Chapter 398 She Doesn’t Want It Anymore
Tiele Khan, grassland.
It's dawn.
It rained last night and the grass on the ground is still wet.
In the dovecote outside the royal court, several pigeons were flying up and down.
Each pigeon has a hidden mark on its body to make it easier for them to identify it.
Although Tiele Khan often used people on horseback to deliver messages, they also raised carrier pigeons.
When encountering urgent and important matters, people not only send people to deliver messages, but also use carrier pigeons.
Flutter! Flutter!
A dove flew from the west, facing the bright sky in the east.
A gray pigeon with a stain of blood on its feathers.
The pigeon flew into the pigeon house and someone quickly caught it and checked it.
But there was nothing tied to the pigeon's legs.
The person in charge of pigeon training recognized that this was the carrier pigeon that Helian Wuqin took with him when he left, so he went to report to the Khan.
But because the pigeon did not bring back any letters, they thought it might have been released by mistake during the war.
Soon, a Hu woman came to the pigeon house and said to the pigeon trainer:
"I heard that the army that went west sent a carrier pigeon back. The princess is concerned about the situation and sent me to take a look."
The pigeon trainer knew who the "princess" she was talking about was.
She was the only female warrior on their grassland, Helian Shuchi.
A few years ago, they all called Helian Shuchi the general, but after Helian Shuchi was defeated and injured, he seemed unable to lead the troops anymore.
The military power was transferred to other people, and she was no longer called the general, but was called the princess instead.
After the princess returned from her injury, she rarely showed up in public, mostly sending her attendants to do things.
"This is the pigeon, but I checked and there's nothing." The pigeon trainer accurately found the pigeon and caught it for the servant.
The servant took the pigeon, took a look at it but didn't put it down, and took it directly to Helian Shuchi's tent.
The tent was very spacious, as big as two or three rooms in the Central Plains combined.
Covered with carpets and furs.
It feels warm and soft when you step on it.
Helian Shuchi sat in the front center with his arms resting on the low table.
In one hand he held a small dagger, and in the other he held a piece of dried meat.
Click, click.
She was cutting the jerky into small pieces.
Such a simple action was very difficult for her to do, and a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
If Helian Wuqin or those people outside the royal court saw this scene, they would be stunned.
When Helian Shuchi returned to the grassland last year, his hands and feet were clearly seriously injured. The best witch doctor on their grassland came to see him and said that Helian Shuchi would most likely be crippled for the rest of his life.
Almost everyone heard the second half of the sentence, "his hands and feet are useless."
Even Tiele Khan's Khan was disappointed when he heard this.
In order to redeem the captured Helian Shuchi, they sacrificed a lot of money during the negotiations with the Great Qi.
The result was a useless person redeemed, which was totally not worth it.
However, what Helian Shuchi heard was the word "80%", which means there is still a 20% chance of recovery.
She privately called a witch doctor and asked if there was any way to cure her.
The witch doctors said there was a cure, but it would be very painful and not always successful.
But Helian Shuchi insisted on trying.
Over the course of several months, she lost a lot of weight due to the illness, and her cheekbones became more prominent.
But her hands and feet are really recovering.
She spends time every day walking slowly around the tent, practicing grasping objects with both hands.
Every time I would be sweating all over from the pain, but I would persevere every time.
When no one was paying attention, she gradually recovered.
"Princess, the pigeon has been brought." The attendant walked over to Helian Shuchi and said in a low voice, "It's done."
Helian Shuchi stopped cutting the dried meat.
Her eyes fell on the pigeon's left foot and saw a circle of black.
That was the secret code she and her men agreed upon.
She smiled, and her haggard, sunken eyes sparkled:
"Tiebada did a good job."
Helian Wuqin is dead.
The people of Hunxie wanted to kill him, and the people of Daqi wanted to kill him, but he actually died in Helian Shuchi's scheme.
Several close confidants of Helian Wuqin, including Tiebada, were recruited by Helian Shuchi several years ago.
"My younger brother is always afraid that I will steal his things, but I will definitely steal them, hahahaha..."
"He thought my life was ruined and I couldn't compete with him, but he didn't even have the qualifications to compete with me!"
Helian Shuchi laughed softly, his eyes full of ruthlessness.
Boom! The dagger pierced the pigeon's back and penetrated its entire body.
The pigeon blood flowed down the dagger onto Helian Shuchi's hand.
The corners of Helian Shuchi's mouth turned up even more.
She could clearly see that Helian Wuqin had some abilities.
From the moment Helian Wuqin first wanted to send troops to form an alliance with Hunxie, she guessed that Helian Wuqin would not gain any benefit in the end.
But she didn't stop.
She just wanted to see Helian Wuqin seek his own death.
"I'd really like to see how my father reacts when he finds out he's dead."
Helian Shuchi threw the dead pigeon in his hand to the ground.
Sometimes she felt that in her father's eyes, she was not much different from this pigeon.
It's just that I treated her well because I thought she was useful.
Before sending troops to the Central Plains, she led her troops to quell several rebellions of small tribes on the grassland and expanded the territory eastward.
Her father rewarded her generously.
But when he found out that she could no longer conquer the world for Tiele Khan, he didn't even come to see her.
She knew that her father had always praised her in front of Helian Wuqin, hoping that Helian Wuqin could be as good as her.
Because what a father really wants is an outstanding son.
Her father's praise of her was actually a spur to Helian Wuqin.
Her father asked her to go to the battlefield to conquer the world and let her son take the surname Helian, but he never regarded her as an heir, no matter how many achievements she made.
She was like this in her twenties and in her forties.
It wasn’t possible before, and then when her hands and feet were injured, it became even more impossible.
If it were someone else, they might have just become depressed.
But she is not someone else, she is Helian Shuchi.
She is stronger and braver than others, but also more vicious than others.
She has given so much to Tiele Khan over the years, even her son Bo Ri died on the battlefield in Chang'an. If she cannot get the position of Khan and the territory, no one else can either.
Her father wanted to give the grassland to Helian Wuqin, so she killed Helian Wuqin.
Since her father refused to give her territory, she would rather destroy Tiele Khan, just as she had people destroy Chang'an City.
She ordered people to sow discord between the Helian Wuqin and Hunxie people, causing the continuous war to burn down the grassland that she could not get.
"It's a pity that I don't have time to stay here and watch the show." Helian Shuchi restrained his smile.
"Go and pass on my orders. Tell them to get ready. We're leaving tonight."
She still had some troops in her hands, and they were her old subordinates who had followed her for many years. Even if the military power was transferred, they still secretly obeyed her orders.
Tiele Khan could not withstand the troops of Hunxie and Da Qi and would eventually perish.
He Tingfang, who had betrayed her, and Murong Wan, who had killed her son, were both dead.
She had no reason to stay and fight the Da Qi people.
She doesn't want Tiele Khan anymore.
She was going to leave with her troops and head northwest.
Go to the country west of Da Qi, to the west where the Tiele Khan people have never set foot, to open up new territories there and establish a tribe with her as king.
Helian Shuchi slowly picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea.
The movements were slow, but the hands were steady.
The sun outside was getting bigger and bigger, and it was getting brighter in the tent.
There was an unquenchable fireball burning in Helian Shuchi's eyes.
She knew that in the near future, she would be able to draw the bow again and conquer further places.
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