There are four seasons of cold and heat, with winter and summer alternating. The weather in Shuobei is the most pleasant during the neither cold nor hot period from spring to summer.
Jiang Yan was lying on a slope next to the camp with his arms behind his head, biting a piece of foxtail grass between his teeth, and just stared at the returning geese flapping their wings in the blue sky in a daze.
The sun shone on his body, making his limbs and bones that were frozen stiff in the winter melt. The black-eyed boy felt that his eyelids were heavy, and he lay on the ground and dozed off unconsciously. Hazy, he suddenly
She felt something gently fall on her bun. When she opened her eyes, she saw a girl in a red dress standing only half a foot away from her, looking at her with a pair of big dark eyes.
Jiang Yan muttered indistinctly, and was about to turn over and continue to have his sweet dream. Unexpectedly, Tuya in front of him was not looking at him at all. He only heard a thumping sound, and there was a living thing coming from a young age.
The top of her bun flew up into the sky, and it turned out to be a little bird that had settled down to rest!
"Don't be ashamed, who cares to tease you? That little bird is very beautiful. I have never seen it before. I wanted to catch it and keep it for a few days. Now, you scared me away. You have to pay for it.
I!"
Princess Shuodi became angry, still holding a handful of wild highland barley that had just sprouted seeds in her hand.
"Is it that bird?"
Jiang Yan squinted his eyes and looked in the direction where the bird was flying. He saw that it was indeed not the common sand sparrow or wagtail on the grassland. Instead, its fur had a hint of red and green. The bird seemed to recognize him.
, always hovering in mid-air not far away.
"This bird is strange. It's not afraid of life at all. Did you know how well-behaved it was when it landed on your head just now?"
"The highland barley in your hand is not yet ripe, and the birds don't like to eat it."
Tuya once again shook the tassel in her hand towards the sky, but the young man beside her stopped her. Then he put his hand under his tongue and blew a gentle and loud whistle.
Unbelievably, when the bird heard the whistle, it immediately fell down from the air, and actually stopped in Jiang Yan's flat palm! The girl couldn't help but widen her eyes:
"Jiang Yan, what kind of method are you doing? Can you teach me about it later?"
However, the black-eyed boy seemed not to hear her words, and just stroked the feathers on the bird's back that were already split with his hands:
"Brother Parrot, how come you come all the way here to me? Did Ziyin ask you to come?"
"You actually know this bird?" Tuya was surprised and her eyes widened even further.
"It was originally raised by my friend Qi Zi to deliver a message, but now the bamboo tube on the bird's feet is empty, and it doesn't look like it is here to deliver a message."
Jiang Yan frowned and responded in a low voice, and soon discovered the injury on the bird's body, "No, Brother Miao has injuries on his body, and - it seems to have been healed by someone using secret techniques! Could it be - Yue'er?
?!"
The black-eyed boy's heart suddenly tightened. The wounds on the parrot's body that had not healed suddenly reminded him of the situation when he and Ning Yue first met on Lei Yin Mountain many years ago, when the other party easily healed an injured hare. Now.
He was extremely sure that Brother Nao must have met the red-haired girl before his arrival, but he had a vague feeling in his heart that this incident did not seem to be a good sign.
Tuya clearly saw the expression on her companion's face - it has been nearly two years since she returned to the grassland from Ye Kingdom. Although she is still not welcomed by her brother, the appearance of Jiang Yan has made Princess Shuodi no longer feel that she is
She was alone. However, at this moment, she suddenly realized that in the mind of this dark-eyed boy, even for the rest of her life, she would never be able to replace that red-haired girl, and a trace of resentment and loss suddenly appeared in her eyes.
However, before she could continue to ask, she suddenly heard the scream of an arrow behind her, and an arrow whizzed past Jiang Yan's wrist and penetrated deeply into the ground at his feet. Then the horse's hooves galloped, and Qin Na's voice also
Floating over from a distance:
"Hey, that black-eyed southern boy, why don't you quickly bring that bird to me!"
"Why should I give Brother Parrot to you?"
Jiang Yan's heart was in turmoil, and when he heard Qin Na's rude shout, he was immediately filled with anger.
"I just heard someone say that I saw a rare bird near the camp, and I wanted to catch it to make a specimen collection. I didn't expect that you two were so agile that you caught it before I did."
