Chapter 166: Princess Naren Tuoya of Northern Frontier
Everyone reacted quickly, starting with the shopkeeper running towards the woods while shouting, and the Yan family guards turned their horses around, holding their knives and swords, and stood in front of Yan Jiu.
Yan Jiu stretched out his hand to protect Jin Sui behind him. Jin Sui raised his crossbow and aimed at the woods.
Everyone had a tacit understanding that even though they knew there was a problem, they did not think of escaping, because the clue involved was related to Twelve Niang, and they could not miss even a ten-thousandth hope.
With a "whoosh", an arrow shot out from the woods.
With a scream of "Ah", the shopkeeper was shot to the ground by an arrow. He spat out blood, raised his hands, and shouted with difficulty in the direction of the woods:
"My family, let my family go."
"Don't worry, this princess will release your family. But you failed in your job, so you should die as a token of your guilt!"
An arrogant female voice sounded, and then a woman dressed in Northern Xinjiang style came out of the woods on horseback.
She was wearing a silver-gray animal-skin riding suit, with her long hair loose, a animal-skin headband carved with a wolf's head, wolf fangs in her ears, and jewelry carved with runes around her neck, wrists, and waist.
The breastplate was inlaid with the northern border people's favorite gemstone, and the exposed deerskin boot buckle was also a blue gemstone.
This outfit is simply the Northern Xinjiang version of Jin Zilin, and it is extremely luxurious, but not low-key enough. Her outfit tells everyone who has seen her that she is both noble and rich!
She doesn't look like a standard beauty. Her wild eyebrows are too sharp, her eyes are single eyelids and a little small, her nose bridge is too high, her cheeks look thin, her lips are slightly thick, and her protruding ears are too high.
But anyone who has seen her will never forget her appearance, which was too aggressive and too heroic.
If we compare her to flowers, the ordinary beauties in the Central Plains are different from spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, but she is a bunch of arrogant and unbridled thorns, with thorns and lush vitality.
She carried a long knife and slowly walked out of the woods, pointing the knife at the shopkeeper: "This princess said, take Yan Jiulang into the woods alone, is this how you do it?"
She walked towards the shopkeeper with a smile, but raised her long knife. Just as she was about to strike, Yan Jiu spoke:
"Princess Toya, please spare him!"
Narentuoya raised her eyebrows, raised her chin, squinted her eyes and looked at Yan Jiu: "It's amazing that the head of the Yan family still remembers this princess!"
Yan Jiu bowed and said, "Princess, I will never forget your heroic spirit."
"I wonder what the princess wants to talk to me about?"
"Also, is my sister Twelve Lady really in the princess's hands?"
Naren Toya smiled and said, "So you're looking for your sister! I just heard that Yan Jiulang was looking for a woman, and I thought he was looking for a maid to warm the bed!"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but your sister is not here with me."
Yan Jiu glanced at the shopkeeper, and seeing that he was not going to die, he ignored him. Saving his life from the princess was already a token of friendship between the fellow countrymen of Yan.
He was not magnanimous enough to forgive the person who deceived him, especially for letting Miss Ji face such a dangerous situation.
Moreover, if one of our own people is to die, it is better to die at the hands of our own people. How can we just watch him being killed by people from the northern border?
He pulled the reins and said, "In that case, Yan will take his leave."
Suddenly, Narentuoya rode over at full speed, holding a broadsword in front of everyone: "Is Yan Jiulang really so cruel that he doesn't care about our old friendship?"
Yan Jiu looked at her directly: "Yan doesn't feel that he has any old feelings for the princess!"
Jin Sui: ... There is something! "Oh, if it weren't for my father, would your Yan nobles be able to trade in the northern border? If it weren't for my brother, your Yan merchants would have been kidnapped by mountain bandits and horse thieves.
Now that my father's body is still warm, you want to pay homage to the traitor Zuo Xian Wang?"
Yan Jiu shook his head: "I am a Xia person, and I don't understand the politics of the Northern Frontier. This time, I came here to congratulate the Zuo Xian Wang on his wedding and to congratulate the new king on his ascension to the throne. I don't know what's wrong with that?"
Jinsui, the melon is not fragrant! It seems that Yan Jiu has a good relationship with the royal family of Beijiang. Beijiang’s business is very big! It’s just that this princess seems a little paranoid and unreasonable.
Jin Sui silently tightened the reins. If the situation was not right, he would run away immediately. Anyway, it seemed that the princess would not do anything to Yan Jiu.
At this moment, Narentuoya noticed her and pointed the tip of her knife at her:
"Is this your woman? She's so beautiful! I've always been thinking, Yan Jiu, you're prettier than a woman. What kind of woman is worthy of you? It seems that there are still many beauties in Da Xia!"
In this passage, Jinsui only agrees with the sentence "You are prettier than women."
She quickly replied: "Princess, I am just the master's maid."
Naren Toya raised her eyebrows, ignored Jin Sui, and continued to ask Yan Jiu: "How about making a deal with this princess?"
