It is said that this place in Jincheng belonged to the Qiang people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

According to the geographical explanation, Jincheng was located between what is now Xining and Lanzhou, and it was still very desolate at that time.

Due west, is the Great Qiang area, inhabited by hundreds of Qiang tribes, large and small.

To the southwest, there is Jishi Mountain. Along Taoshui to the southeast, about 45 days away, you can reach the territory of Longxi.

Dong Li rode on the spotted beast and raised his eyes to look around.

The sky was vast and wild, and the desolate and vast scenery in the west was completely different from what he had seen in Lintao. Here, the sky is high, the earth is wide, and all unpleasant feelings seem to disappear at once.

Although it was recognized by the lion's mane beast, Dong Li didn't think it was a good thing to ride it now.

According to the Soma Sutra, the true maturity of the lion's mane is supposed to be six to seven years old. After that, there was a peak of thirty years, or even longer. The lion-mane beast Ugly is only a little more than a year old now, and he is not suitable to be Dong Li's mount. At this age, it should be free to gallop in the vast world and develop more soundly.

Feed with the best fodder and gallop in the northwest.

Maybe in a few years, when the lion's mane beast Ugly really grows up, it will be able to complement Dong Li.

Therefore, Dong Li is not in a hurry.

He had enough patience to wait for the lion-mane beast Ugly to fully grow. Isn't it five or six years? At that time, Dong Li will only be seventeen or eighteen years old, and it will be very pleasant to cooperate with Ah Chou. And now, it's better to maintain the nature of the lion's mane beast and let it grow up happy and carefree. Looking at the lion's mane beast, Dong Li smiled.

"Childe, what are you laughing at?"

"Lu Yi, you said that in the future, who is more powerful than the red rabbit horse that the eldest sister gave to her father?"

Although Lu Yi has changed his name to Dong Lu, Dong Yi is still used to the original way of being called. And Lu Yi also felt that the old name was more pleasant to hear. Hearing Dong Li's question, she covered her mouth and sneered: "The slave has never seen the Red Rabbit Horse, how do you know who is powerful?" However, the red rabbit horse left the homeland, even if the eldest master raised it well, it still lacked a little bit of its original nature. According to the slave maid, if you compare, it is still the ugly of the child. ”

Dong Li was very happy when he heard this.

knew that there was a flattering taste in Lu Yi's words, but he was willing to listen.

People, I always like to listen to good things that are good to my ears. Besides, the lion's mane and him use the same milk name, Dong Li's expectations for the lion's mane beast are naturally much higher than those of the red rabbit horse. Red rabbit in horses? Maybe it will be changed to a horse in the ugly when the time comes.

Dong Li was very happy when he thought of what Ugly would look like in the future.

With a shrill whistle, the lion-mane Ugly immediately responded with a long hiss, galloping from a distance.

******

"Ugly's mood looks much better!"

Dong Yu was in the horse team, watching Dong Yu urge the spotted beast and the lion's mane beast to compete in foot strength. She smiled and said to Beigong Bo: "Two days earlier, you looked at his appearance, as if he had lost his soul." It's only been more than ten days, and it seems to have been adjusted. ”

Beigong Bo said: "It's just a child, it's normal. ”

Dong Yu shook his head lightly, "Is it really a child?" Beigong, sometimes I always feel that Ugly is older than us. ”

"Isn't that a youkai?"

"Maybe...... Whether it's a youkai or not, it's my brother. Dong Yu's words changed suddenly, "Beigong, you seem to be preoccupied in the past two days, can you tell me that we are husband and wife, and we should share weal and woe." ”

Beigong Bo scratched his head, sighed and said, "Actually, when I became the captain of the western region, I didn't have any bottom in my heart. Now the situation in Jincheng is complicated, and the situation among our clan is not optimistic. Although I have an official position in the imperial court, I always find it difficult to handle. As you know, I don't want to be an official, not even this leader. ”

Dong Yu's cheeks twitched, and his gaze immediately dimmed.

