The smoke and snow are falling all over the sky, the dam looks at the river and the mountains in the distance in the snow, the mountains and rivers meet the smoke and clouds, and the beauty is like a dream. Li Le and Hai Lanzhu are on top of it, the Mongolian girl is in front, Li Le is behind, looking at her back, alone, alone, pitiful.

Loneliness is like the wind, no one knows where it will blow from, in which season it will occur, will it blow the willows, blow down the edelweiss, or blow away a piece of smoke, blow out a touch of winter gloom?

Hai Lanzhu suddenly turned her head, her eyes were confused, and she said leisurely: "I'm sorry about Miss Yan's matter, if I can, I really want to go with you and help you find her." ”

"I understand, you don't have to worry about her affairs." Li Le showed a warm smile, "Just take care of yourself, Bao Dejin and they have the Sured brothers as internal responses, it will definitely be much more difficult to deal with than the last time." ”

Hai Lanzhu sighed faintly and said: "Originally, everything was fine, but before this Golden Bag Meeting, I still felt that everything was in our hands, but I didn't expect that Suled would make such a choice, and even Bi Dange betrayed the second prince." Looking up at the sky, he said: "Changshengtian's face is gloomy, the grassland is destined to be unpeaceful, and I am really worried about whether I can survive this catastrophe." ”

"The times are always changing, and if the Baorilong brothers want to respond to all changes with the same, I am afraid it will be difficult to keep up with the pace of the times." Li Le looked at her quietly and said: "There are talents in the country, young people are always unwilling to be lonely, not everyone can love this grassland and be willing to be lonely like you." ”

"Why don't they understand?" Hai Lanzhu tilted her head, frowned slightly, and said with a hint of annoyance in her tone: "The era of belonging to the Mongols has passed, and the great empire that has been dominating the Eurasian continent for a hundred years has exhausted the luck given to the Mongols by the immortal heaven, and is sandwiched between the two great powers, all we can do now is to live quietly with the blood and glory left by our ancestors!" ”

"It's an era when the economy reigns supreme, and it seems to be open and there are a lot of opportunities for people." Li Le pointed to the mountain in the distance and said, "The qiē buried there is enough to support any ambition, and in the face of this temptation, it is understandable what kind of thoughts they have." ”

Hai Lanzhu nodded and said: "Maybe what you said is reasonable, the five generations of emperors of the Mengyuan Dynasty, the tombs of the successive khans are here, and the wealth accumulated over a hundred years is also here, which is indeed crazy enough." After a change of words, he said: "However, I don't think their choice is right, the times have changed, but the world has not changed much, and the wealth blessed by great strength cannot last long, just like our northern neighbor, after the vigorous change twenty years ago, many financial oligarchs were produced, but to this day, how many people are left?" ”

Li Le looked at her, sighed a little at her precociousness, and wanted to say something, but the words turned into a sigh when they came to his mouth.

"What? Think I'm a little precocious? Hai Lanzhu looked at Li Le playfully and said, "Don't look at me with such eyes, I'm not as pitiful as you think, I have always felt very proud to be the military advisor of the Tomb Guard." ”

He added: "In fact, the biggest reason for today's situation is not outside, but inside us, the second prince wholeheartedly wants to hand over this inheritance to one of the two sons of the eldest prince, but he never thought that the Sured brothers joined the tomb protection army since they were children, and they have worked hard for many years, not only accumulating great prestige on the grassland, but also accumulating great ambitions. ”

Li Le said: "The Golden Bag Meeting is over, on the surface, Zhuo Li Getu has retained his current position, but in fact, he can't do anything about the Sured brothers, and then I think they and Bao Dejin and his gang will also go to the grassland to find the entrance to Chengling, this matter has just begun." ”

"What are your plans?" Hai Lanzhu thought of the imminent separation, thought of the dangerous future, and sighed gloomily: "Please forgive me for not telling you the exact location of the entrance, back to the grassland, you can only rely on yourself, the only responsibility of the Tomb Protector is to eliminate an enemy who dares to fight the idea of the Khan's mausoleum, if you find the entrance, we are the enemy." ”

Li Le silently bowed his head.

"About the stone, the second prince actually 616161616161" Hai Lanzhu's tone hesitated.

"Needless to say!" Li Le waved his hand to interrupt her words, and said solemnly: "The stone is my brother, I will never force him to make a choice, no matter for whom, even if someone wants to force him to stay, I will stop it, if he is willing to stay, it will only be because he wants to stay." ”

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Li Le and the others set foot on the wasteland again, six people and eighteen horsemen, in addition to the six mixed-blood military horses that walked, there were also twelve Don River horses that pulled supplies.

Fan Taohua's horse sa Huan'er ran at the front, and the stone wilted and drooped his head at the back, a little absent-minded. The rest is among them.

Li Le rode on horseback, pulling the reins with one hand, leaning back, without pedals, swaying with the ups and downs of the horse's back. Holding a flask in his hand, he poured a sip from time to time.

Fan Qinghui followed behind, a little worried: "You ride a horse like this and drink, it's not a joke to be careful of falling down." ”

Li Le suddenly let go of the reins, looked back at her, and said: "You are riding a horse hard, so you need to saddle the reins, and I am riding a horse with my heart, the unity of man and horse, and the rhythm of the horse, naturally I don't need those things." As he spoke, he glanced at the stone and said, "This principle is actually applicable to many aspects, for example, everyone is pursuing happiness, but few people know whether they are pursuing the happiness that everyone thinks they are, or the happiness they really need, and the key to the problem lies in the heart." ”

"Life is like this horse and the earth, you can conquer it with a golden saddle and jade pedal, but you may not feel comfortable because of it, I have nothing, but I can really experience the free joy of riding on horseback, so, comparatively speaking, I am happy, this happiness is truly experienced, not recognized by others."

