The hail landed on the canopy of the carriage with a crackling sound, and the king woke up from his slumber just now, and the stove in the sedan shed shone faintly. He moved his buttocks, which felt numb from the bumps of the car, and looked at Li Xili who was sitting across from him.

Originally, the king did not like to ride in this carriage very much, and he usually tried to ride a horse whenever he could. Men don't ride horses, they do carriages. Isn't this a Mercedes-Benz that doesn't do it, and you have to sit on three jumpers. But this Li Xili, although he is a native of Western Xia, is more literate than the literati in the Han people, and he is weak and ill in Jingzhou.

Li Xili's illness was purely self-inflicted, and he ran out in the middle of the night to look in the direction of Xingqing Mansion. He had a little cold and a fever, but he couldn't ride a horse, and the king advised him to go a day or two late, but he had to insist. Wang Bi really didn't want to share a car with him, but he seemed to have something to say and stopped, so he had to sit in at the risk of catching a cold.

Since crossing over to the king of the Song Dynasty, the most frightening thing is illness. If you are sick, you can only drink some Chinese herbs to slowly recuperate, and there is no Western medicine that can quickly relieve symptoms like modern medicine. And from the moment he got into the car, he was as groggy as if he had been psychologically suggested.

If only a few days ago, two people could have lifted the curtain to let the light in, and today there would be a slight cold wind blowing without opening it. The only light was the faint red glow of the flickering stove.

Li Xili frowned tightly, his eyes and lips tightly closed. Wang didn't know where he went, listening to the sound of this hail, like Xiaoice hail on the canopy, he knew that it was not hail, when encountering hail, many people thought it was hail, hail often appears in the summer and autumn when convective activity is strong, and hail often appears before or at the same time as snowfall.

Wang Bian thought in his heart: Fortunately, I arrived at Xingqing Mansion quickly, otherwise it would be more difficult to go. However, when it snows heavily, it will be difficult to return home. It will take a month or two for this to come out, and the Meyer Mansion and the Jinxiang Mansion don't know what happened. However, with Lu Shenyan and He Libo, the king is not too worried, what he is most worried about is under the moon.

He thinks about the past few years, the two have gathered less and left more, and now they are still newlyweds, but they have to travel far away, no wonder there is a sentence in "Pipa Xing": Businessmen value profits and light parting. Thinking of the moon, Wang Bei's heart felt a little warm. But that's the case with men, and the thought quickly flashed through him, replaced by the purpose of the trip: Shiraishi.

From his conversation with Li Xili on weekdays, Wang Pan learned that the Qiang people regard the gods of heaven as the highest protective deity, and use Baishi as a symbol. The Dangxiang nationality is a branch of the Qiang nationality, an ancient minority in northern China. Among the many family names, the more prominent and famous ones include the fine seal clan, the Fei Ting clan, the Xiang Li clan, the Pochao clan, the Ye Li clan, the Mi Bao clan, and the Tuoba clan. And the "dragon head boss" among the eight family names is the legendary Tuoba clan with the blood of the noble Northern Wei royal family.

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian dominated the world, and the original Dangxiang Qiang people who ran to the mountains and forests were moved by the heart of attachment at this time. In 584 A.D. (the fourth year of the emperor's reign), more than 1,000 families were willing to submit to the Sui Dynasty. In 585 A.D. (the fifth year of the emperor's reign), his great leader Tuoba Ningcong led a tribe to request to settle in Xuzhou (now Lintan County, Gansu Province), and Emperor Wen appointed him as a general. This time, for the first time, the Dangxiang Qiang people appeared in the official history.

The distinctive feature of the primitive Qiang religion is the polytheistic belief characterized by the worship of Baishi, which is not only a symbol of the gods of heaven and ancestors, but also a symbol of all gods. The Qiang people's belief in the gods and worship of the white stone have a long history, and the characteristics of their belief in the white stone gods can be seen from the epic "The Great Battle of Qiang".

During the great migration of the Qiang people from the northwest steppe to the upper reaches of the Min River, with the help of their ancestor Tianshen Mu Jiezhu, they used white stones to turn into a snowy mountain, and they had to get rid of the pursuit of the "demon soldiers" and turn the danger into safety. After arriving in the upper reaches of the Min River, because of the revelation of the god Jipolle in a dream, he defeated the "Goji people" with white stones, and the Qiang people had to rebuild their homes, live and work in peace and contentment, and prosper.

In order to repay the favor of the gods and bless the Qiang people with eternal peace and prosperity, the leader of the Qiang people, Abba Baigou, proposed to use the white stone as a symbol of the gods. The Qiang people regard the gods of heaven as the supreme protector and are represented by white stones, which are enshrined on stone towers in the middle of the roofs of each house and in the "sacred forest" near the village. The roof is the place where each family privately worships the god Shiraishi, and the sacred forest is the place where each village is worshipped. This began the worship of the gods and the white stone, and became the traditional custom of the Qiang people.

The god of Baishi was originally the "personified" embodiment of the Qiang god or ancestral god, and then the representation of all the gods.

After figuring out these, Wang Bi finally understood why the Xixia people were the white stone god under the moon, because the piece of white jade that the moon carried with him, and the ability to sense and think in the piece of jade under the moon made the locals misunderstand that the moon was the white stone god.

The king also knew that when Yuexia left Western Xia, the prophesied god Baishi was the current crown prince. This made the king a little puzzled, could it be that this prince of Western Xia was born with a white stone? If so, is it the same as yourself, and it has crossed over?

