Looking back

Puertie died that night.She asked her daughter not to delay her marriage because of this, and Mongolia does not have the theory of keeping filial piety. After seven days of vigil, the dead body will be taken to the deserted wilderness in a horse-drawn carriage. After digging a deep burial, the horses were driven to level the land where the burial was buried. After the new grass grew in the next year, the tomb could no longer be found.Puertie and Temujin were buried on the same grassland, the exact location can only be known by those in the direct line of the family, and the rest of them only saw a train leaving without a trace.

The funeral of Pu Ertie was the first time that the golden family gathered together in several years. Apart from the poor health and the long journey, he did not come. Jochi’s second son, Batu, came to replace his deceased father. this.The last gathering was the Khuriltai meeting after the death of Genghis Khan. All children, relatives, and meritorious generals and ministers must gather together to decide the successor of the Great Khan.After Puerte's funeral is over, it is necessary to decide how to deal with Queen Puerte's fiefdom. Her hometown - the land along the Kherlen River belongs to her private property and should be left to Okuo who succeeded the Great Khan. Taiwan, or her youngest son Torrey.

As the "Gu Lijian" identified by Puertie before his death, that is, the so-called son-in-law, Yang Kang participated in Puertie's funeral and the subsequent Mongolian princes' meeting.Although Huazheng almost passed out from crying on the first day, he quickly recovered and could walk and live normally, but he still had a poor appetite and was often in a trance, so he needed his company every step of the way.The two sat side by side, sitting with the other Temujin's descendants. When everyone was discussing the ownership of the Puerte land, Huazheng kept silent. The land was acquired in accordance with the practice of the Mongolian paternal succession system.

Other than that, the rest is Hua Zheng's marriage.

Wo Kuotai's wife, Tuo Liege, was the most opposed to this matter. As the main wife of the Great Khan, she was already known as Dahadun at this time, and the imperial edict issued with her seal had decisions on many matters other than the military. right.As a person who holds power and is obsessed with power, Tuo Liege has a strong obsession with things that cannot be taken care of. Since she is the one who handles the requests for marriage proposals from various small countries to the princess, she has been rejected many times. Very annoyed.I just heard her say, "Princesses' marriages have always been and should be decided by the Great Khan."

Huazheng confronted unceremoniously, "Father Khan arranged two marriages for me, and I haven't had time to arrange the third one, but you can't forget his last words, right, oh yes, you weren't there at the time."

Brother Tuo Lie was slightly unhappy, looking at his husband, Wo Kuotai persuaded, "My mother supported this marriage before she died, so you don't have to worry about it anymore." Seeing that her husband did not support him, Brother Tuo Lie That was even more dissatisfying, "Everyone wants the land in the south, and I just gave it to her with a word from my father? Can she lead the army or fight, can she occupy an inch of land?"

"Assassin's fortress is not easier to breach than a country's capital, and the assassins of the old man in the mountain are no easier to deal with than armed troops. According to the previous agreement, I also have the right to ask for your troops and assistance in the future. As for the South "The land," Huazheng said coldly, "You are worrying too much, that land still has its own master and has not completely surrendered to us."

"Didn't they ask for peace and pay tribute? You want to fulfill your father Khan's last order, why don't you go to make a marriage? Could it be that you dislike the emperor there as an old man and don't want to?" Anyone can see the hidden irony.Huazheng held Yang Kang's hand and told him not to talk too much. Yang Kang gave her a look to reassure her. This is not the occasion for him to speak impulsively. Besides, he can understand people's conversations. Let him debate with people in Mongolian But it was a bit difficult.I just heard Huazheng sneer and said, "Well, you can go and send an edict to the emperor there, asking him if he would like to marry a foreign woman, and at the same time make her child the heir and let her have the third sister-in-law. With the same power, you can issue edicts, appoint and remove officials, and formulate policies.”

A woman wearing a Muslim turban next to Trigona leaned over her ear. The woman was Fatima, the daughter of a Persian nobleman. She had become the confidant and right-hand man of the Great Khan's wife. I don't know what she said. What, Tuo Lie Ge was silent after hearing this, and did not continue to refute.

At this time, Batu, the heir of Jochi, said, "Grandmother has already agreed, so there is nothing more to argue about, and she decided to let me go back." He is one of the few heirs who don't care about family affairs at all. The fiefdom is the most remote, in the former home of Qinchak north of the Caspian Sea, bordering Russia, Poland and other duchies, so he repeatedly harbored resentment and refused to listen to orders.After Jochi died and Batu inherited his fiefdom, he also didn't like to get close to other people in the family.

