Zhamu asked incredulously, "You don't really intend to use me to pay the ransom, do you? Do you know what that means?"
Ning Ye shrugged. "I think you should guess what will happen to you if you can't even exchange the money."
“I can write a letter, but I don’t know how much money it will get me. But as long as I write this letter, you have to let me leave this godforsaken place. At the very least, I need to see the sunlight.”
Ning Ye immediately asked Wang Wu to prepare some writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, and then asked Zhamuhe to start writing there.
After the letter was finished, Ning Ye grabbed it and glanced at it briefly. He discovered that the writing was entirely in Turkic script, which he couldn't understand at first glance.
"I think you should know that I'll have someone check this. If there's anything wrong with it, your life will only get harder. So if you change it now, you still have a chance?"
Zhamuhe suddenly laughed, “We Turks always keep our word. Since I promised to write it, I won’t cheat you. So you can have someone verify it. If there are any problems, you can deal with it as you see fit.”
Ning Ye nodded and said, "I hope what you said is true. Wang Wu took him to the prison in the military camp and kept him under strict guard. There must be no mistakes."
Wang Wu clasped his hands and said, "Please rest assured, sir. Although no one has ever been imprisoned in my cell, I am absolutely confident that no one will be able to escape."
Fortunately, this place is not too far from the Turkic side, so it is not difficult to find someone who can read Turkic. Ning Ye divided the letter into several parts, and after confirming that there were no problems with the contents, he prepared to ask for the ransom.
As for what to do, Ning Ye already knew, since at this very moment the Grand Preceptor had already discovered that his prince had disappeared.
At this time, although the entire Turkic delegation had already crossed the border, they had not gone far. After searching around and around, the Grand Preceptor finally believed that his prince had indeed not come as agreed.
It's also impossible that they haven't felt it yet, since the prince has always been walking ahead, so logically he should have arrived earlier than them. But now there's no news at all, so there's only one possibility left.
Even though the Grand Preceptor was furious inside, he had to find a way to retrieve the prince. Otherwise, everyone in the delegation except him would die upon their return, and his position as Grand Preceptor would certainly be attacked by those with ulterior motives.
He has climbed to such a high position step by step. If he were to fall from here, what awaits him is likely a life worse than death.
Even though he knew in his heart that the prince had been captured, the Grand Preceptor was still helpless. After all, he couldn't go back and find a prince who had been captured by someone. Now he could only wait here and see if there was any chance of a turn of events.
Li Ruochen, who was inside the border, also found it strange. After all, these people should have already started their return journey, yet they were still lingering there. It seemed odd no matter how you looked at it, but since the delegation hadn't done anything, she couldn't just drive them away directly.
"Keep an eye on them, and report to me immediately if anything happens."
One of the lieutenants said, "Sir, why don't you just send them away? They've already done what they were supposed to do. If they stay, we can consider it a provocation, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to send them away."
Li Ruochen said calmly, "No, since they don't want to leave, let them stay here. I want to see what they're up to."
Regarding this crucial matter, Ning Ye didn't intend to send anyone else; instead, he planned to go himself to see the Turkic scholar, given the Turkic people's recent rapid development. If it was indeed the Grand Preceptor's doing, then even more caution was warranted.
If not, it means that there is still an unknown force behind the Turks, and someone is deliberately manipulating everything.
If it's the former, then it's fine, but if it's the latter, then the waters here are probably much deeper than imagined.
Of course, Ning Ye also wanted to meet the female general Li Ruochen. Although he had always heard of her, he had never met her. It would be impossible for him not to be curious about her at all.
After all, Ning Ye had helped out a few times, so it wasn't unreasonable to meet him.
Ning Ye naturally couldn't have come empty-handed; he brought quite a few things to comfort the soldiers who were guarding the border.
When Ning Ye's convoy appeared at the border, one of the soldiers, an old man, felt that the scene before him was somewhat familiar, as if something similar had happened before those barbarians invaded.
Without any warning, a convoy suddenly appeared, seemingly still transporting a large amount of supplies.
After the convoy stopped, the veteran was all ready to receive the supplies after everyone left, regardless of who delivered them. However, he never expected that the convoy would actually come all the way to the city gate of the border.
The veteran led a group of men to stop the convoy, glanced at Ning Ye, who was leading the group, and asked, "Are you going out to do business, sir?"
Ning Ye smiled slightly, "Trademen naturally have their own way of doing things. I've come here to see your general. If it's convenient, please let us in."
The veteran said, "I can report this, but I need to check all your things. If there's a problem, you can't go in. Is it convenient for you to check?"
Ning Ye gestured for them to proceed, saying, "Please feel free to check these things. They're just some food and supplies; there's absolutely nothing wrong with them."
Although Ning Ye said that, the veteran still had to check the case. He had to make sure that there were no bad guys hiding there, otherwise he would be beheaded if he let the convoy in like that.
After a thorough inspection, the veteran confirmed that there was absolutely no problem with the contents. He even tested the food that could be eaten directly and found no possibility of poisoning.
"Please leave your name and tell us what brings you to see our general?"
"My name is Ning Ye. I have come to offer my condolences to the border guards and would also like to take a short trip. However, it should not be too long. If the general does not wish to see me, you could also ask him if I could pass through this border for me."
After the veteran said he remembered, he went in alone to report it, while Ning Ye and the others could only wait where they were.
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