On the way, I chatted with Orion, and learned that his name was Bayinslu, that he was thirty-five years old, that his wife had died, and that he had a fourteen-year-old son.

His house is in the woods at the foot of the mountain, with brick and stone walls and firewood and straw hides on top to keep out the wind and rain.

He also surrounded a small courtyard with firewood, and in the corner of the courtyard there was a hut with a shed, in which sheep, horses, and cattle were raised.

Bayinslu let Tian Zhiyu into the house and said, "I'll go and clean up the prey, boil some hot water, Brother Zhiyu, you can rest first." ”

Waiting for Bayinslu to go out, Tian Zhiyu took a closer look at his home.

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There is not much furniture at home, and it seems that most of it is made by Orion himself.

There is also a large tiger skin on the wall, and there are large and small dried prey, presumably prepared for winter.

After a while, Bayin Silu pushed the door in, held the kettle, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhiyu, sit down, I'll make you some brick tea." The rabbit and pheasant have been stewed, and when my baby returns from his uncle's house, he will almost be ready to eat. ”

Tian Zhiyu sat on the kang with him.

Bayinslu took out a large piece of black paint from the drawer under the small table on the kang, pried off a piece with a small knife, then put the large piece in the drawer, put the small piece into the teapot, collected the scraps that had fallen on the table, put it in the teapot one by one, and poured boiling water.

"Brother Zhiyu, where are you going to go this time?"

"Master told me before his death that he had a distant relative in Cloudsdale and asked me to go to him and recommend a job for me there, and he said that he had lived in the mountains and forests all his life, but he couldn't let me live there as well. ”

Bayinsilu took out two large porcelain bowls, poured two full bowls of tea each, and said: "This Cloud City is the garrison city of Dongyang Kingdom, in addition to the army, there are only some mules and horse traders, is your distant relative a soldier, or a seller of goods?"

"My master said that he was selling goods, buying medicinal materials from the south and transporting them to Cloud City to sell to the army," Tian Zhiyu continued.

Bayinsilu nodded and said, "Medicinal herbs are a good business, we sometimes collect medicinal herbs in the mountains and forests, and after they are dried, we let my son take them to his uncle, and ask his uncle to sell them to make a hard profit." However, the grassland is not as good as the south, there are few local adults, and the army of the grassland is not accurate, one place a day, and the royal court is too far away. The armies in the south were all iron-clad camps, and it was convenient to do business or something. ”

He blew on the floating powder of the tea leaves in the bowl, took a few sips slowly, and then said, "But this Cloud City is not close to here, and it will take at least ten days and a half to reach it on horseback. And recently, we have been fighting more frequently in Beiyi and Dongyang, so you have to be careful on this road. ”

Tian Zhiyu was embarrassed not to drink the steaming bowl of tea in front of him, so he simply learned Bayinsilu to blow the floating powder, and drank a few sips, the taste is very similar to the brick tea in Mongolia, and the principle is probably similar.

"I know, two days ago, I saw two groups of soldiers fighting, that tragic ......"

Saying that, Tian Zhiyu couldn't help but secretly admire his acting skills.

"Luckily I was hiding in the col and they didn't find me. But Brother Bayinslu, I don't think you seem to have any dislike for Dongyang Kingdom. ”

Bayinsilu smiled and said, "Why do you hate it? Although I am a Yi person, I live at the foot of the mountain, and I can support me and my family by hunting, unlike the Yi people who are used to grazing, they like to fight and kill, and like to rob the things of Dongyang Kingdom." Two years ago, I also went to Dongyang Kingdom, bought two iron pots, welded iron shovels, and bought a little grain seeds. At that time, Dongyang didn't control our trading very much, and turned a blind eye, unlike in the past two years, merchants were not allowed to sell any iron things to Yiren. ”

"Why don't you allow it......"

"It's not because the grassland weather is bad in the past two years, the summer and autumn are cold, the grass is not enough for cattle and sheep to eat, and there is no food in winter, so we can only go to Dongyang to rob, the two countries will fight, as long as there is a war, Dongyang will not sell iron tools to us. ”

"I see," Tian Zhiyu nodded, "Then why doesn't Dongyang sell grain?"

Bayinsilu sighed and said, "The grain sold by the people of Dongyang is expensive, where do the Yi people have so much silver and copper money? The rich in the family can still exchange cattle and sheep, and the family can only starve if they have no money." ”

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The two were chatting, when they heard the sound of the door opening in the courtyard, something fell heavily on the ground, and then a childish voice came: "Abba, I'm back." ”

Bayinsilu smiled and said to Tian Zhiyu: "My baby is back." ”

As he spoke, he got off the kang, and then the door opened, and a young man about the same height as Bayin Silu entered, wearing a turban, and looking immature.

When the young man saw Tian Zhiyu, he was obviously stunned, and then said, "Abba, are there guests at home?"

Bayinslu led the young man to Tian Zhiyu and said, "Brother Zhiyu, this is my baby, whose big name is Ji Rigla and his little name is Gewa. ”

Then he pulled Gewa and pointed at Tian Zhiyu and said: "This brother is Tian Zhiyu, and he is also a hunter like us, he got lost in the mountains and stayed at our house for one night. ”

Gewa was obviously a little rusty, and gestured to Tian Zhiyu and said, "Orion can also get lost in the mountains?"

There was obvious disbelief in the eyes.

Bayinsilu didn't blame his son for being impolite, and said with a smile: "It's not surprising that you Brother Zhiyu came to the mountain here for the first time, and it is not surprising that he got lost, by the way, Gewa, how did your uncle sell the medicinal herbs last time?"

