Xu Ling'er and others left the bank of the Qinhuai River, and went to Jiangning to visit Yang Nuan's family, the seventy-year-old man was full of red light and spirits, and led the whole family of more than 20 to welcome out of the house.

Yang Nuan's eight Japanese wives can now also speak fluent Nanjing, and they took turns to greet Xu Ling'er, which deeply moved Feng An and other soldiers.

The Yang family held a grand banquet to entertain Xu Ling'er and his party, and gave another generous gift at the parting.

Xu Ling'er and others went north from Nanjing, passed through Tianjin Wei and Shanhaiguan, and arrived in Fushun on March 3 in the third year of Wanli (1575 AD).

The spring outside the gate is cold and steep, and the willows have just sent out green buds, and the flags outside the city are displayed in Fushun.

Li Chengliang, who was dressed in a red official uniform, rode on a tall horse and led his family, men, women and children to greet him out of the city.

Yo Yo Deer Song, Wild Apple, I have guests, drummers and sheng......

In the sound of suona accompanied by sheng music, Rong'er and Su'er got off the sedan chair, shouted "Ling'er girl" in unison with a group of maids, and ran over quickly......

Nurhachi, who had grown into a strong young man, stood in front of Li Chengliang's horse and said excitedly: "Master General Soldier, please allow Xiao'er to go to greet my sister." ”

Li Chengliang laughed loudly, waved his hand and replied, "Go ahead." ”

So, Nurhachi rushed forward, passed Li Rubai, who was walking in front, and greeted loudly from afar: "Sister Ling'er is well!" Little brother Nurhachi to see my sister, sister, you want to kill your little brother......" wiped a handful of snot and tears, and knelt on the ground in front of Xu Ling'er.

Xu Ling'er looked at Nurhachi's expression and sighed with emotion: "Little Hanzi has also grown up......"

At this time, Li Rubai also arrived, stepped forward to bow and salute, and greeted: "Meet my sister, my brother Rubai and Rong'er do not pray for my sister every day......

Su Er said: "Rubai, welcome Miss Ling'er and the guards into the city." So, Nurhachi helped Xu Ling'er lead the horse, and everyone followed Li Rubai to the city.

Xu Ling'er stepped forward to meet her father-in-law Li Chengliang, and there was naturally an affectionate greeting between father and daughter, and then, Feng An gave Li Chengliang a gift and sent Hu Shouren's letter, and everyone got on the horse and entered Fushun City.

Feng An and others were invited to live in the General Soldier's Mansion, and in a happy atmosphere, a banquet was held to entertain everyone. After eating, arranging for the guards to rest in the mansion, Li Chengliang and Chen Su'er called Xu Ling'er into the living room.

Su'er said emotionally: "Ling'er, don't go back this time, Rusong will come back in a few days......"

Li Chengliang then said: "Yes, Ling'er, you are a member of the Li family no matter what, a few days ago, there was a rumor that you participated in the women's camp of pirates, I just read Hu Zongbing's letter, I know what's going on." But now that Jinyiwei has removed you, that's fine! I have already asked someone to bring a letter to Yi'er in Japan, no matter what this year, Wang Chong and his wife have to send Dr. Xu back, you don't need to go around in the future. ”

Xu Ling'er didn't know how to answer, she was silent for a moment, blushed and replied in a low voice: "Thank you, father-in-law, thank you, aunt!" ”

"In the future, our family will never be separated again. Ling'er, do you know? In order to take you back to Liaodong, the lord spent at least 50,000 taels of silver on the eunuch who accompanied the army, and begged them to help you speak in the capital, so that Liu Shouyou was leveled down by the Jinyi guards, and promised not to be held accountable in the future, to be honest, it was not easy......"

"Su'er, don't talk nonsense!" Li Chengliang preached harshly.

Xu Ling'er hurriedly got up and saluted, and replied: "Let my father-in-law and aunt bother, my daughter is grateful!" ”

Finding that Xu Ling'er never mentioned Li Rusong, Li Chengliang was inconvenient to ask more, was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke: "Since guarding Liao for his father, the soldiers are not afraid of death, and the soldiers have subdued the Jurchen tribes. And now, Rusong is in Datong, Shanxi, but he is still constantly harassed by the Mongolian tribes, and he burrows from the pile of dead people every day......

Knowing what Li Chengliang wanted to say, Xu Ling'er buried his head very low, and said shyly: "I beg my father-in-law to tolerate me for a little more time, and I should be ordered by my parents for life......

