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It is the star iron, the treasure in the eyes of the herdsmen on the grassland. Some people have been searching for years in the grass, but they can't find a priceless treasure with the weight of a knife. For hundreds of years, almost all the pastures in the vicinity have been searched, but no one has ever thought of trying their luck under the cold surface of the lake. The clever Tao Kuo thought of it, so she brought the charcoal fire to the shore of the Crescent Moon Lake at the brightest moment of the sun.

Thinking about the whirling thoughts in his heart when Tao Kuo took off his clothes just now, Li Xu felt red-faced. secretly scolded himself for reading the books of sages for so many years, but he always thought crookedly about such sincere feelings. In the face of such true affection, all secular rituals and religions, and what men and women are in trouble, can all go to hell. "She is sincerely good to me, so I must also treat her sincerely and sincerely, and I will never let her down!"

I don't know how much time passed, the stiff body of the girl in her arms slowly began to soften, and the trembling feeling was no longer there, replaced by a gentleness like melting ice and snow. Li Xu slowly lowered his head, and saw Tao Kuo's big eyes flickering. When the two met their eyes, the girl's face immediately turned red, her eyes were tightly closed, and her long eyelashes trembled with the most beautiful rhythm in the world.

Lowering his head slightly, Li Xu touched his lips to those eyelashes. No one should teach him, this is his instinctive way of expressing it. The girl's body stiffened again, trembling as if the cold had not dissipated, and the breathing in her nostrils was instantly heavy, spraying heat waves on Li Xu's face.

Li Xu raised his head and kissed the delicate lips. Seven points of tension, two points of gentleness, and one point of happiness instantly surged through his body, and his body involuntarily began to tremble. There was a dizziness in my head, but in my closed eyes I saw a thousand rays of sunshine, which was so brilliant that it eclipsed the spring on the prairie.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xu slowly raised his head. He felt himself grow up in an instant, and he became extremely strong in an instant. Even if a snowstorm on the grassland comes suddenly, he can straighten his body and give the person in his arms a windless, snow-free, the most peaceful and warm habitat in the world!

"Leave my brother......" the girl in her arms screamed dreamily. Maybe it was because of the cold or some other reason, her nostrils seemed to be a little blocked, and her voice sounded with a tail note, haunting and disturbing.

"Hmm!" Li Xu replied dreamily. It was as if he had suffered a little cold, and his voice was low and magnetic.

The two horses couldn't stand such a sweet sound and fled in all directions. One of them fled because he had no load, and the other, unable to spread his hooves because he was dragging a huge piece of star-iron, had to take a few steps forward, lay on the ground, and buried his ears in the grass.

"Attached to my brother, do you think I was from the Hu clan?" The girl sighed and asked quietly.

"No, absolutely not. I, Li Xu, swear to Changshengtian, if ......" Li Xu hurriedly raised his right hand and shouted, Fang wanted to curse, but a finger like a spring onion gently blocked between his lips.

"Fool, no, it's not, why swear? It's not like I don't believe you! The girl smiled like a flower and said calmly.

"I, I'm just ......" Li Xu's heart was moved and sweet. After thinking about it for a while, he finally mustered up the courage to say: "According to our customs in the Central Plains, if you like a person, you must inform both parents first. Then the man invited the matchmaker to propose, and after the woman's parents allowed, he could accept the blessing of the elders in front of everyone, and then he could enter the cave room to perform the gift of Zhou Gong! ”

Li Xu suddenly raised his voice and said everything he wanted to say in his heart. He didn't want to hide it anymore, and he didn't want to run away anymore. He wanted to let Tao Kuo know that from the first time he saw each other, he liked each other. I really like it, and I know a piece of her heart. Therefore, after his parents are revealed, he wants to marry Tao Kuo and let her be his bride in a dignified manner.

"Fool, who promised to be your bride!" Although Tao Kuo didn't understand what Zhou Gong's gift meant, he also guessed something from Li Xu's flushed face. The worries in my chest dissipated, and the feeling of sweetness and happiness filled all the gaps. She scolded with a smile and lowered her head slightly, a glow from her neck to the base of her ears.

"I never thought you were a bearded girl, just like you never thought I was a Han'er. I was just respecting you! Li Xu lowered his head and pecked at the pink neck, and said in the girl's ear.

The girl's body became softer and softer, and the spring snow "melted" on Li Xu's chest, motionless. After a while, he changed to a more comfortable posture, closed his eyes tightly and asked: "Then, Uncle Mazi, Uncle Scar, why didn't they get married, just, just ......."

Later, because of shyness, the voice was already inaudible.

"They're a dewy couple, they can't be real!" Li Xu sighed and explained to Tao Kuo in a low voice. In front of him, Xu Dayan's lost appearance after drinking instantly appeared. E Ru's feelings for Xu Dayan are probably as fierce as Tao Kuo's feelings for herself. But if she knew that Xu Dayan refused to marry because of her family's reputation, she didn't know how sad she would be.

"What is a dewy couple?" Tao Kuo asked in a low voice. Her Chinese master is Aunt Qing, and for a wealthy woman, the word dew husband and wife must have never been mentioned in front of other races.

