Chapter 267 Whose punishment is this?
Jiang Qingzhi and others rushed into the desperate place, which was empty and surrounded by cliffs.
When the explosion sounded, the horses neighed and everyone dismounted, squatting in fear. Some even prostrated themselves, praying for the gods’ protection…
"This is thunder!" a sergeant shouted.
Mo Zhan looked at Jiang Qingzhi with a pale face.
Just yesterday, Jiang Qingzhi brought dozens of Ye Bu Shou, as well as himself and Sun Chonglou, to Juegu in a horse-drawn carriage on the pretext of investigating the terrain. Jiang Qingzhi ordered Ye Bu Shou to guard the surrounding area, and asked Sun Chonglou and Mo Zhan to dig a hole under the suspended mountain, then fill the holes with the bags, lead out a line, and seal the hole.
He didn't know what this thing was, but at this moment there was only one thought in his mind.
——The uncle can summon thunder!
And the summoning ritual was what they buried yesterday.
Humans can actually summon thunder!
Jiang Qingzhi was standing there at this moment, stretching out his arms with a happy expression...
It was like using explosives to send the opponent to the sky in the previous life.
Everyone fell to the ground in panic, calling on the gods.
Jiang Qingzhi, who was standing in the center, was cheering for the arrival of a weapon of war into the world.
Gunpowder was invented by people in the Central Plains, who used it to make elixirs and firecrackers. After gunpowder crossed the ocean to the West, Westerners used it to make a deadly weapon.
Then, they used gunpowder to blast open the gates of this ancient empire, and used unequal treaties and ships full of spoils to bring this nation to ruin...
Jiang Qingzhi dared to bet that this was the first time that gunpowder was used to kill people on a large scale!
There was a rope hanging down from above his head, and Xu Wei's voice came from above, "Uncle."
"Where are the wolves outside?" Jiang Qingzhi shouted, looking up.
Xu Wei shouted to the people below: "Ye Bushou's brothers are chasing us. Without the leader, the wild wolves are as stupid as Lao Hu."
The people who followed Jiang Qingzhi on this trip were all very skilled. After grabbing the rope, they climbed up easily.
Jiang Qingzhi tied himself up with a rope and was pulled up leisurely.
Not far outside the Jue Valley, when the explosion was heard, Tuotuo and Jineng lay down subconsciously.
Tuotuo looked up and saw that the mountain was covered in smoke and dust, and then the mountain continued to collapse. His face was pale, "It was thunder, the gods in heaven, the gods appeared in the world..."
Jineng put his face on the grass and crawled behind Tuotuo at an unprecedented speed, curling up his body.
"Oh God!" Tuotuo was praying.
After an unknown amount of time, Jineng finally raised his head.
The landslide is over.
The smoke and dust rose into the air, like a dark cloud.
"Our people are finished." someone said.
"Jiang Qingzhi is finished too. This is a punishment from heaven!"
"Quick, report to the Khan."
Jineng and Tuotuo got up, mounted their horses and ran away.
Shortly after they left, Hu Zongxian came over with more than a hundred cavalrymen.
More than a dozen alert wild wolves were running around under the pursuit of Ye Bu Shou.
"Shoot them!"
The cavalrymen chased the wild wolves. Hu Zongxian looked at the area covered with smoke and scratched his head. "How can you be so sure that there will be thunder today?"
He didn't notice that his hands were shaking.
"Could it be that... the uncle can control thunder?"
impossible!
The education Hu Zongxian received since he was a child made him not believe that there was anyone in this world who could really control thunder.
"So, what is this thunder?" With this question, Hu Zongxian looked back at Jineng and others who were leaving and ordered, "Send the order to be on alert."
At the Ming army station, after receiving the order, Yan Xu said: "Assemble!"
He looked at Qin Yuan, "Shoulder to shoulder, or..."
Qin Yuan said in a deep voice: "Here, we are comrades!"
