The Mozang clan and the Yeli clan were not only Dangxiang nobles, but also Xixia clans. After the Xixia was defeated by the Mongol Empire, most of the Xixia people were massacred. The rest either surrendered to Mongolia and became the Red Army of Tamma, and became Semu people. Or they became "slaves of the world", that is, they were slaves for generations.

It is obvious that these two women have been slaves for generations. However, because they are palace maids, their identities are higher than ordinary slaves, otherwise they would not have been rewarded by the emperor as concubines. However, Kublai Khan himself did not know them, so he must have chosen them at will.

Kublai Khan is old and no longer cared about women. He generously sent many beautiful women in the palace to him as concubines for generals and ministers to show his favor.

The women rewarded by the emperor have been sent to your home. You may not love them, but you cannot return them or transfer them to others.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful.

The imperial edict Li Luo received today was actually not a real imperial edict. He did not have a jade seal, nor did he receive the imperial edict from the Hanlin Academy. He was just a note and warrant from the emperor.

There are only a dozen words above, "I admire the two good women in the Li Luo Palace as their relatives, and I admire this."

But even if it is not a true imperial edict, it is still the king's order and cannot be rejected.

What? How dare you ignore the woman I reward you? Look down on me?

Li Luo thought for a moment and said to the two "good women" "Khan gave you two to be slaves with this hall, so this hall will naturally not treat you badly. In the future, you can only be responsible for the dust on weekdays."

Be a slave? Clear dust?

The two girls looked at each other and were puzzled. Isn’t it a concubine? Many sisters in the palace were rewarded by the emperor to be concubines.

The two of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief and were secretly happy. After finally being released from the palace, they finally had the chance to escape.

In their opinion, concubines are not much better than slaves. If a big wife is powerful, life is not as good as slaves, and they are unwilling to be concubines for others.

That's right, Mei and Ye Li Duobu did not hide. They were taught by elders who also served as slaves in the palace since childhood. They were from Daxia and came from Dangxiang Gao's family. They should not be slaves. As long as they had the chance, they would have to escape from the palace and no longer be slaves.

Escape from the palace and never be a slave! This belief has long been engraved in the bones of the two of them.

Therefore, since childhood, they took the initiative to be horse slaves who had no palace maids willing to do, feed and serve the palace horses, and took the opportunity to learn a good riding technique so that one day they would not even be able to ride a horse.

They once heard that the Dangxiang people's country was still there, saying that a few Dangxiang people fled to western Sichuan and established a small Wu Kingdom. The Mongolian emperor felt sorry for them and did not destroy the small Wu Kingdom, which was said to be less than 10,000 households.

If they escape and secretly go to western Sichuan to find the Wu Kingdom, they don’t have to be slaves. At least they can find a clan member to marry and live a good life.

However, after ten years as slaves in Yumayuan, the two of them did not have the chance to leave the palace city. Now, the opportunity has finally come.

"Sister to obey the order." When the two of them heard Li Luo ask them to take responsibility for Qingchen, they immediately took the order respectfully, and at the same time they looked reluctant to speak but stopped.

Li Luo just pretended not to know that they were Dangxiang people, and asked gently, "Do you two have anything to say?"

Wuhun Mei ganged up the courage and said, "Master, I am from the Royal Horse Garden in the palace. I am accustomed to raising horses and keeping them fat and strong."

Li Luo understood, "You still want to raise horses?"

The two women nodded together. They took the initiative to raise horses, of course, to facilitate stealing horses and escaping.

Li Luo said happily, "Since you are willing to raise horses, then raise horses. Okay, the horses are in the side courtyard horse house, and you can go and feed horse feed now."

"Yes! Master." After all, the two women were not the kind of people who were very cunning. They didn't know that the joy they showed inadvertently had aroused Li Luo's doubts.

When the two girls went down, Li Luo looked at their backs and narrowed his eyes and touched his chin.

Just feeding horses, which woman is willing to do this job? But they are willing to accept it. When they hear that they are not concubines, they are not disappointed, but also relaxed.

eccentric.

"Ashan!" Li Luo shouted.

