Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (26)
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It only takes three years, and the attachment is only fifteen years old this year. What a perfect arrangement this is, I didn't expect it to suddenly get stuck in half? Above. Under Li Xu's knife-like gaze, the Patriarch of Xi'er slowly stood up, his face like a thief had been grabbed by the wrist, and he was so red that he was almost dripping blood. Opening his mouth, he heard a voice that didn't look like himself explaining, "I, I'm also a last resort." Aaron, Aaron was only ten years old. Eru, Eru is no longer a perfect treasure jade. The Ashina family has intermarried with the Central Plains for generations, and the customs are the same as those of the Han people, in case they are angered, the tribe, the tribe ......! ”
"Patriarch Syll, did you think of this reason yourself?" Li Xu felt like he had crawled out of the Crescent Moon Lake just now, and the blood in his whole body had already coagulated. The cold autumn wind blew in through the window, blowing away all the fog in front of him.
This is not a method that Sil himself came up with, and there is no concept of 'the body of the wall' in the minds of the people and the Turkic vocabulary. The phrase 'Ashina family has intermarried with the Central Plains for generations, and the customs are the same as those of the Han people', should not come from the mouth of the Sil patriarch. In the entire Su Si Department, if there is another person other than Xu Dayan who is so clear about the history and habits of the Ashina family, there is no need to guess the identity of this person.
Only she needed the power of the Turks so urgently. More than twenty years have passed, and in her heart, her hatred for Da Sui has not diminished at all.
"I, of course I. I am the head of a clan, and I can't gamble with the safety of my people! Sucsir shouted loudly, lest anyone would not hear his answer. He felt his anger, but the anger in front of his clear gaze collapsed as quickly as if he had encountered a snowy mountain.
It was Su Si who was sorry for the detachment, and the elder Sha Ge of the Sheding Department shook his head slightly. However, he was not going to stand up and say a word of justice. Patriarch Sil's answer made sense, and everyone couldn't gamble with the safety of their people. There are limits to fairness. After this matter has passed, the ministries are willing to give the most beautiful maiden to the attachment as compensation. But now, Tao Kotosi must fulfill the responsibilities of the patriarch's daughter. This responsibility is innate to her and cannot be escaped.
Su Sifu felt the embarrassment in his brother's heart, straightened his body, and blocked the middle between Li Xu and Patriarch Xi'er. Although he was still guilty in his heart, and despite the great pressure he still felt in the face of the detached gaze, he showed his courage without hesitation.
"I accept your challenge, after a pillar of incense, let the immortal heaven witness your bravery!" Su Sifu replied coldly, and after speaking, he turned around and walked out of the tent.
"Disturb the patriarch and the elders!" Li Xu hugged his fists in front of him, bowed down and bowed to the four sides for a Han salute. "Please remember that you have the blood of a white swan in your veins, not a crow that picks up bones after the wolves!"
With that, he turned and walked out of the tent. How the elders decide, he could not interfere. But no matter what the outcome of the final decision is, he will do one thing he wants to do. Li Xu suddenly remembered the coppersmith master, who had kept a promise for more than 20 years, did he really have no regrets? The people he is waiting for are really worth what he has to pay for?
Pulling the two horses three hundred paces apart, Elder Eto shook the whip in his hand with all his might. This solution is not bad, if the Han family kid loses, Su Sibu will no longer have to carry anything. A fifteen-year-old newborn calf challenges an adult male wolf, and there is little suspense about the outcome of the victory.
Su Sili grabbed the horse's belly and rushed towards the wild boy who insulted him not far away. In the entire tribe, except for Aslan, no one could defeat the curved bow in his hand. He adjusted the speed of the horse, trying to coordinate his body with the undulating rhythm of the war horse, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, Su Si attached to take the bow, set up the arrow, and saw the victory smiling at himself.
The warm feeling from the horn bow made Li Xu's heart empty, the anger after being deceived and fooled, and the despair after being betrayed, all melted away by the silence of that moment. He didn't instigate his horse, and shooting at a gallop was not his forte. He needs to wait quietly for his opportunity to come to the door.
"That Han kid didn't move!" Su Si was stunned for a moment, and then a burst of relief swelled in his heart. Shooting at a static target at about a hundred paces, he has not missed his head since he was seventeen years old. "It's your own death!" Su Sili gritted his teeth and pulled the bowstring to the rhythm of the horse's hooves.
