Chapter 346: Good Samaritan, I'm Lost

The crossing of the Yellow River in Lu County, Jibei County, has been going north along the official road, going 660 miles, turning to the east, and then going 120 miles there is an unnamed hill, this mountain is not majestic, but the green wood is a little exquisite. Originally, there was a small village of dozens of families on the south side of the mountain, but it was ransacked by the rebels in the ninth year of the Great Cause, and the village was burned, and the villagers were either killed or became thieves, and since then it has lost its popularity.

Behind the ruined village, there is a path up the mountain, and I don't know how long no one has walked it, and the path is almost swallowed by wild grasses growing on both sides. It was the height of summer, and from time to time, snakes would emerge from the grass and cross the path, quickly burrow into the grass on the other side and disappear.

There are no people, so this place is particularly lonely and lonely.

As the sun rose to its highest, suddenly a caravan of horses galloped down the path towards the low hills. The sound of horses' hooves on the ground shattered the silence, and the snakes, rats and finches hiding in the grass were scattered in shock. More than 100 horsemen carried the sturdy-looking knights directly through the small village, and soon reached the foot of the mountain.

The knight at the head was a middle-aged man who looked a little majestic, dressed in brocade clothes, and wearing a hat on his head to shield him from the scorching sun. When I looked up at the mountain, I showed a pair of bright eyes. He wasn't very strong, and he looked a little bloated.

Or in the past few years, he has not had to run around, and he himself feels a lot fatter.

patting the neck of the war horse, the man smiled and said: "Be careful, I found such a remote and deserted place to hide, a seven-foot man is afraid that he will become like this, and it is a little embarrassing to say it." ”

Behind him, a big man dressed in gray untied the water bladder on his waist and handed it over, smiled and said, "I really don't know what he is worried about, how he is afraid of that person in Yanyunzhai as if he is afraid of evil ghosts." Big brother, you keep him in the army, but he refuses, so he has to choose such a place to hide. Life in the mountains and wilderness is vulgar and miserable, but he can actually endure it. ”

"Haha!"

The brocade-clothed man said with a smile: "Many years ago, when I didn't start the army, he opened up a wasteland in his backyard to grow vegetables, and rarely had any dealings with people. Fu Bao, you take a few people up the mountain to inform him first, lest he think it is the person who is chasing him when we go up the mountain so abruptly. ”

The strong man who handed the water bladder answered, and led a few knights to the hillside first.

The brocade-clothed man sat on horseback and looked around, looked at it casually and said with a smile: "This place can also be called Lingxiu, and it would be a pleasure to live in seclusion here if the world is peaceful." It's a pity, if there is chaos and devastation today, even if you want to live in seclusion, you can live in seclusion? Since I'm here, he will obediently go back with me to discuss big things. ”

When he said this, there was a faint confidence in his tone.

"General, I think he's just a frightened coward, why bother to travel so far to find him? What a fucking sin on this hot day. ”

The middle-aged man beside him wiped the sweat from his forehead and said a little depressedly.

"Cao Dan, I went up the mountain to see Hei Min in a while, you are not allowed to talk nonsense!"

The brocade-clothed man said sideways.

The man named Cao Dan smiled and said, "I'm just scratching my hair, and I'll treat myself as a dumb person when I go up the mountain for a while." After driving for so long, my throat is smoking, and I just feel a little unworthy."

Seeing that the brocade-clothed man looked displeased, Cao Dan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I won't say it." ”

Everyone waited here for a while, and the brocade-clothed man was a little impatient and said, "Yin Qiu! You lead the way forward, and let's go up the mountain. It's getting oily here, let's go. ”

Yin Qiu took the order, took a dozen people to take the lead in the mountain, only walked out a few dozen meters, and walked down from the mountain, and the one who walked in front was Liu Heimin, who defected from Yanyunzhai. He strode down, shouting as he went: "Brother Jiande, why are you here!" ”

Wearing brocade clothes is the green forest tycoon Dou Jiande in the north of the Yellow River, seeing Liu Heimin walking down the mountain quickly, he laughed, jumped off the horseback and said loudly: "You live in this mountain, I'm afraid you don't know anything about things outside." Now I'm also down, and I'm here to vote for you! ”

Liu Heimin's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he asked eagerly, "What's wrong?" ”

Dou Jiande took Liu Heimin's hand and said, "I came to find you to go down the mountain to help me, how about it?" ”

Liu Heimin frowned and asked, "You should tell me first, what happened?" ”

In the eleventh year of the Great Cause, Li Mi led the army to besiege the eastern capital of Luoyang, and invited Gao Shida, the master of Gaojibo, to jointly send troops, Dou Jiande tried his best to oppose it to no avail, and Gao Shida happily led an army of 50,000 to go. Traveled to Qinghe County, but was originally intended to go north to rescue the Sui Six Counties to arrest Yang Yichen defeated, Gao Shida was defeated and captured in Qinghe, 50,000 troops were wiped out. Yang Yichen took advantage of the situation to lead the army to storm Gaojibo, heard that Gao Shida was killed, the rebels were all defeated, Dou Jiande only led more than 100 people to kill out of the encirclement, Yang Yichen was anxious to go to Yanmen Pass to rescue the driver, and did not send men and horses to chase and kill.

Gao Shida was defeated by Yang Yichen, and Dou Jiande fled, which happened a year earlier than in history, and the reason has also changed.

History has quietly changed.

