Chapter 35 Chapter 81: How the Night Is Young

Two days later, silently sip the funeral. Huihe people used to practice sky burials, but in the past hundred years they admired the civilization of the Tang Dynasty, and the nobles carried out burials. The khans were all buried in the Gegener Mountain in the north of Hacibacihesunwangcheng. Gegener means "great rule of heaven" in Turkic. . Li Yu, Shen Zhenzhu and others did not want to disclose their identities, but they followed the huge queue in Huihe costumes.It was dawn, the white banners were fluttering in the faint morning light, the dawn mist seemed to be there, and Gegener Mountain was upright and majestic, and I admired it.

Li Ruo was worried that Shen Zhenzhu would not be able to support her, so she advised her not to accompany her.Shen Zhenzhu still came quietly, even she didn't know that she had such will and perseverance, watching the coffin being buried, the shaman chanted continuously, the mountains and rivers were solemn and solemn, Zhan Keming and Dun Mohe... Swinging the hammer and dropping the nails, every blow seemed to hit her heart.It was like a childhood nightmare, seeing strange men and women in strange costumes carrying the coffin for the funeral, and the sound of the hammer going down, she obviously didn't know who was in the coffin, but she felt extremely important, always felt that they were her closest relatives, Just crying "don't, don't", waking up from the dream again and again.Until today, Fang Zhi could not even cry to her heart's content.

The dawn fog gradually receded, the funeral was over, and all the mourners walked slowly down the mountain.Gradually, the sun rises into the sky, and the surroundings are full of fragrance and colorful.Moyan sips his own life in exchange for the unity of the nineteen surnames of Huihe, and also paves the way and removes obstacles for the young Yidijian to inherit the Khan throne.In the 14th year of Moyan Chu's reign (Note: from the sixth year of Tianbao to the second year of Shangyuan, AD 747-761), he created the Khanate with one hand, and the prosperity and prosperity of Huihe was unprecedented.However, the hero is dead, and the bustling cigarettes are sold out.Twenty years later, Youding Ludun Mohe was dissatisfied with Mou Yu Khan's closeness to Zhan Keming, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zhan Keming's death and funeral to kill Mou Yu Khan and move him to Jian. The surname refused to accept the army, and Huihe fell into civil strife from then on, and the country gradually declined.Eighty years later, the Uyghur Khanate was destroyed by Miagas, and the Uyghurs were forced to move westward, either to Ganzhou or Anxi.

Shen Zhenzhu said to Zhe Miyi beside him on the way down the mountain: "I intend to go to Dunhuang with you." Zhe Miyi was not surprised, and after a little consideration, he said: "Since you have made up your mind, I will try my best to help you, but His Highness the Crown Prince..." At this point, Li Chengyi whispered from behind: "What are you talking about? My son and His Highness quarreled in the back, why don't you go and see?" Shen Zhenzhu and Zhe Miyi Gu Jun felt surprised, Shen Zhenzhu didn't pay much attention to Li Yu's movements, but Zhe Miyi saw Li Yu and Li Yu's brother and sister staying at the end of the queue just now, pulled Shen Zhenzhu up and said: "Their brother and sister have always had a good relationship, we Go and see."

Shen Zhenzhu and Zhe Miyi originally walked extremely slowly, so they ran into Li Yu and Li Ruo halfway up the mountain after returning dozens of steps.The two of them had no attendants by their side, Li Yu was full of hesitation, and was reprimanding Li Ruo, "Going back to the land of the barbarians, you are now justifiably returning to the Tang Dynasty, why are you so self-willed!" Li Yu thought he had already argued with Li Yu After a few words, he turned his head and said: "I don't want to go back! I hate Chang'an to death. Back then, I offered to marry Huihe, which was considered to relieve my father's worries. My father raised me to adulthood. I have spent half my life happy to repay it. What will I do when I go back! "

Li Yu said angrily: "I'm just a girl like you. Are you really going to die in a foreign land? Do you think the Huihe people still regard you as Ke He Dun? They just need you to preside over the succession ceremony of Xinhan The princess's identity is justified. If I hadn't come to Huihe, they would have taught you to die for Moyan at the funeral just now, and you would still be standing here alive?" Li Luo's eyes turned red, and he said: "I became Ke He Dun of Huihe, so naturally everything should be for Huihe's sake. Even if I was buried as a sacrifice, what is there to be afraid of? Brother Emperor, I know what is on your mind. If you come back to Hehe from thousands of miles away, if you can't Bringing me back to Chang'an from Huihe will hurt the face of Datang and you, the prince!" Shen Zhenzhu felt sad when she heard this, a few days ago she still had the idea of ​​being dependent on Huihe with Li Ruo, it's ridiculous to think about it now, Li Ruo and Mo Yanchu have nothing to say, although the current Li Ruo is named Ke He Dun, his identity is very embarrassing.During the Han Dynasty, many clan princesses married the Xiongnu and Wusun in the name of princesses. However, Li Ruo was the daughter of the Tang emperor who descended to Huihe. She was indeed the first person in the ages and had nothing to do. She really thought about her, otherwise, how would she spend the long night in a foreign country in the future.Li Chengyi heard Li Ruo's words were too much, he hurriedly stopped and said: "My son, don't talk nonsense! Your Highness is trying to save you from an accident, don't you understand this kind of brother-sister relationship?"

