Chapter 35 two

The morning sun cuts a corner of the sky, and paints the sparkling water waves of the Volga River with changing colors. The undulating river surface changes from jet black to dark gray to orange pink to blood red. The boundaries between colors are not obvious, but they often follow the The interlacing of light and shadow is mixed together.The magnificence of sunrise is the most beautiful gift to the Volga River in autumn, and Batu found that he had not been in the mood to appreciate such a view for a long time. Bai Ling quietly stood beside his father.Today, she invited her father to watch the sunrise.She knew that since Guiyou Khan died on the way to Yemili, her father rarely had a moment of relaxation.For the future of the Mongolian Empire, he turned himself into a knife ready to fight at any time.Now, with his father's support and his own wisdom, Mengge Khan has finally stabilized the political situation in Mongolia. While his father is relieved, he feels tired like never before, and he is getting old and haggard all of a sudden.The change in his father made Bai Ling heartbroken and heartbroken.

Yesterday evening, Bailing received a letter from Ziniranzato's messenger home, which was written in Chinese.Although they can speak the languages ​​of several countries, the characters Bailing and Ziniranza are best at using are still square characters.Tsiniranza's letter is very long. In the letter, he described in detail a thrilling palace coup in Mongolia after Mengge Khan's ascension to the throne.The coup almost succeeded.If successful, history will be rewritten. Bailing read the letter over and over again, and through Ziniranza's detailed description, she seemed to see everyone in the letter.Among these people, some are only known to her by name, and some she has never met.But their fate also affects her, making her experience and feel with Ziniranza involuntarily.

The letter reads as follows: Bailing, seeing and believing is like a man. Since returning to the Mongolian grassland, everything seems to be different. As my father wished, the Khuriltai Assembly was held as scheduled within one month after Uncle Berg and I arrived.During this period, I heard a shocking rumor that Tuolei Danayan drank the talisman water of the leader Erlu and died in place of Ogedai Khan.It is unknown how true this rumor is, but its effect was unexpectedly huge. It prompted many princes and nobles who were hesitant to wait and see to quickly change their attitudes and came to the meeting very actively.Therefore, when the kings and nobles gathered for the first time, except for the Lost Queen of the Sea and a few kings of the Wokuotai family, everyone else attended the meeting.

In view of the resistance attitude of the Wokuotai family, in order to urge Hai Lost Queen and her two sons, Naohu and Hucha, to attend the meeting as soon as possible, Mrs. Su Ru discussed with other kings who attended the meeting earlier and sent them a A mildly worded letter, the letter said: "Most people in the Genghis Khan family have already assembled. The Kuliltai Conference has been delayed by you so far. There is no need to delay. If you have a desire for reconciliation and unity, please do so as soon as possible." Attending the Kuliletai Conference, several dynasties can deal with it unanimously, and suspicions and suspicions can be quickly eliminated."

After the letter was delivered, the Lost Queen of the Sea probably felt that it was pointless to delay any longer, so she had to let her two sons go, but she herself refused to come.Although Naohu, Hucha and the other princes of the Wokuotai clan had already set off, they were still dawdling on the way.Seeing that the agreed time had passed, the participants had no choice but to embrace Mengge Khan in their absence. Compared with the Khan Election Conference held on the shore of Issyk-Kul more than a year ago, Mengge Khan's ascension to the throne has fewer constraints. Everyone recognizes the established facts and unanimously agrees: Mengge Khan must belong to Khan!In this way, Meng Ge became the new Great Khan of the Mongolian Empire with dignity.

