After nightfall, two figures took advantage of the darkness and quietly entered Ari's tent.
The north wind has begun to blow in Chang'an, and the grasslands are already covered with snow.
The person who came was wearing a heavy robe and a hood on his head. The brim of the hat was pressed very low, casting a shadow on his face, making it difficult to see clearly. Only a pair of eyes were shining brightly, shining with an aggressive brilliance.
"Is there anything I can give you?" A hand that was considered pampering on the grassland stretched out from his wide sleeves. He casually turned over the objects on the tables next to him and sneered, "Is it better than leaving you alone before?" After talking in the tent, the things given were much better and much more. It seems... You are probably right, but He Dun, I really don’t have any kindness towards you! You were beaten just because you got the reward, and then you rewarded me so much, right? Aren’t you afraid that you won’t be killed?”
"But what's strange to me is that neither of us seem to have a good attitude toward you, right? In contrast, He Dun at least doesn't let you eat or drink. Occasionally, when he's in a good mood, he's even rewarded..." Another person Without touching those things, he just asked coldly, "Why do you want to betray Kehe Dun?"
Ari's face still had traces of the beating he had just done. Hearing this, he showed a sad look and said, "For a person like me, what can't be betrayed? I just want to live a better life. !”
"Just now, Kehe Dun gave you an identity. You are now the official concubine of the Khan, not a slave girl with no name or status." The man who fiddled with the objects laughed sarcastically again and said, "You are still alive this way. Isn’t it good enough? You are just a female slave of a Muslim. If you are too ambitious, you will not live long!”
"Identity?" Ari also smiled sarcastically and said, "Even if you are as noble as Kehe Dun, you will have nothing if you die! Isn't it right?"
"Huh?" The visitor looked at each other, somewhat confused as to what she meant. "You suspect that Ke He Dun has murderous intentions towards you? This is really a joke. If Ke He Dun wants to kill you, there is no need to be pretentious. Are you pretending to be a good person? Don’t think that the trivial achievements you have made in front of the Khan are the guarantee of your life! You must know that Kehe Dun and the young couple of Khan are deeply respected by the Khan. I am sorry to say that you have no foundation. , is still the concubine of the Mu people, that is, we were born in the neighboring tribe of Qilu, Qilifa Tuluti, and we were brothers who had been in love with the Khan since they were young. With such a relationship, in front of the Khan, there is no comparison with her. !”
"If Guo Kehe Dun wants to eradicate you... Let me give you a hint in private. Do you believe it or not, you will never see the grassland of tomorrow?"
Just sneered, "Don't waste your time in the middle of the night! You are mysterious and invite us over. Just tell us honestly what you want to do! If you have any suggestions for construction, just leave it! We Although I don’t like you, I won’t be stingy with rewards! If it’s just to amuse us... Huh, do you think you have been exaggerated by Kehe Dun and we can’t do anything to you?!”
"You two probably don't care too much about my safety, so I won't talk about it for now." Ari said slowly, "I asked you two to come over quietly now, but I want to remind you that you and your heirs are in danger. , I’m afraid it’s imminent!!!”
"You dare to curse us?!" The visitor suddenly became angry!
"What does the Khan's autographed letter say? He Dun just had someone read it to us!" Ari sneered, fearless and spoke quickly, "What does it mean? What does it mean for you two to have two heirs? Don’t you two have any idea?!"
He also said, "Moreover, although Tuluti, Qilifa of Qilu's neighbor, was a loyal friend of Khan when he was young, Tuluti went with Khan to conquer the country of Mu before Qilifa and fell into it! His life and death are still unknown! Earlier, it was possible that Tuluti When Khan planned to use troops in the western frontier of Mu State, the King of Mi Zhen County of Mu State at that time sent a letter, threatening the lives of Tuluti Qilifa and others, asking Khan to stop his march, but he was rejected. Khan refused!”
"The Khan swore to Tuluti Qilifa's wife and children that he would give them generous compensation for this!"
When Ari said this, he said slowly, "Do you believe such nonsense? As a member of the Ruru clan, the reason why the Lü Nebu tribe has a special relationship with the Khan is simply because Tuluti made his fortune!"
