Unexpectedly, the elm head in front of him suddenly became enlightened, and Tao Kuo's hairless face was as embarrassed as the sunset in the sky. He went into the tent several times, but never once did he feel so nervous as now. He mustered up the courage to look up, his eyes sparkling.
, with indescribable tenderness and sweetness. While looking at each other without getting tired of it, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "That boy, even if you please my mother-in-law, you can't kill my daughter as a gift!"
Li Xu's heart suddenly shuddered, and he suddenly turned around. He saw a dozen strange strong men in scarlet cloaks surrounding him in the shape of a half-fan, all cutting off the path between himself and Tao Kuo. They made a big move.
A skilled stickman for half a year, he can be considered someone who has experienced battles. As soon as he saw the formation, he knew that the strong men had bad intentions. He immediately threw the black eagle's body onto the horse, lifted the reins of the horse with his left hand, and took off Tao Kuo's silk.
He hid himself behind his back, turned his right hand over his wrist, and placed it tightly on the handle of the scimitar.
"What evidence do you have for your big eagle?" Tao Kuo Tuosi didn't believe that someone was brave enough to attack him near Su Chuobu. He poked his head out from behind Li Xu and asked angrily.
"Are you blind? Look at that anklet!"
"Do any wild eagles wear anklets?" the strong men yelled and cursed. They were all eager to try, ready to chop Li Xu and Tao Kuo off their horses at any time.
Li Xu quickly turned his head on the horse, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of the golden ring on the carved foot. It was an anklet made of pure gold, with exquisite and tight patterns. Between the layers of gold wire patterns, there was a faint trace of
Engraved with a few lines of text.
"Now we are in big trouble. The flat-haired beast must be the favorite of the Scarlet Cloaks. No wonder it just stole the Aslan family's lamb and was not in a hurry to fly away." Li Xu thought to himself. He was thinking about how to speak.
Apologizing to the other party, he heard Tao Kuo Tuosi retort loudly behind him: "So what if it's your domestic eagle? If you hadn't allowed the black eagle to snatch my lamb, why would Fuli shoot it! Since it was you who were rude.
First of all, how can you blame us for not being able to tell whether it is domesticated or wild?"
The strong men in scarlet cloaks are used to running amok on the grassland. Their black eagles have snatched other people's lambs, and they have always just played with it. The so-called scolding and chasing were originally just pretending. I never expected that in this remote place, they would still
There are people like Li Xu who can shoot the black eagle to dust with just one arrow without any hesitation.
When Tao Kuo's shortcomings were exposed, they immediately became angry. At that moment, someone shouted loudly: "What's the point of talking to these savages? Just chop them down and pay for the life of the black eagle!" After saying that, the horse's head tilted forward,
He rushed straight towards Li Xu.
After only three or five steps, a cold arrow suddenly flew down from the horse's eye and went straight into the horse's head. The horse immediately died and fell to the ground with a "plop", throwing the red cloak on its back forward.
He walked more than three feet away, knocked down several feet of weeds, twitched, and could no longer move. The other strong men in red cloaks were shocked, and they all took the reins. Both the enemy and us looked sideways at the same time, only to see a warrior from the Xi clan carrying
More than a dozen shepherds rushed towards the place in a menacing manner.
"Aslan, why did you come after me!" Tao Kuo raised his scimitar high and shouted at the warriors who came to help.
"Pada was frightened by their beast, I was busy taking care of her just now!" Aslan looked at the red cloaks bitterly, and put another feather arrow on the bow arm. A dozen shepherds held it in hand
Scimitars and lassoes followed him menacingly. As soon as Aslan Yu's arrow left the string, they would swarm forward and tear the opponent to pieces.
"Where did the savage dare to attack the Turkic Wolf Rider!" The leader in the red cloak announced his home angrily. Although the expression on his face was fierce, the mount moved back a few steps unknowingly. They had already seen it.
The power of an arrow can only be achieved after passing through Asilan. At this moment, the opponent has many people and his own people are few. No one wants to lose his life in a daze.