Wanyan Ashan immediately appeared in front of Li Luo and whispered, "Please ask for instructions from the Lord."

Li Luo ordered, "Please pay more attention to the two women who raise horses, but don't make them alert. I want to know how strange they are."

Why did Ashan do it? Because Ashan is the youngest among the personal guards, the most honest and honest, but very clever. He is not only a personal guard, but also a member of the special guard stationed in the personal guards.

"No." Ashan took the order and retreated and went to make arrangements.

In the evening, Ashan came back and reported, "Master, the two of them muttered and said something they couldn't understand, not Mongolian, and they didn't know what it was. They are indeed good at raising horses and riding horses. The subordinates probably have good riding skills and may even shoot arrows."

He is good at riding skills, he takes the initiative to raise horses, and he doesn't care about being a concubine... When these lines are stringed together, Li Luo suddenly understands it a little.

Most of them want to be escaped and escape.

It's so naive. In this world, what can you two women do if they escape? Maybe they are not as good as slaves.

Li Luo was too lazy to care about them, it didn't matter at all. They ran away and saved themselves. They didn't run away, and they just happened to raise horses. There was nothing wrong with them.

"They may want to escape. Don't worry about them, just pretend that they don't know. However, you can't steal money by choosing horses." Li Luo told Ashan, "What they say should be Dangxiang dialect, and you don't have to pay attention if you don't understand."

Speaking of this, Li Luo suddenly felt a sudden heart, yes, Xixia language. Why not take this opportunity to learn Xixia language with them? It is likely to be used in the future.

Li Luo did what he said, and ordered people to call the two women in, and asked, "Who did you learn your Dangxiangyu?"

Mei and Ye Liduobu replied in Chinese in unison, "I learned from my grandfather." When they were young, their grandfathers were still alive. They not only taught them Dangxiang dialect, but also told them the story of the Daxia Kingdom back then.

The two of them were a little nervous, wondering why Li Luo suddenly mentioned this.

But immediately afterwards, Li Luo's words surprised them a little.

Li Luo smiled and said, "You teach our church to learn a few words of Party Kung Fu. As long as you teach well, our church will not only have rewards, but also meet your requirements."

Learn Dangxiang dialect? Daxia has been dead for decades. Although there are still people who can speak Dangxiang dialect, they are all remaining residents. Apart from that, who would take the initiative to learn Dangxiang dialect?

"Yes, Master. I dare not teach you, but I just told you what I know about Dangxiang words I know." Ye Li Duobu, who has a more calm personality, said.

"Okay, then let's start. You sit down and write down the most commonly used words in Xia Kingdom first, and mark the pronunciation in Chinese characters." Li Luo was very confident because he had the talent to learn foreign languages.

The two of them suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, "Master, although we can speak Chinese, we don't know Chinese characters."

"It's okay, after writing, you can read it out and explain it again." Li Luo smiled and ordered to put out paper and pen.

The two of them kept writing at their desks until dark, and only then did they write more than a thousand Xixia words.

The next day, Li Luo asked them to teach pronunciation again, and soon understood the pronunciation rules of Xixia characters, and began to learn common terms that day.

Li Luo's progress in learning Dangxiang dialect was so fast that the two women were surprised. Li Luo is such a smart person.

On the third day, Li Luo stopped learning Dangxiangyu, but went to the Dongying County Duke's Mansion in Shandefang, Dongcheng to visit an old friend, the former Emperor Guishan, the Japanese Kingdom.

The Dongying County Duke Mansion looks quite small, it is considered a county duke mansion. However, the door is deserted and deserted. Even the chariot and horse farm in front of the mansion has weeds.

A slave lay down under the gate, listless.

"Li Luo, Duke of Jianghua County, visit Duke of Dongying County, go and report it." Li Luo dismounted and brought a few personal guards to the door.

The servant saw Li Luo's angry horse and shouted and hugged him. He knew that his background was not small, so how could he dare to neglect him? He sang a promise and snatched in and informed the master.

Yan Jun and others smiled and said, "This guy is respectful."