"This bird belongs to my friend, and none of you want to go there, let alone hurt it!"
The young man immediately raised his neck and used his hands to protect Brother Parrot in front of his chest. However, his movement exposed the bamboo tube tied to the bird's feet in front of Qina's eyes.
Young Hehan suddenly changed his expression and asked sternly:
"Is the thing tied to the bird's foot something that you southerners use to send messages? I asked you why you didn't want to go back when you came to the Muyun Department for a whole winter. It turned out that you stayed here on purpose to spy on our department secretly.
Then use this bird to spread the news to people outside!"
Chinna said, and immediately pointed with his chin at the young man in front of him. Several Shuodi warriors following him immediately rode forward and surrounded the two men.
"Edamo wants to spurt people with blood. Jiang Yan and I saw this bird for the first time today!"
Tuya felt bad, and quickly pulled up her companions to retreat. However, they could not outrun the strong Shuobei horses, and were soon blocked back, posing a dilemma.
"I'm not Eda, a bitch from the south, and you have no right to speak here! If it wasn't for someone to convey a message, how could this strange bird fly to Yanluoyuan for no reason!"
Qina's eyes widened, and he raised the whip in his hand and whipped it towards Tuya's face. As soon as he said it, the black-eyed boy suddenly took a step forward and reached out to grab the tip of the whistling whip.
:
"You dare to touch her and try it!"
"How shameless, why don't you let go quickly!"
Qina immediately wanted to pull back the whip, but the strong Jiang Yan stood on the spot like a rock and almost pulled him off the horse.
This made Chinna become even more furious, and he actually used the topic to say:
"You want to rebel? Since you two came back from the south, many strange things have happened one after another on the grassland. Most of the twenty or so Tiezhongshan people that Yuan Ti borrowed before were killed or injured because of you! Now, this
The king has enough reason to suspect that the two of you are colluding with the southerners, intending to attract galloping wolves from the mountains to prevent our Muyun tribe from making a comeback! Come and capture them immediately!"
After the young Hehan finished speaking, the warriors under his command drew their gleaming sabers from their waists.
"About the encounter with Chilang, Old General Yuan Ti has already proven our innocence in front of all the tribesmen. Eda never raised any doubts at that time. How can we raise old accounts again and deny it today?"
"How many times do I have to say this to you? I am not a bitch like you! I must have been possessed by evil spirits at that time, so I would have listened to that old guy Yuan Ti! I am the Hehan of this grassland.
In the future, we will unify the entire Shuozhou and be the Tianhehan of all the prairie people! We will never let you two continue to act recklessly!"
Looking at her brother's appearance, Tuya finally realized that the situation was a little out of control. However, she also knew that Jiang Yan was trying to protect herself before he collided with him again. She wanted to persuade him again, but it was already too late.
I saw one of the samurai slashing Jiang Yan hard on the lower back with his sword. Although the blade was not yet unsheathed and would not be fatal, the beating still caused the young man to kneel on the ground and he could not stand upright for a long time.
At the moment, no matter what Tuya said, it was impossible for Qinna to listen any more, and he had no intention of listening anymore. He howled wildly and brought up the horse, slammed into the girl's body, then tightened the reins of the horse and let his crotch
The horseman stood up and planned to trample his sister!
Suddenly, Jiang Yan, who seemed to have been subdued, jumped out of the thorn. At this time, the clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat, and his face was drained of color due to the severe pain in his waist. However, the boy
The man still picked up Tuya who was lying on the ground in time, and the general escaped the fatal step of the horse's shoe. Immediately afterwards, he hit the horse's belly hard with his elbow, and directly hit the horse with the body on its back.
That one fell to the ground!
"Kill them immediately for me!"
As a result, the young Hehan became completely furious and wanted to kill the two of them on the spot. Before he could think of it, when the warriors slashed at him with their swords, Yan shouted out a word that only people in the grasslands should know.
:
"Durel, durel!"
The Shuodi people do not have clear laws. The disputes that arise in daily life are mostly adjudicated by the respected leaders of the clans or Hehan. However, when encountering conflicts that even they cannot decide, most people will
Directly resort to a duel called Dural.
