When the water of Dongting Lake in the south is rippling and the forests are still green, the first snow of winter has fallen on the grassland.

The endless blue sea is gone, replaced by a vast white snow, silver and white.

Snowflakes were flying all over the sky, snow was falling on the top of the felt tent, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time.

The weather is cold and the ground is freezing, and most of the grassland people hide in the felt tents to keep warm, and few people come out. A woman picked up the felt tent and walked a few steps towards the snowflakes, raising her eyes to look into the silver-white distance.

In the snowflakes, the distant mountains can only see the faint outline, and there are no herdsmen in the distance, the woman just looks, and after a while, her face is frozen red, and she is ripe like an apple.

But she still didn't have the heart to turn the felt tent, just stared at the distant mountains, if she had expectations.

The felt tent was picked up again, and a young man dressed as a grassland herdsman came out, stomped his feet, rubbed his hands, and said: "I said young lady, on such a cold day, the pigeons will not come." ”

The woman finally turned around, shook off the snow from her shoulders, and smiled, "It's okay to be idle anyway." Mo Feng, do you still have a habit here? ”

The young man sighed coldly, "I was really not used to it at first, it was too cold here, and my nose and ears seemed to be able to freeze off, but now that I have spent the third winter here, I finally get used to it." ”

"The third winter?" The woman muttered, "It turns out that the story has passed so quickly. ”

Of course, the woman is Meng Chenxue, and the young man is Mo Feng.

Mo Feng was wearing a sheepskin jacket, a sheepskin hat, his hands were wrapped in his sleeves, and the sheepskin jacket was full of greasy, from any point of view, he had truly integrated into the grassland, no different from ordinary herdsmen.

Meng Chenxue hasn't changed much, what has changed is that the sorrow between her eyebrows has been replaced by deep longing. Time has passed, and the longing has only become stronger...... Mo Feng peeked at Meng Chenxue's face, and suddenly said: "It's really impossible to say that you are a young master, and you won't come to the grassland for so long......"

"He's busy......" Meng Chenxue defended.

Mo Feng could only continue to sing blackface, in the past few years, he had become accustomed to the role of blackface, if he didn't complain about Xiao Buyi, he would feel that he didn't have the face to speak in front of Dolan. Thinking of Duolan, Mo Feng had a warm smile on the corner of his mouth, that had become his mother-in-law, and he could stay in the grassland with peace of mind, because he felt that there were his relatives here. But every time Dolan was unhappy, she would mention Xiao Buyi, saying that he couldn't be like Xiao Buyi, who didn't come back to visit him for a long time. Mo Feng understood the woman's thoughts, and the place that Duolan saw was nothing more than the size of this felt tent, and in her eyes, she would never understand Xiao Buyi's actions. All she needs is to guard the man's horses and herd the sheep, she thinks that Meng Chenxue is probably the same, she is fighting for Meng Chenxue.

Every time Mo Feng blamed Xiao Buyi, Meng Chenxue always couldn't help but defend him, and Mo Feng heard it in his ears, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

"No matter how busy you are, there must be a limit, right? He threw us into the prairie and became the full-time owner of his horse farm. Let's just talk about me, I think I used to be chic in the wind in Yushu back then, if I were a girl, I would fall in love with myself, but now, don't say love, I can only keep my mother-in-law and say boil, and the young lady you ......"

Meng Chenxue said with a smile: "My ability is limited, I can only do this, if I really have the ability, I can follow him, otherwise he has always been in crisis, and following him can only be a burden." ”

Mo Feng sighed, "If all the women in the world are as reasonable as you, young lady, I don't think there will be any need to be so busy in this world." ”

"Look at what you said," Meng Chenxue couldn't help but smile and said, "Why do I sound so awkward?" It's like cloth clothes that he ...... all day long."

Meng Chenxue's face was flushed, and she wanted to stop talking, Mo Feng scratched her head, and wanted to say something more, but suddenly there was a loud cry in the felt tent, and Duolan's voice came out, "Mo Feng, come in, the child has peeed ......"

Mo Feng sighed, turned around and drilled towards the tent, shook his head and said, "I'm also a father, this is a ......."

Meng Chenxue didn't follow in, her eyes suddenly flashed, and her expression was a little excited.

The sky was originally white, but a black spot suddenly appeared in the distance.

The black dot came very quickly, and it became bigger in an instant, and with a 'whirring' sound, a goshawk swooped down from the sky, and its wings fluttered, fanning the wind and snow.

