After the crisis was resolved, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and King Xiang Hongjing bid farewell to the Emperor of Wei and returned to their respective tents.
At this time, Li Zheng revealed to Emperor Wei the reason why Zhao Hongrun immediately returned to the Qingyang Tribe. This made Emperor Wei, who had always looked strange after accepting the gift of the two rabbits, look much better.
"You mean, Yuanli is injured?"
"Yes, Your Majesty... According to His Highness Prince Su, Prince Liu was shot with a crossbow by a horse thief before he died. Although it was only a superficial wound, he was still unconscious due to excessive bleeding."
…
Emperor Wei frowned when he heard this.
After all, from the situation described by Zhao Hongrun, we can know that his brother Zhao Yuanli, the sixth king, was lucky this time. The crossbow arrow only hit the shoulder blade, not the vital part.
But depending on the circumstances at the time, what if he was shot in the head?
If this is true, I believe that Wei will lose a member of the royal family on this land.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wei felt angry in his heart, clenched his fists and said sullenly: "I want that Huan Hu, dead or alive!"
"Yes!" Li Zheng nodded and responded.
"In addition, call the Chenggao army to come and escort you."
"This..." Li Zheng hesitated after hearing this: "Your Majesty, this move may attract criticism... If the Chenggao army is summoned to escort him, I am afraid that the Yi people here will be suspicious of this, which will not be conducive to the matter of borrowing the road.
Let’s negotiate.”
After hearing this, Emperor Wei thought deeply for a moment, shook his head and sighed: "I don't know the purpose of that Huan Hu, whether he really wants to rob me, or whether this is just an excuse, and his real purpose is to destroy the talks between Wei and Yinrong.
...He succeeded. I can be sure that tomorrow, the leader of the Jiejiao Tribe, Bitatu, will certainly use tonight's attack as an excuse. It is already difficult to negotiate a way out."
But at this point, Emperor Wei hesitated for a moment and added: "In this case, you ask Cheng Gao's army to send 1,500 infantry and 500 cavalry to escort him."
Having said that, it seems that His Majesty still hopes that the negotiation can be settled...
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Zheng understood in his heart when he heard this, and responded with clasped fists.
"Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions? If not, I will leave first."
Emperor Wei thought for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly said: "First send someone to convey this matter to Chenggao Pass, and then... then follow me to the Qingyang tribe. I am also thinking about Yuanren's injury."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At the same time, Zhao Yuanli, whom Emperor Wei was talking about, slowly woke up from his coma.
When he woke up and took a look, he found that there were two people left in the tent: one was a very good swordsman, the woman next to his nephew Zhao Hongrun was Mi Jiang, who was suspected to be one of the candidates for Princess Su, and the other was his niece, Princess Yulong.
It has to be said that Mi Jiang's intuition is quite sharp. Zhao Yuanli only moved her body slightly. She was sitting on the ground with her eyes closed to rest, but she immediately noticed it and opened her eyes suddenly.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanli quickly raised a finger to his mouth, signaling to be silent. After all, Princess Yulong was fast asleep next to a pillar supporting the tent in the tent.
Seeing Zhao Yuanli's signal, Mi Jiang nodded expressionlessly and continued to rest with her eyes closed.
This made Zhao Yuanli have a good impression of this woman.
What a good woman...
Zhao Yuanli secretly praised in his heart, feeling happy that his nephew Hongrun could find such an outstanding and obedient woman as Mi Jiang. Then, his eyes couldn't help but look at the sleeping Princess Yulong.
So similar...
Zhao Yuanli looked at Princess Yulong with a rare tenderness in his eyes.
You know, this uncle of the Sixth Prince has always been honest with Princess Yulong before.
At this moment, Zhao Yuanli's clan guard chief Wang Yan walked into the tent carrying a wooden basin filled with water. Seeing that his prince had sat up, he said happily: "Your Majesty, are you awake?"
This guy!
Zhao Yuanli secretly said something bad.
Sure enough, after hearing Wang Yan's words, Princess Yulong also woke up slowly. She rubbed her eyes, and when she saw that Zhao Yuanli, the sixth uncle not far away, had woken up, she happily called out: "Uncle Six, wake up.
Already?"
"..."
At this time, the way Zhao Yuanli looked at her had already returned to its previous indifference, without any trace of the warmth he had just shown.
He asked coldly: "What are you doing here?"
Huh?
Princess Yulong was stunned, unable to turn around.
You know, the sixth uncle in front of her had just risked his life to save her, but why was his expression still as cold as usual?
"I..." Princess Yulong pursed her lips and said with some grievance: "Hongrun asked me to take care of Uncle Six..."
Hongrun...
Zhao Yuanli sighed secretly, already expecting that Zhao Hongrun would ask about something afterwards.
But his face didn't show anything, and he said calmly: "Well, Uncle Wang is fine, you can go."
"..." Princess Yulong probably didn't expect that the Sixth Uncle in front of her would be so indifferent to her, which was completely different from how he treated Zhao Hongrun. She couldn't help but feel aggrieved, and whispered: "Uncle Sixth, you saved me
I, I want to take care of you here..."
"No need." Zhao Yuanli coldly rejected Princess Yulong's kindness, and said emphatically: "I saved you only because you are the princess and my descendant, that's all... In addition, I never said anything about you.
You can call me Uncle Liu, you can call me Uncle Yiwang."
