288 Oath

The red is hanging high, the sun is shining warmly on the people's bodies, but the face of Shibi Khan is like frost condensation.

He never felt like he had done anything wrong!

Hearing his own daughter's accusations in person, Shibi Khan was furious at that moment, and he couldn't wait to kill this daughter he had always loved with his own hands!

Both armies were silent, even if Kedun's eyes were full of surprise, she obviously never thought that Shui Ling would actually say to her face that Khan was wrong! She is the daughter of the Khan, even if she is rude, even if she is dissatisfied with the Khan, there is no reason to stand up in front of the two armies!

"Dad, let's collect the troops." Shui Ling saw that Khan was silent, how could he not know his mood at the moment. But since she promised Xiao Buyi, she should do it.

"Do you know who you're talking to, do you know what you're talking about?" There was a coldness in Shibi Khan's voice.

Qi Jishe was also full of embarrassment, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly laughed, "Xiao Buyi, you call yourself a hero in vain, what kind of coercion do you also use?" It turns out that you were the one who kidnapped Shui Ling in the first place! Kedun, does his haunting of you mean that he was in collusion with you in the first place? ”

Ke Dun frowned, "The horse god has always blessed the grassland, and the grassland people can see it, and it is true that Xiao Buyi and I know each other, and it seems that you are not using the word collusion correctly." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled, "Is it really me threatening her?" ”

He walked away, far away from the water spirit, indicating that it was not a threat. Shui Ling said calmly: "Dad, uncle, Shui Ling has never been so sober. ”

Qi Jishe's face changed, and he couldn't understand that Shui Ling had only been missing for a few days, and he was standing on the same front with Xiao Buyi.

Su Dingfang was already very surprised when he saw Xiao Buyi come out, and when he heard what kind of horse god Xiao Buyi was, he was even more confused when he fought against Khan and Kedun with his own strength, and muttered: "What kind of way is this kid, when we first met, he was just a thief, but he became a general, and the general became a thief, and the thief became a horse god, not to mention amphibious, it is simply everywhere." ”

Liu Heimin also felt strange, but Dou Hongxian sighed, "This person is elusive, in troubled times, we should be heroes, we ...... Be careful. ”

Shibi Khan looked at his daughter coldly, "I think you are unprecedentedly confused, Shui Ling, I don't blame you for being a father." It's probably because Xiao Buyi used some evil magic to confuse your mind. Come here, don't be deceived......"

Shui Ling stood on the spot, did not move, and sighed lightly: "Dad, my daughter is really sober. But these days, I think more than ever, but what he said is right, the grassland people are also obvious to all, in the past few years, we have been at war a lot, but the grassland people are even poorer. Back then, my father besieged a Yanmen city for more than a month, and there were many casualties, so what ability did we grassland people have to dominate the Central Plains? Wasn't it good before? When Grandpa was here, you always said that he was cowardly, that he had no backbone, but he may be cowardly, but in exchange for the peace of the entire grassland people, who is right and who is wrong, I think ......"

"Don't say it, do you know you're delirious?" Shibi Khan frowned and drank.

Shui Ling shook his head, "Dad, I want to say!" In fact, I have thought about these words for a long time, and you have always said that the Central Plains people are despicable and capricious, but I stayed with the Central Plains people for a few days, and I found that there are also great benevolence and righteousness, great wisdom and courage, and the grassland people are actually no different. We tried in vain to attack them, and with their talents and intelligence, most of the steppe people were at peace. Kedun said it well, and did it well, we have our sky, so why bother ......"

Before she could finish speaking, she only heard the sound of the bowstring, a 'snort', and an arrow had already been shot.

The arrows were so powerful that she couldn't even turn her mind.

Shui Ling's heart trembled slightly, and she had already caught a glimpse of her father picking up a bow and shooting arrows, wanting to take her surname. But this arrow came very quickly, and secondly, she never thought that her father would kill her, and she was at a loss in her heart.

