The bonfire party of the Barhut Tribe gradually dispersed until early in the morning. As newcomers, Zhedun and Ha Yun naturally received sincere blessings from the tribesmen.
Xue Poye wanted to go up and bless him, and even wanted to reveal his identity and inquire privately about the whereabouts of Ulachi, but fortunately, he overcame his reason and did not do so. As people left one after another, Sumayu also led Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou
When he returned to the tent and left, Xiao Shitou's expression clearly showed his reluctance to leave the fragrant leaves.
This is a small tent. It looks like it has just been built. It is exquisite and brand-new. It has all the daily utensils, including many Chu people's living utensils. It can be seen that although Sumayu has the boldness and magnanimity of the Beihu people,
degree, but also has the attentiveness and thoughtfulness of her daughter's family.
It was almost early in the morning, so the two entered the tent and tidied up a little. Although they were not used to the smell of cowhide coming from the new tent, the fatigue from the day and night made the two fall asleep quickly.
When Xue Poye woke up, it was already noon. He stretched out and suddenly realized that there was no trace of the small stone he was sleeping next to. This was a big surprise. He knew very well that under the calm appearance of Barhut's troops,
, in fact, it hid a huge danger. He was so negligent that he didn't even know that the small stone was leaving. He couldn't help but slap his forehead and quickly got up. He was about to go out to look for it when he saw the tent opened and Sumayu suddenly led him.
Chief Bahai walked in together.
Xue Poye hurriedly saluted, and the Hubahai chief immediately held his hand and smiled kindly: "Guest from afar, your arrival has filled our Barhut tribe with joy. You are Sumayu's benefactor.
You are the benefactor of our Barhut tribe. Please do not be humble, but we want to express our gratitude to you." After saying this, the old patriarch actually bent down and performed a formal Hu salute again.
Xue Poye hurriedly grabbed his hand, and the leader of the Hubahai tribe took his hand, sat down on the carpet, and waved: "Sumayou, my child, can you bring us kumiss?"
Sumayu knew what he meant, turned around immediately, and was about to go out. Suddenly something occurred to him, and he turned around and said: "Brother Chou Shi, Xiao Shi Shi was dragged to ride a horse by Xiang Ye. You don't have to worry."
Xue Poye breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile. When he saw Sumayu going out, he turned to look at Hubahai beside him, and suddenly realized that Hubahai's amiable smile had an indescribable weirdness.
Hu Bahai's Chu dialect was not very good, but it was enough for Xue Poye to understand what he meant. He only heard him say slowly: "Is the guest from Chu?"
Xue Poye raised his eyebrows and nodded: "Exactly!"
"I heard that the guest came to the grassland to find something?" Chief Hubahai said with a kind smile and a very gentle voice: "The guest saved Sumayu. He is our benefactor. We grassland people must repay kindness.
Since the guest is looking for something, why not tell us what you are looking for? After all, we prairie people are familiar with this land blessed by the eternal god, and we can quickly find what you need, which is our reward for you."
Xue Poye had a smile on his face, but he was thinking about the meaning of every word in Hubahai's words. As the leader of the Barhut tribe, his qualifications did not make it necessary for him to visit Xue Poye in person.
Although Ye is Sumayu's benefactor, on the surface, he is just an ordinary Chu man after all. The Hubahai clan chief came to visit him in person, and said these words, in Xue Poye's view, not only was he not enthusiastic
, instead it implies the meaning of temptation.
Xue Poye looked calm, even respectful: "Chief, you are originally the masters of the grassland. If I ask you for help with anything, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." He shook his head, sighed, and made a sigh of relief.
Zhise: "But...hey, what I am looking for is my deepest pursuit. Only when I find it myself can it be the most true and beautiful, and can it make me feel at ease."
His nondescript words made the experienced leader of the Hubahai clan stunned. He didn't seem to understand the meaning, but he could hear the implication. It was that Xue Poye declined the help of Baerhut's tribe and did not need Baer.
The Hut people helped search for it.
Hu Bahai did not show any dissatisfaction because of Xue Poye's rejection. He was still very kind, but his voice became serious: "Guest, the grassland has not been peaceful recently. You must also know that our grassland had a baby not long ago.
During the turmoil, although the rebels were suppressed, many remaining bandits escaped. Therefore, if your guests want to look for something on the grassland, as our benefactor, our Balhut Department will send the bravest warriors to follow you and listen to your orders.
