Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 289 Huliletai
early morning.

The warm autumn sun shines on the wide surface of Ulungu Lake, filled with mist, making it look like a dream.

The sun gradually rises, and the warm sunlight penetrates the fog and shines on the lake. The golden light complements the lake water, forming a beautiful sunrise picture. The golden leaves of the reeds by the lake sway in the autumn wind, contrasting with the reflection on the lake, like a flowing oil painting, colorful and beautiful.

However, opposite to the calm lake surface is the noisy sea of ​​people on land.
This was once the homeland of the Kazakhs.

However, during the Urad Civil War decades ago, this hot land belonging to the Kazakhs was eventually taken away by the Junggars. Almost all Kazakh tribes were forced to leave by half force and half threat. However, these Kazakhs who lost their homes were completely Unable to resist the powerful Junggar, they were forced to move westward and were protected by the Sunun Khanate of the Turks.

Naturally, they, who were devastated by the Junggars and lost their family and territory, became the most determined vanguard against the Junggars.

As for why Junggar wanted to drive them away
Then we have to turn our sights to the southeast of Ulungu Lake (the location of Fuhai County), to this city called Albindale.

Decades ago, Junggar Hutaiji Amin Uritu defeated the Kazakh-Turgut coalition here. When he drank from Ma Wulungu Lake, he fell in love with this blue sea at a glance.

Therefore, this tribe who had been nomadic in the upper reaches of the Irtysh River in the early years and originally planned to go south to Ili settled here and hired a group of Han craftsmen from the pass to build their own royal city - Albindale. , meaning "many seas".

The Han craftsmen never returned to their hometown. Instead, they were forced to stay by the Junggar people and were given high treatment - the status was equal to that of a hundred households, and they were distributed cattle, sheep, wives, and even gave each of them a piece of pasture.

In such an environment, no matter how beautiful a girl is, she cannot avoid being destroyed by the wind, sand, and scorching sun!

"Why, you don't like Arontana Begi?" The fat man frowned, his eyes narrowed, and he said in a bad tone.

Alslen Hutai Ji summoned all the Junggar tribes and all the tribes under his command to hold a Khulil Tai in the royal city of Junggar!
So except for Huite and Timur, who all joined forces, and Turgut, who was defeated by Junggar and moved westward, all the tribes in Oirat, big and small, gathered here, even Khalkha Some tribes secretly sent envoys to participate.

Today, this city has been passed down through five hands in the Choros family.

In a tavern, two big men wearing Dzungarian robes and Han Chinese hair buns were sitting at a table by the window, eating meat and pointing out the window.

Using her marriage to win over the Ozil Tube was indeed a great idea in Alslen's opinion.

It is precisely because of him that the city of Albinda is very lively today, and it is the first time that so many people have come.

The fatter and rougher of the two pointed at the group of people with the lamb ribs: "Did you see that one over there? The one in black and yellow clothes and a hat, that one is from the Ozil Tube "

"Really? It seems that the Ozil Tube has forgotten why they went to Mobei."

So these craftsmen stayed happily, started families, and formed a group with a certain say in Junggar to take charge of construction.

Although Albindale is not very windy and sandy because it is close to Lake Ulungu, it is not completely absent. Almost everyone travels on horseback, and if you stay outside for a long time in this sunny day, you will feel like your skin will be burned. But I don’t think this Arontana Bieji is good to see.

It is equivalent to monopolizing the Ministry of Industry.

The thin man looked around at the environment and curled his lips without leaving any trace.

Mentioning Arontana Begi, the fat man's face showed a hint of longing.
Arontana, which means holy pearl, is the posthumous daughter of Lao Hutaiji. Today, the youngest sister of Arsleng Hutaiji and Mandula Tutaiji is the same age as the seventeen-year-old flower. She was so beautiful that everyone who saw her stood in awe.

However, it is precisely because of her beauty that Alsleng regarded her as the most precious resource, so until now, there has been no news in the golden tent that she wants to choose a husband.

".I haven't even seen her." The thin man was a little speechless. Before seeing her in person, even if he praised her as a goddess coming to earth, he would still treat her like a queen without salt!

The slightly younger man opposite him chuckled, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of milk tea.

