I heard that Cui Jiuming was losing weight, and the last time I saw Cui Jiuming, I did find that he had lost weight, but the weight was not obvious. After more than a month of suffering, when he saw Cui Jiuming again, Su Ren was taken aback. Looking at the past, although my belly is still a little big, it is much thinner than a month ago, and at least I can see my toes now.

After taking a sip of tea, Cui Jiuming let out a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's finally over, I heard Hawking say yesterday that I haven't found anyone sick for five days, I'll just say, the Huns are going to attack Mayi, you can still stay here safely, if that's the case, the first one to run must be you, hum, it's still hidden from me, isn't it that no one has hidden it in the end?" ”

Su Ren smiled: "Okay, don't complain, you will help me this time, and I will definitely tell you if there is anything next time." ”

"Humph!" Cui Jiuming snorted coldly: "Don't next time, let's talk about where did the grain you let Shi Bao escort yesterday go?" He gave it to you on credit, and if you don't get what you deserve, I'm going to be ruthless!" ”

"What's the ruthless method, let's hear it?"

"Those grains are worth 10,000 yuan, this is the cost, at least 500,000 yuan can be sold in Mayi, that is, a thousand war horses, give you a discount, 800 horses, not a single one is missing!"

"Hahaha......" Su Ren laughed: "This is also called ruthless?" Okay, you have to settle the account, let's do the math, last time those horse thieves sent two thousand war horses, and the food they took away was not enough, why should this account be settled? ”

"And say that! Don't forget, those women and children in Taihang Mountain are all arranged by me, and the rest are not even enough for this. ”

Su Ren shook his head: "Okay, good, good my President Cui, a thousand horses is a thousand, you just wait to receive the war horse!" ”

Speaking of war horses, Su Ren really felt a little sorry, if the business with Shan Yu could continue to be done, there would be no problem at all in changing thousands of war horses in the past few months. Since things have become complicated, there has been no harvest in the past few months, and even Yu Dan's tribe has not sent war horses. So his hopes are all pinned on Thorns, hoping that Thorns can gallop across the Huns and get what he wants.

The thorns have been very hard, and they have no place to stay in the vast grassland. From the autumn, according to Su Ren's orders, Thorn led his horse thieves to gallop across the grassland, tearing down all the cowhide tents he could see, and killing all the Huns he could see. At that time, Thorns didn't think it was important to have a comfortable nest, and because they couldn't nest in one place.

Winter is coming, and the cold wind is like a knife from the neckline, cuffs, and even trousers into the body. If anyone dares to expose his face to the outside, it won't take a stick of incense for a while, and the whole face, including the tongue, will become numb. The army of 30,000 horse thieves is very large, and the daily consumption is also a lot, after getting food from Su Ren to eat, cattle and sheep have become their only ration, but those who eat too much meat will also get tired.

Munching on the beef in his mouth like cow dung, Thorn asked Old Heta, "When will they arrive?" If we don't come again, we'll all starve to death! ”

Old Heita shook his head: "The news was sent half a month ago, and it will take a month to calculate the round-trip journey, and we have to endure it for at least half a month." ”

Thorn shook his hand and pierced the short sword in his hand into the small few miles, the force was very great, and the blade of the sword had already been exposed from the other side: "You say, why haven't we thought about making a nest?" Running around in the wind and snow all day, I heard that there are five months of winter here, and these five months are difficult! ”

The flying harrier scratched his head: "Wolf master, why don't we go back to Taihang Mountain!" Come back next spring. ”

When the fire qilin heard this, he immediately nodded: "Yes, hurry back while you can still go, you can't go back if you drag it out, there are these cattle and sheep, they will persist in Taihang Mountain for five months, and they will come next year to do a big vote, and several small tribes in the north have been integrated, they think that this will be able to guard against us, just by surprise, or we will go now, and they will be in a hurry to go again." ”

The four Dharma Protectors all looked at the thorns, hoping that the thorns would find a way out. The grassland is empty, and I am used to living in the deep mountains and old forests, and I am very uncomfortable in this place. 30,000 people is not a small number, and it can be seen clearly on the grassland for ten miles. The Huns did not move them because their danger was not great, and if they really provoked the Huns, it would be a bitter battle.

"Go back?" Thorn asked the four.

The fire unicorn and the creeper all nodded, and the flying harrier frowned and didn't speak, only what the old black tower wanted to say. Thorn glanced at Old Black Tower: "If you have something to say, say it." ”

Old Heita said: "Although we are horse thieves, the foundation is all in the hands of that Mr. Su, if we go back, what if that Mr. Su does not agree to cut off the supply of Taihang Mountain?" We don't have a big problem with hunger, and we still have tens of thousands of family members, and now we don't have enough to feed tens of thousands of people for five months. ”

Everyone was silent, and the fire qilin said: "If the wolf lord talks to that Mr. Su, we really can't hold on here, if there is no place to stay, no one knows how many brothers can survive the five-month winter!" ”

The thorns seemed to be moved by a few people, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem to have reached the point of exhaustion. Not to mention whether Su Ren will let them go back, how can they be comfortable on the grassland when they go back? Accustomed to the days of galloping, and then going to the poor country for a few months, this is not paid with the idea of thorns. In addition, there is not nothing in this grassland, and it is still possible to find a hidden place, as long as the defense is better. They could not move on the steppe, so they did not believe that the Huns would escape.