.Guests must not act alone. If an accident occurs, our Barhu Special Department will not only feel deeply guilty, but will also become a laughing stock on the grassland."
Hu Bahai said it very tactfully, but Xue Poye was furious in his heart, ***, I didn't expect that the grassland people can do things so efficiently, they will control themselves in less than a day.
It is said that the grassland people are warm and hospitable, and that the Beihu people are upright and forthright. Now it seems that these are all done without any stakes. The response measures shown by the Beihu people now that they doubt their identity are really impressive.
Very experienced, Hubahai, a kind-faced old man, laid the trap for himself in just a few words.
Let the Beihu warriors follow and obey orders? It would be better to just say that they control their every move.
The most important thing in these words is "Never act alone."
However, Xue Poye soon felt relieved. Now was the moment when the situation between Beihu and Da Chu was tense. Moreover, the Beihu people had recently arrested many spies from Da Chu, so they could not help but doubt the people coming from Da Chu. Now there was no one to
He and Xiao Shitou were arrested and tortured, and they were served with food, drink and sleep. This was considered to be the most benevolent and righteous act.
"Thank you, patriarch, for your help!" Xue Poye expressed gratitude: "Thank you, my friends on the grassland."
Hu Bahai stroked his beard and smiled, and suddenly said: "Dear guest, I... Haha, as an old man, I feel that at this time... Hehe, don't get me wrong... I don't think this is the time to find someone to look for.
The good times for things...maybe it will be more suitable after a while, haha, do you understand what I mean?"
Xue Poye immediately shook his head and said directly: "I don't understand, what does the Hubahai patriarch want to say?"
"I...um...distinguished guest, if you want to go back...our Barhut Department will send warriors all the way to Yanmen Pass...Oh, don't bother...!" Hubahai slowly stood up and looked at it.
Xue Poye still had a kind smile on his face, patted Xue Poye's shoulder gently, turned around and left.
Xue Poye touched his nose and looked at the back of Hu Bahai who was about to pay the bill. He suddenly saw Hu Bahai turn around and said loudly: "Do you know a big businessman?"
Hu Bahai's voice was unexpected. Xue Poye reacted at this moment to Hu Bahai's unexpected temptation, and immediately said: "Big businessman? Patriarch, you mean the big businessman who was with Sumayu and I when we came back? He
…Who is he?”
He asked back this way, which obviously meant that he didn't know him. Suddenly Bahai laughed, waved his hand, and left the tent.
Xue Poye's expression immediately turned cold as soon as he waited for the Hubahai clan leader to go out.
The situation is more serious than expected. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Beihu people have at least regarded themselves as spy suspects, and future actions will be very, very difficult.
Xue Poye knew better that the Hubahai clan chief came here in person today, just to persuade him to leave the prairie quickly and not to stay here any longer.
This was of course for Sumayu's sake. If Sumayu had not been rescued, then he and Xiao Shitou, two people from Chu who were regarded as spy suspects by Beihu, would have been secretly arrested and interrogated.
Hu Bahai's sudden question before leaving showed that the other party was very worried that they had recognized the big businessman. The more worried they were, the more important this relationship would be.
Of course Xue Poye will not leave.
Publicly and privately, there was no way he could back down at this time.
He opened the tent, and several Barhut warriors immediately came up on both sides, all looking extremely respectful: "Dear guest, we are always at your disposal."
Xue Poye smiled bitterly and shook his head, Beihu people are really fast.
"Brother Choushi, you...!" Sumayu's voice came from the side. Xue Poye turned around and saw Sumayu looking at him with a somewhat remorseful expression.
Xue Poye sighed and said, "Sumayu, can you take me for a walk to get some fresh air?"
Sumayu said hurriedly: "Okay, Brother Choushi, there is a pasture over there, let's go there."
Xue Poye nodded, turned around and left. The Barhut warriors immediately followed. Seeing Xue Poye's unkind expression, Sumayu hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "You don't have to follow me. I'll take a walk with Brother Chou Shi."
A warrior was in a dilemma: "Little aunt, the patriarch ordered us to follow our guests at all times and obey orders...!"
"I said, I'm taking Brother Ugly Stone around, you don't have to follow me." Sumayu interrupted immediately, frowning and looking a little angry. Several warriors looked at each other and bowed together: "Yes.
