Chapter 32: Intentions
Qin Xuan and the others sped around Murong Hyun, leaving only the people around to watch the excitement.
When he arrived at King Yan's Mansion, after Murong Hyun dismounted, everyone behind him also dismounted. Qin Xuan was able to take a good look at Murong Kui's Yanwang Mansion.
Yanwang's Mansion is quite magnificent, there are double ques in front of the door, behind the door is the pavilion of several floors, and the pavilion is still hollowed out of the window lattice. The double que in front of the door still retains a strong Han Dynasty style.
It was clear that this house was not something that this group of Xianbei people could concoct at all.
Longcheng used to be the place where Wei Qing went out to fight against the Xiongnu, and it was inhabited since the Han Dynasty.
Yanwang's Mansion was rebuilt from the houses of local large families in the Han Dynasty a few decades ago, otherwise such a large house would not have been built for a few years. Not to mention that because of the flooding of Great Thorn City, they were all in a hurry when they migrated. Now it is only a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the houses at this time, especially those of large families, are not a problem to repair and live for more than 200 years after they are built.
She remembered that the Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace in Chang'an are still there.
Qin Xuan looked at this rather imposing mansion with some curiosity, and the guards at the door were all Xianbei people. The clothes and hairstyles of the Xianbei people are completely different from those of the Han people, and it is very disobedient to stand in front of this house.
Murong Hyun's grandfather used to be a hostage in Luoyang, stayed there for a long time, and after returning to the Murong Ministry, he also asked the people to learn the Han people's hair tie, but the herdsmen are used to it, and the hair tie is also troublesome in their eyes.
After entering the door, Murong Hyun said a few words to Feng Feng behind him, and he didn't know if it was Qin Xuan's own delusion. She always felt that when Murong Hyun and Feng Feng were talking, they glanced at her from time to time.
What Pei Minzhi said popped out of her mind again, and she suddenly felt a chill: Murong Hyun shouldn't really like men as Pei Minzhi said, right?
Murong Hyun likes men and women, she doesn't care at all, and after a while, she quickly calmed down. Murong Hyun had been talking to people just now, maybe it was because she was in a relatively high position, so she really didn't have anything to scare herself. But remembering that before she joined the army, Murong Hyun's attitude of meeting her two or three times and those strange actions and words, Qin Xuan's heart was bottomless again.
By the time Murong Hyun finished speaking, he was already with his family
"The general said that this would be none of our business. For now, let's go and rest. Feng Feng walked over and said.
"Doesn't the general need us to follow?" Bede asked, puzzled.
Isn't the so-called pro-soldier to follow all the time, whether on the battlefield or on weekdays?
As soon as Bide Zhen's words came out, everyone else looked at Feng Feng.
"Today is the sacrifice of the general's mother-in-law, what are the outsiders like to be present?" Feng Feng said with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, a group of people understood. Sacrifices are usually only attended by family members, and outsiders are either the mother's mother's family, and their own soldiers still have weapons in their hands, so it is really not suitable to pass like this.
There is a special place for soldiers to rest in the Yanwang Mansion, since they are not needed for the time being, then go there to rest and relax, even if it is not as happy as strolling outside, but it is better than nothing.
When Qin Xuan heard that she could rest, she shook her head and threw out all the messy thoughts in her head. When she had calmed down, she was already sitting in the room, and she was not alone in the room, where Bede was really clamoring to try a wrestling match with Wu Dwarf to see who was the best at the corner. There were a few people over there who were talking and laughing.
Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to Qin Rui and Heba.
Qin Xuan and Gailou Huya came out to join the army, and Gailou Houyin took care of Hebal and Qin Rui at home. The guy who built the building canine, although he sometimes likes to take advantage of small advantages, but he can still rest assured in big things, he said that he would take good care of Qin Rui, and he will. But after coming out for such a long time, I really want to go home and have a look.
Qin Xuan scratched her hair with some distress, and she didn't know when she would be able to leave. Sometimes, even if there is a fake, you can't go too far away, so as not to reveal any news to the enemy.
"Hey, your name is Qin Xuan?" Bide Zhen and Wu Dwarf Zhen quarreled for a while, Wu Dwarf really ignored him, and came over to talk to Qin Xuan. He was more interested in the thin-looking teenager.
