The Wuzang clan and the Yeli clan are not only party nobles, but also the Western Xia clan. After the Western Xia was destroyed by the Mongol Empire, most of the Western Xia people were slaughtered, and the rest either surrendered to Mongolia and became the Tanma Red Army and became the Semu people. Either become a "slave", that is, be a slave for generations.

Obviously, these two women have been slaved for generations. However, because she is a palace maid, her status is higher than that of ordinary slaves, otherwise she would not be rewarded by the emperor to her courtiers as concubines. However, Kublai Khan himself probably didn't know them, and he must have let the lieutenants pick them at will.

Kublai Khan is old, and he is no longer very interested in women, and many beautiful women in the palace are generously sent out by him and given to the generals and ministers as concubines to show their grace.

The women rewarded by the emperor have been sent to the home, you can not love them, but you cannot return them, nor can you pass them on to others.

Otherwise, it is disrespectful.

The holy decree that Li Luo received today was actually not a real holy decree, it was not covered with a jade seal, and it was not approved by the Hanlin Academy, it was just an emperor's note.

There are only a dozen words on it: "Appreciate the two good women in the Liluo Palace in the capital of Mergen Batu as dependents, admire this." ”

But even if it is not a true holy decree, it is still a royal decree and cannot be refused.

How? Do you dare not the woman I have rewarded you? Look down on me?

Li Luo thought for a while, and said to the two "good women": "The Great Khan has given you two to be slaves with this church, and this hall will naturally not treat you badly. From now on, you can only take care of cleaning the dust on weekdays. ”

Slaves? Dusting?

The two women looked at each other, puzzled. Isn't it for a concubine? Many sisters in the palace were rewarded by the emperor to the ministers as concubines.

The two of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly rejoiced in their hearts. was finally released from the palace, and they finally had a chance to escape.

In their opinion, the concubine is not much stronger than the slave maid, if the eldest woman is powerful, life is not as good as that of a slave, and they are not willing to be concubines for others.

That's right, I didn't hide Mei and Yeli Duobu, and I was taught by the elders who were also slaves in the palace since they were children, they are from the Great Xia country, they were born in the party and the high-ranking family, they should not be slaves, as long as they have the opportunity, they must escape from the palace and never be slaves again.

Escape from the palace and never be a slave again! This belief has long been engraved in the bones of the two.

Therefore, since they were young, they took the initiative to become horse slaves who had no palace maid willing to do it, feeding and serving the palace horses, and taking the opportunity to learn a good riding skill, so that when they escaped one day, they would not even know how to ride a horse.

They once heard that the country of the party members was still there, and said that a small number of party members fled to western Sichuan and established a small state of Wu. The Mongol emperor took pity on them, and did not destroy the small Wu kingdom, which is said to have a population of less than 10,000 households.

If they escape and secretly go to western Sichuan to find this Wu country, they don't have to be slaves, at least they can find a clansman to marry and live a good life.

But after ten years of being a slave in the Imperial Horse Garden, the two had no chance to leave Miyagi. Now, the opportunity has finally arrived.

"The slave obeys." When the two heard that Li Luo asked them to be in charge of cleaning the dust, they immediately respectfully accepted the order, and at the same time, the expressions on their faces were speechless and stopped.

Li Luo just didn't know that they were party members, and asked very gently, "Do you two have anything to say?" ”

Didn't hide Mei plucked up the courage to say: "Master, the two of us are from the palace Yuma Garden, and they are used to raising horses, and they are fat and strong. ”

Li Luo understood, "You still want to raise horses?" ”

The two women nodded together. They offered to raise horses, of course, so that they could steal them and escape.

Li Luo said happily, "Since you are willing to raise horses, then raise horses." Okay, the horses are in the middle yard stable, and you can go and feed the horses now. ”

"Yes! Master. "After all, the two girls are not the kind of people who are very deep in the city. They didn't know that the joy they inadvertently revealed had already aroused Li Luo's doubts.

When the two girls went down, Li Luo looked at the backs of the two of them, and touched his chin with slightly narrowed eyes.

Just feeding the horses, what woman wants to do this job? They were so happy that when they heard that they were not concubines, they were not disappointed, but they were also relaxed.

Eccentric.

"Ahsan!" Li Luo shouted.