Torre also agreed, "Amma's consent should be overturned before her bones are cold?"

Wo Kuotai looked around with red-stained eyes stained by spirits, at his wife who was stern and silent, and at Alahai who hadn't said a word but obviously supported his sister, He slapped the table and made a decision, "There is no need to discuss this matter any more, that's all for today."

Huazheng breathed a sigh of relief, and after everyone had left, she slowly got up and asked, "Is it very painful?" Yang Kang held her hand and smiled, "It's nothing, just look at it." It's an ethical drama."

"Fortunately, the fiefs are far away from each other. Unless the Great Khan dies, there will be no need to come here to argue with each other." Huazheng sighed, with a very sad tone, "I'm thinking about my childhood It was very poor at that time, and we were not together every day and every day. We had to graze, go hunting, and sometimes we would disperse when we encountered wars and enemies. But every time we waited until we could gather together, it felt like a holiday. Similarly, sometimes we eat meat and eat some roe deer and gazelle, and sometimes we also reluctantly kill a cow and sheep. When boiling water and cooking meat, everyone sings and dances around the pot. At that time, I was often hungry, and sometimes the meat was not enough. My elder brother would always let us eat first and gnaw our own bones. At that time, as long as we were separated from our family, we would pray to Tengger, hoping that we could be reunited soon. But now..."

She shook her head sadly, "In the current gathering, only suspicion, greed, and disgust are left. When we separate now, I just hope that nothing will force us to gather together and lock us in a room. Competing and hating each other."

"Tell me, when you are a parent, what kind of mood will you feel when you see your children hate each other?" Yang Kang said with emotion, "I have also seen many high-ranking officials and nobles, but it is inevitable for any big family. If there are too many people, no matter how strong the family relationship is, it will be corroded, not to mention the fight for the world."

As if to prove the correctness of this sentence, news came that Torrey was seriously ill a few days later. He drank the evil magic water that the shaman brought out for O Kuotai, and then he fell ill.After Tuo Lei's wife instigated Lu Heteni to find out what was wrong with her husband, the witch doctors she invited were at a loss. She sent someone to invite Hua Zheng to go, and when she arrived, Tuo Lei was dying and bedridden.Huazheng saw Torre's complexion and swollen limbs, looked at his eyelids and lips, and fell silent.

Seeing her, Soluhoteni didn't feel her pulse, just sat and stared at Torrey, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is there no other way?"

Huazheng shook his head and looked at Soluheteni's face, "Trying all your strength, maybe you can prolong it by an hour or two, but that will only increase the pain for brother." , and then showed anger again, "What is the reason! Is it the bowl of water?"

"Fourth sister-in-law, did you invite me to treat the illness or to settle the case?" Hua Zheng whispered, "I only know that he touched something that shouldn't be touched, but I can judge where and what it is." not come out."

Solu Heteni gritted his teeth with red eyes, sent Huazheng out, and then turned around to take care of her husband.Outside the account, Yang Kang and Hua Zheng saw four boys waiting outside as soon as they came out. The oldest looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest was only four or five years old.They were the legitimate sons of Soluhoteni, and they were not allowed to visit their father without their mother's permission. They were all anxious and frightened, pacing impatiently outside the tent.Hua Zheng called their names one by one, "Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Ali Bu Ge, Xu Liewu."

Hearing the word "Khubilai Khan", Yang Kang's eyelids twitched. This person is far more familiar to later generations than his brothers. King Lunfa and other martial arts masters came to the city again and confronted Guo Jing and Huang Rong in Xiangyang.And Huazheng talked to them for a while, comforted them a few times, and then left the tent. When the two of them walked away, Huazheng suddenly said, "vomiting, abdominal cramps, vomiting blood, kidney failure, eye irritation and inflammation. Very Like heavy metal salt poisoning."

"The dose is very high?" Yang Kang knows that refined and soluble heavy metal salts, whether dissolved in water or mixed with food, can easily far exceed the lethal dose. then die.Huazheng nodded and sighed, "Yeah, the dose is very high, even if it can't be saved in the first place, but it won't die too soon. This is my brother, my brother..." She seemed unable to stand, He squatted down with his knees in his arms, and suppressed his wailing into trembling sobs, "This is my brother, he just promised to treat his brothers like his own hands and feet, he just promised However, being able to talk so quickly doesn't count. My little brother, the best little brother to me, can only die in such pain, and I can't do anything..."

"Me too, I made an oath, but I never took it seriously in my heart." She raised her head with tears in her eyes, "Should I not come back? Back then, I swore by my mother and my family not to follow When you were together, you just violated, and you encountered such a thing, do you think it is retribution?"