and picked up the child from the ground, and shouted loudly: "Come on, get hot water, call the doctor!" ”

The crowd was as if they had been enchanted as stone statues, and they quickly got busy. Liu Cheng looked at the child's purple face, and couldn't help but feel a sense of remorse in his heart, he never thought that such a thing would happen, in his plan, the woman and the child would become the bargaining chips in his hands, just find a place to take care of his good life. Thinking of this, he couldn't help muttering to himself: "How can this be, how can this be?" ”

After a long while, the doctor finally came, and Liu Cheng hurriedly led him to the child's side: "Look at this child, you must save him!" ”

The doctor reached out and probed the child's snort, and then probed the child's pulse, and his face became gloomy. Liu Cheng's heart couldn't help sinking, and he asked cautiously: "Doctor, can this child still be saved?" ”

The doctor was silent, but carefully checked the child's pulse, and after a while he put down the child's hand, stood up, shook his head and sighed, "The child is too young, and I am too late!" ”

There was a cry from the crowd, it was Hatch mourning his newborn son, and the mother who had just killed her son laughed maniacally: "I will never give my son to you, never!" ”

"My lord, what should I do?" Chessan asked in a low voice.

Liu Cheng shook his head, trying to banish the frustration from his mind, but to no avail, things developed beyond his expectations. Chesan saw his boss's thoughts and whispered, "My lord, it's not your fault, it's the woman who threw the child to death." ”

"Though I will not kill Beren, he will die because of me! None of this would have happened if I hadn't forced Neqi to hand her over and the child! ”

"Your Excellency, you have done nothing wrong!" Chesan repeated: "The Jurchens are your enemies, you are just trying to find a way to fight your enemies." If Huang Taiji were to change places with you, he would do the same. This is war, as long as it can be won, anything is allowed! ”

"What is allowed?" Liu Cheng's face showed a playful smile: "What if someone uses the same trick on me one day?" ”

"I'll do everything I can to keep that from happening!" Chesan's tone was very firm, he paused for a moment, and changed to a more serious tone: "My lord, more terrible things happen every day in our temple, and since you have embarked on this path, you can only go down without looking back, and take us down!" ”

"You guys?"

"That's right, us!" Che Sang pointed to his chest, then stretched out his hand and pointed around: "I, Ah Gui, Hao Shaoqi, Min Min Beji, all the people." Each of us came together because of you, because we see hope in you, I hope that the Gelugpa will prosper, Hao Shaoqi hopes to get rid of the fate of thieves, Ah Gui hopes to live a stable life, so many of us have hopes pinned on you, you can't fall! ”

"Your hopes are in me!" Liu Cheng repeated what he said, and the originally shaky expression on his face gradually became firm.

"Wave the flag, you pick a few credible women, take this woman down, you must take care of it, if something goes wrong, you will be asked!"

Although it was already late spring, the city of Naturalization was still cold at night, and everywhere was covered with a layer of frozen and hard hoarfrost, and the road was covered with hard and slippery black ice, and strings of transparent icicles hung down on the eaves and towers, like the stiff white beard of an old man, and when twilight fell, it seemed that the harsh winter had not passed, and still ruled the land.

The hall was filled with a pleasant warmth and illuminated by a dozen arm-thick tallow candles on the walls. Liu Cheng wore a mink robe with horseshoe sleeves, the neckline revealed the deerskin arrow robe inside, a bearskin hood on his head, and a scimitar hanging from the cowhide belt. Minmin, who was dressed up, sat next to Liu Cheng, holding a two- or three-year-old child in his arms, licking his fingers in his mouth with relish, a pair of dark eyes turned around, and looked curiously at several strangers in front of him. Behind them were the Sulu Ingot and the statue of the Great Black Celestial God, and the white horsehair hanging down on the golden statue added to the mystery.

"Nezi, Hatch, this is the Great Khan of Abneh!" Liu Cheng smiled and introduced to Neiqi and his son: "The Great Khan is still young, so you don't have to pay a big salute!" ”

Neqi glanced at his sons and said respectfully: "No matter how worn-out the hat is, it must be worn on the head, no matter how beautiful the boots are, it is also stepped on the ground, although the Great Khan is young, he is also the descendant of the Immortal Heaven blessed Son Jin family, how can we be rude?" With that, he led his three sons to bow to Abnei in Liu Cheng and Min Min's arms.

"Good, good!" Min Min reached out and scratched the cheeks of the child in her arms, causing him to laugh: "Abnai, have you seen these people?" They are all your faithful servants, and when you grow up, you must treat them well! ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Neqi smiled awkwardly, although he wanted to leave this terrifying place as soon as possible and regain his freedom, he didn't dare to show the slightest urgency on the surface, lest his efforts be wasted. However, his eldest son Hatch had just lost his son, and he looked in a trance, which made Neqi secretly anxious in his heart, lest he annoy the Jinong Lord in front of him and cause trouble.

"Come on, sit down!" Like a diligent master, Liu Cheng smiled and motioned for Neqi and his son to sit down, and several handsome maids walked in and stood behind everyone to wait. The two sons of Nezi, who were about to be sent as hostages, had never seen such pomp and circumstance, and they glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of joy in each other's eyes. Liu Cheng was secretly happy in his eyes, although it was unlikely that the Zalut Department would return to Houjin after handing over the hostages, but after all, the other party had died a child for himself, and he still gave some compensation. Thinking of this, Liu Cheng turned around and whispered a few words to Hao Shaoqi behind him, Hao Shaoqi retreated knowingly, and after a while, three wooden boxes came in from outside the door, which were beside Liu Cheng.