Wanyan Ashan immediately appeared in front of Li Luo and said in a low voice, "Lord Lang, please give instructions." ”

Li Luo instructed: "You pay more attention to the two women who raise horses, but don't let them be alert. I want to know what weirdness they have. ”

Why did you let Ahsan do it? Because Ah Shan is the youngest in the guards, he looks the most honest and honest, but he is very clever. He is not only a personal guard, but also a member of the special investigation bureau in the personal guard.

"No." Ahsan was ordered to retreat and make arrangements for himself.

In the evening, Ah Shan came back and reported: "Lord Lang, the two of them are muttering something they don't understand, not Mongolian, I don't know what it is. They are really good at keeping horses, and they can ride horses. Subordinates estimate that they have good riding skills and may also be able to shoot arrows. ”

Good riding, take the initiative to raise horses, can't be a concubine and don't care... These few were strung together, and Li Luo suddenly understood a little.

Most of them want to be fugitive slaves and slip away.

It's really naïve, in this world, you two women, even if you escape, what can you do? Maybe it's better than a slave.

Li Luo didn't bother to care about them, it didn't matter at all. They run away, saving themselves trouble. They don't run away, they just raise horses. Nothing to do.

"They might want to run away. Leave them alone, just don't know. However, it is not possible to steal money from a pony. Li Luo told Ah Shan, "What they say should be party language, and you don't have to pay attention if you don't understand it." ”

Speaking of this, Li Luo's heart suddenly moved, yes, Xixia language. Why don't you take this opportunity to learn Tangut with them? It is likely to be used in the future.

Li Luo said that he would do it, and ordered someone to call the two women in, and asked: "Who did you learn your party language from?" ”

Didn't hide Mei and Yeli Duobu replied in Chinese in unison: "I learned it from my grandfather." "When they were young, their grandfathers were still alive, not only teaching them party dialects, but also telling them the story of the Great Xia Kingdom.

The two of them were a little apprehensive, and they didn't know why Li Luo suddenly mentioned this stubble.

But then, Li Luo's words made them a little stunned.

Li Luo said with a smile: "You teach this hall to learn a few words of party terms. As long as you teach well, our church will not only be rewarded, but also meet one of your requirements. ”

Learn the words of the party? Great Xia has been dead for decades, and although there are still people who can speak party terms, they are all remnants. In addition, who will take the initiative to learn the party's words?

"Yes, master. The slave and maid did not dare to teach, but only told the master what the slave and maid knew. The more calm Noli Duobu said.

"Okay, let's get started. You sit down, first write out the most commonly used characters in the Xia Kingdom, and then mark the pronunciation with Chinese characters. "Li Luo is very confident because he has the talent to learn foreign languages.

The two of them suddenly showed embarrassment, "Master, although we can speak Chinese, we don't know Chinese characters." ”

"It's okay, you can read it out to me after you finish writing, and explain it again." Li Luo smiled and ordered to put out a pen and paper.

The two of them kept writing until dark, and then each wrote more than 1,000 Western Xia characters.

The next day, Li Luo asked them to teach pronunciation, and soon understood the pronunciation rules of the Tangut script, and began to learn common words on the same day.

Li Luo's progress in learning the party's words was so fast that the two girls were immediately surprised. This Li Luo is really a smart person.

On the third day, Li Luo did not continue to learn the party language, but went to the Dongying County Mansion in Shandefang, Dongcheng, to visit an old man: the former Emperor of Kameyama of Japan.

The Dongying County Mansion looks not small, it can be regarded as a county mansion. But the door is full of birds, deserted, and even the carriage and horse yard in front of the house gate has grown weeds.

A slave reclined under the gate, listless.

"Li Luo, the prince of Jianghua County, visit the prince of Dongying County, go and report it." Li Luo dismounted and came directly to the door with a few personal guards.

The slave saw Li Luo's fresh clothes and angry horses, and hugged him back and forth, knowing that it was not small, how dare he slack off? sang a promise at the moment, and rushed in to inform the master.

Yan Falcon and the others smiled: "This guy is also respectful." ”

Soon, footsteps were heard inside, and Kameyama came out to greet him with his son Sehito, the former Emperor Go-Uta.

"Hey, Your Excellency General, Xu Shan has lost his distance, please come in quickly! The general's arrival in the humble house is really brilliant. Guishan, who had changed his name to Xu Shan, bowed again and again, looking a little excited.

Can you not get excited? I don't know how long it took, but there was no decent guest in the Dongying County Mansion.

Although Li Luo has not been the general of the Eastern Expedition for a long time, Guishan still calls him His Excellency the General, which makes Li Luo a little emotional.

