Ashes

"What are you doing here alone?" The sun shone on Huang Taiji, adding warmth to him.

Dorgon raised his head: "How do you know I'm here?"

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "I didn't know you were here, but this is the highest place in the entire Liaoyang City, so come here to breathe."

Yes, the highest place, he always likes to stand on the highest place to look down on others.

I would also like.

"You are too courageous." Huang Taiji said, "The city is very chaotic now, and the Han people are not well-behaved. Father Khan has ordered that you are not allowed to go out alone."

Dorgon retorted: "Aren't you alone?"

"You are young."

"I'm not young anymore."

Huang Taiji looked at him carefully, as if he was looking at something interesting.

"Look at what?" Dorgon asked.

"See if you're not happy."

"Why should I be unhappy?"

"Dodo first, you became the banner owner, you don't care at all?"

"It's okay." Dorgon replied casually, picked up another stone, and threw it into the distance.

Huang Taiji's eyes followed the stone, and cast it into the distance: "It's okay? There are only good and bad, so what's good?"

"Does the starling really want me to be the banner owner?" Dorgon looked at him.

"Of course, the person I like, how can it be possible that he can't even be a banner owner?"

Dorgon was slightly moved, but he didn't expect him to care more about this position than himself.He casually made an excuse: "Father Khan has always loved Duoduo very much."

He should feel sad, but it's the little Baylor who also has no credit, how could his younger brother become the banner owner first, and he would still be happy like a heartless one?So there was a hint of gloom on his face just right.

But from Huang Taiji's point of view, his gloomy death concealed a great sense of loss and unwillingness. It was an inadvertent expression after forbearance, which made people feel sad.

Huang Taiji stretched out his hand to him: "Come on, let's go out of the city."

Dorgon hesitated for a moment, jumped down from the stone, and took his hand.

It was almost evening, half of the sun fell on the mountain in the sky, and the sun was shining brightly.The Taizi River is shimmering, and the setting sun is reflected in the water, as if it has been broken into pieces, and sprinkled on the lake, pieces of golden yellow.The white reeds also turned golden, floating gently in the wind on the shore, exuding a burst of fragrance.

The two of them rode together, and the horse slowed down and walked slowly along the shallows by the river.

In the distance, I don't know what was alarmed, a group of reeds in the reeds made a loud noise, flapped their wings and flew into the sky, gliding past in the orange-red sky, leaving only a silhouette.

Huang Taiji suddenly said, "Do you know why this river is called Taizi River?"

"During the Warring States period, Prince Dan of Yan sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin and failed. In order to please King Qin, King Yan ordered people to chase and kill Prince Dan. So Prince Dan fled here and hid by this river. The river is called Taizi River."

"Prince Dan only did one thing, and his name was recorded in the annals of history. Dorgon, do you want your name to be recorded in the annals of history?"

"There are many kinds of things that are recorded in the annals of history, some are famous for a long time, and some are notorious for a long time."

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Then which one do you want?"

Dorgon is silent, which one is it to lead the Eight Banners into the customs?Which kind is it like being exhumed and flogged?

"Dorgon, do you think being the son of Father Khan is lucky or unfortunate?" Huang Taiji asked again.

"Being a human being always has to suffer a lot."

"Not bad, but I feel lucky. At least we are closer to the center of power than many people, so that I can do what I want and not waste my life. It's just..." Huang Taiji paused, "We paid There will be more people than others, especially brotherly disputes, which are inevitable, and may be more ruthless and indifferent."

Dorgon was vigilant in his heart, and glanced back at him, but he was a little relieved when he saw that his expression was normal.

"You and Doduo will inevitably have a dispute."

"Dodo and I are indistinguishable from each other."

Huang Taiji was slightly taken aback when he heard the words: "Do you really think so?"

Dorgon straightened his spine, and said proudly: "I will not be the banner owner, but only temporarily, and my name will definitely be recorded in the annals of history for everyone to remember."

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "Well said, I like your ambition, and you will definitely achieve great things in the future. I thought you would be unhappy because you failed to become the banner owner. It seems that I was worrying too much."

"Brother, you underestimate me."

"Yes, I underestimated you and caused me to look for you everywhere after the meeting. I didn't expect you to be farsighteder than I imagined."

Dorgon turned his head and said, "Didn't you say you didn't know I was on the tower?"

Huang Taiji lowered his head and smiled: "I can somewhat guess what's on your mind."

Dorgon twitched the corners of his mouth, hiding his embarrassment.

"Then let's go back." Huang Taiji turned his horse around and walked towards the city.

