To Noyandara's surprise, the Lord of the Ming Dynasty who wanted to see him also lived in this mansion.

Following the lead to the soldiers, Noyandara came to the warm hall in the front yard, and the soldiers went in to report and led him in.

As soon as I entered, I felt warm and steaming. When I looked at it again, I saw a brass hot pot on the kang table, and more than a dozen plates full of meat and vegetarian dishes were on the side of the pot. For hot pot, Noyandara will not be unfamiliar, because it was handed down by their ancestors in the Yuan Dynasty, and the heat is steaming from it. A middle-aged man in a navy blue cotton robe, sitting sideways on the edge of the kang on the left, is using a fan, gently sending air to the pot, the fire mouth, the middle of the air, the charcoal in the hearth is fanned crackling, the flames burst out of the fire, and the dishes in the pot are "sizzling, rattling, exuding bursts of tempting aroma."

When Noyandara smelled it, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and then secretly scolded herself for not showing any interest.

The middle-aged man glanced at him, lowered his head, and continued to fan him.

"Please be seated." It was the first person in the room who spoke, and he was blocked by the heat of the hot pot, and Noyandara didn't even see it.

It wasn't until he sat down on the edge of the kang on the right that Noyan Dara saw that the man who was talking was a man in his thirties, with a face as white as jade, wearing a small black satin hat with coral knots, a half-worn thin cotton robe with blue and gray satin, extremely structured leggings, white cloth socks, and black satin shoes. It's just that the immovable bearing of sitting there let Noyan Dara know that this person ......will definitely not be able to leave, if he doesn't know, the imperial relatives of the Ming Dynasty can't interfere in politics, he has to guess whether the other party is the prince of the Han people.

"I am silent, I have admired the name of Nuoyan Jinong for a long time", the other party did not sell it to him, and said with a warm smile: "See each other like this today, but don't blame it for being rude." ”

"No wonder," Noyandara smiled bitterly, "I'm still wondering which Han official is so young, but he can't always connect the famous Inspector Shen with your young appearance." He smiled gratefully, "Thank you for your understanding." After all, this was the first meeting between the captive and the victor, and he wore the most solemn dress in order to escape the tragedy of kowtowing and humiliation when he met. But the other party will meet in such an arrangement, so that he no longer has to be embarrassed about how to salute, and directly take off his shoes and eat hot pot on the kang............

"Everyone who comes is a guest", Shen Mo smiled and pointed to the middle-aged man in China and said, "Let me introduce, this is Wang Chonggu, the governor of the three sides, called Jianchuan." ”

Noyan Dara hugged his fists at Wang Chonggu and said, "I've seen Wang Butang." ”

Wang Chonggu looked at him and nodded without saying a word, which made Noyan Dara a little embarrassed.

"Don't mind, he's just such a stinky temper that's cold on the outside and hot on the inside", Shen Mo relieved him of the siege, and said with a smile: "Jinong has been in Yulin for almost half a month, and he has been busy with military affairs, so he hasn't seen him, and today I finally have the opportunity to sit together, but I have to drink two cups." As he spoke, he put wine bottles of different shapes on the kang table, and said to Noyandala: "There is no mare's milk wine, but Shaanxi has a long history and many famous wines." "This is Qinchuan Mingzai Xifeng, this is how to solve the worries of Du Kang, this is the Taibai wine that the poet immortal Li Bai once drank, this is the Yang lady's favorite Huanggui thick wine" Which one does Jinong like to drink? ”

The silent and enthusiastic introduction made Noyan Dara no longer so restrained, and said softly: "The superintendent still calls me Noyan, Jinong has already walked over, and I am just a prisoner ...... now."

"Who said you were a prisoner?" Shen Mo smiled and asked Wang Chonggudao, "Did you order the arrest of Nuoyan Jinong?" ”

Wang Chonggu shook his head and said, "No." "At this time, the pot is boiling," Wang Chonggu used chopsticks to hold the thinly sliced lamb and put the whole plate into the boiling soup pot. There are already sea cucumbers, wolfberries, pigeon eggs, chicken fir and other nourishing products in the pot, which is a rare delicacy in this cold season.

"I'll just say it." Shen smiled silently: "Jinong is our honored guest, you are completely free, and you have nothing to do with the prisoners. ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Overseer." Noyandara smiled gratefully. He finally believed that there was a kind of person in this world who "could make the person who spoke to him like a spring breeze, no matter how opposed the original position was, and say a few words to him" You will feel that he is approachable.

"Don't be so polite." Shen Mo waved his hand, picked up the celadon bottle of wine and said: "Let's drink Du Kang first" How can you solve your worries, only Du Kang ..............." said and poured a wine for Noyan Dara and said: "It's been hot on the kang, just drink it." ”

Noyandara hurriedly held the wine glass in both hands to show her fear.

