(4600 words chapter) Chapter 140 Night into the boudoir again
Chai Shao completely failed to understand that Wu Ma came to visit the prison with the obvious intention of making a good friend.
When it came to the peace talks, Chai Shao also had a lifeless look on his face. He only asked the dancing horse to go back. If he had the chance to meet Li Hongyu, he must tell her that Chai Shao was sorry for her in this life and failed to live up to his deep expectations, so he had no choice but to meet her again in the next life. I also wrote a rather long letter and asked Wu Ma to deliver it on my behalf.
Listening to this voice, it seems that the Turks are ready to die and never return to Han Dynasty.
Seeing that he looked down upon death like this, Wu Ma didn't bother to cheer him up. He accepted the envelope and agreed to the request, hoping that he would form a good relationship.
After coming out of Chai Shao's place and saying goodbye to Qingxia, Wu Ma returned to his tent. Yuwen Jianxue quickly followed him and asked, "How was it?"
Wu Ma said: "What is it like?"
"Have you forgotten what I told you that day? I said that you are weak in Jinyang and must unite foreign aid as soon as possible... What are you laughing at..."
"It's nothing. You and the eldest man of the Li family have really thought of each other. He told me the same thing. The analysis of the pros and cons is more profound than yours. It can be said that every sentence is bloody."
"So, the elder of the Li family is a powerful person. Can you consider joining me?"
"It's not that simple,"
Dancing Horse said:
"The elder of the Li family is indeed very powerful, but before I opened my mouth, he explained everything clearly. It can be seen that he had been planning this matter long before I came to visit him in prison, and he was really thoughtful.
In addition, what happened with Li Zhiyun - he was so cruel that he left his half-brother in the east of the river and almost killed him. It is obvious that he is not a kind person. It may not be a good thing to rashly throw himself under his command. I still have to be careful. It’s better to negotiate as usual and observe before making a decision.”
Yuwen Jianxue said: "What about Sanlang and the son-in-law of the Li family?"
Wu Ma answered truthfully.
"According to what you said, Sanlang is shallow and Chai Shao has no ambition. Of the three sons of Tang Gong, only Dalang, Erlang and Wulang are worthy of seeking refuge. Now Wulang is determined to squeeze you out, and Erlang... doesn't want to see you at all, it seems. Dalang is the only choice..."
Wu Ma smiled and said: "That's not necessarily the case. It's better to take one step first and then look at the next step."
As he said that, he took out the note that Dalang had given him from his sleeve. Yuwen Jianxue also came over to take a look.
I saw a name called Nanyan written on the note, and the method and location of the joint were left.
At the end, Dalang left a message saying that this was an old memory of his kindness to the Turks. Because he was not included in the intelligence system arranged by Tang Gong in the Turks, he survived the last great purge of the Turks.
This person is well-informed and trustworthy. If you need to know anything, such as internal and external situations, key personnel, etc., you can ask him.
But one thing to remember is that due to the results of the last great purge, the Turks have always been wary of insiders planted by foreigners. Otherwise, they may be exposed and even die. This person can only contact you once, and all contacts will be cut off afterwards. So Wu Ma needs to think through what he needs to know once and for all, and ask questions clearly once, so that he will never have this opportunity again.
Wu Ma wanted to know a lot of things, especially the things Qingxia told him before, and they all needed to be verified one by one before he could give her an answer. Time was urgent, so he made an appointment with the insider of the Li family's elder brother tonight, and pressed the paper According to the joint method provided in the article, a mark of stones arranged in a circular pattern was left under the mast somewhere in the Khan Court, which determined the place and time of the meeting.
After that, I spent some time discussing with Yuwen Jianxue what I needed to ask about that night, and even made a special order.
In the evening, Wu Ma planned to go alone to join us, but Yuwen Jianxue insisted on going with him: "This time I went north to the grassland, the things had nothing to do with me. I traveled thousands of miles over mountains and ridges, and all I did was help my friends.
