For the next two days, I did not dare to go horseback riding, and I had nothing to do, and I wanted to help Aunt Ixia and Lisy with some work, but they stopped me, for fear that I would strain my back again, so I had to wander around the tribe all day without doing anything, so that I had the opportunity to discover a small lake near the tribe. Every spring and lake on the grassland has a great beauty of tranquility, which attracts me to report to the lake regularly every day.

Today, too, in the evening, I picked wild flowers all the way to the lake. Listening to Brother Erlun, the lakes on the grassland are not deep, usually only two people high in the deepest part, and only one person high in the general shallow places, I suddenly realized, no wonder An Yuanxi and I were thrown into the lake, not crushed by the pressure of the lake, it turned out that the deepest part of the lake was only more than three meters. An Yuanxi and I felt that it took a long, long time to swim out of the water that day, probably because we didn't find the other place in the water, and we were wearing heavy clothes and were so cold that we were dazed, so we felt that even if we were swimming very hard, it would rise very slowly. If it weren't for the lake on the grassland with this characteristic, I'm afraid An Yuanxi and I would have died in the lake a long time ago.

As I walked leisurely, I suddenly noticed someone sitting by the lake before me, staring at the glass-blue water. I stepped over curiously, saw the man clearly, and laughed: "Grandpa Patus, do you also come to the lake to see the scenery?" ”

Patus is the patriarch of this small tribe, a wise and gentle old man, very much loved by the tribesmen, I have almost recognized all the people of this small tribe in the past few days, and naturally I will not forget this wise man who always has a smile on his face and always holds a cigarette pouch in his hand. I believe that the lies between me and An Yuanxi did not deceive this old patriarch, because when he looks at you with discerning eyes, you will feel like a transparent person, unable to hide anything. However, the old man accepted our lie understandingly, and did not ask why, so I had a special affection for him.

Grandpa Patus turned around, saw me, and smiled kindly, "Nataro is here to see the scenery?" ”

"That's right." I walked up to him, sat down on the grass, and said with a smile, "I really like the scenery on the grassland, this grassland, this lake, this sky, and those cattle and sheep, they are really beautiful, but unfortunately I am going back to Cangdu, so I must take a look at them before leaving." ”

"Huh." Grandpa Patus took a puff of his cigarette and asked with a smile, "If no matter how beautiful the scenery is, you can't stay, then what are you coming to see the scenery for?" ”

"Huh?" I was stunned. I never thought about it, I love this beautiful grassland so much, why did I never think about staying? If I feel that it is my spiritual home, why do I always want to leave? I pondered, and Grandpa Patus's point-to-point questioning made me a little sensitive, could it be that my paranoia about nature was nothing but a kind of love that bordered on hypocrisy?

Suddenly embarrassed, this wise old man saw through my essence at once, I thought that my heart had always belonged to a donkey, but it turned out that I was still an out-and-out duck. Grandpa Patus looked at the blue sky in the distance and the blue lake in front of him, and sighed helplessly: "People always have endless hopes in their hearts, and the magnificent beauty of this grassland cannot replace the greed in their hearts. ”

Are you talking about me? I was more and more embarrassed. Grandpa Patus noticed my nervous expression and laughed: "Erren surrendered two BMWs to the clan this time, which was a good thing, but it's a pity that ......" He paused for a moment, and then said: "If Nataro's injury is healed, let's get on the road as soon as possible, this calm day seems to be coming to an end......"

I was stunned, and when I saw a hint of melancholy in Grandpa Patus's quiet eyes, I immediately understood what he was talking about. That day, the eldest brother of Erlun injured the son of the Marty patriarch, Weige, and the next time the Marti patriarch came to this small tribe with people from several tribes, found Grandpa Patus, and unreasonably asked that the BMW that Erren had descended from be sent to the Marti tribe, so he did not pursue Erlen's injury to Weige, and his attitude was arrogant and arrogant, and even Grandpa Patus, a wise and gentle old man, was angry with the Malti patriarch, and the two sides collided, and the people brought by the Malti patriarch wanted to go wild, and were taught a lesson by the men of the clan, and ran away in embarrassment, Patriarch Marti couldn't swallow this bad breath, and when he left, he put down a sentence in a hurry, and never gave up. Hearing that the Marti side has been organizing people to make a comeback recently, Grandpa Patus has also organized a meeting of the tribe's people since they left, so that they can pay attention to the situation and prevent the Marti people from attacking, and the tribe is shrouded in the shadow of an impending storm.

