Chapter 15: Danhan Mountain (8)
Wen Qiao cautiously stretched out his hand, pushed the tip of the Xueliang knife that had only stopped before stabbing to the center of his eyebrows a little off, and then raised his voice: "I am Governor Shi Wenqiao." Lord Luguan, can you listen to me? ”
After a while, Lu Guan's old and slightly hoarse voice came: "Tuoba Xianbei's affairs, there is no need for the Jin people to 'intervene', and please Wen Changshi to respect himself." ”
"Not so! Otherwise! Wen Qiao shook his head again and again, planning how to organize his words.
He was located across the campfire from Lu Guan, and he looked at where Lu Guan was standing, but the hot air on the side of the blazing bonfire twisted and rolled, blocking his vision. And a large amount of firewood made a beeping and retorting sound under the scorching flames, which seemed to make him unable to hear who was talking on the other side. Wen Qiao had the heart to take a few steps forward, bypassing the bonfire several feet high and facing Lu Guan, but the dozens of warriors in front of him were eyeing him and had no intention of giving way.
These people are all henchmen who have been raised by Lu officials for many years, or they are not as fierce as those fighting men under Yilu, but they are also 'elite' and strong warriors. The two sides confronted each other for a while, and several warriors looked at each other, and suddenly ran over from the side, wanting to bypass Wen Qiao and kill Yilu directly.
But Wen Qiao's reaction was extremely fast, and he completely ignored the swords that pointed at him at the vital points around him. He lunged with one lunge, and once again used his body to block in front of Yilu and the others, forcing the warriors in this direction to temporarily withdraw their swords and stop.
In the blink of an eye, this happened twice in succession. Dozens of Lu Guan's subordinates surrounded Yilu and the others, but they were unable to arbitrarily slash and kill Wen Qiao's actions. If this Wen Qiao is a brave warrior, the problem is that any heroic Xianbei warrior can pinch to death the weak Jin man in front of him like pinching a bedbug. Just because they didn't have the permission of Lord Luguan, they couldn't swing the long knives in their hands comfortably! It was ridiculous and hateful, and many of the samurai were furious.
In comparison, Wen Qiao is even more embarrassed. He intercepted the Xianbei warriors several times, and almost forced his way out of the sword of Rulin. Although Xianbei did not dare to take it seriously, his right arm, left 'leg' and other places were slashed by a long knife, and five or six wounds were dripping with blood.
For a literati like Wen Qiao, such an injury is really painful. Such a danger was something he had never experienced before. His face was pale because of blood loss, and he didn't care about the rhetorical skills of the Emperor, and after forcing back a few Xianbei warriors again, he raised his breath and shouted loudly: "The imperial court has no intention of 'interfering' in the internal affairs of Xianbei, but only wants to save the 'life' of Lord Yilu!" Lord Luguan, please order your subordinates to stop fighting! ”
Leaving Yilu's 'sex' life? On the other side of the altar across the bonfire, Lu Guan couldn't help but sneer. But he immediately controlled his irritation, and paced slowly as usual, measuring the current situation repeatedly as he walked.
Wen Qiao would suddenly 'intervene' at this time, which was indeed unexpected by him. But after all, he was just a weak scholar, and Lu Guan had dozens of ways to restrain him and take the head of Yilu. The key is that Wen Qiao's actions are so reckless and 'fierce', can it be shown that the imperial court's support for Yilu is stronger than he imagined?
Since Tuoba Yi's death, Luguan has relied on means of co-optation, bribery, coercion, and intimidation to continuously expand Tuoba Xianbei's power in the east. In just a few years, he first forced the once powerful central part to fall apart, and could only rely on a 'female' Wu Wei's clan who pretended to be a god and 'trick' ghost to barely support the situation, and then 'forced' Tuoba Xianbei to go to the western part of the 'chicken' flying dog, so that the western lord Yilu had to hide among Dugu Zhi's subordinates before he could sneak to Jinyang to ask the court for help.
Yilu's strength and means are far inferior to Luguan, and the reason why he has been able to compete with Luguan so far is that he formed an alliance with Liu Yueshi in Jinyang, and then went south to attack the Xiongnu, so he won the support of the imperial court. This Changshi Wenqiao, who was sent by the Assassin History of the Prefecture to watch the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, came to support Yilu. However, the officials did not take it into their eyes before, because the Jin people have always been weak, and they only have a mouth to overwhelm the group; When the adults of the East and West Divisions are really fighting to seize the throne, even if it is a Xianbei Hao chief and a nobleman, if he says half a wrong sentence, he is in danger of separating his body and head, and it is even more impossible for Wen Qiao to come out.
