reborn monarch

There was a lot of wind and sand in the northwest, and when Xie Jingqing arrived in Shuitian Town, he led his men to the local government office to get acquainted with the Xining Guard garrison, and immediately set up a tea-horse trip.

Xie Jingqing was very cautious this time. Qin Jian had already explained to him one by one the documents and materials of the tea-horse family in the previous dynasty. Out of mystery, dare not underestimate him.

But this Northwest dialect is really hard to understand, the better the Northwesters who are good at raising horses, most of them can't speak Mandarin, and most of Xie Jingqing's men are from Jiangnan people from their hometown, so it takes time for them to learn by themselves.It is necessary to ask the locals to translate, but I am afraid that the locals will collude to lower the price.The same is true for the small workers employed by the tea horse trade, which is very difficult to handle.

What Xie Jingqing lacks now is a translator and some handymen.

Seeing that he was really troubled, the local yamen servant pointed out to him, it is better to go to the market to buy some slaves, pay the money and go to the government to enslave him, don't ask where he came from.

The yamen servant put on a tacit and mysterious expression, Xie Jingqing hesitated, pretending not to care, handed over a small piece of silver, and asked, "What are the origins of these slaves?"

Seeing Qian Qian's eyes open, the yamen servant immediately opened his mouth. This is the place where he must pass through in exile in the northwest, and then go out and go out of the customs. Not to mention the difficult conditions, it is common to get lost in the desert.Therefore, if there are half-old children in the exile team, the soldiers who detain them will keep the children in the local area and sell them after obtaining the consent of the children's parents. .

As soon as he said that, Xie Jingqing understood, thanked him, and took his men to the market to pick people.

Seeing that the head of the family was unhappy along the way, the guys sent the accountant Lao Hu as a representative, and asked, "Why is the head of the house so sluggish?"

"You're just dying." Xie Jingqing treated these guys with one word, hate.

Old Hu dragged his voice out, "Ai", "Then what are you worried about? Wouldn't it be a good thing to leave a way out for the little baby?"

Xie Jingqing said in a low voice: "All of us in business understand that if we earn money, we will be greedy. 'Ask the consent of the children's parents'. If the price is high, even if the child and the parents are unwilling to separate, do you think these soldiers will sell it?"

"The head of the family, but we don't care about it." Lao Hu was also worried when he heard it, thought for a while, and then said, "The adults in their family committed major crimes and were exiled. Although they did not commit crimes themselves, there is also a cause and effect. What about retribution? It’s just that the little baby is pitiful.”

The guys also showed a sad face, and after hearing what Lao Hu said, they all felt a little relieved.

Hearing what they said, Xie Jingqing didn't bother to refute, but just sighed silently.

Entering the market to sell slaves, there is a clear distinction. On one side are the local poor or those who have committed crimes and have been demoted to slaves. Generally, their skin is yellowish and dark, with wrinkles blown by the wind and sand, and the younger ones look rough. On the other side, there are all kinds of people, there are people from all over the place, not only exiles from the mainland, but also people from foreign races.Prices vary, of course.

Xie Jingqing glanced at him, and the most conspicuous thing was a half-sized man who looked like a Jiangnan native, about fourteen years old, and his hands and feet were all in shackles that only exiles would wear, but they were not with slaves. Standing together, but following the tooth shop merchant, when the tooth shop businessman has no time to deal with the customer's questions, the kid will help answer or quote, speaking fluent local dialect.

"What's your name?" Xie Jingqing walked up to the kid and asked.

When someone asked the name, he naturally meant that he was interested and wanted to buy it, but there was no movement on his face, and he just replied with a lowered eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "Ah Feng."

The shopkeeper came over to talk to Xie Jingqing, saying that the kid was smart, and he knew it even if he asked him to help him. It’s just that at this age, he is sensible, and it’s not easy to sell. If the asking price is low, he will lose money. A sincere price.

This kid is obviously exiled, how can he lose money without a business?Xie Jingqing was about to make this businessman laugh, so he turned around and went to another house to buy five middle-aged slaves. When he turned back and passed by, he was stopped by the tooth dealer again, "Boss, the price is negotiable!"

In fact, this "Ah Feng" has been unsalable for three months. The best sellers in the market are middle-aged slaves and women who do rough work. At his age, he doesn't look strong. People will not pay a high price if they want to buy it, so it is a very embarrassing situation.

Ah Feng himself knew it well, otherwise he would not have changed his temper. A tooth shop merchant does not support idlers. He does not want to be sold cheaply into the hands of a beast that ruins people. .