Whether it was whether he was able to be promoted all of a sudden by virtue of his Han background, or what Wu Xiaozhen said before, she rushed ahead of the cavalry.
Those who can survive on the battlefield are not necessarily the most capable warriors, but the bad breed can't survive at all.
Bide Zhen became more and more curious about Qin Xuan.
"Exactly." Qin Xuan looked at the Xianbei young man in front of him, and estimated in his heart that the other party would come to him, and there was nothing else but the competition.
Men compare and match each other, one is net worth, the other is the number of women and children, and the third is probably force.
Qin Xuan rolled in the pile of men for a few months, and found that almost all of these men were like this.
She and Bide Zhenjing have only met for a long time, and it is impossible to be more than the first two, and they can only be rough and direct in the army, and they are superior by force.
"What are you doing here alone?" Bide really laughed a little ruffian, and looked at it with bad intentions, "Well, how about we go and break our wrists together?" ”
In this case, it is clear that she wants to see her ability. If you refuse, I'm afraid there will be several times in the future.
Qin Xuan nodded, "Okay." ”
Seeing that Qin Xuan agreed without the slightest hesitation, Bide couldn't help but feel that this person was still very bold, at least not a mother-in-law.
"Good!" He immediately slapped Qin Xuan on the shoulder, "Come on, come on!" So saying, he beckoned them to make way for him.
Qin Xuan turned his head to look at the salty pig hand on his shoulder, and smiled silently in his heart.
It's impossible to think of yourself as a woman at all, so it's better to be a "man". It feels good anyway.
It just so happened that other people also wanted to see how capable Qin Xuan was, and when they heard Bide really say this, they immediately got out of the way, and some people put out two Hu beds. The Hu bed is a small bench in the future, and the Hu people are impatient to sit upright like the Han people, sitting with the Hu bed, and the legs are also relaxed.
Qin Xuan sat on the Hu bed and put her hands on the low table. Over there, Bede was really afraid that his sleeves would get in the way, so he rolled up the sleeves to reveal the bulging muscles in his arms.
The other pro-soldiers immediately stared at Qin Xuan with expectant eyes, Qin Xuan didn't know how to learn from Dezhen and also showed an arm, this is more than strength, not more muscular than anyone.
Seeing that Qin Xuan didn't go to the road at all and didn't show his muscles in front of everyone, many people began to be disappointed. Wu Xiaozhen sat on the sidelines and just watched the excitement. Anyway, this kind of competition between comrades is very common, and even if the general knows about it, he won't say anything. is not a delicate Han lady, how can she not show her strength at all, if her strength is not good, she will be kicked out early, it is also for his good!
When Qin Xuan was building a house, she first beat up the tiger teeth of the building. Later, she also played a few games with the canines of the building, such as wrestling the wrist and the horn against something. Of course, every time she built a building, her canines were thrown over her shoulders.
Don't blame her, sometimes she carries people on her shoulders and listens to the screams, but she actually feels quite comfortable. She sometimes thinks that there is something wrong with herself.
The two of them put themselves in a posture and stretched out their arms to start the competition.
A group of people gathered around them, all of them craned their necks and waited to see the excitement.
"Here we go." Bedezhen reached out and took her hand and began to force it.
Qin Xuan's face did not change, and she smiled.
Here, Qin Xuan and Bidezhen began to wrestle their wrists, and the sacrifice over there had also begun.
Murong Hyun walked in, and saw Murong Jie, and the two brothers talked for a while. Today is the sacrifice of the mother-in-law, and it is not easy for the two of them to talk and laugh.
Murong Jie, like Murong Hyun, is also a concubine, and he has no impression of that mother-in-law, Xianbei is different from the Han people, and the Han people's mother-in-law is the mother of all the children in the family. But Xianbei people don't have this habit, Xianbei values his mother over his father, and his mother only recognizes his biological mother.
If it weren't for Murong Xu's face, Murong Jie might have found a reason not to come. He has a mother of his own, and what does he do to worship other women for no reason?
"Looks like you're looking good." Murong Jie took good care of this younger brother, and when he saw Murong Hyun's ruddy face, he knew that he was happy with everything during this time.
When Murong Hyun heard this, he remembered what had happened recently, whether it was in the army or Qin Xuan, it was indeed a matter of fact. He wanted to laugh, but he held back.