"Dongying County Gong is not harmed? Are you still used to it in most cities? Li Luo also bowed his hand politely. Actually, there is no need to ask this, as long as you see the gloomy clouds between the eyebrows of Kameyama's father and son, you know that their life cannot be easy.

The king of the dead country who has a good life, I am afraid that there are only a few people such as filial piety, the queen, and Puyi.

Guishan invited Li Luo and the others to enter the empty Dongying County Mansion, looking both cramped and embarrassed, as if there was something unspeakable.

As soon as he entered the middle courtyard, Kameyama finally said with difficulty: "The general is a distinguished guest, and he is very happy to visit the humble house today. It's just that I'm just shy in my pocket, and it's difficult to prepare delicious wine and delicacies, so I can only eat coarse tea and light rice. ”

What the? Li Luo couldn't help but glance at Guishan, and sure enough, he saw that he had a dish on his face, and he no longer had the ruddy and rich pampering before.

Has it come to this point? The county prince's fortune is not small, and the emperor still has rewards during the New Year's holidays, so the Guishan family will not live so poorly.

"Dongying Jungong, why are you here?" After Li Luo was invited into the living room to sit down, he said knowingly.

After Kameyama and the others served tea, they still maintained the Japanese habit of sitting down, and said to Li Luo: "The emperor is merciful, and he allocates 100 yuan of money every month, and there are rewards on New Year's Day, and there is no disadvantage. In addition, I also have a lot of savings, which is not bad for expenses. ”

However, there are a gang of prodigal children in the capital, who come to the door every now and then to blackmail, and fight with open fire. Within half a year, they were blackmailed clean. Recently, I only rely on my wife and concubine to sell jewelry. ”

Li Luo was speechless when he heard this, and said, "Why don't you play the emperor?" ”

Guishan smiled bitterly: "They are all powerful and noble, where can they afford to provoke them?" was threatened by them again, and did not dare to report it to the emperor. ”

The reason why Guishan did not ask Kublai Khan for help was not only because he was threatened, but more importantly, he did not know if it was secretly instructed by Kublai Khan.

Li Luo knew that it was definitely not ordered by Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan is indeed a ruthless master, but he has a good face, and he will not do this, of course, he will not secretly instruct to blackmail Guishan, at most he pretends not to know.

At this moment, the former Japanese queen Fujiwara came to Li Luo with a stumbling step, bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, the meal is only bread, tofu, chicken eggs, and radish. Coarse tea and light rice, please forgive me. ”

Li Luo smiled: "Madame is polite, the guest is as you please, and it is already very annoying below." ”

When the meal came up, it was just these few home-cooked dishes. In addition, the Guishan family has a large population, and Li Luo also brought several personal guards, but the amount is not enough to eat.

The wine, which is also a cheap mare's milk wine, seems to have been mixed with water, which is very bland.

The Guishan family was very embarrassed, but they were a little relieved when they saw that Li Luo was not angry.

Mrs. Kameyama and the other women were about to withdraw, but Li Luo said: "It's okay, Mrs. Please also have dinner in this hall, and you are not considered an outsider below." He knew that these were the only meals in Kameyama's house, and if they retreated, they would go hungry.

Fujiwara thanked him and took a few women to dine beside him.

Li Luo ate a piece of radish, and his heart was mixed. In any case, you can't be the king of the dead country, otherwise, it's already good to have a life to eat radish.

For Guishan, Li Luo is still grateful. Without Guishan, he would not know the existence of the lost ancient books of the pre-Qin period. Objectively speaking, it was Guishan and his ancestors who preserved these precious Chinese treasures. With this, Li Luo also has to give face.

Otherwise, he doesn't have to eat radish tofu here at all.

Yan Falcon and other guards were also hungry, so they sat beside them and tore bread and ate vegetables without heart or lungs. And Fujiwara and a group of women such as Fujiwara ate in small bites, which seemed to be very cherished.

Back then, in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, they were also Zhong Mingding's food, and now they seem to be used to the days of coarse tea and light rice.

Although Empress Fujiwara has a warm smile on her face, her heart is full of sorrow. The jewelry has been sold out, and the gold and silver jewelry brought from Kyoto have also been extorted by those villains, and it will take a month to get it.

Li Luo ate some by the way, mixed it up, and said to Yan Falcon: "Take a thousand banknotes." ”

"No!" Yan Falcon got up and went out, and after a while, he took out a thousand banknotes from the carriage outside and handed them to Li Luo.

