"Yes, yes!" Nei Qi subconsciously nodded again and again, and then felt that something was wrong, and wanted to change his words but didn't dare, so he could only carefully spy on Liu Cheng's face. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chesan smiled: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable, you used that hand to catch the mouse?" ”

"Right hand!" Hauge subconsciously raised his right hand.

"My lord, cut off his right hand over there!" Chessan's gaze turned to Liu Cheng.

"It's too much, just cut off his thumb!"

As soon as the words fell, Hao Shaoqi stepped forward, stretched out his left hand to grab Haoge's right hand, and pulled out the dagger at his waist with the other hand. Hauge struggled desperately, but the long hours of starvation and captivity had greatly damaged his physical strength, Hao Shaoqi easily subdued him, broke his clenched fists, and pressed his thumb on the wine table in front of Neqi.

"Ahh With a heart-rending scream, Hauge rolled on the ground with his right hand in pain, blood was dripping in front of Neqi, and one thumb was in front of the wine glass, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Come on, take him down and bandage him!" With Liu Cheng's voice, two soldiers came in and carried Hauge down. Immediately, Liu Cheng's gaze turned to Neiqi: "Zalut Khan!" ”

Liu Cheng's voice seemed to have whipped Neiqi, he jumped up from the side of the wine table, knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground, crawled forward a few steps, kissed the ground in front of Liu Cheng with his lips a few times, and then raised his hands and said: "Great Jinong, the incarnation of the Great Black Heavenly God, the righteous father of the Great Khan, and the honorable chief soldier, is there anything to command your faithful servant?" ”

"The Governor asked the official to let you go back, so that you can tell all the ministries about my magnanimity, so that they can abandon the darkness and turn to the light! Your intentions are good, but I thought it was too early! Speaking of this, Liu Cheng poured himself a glass of wine: "They are not like you, they only know the benevolence of the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, if they just let you go back, I am afraid that they will mistakenly think that my Ming is weak and can be bullied, Neiqi, is what the official said right?" ”

Nezi now understood how Fang Hauge felt, and he didn't know how to answer, so he could only remain silent. Because if he said yes, it would be tantamount to admitting that releasing himself would be considered weak and bullying by other ministries, but he didn't dare to say no, lest he anger Liu Cheng and let him go to the dungeon to be with Haoge. The only thing he could do was kowtow again and again, like pounding garlic.

"Your Excellency!" Chesang stood up and bowed to Liu Cheng: "According to Genghis Khan's Zasa: whoever draws a bow to his master must cut off the thumbs of both hands; Those who wield swords and spears will have their hands cut off; Whoever curses and insults his master must cut out his tongue; Whoever casts a vicious look at his master must gouge out his eyes; Those who knew about the conspiracy against their masters but did not tell them cut off their ears and poured melted lead into their ear holes. You are the adoptive father of the Great Khan, the venerable Jinong, the eagle who leads millions of steppe people in place of the Great Khan, the reincarnation of the Great Black Celestial, and the indisputable master of Neiqi. And Neqi, as the Khan of the Zarut, the Mongol, followed the Khan of the Jurchens to plunder the livestock of his compatriots, brandished swords and spears, bent bows and arrows at you, and offended Zaza, and you should cut off his thumbs and his hands and the captives of Zarut, gouge out his eyes, cut off his tongue and ears, pour lead in his ears, hang the severed hands around their necks, string them with ropes, and drive them to the steppe, so that everyone can see what will happen to those who offend Zaza! ”

"Don't, don't do it, Lord Jinong, I'll do whatever you say, please!" Neqi was completely crushed by Chesang's words, if he still had some courage to rely on Yang Sichang's orders to resist Liu Cheng in his heart before, Fang Cai Haoge's encounter had completely shattered this courage. He knew very well in his heart that Hauge's identity was ten thousand times more important than his own, and this eldest son of Bogda Chechen Khan, the first heir to the most powerful empire in the north, had turned into a mess of mud in the hands of this Liu Zongbing, and just a few minutes ago, he had cut off the thumb of Hauge's right hand in front of him, which meant that Hauge could no longer shoot arrows and almost impossible to use weapons. Obviously, Liu Cheng did this to warn himself that as long as he was unsatisfactory in the slightest, he would not hesitate to do what he had done to Hauge again.

