Ashes

The next day, everything was known.

So those who wait for the news are anxious.

Some people show it in their movements, sitting for a while, standing for a while, and pacing back and forth for a while, such as Mangurtai.Some people showed their faces with lowered heads and frowning, such as Jierhalang who accompanied Huang Taiji.There are also some people who show in their hearts that they seem calm on the surface, but in fact their hearts are turbulent, and they are more anxious than anyone else, such as Huang Taiji.

When Erdeni and Hu Erhan came to report the news, Jierhalang stood up abruptly, almost pounced on him, pulled Erdeni and asked, "How is it?"

Sitting in front of the desk, Huang Taiji also stared at them intently, waiting for them to tell the result.

Erdeni and Hu Erhan looked at each other, and both knelt down.

Seeing that their expressions were not right, Huang Taiji knew something was wrong: "What's the situation, just tell me."

Erdeni said: "It went smoothly at the beginning. When Da Khan was judging Da Baylor, Da Baylor kept pleading for mercy and shifted the responsibility to the princess. Da Khan seemed very angry. But..."

Whenever there is a but, it is not always a good thing.

"Say it."

"But when the concubine was tried again later, there was an accident."

"what happened?"

"The Great Khan heard our investigation results first, and was furious on the spot, but the princess cried and said that we slandered her."

"and then?"

"Then..." Erdeni glanced at Hu Erhan with a sullen face, "The big concubine named Brother Xia and Meng Atu, and said that she usually gave them all the property, but recently she gave less, and they don't Satisfied, that’s why they joined forces to slander her.”

"What does it mean?"

"She said, if the Khan doesn't believe it, you can go to their homes to search. So...we went to the two homes to search, and indeed found some silk jewelry."

"Did you take the concubine's things?" Huang Taiji turned to ask Hu Erhan.

"No." Hu Erhan vowed, "I don't know why those things appeared in my house."

"What's Khan's reaction?" Jierharang couldn't help asking.

"Khan is not happy."

"Who does he trust?"

The two were silent for a while, and Erdeni said, "The Great Khan doesn't seem to believe anyone."

Huang Taiji frowned deeply, this kind of thing happened unexpectedly.If Hu Erhan really didn't take the concubine's things, then he was framed.Who else can take advantage of this dead situation, not only to confuse Father Khan, but also plant his people?Besides Daishan, who was deeply affected by this incident, who else could it be?I didn't expect him to have such a mind!

Thinking of this level, Huang Taiji was furious.

"However, Great Khan didn't punish Brother Xia and Meng Atu." Erdeni said again.

Huang Taiji said coldly: "Not being punished doesn't mean he has no grudges in his heart."

This time he lost the general, I am afraid that Father Khan will no longer trust Hu Erhan as much as before, this loss made Huang Taiji feel very distressed.

"Brother Xia, you have to be more careful in what you do in the future, and you can't let people catch you." Huang Taiji warned.

Hu Erhan didn't believe what Huang Taiji said, but he didn't say it clearly.

Huang Taiji asked again: "What did Father Khan say in the end?"

"Then a sudden word came that Brother Dorgon was seriously ill, so Da Khan hurried back."

"Dorgon is sick? What's going on?"

"It's not clear, just say that it's very sick."

Huang Taiji's face was gloomy, he sat on the chair crookedly and did not speak, one hand was clenched and placed on the table.

The rest of the people did not dare to make a sound and looked at him cautiously.

"You go out first." He said to Erdeni and Hu Erhan.

Only Jierharang was left alone, looking at the silent Huang Taiji, he became more and more worried, he seemed to be thinking, or he seemed to be simply wandering, wanting to pick a topic, but he couldn't speak.

Failure, presumably he would not allow it.He is thoughtful and meticulous, step by step, or do not do it, and do his best if he does.

However, this time he failed.

After a long time, Huang Taiji slowly got up.

"Brother, where are you going?" Jierhalang asked.

"Go to Father Khan." Huang Taiji's expression returned to his usual gentleness, "Go and plead for second brother."

"What?" Jierharang asked in surprise.

"Think strange?" Huang Taiji laughed at himself, "Since we can't bring him down this time, we still have to do some superficial efforts seriously. It's hypocritical, isn't it?"

Jierhalang only found a touch of helplessness and desolation that was hidden deeply on his face.Under his gaze, Jierharang shook his head again and again, but he didn't even know what he was denying.

Huang Taiji comforted him and said: "Okay, don't be so sad, we still have opportunities."

Jierharan nodded in frustration.

"Let's go back first, and I'll go see Dorgon by the way."

Dorgon's whole body seemed to be on fire, and his throat was smoking with thirst.

The fever has been burning for two full days and two nights. Although he took medicine, it still hasn't eased at all, and his temper has become irritable.A maid was pouring water and accidentally knocked the jug, and he was furious, but too weak to rage, only sulking.

"Get out! Get out, all of you!" Now he doesn't like anyone.

The maids retreated tremblingly, no one dared to defy.

Doduo was anxious at the side, and volunteered: "If you want to drink water, I'll get you another pot." He ran away like a fly without a head, broke the teapot and left it on the ground, and the water flowed all over the place Dorgon wasn't in the mood to think too much about things, he lay limp and motionless, even his eyelids hurt.

