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Ashina couldn't laugh anymore, and looked up and down again at the young man in front of him who was dressed in a man's clothes and had his hair scattered, but he claimed to be a Great Sui peddler. This man was eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and a broad back, and he was considered a strong man among the Turks. Although he is young, his speech and demeanor are full of masculinity. A pair of eyes are clear and deep, no matter who they meet, they will never flinch.

This is no ordinary peddler! Ashina said secretly in his heart. Suddenly remembering a legendary character, he smiled and replied, "It's not a shame to exchange your bow for my horse." It's just a pity to separate the good bow and BMW, why don't we two gamble, take the bow horse if you win, and don't complain about the loss of the bow, how about it? ”

"Of course, what do you say you bet?" Li Xu asked loudly. For the sake of the dignity of the Su Si Ministry, he must not back down at this time. Besides, there is still Tao Kuo and decelation on the side, and the man's shoulders should be stronger.

"Horse racing!" But Yu smiled and shook his head, "Your mount suffers, they must laugh at me for bullying you." ”

"Shoot!" Li Xu shook his head as he learned from Qi Yu, "Your bow is not good, we Su Si men can't bully distant guests!" ”

"You're funny!" But Yu has a high status in the family, but several uncles and brothers are competitors, and the relationship is extremely stiff. And the guards and playmates around him, but no one dared to talk to him like this. At first glance, he met someone who didn't know the depth, but it made him feel a little fun.

At this point, he was not in a hurry. He jumped off his horse, handed the reins into Aslan's hands, and said, "Please bear witness to this brother, if I lose in a while, you can give him the horse!" ”

Seeing that the other party was free and easy, Li Xu also jumped off the horse, took a few steps forward, handed the bow to the guards of Qiyu, and told with a smile: "If I lose, this bow will belong to your master." ”

But Yu looked at Li Xu again, and strengthened the inference in his heart. This person is the legendary holy wolf guard who broke into the enemy camp in the middle of the night and bit to death more than 50 Xi warriors. This time, I came to appease Su Sibu, and it was the best choice to uncover the misunderstanding caused by the Condor Shooting through a gambling game. Thinking of this, he glanced at the guards with extremely subtle movements.

The guard bowed to receive the order, supported the bow in both hands, and walked to Aslan's side and stood side by side with him. At this time, the Condor Shooting turmoil has been completely dissolved by the upcoming gambling match, and although there is still a gap between the two sides, there is not much hostility anymore.

The Turkic wolf riders and the herdsmen of the Su Si tribe dismounted one after another and formed a large circle around Li Xu and Qiyu. The grassland gambling tournament is nothing more than horseback riding, archery, and fighting (including wrestling). From childhood to adulthood, the shepherds played like this, no matter whether they won or lost, everyone could not be angry or cheating, otherwise they would be looked down upon by everyone.

"Than what?" Li Xu and Qi Yu asked at the same time. After jumping off the horse, the two found that they were about the same height. It's just that Qi Yu is in his early thirties, while Li Xu looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old.

A 30-year-old strong man beats a 15-year-old boy, and it is not glorious to win. Although Yu has a rebellious temper, he is also a downright man. After thinking about it, he said, "You say, pick what you are best at!" ”

"What I'm best at is memorizing ancient poems!" Li Xu shrugged his shoulders and made a harmless joke. "The people from the Ashina family must be far stronger in poetry. Today you have come from afar, Kurama Lawton, we might as well be more elegant! ”

"You kid, how can I compare with you to write poetry!" But Yu was so angry that he couldn't smile bitterly, and said angrily.

"That's better than drinking, do you dare?" Li Xu was waiting for the other party's words, and asked loudly.

Ashina was stunned again, he didn't expect a Han person to dare to compare the amount of wine with himself. The Turkic people believed that wine produced blood, and the more warriors they were, the greater the amount of wine. Looking at the other party's innocent smile, he replied with a smile: "Than wine, see who drinks more." If you lose for a while, don't cry! ”

"If you're drunk for a while, don't pretend to be confused," Li Xu replied loudly.

The onlookers of wolf riders and shepherds applauded, and they all walked to their horses and untied the bags of mare's milk wine. Mare's milk wine is a must-have for all foreign peoples, both as wine to quench fatigue and thirst, and almost every shepherd who travels will carry a few bags with him. After a while, the bags containing the wine were piled up in front of Qiyu and Li Xu, and the two looked at each other with their eyes, untied the leather rope, and drank at each other.

"One, two, good!" The wolf riders and the shepherds cheered loudly. The two men in the competition drank a lot of alcohol, but Yu raised his pockets high and poured them into his throat. Li Xu hung his head and sucked, and the speed of drinking was naturally not slow. In the blink of an eye, Qi Yu emptied four leather bags, looked down at Li Xu, and found that the other party had two pairs of leather bags under his feet, and he was untying the leather rope of the fifth pocket in his hand.

