The team, which was originally supposed to pass through the Tuoba tribe, changed its route to the west and walked along the foot of the mountain, but its speed was no slower than previously planned.
Everyone tried their best to hurry on their way.
While this group of people was rushing towards the Helian tribe, in Tuoling Fort, the Northern Barbarian Chanyu also announced in front of all the tribes that the "transaction" of exchanging people would be carried out at Lingmen Pass on the border in three days.
The prince of their Huyan tribe cannot be easily kidnapped by the people of Dayong.
The power of the Chanyu cannot be violated.
They want to make the audacious King Yongyou pay the price!
All tribes responded at the same time, shouting "The majesty of our emperor must not be violated". The voice echoed throughout Tuoling Fort and spread to the surrounding areas.
The barbarian was tall and strong, and even his voice was exceptionally loud.
Even though it was more than ten miles away, one could still vaguely hear the loud shouts coming from the other side.
"The Northern Barbarians have assembled no less than 50,000 men this time."
"Master, they want to leave your life at Lingmen Pass." Feng Ping looked at Qi Xu worriedly.
They had only 5,000 combat troops, which was ten times less than the number summoned by the Chanyu.
As for the Northern Army, General Shi would not stand idly by, but even if he mobilized half of his troops, they might not be able to compare with the 50,000 Northern Barbarian warriors.
Once the war starts, it will inevitably be a fierce battle.
"This war cannot be fought." Qi Xu lowered his eyes slightly and said in a faint voice.
When he raised his head again, there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes.
He was seen gazing far to the west at Tuolingbao, and spoke in a calm but firm voice.
"The weather in the Northern Barbarians is about to change."
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"The master and the Northern Barbarian Chanyu have agreed to exchange hostages at Lingmen Pass in three days."
"The Chanyu has already sent the King of Youguli on his way to the Helian tribe."
Halfway to the Helian tribe, Wei Yunlan and his party received news from the falcon.
Calculating the time, they were less than half a day's journey away from the Helian tribe. King Youguli set out a day ago. Tuoling Fort was much farther away from the Helian tribe than they were. Even if they hurried at their best, they would arrive at least half a day later than them.
There is still time to maneuver.
Wei Yunlan is now extremely grateful that he insisted on following along.
After learning that King Youguli was also going to the Helian tribe to pick someone up, she immediately came up with a safe plan.
This time, with me here, the certainty of successfully picking up my cousin Princess Changning is almost 100%!
Wei Yunlan and his party hurried on their journey.
Qi Xu was not in a hurry to return to the other side of the border and remained in the heartland of the Northern Barbarians.
The Northern Barbarian Chanyu could not have imagined that King You of Dayong was bolder than he thought. Not only did he dare to send a letter to "provoke" himself, the overlord of the north, he even dared to go deep into danger and approach the territory of their Huyan tribe.
"Is everything installed?"
Feeling the breeze blowing beside him, Qi Xu knew that the people he sent out had returned.
"Yes, we have hidden everything the master asked us to do." After Ying San reported, he retreated to the shadows in the house.
Feng Ping, who came in just before him, reported: "The elite troops of the northern barbarians have gathered and will set out at si hour today."
"The Northern Barbarian Chanyu ordered his men to bring the unconscious Qiulin Nanxing along as well."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xu nodded slightly, with understanding in his eyes.
Almost at the same time, inside Tuoling Fort.
The waiter beside the Chanyu knelt on one knee, raised the tray in his hand high above his head, and presented the items on it to the Chanyu.
There are two things in this tray that can be called complete.
A piece of jade and a token.
The jade is a plaque carved with dragon patterns and inlaid with the gold-plated word "Qi".
As for the token, it was engraved with intricate patterns, and its purpose was difficult to discern, but it was not difficult to determine that it also came from Dayong. The dragon and phoenix patterns on it indicated that it was an item belonging to the Dayong royal family.
In addition to these two things, there were four or five pieces of burnt paper on the tray, the ashes left were only the size of a fingernail.
"Were all these found from him?" Chanyu asked with deep eyes.
"yes."
"Reporting to Chanyu, these things were all found in Young Master Nanxing's bedroom. The token and jade plaque were hidden in the secret compartment under his couch."
"Ha." The Chanyu sneered and ordered, "Is he still unconscious?"
"Bring him to me!"
"yes."
The waiters around the Chanyu took the order and left. Soon, someone came in with a stretcher, and Qiu Linnanxing, who was lying on it with his eyes closed and unconscious, came in.
Tuoling Fort was once the royal court of the Louqiu tribe, and the preserved building is the former royal palace.
The magnificent palace was unusually quiet at this moment.
At the Chanyu's signal, the stretcher was placed on the ground. The back of the person on it hit the ground with a dull sound, but the Chanyu didn't care.
Since Prince Nanxing became the Chanyu's adopted son, when has he ever been treated like this by the Chanyu?
It seems that this time, Shan Yu was really angry.
Everyone else in the palace lowered their heads and looked at their toes, fearing that the anger in the Chanyu's heart might accidentally burn them.
"Someone come here." Shanyu said in a cold voice.
With a wave of his hand, a waiter brought a whole basin of snow water mixed with accumulated snow.
The Chanyu took it with one hand, raised his hand, and poured the entire basin of cold water onto Qiu Linnanxing's face.
The biting cold makes people shiver.
Then he woke up slowly and opened his eyes.
"Chanyu..." Qiulin Nanxing was about to stand up, but immediately realized something was wrong.
The look in the Chanyu's eyes when he looked at him was colder than ever before, completely different from the past.
With a start in his heart, Qiulin Nanxing's originally confused brain suddenly became clear. He quickly got up and knelt in front of the Chanyu.
"The Chanyu is in good health now. I don't know what Nanxing did to make you angry. Please punish me!"
"Don't you know what you have done wrong?" The Chanyu narrowed his eyes and looked at the person kneeling in front of him carefully, as if he was getting to know him all over again.
Qiu Linnanxing felt his scalp tingling when he saw this look in his eyes.
He pursed his lips tightly and didn't say anything yet, quickly reviewing in his mind what went wrong.
Everything was going according to his plan.
The Chanyu was poisoned by the venom extracted from the scorpion's tail and fell into coma.
The eldest prince was encouraged to seize power, and he became suspicious of the second prince, so he sent the second prince to the front line, and the second prince became a hostage of Dayong.
It was he who, at the critical moment when the Chanyu woke up, risked his life to bring back the "Second Prince" from Dayong.
It was also him who, on the pretext of having been infected with scorpion venom while investigating the origin of scorpions, took the initiative to test poisons and drugs for the Chanyu, which even affected his health and caused him to faint several times...
Before he fainted this time, the witch doctor had already tried out a medicine suitable for the Chanyu's recovery, and he had completely won the Chanyu's approval.
Before he fainted, the Chanyu even promised that once he recovered, he would hand over half of the military power to him.
But when I opened my eyes, everything had changed.
What happened on the day he fainted?
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