"Ha, compared to the outsiders who are treated as having to eat leftovers by our family, the old relatives who join us in the Zhunbu, although they have been driven to Mobei but share the same clan, at least have warm food to eat. Do you know? Huitaiji In the past few days, I have been planning to marry Arongtana Beji to Oqiltu, and I also said that I would marry 10,000 cows, 10,000 sheep, and 10,000 horses!"

Amin Uritu - his eldest son - his fourth son - his eldest son's eldest son
Finally, after a series of father's farewell and son's laughter, brother's worry and brother's attack, and uncle's and nephew's joint tomb, this royal city of the Junggar tribe was passed down to the great-grandson of Amin Uritu Huitaiji, who was the eldest son of his eldest son. In the hands of the grandson - Troros Alslenhutaiji.

"Tsk, what a pity"

What a shame!
No matter how beautiful this Arongtana is, how can she be as beautiful as the girls from the Jia family and the Lin family?

Funny
Speaking of the girls from the Lin family, Shouzi suddenly recalled the mother and daughter he had seen from a distance in Yangzhou after the Battle of Jiangnan.
Mrs. Lin is really beautiful. Even if that little girl is not even ten years old, she already has the appearance of bringing disaster to the country and the people. She may be beaten down by matchmakers in the future.
Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, how could I, Du Yi, imagine a girl with this kind of appearance? Even if you get married, you won't be able to keep it.
This thin man is naturally the confidant of Tan Ji, the commander of the Xiuyi Guard, and is now Du Yi, the leader of the Thousand Households of the Xiuyi Guard Anxi. Although he had just joined the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect quickly rebelled and failed to gain the trust of the leader, so he was sent to Shaoxing. As a result, he was unable to be used in intelligence during the entire war.

However, with his efforts, he succeeded in becoming the captain of the city gate, one of the nine gates of Shaoxing City. When General Luda Lubo led his army to attack Shaoxing, he cooperated with others to open the city gate and successfully regained Shaoxing.

With this skill, Du Yi also achieved a great leap from a small banner to a thousand households.
Although it is from Jinling Xiaoqi to Anxi Qianhu.

This distance is more exciting than tattooing characters and marching six thousand miles away!

When he first received the appointment, Du Yi thought he had offended someone.
But after all, it was not tattooing and being sent to the army. No matter how remote the jurisdiction was, he still had thousands of households with embroidered clothes. He was also served with delicious food and drinks along the way, and he safely crossed the desert to Yili, which made him feel at ease.

This time he came to Junggar territory on a mission.

Thanks to the authorization from Governor Jia, who allowed them to contact Ye Bushou lurking inside Junggar, the difficulty of embroidering clothes has also been reduced a lot.

And the fat man opposite him naturally refused to stop at night.

To be precise, the system is that of Ye Bushou, but this system is inherited from his father, and his father inherited it from his grandfather.

Yes, he is the descendant of the group of Han craftsmen who were forced to stay in Albindale.

At that time, the Junggar people of Oirat Mengwu secretly entered the customs, which attracted the attention of several governors at the time, especially Jia Hui's grandfather Jia Yuan. However, because the Northern Expedition was about to take place, almost all Daqi's attention was focused on it. After seeing Monan Yuanting, he really has no energy to care about the Junggar people anymore.

Furthermore, when they learned that the purpose of the Junggar people entering the customs was to find craftsmen who could build cities and houses, they no longer paid too much attention.

However, the opportunity was rare, so the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion still sent three craftsmen who were skilled in craftsmanship to lurk into Junggar's craftsman group.

Coincidentally, these three Ye Bushou have the surnames of Hong, Huang and Lan respectively.

Later, because of their craftsmanship that far exceeded that of the craftsmen in Junggar itself, this group of people quickly became famous among the entire Junggar aristocratic circle, and they were invited to build their mansions in Albindale. In addition, there were also blacksmiths among them, who were skilled in making swords, so these craftsmen became even more popular and successfully integrated into the Junggar people's circle. Some even took the daughters of noble families as wives and started families.
The person in front of me is the descendant of the only blacksmith in Three Nights. His grandfather's surname is Huang. With his armor-making skills, he successfully sneaked into the Choros family and became the royal blacksmith of Huitaiji for generations. Huitaiji and other Taijis of the Choros family make weapons and armor.

He even married a daughter of Xiao Taiji from the Choros family.
As for the remaining two Ye Bu Shu families, although they were doing well, they still couldn't reach the level of Huitai Ji, so Du Yi decided to find him to get information.

