Chapter 43: The Tent

On the side of the broken temple outside the city, the snow rider and the royal forest guard set up a tent to stay overnight, stretching for several miles.

Most of the royal guards are the sons of nobles, most of them have never been on the battlefield, the so-called meritorious right commander Wang Shaoyuan only joined the army two years ago, and killed all the way to Yongning with Huizong, and the biggest battle encountered was the battle of Tonglinguan, and he was seriously injured on the battlefield after not fighting for long.

The Duanxue Iron Cavalry across the official road is a division of a hundred battles, and some soldiers even washed the Beiyin border army with the deputy general Kong San a month ago, and even designed to take down one of the three major tribes, the Keerqin Division, and broke one of Beiyin's arms.

The snow cavalry generals gathered around Huo Yue to make a fire to keep warm, the fat rabbit roasted to sizzle and drip oil, and the soldiers and generals were proud while eating, I don't know who started their heads, the horn was in the camp, and they sang the song of the plug over there.

"The scenery is different in autumn, and the geese go without paying attention...... The sound of the side is rising, and in the thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed...... A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and there is no plan for it...... Qiangguan frost is all over the ground, people are sleepless, and the general's white-haired husband is in tears......"

At the end of the song, there were tears in someone's eyes, and the brothers who galloped together on the battlefield back then stayed in the desert north of the long smoke and sunset, asking for the return date, and there was no return date.

The song was pathetic, which caused the guards on the other side to review frequently, and the hot-blooded man couldn't bear the curiosity of the battlefield after all, so he was envious and squeezed over to roast the fire together.

Although along the way, there have been many disputes between the snow rider and the royal guard, especially the epidemic in Wancheng, the scenery and reputation have been led by the snow rider, but the dirty work and tired royal forest guard have not done less, and also saved the life of a city, but there are still people who only know half of the truth thinking of the imperial court's practice of closing the city at the beginning, throwing eggs and leaves at them, and the sound of cursing is endless.

But after all, they have been together for more than two months, and there is a lot of cooperation during this period, and the Wancheng disaster is inseparable from the imperial court, and the children of the clan are also affected by the imperial forest guards hidden by the imperial court. In addition, when they were humiliated, Princess Min and Duanxue Tieqi finally stood up for the first time and protected them, so although they were resentful, they finally gave birth to a little friendship.

Listening to the snow riding singing, the heroic soul of the man on the battlefield ignited for some reason, except for many days, Wang Shaoyuan, the right commander who was sullen and worried, still sat silently in the tent alone, and the rest also followed, and the three hundred soldiers sat in one place, talking about the current affairs of the war, and the sky was full of pride.

"Big brother, your General Kong is really so powerful, he has never been defeated?" In addition to the rumors of King Yongning, the royal forest generals are most interested in General Kong, who was born more beautiful than a woman and has a worse background than Dou E.

"That's natural, although there is a lot of controversy about General Kong in the army, but when it comes to military merits, no one is unconvinced." Captain Xueqi tore a rabbit leg and stuffed it into his mouth, shook his head and exclaimed, "Have you ever seen how beautiful General Kong is, when he goes into battle, if he doesn't wear a mask, he will make the other general's soul lost!" ”

The captain of the Imperial Guard laughed and said, "Isn't it the same as the Lanling King mentioned in the history books a thousand years ago?" What is it called courageous, good at fighting, with its appearance without authority, every time he enters the battle, he wears a mask, and then he wins a hundred battles. ”

The captain who opened his mouth was born on the battlefield and grew up on the battlefield, where did he read any history books, and he had never heard of a thousand years ago, when the stars gathered in the Northern Continent, the most brilliant person naturally couldn't answer, so he could only cough embarrassedly and said, "You guys bullied me for not reading much again, King Lanling of Laoshizi, our General Kong is even obsessed with Princess Beiyin, and they all say that the little princess of the Kerqin Department is wrong for life at first sight, and she holds the future of the tribe with both hands to make a decision." ”

The royal guards listened to the "tsk~~" admiration, thinking that they would stay in the capital all day long, and they didn't know when they could go to Mobei to feel the smoke of the war and the wind and sand. But I don't know that in the northwest border, there was a bloody warrior buried under every grain of yellow sand, whether he was born in Dayong or Beiyin, he never went home again......

The firelight was flying, the smell of wine was spreading, Huo Yue, who had always been calm, heard what the surrounding soldiers said, and unconsciously remembered that a few days ago, Cang Ge came to report that General Kong broke the enemy and took the Kerqin Division, one of the three major tribes of Beiyin, with almost incalculable battle damage......

On that day, he and the prince heard the report of the spies together, even if the prince who was accustomed to life and death and only cared about the royal road of the country heard it, he was silent when he heard it, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and at the end he looked cold and galloped away.

Huo Yue thought to himself, the prince's heart was not forged of steel after all, even if he could do anything for the throne, he would not be able to tolerate such a bloody victory, and he would not be able to face the accumulated white bones under the iron hooves of the Yongning Palace.

Huo Yue didn't know about the future, but he heard that the prince not only did not reward him, but also ordered General Kong to release the prince of Kerqin, who had been imprisoned for more than a month, and punished General Kong to kneel on the king's flag......

More than a month ago, Kong San, the deputy general of Duanxue Iron Cavalry, infiltrated the Kerqin Department alone.

