Huang Yan and the others walked north through a desert, and sure enough, it didn't take long to see an endless grassland.

Between the meadows, a meandering river dozens of steps wide flows into the fishing sea (Hulun Lake), and there are large reeds on both sides of the river, and snow-white reed flowers fluctuate up and down in the wind. Cattle and sheep, people on horseback, and tents all came into view.

Suddenly, Huang Yan saw two teams of horseback riders in the distance, outflanking this side!

"What do they want to do?!" Huang Yan asked hurriedly.

The Uliangha people made a movement with their palms down: "Don't worry, Gonggong Huang, the leaders of this place in Hulun River have all accepted my benefits; Tokhtar also knows some people. When they knew that Tokhtar was a member of Aru's account, they didn't dare to do anything! ”

Huang Yan nervously looked at the original people and horses on the grassland, and saw that they were all armed with bows and arrows, and his face could not hide the panic that turned white.

Wuliangha said again: "Huang Gonggong, don't run around, don't run, leave it to us!" In the pastures east of the fishing sea, Arutai has a great prestige, and is more convincing than Benjari Khan. ”

After talking for a while, a team of horses had approached. They were all people in fur and sewn robes, and when they saw the people on Huang Yan's side standing still and not taking out their weapons, they also hung down their bows and arrows, and gradually reined in their horses and jogged over.

Tokhtar and the Uliangha came forward to speak, and they were muttering in Mongolian; Huang Yan couldn't understand a word, so he could only observe their demeanor and movements. The Uliangha gave each other something again.

After they finished speaking, there was no fight. The Uliangha people turned their heads to greet Huang Yan and continued to march in the direction of the river in the distance.

Huang Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

The Wuliangha people pointed to the river in front of them and said: "This river is the Hulun River, and Huang Gonggong can also be called 'Anju River' in Han language." Arutai is not here, we have to continue to the northeast to the Hailar River, in order to find the big tent of Arutai. The Hailar River can also be called the 'Snow Water River'. ”

Huang Yan nodded.

When he was in Beiping, he had heard of the person Arutai. But Arutai is not a name, but a title, presumably meaning "minister with power"; The Mongols all call it Arutai, and the Daming government also writes so.

Arutai is extremely powerful, equivalent to the former Han people "Great Sima General" and other figures; Now the Ming Dynasty can't find this kind of person, and it is no longer possible for a certain minister to have so much power. It is said that Benyali lost his khan and had no strength to be the leader of the Tatar tribes, and he relied on the support of Arutai.

The group stayed in tents by the Hulun River for a while and were treated by the locals. However, the language barrier was incomprehensible, and Huang Yan had to rely on the Uliangha translator, so it was very difficult to talk.

There is a very strong and complex smell on people's bodies. Obviously there is a river next to it, and there is plenty of water, but the Tatars don't seem to like bathing. The Uliangha people laugh and say that many Tatars take a bath twice in their lives, at birth and when they get married...... Of course, he himself is not much better.

The next day, Huang Yan and the others continued to rush to the northeast, and they saw more and more pasture tribes along the way. A few days later, they finally reached the Great Tent in Arutai.

However, Arutai is no longer here. Tokhtar told Huang Yan and the others that Arutai had taken his men and horses west ten days ago to meet the king's tent and court where Benyari had lost his khan.

Huang Yan increased the promised money from five to ten times and told several Mongols that they could cash in at the money bank in Beiping City. Tokhtar found some people he knew and escorted Huang Yan to continue westward. According to the agreement, Tokhtar first introduced Huang Yan to Arutai, and then met Benjari Sweat.

The group of people walked almost around the fishing sea, and made a detour from the north to the northwest direction of the fishing sea. They finally found the residence of the Tatar chieftain and the Great Khan of the Mongols, Benyalisan Khan.

The Tatars did not seem to be as hospitable as they were rumored, and as soon as Huang Yan and the others entered a camp, a big man with a fur hat suddenly rushed out. The big man muttered a few words, suddenly waved his whip, and hit the Uliangha man in the face with a "crackle", and then glared at Huang Yan, and spat on the "bah".

Huang Yan was stunned there, as if the monk Wuzhang was confused. When the Mongol man was gone, he said in a very difficult Chinese dialect: "Some Uliangha, traitors...... Despise. ”

"Oh! We get it. Huang Yan nodded hurriedly.

The Uliangha, who had been knocked to the ground, covered his face with his hands and got up from the ground. Tokhtar ignored him, and led the two men to a felt tent with a flag. Tokhtar's Chinese language was not very clear, so he told the Uliangha people to tell Huang Yan: "Arutai has gone to the camp of the Great Khan, and the person we are going to see now is a general under Arutai. ”

The three of them reached the outside of the tent and said a few more words to the Mongols at the door. So they lifted the felt curtain and went in.

Huang Yan was taken aback as soon as he entered, he didn't notice the Tatar general at first, but he was attracted by a woman.

