After breakfast, we hit the road.

This time, the destination turned out to be Xinjiang. On the plane, I asked the seventh master: "Seventh master, aren't you worried about the old clam?" ”

The seventh master shook his head: "How can you not worry, he is like my child, I raised him since I was a child, and now that something has happened, I am very self-blaming in my heart, how can I not worry!" But like you said, it's no use worrying, they shouldn't hurt him. ”

I answered: "By the way, Seventh Master, the toad still won't come this time?" ”

"Hmm." The seventh master smiled: "This guy has no news, this kind of person has always been like this, he comes and goes without a trace, and he has no fixed place to live, he was injured so many times before, and now he is blind in one eye, and there are countless various wounds on his body, I guess I am afraid." By the way, how's your injury? ”

"Cracked bones, not serious." I patted my wound and said, "It's okay to fly now." The doctor said that I reacted quite quickly and was lucky, and my body instinctively made a self-protective posture when I was hit, otherwise I really wouldn't have come back. Why are we going to Xinjiang this time? It's too far away......"

"When you think of Xinjiang, what is the first noun that comes to mind?" The Seventh Master asked with a smile.

"The girl of Turpan!" I didn't even want to blurt it out, and Liang Ruoyi, the ice beauty sitting on the side, turned her head and glanced at me with a disdainful expression.

"Haha, the place we went to this time is a prairie." The Seventh Master smiled: "Famous, Nalati Grassland." ”

"Nalati grassland?" I was stunned, frowned and thought for a while: "Before I went to college, I didn't know what grassland there was, at that time it was collectively called the Inner Mongolia grassland, and later when I was studying, there was a classmate from Inner Mongolia who lived in Hulun-Bell, so I knew the Hulun-Bell grassland, and until now, I only know the name of such a grassland." This Nalati steppe sounds like a Manchu name......"

"Come on!" The pig's head sitting in front of me has been eating non-stop since it came up, and a lot of French fries, shrimp chips and all kinds of cooked food have been put in front of him, and his mouth has not stopped: "Nalati grassland is one of the four major grasslands in the world, Turkic, called 'Baiyangpo', this place is very beautiful, it is a place I have been yearning for since I was a child, much more beautiful than the Hulun-Bell grassland!" ”

I smiled and patted the pig's shoulder: "I really can't see it, besides eating, do you have any other hobbies for the pig's head?!" ”

"Humph!" The pig's head snorted coldly, and even ignored me anymore, and ate it with a stuffy head, it seems that I thought too much......

"When Genghis Khan went west, one day, he led a large army from the depths of the Tianshan Mountains to Ili, and it happened to be not long after the beginning of spring, but he did not expect that the wind and snow suddenly fell in the mountains, so that the army was quickly exhausted and screamed bitterly." The Seventh Master told me with that smile: "Genghis Khan is about to return to the court, because if he goes any further, it is estimated that his army will be finished before he reaches the place." But I didn't expect that after turning over a mountain, a vast grassland full of flowers appeared in front of the army, and everyone was very happy, the grassland was full of springs, and the water was murmuring, as if entering another world. So, these soldiers who came out of the treacherous snow-capped mountains shouted 'Nalati', 'Nalati', and thus left the name of the steppe - of course, this is just a legend, and the truth is difficult to verify. ”

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"In addition to the meaning of the pig's head, there is also the meaning of 'sun'." The seventh master said.

"So, we're not looking for Genghis Khan's tomb, are we?" I said, "Chengling has been found a long time ago. ”

"Of course not." The seventh master said with a smile: "The Mongolian people are a very ancient people, according to the current statement, the Mongolian people originated in the Ergun River Valley, and before the thirteenth century, they have always existed as nomadic tribes. It was not until the thirteenth century that Temujin, or Genghis Khan, unified the tribes, that the Mongol narrative slowly spread. After Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Hui of the Yuan Dynasty fled from Dadu decades later, the Yuan Dynasty fell, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty continued to exist. It was not until 1388 that Yuan Yizong was killed, the name of the Great Yuan Kingdom was completely canceled, and the Northern Yuan perished, and Yuan Yizong was also known as the queen of the Great Yuan. ”

"I really don't know the history of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. There is also very little mention in the history books. I said.

