Chapter 6: Save the Beauty (1)
"Old Shen, are you still complaining about me for having only exchanged so much salt and tea for one worthless ring?" Zhu Yinglong followed behind with a regretful look on his face, smiled and turned his head over and asked.
In fact, Xiong Tingbi couldn't guess why Zhu Yinglong did this. He was worried about Xiong Hu. After a night, it seemed that nothing happened, but he knew something had happened. Because he saw his daughter crying secretly, he seemed to be very thoughtful all the way, and he forgot about this matter. Zhu Yinglong just mentioned it himself, temporarily throwing his daughter's affairs behind him, and pricking his ears sounded.
"I don't have it, Prince!" Chen Xi shook his hand and denied it after hearing this. Even though he was thinking that way, he didn't dare to say it out loud!
Chen Xi traveled around the world and was doing antique jewelry business. He was knowledgeable and not exaggerated at all. He took the ring from Zhu Yinglong's hand and glanced at it: "The jade is the best Lantian jade, but it is just a piece of new jade. It takes less than a hundred years to make it work. Even if it is Dorgon's token, it cannot be valuable than our salt!"
"You, let's see what's special about it!" Zhu Yinglong looked at Chen Xidao with a smile.
Chen Xi was suspicious and carefully, looking back and forth, touching again and again, and finally shook his head and said, "Prince, I really didn't see anything special about it!"
Zhu Yinglong nodded to Chen Xi and said, "You can't see it. You can ask General Xiong next to you. Maybe he has a much better vision than you."
Chen Xi handed the finger in his hand to Xiong Tingbi without believing it, thinking to himself, I have been immersed in this jewelry for decades, General Xiong, you are better than me in wars, and you can't tell me that you can identify jewelry.
Chen Xi was staring at Xiong Tingbi's appearance. Xiong Tingbi took the ring and glanced at it, and his face became solemn, making Chen Xi's eyes bulge out. Could it be that this big man who only knows how to fight really sees something? He looked disbelief.
Xiong Tingbi slowly spoke, "This thing is Nurhaci's beloved thing. I have seen him wearing it many times in the border, but I didn't expect that he would give it to Dorgon!"
"Ah..." Chen Xi was so surprised. It turned out that this thing was not Dorgon's, but his Nurhaci's. Just for this, its value would rise ten times or a hundred times. No wonder the prince was not unhappy at all. He was really complaining.
Zhu Yinglong was also very surprised. He saw that the ring was not ordinary, not knowing its origin, but he saw the Manchu totem carved on the ring, a flying Haidongqing, which was the most noble and sacred heroic symbol among the Jurchens. Therefore, not everyone can have the ornament of Haidongqing, so Zhu Yinglong concluded that the origin of this ring must be extraordinary, but he did not expect that it was originally a Nurhaci item, and only Nurhaci was worthy of having a carved Haidongqing jade ring as an ornament. He gave it to Dorgon, and its meaning was self-evident. No wonder Xiong Tingbi changed his face.
"Prince, this ring..." After a while, Xiong Tingbi spoke.
"General Xiong means to ask me to return this ring to Dorgon?" Zhu Yinglong saw through Xiong Tingbi's heart at once.
Xiong Tingbi nodded, meaning that all his thoughts were guessed by Zhu Yinglong.
"It's too late to go back now. It's okay not to do it at the beginning. This may be God's will. This ring shouldn't be in Dorgon's hands at all!" Zhu Yinglong said to the sky, and no one could understand the meaning of his words.
"Young Master, there were traces of fighting in the woods ahead, and there were also a lot of blood on the ground!" At this time, two soldiers from the Tiger Camp who were reconnaissance in front of him came back to report, and also interrupted the discussion of Zhu Yinglong and others on the ring issue.
Xiong Tingbi ordered everyone to be on guard, and then, led by the sergeant, slowly rushed to the place where the problem was discovered.
Lu Haotian observed the traces of the fight on the spot and said: "From the terrain and messy situation on the scene, at least more than 100 people have fought here."
Xiong Tingbi also nodded and agreed with Lu Haotian's point of view.
"Young Master, come and see, why is this cloth strip so similar to the fabric of the clothes of the Dorgon's cavalrymen we met!" Chen Xi exclaimed, leading everyone to him.
Everyone hugged over and saw that everyone was basically sure that the torn cloth strip was the fabric of the clothes of the Later Jin cavalry led by Dorgon who had broken up with him less than half a day.
"Have you found anything else at the scene? Are there any corpses?" Zhu Yinglong asked in a deep voice. What happened? Could it be that there are people who dared to attack Dorgon in the area controlled by the Later Jin Dynasty?
"Young Master Qi Bing, except for some scattered weapons and arrows, no corpses were found!" After a while, all the soldiers who searched for the Tiger Camp within ten miles were back. The weapons were of no value, all the common waist knives in the Later Jin and Mongolia, and nothing special.
It was about to set sun and the bloody land could not be kept for too long. I hurriedly ordered the evacuation of the woods and rush forward. At the same time, I sent people to the nearby villages to find out what they had gained. Judging from the bloodstains at the scene, even if no one died, someone should have been injured. Moreover, Dorgon had been separated from them for less than half a day, and after such a fierce fight and the injuries of the people, they should not go far.
"Prince, we found blood again ahead!" After walking less than half a mile on the road, the person who was exploring the road ahead hurriedly ran over to report.
Zhu Yinglong looked at the sky and thought to himself that he was in the enemy territory, so he should not meddle in other people's business. So he said heartbrokenly: "Don't worry too much, unless Dorgon's traces are found, don't care!"
Without more than 4,000 kilograms of salt and hundreds of kilograms of tea bricks, everyone has been much faster. It has been five days since they left the custody. After passing these hills, they should have reached the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty. I just don’t know what Liaoyuan is like now. The first Liaoyuan defense battle should not have happened yet, otherwise he would not have encountered Dorgon on the road, and there is no need to send a detective cavalry to the territory of the Mongols who depend on him. At the same time, such a simple military mission cannot be handed over to his son. Dorgon must have something special to do, contact the Mongols to attack the Ming Dynasty together? It's too similar. If this is the case, he would not let him go at all costs. Because he and others are strictly enemies. If he kills him and others, the salt and tea are not the same as theirs. He will definitely not exchange it for such a precious ring. However, it is certain that Dorgon was very in a hurry when he came out and did not bring money. So what did he do with more than fifty elite cavalry? Until he found the fighting venue and bloodstains, he was thinking about this issue, and he didn't see any clues on Dorgon's face, so he still had no clue.
"Prince, it's a bit unusual to see Dorgon meet us unexpectedly." Lu Haotian suddenly ran to Zhu Yinglong and whispered.
Zhu Yinglong nodded in agreement and said, "What do Battalion Commander Lu thinks?"
When Lu Haotian heard this, he was shocked and said, "The General of the Mok believes that Dorgon is the Heshuo Ezhen of the Later Jin Dynasty. His status is unremarkable. He only has more than fifty people around him, and he is in a hurry. It seems that something big happened. So the General of the General of the Mok Dynasty guesses that something must have happened in the Later Jin Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!