Xie Jingqing haggled over the price, killed the price fiercely, and bought the kid.

On the way to the government to become a slave, none of the big guys paid attention, this kid wanted to run away, but Liu Banzai caught up with him on horseback, and was so angry that he wanted the family to send this kid back.

Xie Jingqing frowned, got off his horse, and asked him, "Why are you running?"

The boy gritted his teeth and did not speak.

"Speak." Xie Jingqing emphasized his tone.

The boy stared upwards and said loudly, "I am not a slave."

Xie Jingqing said matter-of-factly: "A crime is not as good as a slave."

The boy choked, lowered his head, thought for a while, and said, "I can speak Northwestern dialect, settle accounts, and write. I can do things for you, and I can do anything. I don't need wages, and I can only eat one meal a day. As long as you let me go to school, let me go in ten years!"

When he said "anything is fine", the kid's eyes were red, and he looked like he was being slaughtered.

You are only fourteen, you have such ambition, there must be a source, Xie Jingqing asked: "Do you have something that must be done?"

The boy was suddenly full of hostility, "I want revenge!"

"Revenge? To whom?" Xie Jingqing frowned.

Xu felt that Xie Jingqing would definitely send him back to the tooth shop. The boy broke the jar and told the truth, and said in a low voice: "Wen Jinli! My father is knowledgeable and talented, and he can't stand being squeezed by the officialdom. Feng Weixiang had always been at odds with each other, but he implicated the whole family in exile. As soon as I entered the Northwest Territory, Wen Jinli sent someone to send a message that I would be wiped out. My parents overheard the soldier's conversation and begged the soldier to send me to a tooth shop to sell me. I took away all their money and warm clothes, and drove them into the desert! I, Feng Zhuo, will not be a human if I don’t avenge this revenge!"

He finally expressed his grief and indignation, but after he finished speaking, he was completely at a loss.

His enemy is Wen Jinli, no one will help him, not to mention, he will soon become a slave.

He will never be able to avenge his parents.

Sure enough, after listening to Xie Jingqing, he got on his horse and went to the government, and enslaved the slaves, including Feng Zhuo.

But back at the Tea Horse Shop, Xie Jingqing brought Feng Zhuo into the study, and said to Feng Zhuo with a vigilant face: "Crime records cannot be used to obtain fame, I will enslave you, and on the day you want to leave, I can do it." I will take you out of slavery and turn you into a commoner, and you can go to the academy to take the exam yourself."

"But doing these things, I took a lot of risks. Within five years, you are not allowed to leave the Northwest, and you can no longer mention the past to others, and keep your name anonymous. From today on, your name is Zhuo Yuan. Do you understand?"

Zhuo Yuan, whose name was changed, bowed on his knees and said excitedly, "Thank you Master!"

He changed his mind very quickly, as expected of a smart man.

"Don't rush to thank, I have to ask one more question, do you also hate the officials who presided over the Jiangnan imperial examination case?" Xie Jingqing met Zhuo Yuan's eyes.

Zhuo Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head blankly, and said, "The state owns the state law."

Xie Jingqing let him go out half-heartedly.

Within a few days, the guys accepted Zhuo Yuan, because he is really capable, he can understand a little bit, and he can use it flexibly, which shows his father's demeanor. Xie Jingqing arranged for him to go to school for half a day every other day, and he taught him on weekdays. Zhuo Yuan I admire Xie Jingqing's knowledge very much. After learning that Xie Jingqing, like his father, abandoned literature and went into business, he became closer and more loyal to Xie Jingqing.

Half a month later, after returning to the capital, Yuan Dou, who was sent by Gu Zhen back to the Anxiwei camp, passed by here and brought Xie Jingqing a letter from Xie Jiuyuan and the Xie Mansion.

Xie Jingqing expressed his gratitude by entertaining Yuan Dou, and hearing him beamingly talk about the heroic demeanor of the white-haired general killing the enemy, Xie Jingqing felt a pain in his heart and his eyes turned red.

His eldest nephew is only 27 years old this year, and he is graying!How can he not be heartbroken as a brother-in-law?

Yuan Dou comforted him: "Even if his hair is gray, Mr. Xie is more handsome than before. Really, he is very powerful. People call him 'White-haired God of War'."