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Seeing that the long arrow was about to pass through his body, Shui Ling suddenly noticed that the light flashed in front of him, and the long arrow had been broken into two pieces!

Xiao Buyi held the knife and sighed: "Khan, are you obsessed and delusional to act against the sky? ”

Shui Ling was shocked into a cold sweat, but she didn't hate her father, she said that her father had the best face, and she cut his face in public, which was already a great unfilial piety in the eyes of ordinary people, even if her father killed her, no one would criticize her. Since she can stand up, she actually knows that there is more than one bad luck, but after thinking about it, Xiao Buyi and the third child knew that they might be sick, but they were brave and not afraid of death, as a grassland person, is it not as good as them from the Central Plains? This time he stood up and persuaded his father, even if he died, he would not lose to them. Thinking of this, his courage doubled, and he was not timid because of the long arrows he shot, Shui Ling said loudly: "Dad, you stop, now it's all grassland people fighting, if you really fight, I don't know how many people will die, how can you bear it?" ”

Shibi Khan ignored his daughter, held a bow in his hand, looked at Xiao Buyi coldly, and didn't say a word, but his heart was shocked.

He picked up his bow and released the arrows for a moment, but he never dreamed that Xiao Buyi would come first and cut down the long arrow with one sword. In this way, the prudence of Gishith was by no means without cause.

The grassland people were also moved, it was really hard to imagine that someone could make such a swift slash.

Liu Heimin held the handle of the knife in his hand, and was also surprised, secretly thinking that it was good that Yang Guang would destroy the Great Wall by himself, and let Zhang Xutuo kill Xiao Buyi first, and force Xiao Buyi to rebel, otherwise, this person is very likely to become another Zhang Xutuo, so how can there be a way for the Central Plains bandits to live?

Xiao Buyi took out the knife and lifted it lightly, but he already knew that Shui Ling's advice would not have much effect. Although he was far away from Shui Ling, he knew that Shui Ling's words had touched the Khan's scales, and when he saw Shui Ling talking eloquently, Shibi Khan's eyebrows were raised, and his eyes showed murderous intentions, and he had already taken precautions. Sure enough, as he expected, there was no warning for Shibi Khan to release the arrow, and after he stepped forward and slashed the long arrow, he thought about the countermeasure, and laughed out loud in an instant.

He laughed out of his inner strength, and his voice was booming, and both the Turkic soldiers and the steppe nobles were all disrespectful. The preconceived steppe man muttered, "Oh no, no, Ektanri is angry, I'm just afraid...... I'm afraid that there will be a catastrophe in the grassland. Finish. ”

Although Xiao Buyi is only alone, in the eyes of many people, he is no different from the prestige of Khan Khotun, not to mention that the grassland people have always respected heroes, thinking that the horse god used his own strength to resolve disputes and solve the problems for the grassland.

Xiao Buyi's laughter was mixed with several coughs from the people around him. He had already heard the sound of coughing, and his heart was awe-inspiring, and he looked over and saw that not only someone on the side of Kedun had begun to cough, but even there were soldiers in Shibi Khan's team coughing.

The source of the plague is not far from here, Xiao Buyi knows that the best time for prevention and control has been delayed, and now there is a precursor to the outbreak of the plague, so he can't help frowning.

But the ignorance of these people is deep-rooted, and common sense really can't explain it. I just thought that it was a ghost who was possessed, and the ghost was afraid of many people, and if there were many people, I was not afraid, where did I think that this was a disease, and it broke out in a place with a lot of people.

But many things have always been like this, and they can't wake up without a painful lesson!

In his long laughter, his eyes were looking into the distance, and Shibi Khan heard his unrestrained laughter, which was terrifying, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while. Khan did not move, and of course Kedun would not take the initiative to attack, and for a while only laughter echoed, and everyone's hearts were stirred.