Speaking of which, the grievances between the Marti and the Patus are not overnight. According to Brother Erlun, the people of the Marti tribe are very domineering, relying on the fact that their tribe is full of animals, and often bullies some weak tribes, and on several occasions in order to compete for turf, they do not allow the herdsmen of other small tribes to graze in places where they think the grass is fertile and the water is beautiful, and there have been large and small conflicts with many small tribes. I angrily asked Erlun why he didn't go to the king to report Marti, and Erlun said helplessly: "The daughter of the Patriarch of Marti is the white horse Attila of Prince Oulei, which is nothing originally, His Majesty the King and Prince Oulei are both wise and martial leaders, and they are fair, and they are deeply loved by the people of the grassland, and the patriarch of Marti does not dare to come nonsense because his daughter is a princess." But since two years ago the queen mother had a strange disease, all the doctors are helpless against the queen mother's illness, His Majesty the king loves the queen mother deeply, so anxious that the six gods have no master, and then the white horse Attila asked God to bless and cure the queen mother's illness, since then His Majesty the king must do everything to obey the white horse Attila's questioning, so the Marti people are gradually so arrogant. ”

It turns out that the king's habit of asking divination about everything only started two years ago, and the Marti tribe is the maiden family of the white horse Attila, which can make an originally wise king become so superstitious, I don't know what tricks this white horse Attila has played, in short, she is not small. I was suddenly a little nervous, although the news of me and An Yuanxi's sacrifice to the lake god did not come out of the palace, but in case I accidentally knew ......about it by the people of the Marti tribe, I was shocked into a cold sweat at that time, fortunately, the people of the Marti tribe did not know that there were two people of unknown origin who lived in the Patus tribe. Hearing Grandpa Patus say this, I felt that this place was no longer in place.

After listening to Grandpa Patus's words, I hurried back to Aunt Yixia's house, found An Yuanxi, and explained the situation to him. If the people of the Marti tribe know that An Yuanxi and I are the ones who escaped from the imperial capital, I am afraid that it will bring great disaster to the Patus tribe. As for the old feud between the Patus and the Marti, there is nothing we can do about it, and leaving as soon as possible is not only to protect ourselves, but also to not want to affect others. After hearing this, An Yuanxi agreed to leave early tomorrow morning, and Aunt Yixia's family heard that it was Grandpa Patus who asked us to leave, so they didn't say a word and packed up for us. Aunt Yixia wrapped me with a large packet of wolf poison weed, and carefully told me how to apply this medicine; Sister Lisi baked a dozen flatbreads for us, and picked up a few large pieces of air-dried beef for us to wrap; Brother Erlun gave An Yuanxi a sharp dagger for self-defense; The two little guys, Danny and Jinsha, were tearfully pulling at the corners of my clothes, reluctant to give up.

An Yuanxi and I looked at a lot of things prepared for us by Aunt Yixia's family, and were moved, this trip to the grassland, in addition to seeing this magnificent picture of the grassland, also let me see the real pure and kind grassland people, if there is no oolong play made by the Yaoyue royal family, the good feeling that this grassland brings me is enough for me to reminisce for a lifetime.

Tossing and turning this night, it was difficult to sleep, thinking of returning to Cangdu this time, I was afraid that I would never have the opportunity to set foot on the grassland again in this life, and I couldn't help but feel a little sad when I saw Aunt Yixia's family again. I thought about it for a long time before falling asleep, and I didn't sleep for long before I was woken up by the neighing of horses and the noisy noise outside the tent, I opened my eyes, and was just about to get up and go outside to see the movement, the door was pushed open all of a sudden, An Yuanxi rushed in with a big bag and Aunt Ixia, Aunt Ixia looked anxious: "Nataro, get up quickly, the people of the Marti tribe are coming to attack us." ”

Taken aback, I quickly put on my robe and stepped out of the tent, only to see Liz running out with Danny and Jinsha. In the distance, many tents were already on fire. The quiet grassland was suddenly chaotic, men were fighting, women and children were running, and the cries of children and the neighing of horses, the sound of swords, and the roars of men fighting were reverberating in the night sky, and it was extremely terrible.

