South of Yanjing City.
At this time, this vast and flat land has been arranged into a huge stadium, surrounded by a sea of people.
Surrounded by swaths of willow trees, the new yellow leaves hang down. Unlike the weeping willows of the Southern Dynasties, the willow branches in the north are a little less feminine and a little more vigorous. They are not very ornamental.
The entire stadium is divided into four major areas. Sitting in the south are the nobles of the Jin Kingdom. Except for the current Wolf Lord, almost all other important nobles are present. Without exception, they all bring their beloved concubines kidnapped from the Song Dynasty. Zong Han is in the middle. He was sitting there with a very arrogant expression. Eight beauties stood aside and served him carefully. On both sides of him were Zong Wang, Gaitian King Zongxian, Jin Wushu, Gu Shen and other marshal-level nobles.
To the east were the original Khitan generals and Han generals, who also brought their families, making it very noisy.
The most eye-catching thing is a group of people in the north - a man with shaved and braided hair, and a woman with braided hair, wearing various colors of sheep fur with left lapels. The men's clothes are narrow and the women's clothes are fat. This group of people turned out to be Song Dynasty people. The country’s “Two Saints” and a group of princesses.
The seats of the envoys of the Song Dynasty were arranged in the west, far opposite to the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.
It turns out that this seat was also carefully planned, apparently to allow the Song Dynasty to witness how the "Two Saints" were "slaves in the north."
Yu Wenxuzhong was an old minister. He immediately understood the meaning and his face turned red. A Jin official who had been monitoring the envoys waved his hand. He was allowed to lead several dignitaries to salute his late master. He immediately ran over and knelt on the ground. The old man burst into tears: "Chen Yu Wenxu came to visit Taishang Guan's family. The official's family..."
At this time, Song Huizong, who had grown rich in 28 years and was now a prisoner, had sparse and gray hair and a numb expression. He helped Yuwen Xuzhong up and said: "Master Yuwen does not need to be polite, I don't dare to call myself an official anymore..."
Everyone knelt down and saluted. Only then did the captives of the Song Dynasty realize that with the arrival of the envoys, they and others finally had hope of returning to the south.
Hua Rong stayed behind with a group of low-level followers among the noisy crowd, not wanting to perform this "tears-filled" drama of a monarch and his ministers. She even felt it was strange, and looked around, leaning into the golden man's arms and serving tea. The slaves and concubines are either the wives and concubines of the "Two Saints" or their daughters, sisters, nieces and clansmen... How can the "Two Saints" still watch and remain indifferent? Why don't you even have the courage to commit suicide
If it weren't for them, how would those women be today
Suddenly feeling the glare behind her, she suddenly turned around and saw Jin Wushu, dressed in new clothes, riding a black horse and walking by slowly. As soon as he caught her gaze, he immediately looked away nonchalantly.
Behind him, Vuchimai was leading a horse - Kinses!
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Jin Wushu was dressed in a brand-new horse costume, with his ponytail-like black hair tied up with a gold crown. He walked around the arena in a lively manner. Jin Wushu's fierce national style immediately aroused a burst of cheers from the women around him.
Hua Rong looked coldly at his satisfied look and thought to himself, this man really loves to show off. Looking at it again, he was even more surprised. He saw several women dismounting in front of Jin Wushu, and two of them turned out to be Princess Tianwei and Princess Tianwei. Qin Hui's wife Wang Junhua.
In this way, the distaste for Jin Wushu has increased. This is not a "willow shooting festival", but a "demonstration festival" that humiliates the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty!
She looked at the "Two Saints" to the north again, and sure enough, they didn't look this way at all, they were just focusing on "the monarch and his ministers talking", and all of them looked numb.
She suddenly thought of the word "walking zombies". Aren't these people the walking zombies just living an ignoble existence
But, obviously, all the humiliation has just begun.
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and other officials saw the ceremony completed, they looked up and saw a woman with a big belly staggering over. Behind her, followed an arrogant old Jurchen soldier.
The woman's hair was tied up on the left side of her chest, and her face looked haggard and ashamed.
Song Huizong was stunned, and all the concubines were also stunned.
Webster knelt down with tears on his face: "If you come to visit an official, you will be punished by death..."
Webster!
The concubine of "Hunde Gong", the Empress Dowager Wei, the biological mother of the current Emperor of the Song Dynasty, actually went to pay respects to the "emperor's ex-husband" with the bones and blood of a golden man in her arms.
Webster knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, but he did not dare to cry loudly, he just sobbed and shrugged his shoulders.
Feeling numb again, all the Song prisoners also looked away, unable to bear to look any further.
Song Huizong quickly helped her up with his own hands and burst into tears: "Ms. Wei, there is no need to be polite. I am ashamed of you... I am ashamed of you..."
The veteran of the Jin Army standing on the side showed off his power and said: "You said you would leave after seeing each other once. Now that we have seen each other, it's time to leave..."
In fact, Webster did not come on his own, but was forced to come by him. Now he was humiliated by him in public. He could no longer hold back and started crying sadly.
The veteran snorted coldly, grabbed Webster and left.
Everyone looked at this scene dumbfounded, and for a moment, they couldn't say anything.
Hua Rong sat aside, trembling with anger. In the blink of an eye, he saw Jin Wushu's smiling face above, the kind of triumphant, wanton and rampant victor - humiliation!
All this was arranged by him!
It was arranged by him and that group of despicable Jin people. It had been arranged long ago!
Poor Zhao's official family also repeatedly told them to conceal the "scandal" of the Queen Mother - how could they hide it
It is not so much the Empress Dowager's scandal as it is the two fools, Zhao Deji himself, who is a shame to thousands of men in the Song Dynasty!
