Chapter 14 Letting the Horses Go
It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Kingdom, millions of soldiers died in the war, and countless lonely widows cried to the sky, and the blood and tears shed formed a river, flowing from the capital to the edge of the abyss, falling into the bottomless dark abyss. Although the legend www.biquge.info not known to be true or false, the people of the Jin Kingdom called this river the "River of Tears", and at the same time called the grassland through which the "River of Tears" flowed "Tears Plain".
"This story is so beautiful!" Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't help but sigh when he heard the herdsmen's songs praising the River of Tears.
"What's so beautiful about this story?" asked Nu Tian with a frown.
"Heroes open up territory for the country, the River of Tears is born because of longing, and their legends will always exist on the land of the Jin Kingdom. How can such a story not be beautiful!" Zhang Xiaoshan exclaimed excitedly.
"In this story, I only hear about the dead and the broken, and as for the river, those people don't care if it exists. How can such a story be considered beautiful?" said Nu Tian, looking up at the white clouds in the sky.
"Fighting a war will naturally kill people, if there is no such battle, how can the splendid glory of the Jin Kingdom come?" Zhang Xiaoshan didn't look at Nu Tian, but just took a deep breath, enjoying the unique sweet breath of the grassland.
"Splendid Glory? For more than 600 years, the Jin Dynasty has been fighting for many years, bandits are rampant in the country, and the people are not able to make a living, so how can the splendid glory come from!" said Nu Tian calmly.
"Is this the case in the Jin Kingdom?" Zhang Xiaoshan asked with a strange look at Nu Tian.
"Do you think it's a country and a country that is peaceful, singing and dancing, and rich in food and clothing?" said Nu Tian with a wry smile.
"That's not what the Jin people in the academy said!" Zhang Xiaoshan said suspiciously.
"This may be the purpose of the teacher asking me to be an official, no matter how much I listen to others, I can't see it with my own eyes. Nu Tian looked at the quietly flowing river in front of him and sighed softly.
"Childe, did you say that the crazy wolf will come over and rob us when he sees it?" Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't keep up with Nu Tian's thoughts of worrying about the country and the people, so he didn't dwell on this topic, but changed the topic.
"Needless to say, the choice is not on his side at all!" said Nu Tian confidently.
"Childe doesn't seem to have taken this crisis of the ranch to heart?" Zhang Xiaoshan asked suspiciously.
"The teacher often says: A gentleman should face difficulties in the world!" said Nu Tian confidently.
Just as the two were chatting, the golden scroll on Nu Tian's body suddenly flew out and opened in front of him.
"Childe, they're coming!" Zhang Ershan's image said on the Golden Book page.
"Got it!" Nu Tian nodded slightly, and the golden scroll instantly flew into the ground and disappeared without a trace.
Nu Tian rode a military horse up a hillside and looked into the distance, only to see a long team of horses slowly marching towards this side. The herd of horses stretched to the end of the grassland like a long snake, and it was impossible to calculate its approximate number for a while, and Nu Tian couldn't help but be slightly stunned in his heart.
"A horse thief has such a powerful means, it seems that I still underestimate this crazy wolf!" Nu Tian whispered to himself.
"Childe, look at that group of horses!" Zhang Xiaoshan pointed to a handful of horses in the herd and exclaimed in surprise.
"'Treading the Wind and Fighting Horses'! What I can't ask for, he has hundreds of horses as a horse thief......" Seeing the group of horses pointed by Zhang Xiaoshan, Nu Tian's eyes unconsciously became cold.
Mad Wolf sits in his luxurious carriage, holding two half-naked beauties, looking forward to his bright future. As long as this batch of livestock is traded, he will become the king of this grassland, and he will never live in fear as before!
"Boss, will the Lord keep his word?" asked a beautiful woman sitting next to the mad wolf.
"Rest assured, he will keep his word, for only then will he be able to get the most out of this plain, and in exchange I will get this plain. Hahaha......" Mad Wolf laughed happily.
"Boss, there's someone grazing horses by the River of Tears!" a horse thief came up to the car and reported.
"Isn't it normal for someone to be herding horses in the River of Tears? This time we can't afford to make mistakes, so don't make trouble!" The mad wolf said dissatisfiedly when he saw that his subordinates were thieves who were difficult to change and had lost their way for small gains.
"But Boss, there are thousands of horses!" said the thief hesitantly.
"What! thousands of horses...... That tribe has so many horses in this grassland?" Hearing that there were so many horses, the mad wolf was also startled, and hurriedly jumped out of the car to look in the direction pointed by his men, and sure enough, he saw a large number of horses wandering by the River of Tears.
"Boss, it should be a horse from the court!" said the horse thief's subordinate.