He patted me on the back.
Yan Xu's eyes were bright, "Okay!"
More than 2,000 Ming troops assembled.
They began to approach Altan's camp.
When the first explosion was heard, Altan was knocked to the ground by several guards.
Then everyone present fell to the ground, screaming.
After an unknown amount of time, Altan asked his guards to help him up.
He walked out of the tent tremblingly and looked in the direction where the explosion came from.
"Is it the thunder that has descended upon the earth?" a nobleman following behind him asked in a trembling voice.
Several malicious eyes stared at Altan from behind.
"Someone offended the gods!" someone said, "so the gods sent down thunder to punish those sinners!"
Altan turned around and several nobles looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Go and take a look." Altan was still in shock and felt an unprecedented crisis.
More than ten riders galloped away.
"Sweat!"
Jineng and Tuotuo are back.
"Where does the thunder come from?" An Da asked.
"Khan, it's Juegu!" Tuotuo got off his horse, his face still pale, "Not long after Jiang Qingzhi entered, there was a sudden thunder there, and the entire hillside collapsed..."
"Are you sure it was thunder? Could it be the sound of a landslide?" Alda asked.
"I was not far from Jinen. I heard the thunder first, and then the mountain collapsed."
I answered, "I have good news."
Everyone was still distracted and looked at Altan.
"Just before, when the Ming envoy entered the valley, thunder struck suddenly, causing the mountain to collapse..." Altan looked at everyone slowly, "This is a punishment from heaven!"
Jinen added: "The envoy must have done something to anger the heavens, thus incurring divine punishment."
This is not the Khan's fault, but the Ming envoy's.
A bolt of thunder from heaven drove away the Khan's enemies.
"This is a favor from heaven!" Zhao Quan and others came. After hearing the news, Zhao Quan reacted quickly, "Maitreya descended to the world and took Jiang Qingzhi away with thunder."
The White Lotus Sect members immediately began to chant scriptures.
Everyone's face was beaming. Zhao Quan and others had high hopes for the Xuanfu uprising, but it was sabotaged by Jiang Qingzhi. When the news reached the grassland, Zhao Quan hated it to the core.
Knowing that his archenemy was buried at the bottom of the mountain, Zhao Quan, who did not believe in any gods, felt for the first time that he was blessed by God.
He recited scriptures devoutly while Altan was arranging the follow-up matters.
"Go, tell the Ming army the news. Also, have people be on guard to prevent them from going crazy!"
"Scouts and rangers will set out on horseback to the Datong and Xuanfu lines to investigate the movements of the Ming army!"
Several riders came and said, "Great Khan, the Ming army is coming towards the camp."
Altan laughed instead of getting angry, "They panicked and asked the surviving Ming people to negotiate with them."
"Where is the uncle?"
Yan Xu stood outside the camp, his hand on the hilt of his knife, recalling what Jiang Qingzhi had said yesterday.
——Once there is any movement, assemble and head to the camp immediately.
"Back off!"
Hundreds of riders came and threatened from a distance with swords drawn.
"Archer..."
The Ming army was not willing to be outdone.
……
"Warn them not to take action." Altan was now fully awake. "Once they take action, trade will inevitably be disrupted."
"Yes!"
Hu Zongxian was brought in.
"You also saw Lei Ting, please accept my condolences!" Jinen said.
Why do you want me to do this... Hu Zongxian said with a sad face: "Please send someone to dig out the uncle."
"The collapsed area is too large, and it will be very difficult." Jineng said, "It will take at least thousands of people to work without sleep for half a month."
Either pay or forget it.
Hu Zongxian began to bargain with Jineng...
"In addition, according to the agreement, the Ming Dynasty should open up trade." Ji Neng looked at Hu Zongxian with a half-smile, "Can you make the decision? If not, then let someone else do it."
