Chapter Eighty-Nine: Chaos
Naker rushed out of the back hall aimlessly, running wildly, first the tiles under his feet, then the rammed earth, and finally the grass. Na Ke'er stopped, only then did he find that he had walked to the backyard of the Jokhang Temple, only a wall away from the residence for the miscellaneous servants and herdsmen behind, the narrow, stoney, overgrown path stretched in front of his eyes, Na Ke'er instinctively took two steps forward, this seemingly narrow and difficult road leads to the stable, as long as you jump on a good horse, all the way to the east, you can leave these guys who were bought by money, go to the hometown on the bank of the Liao River, as long as you have seen the Tiancong Khan of Dajin, you can return here with tens of thousands of troops, At that time, Noyan, Saja, Abazan, and all those who ignored their existence would fall to their knees, begging for the mercy of the Ker-sama, and I would only hang them from the tree one by one, like the fruit of a harvest.
"Then Master Kerr, why are you here?" A voice woke Na Ke'er from his reverie, and he turned his head in annoyance, and was about to scold a few words, but the words stopped when they came to his lips. I saw Ah Gui standing in the dark corner of the wall, wearing a bare sheepskin jacket often worn by shepherd slaves, and the inseparable big black dog was still standing at his feet, and people and dogs were quietly watching Na Ke'er.
"How are you?"
"I disguised myself as a handyman in the temple, so I lived in the back! It's not too early, I'll go back and rest first! Ah Gui rubbed the dog's head, owed to Na Ke'er, and then turned around and prepared to leave, Na Ke'er suddenly had a thought in his mind, grabbed Ah Gui's arm: "Wait, I have something to tell you!" ”
Gui turned around strangely, and was greeted by Na Ke'er's bearded face, eyes breathing fire, and nostrils panting, like a frightened stallion. Ah Gui took a step back cautiously, slightly widening the distance between the two: "What's the matter?" ”
"Help me kill someone!"
"Kill someone? Who? Why? ”
"Chesan, a bastard, a bribe-giver, a lackey of the Han Chinese!" Ah Gui scolded viciously: "He used money to buy many people, and he wants to be the first seat of the Jokhang Temple!" “
Ah Gui shook his head: "No, I'm a spy, I'm here to inquire about some things, not to help you kill people!" Then he turned to leave.
"Stop, or I'll call someone!" Na Ke'er's voice was particularly harsh in the night sky, Ah Gui turned around and saw a distorted face, obviously the person who spoke to him had been carried away, it was unwise to refuse the other party's request at this time, he thought about it and said in a low voice: "Master, be patient, what is the importance of who is the first seat of the Jokhang Temple?" As long as you are good to work for Tiancong Khan, this position will be yours sooner or later! “
"Sooner or later?" Na Ke'er sneered: "Why not now?" ”
"If you kill him, you won't be the first to be the first seat! And Tiancong Khan must be very reluctant for you to do this, he will be angry! ”
"Really?" Na Ke'er suddenly laughed and said: "This Chesang is a lackey of the Han people, I killed him and ruined the plans of the Han people, how could Tiancong Khan be angry?" “
"Then you won't be able to stay here any longer! When the Han people learn that their people have been killed, they will definitely try their best to find the murderer! “
"Yes, but I'm not going to be stupid here! After killing him, I'll leave here and go back to Korqin! Na Ke'er had returned to normal, only those eyes were still shining, and he grabbed Ah Gui's shoulder: "How about it, help me kill Chessan, and the Great Khan will definitely reward you heavily for such a great achievement!" ”
Ah Gui lowered his head, he knew that he would never be able to convince a paranoid, he hoped that this trip would be safe, but he encountered such an accident. Put yourself in danger. Thinking of this, he raised his head and whispered, "Okay, you lead the way, let's do it tonight to avoid accidents." ”
"Good!" Seeing that the other party was relieved, Na Ke'er was very happy, he patted Ah Gui's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "You will definitely not regret it, go, go to my residence first, change into hands-on clothes, and take the guy!" He turned around as he spoke, but he had just taken two steps, and suddenly his throat tightened, but he was caught by a leather cord, Na Ke'er wanted to struggle, but Ah Gui pressed his knee against the other party's waist pole, and pulled back with both hands, Na Ke'er grabbed the leather rope with both hands, wanting to get rid of the fate of being strangled. Just when the two sides couldn't hold each other, Na Ke'er suddenly let out a miserable scream, and his hand suddenly let go, and it turned out that Ah Gui's black dog bit the other party's inner thigh fiercely, and Na Ke'er, who was in pain, let go and wanted to chase the dog. Ah Gui took the opportunity to pull tighter and tighter, Na Ke'er's face turned purple, and his arms had no strength to swing, suddenly, the clothes on his lower body became wet, he was already incontinent, he no longer had any strength, his legs were circled, and his whole body was paralyzed.