Just when Li Chengliang was embarrassed, Nurhachi hurriedly came in to report: "Master, there is a sudden military situation of 100,000 urgent, and a group of Mongolian bandits are fierce, invading the area of Taonan and Baicheng. ”

Li Chengliang replied: "I know, Ben Shuai will immediately go out with Rubai." ”

"Master, the envoy sent by the leader of the Hada tribe said that this expedition is not your old man who can not convince the people, and now the leader Wang Tai is old and healthy, he has offered the traitor Wang Gao, and now, his subordinates are flying and domineering, causing the sons of the Wang family to be dissatisfied, internal and external troubles, you can not ignore it." Nurhachi preached.

Li Chengliang hurriedly stood up and said, "Daughter, these days, let your aunt and younger siblings accompany you well, you see, my father is about to take command of the battle." ”

Everyone saw Li Chengliang off together, and Nurhachi followed behind Xu Ling'er and whispered: "Sister, when I come back from the expedition to fight roe deer, hehe, the roe deer meat tastes delicious." ”

Xu Ling'er replied: "Thank you, little Hanzi, follow Master Li in the future, and wait for your lord to give you a promotion." ”

During the days when Li Chengliang went on the expedition, he bid farewell to Feng An and other soldiers, and the weather gradually warmed up.

In the spring of spring, Su'er and Rong'er accompany Xu Ling'er to go out every day......

At the beginning of April, when Li Chengliang, who had returned from the battle, saw Chen Su'er, he asked: "In a few days, Rusong should come back, these days, can you persuade Ling'er?" ”

"Please rest assured, Ling'er said that when she was in Japan, she had told her father about this happy event, of course Xu Langzhong didn't have any opinions, I see, she still taboo Rusong married first."

Li Chengliang replied: "This is also a matter of no way, Rusong grows up, he wants to go to the battlefield, he has no eyes for swords and guns, in case there is a mistake, I can't help but leave a queen for the eldest son." ”

Chen Su'er helped him take off his robe and changed his clothes, at this time, Nurhachi had already called for washing water, and Li Chengliang finished washing and sat on the leisure chair.

Pouring out the washing water, Nurhachi hurriedly brought the footwashing water again, helped Li Chengliang take off his stockings, put his hands in the footbasin and tested the temperature of the water, before he put his feet in and rubbed his feet seriously.

Looking at this sturdy Jurchen young man reservedly, Li Chengliang's heart was full of good feelings, and suddenly, he found that Nurhachi had stopped and was staring intently at the soles of his feet.

"Boy, what do you see?" Li Chengliang asked proudly.

So Nurhachi put his feet in the water, continued to rub them, and replied angrily, "Returning to my lord, there are three red moles." ”

"Hehe," Li Chengliang laughed dryly and asked, "Boy, do you know why I can be prosperous?" ”

Nurhachi raised his feet again, looked at the three moles carefully, and replied, "Master, that is what you got in exchange for your meritorious service to the imperial court in killing the enemy." ”

"Boy, you don't understand this, do you?" Li Chengliang smiled slightly, and said quite mysteriously: "My blessings and official fortune are all on these three moles!" ”

Nurhachi shook his head slightly, put his foot into the basin again, and replied in a sullen voice: "Master, I have seven red moles on the center of my foot, why don't I have good fortune and official luck?" Why don't I take it off and show it to you now? ”

Li Chengliang's face changed suddenly when he heard this, stared at Nurhachi for a while, and said depressedly: "You go down, I'm tired." ”

But Nurhachi didn't know what was going on, and still continued to wash his feet seriously, and suddenly, Li Chengliang kicked him violently, splashing him with foot-washing water on his face.

Hurriedly taking his hand out of the footbasin, Nurhachi stood up and asked, "Master, may I ask what Xiao'er did wrong?" ”

"You go down first." Li Chengliang suddenly looked very irritable and shouted loudly: "Su'er, Su'er, come and help!" ”

Su'er ran in in a panic, looked at the embarrassed Nurhachi, hurriedly sent him out, and then looked at Li Chengliang, who was full of gloom, and didn't know what happened, and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Li Chengliang, who was still lucky, seemed to be saying to himself: "I have to kill this little bastard!" ”

Su'er asked in surprise, "What mistake did little Hanzi make?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Li Chengliang came to his senses and replied, "You have to watch this kid, you can't let him run away!" ”

"Master, what's going on?"

"At the end of this year, don't you know that Fushun City is rumored that Liaodong is the land of dragon veins, and there will be a real dragon son in the future, as well as children's nursery rhymes: the soles of the feet, round and slippery, and the seven-star red mole dragon raises its head. This matter has already been passed to the imperial court by the eunuchs accompanying the army, and the brocade guard asked me to secretly inquire about it, and see who it is that there are seven moles on the soles of this foot? ”

"Could it be that it is a little Hanzi?"

