Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

Chapter 623 The truth, the great elder fell ill

"Everyone, you don't have to be polite. Patriarch Zhuohan is kind to us, and it is right to send back the noble treasures for him."

Unwilling to accept their great gift, Ling Jingxuan pulled Yan Shengrui to stand up and clasped his fists in a bow. Everything he did was because of Zhuohan, and had nothing to do with his Wusun tribe.

"Princess is polite, please sit down."

The Great Elder nodded to the young patriarch, the latter left temporarily holding the Sky Blood Stone, while the Great Elder took the rest of the elders to greet them, Ling Jingxuan was not polite to them, and behaved casually and naturally, which won them over goodwill.

"I don't know when and where did the lord and princess meet the Zhuohan patriarch?"

Regarding the disappearance of the old patriarch, the First Elder has always been suspicious. Now that Xue Shi has returned today, his intuition tells him that maybe Prince Cheng and his wife can also clear up his doubts.

"During the few days when we came to southern Xinjiang, I will not hide some things from you. Outside of southern Xinjiang, your reputation is quite bad. People outside are basically afraid of you, and I don't know if you have heard of it. As I said, the previous Chief Secretary of Southern Xinjiang would die unexpectedly shortly after taking office. Just after the previous Chief Secretary died unexpectedly again, the emperor apparently appointed my eldest son as the new Chief Secretary. In fact, our husband and wife are responsible In charge, on the way to Southern Xinjiang, we felt that we should find out the basic situation of Southern Xinjiang first, so as not to lose our eyesight and not know what happened if someone killed us, so the two of us quietly entered Southern Xinjiang ahead of time. The boundary of the border, about seven days ago, the four major families discovered our identities and joined forces to kill us in Tianhong City. We were forced to a river outside the city. We thought it would be safe to cross the river on bamboo rafts. Knowing that everything was arranged by the four major families, the boatman jumped into the water when the bamboo raft reached the middle of the river and cut the twine that bound the bamboo raft underwater. In the middle, when we woke up the next day, we were already on a beach connected to the sea, and we met Chief Zhuohan at the end of the beach."

Speaking of this, Ling Jingxuan stopped to get a glass of water before continuing: "There are a few dilapidated thatched houses standing in the valley at the end of the beach. The son of the Zhuohan patriarch is kind and promised to let us go in to clean the wound and take a rest. We didn't find anything unusual at that time. It was Zhuohan who discovered our identities first. I don't know if you know about one thing. It is said that the ancestor of the Yan royal family was the son of the head of the Wusun tribe. It is from the same lineage, Zhuohan turned silent and left the quilt that was covered on his legs after we ate to let us see his condition. He was disabled by someone, and the two elders who were with him tried their best to send him to the nearby Mountain and Sea Department before he died. Therefore, he could only stay in the Mountain and Sea Department for decades, until his daughter-in-law Because of mental illness, he would hurt people for no reason, and in the end he was driven to the foot of the mountain by the people from the Ministry of Mountains and Seas, and his life can be described as quite poor."

In order to prevent them from discovering the existence of the three brothers and sisters of the Yang family, Ling Jingxuan lied a little bit. Anyway, they have no way of investigating this matter, unless they go to the Ministry of Mountains and Seas. Who? Who killed my father?"

Qinglan's hand resting on the stone table was clenched tightly, every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, Ling Jingxuan turned his head and looked at him deeply: "Jiang family, Zhuohan told us, Wu The grandchildren have ancestral precepts, and generations must unconditionally maintain the harmony between the Southern Xinjiang and the court. Many years ago, the Supreme Emperor raised troops to attack, and it was your patriarch who came forward to solve it with the then Southern King. After Zhuohan took over as the patriarch They also shoulder this responsibility, but the Jiang family who was deprived of the title of King of Southern Xinjiang has changed. While hiding the fact that the various tribes killed court officials and spread rumors that are not good for Southern Xinjiang, they deceived your court how much they looked down on Southern Xinjiang. If you want to send troops to flatten Southern Border, you will become more and more repulsive to the outside world. When you meet outsiders, you will naturally not show mercy. Over time, the outside world will have a worse impression of Southern Border, until Zhuohan inadvertently He rescued a person who strayed into the deep mountains, learned from his mouth the outside world's evaluation of Nanjiang, and learned of the Jiang family's lies. For the sake of the people of Nanjiang, he brought two elders to Jiang's family to question, but The Jiang family was ambitious. They were afraid that Zhuohan would hinder their plan of self-government in southern Xinjiang, so they did not stop doing anything, and wanted to kill Zhuohan. When they escaped, the Jiang family cut off his two legs and destroyed The eyes that symbolize his identity."

Retelling this incident again, Ling Jingxuan's state of mind was very different from the first time he heard Zhuohan himself say it. For Zhuohan, he did not agree with his compassionate bodhisattva heart, but he also admired him from the bottom of his heart. Zhuohan's life is worthy of respect from others who have persisted in a belief for decades.

"bump!"

"Damn the Jiang family! It's really them!"

Qing Lan slapped the stone table fiercely, she is not particularly handsome, it can only be said that her pretty face is full of naked anger and monstrous hatred, when Dad disappeared, he was already sensible, and he was very sensible to Dad's love. The relationship is far deeper than that of siblings, and he still clearly remembers that A Niang, in order to wait for her father to come back, went down the mountain to look around every day, until she swallowed her last breath ten years ago. Waiting for Father, thanks to the fact that they have maintained friendly contact with Jiang's family all these years, they didn't think about it? ?They were the ones who killed his father.