That’s all. As a result, this friend didn’t take it seriously at all, didn’t value his own life at all, and didn’t trust his friends who acted righteously for him. It’s chilling to say the least.”
Wu Ma had no choice but to agree to her. However, the two of them agreed that when they arrived at the joint, Wu Ma would go to the joint on his own while Yu Wen Jianxue would keep a lookout in the distance to warn her in time if there was any abnormal movement. If something went wrong, both of them would not be in trouble.
Go in.
When walking towards the joint, Wu Ma noticed that Yuwen Jianxue's cheeks were slightly red and her eyes were shining, so he asked her why.
Yuwen Jianxue said: "Of course I don't think anything unexpected will happen to the two of us, but if two people act secretly for one thing like this, others will never know it, and they can't know it. One is in the open and the other is in the dark.
The tacit cooperation and understanding of each other's minds is truly amazing."
Wu Ma thought to himself, I have experienced this kind of thing before, but at that time I had such an idea, while others laughed and said nothing.
The meeting place was on a vast grassland. The two of them walked around for a long time before reaching the place and found a pile of stones in the shape of wolf heads in the grass. Yuwen Jianxue retreated far away first, transforming into the form of a tiger.
, hidden.
After a while, a woman wearing a wolf-head mask came quietly with a flashing ghostly figure.
"I wear a mask to hide people's eyes and ears. As for you, why are you covering your face?" the masked woman said: "There are not many Han people who can move freely on the grasslands now. I can guess who you are with my butt." She said.
His voice was a little dry, as if his throat was broken.
"Oh, I'm not blocking it for you."
"I'm too lazy to care about you," the woman snorted coldly, "You can feel free to ask, but there are three things I want to say first - first, I am a Turk."
The woman's voice deepened, "If Li Jiancheng hadn't been kind to me, I would never have colluded with outsiders and betrayed my clan's information. Secondly, the time I can stay outside is very short, only about half an hour, otherwise I will
It's easy to make people suspicious, so if you have anything to say, ask quickly. Third, after this meeting, the old relationship has been settled. Don't contact me again in the future. Of course, if you contact me, I won't show up."
Wu Ma originally prepared a lot of questions to ask, but seeing this person's weird personality and bad temper, he quickly made a decision - pick out the most important questions and ask them clearly, and if the rest,
If you have time, just ask. If you don't have enough time, don't force it.
"Then let me get straight to the point," Wu Ma said: "The first question is about the noble princess Ashinayan..."
The woman meant what she said. Half an hour meant half an hour, and she didn't waste even a second. When the time came, she stopped mid-sentence and left without saying a word. Even if she wanted to stop the dancing horse, she had no time to react.
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Fortunately, this woman must be a very remarkable person. She knows a lot about Turkic affairs and the Khan's family affairs, and she can explain even the smallest details clearly.
After some exchanges, Wu Ma learned all the most important things. There are three main things:
The first thing is that Qingxia described the grudges between her and Princess Yicheng, whether it was the death of Qingxia's mother, Qingxia being hunted down while fleeing, or the extremely secretive killing of all the direct relatives of Qingxia's mother's clan.
true.
The second thing is that Ah Di Gelan, also known as Tian Deping, was indeed Qingxia's childhood sweetheart, and it was indeed Tian Deping who rescued Qingxia from the killer's knife and paid a huge price for it.
However, there was one thing that Qingxia concealed from Wu Ma, and that was the deep relationship between Qingxia and Tian Deping, rather than the feeling of gratitude that Qingxia showed in her tent that night for Tian Deping's life-saving grace.
Qingxia and Tian Deping even made a life-long private contract. Of course, Shibi Khan completely disagreed with this matter, so he was furious. Of course, Qingxia's tribe also opposed it. Just because Atiao Gelan was from the Tiele tribe, he was a member of the Tiele tribe.
The slaves of the Blue Turks.