Once trade is liberalized, the entire Altan tribe will benefit from it, especially those tribes, who can trade with the Ming people openly and independently without being skinned by Altan's men.
A pair of wolf-like eyes stared at Hu Zongxian, as if they would tear him into pieces if he dared to say no.
At this moment, there was a cry of surprise outside.
Then someone opened the tent and said:
"How about I take charge?"
Everyone looked up slowly.
"Jiang Qingzhi!"
"Oh my god, he's still alive!"
"Isn't it God's punishment? How could he come back intact?"
Altan's eyes narrowed and he glanced at Jineng and Tuotuo.
Tuotuo pointed at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "I saw him enter the valley with my own eyes, and then the mountain collapsed."
Jiang Qingzhi said, "According to the agreement, the wolves would arrive half an hour after I entered the Absolute Valley. But as soon as I entered, the wolves seemed to be hooked and followed me closely... God's punishment?"
Jiang Qingzhi grabbed Tuotuo's collar, lifted him up, and said fiercely: "As soon as I walked past that section of the suspended mountain, I heard deafening thunder behind me, and then the mountain collapsed..."
Jiang Qingzhi pointed at his dusty clothes with his other finger, slapped them, and cursed: "Since you were not far away, why didn't you intercept the wolves? Don't say you didn't have any elite troops with you! You bastard, you set a trap to make me die in the wolf's belly? Unfortunately, God has eyes!"
At this time Chen Bao came.
He saluted with a dusty face, "My Lord, those people who led the way, as well as the dozens of archers, were all buried under the mountain. They are all gone."
"Those are elite archers, right? Whose men are they?" Jiang Qingzhi looked at the shocked nobles and said coldly, "Dozens of elite archers were buried at the bottom of the mountain. I think that man will be heartbroken for a long time!"
No one answered.
But a few nobles looked at Altan.
"Altan Khan, can you give me an explanation?"
Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Altan remained silent.
"Is this the friendship that the Khan always talked about? He watched his friend being hunted by wolves while enjoying the benefits of trade." Jiang Qingzhi said grimly, "There has never been such a good thing in this world, at least it has never happened here!"
There is a strong threat in these words.
Either give me an explanation, or we all go our separate ways. What trade? Get lost!
Everyone can understand why a person who has escaped death would be so angry.
Some gloating eyes were fixed on Altan Khan.
Altan said calmly: "Jineng."
Isn’t Tuotuo responsible for this?
Jinen was stunned, but saluted calmly, "Great Khan."
"Ten lashes!" said Altan.
"Yes." Jinen lowered his head and was led out.
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly laughed, sat down and took out a cigarette.
"Khan, would you like one?" He handed one to Altan, who shook his head. Jiang Qingzhi lit up the cigarette and looked at Altan through the smoke, "Does our agreement still count?"
Altan nodded, and Jiang Qingzhi clapped his hands, "Sun Bu Tong."
The curtain was lifted, and then a figure flashed. Everyone saw a person kneeling on one knee in front of Jiang Qingzhi.
As expected, it was Sun Bu Tong, the ace of the face-grabbing game... Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "The one hundred BMWs later... Although Altan Khan doesn't lack them, it's inevitable that his subordinates will make some moves..."
Sun Bu Tong bowed his head respectfully, "Don't worry, Master. Even if the horse had diarrhea yesterday, I can definitely get rid of it!"
Jiang Qingzhi stood up and said, "Oh, and there are more than a thousand slaves."
He bowed to Altan Khan. As the representative of Emperor Jiajing, he could be on an equal footing with Altan Khan. Therefore, he could also look down on those nobles.
This person actually escaped from divine punishment, which shows that he is favored by God.
Everyone in the tent looked at Jiang Qingzhi in silence.
The Ming nobleman smiled and walked out of the tent, walked to Jineng who was being whipped, and asked:
"Whose punishment is this?"
The voice reached the big tent and everyone was looking at Altan.
(End of this chapter)
