Huo Qubing and I walked in front, with Brother Lang and Xue Lang following behind.
Sometimes the little princess ran ahead to chase butterflies, sometimes she ran to my feet and let me hold her for a while, or she imitated her parents, Walk slowly and gracefully.
After more than two days of getting along, Xue Lang became much less wary of Huo Qubing.
As long as I was around, she would no longer prevent Huo Qubing from contacting the little princess.
"If you continue in this direction, you will enter the hinterland where the Xiongnu chief Tu King ruled.
Although they have suffered a defeat and there are no large troops nearby, there is no guarantee that they will not run into the remaining soldiers."
Huo Qubing reminded me with a smile.
I replied: "I know that the Xiongnu lived in pursuit of water and grass, and the foothills of the Qilian Mountains are the place where the Xiongnu have the most abundant water and grass.
Although the Xiongnu army was defeated, the shepherds who grazed here were definitely reluctant to leave, even if they could not meet the remaining soldiers. , and it’s very possible to meet a shepherd.”
He asked with some confusion: "You said you wanted to take me to see someone, could it be the Huns?"
I turned my head and looked at him, "What if it's the Huns?"
He smiled proudly, "Yu'er, smile, your face becomes more and more solemn along the way.
Not to mention the Huns, I will accompany you to meet the Xiongnu's Chanyu."
He glanced at my dress and said, "But I'm probably not from the Huns.
The women's dresses I found for you are from the Han people, from various countries in the Western Regions, and from the Huns, but you chose a dress from Qiuci.
It's from the Huns."
The dress was the first thing you threw aside, as if you were quite disgusted."
I sighed softly, "I should have worn Han's dress, but Qiuci's dress comes with a veil."
I looked at his outfit and said, "But you are enough."
One mountain col after another, we walked through the dense forests.
Brother Wolf already understood where I wanted to go, and followed us impatiently, flying out in a hurry.
Not long after, Brother Wolf flew back silently and whined a few times next to me.
I immediately stopped and Huo Qubing asked, "What's wrong?
There's someone in front of me."
I nodded, hesitated for a moment, and kept moving forward.
As they walked, both man and wolf restrained their voices and walked as silently as possible.
Huo Qubing and I bent down and sneaked among the bushes for a while.
When I saw the figure in front of the tomb, I suddenly stopped.
Huo Qubing also stopped and looked through the bushes.
There is a large tomb and a small tomb.
A man is sitting quietly in front of the tomb drinking wine.
Not far behind him are two followers standing respectfully.
Huo Qubing saw clearly the person sitting in front of the grave, and looked at me with a bit of surprise and worry.
I just stared at Yi Zhixie sitting in front of the grave.
There are a few faint sounds of insects among the overgrown grass.
The bits of sunlight filtering through the gaps between the leaves reflect on the grass on the tomb and Yi Zhixie's body, making them appear mottled and desolate.
He was drinking quietly facing the grave, his figure was sparse, and it seemed that what he drank while raising the glass was filled with sadness.
Yi Zhixie cleaned the weeds at the tomb and pulled out the weeds with her hands.
The attendant behind him immediately stepped forward, half-kneeling and said, "Chanyu, let's do it."
Yi Zhixie waved her hand silently, and the two attendants looked at each other and then returned to their original positions.
My hand unconsciously grasped the bush next to me, holding it tighter and tighter.
When Huo Qubing found out and hurriedly pried my hand away from the thorny bush, his hand was covered in blood.
Yi Zhixie swept the two tombs clean.
He poured a glass of wine in front of the larger tomb and drank from it himself.
"Brother Xu, you should be very happy today.
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Most of the Qilian Mountains have been destroyed by the Han Dynasty."
Take it away, and maybe you will be able to sleep in the land of the Han Dynasty in the future, and you probably won’t mind having a drink with me.
You mentioned to me before that compared with turbulent nomadism and stable agriculture, after all, It is difficult to accumulate.
In the short term, the nomads may be able to conquer agricultural countries with their fast cavalry and powerful force.
However, if the nomads do not change their nomadic habits in time, they will not be able to steadily accumulate population, culture, and wealth, and they will still be unable to survive in the long term.
It would be defeated by an agricultural country and it would be impossible to rule an agricultural country.
I asked you at that time, what if after the conquest, agriculture was governed according to the customs of agricultural countries?
As for the country, you said that if the nomadic people choose to give up their nomadic habits and integrate into the agricultural country, although they can achieve the purpose of domination, after a few generations, the original national characteristics of the nomadic people will completely disappear and be assimilated into the agricultural country, so it is relatively Compared with the agricultural social form that is more suitable for the reproduction and survival of the population, the nomadic people are destined to become a weak ethnic group or even disappear.
It just depends on which way.
I was very unconvinced at the time, thinking that our Huns had been doing this for generations, and how could they disappear so easily as long as we had warriors, but now I really understand what you said.
As you expected, after the rule of Wenjing, the Han Dynasty had abundant treasury and a prosperous population.
