Chapter 1: On the third day after the big thief left the Crescent Lake, the south wind blew on the grass.
This is not a good sign. Autumn is the season of northwest winds. The warm south wind blows across the Great Wall, often bringing disaster to the grassland. Li Xu and Hei Feng both worked hard and tried their best to rush south. However,
God obviously didn't want to miss the opportunity to tease this pair of prey, and soon released dark clouds to cover the entire sky.
The sky was dark, as if it was about to fall from the top of his head. On the vast and endless grassland, the scenery around him became exactly the same. Without the guidance of sunlight, Li Xu could no longer be sure that he was walking the way home. Every few dozen steps he walked
To make a step, he had to jump off his horse and judge the direction of the Central Plains based on hearsay experience and relying on the occasional small tree or stone. Sometimes nothing could be found on the ground, and he could only walk against the wind. At the same time,
Pray that the wind direction will remain the same as before the clouds started to rise, and there will be no changes.
In the middle of the night, he lit a fire in a depression. The light of the fire and the smell of cooked meat soon attracted several groups of carnivores. Pairs of blue-green eyes rolled around the fire, like countless lonely souls who had lost their homes.
Carrying a lantern and wandering around, Hei Feng tensed his limbs vigilantly, always ready to hit the invading enemy with his hoofs. Li Xu gathered up anything that could be ignited around him to keep the fire burning. He felt a little regretful that he had not killed Gan Luo.
Steal it out. When Gan Luo is around, no wild wolf dares to come within ten feet.
"Maybe it is really a sacred object!" Li Xu said to himself that no one listened to him in the middle of the night, only Black Wind snorted uneasily. "But, I am an unlucky guy, so I am dragging you down!" Li Xu said
He smiled and threw a few pieces of dry animal dung into the fire. Maybe it was wild donkey dung, maybe it was wild deer dung. Anyway, this thing can be ignited. As long as the fire does not go out, the wolves will not have the courage to attack.
When it was almost dawn, he couldn't hold it any longer, and fell asleep in the cold wind. In his sleep, he saw Tao Kuo taking off his silk clothes again, and living a happy life of riding horses and swords, galloping across the wilderness. Then, a group of red cloaks
He rushed over and snatched away Tao Kuo's silk. He drew his sword and tried his best, but found that there was nothing in his hand.
"Attached!" Tao Kuo took off his silk clothes and hugged him, tears falling into the rain. Li Xu reached out to wipe Tao Kuo's silky cheeks, but there was a cold feeling between his palms.
He suddenly opened his eyes and saw a few rays of bright colors coming out of the sky. Hundreds of crystal clear snowflakes were falling from the sky, blowing the embers on the grass into misty green smoke. The wolves had dispersed, and the black wind was not far away.
Looking for breakfast everywhere, under the low clouds, a few rows of wild geese were squawking and fluttering their wings to fly south.
Li Xu jumped up quickly, it was snowing, and he had to find a shelter before the snow fell heavily. Black Wind heard the owner's voice, stopped breakfast, and trotted towards Li Xu, one man and one horse, along the high speed of the shadow left by the swan geese.
Running quickly, leaving a trail of mud on the grass wet by the first snow
Not long after riding the horse, a tribe appeared in sight. It was the former camp of the Suotouxi people, and now belongs to the Suchuo tribe. Most of the public livestock of the Suchuo tribe are herded nearby, and there are specialized warriors and shepherds.
The slave is responsible for reproduction. Heifeng let out an excited neigh and galloped towards the camp. However, Li Xu held the reins tightly and forcibly pulled Heifeng away from the direction.
"Xi luo liu!" Hei Feng raised his front legs in the air and loudly protested to his master that the clouds were so dark and the snow would only get heavier. If we braved such heavy snow and forced ourselves to travel on the road, both humans and horses might freeze on the way! We are in a hurry to accumulate fat for the winter.
The fleshy wolf doesn't care who has backbone and who doesn't have dignity. As long as you don't have the strength to resist, it will rush up and bite your throat as fast as possible.