I want to laugh but can't, and the expression on my face looks a little strange. Murong Jie knew how his younger brother would feel, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Mrs. Gao is here." Murong Jie said.
After Murong Kui was called King Yan, he was not very attentive to the concubines, and he did not have any titles, so outsiders called those side rooms Mrs.
Gao walked in and saw Murong Hyun and Murong Jie, she raised the fan in her hand and covered her face.
Murong Jie knew that the Gao family was Han, and even if he married in for so many years, he was not a Xianbei person, so after he nodded, he retreated to the side and made a way for the Gao family.
Gao didn't shirk it, and after returning the salute, he walked over directly.
"Two brothers!" Murong Ming jumped in, and when he saw the two brothers there, he ran over in one go. Murong Kui has a lot of women, and Mr. Yuan also has a lot of children. However, he has a lot of dead children, and only a few of so many children have survived so far, and this is still counted by adding his daughter.
Murong Ming is the youngest one, although Murong Kui is still pregnant in the side room at the moment, but whether he can survive or not, no one can say.
"Don't be like this when you come to the world!" Murong Jie grabbed Murong Ming, bent down and carefully told him in his ear, this brother-in-law's mind is really elusive.
Murong Jie also knew that when he first came to Dragon City, his father wanted to bypass Murong Xu, the son-in-law, and directly set up Murong Ming as the son.
In his opinion, whether this matter is successful or not, it has no impact on him, but in Murong Xu's heart, it is very different.
Of course, Murong Ming knew that Murong Xu didn't like him, so he lowered his head and let out a low sigh. After a while, he went to ask Murong Hyun again, "Third brother, is that Qin Xuan still with you?" I'd like to see him shoot arrows later. ”
"Okay, we'll talk about that later." Murong Hyun didn't want to talk to Murong Ming about Qin Xuan more. This happened when Murong Xu and his wife Yuwen walked in, and Yuwen followed by a girl.
The girl looked a little familiar, and Murong Hyun glanced at the little girl and then stopped looking.
"It's all here." Today is the sacrifice of her mother-in-law, and Yuwen's daughter-in-law can't wear too fancy, but the clothes on her body are also carefully selected and matched. It's definitely not a mess.
"......" Murong Xu looked at the younger brothers in front of him, his gaze stopped on the youngest brother, and then turned his eyes away.
Murong Ming was the youngest of the brothers he had grown, but he was not really dull-minded, he lowered his head, just as if he didn't see Murong Xu's eyes.
"Look, it's almost time, so let's get started." Yuwen said to Murong Xu.
"Hmm." Murong Xu thought of his biological mother, and nodded with a hint of tenderness on his face.
"Please also ask the lady to preside." After Gao saw Yuwen, he lowered his head and said.
Yuwen couldn't help frowning when he saw Gao's Han costume. Before she got married, she hadn't seen a few people wearing Han costumes in the Yuwen Ministry.
Yuwen said that it was Xianbei, but in fact it was not, the leader of the Yuwen Department was originally a Hun and later learned from the Xianbei people. The Sinicization of the Murong Department was early, but at the beginning, it was not prominent among the four Xianbei departments in Liaodong. Therefore, the sinicization of the Murong Ministry did not affect the Yuwen Department.
"Hmm." Yuwen's remembered that Gao's was Murong Hyun's mother, and she had a little bit of thought about Murong Hyun, and she should also love the house and Wu, but unfortunately she didn't like Gao's face. With a reply, he told the witch to begin.
The major affairs of the country are only Rong and ritual.
The sacrifices of the Xianbei people were all handed over to witches.
Dressed in animal skins and wearing a golden tiara, the witch had vermilion lines painted on her face and sang in a loud voice in Xianbei to pray to the gods of Xingxing Daling and Daxianbei Mountain.
Murong Xu and several younger brothers all knelt on the ground, and the Gao family hung their heads in silence. There are not many side rooms that come, except for Murong Kui's Han side room, the Xianbei concubines don't seem to have much respect for the main mother. Originally, the style of the Xianbei people was different from that of the Han people, and most of the Xianbei side rooms were from other Xianbei tribes, and they were probably not much smaller than this original partner.
What's more, the position of the princess is vacant at the moment, and no one knows that the next one will be the woman of that tribe who will be the princess of Yan.
