Chapter 907: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (29)
Chapter 907: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (29)
Tomur, who was unable to speak at this time, saw the person in front of him clearly this time - the woman who had just held him hostage.
She doesn't have the strong physique of the tribal women, but instead looks a little weak.
He didn't quite understand how such a person could have held him hostage.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm not hungry now and I won't eat anyone for the time being!" Shangguan Ruojin said this with a very evil taste.
If these words were spoken by those foreigners, they might have some deterrent effect. After all, they are notorious and are barbarians who do not know etiquette.
But the person who said this happened to be a woman from the State of Yu, and the atmosphere became a little weird.
Especially Yuan Zheng who came with him, he said helplessly: "Ah Man, there is no need to scare them like this, you may not be that afraid of you!"
"Alright! Then ask who that man in the bamboo hat is!" Shangguan Ruojin gave Yuan Zheng a direct order. "As long as this guy isn't caught, I have a feeling he's going to cause trouble."
Ordinary soldiers don’t know the big and useful information, and even if Tomur knows it, he won’t tell it, not to mention that he can’t speak now.
So this group of people just looked at each other, sat back in their seats and stopped communicating.
There were a few people around Tomur supporting him, they should be his confidants.
Yuan Zheng was also worried after hearing Shangguan Ruojin's words, but he was not in a hurry to interrogate the prisoner. Instead, he assured Shangguan Ruojin: "A Man, I have asked the general for permission. Before we catch the mastermind behind the scenes,
I'm always here to protect you, so don't worry too much. Just do what you need to do. I'll take care of everything!"
"Pah!" Shangguan Ruojin slapped his forehead and said, "You really are a Mastiff slave. You couldn't have said this at any other time, but you chose this place to say it. Aren't you afraid that the news will be passed back to someone with ulterior motives?"
"Don't be afraid. They only have three days left. When the time comes, no matter whether they speak or not, they will be executed. This will be considered revenge for our compatriots who died in the battle." Yuan Zheng's contemptuous tone showed his indifference. "There is no need to worry about them spreading news about people who have only a few days to live."
The two men then left the cell.
In the evening, someone came to deliver food and gave these people a steamed bun.
By this time, the effect of the medicine on Tomur's body had worn off. He and his men ate steamed bread. Some of the younger members of the tribe ate very slowly because they were in a bad mood.
"If you don't want to eat, give it to me!" An older member of the tribe couldn't bear to see this happen, so he patted the young man on the back and said, "The men of the tribe are all upright and self-reliant. Don't say that nothing has happened yet!
Even if I'm being dragged out tomorrow, I'll eat a full stomach. Why are you hesitating about eating a steamed bun? "
"But I'm scared!" The young man, who was risking his life on his first mission, couldn't help but feel a little scared. "When we left, my mother told me we were just following the captain for a stroll, and she didn't say we were going to leave our lives here."
When he mentioned the word "fate", he trembled noticeably.
This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and several young people of the same age also showed some changes in their emotions.
"Okay, don't worry. It's not the last moment yet." Tomur stopped these people from spreading such negative emotions. "Their military camp is always having problems. Maybe we can escape in the next few days.
All I have to do now is rest well, eat well, get my body in top shape, and wait for them to make a mistake."
Shangguan Ruoyu and Shangguan Ruojin were just outside the tent. They returned to the tent only after there was no sound from inside.
"Everyone says that Tomur is rude, brainless and cowardly, but now it seems that he is not like the rumors at all." Shangguan Ruojing was also in the military tent at this time. After listening to his brother and sister's description, he commented.
"They say he resembles his father in every way except his face, but now it seems he has quite a bit of his father's style." Shangguan Xiong thought of a possibility and sighed, "Wherever there are people, there will be conflict. If he was like Tuoba in other aspects, I'm afraid he wouldn't be alive today."
"Use him as bait to catch turtles, and catch them one after another!" Shangguan Ruojin shrugged and suggested, "Looking at his attitude, he probably knows that there are spies among our army. Uncle, should we capture them all this time?"
"Just catch the big ones and let the small ones go!" Shangguan Xiong said to his niece with a smile, "After all, without them, how could I have sent out the false information? If it weren't for these spies trying to steal our house recently, I would have had to let them go a few more times."
"Alright then! The Five Horses Dismemberment announcement can be spread now!" Shang Guanxiong said to his two nephews, "Just like we did with the previous announcement, let the entire army know. The time is set for two days from now."
This was supposed to kill two birds with one stone, but unexpectedly the third bird would crash into the net.
First, make the spies panic and come forward to rescue people and find them out.
Secondly, it can make the surrounding bandits relax their vigilance, thinking that the imperial army will deal with the foreigners first, and they still have time to prepare for resistance or escape.
But in fact, Shangguan Ruojing took the best soldiers in the army to deal with these bandits early the next morning.
The third bird came to the military camp in a carriage. Huo Qingyang knew that it was Shangguan Xiong who captured this prisoner, and he felt that there was an opportunity for him here.
So, despite his leg injury being still severe, he came on crutches and said, "General Shangguan, I think it would be too cruel to execute these people. How about I escort them back to the capital and present them as captives to the emperor?"
"You? Hand over the prisoners?" Yuan Zheng, who happened to be at Shangguan Xiong's tent with Shangguan Ruojin, heard this and said, "Did you capture them? Hand them over! You are an adult, but you are actually taking the credit for a woman's achievement.
These people were captured by Ah Man, who used himself as bait in an ambush. It's not your turn to offer them up, is it?
Hearing Yuan Zheng call Shangguan Ruojin "A'man", Huo Qingyang instantly felt a sense of crisis - this man was not Xiaojin's relative, so why would he call her so intimately.
Suspicious eyes looked back and forth between the two of them.
But Shangguan Ruojin is no longer the lady who abides by the duties of a noble family in the capital. Living in Youcheng for the past few years, and because of Yun Ni, her temper is not very good.
"Look again, you didn't capture those people!" He started with the same sarcasm as Yuan Zheng, "You can't even keep your legs open, and you still want to come and take credit for it. You're obviously very ambitious, but it's obvious that your ability doesn't match your ambition.
In fact, it’s not bad to have never seen the outside world. Staying in your well all your life and looking at the sky is not a bad choice.
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