"Heifeng, let's go!" Li Xu ordered loudly, turning the horse's head forcibly. He saw warriors from the Su Chuan tribe coming out of the camp. Black Wind's neighing alarmed them, and the warriors strictly went out to perform their duties.
Responsibilities
"Xi Liu Liu!" Black Wind hissed again. The warriors who were forced by Li Xu to run southward were stunned when they saw Li Xu's back in the wind and snow.
"It's Mr. Fuli. My eyesight is not blurred. How did he get here?" Someone shouted.
"It snowed so heavily, but he still kept on going!"
"He would rather freeze to death than touch any of the plants and trees of our tribe!" A warrior who knew the details sighed and shook his head. The elders had gone too far. It's no wonder that Master Fuli refused to even go into the tent to warm himself by the fire.
But how far can he go in such a cold weather? The warrior looked at the blue-black clouds and murmured a prayer
"Changshengtian, please bless Master Fuli!"
"Changshengtian, please make it snow harder! Bigger!" Several slaves of the Xi tribe with leather ropes around their ankles prayed in a low voice that there would not be another tribe within hundreds of miles, that ruined tribe.
The lone wolf who killed Suo Tou and Xi Bu, may Changsheng God give him the most severe punishment.
The snow melted as it fell, and the mud on the ground was quickly frozen into ice slag. It was like porridge mixed with the falling snowflakes. A few old elm trees that had not had time to drop their leaves were covered with ice, and they shrank in the wind.
, some branches could not bear such a heavy load, and broke into two pieces with a click.
The ice and branches were entangled with each other and rolling in the wind. The snow that had gradually accumulated was picked up and wrapped into a big ice ball. The ice ball grew bigger and bigger, rolling bigger and bigger, leaving a heavy trace in the snowy field.
Finally, in front of a slope, the ice mass could no longer roll and was frozen on the ground. The snowflakes blown up by the wind swirled around the ice mass, gradually piling up into towers and mounds, so that they were evenly separated from the slope in front of them.
A pair of big feet stepped up and sank down with a "plop". The black wind with "white hair" all over his body neighed miserably, struggled to retreat, and used the reins to slowly drag the owner out of the snow pit. Li Xu stood upright with difficulty.
He bent his waist, and just about to give Hei Feng a grateful smile, his foot slipped and he fell into the snow pit again. He crawled forward a few steps, grabbed a handful of withered grass, slowly gathered his body and squatted down, stood up, and hugged Hei Feng.
The wind's neck turned to the south, stumbling forward
"There are two small mounds in front, and there is a shelter from the wind between them!" Li Xu lay next to the war horse's ear, whispering encouragement to the other party. I don't know if Black Wind understood it. It raised its neck with difficulty,
Accompanying the master, he moves forward step by step.
There should be two small mounds ahead, and a tent can be placed in the birch forest in the middle. Li Xu kept encouraging himself in his heart. The cold wind made him numb all over. When Xu Dayan talked about the nearby terrain last winter, he specifically said
Mentioning this birch forest, if the Zhuxin coalition forces fail to attack the Xiren camp or encounter wind and snow, the birch forest sandwiched between two mounds will be the best place to camp.
After climbing over one mound and rolling over another, the birch forest that Xu Dayan had mentioned never appeared. The wind blew on my body and I no longer felt cold. Instead, the snow melted on my face, bringing a hint of warmth.
"Brother Feng, I'm dragging you down!" Li Xu knew that his road had come to an end and said apologetically to Heifeng. Heifeng struggled to lower his neck and struggled to warm his face with his tongue. That was the last thing Heifeng could do.
His whole body was soaked with snow, and the only thing that remained warm was his tongue.
"Don't make trouble, Tao Kuo takes off his silk, don't make trouble!" Li Xu shouted in a daze, rolling down the snow slope. Is this the Crescent Lake? Tao Kuo took off his silk and kept pouring cold water and ganlu on himself.
Why did Gan Luo jump into the wind? What smell is there? Is the roasted hare burnt?