"Where did the beast dare to run wild in Su Chuobu's pasture!" Aslan shouted back with a livid face. Just now, the black eagle fell from the air and just passed by the feet of his wife Pade. She was about to give birth.
Pada was startled and immediately had a stomachache and couldn't stand up. He was busy taking care of his wife, so he couldn't bend his bow to chase the black eagle for revenge. Now that Li Xu got into trouble for shooting the eagle, even if the owner of the eagle was
King of Heaven, I have to stand up and fight with my friends.
Both sides spoke in Turkic dialect, with few words, but their tone was very blunt. Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, there was suddenly a fierce sound of horse hooves in the distance, and someone galloped while shouting: "Stop it all!
, if you have anything to say, please tell me slowly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the horse's head was already approaching behind the scarlet cloaks. A dozen strong men in scarlet cloaks immediately jumped off their horses, made way for a passage, and bowed down respectfully to respond: "Yes, I respectfully respect Lord Queyu's orders.
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"Queyu?" Li Xu and Aslan looked at each other in confusion. From the respectful attitude of the red cloaks, they guessed that the visitor had a high status. However, the Suchu tribe did not have much contact with the Turks, so Queyu was an official.
First name or personal name, they couldn't tell at all.
"Why are you conflicting with others? Have you forgotten my instructions?" In a moment, the newcomers had already rushed into the crowd. Farther away, there were more than forty riders approaching quickly.
"Woo--Woo-Woo--" The shepherd of the Suchu tribe in charge of vigilance blew the horn in the distance. A team of more than fifty people was approaching. Regardless of whether the intention was good or evil, the tribe must be prepared accordingly.
The sound of horns one after another surprised the visitor. He looked around, then looked at the attires of Li Xu and A Silan, bowed and saluted, and asked: "The person standing on horseback in front of me is a white swan."
Are they the descendants of White Swan? Ashina Choyu came to greet the descendants of White Swan on the order of the Great Khan!"
"Su Chui Asilan, Fu Li, Su Chui Tao Kuo took off his silk clothes and met Mr. Queyu!" Asilan put away her horned bow, put her hand on her shoulder and bent down to return the salute. The entire Xi clan is a vassal of the Turks, although it can't be done.
Knowing the identity of the visitor, everyone on the grassland knew the resounding name of the Ashina family.
That is the surname of the Turkic royal family, which means the colostrum of the female wolf and the elder of the wolves. For hundreds of years, this surname has been respected from generation to generation on the grasslands.
"It turns out he is a good brother of the Su Chuan tribe, the leader of the swans!" Ashina Choyu clasped his hands and laughed, "These subordinates of mine are lacking in education and bumped into my brothers. Please don't take offense, brother Aslan!"
Youdao would not hit the smiling person, and besides, the person was a descendant of the Turkic royal family who came to the Xi tribe as an envoy with good intentions! Aslan smiled helplessly and replied: "They frightened my wife by releasing the eagle. I have seen it."
It passed without causing any big trouble!"
"You beasts, why did I tell you to come before I left!" After hearing Aslan's reply, Queyu immediately picked up the riding crop and whipped it towards the leader in the red cloak.
The red-cloaked leader, who was still aggressive just now, was immediately reduced by half, and received several whips in succession before he had the courage to explain: "Reply to your lord, he, they, he shot your black eagle to death!"
"Ah?!" Ashina Queyu screamed and looked back at Aslan and Li Xu. Behind Li Xu's horse, he saw a pair of low-hanging wings. Those were his precious wings. He remembers every feather.