Compared with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had no human and financial resources. " Yi Zhixie poured another glass of wine for his father, "There was Wei Qing before us, and now Huo Qubing has appeared, but the Huns have no generals in the court.
The cavalry that our ancestors have always been proud of was also defeated by Huo Qubing.
A general from a large agricultural country actually The Xiongnu who were born and raised on horseback are faster and more ruthless than us.
Because of him, the Han Dynasty finally changed from the active defense of the Wei Qing era to the active attack. " He drank the wine in the glass and sighed, "Actually, that's all.
What worries me most now is the centralization of power in the Han Dynasty.
The armies of the Han Dynasty are directly under the imperial power, but our military power is dispersed.
On the surface, Each tribe is under the control of the Shanyu.
In fact, the vassal kings who hold military power have their own agenda.
Now it is different from the past when the Huns were invincible and everyone fought bravely for property.
Huo Qubing. , so that every vassal king is afraid that his troops will be consumed when fighting, waiting for others to take the vanguard, waiting and waiting until he is destroyed.
At this point, we have already lost to the Han Dynasty, but I will not give up, either.
Can't give up.
If I could have been born more than ten years earlier, I would have rectified and reformed our internal system before the Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty.
Now it seems that God has not given the Huns time, and God seems to be partial to the Han Dynasty."
I couldn't help but glance at Huo Qubing.
It turned out that he was now the most terrifying enemy in the hearts of the Huns.
Huo Qubing kept looking at my expression carefully and asked in a low voice: "Do you understand what he said?"
I nodded.
Yi Zhixie's hand caressed the small grave, her eyes were half closed, as if she was thinking about many things.
After a long time, her hand was still resting on the grave.
Seeing his expression, I felt a little confused.
He probably didn't hire someone to kill me.
He had never suspected that I was dead.
But, when I thought about it, these things were not important.
I didn't bother to think about it anymore.
After sitting quietly for a long time, he finally stood up without saying a word and left with others.
I still squatted for a while before I walked out of the bushes and knelt down in front of the tomb.
"Dad, I will bring someone to see you."
I looked at Huo Qubing, and he immediately knelt in front of the tomb, kowtowed and said, "Uncle, Huo Qubing is going to marry your daughter."
There were tears in my eyes, but when I heard what he said, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I don't think my father, who is as impetuous as you, may like you."
Huo Qubing smiled and scratched his head, looking at the words on the tombstone, "Your father is a Huns" I shook my head, "Han people."
Huo Qubing looked at the small tomb beside him and asked softly: "Is this your brother?"
Although Yi Zhixie had just wiped my father's tombstone, I still took out the handkerchief and wiped it carefully.
Huo Qubing hurriedly snatched the handkerchief from my hand and said, "Let me wipe it.
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If your father sees the scar on your hand, it's weird."
If you blame me and refuse to marry you to me when you are angry, it will be a disaster. " After Huo Qubing finished wiping his father's grave, he was about to wipe the small tomb.
I stopped him and said, "No need to wipe that one."
There was some doubt in his eyes, but he didn't ask any more questions.
I was silent for a while and said, "That is my grave."
Huo Qubing was stunned for a moment and then understood everything immediately, "No wonder you were so afraid of meeting this man when you were in Chang'an City.
You didn't want him to know that you were still alive."
I nodded.
Brother Wolf circled the tomb several times, and jumped into the jungle with Snow Wolf and the little princess a little bored.
I sat cross-legged on the ground, "You conquered the Qilian Mountains so that my father can sleep on the land of the Han Dynasty." , Dad will definitely like you very much."
Huo Qubing was a little overjoyed.
He smiled and kowtowed to his father three more times, "Thank you father-in-law for your appreciation."
I was ashamed and annoyed, "How can anyone change his tune so quickly like you?
Although my father has a fairly free and easy temper, he still values etiquette deep down."
Huo Qubing raised his eyebrows slightly, "You and your father don't look much alike."
I smiled and nodded, "Well, my father always said that I can't escape my wild nature.
I have always been impatient to abide by the broken rules created by those people.
Even now, I look like a human being on the surface, which is barely enough."
"Following the rules, in fact," Huo Qubing continued with a smile, "is actually a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs."
I snorted disdainfully and cupped my hands to him, "Thank you for your compliment.
Since I was a child, I have felt that wolf heart and dog lung are words that should be used to praise people.
Both wolves and dogs are very loyal animals, and they are also very witty.
I don't understand how the Han people can use this word.
This word is used as a curse.”
Huo Qubing half held his head and laughed, I was half sad and half smiling, "When I told my father that back then, my father also held his head and laughed."
The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun slanted on my father's tomb, giving everything a layer of orange-red warmth.
Huo Qubing has always been by my side.
He listens attentively to the things I want to talk about, and he doesn't ask too many questions about the things I don't want to talk about.
Sometimes when sadness comes over his heart, he will say a few words, making people angry and laughing, and they can only smile bitterly.
I squinted my eyes and looked at the sunset.
Dad, you can rest assured.
With this person by my side, it's really hard for me to find time to cry.
Thinking of Yi Zhi's bleak figure leaning in front of the tomb, looking sideways at Huo Qubing's doting eyes, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.
