Chapter 23 Chapter 19 Homeland

E Yidu ordered Akden and Seiler among his apprentices to ride a horse together, thus giving Nurhaci a horse; eleven people and ten horses rushed towards the left guard of Jianzhou. With horses instead of walking, the pace is of course much faster. After running all day and resting overnight, he started on his way early the next morning. Before noon, Jianzhou Zuowei in Hetuala had already in sight. Seeing the Jianzhou Zuowei city from a distance, Nurhachi's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and his blood boiled involuntarily; all the situations when he left home were still in front of him, but this time he came home because of his grandfather and father. He was killed—he was forced to leave home at the beginning, but during the six years he was away from home, why did he forget for a moment the place where he grew up and the family members who are connected by flesh and blood?I can't count how many times I have returned to my homeland in my dreams?

My own home, without even thinking about it, will float in front of my eyes; the outside of the house is surrounded by wooden fences, enclosing a large open space; They are all built with heated kangs - when I was a child, I often surrounded my mother with my younger brothers and listened to her telling stories; when I was four or five years old, I started to practice archery on a pony in the yard, and the few small bows and arrows were all made by my grandfather. ... Thinking of this, Nurhachi's eyes turned red, but as soon as he gritted his teeth, he insisted on suppressing everything, leaving only a raging fire in his heart that turned into a loud voice: "I will take revenge—I'm back!" , I came back to avenge my grandfather and father..."

His heart was burned even more by this voice, and when his body reacted, he galloped even more wildly, and he arrived at Jianzhou Zuowei in an instant; There were scattered private houses in twos and threes, unlike the wild mountain roads, which were suitable for galloping horses. Therefore, a group of people could only run to Nurhachi's house at a moderate speed. Fortunately, the horse didn't run fast - when he was about to reach the destination, a person suddenly rushed out by the side of the road and shouted: "Ah! Young master! You are finally back!" That person was Pahai, Nurhachi immediately reined in the horse's head when he saw it, stopped and talked to him: "It's you——Pahai, why are you here?"

"I'm anxious, I can't stay in the house, and I want to wait and see on the way—Young master, you don't know, wow, the other young masters are all anxious, no matter what, it's more than you agreed to go back to Jianzhou Zuowei Time, everyone is afraid that you have an accident..." Hearing what he said, Nurhachi immediately remembered that he had agreed with him to return to Jianzhou Zuowei for three days. Due to Daqing's illness and Li Chengliang's pursuit, he had delayed the agreement for three days. He was in a hurry; so he immediately said to Pahai, "I'm sorry, I missed the agreement and made everyone anxious..."

"Young master, you—you know the news, right—I found out in Tulum City that the two old masters have indeed been killed!" Pahai choked up as he spoke. But Nurhachi held back and said to Pahai: "I know everything—let's go back and talk about it first!" Saying so, he ordered Pahai to ride with him, and led the nine riders from Eyidu to run home together; unexpectedly, when he was about to reach the door, a carriage came out head-on, almost hitting the right Fortunately, there was only one carriage, so he avoided it after a flash. "It's Ji Fujin..." Pahai explained to him: "Whenever she heard that Master Takshi was gone, and you wanted to come back, she clamored to bring Young Master Bayara back to the Hada Department. Everyone After several days of persuasion, I couldn't persuade her, so I had to let her go!"

Hearing this, Nurhachi felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but it was hard to express it, so he could only keep silent; after a while he asked: "Other people heard that I am coming back, do you have any reaction?" Pahai said: "I don't know - I came to Jianzhou Zuowei not long ago, and most of the people didn't know each other; only once, I met a man named Wan Bulu, who brought his son to inquire about you. Listening to him, I feel that he respects you very much; in addition, I heard several other young masters mention it once, and I have always been very unconvinced when they said that "three rooms" - but I don't know about "three rooms" Who is it!"

