Bright moon out of Tianshan

Gao Che is almost seven years old this year, sitting opposite to the dragon case in the royal study, resting his chin on his hand, looking at the emperor brother who is sitting on the opposite side with his big black eyes.After a while, he smiled secretly and said: "Brother Huang, your mind has wandered again. I followed you to the court today, and I have seen you lose your mind twice already."

Gao Huai glanced at him, and solemnly confessed: "You are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense." Then he explained superfluously: "Brother Huang is distracted because he is old and lacks energy, so he is distracted. Che'er will grow up quickly and live happily Leave it to you, let me have a good rest."

Gao Che pursed his lips: "No! Are you old? I heard the ministers always tell you that the emperor is in his prime and there is no one in the harem. Are they wrong?"

Gao Huai said helplessly: "Can you hear some serious things in your ears? Oh, by the way, have you written a letter to your brother Tiantian this month?"

Gao Che said: "No, why do you keep asking me to write? Why don't you write? Last time he wrote back and laughed at my bad handwriting, I don't want to write."

The room fell silent, and after a while, Gao Huai sighed softly: "Che'er should write it."

When Che'er couldn't write, Gao Huai wrote it, but Xiao Jian was so busy at the border that he didn't even have time to reply to his letter. Every time, Xie Mei hurriedly wrote a few lines to report that he was safe. , and then put a seal of Xiao Jian on the place where the signature was signed, and it was considered as having replied to the letter.

Xiao Jian's only personal reply letter was when his brother-in-law Ding Wuxia paid homage to You Cheng. Competent for the position of You Cheng? If not, then don’t forcefully support him, lest the courtiers be dissatisfied.”

Gao Huai took the piece of paper and looked it up and down ten times, and then quickly wrote back three pages, explaining the various benefits of Ding Wuxia, and the official obeisance to You Cheng is the most natural and complementary thing.

Then there was no news from Xiao Jian again.

Gao Huai was also very busy here. While supervising Gao Che's homework, he occasionally took him to the court to deal with domestic and foreign affairs in Dongqi. All the slaves were lifted, and these people were resettled again, and each got his own place.Although it was opposed by many people, with the perseverance of the emperor, the matter finally came to pass.

When Gao Che grew up and started to learn how to write letters, Xiao Jian happened to be stationed in Qilian Mountains and was free, so he started to reply letters to the capital, but he only replied Gao Che's letters, not Gao Huai's letters, So Gao Huai always asked Gao Che to write to him.

In the past few years, the soldiers and horses were in a hurry. Xiao Jian and Nie Shihuan first led their troops to Mobei with lightning speed, regained the Hequ area, and drove the Badan Kingdom, which used to show off its power here, to the north of Yinshan Mountain. It occupies a large area with abundant aquatic plants.He also specially asked Ari Silan to raise a large number of war horses on that piece of land for Dong Qi.

Nie Shihuan stayed in the Hequ area, but Xiao Jian led his troops back to the west of the river, struck out with lightning, and killed the Xiqiang entrenched here. Dare not covet the land of the Central Plains.Xiao Jian led his troops to the Alashan Pass. Seeing the desolation of the place, he stopped pushing there. He set up the Anxi Capital Protectorate under Baishan (today's mountain) and stationed heavy troops to guard it.

Baishan was too cold, and he couldn't stand it. He fell ill once and almost lost his life here, but he ordered the news to be blocked to prevent Gao Huai from Jinling from knowing.Then Han Lin took the initiative to ask Ying to stay and guard Anxi, and Xiao Jian returned to Qilian Mountain with some soldiers and horses. Feeling that he could make it down, he stationed troops and set up camp to settle down.When Arisilan heard the news, he brought a part of his tribe to migrate slowly from the east, and lived and worked in peace and prosperity under his protection.

This year was the fourth year of Qikang, because Xiao Jian's repeated military exploits amazed the government and the public, Gao Huai gave him the title of General Fengzhu of the Eastern Qi Dynasty.General Fengzhu and General Longxiang are the highest positions among military attaches in the Eastern Qi Dynasty.At the same time, Han Lin has been stationed in the Western Regions for many years and has made great contributions. In the same year, he was appointed as a general.Gao Huai specifically asked him to take his family members to the Western Regions. Han Lin has always been loyal and admirable to Gao Huai, but this time he reacted indifferently by pretending to be deaf and dumb.So Gao Huai sympathized with the frontier generals, practiced benevolent government, and personally arranged for his wife Liu Zhuyu to be sent there.It is said that this time the two of them are not at odds, and later added a few children, quite happy.

Walking outside the Great Wall, there is a beautiful scenery, the grass is long and the horse is strong, and the heroes guard the frontier.Xiao Jian was no longer the Jinling boy who squatted by the Qinhuai River and let out his mournful voice. He has now become famous and dominates the frontier.Gao Huai doted on him very much, and specially sent the chef who made dim sum and dishes from Jinling Snow Garden to serve him.As long as we survive the severe cold of winter every year, this day will become more and more pleasant.