Li Chengliang was silent for a moment, and replied unexpectedly: "Su'er, help me pour out the footwashing water." ”

Xu Ling'er knew that Rusong should arrive in two days, and her heart began to panic again, and now, Rong'er also changed her attitude, so that she didn't even have a confidant to talk to, at this moment, when she was depressed in the room, she suddenly found through the window that Nurhachi came with a large group of brothers.

I saw Shulhaqi carrying a few roe deer, so I heard Nurhachi say with a smile: "Sister, please come and taste the delicious food today." ”

"Thank you!" Xu Linger replied with a smile.

Shuerhaqi shouted: "Let's go, sister, come with us to stew roe deer meat, the Han people can't make us taste like this." ”

Xu Ling'er replied: "Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes." So Nurhachi and the others went out.

Before Rusong came back, Xu Ling'er wanted to leave this place quickly, but now was an opportunity. So, she closed the door, reorganized her luggage, changed into a neat dress, selected some necessities for the long journey, and put them into the bag she carried......

Suddenly, I heard Chen Su'er complaining outside the door: "Little Hanzi, little Hanzi, you let me find me so hard!" ”

Nurhachi and the others had just returned from hunting, and they didn't know what had happened at home, so they asked in surprise, "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Ling'er opened the door and was about to ask, but the frightened Chen Su'er pulled Nurhachi into the house, only to hear her whisper: "Little Hanzi, run!" ”

A stunned Nurhachi hurriedly asked, "Auntie, what happened?" ”

"Don't ask, run! Don't let anyone find out, someone is trying to kill you. ”

Xu Ling'er pushed the door in and asked in surprise, "Auntie, who wants to kill Xiao Hanzi?" ”

"Who else? Master! ”

"If the master decides to kill Xiao Hanzi, I'm afraid he won't be able to run away no matter what." Xu Ling'er replied.

"What can I do?"

Finding that Chen Su'er was about to cry, Xu Ling'er continued: "That's it, I'm about to go out to buy something, let Xiao Hanzi accompany me out of the door, auntie, do you think someone will stop us?" ”

"It's hard to say, let's try it."

So, Nurhachi pacified Shuerhaqi and the others, sent them away first, and Chen Suer led the two out of the Moon Gate.

When he came to the horse pen of the General Soldier's Mansion, the sergeant who fed the horses asked, "Young grandmother, are you going to go far away?" ”

Chen Su'er tried her best to pretend to be very natural, and replied with a smile: "It's not me, if I go out, I'm going to take a sedan chair, it's Miss Ling'er who wants to go out to buy things, and in two days it will be her big day, let Xiao Hanzi accompany her." ”

The sergeant brought two horses and handed them to Xu Ling'er and Nurhachi respectively, and Chen Su'er accompanied them to talk and laugh, and left the general soldier's mansion very easily.

When the two of them got on the horse, Chen Su'er, who was full of tears, returned to the house, closed her eyes and silently recited Nan Wu Amitabha......

The two rode out of Fushun City, and found that there was no one following them, so they quickly ran forward, and ran for more than thirty miles in one go, Nurhachi caught up with Xu Ling'er and asked, "Sister, why do they want to kill me?" ”

Xu Ling'er reined in her horse and replied, "Good brother, don't ask, since your aunt wants you to run for your life, you should run away quickly." ”

Nurhachi, who didn't know what was going on, said: "Thank you sister and aunt for your great kindness, sister, you go back, Shulhaqi and they are still waiting to stew those roe deer for you." ”

Xu Ling'er smiled helplessly and replied, "Silly brother, I'm not going to go back." ”

"However, General Rusong will be back in a few days, sister, where are you going?"

"I'm going back to Japan to save my father."

"Sister, you are the Bodhisattva of our Jurchens, it was you who saved the people of Hetu Alamaman City, when you pass through Liaodong in the future, don't forget to come and see Xiao Hanzi."

"Good! Little Hanzi, my sister will definitely go to see you, let's say goodbye. ”

So, Xu Ling'er waved her hand at Nurhachi and urged her to get on the way.

Looking at her back that was fading away, Nurhachi shouted loudly: "Sister, the Jurchens will not forget your kindness, you must come back to see our ......"

It wasn't until Xu Ling'er disappeared from sight that Nurhachi got on the horse with a confused mood, looked up to the sky and sighed, and galloped between the white mountains and black waters......