In such a deep grass, even the elite of Cao Jun did not find Butu.

Butu successfully entered the big tent, thinking that his sister's scream just now was extremely miserable, and at this time he might be naked and covered in scars, and Butu had already taken off his robe outside, ready to wrap his sister.

But he never expected that when Sanqige appeared in front of him, Sanqige was kneeling there with his hands folded in prayer, his clothes were intact, there were no scars at all, and there was not even a rope on his body.

Butu was surprised, since it was okay, what was Sankig screaming just now?

However, he didn't have time to ask questions at this time, and it was always a joy to see that his sister was safe.

Butu put his finger to his mouth, signaled his sister not to make a sound, and then held a short knife in his hand and tiptoed towards the sleeping Liu Ping.

This place is so dangerous, if they wake up Liu Ping, they still can't escape, so it's better to kill them directly, and then flee again.

But what Butu didn't expect was that when Sanqige saw that he was about to commit murder, he got up and stretched out his arms and stopped him desperately.

In Sang Qige's opinion, Liu Ping did not take advantage of the danger of others to possess her just now, so as to determine that this is indeed a gentle and humble gentleman.

It is a great luck that she can be a slave to such a person, not to mention that Liu Ping also promised to give her a free body, where can you find such a good person in the world, how can you see her brother kill him?

Seeing that his sister was actually helping the enemy, Butu couldn't help but be in a hurry, and glanced at his sister, trying to get Sanqig away.

"Who?"

This commotion woke Liu Ping up, and he suddenly saw a strange young man in the tent, holding a short knife with a cold light in his hand, he couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly shouted.

As soon as he shouted, Zhang Liao and Tai Shici, who were guarding outside the tent, hurriedly rushed in.

Seeing Butu who intended to commit murder, the second general was also frightened into a cold sweat, and immediately pulled out his long sword to block the master.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Butu forcibly took Sanqige's hand and was about to flee through the cut crack.

How could Tai Shi Ci allow them to escape? Strode forward to arrest people and fight with Butu.

Although Butu was also very brave, he didn't support Tai Shi Ci for a moment, and he was knocked down with a short knife, leaned over and was trampled on the ground, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free from Tai Shi Ci's big feet.

At this time, Sang Qige's face turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Ping repeatedly, and begged bitterly: "Master, that's the slave's brother, beg the master to let go of the brother, the slave and the maid are willing to be a cow and a horse for the master, let the master beat and scold, and there is no regret."

"Sankige, get up quickly, I'll die if I'm dead, don't beg him," shouted Butu, who was trampled on the ground.

If my sister traded herself for his life, it would be better to die.

"Brother, the master is a good man, you shouldn't kill him," Sanqige, who was kneeling on the ground, said with his head on the side.

"He's just thinking about your body, how can he be a good person?"

Butu couldn't help but be anxious about his sister's innocence and kindness, how could he judge that he was a good person after only a while.

"Do you think there's something wrong with me?" Sanqige pointed to his body and said hurriedly: "Even if I was tied there, he didn't touch a finger of me, isn't he a good person?"

"But I heard you being whipped outside just now, and you screamed so badly, what the hell is going on?" Butu's eyes widened in disbelief.

Sankig pointed to the lump of mutton and said, "He smoked there, and not a single whip fell on me, I called, it was for others."

He also said he would take me away and set me free. ”

"It's all true?" Butu couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that there were people in the world who didn't covet his sister's beauty.

At this time, Liu Ping ordered Tai Shici to let go of Butu, with these two killing gods here, there was no need to worry about Butu's murder.

In fact, Butu saw that his sister was indeed fine, and he no longer had any thoughts of hurting people.

And he felt that it seemed that Sankig had been a blessing in disguise this time, and that he might be able to get free even if he could really get free.

Even if his sister can't get free, it seems that this young man is not a few years older than his sister, and his appearance is still Zhouzheng, and he still looks like a Han official, and his sister is far better than staying in the grassland with him.

He rubbed the shoulder that had been stepped on by Tai Shici, and praised him sincerely: "You are so powerful, I can't beat you."