Suddenly, someone staggered out of the two armies, but it was Kedun's men, his hands clutching his throat, coughing violently, and he couldn't breathe in an instant, as if he was going to die at any moment. He fell on the snow, his face full of fear and fear.

Someone whispered, "He's haunted by ghosts." ”

The voice was full of fear, but no one went out to help the soldiers, and everyone was infected by him, and they also felt that their throats were a little itchy, but they didn't dare to cough it out, but they were afraid that under this cough, their lives would be sent out! The soldier was not far from Xiao Buyi's side, and suddenly shouted hoarsely, "Ma...... God save ...... I! ”

He struggled to crawl towards Xiao Buyi, his heart terrified. These days, he has also seen many of his companions start coughing, start vomiting blood, and start dying, and everyone dies with a black and purple color on their faces. But Kedun only said that it was a terrible ghost and ignored it. Everyone was panicked in their hearts, just afraid that they would be attacked by a powerful ghost, and they were gathered together all the time, but it was useless, there were always people coughing, and there were always people dying. Now it's his turn, he has seen the miserable death of his companion, and the fear in his heart is self-evident, and when he sees Xiao Buyi not far away, he thinks that the horse god has always been the god of the grassland, and he strives to ask him for help.

The two armies were silent, only to see the soldier crawling towards Xiao Buyi, and for a while the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and he had already put aside the fight for something.

The soldier grabbed his neck with his hand, unable to breathe, as if choked by a ghost. Xiao Buyi didn't retreat, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly reached out and grabbed the soldier's wrist.

Everyone was in an uproar, and there were all kinds of emotions in their voices, Shibi Khan frowned, but Ji Jishe suddenly reached out and touched his chest, looking uneasy.

When Xiao Buyi stretched out his hand to hold the soldier's wrist, he asked in a deep voice: "The suffering of the soldier is unwilling, are you willing to put down the blade and not be in trouble?" ”

The soldier could not take care of a lot at this time, and only felt that Xiao Buyi was a life-saving straw, and nodded again and again: "Horse...... God...... I...... Yes, it would have been...... Kedun didn't want to move troops, all because of the Khan. Me, am I okay? ”

His previous speech was still very incoherent, but as he spoke, he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable panting, and the latter words were said coherently, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Xiao Buyi reached out and touched the top of his head, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled: "Where is it so fast, but if you are sincere, only for the sake of the safety of the grassland people, how can this powerful ghost get on your body?" ”

The soldier actually stood up slowly, covered his chest with his hands, felt that he had escaped death, his face was full of disbelief, and he said loudly: "Horse God, I must obey your orders!" ”

He still seemed to be haunted by evil ghosts, but everyone knew that his spirit was much better, everyone was in an uproar, and the coughing sound was one after another, and in an instant, a few more people rushed out, although the cough was not serious, but they shouted loudly: "The horse god save me!" We don't want to fight! ”

For a while, there was chaos between the two armies, and everyone looked at Xiao Buyi with doubts, admiration, disbelief, and shock, and so on......

Others were puzzled, but Xiao Buyi knew it and knew the reason, of course the soldier did not promise or get better, but temporarily relieved the symptoms through his massage techniques.

He held the soldier's wrist, but he used his thumb and index finger to massage the soldier's wrist Taiyuan, the two points of the fish on the edge of the palm, both of which belong to the hand Taiyin and lung meridians.

Although he and Sun Simiao have only been together for a few days, they have learned a lot of medical knowledge.

Taiyuan acupoint originally belonged to the original acupoint of the lung meridian, and it was said in the inner meridian that 'all qi belong to the lungs.' Sun Simiao told him that most of the treatment of cough and asthma starts from the lung meridian, although Xiao Buyi is not yet clear, but the treatment of asthma and cough caused by the plague is somewhat certain.