"Will you do anything?" Liu Cheng smiled, his gaze swept over Neiqi's eyes, ears, and finally his hands. Nezi's bare skin felt a tingling pain, as if it had been burned by something, and he subconsciously lowered his head and tucked his hand into his sleeve to avoid the magical gaze. "Yes, anything will be done, just spare me, and my people!" His voice was low, as if he was muttering to himself.

"Good!" Liu Cheng laughed: "I'm not an unreasonable person, as long as you promise me three conditions, you and your people can go back safely, and even you can trade with Daming like in the past!" ”

"When you go back, can you still trade?" The spirit of Neiqi was suddenly brought up by Liu Cheng, and for the vast majority of Mongolian chieftains in the Ming Dynasty, it was almost synonymous with the Ming Dynasty trade and Suici. For the Ming dynasty, the only competitive commodity the Mongols were able to provide was horses, while for the Mongols they lacked almost everything: grain, cloth, tea, salt, and so on. Obviously, under normal free trade conditions, soon the Mongols would have exhausted all their assets and become debt slaves of the Ming State, which is why soon after the Manchu Qing conquered the Mongols, the Jin merchants who followed the Qing army into the steppe quickly pressed the Mongolian herdsmen from top to bottom, so that today's history books of Outer Mongolia are full of accusations against Han merchants in the Qing Dynasty. But the Ming did not have enough force to secure the claims of the Han merchants, and the result of a completely free market was that trade soon became unsustainable - the Mongols did not have enough goods to exchange, and they could not leave the goods of the Central Plains, and the result was inevitably a return to the old way - the border war broke out again. In order to avoid the above, the tribute trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol tribes was actually an unequal trade - the value of the horses provided by the Mongols was much lower than the silk, tea, grain and other materials and silver that the Ming Dynasty gave back. For the Mongol tribes, this trade was also extremely profitable, and the Ming Dynasty often gave the right to trade tribute to the more important Mongol tribes as a condition for wooing.

"Thank you, sir, but I don't know what the conditions of the adults are?"

"My request is simple! First, you must admit that Abnai is the Great Khan of the Mongols, the Zarut Department is a part of the Great Khan, and I am Jinong! ”

Listening to Liu Cheng's first request, Nei Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this request was okay. The great achievements established by Genghis Khan and Dayan Khan have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Mongolian tribes, and it is an indisputable consensus that the descendants of the Erjin family will hold the position of Great Khan. Although the various ministries have fought with Lin Dan Khan, but no one dares to challenge the status of the Mongolian Great Khan, the only one who dares to do so is a Jurchen - Huang Taiji, although Neiqi admits that Huang Taiji is Bogda Chechen Khan, but just out of interest, deep down he still thinks that the descendants of Lin Dan Khan are the right candidates for the Great Khan, and now it is in the hands of Liu Cheng, and he is very happy to agree.

"That's natural, Abnai is a descendant of Lin Dan Khan, and since Lin Dan Khan is dead, he naturally has the right to inherit the throne. Zalut is a lineage of the left-wing Khalkha Wanhu, and it is naturally a part of the Great Khan! You avenged the first Khan, killed the lost rabbit, and supported the Great Khan to succeed to the throne, and served as Jinong! ”

"Good!" Liu Cheng tapped his palm twice, and after a while, a wet nurse walked in the outer room, holding a sleepy-eyed child in his arms, Liu Cheng took the child from the wet nurse's hand, held it in his arms, and said to Neiqi with a smile: "Since you have recognized that Abunai is your Great Khan, then kneel down first, and set the distinction between the upper and lower!" ”

Neqi is now in the hands of people, life and death depend on people's snorts, where do you dare to say more, hurriedly got up and walked to Liu Cheng, kneeling down to the child, the child is not afraid of life, although he has fallen asleep and was woken up, he does not cry, but looks at Neqi with a pair of dark eyes, a reckless man, a smart and clever appearance, so that Neiqi can't help but secretly think that Dayan Khan's lineage has gradually weakened since three generations, isn't it that the revival of the Jin clan has fallen on this child?