As for whether they are worried that their family will rebel because of three generations of intermarriage with Junggar nobles?
No, I just came to understand why Junggar made such a big fuss, and I didn't want them to kill their heads, such as assassinating Huitaiji, so I wouldn't betray myself.

Of course, you still have to be cautious. You must leave as soon as today's incident is investigated and you cannot stay for a moment!

His grandfather was loyal to Daqi, and his father may also have a sense of belonging to Daqi, but the time of three generations is too long, and he cannot guarantee this person's loyalty to Daqi!
After calmly finishing the only mutton left on the meat table and drinking a bowl of yogurt to relieve their tiredness, the two of them left the tavern, mounted their horses and followed the flow of people towards the shore of Ulungu Lake.
. . . . . .

A huge golden tent several feet high stood by the lake. In front of the golden tent was a high platform with several Sulu ingots inserted. Further in front of the high platform were several rows of low tables and carpets inside and outside.

Every table was filled with fine wine and delicacies, and the carpets were filled with tribal leaders from various tribes and tribes who had come from afar.

However, there is a difference between closeness and distance. The Mongol people sit closer to each other than the Turks. The old relatives in Oirat also sit closer to the front than the subjugated slaves in Monan and Mobei. The Taijis of the Choros family in the old Junggar sit closer to each other than the Turks. People are close to Huitaiji!
But there are exceptions to everything. For example, the envoy from the Eqiltu tribe in Mobei sat very close to the high platform.
Du Yi and the other two were sitting not far away but not too close, mixed in between the Junggar tribe and the Choros family. This place was specially reserved for the high-end talents recruited by Huitai Ji in the past generations.

As the current head of the Huang family, the royal blacksmith, Fatty Huang is naturally qualified to sit here.

To be honest, no one comes to Khuliletai to eat, especially when the weather gets cooler and the wind blows slightly, the oil in the food will cake into lumps, making it a torture to eat it in your mouth.

So most of the people who come here have filled their stomachs early, and now they just need to keep drinking with Huitaiji.
Holding the wine glass and following Fatty Huang in frequent toasts, Du Yi became a little tipsy. Knowing that he could never drink like this, he braced himself up and stopped Fatty Huang from toasting: "Brother Huang, I can't drink anymore. I really want to drink." No more! I’ll slow down.”

"Why slow down? You should drink to your heart's content on your big day, just drink!" Fatty Huang interrupted Du Yi impatiently, and even frowned at him with some dissatisfaction, then turned around and continued drinking with his acquaintances As he started to drink, he had no idea how much waves his subconscious words would cause in Du Yi's heart.
He doesn't know that I'm here to get information. Even if he drinks, does he have to stay sober? And, how about a drink on the big day?

Because of these two things, Du Yi was sober that he kept having distracting thoughts in his heart.
There is indeed something wrong with Fatty Huang!
Damn that's sloppy!
In the past few years, I have been confiscating homes and exterminating families in the Western Regions. The foundation of my old intelligence business has become rusty.
At that time, I was only happy that they were actually lurking in Junggar all night long. I actually ignored that they were lurking as a family unit and had been lurking for decades. There was no way to guarantee their loyalty.
No, no, calm down, calm down
Du Yi's heart was filled with endless turmoil, but on the surface he still looked a little tipsy and propped himself up on the table. In fact, he was thinking of ways to escape.
Needless to say, it goes without saying that Fatty Huang must have told Alsileng what happened to him, and maybe after they finish talking about the matter, they will capture him and sacrifice him to heaven!
Therefore, there are only two options now. One is to escape now. Even if the mission fails, a dog's life will be left behind. The other one is to sacrifice your life to become a benevolent person. When Alsleng comes out, follow the example of Yurang Zhuanzhu!

Yes, assassination. Junggar had just annexed the Sunong Turks not long ago. It was all due to the personal prestige of Alslen, Hutaiji, and his descendants were too young to convince the public, so Mandu was trained as his heir. Latu was captured alive by Xu Le and has been detained in Luoyang to this day. This means that the huge Junggar region does not even have a definite heir.
Yes, if Alsileng is killed, Junggar will be in chaos, and once Junggar is in chaos, the country will be able to
"Woo——"

Just as Du Yi's inner thoughts were racing, a loud dharma trumpet resounded through the sky, interrupting his thinking.
"Get up, get up, brother Du, Huitaiji is here!"

(End of this chapter)