The mad concubine of ancient martial arts who traveled through time

Chapter 362 Great Contrast

After leaving the royal court, nothing but yellow sand along the way is yellow sand.In the vast desert, seeing the sun is also different from other places. It is a big orange sun and there is a yellowish halo outside.Although it wasn't noon yet, it was already scorching hot, in stark contrast to the extreme cold at night.

Ruan Zhuqi's body was already a little sweaty, and at this moment, Siming suddenly stopped and shouted: "We're here!"

Zhilei grabbed the reins, loosened the connection between Ruan Zhuqi and herself, and pushed Ruan Zhuqi down.Ruan Zhuqi fell into the sand without paying attention.Fortunately, the yellow sand is not as hard as a rock, and it doesn't hurt so much to fall on it.

Siming immediately laughed, and said: "Zhilei is really, knowing that Sister Wen can't move now, and deliberately let her fall! Sister Wen looks really embarrassed now!"

"Thanks to you!" Ruan Zhuqi stood up straight and patted the sand on her body, "What you have done to me, one day, my fourth uncle will give it back to you even more!"

"Give it back to us?" Siming's playful face immediately became serious, and said, "Sister Wen, how do you plan to return it to us? Do you think we are happy to fight with you Beizhou all these years? Since your grandfather Ruan Wentai, we Turks have We were driven to this barren desert and lived without a single meal. What do you want to pay us back?"

Ruan Zhuqi was stunned for a while, because he had heard from his fourth uncle that the border states and counties were taken from the Turks by his grandfather.But victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists, who is to blame?Ruan Zhuqi said: "The place you are not capable of guarding, naturally we should let Bei Zhou guard it!"

Siming's eyes suddenly darkened, and his voice became gloomy, and he said, "Yes, our Ashina clan is not capable of fighting your Ruan Wen clan. But the Turkic people in the desert should not fight because of our Ashina clan. You Xianbei people are human beings, and Han people are human beings. Are we Turkic people not human beings?"

Siming became excited as he spoke: "How many Turkic people wanted to join you in the Northern Zhou Dynasty these years, but they were rejected! A few years ago, you could go to the Northern Qi Dynasty again, but what about you? After accepting the Northern Qi Dynasty, you did not hesitate They drove out the Turkic people who had already lived in the pass! Ruan Zhuqi, tell me, what did these Turkic people do wrong? Why do they want to live a better life like the Han people and Xianbei people, and you just can’t tolerate them like this? "

Ruan Zhuqi was speechless for a while, the decree not allowing Turkic people to enter the customs was in existence when his grandfather Ruan Wentai was alive.For a long time, the impression that the Turkic people were brutal and ignorant of etiquette was deeply reflected in Ruan Zhuqi's heart.Therefore, Ruan Zhuqi didn't think deeply about this decree, and even said that she had always believed that the pass should not be the place where these barbarians appeared.

But Empress Ashina, Siming, and the slightly tricky Zhilei are not barbarians.Since she is not a barbarian, what excuse does Ruan Zhuqi have to defend that law?

"Why should brother talk nonsense to her? She is just a spoiled princess, how can she understand this!" Zhi Lei said in a very disdainful tone.

After a long time, Siming calmed down and said, "Don't talk about that, we are here to find Uncle Moa today."

It was only then that Ruan Zhuqi noticed that there was a very small tent in front of him, which seemed to be a temporary one.Outside the tent were dogs guarding a flock of sheep.The sheep in the poor flock are all skinny and their hair is not thick enough.

"Uncle Xiang Mo! Uncle Mo! Ah Ming is here!" Siming cheered and rushed towards the tent.Soon, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a bearded man walked out from inside, beckoning to Siming.

"Not yet!" Zhilei shouted at Ruan Zhuqi.

Xiang Mo glanced at Ruan Zhuqi, teased Siming with a smile, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, the brat is looking for a wife?"

The smile on Siming's face did not diminish, and he immediately denied it: "Uncle, don't talk nonsense, this is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, how can I, a little Turkic prince, be worthy of it!"

"What's wrong with the eldest princess! Didn't your elder sister marry her uncle? Why can't she be worthy! I see, she's a pretty girl!" Xiang Mo said while carefully looking at Ruan Zhuqi.

Siming just smiled and didn't stop Xiang Mo from saying more.But Xiang Mo consciously shut up when he saw Ruan Zhuqi getting closer.He is also a member of the royal family, why does Ruan Zhuqi have an inviolable aura about him.

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm a married man, and has nothing to do with your second prince!" Ruan Zhuqi gave Siming a white look.

Xiang Mo smiled awkwardly, quickly opened the curtain to welcome the three of Siming in, and said, "It's windy outside, you are distinguished guests, sit inside. I'll kill a fat sheep for you!"

Siming and Zhilei immediately grabbed Xiang Mo, Siming said: "This year's harvest is not good, the grass in the desert is not growing, and your sheep are so thin, how can you entertain us with them!"

"That's right! What brother said is right!" Zhi Lei also chimed in, "Uncle Xiang Mo, we won't eat your sheep."