The goshawk's wings are spread, it looks like it covers the sky, its feathers are pale green, its claws are as white as jade, standing on the ground, not angry and arrogant, but at this moment it just tilts its head and looks at Meng Chenxue, shaking its feathers, and Feixue can't get close.

Meng Chenxue was not frightened, only happy, stepped forward to touch the head of the goshawk, and said softly: "Xiaoqing, did you bring me the news of Brother Xiao?" ”

The goshawk chirped softly, and shook its feathers, this eagle is also called Haidongqing, which has the meaning of the god of ten thousand eagles, and it is quite difficult to find.

Bird thief Li Keshi is proficient in training hundreds of birds, but this Haidongqing is also raised with great difficulty.

Hai Dongqing's surname is unruly, not easy to tame, this Hai Dongqing is Li Keshi adopted and trained when it was young, Li Keshi is familiar with the surname of the hundred birds, such as today's cold and freezing, ordinary birds can not be used, this Hai Dongqing is also used by Li Keshi for winter communication.

Meng Chenxue knotted a roll of red silk from Xiaoqing's leg, but she was not in a hurry to unfold it, turned the felt tent, and after a while, she took out a large piece of beef and threw it in the air.

The green eagle spread its wings and flew up, its claws hooked out, Huo Ran grabbed the beef, chirped lightly, and flew into the air.

Its claws were sharp, its speed was extremely fast, and it disappeared into the sky in an instant, Meng Chenxue stared at it blankly and disappeared, and said softly: "Xiaoqing, how good it would be if you could speak, I can ask you a few more words about Brother Xiao What he is doing now." I can't read enough of the contents of this roll of paper......"

Having said that, Meng Chenxue still went back to the felt tent and saw Mo Feng holding a baby, sweat beads pouring down.

The baby kept crying, and Mo Feng was in a hurry to coax him, but he couldn't coax it. Dolan had a gloomy face and muttered, "You can't even coax your son?" ”

"He's not my son, he's my father." Mo Feng said helplessly: "Ancestor, don't cry, okay?" ”

Duolan sneered, but Meng Chenxue reached out and hugged her, patted it softly a few times, the baby stopped crying, and Mo Feng sighed, "Young lady, how did you coax it?" ”

"Show your love with your heart and coax him with your heart." Meng Chenxue handed the baby to Dolan and said softly, "Dolan, Mo Feng should actually do something else. ”

Dolan pouted, "Then spare you." Mo Feng scratched his head, a little grateful, and muttered, "Why is this so familiar?" By the way, the young master fooled me like this once, but I was trampled by the horse. He joked back to joke, and when he saw the red silk paper scroll in Meng Chenxue's hand, he asked excitedly, "Got a letter?" ”

Meng Chenxue nodded, unfolded her eyes, excited and disappointed, "He has entered Xiangyang, and now he has gone to Baling." Mo Feng, Brother Xiao is really extraordinary......"

Mo Feng suppressed his excitement and just flattened his mouth, "Then when will he recover the grassland?" ”

"This grassland originally belonged to his family, and it was recovered?" Dolan asked, "Didn't Xiao Buyi say when he would come?" ”

For this Xiao Buyi, Duolan only heard his name, but did not see him, and was full of curiosity.

Seeing Meng Chenxue's gloomy expression, Mo Feng hurriedly diverted the topic, "Dolan, how is the ranch recently?" ”

"Fortunately, the horses are wintering, and next spring, another batch will be ready for slaughter."

Meng Chenxue said: "The world is not good now, Xiangyang needs horses, we need to prepare, and Mr. Yuan will send someone to transport them away at that time." ”

"In fact, when the young lady can go to Xiangyang with Mr. Yuan, there will always be something to taste in the grassland." Mo Feng suddenly suggested.

Seeing Meng Chen Xue's intentions, Dolan also said: "Yes, Tag, you used to have a lot of things in the clan, so you couldn't get out of the way, but now the clan is much better, you can also go to the Central Plains to have a look." ”

Meng Chenxue hesitated for a while, "Let's talk about it then, if it is cold today, it will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year." ”

"That's getting ready to go." Mo Feng jumped up excitedly, "I'll go and inform the young master immediately." ”

Meng Chenxue blushed a little, "Mo Feng, don't make trouble, by the way, the racecourse has to use dim sum recently, I heard Kristag say that Kedun has been very upset recently and has no time to take care of us." Also, I heard that because of the incident in Yanmen last time, Kedun and Khan have been in a tense relationship. ”

