"After going down the mountain, we sold our shoes and belts, exchanged some money to solve the problem of food and accommodation, and then bought cheap ancient costumes to change. Our outfit is too alternative and will be troublesome. Then, we will figure out the age and situation, and then plan to take the next step."

"Did anyone buy it?"

"It must be. My belt and shoes are alligator leather, which is much more expensive than cowhide. But you, a woman, don't even have any jewelry."

"Even if I have jewelry, I won't sell it, because you can't even bear to sell lighters."

"By the way, one thing I suddenly remembered is our relationship problem. People in this era are very conservative and wary of outsiders. If we don't pretend to be a reasonable relationship, it will cause a lot of trouble."

"What's the relationship? We are a police-gangster relationship."

"To be honest, it's not about taking advantage of you. I think the relationship between husband and wife is the safest."

"Fuck! Don't think about it! The scum is just deliberately taking advantage of me, so it can't be a sibling relationship or a sibling relationship?"

"The relationship between brother and sister is not right. With your appearance, many people will want me to be my brother-in-law at that time. Can you agree? If you don't agree, there will be countless troubles. When we first arrived, how can we deal with local natives? Or the relationship between husband and wife is the least troublesome, at least the intention of many people."

"Don't praise me in a roundabout way, don't use this trick. It's better to be a master-servant relationship. I'm a lady, you're a servant."

"Why are you kidding me? Which lady went out far without a maid, but only brought a servant? I believe it. Are you serious?"

"What the scumbag said makes sense. OK, if I am unlucky, I will pretend to be a husband and wife. I will warn you first, don't have any thoughts about me. In my eyes, you will always be a fugitive. I have sentenced you to death."

"You don't have to warn me, I just don't want to cause trouble. If you feel wronged and can leave alone, I'm not burdened."

"You...you are such a scumbag!"

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Four torches appeared on the snowy Mani Mountain. Li Luo and Cui Xiuning each held two torches to keep the cold, while walking down the mountain with a deep and shallow foot on the rugged mountain road with knee-slicing snow. Fortunately, the wind was not heavy at this time and the turret was not blown off.

"My feet are going to break."

"Take it out and roast it with a torch, otherwise it will be disabled."

“How far is it?”

"Persis on for another half an hour, it's almost done."

Even with four torches, the two of them were so cold that they were so cold that they went down the mountain as slow as a snail. After nearly two hours of hard work in the cold of at least minus twenty degrees Celsius, they finally arrived near the foot of the mountain.

"No, my feet can't move, it seems to be frozen."

"Climb onto my back!"

"What?"

"I'll let you climb onto my back!"

Li Luo reluctantly carried Cui Xiuning, who was also reluctant, and walked forward desperately. His legs and feet were frozen, and he moved forward with his calves entirely with the strength of his thighs. As the saying goes, men can't resist hunger and women can't resist cold. This is also impossible. Li Luo never felt that he was really a villain. He couldn't bear to leave Cui Xiuning here and ignore it.

Cui Xiuning held four torches and almost supported his weight with Li Luo's hands. The feeling in her heart was hard to describe. Thinking of her parents at home, a flood of sadness surged into her heart. With an incomparable confusion and suddenness, tears could no longer help rolling down. When they dripped onto Li Luo's back, they had turned into cold water droplets.

Hearing Cui Xiuning could no longer suppress her sobs, Li Luo suddenly felt that the world was so big, but he didn't know where to go. Thinking of the wealth of hundreds of millions of yuan was meaningless at this time, I really wanted to cry.

Another half an hour passed, and every once in a while, Li Luo put Cui Xiuning down and rested, roasted his legs and feet with a torch, and finally walked out of the range of Mount Mani.

"There is a small yard." Cui Xiuning's voice was filled with surprise for the first time.

"I forgot one thing. We want them to think that we are North Koreans, not Chinese, or they will be excluded by locals. They say that when they were young, they were taken to Yangzhou, China for business. Now our parents are gone, and we return to our hometown according to our last words."

"I can only make it up like this, and I can explain things that cannot be understood."

