Chapter 6: The Swan of the Northland

Out of the darkness came a Turkic aristocratic girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, she wore a feather crown, dressed in a silk Turkic robe with gold edges, beautiful as a flower, but there was a deep sorrow between her eyebrows and eyes, she was called a Turkic swan by Yang Yuanqing back then.

When the Turkic soldiers saw her, they bowed down and saluted, "See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

Asduo glanced at the golden arrow in Chuchen's hand, and couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, it's been six years, does he still keep this golden arrow?

"She's the one I sent out, let her in!"

Almost all Turkic people knew that Asduo once liked Yang Yuanqing, and if she sent it out, it would be normal, and they didn't dare to go through the main gate, for fear of being known by the Khan.

All the Turkic soldiers looked at the centurion together, the centurion glanced at Asduo again, Asto looked at him coldly, his hand clenched the hilt, the centurion smiled bitterly in his heart, how dare he offend the princess, he waved his hand, and the Turkic soldiers dodged away.

"You were sent by Yang Yuanqing! If yes, come with me. ”

Ah Siduo spoke Chinese, she turned around and walked towards her camp, but she didn't know about Ah Siduo, she was suspicious, hesitated, and followed Ah Siduo to her camp.

Asto's tent was in the middle of the inner camp, a large purple tent, and the two maids opened the door for her, and she commanded, "You go, you are not allowed to come in without my orders!" ”

The two maids looked at the men's clothes in surprise and didn't dare to say more, so they retreated, Asduo was a little worried, and ignored the dust, sitting at a small table, staring blankly at a jade carved swan on the table, as if returning to the years ago.

It was a spring afternoon, and a samurai braver than the gods broke into her heart, and she never left.....

Two clear tears rolled down her eyes, and she whispered a ballad for many years.

"The moon shone on the great waters of Sini.

The swans by the lake are still lonely,

She's waiting for a warrior from afar,

Bring her nesting love grass,

She has been waiting for a thousand years, and her infatuation has not changed,

Finally moved Tengger. Send him to his side,

......

But the arrows of the warriors! Why is it so ruthless,

Shot through the swan's heart....."

.........

Izuchen was standing behind her, and although she couldn't understand the Turkic ballad, she could feel the deep sadness in her voice. It's not just a broken love, it's an elegy to youth.

Izumi didn't speak, and deep down I was sensitive to a woman. made her faintly aware that there was an unusual relationship between Yuan Qing and this Turkic princess, Yuan Qing told her about the life of Biansai, but never mentioned the woman of Biansai.

"You know I'm not a man?" After a long time, the silence in the tent finally broke.

Asto didn't answer, and after a while, she whispered, "Give me back the golden arrow!" I gave him that golden arrow, for this arrow. I was imprisoned by my father Khan for three years. ”

Izuchen had fully understood in her heart, she sighed secretly, and stepped forward to put the golden arrow on her table.

Asto picked up the golden arrow and stared at it for a long time. Tears welled up in her eyes again, blurring her eyes, and she was going to be a bride next month. But he never came to her.

Asto smiled bitterly, "Is he okay?" It's time to get married and have children! ”

Chuchen's heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of guilt, this was for Yang Yuanqing, she was also a woman, she could understand the despair and deep sadness in the heart of this Turkic princess, at this time, she suddenly ignited a sense of courage in her heart, she didn't know if she would regret this decision in the future, but at least now she didn't regret it.

"Yuan Qing also mentions you from time to time, and he also misses you."

Asto's eyes lit up suddenly, and her blue eyes shone brighter than the stars in the sky, and she stared at Izumi in disbelief, "..... are you?"

"I'm his wife."

Chuchen took a deep breath, looked at the jade swan on the table, and said slowly: "He said more than once that there is a swan in the north that he misses. ”

Tears welled up in Asto's eyes again, and this time it was a tear of joy and excitement, she leaned on the table and cried bitterly, six years, she was tormented by longing for six whole years, the Turkic ballad said, time is like water, will fade the wine of love, but she is not light at all, she knows, she will bring this thought to the grave until she dies.

At this moment, an extremely fierce voice came from outside the big tent, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, I heard that a man of yours brought it into the big tent. ”

He didn't dare to enter the tent, but through the crack in the big tent blown by the wind, Chuchen saw a man who looked like a black bear, seven feet tall, with a terrifyingly fat physique, black bull's eyes, red eyes, fierce and rude, like a black bear monster coming out of the mountains.

Asduo hurriedly wiped away his tears and said coldly, "Munda, are you insulting my innocence?" ”

"But..... A lot of people have seen it. The voice outside the tent was not as vicious as it had just been, but it was still full of suspicion.

"It was Anuri who sent a maid to deliver the letter, and there were no men, just men's clothes."

Asto gave Dust a look, and when he realized it, he resumed his feminine voice and said in an unskilled Turkic language: "There are no men in this tent. ”

"Oh! I was mistaken, but Your Highness the Princess, I would like to remind you that you are going to be my wife next month, and I do not want anything out of the way. ”

"Munda, are you warning me?"

"Sort of!"

