Chapter 719: Forced marriage

A layer of mist was shrouded in Hengshan, and bad news came out. The lieutenant fled back to Yinzhou. The Xixia army horses in several states near Hengshan had sharpened their swords. When something happened to the Regent, the five tribes of Hengshan took action. It would have been a few months ago. But now the Supreme Emperor is still alive. Who can afford this relationship? So the Xixia army horses in border towns and prefectures began to become active. It is said that the preparations for the conquest have been made, and they are waiting for news from Longxing Mansion.

Not only the Western Xia, but the news spread to the three sides of the Song Dynasty. The Song army also held 50,000 troops on the side of Hengshan Mountain, waiting for the order of Bianjing.

The Khitans had not many troops stationed near Hengshan, but there were more than 10,000 people. Chen Ao was an important figure in Lian Liao's resistance to Jin. If this person made a mistake, it would have made the situation worse for the Khitans. At this time, he also made up his posture. The Khitans captured many people from the five tribes who came out of the mountain on the southern foot of Hengshan.

Hengshan spans the borders of the Three Kingdoms, and was originally a zone of three no-doubles, but at this time, he suddenly found that these three no-doubles have become three-doubles. The mobilization of more than 100,000 troops could not escape the eyes of the five tribes. In just three days, the news spread to the clan.

Needless to say about the Western Xia, and needless to say about the Song Dynasty, even the Khitans were doing a good job of flattening Hengshan. The paths entering and leaving Hengshan were already ***, and the Western Xia army and horses had already cleared the five tribes of the periphery.

No one expected this result. Although the people of Hengshan were rebellious, they also knew that this time they were wrong. The five clans were originally the branch of the Dangxiang, and Chen Ao was the regent of the Daxia, but Li Cheng was determined to do whatever he wanted and put the entire five clans into a state of doom.

Even if the army and horses of the Three Kingdoms cannot enter Hengshan, the import and export of the mountain is enough to live everywhere. Although the mountains can be self-sufficient, some essential items of iron and salt need to be exchanged with people, and the road to entry and exit is cut off. Hengshan is afraid that it will be too late.

At this time, many people couldn't help but complain about Li Cheng. No matter how arrogant Hengshan was, they knew that neither of the Khitan was easy to mess with in the Song Dynasty. What's more, Xixia and Hengshan were connected by blood, and now they turned against each other, and many people grew resentment from the Hengshan Mountain.

On the fourth day, the heads of more than 40 tribesmen came into the mountain. Seeing these herders' heads with their eyes closed, many people gathered around them. Some relatives hissings were hissings, and they were all herders grazing on the southern foot of Hengshan Mountain. The Khitan Army and the Song Army suddenly sent a cavalry to take them, and directly cut their heads and abandoned them at the mountain pass.

Heishan and Wushan arrived first. When they saw that these were all their tribe members, their faces were extremely gloomy. When Gui Zhihuan arrived, Heishan said viciously: "A good thing Li Cheng did."

Gui Zhihuan said silently: "I'll be buried immediately and find a way to find their bodies." After that, he left without looking back. Thousands of tribe members looked at her back, all bowing their heads and silently.

Li Cheng's life was getting harder and harder. In his lacquered bamboo building, he grabbed the merchant's clothes viciously and said, "Didn't you say that as long as you kill Chen Ao, your master in Song Dynasty will excuse us? Why did he attract the Song army?"

The merchant just smiled embarrassedly, and had already prepared to apply oil to the soles of his feet. He just came over at the order of the Marquis. In order to calm Li Cheng's heart, he naturally promised the benefits he had like before. However, Chen Ao died here, how could Da Song stop? Even he knew that even if Li's subordinate came forward in person, he would probably not be able to stop the revenge of the three sides.

Li Cheng sat dejectedly on the chair. He felt that the tribe members looked at him a little strangely. The respect he used to be turned into nothing, and even some whispers were often heard behind his head.

