Mou Rongtian knew that the person coming was Huang Taiji, so he didn't need to look any further. He carefully lowered himself down and sat against the wall. He only heard the saint's happy voice coming from the room, "Second Senior Brother, you are back!"
Huang Taiji said "hmm" and replied: "I just came back."
Then I heard the holy aunt ask: "Did Horqin agree to the alliance?"
Huang Taiji said: "I agreed."
The holy aunt smiled and said: "This is great. As long as Horqin is willing to send reinforcements to help us tide over the difficulties, and when the new recruits are fully trained, there will be no need to be afraid of the Ming army."
Mou Rongtian knew that the Mongolian Horqin tribe had strong soldiers and horses, and its strength should not be underestimated. He thought to himself: "If Horqin also rebels and joins forces with Nurhachi, we will be in big trouble."
At this time, I heard Huang Taiji say: "Don't be happy too early, Oba Khan has conditions."
The saint asked: "What are the conditions?"
Huang Taiji said: "He wants to marry the Aixinjueluo family."
The holy aunt said: "Marriage? What kind of marriage?"
Huang Taiji said: "Oba Khan wants me to marry Manggus Beile's daughter Zhezhe as my wife, and also..." He paused here.
The holy aunt said: "What else can you do?"
Huang Taiji said: "He wants you to marry Manggusibele's eldest son Buhe."
The Holy Aunt said tremblingly: "Did you agree?"
Mou Rongtian had already seen that Huang Taiji and the holy aunt were a couple, and thought: "Huang Taiji is a person who does big things and will not be hindered by his children's personal affairs. He must have agreed."
Sure enough, as Mou Rongtian expected, Huang Taiji nodded slightly, and the saint aunt said sadly: "You actually agreed. Have you forgotten the oath we made?"
Huang Taiji said: "Junior sister, this is the decision made by Father Khan, I can't influence it."
The holy aunt said: "Second senior brother, please take me away. I will follow you to the end of the world."
Mou Rongtian felt sorry for the saint's infatuation and thought: "Huang Taiji loves the country more than the beauty. How could it be like this? This little girl is really stupid."
Just listen to Huang Taiji say: "No, junior sister, we can't do that."
The holy aunt said tremblingly: "How can you bear to let me marry someone else?" When she talked about her sadness, two lines of tears burst into her eyes.
Huang Taiji said: "Do you think I am willing to give up? This is because of helplessness. Although we have defeated the Ming army, they are bound to come back. Our crisis has not been resolved. If we do not get Horqin's assistance, our tribe will be in danger
For the sake of my father and the safety of the entire tribe, I have no choice but to wrong you."
The holy aunt said: "Even if we don't form an alliance with Horqin, the Ming army may not be able to defeat us. Li Chengliang is the only person that my adoptive father is afraid of. Now that he is dead, the other generals of the Ming army are not afraid."
Huang Taiji said: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. We don't have enough troops. How can Father Khan defeat the Ming army?"
The Holy Aunt said: "The new recruits will be trained in a few months, and then we won't have to be afraid."
Huang Taiji said: "I'm afraid the Ming army will attack before our new recruits are fully trained. Junior sister, you'd better agree."
At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "What a promise, you little bastard. You want to marry Xue'er to Mongolia. I'm the first one not to agree."
When Mou Rongtian heard the voice that was against the sky, he was startled and held his breath for fear of being discovered.
Ni Tianxing entered the house. Huang Taiji said: "Master, you are not protected by Father Khan, why are you here?"
Ni Tianxing said angrily: "You are going to send Xueer into the fire pit, can I not come?"
Huang Taiji said: "Master, you are serious. Horqin is not a pit of fire. The junior sister is marrying Beizi, and she will never be wronged."
Ni Tianxing shouted: "Fart, my teacher said it was a fire pit, it is a fire pit. Xue'er, we are not getting married. If anyone dares to force you, my teacher will tear him to pieces."
Mou Rongtian heard Ni Tianxing's tone and thought: "Huang Taiji is in big trouble. Let's see how he gets through Ni Tianxing."
Suddenly I heard Ni Tianxing shouting: "Who is outside the window? Get out quickly!"
Mou Rongtian was shocked and screamed secretly. He touched the ground with his feet and flew up to the room. Just as he was about to rush out of the hospital, Ni Tianxing appeared in front of him.
Mou Rongtian drew his sword and started to chop. He knew he was no match, but he could not just surrender. Resistance was necessary.
Ni Tianxing turned sideways and pointed at Mou Rongtian's Dantian point, then grabbed his front and flicked him. Mou Rongtian fell to the room with a "bang" and fell to the ground. The tiger-headed knife also fell away and fell aside.
I saw Huang Taiji standing in front of me and sneered: "Mou Rongtian, it's you. You are really courageous. You dare to come here to visit me alone at night."
Mou Rongtian got up and said: "Shenggu, has my prince been arrested by you?"
The holy aunt said displeasedly: "That bitch prince is very lucky, so let him run away, but you are not so lucky."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "It's good that the prince is safe." He said seriously: "If you want to kill, kill him. Since I'm here, I have put life and death aside."
Huang Taiji said: "You are a man, how can I be willing to kill you? Come with me." After saying that, he walked out of the yard, Mou Rongtian picked up the tiger head knife and followed.
The two came to another small courtyard and saw Dao Xin practicing swordsmanship in front of the house. Huang Taiji said: "Shenni, I gave Mou Rongtian to you, let him live in the wing."
Dao Xin put away the Buddha's Light Sword, glanced at Mou Rongtian, and asked Huang Taiji: "Why not put him in a cell?"
Huang Taiji said: "Mou Rongtian is a guest from afar. How can a prison cell be used to treat guests?" He said it nicely, but he actually felt that putting Mou Rongtian next to Dao Xin was safer than locking him in a cell.
