456: Chapter 456 Sukh's Hidden Move

After Zhao Caiwei heard clearly, her pretty face frosted over, and she was clearly extremely angry.

Not only had she failed to win this battle, but someone even dared to break into her military camp?

And it happened right when Lin Xiao had just arrived; wasn't this intentionally trying to embarrass her?

After some investigation, Lin Xiao said unhurriedly, "Caiwei, calm down. This person may not be an enemy."

Zhao Caiwei was stunned, and with a bit of curiosity, she walked out with her husband.

At this moment, a man wearing a metal ghost mask was being surrounded by a group of soldiers.

He was not in a hurry to make a move, but the ordinary soldiers of the Zhenbei Army were unable to subdue him.

Seeing Lin Xiao and Zhao Caiwei come out, a trace of complexity appeared in the ghost-masked man's eyes.

"Is Your Excellency the Prince of Zhenbei, Lin Xiao?"

Lin Xiao nodded, "Did Marshal Suhe send you?"

The ghost-masked man was startled, "You... recognize me?"

"You didn't come earlier or later, but you risked breaking into the camp at this time; it must be to see me, right?"

Lin Xiao turned and said, "Come in and speak."

Seeing that the Prince had spoken, the soldiers naturally dispersed silently, clearing a path.

The ghost-masked man's eyes were filled with doubt and uncertainty. He was certain that he had never interacted with Lin Xiao directly.

He had even changed into the attire of the Northern Barbarian Army and was wearing a mask; how was his identity discovered?

However, precisely because of this, he felt even more that Lin Xiao was unfathomable and worth risking his life to see.

Arriving at the main commander's tent, Lin Xiao ordered the others to withdraw.

"Tulishen, you can take off your mask."

Having his identity exposed, Tulishen's burly body trembled. After hesitating for a moment, he removed the iron mask.

His weathered and weary face was filled with awe.

"Your Highness... how did you know my identity? Did the Princess of Zhenbei mention it?"

Not to mention Tulishen, even Zhao Caiwei felt puzzled, not knowing how her husband had discerned this man's identity.

However, Lin Xiao had already displayed too many miraculous feats, so the woman didn't think too much about it; after all, her husband was a Land Immortal!

Lin Xiao smiled faintly, "What I know is far more than you imagine."

Tulishen was completely convinced. He couldn't see through this young man before him at all; it was as if everything was under his control!

The Northern Barbarians losing to him was truly not an injustice.

"Your Highness! Please save my foster father!!"

Tulishen knelt directly, kowtowed to the ground, and spoke with tears in his eyes.

"So Marshal Suhe really is in trouble?"

Lin Xiao was not very surprised and said, "Tell me, is it related to the changes in the Khitan Army?"

Tulishen raised his head and said, "It is the former Grand Shaman of the Khitan, Yelv Heqi. He created 'Holy Water' for the Khitan Army. He not only gave it to the Khitan Army to drink but also made our Northern Barbarian warriors drink it."

"Once that Holy Water is consumed, it allows an ordinary soldier to have their strength advance by leaps and bounds, and they become fearless of death, not feeling pain even when blades pierce their bodies!"

"Holy Water?"

Lin Xiao frowned. It looked like they had really consumed some kind of stimulant.

"Wait a moment, did you say Yelv Heqi?"

Zhao Caiwei doubted she had heard correctly, "Hasn't he been dead for many years?"

"That is correct," Tulishen's eyes showed confusion, "I don't understand either, but he just came back alive, and his strength is unfathomable."

"How is that possible..."

Zhao Caiwei said to Lin Xiao with a look of surprise, "Husband, that Yelv Heqi is the master of General Yelu Chuku."

"It was during the period when he served as the Grand Shaman that the Khitan annexed several coastal tribes and grew and developed."

"Khitan King Yelü Dachuan is, by seniority, the great-great-grandson of Yelv Heqi."

"Nine years ago, Yelv Heqi passed away, and all the Khitan soldiers went back to see him off. I remember it clearly."

Lin Xiao remembered that General Yelu Chuku was a disciple of the previous Khitan Grand Shaman.

