"After going down the mountain, we sold our shoes and belts, exchanged some money for food and housing, and then bought cheap costumes to change into. After that, we will figure out the age and situation, and then plan the next step. ”

"Does anyone buy it?"

"There must be. My belt and shoes are crocodile leather, which is much more expensive than cowhide. It's you, a woman who doesn't even have jewelry. ”

"Even if I have jewelry, I won't sell it, because you can't even sell a lighter."

"By the way, I suddenly remembered something. It's a matter of our relationship. People in this era are very conservative and wary of outsiders. If we don't fake a reasonable relationship, we will get into a lot of trouble. ”

"What relationship? We are in a police-robber relationship. ”

"To be honest, it's not to take advantage of you, I think the relationship between husband and wife is the safest."

"Fart! Don't you think! The scum is deliberately taking advantage of me, so it can't be a sister-brother relationship, a brother-sister relationship? ”

"The relationship between brother and sister is not good. With your appearance, there will be many people who want me to be my brother-in-law, can you agree? If you don't agree, you'll be in trouble. When we first arrived, where did we get to the local natives? It is still the least troublesome relationship between husband and wife, at least to cut off the intentions of many people. ”

"Don't beat around the bush and praise me, don't eat this. It's still a master-servant relationship, I'm a young lady, and you're a little girl. ”

"Are you kidding me? Which lady goes out without a maid, but only with a little maid? The devil believes. Are you serious? ”

"There is some truth to what the scum said. Okay, if I'm unlucky, I'll pretend to be a husband and wife. Let me warn you first, don't think anything about me, in my eyes, you will always be a fugitive, and psychologically I have sentenced you to death. ”

"You don't have to warn me, I just don't want to get in trouble. If you feel wronged, you can go alone, and I didn't drag you down. ”

"You...... You're such a scumbag! ”

………………

On the snowy Mount Mani, four torches appeared. Li Luo and Cui Xiuning each held two torches to keep out the cold, and they struggled down the knee-deep and knee-deep mountain road with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Fortunately, the wind was not strong at this time, and the torches were not blown out.

"My feet are going to break."

"Take it out and roast it with a torch, or you'll be crippled."

"How far is it?"

"Hold on for another half hour, it's almost there."

Even with four torches, the two of them were freezing to death, and the speed of descent was as slow as a snail. After nearly two hours of hard work in the bitter cold of at least minus 20 degrees, I finally came to the vicinity of the foot of the mountain.

"No, I can't move my feet, it seems to be frozen."

"Climb on my back!"

"What?"

"I'll let you climb on my back!"

Li Luo reluctantly carried Cui Xiuning, who was also reluctant, and took a desperate step forward. His legs and feet were also frozen, and he relied entirely on the strength of his thighs to carry his calves forward. As the saying goes, it is difficult for men to fight hunger, and women to fight against cold, which is also a helpless thing. Li Luo never felt that he was really a villain, and he left Cui Xiuning here, he really couldn't be ruthless.

Cui Xiuning held four torches, almost relying on Li Luo's hands to support his weight, and the taste in his heart was indescribable. Thinking of his parents at home, an overwhelming sadness welled up in his heart, coupled with the incomparable confusion and suddenness, the tears could no longer hold back and roll down, and when they dripped onto Li Luo's back, they had turned into cold droplets.

Hearing Cui Xiuning's irrepressible choking, Li Luo also suddenly felt the size of the world, but he didn't know where to go. Thinking that the net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars is meaningless at this time, I really want to cry.

Another half an hour passed, and every once in a while, Li Luo put Cui Xiuning down to rest, roasted his legs and feet with a torch, and finally completely walked out of the range of Mani Mountain.

"There's a little yard there." Cui Xiuning's voice was full of surprise for the first time.

"Forgot something. We need to make them think that we are Koreans, not Chinese, or we will be ostracized by the locals. Let's just say that when I was a child, I was brought to Yangzhou, China by my parents to do business, and now both of our parents are gone, and we have returned to our hometown according to our last words. ”

"I can only make it up like this, and I can explain the things that don't understand the language."

Cui Xiuning didn't let Li Luo carry it anymore at this time, and the two of them staggered towards the small courtyard one after the other. Although this small courtyard is covered with heavy snow, it can still be seen that the architectural style is very similar to ancient China, and it belongs to the houses of the low-level commoners: a single eaves on the first floor, the courtyard wall is low, the civil engineering building, the shape is simple, and even the courtyard gate is just a wooden railing, which can clearly see the courtyard.

