Taiping Inn

In the early years, the Golden Horde lived by the water and grass, and there were no cities. The place where the Khan lived was the royal court, which was a mobile city, equivalent to the imperial capital of the Central Plains. However, during the Golden Horde's southward migration, it was influenced by the Central Plains dynasty and gradually abandoned some nomadic habits and began to build cities.

Today, the Golden Horde Khan no longer lives by the water and grass, but lives by the cold and heat, also known as the four-season Nabo system. In autumn and winter, they avoid the cold, and in spring and summer, they avoid the heat. The royal court is divided into four parts in the southeast, northwest, and east. In the early January, they live in the East Courtyard. After the end of spring in mid-April, they move to the North Courtyard to avoid the heat. In early July, they move from the North Courtyard to the West Courtyard. When the weather turns cold, they leave the West Courtyard and go to the South Courtyard to avoid the cold.

Now the royal court that Li Xuandu is going to is the South Courtyard for winter avoidance, and it is also the closest royal court to the Central Plains. If it is summer, Li Xuandu will have to walk for more than a month to reach the North Courtyard for summer avoidance. The site of the royal court we passed by earlier should strictly be the site of the South Court.

The structures of the four royal courts are roughly the same. Although they no longer live in tents, the palace of the old Khan is still called the royal tent or the golden tent. It is golden and located in the center of the royal court. The other Khans are stationed around the Khan to protect him. The outer area is the royal court dignitaries such as Nayan, and the outer area is the settlement area of ​​warriors, officials, craftsmen, and big merchants.

Outside the city of South Court, there is not an endless grassland, but densely packed tents. People who are not qualified to enter the city live here. It is a mixed crowd and very chaotic. It stretches for more than ten miles. It can be regarded as the first barrier to protect the royal court, like a moat made of tents.

For this situation, the Golden Tent people call the inside of the city the inner city, and the tent area outside the city is called the outer city.

The caravan can enter the inner city, but the royal court guards need to check their identities and goods. There are other caravans in front of the Yan family caravan, and the waiting time in line is about one day.

In fact, when entering the outer city, the caravan was already checked by the royal cavalry, but the check to enter the inner city was more strict and more complicated, and was personally handled by the Qiexue Army. According to Li Xuandu's original plan, he was going to follow the caravan into the inner city of the royal court, but now with Yue Libie, he changed his mind. He planned to say goodbye to the caravan in the outer city, and then enter the inner city through Yue Libie's identity.

However, Li Xuandu did not leave without saying goodbye. Before leaving, he still said hello to Zhang Wendun and others.

When Li Xuandu came to see Yan Qing and Zhang Wendun, the two were discussing the inspection of the Qiexue Army tomorrow. Yan Qing was slightly surprised by Li Xuandu's arrival, but Zhang Wendun seemed to have expected it.

Li Xuandu said bluntly: "There is no feast that will not end. Now that we have arrived at the royal court, I am not very familiar with the business affairs that will follow. Let's say goodbye here. When we return to Liaodong tomorrow, I will invite you two to drink again."

Yan Qing looked at Li Xuandu, pursed his lips, and his expression was complicated.

During the journey, she had always been suspicious and wary of Li Xuandu, but the caravan finally arrived at the royal court safely, without any wind or rain, which made her suspicion seem unreasonable. She felt a little sorry for this, but she didn't know how to apologize because of her face.

Li Xuandu had experienced the world and could roughly guess Yan Qing's thoughts. He didn't bother with her and continued, "Mr. Yan, we are together after all, and it is fate. I have learned about your difficulties from Brother Zhang. Although I am not familiar with Mr. Li, I still have some face with my cousin. If you encounter difficulties that you can't overcome, you can visit Chaoyang Mansion and directly report my name. My cousin will definitely help you."

Yan Qing was very surprised to hear this, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Wendun saw that his young lady was a little absent-minded, so he could only quietly pull down her sleeves and thank Li Xuandu at the same time: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Qin. The Yan family will never forget it."

Li Xuandu smiled slightly, clasped his fists and said: "The mountains are high and the waters are long. We will meet again in the future."

After that, he turned around and left.