Li Yu was already very angry, looked up and saw Shen Zhenzhu standing silently behind Zhe Miyi, said with a sneer, "Very good, very good!" He stepped forward and grabbed Shen Zhenzhu, turned to Li Yu and said, "Okay , you are married and don’t listen to me, okay, I have nothing to say." To Shen Zhenzhu, "Come back with me!" Without any explanation, she pulled Shen Zhenzhu and walked down the mountain. Zhe Miyi became anxious, and stood in front of Li Yu: "Your Highness, where sister-in-law wants to go, she should decide for herself, you can't force her!" Li Yu said with a "hum", "You also know that she is pregnant, Zhe Miyi Mi Yi, you have always been sensible. She is stubborn. Although she has a grudge against me now, it will be solved one day. You insist on intervening. It is a pleasure now, but you have the heart to separate me from her husband and wife in the future, so that the child in her womb will have no father. Is it?"

Zhe Miyi was at a loss for words for a moment, Li Chengchen sighed: "Your Highness, now you are too stubborn!" "Cheng Cheng!" Li Yu was furious, and shouted: "You are also a member of the clan. No one knows about Pearl's identity. If you dare to take her to Dunhuang, even if I don't tell you, you can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever. How could your father spare you so easily, how could you want the Supreme Emperor to spare your father! Are you going to be a disloyal and unfilial person!" Li Chengchen changed color slightly, took half a step back, turned his back and said, "I had a meeting with His Highness, and His Highness actually threatened me like this."

Li Yu lowered his voice, slightly apologetic: "Cheng Cheng, it's unavoidable, I hope you can understand me." Li Chengchen thought for a while, and Rajmi put his hand in his ear and whispered, "You only know Khan, but you don't know His Highness's difficulties and painstaking efforts. Let him go." Pulling it back, he said, "Are you afraid? I'm not afraid. At worst, I'll stay in Huihe to accompany my sister-in-law." Shen Zhenzhu sighed for a long time, and said: "You don't need to argue, listen to me to say two things." All four people looked at her immediately.

"The first thing," Shen Zhenzhu turned to Li Yu, said softly and calmly, "I will follow you back to Chang'an." Zhe Miyi opened his mouth to object, but Shen Zhenzhu had already held her hand, "My good sister, what do you want? I understand. What he said just now is very correct. The child in my womb is a descendant of the Tang family and cannot be left outside. Besides," she forced a smile and glanced at Li Yu, "there is no knot that cannot be untied between husband and wife. I shouldn't be too stubborn." Zhe Miyi still felt that something was wrong, and she was about to speak, Shen Zhenzhu said again: "I have to ask you for help on the second matter!"