The night on the grassland is almost as thick as ink, and looking around in the dark, the deep release is trapped in the deepest part of the seabed, which makes people feel powerless. From time to time, a few wolf howls came from a distance, terrible and terrifying. In such a grassland night, it is extremely easy to get lost.

There were many black shadows in the grass that quickly sneaked towards the place where the lights were shining in front of them, and they bowed their bodies, and the horizontal knives in their hands were also wrapped in arrowroot cloth, so that they were afraid that the bright horizontal knives would reflect the faint light of the moon. In the grass, they walked through it like hungry wolves staring at their prey.

The place where the lights flickered was a small tribe of only three or four hundred people, who had moved here to escape the war of the Xi and Khitans. Because the size of the tribe was so small, it was impossible to draw men to participate in the southern expedition led by the Turkic Shibi Khan. In fact, the leader of the tribe, Alahan, who was sixty years old, knew about Shibi Khan's orders, but he also knew that his tribe was too small to withstand war.

Carrying a bag of spirits, Alahan stood in front of his tent looking at the sky.

"It's time for this!"

He turned back and said, "Do you see that white and glowing circle around the moon?" ”

A ten-year-old young strong man walked up to him, looked up at the moon and smiled: "Of course I saw it, I said old Alahan, don't you want to say that you see a fairy dancing on the moon?" ”

His tone didn't seem to show much respect for the leader, but in fact, the old man had absolute authority in the clan, but the clan was so small that everyone knew each other very well. Therefore, when talking to the leader, the young man named Sucai seemed very casual.

"Fart!"

Alahan said slightly angrily: "When did I say that I saw a fairy dancing on the moon!" ”

"You say that every time you drink too much!"

Quickly retorted.

Alahan blushed and smiled wryly: "Don't talk about this, have you seen the aperture, this is the revelation of the great immortal heaven to our herdsmen, there will be a strong wind tomorrow, but you see that there is a gap in the aperture, which means that the wind will not last tomorrow." You go and tell the big guys to take care of the sheep. ”

He said with some concern: "The more weather like this, the more crazy the wolves on the grassland will become." ”

Sucai smiled and replied, "Got it, wise old Arahand." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the distance, and said with a smile as he walked: "Old Arahand, have you finished drinking your wine?" If you're done, I'll send you some after I've informed everyone. ”

He walked a few steps, but did not hear old Arahan answer him.

It's time to look back, where is the shadow of the old herdsman under the torch?

Soga's first reaction was that the wolves were coming, and he immediately pulled out the scimitar at his waist. Then he took the torch from the tent at his side, and walked cautiously forward while calling the name of old Arahand. He had heard the elders of the clan mention countless times that wild wolves would raid from behind. Don't look back when you notice something on the shoulder, because if you turn around, you will be bitten off by a wolf.

Such a story should be heard from a young age, so take it to heart.

He held his scimitar and moved forward step by step. It was false to say that he was not afraid, and his heart was pounding and almost jumped out of his throat. But the thought that old Arrahan might be eaten by a wild wolf overcame the anger in his heart over fear.

Suddenly, he saw the grass in front of him shake for a moment.

"Damn wolves!"

With a curse, he swung his scimitar and slashed through the grass. Their small tribe worships the most holy white swans, so they don't have much respect for the wolves that the Turks worship as gods.

Just as he was slashing, suddenly a black shadow jumped out from the side of his body, and a punch hit Suga's nose, and suddenly, Sugai felt a buzz in his head and briefly lost consciousness.

When he should have woken up, his eyes stinged a little from the light of the torches, which were not too bright. He struggled to stand up, only to find that his arms and legs were tied and he couldn't stand up at all. He struggled to turn over, and finally saw that it was still outside old Arahan's tent. And the old Arahan was also tied up and sturdy, and lay not far from him.

He wriggled and sat up with great difficulty, and he saw almost all his fellow tribesmen, men, women, and children, being tied up like sheep and thrown to the ground.

At the brightest place of the torches, a young man in a black robe was standing.

The man was slender and handsome, especially with straight black hair that a steppe man would never have, and most importantly, his eyes were exceptionally bright.

And the beautiful man was smiling at him at this time.

"Tell me how to get to the Turkic court."

The beautiful man said with a pleasant face: "Hospitable kind-hearted people on the steppe, we are from the Central Plains, and we want to go to the Turkic court to visit Shibi Khan and his mother, but the steppe is too big, and we are lost. ”

He said it so honestly and seriously that he didn't even realize how funny his words were.

"Why should I tell you!"

Suga said through gritted teeth.

The young man was Li Xian, he slowly walked to Sucai's side and squatted down, looked at Sucai's eyes and said very seriously: "Let's make a deal, you tell me how to go to the Turkic Royal Court, I will release your people." Of course, you can also leave it alone, and I will bury you and your people together. ”

Sugai's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at old Arahand.

"I'll tell you! I'll say it! Don't be your children! ”

Old Arahan said eagerly.

Li Xian, who was dressed in a black robe, stood up, smiled proudly and said to Luo Shixin, who was a little depressed not far away: "Look, I just said that threatening the old one doesn't work." Although scaring people is boring, it is also skillful. ”

Then he said to Allahhan: "I will take all of you with me on the road, and if I find out that you have lied and pointed the wrong way, you know, your Shibi Khan is killing my people in my homeland, so I will not be merciful in killing his people." ”

Old Alahan was stunned, and his heart was beating the drum in horror. He suddenly had the illusion that the young Han man who smiled gently and beautifully was a demon.