In the south of the imperial city of Shangjing, the huge Xiao Xiangfu is full of lights and is festive.

In the courtyard of the seven entrances, the pavilions, pavilions, large and small wings are brightly lit, as if it were daytime, making it difficult for the falcons living in the courtyard to sleep. But in the midst of this prosperity, there is one place that is a little dim, that is, the back garden located on the west side of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Yelu Dashi and the others walked into the garden under the guidance of Han Xun, and their jaws were suddenly shocked by the scenery here.

I saw that under the twilight of the moon, all kinds of strange flowers and plants in the garden competed for beauty, Luoyang peony, Xiping begonia, Huangzhou rhododendron, Jinling red plum competed to spit out the fragrance, and even the camellia and narcissus that grew in the south of the Song Dynasty are full of flowers.

The eldest brother Li Shi exclaimed: "At four o'clock, the flowers bloom together in the cold winter wax moon!" Amazing! Amazing! ”

"I think that's why!"

Dashi's words attracted everyone to watch, only to see that where he pointed out, a stream meandered through the garden, and not only did it not freeze in the ice and snow, but there was a faint heat on the water.

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Dashi is really as wise as a torch, the stream in this garden is drawn from the underground hot spring, and it is warm all year round, which can protect the flowers from blooming."

This scene is like today's court, civil and military, and there are countless generations who have learned from the past and the present, just like this magnificent and gorgeous flower.

It's just that this lush scenery of flowers and leaves, if there is no spring water in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will not be able to escape the end of defeat in the end.

"What the eldest prince said is extremely true!" Han Xun pretended to lament and said: "My ancestors once assisted Taizu to set the foundation of Da Liao, and as for my generation, no one remembers such merits, if it weren't for Xiao Xiangti to bring me, I'm afraid that the old faces of my ancestors will be lost by me." ”

"Dare to ask the second brother who the ancestor is?" Jerodhoo asked.

"Han Zhigu."

Everyone present was shocked when they heard this, because Han Xun's ancestor can be said to be the most legendary figure in the history of Liao.

Han Zhigu, originally a Han Chinese, whose ancestral home was Jizhou, was taken captive by the Khitan in his early years and was forced to become a "palace divider" (a slave subordinate to the palace guard). After Taizu Yelu Abaoji became Khan, he wanted to change the Khan throne election system that had been followed by the Khitan tribes for many years to the hereditary system, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Khitan nobles, and then there were three rebellions led by his siblings, which was known as the "Rebellion of the Brothers" in history.

Han Zhigu has unique skills, especially a flying knife to practice the gods, a hundred shots, in the rebellion many times to save Abaoji in danger, captured the rebel leader Yelu Lage, won the trust of Taizu, once the official to the Zhongshu order, and the Khitan descendants of the Xiao family marriage, into the Khitan Diera Department, given the name Dili Gulu, become the hereditary nobles of the Liao State.

His grandson Han Derang became the minister of the Empress Dowager Xiao Xuan, and gave the country the surname Yelu, and was one of the key figures who promoted the Song Liao "Lanyuan Alliance".

Xiao Yu stepped forward and patted Han Xun on the shoulder and comforted: "Brother Han doesn't have to feel nostalgic, if it weren't for the fact that His Excellency was implicated in the slander case, the Han family was withdrawn from Liao, and you are also the person attending the court. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The food and drinks are ready, let's take a seat! ”

Everyone followed Han Xun to climb a Taihu Lake stone rockery, and dozens of maids were already waiting around a pavilion with wine and food, under the pavilion, several pots of charcoal fire burned red, but there was no trace of tables and stools.

Seeing that everyone's faces were full of doubts, Xiao Yu opened his mouth to explain: "My father has two sons and one daughter, the eldest is the second, my younger brother Xiao Yu is second, and the younger sister is not a smoker. Although she is a woman, her younger sister's Wen Taowu is above me and my brother, and she is very loved by my father.

