To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 252 Volume 5 8 Sounds of Ganzhou

In the early morning of the next day, You Miao took Li Zhifeng to the outside of the city. Sleepy-eyed, Batu was already waiting immediately.

"Fang Sheng, why are you sleepy every day?" Batu asked with a smile.

You Miao didn't sleep well for two consecutive nights, and couldn't say anything, so she could only say, "How did you get here when you first came here, I'm not used to it."

Batu said: "The queen mother said, don't be lazy, but exercise your body."

You Miao laughed and said, "Your Majesty is right."

As soon as You Miao got on the horse, Batu was a little surprised. He looked at You Miao and said, "You know how to ride a horse? I want someone to take you."

You Miao's heart skipped a beat. The secret path was really capsized in the gutter, and he was riding a horse, so he had to bite the bullet and explain: "When I was in the south, I liked horse riding very much. My family has a villa."

Batu nodded knowingly, and said, "The journey is long, if you are tired, just say, let's go!"

Batu yelled a Tatar word, and two hundred horses rushed towards the vast tundra like arrows flying off the string.

In the past few days, the weather has warmed up, and the ice and snow have gradually melted. Da'an used to be known as "Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall", with unique terrain and environment.Surrounded by Bailang Mountain, Wushan Mountain and Ma'anshan Mountain, the cold current changed into two after arriving here, and went south along Languan and Qinling Mountains.

As long as there is no heavy snowstorm, there will always be a good climate near Da’an in winter where the snow will not melt and the snow will not melt. At this moment, the sun is rising, and a round of sunshine is golden, reflecting the vast tundra after the snow has melted. It's refreshing.

It is a full [-] miles from Da'an to Bailang Mountain in the southeast. You Miao has not participated in the rapid march for many years, and gradually the bumps became unbearable, so he had to let Li Zhifeng take him on horseback.Even so, it took a whole day to reach the foot of White Wolf Mountain.

When the guards set up their tents at night and prepared to enter the mountain the next day, Khan went out on a patrol, bringing two hundred guards with him. When they camped at the foot of the mountain, the guards clinked glasses, drank wine, and grilled meat.

You Miao smiled and showed Batu a barbecue. He used a hand-cranked grinder to grind the green tea leaves into a very fine powder, like pepper, and then sprinkled it on the barbecue. Batu was greatly surprised.

"Is this what you southerners do?" Batu asked.

"No." You Miao explained, "I figured it out myself."

When You Miao stays in the villa and has nothing to do, she likes to follow the pictures in the Mojing and make some miniature organs, and novel gadgets emerge in endlessly.This mill can be carried with you to grind rice, noodles, wheat, peppercorns and even tea leaves.Hundreds of years ago, people in the Central Plains liked to pound tea into powder and eat it with milk, sugar and salt. You Miao occasionally tried this ancient way of drinking tea and improved it.

"Not bad." Batu admired You Miao so much, You Miao gave Batu the hand-cranked powder mill, and Batu gradually regarded You Miao as a good friend, and asked to sleep with him at night. Last night, Nie Dan interrupted the work halfway through. You Miao wanted to continue tonight, but Batu didn't want to let him go, so he had to enter Wang's account.

That night, there were wolves howling one after another. Batu lay down and talked endlessly with You Miao. You Miao didn't sleep well for two days and was already sleepy. They all responded.

"...What do people in the south say about me?" Batu couldn't help asking about You Miao, what the people in the south thought of him.

You Miao was in a daze, thinking that when he was in the south, he had a nightly chat with Zhao Chao, and when he was in the north, he slept in the same bed with the Tatar Khan. Life is full of wonders.

"Should..." You Miao thought for a while, and said in her sleep, "I said very little, but I talked about General He Motie...a lot..."

"Oh?" Batu asked, "What are you talking about?"

You Miao couldn't hold on any longer, and started to fight.

As the night passed, wolves howled one after another, as if they were hypnotizing. You Miao only remembered that it would be dawn soon.His whole body ached from sleep, rubbed his eyes, and found that his legs were resting on Batu's chest, and Batu was still snoring.

You Miao was startled, and hurriedly retracted her feet, Batu also woke up, rubbed her eyes and got up, someone came in outside to serve, Li Zhifeng combed You Miao's hair, and the guards braided Batu's hair.

Batu laughed and said, "You haven't answered me yet, Fang Sheng'er."

Batu called You Miao's name in Tatar, somewhat like the young men of the clan teasing each other. He translated it in his unfluent Chinese and added the word "er".You Miao couldn't help but smile when she thought of the phrase "Fang Shenger is the same heart".

"Answer what?" You Miao asked curiously.

"He Motie..." Batu reminded with a smile.

You Miao immediately broke out in a cold sweat, thinking to herself that she was too sleepy last night and said something she shouldn't have said, so she hurriedly winked at Batu, and Batu would understand it after thinking about it for a while, but his expression became uneasy nice.

You Miao was worried and didn't dare to say any more, when the guards brought in the food, Batu said, "Let's go eat outside."

So everyone went out of the tent with food again.

Batu didn't say a word, but thoughtful. After breakfast, everyone packed up their things and set out on the road into the mountains.Along the way, Batu and You Miao were inseparable, Li Zhifeng looked at You Miao with a questioning look, You Miao signaled him to be at ease, urged the horse to catch up, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty."

Batu glanced at You Miao, smiled again, and said, "You can call me Batu Mo."

When You Miao heard this, she was a little flattered, but after thinking about it, Batu should have grown up alone, under strict control by her mother, and had few friends around her.If he had met a friend who could play, make trouble, and eat and drink when he was still a dandy, he would probably like it very much.

But why Batu has no Tatar friends of the same age, this is also a signal that cannot be ignored.You Miao vaguely sensed that the Empress Dowager Baoyin was a faction that was pro-South and pro-Han.She would teach Batu to understand the culture of the Central Plains and learn the language of the Han people. This time Batu made friends with him, maybe it was the Queen Mother Baoyin's instruction.

You Miao sighed, forced a smile and said, "You can call it that in private, but His Majesty is His Majesty after all, and everyone under his command is looking at His Majesty."

Batu nodded sadly and said, "You are just like what the teacher said, your majesty must look like your majesty."

You Miao smiled and said, "But in private, I prefer to regard you as Batumo."

Batu laughed, raised his whip, and shouted, "Drive!"

When Batu rushed into the valley, You Miao felt nervous immediately, and hurriedly patted his horse and chased after him. Li Zhifeng also chased after him.