"Father! This Jiang Ming is too arrogant! How dare he look down on us like this?"
"Yes, Father! This son is shameless! Let me lead 3,000 iron cavalry down the mountain and slaughter Chen Family Village! Rescue my sister!"
"Father! He's just bluffing, trying to get our morale in check. He's actually playing the 'empty city ploy,' betting that we won't dare to fight!"
......
The sons of the Xianbei Khan were making a ruckus, all volunteering to go down the mountain to capture Jiang Ming alive and wipe out Chenjia Village to vent their anger!
Seeing the princes rubbing their hands together in anticipation, the Xianbei Khan looked like he wanted to eat people.
Tuoba Ren looked uneasy and embarrassed, and advised, "Great Khan, please calm down! What this boy said is infuriating, but it is not entirely unreasonable. The Gan people are good at fighting among themselves and like to stick together... This time, even if we destroy the Yan Kingdom, we cannot hold it. Leaving behind strategic space will only bring trouble upon ourselves. At that time... it will not be just one wolf that has been provoked!"
"Which eye of yours saw me angry?" The Xianbei Khan squinted and gave Tuoba Ren a sinister look.
"this......"
"snort!"
The Xianbei Khan sneered, "I'm not angry, I'm filled with hatred! I hate that none of my sons are talented like this! They're all just a bunch of brutes and good-for-nothings!"
"Father Khan?"
"Father Khan! We...?"
"Enough!"
The Xianbei Khan raised his hand, frowned, and said, "This boy is exceptionally knowledgeable! He can't possibly be an ordinary citizen of Yan. Send people to investigate his background further; I need comprehensive and detailed information about him..."
"Yes, sir!" Tuoba Ren bowed respectfully.
The Xianbei Khan's eyes darted around slightly as he pondered, "If I could obtain this son, how could I not unify the grasslands and achieve hegemony!"
......
Chenjia Village, Jiang Ming's home.
After seeing Tuoba Ren off, Jiang Ming had dinner at his mother-in-law's house, then took a basket of eggs with him before returning home.
It was getting late, and he couldn't bear to make his younger sister start cooking.
After checking his second sister's injuries, Jiang Ming found they were not serious and there was no infection. That night, Jiang Ming slept in Murong Xue's room.
Upon seeing her husband return, Murong Xue, who was extremely anxious, immediately asked how things were going.
Jiang Ming smiled and took the golden knife out of his leather pocket, which completely stunned Murong Xue!
"My dear, your father is quite kind; he gave me this as a greeting gift..."
"This? This...?"
Murong Xue was completely bewildered, her eyes filled with astonishment!
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Ming asked in confusion, "Don't you Xianbei people usually give golden knives to your sons-in-law?"
Murong Xue frowned slightly and shook her head: "No, this golden knife was something my father Khan wore back then, and it was only given to his son..."
"Only for her son?"
"Um!"
Murong Xue explained, "The Xianbei people give their sons-in-law quivers, not golden knives. They only give golden knives to their sons, and only those born to the Grand Consort are given this gift!"
"Only those born to the Grand Consort are given?"
"Um!"
Murong Xue nodded: "My brothers have always wanted this golden knife, but my father was unwilling to give it to them..."
"Oh? Why is that? Could it be that they weren't born to the First Consort?"
"Um!"
Murong Xue pondered for a moment and said, "My mother only gave birth to three daughters and never had a son, therefore..."
"Hiss~!" Jiang Ming gasped, savoring the amount of information contained within.
Murong Xue was actually born to the chief concubine of the Xianbei Khan?
This was truly beyond Jiang Ming's expectations!
It should be noted that all the princes and princesses who were taken hostage were "unjustly born" by mothers of low social status!
Like her own mother, although she was a princess of the Song Kingdom and the Song Kingdom was a duchy, after hundreds of years, the Song Kingdom had become a small country that was "easy prey for the dukes".
Jiang Ming and her son had absolutely no presence in Qin Ting!
Those twenty-odd older brothers were all born to princesses from powerful states like Chu, Jin, and Qi...
This Xianbei Khan was actually willing to send his daughter, born to his principal wife, as a hostage. He was really willing to do that!
"You have two sisters?" Jiang Ming asked with interest.
"Um!"
Murong Xue nodded: "I also have two younger sisters..."
"Are you the eldest princess?"
"Yes....."
"Hiss~! Holy crap? Another hot girl..."
Jiang Ming was increasingly shocked by the generosity of the Xianbei Khan!
"Perhaps... your father felt guilty for sending you as a hostage and then surviving, so he gave you this golden knife as part of your dowry as a form of compensation?" Jiang Ming said with a smile.
"Perhaps..."
Murong Xue still found it somewhat unbelievable and muttered, "This golden knife can mobilize the Xianbei's most elite Hundred Treasures Iron Cavalry, similar to your tiger tally for killing people..."
"Is that so?"
"Um!"
Murong Xue nodded: "The Hundred Treasures Iron Cavalry is a force composed of the strongest warriors among the heroes and warriors among the warriors of each tribe... I really didn't expect that Father Khan would give it to you?"
"What? You don't think your husband is a hero among heroes, a warrior among warriors?"
"My husband is, of course!"
"Alright, baby, let's sleep. Since you gave it to me, it's mine. Now tell me more about your two girls..."
"My husband!"
Murong Xue said with some concern, "Are you sure it's okay to arrest this sorceress? Chen Dabao tortured her at night, even stabbing her fingers with toothpicks... The sorceress was in so much pain that she couldn't even make a sound."
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