On this day, he rode out to inspect the soldiers, watched the soldiers drill, and watched the merchants coming and going on the post road leading to Persia and other countries in the Western Regions.Before he had gone far, Xiumei chased him and stopped him, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiumei said: "There is a letter from the capital, it is the handwriting of the emperor's younger brother. Let's take a look." Xiao Jian took it, and it was indeed Gao Che's handwriting. After he opened it, it turned into According to Gao Huai's handwriting, it turns out that Shen Huanhuan is going to get married and plans to marry a beautiful girl, Gao Huai wants him to go back to attend the wedding.

It has been almost five years since Xiao Jian came out with his troops. Although he is homesick, he always avoids thinking about going back consciously or unconsciously.He didn't want to go back, thinking of dying at the frontier, it was a worthy death.So he and Xiumei said: "Huanhuan is marrying a daughter-in-law, and no one wants to marry me. I'll go back and watch, but I'm not so envious? You write back, just say you can't go back."

Xiumei said: "Why is no one willing to marry you? Last time Arisilan brought her people over, didn't that girl named Qiqige want to follow you to the death? In the end, you scared away, I still remember Woolen cloth!"

Xiao Jian said with a smile: "The girls of the Ari Silan tribe don't have enough young men, how can I occupy another one? By the way, I promised to find wives for them, but I can't find them. How about How about we grab a few if we have a chance?"

Xiumei glanced at him: "Are you a horse thief? Are you planning to rob the women?"

Xiao Jian smiled and said: "Hurry up and write back, just say I can't go back."

Xiumei muttered: "There must be a reason for not going back!"

Xiao Jian said impatiently: "The reason? You just say that my back hurts, and it's over?" He felt that his eyebrows were long-winded, so he rode away on his own.

Two months passed in such a hurry, Xiao Jian had long forgotten the matter of replying to the letter, but firmly remembered the matter of finding a wife for the Ari Silan tribe, and asked around where there was a better woman.Everyone thought that he had figured it out and wanted to take a concubine, so they all followed around to inquire for him very attentively.

As a result, one day, a lieutenant hurried over to report: "General, there is a group of merchants from Persia who returned to the Western Regions from the Central Plains. They brought a dozen Persian girls with them. I wonder if the general would like them?"

Xiao Jian shook his hands and exclaimed: "Persian girls! I have seen a few of them. They are blond and blue-eyed, very beautiful! Great, let's go and have a look!" He rushed out with a group of people, rushing like wolves and tigers to the depths of the desert in the north.

Xiumei just caught Jinling's mansion report again, rushed out in a panic, and shouted: "General, elder brother, His Majesty the Emperor is coming, he will be here soon! You have to pick him up, you can't run away!" Seeing the wind and sand rolling all the way, the group of people ran away and disappeared.He stamped his feet and said, "This is really a horse thief!"

When Xiao Jian led his troops to stop the group of Persian merchants, he was slightly taken aback.He saw many merchants coming and going, including many Persian merchants, and it was the first time he saw such a lineup.I saw that there were about four or five hundred people in this team, led by a tall man.The men all wore white robes and rode on tall camels. Their heads and faces were wrapped in white cloth, and their eyes were exposed.In the middle of the team, there were indeed more than a dozen Persian beauties, whose bodies and faces were covered by gorgeous veils, only their slim and eye-catching figures could be seen.All the women hugged a large white sedan chair in the middle, layers of veils hung down in front of the sedan chair, and a person could be vaguely seen sitting inside.The four poles of the sedan chair were tied to four camels of the same height, and four men in white clothes sat on the camels, directing the camels to move forward.

The sound of camel bells came from the wind, crisp and sweet.Xiao Jian flicked the whip in the air with a "crack" sound, made a tired and lazy look, and shouted: "I opened this mountain, this tree, cough cough (there are no trees in the desert)... this road was built by me." .If you want to live from now on, stay and buy money!"

The people in white were silent. After a while, the tall man who led the team retreated to the side of the sedan chair, whispered a few words, and then stopped coming.Another white-robed guest by the sedan chair came up to Xiao Jian on a camel, and said slowly, "Your Excellency, General Xiao from the Eastern Qi Dynasty? Stop us, but what are you doing?" Strange sound and tune, presumably the Persians are not very proficient in learning Middle-earth dialect.

Xiao Jian wore a Mongolian nobleman's clothes, which was given to him by Ari Silan, mixed with a group of Eastern Qi soldiers, and felt that he was unparalleled in the world, but he was a little frustrated when he let the man tell the truth.But then he regained his composure and said, "So what? We are short of women for a while, so it's not good to do some tricks! People, horses, and goods can go there, and the girls will stay. The general will pick first, and pick the rest." , The ugly, fierce, and ungentlemen are theirs! But your Persian women are blond and blue-eyed, and they are all good-looking. Could it be that I monopolize them all by myself? It seems inappropriate! What should I do? "

The man in white was very surprised: "General Fengzhu of the Eastern Qi Dynasty has a great reputation. Could it be that he is a bandit? If he sees a girl and robs him, what is the difference between him and a bandit?"

