Chapter 53: Uighur Secrets
Yeluo turned around a thousand times in his heart, thought about it, and finally made up his mind, and said, "Speaking of these 10,000 elite soldiers, I have to talk about the ins and outs of it." In fact, the Uighurs had nine surnames, and the Uighur chieftains were hereditary from the "Khan surname" of the "Nine Surnames", or "Yeshi". Now my Uighurs are one of the Uighurs, when our ancestor Pontel led fifteen of the Uighurs to move to the Hexi Corridor, set up a tent in Ganzhou, and established the Ganzhou Uighur Khanate, which has lasted for more than 100 years and lasted for nine khans. ”
Seeing that Zhao Zhen and the others were listening seriously, Yeluo took a sip of tea and continued, "The ancestor Ponteler had two sons at that time, namely Renmei and Di Yin, both of whom were talented, and it became a big problem at that time for whom the position of Khan was passed on. It was not until later that an important minister proposed that the elder brother should succeed the throne, and the ancestor Pontele passed the throne to Renmei, and the two brothers became invincible. ”
In order to prevent his death, the Uighurs were torn apart by civil strife among his brothers. He ordered 10,000 elite soldiers, led by three of the most loyal generals of the time, and sent them to the Tibetan pastures in the summer Tara steppe, and trained the troops every day in case he needed to send troops to the Uighurs in the future. "For more than a hundred years, my Uighurs have never used these 10,000 elite soldiers. ”
Di Qing asked suspiciously, "Why is this?" ”
Yeluo said with a smile on his face, "It's just that a tiger talisman is needed to mobilize these 10,000 elite soldiers, and this tiger talisman is divided into two halves by Pontele, and Renmei and Di Yin each hold half of it, and only after they are combined can these elite soldiers be mobilized." The original intention of the ancestor Ponteler was to be brothers together, and its profits were gold. If his Uighurs were in danger, he would be able to use these elite soldiers by putting the two halves of the Tiger Talisman together. How do you know that after Renmei became a khan, she was bound by the Liao State in a battle and finally died in the Liao State. Di Yin naturally became the next Khan, and the descendants of Renmei were afraid of being cut down by Di Yin, so they quietly left Ganzhou, and did not know where to go, and since then the whereabouts of the half of the tiger talisman have been unknown. ”
Zhao Xian asked, "Who knows such a secret?" ”
"This secret is what each Khan tells to the next Khan before he dies, and it is a secret that only those who become Khans know the way, and the rest of the people do not know it." ”
Zhao Zhen asked, "Have you never gone to look for the half of the tiger talisman that was taken away?" ”
Yeluo smiled bitterly, "Every Khan after Di Yin has sent people to look for it, but I don't know if Renmei's descendants are too secretive, and they have not been found so far. A few years ago, there was a clue, but now that I have destroyed the country, I am powerless to continue the investigation. ”
Di Qing asked again, "After more than a hundred years, the world is changing, aren't you afraid that the descendants of those three generals will support those 10,000 elite soldiers to stand on their own?" ”
Yeluo shook his head resolutely and said, "I Uighurs believe in Buddhism the most, and those three generals once swore a poisonous oath in front of the Buddha at that time, and they will guard these soldiers and horses for my Yezu for generations, and they will never be disheartened. What's more, each Khan's heir was sent to the Summer Tara Steppe at birth, where he lived with these elite soldiers to hone his skills until he officially succeeded the Khan, and we can always know if there is any change in those people. ”
When Zhao Zhen and the others heard this, they smiled and said, "The Uighur khan is smart, although he is missing half a tiger talisman, he has not given up controlling those soldiers and horses, so the next Uighur khan is now in the summer Tara steppe?" ”
Ye Luo nodded, "Yes, my son Ye Yasu is still there now, and the 10,000 elite soldiers have never stopped training, along with their families, they all live there as herdsmen, and now there are tens of thousands of people, and there are nearly 10,000 war horses, but there is no complete tiger talisman, but it is impossible to mobilize those soldiers and horses." ”
10,000 elite soldiers are counted, when he heard the tens of thousands of war horses, Di Qing's eyes lit up instantly, and Zhao Xian, who looked at it with irrepressible excitement and eager expression, wanted to laugh.
