Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (Nine Tops)

Ashina Choyu's horse team stayed in the Sulu Department for two days, and the carnival in the tribe also lasted for two days. This mission from the Turkic royal court was too timely, and it was like sending charcoal in the snow, sending the support that the Su Si tribe needed most. With the big backer of the Ashina family, Su Sixier can justifiably propose to the stubborn and lost Da Ejin to take over the crown left by the ancestors of the Ashina people, and the aggressive Khitans on the side will also rein in their edge, and give up their unreasonable demands for the sake of the marriage between the Su Sibu and the Ashina family.

"It's the Immortal Heaven and the Holy Wolf who are protecting Su Sibu!" That's what all the shepherds say. Until Ashina Choyu left, the excitement in people's hearts had not passed.

"The white swan doesn't want to soar into the blue sky on its own, but follows the wolves like crows to pick up broken bones and eat. Alas, Wanqing has taught Ciel for so long, hasn't she taught him to take a long-term view! "Master Coppersmith likes to disagree with others the most, and complains to Li Xu while banging on the cutting board.

"Patriarch, the patriarch may have his own decision!" Li Xu looked at the fire and replied absentmindedly.

The blue jumping in the furnace is licking a large piece of star iron. After Tao Kuo desilked the star iron fished out of the crescent moon lake, there was still a lot left after Li Xu created a weapon. Little Ah Silan was about to be born, and Li Xu just used the remaining materials to hit two scimitars.

One for little Asilan self-defense, and the other for self-defense? Li Xu smiled stupidly, intoxicated by the dream of happiness.

"Stupid, do you think the women of the Ashina family are so easy to marry?" The coppersmith stretched out his hand and made a chisel on the door of the disciple's head. With this disciple's current qualifications, it is most suitable to find a deserted mountain to live in seclusion. But God had pushed him into a whirlpool, and he himself had stepped into the center of the whirlpool, but he was unaware of any danger.

"But Brother Yu said that he and A Silan are married, and they don't involve the families of both sides!" Li Xu took out the red-hot iron with fire tongs, and after hitting it a few times, he replied with the sweat on his face.

Ashina Choyu's affinity is incomparable, and the enthusiasm and generosity revealed in his gestures have won the favor of the entire Su Si Department. Li Xu didn't want to let the unfounded suspicion sweep away all the excitement, although he, like the coppersmith master, was also vaguely aware that there might be a huge conspiracy behind this excessive enthusiasm. But what the conspiracy was, he couldn't see it clearly like a flower in a fog.

"If Brother Xu is here, he will definitely be able to guess what kind of medicine is sold in Ashina Choyu's gourd. It's a pity that Brother Xu is still on the bank of the Xinkai River, leading his men and horses to guard against the sneak attack of the Khitans! Li Xu shook his head, trying his best to leave the chaotic thoughts in his mind behind. Crafting weapons requires single-mindedness, and he doesn't want any of the two scimitars to be born that are about to be destroyed.

"You kid, after all, you still have a good heart!" The coppersmith sighed and stopped talking. What should come will come after all, and the wings that do not experience wind and rain will never grow, and some truths can only be understood after suffering losses. He looked at Li Xu with pity, as if he saw himself more than 20 years ago.

The sledgehammer and the small hammer are noisy and cut, playing a pastoral song. In the madrigal, time is gradually forgotten. The first black-blue, soft-smooth blade gradually took shape, and the golden flames flowed between the blades, sometimes bursting with dazzling light.

The master and apprentice stopped talking, and the forging work had reached the most critical moment. The coppersmith's profound experience and Li Xu's long physical strength greatly accelerated the completion speed, and after the blade and the excessive part of the blade were flattened, a fine product was born.

"You still have the heart to strike iron here!" The door of the workshop was kicked open, and a figure wrapped in a cold wind and burst in angrily.

"Eru! While! Li Xu was distracted, and the sledgehammer deviated from the target, smashing the knife face into a concave piece. The natural pattern formed by the forging of the star iron was shattered, and the entire blade no longer looked natural. Annoyed, he lowered the hammer and looked at Eru.

"Let's go, follow me to the Central Tent!" Eru's eyes were red, and she pulled up the corners of Li Xu's clothes like crazy and pulled them out. This fool in front of him is too brainless, his wife is about to be robbed, and he can still care about helping others fight knives.

"What, what's going on!" Li Xu grabbed Eru a little unhappily and asked in a low voice. Today, all the effort was lost because of Eru's recklessness, and in order to restore the pattern on the knife surface, the whole knife blank had to be reheated.

"Hit, I'll kill you!" Eru, who has always been gentle and considerate, stared at her tears and shouted, "They want to marry Tao Kuo to the Turks, you actually have the heart to strike iron here!" ”

"What?" Li Xu was stunned and didn't react for a while. Tao Kuotuosi wants to marry the Turks, doesn't he say that the daughter of the Turks wants to marry Aslan? How come all the arrangements have changed just a few days later?

"Go ahead, do your best!" The coppersmith pushed Li Xu behind his shoulder and persuaded him in a low voice.

"Oh!" Li Xu agreed, and stumbled out of the workshop with Eru. As soon as the autumn wind blew, his mind immediately cleared up. Tao Kuo Desi wants to marry into the Turks, but Tao Kuo Desilk clearly has a white head covenant with himself? Patriarch Sil approved of it! Elder Eto blessed this matter! The entire Su Si Department and the entire grassland have blessed themselves and Tao Kuo Desilk!

He jumped on horseback and rushed madly towards the central tent. No wonder I always feel that my smile after getting drunk is so mysterious, this person was not drunk at all that day, but he drunk the entire Su Si Department!

