Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (Ninth Middle School) "That Han boy told his subordinates to be kind to the enemy, advised everyone to put down their swords and arrows, and be friends with the enemy. Why should such a coward want the warriors of my tribe..." The empty courtyard
In the tent, Su Sip's voice lingered back and forth.
The elders of various departments were silent, and everyone knew in their hearts that Su Chuofui's words may not be true. No matter why the Han boy came, his actions in the Su Chuo tribe in the past six months could not be related to the word "cowardice"
It has nothing to do with it, but there is really no need to offend the younger brother of Patriarch Xier for a foreign boy. Besides, except for sacrificing the Han boy, there is no other way for the Zhulin coalition to choose at the moment.
The benefits of marriage are obvious. With the Turks as a big backer, Chief Xier can justifiably take over the crown left by his ancestors from the hands of Zhishebada Aijin, and re-integrate all the descendants of the White Swan into a team with countless people around.
The small tribes of the Qing Dynasty will surrender one by one under the hooves of the Xi people in the eastern part of the desert. No one in the thousands of miles of grassland between Ruoluo River and Limo River (Songhua River) will dare to fight for supremacy among the Xi people and recreate the glory of their ancestors.
The time is just around the corner
What is more obvious than the benefits of marriage is the terrible consequences of rejecting the goodwill of the Ashina family. A tribe with millions of people and 200,000 wolf riders is definitely not something that the coalition of Zhuxiao with only a few thousand troops can contend with, even if the Holy Spirit
No matter how powerful the wolf is, no matter how profound Xu Xian's wisdom is, when the wolf rider arrives, it will be the day when the grassland is dyed red with blood. Even if the Turks do not send troops to conquer because of the Su Chuan tribe's refusal to marry, as long as the Ashina family takes a clear-cut stand
To express support for Zhi Shi Badaijin, those small tribes who are in a wait-and-see state will definitely join in immediately. What will be left to the Su Chuo tribe under Zhi Shiba's tent is still a disaster.
Taking a step back and thinking about it, even if the Ashina family is generous enough to laugh off the insult of rejecting the marriage, there is an engagement agreement between the Aslan family and the Queyu family. On the grassland where the strong are respected, the position of the leader of the Xier family is
Where will it be placed?
There was no need for everyone to choose. When the Turkic envoys proposed the marriage between Qimin Khan's nephew Ashina Gutuoru and Suchuubu, the outcome had already been written that there was a country behind the Ashina family, and Li Li
The Lord has nothing but himself
"That Han boy tried to teach wolves to eat grass. His apparent kindness and hypocrisy have confused many herdsmen..." Su Chuefuli loudly counted Li Xu's "crimes", looking for reasons for the tribe's final decision from the elders'
On his expression, he knew that he had won the White Swan Crown, which belonged to the Su Chuan tribe. No matter which outsider threatened him, he must eradicate it completely before its signs were revealed.
Suddenly, Su Chufuli's words were stuck in his throat. He saw the two guards standing at the door being knocked to the ground. Then, he saw an angry leopard slowly approaching him.
"Lord Su Chuofuli, if you want to curry favor with the Ashina family, please don't insult me, and don't insult yourself!" Li Xu pressed his hand on the handle of the knife and walked step by step to the center of the big tent where several people responsible for the safety of the big tent were
The tribal warrior tried to rush over to stop him, but was forced by his gaze and stopped with some guilt.
"Fu Li, what are you going to do?" the elders of the Su Chui tribe shouted. According to Fu Li's current status, he absolutely has the right to participate in the tribe's decisions. However, the Holy Wolf Guard is lazy by nature and rarely comes to the central tent, so
The elders are also accustomed not to ignore his presence when discussing matters
Today, no one invited him, but he came suddenly. As soon as he came in, he was full of murderous intent, as if everyone here was his enemy, as if he was ready to draw a knife at any time and wash away the big tent with blood.
Li Xu sneered, and his angry eyes swept over the faces of the elders one by one. Before entering the big tent, his heart was still full of words of inferiority and self-pity. At this moment, all inferiority and self-pity had long been replaced by unruly. He could see clearly.
Hiding the hypocrisy behind kindness, he saw clearly the tribe that needed him as a "coward" to fight for. Everyone who met his eyes involuntarily turned their heads away. They were the descendants of the White Swan and had failed their friends, regardless of betrayal.
The reasons are so good that no one can face the eyes of the Holy Wolf Guards with confidence.
"According to the rules of the grassland, if a person is insulted, he can use the blood of the rumor monger to avenge his shame. Master Su Chufufu. After a stick of incense, I will learn your archery skills in the open space outside the tent!" Li Xu retracted.
With his own eyes, he stood steadily in the center of the big tent and said
His voice is not high, but his words are extremely clear. After studying Turkic for nearly a year, he can use every word appropriately. There are not so many laws among wolves, and all disputes between them can be settled with teeth. If today
If Su Chuifuli does not accept his challenge, he will never be able to gain a foothold in the tribe from now on.
