readx;? Chapter 3: Father and Son (5)

The presence of fresh cow dung and horse dung means that someone passed through it not long ago. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There is a lot of fresh cow and horse manure, which means that there is a large nomadic tribe, or Han Chinese village, within easy reach of the big catch-up.

The ancients said that traveling thousands of miles is like reading thousands of books. Chai Rong has been selling goods from south to north for many years, and the road under his feet is not even thousands of miles? And since Zhao Kuangyin dared to risk death on the journey of crossing Yanshan alone in order to save Han Jing's life, how could he be afraid to go to a nearby strange tribe or village to seek medical treatment? Immediately, he nodded without hesitation, jumped on his mount, and turned around and headed north with Han Jing in his arms.

When everyone separated from the caravan in Jizhou, they were riding alone. On the way, he killed a group of tribal warriors who were fighting in the grass valley and robbed more than 30 good horses. Therefore, in a critical moment, there is no need to think about saving the mount's stamina at all. Just kept changing the war horse under his crotch and hurried frantically, only after running for about an hour and a half, he saw a continuous tent on the bank of a large river that had just thawed.

"It's the Uighurs, the Mirihu, who used to return to Youzhou in their early years. Youzhou was annexed by the Khitan before losing contact with the Central Plains!" Chai Rong was overjoyed when he saw the neat wooden fence around the tent and the gold-inlaid flame flag fluttering high on the central tent. chased to Zhao Kuangyin's side and introduced loudly.

The Uighurs were originally vassals of the Turks. During the reign of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, the last Turkic khanate left in the east of the Green Mountains was self-reliant, and the country was called Hui. Later, he sent troops many times to help the Tang Dynasty quell the rebellion, and by the way, with the tacit consent of Li Heng of Tang Suzong, he looted hundreds of thousands of craftsmen, women, langzhong, and farmers in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places to go west. Therefore, the country was rapidly sinicized, and by the end of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to speaking Turkic languages, both nobles and poor people believed in Manichaeism, the rest of the rules and regulations, customs and habits, have been almost the same as the Central Plains.

About 100 years ago, the Uighur split and have been in decline ever since. Most of the Uighurs were squeezed by the Khitan and Shatuo tribes and migrated westward. A small part of the most complete sinicization went southeast into Youzhou and Bingzhou, and under the protection of various feudal towns, they survived.

Such Uighur tribes, in addition to being slightly inferior in force to the Khitans and Jurchens, were far superior in other civilizations such as medical care, hundred labors, commerce, agriculture and animal husbandry. So, seeing a nomadic Uighur tribe north of the Great Wall is no different from seeing a Central Plains market town. As long as you can come up with enough money, everything you can buy in the Central Plains can basically be bought here, the difference is only that the price has increased several times.

Zhao Kuangyin grew up in Baozhou, Hebei Province, and of course had contact with the Uighurs. Know the customs and basic situation of the latter. Suddenly his spirit was greatly lifted, and he nodded vigorously at Chai Rong, slammed the horse's belly with his legs, and the wind went straight to the temporary gate left directly south of the wooden fence.

"Whoever, stop quickly, or the bow and arrow will serve!" The Uighur warriors guarding near the tribe's gates had already seen the approach of their horses. Several tripwires were tightened at once, and the horned bows were raised.

"Help, help, my sister was cut by a horse thief on the way, and I came to ask for medical advice! If I can save him from his life, everything on his body today is willing to be dedicated to the Great God of Light!" Zhao Kuangyin was more and more overjoyed when he heard that the other party actually spoke in the Central Plains. Stretched out his left hand and quickly tightened the reins of the war horse, and hugged Han Jing with his right arm and begged loudly.

"Seeking medical treatment, where did you hear that there is a pharmacist in our clan?" The samurai colonel on duty listened to Zhao Kuangyin's eagerness, frowned, and asked in a deep voice.