"Well done!" Ah Gui panted and let go of his hand and rubbed his dog's head. He rested for a while, and walked over to the corpse on the ground, where Piso was already deep in the flesh and could not be seen, and the eyes of the deceased bulged out, as if he had been greatly frightened, an expression that was the only sign of a man left in him. Ah Gui stretched out his hand, closed his eyes, and whispered, "Don't blame me, you forced me!" “
Ah Gui dragged the body into the grass, thought about it, and finally decided to find a tool to dig a pit and bury it, after all, this would also delay the discovery of the body, and he would have more time to escape. He went back to his residence to find a hoe, and just returned to the corpse, when suddenly the dog next to him let out a low barking sound, and the hair on his whole body exploded, Ah Gui immediately picked up the hoe, leaned down, and looked around vigilantly.
"What a good dog!" A voice came from the darkness not far away, Ah Gui tried his best to open his eyes, and there were a few sounds of flint and steel in his ears, and then the rising fire made him instinctively turn his head away, so as not to be stimulated by the bright light, which had become accustomed to the darkness.
"Don't move, and your dog, put down the guy in your hand, I don't want to kill you, don't do stupid things!" Ah Gui heard the voice just now, this must be a person who is used to giving orders on weekdays, the voice is full of natural arrogance, and the sound of tightening the bowstring in the air adds to this person's persuasiveness. According to his order, Gui dropped the hoe and whistled the dog, and the black dog sat on the ground smartly.
"Good!" Ozil smiled with satisfaction, he had just accompanied Chesang to the Noyan Lama's quarters, trying to pull this man over, but he didn't want to pounce on him. Chesan was about to go back first, but he almost collided with Noyan who was rushing back, and Noyan's face was pale, as if he was greatly frightened, and when he saw Chesan, he grabbed the other party's arm and shouted: "Kill, kill!" It was not easy for Chesan to get Noyan to explain the matter, and when he learned that Na Ke'er had been killed, he hurriedly asked Ozil and his accompanying guards to hurry to the place where the accident occurred, and arrest the murderer. Ozil knew very well that since Na Keer was the most staunch opponent of Chesang's ascension to the Jokhang Temple, once this person was killed, Na Chesang would be the biggest suspect, and if he caught the murderer quickly, he would be able to clear Chesang's charges.
"You two go up and tie him up!" Ozil swung his chin at the two men behind him, and two full bows were aimed at Gui and his dog. Gui didn't resist, he knew very well that even if he could dodge, it would be difficult for the dog to escape the arrows at this distance, and he couldn't risk the lives of his closest companions.
There was a butter lamp lit in the corner of the room, which looked a little dim, and Nuo Yan drank butter tea, his face was already much better, but the remnants of panic could still be seen between his eyebrows. Chesan on the side didn't speak, just quietly looked at Ah Gui who was kneeling on the ground, and beside him lay the corpse of Na Ke'er, and the light shone on the deceased's iron-blue face, like a wax figure.
"Tell me, who are you? Why did you have an argument with the Khor Lama? And why did you kill him? Chesan's voice was not loud, but it was full of power: "To be honest, I don't want to get the floor dirty here, it's a lot of effort to clean it!" “
Ah Gui looked at the lama in front of him, from the appearance he was no different from the lamas he had seen, they all said red robes, yellow hats, but those eyes were like black onyx, emitting inorganic light under the light, and he couldn't see any emotion, he immediately understood that what the other party just said was by no means to scare himself, and his origin was difficult to hide, just go to the handyman's residence to check carefully, and he will find that he has only come here in the past few days.
