Li Fei on the side sneered: "Father, don't be so polite to him!"

"Fei'er, my father has brought you here to apologize to Mr. Lu this time. Don't be rude again!"

Li Tian shook his head and said with some dignity.

"apologize?"

Lu Zhou asked doubtfully.

"Yes, one of the main things Mr. Li did when he came here today was to apologize to the young master!"

Li Tian said with a serious face: "I have just heard about what happened in the past few days. In the past few days, when I was not in Zhuangzi, Li Fei did many transgressions without authorization, which greatly offended people's conscience. I feel guilty. But

..."

"Just what?"

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows. After all, he had slapped his son half a day ago...

Li Tian paused for a moment, suppressed his displeasure, and continued: "It's just that my nephew has asked his servant to punish the dog today. Why don't we end this matter and let the two families stop here? What do you think?

"

Are you here to make peace?

Lu Zhou didn't expect

But it seems that what Ulla said before that the relationship between the two families is unusual, now it seems that it is not unreasonable...

I don’t know what the relationship between the Li family and my father is.

Lu Zhou looked at Li Fei, whose face was swollen into a pig's head. He couldn't help but want to laugh and nodded:

"So far, that's okay. After all, the two families have no actual losses...

But as Uncle Li said just now, stopping here is probably just one of the purposes of your coming here, right? There are other things, what are they?"

Lu Zhou didn't believe that the Li family was just here to make peace, and Li Tian was not only kind to him, but also seemed to have a different meaning.

This is very confusing.

Besides, there are two Hu soldiers following Li Tian, ​​why should they protect him...

...

"My nephew is indeed smart, just like your father."

After hearing this, Li Tian shook his head and smiled, then straightened his expression and said: "Actually, there is a more important thing that I am here for today, but the matter is hidden and it is not convenient to talk about it here...

"

"You can also talk in the tent!"

Lu Zhou nodded and took Li Tian into the tent, while Li Fei and the two Hu soldiers were stopped outside.

Li Tian didn't say anything. As soon as he entered the tent, he took out a letter:

"Mr. Lu, it's a long story, but before he left, your father handed a letter into my hand. You will know after you take it and read it."

Lu Zhou couldn't help but his expression moved, and he took the envelope and saw: "Thousands of households guarding the imperial robes, handwritten by Lu Junchen, signed by my son..."

...

...

After a long time, just after reading the letter, Lu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

According to what the letter said, his father, Lu Junchen, was a member of the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty and had served the royal family for generations!

Lu Zhou's ancestors have been sent to Liaodong to do business. After arriving at his father's place, he went through many twists and turns and finally came to this bitter and cold place in the far north.

The purpose is to collect intelligence here and try to contact various ministries to see if anyone is willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty!

Lu Zhou finished digesting it and said he understood.

In fact, when it comes to Jin Yiwei, there are quite a lot of cases when Jin Yiwei comes to such a bitter and cold area to collect intelligence.

During the Wanli Korean War, Ming Shenzong's Jinyiwei played a huge role overseas, collected a large amount of Japanese intelligence, and successfully instigated enemy generals.

Now in the early years of Chongzhen, when the Siberian Khanate was being destroyed, various tribes were fighting against each other.

If we can really succeed, we can deceive the various tribes in the far north into unified and submit to the Ming Dynasty, and by the way, attack the Houjin Tatars who are tossing in the middle, it will not be a good talk...

But after all, it was only the early years of Chongzhen...

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was in his prime of life. He took many measures when he took office. In addition to dealing with some extraneous matters, he really had the slightest ambition to peek into distant lands.

Throughout the history of the world, emperors who were slightly ambitious were all enthusiastic about Kaibian affairs...

But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny.

Within two years of taking the throne, the Ming Dynasty began to suffer from natural disasters and large-scale civil unrest. The late Ming bureaucracy was also rotten to the core.

To tear down the east and mend the west, you have too much time to take care of yourself.

And my father was not living a good life in distant Siberia, and his life was extremely miserable.

If it hadn't been for the occasional help from the Great Light and Dark Sentries in the early stage, I would have starved to death in this wilderness long ago.

Looking at the work in Siberia, there seems to be no progress, and it is not mentioned in the letter. Otherwise, even if there is a force from the Liaison Road who is willing to join the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to continue to stay here.

A dignified and well-dressed guard with thousands of households has suffered a lot in this desolate land throughout his life.

"It is indeed a big loss..."