Xie Jingqing was so amused by his tone that he couldn't help laughing, and asked Xie Shiyi again, Yuan Dou talked even more lively, saying that Xie Shixi was not as good as the prince here, he was laughed at by the prince, and he was not as good as the prince there, he was ridiculed by the prince Yes, at the end, he consciously made a slip of the tongue, and then shut up embarrassingly.

"Master Yuan is really energetic, he is somewhat similar to my Eleven", Xie Jingqing sighed.

Yuan Dou seemed to have been stuffed with sand, and his face was embarrassed. He was not like that Xie Shiyi who insisted on pretending to be rigid. He was stupid.He is a natural talent!general!

Therefore, when Yuan Dou left, he froze a little, and didn't become active again until he passed Yumen Pass and entered Anxiwei's territory.

There was still half a day's journey to go home, Yuan Dou didn't want to rest, so he hurried into the camp, but when he got home, he heard that his father and elder brother were out to patrol the city, so he rode his horse to catch up and saw his father and brother in Brin City.

"Father! Brother!"

Yuan Jiu General and Yuan Wei Xunsheng turned their heads and were caught by Yuan Dou.

"No way!" General Yuan Jiu scolded with a smile.

Yuan Wei hugged his younger brother, knowing that he was on the battlefield in Qianxi, and was commended by Emperor Qiyuan for his contribution to tactics, so he carefully checked whether he was injured.

The general's soldiers watched the two brothers grow up, and they all laughed and joked, "The number one scholar is back!", and some anxiously asked, "How is the Qianxi battlefield?"

Yuan Dou stuck to his elder brother with a smirk, and talked to his soldiers and uncles about the differences between the Qianxi battlefield and the Northwest battlefield.

"General, what should we do here?" the yamen servant in Brin City reminded.

Yuan Dou followed the sound and saw a few horse children dressed in big Chu, holding a small piece of fur in their hands, obviously planning to come to the market to exchange rice grains, it seemed that they were recognized by someone and reported official.

Since the horse tribe broke the border and broke the three cities, the people on the west border of Dachu Anxi are unwilling to trade with the horse tribe. The horse tribe has to go south along the border to try their luck, or send women to pretend to be pitiful. Not much good.

Yuan Jiu would not have made things difficult for the children, since they will meet each other in the future, there is no reason to bully the children, and he was happy when his son came home, so he said, "Let him go."

"Yes."

The yamen servant pushed them outside, a child suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to Yuanjiu and said, "My lord, my mother is seriously ill and has not eaten for several days, please give me half a bowl of rice to make porridge, and I will exchange it with furs !"

He kowtowed loudly and saw blood within a few strokes.

Yuan Wei was being held on his back by his younger brother, after all he felt compassion, not to mention that the fur in the child's hand could be exchanged for half a bag of rice at the market price, seeing that his father didn't make a sound to drive him away, he stopped the conversation The child who kowtowed took his fur, sent someone to fill it with a small bag of rice, opened it for inspection, and then handed it to him: "The horse tribe invaded Dachu first, and we don't want to do business with you anymore. Today, my family is happy. This is not what I exchanged for you as a major general, but because I did good deeds as an older brother."

This is not for this child, but for the surrounding people. Yuan Dou thinks that his brother is really smart and kind-hearted, so he leans on his brother's back with a proud face, goes to see the child, sees the child Staring at his brother, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"Let them go." Yuan Wei reminded the yamen servant.

The Yamen servants drove these horse children out of the city.

As soon as Ah Guhuan came out of the city, he pulled out the dagger hidden behind his back, looked at the children around him vigilantly, scared them away, protected the small half bag of rice in his arms, rushed back to the tent, grabbed a handful of porridge, and The rest was hidden away, and regardless of the firewood, I boiled the porridge on a high fire, got out, blew it cool hard, helped my grandma lean on the pillow, and fed her spoonful by spoonful.

His mother was so sick that she couldn't even speak, but she knew it must be the food that the child had worked so hard for, so she swallowed it hard with tears in her eyes.

Before the bowl of porridge was finished, someone came to grab the rice, it must be the secret of those children.

Holding a dagger, Ah Guhuan stood in front of her mother, "My father is dead, and my uncle has usurped the throne and became king. It's not your turn to bully me. If you want to die, come and grab me. I'm not afraid to die with you! He Killed so many of our generals for the sake of reputation, if you come up with this head, if you kill me, your whole family will die for the sake of reputation!"

Thinking of those warriors who died tragically at the hands of the new king, the rice grabbers flinched, pushed each other, and scattered.

A Guhuan shook her hands and continued to feed her porridge.