Ta Buyan loves the wind of the Wei and Jin dynasties in the Central Plains, and my father ordered a skilled craftsman to build a pavilion here in imitation of the appearance of the Orchid Pavilion, and lead the hot spring to make qu water, for the little sister to play. ”

The eldest brother Li Shi clapped his hands and said: "The sages are all over, the young and long salty gathering, on the occasion of this festival, it is quite appropriate, my six brothers will each sit in the hexagons of the pavilion, put the lamp in the winding water, how about indulging in wine and chanting poetry?" ”

Everyone happily sat down, the water flowed, hundreds of lamps were raised, Tang poetry and Han Fu were endless, and laughter resounded throughout the pavilion.

The slightly drunk Han Xun scooped up the wine in the water and drank it all, and recited it:

"Summer reading the Pentateuch night with frogs,

Winter Six Arts Day Clothed in Linen.

Spring and Autumn stepped into the princely mansion,

Every grass and tree is flashy. ”

A song of seven unique ways is not exhaustive, and the bitterness and helplessness of the goods and the emperor's family.

Li Shihe, who was also the son of the Han Dynasty, said:

"Thousands of banners and three rivers,

The brave army of 100,000 rivers meandered.

Once angry princess,

Heroic bones are wrapped in felt. ”

Li Shi used Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia, to alienate the Liao State and the princess to cause a war, and warned Han Xun to care about the society and not to care about personal honor and disgrace.

Xiao Gan shook his head, raised his glass and said:

"Flying snow and cold weather shoot wild geese,

Walk the horse and leap over the river to drink the flowing spring.

He ascended to the throne with soldiers,

Who would like to hear Xiao and Han? ”

Xiao Gan, whose real name is Hui Libao, a member of the Xi nationality, was given the surname Xiao because of his ancestor's assistance to Emperor Taizu in founding the country, but he was not included in the Khitan nationality, so he could only participate in the Southern Science Expedition.

After drinking a full cup of water, Yelu Buddha recited:

"Than the dry admonition of the heartless,

Zhuge Fuhan died,

Men on the king's side,

The Shroud is unwavering. ”

His loyalty to the monarch and patriotism can be seen from this.

Xiao Yu saw that everyone was thinking, so he smiled and said:

"The hidden dragon is useless in the abyss,

The tiger falls in Pingyang and has empty ambitions.

What do you hate in history?

The minions of the eagle dog are also heroic. ”

In the end, it is the eldest son of the Xiao family, and he never forgets to instigate everyone to be used by Xiao Fengxian.

Xiao Gan was full of drunkenness, and without waiting for the maid to throw the wine glass, he grabbed one and handed it to Yelu Dashi and said: "According to my Da Liao system, the identity of the champion of Beike is far better than that of me, the leader of the Han Dynasty, and we have all been endowed with poems and songs, how can my brother Dashi be willing to be behind?"

Da Shi sneered, the wolf tooth pendant on his chest glowed with cold light in the moonlight, he took the wine cup and said, "Brother Xiao Xian is so aggressive, he has no choice but to be ugly!" ”

After a moment of contemplation, a song "Picking Fang Ci" blurted out:

"The yellow sand is many, the eagle road is difficult,

Wujing is prosperous and cold.

Iron armor, war horses,

In the past, Jin Ge choked on the hook bar.

Cut, cut, cut.

Yesterday's cloth shirt, today's jade crown,

Dare to laugh alone in the barren river.

Shangyuan Festival, the night of the moon,

Like a wolf roaring, expand my Liao boundary.

Lie, Lie, Lie. ”

In the text, Dao Ming's dissatisfaction with today's Daliao is not enterprising, and it shows his heroic spirit of determined to reshape the glory of the Khitan, which attracted applause from everyone, including Xiao Gan.

At this moment, a burst of wild laughter suddenly came from under the stone of Taihu Lake.

"Hahaha...... A good 'dare to laugh alone in the barren river', the champion of Beike has great ambitions, and one day he will be able to become the sweat of all sweats and reign in the world! ”

Hearing this, Yelu Dashi's hair suddenly stood up, how can the words "reign in the world" be borne by a person like himself, and the person who spoke clearly wanted to trap himself in a place of disloyalty and injustice.

Thinking of this, Dashi hurriedly got up and shouted: "Who is here to take words out of context and slander them? Then follow the sound to the edge of the rockery and look down, only to see that the person who spoke was the Song court envoy Ma Kuo, but at this time, he had been tied up with ropes, like a marionette pulled by a peerless woman.