Chapter XXXVIII: The Seeds of Hatred

Establishing contact with the Jurchens was a matter of great importance, and Li Liangsi did not dare to slack off when he was ordered to send an envoy. There are many Jurchen tribes, distributed all over Liaodong, but Li Liangsi listened to the news of Liao and Jurchen all the year round, and directly set the target of the envoy as the Jurchen who came out of Hushui.

Last year, the fish banquet on the Tongtong River (Songhua River), as well as the name of the Jurchen Wanyan Division, had already reached Li Liangsi's ears.

The head fish banquet refers to the grand banquet held by the emperors of the Liao Dynasty after they went out on a safari in the spring and caught the first fish. It's a very chic banquet. In the very cold winter, it is mostly held around the second lunar New Year, and the location is usually mixed with the Tongjiang River. At that time, the heavy snow sealed the river and the jade belt was thousands of miles. In this environment, the royal tent was set up, and the leaders of the tribes came to see them.

When the first month of the year is about to freeze, the fish are first cut off with nets ten miles up and down the river to prevent the fish from escaping. The fish were then driven to the tent of the Liao lord set up on the ice. The ice surface in front of the main tent of Liao generally has four ice holes called "ice eyes" early on, one of which is permeable to water, and the other three "ice eyes" are impermeable, just a transparent and thin layer.

Although the fish is a thing in the water, if it is held in the ice for a long time, it will also exhale once it encounters the water outlet. The impervious ice eye is to observe whether the fish is coming, and to report to the Liao lord when the fish is about to come. At this time, the Liao lord only needs to throw the rope hook into the permeable water, and he can immediately catch a fish.

The Liao lord did not rush to reel in the line when he caught the fish, but loosened the rope and let it go with the fish, and the fish would be exhausted before long. At this time, as long as the fish is gently pulled out of the "ice eye", the first fish is caught every year, so it is called "head fish".

Last year, Yelu Yanxi came to the Mingtong River to fish as in previous years, and asked all the Jurchen chieftains within a thousand miles to attend the "head fish banquet" he presided over. And Wanyan Wuya is not good enough to go to worship, as usual, it is your second brother Wanyan Aguta who leads everyone to participate in the "Head Fish Banquet".

Sounds elegant, but looks interesting? But this is really a big difficulty for the leaders of these remote tribes, and every time they come, they lose their freedom and dignity and become toys of the Khitans!

The Emperor wants to hunt! They went to call the deer. I want to see long-distance hunting! They had to shoot tigers. I want to see a live-action version of close-quarters fighting! They've got to fight the bears... When the emperor is thirsty and hungry, and wants to eat a fish feast? They have to dance, sing, and have fun...

The so-called calling deer refers to people hiding in the grass to imitate the deer's call, and luring the deer out to facilitate the hunter to hide and kill. However, because it is for the nobles of the Liao State to play every time, and the nobles of the Liao State are not all outstanding in riding and shooting, the people who call the deer are often in danger of being killed by mistake.

As for the stabbing tiger and the bear, it is even more dangerous, and it requires people to go into battle to duel with the tiger and bear, and it is even more life-threatening. If it's not the strongest warrior, not many people will survive at all, so no one wants to go at all.

However, Wanyan Wu of the Jurchen Wanyan Department begged to buy and Wanyan Sakai, but Wanyan Zonghan was an expert.

Every year, the head fish feast is held as scheduled, and last year was the same. At that time, Yelu Yanxi was very drunk, and ordered the chiefs to enter and dance to join the fun.

So the leaders of the Jurchen, Tieli, Weimur, and Bohai tribes, as well as the chiefs of the various tribes, brewed emotions, moved their bodies, and started jumping in turn. One after another, Yelu Yanxi's interest reached a climax.

But this time, there is one exception!

The head fish feast was suddenly interrupted! The stage is cold! After jumping in front, sit still in the back! The audience looked over and found that it was a big man. Tall and majestic, he sat coldly, motionless!