During a duel, a long rope made of ponytails would be used to tie the belts of both parties together. Each person held a short sword in their hands and attacked and defended each other within a short distance. However, this duel did not
In a draw, only when one party kills the other will the ponytail be untied. And the dispute between them will be resolved with the death of the loser. Even if they are dissatisfied, the relatives of the deceased will not be able to win again in the future.
Those who seek revenge will be exiled and will never be able to return to the grassland.
Qina seemed to be unable to believe what he heard. He did not expect that a southerner would use the customs of the Di people to deal with him. His voice seemed to be stuck in his throat and became sharp:
"What did you say?"
"I'm talking about Durel! Now you insist on framing me and Tuya as guilty. Even if we have ten mouths, it still won't make sense! In this case, let's leave this matter to God for decision!"
According to the customs on the grassland, once Durrell proposed, everyone must fight regardless of their status, because they believed that Pangu God would protect the righteous party. However, at this time, Qinna thought of what he had done in the cold winter that just passed.
After being defeated by Jiang Yan, he still refused to agree.
The surrounding warriors also put down their swords one after another, not knowing what to do.
Seeing this, Tuya suddenly sneered: "What? Does my brother want to violate the rules set by our ancestors?"
"I am the last man in the Bakwuqin family! Do you know what kind of situation the entire Muyun Department will be in if I die?"
"It turns out that my brother is also afraid. Tuya has been holding back since she was a child, in order to prevent the Bakwuqin family from being divided in the hands of you and my brother and sister, and allowing outsiders to take advantage of it. But now, it is you who personally separated me and
Pushing Yan to a dead end! If you don't dare to challenge, please abdicate, there is no king in our Muyun Department who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"
Tuya stood motionless and said indignantly, but her eyes were already full of tears. Although the young Hehan still felt guilty, he was speechless and had to nod in agreement.
Half an hour later, under the watchful eyes of more than a thousand tribesmen, a horsetail rope only three feet long tied the belts of Jiangyan and Qina tightly together. A Muyun tribe shaman dipped his fingers into the rope.
Qing Shui tapped a little on the foreheads of the two men who were about to duel, and then presented each of them with a wooden box containing two daggers.
The black-eyed boy took the short knife handed by the wizard without hesitation. At this time, his upper body was bare, revealing his solid and powerful muscles. The young Hehan also took off the leather robe trimmed with fox fur, but
Hesitantly, he took half a step back and took a stance.
However, at the moment, no one except his personal followers knew that Qin Na had secretly hidden an arrowhead in the tip of his right boot, fully intending to kill this troublesome person while Jiang Yan was not paying attention.
A southern boy.
As expected, not long after the duel began, Chinna stabbed the black-eyed boy's thigh with a side kick. Being insidious, he did not dare to blatantly attack the opponent's exposed belly, back, etc., only to slowly consume it.
After the opponent's physical strength is exhausted, he then delivers a fatal blow.
"You deceived——"
Jiang Yan was in pain, and when he touched his leg, his hand was covered with blood. A ferocious smile appeared on young Hehan's face, he raised his right foot again, and swept towards the young man who was half kneeling on the ground and unable to get up.
Came over:
"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit! In fact, no one in the tribe cares at all about how the winner won the game! As long as I kill you today, they will think that I am the only one who is favored by the great god Pangu.
My chosen son will be even more loyal to me!"
Jiang Yan's injured leg was completely unable to use any strength. In desperation, he had no choice but to grab the ponytail rope tied around his waist with his left hand and pull it back suddenly.
Chinna, who was standing on one leg, didn't expect that the opponent would still have the strength to resist, and was knocked to the ground on the spot. He hurriedly drew the knife to block the short blade that the young man stabbed at his heart, and hid back in panic. But his waist
The ponytail rope was stretched so tightly that it was impossible to get far away.
However, Jiang Yan already understood that there was no way out before him, so he charged forward with his sword before the opponent could stand firm!
Qina knew that if the fight continued like this, he might not succeed, but might fall into the hands of the desperate Southerner in front of him. So, wanting to fight quickly, he raised his toes again and pointed the arrow towards
Kick the weakest part of the opponent's belly, intending to force him to reveal his flaws!
