Chapter 505 The wedding day of the ten surnames Khan
On the day when Li Siye left Gaoling County, the young and old of the Li family brought him wine to see him off for more than five miles. They really sent him off on his way before parting, with many exhortations, many expectations, and much affection.
He himself was almost moved and mistakenly thought that this was the true face of the world.
He pulled the black fat reins and turned his horse back at the post intersection. There were still a few small black dots waving at him. He waved while riding the horse and walked along the post road onto the main road.
Daorou followed closely behind him on horseback. This woman's riding skills were excellent and she obviously had a long time of riding experience. He turned around and suddenly asked her: "Daorou, your grandfather's surname is Li, too."
I am a retail owner of the Li family branch in Gaoling County. I specially sent people to the county to check it out in the past two days, and guess what?"
Daorou's face suddenly turned pale, she lowered her head and bit her lip and said in a voice like a gnat, "What's wrong?"
"There really was a man named Li Zhao who had a dispute with someone at a gambling stall in the county town. He accidentally killed the man and was sentenced to exile in Liuzhou."
She breathed out slowly, and the color gradually returned to her pale face, and she whispered: "What happened in the past was a painful experience for me, and I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"Oh," Li Siye nodded suddenly and suddenly said, "According to the police officer in Gaoling County, Li Zhao does not have a daughter in his family, only a son as old as you."
Daorou pursed her lips, lowered her head and stood stiffly on the horse. Just when Li Siye thought she was surrendering and admitting that her household registration was forged, she raised her plump chin and said stiffly: "Because
I have been raised as a man since I was a child, and even my neighbors didn't notice, so until he died, everyone around us thought I was a man."
"Oh," Li Siye nodded. This answer was perfect, with almost no logical loopholes. There seems to be a custom in Guanzhong, where when there are no children in the family, one of the daughters is dressed as a man.
What Li Siye praised was her excellent psychological quality. When faced with the danger of being exposed, she did not panic or give up directly. Instead, she lowered her head and thought, and then fabricated another set of convincing lies.
Such maids are indeed useful.
Li Daorou lowered his head and meditated silently. Li Siye's horse had already strayed far away. When he raised his head and noticed it, he quickly pulled out the reins and chased after him.
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When they rushed back to Qiuci, they happened to catch up with Chulu Khan's wedding. This young man whom he had witnessed his journey of mind was finally starting to form his own family. However, this marriage was completely the product of politics.
, is the foundation of Chulu's survival in Tuqishi, and of course there are bound to be shortcomings.
Ashina has long been cut off from its foundation, and everything it does now is to force its life to continue. Nothing can escape the baptism of time. Nearly fifty years have passed since the decline of the ten surnames of the Turks, and even the Tuqishi who inherited its land began to decline.
, even the post-Turkic people who have been glorious for half a century on the prairie in the west are about to perish under the attack of the Uighurs. Life is impermanent, things are impermanent, and history is unpredictable.
Chulu was forced to shoulder the mission of the ancient family, but this mission had gradually become worthless. Fumeng Lingcha arranged a marriage for him, but they only used him as a seesaw to balance the forces of the black and yellow.
He himself was quite resistant to this marriage, marrying two unknown women at the same time. In the eyes of others, this might be a kind of happiness, but Chulu was happy with it.
Li Siye and his party stood by the street with their horses and watched. Chuulu was wearing a red robe, but still had a Turkic braid on his head, which made him look nondescript. He rode a horse with a red flower on his arm and rode along the street, followed by the horse.
A group of children begged for money, and two maids followed in the wedding carriage.
The groom's officer had no expression on his face and let the guard holding the horse in front of him hold the reins. Li Siye smacked his lips when he saw this scene, but he didn't know what to say. The maid Daorou suddenly spoke from behind: "The groom's officer seems unhappy.
, he doesn’t like this marriage.”
She saw Ke Dun in the carriage wearing a Tuqishi headdress, shook her head and said, "The bride doesn't seem to like it either."
Li Siye turned his head and looked at her accusingly. Daorou felt as if he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly lowered his head and turned his gaze elsewhere.
He originally wanted to buy a few glasses of wedding wine, but suddenly lost interest. He just followed the wedding procession into the temporary residence of the Khan of the Tenth Surname, and stood in the crowd outside the courtyard gate to look around.