Li Cheng snorted coldly, drank sweet tea with a blue face, and then said, "I will ask the five tribes to discuss matters this afternoon, and Wu Shan and Heishan will definitely not give up." He licked his mouth and continued, "But I am not afraid of him. Gui Zhihuan is my fiancée. In order to avoid any trouble, my marriage with her must be advanced."

Li Cheng closed his eyes and made up his mind. He could no longer be respected among his clan members. If the villagers attacked each other, he might not be able to bear it. However, Gui Zhihuan was different. Gui Zhihuan's Shane tribe accounted for 40% of the five clans. The five clans believed her and worshipped her as a god. If they married her early, they could recover some lost things.

Li Cheng said calmly, "Prepare the betrothal gift and send it over. This marriage has been decided long ago. By the time of the Vulcan Festival, it is too late."

Li Cheng personally brought a few of his confidant tribe members and brought a cart of dowry to Gui Zhihuan's bamboo house. Gui Zhihuan saw Li Cheng and said lightly: "Don't you count the previous agreement?"

Li Cheng squeezed out a few self-righteous smiles and said, "What's the relationship between sooner or later? Huan'er..." He stepped forward and wanted to pull Gui Zhihuan's hand.

Gui Zhihuan pressed one hand on the short knife and exhaled a word: "Get out!"

Li Cheng's face changed and he said viciously: "Huan'er, do you want to regret it? This is your father's wish!"

Gui Zhihuan said lightly: "My father's wish is to get married on Vulcan Festival."

Li Cheng was anxious and angry, and snorted coldly: "That may not be possible. When we became a relative, the two tribes merged into one, accounting for 60% of the five tribes. In the future, the five tribes are in your hands. Isn't that good?" He stepped forward and continued: "Besides, I really love you. We childhood sweethearts and grew up together. When I was a child, I was your groom, right?"

There was no emotion on Gui Zhihuan's ghost face, but he just said lightly: "I don't want to mention the past."

Li Cheng said angrily: "Since you are not merciful, don't blame me for being rude." He took out the silver ring and said: "This silver ring is in my hands. The ancestors of the five clans once made an oath under the silver ring, right? Whoever has this ring does not obey, will die in the heart and humiliate the ancestors." Li Cheng smiled ferociously, and then he simply let go of his words. In fact, he himself cannot tell the truth about how much the silver ring can have. After all, things are dead, but people live. The clansmen may not be convinced by the promises that were rumored hundreds or thousands of years ago.

But the Ghost Wisdom Ring is different. This silver ring is like a spell to the Ghost Wisdom Ring. Wu Shan and Heishan may not care about it, but the Ghost Wisdom Ring will definitely surrender.

Sure enough, a trace of helplessness flashed in Gui Zhihuan's eyes, and he turned around and said, "What else can I say?"

Li Cheng looked like a victorious rooster, with a smug smile on his face and said to her back: "Tomorrow... no, today the five clans will get married after discussing the matter. You should prepare to get married yourself." He laughed and asked someone to put down the bride price before taking the person back.

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Shangping.

The villagers and the villagers solemnly climbed the steps and entered the deep hall. There were many cushions in the hall, and everyone sat on the table. Many villagers and elders of all races knew each other and were whispering. Now the patriarchs of the five clans have not arrived yet, but a news has spread, and Li Cheng and Gui Zhihuan are about to get married today. The news was too sudden, which caught everyone off guard. But after thinking about it carefully, these elderly villagers and elders immediately understood Li Cheng's intentions.

Several fellow villagers were already pointing at the sculpture and said excitedly: "The silver ring is a sacred object of our clan. When our ancestors were there, they moved our tribe members to Hengshan with them, allowing us to reproduce and reproduce. Li Cheng took the silver ring and actually forced the Guizhi clan leader to get married. Does it use the sacred object as a tool for his personal gain?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded one after another. In addition, Li Cheng's old grudges for killing the regent are still there, and everyone is full of anger. These fellow villagers are worried and have turned their hair white for the matter of closing the Three Kingdoms. Now Li Cheng has done such a scandal, but how can he not be anxious?