"Beigong, I know your temperament. To be honest, I don't think you're fit to be the leader either. But now that you have become a leader and an official of the imperial court, you must take this responsibility. You're worried......"

Without waiting for Dong Yu to finish speaking, Beigong Bo nodded, "Second brother is very ambitious, I know." And...... I know him as a person, and he is ambitious and talented. The greater the ambition, the more I am afraid that it will harm him, and even the whole clan. Some of the people of the tribe supported him, and he had a lot of prestige among the surrounding tribes, and I was really worried that he would bring disaster. ”

"Then kill him!"

Dong Yu's eyes were cold, and he said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal." If you have the whole clan at heart, the best thing to do is to kill him. If the second brother is killed, the differences in the clan will naturally disappear. If anyone rises up and resists again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to speak alone. ”

"But he's my brother, how can I do that? Eldest sister, if Ugly endangers the family in the future, will you kill him? ”

Dong Yu hesitated for a moment and looked at Dong Li.

In the distance, Dong Li was urging the horse to run, but it could be seen that although the spotted beast was a divine horse, it was still not the opponent of the lion-mane beast Ugly. In this back-and-forth race, the spotted beast was two horses behind Ugly, and the outcome was clear at a glance.

Dong Yan didn't feel frustrated at all, Ah Chou has this kind of speed before he is an adult, and he will be even more amazing in the future.

He laughed and encouraged the spotted beast under his crotch from time to time to cheer. At the same time, Dong Tie, Dong Zhao and Lu Yi in the distance were also cheering for the spotted beast from time to time. With the support of so many people, the spotted beast actually rose up again and caught up with a horse.

Dong Yu's gaze was complicated, and he said softly: "If there is really that day, I will definitely kill him with my own hands." If you can't kill him, he will kill me...... Beigong, things in this world are actually so simple, as if sheep are always eaten by wolves. When you go back this time, you have to make up your mind, and if you hesitate, you will only hurt everyone. ”

"Let me think again, think again!

Beigong Bo still looked hesitant, Dong Yu sighed and stopped persuading.

She knew this husband too well, a good person, a very good person. But good people are not suitable to live here, the northwest is barren, if you want to survive, you must be like the ferocious wolf in the northwest, otherwise you will be eaten sooner or later.

If Beigong Bo lived in the Central Plains, he might be able to become a celebrity.

He is a Qiang man, but he admires the culture of the Central Plains. Whenever those celebrities in the Central Plains have poems circulating, he will always spend a lot of money to buy them. This is a good thing, but in the northwest, Dong Yu prefers that Beigong Bo will hold his big knife instead of holding the scroll all day long. Sometimes, Dong Yu felt that he was more suitable for survival than Beigong Bo.

Moreover, does Beigong Bo really not understand these truths? Not necessarily, but he was born and raised in this land.

Maybe he knows the law here better than Dong Yu, but he doesn't want to admit it, he doesn't want to face this cruelty.

******

The first snow at the end of the second year came earlier than at any time in the year.

Almost overnight, the northwest drifted goose feather snow, and the world was set against a white expanse, and the scenery was not spectacular.

The snowflakes, whirling in the bitter cold wind, fell suddenly, and suddenly floated again.

Walking on the snowfield, the wind, the snow whistling, people can't even open their eyes, let alone move forward in the snow. This sudden heavy snowfall lasted for two days and two nights. By the time the weather improved, the snow on the ground was calf-deep. The horses marched with great difficulty. Not to mention the ox carts pulling items, which squeaked and swayed on the snow, so that the speed of the group had to slow down.

Dong Li loves this snowy scenery alone.

Twelve years of hard study at home, although there is no talent to learn, but this sentiment has been cultivated.

If you want to survive in this era, you must first learn to adapt to everything in this era. How useful are those things learned in the past in this day and age? I'm afraid that people who haven't come to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty won't be able to appreciate it.

Twenty days of road, more than forty days of walking.

When they saw the shadow of Jincheng County from afar, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.