Chapter 370: Northern Civil War
After resting for half a day, Chunzhi, Huo Zheng and his group went to the Beili Royal Court with Mu Xu and others.
The Beili people mainly engaged in animal husbandry and had little agriculture. They migrated in search of water and grass, lived in yurts, ate animal meat, and wore leather.
It is early winter now, and the Beili Royal Court has moved to a new place with the change of seasons.
After Mu Xu led them back to the original location of the royal court, they followed the unique marks left by those people and headed to the new location of the royal court.
Lord Mu chattered with his subordinates in Beili dialect every day. Chunzhi and Huo Yanran couldn't understand him, but Huo Zheng and Liu Tanhua understood him but didn't show it.
It was not until Mu Xu led them halfway along the special marks that they saw corpses everywhere left by a chaotic battle.
A whole group of tents rustled in the cold wind, and the ground and tents were covered with blood. The dead included Beili soldiers and Beili nobles, young and middle-aged people, as well as men, women, old and young.
A pack of wild wolves were foraging among the corpses, tearing the dead people apart and eating them.
"Who did this? Who did all this?!"
"What on earth is going on?"
The Beili people who had finally rushed back saw this scene, and they drew their swords and rushed forward to kill the wild wolves. After killing some wolves or scaring some away, they stopped and roared to the sky in pain.
Mu Xu, who had always acted prudently, changed his expression drastically when he saw this scene. From the time they set out for Daxing to their return to Beiling, it had only been three or four months, yet Beili had undergone such a huge change.
And there was no news at all, which was really shocking.
Several Beili envoys gathered around Mu Xu and chattered about how so many people had died here, many of them nobles from Beili dressed in gorgeous clothes. The markings on their tents were indeed those of the royal family. It must have been those ambitious tribes who took advantage of their migration to launch a sneak attack and kill them.
Everyone shouted for revenge and wanted to kill all those people.
Mu Xu's words made them all quiet down and become very silent.
Chunzhi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the tragic scene outside. Even though she was not from Beili, she couldn't help but feel sad for those who died tragically.
She couldn't understand what the Beili envoys were saying, but she could see hatred and murderous intent on their faces. Chunzhi asked Huo Zheng softly, "It looks like there's a big mess going on inside Beili. So many people have died. What are Mu Xu and the others talking about?"
Huo Zheng looked out the window and said in a low voice, "Mu Xu said that the most important thing right now is to find the Great Chanyu."
Beili's Great Chanyu was nearly seventy years old, and it was time to elect a new Chanyu. For this reason, Huo Yanran proposed to choose her own husband, and the Beili people readily agreed.
After all, it was Beili who asked Daxing to marry the princess, so there was no reason to force the Daxing princess to marry the old Chanyu who was nearly 70 years old.
Even though the Great Chanyu was the most powerful warrior who was almost god-like in their hearts, and there had been precedents of young and beautiful princesses from other countries marrying white-haired Chanyu, they still agreed to the Daxing Emperor and let Princess Changning choose a husband according to her wishes after arriving at the Beili Royal Court.
But now, the wedding procession from Daxing has arrived in Beili, but Beili is experiencing such a huge civil strife.
Mu Xu and others were worried that Prince Chang'an would take this opportunity to take Princess Changning back to Daxing, and they were even more worried that something had happened to the old Chanyu and several princes.
There were many tribes in the Beili Kingdom. When the Great Chanyu was young, he single-handedly unified the major tribes and led Beili to prosperity. However, people from each tribe wanted to get more land, more water, women and wealth. There were constant disputes for many years. Only under the intimidation of the Great Chanyu did they dare not bring those fights to the surface.
But the Great Chanyu is old, and in recent years several princes have wanted to be the new Chanyu. He cannot suppress these wolf cubs. No matter how heroic a person is when he is young, he will inevitably be unable to do so when he is old.
When the princes were fighting openly and secretly, people from various tribes supported one of them and instigated them to kill their brothers who were more capable of competing with them. However, the old Chanyu knew very well that if he died, Beili would inevitably fall into civil strife, so he sent Mu Xu to lead people to Daxing to ask for the princess' hand in marriage.
They hoped to bring food, cloth and other items from Daxing, so that the poetry, books and filial piety of the country of etiquette could be used to educate the people of Beili. Unfortunately, the arrival of Princess Daxing with huge wealth not only failed to satisfy their greed, but also catalyzed their desire to fight for it.
Such an embarrassing scene was presented to the people of Daxing.
Mu Xu knew that the envoy would listen to Beili's words. Moreover, the scene before him was so tragic that anyone who saw it would think that there was chaos in Beili.
Lord Mu pondered for a moment before walking over to the carriage and addressing Huo Zheng and the others, "As you've all seen, the royal court was slaughtered when it migrated here. The Great Chanyu and the princes are nowhere to be found. We still don't know who perpetrated this murder. We must find the Great Chanyu. The road ahead is treacherous. We are from the Beili people, and dying for the Great Chanyu is an unparalleled honor. But Princess Changning and the prince shouldn't be put in such danger..."
Mu Xu said that he would arrange a team to take Princess Changning, the prince and others to a safe place where there was enough food and water. After the civil strife in Beili was over, he would come to pick up Princess Changning in person.
Huo Zheng said, "When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will remain intact. Even the Beili Royal Court was massacred during the migration. How safe can the safe place that Lord Mu mentioned really be?"
Liu Yan said, "Right now, the entire Beili region is in crisis. The more manpower we have, the stronger our military force will be, and the better we can cope with emergencies. Lord Mu, having us hide now may be the best arrangement in your opinion. However, if there was still an absolutely safe place in Beili, these people would not have died."
When Mu Xu heard what they said, he fell silent for a moment.
Huo Yanran also spoke at the right time: "You Beili people are warriors, and we Daxing people are not afraid of death."
With Seventh Brother and Liu Yan around, the little princess felt confident.
No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, they can overcome the chaos and keep moving forward.
Chunzhi was the last to speak. "Since nowhere is safe, why not move forward together? Lord Mu, we in Daxing have a saying: 'We share weal and woe,' and 'We live and die together.' Have you heard of it?"
"We stand together through thick and thin... live and die together..."
When Mu Xu heard Princess Chang'an say these two words, his eyes were filled with surprise and emotions that were difficult to express in words.
It seemed that at this moment, Lord Mu truly discovered the value of the people of Daxing.
Chunzhi said, "We are destined to be together. Lord Mu, there is no need to be too wary of us. After all, we are all in the same team now, and our lives are tied together. Why not trust each other more and work together to walk the road ahead? We all need to survive to protect our country and our families."
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