As if the team that was going to enter the northern border of Yunzhou to hunt in the Black Mountain, they split branches on the road one after another, and gradually shrunk from more than 3,000 people to no more than 100 people.

When he entered the Yan Realm, he changed his clothes and sneaked around, as if he had become an ordinary border caravan mixed with Hu and Han, smuggling.

Zhou Manyun was suspicious of the whereabouts of the disappearing soldiers, but Xiao Hong only vaguely took advantage of the training of the soldiers, but he boldly led her to watch the scenery along the Yandi border. Now Yanzhou belongs to pseudo-Qi, so the heartbeat is much faster than the normal outing, and the travel process is inexplicably stimulating.

A new moon rose into the sky in August, and the temple of Dan La Temple, which had been half-destroyed by the war, looked even more distant and desolate under the moonlight.

Bypassing a pile of ruins, the main hall that was demolished and only the four walls were empty ushered in a young couple with lanterns on a night tour, tiptoeing and holding their breath.

The right wall of the Buddha hall illuminated by faint candlelight is filled with a large red cloud background, which highlights the color of the mural more gorgeous. The portrait of the Buddha's attendant is either blue-faced or blue-bearded or red-haired, with gold armor and ornaments, as if placed in a red flame. There are also different creatures in the picture, such as the rare snow lion elephant, and the lifelike feathered goshawk, galloping black horse......

"This looks like a shadow horse!" , Man Yun's eyes were a little greedy, and his fingers involuntarily touched the painting wall. Like the other figures and animals in the painting, the black horse's muscles are as strong as they are drawn with iron wires, and they are in danger of breaking through the wall.

"In the fifteenth year of Yongde, I met my father-in-law for the first time in Luojing Daci'en Temple, and I first fell in love with the little beast he painted as if it was alive." Xiao Hong stretched out his hand and held Man Yun's palm tightly, and said softly: "At that time, he told me that if he had the opportunity in the future, he could take me to Danla, Guangti and other Zhuhu temples in Yanzhou to have a look, and even go further to find the legendary Yunzhao hidden in the depths of the desert. ”

"Xiao Hong!". Man Yun turned her head and stared blankly at her husband's side face, which was half-hidden in the faint light.

"Everyone in the world knows that my father-in-law's painting skills follow the Jiangnan Yunzhou School of Painting of Master Lu, but if his kneeling sheep picture in the Great Ci'en Temple can survive......", Xiao Hong took a deep breath to stop choking his voice, and stretched out his arm to hold Man Yun tightly in his arms.

The kneeling sheep figure of the tower of the Great Ci'en Temple was originally sealed by the monks, but it was in the second year of Taiye. Emperor Taiye entered the temple and once issued an edict to repaint the useless and blood-stained wall. Zhou Zhe's kneeling sheep picture now only survives with a small sample fragment that Xiao Hong took away from the Great Ci'en Temple.

Understand, appreciate, accept, and tolerate ...... Now that I think about it, my father-in-law, who is the "teacher of the half moon", teaches more than just painting.

The candle exploded, and the light was quickly extinguished. The lantern resting on the ground was crooked, and a man and a woman in front of the ancient wall with a history of nearly 500 years were quietly nestled together......

"Whether it's Hanguo or Pseudo-Qi, they can't really rule Yanzhou." In the darkness, Man Yun slowly raised his head, a pair of bright eyes like stars, firmly like a proverb.

"Why?" , Xiao Hong lovingly stroked Man Yun's green silk with a smile in his eyes.

"When I entered the temple. You have said that the long-surviving Danla Temple is still standing after many wars, and the golden body of Green Tara enshrined in the main hall is rare and rare. Man Yun sighed in a low voice: "But now there are only traces of being chiseled by a knife and an axe on the rosette." The people of the Qiang people have no gods to believe in, and in order to curry favor with their masters, the pseudo-Qi actually dismantled the statue into a pile of scattered gems and gold, all of which were transported north. Based on this alone, they don't deserve to stay in Yanzhou! ”

No matter where or where he is, whether it is the Son of Heaven or a thief, he has no scruples about blaspheming the sincere devotion of mortals in the world. It is an unforgivable sin to destroy the beauty of one's heart and soul without hesitation.

"When the ancestor Guangyuan first ruled Yanzhou. Because he had suffered from the pain of Hu riding south, he hated all the Hu people, and even had the idea of collecting military funds from foreign monasteries in various parts of the state capital. At that time, there were staff members who knelt on the ground to persuade the Buddhist scriptures, and the right pupil of Guanyin Bodhisattva turned into a condensed Dharma body, and the Han Dynasty respected it as the Dora Bodhisattva, and Hu Di should be called Tara. The law is different. Fundamentally homologous ...... Therefore, the Xiao family has never tampered with a single brick or wood in Yanzhou. ”

Xiao Hong's eloquent voice was low and mellow, and Zhou Manyun held his hand tightly, staring at him with eyes that brightened even more. A well-read and well-remembered man, even if he can't see his face in the dark, is still enough to tempt people.

"But if you talk about long-term governance. If it weren't for Emperor Xiaozong's internal affairs, he would have replaced his father and the Xiao family with your grandfather, General Du, who should have been right. ”

Zhou Manyun smiled with honor, but then jumped to his feet in a hurry, hugged Xiao Hong's arm and exclaimed, "Oh my God! What is the ...... Let your father-in-law know that he will whip you directly! ”

From the beginning of the fact that in order to be worthy of "inferior" himself, he did not hesitate to climb the ancestors of the Xiao family, who may have Hu blood, and the man in front of him seemed to be more and more rebellious. His Royal Highness King Jing, who really made Man Yun worried about whether he would be stunned in the future, directly expelled the Xiao clan.