Do you still remember that time, at the Issyk Khan Khan election meeting, you, as the maid of Queen Bingji, were also at the meeting.My father asked Uncle Bie Erge and me to stand on both sides of the tent door with swords, and strictly ordered that anyone who dared to leave the meeting without permission or deliberately provoke troubles due to dissatisfaction would be killed!Anyway, I still remember it.The original refreshing air of Issyk-Kul Lake was in stark contrast to the tense atmosphere in the big tent. The torpedo system and the Wokuotai system did not give in to each other. The tense situation at that time still often enters my dreams after a long time.It is worth mentioning that the lofty prestige of the father played a crucial role. Despite all the differences, everyone finally accepted his father's proposal and agreed that Meng Ge was the heir to the throne of Khan.

This time, however, was completely different.Although Mengge Khan's accession to the throne went smoothly, what happened afterwards was extremely dangerous. While preparing for Mengge Khan's ascension ceremony, a conspiracy was quietly brewing. The cause of the matter is this.Under the pressure of the situation, the kings of the Wokuotai family had to express their obedience to our father's arrangement and the resolution of the Kuliltai Assembly on the surface, and set off to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Mengge Khan. Secretly, they did not want to lose their paradise just like this .Under the instigation of the Queen Mother Haimi, her son Naohu and another grandson of Wo Kuodei, Shiliemen, approached Mengge Khan's tent with an army and a cart full of weapons.They wanted to surround Mengge Khan with lightning speed and then depose him.

You can hardly imagine that when Naohu, Shiliemen and others sharpened their knives and prepared to kill Mengge Khan's new regime, Mengge Khan was still kept in the dark.If one of his falconers hadn't accidentally discovered this evil conspiracy in search of a lost white camel, the festive banquet celebrating the enthronement of Mongol Khan would have been stained red with blood, and we would have died as a result. different place. Fortunately, the heavens bless the conspirators, and Naohu, Shiliemen and others were finally brought to light.Mengge Khan was indeed the kind of person his father had repeatedly praised. Facing this sudden danger, he actually put the door of brain suddenness and loss of strength under his control while talking and laughing.Brain Sudden and Lost Liemen originally tried their best to justify their misconduct, but they had to bow their heads and plead guilty in front of a large number of witnesses and physical evidence.It is said that since the founding of Mongolia, similar things have never happened. Therefore, Mengge Khan wanted to be lenient and not to pursue it.But Uncle Berger firmly disagreed. He believed that if he accommodated them this time, it would be tantamount to appeasement and foster adultery.After weighing it over and over again, Mengge Khan finally accepted the opinion of Uncle Berge and many other generals.

I was there at the trial.Mengge Khan called King Zong and the generals together and asked them to talk about their views on rebellion such as insanity.People have different opinions and disputes, and only one minister remains silent.Mengge Khan was very strange, so he asked for his opinion, but he refused, and told the following meaningful story. "At that time, King Alexander of Macedonia conquered many parts of the world. When he planned to enter India, his subordinates demanded independence one after another. He was helpless, so he sent someone to ask the wise and wise Aristotle for advice on how to subdue these domineering people. , The general who refused to listen to the order. Aristotle did not answer, but just brought the messenger into the garden and asked him to pull out the big tree with deep roots and plant young trees in the original place. Alexander the Great from here I realized a mystery in this matter, and ordered the execution of those domineering subordinates, and let their sons lead the army left behind by their father. Since then, no one dared to disobey the order." To tell you the truth, I heard his story confused However, there was a relieved smile on Mengge Khan's face.At the trial meeting the next day, Mengge Khan ordered the execution of all the generals who instigated the Zongwang rebellion, and a total of 77 people were killed.Naohu and Shiliemen were demoted, and followed Prince Kublai Khan to the south.

The matter did not end here, and Mengge Khan did not want to let go of the real mastermind behind it.He asked me to act as the envoy, and relayed his oral instructions to the Lost Queen of the Sea and her other son Hucha: "If you have not plotted with these people, if you have not agreed with or helped them, then you should go to the court to explain Everything is crucial to your future." The Lost Queen of the Sea immediately "slapped" me twice, and ordered the guards to drive me out with sticks.Regardless of this, she was still standing on the grass outside the tent, gesticulating, crying and screaming, saying: "All your Zongwang once swore that the throne of the Great Khan will always belong to the Wokuotai family, and no one else can covet it. Don't get involved. Why are you breaking your promise now?" Back then, we traveled around the world with our mother and grandfather, and we met very powerful and pungent women, but none of them could compare with the Lost Queen of the Sea.Because she is by no means a pure shrew, she exudes a terrifying murderous aura all over her body.You didn't see her blood red eyes at that time, I thought, if she had a knife, she would have killed me first.