How a slave and a princess became childhood sweethearts. Due to time constraints, the masked woman did not describe in detail. But from the information that has been revealed, Qingxia will never be able to easily erase or cross over Tian Deping's death.
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The more indifferent, indifferent, and indifferent she acted in the future, just like the way she looked at Tian Deping's body and ashes with a contemptuous smile in the secret room that day, the more seriously she took Tian Deping's death.
She must have prepared crazy and thorough revenge - against all those who indirectly or directly killed Tian Deping, including Princess Yicheng, including Wu Ma.
Thinking of this, Wu Ma completely gave up the slightest affection for Qingxia in his heart, and raised the warning line as high as possible, always preparing for the opponent's backlash.
The third important thing that Wu Ma asked the masked man about was about Princess Yicheng.
According to the masked man, first of all, it is certain that Princess Yicheng is a staunch opponent of the peace talks between the Turks and Tang Gong.
Talking about the reason, it was because Princess Yicheng was a die-hard loyal to the Sui Dynasty. Although she was not Yang Guang's real daughter, she was just a daughter of the Sui Dynasty clan, but she was more filial than her real daughter.
Li Yuan raised an army to deal with the Sui Dynasty and Yang Guang. Princess Yicheng recognized Li Yuan's wolfish ambitions, so she naturally encouraged Shibi Khan to send his army south and join forces with the Sui Dynasty to nip Li Yuan in the bud.
Of course Princess Yicheng knew the loyalty to the Sui Dynasty.
In 615 AD, Yang Guang went to Fenyang Palace near Taiyuan to spend the summer. At the end of summer, he patrolled the north to show force to the Turks. When he arrived at Yanmen Pass, he unexpectedly was besieged by tens of thousands of troops led by Shibi Khan.
Seeing that he was about to be captured, Yang Guang suddenly thought of Princess Yicheng. After some secret contact, Princess Yicheng risked being implicated and killed by claiming that there had been changes on the Turkic border, and deceived Shibi Khan, and Yang Guang was able to escape.
Get a life back.
After Shibi Khan returned to Turks, how Princess Yicheng reconciled this matter is not clear to Wu Ma, but just looking at this kind of courage and loyalty that would rather give up her own life to save Yang Guang, it is by no means ordinary
Women can have it.
The last point mentioned by the masked woman - Princess Yicheng is a top-notch beauty, and nine out of ten men in the world will fall in love with her when they see her.
This dancing horse is not surprising. After all, she is the woman that all four Khans have taken a liking to, and she must be extremely outstanding in appearance.
Secondly, she lied about the military situation, but Shibi Khan did not kill her. According to later historical records, her favor did not diminish much in the future, which shows how much Shibi loved her.
Thirdly, judging from Qingxia's appearance, we can also see the truth - Qingxia's father has a rough appearance, but he can still give birth to such a beautiful daughter, which shows that the mother must be extremely beautiful. Based on the beauty of Qingxia's mother, she is still...
At the beginning and end, she lost favor and was defeated by Princess Yicheng, which can also be inferred from the beauty of Princess Yicheng.
The masked woman was just telling the truth. Wu Ma saw the crisis in this - Princess Yicheng opposed the peace talks, but Wu Ma was the special envoy for the peace talks. If Princess Yicheng arranged for the killer to kill Wu Ma without anyone noticing,
Then Tang Gong's face would be greatly damaged, and the peace talks would probably be difficult to handle.
Even after killing Wu Ma, Princess Yicheng simply admitted that she had killed her. Thinking that Qi Bi Khan had favored her, she would not blame her too much. Then the peace talks between Turks and Li Yuan might really go bad.
If you become a princess, you will succeed.
In this way, since Wu Ma left Jinyang and was assassinated twice, it is very likely that Princess Yicheng was the mastermind.
Especially on the night of Solchuk, poisoned wine was poisoned in the horse dancing bowl. At the beginning, the Khan became furious and arrested dozens of people, but no one or two were found. I am afraid it was not the Turks who were incompetent, but the poison.