The two people's eyes met.
He suddenly snapped his fingers loudly and said with an angry look on his face: "If you look at me like this, I will..."
I couldn't avoid it, but he had already planted a kiss on my face, "I can't bear it."
Live as a disciple."
I went to hit him angrily, and he shouted with a smile: "Father-in-law, have you seen how fierce Yu'er is?"
At this moment, I suddenly realized that I had truly let go, let go of the past, and let go of my hatred for Yi Zhixie.
Dad, now my daughter truly understands that your instructions are all about your love for me.
Only by letting go and moving forward can you be happy. dddddddddddddddd Although the Xiongnu army suffered a defeat, the lives of ordinary people continued.
The cattle and sheep were still running under the blue sky, and the markets were still bustling.
Han people, Huns, and people from various countries in the Western Regions gathered here, and they were still running for a living.
A blind Huns man was sitting on the street corner, playing the Morin Fhuur and singing.
The song was desolate and melancholy.
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Some of the people listening looked sad, some smiled after listening, and some sighed softly and threw something in front of the blind man.
He left in a hurry with two coins.
Huo Qubing threw a piece of silver and made a bold move, which attracted everyone to look at us.
I quickly pulled him away, and he asked in a low voice: "What is that person singing?"
I glanced at him and said, "I'm singing about you."
He laughed and said, "I can't understand the Huns when I sing."
I sang along with the tune and sang it in a low voice: "The loss of my Yanzhi Mountain will make my married woman colorless; the loss of my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals unable to live."
The lyrics of the song are simple, but the emotion comes from the heart.
I feel it in my heart. , can’t help but feel sad.
As they gradually walked away, the blind man's singing gradually disappeared, but in the wine shop nearby, someone was drinking and humming the blind man's song in a low voice.
Huo Qubing glanced at the hummer and said, "No wonder you are not happy even after we won the battle."
I said: "I am not very happy about war.
I am not opposed to killing, and those who deserve to be killed will never show mercy.
But killing in a war still scares me.
When I was a child, I lived among the Huns.
After a while, they are not considered Huns.”
Huo Qubing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good.
I heard your singing just now, and I was a little worried about you."
We entered a shop owned by Han people, and the waiter smiled and asked, "Would you like some wine?"
Huo Qubing looked at me inquiringly.
My face was burning.
He turned his head and said, "It's up to you.
I won't drink."
He also looked embarrassed and waved his hand to the waiter, "Just bring some food."
"After we've finished shopping here, do you want to go anywhere else?"
Huo Qubing asked after eating a few slices of beef.
I shook my head, "I won't go.
It's completely different from when I was a child.
I don't know whether it's because things have changed or because my eyes have changed."
He smiled and said: "I'm afraid my mood has changed.
Then we will take a detour and rush back to the army after dinner."
A Hun man who was already somewhat drunk lay on the table and hummed intermittently, "The loss of my Yanzhi Mountain will make my married woman colorless; the loss of my Qilian Mountains will make my six animals unable to rest."
When I sang to a sad point, my voice choked with sobs, and my tears mixed with the wine fell on the table.
Huo Qubing sighed softly, "Why do I hear this song everywhere I go?"
I pretended to be surprised and joked in a low voice, "It's more vivid than those literati's pen and ink articles.
It seems that General Huo's reputation will spread all over Mobei and Monan with the song.
I wonder if this song can It has been passed down for thousands of years.
When people in the future hear this song, they should be able to think of General Huo's demeanor, which will definitely make people fascinated.
I wonder how heroic he is."
He winked at him.
Huo Qubing put a smile on his lips and leaned close to my ear, "I just want you to be fascinated."
I didn't make fun of him, but was made fun of instead.
Touched by the breath between his mouth and nose, her ears were burning, and she hurriedly avoided him by lowering her head and eating vegetables.
The people at the table next to me had good ears.
When they heard me talk about Huo Qubing, they smiled and nodded to me.
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They clinked their wine glasses with the people sitting next to them and said with a smile: "This year is really a year when we Han people have grown in power.
In the spring, , General Huo captured the Huns' Yanzhi Mountain with ten thousand men, and in summer he defeated the Huns' army of tens of thousands and captured the Qilian Mountains."
The man who was drinking with him glanced at the Huns lying on the table and sneered: "When I was a child, I came here with my father to do business.
These barbarians were always arrogant and ridiculed us Han people for being cowardly, or they would live by offering them princesses. , or just guard the city and don't dare to fight them on horseback.
Now I don't know who dares to fight whom. " Unexpectedly, the Hun man lying on the table, although he looked rough, could understand Chinese.
Hearing this, he stood up from the table, pointed at the two people talking, and shouted angrily in Hun dialect: "It belongs to a man, don't just say it."
If you don’t want to practice, let’s have a competition outside.
If you win, I’ll cut off your head and let you take it back to the Han Dynasty to show off.”
Although the Huns only said that they had lost, the Huns despised life and death and valued heroism.
If such words were spoken, the other party would definitely not show weakness.