Geva untied a bulging backpack from her back, placed it on the bed, opened it, and took out the contents in the same way.

While taking it, he said: "My uncle said that most of them were sold out, and there were still some Ganoderma lucidum left, which was not easy to sell, so I bought a little rice and noodles, as well as salt, spices, and cumin." Now it's hard to buy food, and my uncle said that he might not be able to buy it next time. ”

Bayinslu put away the things that Gewa took out one by one, sighed, and said: "If you continue to fight like this, there may be no rice and noodles to eat this winter, but fortunately, I prepared more in the summer, otherwise this winter will be very difficult." ”

Bayinslu said and instructed Gewa to chat with Tian Zhiyu and go out to serve food by herself.

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After all, Gewa is still young, and she looks a little restrained in front of Tian Zhiyu, and during the time when Bayinslu left, he sat on the kang and kept playing with a small dagger, cutting his nails for a while, and polishing some wooden gadgets for a while.

When Bayinslu returned with a large pot of food, Geva smiled, put away the dagger, and took out the dishes and chopsticks and placed them on the table.

The basin was full of meat, not only pheasants and rabbits that had just been hunted, but also large pieces of mutton.

Bayin Silu saw that his son couldn't wait to eat the meat, his face was full of smiles, but his mouth said, "Slow down, wait for the guests to move the chopsticks first." ”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Tian Zhiyu hurriedly said, "Gewa must be tired and hungry, hurry up and eat." ”

Bayinsilu's eyes were full of love when he looked at his son, so he didn't stop it anymore.

He went to the next room to get a clay pot, found two porcelain bowls, gave Tian Zhiyu and himself a bowl, and said: "Brother Zhiyu tasted the wine of the grassland, it was rough and rough, but fortunately it was strong enough." ”

Tian Zhiyu saw that Bayinsilu's face was full of enthusiasm and expectation, and he did not refuse, he took a sip of it, and immediately a hot stream went straight to the stomach and intestines along his throat, and the burning feeling stimulated the internal organs.

Tian Zhiyu immediately sighed while fanning with his hand, and hurriedly put a piece of meat in his mouth, and after a while, he looked at Bayin Silu who was laughing and said, "Big brother, your wine is really strong......

Bayinsilu laughed and took a big sip of himself, he was already accustomed to this taste, and ate a large piece of meat, and said: "Don't look at this wine as cheap, it is the favorite of our grassland people." I can't live without this wine in winter. You think about that white-haired day, freezing and snowy for months, if you don't drink, the whole person will freeze. Therefore, the grassland people need spirits, so the grassland people are also strong. ”

Tian Zhiyu ate a few more pieces of meat here before he suppressed the hot feeling in his stomach, and then he refused to take a big sip of wine, just took small sips.

Gewa, who had been eating meat over there, slowed down her eating at this time, and said to Bayinslu in a pleading tone, "Abba, give me half a bowl of wine to drink." ”

Bayinslu hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, you are still too young, and you will not be able to drink in another two years." ”

Geva said with an unhappy face: "Where am I small, I can ride a horse and hunt, and I have traveled so far from my uncle's house, and I am already a man, so give me some drink." ”

Bayinslu doted on this son a little, thought about it and helped his son get a bowl, poured half a bowl of wine, Gewa was very happy, and also learned from Tian Zhiyu to drink a big sip, the effect is the same as Tian Zhiyu, spicy straight teeth grinning.

Bayinsilu was even happier, and kept clinking glasses with Tian Zhiyu and talking about interesting things he encountered when he was hunting.

Tian Zhiyu hasn't had a good meal for two days, this big pot of meat, although there are not so many seasonings, fortunately, the ingredients are good enough, just add a little salt and spices to make it delicious.

Seeing that a large pot of meat had bottomed out, and the three of them had eaten seventy-seven or eighty-eight, Bayinsilu began to ask Gewa about what she had seen at her uncle's house this time.

Gewa told Aba everything she saw and heard, how many lambs were added to her uncle's family, whose family married whom, and how many victories and defeats the Great Khan's soldiers and horses fought with Dongyang, all of which were clear and clear.

Don't look at this baby, she is only fourteen years old, and she is clear and eloquent.

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"By the way, Abba, I heard from my uncle that the great general Hu Siba died suddenly a few days ago, and all the soldiers and generals who had been out of town were ordered to go back to the royal court," Gewa said.

"What, General Husiba, how could he suddenly die?" Bayinslu was shocked when he heard the news, and put down the chopsticks that he had raised, and looked at Gewa with a puzzled face.

Gewa shook her head and said, "I don't know, my uncle just said that everyone passed it on like this, and everyone doesn't know what happened, but the soldiers in the town did suddenly have a lot less, and when I came back, I also saw a lot of troops hurrying in the direction of the royal court." ”

Bayinslu fell into deep thought, but after thinking for a while, he still shook his head and said: "General Hu Siba is not very old, and his kung fu is also very good. In addition to the Han Dynasty in Beiyi over the years, the general has the greatest appeal, and if the general dies all of a sudden, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with Dongyang. ”

Listening to the conversation between the two people, Tian Zhiyu suddenly thought that at the most critical moment the day before yesterday, all those pursuers retreated at once. Could it be that it was because of the death of this General Hu Siba that all the pursuers who were already in the hands of victory were evacuated?

If that's the case, his life can be regarded as the death of this general.