"Xi Liu Liu!" Heifeng roared loudly, knelt down on his front legs, and pushed Li Xu down the hillside with his head a few times. He couldn't push Li Xu anymore, and big tears fell on the snow from his eyes.
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Suddenly, a burnt smell blew into Li Xu's nose along the wind. He was suddenly refreshed. He opened his eyes with difficulty in the wind and snow. He saw the desperate eyes of Hei Feng and the snow in the sky. Then, he
I saw a thick smoke rising high in front of me to my left. The wind carried the snowflakes and blew them down into the smoke column, but it was still unable to swallow up the thick blackness of hope.
"Someone is camping there!" Li Xu yelled hoarsely, and the black wind also let out a shrill neigh. The man and the horse gathered their last strength and rolled down the hillside one after another, rolling like snowballs towards the rising smoke.
The place
It is a birch forest, a tree unique to the North whose outer bark is as white as snow. Between the layers of white snow and forest trees, a tent pulled up by cowhide stands tall outside the tent. A huge fire is spitting out clouds and mist, and red tongues of flame are rolling.
Then, all the wind and snow approaching the camp were turned into steam
Next to the fire, a young man stands tall and tall with a tree in hand, and his cunning smile, together with the birch forest, becomes the warmest scenery in the world.
"Why are you?" Li Xu blurted out and asked. He heard the same question at the same time. He stumbled and rushed over, and met the person who was rushing towards him. Someone beat him hard, knocking all his feelings back to him bit by bit.
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"Why are you walking so slowly?" Xu Dayan asked while dragging Li Xu into the leather tent.
"Why did you come here?" Li Xu rubbed his almost frozen face and ears vigorously, and asked loudly. Heifeng, who felt that he had been left out, snorted several times in succession, expressed his dissatisfaction with the unloyal owner, and then fought hard
He knocked away the other horses in front of the tent and started circling around the fire.
"Asilan sent someone to tell me with a fast horse, and then I took a straight road to chase you. We encountered a snowstorm this morning. I was too lazy to go into Linren's village, so I pitched a tent here! I thought it would be for sure this time.
I can't catch up with you, but I didn't expect that you would walk behind me after walking for so many days." After closing the tent, Xu Dayan described the reason for his appearance in the most concise language.
"When we get to the Central Plains, I'll treat you to a drink!" Li Xu said while taking off his wet clothes near the charcoal basin. He felt sour in his nose, but couldn't find better words to express his gratitude.
It had only been six days until Xu Dayan suddenly heard the news, and he rushed from the Xinkai River to here in such a short period of time. He must have been sleepless on the way. He and Su Chuobu did not have a quarrel, and there was no need to cross the camp gate.
Not in, but suffering and freezing in the birch forest...
"We'll wait until we get back to the Central Plains! You idiot, you shouldn't have left Gan Luo to them before leaving!" Xu Dayan found a set of mink fur from his package and threw it to Li Xu. "Don't take too much with you when you go out."
Horse, if you want to die, this is not the way to die?"
"Ayun and Zhang Ji are still staying in the Su Chuanbu!" Li Xu said nonchalantly. He knew that this reason could not deceive Xu Dayan, and a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"You are so infatuated! I'm afraid that others may not appreciate it! Alas, people say that you can choose any one of the beauties from your country, but it's better for you. If you don't have your country, your beauty will be given to others!" Xu Dayan shook his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.
He knew that his good friend's character was so broad-minded, and because of this, he cared about this kind and upright friend very much. When he heard the news of his departure, he immediately chased after him regardless of the consequences.
"Whether I appreciate it or not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I did what I wanted to do, and I won't feel any guilt when I think about it in the future!" Li Xu struggled to stand up, as if explaining to Xu Dayan, and also like
It's self-comfort
Aunt Qing's cold temperament may not be worthy of the coppersmith's master searching half of the grassland for her. But the coppersmith's master still went through all the hardships to find her, and stayed with her for half his life without any regrets. I'm afraid it was more for her.