Uncle Liu and Uncle Yi Wang, who is close and who is far away can be known as soon as they hear it.
But when she heard Zhao Yuanli's indifferent words that made people thousands of miles away, Princess Yulong couldn't bear it anymore. She felt aggrieved and ran out of the tent crying.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanli sighed secretly, raised his head, and happened to see Mi Jiang looking at him doubtfully.
Zhao Yuanli then said: "I no longer need protection here. You can go with her."
Upon hearing this, Mi Jiang felt even more strange. After all, even when talking to an outsider like her, this Prince Yi would be more polite than to his niece Princess Yulong.
However, Mi Jiang did not ask. After all, this was a family matter and she was in no position to ask at the moment.
So, she nodded, picked up the sword beside her and chased after him.
From the side, Zhao Yuanli's clan chief Wang Jian watched silently. It was not until Mi Jiang left the tent that he sighed sadly and said to his prince in a persuasive tone: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this?
?”
Zhao Yuanli's eyes flashed with unbearability and guilt, and he shook his head and said: "Being too close to her is not good for her... With Hongrun's help, she finally gained the freedom that all the princes of the past have been dreaming of. I
I don’t want her to be implicated by me.”
After that, he changed the topic and asked: "Wang Jian, have you found out anything about the identity of the horse thief?"
Wang Yan shook his head when he heard this, frowned and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Su has searched the dead bodies of those horse thieves. Unfortunately, no objects can be found to prove their identities. I also searched for it, but found nothing. But..."
"But what?"
I saw a hint of reminiscence in Wang Jun's eyes, and he said hesitantly: "I once vaguely heard the dialect used by those horse thieves. It didn't sound like the dialect I speak in the Wei Dynasty, but rather... Korean."
"Korean?"
Zhao Yuanli frowned when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Why did the Koreans come to attack this place?" At this point, his heart moved slightly, and he frowned and asked: "You mean, these horse thieves are under the orders of others? Are they from foreign countries?
Human?"
Wang Jun shook his head and lowered his voice and said: "In fact, I suspect that we are from Wei."
"I'm from Wei?" Zhao Yuanli looked incredulous: "You don't mean to say that it was I, the people from Wei, who hired these horse thieves to attack this place?"
"Actually, this is not the first time, Your Majesty." Wang Yu leaned a little closer and lowered his voice and said: "According to someone, I heard that in Yongqiu last year, the Chu State envoy Xiong Fen was also attacked, causing the Chu State to
Starting a war against me, the Wei Dynasty... I suspect that the mastermind behind last year's incident and the current incident may be the hands of the same people."
"..." Zhao Yuanli glanced at Wang Jian and remained silent.
At this time, in his mind, he couldn't help but recall the scene where the horse thief killed by Mi Jiang shot the crossbow arrow at Princess Yulong before he died. He only felt his chest tightening, and there was a feeling of fear that seemed to linger in his heart.
It filled his mind again.
Just a little bit, just a little bit close to her daughter dying...
Incredibly, in Zhao Hongrun's mind, the Sixth Uncle Zhao Yuanli, who had always been smiling, showed a gloomy and cold side at this moment. He whispered and gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Jian, let me find out, come here to attack this time
Who is the instigator of the horse thieves!... This king will crush these people to ashes!"
Zhao Yuanli at this time was exactly the same as Emperor Wei who showed his true gloomy side in front of Zhao Hongrun.
However, Wang Jian was not surprised at all, because he knew that the masterminds behind the attack of these horse thieves had touched upon the untouchable evil in the heart of their prince.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely track down the mastermind behind this incident." Wang Jun promised firmly.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent. Immediately, one of Zhao Yuanli's clan guards raised the tent and reminded: "Your Majesty, Prince Su is here."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuanli took a deep breath, returned to his usual gentle and elegant appearance, and smiled as he watched Zhao Hongrun walk in from outside the tent.
"Uncle Six, are you awake?" Zhao Hongrun asked in surprise.
"Haha." Zhao Yuanli waved his hand and signaled Wang Jun to step back and do his own thing. He immediately turned his eyes to Zhao Hongrun and said with a smile: "Your sixth uncle has never seen any big battles. A few small thieves can kill you."
Me, Uncle Six?" After saying that, he looked Zhao Hongrun up and down a few times and asked with a smile: "Are you going to escort him?"
Zhao Hongrun felt a little embarrassed when Uncle Six exposed this matter.
After all, although he kept saying that he was dissatisfied with his father, when his father was attacked, Zhao Hongrun inevitably felt extremely worried. Perhaps this was the so-called blood is thicker than water.
"Speaking of which, when I came back just now, I saw Princess Yulong running back to her tent crying..."
Zhao Hongrun looked at Sixth Uncle Zhao Yuanli intentionally or unintentionally, and whispered: "Is it because of Xiao Shuai? In fact, Sixth Uncle cares about Princess Yulong very much, but he pretends to be extremely disgusted with her..."
Coming...
Zhao Yuanli had already expected Zhao Hongrun's temptation, so he was not surprised.
After being silent for a moment, he looked at Zhao Hongrun and said sternly: "As a junior, you should not interfere in the affairs of the elders... If you want to ask something from Uncle Six, give up."
"..." Zhao Hongrun was a little stunned.
Because this was the first time Uncle Liu Wang spoke to him in such a serious tone.
There is no room for refutation! (To be continued.)