The prairie men all worship the strong, even if the strong man is an opponent.

In Butu's view, Tai Shi Ci is such a strong man that he respects.

"You're very discerning!" Tai Shi Ci couldn't help but happily give Butu a thumbs up, and his favorability suddenly increased.

After a false alarm, Liu Ping was no longer sleepy, and sat on the felt and asked Butu: "You are from the grassland, do you know where else to buy horses except to go to Bei here?"

"Are you here to buy horses?" Butu's eyes lit up, "Actually, all the tribes on the grassland have horses in their hands, but the number varies, how many do you want to buy?" ”

"Three thousand horses," Liu Ping said.

"So much?" Butu exclaimed, and then thought for a while: "If you want to buy so many horses, you can only collect them from one tribe to another, but it will take a long time, I'm afraid you can't wait."

In addition, the only one who can provide so many horses is Dolanbu. ”

"Doran?" Liu Ping asked with interest, "Can you contact this tribe for me?" ”

"Of course you can, the Dolan tribe and our clan are still friends," Buttu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, but his face remained unmoved.

If he can introduce a big patron like Liu Ping to the Dolan Ministry, he will definitely get the gratitude of the Dolan patriarch, and then his good deeds will be done.

"Brother, are you still thinking about that girl?" Sanqige said beside him: "Master, don't listen to my brother, the horses raised by the Dolan Department are old, and the meat is loose and can't be used as war horses."

"Sankige, why are you elbowing out, I'm your brother," Butu said loudly with wide eyes and frustration.

It turned out that when his tribe was not destroyed, he had a marriage contract with the daughter of the chief of the Dolan tribe.

On the grassland, it is common for the children of the patriarchs to marry each other and become allies.

But now that the tribe of Butu has been destroyed, and there are still about thirty people left in the entire tribe, and all of them have been reduced to slavery, even if the patriarch of Dolan no longer has the heart to love the poor and the rich, the other leaders of the Dolan tribe will not agree to this marriage.

After all, although the Dolan tribe has also been suppressed by the de-inferior, its power is still there, the daughter of the patriarch is the best resource of the entire tribe, if they marry the son of a powerful tribal chief, or even directly marry the son of the de-inferior, it will be of great benefit to their Dolan tribe.

But marrying a slave like Butu who can't turn over is not at all beneficial.

It's just that Butu has always been in love with that girl and can't forget it.

Butu suddenly had a glimmer of hope just now, and wanted to take the opportunity of Liu Ping's horse purchase to introduce Liu Ping to Dolan Ministry, so that Dolan Bu would definitely be grateful to him, and there might be room for turning around in that marriage, but he didn't expect to let his sister pour a basin of cold water on his head.

Butu couldn't help but be annoyed and said angrily: "The best horse farms are in the hands of the lowly, and the best horses are naturally all the lowly, and the horses of other tribes are all the same."

"Then you're going to give us shoddy?" Tai Shi Ci raised his fist, he originally thought that this grassland man was quite sincere, but he didn't expect to be so cunning, if the girl hadn't told him sincerely, maybe he had really been deceived.

Soma is a science, if you have no experience, you can't tell the difference between good and bad horses, and this knowledge can only be mastered by people who deal with horses all year round like their grassland.

Butu knew that he had missed the old bottom, so he had to weakly say: "The horses of the Dolan Department are indeed not good, but I can persuade them to sell them cheaply."

"!" Tai Shi Ci said angrily: "Even if it's cheap, let's buy a batch of inferior horses and go back, how can we march and fight?"

Butu couldn't help but be extremely disappointed, in fact, he also knew that the muscles of the horses raised by Dolan were soft and could not be used as war horses at all, even if they were cheap, they could not be sold, he wanted to fool Liu Ping and others who did not know how to do it, but he never expected his sister to turn back.

Although Sanqige is a woman, she grew up on the grassland since she was a child, and her understanding of horses is not inferior to that of Butu.

"I can go and see it tomorrow," at this time, Liu Ping suddenly said.