Seeing Neiqi's obedient salute, Liu Cheng's face became a lot better, he handed Abunai back to his nurse, and said with a smile: "You have also seen that the Great Khan is still young, but there is no brother to rely on by his side, although I can still assist him now, but when he grows up, I am already old, if there are few trustworthy people around him, how can I sit firmly in the position of the Great Khan?" Nezi, do you have a child who is a little older than Abney, send him to the city of naturalization, I let him study, shoot, and ride horses with Abunai, and now he is Abnay's companion, and when he is older, he will be his right and left hand! ”

He's asking me for a hostage! Neqi immediately understood the truth hidden under Liu Cheng's friendly words, and he felt a wave of unhappiness in his heart, but what could he do. As long as he hesitates slightly, the other party can throw himself into the dungeon and be with Hauge, and the blood stains on the wine case in front of him seem to remind him of his situation. He heard his voice very cheerfully: "This is easy to say, I have two children, one is three years older than the Great Khan, and the other is four years older, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Very well, don't worry, I'll treat them like my own children! But I'm still short of capable young men, and if you have older sons and send two to me, I'll take a good look at them!" ”

Liu Cheng smiled happily, at least he looked happy, but he seemed to be laughing when he ordered Hauge's thumb to be cut off just now. Nezi tried his best to look honored, and in his heart he told himself that as long as there were women and children, he could have another life anyway.

"Then let the second and third children come, one eighteen, and one sixteen, riding horses, archery, and wrestling are all good young men."

"Good, good!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Then please send someone back immediately and ask them to send the child as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes, yes, I'll write later!" Although he knew that Liu Cheng would never let him go before the hostages were delivered, Neqi was still a little disappointed, but he tried his best to hide his disappointment under a smile.

"As for the last condition, it's a bit troublesome!" The smile disappeared from Liu Cheng's face, he poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it all: "We Han people have a saying, 'There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country!'" 'Since Abneh is the Great Khan of all Mongolia, then what Bogda Chechen Khan can't be, don't you say? Nezi Khan? ”

Neqi hurriedly explained: "Yes, yes, that's nature, Lord Jinong, I was also forced by the situation at that time, and the Emperor Taiji soldiers pressed the border, if I didn't-"

"I understand this!" Liu Cheng waved his hand and interrupted Neqi's explanation: "I'm not an unreasonable person, the matter has passed, I naturally won't blame you for this anymore, but in the future-"

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will immediately cut off relations with the Jurchens when I go back, and serve the Great Khan wholeheartedly!" Speaking of this, Nei Qi glanced at Liu Cheng and added, "And you, Lord Jinong!" ”

"Huh!" Liu Cheng smiled noncommittally, and Chesang on the side said with a smile: "Neqi Khan said well, but I want to add, not after I go back, but now!" ”

"Now?" Neqi was stunned for a moment and asked, "But how do I cut off relations with the Jurchens here now?" Is it to write a letter to break off relations with the Jurchens? ”

"Hahaha, Nezi Khan, you really know how to tell jokes!" Chesang said with a smile: "I'm not a scholar in the Ming Kingdom, what kind of trick do I play to break off diplomatic relations." You are Taiji on the grassland, and you must follow the rules of the grassland when you break off the relationship! As far as I know, your eldest son's daughter-in-law is the daughter of a Jurchen chieftain, is that right? ”

Neqi's figure trembled slightly, and his head bowed: "I'll write to him to drive his wife back." ”

Chesang sneered: "Nezi Khan said he was laughing? Isn't it a fool to drive people back here, and when you go back, you will humbly invite people back? ”

"So, what do you say?"

"It's very simple, put the people in our hands, so that I will believe that you are determined to submit to Lord Jinong!"

Neqi raised his head in despair and cast a look of help to Liu Cheng, but although Liu Cheng was smiling, his eyes were as cold as ice, and for a while Qi wanted to know if Liu Cheng had cried in his life, and if so, was it also ice that flowed out?

Liu Cheng coughed twice, and his eyes began to wander, and those who knew him well knew that this was a sign that he was starting to get impatient. Chesang hurriedly smiled and said, "Nezi Khan, I know that this matter is very difficult for you, after all, that woman is the mother of your eldest grandson. In this case, you go back and think about it for a while, and then reply when you think it through! (To be continued.) )