Dao Xin entered the wing room, and after a moment, the lights came on in the room.
Huang Taiji moved his right hand to the side room and said, "Mou Rongtian, please."
The two of them walked in one after another. Mou Rongtian saw that the furnishings in the room were simple, with only an empty bed, a table and a chair.
Huang Taiji said: "I will ask someone to bring the bedding over later. This kang cannot be burned. I will buy a stove for you later."
Mou Rongtian smiled and said: "Huang Taiji, why are you so courteous to me? Mou has something to say first. If you want to persuade me to surrender, it is just a daydream. I have received the emperor's favor in my life and will never be a Tatar lackey."
"Ha..." Huang Taiji said with a smile, "Mou Rongtian, you are really smart. You can see through my thoughts at a glance. Yes, I intend to recruit you. I know that you are loyal and courageous, so it is not easy for you to surrender to me.
It's easy, but it doesn't matter. I have plenty of time. Let's take it slow. One day your mind will change. You can rest first. I'll ask Teacher Zhang to go out with you tomorrow." After that, he walked out.
Mou Rongtian sat beside the kang in a daze, thinking: "Now that I have become a prisoner of the Tatars, I really feel ashamed of my ancestors."
After a while, several Tatar soldiers brought bedding, a stove, and a food box, which contained hot meals, teapots, teacups, wine bottles and wine bowls, and placed them one by one on the table.
One of the Tatars said: "Mr. Mou, if the food is not delicious, just tell me what you want to eat, and I will prepare it for you."
Mou Rongtian smiled and said: "That's good. No need to prepare anymore. I'll help you."
One of the Tatars took off his shoes and got on the kang, spread out the bedding, and the other Tatars lit the stove, and the room immediately became warm.
When the Tatars finished their work, the man from before asked: "Mr. Mou, is there anything else you need?"
Mou Rongtian said: "It's nothing."
The Tatars withdrew. Mou Rongtian had not eaten all day, and his stomach growled with hunger. He sat down at the table, picked up chopsticks, and started eating and drinking. After eating and drinking, he left the room and saw that Dao Xin was still practicing.
Sword, stand on the porch and watch.
Dao Xin ignored him and kept practicing. Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "Although my aunt is a monk, she has spent her whole life obsessed with hatred for my uncle and cannot extricate herself. Why bother?"
Hatred is something that doesn't hurt unless a needle pricks one's eye. How could Mou Rongtian understand Dao Xin's pain of losing his son?
The next morning, an old man with white beard and hair, dressed as Han Chinese, came to Mou Rongtian and claimed that his surname was Zhang and that he was Huang Taiji's teacher.
When Mou Rongtian saw this man, he was startled and thought: "Why does he look a bit like my two uncles?"
Teacher Zhang said with a smile: "Master Mou, I will accompany you out of the city for a walk."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in Huang Taiji gourd?" He smiled and said: "Then there is Mr. Lao."
Teacher Zhang put a new set of clothes beside the kang and said, "It's inconvenient for you to wear the official uniform of Jinyiwei. Please change into this."
Mou Rongtian put on his casual clothes and, accompanied by Dao Xin, followed Teacher Zhang out of Hetuala City and walked along the river. After walking for a while, Teacher Zhang saw a man collecting firewood at the foot of the mountain in the south and said: "Master Mou,
Let's go this way." He said and walked towards the man. When he got closer, Teacher Zhang held up his hands to the man and said, "Brother, you are busy."
The man looked to be in his forties, short in stature, gray-haired, and wearing a coarse cotton coat. He looked like a farmer. Seeing Teacher Zhang chatting with him, he laughed dryly and said, "Is there something wrong, old man?"
Teacher Zhang smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just want to have a casual chat with you."
The man was startled, then smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"
Teacher Zhang said: "It's embarrassing to say that we can't survive in the pass, so we came here. I don't know what it's like here. I see that you are also dressed as a Han, and I want to know something about the local situation from you."
When the man saw that Teacher Zhang and Mou Rongtian were plainly dressed, he did not become suspicious and said, "That's what happened. Hey, to be honest, I couldn't survive in the customs, so I came here."
Teacher Zhang asked: "How many years have you been here, bro?"
The man recalled it and said, "It must have been seven or eight years ago."
Teacher Zhang said: "Is this better than Guannei?"
The man said with emotion: "It's much better. The Ming Dynasty is simply incomparable to this place. I won't tell you what kind of things the Ming Dynasty did, but you should also know it. It's different here. The big men here don't bully the people. Old man,
When you get here, you have a way to survive."
Teacher Zhang said: "I feel relieved after hearing what my brother said. But after all, we are foreigners here. Will the Jurchens bully us?"
The man said: "As long as you don't cheat and deceive, and you behave as a human being, the Jurchens will not bully you." He sighed and said, "There are so many bad guys in our Ming Dynasty. If you say a bad word, your conscience will be called a dog."
After eating, as long as we can make money, we will do any immoral and smoking thing, which will make us, the responsible people, look down upon by the Jurchens."
Teacher Zhang said: "A few days ago, the Ming army came to conquer. I heard that some people from the Ming Dynasty also helped the Jurchens to defend the city. Is there such a thing?"
The man said: "Yes, I helped defend the city and killed several officers and soldiers."
Mou Rongtian observed his words and felt that the man in front of him did not seem to have been arranged by Huang Taiji in advance. He thought: "Nurhaci is so popular among the people that even Ming people are helping him. This is very bad."
Teacher Zhang chatted with the man for a few more words, then said goodbye and took Mou Rongtian to continue wandering. On the way, he met someone from Ming Dynasty and approached him to strike up a conversation, using the same rhetoric. Those people all hated the Ming court and supported Nurhaci.