The World of Yellow Sky

The plan is that Xu An ordered Tian Zhong to take him there, but also asked Tian Zhong to go out with Nanlou as an envoy, so as to facilitate communication with Wuhuan.

But now the Yellow Turban Army hadn't set off yet, and Tian Zhong obviously still had a mission, but he returned to Jinyang City from Wuhuan's station in Shanggu with An Puyan, Wuhuan's envoy.

Chapter 356 Marriage?

"Let them in."

Xu An straightened his body and agreed.

Then there was another sound of footsteps outside the door.

The wooden door was slowly opened by the yellow angel guarding outside the house, revealing the figures of Tian Zhong and An Puyan.

General Xu, who was guarding the door, took off the dagger worn by An Puyan from his waist.

Then Tian Zhong and An Puyan walked in together.

"Foreign Affairs Envoy Tian Zhong pays homage to the great virtuous teacher, Yan Junshi."

"The envoy of Wuhuan, An Puyan, pays homage to the great virtuous teacher, Yan Junshi."

Tian Zhong and An Puyan entered the room and bowed down together.

Tian Zhong was born in Fu Zhu, so he naturally respected Xu An extremely.

But An Puyan was Wuhuan's emissary, and the power of the Yellow Turban Army at the Jinyang ceremony made An Puyan surrender, and even lowered his figure.

So as soon as the two entered the room, they bowed together and saluted Xu An.

Xu An and Yan Zhong didn't stand up, they sat back and saluted.

After seeing the ceremony, Tian Zhong and An Puyan did not stop, they walked into the room, and then knelt and sat not far from Xu An.

Xu An showed doubts on his face, he didn't go around the corner, but asked directly: "Tian Zhong, you should be in the Wuhuan tribe of Shanggu with An Puyan, why did you come back after this trip?"

Tian Zhong glanced at An Puyan with a strange expression, hesitant to speak, and hesitant.

Xu An and Yan Zhong noticed Tian Zhong's strange expression at the same time, and they looked at each other, both feeling puzzled.

"Just say what you have to say, you don't need to hide it, what is the reason for your Shanggu Wuhuan tribe to come here?"

Xu An asked again, time is precious now, it is impossible for him to spend time on Tian Zhong and An Puyan all the time.

What's more, Xu An still needs Tian Zhong to go to the Wuhuan Department of Shanggu to stay by Nanlou's side.

Noticing Tian Zhong's gaze, An Boyan seemed to have made up his mind.

An Puyan knelt on the ground, clenched his hands into fists to support the floor, lowered his body so that his head was almost on the floor, and bowed solemnly to Xu An.

"To the great virtuous and virtuous teacher, the next time I come here, I came here on the orders of my lord."

An Boyan took out a letter from his arms, then stepped forward a little, lifted it up with both hands, moved some distance forward, carefully placed it in front of Xu An's desk, and then sat back to the original position , parallel to Tian Zhong's body.

"The great virtuous teacher Hu occupies Bingzhou, leads all the tribes, and is the commander-in-chief of Monan. My lord has an eldest daughter named Yujin, who is over seventeen years old. good."

An Puyan was chosen by Nanlou as the envoy, so it was naturally extraordinary. An Puyan was born in the south of the Great Wall, and even read poetry and books in the Han Dynasty.

"Our Ministry is willing to offer three thousand good horses, five thousand sheep, two thousand cattle, and some animal skins and fabrics as a dowry."

At this moment, Xu An finally understood the reason why Tian Zhong had a strange expression on his face.

An Boyan had already raised his head again. Seeing Xu An's expression, he knew that this matter might be difficult.

But this was also expected by An Puyan and Nanlou.

After all, they are Wuhuan people, not Han people.

"Great virtuous teacher, don't be in a hurry to refuse. We who know ourselves will understand that we dare not extravagantly ask for the position of wife. The virtuous and virtuous teacher is willing to accept Yujin to enter the inner court."

An Puyan bowed slightly, spoke earnestly, and bowed down again after saying that.

Tian Zhong also shook his head helplessly, made a bow first, and then said: "This is the idea of ​​Mr. Shanggu Wuhuan, and he entrusted his subordinates to come forward to make peace. It is really hard to refuse."

Xu An frowned, he didn't expect that the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe came to ask for an interview this time, it was Nanlou who wanted to marry his daughter to him, and she was still the wife and wife, but the nature of being a concubine.

Although it was normal to have three wives and four concubines in ancient times, as a later generation, Xu An still felt a little strange in his heart.

And it happened suddenly, Xu An was really unprepared.

From the moment I entered this world, the first days were full of precarity, starvation and cold.

Then things happened one after another, all kinds of things weighed on his desk and on his shoulders.

