Golden Greenery

Walking into Lanzhou Mansion, 25 years have passed since the day Yang Yi rode off to Persia and left here. The city of Lanzhou Prefecture is still there, and it is still a border town, but it is no longer a border town of the Song Dynasty. From here to Chang'an in Guanzhong, and even the entire northern part of the Central Plains, it became the place of the Jurchen Jin Kingdom.

The once beautiful Song Dynasty now only defends the south of Huai River, Xiangyang and Daba Mountain.

When Yang Yi left 25 years ago, Tokyo and Bianliang in the Song Dynasty were the largest cities in human history and the first city with a population of more than 1 million, reaching 1.5 million. At the same time as Bianliang, Rome, Constantinople, Baghdad, and London all had populations of only 50,000 to 200,000.

When the sheep came back again and again, Bianjing had become the capital of Kaifeng of the Jin Kingdom. The city was still very large, but the population was less than 600,000.

In the year that Yang Yi left, the Jurchens went south twice and drove straight in twice. Finally, they kidnapped Zhao Ji and his son Zhao Heng, as well as the clan princesses, princes, ministers, and more than 3,000 of their family members. There are also 300,000 Song Dynasty people around Bianliang, which is known as the "Shame of Jingkang" in history.

At first, the Jin people did not have the confidence to occupy such a vast area, even if the Song Dynasty imperial army could run faster than the civilians, they did not have the confidence, so they just grabbed it. They drove millions of Song people to migrate to the north because they were short of slaves. If half of the million people could reach the north alive, the Jurchens' purpose of robbing people would be achieved.

The officers and soldiers retreated, but the heroes in the martial arts world of the Song Dynasty stepped forward. Veteran officers, civilian martial artists, Shaolin Temple, Beggar Gang, and Liangshan old generals. Lu Da and Wu Song were among them. Yue Fei and his sworn brothers were also among them. The Song Dynasty The martial arts world finally rescued Zhao Gou, the ninth son who was no less than Zhao Ji, from the Jurchen's blade.

The martial arts community of the Song Dynasty suffered all casualties. Zhao Gou is now the emperor's official family, and the capital is Hangzhou, now called Lin'an.

The heroes died in vain, because the Song Dynasty completely retreated to the south, and within a few years the north was completely reduced to the territory of the Jin Kingdom. The Jurchens also came to their senses: Why should we rob? This has become something we have ready-made.

Even with the war and the rule of the Jin Kingdom, the prosperity of the northern part of the Central Plains was not comparable to that of Persia. A Ke and A Diao were dazzled by it.

In fact, after entering Yumenguan, it became lively along the way. The faces of Central Plains people occupied the mainstream, and the two sisters gradually became eye-catching.

The section from Yumen Pass to Lanzhou Prefecture, also known as the Hexi Corridor, is the land of the Xixia people. After a brief inquiry, the four people learned that Li Qinglu, the princess of Yinchuan in Xixia, had died more than ten or twenty years ago.

Although this news did not surprise Xu Zhu, because he himself was already ninety years old and Li Qinglu was not a few years younger than him, but after all, Xu Zhu was still a little depressed after being a young couple.

At such an old age, I miss my deceased wife.

The three young people didn't know how to comfort them. Xu Zhu didn't chat much along the way. He often held a book in his hand to hide his dullness.

Lonely men usually choose reading as a hobby in the end. Yang Yi read all the books in the world because of his loneliness, and Xu Zhu spent half his life reading on the Bright Summit.

Although Adiolindatra was naughty, she was a kind girl. When she saw Xu Zhu was unhappy, she ran out of words and asked, "Old Xu, what book are you reading?"

In terms of seniority, A'Diao is Xu Zhu's aunt, but just looking at age, Xu Zhu's status as A'Diao's great-grandfather is a bit low. Therefore, A'Diao didn't dare to call Xu Zhu 'nephew', and he couldn't call him grandpa, so he called him 'Lao Xu'.