Yan Jiu shook his head: "There is no deal between Yan and the princess."
The princess laughed: "Don't you want to hear what the deal is?"
Yan Jiu suddenly said: "I think you should find King Li to make this deal."
Jin Sui was startled and looked at Yan Jiu instantly. Did he know any inside information? He had never mentioned it before.
Naren Tuoya shook her head in disdain: "Don't think that this princess doesn't know anything, he was just pushed out to die! He has no soldiers, no power, and no money, so he is not qualified to make a deal with this princess.
He is called the prince of Daxia, but in my opinion, he is not as good as you, the lord of Yandi."
Yan Jiu bowed his hands and said, "Princess, please be careful with your words. I am just a family head and I run a small business. I'm sorry that I can't help you with your big plan."
Narentuoya swung the long sword in her hand and said, "No room for negotiation?"
"No! The Yan family does not participate in politics, especially the politics of the Northern Frontier."
Narentuoya suddenly laughed, thrust the long sword in her hand into the saddle, and said, "Okay! Then..."
As she spoke, she quickly took out the lasso from the other side of the saddle and threw it to the crowd. Everyone thought she was aiming at Ti Yanjiu, but the lasso ended up falling on Jinsui.
As she rode the horse, she swung Jinsui hard, sending him flying high into the air. She pulled the rope back, caught Jinsui, and used one hand to form a claw to grab Jinsui's neck.
"Now, can we discuss this?"
Jinsui found that the princess was very tall, and being held hostage by her, he felt like a little bird.
At the same time, he felt that the current situation was very funny. Who would have thought that Taoist Xiao Ji, who was still a man not long ago and was decisive in killing others, was now being held hostage by a woman like a weakling.
Jin Sui imagined the scene when Hei Hu and the others saw this scene, they would definitely be shocked.
The more she thought about it, the funnier it got. She laughed out loud unconsciously, making Naren Tuoya laugh so hard that she turned to Jin Sui and asked in confusion, "My little beauty, are you scared silly?"
"Don't worry, this princess won't kill women, not even Han women."
She even leaned close to Jin Sui's ear, her slightly thick lips almost touching Jin Sui's earlobe, and said with a low laugh: "Also, it can test your man's feelings for you."
"Look at this Yan Lengmian, is he willing to break the rules for you?"
Jin Sui turned his head away as much as possible and chuckled, "Then the princess will be disappointed. First of all, he is not my man. Secondly, he will not break the rules for me. Finally..."
Jinsui suddenly stopped talking and looked at the Yan family members opposite. The guards were very anxious and held their knives tighter, ready to rush up and snatch her at any time.
Just say that 90% of the men of this era not only have night blindness, but also eye blindness! They have been traveling together for so many days, but they didn't recognize that she was the fake Li Wang.
Yan Jiu showed a trace of nervousness, and the joints in his hands holding the reins clenched, but it was only a trace. He should know very well that the princess would not do anything to him.
The only one who was extremely worried and wanted to kill the princess was Liuyun.
But Jinsui felt that rather than being worried about himself, he was regretting not stopping Narentuoya just now.
Liuyun was lying on the horse's back and had already touched the crossbow to prevent the situation from getting worse.
When the princess asked, "What's the last one?"
Jinsui turned his head and smiled sweetly at her: "Finally, you shouldn't have taken me hostage."
If you mess with me, you mess with the right person! As she spoke, she raised her hand gently, without any deterrence, as if she was going to touch her lover's cheek.
Moreover, she had nothing in her hands, which Narentuoya saw clearly.
But when that slender little hand touched her neck, the princess felt her neck go numb for a moment and looked down hurriedly: "What did you do?"
I felt dizzy and stared at Jin Sui, saying, "Cunning Han woman..."
Before she finished her curse, she fell to the ground, causing Jin Sui to hold her back, fearing that she would fall and get hurt.
There was no doubt that Jinsui had injected her with anesthesia.
If you capture a Yan family guard, it will be more useful than capturing me! Poor big princess, now it's your turn to be held hostage by me.
Jin Sui called Liu Yun to come forward, but the boy actually held a knife: "Move away, or you'll get blood splashed on you."
Jin Sui was speechless: "Are you going to cut her up? Help us get off the horse, don't hurt her!"
Liuyun: "You really like women."
This was a statement. Jin Sui rolled his eyes: "How did you know that?"
"You stopped chasing the prince because of Miss Yan. The princess wanted to kill you, but you were reluctant to hurt her."
Jinsui took a deep breath and decided not to argue with the kid.
Yan Jiu stepped forward and said, "There must be someone waiting for her in the woods. Just throw her into the woods."
Jinsui looked at him and smiled, but didn't respond.
Yan Jiu felt uncomfortable being looked at by her, and whispered: "Miss Ji, you are trying to fish in troubled waters."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "From the moment we set foot in the Northern Frontier, every step we took was like walking on the edge of a knife. I'm sorry, Jiulang, I don't want to let go of any power."
