Chapter 18: Zixue Don't Khan

The King of Khan and the Old Khan are just verbal titles, and the official title should be the Great Khan. The kings under the Great Khan called it "Khan".

Before Li Xuandu went to the Golden Horde, he had learned about the kings of the Golden Horde in detail. In the Central Plains, all the kings were named after the ancient country names, such as Jin, Chu, Qi, Qin, Yan, etc., and Xu Wugui was the original king of Qi. In the Golden Horde they were not called kings, but by their names the names of Khan. The founding father of the Golden Horde had five sons, all of whom were crowned kings and passed down from generation to generation. Many thousands of households are branches of these five kings, and the month parting is the branch of the moon that is the khan. And the current generation of the Khan has a son and brother, who is also a king, and the Iri Khan, who led the army to attack Xijing, is the half-brother of the Khan.

Today's Golden Horde has ten kings, five generations, four sons of the Khan, and one younger brother of the Khan. However, every time the Khan alternates, the sons of these Khan kings have to fight in a big way, and the winner becomes the new Great Khan, the Khan number when he was a prince in the past is abandoned, and the defeated is defeated and killed, and the Khan is also abandoned.

The Zixue Bean Khan mentioned by Fang Caiyue is one of the five kings who have been passed down from generation to generation, and Yaomu Hu Khan is the youngest son of the Khan King of this generation. The two families are listed as ten kings, and they are distant relatives, so it is not uncommon for them to get married.

Yue Parting was afraid that Li Xuan would not know about these Khan kings, so he introduced: "There are ten kings in the royal court, which are the five kings on the left: Yueji Bee Khan, Batu Khan, Suige Khan, Moge Khan, Zixue Bee Khan, and the five kings on the right: Yili Khan, Mingli Khan, Yaomu Khan, Naijian Khan, and Lost Gan Khan. In the words of Great Wei, the five kings on the left are the clan, and the five kings on the right are the royal family. Your Great Wei respects the left, but our Golden Horde respects the right, and the five kings on the right are resident in the royal court, and their status is higher than that of the five kings on the left. ”

When Li Xuandu heard the words "clan" and "royal family", he couldn't help but smile, and only felt that it was appropriate.

According to the statement of Yue Parting, it is the four princes who are really vying for the throne, namely: Mingli Khan, Yaomu Khan, Naijian Khan, and Lost Sweet Khan, among which Mingli Khan is the eldest son, and there are many supporters, Yaomu Khan is the youngest son, and he is the most loved by the old Khan, and the remaining Naimu Khan and Lost Khan are not as good as these two, but the mothers of these two are all from the Golden Horde powerful families, and they should not be underestimated. Moreover, the Golden Horde has a tradition of brother to brother, although Ili Khan is loyal to the old Khan, but he is the brother of the old Khan after all, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have the idea of competing for the Khan throne. In addition, the five kings on the right are vying for the throne, and the five kings on the left will not watch from the wall, but they are afraid that they will bet on the end.

Li Xuan thought about all this and couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, this long queue was getting closer and closer, and Li Xuandu could already clearly see the expression on the face of the leading cavalry.

Li Xuan didn't want to be noticed, and said, "Let's go back." ”

Although Yue Parting has a friendship with these two families, it is not good to encourage Li Xuandu to participate in this matter, but he is afraid that Li Xuandu will be suspicious of her again, and she will be so tired that her life will not be guaranteed, so she nodded and agreed.

Soon after the two departed, the procession came to the city gates.

In the city, there are already town guards and judges, and on the grassland, no matter adults and children, there is no bad riding skills, although the town guard has been pampered for many years, but the riding skills have not fallen at all. I saw that the town guard rode his horse to the place not far from the luxurious carriage, and as soon as he lifted the reins, the war horse neighed, and the man stood up, he turned over and dismounted, and saluted: "See Zixue Beihan." ”

The gold-plated windows of the carriage opened from the inside, revealing a slightly pale face, this Zixue Behan looked to be in his thirties, as if he was not in good health, with a little sickly, but a pair of eyes were cold, reminiscent of the hungry wolf on the grassland, as if he wanted to choose people and devour, which made people feel cold. He looked at the local town guard and asked lightly, "Did you go to the city when you left that Yan in the moon?"

The five kings of the left are related to each other because of the inheritance from generation to generation, the relationship between the two branches of the Yue is not Khan and Zixue Behan, and they belong to allies.

