Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 215: Final Arrangements

Li Hao raised the question excitedly!
The high priest was very dissatisfied with Li Hao's interruption.

He said a lot of gibberish, the gist of which was that Li Hao should not interfere with his ceremony, as he was praying for the blessing of Eternal Heaven.

The surrounding grassland generals looked over with dissatisfaction when they heard this.

Li Hao had no choice but to let the high priest do what he wanted.

The high priest danced for a while, then threw some shells and bones into the brazier, muttering something.

Then he took out a feather of unknown origin, spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on it, and stuck it on the center of Kah Khan's eyebrows.

The high priest ordered his men to undress Kach Khan and drew a mysterious spell on his injured chest with blood.

Li Hao didn't quite understand any of this, nor did he know the underlying principles.

However, the several grassland generals around him all looked respectful, so Li Hao didn't dare to question it.

At this time, the high priest let out a strange cry and his limbs trembled for no reason. Just when everyone was attracted by him, the high priest quickly reached out and pulled out the arrow from Kah Khan's chest.

"what!"

Kah Khan straightened his body and twitched.

"There's a reaction, the Khan has woken up!"

The soldiers said excitedly.

The high priest hurriedly used the bone staff in his hand to crush the shells and bones that had been burning in the brazier for a long time, making them into a grayish-white powder, which he poured all on Kah Khan's wound.

Then he gave Kah Khan another sip of wine.

Kah Khan soon fainted again.

I have to say, this high priest is really capable.

After the ceremony, Kah Khan no longer felt any pain.

No wonder those grassland people believed in him so much.

After the high priest finished the treatment, he performed the grassland etiquette and then spoke a lot of gibberish.

The general meaning is that he has asked for the blessing of the gods, and now it depends on Kah Khan's own will.

The soldiers respectfully saw the high priest off.

Only Li Hao looked at Kah Khan, who was breathing in more than he was breathing out, with a worried look on his face.

In the middle of the night, Li Hao quietly walked into Kah Khan's room.

He dismissed the servants who were taking care of him and invited an old man in.

This is Doctor Zhang from the capital.

Li Hao didn't trust the treatment methods of the grassland high priest, so he secretly invited Doctor Zhang to come for treatment at night.

Doctor Zhang's medical skills were not the best in the capital, but the doctors with the best medical skills were unwilling to treat the people from the grassland, so they had no choice but to invite the greedy Doctor Zhang.

Although Doctor Zhang is greedy for money, his medical skills are still qualified.

After examining the patient, Doctor Zhang concluded that the man would not survive with just one glance.

His face was as pale as paper, completely bloodless, his skin was dry and sagging, his eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were dull and his pupils were almost dilated, and his lips were also extremely pale, almost indistinguishable from a dead person.

Doctor Zhang leaned over and listened to Kah Khan's breathing, which was barely detectable.

Doctor Zhang then took the man's pulse, withdrew his hand after a moment, and then quickly spread out Kah Khan's clothes with one hand and searched his bag with the other.

Seeing this, Li Hao hurriedly asked Doctor Zhang what the result was.

Doctor Zhang quickly took something out of his bag and said:

"The heart is damaged, no medicine can cure it."

Li Hao closed his eyes helplessly after hearing this and asked in despair, "How long can I live?"

Doctor Zhang had already taken out the silver needle from his bag and finished wiping.

After hearing what Li Hao said, he said three words lightly.

Li Hao sighed and said:

"Three days, is it that God wants to destroy my ambition?"

Doctor Zhang did not answer. He just quickly inserted the silver needle into Kah Khan's body and said calmly:
"two."

Li Hao's eyes widened instantly. "No... No!"

"one."

In just three breaths, Doctor Zhang demonstrated his superb skills as a physician.

At this time, Kah Khan's body was already full of silver needles.

With a cough, Kah Khan spat out a mouthful of sticky black blood.

Doctor Zhang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This set of acupuncture can last for half an hour. Please tell me about your funeral arrangements. In addition, five hundred taels of gold."

Doctor Zhang then walked out.

In the room, Kah Khan opened his eyes weakly.

Looking at Li Hao, tears couldn't help falling from his eyes.

"Father, my ambition... is... is coming to an end..."

Li Hao also shed tears.

The shattering of Kah Khan’s ambitions was also the shattering of his own ambitions.

He is only four years younger than Wu Yuan. Can he still wait for the next opportunity?

Kah Khan could clearly feel that the strength in his body was rapidly draining away. Doctor Zhang used acupuncture to activate the last of his vitality. When the vitality was used up, he would die.

During this final time, Kah Khan began to arrange his final affairs.

He ordered Li Hao to call over all the generals from the grassland.

There were also two Han generals.

One is Chen Zhengdu.

One is Gao Zhi.

Originally, Gao Zhi was not trusted by Kah Khan, but at the moment of life and death, Gao Zhi was willing to sacrifice himself to save him, which made Kah Khan very grateful.

What could be more terrifying than life and death?
Although Gao Zhi is a villain, he is loyal to himself.

Soon, all the generals arrived.

Kah Khan was even weaker at this time, and even his voice became very small.

"After I die... my father-in-law will lead us all back to the grasslands... and pass the throne to Tuole..."

When they heard that the throne was going to be passed to Tuole, everyone present had different expressions, but no one objected.

Kah Khan then asked everyone to leave, leaving only Li Hao.

Soon, only Kah Khan and Li Hao were left in the room.

Kah Khan called Li Hao over, grabbed Li Hao's hand, and used his last bit of strength to entrust him:
"Please promise me one more thing, Father!"

Kah Khan said with bloodshot eyes.

Li Hao said: "Great Khan, please speak."

Kah Khan said: "Execute...execute Duolei and his mother!
After saying this, Kah Khan no longer had any strength left.

Kah Khan was not interested in women and had only three sons and one daughter.

The third son and the fourth daughter are very young and have no competitive ability, so there is no need to worry about them.

The eldest son, Abuka Tolui, was born to Kah Khan in his early years. He is 25 years old this year. He has a steady personality and is good at management. People on the grassland recognize him very much. His only shortcoming is that he is not good at leading troops to fight, and he is too generous to his relatives.

Since Tolui was not good at fighting, Kah Khan left him behind the tribe to manage logistics.

The second son, Abuka Dolei, was born to the daughter of another grassland tribe whom Kah Khan married after the death of Tolei's mother. Strictly speaking, it was a political marriage.

Duolei inherited the bravery of the grassland people. He was born with an arrogant character and was brave and warlike. Although he was not very old, he had a certain number of supporters because of the extraordinary strength of his mother's family and his own bravery.

It was not originally decided to whom Kah Khan would pass the throne.

But now, the grassland is badly damaged, and Kah Khan knows clearly that after his death what the grassland needs is a Khan who can recuperate, rather than a Khan who only knows how to attack and win.

So he decided to pass the position to Tuole.

However, Tuolei has a kind heart and will definitely not kill his younger brother Duolei after inheriting the position. However, his younger brother Duolei is arrogant and competitive, and with the influence of his mother's clan, he will definitely rebel in the long run, causing a disaster. That's why he asked Li Hao to kill Duolei on his behalf.

In this way, a generation of grassland leader passed away in the capital with his dream of ruling the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)