"It's like dew on the tip of grass, which exists only at night, and is dried by the sun as soon as it dawns, as if nothing had happened!" Li Xu thought about it for a while, and made an apt analogy with words that Tao Kuo could understand. In the Central Plains, this kind of behavior is not visible, so his words have unconsciously carried a taste of contempt.

"Dew couple, this word is so beautiful, you Han people are smart, you can create such an interesting word!" Tao Kuo didn't feel the derogatory meaning in the words at all, and writhed his body in Li Xu's arms, fascinated by the word dew.

Time always flies too quickly for people who are in love. When Li Xu and Tao Kuotuosi returned to the camp of Susibu from the shore of Crescent Lake, it was already dark. Numerous fires were lit in the middle of the camp, and from a distance they looked like stars rolling on the tips of the grass. Beside the fire, the shepherd's singing voice was heard in the distance, there was a song of immortality, and more of a direct confession of the feelings of men and women. Li Xu and Tao Kuo glanced at each other, and quickly avoided their gazes. The sweet feeling rippled in their hearts, as if the wind they breathed was filled with the smell of nectar.

"You're back!" Asilan, who was leading the clansmen to patrol the periphery of the camp, saw Li Xu and ran over to complain in a low voice. According to the convention, Tao Kuotuosi must have jumped up and saluted back: "Who wants you to care!" ”。 But today, everyone waited for a long time but didn't hear the little barbarian girl's movements. Everyone stared at each other strangely, and found that Tao Kuo's face was red, and there was a different kind of tenderness in his eyes.

"It turns out that the flowers on the prairie have bloomed!" Someone said something in a hurry, which immediately caused a long burst of laughter. Tao Kuo's face turned even redder, and he slammed the horse's belly, rushed away from everyone, and fled in the direction of his home.

"It seems that the attached master is not only good at swordsmanship, but also good at riding and shooting!" Ah Silan laughed and rode his horse to block Li Xu's way. He and his wife are usually "bullied" by Tao Kuotuosi, a little villain, and when they get the opportunity at this moment, how can they not seize the time to get a revenge?

Li Xu was so laughed by everyone that his ears were hot, but he couldn't walk away like Tao Kuodesi. had no choice but to widen his eyes, pretending to understand the Turkic language of Ah Silan and the others. After everyone had enough laughter, he arched his hand and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with Brother Ah Silan?" Why are there so many fires lit in the tribe today? ”

"Your people are here, and the chief of Sil is giving them a feast. The warriors of the Shetobu, the Must-Know and the Daxi have not left yet, so everyone happens to get together to eat roast sheep. The spring sheep has just grabbed the fat, and it is the time of freshness! A Silan smiled and introduced to Li Xu. Last year, it was the arrival of the caravan that provided the Su Si Department with an opportunity to meet the other Fei Ren tribes of the Alliance, and this time everyone came again, and the Su Si Bu naturally had to do their best to entertain them. Moreover, these people are all members of the clan of the Attached and Xu Sages, and the Zhuxia Shepherd Jingwu and Wu will also show the greatest kindness to the caravan.

"Uncle Nine? That's great! Li Xu shouted in ecstasy. Today is really all the best, and I have a lifelong appointment with Tao Kuotuosi, and Uncle Nine came with someone. I wrote a letter to him in the felt bag and asked him to bring it back, and it was estimated that it would not take long.......

"Your people all look the same, I can't tell who's who!" Ah Silan admitted with a wry smile. In their eyes, almost all Han Chinese look similar. is as familiar as Li Xu and Xu Dayan together, and Ah Silan can naturally distinguish the difference between the two. Like Uncle Jiu, Zhang San and others, who only have a few faces, they are almost the same face without difference in the memory of the men of the Xia tribe.

"You go quickly, Xu Xian and the patriarch's younger brother Su Si have taken people to sign a contract with the Khitans in the east, and it won't be back until half a month younger. Are your people still asking about your dwellings? "Hou Quli? stepped forward and pushed Li Xu and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Asilan, thank you, Brother Hou Quli, let's drink another day!" Li Xu bowed his hand and said goodbye to everyone. The title of clansman made him feel very warm, although he had left a lot of unpleasant memories during the last trip, but after a long time, these unpleasant memories were slowly forgotten, and all that remained in his heart was the kindness of the local sound and the nostalgia for his hometown.

A wisp of nostalgia enveloped Li Xu, and he kept urging his mount, hoping to meet those familiar faces in the shortest possible time. However, the face next to the fire made him a little disappointed, Uncle Nine was not there, Hao Laodao was not there, and even the annoying Du Scar did not appear. After walking past three or four fires in quick succession filled with unfamiliar faces, he finally saw a few old acquaintances.

"..... Xu, Master Li, you can come back. The patriarch is talking to us about your deeds! Third Uncle Zhang laughed and stood up from the largest fire in the center of the camp, and shouted to Li Xu with ten times more enthusiasm than the bonfire.

"I've seen Master Li!" Several familiar and unfamiliar vendors stood up at the same time and solemnly saluted Li Xu, who was less than half their age.

"Master Li?" Li Xu is so old, he has no experience of elders giving gifts to him. So the expression was very unnatural in a moment, and the whole person felt dizzy, as if he had just been poured more than a dozen bags of mare's milk wine.