The man outside the tent turned around and strode away, Asduo's eyes showed endless sadness, "This is the first warrior of the new rise of the Turks two years ago, even Utu was defeated in his hands, and now he is the commander of the Turks, my father Khan forced me to give it to him, I have been dragging it for two years, and my eldest brother succeeded to the throne, in order to entrap this person, force me to marry him next month." ”

"If you don't like him, why do you want to marry?"

"He doesn't pity him, my heart is dead, and keeping this body to do something for my father can be regarded as filial piety."

"But...... He did not fail to pity you. ”

Asto bit her lip tightly and held back the tears that were about to well-rise, "Then why didn't he come to visit me, why wasn't he by my side in my most desperate moments?" ”

Izumi was full of pity for this unfortunate Turkic princess, and she said softly: "He doesn't have time, he has spent all these years in a choice between life and death. Do you know? His nurse, that is, my mother, raised him since he was a child, and he didn't have time to visit her for almost twelve years from the breakup in the nineteenth year of the emperor's opening to now. You should understand him, or you should go to him, and you should not spend it in misery, let alone ruin your own life's happiness. ”

"I thought.... He didn't have me in his heart at all. Asto lowered his head. I didn't dare go to him. ”

"He didn't say he didn't like you, did he? And this jade swan, it should be given to you by him! In the Central Plains. Jade is a thing of love, don't you know? ”

Like a tolerant eldest sister, Izuku comforted the poor alien princess softly, and Asduo covered her face with her hands and sobbed silently, tears oozing from her fingers.

Chuchen didn't bother her anymore, let her vent the sorrow that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time, for a long time. Asto finally wiped away her tears, her eyes were red, and she stared at the jade swan on the table. There was a resolute look unique to a Turkic woman in her eyes, even if she died, she would let Yang Yuanqing know. She waited for him for six years.

Asto stood up, took out a set of her dresses from the box, and handed it to Dust, "You can change it on!" ”

Izuchen was stunned, she didn't understand what Asduo meant, Asduo laughed, "Didn't you come to find Princess Yicheng?" ”

Izumi nodded, "I'm here to find her." ”

"That's right, she's already in captivity, and only I can see her with a golden arrow, so you pretend to be my maid and go with me."

"Shall you go now?"

Ah Siduo shook his head, "Not tonight, the eldest brother will know, early tomorrow morning, the eldest brother will go to meet the Great Sui Emperor, I will pretend to be sick and stay in the camp, and then I will take you to meet her." ”

.......

At this time, in the Turkic king's tent, Shibi Khan Duji was coldly receiving the Goryeo envoys and his party, Qimin Khan dyed and died very suddenly, during the day he also feasted and drank with everyone, and suddenly lost it at night, and even many people did not have time to see the Khan's body, so they were hurriedly cremated by Duji, and there were doubts among the Turkic nobles, and the Khan died strangely.

For this reason, the Golden Knife Horse Utu publicly accused Duji of being suspected of killing his father, and then led his troops north, not recognizing Duji's succession as Khan.

At this time, Du Ji was under great pressure, in fact, he did not want to come to meet the Sui Emperor, he had always thought that the Turks and the Great Sui were neighbors, two equal countries, not a monarch-subject relationship, and he did not want to accept the canonization of the Sui Emperor.

However, the huge political pressure within the Turks forced Duji to compromise, and he had to go south to accept the canonization of the Sui Emperor in order to establish himself as the rightful khan as soon as possible.

The arrival of the Goryeo envoy was expected by him, in fact, as early as the beginning of the year, he secretly sent people to contact Goryeo, hoping to cooperate with Goryeo to jointly attack the Khitan and Xi, first Goryeo attacked the Khitan, and then Duji would persuade his father Khan to let him lead the army to help the Khitan resist Goryeo, so that he could hold his father Khan's elite soldiers in his hands, and prevent several brothers and Utu from getting involved in his father's Khan's army.

And Goryeo has wanted to seek the northeast region of the Great Sui for a long time, but it is difficult to do it by Goryeo alone, they also need the cooperation of the Turks, such as uniting the Turks to attack the Khitan, so that they are famous, even if the Great Sui is angry, it is also blocked by the Turks in front, and Duji's proposal is in their arms, and Goryeo finally sent envoys to discuss the specific plan, but unexpectedly, changes have occurred within the Turks, Qimin Khan died, and Duji ascended the throne.

At this time, Gil had already achieved his goal, so he was not interested in Goryeo Shichen, it was purely perfunctory.

"Tomorrow, I want to see the Great Sui Emperor, first see the attitude of the Great Sui Emperor, and then talk about the cooperation between us, if there is anything, let's talk about it after I meet!"

Duji's tone was very arrogant and cold, full of disdain for Goryeo, a small country, is it also worthy of talking about strategic cooperation with the Turks with thousands of miles of territory? At the beginning of the year, he just wanted to take advantage of Goryeo, but now that Goryeo has lost its usefulness, he dismisses them.

After saying that, Du Ji got up and left, leaving the Goryeo envoy and his party in the tent, Eulzhi Wende and Gai Suwen looked at each other, how could the Turks be so rude!

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