He thought of the gentle young man who gave him half a bag of rice in Dachu City. He spoke in a nice tone, but he couldn't understand Dachu's language. He also thought of the uncle who drove him and his mother here to die for the sake of the throne. The black eyes screamed for vengeance.

I shall be king!

A Guhuan clenched her teeth.

Then, I want the clansmen to no longer have to worry about rice grains.

The Lancang Kingdom and the Japanese broke up due to a fire|arms accident, and Xie Jiuyuan led the Jingwei to suppress and beat them. Except for the new city that was taken back in the second battle, the Siming Mansion that was generously "given" to the Lancang Kingdom during the former emperor was also attacked by Xie Jiuyuan When he got back, Xie Jiuyuan pursued him all the way. Seeing that he had passed the boundary marker between the two countries, the Lancang Kingdom hastily put up the waiver card and sent an envoy to seek peace.

Xie Jiuyuan closed the gate of the city tightly and did not see the envoy, so he only gave four words, "I will be a minister forever".

There was an uproar in the country of Lancang, the rear didn't know the hardships ahead, and it was always easier to talk about it than to fight the truth. The king of Lancang listened to his close ministers and sent someone to blame the front-line general for his poor command. He wanted to seize the commander's military power and replace him. If we fight again, the commander-in-chief will have to be locked up for questioning.

When the decree came, the troops on the front line of Lancang Kingdom were filled with grief and indignation from top to bottom.The old men were hacked to death by the big Chu army on the front line, you guys hiding in the back can use your mouth to slander our commander?That is called a passionate group.

In a fit of rage, the commander erected a new flag and proclaimed himself king, but the army turned around and fought inside, and it turned out to be the opposite!

A small country has its advantages. Xie Jiuyuan and Wang Ze arranged post-war affairs, and Gu Lan learned from them. In this way, teaching and learning benefited each other. After ten days of peace, the commander of Lancang Kingdom became the new king.

The first thing the King of Yahweh did when he took office was to send someone to present a surrender form, wishing to be a subject forever and become a vassal state of Great Chu, paying tribute every year.

The news was sent back to the court, and everyone was in high spirits.

What a complete victory.

As the eldest son, Gu Lan accepted the surrender on behalf of Da Chu, and was canonized as the new king of Lancang Kingdom.

So far, the Chulan War has been completely won, and Qianxi's officialdom has been changed, which can be described as a great success.

In order to express his apology to the Miao Village, Xie Jiuyuan, as a representative, went to the Miao Village to offer condolences to the Miao people who lost their lives in this incident.

Bu Xiduo greeted him as a Miao-ren-king, and Xie Jiuyuan saw that he had become more depressed and thinner, and the bright beauty at the ferry that day was almost worn out by exhaustion, so he couldn't bear to say "sorry".

"I want to go to battle, kill the Japanese, and avenge my grandfather. Can I join the Chu army?" Xie Jiuyuan was startled by Bu Xiduo's response.

His brows were full of hatred, Xie Jiuyuan persuaded: "You are the Miao|ren|king. There is no law in Dachu that foreign races are not allowed to join the military guard, but it is not wise to do so. The living should live well. You join the Chu army , you may not be able to go to the battlefield, and even if you can go to the battlefield, you may not be sent to suppress Japanese pirates. If you die in battle and have not been able to take revenge, are you willing?"

In the previous life, Xie Jiuyuan did not meet Bu Xiduo at the ferry.It was after the accident in Qianxi that Bu Xiduo took several Miao people to join the civilian guards spontaneously organized by the people along the southeast coast, and specialized in killing Japanese pirates. Teammate, died in Fairy Bay.

As far as Xie Jiuyuan knew, until his death, Bu Xiduo did not bump into the Japanese man who killed his grandfather. He didn't know whether he was killed by someone else or he was still alive, so he lived in a daze, except for going to the battlefield for training, like a person who forgot emotional machine.

Therefore, Xie Jiuyuan did not want this young man to step on the battlefield again.

But Bu Xiduo shook his head and said, "I'm alive now, it's as if I'm dead."

"What about the Miao Village?" Xie Jiuyuan still planned to persuade.

But Bu Xiduo said with a relaxed expression: "Originally, the old people in the village were in charge. I took this position, but I didn't seek justice for everyone. Let it go to others. Some villages no longer have kings. In the future, such villages will become more and more powerful." many."

While talking, a basin of water fell from the sky, and Xie Jiuyuan was completely covered.