However, Li Cheng held the silver ring in his hand and felt like he had the Shangfang sword. Even though there were many discussions, some people wanted to implement clan laws on him, but most people still smiled bitterly. The young clan members could be filled with righteous indignation and ignored the holy objects, but for Gui Zhihuan and the villagers present, the holy objects represented the ancestors and continuations of the five clans and should not be defiled.

It was at this time that Wushan and Heishan came in side by side. Both of them looked very bad. Just half an hour ago, news came out that a team of Khitans rushed into the edge of the mountain and attacked several herdsmen. The Wushan and Heishan were distributed outside Hengshan, so it was the most dangerous. Now they were just attacking the lonely tribesmen. But after a while, who would know whether they would attack the village? Although there were 20,000 Hengshan troops in the mountains, Hengshan was so big that they could not protect every place. If this continued, the two of them could only decide to let the tribes abandon the grasslands on the periphery and migrate to the interior of Hengshan.

It’s not easy to migrate just? There are only so many plains and grasslands in the mountains, and so many people come in, and they may not be willing to give it to you. Although the five tribes are a family, there are times of dispute between brothers.

Seeing that their faces were not good, the villagers had roughly understood something, so they stroked their white beards and stopped talking.

Then Li Cheng and Gui Heng, the leader of the Houtu clan, came in together. Li Cheng held his hands and found his place without anyone else, sat down, adjacent to Gui Heng, and was only concerned about talking to Gui Heng in a low voice, but he looked like he didn't take the villagers seriously at all.

Several villagers couldn't help but feel angry, but they had nothing to say.

The atmosphere in this hall became a bit strange. In the past, the five tribes were still harmonious and even though they occasionally had intrigues, they were completely different from today's atmosphere. For example, when Wu Shan and Heishan saw Li Cheng, their eyes almost burst into flames. If they were not concerned about their identity, Heishan would have rushed over and fought with Li Cheng; the tribes in Heishan suffered the most heavy losses, and seventeen people died in a few days.

If a person dies, he will not be able to settle the scores. If Li Cheng had not acted alone, how could he have caused such a disaster?

At this moment, a person coughed and everyone looked out of the hall and saw only a stunning figure appear. Today's ghost wisdom ring did not wear a ghost face. The first time that the moving face appeared in public after adulthood, everyone was shocked.

Li Cheng was stunned when he saw Gui Zhihuan. The two of them had not seen each other when they were young, but their charming face had not yet grown up at that time. They only knew that they were good-looking. Now they knew how beautiful the ghost face was. His Adam's apple couldn't help but rolled around, and wanted to stand up, but finally sat down honestly. Thinking that after the discussion, this wonderful beauty would become his wife, I couldn't help but feel happy.

Gui Zhihuan's face did not have any makeup on her face. Perhaps because she was wearing a mask for many years, her skin looked a little sick, but every frown and eyes showed an extremely noble temperament. She was naked, and her snow-white toes seemed to be dyed with a halo, crystal white. However, her face still seemed to be wearing a mask, and there was a faint gloom. Although a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, it made people feel that behind this smile seemed to be a lot of helplessness and melancholy.

There was still the short knife around her waist, and she put her hand on the short knife, pursed her lips, and walked to the top step by step before sitting down slowly.

Gui Zhihuan's eyes glanced for a moment, and her black eyes flashed with moving light. She opened her mouth gently and said in everyone's astonishment: "Li Cheng!"

Li Cheng couldn't help but respond, and his eyes refused to leave her face for a moment.

Gui Zhihuan said: "What we want to discuss today is that you killed the Regent without authorization. Do you know the crime?"

The word "knowing guilt" fell down, and it was a little cold. The villagers started to clamor, but Li Cheng said without hesitation: "Don't know the guilt!"

Gui Zhihuan's faint eyes fell on Li Cheng and said, "You have caused a huge disaster for the tribe members. Do you have no desire to repent?"

Li Cheng was confident, but he was not afraid. He slapped the table and said, "We, the five tribes of Hengshan, have always had many grudges with Yuan Hao. When our ancestors were here, we were not afraid of Yuan Hao. Now they have worshipped a southerner as the regent. Are our five tribes still afraid?"

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Chapter completed!