Leaving the caravan's station, Li Xuandu walked through a muddy road with sewage flowing between tents and came to the place where he and Yue had agreed to part. This noble lady of the royal court did not take the opportunity to escape, but drew the curved knife from her waist, with a little blood on the blade. And she was fearless, just staring at the blood on the blade, wondering what she was thinking.

Although this noble lady of the royal court did not have the superb cultivation of calling the wind and rain, she was not a weak woman who could not tie a chicken with her hands. If she really wanted to compete in horseback archery, many royal court warriors would not be her opponent.

Seeing Li Xuandu coming back, she retracted her gaze from the scimitar in her hand and explained calmly: "Whether in the Central Plains or the grassland, women are in a weak position. A lone woman will always attract the malicious peeping of despicable men. At this time, women either choose to flee or choose to submit, and I choose to use the sharp blade in my hand to deter these despicable maggots."

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "In the words of our Great Wei, this is the foot of the emperor, the best place, and there are such rebellious and lawless people. Your judge is guilty of dereliction of duty."

Yue Libie took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood on the scimitar, put it back into the scabbard, and then said: "I agree with what the young master said. The Golden Horde and the Great Wei are competing with each other. Whoever rots slower will be the winner. The winner can swallow the loser into his stomach and rejuvenate new vitality."

Li Xuandu glanced at her: "How does Yan feel about returning to the royal court?"

Yue Lijie looked at the messy environment around him, and said bluntly: "When I came to the royal court before, I never set foot in the places where the untouchables lived. According to the rules, people here cannot approach me within a hundred steps. "" "

Li Xuan has heard similar statements, but he just sighed: "There is no place with all virtues in the world."

While the two were talking, a team of Wang Ting soldiers wearing scimitars walked towards this side. The leader Wang Ting soldiers shouted in a golden tent, "Who is hurting people here?"

Yue Lijie raised his eyebrows and said sternly, "Bold."

Li Xuan knew that when Yueli "showed his skills", he took a step back and let Yueli perform.

As expected, after Yue Libye revealed his identity, these soldiers of the Wangting had to kneel down and apologize. After Yue Libye scolded him for a few words, he waved his hand to send them back.

When you arrive at the royal court, it is like you are in the imperial capital. The most important thing you need are all kinds of powerful people. Therefore, these soldiers in the golden tent were not surprised by Yu Yue's identity, but they just didn't understand why a Yan appeared in the residential area of ​​a humble person. However, they also knew that this was not something they should know. The situation in the royal court is very delicate now. Lao Khan has not shown up for many days, which has caused panic. Some people even speculated that Lao Khan had passed away and was just secretly mourned. The kings fought openly and secretly around the throne of the Khan King. The Yan, who depended on the kings, also had their own plans. Therefore, the royal court has changed over the past period of time, and people died suddenly and died uninformedly every day, but most of them happened inside. The city, at this time, Yuejie appeared in the outer city, making them unable to help but suspect that the struggle between the kings and the Yan people had spread to the entire royal court, but they did not dare to go into it, for fear that they knew too much and could not see tomorrow's sun.

After the Wang Ting soldiers left, Li Xuandu and Yue parted and walked on the rugged path between countless tents. Li Xuandu asked in the Mandarin of the Great Wei Dynasty: "I want to attend the birthday party of Xiao Yan, what should I do? "" "

Yue Li Farewell did not hide it and said bluntly: "Although the Da Yan family is the most noble woman in the entire royal court in name, in fact, the Xiao Yan family, who is loved by Lao Khan, is the most noble woman, the kings and many other Yans We all want to please her. As my identity, I want to attend her birthday party to celebrate her birthday. There is no problem, but it is difficult to attend the birthday party with a strange face."

Li Xuandu asked, "Since that beauty is not good, then who has the qualifications? Is it Yesen's beauty? Or the kings?"

Yue Libi said, "The kings have this qualification, but in terms of difficulty, Yao Mu Hu Han is the easiest to bring people in, because he is the son of Xiao Yan, so no one in the world doesn't believe his son. What about his mother? And Mingli Khan is the most difficult one, because he is the son of Da Yan and Yao Mu Huhan's biggest opponent."