Li Luo put a thousand banknotes on the table, took out two valuable sapphires, and said to Guishan: "Dongying Jungong, these money are gifts for you, be sure to accept them." ”

Guishan waved his hand again and again, "I can't do it!" Your Excellency the General has come to visit, and you are already embarrassed to be treated so poorly, how can you accept your gift! ”

He wanted to take it, but he couldn't pull it down.

While he was prevaricating, suddenly there was a burst of arrogant shouting and scolding from the outer courtyard, mixed with the crackling sound of whips.

"Blind dog-eyed minions, if you dare to be verbose, you will be slaughtered!"

With a sharp scolding, the door was kicked open with a "clang", and then a group of young people wearing gorgeous Sun costumes and carrying knives and whips swaggered in.

"Haha, what a tofu and radish feast, what a big scene! Xu Shan, your life is quite moist. A young man burst into laughter when he saw the dishes on the table.

"It's not small, it's not small! Good turnips, so white! Tofu is also very white! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! You see, this bread is also white, and round! ”

A group of young people in fancy clothes pointed to the table in an exaggerated tone, while chasing the backs of Fujiwara and other female dependents with obscene eyes, extremely tasteless and completely immoral.

"Xu Shan, the money you owe us, it's time to pay it off, right?" A young man with colored eyes at the head looked at Guishan with a smile, and the whip in his hand twitched in the air and snapped.

"Your Excellency, Yaluo, there is no debt in the Xia, what is the reason why you have come to blackmail the Xiaxia again and again? He has already lost his family and has no money. ”

Kameyama said with a sad expression. This Yaluo is the son of Prime Minister Sange, and he has led people to extort him from gold, silver and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. But the more insatiable and fearless Yaluo and the others were, the more he felt that Kublai Khan secretly instructed them.

"Haha!" The young man named Yaro laughed wildly, his pale blue eyes full of cat-and-mouse mockery, and he raised his pointed and high nose and pointed at the banknotes and gems on the table with a whip, "No money? So what is it? Hey, this gem is a rarity! ”

Yara grabbed the two sapphires as if no one was around, and scratched his pale blonde hair in amazement, "Well, good guy, good, great." Xu Shan, this gem is good, but it is not enough to pay off the debt, what do you say? Huh? ”

As he spoke, he put the gem in his pocket, grabbed a thousand bills, and distributed them to several other young men in Chinese costumes.

"Come, man, these are yours." Ya Luo divided five by two and divided the 1,000 bills cleanly.

Guishan trembled with anger, and said angrily: "Your Excellency! It's not money, please put it down! ”

Yaluo nodded: "You're right, Xu Shan, it's not your money, it's mine." Hahaha! ”

Why are Yara and the others so unscrupulous? Because they accurately grasped the psychology of Kameyama, the king of the dead country.

The more ferocious and endless the extortion they had, the more Kameyama suspected that the Great Khan had instructed them to do so, and the more they did not dare to file a complaint.

This trick, they had tried it before with the abolished emperor of the Song Kingdom.

Sure enough, Kameyama and the others didn't dare to put a fart, and every time they came, they got a harvest. Actually, they also knew that there was no oil and water in Kameyama, but they still came today.

Why? Because Kameyama still has wives and concubines and daughters.

Especially Mrs. Kameyama, who has been a queen, of course different from other women, and she is not old, and the charm still exists, and she must get that taste.

There is also the princess of Guishan, one is counted as one, and she has to eat it today.

Of course, Yara and the others saw Li Luo and the others. However, they didn't know Li Luo, so they simply ignored it as air. What can be the origin of associating with a deceased monarch like Kameyama and a guest who also comes to eat turnips?

Li Luo kept watching coldly and did not speak. He can see that these people are not acting at the behest of Kublai Khan. Not to mention Kublai Khan, even their elders, I guess I don't know. But they ate the Kameyama family to death, that is, they mastered Kameyama's fear.

From the perspective of political interests, the monarchs and ministers of the Yuan court were absolutely unwilling to abuse the Japanese monarchs and ministers. The reason is very simple, because there are still many countries and tribes in the south that have not been conquered, if they are too harsh on the Japanese monarchs, will the monarchs and ministers of other countries still be willing to surrender?

He wanted to see what else this Yara could do.