Shen Mo poured another cup for Wang Chonggu and said, "Don't pull your face, let Jiyou think that you don't want to see you." ”

Wang Chonggu squeezed out a smile, and said silently and helplessly: "It's more ugly than crying." Then he poured himself up, raised his wine glass and said: "There is a way, the white-haired fisherman Jiangzhu, a pot of turbid wine happy to meet" We can sit together and drink, it is a great fate! Come on, one! Wang Gu had no choice but to pick up the wine cup, touch it with Nuo Yanguo, the three of them raised their heads and drank the wine in the cup, silently holding the pot and pouring the wine, while letting go: "Hurry up, the meat is getting old, hurry up and put down the chopsticks." ”

Noyan Dara had no choice but to clip a chopstick mutton and put it in a small bowl with a leek, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, he really never dreamed that he could let the governors of the three sides serve the food, and the old pavilion of the Ming Dynasty held the pot, but he didn't feel honored at all, but his heart twitched...... He knew that the cunning of the Han people was far better than that of the Mongolian people, not to mention that he was still a mediocre talent, and the other party was so deliberately showing favor that he was afraid that he would be sold by them later, and he would help others count the money.

Pick up a slice of lamb and put it in your mouth. It's strange that the little lamb meat that drools when you mention it on weekdays tastes like chewing wax at this time. Noyandara held her breath and swallowed reluctantly, looking like she was taking poison. Shen Mo wondered: "What, isn't this meat fresh?" As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "No." ”

Wang Chonggu looked at Noyan Dara expressionlessly, that means, you'd better give a reason, why didn't Lao Tzu's meat eat it?

"The two of you misunderstood." Noyandara picked up his glass and said, "Thank you to the Inspector and the Lord of the Ministry for being so kind, I will offer the Buddha through huā, and I will first give you a glass." ”

Silent smiled and drank his wine, waiting for his next words.

"Thanks to the best food and wine, I would have eaten it on a weekday," Noyandara said, putting down the cup, "but now I can't eat it." ”

"Why?" Shen Mo poured him wine and said, "Isn't this Du Kang wine also able to relieve Jinong's worries?" ”

"My worries are not for myself, but for my people," Noyandara said softly, "and the thought of all this food and wine and yet their hunger in the cold wind makes my heart ache like a knife, how can I swallow it?" ”

"Based on this sentence alone", he looked at Wang Gu Dao silently: "Nuoyan Jinong is stronger than most officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chonggu was silent, and his belly was white.

"Adult's false praise makes me feel ashamed." Noyan Dara said with some sadness: "Seeing that the people of the clan cannot be saved in the disaster, how can I talk about being competent? Although he is proficient in Chinese, after all, he still speaks to the Ming people very little, and always has a slightly awkward grammar and emphasis.

"It's up to people, and I'm sure you can do it well." Shen Mo picked up the wine cup, touched a glass with him again, and said: "By the way, I only learned yesterday that Jinong has been looking for Governor Wang for a long time, and he ignores you, I care, what is the matter?" ”

"That's the ......", after drinking it all again, Noyandara put the wine cup on the table, looked at Shen Mo with red eyes, and said in a low voice: "When I left Jinong City, my people were empty-handed, and they didn't even have food rations for ten days, and this winter was extremely cold, I am very worried, I don't know what their current situation is, I want to ask." ”

"I can answer that question." Shen Mo nodded his head and said softly: "There is ice on the Yellow River, and you can run horses a long time ago, but your tribesmen and horses have never crossed the river, and they are still staying in the trap for ......", "Saying that, he looked at Noyan Dara and said: "Do you know why?" ”

"Eighty percent of my younger brothers, don't let them cross the river." Noyandara said in a low voice, "If it was usual, they would have had a chance to annex us, but now, they all regard my people as a burden, and they may be dragging themselves down." ”

"Not bad." Shen Mo nodded and said: "That's the reason, according to the scouts, your tribe lacks medicine and food, and has long lived by killing horses............ "The steppe people who don't even have horses are lambs to be slaughtered." Therefore, until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the Mongols would rather be hungry than want to eat horses.

"I'm afraid, even the horses are running out of food." There are as many mouths as there are horses in the tribe, and when they can eat, Noyandara knows in her heart. He took off his hat and said sadly, "If nothing had been done, my people would not have eaten their own horses." I can't watch them die, Master Overseer, and as presumptuous as this request is, I dare ask you to consider whether you can accept the contents of our Ordos Ministry. ”

Wang Chonggu took a ball, and when he heard this, his hand shook and he fell back into the pot. The back of his hand was splashed with hot soup, and the pain made him tighten, and his face was still as if nothing happened, he slowly withdrew his hand and rubbed it behind his back.

"But don't get me wrong, the Ordos Department I am referring to is only my Jinong headquarters." Seeing that Shen was silent, Noyandara explained: "When my father Khan was alive, the entire 30,000 households in right-wing Mongolia had to listen to Jinong, but I, an incompetent son, couldn't even control my younger brothers. ”