"Now the Khan can even give up on Turuti Qilifa himself, let alone this tribe?"
"Ruru Khan has always been wary and coveted towards the big families in Ruru."
"Of course, the Khan has just publicly sworn to compensate Tuluti Qilifa's wife and children. If things go wrong in the Khan's hands when Tsu Lu Lin's troops follow, then even if Tsu Lu Lin can't help the Khan, the Khan's face will be lost." It doesn’t look good either!”
"But it's different now. Now the Khan is on the expedition in person, and the country is presided over by the eldest prince, with Kehe Dun as his assistant!"
"Kehe Dun also got the Khan's permission to act expediently..."
"If we charge you two and your two heirs with some kind of heinous crime now... then it would be logical to implicate Qilu Linbu. After that, the Khan will give Tulu Tilifa's wife." An amnesty for my son... Whether the Lu Nebu tribe is merged into Monalou or under the command of the Khan, how good will it be for the Khan and Kohe Dun?"
Ari laughed briskly, "You two, do you still think I'm entertaining you?"
The visitors remained silent, but their chests rose and fell sharply, indicating their inner unrest.
After a while, the person who had been fiddling with the reward sent by Monalou family said in a hoarse voice: "Are you Mu people so good at sowing discord? The relationship between Khan and Tuluti is not at all like yours. People who know how to fight in the nest can imagine! He will never do such a thing to take advantage of the situation with Tzu Lu's neighbors! Otherwise, how could the Monalou family tolerate us all these years?"
"Today is different from the past, and even the deepest feelings will change!" Ari sneered and said, "Of course Khan and Tuluti had a very deep relationship in the early days, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they had a life-long friendship! But since we abandoned Tuluti Qilifa in order to attack the Mu Kingdom and eradicate the prince of Mi Zhen County, why can't we kill Qilülin for the sake of our own heirs?"
"How can a person who sits on the throne have a better idea than when he was a minister?!"
"Don't forget General Zhou of Mu!"
"You two must know this name even if you have been on the grassland, right?"
"When he was alive, he made great achievements, but his official position was only from the third rank, and he never got a title until his death!"
"That's it. The court is worried that he will rebel, fabricate charges, and have his entire family executed!"
"And what about Ruru?"
"Although Yu Jiulu is a royal family, among the tribes of Lulin, Monalou, Avgan, Chaowo... who among these tribes did not inherit from the first generation Khan of Yu Jiulu?!"
"To put it bluntly, with the strength of Qilu Lin and other tribes, if Guo Yujiulu declines, it is not impossible to replace him!"
"In recent generations, there has never been a dynasty in the Central Plains that has a prominent family outside the royal family. It can last for a long time, and it can even hold military power for several generations!"
"If you have a high position, your power must be limited; if you have great power, your status must not be high!"
"This is the experience summed up by their emperor!"
"Before the former Khan Denchenliyu died, what he wanted most in mind was to ensure that his bones and blood could successfully inherit the throne!"
"Every father in the world has the same mentality!"
"Didn't the Khan have such an idea?"
"Don't forget, you two, that our current Khan knows the country of Mu best and speaks the Mandarin of the country of Mu more fluently than many Mu people!"
"If Khan cares so much about the country of Mu, how can he not learn from their emperor's methods of controlling his subordinates?"
"The most important thing is that Khan suffered a loss at the hands of his predecessor Khan Denchen Liyu when he was a boy. Now he is letting Kehe Dun do what he wants. He clearly doesn't want his heirs to have infighting!"
"It's just that for Khan, his legitimate son and concubine are his flesh and blood. Even if he values his legitimate son, he doesn't say that he definitely wants his concubine to die."
"But for Kehe Dun... the legitimate son is her biological son, and other princes and princesses, such as the two heirs, are a threat to her!"
"After all, who are you to say that two people from the Tzu Lu Nebu tribe, even if the Khan does not pay attention to their heirs, if the two of them, and the two Tzu Lu Nebu tribe behind them, come up with ideas, they can still help them and support them to do something good? "
"I don't know what step Kehe Dun will go to, but I know that the concubines of the Mu Kingdom will do anything to win a big position for their children!"