A young man of Miao nationality came around with lingering fear, shouted something to the sister in the room, came to apologize to Xie Jiuyuan in Miao language, and ran away.

Bu Xiduo couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, he explained: "It's because he lost in singing and was kicked out by the girl splashing water, but he didn't expect to splash you."

Seeing them, Ah Da walked over, Bu Xiduo unconsciously restrained his expression, and then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Xie Jiuyuan didn't pay attention, and asked helplessly, "Can I borrow your stilted building for a change of clothes?"

"Oh?" Bu Xiduo pretended not to see the man, and teased, "You want to go to my stilted building?"

Until he changed his clothes and left the village, Xie Jiuyuan didn't understand why the man named Ada always stared at him.

"You want to step aside?!" Ah Da hurried to Bu Xiduo's house and questioned him.

Bu Xiduo nodded, "I decided to join the Chu army to avenge my grandfather. Mr. Xie said that there will be conscription next month at the latest."

Ah Da said angrily: "I don't agree."

Bu Xiduo smiled, "When do I need your permission to do something? Who are you?"

"I", Ah Da was speechless, and changed his tone to a quiet one, "Then I will go with you."

Bu Xiduo shook his head, "You stay, I hope you are the next Miao|Ren|King. I know that no one is more serious than you, and no one is more suitable to guard the village than you. I won't come back again, I I don't want to be with you anymore."

Ah Da endured his sadness and asked, "Then why should I listen to you?"

"Because, Aunt Butterfly, this is the only request I, Bu Xiduo, make to you in my life. I died outside, and without you staying in the village to call my soul, my soul would not be able to return home, big brother , do you want me to be a lonely ghost outside?"

He smiled so slyly and brightly as when he was a child, but what he said was so cruel.

This person is so proud, he never begs for others, and he always says he doesn't want others. In fact, he is most afraid of being left behind.

He said such a long sentence, but he actually said the same sentence when he was a child.

"I don't want you anymore."

But who is the first to be cruel, and who is the first to not want the other?

Ah Da clenched his fists and walked out.Bu Xiduo didn't know how many times she looked at his back, her heart was calm.

Before leaving, Xie Jiuyuan organized soldiers to clean up the new city and held a memorial ceremony for the people in the new city.

Then he got on his horse and led the Jingwei, who was almost completely reborn from when he came, out of Qianxi, surrounded by the people, all the way north, and went straight to the capital.

Wherever he went, the reputation of the white-haired general spread.

After entering the capital, the people of the capital crowded the streets to watch, and the gates of the palace city were wide open to welcome Xie Jiuyuan's triumphant return.

Return to see the emperor, the emperor sits in the hall.

He rode his horse into the palace, got off his horse outside the Jinluan Hall, and entered the hall. He was not angry and pretentious. The Ming Mansion and the Lancang Kingdom have surrendered to our Great Chu, fortunately they did not disgrace their fate. God bless Great Chu, God bless Your Majesty."

All the ministers knelt together and recited loudly.

Emperor Qi Yuan was full of pride, but he only showed a slight smile on his face, and gave him a reward: "General Xie won three battles and three victories, he solved the urgent need of Qianxi, regained Siming Mansion, and made Lancang Kingdom a vassal. The decree is to designate General Xie as General Jinwu, and the Jinwu Guard will be transferred from the imperial guard to the guard of the suburbs of Beijing. The Jinwu Guard will be dispatched by Zhenhu Talisman to set up a Jinwu Guard camp in Xishan, enlist soldiers to guard the Lugou Bridge, and defend the capital! "

"The decree is that Xie Jiuyuan will return to the court immediately, and the official will resume his original position as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and enjoy General Jinwu's salary."

Xie Jiuyuan bowed to the ground: "My lord, take the order to thank you. Long live your majesty, long live, long live, long live."

"My love, please forgive me."

"Yes."

Xie Jiuyuan stood up, and faced Emperor Qi Yuan on the dragon chair several feet away, his eyes intertwined for a while and then separated, just for this moment, the eyes were intertwined, and it was also lingering.

Xie Jiuyuan stood in the class, causing the legs of several ministers around him to tremble in fright from the evil spirit on his body.

Emperor Qi Yuan looked at the court hall, Wen Jinli was on the left, Xie Jiuyuan was on the nine on the right, Jiang Zaidao was still inconspicuous, and in the corner stood the undisturbed Jin Yiwei.

He admired the chess game for a moment, then looked at Three Treasures.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing."

The author has something to say:

*sorry for being late

*The next chapter is three years later