In fact, they had already made an oath of life and death.
The two men looked at the big man standing proudly in front of them, and both looked hesitant.
The one who nodded and smiled at me suddenly gritted his teeth, stood up and said, "Compete."
I was watching with great interest when Huo Qubing suddenly held my hand and looked out the window.
I was stunned for a moment, then immediately put down my chopsticks and put on my veil.
The drunken Huns looked around, walked out of the store, and stopped a group of people wearing Huns costumes who happened to pass by the store.
"Brothers on the grassland, my name is Black Stone.
I want to fight with two people who insulted us Huns.
The Han people are all cunning and dishonest, can you bear witness to this?"
Before Yi Zhixie could speak, Mudado snorted coldly, "Of course, I must cut off their heads."
The news spread like wildfire, and more and more Huns gathered on the street.
The two people at the table next to them showed fear and looked at the shop owner for help.
The boss shook his head and sighed: "Although we won the battle, this place has been the territory of the Huns since ancient times.
How can the power of the Huns be easily wiped out with a victory?
You actually openly yelled at others on their own land.
You are a barbarian.
No matter how undisciplined the Huns are, they can't stand it.
What's more, they have just suffered a defeat and are already angry.
We Han people doing business here are used to being tolerant to the Huns, so we really can't help.
Busy."
Huo Qubing asked in a low voice: "What did they just say?"
I said, "I'm afraid these two Han Chinese won't survive.
They're really annoying.
If you want to fight them, fight them quickly.
They're blocking us here and they're annoying."
Huo Qubing laughed, "If I hadn't happened to stop the person you were afraid of meeting, you would probably be more happy to watch the fun than anyone else."
I glared at him and said, "The knot in my heart has been resolved.
Now I am not afraid of seeing him at all.
Now I am just too lazy to get into trouble.
One less thing is better than one more thing."
Another Huns man on the street shouted: "There are two of you, and we will have one more man.
If we don't bully you, you can choose among us."
All the Huns on the street agreed generously, without fear of life or death.
I held my chin and looked at the two people at the table.
The person who had already made an appointment with Black Stone slowly calmed down, but his companion was looking at the street, shaking constantly.
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He angrily shouted to his companion: "The matter has come to this, at least you will die, don't embarrass the Han people."
However, his companion still only trembled and did not move a step, causing everyone in the street to laugh.
Huo Qubing looked at them coldly, and I curled my lips in amusement.
"I am Yu Shun.
This surname is Chen Mingli.
We are all from Chengji, Longxi.
If the head is really taken away by the Huns this time, I hope that this young master can avenge our family out of consideration for the fact that we are both Han people.
Letter."
Yu Shun bowed deeply to Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing looked at Chen Li and said calmly: "It is said that there are famous generals and warriors in Longxi.
During the Warring States Period, the Qin State had a famous general Li Xin, the Zhao State had a famous general Li Mu, the early Han Dynasty had a famous general Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche, and today there is a flying general Li Guang .
The disciples of Cheng Ji have a good reputation in the military, but today I saw a different kind of disciple of Cheng Ji."
Yu Shun glanced at Chen Li with a face full of shame.
Chen Li suddenly pointed at me and shouted to the people on the street: "She, she just scolded the Xiongnu.
She said it first.
She praised Huo Qubing, but I can't Just a few words."
Although my back was turned to everyone, I could still feel hundreds of eyes focused on me.
They probably saw that I was a woman, so they couldn't vent their anger at the moment, so they all stared at Huo Qubing angrily.
Mudado let out a soft cry of "Ah" and suddenly said: "Sir, let's go.
There are too many people here, so it's not easy to stay for a long time."
Before she finished speaking, Yi Zhixie walked into the store and said to Huo Qubing with a smile, "We really meet each other everywhere in life."
Huo Qubing sat still and did not respond to Yi Zhixie's greetings.
Yi Zhixie's bodyguard came forward and said angrily: "When I saw the young master's skills in Chang'an City, my hands were itchy.
I have some brute strength under Tienniu Mu, and I want to show off with the young master."
Huo Qubing was still sitting upright.
Not moving, paying no attention to them, just looking at me.
"Haha, Han people are like this, they just talk."
The laughter outside became louder and louder, and someone sneered: "When I talked about others just now, they looked like men, but they turned out to be mud."
I sighed secretly.
If I really couldn't escape, I would have to face it.
I smiled at Huo Qubing and said, "Don't worry about me, just do whatever you want."
Huo Qubing nodded, stood up and said loudly to Tienniu Mu: "If I compete with you, I won't be able to win with force.
Let you, the most skilled Huns in horsemanship and archery, compete.
If I lose, I will give you my head."
If you lose, from now on, the Huns will not be allowed to show any disrespect to the Han people.
I heard that the Huns have the most serious promise, so I definitely don’t have to worry about unfulfilled promises. " Since Tie Niu Mu can be Yi Zhixie's personal bodyguard, he must be an outstanding character among the Huns.
But Huo Qubing still thought he was not qualified.
He was so angry that his face was livid.
Just when he was about to speak, Yi Zhi glanced at him sideways.