On this day when his own promises and not his youthful feelings were rolling around in the wind and snow, Li Xu understood many things again, especially at the critical moment of life and death. He found that he did not hate Tao Kuo Tuosi and Su Chubu, but thought more about them.
, it’s a wonderful time spent together over the past six months
"Human bone scum and wolf dung will never know what guilt is!" Xu Maogong rolled his big eyes and sneered disdainfully, "Don't just stand there stupidly and punch twice around the charcoal basin to avoid catching the cold. I have to come."
Take care of you!"
"Can you take care of people?" Li Xu smiled and retorted. Xu Dayan's clothes were a bit tight on him, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stretch out his hands and kick his legs. But for six consecutive days, this was the most relaxed moment for him.
The flames in the charcoal basin jumped, illuminating the two sincere faces. Xu Dayan smiled, and punched Li Xu on the shoulder. Li Xu turned sideways to remove most of the force on his fist, but he had no strength to fight back against Xu Da.
With his eyes raised, he slapped every part of Li Xu's body until the skin on Li Xu's neck was still red, and then he gasped and put away his palms.
"When you leave the army, who will take care of the warriors of the Su Chuan tribe?" Li Xu asked while flexing his muscles around the fire. Dozens of black smoke appeared, and if they were frozen for another half an hour, it is estimated that Hua Hua
When Tuo was alive, he himself would be disabled
"Take care of whoever you love. Anyway, I have already practiced where I should, and I can't find a reason to escape!" Xu Dayan smiled and cursed, as if he didn't care about the consequences after he left.
"Actually, the elders still value you very much!" Li Xu felt sorry for his good friend. For his own affairs, there was no need to involve Xu Dayan. The conscription in the Central Plains may not have ended. If Xu Dayan went back with him,
I'm afraid it went against the Xu family's original intention of sending him away.
"It's not a good plan. If you stay in the tribe, you will be killed by these guys sooner or later!" Xu Dayan shook his head and said angrily that Li Xu's experience made him lose all good impressions of Su Chuobu. There is naturally a sense of brotherhood in this.
factors, the more reason is that the elders’ vision is so short-sighted that it is depressingly short-sighted.
"Not enough for a plan?" Li Xu didn't understand what Xu Dayan said. Except for this marriage with the Turks, the Xier clan chief almost obeyed Xu Dayan's words. In the eyes of the people of Xi, Xu Xian, whose wisdom is as deep as the Crescent Lake, is better than Xu Dayan.
This guy who pretends to be a ghost with a little wolf is a hundred times more important. If it weren't for the purpose of winning over, the Xier family would not deliberately want to marry Eru to him.
"Yes, do you think that the affair between you and Tao Kuo is as simple as a marriage between two families?" Xu Dayan threw a piece of dry bark into the charcoal basin, and there was still a bit of dissatisfaction in his question.
"Queyu is so treacherous. He promised his daughter to Aslan first, forcing the Xier clan chief to follow his wishes!" Li Xu sat down next to Xu Dayan and analyzed in a low voice that he didn't want to
I hate Su Chuobu, and I don’t want my friends to have a grudge against Su Chuobu because of this incident.
"I don't blame them for being cold-blooded. If this matter were done in the Central Plains, you would be sacrificed just as well. It might even be worse than being in the Su Chuan tribe. At least they gathered the elders to discuss it and tried to give you some compensation!" Xu Da
He smiled and shook his head repeatedly. What he said was the truth. He himself had long experienced the faces of the wealthy families in the Central Plains.
Li Xu nodded. He had also thought about this. To some extent, there were similarities between a tribe in the grassland and a large family in the Central Plains. For the benefit of the tribe or family, they never hesitated to sacrifice anyone.
"I'm just angry that they are stupid. They are so stupid that they can't see other people's schemes. They thought they were taking advantage after being schemed against!" Xu Dayan looked up at Li Xu, and when he saw his good friend's eyes were even wider than his own.
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In Li Xu's heart, he had vaguely realized that all Su Chuobu's actions were related to Ashina Choyu, but he did not expect to be as deep as Xu Dayan. When he heard the word "Serial Plan" at first, his head was pounding.