Back in the city, Huang Taiji sent Dorgon back to the Khan Palace, but when he passed the Sibeile Mansion, he happened to see Erdeni standing at the door.

"Sibeile, I was looking for you." Erdeni bowed.

"Okay, you go in and wait for me for a while, I will send Shisi over and come back."

"Brother, if you have something to do, I'll go back by myself." Dorgon said.

"No, I don't worry about you walking around the city alone."

"Then it's the same if you send a few people to see me off."

Huang Taiji thought about it: "Let me see you off, anyway, there are not many routes."

Back at the Khan Palace, Dorgon watched Huang Taiji leave, and went to greet Nurhachi.

Nurhachi asked casually, "Where did you go?"

"Mynah took me out of the city for a stroll. When I came back, Erdene Bakshi was anxious to find mynah, so he sent me back first."

"Is Erdeni looking for Lao Ba again?" Nurhachi blurted out.

Father Khan's word "again" has a different meaning in Dorgon's ears, and he has another plan in his mind.

If Hu Erhan is a fierce general under Huang Taiji's banner, then Erdeni is the think tank beside Huang Taiji.

As a person of the Zhenghuang Banner, but running to the owner of the Zhengbai Banner twice in three days, this is something worth investigating.Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Dorgon's mouth.

Some rumors about Erdeni gradually spread, saying that he violated the banner and surrounded Si Baylor all day long, instigating Si Baylor to be enemies with other Baylors.

Even the courtiers around Nurhachi were talking about it, speaking in a manner, as if they all knew what he said to Sibeyl at any time.

From Nurhaci's attitude towards Erdeni in recent days, Dorgon is convinced that the warm-up is almost done, and it's time to start.

"Uncle did a great job." Dorgon praised Abu Tai, "Father Khan has started to have a heart for Erdeni."

"This kind of thing is easy, so what are you going to do next?"

"It's just rumors, of course, it won't do much. You have to give Father Khan a reason to deal with him."

"Like what?"

"I heard that the envoy from North Korea had communicated with him several times in private, and I'm afraid he gave him a lot of things secretly. Let someone report that he took the envoy's things privately, and leave the rest to me."

What to do step by step, how to do it, Dorgon had already thought about it.

After he went back, he went straight to Nurhachi. He saw Nurhachi reclining on the couch, resting his head on one hand and closing his eyes. Two concubines were hammering his legs. documents.

"Father Khan." Dorgon called softly.

Nurhachi opened one eye, saw Dorgon, and waved to him with a smile: "What do you want to do with Ama?"

Dorgon approached with a smile, motioned for the concubine to step down, and sat beside him, pinching his leg instead of the concubine: "It's okay, seeing Ama look tired these days, I think she must be tired, just now Passing by here, I just wanted to visit Ama."

Nurhachi said happily: "You are sensible."

"Ama is busy with state affairs, so she should pay more attention to rest."

"Rest?" Nurhachi sighed, and closed his eyes again: "Yeah, I want to have a good rest, and I want someone to help me do more things, it's a pity..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Dorgon understood that he was lamenting that there were so many sons, none of whom could really let him hand over the country with confidence.

Dorgon looked up and said, "Ama, what is there to worry about? My brothers are all so capable. For example, I think mynah is smart and capable of fighting. I often hear Erdene Baksh say that mynahs are virtuous." Outstanding, unmatched."

When he said this, he was extremely careful, and while he was speaking, he watched every change in Nurhachi's face from the corner of his eyes, for fear that if he said too little, his father would not understand, and if he said too much, it would benefit Huang Taiji.

"Erdeni? Huh!" Nurhachi snorted coldly, but said nothing.

Dorgon smiled from the bottom of his heart, and glanced at the documents on the table. When he saw one of them, he was even more secretly happy.It was a document written by Deney, the content was nothing special, and it reported some things about North Korea's envoys.

He pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, this is played by Erdene Bakshi, right? His handwriting is so good that people can always tell it apart at a glance."

Nurhachi opened his eyes again, and he glanced at the documents on the table: "Why, do you often see his writing?"

"Yeah, I often see the letters he wrote to the mynah at mynah. His handwriting is clean and beautiful, whether it is Manchu, Mongolian or Chinese, it is very beautiful."

Nurhachi's eyes turned around on Dorgon's face, and Dorgon just smiled at him with a harmless expression.

"I'm a little tired. I want to sleep for a while. You should go back and rest too." Nurhachi waved his hand.

Dorgon knelt down and kowtowed: "Ama, please take care of your health, my son will go down first."

After leaving Nurhachi's room backwards, Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.