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Chapter 137 Returning to the Grassland
Zhao Min has a strong nature and a noble family background. When dealing with ordinary people, he can't be said to be domineering, but he can also be said to be superior to others.

Even facing other Mongolian princes and nobles, and even her elder brother and father, she has never been at a complete disadvantage like facing Meng Xiuyuan today.

Subconsciously, she wanted to make up a few reasons to justify Meng Xiuyuan's serious questioning.

But the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

Because, in the past ten years, she has really seen the lives of the Li people under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty with her own eyes, and knows what kind of life they live.

Plague, famine, drought, corvee, bandits, evil officials.

Zhao Min tried to use the power of the Ruyang Palace to rectify everything.

At the beginning, Zhao Min just wanted to prove that Meng Xiuyuan's words were wrong, that it was not the Yuan court that had problems, but just the incompetence of some corrupt officials, coupled with bad luck and frequent natural disasters, which caused people's livelihood to be difficult.

But gradually, during the process, after she actually investigated the details, she realized that things were far from being as simple as she thought in the past.

Zhao Min considers herself smart, and believes that if she is born into a man, she will be able to achieve a great career, so she did not give up in the face of these difficulties, but worked hard every time, trying to solve the complex problems one after another.

But the results are often unsatisfactory, even if she tries her best, waiting for her to experience setbacks again and again.

For Zhao Min, who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, the ten years after she met Meng Xiuyuan by chance occupied most of her life.

And that short ten-day hijacking made Zhao Min's life trajectory deviate greatly from the original one.

At this time, Zhao Min, who had seen the suffering in the world, was no longer the little princess who only wanted to quarrel with Meng Xiuyuan.

"Let's have a drink."

Zhao Min frowned and held back for a long time, but finally just choked out this sentence.Taking a deep breath, he lifted the jug and poured wine into the glasses of the two of them.

Meng Xiuyuan saw Zhao Min's hesitation and struggle, and understood that her distress came from her helplessness for the suffering of the people, and she really changed her temperament.

So I couldn't help but greatly changed my opinion and felt good about him, so I offered a glass of wine and said:
"Okay, I respect you for this cup."

After saying that, the two raised their glasses one after another, and drank up the white wine in the cup.
For the next period of time, the two of them seemed to be real acquaintances and friends, drinking and cooking meat, and occasionally chatted a few words, and what they said were all insignificant things.

After a long while, the three catties of high-alcohol shochu was almost drained. Whether it was Meng Xiuyuan, who was a master of martial arts, or Zhao Min, who was a heavy drinker, they were a little bit more drunk.

"Haha, looking at you now, it's more pleasing to the eye.

If you still use your kung fu to cheat, I will ignore you. "

Zhao Min pointed at Meng Xiuyuan's slightly red face from alcohol, and smiled brightly.Immediately, she turned aside and greeted loudly:

"Come here, bring me another three catties of wine..."

"Little Princess, let's stop drinking."

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, and stopped Zhao Min.

"Why, are you anxious to look at the Dragon Saber again?
Hmph, what's so interesting about a broken knife.

With your kung fu big brother, even if you don't have that sword, aren't you the supreme martial artist?

If you don't care about what it does..."

Zhao Min was a little angry when he heard Meng Xiuyuan's words, and snorted coquettishly, and looked aside as if he didn't want to pay attention to Meng Xiuyuan.

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head helplessly, and explained:

"That's not what I mean, I'm just afraid that you, a girl, drink too much at home."

Zhao Min was stunned when he heard Meng Xiuyuan's words, and stared at Meng Xiuyuan with a pair of beautiful eyes, the emotions in his eyes changed and complicated, as if he remembered many things.

"What's the matter?" Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help interrupting, feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by Zhao Min.

"Big brother, this is the first time you have talked to me properly, and you didn't treat me like an enemy.

It's really not easy. "

Zhao Min looked at Meng Xiuyuan and said with some emotion.

"Yeah... maybe.

We were not enemies before.

To you, a cunning little princess, you should speak harshly. "

Meng Xiuyuan was taken aback when he heard the words, thought for a moment, then smiled brightly, and teased her.

I don't know if it was the stimulation of alcohol, or because of the great contrast in Meng Xiuyuan's attitude, this is the first time Zhao Min saw Meng Xiuyuan smiling at her sincerely, and he suddenly felt his face heat up, and his heart couldn't stop beating fast.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Min's bluish white face was even more blush, and she touched it unconsciously, and it was true that the two cheeks were hot.

"Uncomfortable?" Meng Xiuyuan asked Zhao Min suddenly behaving strangely.

"No, the fire is too hot, it makes me a little hot..."