"Under the Ming Zun, the four envoys, eight divisions and sixteen halls, spread the idea of 'purity, light, vigor, and wisdom', bright and happy, and all evil will not invade!" Chai Rong rushed forward and stood side by side with Zhao Kuangyin. Very kindly, he bowed to the little school guarding the door, and then gasped in response.

He was talking about the basic structure of Manichaeism in the Central Plains. With the Lord of the Ming Venerable, there are four messengers of light to spread the teachings. Under the envoys, there were also eight divisions and sixteen churches, such as power, wealth, medicine, rituals, work, and law, which were responsible for managing believers, helping the poor and weak, punishing apostasy, and waging wars against foreign countries.

It's just that Manichaeism in the Central Plains has been completely banned more than a hundred years ago. Those who can still speak openly about its basic structure today are either secret followers of Manichaeism or have had close ties with Manichaeism. Therefore, when the little colonel heard this, he immediately became vigilant in his heart, and hurriedly ordered his brothers to put down their horned bows and loosen the stumbling cords. Then he took half a step back, turned sideways, put his left hand on his right hand and made a flame shape, and said in a loud voice: "It turned out to be a distinguished guest of my teaching, disrespectful, disrespectful." The Warm Wipe Medicine Master just opened the altar today to spread the light, and a few of them left their war horses here, went directly into the camp, and found him in the fourth tent on the right side of the central tent!"

"Thank you brother for your advice!" Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin were not polite, they both got off their horses and strode forward. Passing by the side of the little school, he quickly took out an ingot of gold that was full of two taels from his arms and pressed it into the other party's hand. "Buy the brethren a drink to ward off the cold. The four people in the back are also our companions, please let them enter the village together!"

"Well said, well said, just leave the horses behind. Rest assured, we will feed the finest feed and make sure that we don't have hay to deal with it. "Xiao Xiao is an expert, and when he felt the temperature and weight in his palm, he knew that he had a very good harvest today. Immediately smiled, and didn't say yes.

While speaking, Ning Ziming and the other three dead soldiers of the Guo family also arrived. According to Chai Rong's instructions, they dismounted one after another and handed over their horses to the Uighur warriors guarding the gate to take care of them. Then he took his bag and weapons and walked into the camp on foot.

After entering the door, everyone's eyes lit up. I saw that in the camp of the Uighur tribe, from south to north and from east to west, they were forced to grind stones and press out all the way and one street. Whether it is a north-south road or an east-west street, it is fully one and a half zhang wide. There are also seven or eight side roads and side streets in the middle, which are intertwined with each other. Together with the main street and the main road, the many tents are divided into clusters and neatly arranged.

Along the wide main road and on both sides of the main street, there are dozens of pure white tents that serve as shops. Each tent has a circle of windows at the top, allowing the sunlight to shine directly from the sky, illuminating the various goods inside.

In order to attract merchants to come to trade, several "flower tents" sewn with colored silk were specially set up near the central tent, which either served as a wine shop or a hotel. Even the casinos and brothels that were indispensable in the Central Plains Bazaar were copied as they were. Sogdian singers, with rings of beads on their ears and bells on their ankles, stood at the gates of casinos and brothels, scratching their heads at passers-by.

Where did Zhao Kuangyin have the mood to watch the prosperity of this market? Holding Han Jing, who had been unconscious for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin strode straight to the tent where the pharmacist was. Spending money all the way to add a ser, and soon, he moved himself from the end of the line to the front of the line, and was led into the tent by two medicinal herb boys.

"Don't wait, you guys, go and rent a few tents for each other's neighbors. Wait a while for the pharmacist to prescribe a prescription for Jing Niang, let's have a place to boil medicine and rest!" Chai Rong was always thoughtful, looked back, and ordered his henchmen.