The stone listened in silence and nodded slightly. Fan Qinghui also showed a look of understanding.

Li Le shook his body, looking like he was in danger and might fall off the horse at any time, but he couldn't fall down, he took another big sip with the wine jug, sprayed the wine and said: "In this life, brotherhood, friendship, parental kindness, husband and wife love, there will inevitably be times when it is difficult to take care of one or the other, so you need to have trade-offs and choices, as long as you choose what your heart really yearns for, it is the choice of happiness, and you don't have to worry about it, because this is the truth of life, you only need self-identification, not the understanding of irrelevant people." ”

Fan Qinghui sighed: "What if the person who disagrees is not irrelevant? ”

Li Le suddenly shook his body, slipped out from behind the horse's buttocks, looked up at Fan Qinghui, and said with a smile: "People have misses, horses have leaks, there are mistakes on the road of life, as long as the people who really care about you should be able to understand, otherwise, why should you care about their feelings for such people?" ”

Shi looked at Li Le and suddenly said, "What if after making a choice, you may be the one you are sorry for?" ”

Li Le said: "Are you living to be worthy of me?" If yes, then I ask you to stay away from me, Brother Le can't bear this love, if not, then just look for the value of your life, Brother Le will be happy to see you live happily. ”

The stone lowered his head and pondered silently, and Fan Qinghui said again: "What if you really have something in your heart, but you can't be sure if your choice is worth it?" ”

"For example?" Li Le looked at her with burning eyes.

Fan Qinghui was slightly stunned, nodded, and said: "For example, I like a person, but I don't know how that person feels about me, isn't it too risky to make a choice at this time?" ”

People are actually taking risks all their lives, as long as they live, no matter what they do, there are risks, and as for how to choose, it depends on whether it is worth it. This sentence can only be thought of in the heart. Li Le didn't even dare to talk to her. Turning his head and asking the stone, "Have you done your business?" ”

The topic changed more suddenly, Shi was slightly stunned, then came to his senses, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I've made it clear to her." ”

Fan Taohua just came back and heard this, and asked curiously, "What is it?" Mysterious and mysterious? ”

Li Le's eyes glanced at Ao Baiji and Kyakhtu, and said, "It's nothing, but I'm not worried about my family." As he spoke, he flew on the horse, smiled at Fan Taohua, and raised his voice: "Brother Taohua's riding skills are not bad, how about we run for a ride?" ”

Fan Qinghui looked at the backs of the two of them in the distance, and sighed faintly.

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The weather is cold, and the snow on the wasteland not only does not melt, but tends to accumulate thicker and thicker. The deeper you go, the thicker the snow gets. Kyakhta said that despite the cold, the temperature under the snow is much higher than the surface, and the mud and water pools will not freeze, so it is difficult for people or horses to get out if they fall in.

As one of two locals, his words were unanimously endorsed by the team. Listening to the advice of people to eat a full meal, although Li Le was anxious to find Yan Xiaowu, he did not want to bury the entire team because of recklessness. Looking at the vast wasteland covered with snow, but I don't know where the road is? It is said that the old horse knows the way, and at this time people's judgment is no longer reliable, and they can only count on the horses' natural sensitivity to choose the right path.

Whether it is a military horse for six people or a Don hippopotamus that specializes in pulling supplies, they are all adult horses who have been dealing with the wasteland for a long time. People are responsible for pointing out the direction, and the horses will find the right way to that goal. It's just that in this way, the speed has to be greatly slowed down. It took me only seventy or eighty miles to walk all day. Hai Lanzhu said that the straight-line distance from Wenerhan to the southern foot of Kent Mountain is about 400 miles, and the 400 miles of this road is definitely not enough, and it is estimated that more than 600 miles. After all, it will take at least a week.

It is said that Ma Bufang's cavalry brigade came to the grassland to look for Chengling, and also caught up with this weather, because the preparation was not sufficient, more than half of the people froze to death in three days. The Tomb Guards defeated the Cossack Lao Maozi on this land, defeated the big warlord Ma Bufang, and also let the cavalry division of the little devil return, relying not only on people, but also on the home advantage brought by this side of water and soil.

Li Le knew that what he said was right, and although he was very anxious in his heart, he still tried to be patient. It's just that because Shi was worried about the missing Bao Rilong, seeing that the team was having difficulty moving forward, he couldn't help but become more and more anxious day by day.

The group waited for Xiaoxing to stay overnight in the wind and snow, and when they reached the seventh day, the southern foot of Kent Mountain was finally in sight, and the pitch-black rocks on the top of the mountain were stubbornly strange, as if a sharp sword pointed at the sky. According to Hai Lanzhu's introduction, the black rocks on this mountain are actually magnet structures, and the magnetic field generated can affect electromagnetic energy, and any telecommunication equipment will fail when it arrives here. Li Le took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and sure enough, there was no signal at all. Pointing ahead, he said, "This is Black Rock Peak, and when we get here, we are only half of our journey." ”

As soon as Li Le's words fell, he suddenly felt a heat on his forehead, and his heart sank, almost subconsciously on one side. Bang! A piercing gunshot pierced the silence of the wasteland. Bullets flew from the gentle slope ahead, narrowly grazing Li Le's sideburns. Li Le screamed and got off his horse and fell down, quickly falling on the horse's back, and his body was hidden under the horse's belly. Looking at the direction of the bullets, feeling the strong north wind, I couldn't help but be secretly surprised, from the gentle slope to my feet, no less than 1,200 meters, this person is so powerful!