I hit a snag from the lost queen of the sea, so I had no choice but to come to the residence of Prince Hucha again.Lord Hucha is equally disgusted with me or my mission.He must think that Mengge Khan summoned him as a great humiliation to him.At first, he refused to see me at all, but a young and beautiful concubine beside him summoned me in private.She started talking to me casually, and I caught sight of the amulet shaped like a flying fish hanging around her neck at a glance. Bai Ling is the flying fish amulet! It is a family heirloom of my grandfather's family. My grandfather once gave one of them to the two daughters of my uncle's family, and the other to me and you.I suddenly realized that she must be one of the two daughters of the uncle’s family that my mother had told us many times. I was excited and asked, "Is your name Shen Xiumei?" She looked at me in surprise, as if She replied thoughtfully: "My name is Shen Xuexue, Xiumei is my older sister, and she is the wife of Prince Xu Liewu." Then she asked me back: "How do you know my older sister's name?" I almost told her who I am , but I remembered our promise to my mother, so I had to say: I heard it.People have been rumoring that the two girls brought up by Mrs. Su Ru are like the two brightest stars falling on our grassland. All the princes and nobles hope to welcome them back to their tents.However, when they grew up, one married Mrs. Su Ru's son Xu Liewu, and the other married Hucha. When I said this, she smiled a little confused, and stopped asking.She asked in detail what happened before and after Mengge Khan's ascension to the throne, and finally she told me clearly that it was God's will that Mengge Khan ascended the throne.If Prince Hucha is obsessed with obsession, it is very likely that the entire empire will be pushed into the abyss of war, and she must not allow this to happen.She asked me to wait for a while, and she will personally persuade the prince to return to the Mongolian court with me.And me, no matter what she said at this moment, I just nodded mechanically.There is only one thing on my mind, she is my older sister, the closest blood relative to me besides my father and you.Besides, she really looks like her aunt, our mother!Not only looks like her, how should I describe her temperament?Or maybe it's the kind of innate elegance and nobility, just like the mother who has worked hard for us all her life. I don't know how Sister Xuexue persuaded her husband, but it is a fact that her attitude towards me has changed obviously after she found out.He warmly entertained me, and sister Xuexue also accompanied me.The next day, Hucha set out to meet Mengge Khan with me. Of course, sister Xuexue was with me. She was going to visit Mrs. Su Ru and her aunt, and of course the sisters could be reunited.The power of blood relationship is really amazing. Sister Xuexue and I have developed a spiritual bond unconsciously. With Sister Xuexue, the journey is no longer lonely and difficult, and we will soon return to Khanting. Hucha took the initiative to plead guilty to Mengge Khan, admitting that he had indeed disrespected the Great Khan's emissary and the Great Khan himself, but he really did not participate in the rebellion of Naohu and Shiliemen.As for the reason why he didn't participate in the rebellion, he confessed that it was because after he married Concubine Xuexue, he deeply regretted his previous wild and absurd behavior, and gradually alienated him from Naohu and his mother.When Naohu decided to assassinate the new Great Khan, he was hiding it from him.After hearing what he said, Meng Ge Khan asked me with a smile: "You have lived in China, you must know what a Chinese saying goes?" It’s less trouble!” Mengge Khan laughed loudly as he said, his hearty laughter made me understand that he completely believed in Hucha’s innocence.Sister Xuexue's wisdom helped Hucha avoid this unreasonable disaster. Although Mengge Khan was generous, he never showed mercy to opponents.When he heard that the Queen of Lost Hai refused to come to see him, and even satirized him for usurping the Khan position that should have belonged to the Wokuotai Clan, he became furious and ordered Mangesa to assist me to go to the Lost Sea residence to detain the former Queen and regent woman.Mangesa is not only Mengge Khan's trusted general, but also a brave husband. I have learned his fiery temper.As soon as he arrived at the tent of the lost queen in the sea, he asked the soldiers to