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Green grass, white clouds floating in the blue sky, and horses running under the white clouds.
Sumayu and Xue Poye walked side by side on the soft grass. The fresh wind on the grassland blew in their faces, which slightly relieved Xue Poye's depressed mood.
"Brother Choushi, I...I'm sorry!" Sumayu suddenly said sincerely.
Xue Poye smiled and said: "Why are you saying sorry? You are not wrong."
"Patriarch...the patriarch treats you like this, I...!" Sumayu was like a child who had made a mistake, looking a little reserved and losing his usual free and straightforward attitude.
"I can understand!" Xue Poye said slowly: "If it were me, I would do the same thing. After all, at this time, it is not a coincidence that Xiao Shitou and I are here. It is normal for people to be suspicious."
Sumayu sighed softly and said nothing.
On a ridge, Xue Poye stopped slowly, sat down, looked at the white clouds in the sky, and said leisurely: "Facing the wind, looking at the white clouds, and breathing in the fresh air, life on the grassland is really good.
Haha... If there was no war, I think everyone would live happily."
Sumayu sat down next to him and asked softly: "Brother Chou Shi, if Beihu really goes to war with your Da Chu, and you confront me with swords, will you... kill me?"
Xue Poye touched his nose and asked lightly: "Why do you ask that?"
Sumayu's bright big eyes looked expectant as he asked: "Brother Chou Shi, will you kill me?"
Xue Poye looked at the floating clouds in the sky for a long time before calmly saying: "I won't fight on the grassland, I definitely won't, and I will protect you." After a pause, he said: "But if we fight on the border of Dachu, I won't.
Think...I will."
Sumayou's delicate body trembled, she looked at Xue Poye, and then slowly lowered her head.
Xue Poye's meaning is very simple. Fighting on the grassland means Da Chu is attacking Beihu, and he is unwilling to do it. But fighting on the border of Dachu means Beihu is invading the Central Plains. He has the responsibility to defend his homeland. That
At that time, there was no friendship at all.
After a period of silence, Xue Poye took the lead in opening up the tense atmosphere: "Is Xiang Yezi a member of your tribe?"
"Yes!" Sumayu looked gloomy, but when he mentioned the fragrant leaves, a smile finally appeared on his face: "That little girl is the granddaughter of the patriarch and a flower on the grassland."
"It turns out she is the granddaughter of the leader of the Hubahai clan." Xue Poye touched his nose and said, "Why is she called Xiang Yezi? This name is a bit strange."
"Xiang Ye has had a fragrance since she was a child. When the weather gets warm, this fragrance lingers, so everyone calls her Xiang Ye. Her real name is Borlianyue."
"Bol Lianyue?"
, indescribably beautiful, like the brightest pearl on the grassland, Xue Poye stared at it blankly, until Sumayu blushed and lowered his head, then he came back to his senses, his old face also blushed, and he laughed a few times.
Voice.
Looking to the west, the layers of tents were motionless in the wind. The big masked merchant should be over there.
When Xue Poye returned to the tent, he was in a complicated mood. Now that he was being closely monitored, how could he start to find out the whereabouts of the spies. The people of Beihu were already on alert. As long as they asked for any information about the spies, they would be more aroused.
Their vigilance is really tricky right now.
As for assassinating Bei Hu Ying Tu Shuai, it seems to be much more difficult than once expected. The other party is on guard, and if he wants to do it, it will be even more difficult.
It's just that the Yingtu Commander has not been seen yet, and Xue Poye really wants to meet him. After all, he is a great hero who has never been born on the grassland.
"Master, you are here!" Xiao Shitou sneaked in quietly and saw Xue Poye frowning in thought, so he called softly: "Hey, master, aren't you happy?"
Xue Poye glanced at Xiao Shitou and saw that his face was full of joy and he was obviously in a good mood. He couldn't help but said: "Just came back from a date?"
Xiao Shitou chuckled, came closer, and whispered: "It turns out that Xiang Yezi is the granddaughter of the clan leader."
"Oh!" Xue Poye picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and pretended not to know: "So that's it, what else did she say?"
Xue Poye blinked his eyes mischievously, and said in a low voice that only the two of them could communicate: "Master, Xiang Yezi seems to know the whereabouts of the spies!"
This sentence shocked Xue Poye to sit up suddenly, holding Xiao Shitou's hand: "You...what did you say?"