Four hundred thousand people were all disarmed, and not one of them was a husband.
Hua Rong closed her eyes slumpedly and could no longer watch.
Zhahe, who was standing next to her, saw her clenching her hands and making a loud noise, and said strangely: "Brother..."
Hua Rong forced a smile: "It's okay..."
In fact, Zhahe has been wondering today. The "little brother" today is so different from yesterday. Although she is still dressed in smart clothes, her face no longer looks like a jaundiced patient, as if she has washed her face. A layer of "skin" was peeled off the face.
Along the way, almost from the first meeting, Zhahe had been secretly observing her. He always felt that something was wrong with this "little brother". Her eyes were too bright, her lips were too red, her eyebrows were too delicate, and her hands were too soft... How could it be? Men like this
The weather was fine that day. Zhahe took a peek and saw that the spring sunshine shone on her face, giving her a crystal clear white face. Even though she was a rough and simple person, Zhahe felt that this "manly man" was so cute. weird.
He was very uneasy, not because she was sitting at the bottom of the Song Dynasty envoy, but because of her appearance and behavior - are all men in Han Dynasty like this? But why weren’t the other Han Chinese in the mission like this
Therefore, he never walked away and kept following her, not knowing whether he wanted to understand or discover something. He cautiously, and for some unknown reason, subconsciously wanted to please this "han'er", and said earnestly: "You are not feeling well. What do you want? I'll get it for you..."
"Nothing is needed."
How could Hua Rong have the intention to pay attention to his expression? Just looking at Zhang Xian and Liu Qi around them, I don't know what else is waiting for the Song Dynasty people in this grand event.
At this time, Zong Han and others had lined up and took their seats according to their order. After a burst of Jurchen's very noisy music, they followed the usual rituals. The envoys saluted according to the etiquette, but there was nothing more, but then Song Huizong and other captives saluted, and they knelt down one by one. On the ground: "I, Zhao Ji, would like to thank the eldest prince, second prince, and fourth prince for your kindness..."
Hua Rong was behind, looking at the "Second Saint" who was kneeling down!
How many people with lofty ideals and passionate men in the Central Plains are fighting hard, preparing enthusiastic slogans "Welcome back the Second Saint"!
What should we do if we welcome these two people back
She thought of her parents and her clan members who died tragically, all thanks to this foolish king. Not only her Hua family, but also the entire Zhao family was "implicated" by him because of his foolishness!
Retribution, is this the cycle of heaven
But why is it the turn of the foreigners to be humiliated like this
Why is it the turn of millions of people in Huaiyang to accompany them to death
She stood aside and never faced the "Two Saints" from beginning to end, and didn't even want to say a word to them. At this point, she completely and unreservedly supported Zhao Deji - these two foolish kings must not be allowed to go back to fight for power. .
After the ceremony, a group of Jurchen women came out to sing and dance, and then the "willow shooting" competition was about to begin.
Forty willow branches were planted on both sides of the golf course, each three or four feet long. Each willow branch had a few inches of bark peeled off to reveal a white pole; colorful handkerchiefs were tied under the white pole. According to the rules of willow shooting, you can The one who shoots off the white stem of a willow branch and can still use it is the top one; the one who shoots it but cannot catch it is the middle one; the one who shoots it but cannot break the branch, or shoots and breaks the green branch is the bottom one. According to the past, the prize is very simple, and the winner is The winner will get a glass of toast, the second will get a glass of honey water, and the loser will be fined a glass of water. But this time it is different. The winner will not only get a beautiful woman from the Song Dynasty, but also need to be toasted by Song Huizong himself.
At this time, the auspicious moment has come. I saw two teams of Jurchen knights lined up. The forty-one Jurchen knights headed by Jin Wushu were all covered in heavy armor and wore heavy iron helmets. Only their eyes were exposed. Riding a war horse, one knight held a triangular black flag embroidered with a day as the leader, and the other forty people held bows in one hand and featherless crescent arrows in the other, slowly marching around the field three times.
After all the etiquette was completed, Zong Wang, who was in a high position, beat the drum himself, and Jin Wushu was the first to circle the arena on Pegasus. He wanted to show off, spotted a willow branch tied with a purple handkerchief, bent his bow, and shot the arrow. Cluster immediately cut off the white pole of the willow branch. He galloped forward, caught the falling willow branch with his hand, then slowed down the black horse, walked in front of the audience, took off his helmet, and waved the willow branch in greeting; he immediately won a round of victory Deafening cheers.
On the other side of the Song prisoners, Song Huizong stood up in person to signal and applaud, but there was not much joy on his face. For such a demonstrative performance, what else could he do besides forcibly suppressing fear
Jin Wushu was already riding his horse slowly over with willow branches. Along the way, many Jurchen women picked weak willows and wild flowers and threw them on him.
He stopped at the seat of the Song Dynasty's envoys. Yu Wenxuzhong immediately held a glass of wine and saluted: "The fourth prince is brave."
He smiled nonchalantly, but stared at Hua Rong, and saw that she was not looking at him, but was talking to Zhahe about what he was talking about. He was very angry, and she did it on purpose, and she did not take it seriously.
Regardless of her own glory, success or failure, she pretends not to see it.
He walked up to her angrily, but she still said something to Zhahe, and Zhahe, the down-and-out Jurchen soldier, bent slightly and was very careful, as if whatever she said was what she said, and he could only obey him, extremely cautious. .
He remembered Zhahe's words: "He is a good man, different from other men..."