Chapter 19: Sea Holly

I was in a very good mood when I was closed for a while, and when I heard the policewoman say that we delayed her, I was angry. Will she be able to capture these three bandits without us? Without the righteousness and bravery of Jiang Li and me, I'm afraid she would still be pinched by that strong man to roll her eyes.

I said angrily: "The policemen are all pretending to be cold and saving her, but she is still not satisfied." If I hadn't saved you, you would have let it go, let these three villains rape you first and then kill you, and delay your big event? Your life isn't a big deal? ”

The policewoman glared at me and said, "What else can you do besides looking at your thighs?" Asked you to help or not, it's easy to figure it out, and people kick stupidly, but I want to thank this little sister, are you also a hunter? Will you train an eagle? Is it specifically trained for sea holly? ”

I didn't understand what sea holly meant, so I asked Jiang Li: "What is sea holly?" ”

Under the disdainful gaze of the policewoman, I listened to Jiang Li's explanation.

Jiang Li said: "According to the records of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Hai Dongqing may be the nine phoenixes in the ancient Northeast Wilderness. "Compendium of Materia Medica-Poultry Department" records: "Carved out of Liaodong, the most handsome is called Haidongqing." In fact, it was a kind of eagle, and it was a very beautiful eagle, and it was later trained as a falcon for hunting. It shouldn't be this kind of golden eagle. ”

Yan Qiu's historical knowledge had to be displayed, and she also came to the spirit and continued to explain in detail: "Hai Dongqing reads Xiongkulu in the Su Shen language, which means the highest and fastest bird in the world, with the meaning of the god of ten thousand eagles, and the legend says that only one Hai Dongqing will come out of one hundred thousand divine eagles. This ancient Sushen region is now the three northeastern provinces. In mythology, Hai Dongqing is an image of an eagle god who burns and waves his huge wings, never stops, and flies with angry wings. It represents the strong Manchurian spirit of bravery, wisdom, perseverance, integrity, pioneering spirit, and never giving up, so it has become the highest totem of the Manchus. From the Tungusic language, that is, the Manchu language, sea holly is a huge extinct bird and is also the ethnic name of the Manchu people. ”

The words of the two beauties shocked the policewoman for a while, but it gave me a lot of face, and I looked at the policewoman with proud eyes, meaning to sue her, don't underestimate people, we all have two brushes.

But she didn't answer my eyes, and fell directly to the ground, she looked at Yan Qiu with bright eyes, and asked with an interesting smile: "Sister, is there anything else?" Let's talk about it. ”

Yan Qiu obviously sensed the provocation in her words, thinking that she had said all this knowledge, and she continued without concealment: "According to the research of modern zoologists, Haidongqing is a beautiful medium-sized bird of prey, and it is also a large falcon (sǔn), so it is also known as the giant falcon. The secularized Haidongqing may be a falcon of the Falcon family, a falcon found over a vast area of northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America, and the northeastern subspecies of this falcon is native to Wafangdian in Liaoning Province and Kashgar in Xinjiang. ”

Jiang Li cast a look of admiration, pulled Yan Qiu's arm and said, "Sister, you know so much, I have to learn from you well, Zhan Xiao gave it to you, do tuition." ”

I flicked Jiang Li's head lightly with my fingers and warned her: "Don't talk nonsense, listen well." ”

Yan Qiu smiled and continued: "The Manchus are a people known for hunting, and their ancestors knew how to hunt eagles very early, and after domestication, they were used to help hunters capture prey, commonly known as "eagle release". Haidongqing is wild and grown, and after being domesticated by people, it is used to help hunting. The method of releasing the eagle described in the "Grand View of the Wild History of the Qing Dynasty" is that the eagle covers its face with an embroidered brocade hat, and the leader holds it in his hand, and sees the bird to remove the hat and put it. That is to say, usually cover the eyes of the falcon with embroidered cloth, tie a rope to the eagle, and then hold the eagle in your hand, and when you see the prey, you take off the cloth and release the falcon. It's a bit like hunting dogs in some areas, which are also blindfolded when not in use. ”

The fat brother said: "The donkey is also blindfolded, mainly because he is afraid that he will run away and be disobedient when he sees the food. ”

Everyone was amused by the fat brother, as if they had forgotten the pain, and the two people who were shot also opened their eyes, sat on the ground beside them, and listened to our conversation by leaning on the car.

The policewoman said excitedly, "Keep going, is there anything else?" ”

I was dissatisfied with her endlessly, glanced at her and turned my head to look at Yanqiu.