"Don't worry, this is a deal between her and me. It won't involve the Yan family."
"After you find Twelve Lady, you can go back to Yanzhou! Thank you for sending me to the Northern Frontier. I'll say goodbye now."
"I will not forget my promise. As long as I return alive, I will lead the team to find a sea route."
Yan Jiu stared at her for a long time without saying a word. His eyes became increasingly deep, like a lake in the forest that no one had passed by for a long time, mysterious and sad.
"In Miss Ji's mind, is Yan such a person who seeks profit and avoids harm?"
Jin Sui said hurriedly: "No, it's just that you don't have to get involved in this matter."
Yan Jiu smiled and said, "Then Miss Ji doesn't have to get involved."
"It's different. Every soldier in the Black Feather Camp is my friend!" Jin Sui shook his head.
Yan Jiu leaned over on horseback and looked at her at eye level: "That Miss Ji is my friend. I sent my friend to the battlefield, so of course I have to bring her back alive!"
Jin Sui felt touched, but at the same time, he felt guilty. The little compensation he gave was not worthy of Yan Jiu's treatment.
What's more, she indirectly lost the other person's sister.
Immediately, Jin Sui took a deep breath and solemnly promised: "I will definitely help Jiu Lang make a lot of money from the sea in the future!"
Yan Jiu: ...
Miss Ji still doesn't think of herself as a woman! When a man does so much for you, a normal woman will think that he likes her.
Instead, make money in return.
Suddenly, he felt a little sympathy for Gu Changxiao. He and Miss Ji had been together for so long, but they could only be considered friends.
After bringing the princess back to the yurt, Jinsui took care of her alone. uh, and Liuyun too, squatted in the corner, eating candy and poking the blanket with a stick.
He firmly disagreed with Jinsui being alone with the princess, fearing that they would be ambushed.
Even though Jinsui told him again and again that she was the only one in the world who plotted against others, no one could plot against her.
No matter how fast a ninja can throw shuriken, it’s not as fast as her using her mind to take weapons from space!
But Liuyun was unwilling to leave, so Jinsui had to give him a handful of candy and let him go play aside.
When Narentoya woke up, she saw the weak Han woman washing a towel beside her and wiping her face.
He sat up in shock and looked at Jin Sui as if he had seen a ghost: "What trick did you use?"
Even if it was poison, it would not be possible for her to have an attack so quickly. She was very strong. Once someone drugged her, she could hold on until she killed a few thieves before passing out.
Jin Sui deliberately pretended to be unfathomable and said in a low voice: "I once studied under the Southern Barbarian Medical Immortal. My medical skills are extraordinary. It only takes me three breaths to knock down a woman like the princess."
Narentuya's first reaction was to fold her arms and shrink into a corner, acting as if Jinsui was a big man bullying a little girl.
When she found a young man in the corner, Naren Tuoya stopped again and asked anxiously, "Where is Yan Jiu? I want to see him."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Princess, you should have heard what the head of the family said. He doesn't want to cooperate with you. But now, Princess has a better choice, which is to cooperate with me."
It took some effort to convince Narentuoya. In the end, she probably thought that Jinsui was Yan Jiu's messenger, so she told Jinsui the whole story.
It was a very routine palace fight. The old king died suddenly, and his uncle, King Zuoxian, who held a large army, intended to rebel and poisoned the crown prince. If the crown prince's sister, Princess Narentoya, had not rescued him, he would have died in the palace long ago.
Now, because the prince is missing and the political situation is unstable, Zuo Xian Wang cannot ascend the throne smoothly. Only by finding the prince's body can Zuo Xian Wang successfully become king.
He invited all the nobles in the northern border to the royal court on the pretext of getting married, hoping to use this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and officially ascend the throne.
Jin Sui asked the question that concerned him the most: "Who was the one who led the King of Li to come to the Northern Frontier to negotiate peace?"
"Zuo Xian Wang! The army that went to Daxia to collect money was his subordinates.
Only his subordinates would go to the border to plunder and kill Han people. My father has long ordered that we should coexist peacefully with Daxia and stop killing Han people.
However, King Zuo Xian had always wanted to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan, and every year he would send people there to gather information and plunder food.
and……"
She stopped suddenly, probably because she felt that it was useless to say the next words to Jinsui, the maid.
But Jin Sui pressed on: "Princess, please tell me in detail so that my master can seriously consider it."
Naren Tuoya crossed her arms and said, "Because I haven't found any evidence for this matter. That is, Zuo Xian Wang secretly had dealings with your queen, and it was also the queen who wanted to use him to kill Li Wang."
Jin Sui raised an eyebrow: "How could the Queen know Prince Zuo Xian?"
"When he was young, Prince Zuo Xian was sent as an envoy to Daxia and stayed in Chang'an for three years. He met the queen at that time. How come you didn't know this?"
Jinsui's gossip fire is about to be ignited, and it seems that the old emperor is a little cheated!
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