To be able to teach such a monster, this Yelv Heqi was clearly not an ordinary person.

"Tulishen, you mean... after you went to the Khitan, you discovered that this guy who had been dead for nine years had returned."

"Not only that, but he also came up with some kind of Holy Water, which greatly increased the strength of your cavalry."

Tulishen nodded repeatedly, "That's right. My foster father is proficient in medical principles and felt that the Holy Water was problematic."

"It is said to grant the power of divine favor, but it is more like a slow-acting poison, so he opposed the Northern Barbarian soldiers taking it."

"But Yelv Heqi imprisoned my foster father and used my foster father's life to threaten other Northern Barbarian generals, making the soldiers below consume the Holy Water."

"After the soldiers consumed the Holy Water and felt the taste of explosive power, many could not stop."

"But the more of that stuff they drink, the more they lose their minds, and they even turn into beasts that have lost their reason!"

"I have seen with my own eyes several times, crazed soldiers killing even their own people, and even tearing at each other like beasts..."

Zhao Caiwei looked grave. She had actually noticed that the enemy soldiers' mental state was abnormal, and now that Tulishen mentioned it, she was even more convinced.

"Do the high-ranking officials of the Khitan just let it develop like this?"

"Does Khitan King Yelü Dachuan want to make all the Khitan people go crazy?!"

Tulishen smiled bitterly, "The Khitan already have no way out. If they don't do this, sooner or later they will be..."

Tulishen glanced at Lin Xiao. It was obvious that everyone understood that the Khitan would eventually end up like the Northern Barbarians and Western Qiang, and a "Protectorate" would be established.

"Those people like Khitan King Yelü Dachuan only want to preserve their own status; they don't care if the people below are crazy."

"Moreover, Yelv Heqi is the ancestor of the Yelü Family; how could they possibly rebel against their own ancestor?"

Lin Xiao scoffed, "To put it plainly, they just want to live in luxury, constantly enslaving the lower-class Khitan people. They would rather let all the Khitan people die in battle and become mad dogs than hand over the Khitan to the Central Plains to manage."

Tulishen's eyes dimmed. In fact, if you think about it carefully, is Khan Jilun of the Golden Tent Khan any different?

Of course, sometimes these rulers of nomadic tribes have no choice at all; the influence of Shamanism on the grasslands is too great.

And because the Khitan are separated from the Northern Barbarians by Alimu Mountain, Shamanism here is even more like a wild horse off the leash.

Ever since the Yelü Family came to power, royal authority and religion have merged into one, and the Khitan is almost entirely ruled by the Yelü Family.

The Holy Water was promoted, and many people actually saw the problem, but no one dared to oppose it.

"And what about you? How did you run here?"

Lin Xiao said playfully, "Since Yelv Heqi's martial arts are unfathomable, how could he let you run out?"

Zhao Caiwei also looked at Tulishen with great suspicion.

"Your Highness, the reason I am safe and sound is that from the very beginning, I left the main army."

Tulishen said, "My foster father had long been prepared. After joining the Khitan, Khitan King Yelü Dachuan would not trust us, so he let me lie low outside to facilitate coordination."

"For the past few months, I have only been communicating with my foster father through letters and secret codes, so Yelv Heqi did not target me."

"Until a month ago, my foster father told me that Yelv Heqi was extremely dangerous, but he was powerless to stop him and could not escape."

"He told me to find an opportunity to meet the Prince of Zhenbei or the Princess of Zhenbei in person and then tell the truth."

Tulishen sighed, "I actually thought about going to the Northern Border to find Your Highness, but... but it was too far from my foster father, and I couldn't rest easy."

Zhao Caiwei said with dissatisfaction, "Why must you see the Prince and the Princess? Since you already needed the help of the Zhenbei Army, you should have come to contact us earlier and exchanged intelligence!"

Tulishen frowned, "I was just following my foster father's arrangements."

"Caiwei, you don't need to be anxious. Marshal Suhe actually has good intentions," Lin Xiao sighed.

"Husband, what do you mean?" Zhao Caiwei was puzzled.