In the second half of the night, Li Hongji slept very deeply, and he didn't feel the cold air in the mountains at all. ≥，

The waterfall outside the tent and the unknown birds in the mountains were still a little annoying, and as soon as the sky was bright, Li Hongji was woken up by the sound outside.

He lay on his back on the bed, Ulan Sobud nestled in his arms.

Li Hongji gently lifted the quilt and got out of bed from the other side, and he quickly put on his clothes in the afterglow of the firewood.

He was about to leave, but suddenly stopped.

Li Hongji turned around and came to the side of the bed, he bent down, "Bang!" Li Hongji kissed Ulan Sobud's little tender face, and then went out from the right side of the tent and slowly walked to the edge of the waterfall.

The fog had not completely receded, and the waterfall could not be seen clearly, except for the sound of rushing water and the call of early birds in the forest.

Along the way, Li Hongji's hair was beaten wet, and he touched a handful of damp hair, "This winter......"

Li Hongji found a protruding rock, stepped on it with one foot, supported his waist and hips, put his hands in his coat pockets, and seemed to look at the hazy waterfall.

"Coming to see the waterfall so early?" At some point, Ulan Sobud came up behind him and stood at his side.

"Huh? There you are? Li Hongji turned his head and looked at Ulan Sobud's expressionless face, "It's still early, why don't you sleep?" ”

"Since you're awake, you can't sleep," Ulan Sobud's gaze also looked at the faint waterfall in front of him, "why did you leave without saying a word?" Are you afraid that Lanlan and they will know? ”

"Hey, hey!" Li Hongji smirked uneasily, he reached out to wipe the fog from Ulan Sobud's hair, "It's foggy outside, let's go back to the tent!" ”

"No!" Ulan Sobud shook his head, "In the morning, the air outside is the best - you haven't answered my question yet!" Are you afraid that others will know? ”

"Hmm!" Li Hongji wiped the fog from his hands and put his left hand on the red robe on Ulan Sobud's shoulder.

"Huh!" Ulan Sobud covered her mouth and smiled, looking at Li Hongji's daze, she couldn't straighten her waist with laughter.

"You ......"

Ulan Sobud couldn't help laughing and glanced up at Li Hongji, "Our Mongolian women are different from you Han people, not to mention Lan Lan and Mei Mei, even if Daddy and Auntie know, it doesn't matter, they will only bless us." ”

"Ulan Gege ......"

"Do you still want to call me Urangege?"

"What's that calling you?

"Didn't I call you Hongji? Just call me Ulan! In Mongolian, it means red. ”

"Ulan?"

"Hmm." Ulan Sobud raised her little face and met Li Hongji's gaze, she was still ashamed to speak.

Li Hongji grabbed Ulan Sobud's shoulders and held him in his arms, his chin rubbing against the top of her head.

Ulan Sobud no longer had the unrestrained spirit of a Mongolian woman, she turned around and faced Li Hongji, a pair of small hands wrapped around Li Hongji's waist, and buried her face in his chest.

They embraced each other on the edge of the waterfall, and the waterfall witnessed this sacred moment.

A good thing will always be recorded, and the waterfall is a record of the fusion of the two peoples.

Time seems to have stood still, except for the waterfall in front of it, which still flows forever.

The sun was rising, and the fog was getting lighter and lighter, and neither of them noticed.

I don't know how long it took, but Li Hongji broke the silence between the two.

"Ulan, where are we going today?" With Ulan by his side, he could no longer feel the cold of the Horqin grassland.

"Today? I don't want to run around today, we're going to hunt in the mountains, okay? Ulan Sobud whispered in Li Hongji's arms, her voice was so indistinct that only Li Hongji could hear it.

"Hunting? Okay, but you didn't have a bow or arrows, did you? ”

"It's okay, I'll just follow behind, and it's the same."

The two hugged each other and said never-ending words, like a pair of little lovers, in fact, they are indeed a bunch of little lovers now, but at the beginning, Ulan Sobud approached Li Hongji with a purpose.

Mei Mei came over, and when she saw the two hugging each other, she had to turn her back: "Gege, the milk tea is hot, I can't find you anywhere, it turns out that you were watching the waterfall in the early morning." ”

Ulan Sobud got out of Li Hongji's arms, "Why did you find it?" Isn't there a lot of fog in the mountains? ”

"Gege, the fog has long since lifted!" Mei Mei looked at Ulan Sobud and then at Li Hongji, she grinned: "Gege, there is no fog in your hair, obviously you just came, Master Li's head can have an autumn rain, it should have come over a long time ago, right?" ”

Ulan Sobud stroked his long hair and looked at the top of Li Hongji's head, which had a large amount of dewdrops.

"Hahaha......" she couldn't help laughing, if only the dew was on her long hair and not shaken off.

Mei Mei also smiled, she understood that Ulan Sobud's head had been snuggled in Li Hongji's arms, and her hair was not wet with the fog.

Ulan Sobud took out her white sweat towel from her arms, gently wiped the water droplets on Li Hongji's hair, the sweat towel was soaked, she crooked her face, wrung off the moisture on the sweat towel, handed the sweat towel to Mei Mei, and generously held Li Hongji's big hand: "Hongji, go, let's go back to drink milk tea!" ”

Li Hongji and Ulan Sobud wandered in the depths of the savannah for three more days before returning to Don Harik, and when they returned, Seysan had already married Shuergege into a cave house.

Oba and Sesan, meet again and Lee Hongji.