Ari said this in one breath, picked up the pottery bowl, but soon felt that the water was already cold, so he put it down helplessly, licked his dry lips, and continued, "If you two think I am alarmist, Why don't you send me to see Kehe Dun?"
The visitor was silent, and this time the silence lasted longer.
After a while, the person who had not touched anything just now spoke slowly and asked: "You are a female slave of the Mu people. Although you are looked down upon by us, it is precisely because of this that the Khan's precautions and the threat that He Dun considered were 80% of the time. You will not be included. Why do you want to take the initiative to get involved in such muddy waters?"
"What do you want from us?"
"In other words, what is your purpose?"
"... If I say that my purpose is what I just said, I want to live well." Ari pondered for a while and said, "You must not believe it. But the fact is, I want to live well!"
She raised her head, looked directly at the other person's eyes hidden under the hood, and said in a deep voice, "I am a quiet person and have a humble status. Even if I am pregnant with Khan's flesh and blood, the improvement of my future situation will actually be limited... After all, it can't improve my situation..." Khan has no shortage of children at all, let alone a child with half the blood of the Mu people. This child is destined to have nothing to do with the throne of Khan, and it is unknown whether he will be recognized and accepted by his brothers in the future!"
"So whether Khan doesn't like brothers competing for the throne, or Ke He Dun doesn't want anyone to threaten the eldest prince, he won't target him!"
"But... I'm afraid that I will become a target!"
The visitor looked at each other again, seemed to raise an eyebrow, and laughed full of sarcasm: "You? You are worse than your children! After all, at least half of your children belong to the blood of the Khan. What are you counting?"
Ari looked at them for a while, smiled strangely, and said slowly: "Both of you, you have never thought that if Kehe Dun wanted to eliminate the threat to you and your heirs, and also implicated Qi Lu's neighbors, he would most likely use Crime?"
The visitor was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said: "The fight in the king's tent was just a few back and forth, it was nothing more than frame-up and frame-up..."
"It depends on what the frame-up is about!" Ari interrupted her unceremoniously and said, "Now the Khan's handsome soldiers are away, and the country is empty. Moreover, the Khan has not been on the throne for a long time, and Denchen Riyu's manpower It has not been completely eradicated yet! But if He Dun makes any big move under this situation, even with the connivance of the Khan, there is no guarantee that it will not cause some big trouble and delay the war on the front line!"
"The Khan prefers Kehe Dun's own flesh and blood to inherit the throne. Delaying the Khan's career now is equivalent to affecting the future of her children. Ke He Dun will not allow such a thing!"
Her face turned frosty, "So, in this case, the best choice is to limit the crime to family matters!"
"In this way, we can ensure that the crime is serious enough, but the impact area is within the control of Kehe Dun, and there will be no unexpected turmoil!"
"Family matters?" The visitor's tone was a little surprised, and he was thinking.
But before they could think about it, Ari had already said the answer meaningfully: "For example, molesting the concubine of my father Khan? I am not boasting, but Khan is not good at beauty and has never taken anyone in in recent years. Now he is the most beautiful girl in the house. The young and beautiful one is me!”
"I am still a concubine with no roots and no backing, and was born a female slave of a Muslim!"
"Drag me into the water, and you don't even need to consider whose dissatisfaction and revenge it will cause!"
"Originally, I was not pregnant. If something like this happened, you and the relatives and elders behind you could still persuade the Khan and Kehe Dun. It doesn't matter if you are just a female slave of the Mu people."
"I'm pregnant at the moment, but He Dun specifically mentioned me as Khan's official concubine!"
"In this case, if the princes are suspected of being rude to me again, He Dun will be furious and demand severe punishment... isn't it natural?"
"Oh, by the way, you two brought people here today to steal Kehe Dun's reward, and even beat me. This is visible to everyone around the king's tent, both inside and outside!"
"Then what actions did the two heirs take? He Dun could say it was to help you or something...even the motives are ready!"
"You think, how can I not save myself?!"
Watching the two figures leave in a hurry, Ari's eyes flashed with pride, but then he sighed tiredly, and was about to get up and go to the tent to clean up. In a shadow of the tent, where the oil lamp couldn't shine, there was Suddenly a hoarse voice came: "Are you sure they will believe your nonsense?"