"What's up!" Shen Zhenzhu walked up to Li Ruo, stretched out her hand, clasped it with her, and said: "My son, what your brother said just now is not without reason." Back to Chang'an!" Shen Zhenzhu smiled, turned to Li Yu and said, "Your son really doesn't want to go back to Chang'an, can I make a compromise?" Seeing her change of attitude, Li Yu felt uneasy, not knowing what was in her gourd. What kind of medicine is sold: "What compromise?" Shen Zhenzhu said: "Hey son, you live alone in Huihe, you are lonely, why don't you follow Chengyi and Zhe Miyi to live in Dunhuang for a long time. Zhe Miyi, is this good?" Zhe Miyi was overjoyed, and even said yes, and said to Li Ruo: "In this way, we can be companions!" Li Wei never thought of going to Dunhuang, but after hearing Shen Zhenzhu's suggestion, he didn't say anything, but his heart was slightly moved.Shen Zhenzhu saw it, and said to Li Yu: "How is it?" Li Yu thought about it again and again, and felt that this was indeed the best arrangement for Li Ruo, the rarest thing Li Ruo was willing to say, "Although it is good, but there is one thing: Ruo'er is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, if she is not in Huihe, she should accept it." Returning to the Tang Dynasty, we have to lose track for no apparent reason, how can we explain this to Huihe and the emperor?" This is the truth, Shen Zhenzhu didn't think of it before, and was stumped for a while. "My concubine is willing to return to the country on behalf of the princess!" At this moment, a small female voice sounded from the side. "Who is it!" Li Yu was taken aback, but saw a slender figure of a woman in Uighur women's attire, bowed her head and said, "Your maidservant kowtowed to the prince." Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "She is my maid, Xiuying." Asking Xiuying, "What did you just say?" Xiuying raised her head, her appearance was soft and charming, she said: "The servant girl said that she would like to go back to Chang'an instead of the princess." Li Yu flicked his sleeves and said: "Nonsense, you and the princess are not the same person, how can you go back to Chang'an on her behalf." Xiuying smiled, the silver light in her sleeves swayed, Li Ruo was close to her eyes, and said "what are you doing", but saw Xiuying slashing her face with a sharp knife in her hand, blood splattered everywhere.Li Ruo snatched the knife, and Li Xiuying's right cheek had a two-inch-long bloodstain, her face was ruined, and the blood was still flowing, "Xiuying, are you crazy!" Xiuying laughed back: "Your Highness, princess, there are not many people who know the princess in Tang Dynasty, and if the princess's appearance is returned to the country, not many people dare to look directly at the princess. She is about the same age as the princess, as long as the emperor approves, I think she can be deceived." Shen Zhenzhu asked in a voiceless voice: "Why did you do this?" Xiuying said: "As the saying goes, Ye Luo also wants to return to his roots. The parents of slaves and servants are common people, old and sick, and no one to take care of them. Since they married and returned to Hehe, slaves and maids have missed their parents day and night, and there is no hope of returning to the Tang Dynasty. Today is a gift from God. This is a good opportunity, the servants would rather lose their appearance, and go home to serve their parents." Kowtow heavily again: "I beg your Highness to help you." Things in the world can be like this.Li Ruo was born in the royal family, but she doesn't want to return to her hometown; Xiuying would rather lose her beauty, which is the most important thing for women, and stay by her family's side.Shen Zhenzhu and Zhe Miyi said to Li Yu almost at the same time: "Give her a favor." Li Yu thought that there was a custom in Huihe to cut the face of a husband's dead wife to pay tribute to him. If Xiuying pretended to be Li Yu and went back to Chang'an, saying that she cut her face in Huihe to pay tribute to Gele Khan, it would be reasonable; Ruo, it is expected that she will not take it seriously; Xiuying suffers and disfigures for Li Ruo, and when she returns to Chang'an, she will be a "princess" for three to five months, avoiding the limelight, and then let her go home, nodding slowly .Xiuying was overjoyed, she didn't have time to wipe off the blood on her face, she kowtowed in gratitude. The next day, Mou Yu Khan moved to build an edict saying "Gele Khan Kehe Dun and Princess Ningguo of the Tang Dynasty have no children, so they are specially sent back to Tang Dynasty".In the afternoon, a group of people packed their luggage and left Haciba Cihesun.Li Chengyi, Zhe Miyi, Li Yu and their entourage went to Dunhuang. Li Yu and Shen Zhenzhu took Xiuying, Cheng Yuanzhen, Yan Ming and their entourage back to Tang Dynasty. Although the destination was different, they still traveled the same way for more than ten miles.Shen Zhenzhu knew that after the farewell, she would never see Zhe Miyi and Li Yu again, and she felt sad, but seeing that Li Chengyi and Zhe Miyi's husband and wife were deeply in love, and they could avoid the disputes in Chang'an by making a contract with Li Yu. I am deeply grateful for them who have lived in Xanadu for a long time. At the time of parting, Shen Zhenzhu couldn't help hugging and weeping with Zhe Miyi and Li Wei. This is a long farewell. The mountains are long and the rivers are wide. Don't be sad, let's be parted", what a fit.After the three of Zhemiyi rode away, Shen Zhenzhu still stood and looked into the distance until their figures disappeared at the other end of the vast grassland, then looked back at Hacibaci and Suncheng, feeling calm, and sat back in the carriage . Li Yu has been waiting in the car for a long time, holding her hand and said: "I have told you to go on, we don't have to go too fast, everything depends on your body." Shen Zhenzhu felt tired, and said indifferently: "It's all up to you Come on, you have fulfilled your wish, you should be satisfied." Li Yu changed color: "I should have thought earlier that you promised me only for the three of Cheng Cheng and Zhe Miyi." Shen Zhenzhu said indifferently: "Originally it was in