"Your lord agrees to go and see?" Buttu's eyes lit up and he agreed to take a look, indicating that there was still a chance.

Liu Ping nodded, and then smiled mysteriously: "Those horses, outsiders can't see them, right?"

"Sensei said that he was an outsider, even an insider couldn't see it," Butu looked at Liu Ping suspiciously, not knowing why he asked.

"Good!" Liu Ping concluded: "Take me tomorrow, as long as it's cheap, I'll buy it."

"Master, why are you doing this?"

Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others were puzzled, knowing that they couldn't use it and buy it, wasn't that self-deception?

Besides, the aggrieved retreat and buy a batch of bad horses to go back, this is not the master's style.

It is the master's style to get rid of those good horses.

Liu Ping smiled silently, he couldn't explain to this gang of generals now, in fact, he wanted to buy a batch of inferior horses at a low price, and then make a plan to replace Yuan Xi's good horses for stealing beams and changing pillars.

Yuan Xi can't be robbed, but in exchange for a batch of inferior horses, it can only show that Yuan Xi's eyes are not good, and when Yuan Shao wants to blame, he can only blame him for being humble and unkind, and shoddy, so he will not be blamed on Liu Ping's head.

It's just that if you want to use this strategy to exchange horses, you must help someone like Butu who is familiar with horse nature, so subduing Butu is the most critical part of this strategy.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Buttu thanked him busily, and then said, "I will definitely go and bargain for your nobles, although those horses cannot be used as war horses, but they can still be used to pull carts and transport grain, and they can be bought for about 15,000 yuan."

"Good! That's it," Liu Ping said: "If I can make this happen, I will find a humble intercession for you and get you out of slavery."

"Thank you, thank you," Buttu thanked again.

Although he didn't think that Liu Ping would have so much energy to let them go, as long as he could facilitate this deal, he was already very happy.

The discussion was decided, and Butu was anxious, so he rushed to the Dolan station overnight and reported the good news to the Dolan chief.

Patriarch Dolan was overjoyed when he heard the news.

This year, the grassland was hit by drought, and he also hoped to sell the horse quickly in exchange for food, but his horse could not be used as a war horse, but could only be used to pull a cart.

I never thought that Butu would be able to find him a patron, which was equivalent to saving the lives of their tribe.

The patriarch of Dolan patted Butu on the shoulder and said happily: "The virtuous nephew can make meritorious contributions to my Dolan Department this time, if you can really sell these horses for 15,000 yuan each, I will reconsider your marriage to my daughter."

In fact, the Dolan patriarch was still good to Butu and did not announce his remorse, but the Dolan patriarch was not generous enough to be willing to marry his baby daughter to a slave, so he was hesitating.

If Butu could really do this for him this time, he would think about leading the leaders to intercede with him and get Butu out of slavery, and he could consider continuing to fulfill his previous marriage contract.

Anyway, there are still about thirty people in the Butu clan, and it is impossible for them to pose a threat to the inferiority.

"Thank you uncle for making it happen," this is what Butu was waiting for, and hurriedly bowed down, but he was faintly worried in his heart.

Now that his sister seems to have followed her master to death, in case of any unfavorable words, the deal may not be negotiated.

Early the next morning, Liu Ping went to see Qubei.

"I want to borrow a manpower from King Xian to help," Liu Ping was very respectful.

"Who do you want to borrow?" Went to the humble god asked.

"Sankige's brother, Buttu."

"I heard that you southerners are amorous, but when I saw it today, it was really like this, and it was conquered by Sanqige overnight?" He pinched his beard and laughed, "This must have been asked of you by Sanqige." ”

"That's right," Liu Ping honestly admitted: "I didn't buy a horse from King Xian, so I can't go home empty-handed, I heard Sanqige say that his brother Butu is familiar with horse nature, so he wants him to give him a palm and go to Dolan to buy a horse." ”

"It's all a trivial matter, those slaves say it's borrowed, even if it's given to you."