"How did you meet them at this time?" said the mad wolf to himself, a little confused.
"Boss, there is no army patrol nearby, if ......"
"You're crazy, that's the warhorse of the court! Do you think we'll still have a life after we take it?" the mad wolf reprimanded loudly.
"Boss, what if we don't rob it, but buy it?" another voice sounded behind the mad wolf.
The mad wolf looked back and saw that it was his right-hand man, who had helped him a lot over the years, and even the relationship between the military and the military was through this person, so he was very trusted.
"Although it is also a felony to sell military horses privately, it is not our fault, and the criminal responsibility will not fall on us. The guy suggested.
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"I've checked that this shepherd is reporting for the first time, and he doesn't understand any rules, and the barracks are already very dissatisfied. Besides, the previous one had almost emptied the entire pasture, and now he had half a foot in the cell!" The horse thief strategist saw that the mad wolf was already a little moved, so he added fuel and vinegar to persuade him.
"Then bring that lord over!" the mad wolf pondered for a while, but still couldn't control the greed in his heart.
"Yes, Boss!" the horse thieves next to him immediately rushed excitedly towards the herd of horses by the river when they heard the boss's permission.
"Who's home here, our boss is invited!" an arrogant voice came.
Hearing the arrogant shout, knowing that the mad wolf wanted to see him, Nu Tian shook his head with a sneer, and slowly drove his horse in the direction of the mad wolf's herd. And when the horse thief saw that Nu Tian had only brought one person to see his boss, he couldn't help but sneer and look at our shepherd a few times, and then ran back towards his herd of horses.
The two of them followed the horse thief unhurriedly and slowly, and in a short time they reached the mad wolf's herd. Looking at the luxurious carriage not far ahead, Nu Tian couldn't help but show a sneer on his face.
"My lord, our boss is invited!" a horse thief greeted him, bowed respectfully to Nu Tian, and helped him open the curtain of the luxurious carriage with a smile on his face.
Nu Tian smiled slightly, got into the carriage without any worries, and sat directly opposite the mad wolf. After sitting down, the slave looked up and carefully looked at the horse thief opposite. is different from Nu Tian's guess, the mad wolf does not have the slightest bit of gangsterism, and his appearance is also very upright, just like a rich man with a lot of money, he looks very blessed. It's hard to imagine that such a kind elder could be a ruthless horse thief leader.
And the mad wolf couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw that Nu Tian was so young, and when he found that he didn't have the slightest cultivation on his body, a look of vigilance flashed in his eyes.
"Treat your Excellency well!" the mad wolf ordered with a smile on his face, patting the naked woman beside him lightly.
"My lord!" the woman sat down beside Nu Tian when she heard this, leaning her whole body on him, and rubbing sensitive positions against him from time to time.
Seeing this, Nu Tian did not have the slightest scruples, but plucked the woman a few times with great enjoyment, causing the naked woman to chuckle.
"I don't know your last name?" the mad wolf asked.
"Nu Tian, I wonder why you invited me here?" Nu Tian asked with a smile after reporting his name.
"It turned out to be a slave master! I'm a rough man, so I'll get straight to the point. This meeting is really just a deal with adults. Mad Wolf smiled and said his purpose.
"Buying and selling, I don't know what kind of business it is?" Nu Tian asked as he looked at the mad wolf with interest when he heard this.
"Hahaha, there's nothing worth buying and selling in this weedy wasteland, but the horses by the River of Tears!" said the mad wolf with a laugh.
"Hmph, don't you know that selling military horses without permission is a capital crime of beheading?" Nu Tian reminded with a sneer.
"Hahaha, my lord is still a pillar of the imperial court, how can he do such a stupid thing that violates the law and discipline? I'm talking about the horses by the River of Tears, not the military horses in the imperial pastures!" said the mad wolf cautiously.
"......" Hearing the mad wolf's explanation, Nu Tian couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and he couldn't turn around for a while.
"It's a penalty, a dozen taels, even if it's a deposit for me to buy a horse. When I returned, I ordered my subordinates to send 10,000 taels of gold to buy horses. I wonder what the adults think?" said the mad wolf playfully.
"As the saying goes: it's better to be famous than to meet. When I saw it today, Zun Jia is really not an ordinary character, it can be said that he has a big vision!" "After Nu Tian heard the words of the mad wolf, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but jump wildly, his spirit had reached the edge of an outburst, and he could burst out at any time!
"Oh, is it true that in the eyes of adults, my golden taels are not as good as a few of your skinny horses?" A cold light flashed in the crazy eye's eyes, staring at the young official in front of him, and a cold killing intent instantly flooded in Nutian.