Obviously, the things in Yan Qiu's mind can't be finished in the past few minutes, and she continued: "The pure white in Haidong Qingzhong is called the jade claw is the top grade, and there are also names such as Qiu Huang, Bo Huang, and Three Years Dragon. In fact, it is said that the white is the best, it is rare to see, the black is very good, and the yellow hair and miscellaneous hair are general goods. Because Haidongqing was not easy to capture and domesticate, there was even a provision in the Jin and Yuan dynasties that criminals who violated the criminal law and were banished to Liaodong, whoever could catch Haidongqing and offer it could atone for his crimes and be released after completing his sentence. Therefore, at that time, the Khan Baylor, the princes and nobles, in order to get the precious sea holly did not hesitate to buy it, which became a fashion at that time, and the price of an ordinary sea dongqing at that time was at least more than thirty taels of silver. In the Qing Dynasty, if a convict caught a Haidongqing and presented it to the imperial court, he could be spared a capital crime, which shows how precious it is. Shen Zhaoti, a literati of the Qing Dynasty, once commented that 'Liaojin provoked Haidongqing, and the jade claw name eagle tribute stopped for a long time. Although an eagle is insignificant, it is related to the rise and fall of Liaojin. ”

It sounds a bit like a fantasy because of a bird that causes two peoples to form a deep hatred and eventually lead to the demise of an empire, but such a bizarre thing has really happened in history. Yan Qiu told us the story of the destruction of the country caused by sea holly.

Before the establishment of the Liao State, the Jurchens and the Khitans were relatively harmonious, but since the Khitans established the Liao State, they began to exploit the Jurchens, and the Liao rulers demanded tribute from the Jurchens every year.

Emperor Liao Tianzuo was mediocre and brutal, had no way to govern the country, and led to the people's grievances. In the face of the imminent collapse of the Empire State Building, Emperor Tianzuo was not only unaware, but still had fun day and night. Emperor Tianzuo loved hunting, and when he went hunting, he liked to let Hai Dongqing and the hound follow him closely. Since Hai Dongqing was an expert hunter, Emperor Tianzuo forcibly asked the Jurchens to capture Hai Dongqing as tribute.

The Jurchens almost captured all the Haidongqing in their territory and paid tribute to Liao, but they still could not satisfy the greedy Liao rulers.

In addition to squeezing money from the Jurchens, the Khitan nobles also asked them to offer beautiful women to sleep with, neither asking whether they were married or not, nor asking about the level of their families, and they were unscrupulous and arbitrarily humiliated, and named this behavior a recommended pillow. This aroused the incomparable hatred of the Jurchens even more. At this time, the leader of the Jurchen tribe hated Liao even more, and secretly vowed to destroy the Liao State.

In September 1114 A.D., Wanyan Aguda led a total of 2,500 generals and elite soldiers to meet on the south bank of Lailiushui, which is now the south bank of the Lalin River in Xujiadian, Jilin Province, Fuyu, Jilin Province, to hold the famous oath of Lailiushui in history. After taking the oath, Wanyan Aguta led the army to attack the Liao State, and soon occupied the Liao capital Shangjing, which is now in the territory of the Bahrain Left Banner in Chifeng City. So far, the Liao State, which has dominated northern China for more than 200 years, has been wiped out, and the Dajin State has been established after the completion of the Yan Aguta.

"Isn't the Golden Kingdom the homeland of Dolgon?" I asked Yanqiu.

Yan Qiu said: "That's right, later Jin destroyed the Ming Dynasty and established the Manchu State. It is also the last feudal dynasty in our country in the actual sense. ”

I was reminded of the mural in Dorgon's dungeon, and the fresco where he hunted the demon-eyed white fox showed eagles flying in the sky and dogs running beside the horses. I didn't care about it at the time, thinking that it was the condiment added by the painter in order to portray it more vividly, and it turned out that the falcon hound really existed, and that kind of falcon must be sea holly.

After listening to Yan Qiu's explanation, everyone showed a satisfied smile as if they had eaten and drunk enough.

I continued the topic and asked the policewoman: "You said that we delayed your big business, what can you tell me about the delay law?" ”

The policewoman came back to her senses, lowered her head in annoyance and said: "We have been following this line for a year, I am a local police officer, and I have been lurking in Beijing, disguised as a member of a gang that has been defeated, trying to figure out the transaction between Guò and them, and find the biggest family to buy a golden eagle, which is a protected animal." Now it's easy to wait for a buyer, but it's just an errand runner, your appearance, the guide zhì transaction failed, and the next family will definitely not be caught. After speaking, he took a sip in the direction of the handcuffed strong man.

According to her, our presence did disrupt her plans, but saving lives was the most important thing, and I pointed to the two people who were shot and asked, "You don't care about these two people?" They are innocent, and they can't solve the case for you and hurt innocent passers-by. ”

The policewoman shook her head and said, "They are also my colleagues, and I was the one who got the gunshot wounds on their bodies." ”

The four of us were amazed at this answer, and at the same time our eyes widened and looked at her with incredible eyes.