"Whoosh!" A flash of lightning choked everyone's breath.
One hundred and thirty paces away, Su Si's detached war horse jumped high, neighed sadly, and threw his master out. "Whoosh!" The feathered arrow that had lost its target head came out of the bowstring attached by Su Si and soared straight into the sky.
Li Xu collected his bow, rode his horse, drew his knife, and rolled away like a whirlwind towards Su Sifu, who fell into the dust. The biggest advantage of the Central Plains Horn Bow is its strength, when he shot the scout leader, Xu Dayan once pointed out his hand. In order to ensure the accuracy, today he chose the neck of the opponent's war horse. "Shoot the man before the horse!" In the song recipe taught by Uncle Jiu, it is clearly written that countless Central Plains soldiers have exchanged their lives for experience
Elder Eto closed his eyes tightly, Su Si was finished, and he had no chance to escape his opponent's scimitar after being thrown into a daze. Unless someone rushed forward desperately to stop Li Xu's war horse, but the person who broke the rules of the grassland would then be tied to the back of the horse and dragged to death.
The expected smell of blood and screams did not come, but was replaced by a chaotic noise. Elder Eto opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Li Xu standing on the ground, his scimitar pressing Su Si's neck. Capture but not kill, this is an even greater insult to the loser of the duel. From then on, Su Si's status as a slave to the victor was that of the steppe, and according to the rules of the steppe, he would never be able to get rid of his slavery unless his master allowed his family to redeem it with property.
"I'm not a coward! You are! Li Xu put the scimitar on Su Si's neck and said quietly. Su Si's eyes were closed, and the whole person was tortured to blood red by humiliation, but he couldn't muster up the courage to hit the blade of the scimitar with his neck.
"Elder Eto, can I exchange my slave for someone from your ministry?" Li Xu put away the scimitar and shouted at the old forehead. This is the rule of the grassland, and he knows that Elder Eto can't refuse.
"Tao Kotosi is the daughter of the patriarch, not a slave." The old fox Eto replied to the question.
"What's the matter with Tao Kuo's silk?" Some of the shepherds, who did not understand the reason for the incident, whispered. Duel with Su Si as Li Xu, which is obviously a violation of the rules of the clan. But why didn't Elder Eto stop him? Why did the patriarch of Sil hide in the big tent and refuse to come out? What about the samurai who were responsible for maintaining order in the tribe, why did they look at Li Xu with sympathy?
"It's the Ashina family who proposes marriage to the Sil patriarch's family!" A man who knew something about the details replied in a low voice. Today's matter may not end well, the patriarch's younger brother has suffered humiliation, if the other party is not the holy wolf guard, it is estimated that half of the clan's warriors have come forward to defend the dignity of the patriarch's family at this time.
The evening breeze is cool, blowing through the cold sweat behind people's backs.
"I'm going to exchange Su Si for Ah Yun, Elder Eto, can this deal be done!" Li Xu asked with a sneer. He felt a hint of revenge, even though it stabbed him like a knife.
"Ah Yun is your own slave, you want to release her at any time, ......" Elder Eto never expected that Li Xu would spend so much time and risk his life just for a female slave, so he didn't react for a while, and blurted out.
"He's just fighting a duel with Su Si for a slave girl!" The shepherds whispered, their faces full of disbelief.
"I don't even want my life for a slave girl!" Someone gently beat his chest and said, he was still afraid in his heart, if it wasn't for Su Si's carelessness, the alien boy would have been in a different place at this time. The steppe warriors' scimitars were not as merciful as the young men, and they were accustomed to leaving no chance for revenge.
"From today on, Ah Yun is no longer anyone's slave. She will be your guest for as long as she wants to stay in the tribe. If you want to leave, you can't stop you! Li Xu pushed Su Si away hard, and the latter shook as if he had lost his soul, stumbling forward.
"Deal!" Elder Eto grabbed Su Si and replied with a little annoyance.
"Elder Eto, I forgot to ask, are you answering me on behalf of the entire Su Si Division, or just on your own behalf?" Li Xu took a step forward with his hand on the handle of the knife and asked with a smile. Xu Dayan once said that if you want to calculate others, don't let people guess your next step. Now that he had already torn his face with Elder Eto and the others, he didn't mind making the relationship between the two sides even more stiff.