Cui Xiuning didn't let Li Luo carry it anymore. The two of them staggered towards the small courtyard one after another. Although the courtyard was covered with heavy snow, it could still be seen that the architectural style was very similar to ancient China, and it belonged to the houses of civilians on the ground floor: a single eaves, a low courtyard wall, a simple civil and architectural shape, and even the courtyard gate was just a wooden railing, which could be clearly seen in the courtyard.

What made the two of them feel relieved was that a stream of smoke rose from above the yard, and it was obvious that the owner was at home.

"Membersman, please open the door!" Li Luo shouted loudly in Korean.

Soon, with a "creak", a wooden door on the left side of the yard opened, then a gray head poked out, and a tall body bent out.

Li Luo was stunned for a moment. Obviously, the old man's appearance surprised him a little. Not only was he at least 1.8 meters tall, he also had two braids hanging down to his chest and wearing a big overcoat. He didn't seem to be like an ancient Korean.

"You..." Old man Gao showed a vigilant and puzzled expression.

However, the word "you" was clearly spread to Li Luo, and he immediately understood that the old man might not be an ancient Korean. It was normal for ancient Koreans to know Chinese characters, but the language was a proverb, which is the Korean language of later generations. Although the proverb was marked with Chinese characters before King Sejong, the pronunciation was independent. The pronunciation of the proverb "you" is definitely not the "you" in Chinese.

Li Luo quickly bowed and said in ancient Chinese vernacular: "Brother-in-law, I dare to ask for a rest and rest, and I am willing to pay my money. I don't know if it is feasible?"

Cui Xiuning wanted to laugh a little, but she was not stupid either. She also learned the ancient rituals. It was ridiculous that she used the Qing Palace etiquette completely. In fact, she didn't understand other ancient rituals except the Qing Palace etiquette in the TV series.

Unexpectedly, when the old man saw Cui Xiuning's salute, he immediately showed surprise. He even ignored Li Luo, but looked at Cui Xiuning and said, "You, are you also a Jurchen?"

Li Luo immediately understood that this old man was not a Korean, but a Jurchen. No wonder he dressed not like a Korean. This is normal. It is not surprising that there were Jurchens appearing in the Korean Peninsula close to the northeast. However, judging from his two braids, he did not belong to the Manchu Jurchens who established the Qing Dynasty, but to the Jurchens of the Jin and Song dynasties.

The Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty are of the same origin as the Manchu Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty and are in line with cultural customs. The Qing palace etiquette used by Cui Xiuning is obviously also the etiquette of the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty.

The old man saw Cui Xiuning hesitating and refused to answer, and even thought she was a Jurchen. Because the Great Jin Dynasty was destroyed, the Mongol Yuan was powerful, and the Jurchens were oppressed and slaughtered very much. The Jurchens wandered around, and not many remnants dared to admit that they were Jurchens.

"It's very windy and snowy, hurry up and go into the house to rest!" The old man took the initiative to open the yard door and seemed very enthusiastic.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning thanked each other and couldn't wait to follow the old man into the house. Although the house was simple, it was burning with a large fire, warm and there were wild game and hanging cans on it.

The two looked around and found a large bow hanging on the wall and animal fur. It was obvious that the owner was a hunter.

"Put the fire to activate blood, otherwise your legs and feet will be ruined." The old man asked the two to sit down on the wooden pier beside the fire. While pouring two glasses of water in a thick porcelain tea bowl, he looked at the two of them with confusion, not knowing what they were thinking.

Of course, Li Luo knew that it was because he and Cui Xiuning were wearing too little and weird, which made the other party difficult to understand. He took the initiative to explain: "Brother-in-law, we came from the Central Plains by boat. We went all the way, and spent all the money, so we had to sell our coats. Unexpectedly, we encountered heavy snow again and almost froze to death."

The old man said, "Your clothes look so weird. I have never seen them in the Central Plains for decades." His words were authentic and ancient Chinese, and with a Heluo accent, so it didn't take much effort for the two of them to listen to.

Li Luo lied and said: "My father has been doing business in Southeast Asia all year round, and this is a barbarian from Southeast Asia."

The old Jurchen shook his head: "I have my own clothes and styles in China. How can I wear Haiyi's clothes? It's inappropriate."

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning were a little speechless. You, a Jurchen, were originally a barbarian. Is this appropriate to say? However, the Jurchen Jin Dynasty occupied the Central Plains for a hundred years and had been Chinese for a long time. It is normal to regard yourself as China.