Xianbei people don't care about the layer of skin on their faces, they don't even look like it at all, they fight for it, they can't look at it, they almost all put it on their faces.
Therefore, almost all of them are Han side rooms.
Xianbeile was a little harsh, and the witch's chanting was endless, I don't know when it would take to finish the roar, and when a cow was brought up, Murong Xu personally pulled out the ring head knife and stabbed it into the cow's neck, and hot blood gushed out after the knife was drawn.
The cow fell with a scream, and the smell of blood permeated.
Gao couldn't compare to these people who were often on the battlefield, and when they smelled the smell of blood, they immediately felt nauseous. No matter how long she stayed in Xianbei, she was still not used to the smell of blood and fish.
Murong Hyun knew that his mother didn't like this, and when he noticed that Gao's face was pale, he knew that she couldn't do it.
Fortunately, after killing the ox and taking blood, there was not much left of the sacrifice. It's over when you drink that cup of warm cow's blood.
The Gao family naturally wants to drink that cup of raw blood, even if the stomach turns upside down, he still has to drink that cup of blood. When she drank it, she also staggered.
Yuwen saw that Gao's face was pale, and he was disdainful in his heart. However, she could see clearly that Murong Hyun was worried about his mother, and when the witch sacrifice was over, he asked the maid to help Gao go back.
Murong Hyun saw that he bowed his head to Yuwen's chin to express his gratitude.
Yuwen smiled, and the girl behind her kept staring at him, without blinking a pair of eyes.
The sacrifice on this side was just falling, and Murong Kui sent someone to pass on a few sons over there, and the Duan Department was attacked by the Zhao army last time, and was robbed by the Murong Department again, and most of the cattle and sheep and people were captured by the Murong Department. It couldn't hold on any longer, so Duan Tuyan, the leader of the Duan Division, wanted to come and surrender.
Of course, it is also to see that the Yan army wins more with less, thousands of Zhao troops, who are known as hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Zhao army that is still fighting. Knowing that there was no hope of recovering the people, he could only come to take refuge.
Who to send here suddenly became a problem. Murong Kui is not a fool, after winning against Shi Zhao's people, he feels that everything is fine, and everything can be at ease.
He knew that some time ago, Zhao Jun seemed to be moving again, thinking about revenge.
Also, several generals arrived in Liaodong in front of an army claiming to be hundreds of thousands, but after a month's hard work, only a kid surnamed Ran ran ran back, and there were more than 30,000 heads piled up here. And that's just the killings, not counting the captives who became slaves.
If he didn't want to take revenge and earn back his face, I am afraid he would have to blush for Shi Zhao's emperor.
So this time, we must send a son who can calm the scene to see Duan Tuyan.
All of a sudden, the four Murong brothers were all summoned away by Murong Kui, and the Yuwen clan sent the Gao clan away, and asked people to clean up the blood in that place, and the cow was directly carried to the kitchen, so big that it could be eaten for a few days.
"Well, my sister didn't lie to you, did she?" Yuwen whispered in the ear of the girl behind him.
The girl is the sister of Yuwen's mother, Fu Jichen. She came to the Murong Ministry to take a look during this time, and also went to her sister to have a look, and after her sister married into the Murong Ministry, she wrote to her several times in a row, mentioning that one of the sons of King Yan was beautiful and difficult for men in the world to match. Fu Jichen was originally the age when her heart sprouted, and when her sister said this, she naturally thought about it, and she also understood the meaning of her sister's letter, the men of the Murong family were outstanding, even if they were famous in Liaodong.
Fu Jichen was also a little moved, even if he didn't marry King Yan's son, it would be good to marry his nephews. Anyway, I didn't see any ugly men in the Murong family. And my brother-in-law is the son of the world, and life will not be difficult at that time.
"Sister, I just saw him on the street." Fu Jichen had seen Murong Hyun on the street, and immediately returned to his sister after seeing him.
