Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 68 The swans fly to Desert West (Part )
Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi Province of the Ming Dynasty (today's Yuncheng area), known as Hedong in ancient times, has been a cultural center since ancient times. It has produced countless civil servants, military generals, and talented scholars, including Zhang Yi, Fan Sui, Lian Po, Guan Yu, Xue Rengui, Wang Bo, Wang Wei, Zhang Xun, Liu Zongyuan, Pei Xingjian, Yang Yuhuan, Pei Du, and Sima Guang produced fifty-nine prime ministers and fifty-nine generals in Wenxi County alone. The official history biographies list more than 600 people, which made Sima Guang sigh: "When I hear the joy, I am in the forest of scholar-bureaucrats."

In Pingyang Fucheng, there is a large, heavy and simple mansion with a large character "Xue" written on it. It is the mansion of Xue Zongzhou, a branch of the Xue family in Hedong. The Xue clan in Hedong is one of the three major clans in Hedong together with the Pei clan and the Liu clan.

The owner of this house, Xue Zongzhou, whose courtesy name is Wenbo, is in his twenties. He is suave, heroic, and likes to make friends. However, I have friends all over the world, but I only have a few close friends. At this moment, he was hosting a banquet in the wing to entertain two close friends. One of them is about thirty years old, with a fierce momentum and elegant literary talent. He is Sultan's master Liu Haogu; the other is twenty-three years old, elegant and elegant, and is a thinker and calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. , medical scientist Fu Shan, also known as Qingzhu.

Fu Shan was from Taiyuan. Not long ago, his wife Zhang gave birth to his son Fu Mei. He originally planned to have fun at home, but unexpectedly there were rogue bandits in Taiyuan. To avoid the war, he fled to Pingyang and stayed with his friend Xue Zongzhou's family.

Speaking of the rogue bandits in the north, they have been causing trouble for some years. They originally only made trouble in Shaanxi, but for some reason they ended up in Shanxi. Among them, one named Wang Jiayin was the most powerful. He was supported as king by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyong and other rebel leaders. He also appointed officials at all levels and gathered more than 30,000 people. When he was in Shaanxi, the king defeated the main force of the Ming army. After arriving in Shanxi, he was so powerful that he came to Taiyuan Prefecture.

In order to avoid the military disaster, Fu Shan came to Pingyang to seek refuge with his friend Xue Zongzhou. Xue Zongzhou was also acquainted with Liu Haogu, and the three of them often got together to discuss the situation in the world.

At that time, Liu Haogu left his disciples and returned to his hometown in Pingyang to fulfill his filial piety. Not long after, my father died of illness. Then, there were internal and external troubles, and wars everywhere.

He often thought of what Sultan said when he was saying goodbye, "When I say goodbye, I have a message to give to my mentor. Today's Ming Emperor is mean, ungrateful, and petty, and he cannot be a king who can protect his land. If his mentor was still here, If you can't stay in Pingyang any longer, please come to Yingsochuan City to find me. I will sweep your bed to welcome you!"

As expected, the world is now in chaos, and this disciple indeed has foresight! He wanted to go to Yingsochuan City to seek refuge with his disciples. On the one hand, the master-disciple relationship was deep; on the other hand, the two Mongolian concubines that Nomudale gave her back then also missed their hometown very much and encouraged him to return to Yingsao River.

While the wine was still in full swing, Xue Zongzhou got to the point: "Chu Cai (ancient Chinese character Liu Hao), Qingzhu (Fu Shan's Chinese character), yesterday, the heads of the Xue family, Pei family, and Liu family asked me to discuss. Yunbei has been in chaos. Ask me to move south to the south of the Yangtze River with them. What do you think of this plan?"

"Uncle Wen, I foolishly thought that moving south to the south of the Yangtze River would only provide me with more than ten years of comfort, and the south of the Yangtze River might not be a happy land." Fu Shan sighed. He likes to travel, is familiar with the situation in the north and the south, and is fully aware of the seriousness of natural disasters and the corruption of the court, so he is very pessimistic.

"Yes, Uncle Wen. Nowadays, the government is corrupt, scholars are harming the country, and there are natural and man-made disasters. The cavalry of the slaves have even reached the gates of Beijing. State affairs cannot be done anymore!" Liu Haogu also sighed.