His hands were clenched into fists and he glared at Huo Qubing angrily, but he could only suppress his anger.
Hundreds of people crowded on the street, originally chattering and making noise, but now they were shocked by Huo Qubing's momentum and suddenly became quiet.
After a moment, the Han people gathered outside cheered loudly.
Instead of hunching their shoulders and backs, wanting to hide in the cracks in the ground, they all straightened their backs and looked at the Huns with high spirits.
They really had The appearance of the Han nation.
Some Huns and people from the Western Regions who could not understand Chinese hurriedly asked the people around them what was going on.
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After everyone figured out the cause of the matter, the Huns all put aside their scornful expressions and looked at Huo Qubing with a bit of admiration.
Changed from the rush to compete at the beginning, they looked at each other hesitantly, not knowing who was qualified to take on this competition.
Black Stone shouted: "Although this girl praised General Huo of the Han people, she did not insult the Huns.
General Huo is indeed powerful and can really fight us on horseback.
Although he is our enemy, I have to admit that he is You are a good man.
If you want to compete with this young master, I will still compete with the two of them to make them take back their words."
Huo Qubing cupped his fists at Black Stone as a salute, "If I lose, the two of them should apologize to you."
Chen Li said anxiously: "If he loses, we will definitely apologize."
Yu Shun glanced at Huo Qubing, then looked at me, and said to Heishitou: "If this young master loses, my head will be my apology gift."
Everyone let out a low cry, and Heishitou put away his previous arrogance and praised: "Good man, I take back what I said earlier.
You Han people are not all people who can only talk but not practice."
The Huns gathered more and more, but no one looked down on the Han people anymore, and they all whispered about who should go to fight.
Tie Niu Mu was angry and anxious, and the veins in his hands were pulsing, but when he saw Yi Zhixie's expression, he had no choice but to stand still.
When Yi Zhixie last saw me, I was only twelve or thirteen years old.
Now I have grown taller, and my height and shape have changed a lot.
Now I am wearing a veil, and I am facing him sideways.
After Yi Zhixie glanced at me, He just quietly looked at the eye-catching Huo Qubing.
That glance made Mudado's face turn pale instantly.
While she deliberately avoided looking at me, she couldn't help but glance across my face with a complicated expression in her eyes.
Huo Qubing seemed unaware of the various looks from everyone.
He sat down calmly, took a sip of tea, and asked me with a low smile: "What if I really lose my head?"
I smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do.
I can only chase you underground."
Huo Qubing was stunned for a moment, but he didn't shy away from everyone.
He stretched out his hand and held my hand tightly.
I held his hand in return, and they looked at each other.
Look and laugh.
Everyone outside was still arguing about who should compete.
Yi Zhixie suddenly said unhurriedly: "Young Master, are you willing to compete with me?"
His voice was not loud, but it silenced all the arguing.
Thousands of people said Everyone looked at him.
Although the people who originally supported their admirers had hesitant expressions on their faces, looking at his momentum, they could hardly refute.
The guards around Yi Zhixie immediately knelt down and admonished each other.
Tie Niu Mu pleaded: "Master, he is not worthy of your personal action.
Any one of us is enough.
If you think I am not good enough, let Zhenda compete." , I won’t argue with him.”
Mudado stared at the intertwined hands of Huo Qubing and I, with an expression that alternated between happiness and worry.
Hearing Yi Zhixie's words, he was shocked again.
He opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to persuade, but closed his mouth again.
Huo Qubing felt my hand tighten suddenly, so he didn't bother to answer Yi Zhixie and looked at me inquiringly.
Yi Zhixie's archery and riding skills are among the best among the Xiongnu.
Although I thought that he might pay attention to Huo Qubing, after all, he is the king of a country now.
The most he can do is send the most skilled bodyguards around him to compete.
I didn't expect that.
He turned out to be the same as Huo Qubing, a person who did not follow the rules of chess.
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This time, his life or death was really uncertain.
But the person holding my hand is Huo Qubing.
Even if life and death are uncertain, how can he retreat?
I held Huo Qubing's hand and smiled brightly.
He looked relieved and smiled.
He held my hand and stood up.
He said to Yi Zhixie: "I don't have horses or bows and arrows.
I need you to help me with this."
Yi Zhixiao smiled slightly and nodded, "But if you lose, I don't want your head.
I just want you to do something for me.
There is no distinction between host and guest.
I will treat you as a brother." , and will still persuade the Huns here to respect the Han people.”
The guards beside Yizhixie and Mudado all exclaimed in surprise.
The Huns on the street all looked at Yi Zhixie in confusion, and then at Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing burst out laughing, "Thanks to you."
I respect you, but I'm sorry, I'm a Han, and I only do what Han people want to do in this world.
If I lose, I'll give you my head."
Yi Zhixie was silent for a moment, then looked at the hands that Huo Qubing and I were holding with a smile, "Madam, are you from Kucha?
Kucha and the Huns have similar customs."
I interrupted him, biting my tongue slightly and said, "As long as he is willing.
What I do is what I am willing to do.”