"My name is Ah Gui, and I am a spy sent by Dajin, and my boss asked me to contact this lama to gather information on the former right-wing ministries. But he asked me to help him kill a man, and then he fled, and I didn't want to do it, and I couldn't get out, so I had to kill him! ”
"Murder? Kill whom? ”
"Chesang, he said that this person is a lackey of the Han people, and he wants to be the first seat of the Jokhang Temple!"
"I see!" Chesang glanced at Nuoyan on the side, Nuoyan's body trembled slightly, lowered his head, Chesang picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and continued to ask: "Then why don't you agree to him, he should be considered your companion, right?" ”
"He looked like crazy at the time, and going to assassinate with this kind of person will only send him to death together, I don't want to die!"
"Then I'll have to let him die?" Chesan suddenly laughed: "You are a smart person, is there any evidence on Ke'er that can prove that he is from the Jurchen side?" ”
"No!" Gui pointed to the wall behind Chesan and said, "There's a little closet there, it should have what you want!" ”
Chesang nodded, turned around and walked to the closet, and after a while he took out a stack of letters and a few miscellaneous items from it, and after careful inspection, there were several letterheads with the Houjin side, which contained a lot of information about the temple and the various departments of the right wing, many of which had the seal of Na Keer, or written by himself, which was already ironclad, and he was not afraid of gossip. Rao is very deep in the city of Chesan, and he can't help but be overjoyed. Seeing it in his eyes, Nuo Yan on the side became more and more frightened, leaned over and apologized: "Senior Brother Qiesang, that Ke'er turned out to be a Jurchen man's meticulous work, and he did so many things secretly behind his back, it was really, it was really-"
"Senior Brother Nuoyan, you don't know anything about these things, and I can't blame you!" Chesang laughed: "You are a gentleman who treats people sincerely and is a gentleman, how do you know that there are such treacherous people around you!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Nuoyan didn't expect Chesang to let himself go so easily, he had been against him for the past few days, but he didn't expect that the other party would let him go so easily this time, he was really a gentleman who repaid his grievances with virtue, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Senior Brother Chesang, I've been embarrassed with you these days, I'm really sorry, I can't imagine that you are today, I will definitely be-"
"Needless to say, I understand!" Chesang smiled: "I know that you are doing this for the Jokhang Temple, not for yourself, please give me more advice in the temple affairs in the future!" At this point, he walked over to the corpse of Na Ke'er, groped around for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, what's going on!" Nuoyan heard it next to him, hurriedly walked over, also looked down, and asked, "Senior Brother Chesang, what's wrong!" As soon as he spoke, he felt a sharp pain in his heart, and looked down to see a knife stuck in his left chest, which he usually carried on his body to cut meat.
"This, this, why?" Noyan raised his head and looked at Chessan, his eyes full of incomprehension.
"No why?" Chesan still had a smile on his face: "It wasn't me who killed you, it was Na Ke'er, you found out that he was a Jurchen man, and in a hurry, he killed you and fled overnight!" ”
"That Kerr? Fled? Noyan's heart was confused, he wanted to tear and scream, he wanted to struggle, but the person whose heart was pierced did not live long, and soon he fell to the ground and died.
"Ozil!" Chesan turned around and ordered his subordinates, "You imprison this person and clean up this place, we haven't been here tonight, do you understand?" ”
"Yes, we haven't been here!" Ozir's voice was full of enthusiasm, and the momentary decision of Fang Caisang made him admire. Chesang knew very well that his two biggest enemies in the Jokhang Temple were Na Ke'er and Noyan, but because the two of them were quite popular in the temple, he could not solve the problem by physically destroying them. After all, if these two people are accidental, the biggest suspect is Chesang, even if the monks in the temple are forced to say it, there will definitely be resentment behind their backs, which is a great hidden danger to Chesang's future ambitions. Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and face the provocation of the two, spending a lot of effort and money to buy other people, and trying to isolate the two. But in this way, even if Chesan ascends to the first seat, he still faces the challenge of these two people, and he can only slowly figure it out. However, Fang Cai Qiesang keenly seized the fleeting opportunity and planted the killing of Noyan on Na Ke'er, so that the supporters of both sides would hate each other and solve the hidden danger in one fell swoop, which was really beautiful. (To be continued.) )