tie the queen up without saying anything.I dare not stop him.I know that even if I stop him, he won't listen to me. Standing behind him is Mengge Khan, who is determined and courageous after all. The hands of the Lost Queen of the Sea were sewn into skin bags, and they were taken all the way back to Mengge Khan's big tent.At the same time, she was escorted back for interrogation as well as the mother of Lie Liemen.Mengge Khan still sent Mangosar to interrogate the Lost Queen of the Sea, and at the same time asked me and another historian to make written records. I used Chinese and the other historian used Mongolian.Mangesa's interrogation was really jaw-dropping. He actually ordered someone to strip off the clothes of the Lost Queen of the Sea and let her stand naked in front of him.The Lost Queen of the Sea yelled angrily: "My body can only be exposed in front of the deceased Guiyu Khan, how can you make me look so ugly in public." Both the historian and I couldn't stand it, pretending to look at ourselves Paper and pen in front of you. Mangosah was completely unmoved, and began his interrogation sharply.Facing the facts, the Lost Queen of the Sea had no choice but to admit the fact that she encouraged her son Naohu to conspire to rebel.After Mangesa got the confession of the Lost Sea Queen, he didn't ask Mengge Khan for instructions, and directly ordered someone to wrap the Lost Sea Queen and the mother of the Lost Martial Gate with a big blanket, and threw them into the turbulent river.Poor woman who once controlled the Mongolian political situation ended up with such a tragic end! The day after the Lost Queen of the Sea died, Erlu was found mysteriously dead in his own tent.He was leaning against the corner of the tent, his body could not fall down, there was not a single wound on his body, and he didn't seem to have died of poisoning.There was an expression on his face, an indescribable expression.That expression can't be accurately described with "horror" or "regret", but it makes everyone who sees this expression feel "creepy" from the bottom of their hearts! How did Erlu die?More people are guessing that it is because he is full of crimes and people don't report to heaven, and I also somewhat believe this statement. hope so. As the conspirators were cut off one by one, Mongolia's political situation stabilized.Mongol Khan kept me in Khan Court.Originally, I should have promised him that my father's blood flowed from my body, and it was my natural responsibility to serve this vigorous new regime.But I hesitated for a moment and told him, not for now, I still have two things to do.One thing is to go back to Sichuan to worship my mother; the second thing is to go back to Sarai City to ask Batu Khan for his promise.Mengge Khan agreed with his characteristic magnanimity, but told me to go early and return early. Maybe it was only at this moment that I really understood the deep meaning of my mother asking us to go back to my father, help him, protect him but not recognize him.She is afraid that we will be involved in bloody and inhumane power struggles. She hopes that our lives will be peaceful, open and peaceful.Mother is right.Our grandfather was born in the Jurchen royal family, and his whole family, except for the grandfather, became a thorn in the side of political opponents because of his noble birth and charisma, and was eventually executed by all the families?Now, I have personally experienced the whole process of Mengge Khan's suppression of political opponents. I saw so many people slaughtered in front of me, and I really felt an indescribable disgust and indescribable fear in my heart.This is far from fighting the enemy on the battlefield. On the battlefield, you are facing the enemy, but here, you are facing your compatriots. I began to miss the days of traveling in the mountains and forests with my mother and grandfather, but I knew that I could not escape my destined fate.In other words, I am the son of the Mongols, so no matter how much I hesitate, the only thing I can do is to obey the command of Mengge Khan, fight for him, and die for him. I plan to visit my father and you after I return from Sichuan.My father is over half a hundred years old, and I feel that his body is not as good as before, and he is much older.During the days when I was away from him, I couldn't restrain the urge to recognize him more and more.I really want to call him father. Father, but definitely not Father Khan.He will never be