A hint of surprise flashed across Yi Zhi's squinting eyes, and she stared straight into my eyes.
I smiled lightly and looked back at him calmly.
There was no avoidance, no fear, no resentment, just a calmness without any emotion, just like looking back at a stranger with a rude gaze.
On the side, Mudado was trembling nervously.
After a while, Yi Zhi's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he seemed to be a little sad.
He shook his head slightly, and without saying another word, he turned around and took the lead.
Several guards hurriedly followed.
Huo Qubing and I held each other's hands and followed behind.
People gathered in the street spontaneously moved out of the way.
Several guards occasionally looked back at us, and they all looked at me with sympathy and compassion.
Mudado stared at me again and again, signaling me to leave.
I pretended not to notice and walked on by myself.
Huo Qubing asked in a low voice: "Is his archery very good?
Why do these guys look at me like a dead fish?"
I smiled and nodded, "Very superb, very superb."
Huo Qubing said "Oh" softly, shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and walked indifferently.
Tie Niu Mu brought a horse over, with a bow and arrow hanging on it.
Huo Qubing picked up the bow and arrow and tried it out.
He held the reins and looked at me.
I smiled and said, "I'm waiting for you here."
He got on his horse and smiled as brightly as the morning sun, "Good Yu'er, thank you very much for getting a wife like this.
I am very satisfied."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the long bow on his back, rode away, and never looked back.
Mudado stood beside me, looking forward, and said softly: "Sister, it turns out that we met each other that night on the streets of Chang'an.
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You know Shan's martial arts very well.
Sister, aren't you afraid?
He is also a weirdo.
He can see It turns out that he likes my sister very much, and it’s uncertain whether she will die or not, but he doesn’t even look at you anymore.”
I smiled but said nothing.
Afraid, why not be afraid?
But in this world, there are always things that you have to do even if you are afraid.
In the sky, a group of wild geese flew far away.
Yi Zhixie asked the people who were setting up targets to stop and pointed to the sky with a smile, "How about we decide the outcome based on the group of wild geese in the sky.
In half a stick of incense, the one with the most will win. ."
Huo Qubing smiled, clasped his fists, and nodded in agreement.
As soon as the incense was lit, they both rode away in pursuit of the geese, and arrows flew out almost at the same time.
There were several wails in the sky, and two geese fell down at the same time.
The other geese were frightened, and the team was in chaos.
They all flapped their wings desperately and fled away. .
Flying in the sky and chasing on the ground, Yi Zhixie and Huo Qubing were both faster than the other.
On the one hand, they had to control their horses to run as fast as lightning, chasing the geese that fled in all directions.
On the other hand, they had to fire arrows quickly to catch up with the geese.
Get out of range and shoot down as many as you can.
Such a lively and fresh competition method is indeed more exciting and interesting than competing against an archery target.
The thousands of onlookers didn't even make a sound, they all stared at the two galloping horses in the distance with bated breath.
The only sound in the vast grassland was the hoofbeats of the horses.
The sound of "Dede" and the cry of wild geese.
Concern leads to chaos.
I am afraid that no one here has better eyesight than me.
But at this time, I had no idea how many Huo Qubing had shot down.
I turned my head to look at Mudado.
She also looked frustrated and shook her head. , "If I can't count them, I would have been confused a long time ago.
I wish I had known that I could only count Mr.
Shan's."
I had been anxiously looking at Yi Zhixie and then at Huo Qubing, thinking silently in my mind, hurry up, hurry up.
At this moment, he suddenly relaxed.
Since he had made up his mind, why bother to look at Yi Zhi sideways and just stared at Huo Qubing.
He didn't care whether he was running fast or the wild geese were flying fast.
He just calmly admired his body on the horse.
The posture, the gesture of holding the bow, is carefully carved into my heart bit by bit.
After half the stick of incense was burned out, the person guarding the incense shouted "Time's up".
The two men who were still drawing their bows immediately stopped and ran back on horseback.
Yi Zhixie's bodyguard had already gone around to pick up wild geese.
Everyone watching looked confused. staring nervously Huo Qubing and Yi Zhixie were not paying attention to the people who were picking up wild geese everywhere.
They rode horses side by side and laughed and chatted.
They didn't know what they were talking about.
They laughed loudly at the same time, with indescribable heroic spirit and joy.
After jumping off the horse, Yi Zhi smiled and praised Huo Qubing: "It's really good archery and riding skills."
Huo Qubing, who never knew what modesty was, clasped his fists in a rare gesture and said with a smile: "To each other, each other."
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The man who picked up the geese lowered his head and came forward to report, "Twenty-two were killed with the white-feathered arrows, and twenty-three were killed with the black-feathered arrows."
Everyone suddenly shouted, some were happy, but others were hurt.
My heart skipped a beat, then returned to calmness immediately, and I looked at Huo Qubing with soft eyes.
When he heard the count, he still had a smile on his face and looked sideways at me, full of apology.
I smiled and shook my head, and he nodded with a smile.
Yi Zhixie solemnly bowed to Huo Qubing and said sincerely: "Please reconsider my previous proposal."
