The lingering fragrance on the pillow was still there, but the girl disappeared again just like the first time. Li Xu was not sure whether Tao Kuo's silk had really gotten into his felt bag again last night, but he just felt a little guilty. He might have done it again
If you messed up the matter, if what happened in the dream really happened in the felt bag, within half a month, this incident would become the laughing stock of all the men in the tribe again.
It wasn't until the spring sun heated up the entire felt bag that Li Xu got up bravely. The battle was over, and there was no need for him to take Gan Luo to boost morale. If I guessed correctly, the elders of the various tribes participating in the war should be gathering today.
It was a big day to discuss how to allocate prisoners. Li Xu couldn't bring himself to have a group of Xi slaves whose family members he had killed. He and Xu Dayan would have to return to the Central Plains sooner or later, except Tao Kuotuo.
As well as the memories related to her, Li Xu didn't want anything here to accompany him when he left.
The strong have everything, and can even trample on the lives and dignity of the weak at will. This is the rule of the grassland. Since it is incompatible with this rule, it is better for me to return to my hometown earlier. Thinking of my home thousands of miles away, and the tranquility
Li Xu was leisurely fascinated by the somewhat boring years of his youth. At that time, he never thought those days were so beautiful, but now that he recalls them, he realizes that all the memories are full of warmth.
"If the conscription is over, maybe the government can be managed..." Li Xu suddenly believed with some wishful thinking that Uncle Jiu had said that the officials in the Sui Dynasty were not that bad.
"My brother once died for the Sui Dynasty, his parents are old, and with a few pieces of exquisite jade, the local officials should be able to show some kindness." Li Xu thought silently, and picked up the things piled in the corner of the felt bag.
Linen wrapping.
The package had obviously been turned over, and the treasures inside had been rearranged and wiped clean. Judging from the size of the pile, all the treasures should be there. Li Xu looked through it carefully and found that he had wanted to give it to Tao Kuotuo.
The silken tortoiseshell hair was missing.
"This savage girl!" Li Xu laughed bitterly, knowing that the dream he had while drunk last night was a fact. He stared at his hands in a daze for a while, then tied the package and carried it out of the felt tent.
The spring sunshine makes people feel warm and comfortable. The entire Suchu tribe is bathed in the mid-spring sunshine, looking exceptionally peaceful and harmonious. The traces left by the celebration have been cleaned up by the slaves, and are stained red with blood.
Brand new black soil was dug out of the ground. The fragrance of grass roots and the smell of burnt wool completely replaced the smell of blood in the air, and the madness of yesterday disappeared. Su Chuobu is still the same warm and hospitable Su Chuobu
, the smile on the kind-hearted shepherd’s face is still so kind. But in the eyes of the young man, everything under the sun has changed.
Several herdsmen, with their wives and children, were happily marking the newly acquired animals. They either sewed a piece of cloth on the sheep's ears, or burned a flower on the horse's buttocks.
There are ways to separate one's own property from that of others. The songs sung by their ancestors taught them all the survival skills and rules.
Two strong shepherds held down a little girl and put an iron collar around her neck. Then they put a felt soaked in water on the girl's chest, lifted up the melted lead water, and welded the seal of the collar shut.
The girl was brought to tears by the heat caused by the lead water splashing on the felt, but she did not dare to cry loudly. This collar is a mark of slaves. Unless the kind-hearted master lets her go or takes her as his wife because he covets her beauty, otherwise
, she can never take off the iron collar.
Li Xu was heartbroken when he saw it, and he quickened his pace. Fortunately, Duer's home was not far from his felt bag, and he arrived in a blink of an eye. Duer, who was missing an arm, was unable to participate in the last war, so his door
It's not as lively as other people's homes.
After Duer lost an arm, he was in a coma for four days and four nights due to excessive bleeding. The elders in the tribe thought that he had no hope of survival, but Li Xu and Gan Luo came to call him every day and bless him with the holy wolf.
The legend gave him the motivation to live. Li Xu followed the teachings of the saints and never believed in strange powers and chaos. But when he could use it to save people's lives, he never tired of it.
Therefore, the Duer family was very grateful to Li Xu. When they saw him walking in with a big package, they immediately brought out milk tea and snacks. Li Xu did not know how to cook with the methods on the grassland, so he had to prepare lunch for several months.
Part of it was eaten at Duer and Aslan's house. When he smelled the fragrance of milk tea, he was not polite, sat cross-legged opposite Duer, and ate heartily.
"Did Tao Kuo get into your felt bag yesterday?" Duer's first question almost made Li Xu choke to death on her milk tea.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Li Xu coughed desperately, his face as red as a rotten persimmon in early winter. Seeing his embarrassed face, Duer chuckled and said with a hint of ridicule: "You are indeed lucky, kid.
Tao Kuotosi is the most beautiful girl in the tribe. Since last summer, how many men in hundreds of miles around have been dreaming about her!"
"I didn't do anything!" Li Xu yelled in his heart, and the expression on his face became even weirder. Duer thought he was young and tender, stretched out his only left hand, patted his shoulder, smiled and encouraged, "
Don't be shy, there is nothing for a man to be shy about. Come on, when I was only fourteen years old..."