"Can you not be upset?" Mo Feng sighed, "The saints have gone to Yangzhou, the world is in chaos, everyone is in danger, but Dun is based on the saints, if the Sui Dynasty is in chaos, what will she do to compete with the Khan?" Yanmen She put the khan together, the khan had too many scruples at the beginning, and because of the discord among the tribes, he kept suppressing this matter. No one can stand the fact that his wife wears his own little shoes, let alone that ...... Wear. ”

"Mo Feng," Meng Chenxue said softly, "Let's just talk about these words, but don't spread them." ”

Mo Feng said indifferently: "Young lady, if we don't say it, we don't necessarily have to say it to others." We can't take care of this, so don't bother with it. ”

"What do you know?" Dolan said softly: "Tag is not for Kedun, but Kedun is based on the Great Sui Emperor, we are more or less based on Kedun, if Kedun falls, the Khan will most likely be angry with us." What's more, even if Kedun doesn't fall, if the Khan is embarrassed, we can't eat and walk around. Having offended the Khan, do we still want to stay in the steppe? ”

Mo Feng was silent for a long time before he said, "Then what should we do?" ”

"Is Tagco here?" There was a soft shout outside the tent. Meng Chenxue heard that it was Gurent's voice, Gulent was in charge of taking care of the horse farm, hearing his voice with hidden uneasiness, Meng Chenxue walked out quickly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Tag, Altan is looking for you."

Meng Chen Xue was slightly stunned, "What is he looking for me to do?" "Altan is her uncle, before Meng Chenxue did not turn around, Altan has always been the patriarch of the Mengchen clan, but this patriarch has no external skills except for bullying the clansmen in his own clan, which makes the Mengchen clan have been oppressed and squeezed to the bitter cold land near Chita to nomadize. After Meng Chenxue turned around, the clansmen appointed her as the master, because of Xiao Buyi and Kedun, her prestige was gradually established, and she was the master of everything.

Although Altan was not convinced, he was helpless. However, Altan will not give up his rights, and sometimes secretly calculates, Meng Chen Xueren is very smart, knows how to balance the forces of all parties, and has Kedun as the backstage, but Altan has always been unable to succeed, this time to find it, even Mo Feng knows that this guy is a night owl who enters the house and has nothing to do.

Gullent frowned and said, "I don't know, it's not good anyway, he invited all the elders of the clan, as if it was going to be unfavorable to you." Tag, I have secretly gathered all the people who support you, and I am not afraid that he will go to heaven. ”

Meng Chenxue nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go and see what tricks he wants to play this time!" ”

**

Baling County, General's Mansion.

Xiao Buyi sat in the middle of the house, opposite Dong Jingzhen and Sun Shaofang.

Although Dong Jingzhen and Xiao Buyi have known each other for a short time, they are people who know how to seize opportunities, and they have always been respectful and loyal to Xiao Buyi.

Xiao Buyi was also short of manpower at this time, so he boldly used it, which made him even more grateful.

"General Xiao, I think you are too lenient to Tang You, according to my opinion, it is better to behead him to get rid of future troubles." Dong Jingzhen said in a low voice.

Sun Shaofang said aside: "Could it be that Tang You is doing something now?" ”

Dong Jingzhen shook his head and said: "That's not true, he has always stayed in the county guard's mansion, and the rules are in order, and I will send someone to monitor him strictly." ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "Jingzhen is also thinking about us, and she is sincere. However, sometimes, killing does not solve the problem, we are the masters of Baling County, although the people are happy, but the Baling officials are panicked, and they are all in danger. If Tang You dies, it will inevitably make them uneasy, and they will be separated at least and cause turmoil at worst, which is really worth the loss. At present, we should focus on stabilizing the people's hearts, attract more talents, consolidate the people's hearts, and wait a little later, even if Tang You wants to rebel, no one will follow him. ”

Dong Jingzhen pondered for a long time, "What General Xiao said is also true, then I will let people strictly guard Tang You." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "Jing Zhen is decisive and up to the task, you might as well choose more talents among the lieutenants for future use." ”

Dong Jingzhen got up and said, "I'll do it." ”

As soon as he reached the door, he heard the sound of gongs and drums coming out from far and near, and only stopped when he arrived in front of the general's mansion.