"Oh no, this kid is a wine basket!" But Yu was taken aback, and secretly screamed in his heart. The concentration of mare's milk wine is much higher than that of Central Plains rice wine, so the Han people who come and go can basically put over two bags of wine, and few can drink up the third bag. The young man on the opposite side had four bags on his stomach, but his face did not change at all. There was warmth in his eyes, but he drank a little bit of eagerness like meeting an old friend.

But Yu untied the fifth bag of leather rope and poured it into the sky. The action of drinking was too fast, and 30% of the bag spilled on the chest. This is already a cheating, but Li Xu turned a blind eye. Untie the sixth bag of mare's milk and suck it into your mouth without haste.

In the entire upper valley, Li Xu's uncle Zhang Baosheng is the only one who concentrates rice wine. Although the mare's milk wine is strong, it is far from the level of fine brewing in an inn. Moreover, his uncle Zhang Baosheng once "taught" the way of drinking, and the more evenly you drink, the less likely you are to get drunk. On the contrary, the kind of person who poured wildly at first, and later drank and sprinkled, seems to be shrewd, but in fact he has not fought, and his heart has already lost.

Ashina carried the sixth bag in his hand, but saw Li Xu start to untie the seventh leather bag. He knew that he was destined to accompany the black eagle and lose his horse today, so he stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Forget it, the war horse belongs to you." It's called Black Wind, I hope you will gallop in the future, don't be wronged by its blood! ”

"Thank you, Brother Qiyu!" Li Xu put down the wine bag and stood up with the wine rumbling in his abdomen. After taking a few steps forward, he picked up his bow bag from the guard and held it to Qi Yu with both hands. "My bow is not for sale, but I can give it to a friend!"

But Yu took the bow in his hand, overjoyed, and reluctantly touched and touched, but finally returned the bow to Li Xu's hand, and said: "Since, since I lost, I can't be broken, and I have the rules." Your Subu man is a man, and I'm a Turkic man, that is, is it a child? ”

"What a Turkic man, worthy of the bloodline of the Ashina family!" Outside the crowd, someone shouted praise.

Li Xu took the bow in his hand and turned his head to look back. I saw Su Si attached to more than 100 shepherds, and I don't know when he was already standing behind everyone. Judging from the appreciative smiles on the faces of the herdsmen, it was obvious that everyone had seen the scene of their gambling and drinking with Ashina Chayu just now.

That night, the people of the Su Si tribe entertained Ashina Choyu and his entourage with the gift of welcoming distinguished guests, and held a carnival, and the bonfire was lit from the central tent to the outside of the camp. During the banquet, Su Si repeatedly asked Li Xu to return the war horse to the guests, but Ashina Choyu resigned on the grounds that he was willing to gamble and lose. When he was drunk, Elder Eto asked about the guests' intentions, and Ashina Choyu did not hide it, and made the mission of the trip one by one.

It turned out that more than a dozen families of Suotou Xi herdsmen fled to the Turkic royal court and cried to the khan about the pain of being exterminated by the Susi tribe. The khan was "merciful" and did not want to see his people kill each other, so he specially sent Ashina Choyu to the east to understand the beginning and end of the war.

"What to understand the beginning and end of the war is clearly to ask for benefits. If you want to mediate, what were the Turks busy with last winter? Tao Kuo took advantage of the pouring of wine, leaned over and said in Li Xu's ear.

"The Turks are powerful, let's see how Elder Eto answers!" Li Xu replied in a low voice in Chinese. The two of you and I have a strong affection, and after saying a few words, they pulled the topic elsewhere. As for how Elder Eto complained to the Turkic envoy about the suffering of being attacked and plundered by the Suotouxi tribe, nine out of ten sentences did not listen to the truth.

"If it weren't for the alertness of Attachment and Aslan, it would be our Su Si Department who cried to the Great Khan this year!" Elder Eto recounted the crimes of the Suotou Xi tribe in violating pastures, plundering cattle and sheep, and killing shepherds, and finally turned the conversation to the causes of the war.

"At that time, there were only six people attached to them, and Suo Touxi actually sent twenty-eight scouts to chase and kill, in order not to leak the news, so that the descendants of the white swan could be slaughtered in one fell swoop that night!" You must know that the minister Na Miye added oil and vinegar to the side. Nowadays, the various tribes of the Fei tribe on the shore of the Crescent Lake have been united and branched, and there is gradually a trend of unity. After helping Su Si to deal with the immediate troubles, after the merger of the various ministries in the future, thinking of today's merits, he will naturally have a seat as an elder.