Soon, footsteps came from inside, and Kameyama and his son Seren, the former Emperor Gouda, came out to greet him.

"Hey, General, Xu Shan is in a bad mood, please come in quickly! The general is so glorious when he arrives at the humble house." Guishan, who changed his name to Xu Shan, bowed repeatedly and said, looking a little excited.

Can you not be excited? I don’t know how long it took, but no decent distinguished guest in the Duke of Dongying County came to visit.

Although Li Luo has long been not the General of the East, Guishan still calls him the General, which makes Li Luo feel a little moved.

"Your Majesty in the East County is fine? Are you still used to it in most capitals?" Li Luo also bowed politely. In fact, there is no need to ask this. As long as you see the sorrow between the eyebrows of Guishan and his son, you will know that their lives will not be easy.

I am afraid that the only emperor of the fallen country who lived a good life was Emperor Xian of Han and Puyi.

Guishan invited Li Luo and others to enter the empty Dongying County Duke's Mansion, and his expression seemed to be uneasy and embarrassed, as if there was something difficult to say.

As soon as he entered the intermediate court, Guishan finally said with difficulty, "The General is a distinguished guest. Today, he is very happy to visit his humble house. However, he is short of money and has difficulty preparing fine wine and delicacies, so he can only eat simple food."

What? Li Luo couldn't help but look at Guishan. Sure enough, he saw that he had a good look, no longer as rosy and lush as before.

Has it been this point? The salary of the county duke is not small, and the emperor also has rewards during festivals. No matter how much the Guishan family is, the family will not live so poorly.

"Duke of Dongying County, why is it here?" Li Luo said knowingly after being invited to the living room and sat down.

After serving tea, Guishan and others still maintained the habit of sitting down in Japan and said to Li Luo, "The emperor is kind, he allocated 100 jin of notes every month, and there are rewards during the holidays, and there are no unfair treatment. In addition, he has a lot of savings, so he was not short of expenses."

"However, there are children from the big capital who come to blackmail every now and then, and they are slaughtering the fire. Within half a year, they are blackmailed. Recently, they have only relied on their wives and concubines to sell jewelry."

Li Luo was speechless when he heard this and said, "Why don't you report to the emperor?"

Guishan smiled bitterly and said, "They are all powerful sons, where can they afford to provoke them? They are threatened by them and dare not report to the emperor to know."

The reason why Guishan did not report to Kublai Khan for help was not only threatened, but more importantly, he didn't know if it was secretly instructed by Kublai Khan.

Li Luo knew that it was definitely not Kublai Khan's instruction. Kublai Khan was indeed a ruthless person, but he was very proud and would not be so despicable. Of course, he would not instruct Guishan secretly, at most he pretended not to know.

At this moment, the former Japanese queen, Jiko Fujiwara, walked to Li Luo in a stairs, bowed and said gently, "Your Excellency, the meal is only noodles, tofu, chicken eggs, and radish. Please forgive me."

Li Luo smiled and said, "Madam, you are polite. You are here to go. You are already very disturbing."

When the meal came, it turned out that there were only these home-cooked dishes. In addition, the Guishan family had a large population, and Li Luo also brought several personal guards, but the portion was not enough to eat.

The wine is also a cheap horse milk wine, and it seems to be mixed with water, which is very bland.

The Guishan family was very embarrassed, but they felt relieved when they saw that Li Luo was not angry.

Mrs. Guishan was about to withdraw, but Li Luo said, "It's okay, please have a meal in this hall, and I'm not an outsider." He knew that there were only these foods in Guishan's home, and they would go hungry if they left.

Fujiwara Kishiko thanked her and took a few women to have a meal.

Li Luo ate a piece of radish and felt mixed feelings. No matter what, he should not be the king of a country that has been destroyed. Otherwise, it would be good to eat radish with the fate.

Li Luo was still grateful to Guishan. Without Guishan, he would not know the existence of lost ancient books in the pre-Qin period. Objectively speaking, Guishan and his ancestors preserved these extremely precious Chinese treasure books. With this one, Li Luo also wanted to give face.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to eat radish and tofu here at all.
To be continued...