Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 256 Let Princess Pearl Be a Hostage
Under the moonlight, the talisman flashed a little dim cold light. When Huerhe and other Huns saw the token entrusted in Xia Shengqing's hand, their eyes immediately brightened, and their greedy expressions were undoubtedly revealed.

"What I hold in my hand is the talisman order for the five cities on the border of Dalai. As long as you release General Jingwu, these five talisman orders will all belong to you."

Xia Shengqing was standing on the tower, her robes curled up.

"Haha, this general is just saying that those who know the current affairs are heroes, and the city can be captured again and the people can be taken again, but like General Jingwu, who is a dragon and phoenix among people, he can be called a generation of war god generals. After death, there will be no second Two."

Hu Erhe's narrow laughter resounded in the military ranks, he put his hands on his knees, and was extremely satisfied with the Dalai people's decision.

"Since a consensus has been reached, let's let them go. Let's hand over the talisman with one hand and the hostage with the other." Huang Chenyan looked at Huerhe who was laughing with his head up, and said with a stern face.

Huerhe raised the corners of his lips and smiled slightly, and waved his hand towards the subordinates beside him, signaling to let them go.

"You, bring people up to exchange things!"

Seeing that Huerhe agreed to the conditions, all the soldiers in Dalai secretly breathed a sigh of relief.They all quietly turned their gazes to Huang Chenyan.

Huang Chenyan looked ahead without changing his expression, but with his hands behind his back, he made a gesture of action to everyone.

The soldiers they arranged inside and outside the pass had already set up ambushes, and they only waited for the moment when the two armies traded to protect General Jingwu in an instant, and the rest was to kill the remnants of the Xiongnu.

However, when Huerhe was pinching his beard with a smile on his face, he looked at the opposite city wall for a while, and suddenly began to feel something was wrong.

Logically speaking, such a big matter as exchanging the city talisman order and the life of General Jingwu should be presided over by the highest ranking person in the Dalai army.

But it was Huang Chenyan and Xia Shengqing who ordered the exchange of city talismans just now.Although Huerhe didn't know Xia Shengqing, nor did he know his identity, but in the early days of the battle, he had personally seen Dalai Prince Xia Qin. Among the Dalai royal family, except for the emperor, the prince was the most honored. Why? The prince is missing on such an important occasion right now?
Besides, he clearly remembered that two days ago on this tower, the prince of Dalai was very opposed to exchanging a talisman for General Jingwu.

"hiss……"

Huerhe pinched his beard and frowned, raised his hand and shouted: "Wait...!"

Following his shout, the movement of several soldiers who were about to push General Jingwu forward to exchange talismans with the Dalai people stopped abruptly and stood on the spot.

"What? Do you have any questions, General Hu?" Standing on the city wall, Huang Chenyan spoke calmly, but his heart was slightly tugged, and his right hand was clenched behind his back.

"I heard that Dalai's crown prince is a man of culture and martial arts. This general has watched a few times before the battle. Although the Xiongnu Kingdom and Dalai continue to fight every year, each has its own winners and losers, but it is inevitable that it hurts its own vitality. After today's transaction, the two countries will have no intersection for a long period of time, and today the Crown Prince of Dalai comes down to trade with the king, it can be regarded as a witness to the short-term peace of our two countries, how about it?"

Huerhe's voice was sharp and tentative, and a pair of falcon-like eyes stared at the changes in the expressions of Chen Yanhuang and the others, trying to see some clues from it.

Huang Chenyan's expression changed slightly, and he was about to speak, but only Xia Zijin spoke, his voice was clear.

"That's really unfortunate. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is slightly ill today, and he is lying on the couch in the tent. It may be difficult for General Hu to get the Crown Prince to come to the battle and trade with you."

"Oh? Isn't that a coincidence." Huerhe raised his hands and rubbed his chin in a low voice.

"There are so many coincidences in the world, why should General Hu care about such small things, and besides, when the two armies come to the battle, it is not the same who will exchange."

Xia Zijin raised an eyebrow at Huerhe, and there was nothing unusual in his tone.Huerhe stared at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Since the crown prince is ill, the general will not force it, and it will be the same with another person."

After finishing speaking, Hu Erhe glanced at Xia Zijin, and said with a smile again: "Princess Mingzhu is also a member of the royal family of Dalai, since it is inconvenient for the crown prince to come out, it's okay for Princess Mingzhu to do it for her. The left and right are just to show your sincerity, I don't know if Princess Mingzhu is willing to condescend."

Huerhe squeezed the beard that had just grown on his chin, and squeezed out a few weird laughs from his throat.

Xia Zijin and Huang Chenyan looked at each other involuntarily, doubts inevitably arose in their hearts, Huerhe suddenly asked the members of the royal family to come out and exchange hostages with him, but what did they notice?
"Why, is Princess Mingzhu unwilling? This general is also a first-rank general of the Xiongnu Kingdom. If you invite Princess Mingzhu with such good words, Princess Mingzhu will not give this general this face, right?"