I don't know where Duo Duo went to pour the water. After waiting, I waited for a long time, until the golden star appeared in front of Duo Duo Er's eyes, his throat hurt, and he didn't come back.

Finally, the door knocked.

"Why are you knocking on the door? Come in soon!" Dorgon shouted hoarsely with all his strength.

The people outside the door were obviously taken aback, there was a moment of silence, and then the door was pushed open.

"Isn't it just pouring a glass of water? It's so slow, what are you doing?" Dorgon scolded in a very bad mood.

The visitor slowly entered and looked at Dorgon who was losing his temper.

It turned out to be Huang Taiji!

Dorgon supported himself on the edge of the bed with one hand, propped up half of his body, and stood there in a daze.Suddenly he felt his head hurt even more, as if it was about to explode, and he couldn't help but frowned.There was still a forced smile on his face: "Brother, why are you here? I thought it was Duoduo."

"Well, I heard you're sick, so I'll take a look." After coming out of Nurhachi, he came here directly.

Dorgon lowered his head, trying not to let him see the sick face.But that face was burning red, and those who couldn't see were blind.

"Why is there no one on your side? How did you teach them?" Huang Taiji strode forward, sat beside him, and touched his forehead.

"It's okay, I let them go. There are too many people and it's too noisy." Dorgon pushed his hand away. "Have you invited a shaman? What do you say?"

"Jiaoshen also took medicine and said he was fine."

"What do you mean it's okay? You're so sick, you should stay here! Taking advantage of the chaos these days, why don't you do a good job? It's outrageous!" Huang Taiji sullenly.

Dorgon really didn't have the energy to talk to him more, his arrival made people even more impatient, and his heart was full of anger.It is rare to see such a hypocrite like him. He was planning to frame Er Niang before, but he is now pretending to care about my body.

"I'm fine, just sleep and I'll be fine." Dorgon said with a smile, although he was angry inside, but the expression on his face became more obedient, but because he was too sick, the smile was not very pretty.

Huang Taiji didn't know that he had other thoughts in his heart at all, he looked at him worriedly, and then scanned the room, looking at the mess on the ground with strange eyes.The fragments of the teapot were still shaking, and the used tea leaves were scattered all over the floor.

He stretched out his hand to pick it up, but Dorgon held him back: "It was accidentally dropped, and I'll have someone clean it up later, no-work starling."

"You're sick, and there's no one around you."

"Duo Duo is here, he poured water for me."

Pour water?Huang Taiji frowned, he had been in the house for a while, enough for him to fall into the well and climb up again.

"You wait." Huang Taiji left.

Dorgon lay limp on the bed, thoughts flooding his mind.

With his sudden appearance, he had to muster up his energy to deal with him, and it was probably inevitable that he would have to make some excuses.

Before he could come up with any clues, Huang Taiji came back with the teapot in his hands, just for a short while, and Duoduo was still missing, this kid is really unreliable.

Huang Taiji poured a glass of water, helped Dorgon up, and fed it into his mouth bit by bit.

Dorgon was really thirsty, and he didn't care about so much, he drank it up in a few gulps, and Huang Taiji hurriedly poured it for him again.

After drinking several glasses of water in a row, Dorgon regained his strength, and his throat was finally moist again.

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon whose face had softened a little, and said gently: "Sick so suddenly? Could it be that I did it myself?"

Sure enough, this trick is not new, he can see through, and Dorgon is not surprised.

Seeing that Dorgon did not speak, Huang Taiji continued: "You can't make fun of your body even if you ask for love, your situation is very bad."

Father Khan had already visited him before, and although his eyes were full of distress, he could tell that he was still in conflict in his heart, so he left after sitting for a while.

He did everything he could, chose two targets, Hu Erhan and Meng Atu, secretly ordered people to send the property, and sent a message to E Niang, teaching her some excuses.How can Nurhachi be convinced by the results of the investigation of people who are not clean?

Now we have to wait for Father Khan to make a decision.

Everyone's personality has its own characteristics, which can be used.

As for Father Khan, Dorgon knew that he was old. When he was young, he could kill his younger brother and son, but now that he was really old, he was no longer cruel to the woman he loved.

As for Huang Taiji, Dorgon has already figured out a countermeasure, which is to use Huang Taiji's self-confidence.

Confidence is not a bad thing. Most confident people act decisively and can lead others.But overconfidence can turn into conceit and underestimate the strength of your opponent.Although Huang Taiji cannot be said to be conceited, his self-confidence is enough to make him ignore his young brother.Although he always feels that he has a lot of ideas, he is still willing to take himself with him because of his self-confidence.In his opinion, what kind of tricks can a child under ten years old do?Being sick and begging for mercy will not arouse his suspicion at all.

"I don't want it." Dorgon held on to Huang Taiji, showing an aggrieved expression: "Eniang hasn't come back yet, I have to wait for Erniang to come back, if Father Khan takes pity on me and thinks I'm sick, he will definitely let her go. "

Huang Taiji can also understand everyone's temper, Daishan's cowardice, father Khan's soft heart, he can guess, but he only missed one person, that is the younger brother beside him, but he still doesn't realize it .