Qubei was originally ashamed because he didn't sell Liu Ping's horses, but at this time, Liu Ping opened his mouth to borrow a slave, and he naturally agreed to such a trivial matter.

"It's just, don't blame this king for not telling you that the horses of the Dolan tribe are bad horses."

"So what else can I do down there?" Liu Ping said with a bitter face: "The good horses are all here in the Xianwang, and the Xianwang has no extra horses, so he can only retreat to the second, it is better than returning empty-handed." ”

"That's right," Qubei nodded, "In this way, the good man of this king will do it to the end, and he will give you all the slaves of the Butu family.

They still have a set of horses, and if you take them back, take good care of those horses, if the forage is enough, it is impossible to say that they can be used as war horses after three or five years. ”

"Thank you for your help!"

"This king is also selling Cao Gong's face, no need to be polite," Qu said with a humble smile.

Not to mention that Liu Ping helped him capture and Mo Ri, and now that the Cao family controls the imperial court, any prince in the world who wants to give his subordinates an official has to go through Cao Cao, and no one dares to ignore the Cao family, even if he is humble.

After all, who knows if there will be a time when the court will be used in the future.

Anyway, Buttu was only thirty or so slaves, and he didn't lack it, so he didn't feel distressed at all when he gave it away as a gift.

Subsequently, he ordered someone to write a document on a sheepskin and give it to Liu Ping, which was the proof of the identity of those slaves.

After Liu Ping left, Yuan Xi and Xu You came in from outside the tent.

"King Xian, I heard from below outside the tent that they were going to buy bad horses?" Yuan Xi smiled maliciously.

"Eavesdropping on other people's words is not the work of the gentleman you are talking about," Qubei's face suddenly became not very good-looking, he had not forgotten that Yuan Xi maliciously lowered the price at that time, and almost forced him to sell the good horse for 25,000 yuan.

If Liu Ping hadn't suddenly arrived and raised the price, Yuan Xi's trick would have succeeded.

"What about bad horses? It all depends on how he will take care of it in the future, and he will take the stables with him, and after three or five years of raising, he will be able to become a mature man.

And even if a good horse is, if you encounter someone who can't raise it, you can raise a bad horse. ”

"King Xian has been taught," Yuan Xi hypocritically agreed, and was quite disdainful in his heart.

If the situation is changing rapidly, and every prince is hovering between conquering and being conquered, who doesn't want to buy horses and hurry up to form cavalry, how can they have time to wait for the last three or five years to use it?

Seeing the indifferent expression on Yuan Xi's face, he knew that this son didn't listen to his words at all, so he snorted and said, "Is the money ready?"

When you are ready, you will pay the money with one hand, hand over the horse with the other, and the money and goods will be cleared. ”

"It's been ready for a long time, and it's just outside it."

"Well, this king will send someone to take you to fetch the horse."

"King Xian's horse isn't here?"

"This place is not a horse breeding ground, the horse is still eighty miles away," Qubei is obviously impatient, this guy doesn't understand anything.

"Alright then, King Lao Xian will send someone to settle with Zaixia," Yuan Xi nodded in agreement.

He and Xu You came to the outside of the big tent, saw that there was no one left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Ziyuan, then Cao Cao's envoy bought a bad horse, do we have something to do?" ”

He bought good horses on this trip, but the price was 10,000 yuan each, which was by no means a credit to boast of, or even a small mistake.

When I went back, I said that I was appreciated by my father, and it would be good not to be reprimanded.

"Let me think about it," Xu You also had the same concerns, after all, he was an accompanying strategist, and Yuan Xi had done something wrong, and he was also at fault.

He stroked his beard and walked back and forth for two steps, and stood still and said: "Gongzi is not as good as this, he will compete with Cao Cao's envoy, and finally defeat Cao Cao's envoy and successfully buy a good horse."

In this way, the son has no fault in front of the lord, but a credit. ”

"This method is very good," Yuan Xi's eyes lit up, if this matter was spread all over the world, I am afraid that everyone's attention would be on defeating the Cao envoy, even his father.