In the stable, the king of wild horses and the other horses felt a strong murderous aura, and became restless, some squirting restlessly, and some with their heads held high and screaming. Erren stumbled over from the front and shouted, "Get on the horse!" The Marti people are so ruthless, they want us to die! The patriarch told the woman and the child to flee first! ”

We were taken aback, Jinsha began to cry, and Danny looked terrified, but forced himself to compose. Aunt Yixia and Lisi hurried to the stable to lead the horses, and Erlun untied the two horses that caused this trouble, patted the necks of the two horses and said, "Good girl, take them away!" The two horses neighed, Erlun asked An Yuanxi and Danny to ride the Wild Horse King, and Jin Sha and I rode on the white horse, probably feeling the unusual atmosphere, the Wild Horse King rarely did not have a surname. Aunt Yixia and Lisi also rode their horses separately, and Erren said in a dumb voice: "Hurry up!" ”

"Erlun, what about you?" Liz said hurriedly, "Aren't you going with us?" ”

"I'm going to fight them!" Brother Erlun's eyes were red, and at this time, a crossbow arrow came from nowhere, and it was straight into Brother Erlun's left shoulder, and he shook his body and staggered to the ground. "Erlen!" Liz screamed and prepared to dismount, but saw him struggle to get up from the ground, "Don't come, run!" ”

Saying that, I whipped the wild horse king on the buttocks, the wild horse king ran first, and the other horses ran out, Jinsha screamed in my arms: "Abba......" I shook my body for a while, almost planted out, and quickly grabbed the reins, "Jinsha, hold on!" At that moment, I forgot all about riding horses, and only knew how to bow down on the horse's back and hold on to the life-saving horse under me.

"There! Those two horses are there! Stop them! "A hair-raising voice rang out in all directions. Someone rushed towards us with torches, and Brother Erlen brandished his whip and knocked several people to the ground. "Erlen!" Lisy looked back and saw her husband surrounded by enemies and cried out in concern. "Leave me alone, run!" Behind me came the angry shouts of Brother Erlun, I couldn't help but turn around, and I was suddenly shocked, only to see a few horsemen of the Malty tribe shooting a few crossbow swords at Erlun, Brother Erlun's body shook, and he immediately knelt down in a pool of blood, surrounded by several men. "Erlen!" Liz screamed, turned her horse's head, and charged back, whipping at the men who were harassing Brother Erlen. "Mommy!" The two children screamed, An Yuanxi's horse slowed down, and he also wanted to turn around, but was stopped by Aunt Yixia: "What are you doing?" Come on! ”

"But......" An Yuanxi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Aunt Yixia, "Can you help them when you go back?" It's not for nothing! ”

Behind us, the Marti cavalry caught up, and kept firing arrows at us, "whooshing" past us, and one of them flew out of my ear, and I was shocked into a cold sweat, and we had to drive our horses forward as fast as we could. Suddenly, there was a scream behind me, and I turned around to see Aunt Ixia gritting her teeth, crouched on horseback, with an arrow stuck in her vest. I exclaimed, "Auntie, you ......"

"Leave me alone, run!" Aunt Yixia endured the pain and looked resolute, "Ah Niu Puba, Nataro, you take Danny and Jinsha and run away, my two grandsons please give it to you, please save their surnames!" ”

As she spoke, she swung her whip and whipped it on the buttocks of the white horse I was riding, and the white horse neighed in pain and ran faster with a "da-da". Jinsha cried "grandma" on horseback, and when I turned around, I saw Aunt Yixia fall from the horse onto the grass, and tears suddenly welled up.

I must escape, I must escape, I can't live up to the trust of Aunt Ixia's family, and I must keep Danny and Jinsha well. I clenched the reins with tears in my eyes, and I don't know where the strength came from, I actually rode the white horse fast, and An Yuanxi followed closely by my side. The wind whistled in my ears, and the cold arrows flew one after another, and at first they were continuous, and then gradually thinned out, and the two horses were BMW horses, and gradually distanced themselves from the pursuers, and I don't know how long it took, there was no shadow of the pursuers behind them.

But we didn't dare to stop, I desperately drove the white horse towards the endless darkness ahead, and fled a little farther away, a little farther away, to a place where they would never be able to catch up, and a little farther away, I stared blankly at the grassland of the black crows, and there was only one belief in my heart, I want to escape, I must escape!

——2006、11、15

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