Chapter 7: Go to War (1)
Zhu Yinglong never thought that he would have a hero to save beauty. After washing the girl he carried back, he was not only a beautiful woman, but also so beautiful that Zhu Yinglong's heart was about to burst out. She was inferior to the Tian sisters at home, and even more beautiful, because judging from age, the girl he saved should not be more than fifteen years old. When she develops completely, it is probably not an exaggeration to describe it as a charming and beautiful woman.
"Girl, what's your name? Where did you fall into such a deep cave?" Zhu Yinglong asked gently at the girl who woke up.
The girl looked at Zhu Yinglong with a hint of eyes, without saying a word, with obvious fear in her eyes, which made people unable to help but care for her and protect her at first sight. A string in Zhu Yinglong's heart moved for no reason, and an inexplicable feeling arose in her heart.
Xiong Tingbi suddenly whispered in Zhu Yinglong's ear: "Prince, this woman's identity is not simple, she seems to be a noble wife and concubine of the Later Jin Dynasty."
Zhu Yinglong's heart felt as if he was hit hard by a hammer, and he almost lost his mind. He asked in a low voice: "General Xiong, how did you see that? I see that she is only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and she is married at such a young age?"
"The prince will marry a princess at less than fifteen years old. People like Mongolian and Jurchens have very short lifespans. In order to continue the family line, there are more women who get married at the age of 11 or 2. Although my Ming Dynasty is better, it also stipulates that women must get married at the age of sixteen. After this age, they have to pay taxes." Xiong Tingbi explained in a low voice.
Zhu Yinglong stood like a wooden stake where he could not have imagined that there would be such a strange law in the Ming Dynasty. It seems that he needs to study the "Ming Dynasty Law".
Xiong Hu was a little better. After all, she was a martial arts practitioner and recovered quickly. She walked in wrapped in a felt blanket. Seeing her father and Zhu Yinglong on the side, she didn't know what to say, she said in confusion: "Dad, what are you muttering?"
"No, nothing, we are asking what origin of the girl you saved." Xiong Tingbi hurriedly replied.
"Dad, you are smarter than Li Niang on weekdays. What's wrong with this today? Didn't you see that people can't understand what we said?" Xiong Hu complained.
Can't speak? Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Tingbi looked at each other, sighed at the same time, and said, "Why didn't we expect that, I asked so many questions in vain!" Then they opened the tent together and walked out.
"Prince, this woman seems to be of great origin!" Xiong Tingbi said to Zhu Yinglong in a low voice as he walked.
"General Xiong, who do you think you can marry such a beautiful woman as your wife in the Later Jin Dynasty?" Zhu Yinglong asked.
"At least it's also a captain!" Xiong Tingbi thought for a while.
"I have a doubt that Dorgon has a great relationship with this girl." Zhu Yinglong suddenly stopped the trail. Zhu Yinglong thought about it and thought that something was wrong. Historically, this battle of Liaoyuan was a sneak attack. Suddenly, he was at the city. Nurhaci relied on his own people and did not rely on the power of the Mongols. Therefore, Dorgon appeared in the territory of the Mongols not for the so-called alliance to attack the Ming Dynasty. So what was he doing in such a hurry? Judging from the bodies of the four dead Mongolians, he should follow the situation.
The Mongols are related to, to be precise, to be more precise, to the Mongols who were hostile to the Later Jin Dynasty. A noble wife and concubine of the Later Jin Dynasty was actually with several Mongols. And according to Xiong Hu, those Mongols should not be friends or relatives of the woman they saved, otherwise the Mongols who fell in the cave would not push Xiong Hu down the cave with the last breath. It was a deserted bear-catching cave, surrounded by wild mountains and ridges, which obviously meant to kill the people in the cave, so he vaguely guessed that the identity of the woman they rescued was not simple.
"The prince means that Dorgon came for the woman we saved." Xiong Tingbi immediately remembered the cloth strips of the cavalry of the Later Jin Zheng Huangqi who were scraped off by branches at the first place to find blood.
"If Dorgon can bring people to chase him, at least this woman's husband's status in the Later Jin Dynasty should only be higher than Dorgon, and not lower than Dorgon." Zhu Yinglong said with certainty.
"Who could it be? Nurhaci has fifteen sons. Except for a few young ones, the other one is not a group of wives and concubines. There are at least ten people who are about the same age as this woman. It goes without saying that they are beautiful. Moreover, we now know nothing about the outside world, so it is difficult to judge who the woman's husband is." Xiong Tingbi said.
"Yes, who could it be?" Zhu Yinglong also lowered his head and muttered to himself. In fact, he had guessed one in his heart, but he really didn't dare to think about it because it was almost impossible. The history he knew didn't write this page at all.
"Prince, let's not think too much. If we meet Dorgon again, we will be clear when we recognize him." Xiong Tingbi said.
"Returning the person back to him, there is no such cheap thing in the world!" Zhu Yinglong said without thinking.
Xiong Tingbi was stunned. Could it be that he would still leave people behind? In this situation, if someone knew about such a few people, would he still have the ability to keep them?
"General Xiong, you will ask Li Niang to change into our clothes and dress her up later, so that she can't be recognized, and then issue a ban order to everyone. If anyone tells the news of us saving this woman, military law will be carried out!" Zhu Yinglong turned around in place and ordered Xiong Tingbi.
It seems that Zhu Yinglong is determined to keep this woman, but it is too dangerous to do so. He is simply trying his best to persuade him: "Prince, I will be worried about doing this..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Yinglong and said, "I have a sense of responsibility for this matter. General Xiong should do it according to my instructions!"
Xiong Tingbi walked away helplessly. He saw from Zhu Yinglong's extremely decisive eyes that no matter how many reasons he said, he would not let him change this decision, and he didn't know whether they would meet Dorgon again.
Zhu Yinglong faced the dark night sky, not knowing what he was thinking. Right or wrong is just a matter of thought. I hope he is not wrong.
Zhu Yinglong walked into the tent of the woman he saved again. Xiong Hu was covering her with a quilt when he suddenly saw Zhu Yinglong coming in and whispered: "She is asleep, don't speak out!"
Zhu Yinglong nodded and said softly: "Li Niang, come out, I have something to say to you."
The two walked out of the tent, Xiong Hu stopped and said, "Prince, just say something if you have something to do."
Zhu Yinglong glanced at the camp behind him intentionally or unintentionally and said, "It's too cold here, let's go to the fire."
Xiong Hu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Li Niang, I have assigned an important task!" Zhu Yinglong said.
"Prince, please tell me, Li Niang will do her best to complete it!" Li Niang replied formulaicly, with no emotion on her face. Now it seems like a tool. Zhu Yinglong felt a sudden pain in his heart. It was all blamed for himself. Now it is not the time to solve the problem between the two. He said: "It is actually not a difficult task. Just one. Look at this woman who was rescued by us. Remember, you can't leak any secrets about us."
"Li Niang knows." Xiong Hu's eyes fluctuated significantly, but in the end he calmed down.
Chapter completed!