Mahamuhuo stood up and said angrily: "Your Majesty, this is a shameless accusation. Wala has always surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and has no second intention. [] On the other hand, the Tatars have always been disrespectful to the Celestial Empire. Last year, they..."
"Hehehe..."
Zhao Zijin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty also believes in the loyalty of the three princes. He has not made it clear in his will. He just doesn't want to make too much noise. But isn't this kind of thing trivial? Since someone has complained, we must investigate clearly.
It’s so I can give an explanation to the people of the world. That’s why the emperor sent his subordinates here. Otherwise, what the three princes would see now would not be me, the supervisory envoy, but me, the Great Tomorrow Soldier, huh?"
"Uh..., yes, what the imperial envoy said is that the emperor is wise."
"Haha, I'm here with the order. I still have to investigate what needs to be investigated. However, this matter requires the full cooperation of the three princes. I think the three princes are also eager to express their feelings to the emperor and clear their name.
Innocent, right?"
Mahamu glanced at Taiping and Tupolo who was sitting below him, his eyes were deep and the meaning was difficult to understand. Tupolo said: "That's it, that's it, don't worry, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, we won't do anything wrong.
Naturally, we are not afraid of the imperial envoy coming to investigate. We will fully cooperate with the imperial envoy wherever he wants to investigate."
Taiping laughed and said: "Of course we need to investigate, but we don't want to rush it. The imperial envoy has traveled thousands of miles and just arrived here. He needs to take a rest and recuperate his energy. Besides,
You have to give us a chance to entertain you. The men on our grasslands are the most hospitable. When a distinguished guest arrives, we must not lose our etiquette. Tonight on the shore of Lake Balkhash, we will hold a grand bonfire dinner to celebrate the arrival of the imperial envoy.
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On one side of the big tent, in another tent, Xia Xun, Xin Lei, Fei Hewei and other guards were also sitting cross-legged after a few cases. The guards brought by Zhao Zijin were invited into the four tents respectively.
The altar of strong wine has been brought up, and the tables are filled with various kinds of meat.
Fei Hewei opened the mud seal of a jar of strong wine, smelled the taste, and couldn't help but smile: "The good wine is actually Shaodaozi from Liaodong. Come, come, everyone is filling it up." He mentioned the jar of wine and gave it to Xia Xun first.
I poured a bowl.
This Liaodong Shaodaozi Liquor can be traced back to the ancient Sushen era. Generations have strived for excellence and the craftsmanship has continued to improve. This kind of strong liquor is naturally incomparable with the modern Shaodaozi Liquor, but it was already the strongest liquor at the time.
At this time, an old woman and a young woman worked together to carry a roasted whole lamb that was sizzling and oily. They entered the tent. The smell of the meat filled their nostrils, and the guards cheered.
Two Mongolian women in robes put the whole roasted lamb on the wooden frame, cut it quickly with a knife, put the steaming, tender and fragrant roasted lamb on the plate, and brought it to the guards' tables one by one.
He gestured to them with a smile and asked them to eat with the salt in the small dish.
The whole lamb they roast is not seasoned during the barbecue process. It has the original taste of the lamb and must be dipped in salt when eating. However, the lamb here is unique, the meat is tender and plump, and you rarely smell the fishy smell after roasting.
smell.
When the plate was handed to Xia Xun, Xia Xun nodded kindly to the old woman and smiled. Just then he noticed that the young woman looked timid and did not dare to talk to others, but this
When the old woman looked at them, her eyes always showed kindness, and she seemed to hesitate to speak.
Xia Xun came here to find out the whereabouts of "Tuo Tuo Bu Hua". He needed to confirm one thing and find someone in this place, and it was absolutely impossible without the help of local people. In addition to making insinuations, the only methods he could use were eavesdropping, bribery, etc.
This is the most difficult step in Xia Xun's entire plan. Now that the old woman seems to be able to take advantage of her, Xia Xun will of course have to show something.
The old woman had a gentle attitude and was not just burying her head in eating like others, so she gained the courage and asked tentatively: "Sir, are you from Jinling?" The old woman actually spoke in Chinese.
, although he is not very fluent, he has a faint Fengyang accent.
Xia Xun was very curious, could this old woman with a vicissitudes of life be the original person?
Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Yes, we are from Jinling. We all have different origins, but most of them are from Jiangnan. Could it be that the old man... is the original person?"
A smile appeared on the old woman's face and she said: "The adults are really from Jinling. I just heard you talking and it sounded like it. I haven't heard Jiangnan dialect in many years, and I haven't seen people from Jiangnan."
Alas, I am not a native, but when I was young, I lived in the native place for a while. At that time, I was in Jinling..."
The old woman was very talkative and chatted a lot. It turned out that when Beiyuan withdrew from Yuan, he left many royal nobles behind in a panic and had no time to take them with him. This old woman was the palace at that time.
A palace maid serving one of Emperor Shun's favorite concubines.
These concubines, princesses and palace servants were gathered and managed in Jinling, and they lived there for four or five years. However, as time passed, how to place them became a big problem. Throughout the ages, the concubines and princesses who lost their country have been
They rarely received preferential treatment, especially after the barbaric nomads took over the country, they often humiliated and abused the royal women. Even those who were old and lustful and could not be personally humiliated were eventually treated until death.
For example, the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty royal family captured by the Jin Kingdom suffered a lot. According to historical records, King Hailing killed 130 descendants of the Zhao family, leading to the extinction of the direct line of the Song family in the Jin Kingdom. And the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, and all the Song Queen Mothers
The Quan family and others were taken under custody to Dadu. Because they were "unaccustomed to the northern customs", the Quan family requested to return to the south of the Yangtze River, but was rejected by Yuan Shizu. Later, the deposed Emperor Ying Guogong of the Southern Song Dynasty was also sentenced to death by the suspicious Yuan Yingzong.