It's the Jurchen Completeface Division's Akuta! Everyone else sweated for him!

In a group of staggering people, Ah Guta, who sat and drank silently, immediately attracted everyone's attention. And when Yelu Yanxi asked Ah Guda why he didn't dance, Wanyan calmly said the answer that he had been preparing for a long time - we can't dance.

"Can't jump!" Very bland three words, Yelu Yanxi burst into a jump! Of course, he could see that this was a deliberate act by Aguta. In the face of such a person who lied like this, and his face was not red and his heart was not beating, Yelu Yanxi, who felt that he was being despised by the emperor, was very angry.

Yelu Yanxi repeatedly ordered, but he still didn't obey after finishing the fight!

This is a provocation! It's the first face-to-face provocation in the history of the Great Liao Kingdom! It will not be tolerated, kill him!

On the second day, Yelu Yanxi secretly said that Xiao Fengxian, his favored minister and the third traitor of the Great Liao, said: "At the banquet the day before yesterday, Ah Gu was heroic and unusual, and he could be punished by side affairs. Otherwise, it will be a disaster. ’

But Xiao Fengxian disagreed, and replied: "The people of the Lu do not know etiquette and righteousness, and they kill them without a big mistake, for fear of hurting the heart of Xianghua." If there is a different ambition, how can it be? (Translated as this, this is a rough person, who does not know etiquette, kills him without a big mistake, and is afraid of hurting the hearts of others to submit, even if this person is ambitious, what can the Jurchen projectile do?) )’

The proposal was thus abandoned. However, because his younger brother and nephew were able to hunt deer, sting tigers, and fighting bears, they were suddenly added to the rank of official.

That's it, a happy gathering, everyone has eaten and danced, and all parties are gone. No one died or bleed, but the incident became a trigger.

Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of Liao, and the nobles and ministers of Liao don't know. Over the years, the oppression, exploitation, taxation, reduction, and eagle training of many women in the Liao State have long planted the seeds of hatred!

This time, Wanyan Jurchen and the name of the hero A Guda spread all over the land of Liaodong. The Koreans, Bohai people, and Websters also worshipped him infinitely, and Wanyan Aguta's reputation became even louder.

As early as many years ago, Li Liangsi heard the name of Wanyan Aguda in Youzhou. At that time, the young Ah Guta and Wanyan Xiyin went to Liaoshangjing Linhuang Mansion to worship Liaodao Sect Yelu Hongji. At that time, there was a Liao nobleman who played Shuanglu with A Gu, and after losing, he relied on his identity to play a scoundrel. At that time, the young and vigorous Ah Guda took out his saber and was about to hurt someone, if it wasn't stopped by Wanyan Xiyin, who went with him at that time, the nobleman who played the scoundrel would not have been seriously injured, but killed.

This incident alarmed the Liao court at that time, and many people accused Wanyan Agu of committing rebellion and demanded that he be sentenced to death. But Yelu Hongji didn't want to make a big move, and let Ah Guta go. At that time, someone said: "Wang Yanzong Shile poisoned the Central Plains; Zhang Shouqi pardoned Lushan and finally fell into the Tang Dynasty. If you can't get rid of it, it will definitely become a problem for Daliao's henchmen! ”

But in the end, Yelu Hongji still let go of Aguta, and later the matter spread throughout the "white mountains and black waters". The Jurchen tribes all knew that there was a man named Ah Guda in the Wanyan Department, who beat the nobles of the Great Liao in Shangjing in the Liao Kingdom, and finally the Liao people released him. In an instant, Ah Guda's popularity skyrocketed, and he became a warrior in the hearts of many young people.

Li Liangsi also heard about this in Youzhou, and now the Jurchen Ministries are the strongest. Aguta is the leader of more than 30 Jurchen tribes, all of whom are extremely fierce, and Li Liangsi can only find Aguta if he wants to succeed.