He saluted Huo Qubing as a Shanyu, and everyone who followed him had happy faces.
Surprised and shocked.
Huo Qubing smiled and said, "I have already said that I am a Han Chinese and I will only do what Han people want to do.
I admit defeat.
You don't have to say it again."
After saying that, he ignored everyone and just strode towards me.
He actually took me into his arms in front of everyone, half-lifted my veil, lowered his head and kissed me.
The original noise fell silent for an instant.
On the silent grassland, even the wind seemed to have stopped.
I could only hear his heartbeat and my heartbeat.
Everything has gone away in my heart, and only me and him, him and me are left in the vast world.
A short moment, but like a long life.
Scenes from the first time I met his eyes to the present flashed through my mind.
At this moment, I realized that in every detail and in countless inadvertent moments, he had already stubbornly carved himself into my heart.
At the moment when I was about to lose him, I realized how afraid I was of losing him.
My heart would hurt so much that it made me tremble in his arms.
But the sky is ruthless.
Now I can only try my best.
Give him this kiss passionately and let him know my heart.
Our first real kiss, but also our last kiss, he held me with all his strength and I held him with all my strength.
But lingering has an end.
He slowly left my lips and gently fixed the veil for me, "Yu'er, I'm asking you to do something.
Escort my coffin back to Chang'an.
I don't want to live in a foreign land.
There is someone there."
"Looking for it."
There was a hint of pain in his eyes, and his thoughts were complicated.
He suddenly swallowed up all the words he had not finished, and only smiled warmly and said word by word: "Promise me that you will definitely return to Chang'an."
I knew he was afraid that I would follow through on the joke between the two of them and chase him underground, so he deliberately asked me to do this.
In fact, I didn't hear what he said at all, but in order to reassure him, I nodded lightly, but I had already made up my mind.
My heart is shattering into powder bit by bit, and every bit of powder has turned into a sharp thorn.
As the blood spreads into my body, my whole body is in pain, but I still have to smile at him with a strong face.
I want the last thing he sees to be my smile and my beauty, and I don’t want him to look forward or backward because of me.
He looked at me quietly for a while, with a look of reluctance in his eyes.
Finally, he pressed another kiss on my forehead, slowly let me go, turned to look at Yi Zhixie's bodyguard, and laughed and said, "Borrow me."
Use a quick knife."
Although the Huns were bold and bold, in full view of everyone, their shocking behavior made everyone stare.
Mudado looked at me dumbfounded.
I smiled at her, jumped in front of her and took off the dagger from her waist, and then immediately stepped away, "I'm borrowing it for a moment, but I have to ask my sister for something later."
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Mudado's face changed drastically and his lips trembled.
He wanted to persuade me, but he suddenly turned his head and looked at Yizhixie, biting his lips tightly and remained silent.
Yi Zhixie's bodyguard stood there blankly for a while before Tie Niu Mu hesitated to remove the knife.
Huo Qubing took the knife and waved it towards his neck with his backhand.
I knew I should close my eyes, but I could never give up this last look at him.
For a moment, my eyes were wide open and I held my breath in my chest.
The knife was swung at his neck and mine, and the suffocation of death came over me.
Yi Zhi shouted suddenly, "Wait a minute."
Yi Zhi's slanted eyes swept over the faces of the two people who were picking up the wild geese.
He leaned over to take a closer look at the wild geese piled aside.
The two of them immediately knelt down on the ground.
My heart moved and I couldn't care about anything else.
I flew over to Yi Zhi.
Leaning aside, the body of the wild goose was turned over.
All the white-feathered arrows hit the geese through both eyes, while the black-feathered arrows penetrated the chest and pierced the heart.
Only one wild goose was penetrated by both eyes, and it was Black Feather.
I have doubts in my heart, but it is impossible to find out unless Yi Zhixie himself Yi Zhixie's expression was indifferent and calm, and there seemed to be a smile on his lips.
He took the handkerchief handed by Mudado, wiped his hands carefully, and looked at the two people kneeling on the ground with a smile.
A ray of cold light flashed across, as fast as lightning, and the head of one of them had already rolled on the ground several times.
The crowd of onlookers exclaimed "Ah" and immediately fell into a deathly silence.
They all looked at it in horror.
Looking at Yi Zhixie.
Killing people is nothing new to these men from all over the world, but before killing someone, he had a smile on his lips and a graceful posture.
After killing someone, he still smiled calmly and gracefully.
It is rare in the world to have such a noble posture, as if he was just a person just now.
He just picked up a flower with his hand.
The guard kneeling beside him had blood splattered all over his head and face, but he still knelt upright and did not dare to move at all.
Yi Zhixiao stared at his saber indifferently, until all the blood on the saber had drained out, then he slowly inserted the saber back into his waist.
He spoke in a calm and gentle tone, like a good friend chatting, "Tell me the truth. " The guard kowtowed and replied in a trembling voice: "When we were picking up wild geese, because we were so bold, we secretly pulled out a white-feathered arrow and replaced it with a black-feathered arrow while we were far away from everyone."