this way." Li Yu's eyes gradually narrowed, and he was as clear as snow, and said: "Then I can only take care of the fetus in your womb." Huo De opened the curtain and jumped off the carriage. After more than a month since then, the group of people still traveled without haste, but Li Yu never stepped into Shen Zhenzhu's carriage again.When Shen Zhenzhu was pregnant with Li Shishi six years ago, the pregnancy reaction was very severe. This time, she had to rush on the road, and it was almost August. The weather in the desert grassland was hot and dry, and she often vomited and wheezed along the way. Yan Ming and Cheng Yuanzhen always came to take care of her , but helpless, there is no way. Shen Zhenzhu often vomited half-drowsy, half-dream and half-awake, thinking: This is also very good, even if I go back to Chang'an, as long as everyone finds that he no longer loves and cares about her, she will not bring him any troubles and troubles. Boy, she should really stay by his side and not wander with her, that's fine... Many times, she couldn't help but burst into tears. In the end, she couldn't bear it. She stayed in the camp for a day to rest, and at midnight, she suddenly had a fever. Water bag by the side, throwing and hitting the tent curtain. There was a commotion in all directions, and she leaned softly on the seat, her mind was still clear, but her limbs could no longer exert strength.Many people came and went out noisily, Yan Ming, Cheng Yuanzhen, Xiuying, and accompanying attendants who were slightly familiar with Qihuang... Li Yu rushed into the tent with strides, and seeing this situation, he hugged her into his arms, his voice trembling slightly: "I haven't prescribed the decoction yet!" Because the journey was far away, and she knew that Shen Zhenzhu was pregnant, she left Huihe. In the past, Li Ruo once prepared a lot of medicinal materials for Li Yu and his party, so it is said. Tongqihuang's attendant said: "Your Majesty, the disease is coming on quickly, but at most, you can only use mild medicine, in order to gradually reduce the temperature and get better. If you take too much medicine, it will definitely damage the fetus." Li Yu heard the meaning of the words , anxious and angry: "Get better slowly? If there is something wrong with her, what's the use of the fetus in the womb!" Shen Zhenzhu burst into tears, her hands were finally weak, and she gently pulled down his sleeve .He looked down at her, and she shook her head at him tenderly but resolutely. Li Yu sighed lightly, and waved his hand to push everyone away.He buried his head in her neck, as if pleading: "Let's not get angry anymore? You and I are the same, this is just a two-way injury." Shen Zhenzhu's will weakened in her frail body, thinking about this life like this, There is very little happiness, and it is now, so why bother to force yourself, raise your hand little by little, and finally hug Li Yu back. Li Yu was overjoyed, but seeing Shen Zhenzhu in his arms trembling again, worried and said repeatedly: "You must be fine, can we take medicine?" , murmured: "Chu, no, I want to keep the child, I must..." She vaguely felt that Li Yu hugged her tightly, sighed deeply, his stubble beard brushed against her forehead and cheek, Teach her to be comfortable, let her body and mind relax slowly. This feeling has been sinking for a long time. When she woke up again, she was still leaning against Li Yu's arms, and she was startled to feel the bitter taste of the potion in her mouth, and subconsciously stroked her abdomen and sat up hastily.Li Yu squinted his eyes half-closed to rest, and also sat up, stroked her forehead with his hand, and said with a smile: "The fever is gone, you're all right." Shen Zhenzhu asked in surprise: "You, have you given me medicine?" Li Yu looked at her with a half-smile: "Of course, otherwise how can I recover?" Shen Zhenzhu was so anxious that she was about to cry: "How can you, how can you..." Li Yu put his arms around her shoulders , smiled and said: "Don't worry, I followed the doctor's advice, the child will never be harmed." Shen Zhenzhu was dubious: "How could I recover so quickly?" Li Yu hugged her with a smile, and said: "I don't know either. Maybe God sees you and I get back together, and I will take pity on you. When I return to Chang'an, I have to set up a special altar to thank God for being beautiful." .” Shen Zhenzhu smiled, knowing that it was because she had not violated her original intention this time, and with Li Yu's full support, she was able to recover so quickly.She thought: Her heart is weak after all, even though she tried her best to wrap it in a hard shell, she was still weak after all.Whether Yu Moyan sips or Yu Liyu, she is greedy for dependence and tenderness after all.She is just one of the most ordinary women in the world. But after all, it was different from before. Along the way, even though she and him cuddled each other, they clearly had a lot of differences. After all, there is a diaphragm, the distance between the heart and the heart, sometimes very close, sometimes infinitely far. But Yan Ming thought that the two had completely let go of their previous suspicions, so he was very happy, and he spent the whole day serving on saddles and horses, and one day he took the opportunity to privately say to Shen Zhenzhu: "Your Majesty will finally be able to understand His Highness——When Your Majesty was trapped in Yecheng, His Highness was anxious, and at night I can't sleep at night, but I have to act as if nothing happened in front of everyone, but someone knows about it; someone privately sent a letter to Feng Shengyi, asking him to come to rescue me, how can His Highness not know? He is deliberately reminding me in his words, and letting go It's just Fengshengyi. You should know the situation at that time, if Fengshengyi can't save the empress, there will be no one else in this world. After the empress returned to Wuxing, His Highness once went to Wuxing with only Fengshengyi. After returning to the palace, he didn't know why. It turned out to be a serious illness." Shen Zhenzhu had already guessed one or two reasons for this, but at this moment, it still hurts a little in her heart.