"Honestly! Just like I like black, in fact, when I was a teenager, I heard a lot of stories about my ancestor Xuanjia Iron Cavalry sweeping outside the Saiwai, and at that time I also thought that it was correct that the hearts of non-my race must be different, as long as I thought that one day I could lead the army to annihilate the alien race. It's just that I've only recently learned to think more from other places...... The habit of wearing black, I decided to abandon this time when I went to Wulianghai, because many tribes on the grassland are very taboo about black, thinking that it will bring disaster and misfortune, and when Guangyuan Gong ordered Yanzhou Iron Cavalry to obey black, it was indeed out of deterrence. ”

He didn't say it, he really thought that he was pretending to be a smuggler to have both form and spirit, and deliberately dressed brightly. Zhou Manyun nodded with a smile, and his hand was already pulling Xiao Hong's royal blue sleeve, and he glanced at it through the shallow light through the broken window.

The young man who opened the chatterbox, frowning and whispering to himself by the blind tossing and turning of his wife's hands: "The Xiao family has been in Yanzhou for a long time, and after a few generations, the means of managing the Hu and Han people under the rule are actually very different from those of Guangyuan Gongshi, and the treatment of Hu and Han people is gradually converging. But just as the Yanzhou Iron Cavalry can't easily obey, the Xiao family also can't throw away the shelf of the 'iron-blooded family', and in the army, they must safeguard the interests of Han generals and high-ranking officials and treat ordinary soldiers, especially those with Hu blood.

However, after more than 20 years of General Du presiding over the military administration of Yanzhou, the Yanzhou army was re-blooded, and the Han people from poor backgrounds, the Chunhu who returned to the stream, and the mixed-race children who were contemptuously called Zahu were all promoted in the army, and their bravery and loyalty were fully proved in the battle against the Qian. Yanzhou lost that year, and the border generals were not at fault, and the fault was in the court. ”

"I've heard Grandpa talk about it before. He also said that some people suspected that it was because his grandmother was a Hu girl, and his grandfather was afraid of the inside, so he quietly changed the employment policy in the Yanzhou army. ”

"Husband and wife will naturally have influence, but it is not about fear." , Xiao Hong laughed out loud and grabbed Man Yun's shoulders, "A good woman is enough to be a teacher and a friend!" ”

Just as Man Yun is also his mentor in a sense when he grows up. Because of her attention and love, I will deliberately try to understand and learn all kinds of unknowns, and then unconsciously gradually change my views and attitudes towards the world.

"We grew up together!" , Man Yunyang's face correspondingly, and his eyes smiled like a crescent moon hanging in the sky......

The team smuggled across the border of Yanzhou, traveled for another two days, and successfully connected with the person sent by Mrs. Mo Zhi to meet at a place called Sanshaping.

It is estimated that it is for the sake of safety, Manyun's eldest aunt Jiang personally brought her eldest son Du Huan to greet her, and after recognizing Manyun in a dozen faces, Jiang was stunned and hugged her and cried happily. Since she came to Huocheng to celebrate Zhou Kai's birthday, she has not seen Du Shanshan's mother and son again for twelve or thirteen years, but Mrs. Mo Zhi has been there for even longer.

The cousin Du Huan, who met for the first time, was very attractive to Man Yun, a young man who was about to reach the crown was tall and strong, with a hearty temperament, except for his oily black complexion and amber-like pupils, Man Yun felt that his facial features looked a little similar to his younger brother Zhou Kai. It's just that unlike his wife's overflowing favor, Xiao Hong secretly slandered Du Huan's unhindered amazement and threat as soon as they met.

"How did my cousin say that she would marry if she got married, and she actually married into the Xiao family? Originally, my grandmother also said that if Sister Yun couldn't get married, she would simply let me marry her! However, if you don't treat her well, I will still bring her back to the Du family! ”

Actually married into the Xiao family? What's wrong with the Xiao family!

It was difficult to say the words of ridicule, so Xiao Hong had to silently note that every man who was called his uncle might be a potential enemy. There was a Xu Yu in the Central Plains first, and now there is a Du Huan in the frontier.

After all, Du Huan was young and straightforward, and his thoughts shouted out directly, and he secretly fought with Xiao Hong in private, and immediately hugged his neck and shoulders to recognize his relatives affectionately.

As for the secret rejection of the Xiao family, Da Rizhuo, another member of the Lemo clan who had to follow Man Yun to call his uncle, was more subtle and stubborn. This forty-year-old Hu man was one of the adopted sons of General Du Hengcheng, Manyun's grandfather, and his attitude may mean that there was still a group of people around Mrs. Mo Zhi who were not too welcoming to the nephew and son-in-law from the Xiao family.

Jiang relieved the joys and sorrows of the first meeting, and began to talk about various taboos to the young couple who were going to Wulianghai along the way.

"Now our team in Sumu Sandbank is about 30,000 people, more than half of them are the remnants of Yanzhou back then, and the rest are civilians who have escaped from Yanzhou in recent years to eliminate the horse thieves who have been recruited...... Although the number of Hu and Han people is almost half to half, many things in the border areas have been more vulgar for a long time. A-Niang...... When her mother-in-law was a wounded soldier at the mouth of the tiger cliff, she was deeply respected by the people, and many people called her 'Ah Niang' regardless of age, and some devout believers believed that she had been incarnated by Tara and had extraordinary powers...... Tara, do you know Tara? ”

Man Yun's fingers were tightly linked to Xiao Hong's, and he nodded solemnly. The course that the man made up for her on the front road was really very useful.

She replied to Jiang's questions quietly and fluently, in exchange for a relieved smile.

"It's good that you learned some in advance! If there are any rules and etiquette that you don't understand, just follow me. When people from different tribes come together, the first thing they ask for is mutual respect......" (to be continued......