Nurhachi sighed softly and said, "I know who it is..." Not long after the words were finished, the house had already arrived; so everyone dismounted together.As soon as Pahai got off his horse, he ran into the wooden fence shouting, "Come back——Master Nurhachi, come back..." The shouting immediately alarmed the people in the room, and a group of people rushed out from inside immediately. "Ah, Murhazi, Shuerhazi, Yarhazi—you all have grown up!" Nurhachi, who had just dismounted from his horse, raised his eyes and saw the three younger brothers coming towards him, and his heart was full of sorrow and joy, especially when the three people uttered "Big Brother" in unison, his whole heart was almost He wanted to burn; he opened his arms, and he immediately surrounded the three younger brothers together—unexpectedly, the younger brothers had grown up, and his arms were not enough to surround three people, and turned into four people embracing each other. It took a long time to separate.

"Yarhazi, you were only thirteen years old when I left home, and you were still a child; I didn't expect that you have grown so tall and strong, like an adult!" Nurhachi squeezed the shoulders and arms of each younger brother, patted the chest of each younger brother with joy and emotion, and then stared intently at the youngest, Yarhaqi, and sighed happily: "Your riding horse, I personally taught archery!" Shuerhaqi broke in and said, "Brother, Yaerhaqi has already married a wife and had children!" Nurhachi smiled happily: "Okay, okay, great—and what about you? How many children are there?"

Shuerhaqi smiled and replied with a red face: "Three—two sons and one daughter; the second son was born a few days ago and has not been named yet; you came back just in time, brother, please name this child! " "Okay, okay, let's talk in the house!" As Nurhachi said, he introduced E Yidu and his apprentices to his younger brothers: "This is the first confidant in my life, E Yidu—actually, we are relatives..." He had just said this when a clear and delicate voice suddenly came from the door, interrupting his words: "Brother..." "Ah, little sister..."

A slim girl with double braids came out of the door. Nurhachi's eyes turned red when he saw it. "Little sister, you have grown up too—your appearance looks exactly like Erniang's." "Er Niang's daughter is of course like Er Niang..." The little girl's name is Nichuhe, which means "pearl". She behaves gracefully and speaks in a leisurely manner. I've been looking forward to Big Brother's return, and now, Big Brother is finally back!" "Yes, I'm back, I will never leave home again, leave you..." Standing at the door of the house, looking around at the home, Nurhachi couldn't help speaking with emotion; then he introduced E Yidu to Nichuhe and said: "He is the cousin of your future husband-in-law Ha Sihu, that is, your cousin. Brother, you have to treat him well in the future!"

These words made Ni Chuhe's face turn red, and he slowly lowered his head, but he still responded generously: "Yes." As he spoke, Nurhachi stepped into the room first, and everyone followed him into the room. However, when he reached the door and was about to cross the threshold, Nurhachi suddenly stopped, turned his head, and his expression became extremely solemn. He asked in a calm voice: "Murhazi, grandfather Have you set up a mourning hall with your father?" Murhazi is the oldest among the younger brothers, but because he is the concubine's concubine's son, he has a low status in the family, and has always been taciturn and diligent; but because he is the eldest brother, Nurhachi asked him first ;Although Murhazi usually doesn't like to talk too much, but he doesn't flinch when things happen. When Nurhachi asked him, he answered in detail: "It has been set-it has been set since two days ago, when the news was confirmed. " "Well." After hearing the words, Nurhachi turned his head and walked into the room. The spiritual seats of Jue Changan and Takshi were set on the "board" on the wall of the Western Kang that was originally used for sacrifices, and were offered for inspection according to the shamanistic ceremony; as soon as Nurhachi entered the room, he immediately walked to the spiritual seats of the two In front of him, he knelt down on his knees with a "plop". As soon as he knelt, all the people behind him also knelt down, and a dozen people knelt down and filled the whole room. The atmosphere was heavy and sad, but no one made a sound; Nurhachi knelt on his knees, raised his head and chest, and stared straight at the two spiritual positions. There was no expression on his face, only his muscles were trembling and twitching slightly. There are no tears in the eyes, but the eyes are full of anger, there is no sound in the mouth, but the anger in the heart is surging, and the waves are roaring, and the waves are more violent than the waves, enough to shake the world: "I will take revenge! Yes—I will avenge you, and I will avenge all the Jurchens who were killed for no reason—I swear, I will do it all!" A thin, bright red blood trickled slowly from the corner of his mouth.

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