Moreover, this old man speaks more elegantly and does not speak like a lower class. Does it have another origin?

"Boy received the teachings." Li Luo saluted seriously, looking very good. "I would like to ask my father-in-law to help me change some warm clothes."

The old man glanced at Cui Xiuning, nodded in agreement, then went into another room, and soon took out a bunch of clothes.

"This is the clothing left by my husband's son and daughter-in-law, so I will wear it for you. But they are dead, don't be disgusted with the bad luck." The old man said sadly.

Li Luo couldn't help asking, "Dare you ask me..."

The Jurchen old man looked bleak, "all died at the hands of the Mongols. The family of five was only one of the old husbands."

The room fell into a solemn silence, with only the crackling of firewood in the fire and the grunting of boiling water in the hanging can.

Li Luo broke the silence and said, "Our father and grandfather are from Goryeo. This is the first time we have returned to our hometown of Goryeo. My hometown is like a foreign land. I wonder if my father, what is the age of Goryeo now?" The information revealed by the old man shows that Mongolia has emerged and the Jin Dynasty may have fallen. This place is the Goryeo dynasty at this time, not the Joseon dynasty in later generations. But he must figure out the specific era as soon as possible.

The Jurchens are in a miserable situation these days, and they are the target of the Mongolian army's focus on killing and prevention. The Goryeo Kingdom has always been controlled by Mongolia. If the two were labeled as Jurchens, it would be more likely to cause death.

It is not possible to admit that it is Han people for the time being. Han people were oppressed more by the Mongol Yuan, and they would be excluded by the Goryeo people here, after all, this is the territory of Goryeo.

It is the most realistic to temporarily impersonate Goryeo, and then I will find a way to return to the Central Plains. In this way, I will not be excluded by locals. Secondly, although Goryeo is strictly controlled by Mongolia, it has retained a semi-independent status after all, which is somewhat stronger than the situation of a slave who has lost his country.

When Li Luo said that they were not Jurchens but Goryeo, the old man looked a little disappointed. However, when he thought that his second wife was also Goryeo, he felt relieved.

"Little Goryeo, how can there be a year name now?" The old man showed disdain, "The Yuan court has even banned the temple name of the Goryeo king. How can Goryeo allow it to retain its year name? Of course, it is used to continue the year name of the Mongolian court in the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty."

It turned out to be the 16th year of Zhiyuan...

Cui Xiuning didn't understand what the 16th year of Zhiyuan meant, but Li Luo slowly showed a bitter smile.

He had been in the "cultural relics business" before, and was considered an "elegant thief" and was not unfamiliar with literature and history. Of course, he knew that Zhiyuan was the reign of Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty. Li Luo calculated that the 16th year of Zhiyuan was exactly 1279 AD!

Anyone who knows a little about history knows what happened in 1279 AD. In the spring and summer of this year, the Mongolian army chased Guangdong. The last army of the Southern Song Dynasty was wiped out in the Battle of Yashan. Prime Minister Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea and committed suicide by committing suicide after carrying the eight-year-old Emperor Zhao Bing of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty, which had been established for more than 300 years, was destroyed. As a result, the Mongols and Yuan dynasties completely unified China, and the Han people had no more land, and hundreds of millions of Han people became slaves to the country.

It is winter now, and only half a year has passed since the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty is now the most powerful period, and it can be said that it is a tiger who looks at Eurasia, travels thousands of miles, and has a great power in the world.

"The reason why I returned to my hometown of Goryeo from the Central Plains was because the Song Dynasty was completely destroyed in Yashan, and the Hu people occupied China, and they were tyrannical and had no stamina, and there was no peace." Li Luo said carefully.

The old man sighed with a complicated expression: "The Song Dynasty in the south has been struggling for many years, and it will eventually be impossible to escape the destruction of Mongolia. If we were to work together with the Jin Dynasty to fight against Mongolia, perhaps both the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty would not necessarily lead to disaster for the country."

When Cui Xiuning heard this, her face suddenly looked ugly. Although she was not interested in history, she also knew the saying that "there is no China after Yashan" in 1279.
Chapter completed!