To the relief of the two, a puff of cooking smoke rose from above the courtyard, and it was obvious that the owner was at home.

"Fellow, please open the door!" Li Luo shouted loudly in Korean.

Soon, there was a "squeak", and a wooden door on the left side of the courtyard opened, and then a gray head poked out, and then a tall body bent out.

Li Luo was stunned for a moment, obviously the appearance of this old man surprised him a little. Not only is he at least 1.8 meters tall, but he also has two braids hanging down to his chest, and he wears a large fur jacket, which does not seem to look like an ancient Korean.

"You ......," the tall old man looked wary and puzzled.

However, the word "you" clearly reached Li Luo's ears, and he immediately understood that this old man might not be an ancient Korean. It was normal for ancient Koreans to know Chinese characters, but the language was a proverb, which was later known as Korean. Although proverbs were marked with Chinese characters before King Sejong, the phonetics are independent. The pronunciation of the proverb "you" is definitely not the Chinese "you".

Li Luo hurriedly surrendered his hand and said in the ancient Chinese vernacular: "Uncle, the kid dares to ask for a stay and rest, and he is willing to pay for his property, I don't know if it is feasible or not?" ”

Cui Xiuning wanted to laugh a little, but she was not stupid, and she also learned ancient etiquette to squat, but it was ridiculous that she used Qing court etiquette. In fact, except for the Qing palace ceremony in the TV series, she doesn't understand other ancient rites.

Who knew that when the old man saw Cui Xiuning's salute, he immediately showed surprise, and he didn't even pay attention to Li Luo, but looked at Cui Xiuning and said, "You, you are also a Jurchen?" ”

Li Luo immediately understood that this old man was not a North Korean, but a Jurchen. No wonder he doesn't dress like a North Korean. This is also normal, the Korean Peninsula is close to the northeast, and it is not surprising that there are Jurchens. However, judging from the fact that he had two braids, he did not belong to the Manchurian Jurchens who established the Qing Dynasty, but to the Jurchens of the Jin and Song dynasties.

The Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty and the Manchurian Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty belong to the same origin, and the cultural customs are in the same line, and the Qing court etiquette used by Cui Xiuning is obviously also the etiquette of the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty.

The old man saw that Cui Xiuning hesitated and didn't answer, and even thought that she was a Jurchen. Because Dajin is dead, Meng Yuan is powerful, and the oppression and slaughter of the Jurchens are very heavy, and the Jurchens wander around, and not many remnants dare to admit that they are Jurchens.

"It's snowing, come inside and rest!" The old man took the initiative to open the courtyard door and looked very enthusiastic.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning thanked each other and couldn't wait to follow the old man into the house. Although the house was simple, there was a big fire burning and it was warm, and the fire was roasted with game and hanging pots.

The two looked around and saw large bows and animal fur hanging from the walls, apparently the owner was a hunter.

"Hold on to the fire to invigorate your blood, otherwise the legs and feet you are waiting for will be wasted." The old man invited the two to sit down on the wooden pier by the fire, and while pouring two glasses of water from a coarse porcelain tea bowl, he looked at them with puzzled expressions, not knowing what they were thinking.

Of course, Li Luo knew that it was because he and Cui Xiuning were dressed too little and too strange, which made it difficult for the other party to understand. He took the initiative to explain: "Uncle, we came by boat from the Central Plains, the road was bumpy, the money was exhausted, so we had to sell our coats, and we didn't expect to encounter heavy snow again, and almost froze to death." ”

The old man said, "Your clothes look so weird. The old man has been in the Central Plains for decades and has never seen him. His words are authentic and authentic in the ancient vernacular of Chinese, and with a Heluo accent, the two of them don't have much trouble listening.

Li Luo lied and opened his mouth: "My father has been doing business in Nanyang all the year round, and this is Nanyang's overseas goods." ”

The old Jurchen man shook his head: "I have my own clothes and customs, how can I wear the clothes of Haiyi?" It's inappropriate. ”

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning were a little speechless, you are a Jurchen, and you were originally Yidi, is it appropriate to say this? However, the Jurchen Jin Dynasty occupied the Central Plains for a hundred years, and it has long been sinicized, and it is normal to call itself Chinese.