The person behind the scenes is too powerful to be investigated.
No wonder Qingxia told Wu Ma that she must be wary of Princess Yicheng, but she didn't say why she should be wary.
Just because Qingxia knew that Princess Yicheng had murderous intentions towards Wu Ma, but she was worried that Wu Ma didn't trust her at all and suspected that she was deliberately sowing discord and framing Princess Yicheng, so she had to make insinuations and not tell the truth.
In this way, the situation in front of Wu Ma is very clear - first, if he wants to negotiate peace and bring back several men from the Li family, he has to go against Princess Yicheng, and he has to fight with Qingxia
An alliance was formed. To put it another way, it would not work even if he did not want to go against Princess Yicheng, because Princess Yicheng most likely made up her mind to kill him in order to destroy this alliance.
Second, he must always maintain a high degree of vigilance and resolutely prevent Qingxia from retaliating. Even after solving the curse and solving Princess Yicheng, he must take the lead in attacking and completely solve the problem before Qingxia takes action.
other side.
That's it.
In addition to what he learned above, Wu Ma also took the time to ask some related questions, which in short helped a lot in the subsequent response.
Not long after the masked woman left, Yuwen Jianxue slipped over and said that she had planned to follow the woman secretly to see what the other person's background was. It was best to find out where the other person lived. If there was any need in the future, she could contact her again.
The other party asked for help. Unfortunately, the phantom of the woman flashed past in a patch of dense grass and disappeared without a trace. Even Zaohu's speed could not match it.
Wu Ma said: "That's not necessary. We have already asked everything that needs to be asked. Since the other party does not want to get involved with us, we should not bother them. Otherwise, it will easily force the other party's soldiers to make dangerous moves and turn around to deal with us.
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Yuwen Jianxue asked Wu Ma in detail about the conversation between the two people. After listening, he looked serious: "I said that the situation here is dangerous, but I didn't expect that you have to find a way to survive in the cracks between tigers and wolves. It's really scary
Not happy. I have also said that the Li Yuan family is not kind, so why should we sacrifice our lives for them? Since the matter of peace talks is so frustrating, it is better not to talk about it at all. The two of us patted our butts and left, never to return.
Jinyang, the world is so big, there is no place you can’t go to.”
Wu Ma said: "You want to wander around the world with me?"
Yuwen Jianxue, however, remained silent. He turned into a dark soap tiger and disappeared into the hazy night.
At night, Wu Ma sneaks into Qingxia's tent again.
"We can cooperate," he said, "but there is one thing. You must tell me exactly what your plan is. You must not tell it first or tell it later, or make your own decisions. Otherwise, I would rather go to your stepmother."
Qingxia stood up excitedly and nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, when we are done, you will find that cooperating with me is a great deal, with hundreds of benefits and no harm. In short, I will never let you regret it, I will do what I say
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"Huh... if the benefits and risks are balanced, I will burn high incense."
"how come……"
Seeing Qingxia this time, Wu Ma had a different feeling - in other words, it was as if something that was once invisible but clearly existed between the two people, like a chain made of blood, gradually disappeared.
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And the presence of the dagger that has been hanging high above the dancing horse's head seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Not long ago, it used to be so dazzling, sharp, sharp, and menacing.
Ever since the divine edict of Journey to the West came out, the situation has begun to change. For Wu Ma, this change is of course extremely beneficial. For Qingxia, this is a very dangerous signal. Once the hanging knife and the chain are completely
Disappearing means that Qingxia has completely lost her initiative.
It's late night, people are quiet, and the bright moon hangs high.
The dancing horse walked out of Qingxia's tent wearing a moon cassock. He made up his mind to send Qingxia to see Tian Deping as soon as possible once the curse was confirmed to be gone.
In the distance, a black tiger looked towards us from a distance. Seeing the dancing horse walking out of the tent intact, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, nodded towards this side, and left without looking back.
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It seems that the busiest period is over, and I hope it will return to normal as soon as possible.