Xue Zongzhou was stunned. Brother Liu's grandfather was Liu Minkuan, who participated in the "Three Victories in Huangzhong" and became the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty. Even he said that state affairs were not allowed to be done. What should we do?
He gritted his teeth and asked Liu Haogu: "Brother Liu, the affairs of the country are far away, and Jiangnan is not a paradise. Where else can we go?"

"Yes, Brother Liu, what can I do?" Fu Shan also asked Liu Haogu.

"Ugh!"

Liu Haogu sighed deeply, "To be honest with you two wise brothers, my foolish brother wants to go to Moxi and defect to Taiji Sultan of the Oirat Mongol Huit tribe."

"What! You want to defect to Wala? Those barbarians are wolves and don't know etiquette. How can you surrender to them?" Xue Zongzhou was shocked.

"Yes, Brother Liu, I heard that Wala respects strength but ignores courtesy and is very brave and fierce. If you defect to them, you may not be able to save your life," Fu Shan also said. "Hahaha, these two wise brothers don't know much about Wala. To be honest, Brother Yu was once the disciple of Nawalahui's great Taiji Sultan, and he stayed in Yingsaochuan for four years. My disciple If you are familiar with Confucian classics and can write articles about Confucius and Mencius, you are not a barbarian!" After saying that, Liu Haogu told everything about the time when he accepted a disciple because of a couplet and was in the Huite tribe.

"I see!"

After hearing this, Xue Zongzhou and Fu Shan looked much better, but they were still hesitant about taking refuge in Moxi.

Seeing the hesitation of the two men, Liu Haogu said seriously: "You all said that the barbarians don't know etiquette, but now the world is in chaos, the refugees can't survive, and even the people eat them; the officers and soldiers dare not suppress the thieves, but they dare to kill the good and take credit and steal the money." The officials of the imperial court did not provide relief to the victims, but instead increased donations and gifts. Where is the etiquette? Where is justice? I have made up my mind and will move west to the west of the desert to avoid the disaster of war. Where do the two wise brothers go? It is up to you. ".

After hearing this, Xue and Fu looked at each other.

After a long time, Fu Shanfang said: "I would like to follow Brother Liu to live in seclusion in Moxi, and live the life of herding horses and singing songs from now on!"

"I am also willing to go." Xue Zongzhou paused and then said: "It's just that the war is in chaos right now. If I rely on my servants alone, I'm afraid I won't be killed by those rogue soldiers before I reach the Yingsuo River!"

"It's okay, Brother Yu has already considered this." Liu Haogu stroked his beard, "The Taigu Cao family has been doing business for generations and often travels to the north and south of the desert. Friendship. I am acquainted with Cao Sanxi, the head of the Cao family. I have already written a book for him and asked him to send someone to send us there. We will definitely have no worries!"

The drizzle kept falling, and the raindrops flowed along the eaves of Sanduotang, like a lover's tears.

The Cao Family Courtyard in Taigu County, Shanxi Province, is in the shape of the Chinese character "Shou", which means "many blessings, many lives, many children", and is also known as "Sanduotang". The large courtyard facing south is tall and elegant, divided into two parts, north and south, and three large courtyards with east and west halls side by side. Carved beams and painted buildings, dragon towers and phoenix pavilions are lined up in rows. Walking on the winding corridors, you can raise your eyes and peck at the eaves. There are also three pavilion-style pavilions on the top of the courtyard. The flying pavilion is in the sky. It is the place where the guards of the Cao family patrol the courtyard, and it is also the place where the owner toasts to the moon.

Cao Sanxi, who had just passed his thirties, was standing at the entrance of the main hall of Sanduo Hall watching the rain. The rain wasn't heavy, but it kept falling. The man didn't move at all, watching quietly.

Suddenly, shopkeeper Cao Da, who had extensive experience in the business world, trembled and his eyes widened.

A dark shadow eluded the eyes and ears of Cao's nursing home. It slid down from the roof of the building and flew to Cao Sanxi in a few short steps. He cupped his hands and saluted, "Ji Jike, I have met shopkeeper Cao."

"Oh, dear brother, please let me wait. Follow me into the study quickly. There will be good tea." Cao Sanxi made a gesture of invitation and laughed.

(End of this chapter)