Just when Thorn couldn't make up his mind, Shi Bao's food delivery team arrived. Hearing the shouts outside, the fire unicorn was the first to rush out of the tent. Shi Bao's team was already surrounded by horse thieves, all smiling. What are you afraid of with food, in the hearts of these horse thieves, food is more precious than life.

Thorn let out a sigh of relief, Shi Bao could send the food so quickly, it meant that Su Ren would not let them go back, and there was nothing to think about.

Running all the way, Shi Bao's face was red from the cold, and as soon as he entered the tent, he squeezed to the fire. The last time the grain and horses were handed over was Lao Heita and Shi Bao, and the two were acquaintances. A slap on Shi Bao's shoulder, Lao Hei Tahaha laughed: "It's you kid again, although I always want to set up my brother, but for the sake of your food, I don't care about you, come on, why don't you hurry up and get some food for Brother Shi?" ”

Shi Bao smiled: "Then thank you brother!" ”

Thorn asked while drinking, "Stone boy, how much food did you send this time?" ”

Shi Bao, who was eating, stuffed his mouth full: "Two thousand stones, Mr. said that these are just the first batch, the wolf lord has a large population here, and he will send so many every month in the future." ”

"Hahaha......" Huo Qilin laughed: "It seems that this Mr. Su is not bad." ”

The others didn't laugh, and Thorn continued to ask Shi Bao: "How many war horses are you going to need?" ”

Shi Bao was really speechless, stretched out his hand and raised a finger, and swallowed the beef in his mouth vigorously: "It will be the case in the future, two thousand stone grain for a thousand war horses, Mr. also said that if you can't take it out for a while, then you owe it first, and then you will make up for it later!" ”

"Righteousness, this Mr. Su is really righteous!" Huo Qilin is a rough person, and he can owe debts when he hears it, and his favorability towards Su Ren has immediately increased a lot.

Thorn smiled: "This is Su Boy who wants to use us as hard labor!" 1,000 horses a month, it's okay at first, but it will get harder and harder in the future, and by then we won't have anything to eat? ”

Shi Bao smiled: "How can the wolf lord say that!" When he came, Mr. also specially explained, let the wolf lord not go deep into the interior of the Huns, it is best to go west along the Great Wall, he will explain to the emperor that in case of any mistakes, the wolf lord can take people into the Han for refuge! ”

Old Heita was overjoyed: "Really? ”

"Of course, there is never a time when Mr. Speak does not count."

The flying harrier was expressionless, and looked at Shi Bao eating with a smile on his face: "What else did Mr. Su say?" ”

Shi Bao thought for a while: "By the way, Mr. also said that the affairs of Taihang Mountain have been arranged, the shopkeeper Cui has sent someone, and the first batch of materials has been sent, so you don't have to worry about it in the future." ”

The creeper is most worried about his mother, wife and children, he is the only one of the four protectors who has a family, and the reason why he followed the thorns out to take risks is that he is forced by the shape and the second is to live for the family. Since Su Ren was talking about it, the creeper was very grateful from the bottom of his heart, and bowed to the south: "Okay, Brother Lao Shi thanked Mr. Su for me." ”

A thousand horses were not many, but Thorn generously sent an extra hundred cattle and sheep. They are horse thieves, and it is not suitable to take so many livestock around the grassland, so it is better to give them to Su Ren as a favor

After the delivery with Shi Bao, send Shi Bao away. The thorny horse thieves are about to set off again. In the team of thorns, the old black tower is the striker, the fire unicorn is the fierce general, and the creeper is the best choice for the queen of the palace. As for the flying harrier with a little brain, he became a thorny dog-headed military division. Normally, Thorn stays with the Harrier, and the conversation between the two is more casual.

Since its departure, the Harrier has been wandering around the thorns. Thorn glanced at it a few times: "If you have something to say, say it!" ”

The flying harrier drove the horse to the thorn's side: "Wolf Lord, do you really believe in Mr. Su so much?" ”

Thorn smiled: "What do you think?" ”

The flying harrier looked left and right, there were no outsiders, and said: "I always feel that Mr. Su treats us as guns, and sooner or later our brothers will all die on the grassland!" ”

Thorn smiled and glanced at the flying harrier: "Don't worry, I promise this won't happen!" Although the first half of what you said is true, I believe that Su Ren will not look at us at the moment of crisis. ”

"Why?"

Thorn smiled but did not speak, and shook the reins of the horse, and the big red horse took small steps and ran ahead.