However, the young Hehan did not expect that the opponent in front of him would risk his life. He knew that he would be seriously injured but did not avoid it at all. Instead, he ran straight into the arrow. The sharp tip of the arrow immediately pierced into the young man's body.
, blood burst out. And the surrounding tribesmen also saw this scene in their eyes and started talking in low voices.
"Are you crazy?!"
Qin Na suddenly realized that the last bit of his remaining prestige had disappeared at this moment. However, he no longer concealed the fact that he had cheated, but used force again, pulling Jiang Yan's wounds, and unexpectedly in
A gash more than three inches long was opened on the young man's belly!
"You said it yourself, the winner is the king or the loser! But being an upright king is not that easy to do!"
Jiang Yan roared angrily, and did not let the other party pull back the hidden weapon that had hurt him. Instead, he tightly wrapped his arms around young Hehan's legs, held the short knife in his hand upside down and stabbed it hard, aiming at
It’s the Achilles tendon on the back of the opponent’s foot!
A heart-rending wail resounded from the grassland. The black-eyed boy's blade directly destroyed one of Qinna's legs, making him unable to stand still anymore and he sat on his back on the ground.
On the other hand, Jiang Yan's lower body was already stained with blood, but he still pressed the wound with his left hand and continued to pounce on the opponent. Seeing his appearance, the young He Han was completely frightened and did not care anymore.
Instead of destroying his image in the hearts of his people, he actually cut off the ponytail rope tied around his waist with a knife!
There was a burst of boos from the crowd, and Ling Qina became more and more shameless. He waved the short knife in front of Jiang Yan a few times, then dragged his lame leg that could no longer escape and hid in the surrounding crowd watching the battle.
go.
The black-eyed boy was already furious, and he gathered up all his strength to follow the opponent closely. Unexpectedly, Qin Na suddenly turned around, and in his hand was a five-foot saber drawn from a certain onlooker warrior.
, slashing at him like crazy!
Jiang Yan instinctively raised his dagger to block it, but when he heard a local sound, the dagger could not withstand the force of the saber's slash. When the two blades intersected, life was cut off!
The young man immediately rolled to the ground, but he still felt as if a piece of solid ice had been brushed against his chest, and there was a sharp pain like fire. When he stood up and looked again, he realized that a saber had cut a hole through his right shoulder.
The wound on his left chest. He suddenly felt that he couldn't breathe, and he bent his knees and fell to the ground.
"That's not fair, this is holy Durel!"
"How can this be so? The moment Hehan cuts off the horse's tail rope, he has already lost!"
There were whispers in the crowd. But Qina raised the blood-stained saber high above his brow, pointing the tip of the saber directly at the surrounding tribesmen:
"Lost? How could I lose? I, Bakwuqin Qinna, am your Hehan! There is no such thing as fairness in the world. You want to know what fairness is? The sword in my hand, and those iron mountains
It’s absolutely fair!”
As the young He Han spoke, he suddenly laughed wildly and unscrupulously, and walked step by step towards Jiang Yan, who seemed to be unable to struggle, intending to chop off his head on the spot.
At this critical moment between life and death, the black-eyed boy suddenly heard a clear female voice:
"Jiang Yan, take the knife!"
The shout attracted the attention of everyone on the field, and Qina's expression immediately changed. The young man raised his head with all his strength, and saw that Tuya was taking Yuan Ti to get his own Diamond Tooth Howl from the tent.
Tianmo!
In the eyes of ordinary people, Jiang Yan could only be slaughtered by others. He gathered his strength again from nowhere, and jumped up from the ground like a black dragon. He soared high in the air, and actually caught the throw in the air.
My own knife!
The speed of the black-eyed boy was astonishing, and the strength poured into his whole body made him look like an eagle falling from the sky! The long knife cut through the air, making a "wuwu" sound, and each one of them suddenly turned into a jet of black-gold lightning.
!
Qin Na didn't even have time to react before his arms were cut off in a row. The proud expression of victory on his face was instantly replaced by endless fear - this young Hehan, who once stood proudly on the grassland, now only
Being able to cry and beg for mercy is no different from the most humble slave.
However, Jiang Yan did not give him another chance. He just carried Xiao Tianmo and walked behind him and chopped off the opponent's head with a knife without hesitation!
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