In the middle of the night, Li Hongji slept very deeply, and did not feel the cold in the mountains at all.
The waterfall outside the tent and the unknown bird in the mountain were still a bit annoying. As soon as it was dark, Li Hongji was awakened by the sound outside.
He was lying on his back on the bed with Ulan Sobud snuggled in his arms.
Li Hongji gently opened the quilt and got out of the bed from the other side, just after the firewood, he quickly put on his clothes.
He was about to leave, but suddenly stopped.
Li Hongji turned around and came to the bed. He bent down and said, "Pop!" Li Hongji kissed Ulan Sobud's tender face before he left the right side of the tent and walked slowly to the edge of the waterfall.
The fog hadn't completely receded, and the waterfall was not clear at all, only the sound of rushing water and the early birds calling in the forest could be heard.
Along the way, Li Hongji's hair was damp, and he touched a handful of damp hair, "This winter..."
Li Hongji looked for a protruding rock, stepped on it with one foot, supported his waist and hip, put his hands in his pockets, his eyes seemed to face the hazy waterfall.
"I came to see the waterfall so early?" At some point, Ulan Sobud came behind him and stood on his side.
"Ah? Are you here?" Li Hongji turned around, looking at Ulan Sobud's expressionless face, "It's still early, why don't you sleep?"
"Since I am awake, I can't sleep," Ulan Sobud's gaze also faced the faint waterfall in front, "Why did you leave without saying a word? Are you afraid that Lanlan and the others will know?"
"Hey!" Li Hongji smirked nervously, he reached out his hand to wipe the mist from Ulan Sobud's hair, "It's foggy outside, let's go back to the tent!"
"No!" Ulan Sobud shook his head, "In the morning, the air outside is the best... You haven't answered my question yet! Are you afraid that others will know?"
"Yeah!" Li Hongji rubbed the mist from his hands and put his left hand on the red robe on Ulan Sobud's shoulder.
"Haha!" Ulan Sobudd hid her mouth and smiled. Seeing Li Hongji in a daze, she couldn't straighten up her waist.
"you… "
Ulan Sobud held back a smile and looked up at Li Hongji, "Our Mongolian women are not the same as you Han Chinese. Let alone Lanlan and Meimei, it doesn’t matter if Adie and Aniang know it. They only Bless us."
"Wulangge..."
"Will you still call me Wulangege?"
"What's that called you
"Didn't I call you Hongji? Just call me Ulan! In our Mongolian language, it means red."
"Ulan?"
"Yeah." Ulan Sobud raised her little face and met Li Hongji's gaze, she was still ashamed to say something.
Li Hongji squeezed Ulan Sobud's shoulders and put him in his arms, rubbing his chin against her head.
Ulan Sobud no longer had the boldness of a Mongolian woman. She turned around and faced Li Hongji. A pair of small hands wrapped around Li Hongji's waist and buried her face in his chest.
They hugged each other on the edge of the waterfall, and the waterfall witnessed this sacred moment.
All the beautiful things will always be recorded, and the waterfall records the fusion of the two nations.
Time seems to have stagnated, except for the waterfall in front, still rushing forever.
The sun gradually rose, and the fog became lighter and lighter, and neither of them noticed it.
I don't know how long it took, or Li Hongji broke the silence between the two.
"Ulan, where are we going today?" With Ulan by his side, he could no longer feel the cold of Horqin Grassland.
"Today? I don't want to run today. Let's hunt in this mountain, okay?" Ulan Sobud murmured in Li Hongji's arms. Her voice was too vague and only Li Hongji could hear it.
"Hunting? Okay, but you didn't bring a bow and arrow?"
"It's okay, I'll watch it behind, and it's the same."
The two hugged each other, saying things that could never be finished, like a pair of little lovers. In fact, they are indeed a bunch of little lovers now, but at the beginning, Ulan Sobud had a purpose. Close to Li Hongji.
Meimei came over and saw the two hugging each other, she had to turn her back: "Gege, the milk tea is hot, I can't find you everywhere, so you were watching the waterfall in the morning.
Ulan Sobud pulled out of Li Hongji's arms, "Why did you find it? Isn't there a heavy fog on the mountain?"
"Gege, the fog has long since cleared!" Meimei looked at Ulan Sobud and Li Hongji again. She smiled: "Gege, there is no fog on your hair. Obviously you just came here, Master Li's. There can be an autumn rain on the head, should it be here long ago?"
Ulan Sobud touched his long hair and looked at the top of Li Hongji's head. There were a lot of dew on the top of Li Hongji's head.
"Hahaha..." She couldn't help laughing, it would be strange if the dewdrops on her long hair wouldn't be shaken off.
Mei Mei laughed too, she understood, Ulan Sobud's head had been in Li Hongji's arms all the time, and her hair was not wet by the mist.
Ulan Sobud took out her white sweat towel from her arms and gently wiped the water droplets on Li Hongji's hair. The sweat towel was soaked. She tilted her face and wrung out the moisture from the sweat towel. Pass it to Meimei, and generously hold Li Hongji's big hand: "Hongji, go, let's go back to drink milk tea!"
Li Hongji and Ulan Sobud wandered in the depths of the prairie for another three days before returning to Tang Harik. When they returned, Sessan had already married Shuerge into the bridal chamber.
Auba and Sessan, meet again with Li Hongji.
