Although he complained secretly in his heart, Zhang Han's face did not show any contempt for Wu Lianghatai.
He still knew about the situation of Wu Liang Hatai. In the subsequent campaigns of the Mongolian army attacking the Southern Song Dynasty and Dali, he and his son A Shu repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. Three generations of this family were all men of great military exploits, and they all shone brightly in the entire Mongol Empire's war of conquest!
Therefore, Zhang Han still pretended to be surprised and sighed; "I have long heard Shi Wanhu praise that the son of Marshal Subotai is an eagle about to spread its wings. Today I saw General Wuliang Hatai's His style is indeed worthy of his father's style, and he has the legacy of Marshal Futai."
Zhang Han's compliments spoke to Wu Liang Hadai's heart, making him feel as if he had been poured a large glass of cold drink on a June day, having lived under his father's light since he was young! Even the way he looked at Zhang Han became pleasing to the eye.
He laughed happily, his laughter was loud and heroic, and his beard twitched along with it. In Zhang Han's eyes, he looked a little more heroic than the stinky look he had just now.
"You Han people are good at talking. Wu Liang Hatai has no outstanding military achievements. I really don't dare to compare with my father!" Wu Liang Hatai said modestly after laughing.
Then he changed the subject and said to Zhang Han: "Since you are one of our own, please follow me to meet with Her Highness Princess Gaochang. After meeting with Her Highness the Princess, you can follow me back to meet with your father."
"That's good, Zhang Han also wants to meet Marshal Subotai as soon as possible. Wait..."
"You said that the knight dressed as a woman behind you is actually Her Royal Highness?" Halfway through, Zhang Han showed surprise on his face.
Wu Liang Hatai nodded in confirmation and pointed behind him;
"That's right! That beautiful woman is the youngest daughter of the great Genghis Khan, Your Highness Yelikedun, who is also the sister of my mother Tu Manlun.
According to you Han people, it seems that I should be called my aunt. "Speaking of this, Wu Lianghatai glanced at Zhang Han uncertainly and asked whether this statement was correct.
"Yes, according to Chinese saying, sisters who call mother are indeed called aunt." Zhang Han nodded, indicating that he was right.
"That's right." Wu Lianghatai then lowered his tone and said.
"Since you are a subordinate of Tianze, you are not an outsider. Let me tell you, although my "little aunt" has been regarded as the apple of the eye by the great Genghis Khan since childhood, for some reason she is not very interested in the brave battles in the grassland. Instead, I admire the Han culture very much.
So don't worry, there are very few Han people coming to the Mongolian royal court. With "little aunt"'s love for Han culture, she shouldn't embarrass you. "
Perhaps because Zhang Han was worried that the princess would make things difficult for him, Wu Lianghatai even gave Zhang Han some special advice.
"Thank you!" Zhang Han glanced at the other party gratefully.
Wu Lianghatai waved his hand indifferently, indicating that Zhang Han didn't need to pay attention.
He quickly turned the horse's head and urged, "Let's go there quickly, don't keep Her Royal Highness waiting!"
"good."
Zhang Han agreed, and the two mounted their horses and came to the front of the opponent's military formation.
"Huh..." As soon as the two men reined in their horses, a clear voice came, and the voice seemed to be slightly dissatisfied;
"Wuliang Hatai, why do you move like that cumbersome Xiong Ni? How can you inherit a little bit of your father's bravery and vigor...?"
Facing the princess's arrangement, Wu Liang Hadai completely lost the confidence to talk to Zhang Han, and just laughed and touched his head without saying a word.
Seeing his appearance, Ye Li Ke Dun suddenly lost interest in continuing to scold him. He turned to look at Zhang Han and said curiously;
"Looking at you, you must be Han Chinese! Are you from Han Dynasty?"
Zhang Han did not dare to neglect when he heard this. After all, the other party was a Mongolian princess, and he was just a small householder with a different status.
He quickly dismounted and saluted, "To tell you the princess, Zhang did come from Han. He was sent by Shi Tianze Wanhu to transport the body of the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty to Mobei to be presented to the Great Khan."
Zhang Han's expression was very serious when he answered. After being noticed by Yeli Ketun, he consoled him;
"Since you are an envoy here to meet Third Brother, why are you so serious and nervous? Our Mongolian customs are different from those of your Han people, so there is no need to be too formal."