I saw that the woman was very beautiful, carrying a wooden plate, she was naked, and she didn't even have a piece of cloth on her! Fortunately, there is a fire in the tent, otherwise where would you stand without clothes?

Neither Tokhtar nor Uliangha looked at her, only Huang Yan looked at the woman in a daze. Looking at her face and hair, she seems to be a Han person, and there are bloody scars on her body!

The Uliangha people whispered: "I will tell the general that Gonggong Huang is a eunuch." ”

Huang Yan came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed with his fists and said, "Our family is the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty Zhao Palace, and we will meet the wise and martial general." A little courtesy, not a respect, please smile at the general. ”

The Uliangha people immediately began to translate.

The naked woman stepped forward and brought the plate to Huang Yan. Huang Yan hurriedly took out a small gin glass and put it on the plate.

"Hahaha......" The general above laughed.

Huang Yan suddenly found this woman, staring at him with resentment and anger. She must have seen that Huang Yan was a Han person.

Looking at her silent gaze, Huang Yan inevitably felt a little ashamed, and hurriedly whispered: "Our family is not an envoy. ”

The Wuliangha people turned to Huang Yan and said, "I told the general the identity of Gonggong Huang and explained that you are not a spy. The general asked you, what do you want to do in Mongolia? Does King Zhao want to surrender? ”

Huang Yan hurriedly said: "King Zhao is the clan of the Ming Zhu family, and it is impossible to surrender to Mongolia if he dies." The Ming Dynasty is fighting for power and profit in China, and King Zhao wants to use our family as a scapegoat. Our family couldn't survive anymore, so we came to the Great Khan. Our family has news that the Great Khan is coming to attack the Great Khan with an army of 300,000! ”

When the naked woman heard this, she looked sideways slightly.

The Mongol generals and Huang Yan were both translated by the Uliangha people. The general smiled in Mongolian and said, "You're late, we already know the news." Why did the Ming Emperor come to the grassland? Do you want to rob our cattle and sheep, or do you want good pasture grass full of grass seeds? ”

Huang Yan bowed and said: "Last year, the Mongolian army entered the customs and burned, killed, looted and plundered the population. The emperor was very angry and wanted to report on the Tatars. In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor claimed to be the father of all Han Chinese, and he wanted to stand up for his people. ”

When the Han woman heard this, she looked at Huang Yan with complicated eyes.

The Mongol general said: "The ancestors said that the greatest happiness of a man is to kill the enemy's men and then sleep with their women. In the grasslands, wolves will also come to the sheepfold from time to time to take some sheep. We Tatars are wolves, this is the arrangement of heaven.

It is useless for the Han emperor to be angry, they do not understand the rules of the steppe and cannot survive on the steppe. We just need to change places, and when the food brought by the Han people is gone, they will go back. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson wanted to be the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but he couldn't do it, because the Huns of the Han Dynasty did not have stirrups. ”

Huang Yan hurriedly bowed and said, "What the general said is very reasonable!" Our family is willing to be the slave of the strong. ”

When the Mongol general heard the translation, he immediately threw up his head and laughed.

The Mongolian general was five big and three thick, with yellow teeth, but his small eyes shone shrewdly, and he had already discovered the eye contact between the Han woman and Huang Yan. The general smiled and pointed to the woman and said, "This woman's husband is an official of the Ming Kingdom, and he was captured by the Khan's army in the manor. She said that in Mingguo, her fingers can't be touched by other men, but on the grassland, she has to abide by the rules of the grassland, you see how obedient she is now! ”

Huang Yan said with a smiling face: "Yes, yes." ”

At this time, Wu Liangha said: "The general will give him a face and let Huang Gonggong live in the tent he arranged." If Arutai finds you useful, he will summon you. ”

Huang Yan said: "You have to help me speak, if I die, I won't be able to get the money." ”

Uliangha said: "When I got here, I have done my own thing, and nothing else can help. Huang Gonggong said something good about Toto. ”

Huang Yan was helpless, so he had to bow to the Mongolian general with his fists in retreat.

The three of them walked backwards to the tent door, then turned and walked out.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when Huang Yan followed the sound, he saw a woman in a red robe riding a horse and leading a few people, rampaging through the camp unscrupulously.

"Get out of the way and get on your knees!" The Uliangha reminded.

Huang Yan hurriedly complied.

Tokhtar whispered: "Sister Arutai, the woman that the khan likes, the concubine." ”

When the red-robed woman rushed over, she suddenly restrained her mount and turned her head to look at Huang Yan very curiously. Obviously, Huang Yan's clothes are very special here. She smiled contemptuously and muttered a word.

After taking a few horses away, Huang Yan asked, "What did she say?" ”

Uliangha said: "She said, it turns out that the officials of the Han people are such weak and thin people. She mistakenly thought that Gonggong Huang was an envoy sent to the grassland by the Ming Dynasty. ”

Huang Yan sighed and got up from the ground in humiliation. At this time, he heard the sound of a horn in the distance, and he followed the sound to watch the sunset in the depths of the boundless grassland, and helplessness and frustration gradually enveloped his heart.