"Khan, Taiji, how are the two of you thinking about my majesty's proposal?"
Oba didn't speak, he turned his face and glanced at Cesan next to him.
Saissan bowed a bow to Li Hongji: "Master Li, Oba Khan and I all agree to the proposal of His Majesty the Emperor Ming, and I am very grateful to the adults for coming to me in Horqin not far away."
"It's easy to say," Since they all agreed to fix it with Daming, they didn't have much hard work. "Dahan and Taiji, how do you plan to fix it with Daming?"
Seisan glanced at Oba and saw that Oba didn’t mean to say anything. "Master Li, we used to be an alliance with Dajin Nation, but now we are going to turn against Dajin Nation. Others will laugh at us. Therefore, Dahan Oba and I have discussed it, and we will temporarily maintain neutrality between Daming and Daikin."
"Keep neutral?" Li Hongji's face changed, and he was only willing to say neutral words in front of him. I don't know what happened behind him. "Da Khan, Tai Ji, do you have to wait for Daming and Daikin to separate completely? After winning or losing, decide who to fix it with?"
"This..." Saisan was speechless, and Li Hongji's words hit his mind mercilessly.
But Oba took the words over, "Master Li, we Horqin, we are really committed to Daming, but the cavalry of the Golden Kingdom is under Horqin's eyes, and we can't afford it!"
Li Hongji was right to think about it. Once Horqin announced publicly that he would fall to the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry of the Great Golden State could set foot on the Horqin Grassland at any time. With Horqin's own strength, he could not protect himself at all.
But Daming's army was far in the east of Liaoning, and it couldn't quench the thirst of the near.
"That sweat means..."
"Lord Li, you think this is good. On the surface, we still maintain an ally relationship with the Golden State, and secretly help Daming." Saidsan finally made the words that he had prepared.
"How is Tai Ji going to help Daming?"
"My lord, please clarify what Daming needs us to do? As long as I Horchin can do it, we will definitely help Daming."
Li Hongji thought for a while, Horqin really didn’t really make him admire. He remembered Zhu Youjian’s explanation, “Dai Khan, Taiji, Daming does not lack property and population, so, can Horqin help Daming some good War horse?"
"War horse?" Oba straightened his body, "How many war horses does Mr. Li need?"
"Twenty thousand horses."
"Twenty thousand?" Saissan's eyes were bigger than his fists. "Master Li, our Horqin department is very small, and it's not as brilliant as a handwriting. Twenty thousand is too much."
"Then... How many horses can Taiji provide us?"
"A thousand horses."
"One thousand?" This time it was Li Hongji's turn to widen his eyes. "Dai Khan, Taiji, and Daming are at war with Daikin and are in dire need of good horses. Although small, Horqin is rich in war horses. It is said that the war horses of the Kingdom of Kingsland, They are all from Horqin..."
"This..." Saisang is poor again, and Li Hongji is right. The horses of the Golden Kingdom are mostly from various ministries in Mongolia, of which Horqin contributed the most.
He winked at Obama, "Master Li, I have a niece named Ulan Sobud, what do you think of her?"
"Ulan Sobud? Taiji meant..." Li Hongji thought that Saisan was going to ruin him.
Seisan glanced at Oba, and saw Oba nod. "If Master Li is willing to marry my niece, I can send her to Daming decently. The dowry is a war horse."
"Taiji..."
"Master Li, five thousand war horses, how about? Horqin is too young, and I can't afford to send these war horses. Half of them were given by Oba Khan."
"This..." Li Hongji saw this, knowing that if he had to bargain, the two sides might collapse. At that time, none of these five thousand horses might be available. Moreover, there was a Ulan Sobud with Ulan Sobud. Even if the relationship between Daming and Horqin is confirmed with five thousand horses, although it is not the vassal relationship that Li Hongji expected for the time being, the seeds have been planted, and there is always a harvest time. He hugged a fist and saluted Saisan: "Thank you Taiwan." Ji Chengquan, thank you profusely."
"Hahaha..." Saidsan laughed, "Master Li, now we Menghan are really a family, should Emperor Ming rest assured?"
"Taiji," Li Hongji felt. From the very beginning, he was caught in Sessan's trap. Fortunately, he and Daming didn't lose anything. "I am at home and have a wife, and I am an envoy sent by Daming. The marriage must be approved by my majesty."
"Haha, Master Li is worrying too much," Saissan didn't take it seriously. "Many wives and concubines are in groups, and they are heroic. Master Li became the left assistant of the Ministry of Rites at a young age. He has a bright future! Haha, haha..."
"Taiji..." Li Hongjixin said, my minister of ceremonies, the left servant, was temporarily granted by the emperor because of his mission to Horqin. When he returned to Daming, the emperor would have to withdraw the title. However, these words are too complicated to say, and they will be too big. He was ridiculed, "However, Ulan Sobud and I must return to Daming to get married."
"Yes, it should be, Lord Li is an official of Daming, so naturally I want to return to Daming to marry my niece." Saisan and Auba were very satisfied with the look at each other.
In order not to attract the attention of others, three days later, in the evening, Li Hongji took Ulan Sobud and her dowry... 5,000 fine war horses, accompanied by Lanlan and Meimei, left Tangharik and returned. Jinzhou.
When Li Hongji returned to Jinzhou, it was already Daming's New Year's Eve.