"No!" the three dead soldiers of the Guo family arched their hands and quickly disappeared into the crowd. Ning Ziming continued to follow Chai Rong and waited patiently in place. After a short time, the dead soldiers returned together, holding a string of bright iron plates in their hands, and presented them to Chai Rong for careful inspection, "The host, the tent has been rented." At the third intersection of the number of movements, there are a total of four flower tents, which happen to be neighbors to each other and belong to the same owner. Inside, there are beds, tables, chairs, pots and pans, everything is available. ”

"Okay, if there's anything else you can add, the three of you can add some too. Depending on the situation, we will have to stay here for at least half a month!" Chai Rong thought about it and commanded in a low voice.

"I'll go and see it too, big brother. This time, without waiting for the three dead soldiers of the Guo family to respond, Ning Ziming preemptively gave up his hand to ask for instructions.

"You're fine! You must be more coarse and careful than the three of them!" Chai Rong only thought that his third brother was young and playful, thought about it, and nodded slightly.

The rest of the wait was a bit long. The buzzing around me also became extremely noisy. However, most of those people spoke in the Central Plains, and although they had an obvious Yunzhou accent, they drilled into Chai Rong's ears without missing a word.

"Have you heard? The Central Plains has changed emperors again!"

"But isn't it, if you change an emperor at two ends in three days, there will be no time to stop!"

"The faster the change, the less people will have a good life. Just like we used to be, if it weren't for a few princes and princesses tossing around......"

"Alas, isn't it? The people of Youzhou don't want us, and the patriarch originally wanted to move into the Central Plains with a large group like the Wujie tribes!

"What can you do if you move back, as soon as the Khitan soldiers and horses go south, aren't they being chased by others?"

"Ahh

The sigh was like a knife, poking Chai Rong's heart very uncomfortable. Wanfang came to the court, and the four Yi guests were served, which was the description of the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties that he read in the book. Now, the Uighurs had reached the edge of the Central Plains, but they stopped in confusion because they saw the chaos and weakness of the Central Plains!

And how easy is it to reorganize the rivers and mountains and reproduce the prosperous era? Guo Wei, his father-in-law, has been sleeping in the sand and snow for decades, and when he is half a hundred years old, he still does not see any hope. Princes, bandits, rogues, heroes, and self-respecting scholars, one is short-sighted and more shameless than the other, and they only see the one-third of an acre of land at the door of their own house, but they don't know that the Khitan people have risen rapidly outside the Saiwai, and the Liaoban is about to become the world's largest country!

When I was irritable, I suddenly heard a loud "bang!" Immediately, I saw Zhao Kuangyin holding Han Jing with his arms and striding out of the tent. Behind him, there was an old man with a white beard who looked to be seventy miles old, and while chasing, he shouted loudly: "Don't be stupid, you don't have to be stupid! Instead of running around with her, let her continue to suffer. It is better to entrust her to the Great God of Light, burn her body and the sins of her past and present lives, and enter the kingdom of heaven as soon as possible!" (Note 2)

"You quack doctor can't cure it, maybe no one in the world can cure it!" Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were red, and he turned his head and yelled at the pharmacist of the Bright Sect.

Now, it's a public outrage. The surrounding Manichaean believers, the soldiers of the apologetics, and the people who had received the benefits of the pharmacist or were waiting for the pharmacist to heal, "Hula!" surrounded the two brothers and sisters of Zhao Kuangyin.

"Master, please don't be angry, brothers, please don't be impulsive! I'll be convicted of my guilt, I'll be convicted!" Fortunately, Chai Rong was well-informed and realized that the situation was not right, so he hurriedly rushed to Zhao Kuangyin's side, his hand was like a flame, and he kept apologizing to the surroundings. "My brother is holding his daughter-in-law in his arms. I can't seek medical treatment, and my mind is confused, so I say disrespectful words to my teacher. We are willing to offer sacrifices to the Great God of Light to wash away this sin. I would like to ask the Guru and all the brothers for forgiveness!"