The tent suddenly became a mess. No one expected that Fu Li, who was usually kind and honest and a little pedantic, would actually adopt such an extreme method to resolve the dispute. Some were surprised, some scolded, and some secretly felt sorry for Li Xu's reckless behavior.
Shaking his head, Su Chufuli is a famous warrior in the tribe. Whether it is hunting or fighting between two armies, he has never encountered an opponent.
While everyone was panicking, Li Xu's unusually calm voice sounded in their ears again: "Master Fu Li has such a high status that he won't find someone else to accept the challenge of a Han boy on his behalf!"
Li Xu bites the word "Han boy" very hard, and deliberately adopts the contemptuous tone when Su Chuifuli speaks.
"You" Su Chuifuli was panicked by the murderous aura in Li Xu's body. She originally wanted to agree to the challenge without hesitation, but for some reason, her words suddenly turned into another kind of rhetoric: "You are the leader of the clan.
Juniors, according to the rules, cannot challenge elders!"
"You, everyone here, have you ever regarded me as one of your own people today?" Li Xu heard his own voice echoing in the tent, and in an instant, he felt that his mind was exceptionally clear.
Sharp eyes swept across the faces of each elder again, and still no one dared to raise his head and look at him. I am a boy from the Han family, and they did not regard me as one of their own. A few sneers slowly appeared on Li Xu's face.
, smiling, he said to everyone: "I am not a warrior of the Suchu tribe. Challenging the clan leader's brother is not disrespectful to the elders. From now on, I will not stay here anymore. I will leave after sunrise tomorrow morning!"
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"What about the Holy Wolf?"
"How do you arrange the Holy Wolf?" He blurted out a confused question. After the question was finished, the speaker suddenly realized that he had asked a stupid question. His mouth felt like an egg was stuck, and he could not close it.
"Chief Xier, will you allow me to leave with Gan Luo?" Li Xu did not answer everyone's words, and turned his eyes to Su Chuixir, who was sitting high on the iron chair and had been silent. His clear eyes were as sharp as lightning.
Representing the authority of the patriarch, the once unattainable iron chair suddenly became lower in his eyes.
For more than half a year, whenever they were in the tribal camp, Gan Luo and Tao Kuo Tuosi were inseparable. But just now when Tao Kuo Tuosi ran out of the tent, Gan Luo was nowhere to be seen.
Su Chuobu had already prepared for the worst. Li Xu knew that no matter what he did today, Gan Luo would not be able to follow him. There was only one Holy Wolf, but the Holy Wolf bodyguards could be changed frequently.
Wolves are very protective of their own group, but they are never shy about showing their teeth to creatures outside the group.
The development of the situation has been completely out of Ciel's control. This is by no means the result he hoped to see. He also has a youngest daughter named Ya Lun. He only needs to wait for three more years to choose other people's tents and all Huaichun in the tribe.
Like a young girl, Yalen’s face was full of admiration when he mentioned the Holy Wolf Guards
It only takes three years, and Fu Li is only fifteen years old this year. What a perfect arrangement. Unexpectedly, he suddenly got stuck halfway. In Li Xudao's eyes, Patriarch Xier stood up slowly,
His face was like a thief who had been caught by the wrist, so red that he was almost bleeding. When he opened his mouth, he heard a voice that did not look like his own murmuring explanation: "I, I am also a last resort, Yalen. Yalen is only ten years old."
Year after year Eru, Eru is no longer the perfect precious jade. The Ashina family has been intermarrying with the Central Plains for generations, and their customs are the same as those of the Han people. If they are angered, tribes, tribes...!"
"Chief Xier, did you come up with this reason yourself?" Li Xu felt like he had crawled out of the Crescent Lake just now, and all the blood in his body had condensed. The cold autumn wind blew in from the window, blowing away all the fog in front of his eyes.
This is not a method that Xier came up with on his own. There is no concept of "Wanbi Shen" in the minds of the people of Xi and in the vocabulary of the Turks. The sentence "The Ashina family has been intermarrying with the Central Plains for generations, and their customs are the same as those of the Han people."
It shouldn’t come from the mouth of the leader of the Xier clan. The entire Suchu tribe, except Xu Dayan, if there is another person who knows the history and habits of the Ashina family so clearly, there is no need to guess the identity of this person.
She is the only one who so urgently needs the power of the Turks. More than twenty years have passed, and in her heart, her hatred for the Sui Dynasty has not diminished at all.
"I, of course it's me, I'm the leader of the clan, and I can't gamble with the safety of my clan!" Su Chuixil shouted loudly, fearing that no one would hear his answer. He felt his own anger, but he was filled with anger.
In front of the clear eyes, he collapsed as quickly as if he encountered a snow-capped mountain.
It was the Su Chuo tribe that felt sorry for Fu Li. The elder Sha Ge of the She Tuo tribe shook his head slightly. However, he did not intend to stand up and say a fair word. Chief Xier's answer made sense. You can't bet on the safety of the tribe. The so-called fairness is what it is.
After the limited incident passed, each ministry was willing to donate the most beautiful girls to Fu Li as compensation. But now, Tao Kuo Tuosi must fulfill the responsibility of the patriarch's daughter. This responsibility is inherent in her and cannot be escaped.