Everyone was surprised, and some guards had already rushed to arrive, and said loudly: "General Qiyu, Baling County wants to beat gongs and drums to visit General Xiao." ”

Sun Shaofang said with a smile: "Boss Xiao has been doing more benevolent government in Baling these days, and these people must be thankful." ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "Please come in." ”

In this era, Junwang refers to the famous families in a certain region, but Xiao Buyi didn't expect them to come to visit him first.

The people who came in were all Baling people, not young, with gray beards, and there was a plaque with them in red silk, and the three old men were followed by a few people, carrying boxes and carrying a few baskets of things.

Xiao Buyi stepped forward and saluted: "I don't know what the villagers are doing here?" ”

"General Xiao, this is some of Baling's specialties, silk cloth and turtle armor, and I hope to smile." An old man's beard is half gray and half white, and his gray hair is earnest.

The rest of the old men saw that Xiao Buyi was silent, and said gossipingly: "General Xiao, we all know that you are honest and honest, but after all, this is the intention of my father and fellow villagers, and please accept it." ”

"General Xiao strictly prohibits bribery, and we also admire him for leading by example, but well, these are just intentions, not bribes."

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "My father and fellow villagers love me, but Xiao is disrespectful. Shaofang, let people accept it, let people serve tea. Don't know how many gentlemen have a big name? ”

Sun Shaofang looked at everything, and saluted the old man and said: "Thank you General Xiao for giving the old man a thin face, the old man's surname is Xie, the name is virtuous, and the word is hopeful." These are all local villagers, this is the old master Wang, the name Ling, the word Xisheng, that is Mr. Xiao, but General Xiao is the family, the name first, the word Ziye. ”

All the old men gave their hands and gave their respects.

Xiao Buyi saluted one by one, saying that he admired for a long time, and was a group of harmony, but his heart moved slightly, he knew that under the gate valve system, different surnames were divided into high and low. The Sui Dynasty looked at many counties, and heard that the surnames in the southeast, the Chinese people in Jiangnan were Zhu, Zhang, Gu, and Lu as the majority, while the Shandong Gaomen took Wang, Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng as the surnames, and in the Jingxiang area, it was Xiao, Xie, Wang, and Yuan as the most important, these three old men seemed to be inconspicuous, but they represented the people's hopes here, and the scholars supported them, and they should not be neglected.

Thinking of this, Xiao Buyi's attitude was more respectful, and he said with a smile: "Gentlemen are not conducive to travel, in fact, I came here, I should have come to visit, and I am really ashamed to let you old gentlemen come here." ”

The three old men nodded one after another, very satisfied, and said in their hearts that this General Xiao really deserves his reputation, you see what people say, it makes people feel comfortable to the bottom of their hearts.

Xie Wangzhi said with a smile: "General Xiao's words are wrong, General Xiao has just arrived in Baling County, and he will re-issue the Juntian Order, and the rent is modulated, which is really in line with the will of the people. ”

Xiao Buyi invited the three old men to sit down, and he was accompanying him, with a respectful attitude, which made the old man even more satisfied.

"I don't know what the hell is going on with the three gentlemen, but there is a place where I can help?"

Wang Ling sighed and said: "I have heard for a long time that General Xiao is benevolent and humble, I still don't believe it, I want to become famous at that young age, I will inevitably be arrogant, I didn't expect to see it today, only to know that there is a truth in the words, the words in the mouths of the people, can not describe General Xiao's humility and benevolence tenth-twelve......"

After Sun Shaofang served the fragrant tea, he dozed off when he listened, and he was too tired to talk to these old men, and there was no topic in the circle, so only a surname like Xiao Boss could deal with it.

Xiao Buyi was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Old Master Wang has won the award." ”

Xiao Ziye stood up tremblingly, "General Xiao, you and I are both from our own family, I heard that General Xiao was originally the nephew of the queen's distant house, if you talk about it in detail, the old decay can be commensurate with General Xiao's peers." ”

Xiao Buyi looked at his beard and coughed dryly: "Mr. Xiao is really loving, just looking at Mr. Xiao's age, I really ......."

Xiao Ziye shook his head, "This has nothing to do with age, the seniority of the ancestors, how can the old man surpass it." ”

Xiao Buyi could only say: "Then I have time, but I want to go to Mr. Xiao's house to sit down and talk about it well." ”

Xiao Ziye's mouth couldn't be closed when he smiled, "I don't dare to invite you." ”

Xiao Buyi talked to them for a long time, and Xie Wangzhi finally stood up and said: "General Xiao, in fact, I came here for four purposes, the first is to know that General Xiao has entered Baling County, and the people's hearts are returned, and I express our love to General Xiao on behalf of the villagers. Secondly, we created a golden plaque to give to the general, representing Baling Junwang's desire to follow General Xiao's side. ”

He uncovered the red silk with his own hands, and the four big characters shining with gold were dazzling.