"Zhang Han thanks the princess for your understanding. But as the sages say, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. The etiquette between monarch and minister should not be taken lightly."
Zhang Han is a modern man, not a disciple of a saint. The reason why I say this is just because I don’t understand the other person’s character when I first meet, so there will never be any mistakes if you pretend to be a saint.
"Are you a disciple of Confucius?"
After hearing this, the princess suddenly lost her gentle tone, and her voice became a little colder.
After all, Zhang Han is a veteran who has been in the workplace for many years. He obviously noticed the change in the other party's attitude and quickly made up for it;
"Zhang Han is just a humble man. He joined the army at an early age. He has never read the Four Books and Five Classics. How dare he claim to be a disciple of Sage Kong? He has only read some books on the art of war, poems and songs."
"That's good! Have you ever been married?" Yeli Ketun was relieved when he heard this.
"Ah?" Zhang Han was stunned on the spot!
Seeing Zhang Han looking at him blankly, Yeli Kedun couldn't help but blush on his face under the gauze curtain. Knowing that he had asked hastily, he quickly changed the subject and said, "According to what you say, you are a disciple of a military strategist?"
"Since he joined the army, Zhang naturally wanted to study the works of sages and strategists. After all, they are useful for marching and fighting. But compared to orthodox literature, Zhang actually prefers some poems and songs. For example, Su Shi's "When Will the Bright Moon Come?" ? Ask the sky for wine, I don’t know..."
Listening to Zhang Han reciting Su Shi's "Shui Tune Song Tou", none of the soldiers around Uliang Hatai felt any sense of beauty.
Because they have no cultural background, they cannot feel the beauty of the poem at all. Instead, they feel that the poem is purely meaningless moaning. Therefore, although these people have never shown it, there is still a hint of disdain deep in their eyes.
For these military men, beautiful poems are not as attractive as stories of battlefield fighting.
But Yelicton's reaction was completely different. Maybe it’s because I’ve been exposed to a lot of Chinese culture since I was a child, so I can appreciate the beauty in poetry normally.
When Zhang Han was halfway through reciting it, he couldn't help but start reciting it after Zhang Han;
"...I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky?...People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. This has never been the case in ancient times! I hope people will live long and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart." Crisp The voice is like an aloof swan goose, accompanied by Zhang Han's deep voice, and the chant lasts for a long time in the cold wind...
The two of them chanted the same word, and unknowingly, they felt each other in a trance, as if there was a little more connection between them. After chanting, they looked at each other and smiled.
Yeli Ketun seemed to have thought of something and shouted to Zhang Han: "Follow me!"
After saying that, she drove up the little red mare, turned around and ran towards the Onan River.
Wu Lianghatai on the side saw Zhang Han standing there dumbly, watching Princess Yeli Kedun run away, and immediately came over and kicked Zhang Han;
"Why are you still standing there? I didn't hear the princess calling you, why don't you hurry up and follow her!"
Zhang Han was kicked, and he immediately recovered from his daze, and subconsciously went towards Wu Lianghatai in anger.
Then he saw Wu Liangha Tai looking at him with an ambiguous look, and pouted at him in the direction where Yeli Ketun ran out.
Most of the anger was extinguished in an instant, but the doubts in Zhang Han's heart became even heavier at this moment. The reason why he was in a daze just now was because as far as he knew, in ancient times, unmarried men and women never met for the first time and then talked a few words and then were alone together.
But for some reason, the princess who had just met did just that. As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be a monster! After looking at the ambiguous expression on Wu Liang Hatai's face, Zhang Han's doubts became even more serious.
Seeing that Zhang Han still stayed where he was, with no intention of moving, and the expression on his face was uncertain. As if he had guessed Zhang Han's concerns, Wu Lianghatai urged again;
"You Han people are just like ink, and you are not happy at all. The princess didn't say anything, but you, a grown man, are more ink than a girl?"
"Yes! That's right. If the other party doesn't care about a big girl, what should I be afraid of as a big man?" Zhang Han immediately made up his mind after hearing this. No matter what the other party's intentions are, just go and see and see? Then he no longer hesitated, got on his horse and chased in the direction Yeli Ketun left.
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"Qianhu, why did the princess call such a Han guy over alone? Why don't you send two servants to keep an eye on things to prevent anything from happening." After Zhang Han ran away, Wu Lianghatai's deputy immediately reminded him.
