In the fourth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the second year of the Liao State Protection, at the beginning of the first month, the Jin State attacked the Zhongjing of the Liao State, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled to Yanjing when he heard the news, and in the late spring and March, he heard the report of the Jin army capturing Zhongjing, so he escaped from Yanjing, went out of Yongguan, and fled to Yuanyangbo (now northwest of Zhangbei County, Hebei) to hide.

This mandarin duck is called Angirtu in Mongolian, also known as Angul Naoer. The north and south of its place are watery, with its two waters, such as glue and paint, just like the mandarin duck hence the name. And because of the waterfowl gathered here, only the mandarin duck is the most named. The emperors of the Liao Kingdom liked to take this place as a hunting place.

However, it is said that the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi went to the Mandarin Duck Park Palace to settle in Luan, and more than 5,000 elite imperial tent soldiers were served, and there were also ministers of the princes and clans accompanied by them. This mandarin duck is the palace of Emperor Liao, although it is a palace, but it is just a camp tent, and there is no tall palace. It is said that this was done by the Liao Emperors in order to maintain the hunting customs. After Yelu Yanxi arrived at the Mandarin Duck Palace, he rested for half a day, and then he took a breather, and there was a privy envoy of the Northern Court of Liao, and Xiao Feng, the king of Lanling County, entered the palace first.

Yelu Yanxi just got up, and the four palace maids stood up, and when they heard that Xiao Feng was coming first, they didn't shy away from it, so they ordered him to enter. Just because this Xiao Fengxian is the elder brother of Xiao Duoli, the queen of the Liao Emperor, and Xiao Guige, the concubine of the Yuan Concubine, is the eldest brother, so he is very pampered and does not shy away from taboos.

After Xiao Feng entered the house and saluted, he stood on the side of the tent curtain, Yelu Yanxi was fat, and the four palace ladies finally wiped him clean, and he was dressing and wearing a crown, Yelu Yanxi asked, "What happened here?" ”

Xiao Fengxian said: "The wolf lord hunts here, it is the warm spring season, and the mandarin duck is rich in prey inside and outside, so it is just right to hunt and hold a goose banquet to show the royal prestige." ”

Yelu Yanxi frowned when he heard this: "The Jurchens have captured Zhongjing, Yelu Yu saw that this traitor had descended to the Jurchens again, and he looked south every day. ”

Xiao Fengxian said: "The Jurchens are slaves of poor mountains and bad waters, they are all used to being poor, and I have never seen the wealth of the country. They were lucky for a while and captured Zhongjing, so why don't they stay longer in the world of flowers? is to grab more wealth women, and they will withdraw from the army. If the Jurchens want to go south, then they will be far away from the old nest. I think that my Liao State has many generals, and the Song State is my country's alliance for many years, it will not contradict each other, and the Xia State is the country of my nephew, and it can also be relied on, if the Jurchen really dares to go south, the wolf lord invites the two countries to send troops, and the three countries join forces in one place, and the Jurchens are undefeated? ”

Yelu Yanxi was slightly relieved when he heard this, and Xiao Feng said again: "At this time, there are rumors in the country, and the wolf lord should be the same as before, in order to reassure people's hearts, if the wolf lord shows a hasty color, I am afraid that the corporal will be even more difficult to feel at ease." Therefore, when it comes to this mandarin duck park, since it is called West Hunting, it will be a hunting affair, a feast of the head goose, highlighting the emperor's prestige, and gathering people's hearts. ”

When Yelu Yanxi heard this, he put his mind at ease and immediately issued an order to teach Xiao Fengxian and others to handle the hunting matter. This goose feast is the Liao Emperor's hunting feast, the Liao Emperor's spring hunting, the guards are wearing dark green clothes, respectively holding chain hammers, eagle food, thorn goose cones, five or seven steps apart by the water. When the emperor's goose hunt began, the shilling sergeants beat the flat drum around the berth to startle the goose out of the water, and then the Liao Emperor personally released Hai Dongqing. Hai Dongqing is the best at attacking swans, flying like a whirlwind into the sky, and then condescendingly to the swans. When the goose was wounded and fell, the soldiers rushed up and stabbed the goose with a spinning goose cone, and whoever could get the first goose would receive the emperor's reward. After hunting and having fun, he gave the ministers a feast, which was called the head goose feast. There are poems as evidence: the bow opens the full moon and arrows meteors, and the mandarin ducks are full of water and smell. The hairy blood flies indiscriminately, the geese and ducks fall, and the new sea is green.