The town guard bowed his head and said, "Back to Zixue Bei Khan, Yue Farewell Nayan did not come to the city." ”

Zixue was stunned, because according to the itinerary of the month's parting, she should have arrived at the old site of the royal court one step earlier, even if she did not stay in the city for a long time, she should have left a record here with the town guard, did she go directly to the royal court? Or did she encounter an accident on the way?

Thinking of this, Zixue Beihan subconsciously narrowed her eyes, making the town guard only feel that his scalp was numb and his back was cold. After a few moments, only a cold snort was heard, and then the sound of the car window shut, and the town guard quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the voice of Zixue Behan coming from the carriage: "Enter the city." ”

The procession began to move on, and drove into the city.

The town guard hurriedly turned over his horse, beat his horse and walked a few paces quickly, and came to the front to lead the way.

Such a large team, not to mention thousands of people, more than 1,000 people entering the city, Li Xuandu even in the inn, can hear it clearly, knowing that this is Zixue Beihan's family sending team into the city. The reason why he didn't want to stay in the city for a long time was because he sensed the existence of powerful people in this team, and if he was far away, the other party might not be able to find him, but if he was close, it was difficult to say. However, Li Xuandu also found an interesting thing, the style of the master in this golden tent is very different from that of the Central Plains, in addition to the time when necessary, for fear that others will notice his own details, he can't wait to pretend to be an old and weak woman and child who has no power to restrain the chicken, Li Xuandu has been in the Central Plains for a long time, and he is also contaminated with this kind of problem. But the master of the Golden Horde is completely different, very flamboyant, for fear that others will not know that he is a master, and the qi is radiated around, like a tiger patrolling the mountain, and the deterrent meaning is very heavy. The Great Wei Dynasty was founded on agriculture and the Golden Horde was founded on nomadism, the latter was more belligerent, and I think this is the difference in folk customs.

At the site of the royal court, there is a Taoist temple, called Yanyun Temple, legend has it that Changchun Zhenren was invited by the Golden Horde King to come to the royal court, the Golden Horde King could not return because he led the army to fight outside, so he specially sent someone to build a Taoist temple for Changchun Zhenren to live, so Changchun Zhenren settled down in this Taoist temple and waited, and then waited for a long time, Changchun Zhenren then set off to go to the palace of the Great Snow Mountain. After the Great Wei army captured the royal court here, countless palaces and houses were destroyed, but this Taoist temple was retained, and the Khan of this generation returned to the old site of the royal court several times to worship, and also held ceremonies in this Taoist temple.

Because of this, there are many mansions near this Taoist temple, all of which are the most noble and powerful people in the city. This time, Zixue Behan entered the city and stayed directly in the Taoist temple. The Golden Horde is not like the Great Wei, there are not so many rules and etiquette, and the relationship between the kings and the Great Khan is similar to that between the vassal king and the imperial court, not comparable to those empty princes who have the name of a prince but do not have fiefdom military power.

In the main hall of the Taoist temple, there is a statue of the ancestor of the Tao, but it is different from the statue of the ancestor of the Central Plains, but the statue of the ancestor of the Taoist is with a little bit of the appearance of the golden horde, and the statue of the Buddha after the Buddhism was transmitted to the Central Plains is also biased towards the appearance of the Central Plains.

At this time, Zixue Beihan stood in front of the statue of Daozu with his hands in his hands, looking up at it.

Not far behind him stood a young girl, gorgeously dressed, who was Zixue Beihan's sister.

The girl bowed her head and did not speak, as if she was terribly afraid of the brother.

Zixue Beihan's face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of gloom when he looked at the statue of Daozu, not like a man galloping on a horse on the grassland, but like a boy who came out of the courtyard of a deep house.

After the brother and sister were silent for a long time, Zixue Bei Khan spoke: "After Yaomu Khan inherits the throne of the Khan, you will be the Great Clan, the most noble woman in the entire royal court, and your son will be the next Khan King." ”

The girl boldly spoke: "Old Khan is the god of the grassland, a messenger sent by the Immortal Heaven to shepherd the grassland, and he will not die. ”

"Old Khan is a man, not a god, and if he is a man, he will die. Zixue Beihan's tone was cold: "This is not something you should care about, what you have to do is to give birth to a son for Yaomu Huhan as soon as possible." ”