Taihang Mountain, Shangdang County, Wangwu Mountain, Taiyue Mountain, Hedong County, and then to Bingzhou and Monan.

Along the way, Xu An didn't stop, and the chaotic world was approaching, so Xu An didn't dare to delay for a moment.

Under the leadership of Xu An, the Yellow Turban Army was like a wind-up machine, running forward without stopping.

For a long time, Xu An has been busy, and has not thought about the issue of children's affection.

From the Taihang Mountains, Xu An studied with Liu Pi and Gong Du as teachers, and now occupying Bingzhou, the people who taught Xu An's martial arts have also evolved from Liu Pi and Gong Du to Lu Bu and Xu Huang. Xu An has never stopped in the past four years Exercise your own martial arts.

Now Liu Pi and Gong Du were no longer Xu An's opponents, no matter if they were fighting on horseback or on foot. Now Xu An was able to hold out more than ten rounds with Xu Huang's men.

On the one hand, Xu An's long-term training in martial arts has made great progress. On the other hand, Xu An has learned a lot from Xu Huang and is familiar with Xu Huang's tactics. I left some spare energy.

However, compared with Lu Bu, Xu An's current martial arts is still far behind.

Even if he knew Lu Bu's moves, the only time he fought was seven rounds, when Lu Bu left marks on Xu An's back with a dusty rodless gun.

Apart from the time-consuming matter of practicing martial arts, there are also matters such as people's livelihood, political affairs, the Yellow Turban Army, and the Taiping Dao, which all require Xu An to make decisions.

In many cases, only Yan Zhong can help Xu An, and there are even some things that even Yan Zhong can't help Xu An.

Regarding the teachings of Taiping Dao, and the military system of the Yellow Turban Army, such as the construction of schools, Taoist halls, engraving and printing...

These are almost all formulated by Xu An alone, and no one can help him.

Although Yan Zhong was extremely talented, he was unable to see through the fog of history and see clearly the development trajectory of future generations.

Being in such a tense environment all the time, only occasionally in the dead of night can Xu An have a chance to stop and take a rest.

So for so long, Xu An didn't seriously think about marrying a wife.

The princes, generals, heroes and beauties written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms in later generations are indeed fascinating and enamored.

But now that Xu An is in his current position, he thinks more about the future development of Taipingdao.

Today, An Puyan mentioned the matter of marriage, which made Xu An a little stunned.

Xu An frowned, and looked at Yan Zhong inquiringly, he was a little uncertain for a while.

He really doesn't have any intention of marrying a wife and taking concubines now, he has a lot of affairs, the pressure on him is not small, how can he take care of his children's affection.

But Xu An was a little hesitant about Shanggu Wuhuan's request.

In this era, political marriages and power marriages actually account for a large proportion and are quite important.

As the leader of one party's forces, one's own marriage is extremely important.

Yan Zhong noticed Xu An's gaze, although it was just a glance, Yan Zhong roughly guessed what Xu An was thinking now, this was the tacit understanding between Yan Zhong and Xu An.

The difference between Xu An and Yan Zhong is nearly 30 years, and Yan Zhong's experience is far richer than Xu An's.

"This matter is not in a hurry. Our army is about to march eastward to the two counties. Why don't the envoy go to the camp in the north of the city with Tian Zhong to discuss the strategy and specific plan of the joint attack."

Yan Zhong clapped his hands, and the wooden door opened again, and Xu Da's burly body appeared outside the wooden door.

"Xu Da, you send someone to take Tian Zhong and the envoy to the camp in the north of the city."

"promise."

Xu Da agreed, walked slowly into the house, and made a gesture of invitation to the door.

"plz follow me."

An Puyan froze for a moment, wanting to speak, but at this moment, Tian Zhong had already stood up and pulled him.

Tian Zhong whispered: "Get up, let's go to the north of the city first."

Tian Zhong actually didn't want to get involved in this troublesome errand, but he was forced to follow An Puyan back to Jinyang after Nanlou whispered in his ear every day. Hearing that Yan Zhong asked them to leave temporarily, he was naturally anxious resistance.

Seeing that An Puyan still wanted to speak, he stopped An Puyan directly.

Just kidding, finally got the chance to leave, Tian Zhong really didn't dare to stay any longer.

In the end Tian Zhong almost pulled An Puyan out of the room, Xu Da glanced at the embarrassed Tian Zhong and couldn't help but smile.

The wooden door was wide open, but Xu An found an unusual figure in the courtyard outside the house.

It was a girl in fur. When Xu An noticed her, the girl was looking at the flowers and plants in the garden.

Unlike the skin color of Han women, her skin is a healthy wheat color.

What's more, her waist is not decorated with jade pendants or sachets, but two daggers that look rather luxurious.

Matched with clothes and short knives, it looks energetic and neat, and looks quite heroic.