In the early morning of the next day, the Liao army gathered inside and outside the mandarin ducks, with flags all over the sky and war horses like clouds. The mandarin duck moored here the grass beach is wide, the water is deep and wide, there are many deer, roe deer and rabbit live here, there are countless birds, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the water and grass are fertile, it is an excellent place.

The Liao army hunting sergeants are all here, then set up the Liao Emperor's golden tent on the edge of the water, outside the tent Xu Gaotai, Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi and the princes and ministers of the clan are all there, sit on the high platform, and watch the hunting.

After the three-way drum, Xiao Feng first stood in front of the stage, said the hunting rules loudly, and finally shouted loudly: "I, Daliao warriors, go hunt your prey and sacrifice it to the wolf master!" ”

A group of Liao soldiers are shouting and cheering, the army is the first to gallop out, everyone looked, only to see this person's face like a crown of jade, purple robe and gold belt, phoenix wings and feathers, crotch white horse like dust, the first to snatch out. All the Liao troops applauded and shouted: "King Jin is majestic!" ”

It turned out that this person was the son of Yelu Yanxi, the king of Jin, Yelu Aolu, who was twenty years old, Wen Taowu was strategic, and treated people kindly, so he was deeply loved by the military and people of Liao. At this moment, seeing him come out, the officers and men in the army were all applauding.

All the troops are happy, but only Xiao Fengxian on the stage does not like it. It turned out that the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi had a total of six sons, in order of Yelu Aolu, King of Jin, Yelu Yali, King of Liang, Yelu Tartlu, King of Yan, Yelu Xi, King of Zhao, Yelu Xi, King of Qin, Yelu Ding, and Yelu Ning, King of Xu.

This King of Jin was born to Concubine Wen of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao, Concubine Wen Xiao Sese had three sisters, the eldest sister married Yelu Tart Geli, and the third sister married Yelu Yujian, so King Jin was Yelu Yujian's nephew.

And Concubine Yuan's brother Xiao Fengxian was the privy envoy of the Northern Court at the time, he arbitrarily judged the government and wanted the King of Qin born to Concubine Yuan to inherit the throne, so he deliberately framed Concubine Wen and King Jin. In the last year, Yelu Yu saw that he was leading his troops to fight against the Jurchens, and Concubine Wen's sister went to the army to visit her third sister in the army. Xiao Fengxian falsely accused Xiao Yu, the commander of the horse, of colluding with Yelu Tart Geli and Yelu Yujian to rebel, and planned to set up King Jin as the emperor and Emperor Tianzuo as the emperor. The stunned Emperor Tianzuo actually killed Xiao Yu, Yelu Tart Geli and Concubine Wen's sister, and Concubine Wen was also given death, but only King Jin survived.

Therefore, Yelu Yu was angry, so he turned his back on the Liao State and joined the Jin army. The Jin army's attack on Zhongjing in Liao State was able to take it so smoothly, which was also the work of Yelu Yu. At this moment, Xiao Feng saw that the king of Jin was playing tricks in front of the army again, he was very dissatisfied, and his hatred was deeper, so he sat down without saying a word, and only thought about how to get rid of the king of Jin.

But said that the king of the Jin Dynasty Yelu Aolu, a young and age-old person, although he treats people kindly, but he has less scheming, today I heard that my father hunted for fun, and only wanted to grab a goose to offer, so he came out first, but he never wanted to summon the traitor and jealousy.

After Yelu Aolu had drawn out his horse, the soldiers also rode their horses and shouted, and the army first beat the flat drums around the berth and startled the geese out of the water. There were indeed many birds inhabited in this water pool, and the Liao army was frightened, and countless birds and birds suddenly flew up.