He is white and clean, and he is a talent. He is also dressed gracefully and luxuriously, and knows the etiquette of Mingjiao. When the surrounding believers saw this, the anger in their breasts immediately diminished by three points. And when he said that he was willing to sacrifice to the great god of light, the head of the fire was again four out of ten. After seeing Zhao Kuangyin's grief-stricken expression and Han Jing, who was already dying of breath in his arms, the last three points of anger also turned into embers, and they turned their bodies sideways, making way for the two of them to stagger away.

Chai Rong stayed where he was, saluted the old pharmacist again, put down a silver ingot as a thank you, and then quickly chased after him. Until he walked out of the distance side by side with Zhao Kuangyin, behind his body, there were still sighs of emotion in his ears, "It's a pity, that man is infatuated at first glance, it's a pity!"

"Alas, if when I die, my head of the house, half of the man's infatuation, I will be content!"

"You're so beautiful! if you don't look like that, you'll be like a bear......"

"I can't carry it, I can't carry it. The pharmacist was originally a well-intentioned man. Take the woman to the Great Light Temple and burn her body, so that she can still ask for relief. Really delaying until the onset of the illness is simply worse than death. That man, alas, is so confused!"

"Confused, confused......"

The more Zhao Kuangyin listened, the more desperate he became, and unconsciously, two lines of hot tears flowed down, ticking, and fell into the face of the person in his arms.

Han Jing in his arms was already burned unconscious. I felt the water stains on my face, and I thought it was raining from the sky. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and shaved and licked a few times, and sang in a daze, "Brother, I am the golden lotus of your dreams." Standing on the top of the mountain, quietly blooming for you alone......"

Although it is in Khitan language, people can only listen to a rough idea. But tactfully, lingering, and reluctant to give up the meaning of nostalgia does not need any words at all to clearly penetrate into people's hearts.

"Ahh

It is the Temple of Light, the top soul reincarnation of the Uighurs. Only warriors who have performed great deeds for the tribe, or nobles in the tribe, as well as sons and daughters who have been introduced to the gods by the messengers of light or the gurus, can be placed on the flame altar of the temple before they die, and drink a cup of poisoned wine to quickly relieve their suffering. Then burn the body and the sins of the past and this life, and in the great kingdom of light, the soul will live forever.

"Second brother, second brother...... Alas!" Chai Rong pulled twice in a row, but failed to hold it. I had to stop, look up to the sky and let out a long sigh. The pharmacists in the Ming Sect specialize in attracting believers with their medical skills and collecting offerings, so all of them can be called national hands. If even they are helpless about Han Jing's illness and end the pain as soon as possible, I am afraid it is the best choice.

"Ahh Handsome men and beautiful women, in the eyes of everyone, should be a match made in heaven. Today, there is one who wants to return to the kingdom of God halfway, and the other one is left to die alone.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's legs, he was about to step into the temple gate of the Great Light God. Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded in mid-air, "Wait! Second brother stay! Sister Jing Niang is not dead yet! Don't go in, little brother has a way, little brother I can take a risk!"

"You—?" Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, and countless Uighurs in the surrounding area turned their heads in surprise.

In their hazy teary eyes, they saw a burly and white young man, carrying a large bag of medicinal herbs and seven or eight strange silverware on his shoulders, rushing towards him. From head to toe, all over the body, there is a warm sun.

Note 1: The Ujime tribes, one of the Uighur tribes. After the Uighurs fell to the Uighurs, the thirteen tribes of the tribe returned to the Tang Dynasty under the leadership of Wujie Khan. It was placed in the Datong area. Later, he tried to rebel, and Ujie Khan was killed. But the subordinates were all integrated into the local area, and soon became the Central Plains.

Note 2: Gold sores spasm, an ancient term for tetanus, and a series of other post-injury suppuration and swelling symptoms. The mortality rate is extremely high, and basically there is no good treatment except for anti-inflammatory and stasis.