On that day, it was the grand gathering of the lord of Korqin Woman to choose a husband for his daughter Ram, the bonfire reflected the sky, the sound of the horse-head piano was melodious, and the herdsmen gathered around the cluster of bonfires, holding hands and stepping on the song, which was the unique enthusiasm of the children of the grassland.

The grassland tribe was reborn and raised, and the lords of the various tribes continued to marry in order to protect their kinship, but Warman was different, a few decades ago, he ignored the wrath of the royal court, and married a Dayong woman as the Da Yan clan, with only a pair of twins under his knees, his sister Ram and his younger brother Norbu.

Later, the Da Yan clan was killed by the Yan clan from the Tart Lang Department, and died early, Warman broke with the Tart Lang Department, and never married any woman in this life, guarding the tribe alone, guarding a pair of children to grow up.

Over the years, Ram has grown into the most famous dancer on the steppe, and in the past few years, the people who have been married have been lined up from Korqin to the royal court, and even the khan has specially ascended to the palace of Warman for the crown prince, hoping to marry the Korqin tribe again.

But they were all turned away, and Warman only said that Ram's husband must let her choose for herself, even if she has nothing, I can give him everything.

Norbu is known as the most beautiful man on the grassland, because he and his sister inherited the appearance of his mother from Dayong, compared with the roughness of the grassland people, more symmetrical and straight, the facial features are also handsome, and the complexion is much whiter than that of ordinary grassland men. I also play a superb twelve-stringed piano, and every year the white tangram sister, the front of the Nobu tent is always full of lotus flowers carefully woven by women from various tribes.

Although Beiyin is a vast grassland, a reckless wasteland, little water and no lotus, the token of love given by a woman to a man is called a lotus spike. It's just that I heard that in ancient times, the grassland tribes still lived in Tianyan Mountain, and the snow lotus on the top of the mountain was blooming, and the plain white lotus represented the woman's innocence like a lotus, and the red lotus flower meant that love was like fire.

Legend has it that if you make a wish to a lone eagle on a moonlit night on your birthday, your wish will be brought to the gods, and if the gods hear it, they will fulfill that person.

This day is the day Ram chooses a husband, and it is also the seventeenth birthday of the siblings, Ram looked up at the moon, and made a wish to the lone eagle flying across the sky, may the gods make their lover vigorous, heroic, and have a god-like face, better than all the sons of Beiyin.

Norbu's wish is much simpler, I just hope that my sister can make her wish come true and have a smooth life.

After making a wish, the little princess Ram will perform a dance for the gods.

I saw the Nobu twelve-stringed piano in his hand, a blue robe hidden in the shadow of the bonfire, the first note was straight to the heights, ethereal and high, clear ears and pleasant ears, Ram stood by the campfire, a red robe was as warm as fire, with the first note falling, the toes moved, and a whirlwind jumped to the center.

At night, the sound of the twelve-stringed piano is suddenly high, suddenly low, and the melody is like a bird in the morning, shuttling through the forest, light and mischievous, but elusive.

Ram in front of the fire was dancing faster and faster, and one turned around and arrived at his younger brother Norbu's side, and his sleeves danced with it, as if there were countless fireworks fluttering, volleying around the two, Norbu couldn't help but lose his mind, and raised his hand to catch these fire spirits, but Ram flipped away, and turned back and laughed after a few steps, standing with his coat up, delicate and moving.

The red-clothed silhouette seemed to melt into the firelight, and Nobu looked up to the sky and laughed, his hands moving faster, and Ram kept spinning with the notes...... Suddenly, he looked proudly at the people beside him, stretched his arms, let go of the group of clothes in his hands, and the skirt swirled, and the red ignited the green space, which was as gorgeous as a summer flower.

I don't know if it's an illusion, everyone just thinks that the bonfires in this grassland are even brighter.

Kong San was dressed in the most ordinary light gray pastoral robe, and as they looked at the red-clothed girl in the center of the venue and the blue-clothed young man playing the stringed piano beside her, they only felt a trace of trance, and couldn't help but think of what their mother taught when they were children, "The beads are dazzling and the stars are shaking, and the flowers are fighting and the dragon and snake are moving."

It's just that the melody and dance of the children of the grassland are less charming, and they are more direct, the strings are passionate and high-pitched, and the dance skirts are fluttering, which is a different flavor.

Kong San grew up in a high-walled courtyard when he was young, and the boy relied on his mother to live in poverty, and when he was older, he saw the most despicable side of human nature, and he had never been so wanton. Looking at them, he was envious, and his eyes unconsciously moved with the two people in the center, as if there was a fire burning in his chest, wanting to wake up something.

Ram's dancing was enthusiastic and free, and soon the herdsmen were also burning, cheering, jumping and singing. I don't know who took the lead, everyone followed the dance steps of the girl in red, and began to sing and dance around the pile of bonfires.

Ram looked proudly at the lit prairie, grimaced at his brother, and spun from one campfire to another.

Norbu smiled happily at his sister, and there seemed to be a pool of lake water hidden in his blue eyes, rippling blue waves, and it seemed that he could see the bottom of it. Seeing that Ram had already brought up the atmosphere, he stopped the piano in the midst of everyone's cheering songs, and returned to his father Khan, still smiling all over his body, looking at the people dancing in the clan.

Ram danced to no self, kept spinning, looked up at the sky, and saw that the lone eagle had been flying back, and a loss of mind was stepping on the air, she knew that she was about to fall, but she was not frightened in her heart, but she felt confused, so she closed her eyes and waited for the moment when her body hit the ground.