At this time, Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao got up and released the three Haidongqing he had domesticated into the sky, and when he saw the army flying and riding, he saw that his son King Jin was in the lead, and he felt comforted, and said casually: "Ao Lu has my style!" As soon as these words came out, all the ministers congratulated, and Xiao Fengxian was even more displeased.

I saw the three Haidong green soaring above, swooping on the flying swans and other birds, like a sharp sword piercing the clouds, and then condescendingly swooped down on the swans. In the blink of an eye, several swans have been injured and fallen, seeing this, a group of Liao hunters on the shore will beat their horses and look at the place where the swans fell, hoping that they can hunt the first goose, and they can get the reward of the Liao Emperor.

All the hunters came out together, and the king of the Jin Dynasty, Yelu Aolu, had superb equestrian skills, plus the horses under his crotch, and a few turns, he surpassed everyone a lot, and only looked at the falling swan. Circumambulating a puddle, I saw the swan fall on the long grass not far ahead, and Yelu Aolu saw that many people had been thrown out behind him, and his heart was overjoyed, and it seemed that the goose was his own.

Riding a horse to rush over, the horse flew over the long grass, and suddenly saw a woman in green clothes in front of him, Yelu Ao Lu was shocked, and hurriedly turned the horse's head, fortunately, he was superb in riding, and the war horse under the crotch was also followed for many years, and it was a turning point, which could avoid the past.

Jeremian was furious, and when he ordered the horse to look back, he only glanced at it, but he was not aware of it. I saw the woman in Tsing Yi in front of me, with a plain thorn skirt and hairpin, her face was like a fairy on a painting, beautiful and picturesque, and her face was frightened, which made this woman even more charming. is also swaying, holding the injured swan in his arms, if like a willow, it is indescribable.

Seeing this woman's appearance, Yelu Aolu's anger actually dissipated most of it, and seeing that this woman was wearing Han clothes, he waved the horsewhip in his hand and asked in Chinese: "Who are you?" Why here? The woman smiled slightly, raised her head and said, "I'm here to collect medicine nearby, did you hurt this swan?" ”

Yelu Ao Luhu heard this voice, as beautiful as a heavenly spirit bird, and saw that this woman's face was so indifferent, but she dared to question herself, and she was very curious in her heart, so she replied: "This swan is my prey." ”

The woman frowned slightly, stroked the swan's wound and said, "It's so cute, why do you want to hurt it?" Yelu Ao Lu Hu could not answer for a while, so he jumped off his horse, led the horse closer, and said, "Give it to me quickly, this is the head goose of today's hunt, and many people will come back to rob it later." ”

When the swan was wounded, it screamed in the woman's arms, and the woman frowned and stared at Yelu Aolu and said, "You see that it is so badly injured, do you still want to hurt it?" Seeing that this woman was so kind, Yelu Ao Lu couldn't help laughing and said, "It's just a prey, you give it to me, and I have a gold ingot here, so I'll give it to you." ”

Saying that, Yelu Ao Lu took out a gold ornament from his arms and handed it over, but the woman didn't look at it, but said: "I am a doctor, it is my duty to save the dead and help the wounded, I don't want your gold, I just need to save it." ”

Yelu Aolu could not laugh or cry, so he raised his horsewhip, pretended to be a fright, and shouted, "Give it to me, do you know who I am?" Although the woman's face was frightened, she still raised her head and said, "Do you Khitan men only have the ability to bully women?" No wonder you were driven south by the Jurchens! ”

Yelu Ao Lu was furious, and with a whip in his hand, he whipped at the woman, who stood still, but her eyes were tightly closed, and her delicate body trembled slightly, obviously terrified. But the whip of Jerulu only passed through the ends of her hair, and did not hurt her in the slightest.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and more than ten Liao hunters chased after them, and the group surrounded the two, and one of the generals said strangely: "Prince, why is this goose in the hands of this woman?" Yelu Aolu's face changed slightly, and he sighed and said, "Let's go back, I'll bring this woman with me!" At that moment, Yelu Ao Lu did not allow the woman to resist, so he pulled her into the saddle, and the group beat the horses and returned. (To be continued.) )