Xiang Mo showed a helpless expression on his face, and said: "A few years ago, we were asked to go to Yanzhou to graze, but last year, we refused to let our sheep go to eat a bite of grass. These beasts can't eat enough with me, At the end of the year, if you don’t grow fat, you can’t sell it. Since you can’t sell it, why don’t you roast it for you to taste, the meat should be tender even though it is small.”

last year?Ruan Zhuqi's eyes moved slightly. The battle between the Turks and the Northern Zhou Dynasty obviously started this year. Why didn't the Northern Zhou Dynasty let the Turkic people go to herd herds last year?Could it be that fourth uncle was actually prepared?

Zhilei looked at Ruan Zhuqi angrily, and shouted: "It's all you! You Northern Zhou people think you are noble, but you are actually a group of cold and heartless people! Killed my sister and deliberately let Brother Wang provoke the war, so that you It can make your own army division famous, can't it?"

"You think too much, my fourth uncle doesn't bother to do this kind of thing! If he wants to pacify you Turks, he can do it at any time! Also, Empress Ashina committed suicide because she was arrested by her fourth uncle for trying to elope with her old friend. Uncle committed suicide when he caught him! Don't pour dirty water on my fourth uncle!" Ruan Zhuqi retorted plausibly.Ruan Zhuqi can bear anything, but she can't bear these ignorant people slandering Ruan Wenyong!

"You!" Zhilei got angry, and raised her fist to hit Ruan Zhuqi.Siming quickly stopped Zhilei, and asked Ruan Zhuqi, "You said, Sister Cong Nan failed to elope?"

"Isn't it?" Ruan Zhuqi sneered, "Your Turks sent the princess for marriage, and the old friend came to the door to take her away. This kind of anger is unbearable for a man, let alone a high-ranking monarch like my fourth uncle! Don't you Could it be that you want to quibble? That friend is one of your princes!"

Zhilei and Siming were startled when they heard the words, and said in unison: "He Qi!"

"It's him!" Ruan Zhuqi also remembered the name after such a reminder.

Siming's face became a little ugly, and he asked, "When did Sister Cong Nan elope? And when did she die?"

Ruan Zhuqi thought for a while, and said: "I eloped at the end of the year, but was arrested later. The fourth uncle killed the man named 'He Qi', and the queen committed suicide last month."

"Has sister been locked up all this time?" Siming asked immediately.

"It's inevitable. Fourth Uncle is so proud, how could he let Queen Ashina go? The queen has been under house arrest in the palace." Ruan Zhuqi replied.

Siming's face turned pale in an instant, Zhilei was frightened, she quickly supported Siming, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"I was cheated! I was cheated!" Siming said repeatedly, "Sister is under house arrest, how could she send a letter! It's all a lie to say that Yonghuang's military training will be stepped up after the New Year's Eve!"

"What is stepping up military training? My fourth uncle has been ill..." Ruan Zhuqi wanted to refute, but suddenly realized that if the news of Ruan Wenyong's illness was told to the Turkic people, wouldn't it make them even more arrogant?But as soon as the words came out, Siming heard them clearly.

"Someone is playing tricks, deliberately provoking a war between the Turks and the Northern Zhou Dynasty!" Siming's eyes suddenly flashed resentment, and even Zhilei became angry when she heard the words.Who is so hateful!What good would it do!
Ruan Zhuqi knew without thinking that there is only one person who can do these things. "I didn't know that she was good at imitating handwriting!" Ruan Zhuqi immediately understood the matter of Ruan Wenyong's fake secret letter.The same trick deceived the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks!

"You know? Who is she?" Zhilei didn't understand what Ruan Zhuqi was talking about, but Siming vaguely guessed it.Ruan Zhuqi glanced at Zhilei, this girl has no city, telling her would be adding to the chaos, so she said, "I don't know."

Zhilei gave Ruan Zhuqi a disdainful look, and said: "You really know how to pretend! I thought you knew!" At the end, Zhilei added: "Maybe those men like to see you pretend like this! You really have no eyes! "

"You seem to be very interested in my son-in-law?" Ruan Zhuqi immediately noticed the jealousy mixed with Zhilei's dislike for her, "That's right, anyone like A Su likes it."

Ruan Zhuqi smiled lightly, Zhilei was very surprised, and asked, "Aren't you angry at all when someone likes your son-in-law?"

Ruan Zhuqi deliberately said: "Not angry, I am not angry at all. Some people like Ah Su, it shows that I have a good vision!"

Zhilei glared at Ruan Zhuqi, and said, "I'm really worthless for him! My mother said that if a woman likes a man, she will not allow other women to like this man. If you are not angry, it can only mean that you are not sincere." Like him! Shameless! He treats you so well, why are you like this!"

"Yeah, I'm shameless, what's the matter?" Ruan Zhuqi was happy to tease Zhilei, "I am the eldest princess, and he is my subject. I want him to be my son-in-law. Does it matter if I really like it?"

"But he really likes you!" Zhi Lei was angry and anxious, her face flushed red.

"Who told you that if he likes me, I have to like him? Childish! Nothing is equal!" Ruan Zhuqi said here, suddenly remembering herself and Xuan Shidu, "Even if you liked it before, you don't have to do it now. I like it. What's the point? People are so fickle."

(End of this chapter)