But he can only temporarily alleviate the soldier's symptoms at the moment, and if he wants to eradicate it, of course, he has to take medicine, or like Sun Simiao, use acupuncture, moxibustion and moxibustion to eradicate the source of the disease. Xiao Buyi's mind turned, he looked up at Shibi Khan and said: "Khan, you use your troops in vain, the sky does not tolerate it, and now you are angry with the sky and send down powerful ghosts, I am afraid that you will insist on going your own way, not only will you be asked for your life by powerful ghosts, even your soldiers are all spared!" It's not too late to repent, if you are obsessed with it, I'm afraid that ghosts will run rampant on the grassland from now on, and when the time comes, if I want to exorcise ghosts, I can't act against the sky! ”

All the soldiers looked at each other, a little frightened, Shibi Khan's eyebrows were raised, and he suddenly became murderous, "Xiao Buyi, what kind of devil?!" You are alarmist, and you are misleading the people, I should not tolerate you! The soldiers will listen to the order, and today it is said that someone will kill Xiao Buyi......"

Before he finished speaking, dust and smoke rose in the distance, and a few horsemen rushed to arrive, Shibi Khan looked over, and saw that the person who came was the costume of a Turkic soldier, and for some reason, his heart swelled with unease.

Xiao Buyi's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Khan, are you still thinking about raising a war in vain? I'm just afraid that your plot will not succeed, and these soldiers who follow you will be taken away by the sky first! ”

The soldiers from afar had already arrived, and said urgently: "Khan, the big thing is not good, Shipodatak is haunted by powerful ghosts, and now he is dying, please make a decision quickly!" ”

Shibi Khan's face changed slightly, and he insisted on going his own way, just because he saw that most of the soldiers who were haunted by the ghosts were the soldiers and clansmen on the side of Kedun, and his own soldiers were not signified, so he had no fear, and he wanted to take advantage of the panic on Kedun's side to calm down and destroy Kedun in one fell swoop, imprison Kedun, and then think about the evil ghost, where did he think that his son was actually killed by the ghost!

To attack or not to attack? The thought flashed in Shibi Khan's mind, knowing that he wanted to save his son's life, it seemed that he could only ask Xiao Buyi for help, but if he asked for help, he would let go of this opportunity now, and it would be difficult to find it. It's just that Shi Boda is seriously ill, and the strategy of these two flanking attacks is ineffective, but he has countless elite soldiers in his hands, and it is not difficult to defeat Kedun...... The idea of dominance finally prevailed over family affection, and Shibi Khan raised his golden sword and was about to order his subordinates to attack. Although Xiao Buyi's sword skills are like gods, but he is a human after all, how can he stop the trampling of the iron horse, just as the order was about to be issued, a sudden cough sounded in the Khan's ears.

Shibi Khan turned his head to look over, and his face changed drastically.

He coughed and forcibly suppressed it, but his face was already flushed, and when he saw the Khan looking over, he said in a hoarse voice: "Khan, don't think of me." ”

As soon as he spoke, he couldn't help but snort a few more times, and although the cough was slight, the sound in Shibi Khan's ears was thrilling. Reaching the ears of the soldiers behind him, it was like bells and drums ringing in unison, Rao is a fierce warrior, seeing such a strange scene at the moment, he couldn't help but be shocked, and for a while, the army's heart was moved.

Shibi Khan saw that Qi Jishe's face was red, and he hesitated for a while, this brother was very loyal to him, and even refused to accept Yang Guang's canonization to help him, under this cough, if he gave his surname again, wouldn't there be one less person he could rely on?

Shui Ling saw Shibi Khan's intention to move, fell to his knees, and sobbed: "Dad, is it true that in your eyes, this southward movement is really so important, better than the second brother, uncle, and even the surname of the whole steppe?" This ghost is very vicious, my daughter has already seen it, but I am afraid that under the rampant, most of the grassland people will die here, and when the time comes, it will be too late to regret it! ”

Shibi Khan gritted his teeth and clenched the golden knife in his hand, but this order was swallowed in his throat, and it was difficult to issue it.