For his father, money is a trivial matter, and it is a big thing to overpower Cao Cao, and to gain face.

"I will publicize the fact that Cao Cao's envoy had no choice but to retreat and buy inferior horses, so it will inevitably make Cao Cao lose face, and my father will be happy."

"Childe Takami!" Xu You smiled and nodded, and secretly let out a sigh of relief, so that this trip to the troubled waters could finally be explained.

……

Liu Ping led a group of people to follow Butu to Dolan Ministry.

The patriarch of Dolan led the head of the clan to greet Liu Ping and his party with the most noble etiquette on the grassland, and then enthusiastically accompanied Liu Ping to see the horses.

Seeing thousands of horses in the horse circle, they all looked extraordinary, Liu Ping couldn't see any abnormality in these horses, and nodded with a smile to express satisfaction.

The patriarch of Dolan accompanied behind, and when he saw Liu Ping nodding uncontrollably, he was very happy.

It seems that this Han man does not understand horses, and this deal is probably going to be completed.

Unexpectedly, Sang Qige whispered to Liu Ping next to him: "Master, look at the legs of these horses, they look thick, but in fact, the meat is loose and cannot exert strength, although the eyes of the horses are wide open, they have no spirit, I am afraid that it is not easy to feed." ”

How could Liu Ping see whether there was a god in the horse's eyes, let alone the muscles of the horse's legs, which can only be seen by a person like Sanqige who has a family background and grew up on horseback since childhood.

When Sang Qige heard this, the old man's face suddenly turned green, and he glanced at Butu in confusion, where is your sister?

Buttu's face was full of disappointment, and he wanted to glue Sangiger's mouth shut.

Seeing that Liu Ping's face instantly lost his smile, Patriarch Dolan and Butu were all deflated.

"I've seen all the horses, whether I buy it or not, it's all my valued guest in Dolan, let's go eat first."

The Dolan patriarch said stupidly.

Originally, he prepared a grand banquet and was ready to entertain Liu Ping, the big buyer, after the transaction was successful, but at this time, seeing that Sang Qige revealed the bottom, this transaction was probably yellow.

However, people come from afar, and the meal still has to be managed.

Dozens of people sat in a large circle on the grassland, and Liu Ping and the Dolan patriarch sat on the main seat in the middle, with some simple meals on the table in front of them.

"Nobleman, I can continue to reduce the price of these horses, you only need to pay twelve thousand yuan, and we will sell them."

Patriarch Dolan gritted his teeth and decided to make a last-ditch effort.

In fact, it is not easy to raise a horse, and it is already a slight loss if it is sold for 15,000 yuan, and if it is 12,000 yuan, it will be a big loss.

It's just that he saw that Liu Ping's face was calm, and he had no intention of buying, there were so many horses in Dolan, where to find such a big buyer?

In addition, Dolan is really anxious to wait for money to buy food for emergency relief, so if you lose, you will lose.

"I heard that Ling Ai and Butu have a marriage contract?" Liu Ping ignored Dolan's price reduction, and instead asked about these idle things.

"When Butu's father was here, he did make a marriage contract with me," Patriarch Dolan sighed, "It's just that time has passed, and now things are different from people."

Now that Butu is in this capacity, even if he wants to marry my daughter, what will he do to support him? ”

Butu next to him listened to it in his ears, and his face suddenly sank like a block of ice, he originally thought that he could make a contribution to the Dolan Ministry, but it seems that this credit cannot be established, and the promise made by the Dolan patriarch last night has become an empty word.

In fact, Patriarch Dolan's words were quite subtle, and at this time, other leaders on the side were already talking in low voices: "Isn't it ridiculous that a slave also wants to marry the daughter of our patriarch?" ”

"It's just that he thinks his clan is still there, it's ridiculous."

Listening to the ridicule of the crowd, Butu was about to go crazy.

"Ahem," at this time, Liu Ping suddenly coughed twice, and said to the Duolan clansman: "Those horses, I am willing to pay 20,000 yuan to buy them."

However, I have one condition, so that Ling Ai will marry Butu immediately. ”