At this time, the traps against the Huns army inside and outside the pass had already been set up. It would undoubtedly be very dangerous if Xia Zijin went up to exchange with the Huns with the order in person.If something critical happens during the transaction, the consequences may be disastrous.

How could Xia Shengqing allow such a situation to happen? He put his hand on Xia Zijin's shoulder, shook his head slightly at her, but took Huerhe's words himself.

"General Hu's words are wrong. Princess Mingzhu is a class of women. My majesty expressly prohibits the female family members of the royal family from interfering in military affairs. Although Princess Mingzhu is an imperial daughter, she must also abide by the rules and regulations of the palace. If General Hu must It is indeed difficult for the princess to exchange the talisman."

"If this general insists on making things difficult for others, what should you do?" Huerhe raised his head arrogantly, "Originally, it was you Dalai who wanted to make a deal with us Huns, if you don't show some sincerity, how can you Don't you underestimate us?"

Xia Shengqing wanted to say more, when he suddenly felt his sleeve being tugged lightly, he turned his head, and saw Xia Zijin was secretly pinching his sleeve, pursing his lips and shaking his head slightly at him, Instruct him not to act rashly.

"Since General Hu is determined to do so, this princess agrees to your request. I hope that after this transaction, Dalai and the Xiongnu will not interfere with each other. The Huns have gained such a huge advantage from our five cities. In the future, don't bother and miss us Dalai. The frontier territory is good."

She bit the word "Missing" hard, no doubt drawing the bottom line clearly. Huerhe raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything, just as a tacit consent, but who knows what will happen in the future.

"Princess. You."

Xia Shengqing understood that Xia Zijin agreed to Huerhe's request in order to make him less suspicious, which would be more conducive to the implementation of the plan.But the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. If something happens, Xia Zijin who is closest to the Huns is undoubtedly the most dangerous. He will never allow Xia Zijin to fall into danger.

"Don't worry, Chenyan and the others have already made arrangements. I will act as soon as the time comes. I will be fine." Xia Zijin whispered comfort to Xia Shengqing in a very light tone, gently squeezed his fingers on his palm, held Wearing the box containing the five talismans, he went down the tower, and walked away under the watchful eyes of all the Dalai soldiers.

The night wind blew her skirt, two strands of long black hair floated on both sides of her cheeks, and tangle behind her ears.Xia Zijin looked ahead, and the neat and dense Huns were getting closer and closer to her. Huerhe's falcon-like eyes seemed to be getting deeper and deeper. She watched the Huns release General Jingwu from the prison car and headed towards her. As they approached, they walked steadily and slowly step by step, calculating the best time to inform Huang Chenyan of their actions when they met the Huns.

The soldiers hiding inside and outside the pass were already a little ready to move, holding weapons in their nervously sweaty palms, ready to fire at any time.

Seeing that Xia Zijin was getting closer and closer to the Huns, Xia Shengqing made a gesture to a certain place in the corner from an invisible angle, and the hidden guard who was originally hiding there disappeared immediately.

"There are still ten steps."

"There are still five steps."

"There are three more steps."

Xia Zijin counted silently in her heart, and clenched the hand holding the box a little bit.

General Jingwu had been brought before her eyes by the Huns, she stopped, and saw Huerhe cast an indescribable look at herself, and pouted at General Jingwu who was detained beside her.

"Princess Pearl, please offer the talisman order."

Xia Zijin nodded, and was about to hand over the talisman Lingxu in his hand. At the same time, Huang Chenyan, who was standing on the top of the tower, also made a gesture to signal the action of the ambush army.

But at this moment, Huerhe's eyes narrowed, and he jumped off the horse suddenly, grabbed Xia Zijin into the air and put him on the horse's back, and the Xiongnu soldiers who were about to release General Jingwu quickly rushed him to the horse again. The push back was so fast that everyone didn't react at all.

"Hurge, what are you doing!"

Xia Shengqing and Huang Chenyan spoke angrily at the same time, and had to give an order to temporarily suspend the plan. Xia Zijin was controlled by Hu Erhe, and they did not dare to act rashly.

"What are you doing? This general wants to ask you what you want to do!"

Huerhe snorted coldly, clasped Xia Zijin's shoulders tightly with his big palms, no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't move.

"You Dalai people are really scheming. You clearly agreed to hand over the people with one hand and hand over the city talisman with the other, but you have hidden some crooked thoughts. You want to take advantage of the chaos to rescue people back and then go back on your promises to deal with us. It is simply shameful. !"

Ever since he discovered that Xia Qin was not present as the crown prince, he had already suspected that what happened tonight was fraudulent, and he paid close attention to every move of the Dalai people, and he found out that they were gesturing furtively or passing eyes. .Just now when he asked Xia Zijin to hand over the talisman, he also clearly saw Huang Chenyan's small movements, and he was even more sure of the Dalai people's conspiracy in his heart.

"Don't take us Huns for fools!"

(End of this chapter)