Zhao Zhen asked, "If I send someone to accompany you to chase the clues, would it be good to find the other half of the tiger talisman?" ”
Hearing this, Yeluo hurriedly left his seat to thank him, and said happily, "As long as I get the complete tiger talisman, I can get the help of those 10,000 soldiers and horses, and with the assistance of the Song Dynasty, I hope to restore the country." ”
Zhao Zhen smiled, pointed at Di Qing and said to Ye Luo, "Khan, now I will send General Di with five hundred elite soldiers to pretend to be a caravan to escort you to Ganzhou, how about leaving only after the beginning of spring?" ”
After the night falls, Di Qing has been rescued, and I also heard that Di Qing had suppressed the Xixia Sunuer at the banquet, and got along with Di Qing for nearly a night, and after talking, he was extremely appreciative of Di Qing, and now I heard that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty happened to send Di Qing to help the Uighurs, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the previous bitterness and apprehension had been swept away.
After some heart-to-heart exchanges, Yeluo admired the young emperor very much in his heart, and secretly thought to himself, sure enough, the rumors are not credible, the so-called benevolent and incompetent image of the Great Song Emperor is afraid to be made to confuse others, right? This emperor is young, but he is clearly a man of great talent, wisdom and wisdom.
After leaving the palace, Zhao Zhen sent elite soldiers to guard Ye Luoji and others, and generously lived in the Uighur Post House, the Concierge House. In this way, Li Yuanhao didn't dare to act rashly, no matter what, this is still the Kyoto of the Great Song Dynasty, not in Western Xia, they are still in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, if they are too arrogant, the Great Song Dynasty has a way to deal with him.
After running around at night for more than half a year, hiding in Tibet day and day, fearful, and cautious, now he can finally walk around Bianliang City at will in a bright and bright manner, even if he meets Li Yuanhao in person, he is not afraid of him. In addition, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty personally promised to help, and seeing that the restoration of the Uighurs was in sight, his heart suddenly settled down, and he thought about going to find his daughter.
Bianliang's Spring Festival this year is extremely lively, not only the number of envoys from all countries who come to participate in the New Year's Day court meeting is more than in previous years, but also the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother is also close at hand, so these envoys still have to stay for more time after the New Year's Festival, so that the restaurant in Bianliang City has a good business every day, and this momentum continues to be maintained.
Chunfeng Lou is no exception, since the beginning of the wax moon, until now, the building is full every day, the busy shopkeeper sees this white silver, even if he dreams are grinning at the corners of his mouth, so no matter how tired he is, it is nothing. The little guy in the Chunfeng Building is serving people's lives, but for the sake of the shopkeeper who has processed more money in recent months, he is willing to be a little busy.
The dancers stationed in the building are not restricted, and if they want to earn more silver taels, they will appear a few more times, even if they are deducted some of the money by the Chunfeng Building, the rest is quite considerable.
Nowadays, the most famous dancer in Chunfeng Lou is a Hu woman named Leah, it is said that the prince of Western Xia once looked at her differently, but she was disdainful, so this woman became famous for a while, and there were countless guests who appeared on her appearance. But she didn't appear many times, and she looked at her mood at random, but it attracted more people.
On this day, two guests came to the Chunfeng Building, a middle-aged man of different races, and an ordinary-looking young man, who were followed by a few guards with knives.
Xiao Er, who had sharp eyes, recognized at a glance that the ordinary-looking young man was the man who dared to boldly brush the tiger's whiskers and successfully took Leah from the arms of Prince Xia when he was invited to the Xixia banquet on the twelfth day of the lunar month last year.
The footbell of "jingle bell" rang from far and near, Yelia was still veiled, and walked lightly to the door of the Accord on the second floor, and saw the guards standing outside the door, first stunned, and then his eyes showed disbelief, his green cat-like eyes narrowed, and although the expression on his face was covered by a veil, he was slightly undulating, and he was obviously very excited.
She settled down, slowly pushed open the carved wooden door, stepped in with her feet, and saw the middle-aged man at a glance, she immediately froze, looking at the man with straight eyes, as if the wanderer had returned to his hometown after a long absence, and like a child seeing the family he had missed for a long time. In a short time, Yelia's eyes filled with tears, and she pulled down the veil on her face, screamed in a trembling voice, and flew into the arms of the middle-aged man.