In the distance, it was dusty again, and as soon as he arrived, he shouted: "Khan......"

"What?" Shibi Khan's face changed again, knowing that it was not a good thing.

The Turkic soldier said loudly: "Back to the Khan, Shi Bo Tuk occasionally had a cold wind, and he coughed incessantly...... Miss the Khan, only ask the Khan to turn ......"

Shi Bo Mo is the beloved son of Shibi Khan, he is seriously ill, but the soldiers dare not hide it, and Pegasus comes to report.

Shibi Khan's hand holding the knife kept trembling, and he secretly wondered if the ghost had actually arrived in the Turkic territory, otherwise how could Shi Bo Qi also be infected? He had made up his mind, this time to send troops, no matter what, to put Ke Dun under house arrest, and then to the Central Plains, to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yanmen, where did he think of his daughter pleading, the two sons are sick, and his biological brother is also haunted by ghosts, if he really orders it, I am afraid that all these people will die. Rao is he is very calm, and he is also in a mood at this moment, hearing the suppressed light cough of Qi Jishe, he suddenly felt a little itchy in his throat, and his heart was awe-inspiring, and he forcibly suppressed himself.

When the heavens and men were fighting, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and Shibi Khan was already frightened, and he didn't know who was coming.

I saw two more horses not far away, and the first person was a thin middle-aged man, but behind him was an old servant-like person.

These two people are just ordinary steppe people's clothes, and when Shibi Khan saw it, he was very cold in his heart, and he was even more awe-inspiring.

The old servant in the back was ordinary, but the thin man in front was his younger brother Ashina!

When the Khan of Qimin died of illness, there were really a few people who could inherit the position of the Khan, and this Ashi was one of them, and he was very prestigious, but because Kedun valued Shibi, he was the Khan. After Shibi Khan ascended the throne, this Ashina has been sent to remote places, saying that he is the leader of the party, but in fact, the place is extremely poor and sparsely populated, and it is impossible to make trouble.

Last time, Shibi Khan led his troops south and went straight to Yanmen, just wanting to capture Yang Guang and be ashamed. But he was also worried that someone would take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, so he asked his subordinates to send people to capture Ashina's family and escort them to the Turkic tent to prevent them from making trouble while they were away. How did he expect that Ashina was rescued halfway, he didn't know that he was rescued by Xiao Buyi, otherwise he hated it even more. After Ashina was rescued, he went straight to Kedun. Kedun knew the key to it, and took advantage of Li Jing's disturbance of the Turks, and Ashina ordered together to take the Tiele people to the tooth tent of Shibi Khan to rescue, of course, it was a rescue, and the intention was difficult to explain clearly, and it was impossible to directly establish Ashina as the king and abolish the Khan outside. Shibi Khan was in a hurry, and then he turned back from Yanmen, and he fell short, this Ashina has been living near Kedun since then, and he didn't expect that when he was in crisis, he appeared again, how could he not make Shibi Khan frightened?

Ashina rode over, turned over and dismounted, and bowed deeply to Shibi Khan, "See Khan." ”

A few words burst out from between the Khan's teeth, "Ashina, what are you doing here?" ”

Ashina sighed lightly, "Khan, I'm just here to persuade you, stop it." ”

"Do you deserve it too?" Shibi Khan asked coldly.

Ashina sighed: "Of course I don't deserve it, but the anger and resentment you are making now are blamed by God, I am afraid that if you don't stop it, the grassland will be destroyed in your hands." Now that the chiefs, elders, and steppe nobles of the Turks, Tiele, Qigu, Khitan, and Murwei are all here, is it just because of your insistence that all the people will be asked for their lives by the ghosts? ”

Although he said lightly, there was an uproar in the grassland, and at this time, the head was warm, and many grassland people coughed, which made everyone tremble and fear.