"I said where you just went." Yuwen smiled and reached out to his sister's forehead, "I can see it clearly." Speaking of which, none of our brothers are as good-looking as he is. ”
"But Grandpa said that it's useless for a man to be good-looking." Fu Jichen said and glanced at Yuwen's clan quickly, and he didn't know whether to tell Yuwen's or listen to himself, "It's really good to walk on the battlefield, Grandpa said, we Xianbei people are not like Han people, Han men are as weak as their women, and they pant for breath when they walk a few steps." ”
"San Lang is not the kind of Han people who are useless." As soon as Yuwen opened her mouth, she realized that when she called Murong Hyun Saburo, her tone was intimate and sweet, it was not like a sister-in-law to a brother-in-law, she pursed her lips and held her sister's hand intimately, "You must have heard about him chasing Zhao Jun with more than a thousand people." Such warriors, I'm afraid that even we can't find a few in the Yuwen Department, if we wait too late, maybe they will be preempted by Anji's car. ”
Anji Che is the daughter of Yuwen Ministry's Shan Yu Clan, not only the Jan, but also the tribe behind the Jan's clan to support her, which will only be more powerful than their sisters.
Fu Jichen remembered An Jiche's temperament of not being afraid of heaven and earth, and bit his lower lip.
"How?" Yuwen lowered his head and said softly. She is now Murong Xu's wife, Murong Xu is also a good husband, with a handsome face, and he can get along with her on weekdays. But when this person sees better, he will inevitably be half-hearted.
She and Murong Hyun can't do it, but she still has a younger sister, she can't do it, but her sister is okay. If it is done at this time, it can be regarded as selling it to Shan Yu for his grandfather. Murong Bu is in full swing now, it is not comparable to the past, if it is promoted, it will be a good thing.
"But he didn't even look at me." Fu Jichen frowned when she said this, she actually saw Murong Hyun for the first time, and she was willing in her heart, so she said so many words, just for her to look good on her face. After finishing speaking, she finally thought that whether it was on the street or in the Yan Wang's Mansion, Murong Hyun hadn't looked at her from beginning to end.
She is even behind her sister, and her position is not bad, if you have a heart, you can see it.
Fu Jichen glanced at her, Murong Hyun didn't look at her at all, even King Yan's youngest son looked at her once. And Murong Hyun didn't have it once!
"Okay, he's busy, maybe there's something on his mind that doesn't notice you for a while. You're going to be in Dragon City for a while anyway, so what are you afraid of? Yuwen said.
This sentence finally made the girl laugh.
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With his father's call, the four brothers all hurriedly walked towards the main hall, Murong Ming didn't know what to remember, and pulled Murong Hyun's sleeve, "Third brother, I look at my sister-in-law like that, it seems that I want to stuff someone for you." ”
Murong Hyun paused at his feet, he lowered his head, and said in a voice that only the brothers could hear, "Don't think nonsense. He hadn't paid attention to the girl behind Yuwen since he was just now, and now when his younger brother said it, he remembered that this girl was always a little familiar, and he didn't know where he had seen it.
I didn't think much about it before, but now that my brother mentioned it, he suddenly remembered Xiao Yuwen's family.
He can't remember Xiao Yuwen's face clearly, he is extremely disgusted with Xiao Yuwen's family, plus the matter of the two children. The two of them are kind words when they say a word of respect for each other. He has never touched Xiao Yuwen's family, and he has never seen her as a wife, but Xiao Yuwen's endless crying is non-stop, either arguing with him or entering the palace to cry with Yuwen's husband for snubbing his stepson and being unfilial. In the past few years, there has been no peaceful day in the family.
Later, what happened later, Murong Xu died, his son was young and couldn't suppress the scene, and he couldn't suppress his uncles, Yuwen had the ambition of Empress Lu, but he did not have the talent of Empress Lu. When he got into trouble, he threw Xiao Yuwen in Yecheng. It is impossible for him to take such a sister of a woman who killed his wife, he hates this family very much, not to mention that Dalang Erlang never recognizes her as his mother.
After the general trend has been decided, Xiao Yuwen seems to have found a temple to become a monk. He didn't hear about Xiao Yuwen's family anymore, he didn't care about this person, and he didn't deliberately retaliate.
Xiao Yuwen's sister Yuwen offended a lot of people, as long as she didn't commit suicide ruthlessly, there were more people to torture her.
After so many years, he couldn't remember what Xiao Yuwen's person looked like, but now that his younger brother mentioned it, he remembered it again.
"......" The corners of Murong Hyun's mouth turned up slightly, and there was a look of sarcasm in his eyes. Soon his eyes drooped, and the original feelings were wiped away.