Su Chufuli felt the embarrassment in his brother's heart, straightened his body, and stood between Li Xu and Chief Xier. Although he still felt guilty deep down in his heart, and even though he still felt huge pressure when facing Fuli's eyes, he
But he showed his courage without hesitation
"I accept your challenge. After a stick of incense, let Changshengtian witness your bravery!" Su Chufuli replied coldly. After speaking, he turned and walked out of the tent.
"Excuse me, the patriarch and other elders!" Li Xu clasped his fists forward, bowed and gave a Han salute to everyone, "Please remember, the blood flowing on your body is the blood of white swans, not the crows that follow the wolves to pick up the bones.
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Having said that, he turned and walked out of the big tent. He could not interfere with how the elders decided, but no matter what the final decision was, he would do what he wanted to do. Li Xu suddenly remembered the coppersmith master, who had been guarding the city for more than 20 years.
With a promise, does he really have no regrets? Is the person he is waiting for really worth all he has to pay for it?
Pulling the two horses 300 steps apart, Elder Etuo whipped the whip in his hand. This solution was not bad. If the Han boy lost, Su Chuobu would no longer have to carry a fifteen-year-old newborn calf.
Challenge an adult male wolf, and there is almost no suspense about the outcome.
Su Chuifuli pinched the horse's belly hard and rushed towards the wild boy who insulted him not far away. In the entire tribe, except Asilan, no one could beat the bow in his hand. He adjusted the speed of the horse and tried his best to keep his body
In harmony with the rhythm of the horses' ups and downs, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, Su Chuobili took the bow, nocked the arrow, and saw victory smiling at him.
The warm feeling coming from Jiao Gong made Li Xu feel empty in his heart. The anger after being deceived and fooled, the despair after being let down and betrayed, were all melted away by the silence of that moment. He did not stir up the war horse, but rushed to shoot.
His strength is that he needs to wait quietly for his own opportunity to come to his door.
"The Han boy didn't move!" Su Chuili was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a sense of relief in his heart. He shot the target at about a hundred paces. He had never missed a target since he was seventeen years old. "You are asking for death!"
Su Chufuli gritted his teeth and drew the bowstring in time with the rhythm of the horse's hooves.
"Whoosh!" A flash of lightning strangled everyone's breath.
One hundred and thirty steps away, Su Chuofu's war horse jumped high and threw its owner away with a mournful hiss. "Whoosh!" The misguided arrow came out of Su Chuofu's bowstring and shot straight into the sky.
Li Xu drew back his bow, spurred his horse, drew his sword, and rolled it towards Su Chui who fell in the dust like a whirlwind. The biggest advantage of the Zhongyuan horn bow was its strength. When he shot the scout leader, Xu Dayan had pointed him out.
In order to ensure accuracy, he chose the neck of the opponent's horse today. "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse!" The song taught by Uncle Jiu clearly stated the experience of countless Central Plains warriors in exchange for their lives. The elder Tuo closed his eyes tightly.
His eyes were broken, Su Chuiping was finished, and he was thrown dizzy. He had no chance to escape from his opponent's scimitar unless someone desperately rushed forward to stop Li Xu's horse, but the person who broke the rules of the grassland would be tied up later.
The horse was dragged to death from behind
The expected smell of blood and screams did not come over, but instead there was a burst of noise. Elder Etuo opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Li Xu standing on the ground, with a scimitar pressing down on Su Chuaffili's head.
To be captured by the neck but not killed is an even greater insult to the loser of the duel. From then on, Su Chuobei's identity was that of the victor's slave. According to the rules of the grassland, unless the master graciously allowed his family to redeem him with property, he would be forever
Unable to escape from slavery
"I'm not a coward! You are!" Li Xu put the machete on Su Chufuli's neck and said quietly. Su Chufuli's eyes were closed tightly, and his whole body was turned blood red from the humiliation and torture, but he encouraged
Can't find the courage to hit the edge of the scimitar with my neck
"Elder Etuo, can I trade my slave for someone from your department?" Li Xu put away his scimitar and shouted to Old Etuo that this is the rule of the grassland. He knew that Elder Etuo could not refuse.
"Tao Kuo Tuosi is the daughter of the patriarch, not a slave." Old Fox Forehead Tuo answered the question.
"What does it have to do with Tao Kuo taking off his silk?" Some shepherds who didn't understand the reason whispered and asked him to duel with Su Chufuli as Li Xu. This was obviously a violation of tribal rules, but why didn't Elder Etuo stop him?
Why did the leader of the Er clan hide in the big tent and refuse to come out? What about the warriors responsible for maintaining the order of the tribe? Why did they look at Li Xu with sympathy?
"It's the Ashina family who proposes marriage to the Xier patriarch's family!" A person who knew more or less the details lowered his voice and replied that today's matter might not end well. The patriarch's younger brother has been humiliated. If the other party is not a Holy Wolf guard, now
It is estimated that half the tribe's warriors have stepped forward to defend the dignity of the patriarch's family.
The cool evening breeze blew through the cold sweat on people's backs