Moreover, this old man spoke more elegantly, and his tone did not look like that of a lower-class commoner. Could it be that there is another origin?

"The kid is taught." Li Luo saluted with a straight face, looking very good, "Please also ask my husband to help me change a few sets of warm clothes." ”

The old man glanced at Cui Xiuning, nodded in agreement, and then entered another room, and soon took out a pile of clothes.

"This is the clothes left by the old man's son and daughter-in-law, so I will give you two to wear. But they are dead, so don't be disgusted with bad luck. The old man said gloomily.

Li Luo couldn't help but ask, "Dare to ask Ling Lang......"

The old Jurchen man looked gloomy, "They all died at the hands of the Mongols." The old man is the only one left in the family of five. ”

There was a solemn silence in the room, save for the crackling of firewood in the fire and the gurgling of boiling water in the hanging jar.

Li Luo broke the silence and said: "Our father and ancestor are from Korea, and this is the first time we have returned to our homeland of Goryeo, and our hometown is like a foreign land. Dare to ask my father-in-law, what is the era name of Goryeo now? "The information revealed by the old man indicates that the Mongols have risen, the Jin Dynasty may have died, and this place is the Goryeo Dynasty at this time, not the Joseon Dynasty of later generations. But he had to figure out the exact date as soon as possible.

In these years, the Jurchens were in a miserable situation, and they were the focus of the Mongol army's killing prevention, and the Goryeo Kingdom had always been controlled by the Mongols.

For the time being, it is impossible to admit that it is a Han Chinese. The Han people were more oppressed by the Mongol Yuan, and they would also be excluded by the Goryeo here, after all, this was Goryeo's territory.

It is the most realistic to temporarily pretend to be a Korean talent, and then find a way to return to the Central Plains. In this way, it will not be excluded by the locals, and secondly, although Goryeo is also strictly controlled by the Mongols, after all, the slave Yan and the slave retain a semi-independent status, which is somewhat better than the situation of the slave who died in the country.

Hearing Li Luo say that they were not Jurchens but Koreans, the old man's expression looked a little disappointed. But when I thought that my second wife was also Korean, I was relieved.

"Little Goryeo, now Ann has a year name?" The old man looked disdainful, "Now that the Yuan court has even banned the temple name of the lord of Goryeo, how can Goryeo be allowed to keep the era name?" Of course, it follows the era name of the Mongol court to the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty. ”

It turned out to be the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty......

Cui Xiuning didn't understand what the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty meant, but Li Luo slowly showed a bitter smile.

He used to do "cultural relics business", he was considered a "thief", and he was no stranger to literature and history, of course, he knew that Zhiyuan was the name of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty. Li Luo calculated, and the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty was 1279 AD!

Anyone who knows a little bit about history knows what happened in 1279 AD. In the spring and summer of this year, the Mongolian army chased to Guangdong, and the last army of the Southern Song Dynasty was annihilated in the Battle of Yashan, and the prime minister Lu Xiufu committed suicide by jumping into the sea with the eight-year-old Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Yu on his back, and the Song Dynasty, which had been established for more than 300 years, perished. As a result, the Meng Yuan completely unified China, the Han people no longer had an inch of land, and hundreds of millions of Han people became slaves of the country.

It is winter, and only half a year has passed since the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty. And the current Yuan Dynasty is the most powerful period, which can be described as a tiger looking at Europe and Asia, swallowing thousands of miles, and the military power is overwhelming.

"The reason why the kid returned to his homeland of Goryeo from the Central Plains is because the Song Dynasty was completely wiped out in Yashan, and the Hu people occupied China, tyrannical and unscrupulous, and there was no peace." Li Luo said thoughtfully.

The old man sighed with a complicated expression: "The Southern Song Dynasty has worked hard for many years, and after all, it will be difficult to escape the destruction of Mongolia. If he had joined hands with Dajin to fight against Mongolia, perhaps both the Jin and Song dynasties would have survived, and there might not have been a disaster for the society. ”

When Cui Xiuning heard this, his face suddenly became difficult to look at. Although she is not interested in history, she also knows the saying that "there is no China after Yashan" in 1279.

PS: The new book is non-toxic and has been signed, please collect and recommend comments! In addition, this book is not a foreign history, and the protagonist will return to the Central Plains.