In ancient times, Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, and now Lu Junchen is herding cattle in Siberia.

Both of them once herded cattle, but they succeeded in surviving and opened up the Silk Road; Lao Lu died in the cold soil, and there is no record in history...

Lu Zhou clearly had no feelings for Lu Junchen, but he was still moved in his heart, but this ending seemed to be doomed.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty of the past. It is gradually decaying and suffering from internal and external troubles.

Against the backdrop of the disintegration of the Northern Defense Force, Lu Qianhu in the distance can occasionally receive help from secret sentries, which is already pretty good...

On Li Tian's side, seeing that Lu Zhou must have finished reading the letter, he continued: "In fact, in terms of position, Li is under the shadow of Mr. Lu. Fortunately, he has the position of general flag, and he is still the closest to Mr. Lu.

subordinate!"

Lu Zhou's face suddenly dawned, he turned out to be his father's bodyguard...

No wonder they were so polite to him. It also made sense. The two families lived next to each other when no one was around.

Moreover, Lao Lu's thousand households are still hereditary. If Lu Zhou inherited his father's legacy from his son, he would be the superior of the general banner.

However, Lu Zhou was afraid that he would not be able to serve as a guard of thousands of households for a while.

As Lu Junchen said in his letter, the old Lu family seemed to have seen through this generation, and Lu Zhou was not given military registration when he was born.

He just raised him as an illegitimate son and kept everything he did a secret from Lu Zhou. He hoped that he could be a free man and suffer less in the future.

Lu Zhou didn't know if this was being cheated by his father. The main problem was that now he was not a thousand households, but he still had to suffer from the cold...

"Then Mr. Li, according to what was said in the letter, my father went on a very important mission and later died unexpectedly. Do you know what he was talking about?"

Lu Zhou wanted to know how the titular father died.

"Young master must have seen it in the letter. We were arranged by the Holy Spirit to come here to win over all the tribes.

But this year's strange snow has made this land even more chaotic.

And your father finally said that he had contacted the legendary Yuezhi Shatuo at this time..."

"Yue Zhi Shatuo? Isn't that a tribe from the late Tang Dynasty?"

Lu Zhou was a little surprised.

I have heard about this famous tribe, and it has a very close relationship with the Han people in history.

Especially in the late Tang Dynasty, when it was most prosperous, the Tang Dynasty's gold medal mercenary, the pawn in front of the elder brother, helped the Tang Dynasty wipe out the Huang Chao Army, and fought against the Tubo, Dangxiang, and Uighurs, and they were all powerful...

Logically speaking, it should have been Chineseized long ago.

"As the young master said, it was that clan, so when Mr. Lu told me about it, Li was also very shocked. At this time of national crisis, getting this news is indeed a good omen.

But Mr. Lu was careless after all..."

"On his way back, he was ambushed by the disaster-stricken Yi tribe. By the time I arrived, he was already dead!"

When Li said this, his face really showed some sadness, and it didn't look like he was pretending. The news of Lu's father's death at that time was indeed brought back by the Li family, which is consistent with this.

However, Lu Zhou hadn't let down his guard at all. The two Hu soldiers were still standing there outside the tent!

I don’t know whether Yuezhi Shatuo lasted until the Ming Dynasty or when they migrated here, because this nomadic people migrated over a wide area, from deserts to grasslands, and they did not have the habit of recording historical materials.

Therefore, there are many different names for people outside the Great Wall in history, including Xiongnu, Turks, and Wazi... all for this reason.

As a result, there has been little research in later generations.

It is not impossible for some tribesmen to survive.

So Lu Zhou subconsciously asked again: "Then the barbarians behind you were the ones you won over to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty?"

When Li Tian heard this, his face turned red with embarrassment:

"Ahem, that's not true, they are not here to serve the Ming Dynasty.

But Li, the new master...

A strange snowfall this year killed most of the livestock.

Jijiao Gala couldn't stay any longer, and the Ming Dynasty was not optimistic either. Natural disasters occurred one after another, civil riots continued, and even the court's nearest secret sentry in Kucheng lost news three months ago.

Therefore, according to Li's investigation during this period, it was found that the Jurchens in the east were getting stronger day by day, established the Houjin Dynasty, and even set foot in Monan.

Now that the new regulations have come out, Huang Taiji treats Han officials kindly. Li went there some time ago to test it out, and was fortunate enough to get a position as a counselor..."
Chapter completed!