The eagle is the hero of the sky and builds its nest on the cliff. If you want to raise an eagle, you must take it out of the nest when it has just hatched. On the way to retrieve the eagle, you must pay attention to the stone wall under your feet and beware of the female eagle and the male eagle. When an eagle attacks from mid-air, it often takes more than a dozen lives to obtain a young one. The young eagle has a stubborn temper and will not eat anything other than fresh blood and meat, and will die if it is abused. It takes a lot of effort to raise it safely. Coupled with the manpower and material resources spent on training it to detect enemy movements and obey its master's orders, the value of a well-trained black eagle has far exceeded the same weight of gold. Therefore, if you see a black eagle stealing someone else's lamb, The Turkic wolf riders will never seriously seek justice for the lamb's owner, and secretly hope to use this behavior to keep the eagle's wild nature.
"It stole the Aslan family's sheep and scared the pregnant Pade. I thought it was a wild thing, so I shot it down with an arrow!" Li Xu picked up the black eagle's body from behind and released it. On the ground, he apologized to Ashina Queyu.
From the other party's temperament and dress, he deduced that the person had a high status in the Ashina family. More than forty guards brought by the other party had slowly approached and formed a long cavalry formation not far away. If in the west There was a conflict between the two sides before the leader of the Er clan arrived with the warriors guarding the camp, and the herdsmen of the Suchu tribe would definitely suffer a big loss.
"It caused trouble in the first place, otherwise Fu Li wouldn't have fought back!" Tao Kuo walked out from behind Li Xu and stood side by side with him. The horse he rode was much taller than the others' mounts, several hundred paces away. The distance was approaching in an instant. If this person wanted to fight with Fuli because he was sad about the death of Black Eagle, Fuli would suffer a big loss in terms of mounts. The little girl didn't want to care about any Turkic family, she just thought about how to stand side by side with her sweetheart to resist the strong force. enemy.
"You shot it down with just one arrow?" After being stunned for a long time, Ashina Queyu raised his head and asked with a sigh. This trip has an important mission, and naturally he will not let a black eagle and Su Chuo tribe It hurt his temper. But Diao'er, who had been specially trained to dodge bows and arrows, was actually shot down by an unknown boy with black hair and eyes who looked very Han. This result was unacceptable to him no matter what.
Li Xu nodded, not knowing why the other party asked this question. The flat-haired beast was flying so low at that time, not only himself, Aslan, Tao Kuo, and even several bow-wielding servants of Aslan's family, It's possible to kill it with one shot.
"This kid caught up from the side, and it was an arrow without any explanation!" The leader in the red cloak, who was beaten by Que Yu with a bruised nose and face, pointed at Li Xu and framed him with malicious intentions.
Ashina Queyu's eyebrows jumped sharply, and he turned around and glanced at the leader, ordering him to shut up. He took the reins of the horse and walked forward a few steps, and asked Li Xu kindly: "What kind of bow are you using? Can you borrow it?" Can you show me?"
"Of course!" Li Xu generously took off the bow pouch from behind the saddle and handed it over with both hands. He could clearly see the grief and indignation on Ashina Queyu's face the moment he heard the news of Black Eagle's death. In such an angry situation, this person can still remain polite, and his efforts in self-cultivation are really admirable. According to Xu Dayan, it is best not to be an enemy of such a person who can keep a calm mind at all times, otherwise , we must deal with it with extreme caution.
Ashina Choyu repeatedly looked at the arms of the bow, adjusted the bow string, and pulled it half-full several times. He finally understood the reason why the black eagle was killed today. The wind force caused by the flapping of the wings of the large eagle, which was as long as a horse's back.
It is extremely powerful. The feather arrows shot from an ordinary wooden bow are swayed by the wind and have long been tilted. Even if they are lucky enough to hit the sculpture body, the remaining force cannot penetrate the thick feathers. But the one in the hand is huge.
Those made during the heyday of the Sui Dynasty could not exert their full power unless a person with great physical strength could exert their full power. Once the bow could be fully loaded, the arrows would fly as fast as lightning. There were only seven such bows in the entire Turkic royal court. One of them
It was also damaged when it was used to make samples for craftsmen to imitate, and no one has been able to repair it to this day.
Thinking of this, Ashina Queyu still pocketed the bow and asked tentatively: "Little brother, can you transfer this bow?" (To be continued)