'Ah Silan is just a tribal nobleman, and his son marrying Ashina Choyu's daughter will inevitably break the balance of power within the Su Si Ministry! As he galloped, Li Xu felt that he had become Xu Dayan, and his eyes instantly pierced through the dark fog. 'In order to maintain the authority of the Sir family in the Susi, someone in the patriarch's family must marry someone of higher status in the Ashina family. ’

The grassland people have an upright personality, but it does not mean that the grassland people do not know how to trade. Li Xu knew that he was really stupid, so stupid that he believed Ashina Qiyu's generosity so easily. stupid enough to believe that everyone around him is as sincere and kind as Uncle Jiu, and stupid enough to regard himself as a member of Su Si's department......

The Black Wind won from the hands of Qi Yu was worthy of a good horse, and after a few crossings, it rushed to the central tent of the tribal discussion. Li Xu jumped off the horse, holding a scimitar and rushing to the front door of the central tent, and at the moment when his body brushed the round tent wall, he heard a choked voice.......

"Attachment is not recklessness, no, attachment is for the glory of the tribe to gamble with Qiyu and drink. The wolf rider is so fierce, he doesn't want our shepherd to lose his sharpness!"

"It's Tao Kuotuo, she's speaking for me!" Li Xu's footsteps stagnated, and his heart was immediately filled with the taste of happiness and sourness, and his whole body trembled.

"She's speaking for me, she's not turning her back on me!" Trembling, the young man's back straightened. He straightened his clothes and walked slowly to the front door of the tent. No matter how much wind and rain awaited ahead, he had to defuse it with reason rather than recklessness.

"Patriarch Xi'er, can the Council of Ministers allow women to talk casually?" A gloomy voice interrupted Tao Kuo's crying. It was Elder Miye, Li Xu knew that he was too familiar with this voice. It was this shameless old fellow who hesitated and flinched in the face of a strong enemy, and now he had the ghost idea of sacrificing Tao Kuo Tuosi in exchange for the favor of the Turks.

"This is my own marriage, of course I can speak!" Tao Kuo looked at everyone with tears in his eyes, and replied with a bit of determination. These people are crazy, they have no conscience. Attachment has done so much for the tribe, and they have unceremoniously chosen to betray.

"This is not your own marriage, this is a major event related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people!" Elder Eto stood up, his voice without any emotion, "The Turks are proposing marriage to the nephew of the Qimin Khan, and we don't have the strength to refuse. ”

"When have the offspring of the White Swan ever relied on someone else?" Dürr's old father, Gabler, stood up and said. Among the elders, he was known for his stinginess and lack of words. Today, for the sake of a foreign boy, he actually refuted the most prestigious Elder Eto to his face.

A few elders of Minister Su Si, who usually didn't like to take care of things, exchanged heads and ears below, and turned the tent into a pot of porridge. Today's matter is indeed very tricky, the daughter of the Sil family married the nephew of the Khan of Qimin, which is simply a grace from the Immortal Heaven to the Susibu. Hundreds of years, the Flame had not married such a powerful ally. However, Detachment is the guard of the Holy Wolf, and everything he has paid since he came to the tribe, no one with eyes should choose to forget!

"If we reject the Ashina family's proposal, we simply don't have the strength to resist the wrath of the Turkic court. We only have a few thousand warriors, but the Turks have 200,000 wolf riders! Su Sili stood up, trying to make her tone sound calm. He finally waited for this opportunity, and if the person who took away his name and honor was not removed, the crown of the white swan did not know whose head would fall in the future.

Outside the big tent, Li Xu's footsteps became slower and slower, and as soon as he turned around, he could bypass the side of the big tent and break into the door of the tent. But his body was as heavy as lead, and he couldn't take that crucial step. Su Si Fuli is not wrong at all, what he can provide for Su Si has been provided all, but the Turkic royal court has 200,000 wolf riders!

200,000 wolf riders, thinking about the slaughter when he broke through Suotou Xi that day, Li Xu only had a piece of blood left in front of him.

"Detachment can fight side by side with us to resist external humiliation!" Tao Kuo shouted hoarsely. As Su Si was talking, she saw many elders nodding frequently. Even Elder Shetshago, who was the best for himself and attached to him, couldn't help but hang his head. A feeling of despair enveloped her whole body, but she couldn't accept this fate, never!

"That Han man won't fight alongside us, he's a deserter!" Su Sili sneered and turned his gaze to everyone present, "I have privately found a few vendors and asked about the origin of that Han boy. The Great Sui Emperor wanted to attack Goryeo, but those Han boys didn't dare to go, so they fled to our tribe under the pretext of doing business. Think about it, will a coward who is not willing to fight for his own people shed blood for the tribe of others? ”

"Detachment is not a coward, attachment is not ......" Tao Kuotuosi cried out in despair. She wanted to defend her sweetheart, but she couldn't deny that her uncle was telling the truth. Li Xu had nothing to hide from her, why she came to the Ministry of Mischief, and why she didn't go home in a hurry, she knew it clearly.

"Would a coward who is unwilling to fight for his own people shed blood for someone else's tribe?" Li Xu stood beside the felt tent, his face pale, and his body shrunk into withered grass in the wind. Eru had already caught up with him, taking him by the hand and walking towards the door of the felt tent, but she couldn't pull him still.

In desperation, he saw Tao Kuo Tuosi rushing out of the felt tent crying. He saw Eru crying and chasing after Tao Kuotuo, and he saw the Su Si warrior in front of the felt tent door glaring at him, his eyes full of disdain.