Yi Zhi pursed her lips and smiled: "You have been with me for many years, so you should know what I hate most."
All the guards knelt down, wanting to beg for mercy, but they didn't dare to speak.
Tie Niu Mu looked at Mu Daduo pleadingly, and Mu Daduo shook his head helplessly.
Yi Zhixie stopped looking at the kneeling guard, turned around, saluted Huo Qubing, and said apologetically: "I didn't expect that one of my subordinates would do such a thing."
Huo Qubing returned the salute solemnly, "Brother, you are so kind."
The guard, whose face was covered with blood, kowtowed three times to Yi Zhixie's back.
He suddenly pulled out a long knife and thrust it hard into his chest.
The long knife went straight through his back.
The guard immediately fell to the ground, and everyone onlookers were shocked.
Phew, Yi Zhixie glanced at him lightly, and everyone immediately closed their mouths, all avoiding Yi Zhixie's gaze, not daring to look at him.
Yi Zhi turned his head and glanced at the corpse on the ground indifferently, "Be kind to their families."
A competition had reached such an extent that although the Han people looked happy, they were afraid of Yi Zhixie and silently dared not say a word.
Some of them even sneaked away.
The Huns all looked depressed and shuffled away in silence.
People from various countries in the Western Regions have long been accustomed to struggling to survive between the two empires of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu.
They were even more impartial.
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After watching the excitement, they all left quietly.
Yu Shun dragged Chen Li to salute and thank Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing nodded slightly with a cold face.
Yu Shun wanted to say a few more words, but Chen Li was very afraid of Yi Zhixie and did not dare to stay for a moment, forcing Yu Shun to leave in a hurry. go.
Things have been ups and downs, but my whole thought just now was that he must not act scrupulously because he was worried about me.
Now that he has made up his mind, it is just a matter of taking one step first and one step later.
At this moment, my heart dropped, thinking that if I was a little later, he would be staring blankly in front of me, just lost in thought.
Huo Qubing also only looked at me.
The two of them suddenly looked at each other and smiled.
They walked towards each other at the same time.
They reached out to hold each other's hands.
Without saying a word, but with the same intention, they turned around and left hand in hand.
Yi Zhi leaned behind him and shouted: "Please stay, I dare to ask your names."
Huo Qubing laughed loudly, "We meet by chance, and we meet again by fate, but our names are not worth mentioning."
Yi Zhi smiled sideways and said: "I really want to make friends with you.
I only want to talk about friendship and nothing else.
It's been a long time since I've seen people like the Xian couple, and I haven't been so happy for a long time.
I want to treat you to a bowl of wine." , have a drink together.”
Huo Qubing said: "I also admire your brother's magnanimity.
It's just that we have something to do and have to rush to meet the escort team at home.
We really can't stay long."
Yi Zhixie sighed softly, "Then I can only hope to meet again if we are destined to meet again."
Yi Zhixie ordered the guards to bring in two horses, one of which was still hung with the bow and arrow he had just used.
He showed his attentiveness, "Since you two The two horses are on their way, please don’t refuse.”
Although the horse is a good horse worth a lot of money, Huo Qubing is not someone who cares about external things.
He smiled casually and took it casually, "It's disrespectful, thank you very much."
We rode off on horseback.
After running a long distance, Huo Qubing looked back at Yi Zhixie and sighed: "This man is really a character.
Judging from his actions, he should have been suspicious of his subordinates when he first came out." , but in order to force me to submit, he pretended not to know, and did not reveal it until the last moment.
This person is deeply scheming, very suspicious, and ruthless in his methods, but he is also aboveboard in his actions and cannot see through."
I was shocked and blurted out: "Looking at your behavior later, you admired him very much.
You seemed not to notice anything, and you looked like a hero in the world."
Before I could finish my words, I already understood that Huo Qubing and Yizhixie were there.
After that moment, it was really a battle of life and death.
Before, the two were just fighting for courage, but after that, it was a competition of wits.
If Huo Qubing was one step worse, and Yi Zhixie was afraid, I'm afraid what Yi Zhixie sent us was not a horse. .
A horse passed us quickly.
The man on the horse glanced at Huo Qubing's face, and his expression suddenly changed.
Huo Qubing immediately raised his whip and whipped my horse hard, then whipped his own horse, and said with a smile: "One wave just calms down, another wave rises again, Yu'er, we have to escape.
The person just now is from the Han Dynasty."
General Zhao Xin is now the general of the Xiongnu.
Now that he has recognized me, he cannot let me leave this place alive.
I just hope that there are no Xiongnu troops here, and dozens of people are not afraid. " I accelerated my horse and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that the Huns have an army nearby.
Although the number is not large, they must be the best among the best."
Looking back, Zhao Xin jumped off his horse and saluted Yizhixie.
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Yizhixie and his party all got on their horses.
Huo Qubing smiled and said, "As expected, this man must be in a high position among the Huns."
The pursuers behind him are gathering more and more.
The horses' hooves rumbled, making the entire grassland tremble.
"His name is Yi Zhixie," I bit my lip
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