Li Siye clicked his lips. Of course he couldn't keep Chulu. This child was now a Khan with the ten surnames, so naturally he couldn't stay in Shule City.
He held up his hands to Bian Lingcheng and said: "Churul Khan did suffer from wandering soul possession before. I have invited the famous Sogdian witch doctor to diagnose and treat him in the mansion. Can Mr. Bian stay in the city for a day or two? Wait.
How about we hit the road again after Khan gets better?”
The border supervisor put his hands into his sleeves and nodded: "In that case, we will wait for the Khan's arrival at the city post. Please don't keep us waiting for a long time and say goodbye."
"Of course not," Li Siye said as he followed them out: "The mutton in Shule City is rich, and there are authentic Sanle pulp and Gaochang grape wine. Mr. Bian and everyone have always been busy, so we should take this opportunity to enjoy it."
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"Haha, thank you General Li for your kindness."
Li Siye sent the edict-delivery team out of the gate and ordered Yan Xiaosi to arrange for the post to wait. Bian Lingcheng and others left with their hands crossed, and watched them disappear at the end of the street with their hands raised.
Chuulu followed him and said crisply: "I'm not sick."
"I know."
"I don't want to go to Kucha either. I want to stay in the Shule Army and stay with you." Chuulu raised his head, his reddish-brown face covered with freckles, looking at him eagerly.
Perhaps Chu Lu believed that if Li Siye could keep him resolutely, he would definitely be able to stay.
Li Siye felt compassion, touched his head and asked, "Chu Lu, how old are you?"
"Sixteen years old."
"If you follow the rules of the Central Plains, you can hold the crown ceremony and wait to marry your wife. When you arrive in Qiuci, your husband, Meng Zhongcheng, will naturally preside over the crown ceremony for you. When you become an adult and experience many things, you will probably understand that you can't help yourself.
What's going on?"
Chuulu remained silent, but in his heart he was quite resistant to going to Qiuci. Li Siye put his arm around his shoulders and returned to the courtyard, continuing to instill certain ideas into him: "Do you know why the imperial edict only gave you the title of Khan with ten surnames?"
, and he was not given the title of Khan of the Successor, let alone promoted to the Protector of Mengchi?"
"Why?" He raised his head and asked hesitantly.
"Because they know you very well. Zhongshu Sheng knows your identity better than you know yourself. Otherwise, what do you think the imperial court does to raise so many people for free food? Your performance must be worthy of your current title, otherwise they can still
Take back the title. If you want to avenge Shi Xin and continue the surname Ashina, don't let everyone down. Get into the state from now on and wait in hibernation."
"If you want to be a real khan, you can't just bend a bow, ride a horse, and shoot. You must also learn to socialize and deal with people you like and people you hate."
"This is the hardest."
"Haha," Li Siye said with a smile: "It's actually not difficult. If you want to overcome this, you just need to treat them as wooden people."
He put his hands on Chuulu's shoulders and said, "You still have one day to say goodbye to the people you want to say goodbye to. I'll ask my family to prepare a farewell meal for you at noon. After the meal, you can happily go on your way."
"Um."
Chuulu bowed to him, turned around and ran out the door, probably to say goodbye to his comrades in the vanguard.
Li Siye looked at his frail figure and thought that he had exerted too much influence on him. After arriving in Qiuci, would he be reversed by others?
The imperial court sent people to confer the ten surnames of Chulu as khans, which must be accompanied by other policies. Using his not very clever mind to guess, Fu Meng Zhongcheng must also have received the imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict is related to the expeditionary force.
Relatedly, it seems that the end of Khan Hemo Dagan, surnamed Huang, is coming soon.
When he returned to the front of the hall, Zhao Laodao appeared out of nowhere, holding a fly whisk in his hand and saluting him: "I have seen General Li."
"Dao Zhang Zhao?" Li Siye gave him a strange look: "When did you come here?"
"Pindao was here just now. It's just that the general was welcoming the Holy Envoy and the imperial envoy could not be disturbed, so he stayed here for a while."