our father Khan, but only made his bone, his flesh, and his blood the father of me and you. I think, at this time, I began to understand the real intention of my mother. She hoped that we would never lose our good nature because of power. What she prevented us from recognizing was only the power of the father, not the father himself.Bai Ling, I know you will agree with me. Sometimes, when you are with your father, your eyes tell me that the constant emotion between father and daughter is in your heart, and it is an attachment that is more unforgettable than words.So, before I come back, it is up to you to decide whether or not you recognize your father, and in what way. I hurry up to write this letter to you, Nuo Min is arranging to pack up, and the two children can't wait to leave. By the way, there is another very important thing that I almost forgot to tell you. A few days before I wrote to you, I made a special trip to visit Yeluke.He is still living in his old house, his mother has passed away, and he is alone in the big house, which looks very empty and desolate.The architectural style and style of Prime Minister Yelu's house are exactly the same as the residence when he lived in seclusion in Xishan, the central capital.Two quatrains inscribed by Prime Minister Yeluu after the completion of the new residence are hung side by side in the hall, which can reflect the joyful mood of Yelucheng at that time.Now, Yeluke has re-framed them and added some new ideas.One of these two quatrains is "Tixin Jubi": "The five-acre residence on the west mountain in the old hermit is the same as the Lin Xinyuan Dian. This house awakens the dream of the past, but who knows it is a dream in the daytime."The other song is "Completion of Xihelin's New Residence": "When I ascend to the new year, I will be happy with the Shi, and I will see the mountains around Helin. The new construction of the secluded house is worthy of death, and I will be free when I am not idle."I wrote down these two poems and copied them for you. I know you will like them. I chatted with Yeluke a lot, thinking in my heart, if Yeluke's father hadn't died of depression after being relegated by Empress Naimazhen, which made him no longer interested in official career, he might become a great politician like his father. Family and generation names.He is also as honest and self-confident as his father, with high moral character.In his home, apart from a few simple furnishings, there are only rows of books on the bookcase.During the conversation, I learned that he has not yet married, and then he was a little lost in silence, and the blankness in his eyes was what I had seen when you parted from him.I was afraid that he didn't want me to notice his gaffe, so I got up and went to look through his collection of books.Inadvertently, I found his sketches placed in the bookcase together with other books, and these sketches were neatly bound into volumes. When I opened the drawing, I was stunned, every page on the drawing was you!The wind blowing from the river is blowing your long hair; you are wearing a hunting suit and riding a horse in a heroic manner; you are staring at the chessboard with a peaceful face... Sour, I had to close my eyes for a while before continuing to read.When I raised my head, Yeluke was standing in front of me, his face flushed red, probably because I accidentally discovered his secret. I was also very embarrassed, and was speechless for a while when I returned the drawing to him. Bai Ling, do you believe that there is really a kind of man in this world who regards love as his life?If you don't believe it, I believe it at this moment. That year, you rejected Yeluke ruthlessly in order not to leave your father's side, but he has missed and cared about you all the time for many years.It's just that unlike many men, he buried these thoughts and concerns silently in his heart. Bai Ling, when I come back from Sichuan, I will invite Yeluke to accompany me. I hope you will cherish this late marriage.I know that you have always loved Yelvke deeply, but because you felt that you were the only one to your father, but women were not the only one to Yelvke, you reluctantly chose to give up.Now that you know that you are also the only one for Yelvke, will you give up again? Don't let me down, don't let my father down, with the blessings of my father, me and Nuo Min, Bai Ling must be beautiful when she is a bride. Don't talk too much, let's talk about it when we meet.