Xiao Shitou laughed loudly and said: "Master, don't be excited, don't be excited. You said, let me learn your eight winds and be as steady as Mount Tai. I'm learning now, but why can't you be as steady as Mount Tai?"
Xue Poye patted Xiao Shitou's head gently, and scolded with a smile: "Little guy, you are really not big or small, you have to teach the master a lesson? This glib tone is not necessary." He asked in a low voice: "What is going on?
"After that, he stood up and walked around the tent to make sure no one was eavesdropping. Then he took Xiaoshi's hand and sat down in the middle of the tent: "Please tell me in detail."
Then Xiao Shitou said softly: "Xiang Ye asked me to go out to race horses today. Alas, Xiao Shitou is useless. I have lost the master's face and cannot compare with her."
"She is from Beihu. She was born on a horse. How can you be her opponent?"
"She can't row a boat." Xiao Shitou said with a smile: "She still pestered me and asked me to tell her stories about the Central Plains. I saw that she was begging me, so I obliged her and told her many stories.
listen."
"Pleading?"
Xiao Shitou blushed, feeling very embarrassed and feeling like his inner thoughts were being peeked into.
"Originally, Xiangye listened well at first, but later Xiangye said what I said was wrong." Xiao Shitou's expression became serious: "I deliberately said that the lotus on West Lake in Hangzhou is in full bloom all year round.
It was very beautiful. She said that what I said was wrong. The lotus on the West Lake only blooms in summer, not in winter. Later, I deliberately made many mistakes, but she refuted them one by one. At first, I thought it was her tribe who had been there.
Our Da Chu told her when we came back, so she knows these things."
"Of course this is possible!" Xue Poye stared at the small stone and said.
Xiao Shitou shook his head and said: "But when I asked deliberately, she casually said that the uncles of Da Chu told her, Master, did you understand?"
Xue Poye frowned and nodded slightly.
"I asked her if she had been to Dachu, and she said no. Then I asked her if a businessman from Zhongyuan had told her, and she said no." Xiao Shitou blinked, his eyes full of intelligence: "
Master, tell me, who told her? Uncle Chu, hey, master, could it be the spies who were arrested?"
"Your guess is not unreasonable." Xue Poye rubbed his nose and thought: "But how did Xiangye get in contact with those spies? How could the spies tell her stories?"
"I'm surprised too." Xiao Shitou had obviously been deeply influenced by his master and kept touching his nose: "So I'm not sure whether the uncles of Dachu she mentioned were spies. But later I deliberately said that there is a kind of spies in the Central Plains.
A dog has three tails and four ears. She was dubious, but she didn't refute it. She just said that she would come back to me again. Then she would know whether what I said was true or false."
Xue Poye whispered: "You mean, she might go to those spies to ask to see if what you said is true?"
"That's what I mean." Xiao Shitou nodded.
Xue Poye's mind suddenly became a little messy, and he seemed to have found a way out in the confusion, but this way was not very clear. He calmed down his thoughts slightly, and then said softly: "Little Shitou, if this is really the case, this matter is not right."
This is a great advantage for us."
"Master, what should we do?"
"Let's secretly use the fragrant leaves to determine whether those people are captured spies." Xue Poye said sternly: "Only when we figure this out can we make the next plan."
"How about I ask her directly?" Xiao Shitou said: "I was worried about getting into trouble before, so I didn't ask her who those uncles from Chu were."
"Don't ask for now." Xue Poye patted Xiao Shitou's little head and praised: "Xiao Shitou, you did it right. We have to be careful. You are much more mature in doing things now. In this way, you can take your time first.
To test, don’t ask too directly. Do you understand? From now on, the two of us must be careful in everything we say and do. The Beihu people have listed us as serious spy suspects."
Xiao Shitou curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Beihu people? Haha, I'm not afraid of them."
Xue Poye took a big sip of wine from the cup and then smiled and said: "Xiao Shitou, I really have you. Such a beautiful little girl from Beihu seems to have taken a liking to you."
Xiao Shitou's face turned red, but there was unconcealable pride in his eyes.
"But please don't hurt this little girl." Xue Poye said softly: "It's okay to lend her to do some things, but don't break her heart. Women...hey...!"
The shadow of Sumayu flashed across Xiaoshi's mind, and he suddenly understood why the master sighed. Thinking that in order to achieve their goals, two men actually wanted to use two girls, he couldn't help but sigh. dd