He laughed, thinking that you were quite capable, and asked casually: "Aren't you going to make an alchemy furnace? Why do you still have time to come to my place?"
"When I get back to the general, the alchemy furnace has been cast. The old Taoist is here to ask the general to replace him with four Taoist boys."
Li Siye turned around and frowned: "What's going on? Are these four people lazy and blind and unwilling to work hard?"
"That's not true. In fact, a Taoist boy is a child. He has a pure heart and few desires. His appearance is average and he can cultivate Taoism only when he can be calm and meditative. If you look at those people, not to mention their age, do they have the body of a boy?
Let’s leave it aside, but where does one have a pure heart and few desires? It’s simply unseemly to hide filth and dirt. He hides forbidden books and women’s obscene clothes. It’s simply unsightly.”
Li Siye laughed heartily and then said: "People have seven emotions and six desires, and you can't ask too much of them. Besides, the people in Shule City believe in Buddhism. Even if they have children, they always go to the temple to send them to you. Where can I give them to you in a minute?
Looking for smart boys? If you do this, you can treat them as labor for the time being, and wait until the opportunity comes to find someone who will inherit your legacy."
Daochang Zhao took a deep breath and could only give up. He waved his whisk and cupped his hand towards Li Siye. He turned around and was about to leave when he remembered something and turned around and said, "Tomorrow I will take them to search for alchemy materials. When I come back with the materials,
Then you can start making elixirs."
"Oh, what elixir is Daoist Master Zhao going to make?"
"Puiyuan Golden Pill."
"Hey," Li Siye rolled his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Go down."
As the old man walked out, he looked back hesitantly, wasn't Li Siye interested in alchemy? Why did he look like this? If he really had no interest in elixirs, why did he still invest in building an elixir room for himself?
…
At noon, Chuulu returned to his house. His face was getting redder and redder. It seemed that he had drank a lot of wine.
Li Siye asked him: "Can you still eat?"
He scratched the back of his head shyly: "That should be possible, right?"
This family dinner was attended only by Li Siye and his wife, Li Meier and Chuulu. Aunt Wu made his favorite mutton Yanyue wontons and served them to the table herself.
"I heard that Chuulu is leaving. I won't be able to eat the wontons made by my slave anymore. I want to eat a few more today. I also baked your favorite Gulouzi pancakes for you to take on the road."
"Um."
He lowered his head and fiddled with his chopsticks, like a bored big child. Li Meier put the chopped minced pork into his bowl, and he just raised his head and smiled shyly.
"Sister Mei'er, you eat too."
Looking at the smiling person in front of him, he looked even more embarrassed and shy.
Chuulu drank a lot of wine in the morning and ate a lot of dumplings now, and his stomach was really full. In order to speed up digestion, he had to stand under the pergola in the backyard, draw the bow string, aim at the target and release.
Li Meier was sitting on the swing in the pavilion, wearing an emerald green skirt, with her two feet wearing embroidered shoes kicking the skirt. This made Chulu unable to concentrate, and she was sitting behind him, and every time he turned around
When I took out the arrows from the arrow kettle, I was able to take a look at them quietly, and then I felt even more empty.
He will leave here tomorrow, and I don't know when we will see each other again in the future.
…
Li Siye sat in the inner hall and ordered people to pull down all the curtains. The room seemed much darker. At this time, Yan Xiaosi stood at the door and crossed his hands: "General, they are coming."
"Well, let them in."
Four short, fat, and thin men stood on the ground. Perhaps they were suppressed by the too dark light in the room, which made them silent. I don't know who farted loudly again, and the other three suppressed it until their faces turned red.
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Li Siye, who was sitting cross-legged in the dark, said: "Tomorrow we will go mining with Taoist Zhao. The next thing you need to learn is the most important thing, how to refine sulfur, how to find saltpeter, how to burn and grind charcoal, you must ask for advice carefully and
Learn it."
"Should we also learn how to make elixirs in a furnace?"