However, it is rare for Han heroes to molest women and children. Even though Zhu Yuanzhang started at a young age, he was originally a beggar and a novice monk, and he had his own ambition. He did not execute the descendants of the Yuan Dynasty clan like Tuo Tuo Bu Hua, but
Although they were under surveillance, they were all taken care of everywhere. However, Emperor Hongwu was a little scratching his head when it came to the captured concubines and princesses.
Most of the captured Mongolian concubines were still very young, and they were separated from their husbands during the war. Whether they followed Chinese customs and remained widowed, or followed Mongolian customs and remarried, was a headache. Zhu Yuanzhang was a man of etiquette, so it was impossible.
They are allowed to have sexual relations with men of different generations and statuses at will, thereby ruining the relationship between husband and wife, but forcing them to remain widowed for the rest of their lives is inhumane.
After much thought, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to send these Mongolian concubines and princesses back to the Mongolian grassland. This old woman was the concubine she served who returned to the grassland. The old woman raised her skirt and wiped her tears and said: "
Emperor Hongwu, be merciful. He is the greatest sage throughout the ages. At first, I was thinking that even if I didn’t die, I didn’t know what would happen to me, but I didn’t expect that Emperor Hongwu would show mercy and actually asked us to return to our hometown.”
The old woman said and laughed: "I have always remembered the kindness of Emperor Hongwu. I often said to my sons and grandchildren, people, if you want to repay your kindness, you must not have any hostility towards the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise,
Emperor Hongwu is so merciful, how can you little bastards be there? Haha, I am very special to you when I see you today..."
Xia Xun was secretly happy after hearing this, and thought to himself: "This old woman has always been grateful to me, Emperor Ming, for his magnanimity. Maybe I can find out something from her." When he thought of this, Xia Xun smiled and said: "Yes, more than that.
As for Emperor Hongwu, the same is true for our emperor, Emperor Yongle, who is innocent all over the world, and the emperor treats everyone equally..."
As soon as he said this, a Wala soldier wandering around the door noticed them talking, immediately walked into the tent, coughed and said: "Grandma Gaowa, hurry up, there are two stoves over there that need to be cooked."
"Oh oh oh, it's coming, it's coming"
The old woman agreed and said to Xia Xun: "Sir, you can eat, I still have to work."
That woman had been listening to them with open ears, so she quickly followed them out.
After the two women left the tent, while the old woman went to take care of the stove, the Oala soldier lowered his face and said to the old woman: "You are not allowed to approach Mingren. Who asked you to come in?"
The woman said: "Just now... we were short of manpower, and Grandma Gao Wa asked me to help..."
The soldier looked even more angry and shouted: "That's it. If you don't leave quickly after bringing food in, what are you and Akito talking about?"
The young woman defended: "I didn't say anything, it was Grandma Gao Wa who chatted with Mingren for a few words..."
Before she could finish speaking, the soldier slapped her across the face, causing her to fall to the ground and bleed from the corner of her mouth. The soldier cursed: "Bitch, you dare to talk back to Grandma Gao Wa. She is old and likes to talk to others."
Nadiao, won't you dissuade her? I have already told you not to strike up a conversation with Mingren or talk to Mingren. How dare you not listen?"
As he spoke, he lifted up his leather boots and kicked them away hard. The woman lay on the ground holding her stomach, and was kicked several times by him. Her body was hunched over in pain, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent.
The soldier wanted to hit her, but a hand suddenly stretched out from beside her and pushed the soldier to stagger. The soldier said angrily: "Who dares to push me?" When he raised his head to clear the person, he immediately changed his position.
He said with a smile: "Ah, it turns out to be Miss Ulantuya, what are you... doing?"
Ulantuya stared at him angrily with her big, beautiful eyes, and said angrily: "Why did you beat him?"
The soldier defended: "She... did not follow the rules and talked to Mingren without authorization..."
Ulan Tuya said angrily: "I just heard that Gaowa is the grandmother of the tenth captain of Bagan. You don't dare to reprimand, so you just vent your anger on others? You are also a man, and you have the ability to fight against your enemies.
The wise man who was talking to Grandma Gao Wa is sent away."
The soldier muttered a few words and walked away. Wulantuya quickly leaned over to help the woman up, and said with concern: "Mother, how are you?"
This Ulan Tuya is naturally the girl who went to Liaodong under the pseudonym Xiaoying to assassinate Xia Xun, but this woman is actually Benya Shili’s queen Tumen Baoyin. After Benya Shili’s death, Alu
Taiwan then put all the responsibility for provoking the Ming Dynasty on Benya Shili, and Zhu Di was crowned king and became the lord of Tatar. His queen could no longer stay in Tatar, so she fled to Oara with her mother.
The Wala people didn't kill her, but she didn't have the beauty that confounded all sentient beings like Huahatun. This situation was completely different. She became an ordinary slave, sewing clothes, making wine, kneading skins, and milking breasts.
She had to do all kinds of menial tasks such as tying camels in the tent, packing luggage, and was often bullied.
Although Ulan Tuya felt dissatisfied with Arutai, her adoptive father who had the least profit, and looked down on Benya Shili, who was ambitious and incompetent, she was a Tatar after all, and her father was a loyal Tatar minister. Seeing her old master in such a state of decline, Ulan Tuya
Tuya consciously took on the responsibility of taking care of her. However, she had no right to change the queen's current status as a slave, and the help she could give her was really limited.
Tumen Baoyin was helped up by Ulan Tuya, and he gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He stared fiercely at the soldier's back and said in a deep voice: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."
Ulan Tuya hesitated to speak, but in the end she just sighed, living under the shelter of others, feeling sympathy for each other, who knows how sad...
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