Chapter 159: Choice
Xu Yang didn't think about it so much at all, and saw that the father and daughter in front of him were a little stunned, so he approached Huo Qingtong and whispered in her ear: "The Koran is no longer in the hands of those dart masters, and you are chasing it indiscriminately, but you are getting farther and farther away from the target.
Although these words were light, they sounded like a thunderbolt in Huo Qingtong's ears.
Huo Qingtong couldn't take care of Xu Yang's slightly frivolous actions at this time, in her heart, the "Koran" was more important than anything, it was a holy relic in the clan, even if Xu Yang wanted to exchange the "Koran" for her at this time, she would not hesitate to agree, not to mention just some ridiculous words?
Huo Qingtong bowed: "Please also ask Mr. Xu for some advice, if you can recover the holy relics in the clan, my tribe will be forever and forever grateful for it!"
Xu Yang said with a smile: "That's not necessary, it's just that this matter needs to be discussed in detail, there are many people here, and I don't want to leak the heavenly secrets, if I miss the holy relics because of this, wouldn't it be a mistake to be inconsiderate?"
Huo Qingtong tapped his head, not to mention anything else, he had just heard a big change at first glance, and he couldn't control his mood, which was indeed a big disappointment.
So he whispered a few words to Mu Zhuolun, and the two of them led the way and found a secluded place in the backyard of the inn, and then sat down with Xu Yang to talk in detail.
Mu Zhuolun said solemnly: "If my tribe can find the holy relics with Mr. guidance, it is natural to thank Mr., but just now Mr. seems to know the situation in my tribe well, but he said that the holy relics are no longer in the hands of those people, I don't know how Mr. knows? ”
Xu Yang said with a smile: "I don't dare to give advice, let me ask you, what is the use of these dart masters who have robbed your clan of holy relics in vain?"
Mu Zhuolun was speechless for a while, indeed, they regarded the Koran as a holy relic, guarding it like a jewel, but in the eyes of outsiders, this is just a broken book, to put it mildly, it is too old to use it to pad the corner of the table, and it can't be sold for any price, why did they come to snatch it, and then they had to travel thousands of miles to bring it back to the Central Plains?
"Could it be that they are being used to blackmail my tribe?" Mu Zhuolun reluctantly came up with an answer, but he obviously couldn't justify himself.
Huo Qingtong disagreed with this conclusion: "If they want to blackmail our tribe, why should they bring it back to the Central Plains? Directly make conditions in Lanzhou City, or find an intermediary to negotiate with our tribe, although we are poor, we will redeem the holy relics by smashing pots and selling iron." ”
Xu Yang clapped his hands and laughed: "The girls of the Huo family are really good-hearted, and they are just some fighting men on the rivers and lakes, if they are not used by others, how can they want to rob the holy relics of your tribe?
Huo Qingtong and Mu Zhuolun thought for a moment, and said almost in unison: "General Zhaohui?"
Xu Yang smiled and nodded: "It's this person." ”
The look of worry on Huo Qingtong's face became more and more intense, if this matter involved the generals of the imperial court, I am afraid it would not be as easy to solve as he had thought before.
Zhaohui was ordered by Qianlong to come to the northwest to quell the rebellion, and although the tribe to which he belonged had not directly raised the anti-flag like other Hui tribes, it was also very inclined to those tribes who were forced to rebel, and often provided help in logistics and soldiers.
If Zhao Hui noticed these actions, but ordered someone to snatch the holy relics in the clan, and threatened him with the holy relics in the future, asking his clan to raise his sword against those rebels, then could Daddy refuse?
If they refuse, then the holy relics will be destroyed, and the father and the whole clan will become sinners, and if they do not refuse, it will be impossible for them to stab their own people.
"Big traitor!" Huo Qingtong scolded indignantly: "In the future, he will not die well, and Allah will punish him!"
Mu Zhuolun also took this into account, but his city was deeper than his daughter, and he knew that this kind of verbal curse would not help, Xu Yang's analysis was indeed very reasonable, but in this way, how to retrieve the holy relics was even more difficult.
After thinking about it, thousands of strategies flashed in Mu Zhuolun's mind, but none of them were available, how could this be good?
"Please also ask Mr. Xu to show me how to retrieve the Koran, if it is successful, my tribe will never forget Mr.'s great kindness!" After that, Mu Zhuolun actually puffed out and knelt down for Xu Yang.
Xu Yang was frightened at this time, he came from the later generations where atheism was popularized, so he naturally couldn't understand the importance of the Koran to the Hui Department, he just wanted some benefits, but he didn't expect Mu Zhuolun, as the patriarch of the tribe, to make such a big gift to himself, how can this be done?
Hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man Mu, and read in his mouth: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, come here today to understand the great trouble of your department, don't you dare to be such a big gift to the old man, this is to torture me!"
Huo Qingtong also came to help her father, and inadvertently touched the back of Xu Yang's hand with her jade hand, although she was also a child of the rivers and lakes, she rarely had direct contact with men, and she blushed for a while.
It's a pity that Xu Yang's mind was on Mu Zhuolun at this time, and he didn't notice it, and he missed a good scenery in vain.
Mu Zhuolun was forcibly helped up by the two, and naturally he would not insist on kneeling, just now he was just excited, but now that he came back to his senses, he was quite embarrassed.
"Thank you Mr. Xu for your understanding, Mr. did not hesitate to give advice, for the old man and others to guide the maze, the salute is naturally due, but at this time it is a matter of the survival of the clan, and please Mr. as soon as possible, but I dare not delay any longer. ”
Xu Yang nodded and said: "This matter is very important, and it will be saved in the next nature, but before I say how to deal with it, there is still a question for Patriarch Mu to answer." ”
Mu Zhuolun saw that he said solemnly, and hurriedly said: "The old man naturally has to answer questions, and he doesn't dare to delay Mr. ”
Xu Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not to delay me anything, it's just that the stakes are very important at this time, if your clan can't make up your mind, it's just in vain to say anything else." ”
Huo Qingtong had already come back to his senses at this time, and whispered to Xu Yang: "Please also ask Mr. to give me advice!"
"Now that the Qing court has taken action against your subordinates, I want to ask, do you want to continue to be obedient to the people, or... Did you just take the opportunity to do the opposite?"
Huo Qingtong asked with some confusion: "What about being a Shunmin?
In her opinion, this matter does not need to be decided so quickly, although the Hui people have always been loyal and upright, but they do not lack the experience of riding the wall, they can not oppose nature, if they are reversed, there is no turning back from the bow, and the current power of the Qing court can really be said to be a crushing advantage for the Huijiang departments.
Don't look at the rebellions of the various departments in Xinjiang over the years, it is really because the Qing court did not take them seriously, if it really annoyed Qianlong, poured the strength of the whole country, and killed the army, then this level of rebellion will soon be quelled.
When the time comes, it is not uncommon for all the tribes involved in the rebellion to be exterminated.