Even if the secret service and Ye Hu were dead, everyone in the leaders was panicked, knowing that no matter how high or low this ghost was, he would not spare any of them. Prapa said loudly: "Khan, you have used your troops in vain to provoke the anger of the heavens, and this is the only way to punish the grassland." Now that the horse god is here, he just wants to save the grassland, if you still insist on going your own way, I am afraid that the people of the whole grassland will be enemies of you. We, the Huxue clan, obey the orders of the horse god and Kedun, and we will fight to the death to stop you from doing the opposite. ”

He now ranked the horse god before Kedun, which was somewhat flattering, and Temur also shouted, "We must also obey the command of the horse god, and if any of them act against the sky, we will also fight to the death." ”

When the Khan's soldiers came, the Tiele tribes were silent. Although they supported Kedun, after all, their surnames were still important, and they only thought that if a fight broke out and the troops were not strong, they would surrender to the Khan first. But now that the surname is at stake, one or two more shouted out, and all the patriarchs shouted, "Khan, please consider everything in the long run." ”

Ashina smiled slightly, looked at Shibi Khan and said: "Khan, until now, the people's hearts yearn for stability!" I only hope that you will order the withdrawal of troops, and no more troops, and focus on the grassland people......"

"Are you threatening me?" Shibi Khan's eyes were full of anger. He grabbed his throat and showed a look of pain on his face, but he remained silent, not wanting to disturb the Khan's thoughts.

Xiao Buyi saw that it was a matter of course, so he didn't say much, just stood aside, looking at everyone or moaning, coughing, or afraid, most of them were miserable, and couldn't help sighing.

Ashina heard Shibi Khan's question, suddenly took two steps forward, knelt on the ground, kowtowed in the snow, and said in a deep voice: "Ashina is not threatening the Khan, but asking the Khan, only ask the Khan to focus on the grassland, and not raise troops again!" ”

Shibi Khan was stunned, and Shui Ling also said loudly: "Dad, I also beg you, these people are also surnames, regardless of whether they are high or low, please be kind to Daddy!" ”

Kedun had been silent all along, but when he saw this, he suddenly dismounted, knelt down on the ground from afar, and said: "Khan, you and I are husband and wife, I haven't asked you to ask for anything, I just ask you to obey the will of heaven, don't act against the sky, and don't use troops again." ”

As soon as Kedun knelt, all the soldiers also knelt down with Hulala, and so did the patriarchs of the Tiele tribes, Xiao Buyi secretly thought in his heart, Ashina and Kedun's kneeling did not lose face at all, and kneeling for the surname of the grassland people increased their prestige greatly, but this time, most of them lost face!

As soon as everyone knelt down on the side of Kedun, the soldiers behind Shibi Khan suddenly dismounted and knelt down, and shouted in unison: "Please be gracious to the Khan, don't move again!" ”

The sound was earth-shattering, coming from afar, startling countless birds, Shibi Khan looked over blankly, saw the snow kneeling down, there were few standing, his eyes fell on Xiao Buyi, saw him standing still, sighed, "Xiao Buyi, can you really save the life of the grassland people?" ”

Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "I will do my best!" ”

Shibi Khan's face was pale, he only felt that everyone was betraying his relatives, and suddenly felt disheartened, he stretched out his hand and raised the golden knife, under the sun, the light reflected by the golden knife shone on Shibi Khan's face, and the golden majesty was flickering.

"The warriors of the steppe obey the order, from now on, in my life, if it is not for the foreigners to invade my grassland, I will not use any troops, if I violate this oath, I will have such a bow."

The golden sword was waved, the longbow broke, the grassland boiled, and everyone shouted: "Long live the Khan, long live the Kedun!" Long live Ektanri!! ”

In the thunderous cheers, Shibi Khan looked at Xiao Buyi and said indifferently: "Xiao Buyi, you won!" ”

(To be continued)