Among the government offices in Jinyang City, there are no maids. The maids are basically civil servants and soldiers serving as guards, and those who are in charge of food and beverages are basically soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Then the identity of this girl is self-evident, most likely she is the daughter of Mr. Nanlou, Shanggu Wuhuan.

It seemed that someone was watching, or the movement of the wooden door opening, which attracted the attention of the girl outside the courtyard.

The girl turned her head and looked into the room, meeting Xu An's eyes.

The girl and Xu An intertwined their eyes, and subconsciously laughed, her eyes were bent into two crescents, revealing her white teeth, and then she walked towards Xu An.

At this time, Tian Zhong just pulled An Puyan out of the wooden door.

An Puyan took his waist knife from the guard outside the door, and Xu Da led the two of them to the side of the corridor.

At this time, the wooden door of the house was also slowly closed by the soldiers beside the door, and the girl's figure also disappeared before Xu An's eyes.

Chapter 357 Decisions

Yan Zhong smiled, and he naturally saw the changes on Xu An's face, as well as the girl in the courtyard.

"It seems that this person should be the eldest daughter of Master Shanggu Wuhuan Nanlou."

Yan Zhong said with a smile: "I heard that the Wuhuan people have their hair cut (kūn) since they were young, and women don't grow their hair until they get married. They are divided into buns, and they wear a high hat made of birch bark, called Jujue."

"I wanted to tell you in advance, so that you can have a rough idea in your mind, and then make a decision, but I didn't expect that the eldest daughter of this Nanlou didn't follow this custom, and it wasn't because she was ugly, but because she was born like this. Somewhat heroic."

"But it's no wonder that Nanlou himself admires our Han culture."

"Huntou?"

Xu An felt a little numb in his heart, the meaning of shaving his head was to shave off his hair.

At this time, Xu An thought of most of the Wuhuan hair he had seen, but it was extremely unacceptable. The disheveled hair was fine, but one part was shaved and the other was shaved, but the aesthetics was really unacceptable.

Xu An said helplessly: "Sir, don't make jokes about this. To be honest, I haven't thought about marrying wives and taking concubines. Our army seems to be in full swing and powerful, but in fact, the army also knows that the state is vast and sparsely populated. It’s not about the tyranny’s business, but the Taiping Dao’s internal affairs also need to be rectified, and the military and people’s livelihood matters are too busy.”

"If it wasn't for the need to rely on the power of Shanggu Wuhuan to capture Dai County and Shanggu County, I would have rejected it long ago. The military adviser should think of a way for me."

Yan Zhong smiled slightly, and first praised: "beauty is in front, Minggong still sticks to his heart and remembers his important tasks, which is really rare. It seems that although I have reached the age of destiny, my skill of knowing people has not retreated. "

Yan Zhong unfolded his silk fan, shook it slightly, and changed the topic of conversation.

"I think that since I'm not seeking the position of wife, but just wanting to be accepted by Duke Ming, the best way to deal with it now is to agree to Shanggu Wuhuan's request."

"Ming Gong, please listen to the next part."

Yan Zhong lightly tapped the desk with a silk fan, and within a short time, he had already made up his mind and said with a smile.

"Although the Wuhuan tribe in Shanggu is quite powerful, but now that Duke Ming ruled Bingzhou, and defeated the Xiongnu in the battle of Shuofang, the strength of my Yellow Turban Army can be seen by Nanlou."

"The decline of the Han dynasty, the successive defeats of the Han army in Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, and the rise of Qiu Liju have made Nanlou feel the decline of the Han court, the threat of the northern grasslands, and the lack of Wuhuan tribe in Shanggu. to these circumstances alone.”

Yan Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

"This Nanlou is a sober person. Qiu Liju has already voted for Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun. If Nanlou votes for Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun again, he will inevitably fall behind. For no reason, Qiu Liju is a head behind."

"And our army is now in full swing, more stable than Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, and before that, Duke Ming sent Tian Zhong to persuade Nanlou, gave Shanggu Wuhuan a good treatment, and let Shanggu Wuhuan see me The power of the army."

"Nan Lou wants to join our army, and it is normal to tie Shanggu Wuhuan to our army's chariot. To strengthen ties, get on the chariot, and marriage is the best way."

"Shanggu Wuhuan knows how to advance and retreat. He doesn't seek the position of wife. He only needs to be accepted by Duke Ming. Giving up the position of a mere concubine will not cause Minggong the slightest loss, and it can appease the people of Shanggu Wuhuan's tribe. Heart, why not do it."

Xu An frowned, but still hesitated.

Seeing this, Yan Zhong said again: "Ming Gong is not as obsessed with sensuality, obsessed with dogs and horses, arrogant and extravagant as the false emperor, which is my blessing of peace, but it is a great disadvantage for a king."