No one would have thought that when Yilu reached the end of the road, Wen Qiao had a bit of blood 'sex', and he actually stepped forward to stop it, desperately trying to protect Yilu's 'life'.
According to the original intention of Lu Guan, he will kill Lu today and never leave any troubles. But if that's it...... How to dispose of Wen Qiao? How to 'deliver' to that Liu Tingshi in Bingzhou? After all, the relationship between Tuoba Xianbei and the imperial court over the years has been harmonious, and it is also kind to send an envoy to watch the ceremony, so he may not really take it seriously and kill this envoy in front of everyone? It must be known that those present at this moment are Tuoba Xianbei eight surnamed countrymen and the leaders of the affiliated tribes of the thirty-six countries and ninety-nine surnames, as well as the envoy of the Youzhou Thorn History Department and the son of the prince of Liaoxi. These people have noble statuses, and Lu officials may not be able to easily subdue themselves, who can block their hundreds of mouths. And although the Great Jin Dynasty has appeared as a sign of decay, it is still a behemoth with thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and hundreds of millions of dependents.
Lu Guan frowned, thinking about it like this, this Wen Qiao can't move for the time being, it seems that even Yilu can't move for the time being?
With the brave and belligerent 'sex' character of the Xianbei people, they will never indulge the enemy in front of them because of the threat in the future, and if any other Xianbei people are here, even a hundred Wen Qiao will be cut down. But Lu Guan is not like ordinary Xianbei people. As the least valued of the Tuoba Liwei princes, it took him nearly forty years to gradually climb to the high position of Tuoba Xianbei Eastern Lord, one step away from Xianbei Dadan. The political wisdom accumulated over the past decades has given him patience and forbearance beyond others, and has taught him to act prudently.
Lu Guan pondered carefully and suddenly stopped.
Since Wen Qiao tried his best to protect Yilu, how to deal with Yilu became a problem. For a while, it was difficult for Lu Guan to make a decision. But what is the most important task at the moment? Could it be that he spent so much effort for this sacrifice ceremony just to kill Yilu? No, no, it's not, I'm almost confused. Sitting on the throne of Tuoba Xianbei is the most important thing at present! If the time is delayed because of Yilu, a young child, don't you hear that the Jin people have clouds: long nights and dreams?
Thinking of this, Lu Guan stomped his feet suddenly, ignoring Wen Qiao, Yilu and the others, and instead shouted in Xianbei language: "Chiefs, how to deal with Yilu is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning, we can discuss it slowly." This battle was won by my Lu Guan, but this is certain! ”
Xianbei people live in difficult conditions, the diet is unreasonable, and they tend to be greasy, so they generally die of premature aging, and it is also common for ordinary people to die at the age of thirty or forty. Only the Dadan Yu Yilin, which has been inherited for dozens of generations, is generally long-lived, such as deduction, Jiefen, Liwei and other heroes, all of whom live to more than 100 years old. Luguan also seems to have inherited this special physique, although he is over sixty years old, his physical strength and 'spirit' are still at their peak. At this moment, he shouted loudly, full of energy, every word and sentence were far away with the mountain wind, and there was still a faint echo rumbling.
Lu Guan looked around and asked, "You say, yes or no!" ”
There's nothing to argue about that. Although his method of driving the raiders to attack was unreasonable and shocked everyone, he won and won the victory. So the chiefs of all the tribes bowed their heads and praised together: "Yes! ”
Luguan turned around like a whirlwind, faced Wei Shi, who had always stood silently on the stone platform, and stepped forward: "So...... I'm the next Tuoba Xianbei Da Danyu! ”
He stared at the pale witch girl: "Weishi, aren't you ready for blood wine?" ”
According to the tradition of the past years, the last part of the ceremony is to slaughter a white calf, a yellow horse, and a white sheep by the witch's own hands, and take the sacrificial blood to 'mix' it with the liquor, and give it to the chiefs and commanders to drink the large orders that are supported by the chiefs. In this procedure, the witch 'maiden' communicates with the will of the gods in the sky and the ancestors of Tuoba Xianbei, and on behalf of the ancestors of the gods, they give the blood wine with divine powers to mortals. For thousands of years, those who received the gift were all sincere and fearful, and only today's officials are so strong.
The white calf, the yellow foal, and the white sheep were tied up early and placed under the stone platform, and the three little animals probably sensed that the time of death was near, and suddenly struggled violently. And the Wei family, who was betrayed by a group of people, seems to have lost her soul and lost the magical majesty of her communication with the two worlds of heaven and man. Under the blazing eyes of Lu Guan, she didn't hold on for long, then she unfolded the wide sleeves of her robe like wings, bowed down, and muttered: "Obey." ”