"Ding!" The silver spoon in the hand of Duer's wife hit the copper bowl and made a crisp sound. The one-armed Duer was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue and swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his stomach.
This kind of thing became more and more unclear the more he described it. Li Xu shook his head and reluctantly accepted the facts before him. After filling his stomach with cheese, dried meat and milk tea, he picked up his package, took out a few jade carvings, and placed them on the table.
in front of Duer.
"Fu Li, what are you doing, bullying me for having only one arm?" The enthusiastic Duer immediately turned his face and stood up side by side with his wife, holding the handle of the knife at his waist and said.
"According to the rules of the grassland, you fought side by side with me. As the Holy Wolf Guard, I can transfer my trophies to you!" Li Xu smiled and was not threatened by the Duer couple at all. There are many different things on the grassland.
Everyone must abide by written customs. For example, when you enter a friend's felt bag, you can bring him wine and live sheep, but you cannot give him dry food or meat. Otherwise, it is equivalent to scolding your friend for being too poor to uncover the pot.
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Li Xu has lived in Su Chuobu for half a year and knows a little bit about the customs here. If he gives the stolen treasure to Duer as an ordinary friend, the two are not blood relatives, which would indeed insult Duer's dignity.
.But as a gift of property as a comrade and superior, Duer could not refuse.
On weekdays, Li Xu's identity is a holy wolf guard, and his status is equivalent to that of a tribal elder. In wartime, Li Xu can command a hundred warriors, while Duer is just a little arrow (team leader). So Li Xu uses the word "fight side by side"
After showing it, Mr. and Mrs. Duer were immediately speechless.
The couple understood Li Xu's kindness and had to sit down. However, they refused to accept the jade sculpture in front of them. From the fact that they could no longer protect Master Fu Li to the fact that Li Xu and Duer did not belong to each other, they found countless reasons to refuse.
Li Xu once again pretended to be a guard, and Duer reluctantly ordered his wife to put away the jade sculpture.
Duer was a wealthy man in the Suchu tribe and was well-informed. He knew that the price of any one of the two jade carvings was enough to exchange for a hundred live sheep. He also understood that the reason why Li Xu did this was because he was worried about his life after losing an arm.
Wuzhu was so moved that he proposed to give his own horse to Li Xu. Li Xu couldn't bear to continue to shirk and hurt Duer's heart. He thought about it and said: "Forget the horse, I guess the elders will still accept it."
Give me a few good horses among the spoils. I am alone and I don’t usually need so many horses. I don’t have too many sheep. You can give me five of them and let’s go to my house for a drink in the evening!”
When Duer heard this, he was very happy. He quickly asked his father to help him go to the wild to catch five of his sheep and bring them back with the thickest fat. Spring is a good season for fattening and pregnancy, and shepherds rarely kill their own animals at this time.
But the gift given by Li Xu was too valuable, so Duer's miserly father Gable happily jumped on the horse even though his heart ached.
"This time, there are two hundred warriors following Brother Xu and me on the expedition!" Li Xu took a sip of milk tea and continued. "The two of us want to share some treasures with them, but we are afraid of uneven thickness. We want to hear
What should Duer pay attention to!"
"What, you are sharing the treasures with your subordinates!" Duer was so surprised that he almost choked on his milk tea. There is no such thing as military pay on the grasslands. In the past, when there were wars between tribes, soldiers would always offer the loot they plundered to their superiors. Although the reasonable superiors
In the end, some property will be used to reward those who have meritorious service in battle, but all the spoils belonging to oneself will never be divided equally among the subordinates. Those who dare to do this are either out of their mind or crazy, or they are trying to win people's hearts and have evil intentions.
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After Duer's repeated explanations, Li Xu finally understood that his and Xu Dayan's ideas were indeed very naive. What Chief Xier said that day was just to give them a reason to accept the spoils.
"Brothers have worked hard, I want to share these things with the brothers!" Every elder would say this when dividing the spoils of war, and they would even quarrel because a certain warrior under his command did not receive the reward he deserved. In fact, they never
The spoils of war will not be distributed evenly among subordinates. This has been a rule that has been established for hundreds of years, just like executing the most respected among the defeated, and no one will care whether it is reasonable or not.
Looking at a large pile of property, Li Xu was in a daze again. Deep in his heart, he had always equated these properties with the dirty things robbed on the road. Occasionally, he forgot about it when he was happy. Later, when he thought of the wailing that the ridicule made that day, he still felt that he was not a good person.
Taste. As a young man from a small family who has not seen much of the world, his experience and nature prevent him from treating other people as human beings, even if they are aliens or enemies.
Duer is quite good at financial management. When he saw a friend worrying about a ridiculous reason, he smiled and gave him advice: "Most people don't understand the value of jade and jewelry. And the things in the package have different values. Unless you put them
They are all smashed, otherwise it is impossible to share them equally with everyone. It is better to take out a few pieces and exchange them with the elders for sheep. But not too many. It is enough to give you and each warrior under Xu Xianzhe two sheep. Too
Too much will cause unnecessary trouble!" (To be continued)