Fumeng Lingcha was sitting in front of the hall. Not only did he act as a matchmaker, he also regarded himself as the elder of Chulu. He sat in the high hall and waited for the three newlyweds to come forward and toast.
This wedding was held strictly in accordance with the customs of the Central Plains, with some Tuqishi customs mixed in. If the Tuqishi customs were strictly followed, the wedding would be held in the form of a walking marriage. The heads of the two brides were also covered.
They wore turbans, but they showed little respect for the Han people's hijabs. From time to time they lifted up their red hijabs and looked at the people around them with cold eyes.
After Chuulu bowed his head to the elders, he turned around to face the many guests and thanked them. He had just lowered his head and bent over, and suddenly looked up and saw Li Siye standing at the gate in the distance. His movements of worshiping became stagnant and slow, and his eyes looked at
Li Siye seemed to be looking for an answer, but even he himself didn't know what the answer was.
Li Siye just raised his hand and smiled at him as if to say hello, and then nodded gently. Then he greeted the entourage around him and turned to leave. When Chuulu looked up again, the entrance to the Khan's mansion with the tenth surname had become
There were a few strange figures.
Chu Lu, who was about to be sent to the bridal chamber to get married, imagined that maybe Li Siye had disapproval of his thoughts about his marriage, and he might be able to understand his thoughts and know what he wanted. He might also think that he and his sister
Meier is the real couple. Maybe that's what he thinks, but he can't make the decision for himself.
Chuo Lu entered the bridal chamber in his imagination. He stood on the ground in despair, looking at the two women holding round fans. They seemed to be more cramped than him. The two women in charge of the ceremony in the bridal chamber were very serious.
He bends his waist and asks the groom to write two fan poems.
Chuulu noticed something strange and abnormal, and he shouted to the two women in a cold voice: "Get out!"
The women were unmoved, thinking that the groom just drank too much wine and was acting crazy with them.
"Get out!"
The two women looked at each other in panic and muttered: "Barbarians are barbarians. Let them get married according to the etiquette of the Central Plains. It's like a monkey wearing a hat!"
They fled from the bridal chamber in a hurry.
The two women still held the fans in front of them. Chuulu stepped forward and took the palace fans away from their hands, looking down at the two sallow-faced Tuqishi women.
"You are not the daughter of Dumozhi, nor are you the princess of the fire-breathing Khan."
The identities of the two women were revealed. Although they pretended to be calm, they could not hide the panic on their faces.
"You are bold! Why do you say that we are not..."
Chulu said coldly: "The Anxi Jiedushi is outside, the Anxi deputy governor, and the four towns' military envoys are also outside. There are many Anxi soldiers. I can call them in now and take the two of you.
I will reveal my face and let you know the consequences of deceiving Tang Jun."
The two Tuqishi women hurriedly knelt down on the ground, tears streaming down their faces, and kept repenting and saying: "Khan, forgive us, the real Princess Ketun is actually in the house. They just don't want to be with her.
Even if you consummate the marriage, you will never give birth to Ashina’s offspring."
Chuulu's expression calmed down instead, and he whispered in a coaxing voice: "Is this just their intention, or is it the intention of their father and Khan?"
The two women only kowtowed and begged for mercy but said nothing. Maybe they didn't know about it, or maybe they knew but were afraid to reveal it.
Chuulu said to himself: "I didn't want to think about it so complicated, but maybe things are just that complicated. Their father was unwilling to marry me, but he didn't dare to break his promise with Tang Jun, so he thought of a compromise.
As a strategy, let other women take their place in the same room. They can safely enjoy the status of Tenth Khan Khan. As long as there are no heirs of mine, the so-called marriage and family ties will not exist. When they need to fall out in the future, they will have no scruples.
The ground is killing me."
The two women were trembling and lying on the ground. One of them raised his head and said with tears in his eyes: "I, I'm going to go, I'm going to invite the two Ketuns over."
"No need."
Chuulu sat cross-legged in front of the table, picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass of wine into his mouth. The taste was unbearable. He took off his nondescript red silk robe and spoke slowly: "They think I am not qualified to compete with the sudden knights."
Shi Khan married, I still think they don’t deserve to have me, nor do they deserve to have my children. That’s fine, I have preserved myself, and they have preserved their bloodline.”