"Well, in fact, the history of the Mongolian people is really interesting." The seventh master clasped his hands together, and his fingers kept swinging: "Unlike our Han people, the history of the Han people has almost been a change of regime, a struggle for the throne, and a tribal history from almost the beginning. The Mongols, on the other hand, still have a nomadic tribal lifestyle for most of their people, so their history is colorful and readable. At that time, the person who killed Yuan Yizong was called Yesu Die'er, a descendant of Kublai Khan's younger brother Ali Buge. This person killed the king, firstly, to avenge the defeat of Ali Buge at the hands of Kublai Khan and regain the throne that belonged to him; Second, it was for the Han armor that was passed down to Yuan Yizong when Emperor Yuan Hui fled. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty at that time was also very large, even larger than that of the Ming Dynasty in the south." I frowned and fell into my memory: "At that time, the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty should have reached the area of Shanxi and Gansu in the south, and the north to Siberia and even the North Sea, which is now the Arctic Ocean, but to the west, it seems that the current Xinjiang is no longer its territory." ”

"That's right." The Seventh Master also frowned: "I don't know much about the history of this aspect, if I remember correctly, what kind of khanate was this part of Xinjiang at that time, and it was also established by a tribe of the Mongols." However, Hanjia was transmitted to Yuan Yizong, and Yuan Yizong originally wanted to recuperate, in order to get the opportunity to go south to recover the Great Yuan, so he made a plan early and brought Hanjia to the 'Nalati Grassland' discovered by his ancestor Genghis Khan more than 100 years ago. ”

"And the Seventh Master!" I interrupted: "I have always had a question, that is, many Han armor is not buried in the mausoleum of the founding emperor of the dynasty, but passed down from generation to generation, such as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, such as Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then the Yuan Dynasty, these dynasties are very short. If Hanjia had been buried in the tomb of the founding emperor earlier, wouldn't it have been passed down for a longer time? ”

"That's a good question." The seventh master laughed twice: "These dynasties, first, it was very late when they got the Han Jia, so it was normal not to be able to accompany the funeral, and second, these dynasties were generally not very good in the struggle for imperial power or the surrounding environment, so before they could do it, they had already reached a situation of no return." ”

Because Liang Ruoyi got a first-class cabin for us, there were few people in the cabin at all, and it was not taboo for us to chat.

"Seventh Master, what kind of tomb is that place?" I watched the pig's head eat very deliciously, so I simply grabbed a bag of fries and asked as I ate.

"The Nalati grassland is a kaleidoscope of scenery." The Seventh Master said: "There are grasslands, pastures, valleys, river valleys, and canyons in this place...... It's almost every one you can think of. Moreover, this grassland is known as one of the four major grasslands in the world, and in the south is the Nalati Mountain, which has a large area and many steep places, as for where the tombs are, I really don't know. Yuan Yizong can be regarded as the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and at that time, the Northern Yuan Dynasty had almost returned to a nomadic state, and the materials were not abundant, so it is estimated that the tomb will not be too large. ”

I nodded, suddenly remembered what had happened in the past few days, hurriedly told the seventh master, and then asked: "The wolf head tattoo is used to sacrifice with a woman's heart, which is the tradition of the ancient Mongolian people?" ”

"A wolf's head tattoo counts." The Seventh Master said: "A woman's heart is used for sacrifice, this is more a way of sacrifice in the shamanic religion, oh no, more precisely, it should be a form of punishment, and a woman who makes a mistake will receive this punishment." However, I know the Mongol you mentioned with a tattoo on the wolf's head...... Just ......"

As soon as I heard that the Seventh Master knew the Mongolians with wolf head tattoos on their collarbones, I instantly came to my senses, opened my mouth and asked, "Who is it?!" ”