"Great Khan, Taiji, how did you think about the proposal of my Imperial Majesty?"

Oba didn't speak, he turned his face and glanced at Cesan next to him.

Saisang bowed to Li Hongji: "Lord Li, Oba Khan and I have agreed to the initiative of His Majesty Emperor Ming, and I am very grateful that my lord has traveled thousands of miles to come to my Horqin. ”

"Well," since they all agreed to reconcile with Daming, it's nothing to work hard, "Da Khan and Taiji, how do you plan to reconcile with Daming?" ”

Seisang glanced at Oba and saw that Oba didn't mean to speak, "Master Li, we used to be allied with the Dajin Kingdom, and now we suddenly want to turn against the Dajin Kingdom, and others will laugh at us, so the Oba Dahan and I have discussed it, and we will remain neutral between Daming and Dajin for the time being." ”

"Neutral?" Li Hongji's face changed, and in front of him, he was willing to say neutral words, and he didn't know what to do behind his back, "Great Khan, Taiji, do you want to wait for Da Ming and Da Jin to completely separate the winners and losers, and then decide who to reconcile with?" ”

"This ......" Seisang's words were stopped, and Li Hongji's words hit his mind mercilessly.

Oba took the words, "Lord Li, we Horqin are sincerely towards the Ming Dynasty, but the cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom is under the nose of Horqin, and we can't afford to provoke it!" ”

Li Hongji is right to think about it, once Horqin publicly announces that he will fall to the Ming Dynasty from now on, the cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom may set foot on the Horqin grassland at any time, and with Horqin's own strength, they will not be able to protect themselves at all.

And the army of the Ming Dynasty is far away in Liaodong, and the water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near.

"That Great Khan means ......"

"Lord Li, you think this is good, we still maintain an alliance with Dajin on the surface, and secretly help Daming." Cesan finally showed the words he had prepared for a long time.

"How is that Taiji going to help Daming?"

"Please make it clear to you, what does Daming need us to do? As long as I can do it, we will definitely assist Daming. ”

Li Hongji thought about it, Horqin really didn't have anything to look up to, he remembered Zhu Youzhen's explanation, "Great Khan, Taiji, Daming has no shortage of property and population, so let's do it, can Horqin fund some excellent war horses in Daming?" ”

"War horses?" Oba straightened his body, "How many war horses does Lord Li need?" ”

"Twenty thousand."

"Twenty thousand?" Seisang's eyes widened wider than his fist, "Lord Li, our Horqin Department is a small number of people, and it is not comparable to the handwriting of the Great Ming, twenty thousand horses are too much." ”

"That'...... How many war horses can Taiji provide us? ”

"A thousand horses."

"A thousand?" This time it was Li Hongji's turn to widen his eyes, "Great Khan, Taiji, Daming are at war with Dajin, and they are in urgent need of good horses, although Horqin is small, it is rich in war horses, it is said that the war horses of Dajin Country are all from Horqin ......"

"This ......" Seisang is poor again, Li Hongji is right, most of the war horses of the Dajin Kingdom are from various Mongolian departments, among which Horqin has contributed the most.

He gave Oba a look, "Lord Li, I have a niece named Ulan Sobud, what do you think of her?" ”

"Ulan Sobud? Taiji means ......" Li Hongji thought that Sesang was going to blackmail him.

Seisang glanced at Oba and saw Oba nodding, "If Master Li is willing to marry my niece, I can send her to Daming with dignity, and the dowry is a war horse." ”

"Taiji ......"

"Lord Li, five thousand war horses, how is it? Korqin is too small, and I can't afford to send these war horses, half of which were given by Oba Khan. ”

"This ......" Li Hongji saw this, knowing that if he had to bargain again, the two sides might collapse, at that time, the five thousand war horses might not be available, and there was also a Ulan Sobud, with Ulan Sobud and five thousand war horses, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Horqin, even if it was determined, although it was not the vassal relationship that Li Hongji expected for the time being, but the seeds had been planted, and there was always a harvest moment, he saluted Seisan with his fists: "Thank you Taiji Chengquan, thank you Great Khan." ”

"Hahaha......" Seisang laughed, "Lord Li, now that we are Menghan, we are really a family, and His Majesty Emperor Ming should also rest assured, right?" ”

"Taiji," Li Hongji felt that from the very beginning, he had fallen into the trap of Saisan, but fortunately, he and Da Ming had not lost anything, "I am at home, I still have a wife, and I am an envoy sent by Da Ming, and the marriage must wait for the approval of my imperial majesty." ”

"Haha, Lord Li is too worried," Saisang didn't care at all, "There are groups of men's wives and concubines, Fang shows his true character as a hero, Lord Li is young, and he has become the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and his future is immeasurable!" Haha, haha......"

"Taiji ......" Li Hongji said in his heart, my left waiter of the Ministry of Rites was temporarily granted by the emperor because of the envoy Horqin, and when I returned to Daming, the emperor wanted to withdraw this title, but these words were too complicated and would ruin the scenery, so he was directly exempted, "However, Ulan Sobud and I must go back to Daming to get married." ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Li is an official of Daming, so naturally he wants to go back to Daming to marry my niece." Cesan and Oba looked at each other, and both were satisfied.

In order not to attract the attention of others, three days later, in the evening, Li Hongji took Ulan Sobud and her dowry, five thousand fine war horses, accompanied by Lan Lan and Mei Mei, left Tang Harik and returned to Jinzhou.

When Li Hongji returned to Jinzhou, it was already Daming's Chinese New Year's Eve.