Zhao Min shook his head, explained something perfunctorily, then lowered his head and stroked the wine glass in his hand, and remained silent for a while.

After a long time, when she raised her head again, she suddenly changed the subject and asked Meng Xiuyuan:
"By the way, big brother. The lady Yang who was with you back then, how is it now?
At that time, I saw the two of you holding hands all day long. In the past ten years, I have never heard of you marrying her. "

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not like you don't know, I was just trying to heal her while traveling."

Listening to Zhao Min's slightly yin-yang question, Meng Xiuyuan frowned slightly, and let out a sigh of relief:

"As for Miss Wei Yang...we haven't seen each other for ten years."

"We haven't seen each other for ten years. How could we possibly lie to whom? Unless she died?"

Zhao Min curled her lips, but she didn't really believe Meng Xiuyuan's words, so she stared into Meng Xiuyuan's eyes and asked.

"No, she is going to retreat and practice martial arts, and I have many important things to do.

So there was no time to meet each other. "

Meng Xiuyuan looked aside and said calmly.

"Really haven't seen each other in ten years?" Zhao Min kept asking.

"No." Meng Xiuyuan replied softly.

"Haha, it seems that you, big brother, don't really like that Lady Yang.

Otherwise, no matter how busy you are, how is it possible that you won't even see each other for ten years?
Missing someone but not being able to see him, but being tortured every minute, I can't bear it for so long. "

Zhao Min looked very happy when he heard this, with a smile on his brows and eyes.

Perhaps Meng Xiuyuan was also a little drunk, and when Zhao Min said this, he couldn't help but feel a little dull in his heart, so he waved his hands and said perfunctorily:
"Don't talk about it, it has nothing to do with you."

Hearing what Meng Xiuyuan said, Zhao Min was not angry, but just clapped his hands suddenly.

After her applause fell, a strong and fierce Mongolian man walked in from the side hall of the small shop, holding a bright yellow velvet plate in his hand, on which was a strange looking knife.

The knife was pitch black and gloomy, and it was inconspicuous at first glance, so it seemed nothing unusual.But if you look carefully, you can see that it is not made of gold or iron, and I don't know what it is made of. Occasionally, a cold light flashes at the edge, revealing a soul-stirring atmosphere.

The man was walking towards Zhao Min, but just halfway there, Zhao Min pointed and asked him to present the knife to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Brother, don't worry, I'm talking nonsense. Don't you want to look at the Dragon Saber? Take a closer look."

Hearing the words, Meng Xiuyuan glanced at Zhao Min, and saw that she looked calm, she didn't seem to be joking, so he simply ignored her and reached out to pick up the Dragon Slaying Saber.

The knife was heavy to hold, weighing at least a few dozen catties. Meng Xiuyuan picked up a wooden chopstick from the table and touched the blade lightly. Without much effort, he saw that the chopstick had been broken into two pieces.

"Well, this should undoubtedly be the Dragon Slaying Saber." Meng Xiuyuan nodded in affirmation.

"Big Brother, don't you want to ask, where did my saber come from?" Zhao Min asked Meng Xiuyuan.

Meng Xiuyuan was silent and did not answer.

In fact, Meng Xiuyuan had thought about this question before he came here.

It's just that Zhang Cuishan and his wife are safe and sound on Wudang Mountain at this time, and Zhang Wuji is also following the Mingjiao people. There is no danger. Since Zhao Min can get the knife, he should have just happened to find the trace of the golden-haired lion king Xie Xun, and has nothing to do with the Wudang sect. .

Regarding Xie Xun, Meng Xiuyuan had always had a complicated view.Although he sympathizes with the tragic death of his parents, wife and children, he is also very disgusted with his indiscriminate and indiscriminate killing of innocent people in the world, and feels that he really cannot escape the position of a "killer".

Therefore, Meng Xiuyuan's refusal to take the initiative to talk to him all this time was considered a compromise for the face of Zhang Cuishan's family.At this time, what kind of intersection did Zhao Min and the Yuan court behind her have with Xie Xun, Meng Xiuyuan didn't want to care about it.

Zhao Min first waved his hand to make the man who delivered the knife retreat, and then seeing that Meng Xiuyuan was silent, he took the initiative to speak again:

"What are you talking about, 'Wulin Supreme, Dragon Slayer with a Precious Sword', I have held this sword for a long time, but I haven't researched any tricks.

I don't know how to use a knife, it's too heavy for me to even carry it, I don't know why you people in the martial arts are so rare.

Big brother, if you are sensible, just take this knife. "

Meng Xiuyuan's face turned serious, he just felt that the knife was a bit hot, and asked Zhao Min seriously:
"Why are you so kind, there must be some conditions?"