Xiao Jian rode his horse and approached a few steps, and said with a smile: "Have you never heard that soldiers are not as good as bandits? Stop talking nonsense, leave the girls and leave quickly! This general can also let the soldiers give you a ride, otherwise, maybe My unreasonable temper flared up, and I might leave you all behind!"

The man said: "We have the order from His Majesty the Emperor of Dongqi, can't we?"

Xiao Jian was taken aback, and looked at several lieutenants around him, Xiao Jian said: "Where did you cheat this handbook? Take it out and let me have a look."

Seeing his arrogance, the white robed guest was very helpless, so he retreated to the big sedan chair, reported a few words in a low voice, and then returned not far from Xiao Jian's body, saying: "Just take a look." Taking out a handwriting, Xiao Jian flung out his long whip and rolled it over lightly and skillfully. Seeing that it was indeed Gao Huai's handwriting, it was stamped with an imperial seal, so that the checkpoints along the way would let this group of people pass without deliberately making things difficult.

He threw the handwriting back casually, and whispered to the lieutenant beside him: "It's really the emperor's handwriting, what should I do? This general is not reconciled, how about we grab it?"

All the generals looked at each other, but no one dared to respond to him.Xiao Jian groaned, and had no choice but to be a lonely hero: "That...cough cough, how did you guys hook up with the emperor of the Central Plains? Is this handbook forged? What are you doing in the Central Plains? Why are you here? Didn't the general see you when you were here?"

The white-robed guest had a very good temper and explained: "Although we are in business, we have never been to the Central Plains. This time, we came here because one of my master's elders was from the Central Plains. He died in Persia and we want to send his ashes back home." Hometown. When we came to the northern desert, we met people under General Nie. Now that everything is over, we are going back to Persia. My master knew the emperor of Dongqi, so he asked for a handbook in advance. But my master’s identity With a disability, these girls are serving him and cannot leave. We didn’t even dedicate the Emperor of Dongqi to him, so how can we let the general snatch it away from you? You have to be reasonable.”

Xiao Jian laughed and said, "Dedicate it to the emperor? The emperor in the Central Plains wouldn't want it! The emperor's harem has three thousand fans, do you know what it means? There are three thousand beauties, so many that they live in the capital." They couldn’t fit in, and ended up sharing a room with two people. The emperor stayed by this woman’s side in the first half of the night, and then ran to that woman’s side in the second half of the night. After sending these beautiful girls, he might not see the emperor once in ten years. He won't care if you give it to him. But we need it, we men without wives treat women wholeheartedly. They follow us, that's what they deserve, so let's stay!"

He was so excited to speak that he was too lazy to imitate other people's language, and he kept on talking more and more fluently. The generals and soldiers around him listened to him talking nonsense, neither smiling nor sullen.

At this time, the person in the sedan chair asked the people around him to call him back in Persian, and after a while, the person turned back again and said, "General, my master said that since the general likes girls, the master should be more generous. Leave the girls behind and let us go over?"

Xiao Jian was overjoyed, he crackled his horsewhip, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, very good, very good! Your master is really generous, much more generous than you! Could you let me see the true face of Lushan, and thank you in person? ?”

The man said: "My master has a disability and it's inconvenient to see others. General kindly, I will take it on behalf of the master."

Xiao Jian said: "Well, brothers, go and get the girl and let her go!"

The dry man left the girls behind, and the girls were very obedient, and stood aside obediently without saying a word.

Afterwards, the rest of the people set off again, and the team began to move forward. Xiao Jian smiled and said, "Thank you so much, master, I should go, goodbye! Hehehehe..." He turned his horse and slipped past all the white robes first, and waited When passing by the side of the big sedan chair not far away, he suddenly heard a chuckle from the person in the sedan chair, and slipped out along the gap of the white gauze curtain, indistinctly, if there was nothing, sneaked into him In the ear, and then along the blood, all the way to the heart.

Xiao Jian rode his horse for a few steps, then suddenly stopped and did not move.

The green horse gently kicked the fine sand on the ground, and the sun above his head hit his head and face. On this June day, above the desert, with thousands of miles of yellow clouds and thousands of miles of white sun, his whole body suddenly became cold, and then he was scorching hot.

He slowly raised his face, feeling dizzy for a while, tears streaming down his face.Everything that I didn't dare to think about, dare not ask, dare not face in the past five years, the nostalgia I once had, and the joy I couldn't let go of, all came before my eyes in an instant.

Xiao Jian turned around on his horse and chased after him.

The author has something to say: I originally wanted to finish one chapter, but it turned out to be too long, so I had to post an extra chapter, sorry.

The Tianshan Mountain in "The Bright Moon Rises from the Tianshan Mountains" refers to the Qilian Mountains in ancient times.The Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang today were called Baishan or Snow Mountain in ancient times.

In order to avoid confusion in the text, Tianshan Mountain is called Baishan Mountain, and Qilian Mountain is still called Qilian Mountain.