"Xu Shan, your money is not enough to pay off your debts, so use your wife and daughter to pay off your debts! Don't be afraid, I won't take them away, just let them be happy with us, when we come, when they will untie their clothes and serve them! Yara finally clarified his final purpose.

Of course, you can also refuse, or even sue. How to choose, I'll give you a glass of wine to consider. ”

Guishan's expression changed miserably, and he looked at Li Luo pleadingly, at this time he became more and more suspicious that Kublai Khan had instructed these villains to abuse him.

"Your Excellency......" Guishan wanted to ask for help, but if the Tartar Emperor deliberately forced himself to die, what was the use of begging Li Luo? On the contrary, it dragged Li Luo down, but it didn't help.

So, he swallowed back the words for help.

Yara saw that Kameyama seemed to want to help this guest who ate radish, so he took a closer look at Li Luo.

Hey? Person... The bearing is noble, those young men, all carrying bows and knives, with a fierce air, and looking at themselves coldly, seem to be this person's guards.

Well, this person shouldn't be very simple, and he may be out of sight.

"In Shimoyara, who do you dare to ask Your Excellency?" Yara's frenzy has subsided a bit. It's true that he's a bad yamani, but he's not a stupid yamani with no brains.

Li Luo said lightly: "Li Luo of the main hall, the prince of Jianghua County, Pingzhang of Fujian, and the Great Khan gave Mergen Badu. Since he knew that it was not the order of the Yuan court, then he had to take care of it, otherwise, it would be detrimental to his reputation.

Even Kublai Khan knew that he would think that he was cowardly and afraid of things, and did not know the overall situation.

Li Luo!

Ya Luo and the others jumped in their hearts, they didn't know Li Luo, but they had heard of Li Luo's reputation. This person is the youngest Pingzhang Hall of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and he was awarded the title of Duke of the County by virtue of his military merits, and was also given the title of Wise Warrior by the Great Khan.

In terms of personal fame, among the younger generation of Dayuan, Li Luo definitely belongs to the most top-notch group of people. Although this Li Luo is not a Mongolian nobleman, nor is he a nobleman, it is said that he is also from a high-born family, and he is by no means a small family.

What's more, he is still a princeling, he is trusted by the prince, and he has a great relationship with the princess, and he is a talent who is not suitable for favor.

It's not that Ya Luo Luo can't afford to offend such a person, but the price of offending Li Luo is too cost-effective.

"It turned out to be Mergenbatu, I'm disrespectful!" Yara smiled and saluted, threw away the whip, and then poured himself a glass of mare's milk wine, and drank it all with a flick of his neck.

"This glass of wine, under the punishment of yourself, please don't mind Mergenbal." Yara spoke politely, and his pale blue eyes showed a hint of cunning.

I'll punish myself with a cup, which is considered to give you face, and you just don't see today's events, everyone is fine.

Li Luo nodded, "Ya Luo Lang Jun is polite. However, the gems and banknotes you take are the belongings of the parishion. ”

"It turned out to be something from the capital of Morgenba, oops, misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Ya Luo slapped his forehead as if he suddenly realized, quickly took out the gem, as well as a thousand banknotes, and put them in front of Li Luo with a smile.

Li Luo said lightly: "Since it was a misunderstanding, of course the main hall will not mind." ”

Yaluo smiled: "Then I will leave in the future, and there will be a period later." "After that, you have to take the people away.

"Lang Jun stays!" Li Luo shouted.

Yaluo frowned, turned around and said, "What else do you have to teach in Morgenbadu?" "I thought, this Li Luo won't be unrelenting, right? Hmph, I'm the son of the prime minister, the Lust Eye, is he sure he wants to tear his face with me?

But I heard Li Luo say: "Yaluo Langjun, Annan is not peaceful, and many countries in the south are not peaceful." Does Lang Jun understand what this church means? ”

Ya Luo was not stupid, he thought about it and immediately understood Li Luo's intentions. In his heart, Li Luo is worthy of being a handsome man of the younger generation, and he is really out of touch.

"Taught in the next, worthy of Mergenbadu, thank you." Yaluo stroked his chest and saluted again, then looked at Guishan and said: "Xu Shan, look at the face of Morgenbadu, you and I will write off your debts and no longer visit you!" Hello, thank you, Mergenbal is so! ”

After Yara finished speaking, he walked away.

Guishan solemnly tidied up the crown belt, stood up and bowed down to Li Luo: "If there is no general today, my wife and daughter will not be protected!" The great general Ende, there is nothing to repay in the future! ”

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