A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 693 Dangxiang Assassination
Bell crossed his arms, glanced back at Gao Yanzong who walked out silently, and said, "I thought you only had one person in front of you, then who is he? Why don't you introduce him to me?"

Yuan Wuyou was embarrassed about whether to expose him as her ex-fiancé.
Gao Changgong stood up with a cold face, clasped his fists and said, "Gao Changgong, the Prince of Lanling of Northern Qi, is here to pick up Zheng Xuannv, the Queen of Runan."

Then he said to Gao Yanzong behind Bell, "Fifth brother, it's time to go home."

Bell was shocked when he heard this, "Wait... are you Lanling King?"

She stiffened her neck and turned to look at Gao Yanzong, "So he...he is actually a vixen?"

Gao Yanzong said with a sigh, "I'm not a fox spirit. I'm just a mortal. I don't have nine tails."

Later, seeing the two brothers holding hands and being very affectionate, Bell couldn't help but raise his finger and exclaimed: "Marrying brothers is indeed the most harmonious way to do things, so as to avoid a fight in the backyard."

Before Yuan Wuyou could speak, Gao Changgong retorted, "Stop spreading rumors!"

Yuan Wuyou quickly continued to explain, "Don't talk nonsense, we haven't done that yet... Although Chang Gong and I have been engaged for a long time, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and the situation has changed. We are doing our own thing..."

Bell raised his hand, "I understand, I understand. One only eats but does not give a name, and the other is in name only, right? As the saying goes, money will flow to those who have enough money, and love will flow to those who have enough love."

After a pause, she said with a sigh, "But you should stop doing such unfaithful things. You should at least give the man some dignity."

Gao Yanzong couldn't listen any longer, and hurriedly whispered to his brother and sister-in-law, "Brother, let's go back." He looked up at Yuan Wuyou again, "How about it?"

Yuan Wuyou nodded, and the group started to leave. Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Bell not to talk nonsense. Gao Changgong was innocent and valued his reputation. He was not irresponsible to Gao Yanzong, but the situation forced them to stop being a couple in public.

Bell nodded in agreement, "I've heard a little bit about the male fox's deeds. You are indeed responsible."

When they were walking towards the gate, Gao Changgong ignored the gazes of others and whispered to Yuan Wuyou side by side:
"I heard that Bai Lan was just a shield, and the Tanguts who followed were the main attraction. Moreover, the Tangut Khan called himself Tuoba Ningcong, and wanted to help Huaxu recover the lost territory of the Western Wei. I heard that the governor of Xiangyang supported the secret attack on Chencang for this reason."

Yuan Wuyou frowned in confusion, "Tuoba Ningcong? How come I have never heard of such a person?"

……

The three men rode their horses and just as they left the city, they found that there was not a single farmer in the endless rice fields outside. However, the Dangxiang people did not attack the city, but besieged it.

Just as the few people took a shortcut and walked on the empty field path, the mastiff beside them suddenly blocked the way ahead vigilantly and turned back to bark at Bell.

Bell turned around knowingly, "Oh no, there's an ambush nearby!"

Before she finished speaking, she saw a few girls who were cutting rice and making wreaths running out of the rice field. They were laughing and when they looked up, they made eye contact with a few of them.

Yuan Wuyou happened to see the two Tangut girls talking about braiding the Khan's hair. When he turned around and saw her, one of them whispered, "Is it her?"

“Looks a lot like him!”

Then the two girls started shouting in Qiang language!
The next moment, the rice fields suddenly surged like waves, and several people suddenly floated up!
A group of people swarmed over and pounced on them!
These people are all warriors who can fight against thousands of enemies. Why should they be afraid of these people? Unexpectedly, these Tangut Qiang people did not fight them head-on, but attacked their mounts with a targeted attack, trying to chop off their horses' legs!

In order to keep their mounts, they could only dodge and avoid fighting. After a few rounds, they were defeated. Since Yuan Wuyou was recognized, she was chased and intercepted by a group of people. She drew her sword and used it as a machete. She fought hard for a while, but when she looked back, she found herself trapped in the endless wheat waves!
At this moment, the horse under her crotch suddenly neighed in pain - it turned out that Yuan Wuyou was distracted and was thrown off the mount by the trip rope...

As a dagger with holes in it came towards him, Yuan Wuyou suddenly realized something. He took the opportunity to grab the assassin's hand holding the knife and asked in a stern voice in Qiang language:

"Why kill me? Who sent you to kill me?"

When he heard that she was speaking Qiang language, the Qiang-clad strong man who was trying to assassinate her was stunned for a moment, and then angrily replied in Chinese: "I didn't kill you yesterday because there were too many people. I won't let you escape today!"

Although the Dangxiang assassin's words were difficult to pronounce, Yuan Wuyou suddenly understood what was going on. "You wanted to kill me yesterday too? How did I offend the Dangxiang?"

"You actually betrayed the alliance and killed the most loyal Huaxu tribe leader of our Xifeng tribe. Our Xifeng tribe will never be loyal to Huaxu again! Instead, we will join the Khan of the Tuoba family to rebel against Huaxu and become the king of Huaxu!"

"Wait... who is Tuoba Khan? Aa ...

Yuan Wuyou's hand that was holding the sturdy man lost its strength as she was struggling to break free, and she quickly used her left hand to stop him. The moment the assassin saw the ring on her left hand, he was suddenly shocked and immediately grabbed her wrist to examine the ring.

"How did this ring come to be on your hand?"

Yuan Wuyou quickly withdrew his hand, "That was given to me by Gule."

"Nagule? What right do you have to call our Khan by his nickname? You tyrant... take it off and show it to me!"

"Who are you, Khan?"

"Tuoba Ningcong!"

The moment she heard the name, she suddenly remembered what Gao Changgong had told her. It turned out that his intelligence was so accurate.

Yuan Wuyou then learned that the person who assassinated her at the banquet yesterday was a Dangxiang person, and Wan Yuwuyu was indeed the current leader of the Tuoba tribe. The Tuoba tribe was the most respected among the eight Dangxiang tribes, so Wan Yuwuyu ordered the assassin to "step back!" at the banquet.

When she took off the ring to show him, the Tangut assassin studied the white jade ring inside and out, then his eyes showed shock, grief and indignation.

"The crown prince of Huaxu abandoned the Dangxiang and killed the chief of Xifeng. We Dangxiang worshipped him as king. In order to help him become king in Huaxu, we came to kill the crown prince of Huaxu. I didn't expect that he would give you the Dangxiang king's ring. Are you going to become the new king of Dangxiang or the queen?"

Yuan Wuyou: "... Stop spreading rumors!!"

The avenger of the Xifeng tribe was an honest man. He was so angry when he heard this that he pointed at her nose and cursed, "How can you, a tyrant, scold the cook after you have eaten your fill? We, the Tangut Khan, gave you the king's ring and even the throne, and you are not responsible for him?"

"Wait, how does this relate to irresponsibility?"

The Tangut man looked resentful and put the ring in front of her eyes. "Look inside. There is a line of small characters on the inner circle. It is "Tuoba Ningcong" in Qiang language mixed with Xianbei language. This is the name of our Khan!"

Yuan Wuyou took the ring back and examined it in his palm. He was shocked to find that it was just as he said. “I really hadn’t noticed it before.”

"If you two had no private relationship, why would he give you the royal ring? In Tangut, even if a man joins the army, he must keep his distance from women, fearing that his reputation will not be clear and he will not be able to marry. He dared to give you the royal ring, letting everyone know that he is yours, and you actually distanced yourself from him?"