Xu Zhu is a legend in the world and has a very high seniority. He only called her 'Sister Aunt' when they first met. After that, he didn't embarrass A'Diao anymore and called her 'Miss Lin' according to the custom of the Central Plains.

The title of A'Diao is exclusive to Yang Yi and the saint Akademo. She doesn't like to hear it when others call her.

In fact, Xu Zhu regarded Lindatla as a junior in his heart. He and Li Qinglu did not have children, but now Lindatla seemed to have this meaning in his eyes.

Xu Zhu raised his head from the scroll and replied with a kind face: "It is a collection of poems. Hundreds of years ago, a general named Zhang Xiaosong of the Tang Dynasty went to serve in the Western Regions. His friends wrote many poems to see him off." Shaking the poetry collection in his hand: "This is it."

Due to language problems, the communication between the two was not smooth. A book of poems written by Tang Caifei was clearly incomprehensible after a deep conversation, so they could only make do with superficiality.

"What's the name of the book?"

""Collection of Chaoying".

"Why is it called? What does 'Chaoying' mean?"

"Those who composed poems were all talented people in the imperial court."

"What's the meaning?"

Xu Zhu: "...It means very talented, very beautiful, very dazzling..."

A Diao became interested: "Hey, not bad, these two characters look very beautiful." She asked A Ke: "Sister Saint, I can use them as my Central Plains name, okay?"

A Ke didn't understand, so he went to ask Yang Yi. The sheep was eating sugar cane, and his mouth was full of dregs, so he casually said: "Very good, very good, bah bah, these two words are good, very energetic. Bah bah..."

Suddenly, A Diao called "Chaoying" and turned into a completely Chinese "Lin Chaoying".

Lin Chaoying, whose real name was Lindatra and nicknamed Adiao, was born in the Zoroastrian Saintess Temple in Persia. She grew up with the eighth-generation saint Akademo and was later promoted from a maid to the saint's personal protector. After following the Saint to participate in the Persian war against the Seljuk Turks, he went to the Central Plains with the Saint and the Holy Fire God of War.

After passing Lanzhou Prefecture, Xu Zhu felt much relieved amid A Diao Lin Chaoying's chatter. In fact, at his age, it was not difficult to figure out life and death.

However, the person who was in a bad mood became Yang Yi because he heard about several apprentices.

Wu Song died ten years ago. He died of old age and passed away in Liuhe Temple. At the time of his death, he was called "Qingzhong Patriarch". However, it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the court. He gave up this title before his death and was named Wu Song after his death. His name and secular status were buried in the earth.

Junior brother Lu Zhishen buried Wu Song, and his tomb is beside the West Lake. The people of Lin'an Prefecture remembered Wu Song's chivalry and bravery, so they engraved the word "righteous man" on the tombstone.

After Wu Song's death, Lu Zhishen took off his monk's robe and left Liuhe Temple, never to be seen again. He came here just to accompany his senior brother.

And Yue Fei, whom Yang Yi was very concerned about, also died. He did not die on the battlefield serving the country with loyalty, but he was strangled to death by the Song Dynasty court in Fengbo Pavilion nine years ago on the charge of "unfounded". Also hanged were his beloved general Zhang Xian and his eldest son Yue Yun.

Yang Yi wanted to cry because he wanted to rebel against this stupid Song Dynasty.

I fought bloody battles for the Persians at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, but Yue Fei became an eternal martyr among his own ethnic group. How sad this is.

Yang Yi wanted to rebel and overthrow the cowardly and rotten Song Dynasty. He wanted to kill Zhao Gou and Qin Hui first, even if it gave the Jurchens an advantage.

But when he saw Wang Zhe, he gave up the idea of ​​rebellion. Because Wang Zhe said that many people were going to rebel at that time, and he was also preparing to gather people to raise troops. However, after hearing Yue Fei's last words, Wang Zhe stopped rebelling, and those who wanted to avenge Yue Fei also stopped rebelling.

After hearing this, the sheep didn't rebel.