This time, Wang Bi really thought wrong, the reason why Yuexia said that was to deceive the Western Xia people, so that he could get out. However, this matter could not have been done without Liang Luoyao's assistance. Yuexia understood Luo Yao's thoughts, and was able to reach Hengshan smoothly. But Yuexia promised Luo Yao, even if the child is not the god of Baishi, only God knows. So, she didn't tell the king about the whole thing.

Wang next to the whimsical thought for a while, Li Xili's coughing and wheezing made him come back to his senses, and after listening to Li Xili's cough a few times, he said to Wang Bei: "Wang Gongzi woke up early." His voice was a little tired and hoarse, and the king handed him a water bladder: "You have a cold, drink more water." ”

Li Xili ended up barely taking two sips, and then he lifted a small gap in the cotton curtain, and Wang Jian could see Li Xili's pale face clearly from the light that came in. A cool breeze hit, and the fire in the stove jumped, a little more vigorous than before.

Li Xili felt the coolness, hurriedly lowered the cotton curtain, and the silence in the carriage returned. Li Xili was the first to break the silence, and he said in his usual and gentle tone: "There are more than ten miles to go, and you can get to Xingqing Mansion." ”

Wang Bei couldn't see his expression clearly at this moment, but the sound seemed to moisten his throat with the water he had just drunk, which was somewhat better than the voice just now. "Yes, it is estimated that this kind of weather will come in half a day."

In the dark, Li Xili recited in a low voice: "There is no different clothes in the cold country, and the felt brown generation is practiced." The sun and the moon look forward to the king's return, and they do not slow down every year. Jing Yang is early in spring, and the gloom is still frosty. At this point, he paused.

Wang praised and said: "Good poetry, especially this frost hail, today is a frost hail all the way to accompany the king." ”

Li Xili is a scholar, and when it comes to poetry, he continues: "This is written by Bao Linghui of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the second half is known to the concubines of the Northern Han, but the Southern Xinjun is not seen." Who works hard for the Tao and sends affection to Shuangfeiyan. The shape is forced to fry the silk, and the wind is urging electricity. Ronghua is gone, but the rest of his heart remains the same. His last sentence was said in a serious tone, and a few sneers came out of his throat.

Even if this big man is thoughtful, he will not gossip like a woman, Wang Bian guessed that Li Xili must be troubled by affairs, but he didn't want to ask, Wang Bian continued Li Xili and said: "There is an author Lu Sidao's "From the Army" in the Sui period, I don't know if Master Li has heard it. ”

"Wang Gongzi just say it, come and hear it!"

The king said, "

Shuo Fangfeng fire shines on Ganquan, and Chang'an will fly out of Qilian.

The son of the rhino canal jade sword, a young man with a white horse and a golden bondage.

Pingming Yanyue Tun right land, twilight fish Li chase the left sage.

The stone tiger in the valley is held by the arrow, and the golden people on the mountain have sacrificed to the sky.

The end of the world is endless, and the thistle gate is three thousand miles.

Seeing the yellow sand of Maling, looking at the clouds of Longcheng at night.

The strange trees in the court have been climbed, and the people recruited from outside the Cyprus have not returned.

At the beginning of the snowfall, outside the Tianshan Mountains, the floating clouds went straight up to the five plains.

Guanshan is insurmountable, who can sit on Fang Feiyue?

The flowing water broke people's intestines, and the old ice returned to hurt the horse's bones.

The side garden is different from the flowers, and the winter hail and autumn frost and spring do not stop.

The long wind Xiao Xiao crossed the water, and the wild geese reflected the sky again and again.

From the army, the army traveled thousands of miles out of the Dragon Court, only in Weiqiao has been worshipped, where is the general looking for fame! ”

Wang Bi read sonorously and powerfully, Li Xili's mood fluctuated when he listened, and after listening to him, he said to himself: "Li Guang shoots a tiger, and the arrow is not a stone edge." Sacrifice to the heavenly gold people. Alas, the world is peaceful. ”

As soon as the king listened to him, he knew that this royal brother, who seemed to see through the world and had no quarrel with the world, was not so stagnant in his heart. He decided to probe him again. So he said in a heavy tone: "The last one: Shan Yu Weiqiao has been worshiped now." Where is the general looking for fame! It is said that when Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu called Han Evil Shan to be attached to the inside and accepted the visit at Weiqiao. This sentence is to say that the world is peaceful, and the general is useless. ”

This sentence is like a hammer, knocking heavily on Li Xili's heart, his personality is too similar to Li Ningming. So he involuntarily blurted out: "With that woman, can it be peaceful?" He seemed to have a bit of a grudge in his words.

Wang Bei suddenly laughed: "Lord Li, which woman is this for, so entangled." I guess these two poems Li Gong thought of one person."

He deliberately did not use Master Li, but used the respectful and intimate title of Li Gong to shorten the distance, and this subtle change seemed to work. Li Xili was silent for a moment and said: "I have one thing, I don't know whether to hide it from the prince anymore. Alas, it seems that in the end, it is still useless for the prince of peace in the world and me."

The king listened to his long sigh, and scolded in his heart: "They have all been brought to me, and they are still pretending to be grandsons." But he said: "Li Gong might as well say it directly, I have seen that Li Gong is also a righteous person these days, and if the younger brother can help, he will do his best." ”

Li Xili hesitated for a moment, and finally said his thoughts: "I originally wanted to introduce the prince to the current queen, or, or, maybe I can lure the country with a beautiful man's trick ......"

When the king heard this, he blurted out: "Damn, why don't you go by yourself!" ”