Wu Liang Ha Tai waved his hands indifferently and said perfunctorily;
"Don't worry! Nothing will happen."
After speaking, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he looked sideways at his subordinates and coldly ordered;
"When we see each other again from now on, please show some respect to this Han family, do you hear me...!"
When the soldiers heard this, they were all puzzled by what it meant, and they all looked at their thousands of households with puzzled expressions. Obviously, he didn't know why Wuliang Hadai Qianhu suddenly issued such an inexplicable order to his subordinates.
However, after a long time, the general didn't have any idea of explanation, so he had to swallow all the questions in his head.
Li Xiaohu and the others who were watching from a distance also looked at the retreating figures of Zhang Han and Zhang Han with puzzled faces.
"Danian, why don't we follow up and have a look?" Li Xiaohu couldn't make up his mind and discussed with Wang Danian beside him.
Wang Danian fell into thinking when he heard this. After hesitating, he gritted his teeth and said, "What can one woman do to hundreds of us households? Since the other party is not afraid, what should we be afraid of?"
Li Xiaohu thought the same thing and didn't mention the difference.
Among the two opposing parties, except for Wu Lianghatai who seemed to have guessed Princess Yelikedun's thoughts at this moment, the others were all confused by Yelikedun's operation.
Even Zhang Han, one of the parties involved, is no exception.
...
Zhang Han had just run two miles away on horseback when he saw Princess Yelikedun sitting quietly on a big rock by the river, waiting for him, and the little red mare was nestling quietly next to her.
The little mare's red mane rubbed against the girl's shoulders from time to time, and Atsushi Yeli reached out and gently stroked the little mare's head.
The sunlight fell on the river covered with ice crystals, and the reflected light gave the beautiful scene before Zhang Han a soft glow.
For some reason, Zhang Han, who was full of doubts just now, suddenly calmed down when he saw this scene in his heart.
A smile appeared on his face involuntarily, he tied the horse and headed straight towards the girl sitting by the river. Then he sat down on a stone next to the girl.
"Tell me about it! Why did you call me here alone?" The two of them sat quietly for a while. Zhang Han bent down and randomly picked up a stone beside him and threw it towards the river.
The stones and ice crystals collided and made a crisp sound. Zhang Han turned his head and looked directly into Yelikedun's ruby-like eyes, and asked with a serious expression.
Yelikedun didn't answer immediately when he heard the words. Instead, he lowered his head and gently patted the young mare's forehead and pointed to the side. The little mare snorted reluctantly, as if she was humane. He rubbed his shoulder quite nostalgically at Yeli Ketun.
"Okay! Stop making trouble. Moliha, please go aside and play for a while." Seeing how clingy the little mare was, Yeli Kedun urged with a smile.
After the little mare reluctantly left, Yelikoden's ruby eyes met the dark pupils again.
Although Zhang Han couldn't see the expression on the other person's face because of Yeli Ketun's veil, he could tell from the other person's curved eyebrows and crescent-shaped eyes that he was probably smiling.
"Why aren't you afraid of me!" A lark-like voice came into Zhang Han's ears, as if it was not a question, but a very affirmative tone.
"Why should I be afraid of you? Are you afraid of your identity as a princess or your red eyes?" Zhang Han lightly shrugged, pretending to be indifferent.
"Pfft...!" Yeli Ketun laughed.
"Interesting! When we first met just now, I noticed that you are very different from the men I have interacted with. Although you are humble and cautious in your language, I can vaguely feel that you do not take my status as a princess seriously. Just Even my pair of red eyes that scare everyone can't move you." After saying that, Yeli Ketun retracted his smile and asked word by word;
"Can you tell me why?"
When the other party asked this question, a thought flashed through Zhang Han's mind and he couldn't help but say, "Because I believe in science!"
"Science? What is that, a new school of thought among you Han people?"
When he asked Zhang Han this question, Yeli Ketun thought of various answers in his mind. Even the fact that the other party despised the imperial power and disrespected ghosts and gods was imagined in his mind. He didn't expect the answer the other party gave him. What kind of unheard-of “science” is this?
She thought it was a new school of thought among the Han people in the south! Zhang Han's answer made Yeli Kedun, who has been fond of Chinese culture since childhood, couldn't help but feel a little interested.
