Late at night a few days later, I returned to the prison camp in King He's tent.
Hedari sat in the prison cell, looking up to the sky, motionless as if he had lost his soul.
That day, Hedari followed Khan into the back tent. Before he could say anything, he was suddenly knocked unconscious by a heavy blow. When he woke up again, his father was dead, but the murder weapon was in his hand.
In his hands.
After waking up, Hedari faced questions from his tribe. He, who was already clumsy in speech, could not answer any questions.
Every day he was locked in the cage, Hedari tried to explain everything, but with little success, and the people's trust in him became less and less.
Hedari looked up to the sky and sighed.
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the corner of the prison camp.
Not long after, someone dug a passage under the wooden wall and drilled directly out of the ground.
Hedari watched all this in shock, until he saw a woman running through the tunnel, and a smile finally appeared on his face.
"Embroiderer!" Hedari shouted in a low voice: "Why are you here?"
Regardless of the mud all over her body, Jinxiu Niang approached the prison and said to Hedari: "I will let you out now."
Several guards fetched tools and pried open the locks of the prison cage.
Hedari walked out of the prison and hugged Jinxiu Niang, his eyes full of joy and gratitude.
Jinxiu Niang said in a deep voice: "The horses are ready in the back yard outside the camp. You can leave the king's tent with me immediately."
Hedari was stunned and said quickly: "I can't leave. If I leave, I will be running away in fear of crime. This will confirm my crime."
Jinxiu Niang stamped her feet and said anxiously: "How long has it been and you still want to prove your innocence?! Your brother Yi Dijian has already convinced the nobles of the Huihe branch and plans to hold a trial next month with the purpose of depriving
You will be put to death as the crown prince."
Hedari: "Yidijian cannot deceive everyone! The Zhu Xie family and the Tuohe family are all on good terms with me, and they will support me!"
Jin Xiu Niang: "The members of Zhu Xie's family are just outsiders, and they are the most attuned to the wind. As for the Tuohe family and some other nobles, although they want to support you, after all, the Khan is dead, and you are the most suspicious of them.
I don’t dare to say anything... Husband, listen to the embroiderer’s words, leave the green hills without worrying about having no firewood, we can only run away now.”
Hedari looked painful: "If I escape, I will be regarded as a murderer for the rest of my life."
Jin Xiu Niang: "We are single and weak, but we can go to Shuofang to bring in reinforcements. Shuofang Jiedu has a good personal relationship with us, and he will come forward to find out everything. If he can't make the decision, then we will go to Liangcheng. The Prime Minister will definitely not
Abandon us!"
Hedari opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly noisy voices came from outside the door.
"Come quickly! Someone is robbing the prison!"
Upon hearing this, Jinxiu Niang grabbed Hedari's shoulders and said pitifully: "My husband is the prince of Huihe. If you die here, there will be no chance of you turning around. Go south to find Datang for help. This is
Your only chance to redress your injustice!"
Hedari finally stopped hesitating and nodded heavily: "Okay, I will listen to you, let's go to Shuofang!"
Hedari took the weapon, took his wife, led a group of guards, rushed out of the gate of the prison camp, and ran quickly towards the back yard.
Along the way, more and more Uighur soldiers came to block him.
Jinxiu Niang took off the bow and arrow from her back, spotted an enemy running at the front, shot him down with one arrow, and shouted to the people next to her: "Protect my husband!"
Hedari and the others fought and retreated, and finally arrived at the backcourt of the outer edge.
After getting on his horse, Hedari found his wife lagging behind. He was anxious and shouted: "Embroiderer!"
Jinxiu Niang heard the cry, fired her arrows, threw down her bow and arrows, grabbed the horse's reins, turned over and tried to get on the horse.
At that flash of lightning, a stream of arrows streaked across the night sky and shot directly into Jinxiu Niang's heart from behind, causing her to scream in agony.
When Hedari saw this, he was extremely frightened and furious. He urged his horses to drive away the enemy soldiers, came to Jinxiu Niang's side, held up the shaky latter, and dragged her onto the back of his own horse.
Seeing more and more enemy soldiers around him, Hedari did not dare to fight, so he led the remaining guards and quickly left the backfield.
At the same time, in the king's tent of Huihe, Shijian held a banquet to entertain a special guest from afar.
While drinking, Yi Dijian looked at the unattractive envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty sitting next to him and said, "Everyone says that the Tang people are cunning and cunning. Now that I have seen it, it is true."
The Southern Tang envoy cupped his hands and said: "The Southern Tang and the second prince became allies, and each got what they needed. Now they are using a small plan to help the second prince ascend to the throne. How can we use the word treachery?"
Yi Dijian said with a smile: "The Southern Tang Dynasty's envoy came and went to He, and there were only twenty people in total. The group of assassins under your command didn't seem to have anything special at first, but unexpectedly they were all very skilled and made great achievements. That's it.
Get up, I do owe you a favor."
Envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty: "It's natural for allies to help each other. It's just... how do you think about the things we discussed before?"
Yi Dijian's eyes flashed, and he asked with a half-smile: "Are you talking about Uighur using troops against the Northern Tang Dynasty?"
The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty: "The Northern Tang Dynasty now controls thousands of miles of territory and has over a million elite soldiers. If we don't work together at this time to fight against the enemy, I'm afraid there will be only one outcome in the future, and that is Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms.
We no longer have a place to stand."
Yi Dijian rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I have not yet sat on the throne of Khan, and there are still many Huihe tribes who have not surrendered to me. I am afraid it will be difficult to send troops."
The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty cursed in his heart and said: "Not only the Uighurs, the Southern Tang Dynasty has sent many envoys to Tubo, Dashi, Geluolu and other places, as long as they are willing to use troops against the Northern Tang Dynasty."
, everyone can share the population, wealth and land in the future."
Yi Dijian: "Then tell me, what benefits can the Uighur people get?"
The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty took a deep breath and said: "The Uighurs will march south to Shuofang and then eastward to conquer Hebei. All the land, population and wealth captured will belong to the Uighurs."
Yi Dijian shook his head and said: "Shuofang is similar to Mobei. They are both bitter and cold places with not much oil and water at all. As for Hebei, it has experienced several years of war and the population and wealth have been exhausted... You Tang people use these two
He gave me a piece of land, but he was very good at planning."
The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty frowned and said, "Then according to the second prince's wishes, what do the Uighurs want?"
Yi Dijian stretched out a finger: "I have long heard that Chang'an is the largest city in the world, with a population of millions and a mountain of wealth. If you want me to send troops, then you must agree to me and allow Huihe to enter Chang'an and plunder for seven days.
"
The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty was shocked: "Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, how can it be allowed to be plundered by Huihe?!"
Yi Dijian folded his arms in front of his chest and looked at the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty calmly: "I have put the conditions here. As for whether you agree or not, you can decide for yourself."
The Southern Tang envoy gritted his teeth and hesitated.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Special protection! Someone has robbed the prison! The prince has escaped!"
When Yi Dijian heard this, he was stunned on the spot.
After a while, Yi Dijian was furious, kicked over the desk, pulled out his saber, and strode out of the tent.
Outside the tent, Yi Dijian's roar resounded endlessly: "Everyone mount their horses and chase me! Even if we turn the grassland over, we must capture that Hedari guy!"