Zhao Min smiled slightly, without quibbling, and said frankly:
"If this knife can be exchanged for a condition that the elder brother has agreed to, that would be great."

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head when he heard the words, put the dragon-slaying knife in his hand on the table with a bang, and said to Zhao Min:

"Forget it, I probably won't be able to meet your conditions."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Min would not let go, pestered Meng Xiuyuan and said:
"What's the rush? It's not too late to listen to me and finish the conditions."

Without waiting for Meng Xiuyuan to answer, she continued to ask:

"Big brother, do you know what my ambition was when I was young?"

Meng Xiuyuan didn't understand why Zhao Min suddenly asked this topic, he pondered for a while, and then replied softly:

"I don't know."

Zhao Min pointed to the Dragon Slaying Knife on the table, and said loudly and imposingly:

"Since I was young, I have wanted to be like my ancestors, fighting in the battlefield and expanding the territory.

My ancestors were Genghis Khan, great heroes such as Tuolei, Batu, Hulagu, and Kublai Khan.

I only hate that I am a woman. If I were a man, hehe, I really want to do a great job vigorously. "

"Oh." Meng Xiuyuan responded, and stopped talking, waiting for Zhao Min's next words.

Sure enough, the next sentence is a 180-degree turn.

"But do you know, since I met you, everything has gradually changed."

While Zhao Min was speaking, the arrogance on his face was restrained, but a melancholy expression gradually appeared on his face.She poured all the remaining foundation in the flagon into the cup, and then drank it all in one gulp:

"The things you said to me have been going around in circles in my head.

What's "the imperial court didn't give the people a way to live, and forced the people to rebel", what's "the Mongols are fatuous and brutal, but in just a hundred years they caused chaos in the world and the people were in dire straits".

I have tried my best to prove that what you said is wrong.

However, I couldn't do it.

Only then did I understand that you may indeed be a good person and you really didn't lie to me.

So since then, I no longer want to participate in the affairs of my father and brother, and I don't want to embarrass those poor people who can't survive.

Even in the past few years, Dad took the initiative to delegate power to me, asking me to use the help of many masters in the house to deal with the heroes of the martial arts in the Central Plains. A little disappointed in me..."

At this point, Zhao Min stood up abruptly, walked within three feet of Meng Xiuyuan, stared into Meng Xiuyuan's eyes and said:

"But big brother, have you thought about it for me, what should I do?
I am a Mongolian after all, the princess of the Yuan Dynasty.

Is it because the court is unclear and the people of the world are suffering, do I have to sit and wait for death, laughing and waiting for these traitors and thieves to kill me? "

When it came to the end, Zhao Min couldn't help showing a trace of sadness and sorrow in her starry eyes, staring straight into Meng Xiuyuan's eyes as if seeking an answer.

And Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help falling into silence after hearing Zhao Min's long series of words.

For a while, he didn't know how to answer Zhao Min's words logically.

Seeing Meng Xiuyuan like this, Zhao Min pointed to the dragon-slaying knife again, and then said seriously:
"Big brother, I would like to give you this dragon-slaying knife, just ask you to give me an idea.

In this world, what should I do right?
What should I do to keep my conscience and my life safe?

What should I do so that you will no longer embarrass me? "

Zhao Min asked three times in a row, and the questions were sincere, which made it difficult for Meng Xiuyuan to keep silent.

Therefore, Meng Xiuyuan took a deep breath, looked up at Zhao Min, and said calmly:

"Little princess, I don't know how to be appropriate.

Just for the sake of helping countless people in the past ten years, I would like to share some truths with you.

The Great Yuan court has exhausted its energy, and this time it is finally difficult to suppress the Han people who rebelled.

You'd better make arrangements for yourself and go to the grassland to plan.

Thinking about it, with the strength of your Ruyang Palace, no matter how bad it is, it is possible for you to spend your life in peace and prosperity.

The general trend is like this, and it is not one or two people who can stop it.

The sooner you accept the facts, the more peaceful and joyful you will be in the future. "

Hearing this, Zhao Min, with her intelligence, naturally saw that what Meng Xiuyuan said was really from her heart, and she was also thinking of her.

But the more so, the sadder she felt, and couldn't help but grab Meng Xiuyuan's hand:

"Is there really no possibility of reconciliation among them?"

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head when he heard the sound, pushed her hand away without any trace, and said sincerely:
"Today, it should be impossible.

Perhaps it will be several hundred years later before we Mongolians and Han people can truly live together as brothers and live in harmony. "

(End of this chapter)