Chapter 9 The New Year (Wednesday)

Wu Keshan finally resisted. He waved his sharp waist knife, but his resistance was exchanged for dozens of injuries all over his body. If it weren't for the cold weather and the blood was clotting quickly, Wu Keshan's life would have been unsuccessful.

Hai Lanzhu hated Wu Sangui because he ordered a brother who loved him to be seriously injured. Although she became a prisoner, she still adhered to her principle of non-violent non-cooperation.

Wu Sangui didn't ask any questions about Hai Lanzhu, and he didn't even ask Hai Lanzhu's name because he didn't need to ask. The more secrets you know, the less good it will be for him. His father had already instilled in him several iron laws that need to be kept in mind in the officialdom, especially when performing such a secret mission, even if he knew or guessed, he could not say it.

The silent team sets out silently and sets on the road silently.

However, Huang Taiji, who was looking forward to Shengjing, could no longer remain silent. The newly married concubine was kidnapped by someone on the way. The heavy snow covered all the traces. When the search team sent by Huang Taiji found only a dozen yurts and a hundred corpses that had been dead for many days.

Huang Taiji was furious. This happened within the territory under his rule. Who dared to rob and kill more than 100 Mongolian warriors so boldly? Only his brothers and the surrendered Mongolian princes were the only ones who had such strength. However, these people would not do such stupid things when their status was at its peak. There were no bandits with such great power in the territory. After thinking about it, there were only hostile forces. The most suspicious thing was the resistance forces within North Korea. However, they could not run to Shengjing and did not have the strength. The only ones left were the Ming and Chahar Mongolia. The most likely one was the Chahar Mongolian Khanate. After two fierce battles, the two sides were already incompatible, and it was very likely to destroy the Korqin Mongolia and him. At the same time, people disappeared in the area under his control. This was also suspicious to instigate internal discord between the Jin and the Mongols within the Later Jin.

Three years ago, Bumubutai disappeared, and there are rumors that Chahar Mongolia was making trouble later. Until now, he has never seen anyone or corpses. Even Fan Wencheng, the first Han minister under Huang Taiji, thinks so. After all, the Southern Ming Dynasty is eager to govern internally, and he is unwilling to do such a thing that is very easy to provoke border wars. On the contrary, it also needs to try its best to maintain peace and clearly define the relationship.

Although Huang Taiji's hundreds of search teams went out to find traces of Hai Lanzhu and his group hostage, Hai Lanzhu, Wu Keshan and others were like evaporated on earth, and there was no trace at all.

"Where do you want to take us?" Hai Lanzhu asked Wu Sangui angrily.

"You will know when you arrive." Wu Sangui responded lightly.

"Who are you?" Hai Lanzhu was silent for a while, and asked another question that he had repeated many times.

"You will know then." Wu Sangui replied formulaicly.

"You don't know anything you ask?" Hai Lanzhu was completely angered by Wu Sangui's answer, and it would be fine if she became a prisoner, but now she doesn't even know who the person who arrested her is. This is really unbearable.

"I just acted on orders and really didn't know anything." Wu Sangui replied coldly.

"Then you should know who you are following?

Wu Sangui was a little moved by Hai Lanzhu's persistence, but the "Confidentiality Ordinance" stipulates that he cannot reveal any information to Hai Lanzhu. Unless it is time to be absolutely safe, he will not disclose any information, otherwise what awaits him is quarantine and review.

"The same sentence, you will know everything then." After saying that, Wu Sangui no longer ignored Hai Lanzhu's shouting and strode forward.

Hai Lanzhu's eyes were filled with tears. Unless there was a little fear of unknown fate, there was also the indifference she had never been to her and her helplessness. Her guards were all killed and her brother was severely injured. She was a woman. Although it was no problem for the Mongolian girl to archery, she was only one, and her opponent had dozens of people. Even if she could escape, could she leave her brother who was trying to protect her to death?

Yan Peiwei felt soft when he saw Hai Lanzhu's tears rolling down, and he took out a white silk handkerchief and handed it over.

Although he was not good at speaking, Yan Peiwei only knew a few simple Mongolian words, unlike Wu Sangui. Therefore, Yan Peiwei tried to speak as little as possible or not when facing Hai Lanzhu. Therefore, Hai Lanzhu had a surprisingly better impression of Yan Peiwei than Wu Sangui.

Hai Lanzhu saw the trace of pity from the heart from the eyes of this silent man Jiangnan who was cherishing his words.

"Thank you." Hai Lanzhu took the handkerchief and said in Mongolian.

Yan Peiwei smiled. War was originally a man's business, and it was not something that should be done to capture women like this, but he had to obey the military order. He firmly believed that there was a reason for this order and the emperor would not be wrong.

"You will be fine." Yan Peiwei said in a very unskilled Mongolian language.

Hai Lanzhu just regarded Yan Peiwei's words of comfort, and still walked in the team with a lonely expression. It was a loss for her to be a Mongolian woman. If she were a woman from the Central Plains, she would probably not even have the strength to walk in such a complex and cold ice and snowy place.

If you talk too much, you will lose it. Yan Peiwei knows this truth well. Moreover, his Mongolian language is often out of tune and dare not say too much, so he will not say too much. Although he sympathizes with Hai Lanzhu, he is powerless.

However, just because of this white silk handkerchief, Hai Lanzhu remembered Yan Peiwei and this taciturn man. In the future, Hai Lanzhu took care of Yan Peiwei a lot, and Yan Peiwei's descendants also benefited a lot from Hai Lanzhu's relationship, which Yan Peiwei could not expect at this moment.

Hai Lanzhu has always regarded Wu Sangui and others as Mongolians, because in her impression, the southerners are weak and are not opponents of the Mongolians at all, nor are they opponents of the Jin people. She has almost no doubt about this, because there are not many warriors who can beat their brother even in Mongolia in the southern part of the desert. There are several of them in the team she is in now, and she also curiously guessed the belongings of this team.

There are few forces that can easily knock down the more than 100 guards of their brother and sister with just a few dozen people. The Jin people don’t count it. Unless someone doesn’t want to see themselves marry Huang Taiji, the Jin people will not send people to kill their guards and then snatch them away. The only things left are Chahar Mongolian Lindan Khan, Mongolian in the northern Mongolian in the northern Mongolian in the northern Gor tribe, Baturhuntaiji of the Junggar tribe, Gu Shihan of Qinghai, etc., but now the only ones that are incompatible with the Later Jin and water and fire are the only ones in the Chahar Mongolian in the southern Mongolian in the southern Mongolian, so she also regards Wu Sangui and others as Lindan Khan.

The route Wu Sangui and others was heading westward toward the direction of the Mongol-controlled tribe in Chahar, which further proved that Wu Sangui and others were the masterminds sent by Lin Danhan to destroy the marriage.

However, Hai Lanzhu's final guess was still wrong. What she could never have imagined was that when Wu Sangui and others arrived at the royal city of Lindan Khan in Chahar Mongolia, they transformed into officers and soldiers of the envoys guards of the Ming Dynasty, and then turned from Chahar Mongolia toward the direction of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Hai Lanzhu woke up and killed all the guards and captured her brother and sister, not the Mongols at all, but the Southern people who had always thought they were cowardly and incompetent. They arrested themselves and did not go back to the Ming Dynasty directly, but took a detour to Chahar Mongolia first, and then secretly returned to the Ming Dynasty. This was clearly a conspiracy, a conspiracy to rekindle war between the Later Jin and Chahar Mongolia.
Chapter completed!