"Rank!" Liu Cheng smiled and patted the wooden box beside him gently: "Abunai is my righteous son, and the two of you are his partners, and in my eyes, you are also like Abnai, and you are also my juniors." When we meet for the first time today, we will give each of you a welcome gift! As he spoke, the soldiers had already brought the wooden box to the two of them, and when they opened it, they saw that they were two very elaborate handcuffs, which were a little different from ordinary firearms, and did not have a serpentine rod with a fire rope. Both of them were at the age of fun, and when they saw such a rare gift, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank them. Liu Cheng nodded with a smile, his eyes turned to Hatch, and his expression became serious: "Hatch, today's matter also has a reason why I didn't think it through, although I didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of me." The man is dead, and I have no power to bring it back to life, so this is a little compensation I give you, please accept it! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Hatch choked up and took the wooden box, which he only thought was heavy, but he didn't know what it was. He glanced at his father beside him, and when he saw that the other party nodded slightly, he reached out and opened the wooden box, and found that it was a bird gun and a piece of paper. Just when I was a little inexplicable, I heard Liu Cheng's voice: "When you leave, you can use this note to lead two hundred of these birds back to make a strong appearance." ”

Liu Cheng's firearms have long been famous, Hatch is still there, Neiqi on the side hurriedly knelt down, and ripped his son down: "Thank you for your generous gift, we will be loyal to the Great Khan, no, loyal to Lord Jinong!" ”

"Hehe, Abnai is my righteous son, it is really one, but there is no need to say it separately!"

"Yes, yes!" Neqi pulled his son and kowtowed twice, peeked at Liu Cheng's face, and then got up and returned to his seat, when he heard Liu Cheng ask, "Neqi, what are you going to do when you go back this time?" ”

Neiqi's body trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Tell your lordship, as soon as I go back, I will immediately send someone to break off relations with Dongyu!" ”

"No!"

"No?" Nei Qi looked at Liu Cheng in surprise, didn't you waste so much effort to pull the Zalut Department down to your side? Why can't you say it can't be done at the end of the day?

"If you directly break off diplomatic relations with the Eastern Captives, the captive chieftain will definitely unite with the surrounding tribes that depend on him to attack you, and you will definitely suffer if you are weak! Since you are already attached to the Great Khan, how can I do anything to your detriment? ”

Neqi was completely confused by Liu Cheng, and asked cautiously: "Then, then my lord, do you mean to let me?" ”

"It's easy! After you returned, you wrote a letter to Huang Taiji, telling him that Lord Yang would release you to Huaiyuan in order to appease the left-wing tribes. You said that in order to deceive me of Daming's reward, you plan to pretend to take refuge in Daming, and ask him for your understanding! ”

"This, if I do this, I'm afraid Huang Taiji will-" Nei Qi's mind spun quickly, thinking about the pros and cons of doing this according to Liu Cheng.

"Huang Taiji will think that you want to step on two boats, while eating the benefits of my Daming, and on the other hand, you want to follow Houjin Pobian to grab a handful, am I right?"

"Yes, yes, my lord really saw everything!" Nei Qi, who was interrupted from his thoughts, trembled, and immediately found that Liu Cheng just said what was on his mind, if he hadn't been cut off by Liu Cheng, it was estimated that he would take advantage of both ends as he said. Of course, he can't take this road now, if he dares to step on two boats, Liu Cheng only needs to cut off the head of the hostage in his hand and send it to Huang Taiji, even if Huang Taiji sees the overall situation and spares himself, he will reopen the old account in the future. As long as Huang Taiji didn't know that he had sent Yarhaqi's youngest daughter and grandson to the Ming Kingdom to make a nomination, he would not doubt that he was already on the side of the Ming Kingdom.

"Neqi, don't worry, as long as you go back this time, as long as you kill a few cronies around the Houjin woman, and then block the news, you can rest assured that you can be your Zarut Khan boldly. I also put the monopoly of all the tea and salt trading of the left wing on your side, so that you can benefit more! ”

Hearing this, Neqi was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, if there is any movement of the slave chief, as soon as the villain gets the news, he will immediately send someone to inform the adult!" It is no wonder that he was so happy, since the left wing fell to the Houjin, the border trade with the Ming Dynasty was naturally cut off, and there were only two channels left for the necessary daily necessities such as tea, salt, and cloth - imported from the Houjin or plundered by breaking the border. However, the Houjin side fought with the Ming Dynasty again and again, and there was a shortage of materials, and all kinds of things were expensive, even the officers and officials lived a tight life, and the materials that could be squeezed out to Mongolia were very few; The number of broken sides and robberies is also very limited, which can only meet the upper nobles, and the lower herdsmen can get it, and looking at Liu Cheng's military strength, after he was transferred to the general army of Xuanda, the road of breaking the border and robbing is also passable. If these goods can be imported from Liu Cheng's side, the Zalut Department that handles them from them will definitely be able to make a lot of money, compared to these, the fright and torture he has been subjected to these days is nothing, if the accidental death of his grandson is removed, this capture is simply a blessing in disguise. (To be continued.) )