When Xiao Buyi saw the words 'love the people like a son', his face was moved, and he gave a deep salute, "Xiao will live up to the high expectations of several gentlemen and the people of Baling, but I don't know what the third thing is?" ”

Xie Wangzhi said softly: "This third thing is that although we are old, we can know that this Juntian Order is a major event, benefiting the country and the people, and after a while, if the time is ripe, we can go to the nearby counties of Liyang, Changsha, Hengshan, Guiyang and other counties for General Xiao to promote General Xiao's goodness." I think we can still do some of these trivial things. ”

Xiao Buyi was overjoyed and gave another salute, "You old gentlemen are so loving, Xiao doesn't know how to repay him." ”

When Sun Shaofang heard this, he was also in high spirits, and secretly wanted to say for a long time, just these few words are the most pleased, Boss Xiao occupied Xiangyang County, controlled Yiyang, and skillfully took Baling, if he can recover the nearby counties, it should be a great momentum, these old men still have some doorways!

"Still don't know what the fourth thing is?" Xiao Buyi asked again.

The three old men glanced at each other, stood up tremblingly, and said: "General Xiao, there are thieves and thieves in Baling County now Shen Liusheng haunts Huanglu Mountain, disrupting the people's livelihood. ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "I've been thinking about this matter these days, since Father Baling is looking forward to it, I should go out to the army to suppress bandits." ”

Xie Wangzhi and the others were overjoyed: "Thank you, General Xiao!" ”

"Shaofang, go and invite the soothsayer to come, and calculate the good fortune of sending troops." Xiao Buyi commanded.

Sun Shaofang nodded, "My subordinates will go now." ”

Wang Ling was puzzled and asked, "General Xiao sent troops, why do you still need divination?" ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "Old Master Wang doesn't know, this army must be in the right place and the right people, we are now in the right place, but the location is poor, so if you want to ask a warlock to divinate the sky, we can get two of the three, and we may succeed in the first battle." ”

The three old men looked at each other, half-convinced, and muttered in their hearts, secretly thinking that this general sent troops, not relying on the art of war, but to tell fortunes, pretending to be gods, is it just a wasted name?

**

Huanglu Mountain is dozens of miles away from the west of the parade building, the mountain range is continuous, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the group of thieves gather here after each captivity.

"Brother Shen, I heard that Xiao Buyi has joined Baling, and he is worshipping gods and ghosts in the past few days, and he is coming to beat us. I quickly turned around and sent the message, and asked my eldest brother to make a decision quickly. One of the bandits said urgently.

"Brother Shen, I heard that Xiao Buyi fought all over the banks of the Yellow River, and there has never been an opponent, let's escape." Another bandit suggested.

Brother Shen was originally dignified, but he had a scar on his face, which looked a little hideous, and this person was Shen Liusheng, a thief from Baling County. Hearing this, he didn't panic, and asked in a deep voice: "What is Xiao Buyi doing to worship God and invite ghosts?" ”

He said that he was a righteous soldier and an upright soldier. I found a warlock in Baling City and calculated that he would send troops to surround and suppress us, and he said it in Ming. The robber replied, "He has a lot of soldiers, and we are not his opponents, so we might as well flee." ”

Shen Liusheng sneered: "Righteous teacher, an upright soldier? Then when did he say he would send troops? ”

"At noon, he said wildly, saying that after sending troops at noon, after sweeping us, he could rush back to have dinner, and let Baling County Wang set up a drink in the largest restaurant in Baling City to prepare for the celebration, Brother Shen, this kid is too crazy, but such a crazy person must have two hits, why don't we escape!"

Shen Liusheng's eyebrows were raised, and he said angrily: "What are you running away, Xiao Buyi is so arrogant, I should let him return with a feather." ”

"But how can we beat Xiao Buyi?" All the thieves asked.

Shen Liusheng sneered: "Since he brought troops to fight us at noon, then we will set off early in the morning, make a detour to ambush near Baling City, and wait for him to go away, we will take advantage of the emptiness of the garrison in the city to plunder Baling City, and see what face Xiao Buyi has to meet the people of Baling after he comes back!" Everyone prepare, let's leave tomorrow morning. ”

All the thieves said in unison: "Brother Shen's plan is very good! ”

(To be continued)