The other elders headed by the Great Elder are not much better. Although Zhuohan has not been in power for a long time, he is the most fair and strict patriarch. He will never take advantage of others by virtue of his status as patriarch. Let the Wusun tribe fall into panic, and the old men took a lot of effort to stabilize the tribe. It wasn't until Qingyun gave birth to the current patriarch with red eyes that the Wusun tribe fell silent. Didn't they never suspect the Jiang family? , and have never let go of it for many years, but they have no evidence. For the sake of peace among the tribes, they have to continue to communicate with them. Now their guesses are finally confirmed. Not only did they not relax, but they became heavier.

"Why did the old patriarch die?"

I don't know how long it took, the Great Elder almost choked up and asked. Generally, the elders in the clan have relatives with the patriarch, and there are not a few blood relatives. He is also Zhuohan's half brother, and the relationship with Zhuohan is fundamental. Not ordinary.

"People from the four major families came after them. Zhuohan knew that his life was not long. He wanted us to escape with his son and daughter-in-law, and then send them to the Wusun tribe. Who knew that when Brother Yang saw Zhuohan I was injured, and ran back with my sister-in-law regardless of our stop, and died together with Zhuohan under the knives of the minions of the four major families, I’m sorry, I was also seriously injured at that time, and I couldn’t save them.”

True and false, false and true, it is not difficult to fool them.

"It's them again!"

The Great Elder was so angry that his face was trembling all over, wishing he could take people out to seek revenge on the remaining members of the four major families.

"My condolences to everyone. Before Zhuohan died, he still cared about the people of Southern Border. Let us promise him not to use troops against Southern Border as much as possible. This is also the fundamental reason why we didn't have soldiers to suppress the border after we escaped. Elder, this It is the last wish of Patriarch Zhuohan, I hope you can complete it with us."

It's not that he can't understand their hatred, but now, he doesn't need them to make trouble for him, as long as they are willing to cooperate with him.

"Don't worry, we will send people to call back the people from Tianhong City. I can assure you that there will be no more tribal people going out to cause trouble. I have also heard a little about what you have done in southern Xinjiang. I hope you will really It can eliminate the fear of the outside world about southern Xinjiang and lead the people to live a good life. When necessary, we will fully cooperate and assist you to fulfill the wish of the old patriarch. In the future, our Wusun tribe will continue to abide by the legacy of our ancestors and protect southern Xinjiang from generation to generation. Peace with the court."

After all, the Great Elder is in his tens of years, and he can control his emotions much better than young people. While the other elders were still resentful, he had already forcibly suppressed the pain and anger in his heart.

"Although I really want to say rest assured, there is one thing that the Great Elder may not know? After Elder Keqin occupied Tianhong City last night, the tribesmen brought by him burned, killed, looted and raped women in the city. , Now that our army has surrounded Tianhong City, if we release them directly as you said, how will we explain to the people of Tianhong City? Besides, I don’t think that after experiencing the prosperity and beauty of the city, They would also like to go back to the mountains."

Looking into his eyes, Ling Jingxuan said in a deep voice, when a person is always in poverty, he will not yearn for wealth, but when he has seen and enjoyed other people's wealth, he will no longer be content with being ordinary Oh, those people, not only will not obey his orders, but may bring more people back after leaving Tianhong City, he will not let them go easily, they must die to atone for their sins, and the government will indirectly Use their deaths to warn the tribes in the mountains that they can enjoy privileges and live their lives in the mountains without being bound by the laws of the country, but once they step out of the mountains, they must become ordinary people and will no longer be willful presumptuous right.

"Keqin him?"

Hearing this, the old patriarch was so angry that his chest heaved rapidly. Seeing that he was about to fall backwards, the two elders beside him rushed forward to catch him, one on the left and one on the right. A closeable bamboo tube opened the lid and fed the medicinal juice exuding a strong medicinal smell into his mouth. Yan Chengrui and Ling Jingxuan looked at each other, and both of them saw helplessness in each other's eyes. With their eyesight, they had already seen it. People in the Wusun tribe are relatively stupid and kind, but unfortunately, a rat droppings spoiled a pot of good soup.

"I know a little bit about medicine, can you let me feel the pulse of the Great Elder?"

Seeing that they had been busy for a while, but the Great Elder still didn't let go, Ling Jingxuan couldn't help saying, the Great Elder is not bad, and he will try his best to save them if he can.

"Thank you, princess."

He had heard about him a long time ago, and the rest of the elders did not object. They bent down to him one after another. Ling Jingxuan moved to a position a little in front, reached out and took the hand of the great elder and placed it on the stone table. His pulse was long and sluggish, intermittently as if he was unable to continue, his long and narrow Danfeng eyes could not help but flicker, it seemed that this great elder would not live long.

"Is there rice paper?"

After a while, Ling Jingxuan withdrew his hand, Qinglan got up and picked up a stack of rice paper from the stone table on the other side and handed it to him. Ling Jingxuan took out his special charcoal pencil, and wrote a series of medicine names on it very quickly: " According to the above, boil three bowls of water into one bowl and take it three times a day."

While handing them the prescription, Ling Jingxuan stood up again and took out the silver needle he was carrying with him, and untied the Great Elder's clothes in front of them, the silver needle quickly and precisely inserted into the acupuncture points of his body, everyone held their breath Watching his every move, seeing the condition of the First Elder getting better gradually, everyone couldn't help showing shocked expressions. In the past, it took at least half an hour for the First Elder to recover from his illness, but this time it was unexpectedly so fast , Princess Sheng really lived up to her reputation!