Chapter 906: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (28)
Chapter 906: The Young Marquis's Broken Engagement Wife (28)
"He is useless to begin with. It would be useless if he stayed here. It doesn't matter if he stayed in Youcheng." Several of Dur Khan's men said so.
After all, the Tuoba branch has long since declined over the years, and no one holds a high position.
"Okay, let's not talk about Tomur for now. How is Mr. right now? I heard he seemed to have injured his leg during the retreat." Dur Khan didn't continue discussing this topic. "Have you sent someone to check on him?"
"Your Majesty, the injury is not a serious matter. The gentleman was just frightened. He is a scholar from the State of Yu! He is timid and weak. He will probably need to recuperate for a while." The person in charge of taking care of the internal affairs answered with a sigh.
It wasn't that he felt sorry for the man in the bamboo hat, but simply because he thought it was such a waste.
He could even fall off a horse while riding, and get a high fever if frightened.
Good things were given to him for free, but even though he had taken care of his body for ten years, it was still in tatters. He really felt sorry for those good things.
"My people are good at riding and shooting, and the people of Yu are known for their brainpower. This is what God has assigned to you. What is there to complain about?" Dur Khan tapped the table in front of him and said, "Just do what I tell you to do, and don't worry about anything else."
Seeing his expression change, the others said nothing and left the tent one after another.
After everyone had left, Dur Khan turned around and came to the map behind him, looking at the vast Yu State on it.
He said to himself, "Brother, I know that what you said before was right. Building a city-state and promoting agriculture and sericulture are the long-term development paths for our tribe. But my father doesn't want to hear your ideas.
Others don't believe it either, but after all, it was you who left me behind that year, which allowed me to return to the tribe. I will redeem your son."
After saying this, Dur Khan left his tent and went to the tent of his military advisor.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw the other person sitting on the bed drinking medicine.
"Sir, how are you?" Durkhan asked politely. "I've arranged for someone to take care of you. If you need anything, please let me know as soon as possible."
This military advisor was none other than the man in the bamboo hat.
If someone from the Huo family was here, they would definitely notice that this person's eyes were exactly the same as Fang Yunnian's.
He was none other than Fang Yunniang's brother Fang Maoqing, whose death had been announced long ago.
This man was originally an official of medium status near the capital, but because he embezzled money while in office, in order to evade responsibility, he pretended to be dead and took the few hundred taels of silver left in the county government.
Although the Fang family is related to the Huo family.
But after all, they were relying on such a male heir to establish the family. After this incident, Fang Yunniang followed her mother to join the Huo family, which led to many subsequent events.
Fang Maoqing was considered quite talented. When he planned to fake his death, he had already decided to leave the Yu Dynasty and join the barbarians on the border. For this purpose, he even learned some skills, the best of which was finding salt mines.
At that time, after hiding his identity and investigating several tribes in Youcheng, he chose Dur Khan's tribe.
But this Khan had just ascended the throne.
Fang Maoqing chose Durkhan not only because the other tribe was relatively powerful, but also because Durkhan had a quarter of Yu bloodline, and he was not too averse to foreigners or mixed-race people.
Most importantly, this Dur Khan liked the culture of the Yu State very much, and was especially polite to the literati of the Yu State.
When he first met the other party, in order to gain a foothold, he told Dur Khan about a small salt mine he had surveyed, thereby winning the other party's respect and trust.
Later, he continued to give advice to Dur Khan and solved the tribe's problems. Under his management, the tribe grew stronger and even annexed several small tribes in the surrounding areas.
Therefore, at this time, Fang Maoqing still has a very high status in Dur Khan's tribe.
Except for a few people who were unfriendly to him because he was from Yu, no one dared to show their thoughts openly.
There are two reasons: first, this Dur Khan also has Yu people's blood;
Second, it is said that Fang Maoqing is vicious and capable, and anyone who offends him will not have a good ending.
"The Khan is thoughtful. This is an old habit of mine!" Fang Maoqing said self-deprecatingly. "Although I've lived here for many years, there are some things I still haven't learned. I'm afraid that my exposure this time will be spread all over the place again."
"Let's put these matters aside for now. I'd like to ask you to redeem Tomur!" Dur Khan said, "Over the years, we've had occasional conflicts with Youcheng, but we've never spared any of them. This time, Tomur and some others were captured alive, and I want to redeem them."
"In fact, he can be saved!" Fang Maoqing handed the medicine bowl in his hand to the maidservant beside him, "Let's make preparations for both situations! I will first ask the insider to find out about Tomur's situation and where he is imprisoned.
If the time and place are favorable for us, then we can just go and rescue them. If that doesn't work, we can use money to redeem them."
"Sir, Tomur is the only flesh and blood of my second brother Tuoba. He hasn't married or had children yet, so it's best to be absolutely safe." Dur Khan warned carefully.
Fang Maoqing nodded and said, "I know. After all, he is my nephew. It is normal that I cannot watch him die. I know that the Khan is a kind person."
A kind person cannot command an army. If Dur Khan really had the temperament of a saint, he would not have lived to this day and would not have become Khan.
So Fang Maoqing thought that the other party might have some reason to save Tomur, but it was not convenient to tell others about this.
But this was exactly what he wanted, because Tomur knew his name in the Yu State. If this person revealed his identity, his family in the Yu State would be in danger.
Fang Maoqing was a traitor to the country, but he didn't want to wipe out the Fang family.
In the prison cell of Youcheng military camp, Tomur was locked up with his soldiers, but he had been there for a long time and was unable to move.
Before, it was because the acupoints were controlled, and later the time for the acupoints to work came, but the medicine that Shangguan Ruojin had dispersed has now taken effect.
So he feels worse now than before.
"Boss, do you want some water?" someone next to him asked.
Tomur was speechless and could only shake his head.
Then he felt dizzy and shook his head. The person who had just asked him if he wanted water pressed hard on Tomur's wound.
It turned out that when he first entered the cell, Tomur said: "I've been drugged. If you see me about to pass out, try to hurt me. I can be drowsy, but I can't lose consciousness completely, otherwise everyone will be in trouble!"
That's why this situation just happened.
"You're not afraid of pain!" Shangguan Ruojin had already seen what had happened. "Don't worry, with people like you, even if you faint, we won't do anything to you for the time being."
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