"I can hear that Zunjia is also a person who loves money. Why don't we do the opposite, I will buy your horse with 100,000 taels of gold, and I guess Zun Jia will not object, right?" Nu Tian did not care about the threat of the mad wolf, but said with a smile on his face.
Hearing Nu Tian's calm attitude, the mad wolf's brows couldn't help but furrow slightly. Under their undisguised killing intent, ordinary people will become in a trance and at a loss even if they don't go crazy. But the kid in front of him always looked confident, and as soon as the killing intent touched him, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without a trace of waves.
"It seems that the adults are not ready to accept my kindness!" said the mad wolf coldly as he stared at Nu Tian fiercely.
"From the moment I got in the car, I didn't feel the slightest kindness!" said Nu Tian with a smile as if he couldn't feel the murderous aura of the mad wolf.
"Do you know who I am?" asked Mad Wolf with a sneer.
"Oh, did you finally remember to introduce yourself?" said Nu Tian scoffed.
Seeing Nu Tian's indifferent attitude, the mad wolf couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and a bad premonition came to his heart.
"You already know who I am?" asked the mad wolf uncertainly.
"Otherwise, how could you wait for your Excellency on the edge of the River of Tears for half a month!" Nu Tian said with a chuckle.
"Who the hell are you?" the mad wolf suddenly stood up and pointed at Nutian and asked loudly.
"You're really forgetful!" said Nu Tian with a wry smile and shook his head.
"How!"
A long howl sounded, and the mad wolf's face suddenly changed. The howling sound was just a signal of attack, and at this time, his horse team was attacked, how could the mad wolf not understand what was happening? At the same time as the howling sounded, there were two more scimitars in his hands in an instant, and he fiercely pounced on Nutian. The mad wolf is decisive and vicious, and he has no mercy, wanting to put the slave to death. As soon as he pounced in front of Nu Tian, his whole body suddenly shook, and the whole person flew out upside down as if he had been hit hard, directly knocking the luxury carriage into a big hole.
"Beauty, why be a thief!" Nu Tian ignored the crazy wolf who flew out, but turned his head to look at the woman beside him, his face full of regret.
At this time, the woman had an extra sharp blade in her hand, intending to stab Nu Tian's throat, but for some reason, the sharp blade was fixed in mid-air, and she couldn't stab it. Nu Tian stood up, gently stroked the woman's face, and suddenly lowered his head and kissed the woman's lips affectionately. Then he turned to look at the other woman next to him, who was completely stunned, chuckled and shook his head, and slowly stepped out of the carriage.
After Nu Tian stepped out of the carriage, he saw that the carriage was full of horses galloping wildly. The horse team was now in complete disarray, and all the thoughts of the horse thieves were on the enemy who had just appeared, and there was still the heart to restrain the horses! Although this time both sides were in conflict over these horses, but no one cared about the frightened beasts.
"I like it here!" Nu Tian didn't pay attention to the mad wolf that was not far away, but took a deep breath, felt the chaotic atmosphere around him, and said with emotion.
"I want you dead!" Standing in the midst of the crazy herd, the mad wolf was like a bomb about to explode, and a murderous aura that almost solidified into substance locked Nutian, ready to pounce at any time.
"Your opponent is me!" Just then, a young man jumped between the slave and the mad wolf, staring with interest at the beast-like horse thief leader.
"Die!" the mad wolf shouted, his body was like an arrow from the string, rushing towards Nutian like lightning, completely ignoring Zhang Xiaoshan in front of him as nothing.
"Hmph!" Zhang Xiaoshan snorted coldly, he was enraged by the mad wolf's contemptuous attitude, and pounced without hesitation, trying to intercept the horse thief.
With a sound of "dang", the momentum of the mad wolf suddenly erupted early, and the scimitar violently knocked the sharp blade in Zhang Xiaoshan's hand away, and then another scimitar quickly slammed in front of his neck, mercilessly knocking it to the ground.
"Boy, you're still tender!" said the mad wolf with a sneer.
Zhang Xiaoshan never thought that this family would be so fierce, and he would hit himself with a sharp blade and suppress himself to the ground with just one move. Ignoring the sharp scimitar on his neck, which could kill him in an instant, his body shrank rapidly, and he rolled backwards with the impact of the mad wolf's body, and then kicked the horse thief leader into the air with a hard kick. It's just that when Zhang Xiaoshan was just about to get up, two sword qi lightning struck, so frightened that he fled to the side!
Nu Tian just watched calmly from the sidelines, without the slightest intention of making a move.
"I didn't expect that a horse thief leader actually had the cultivation of the pinnacle of foundation building, and he almost capsized in the gutter!" Zhang Xiaoshan gently wiped the blood from his neck, and said coldly at the mad wolf opposite.
"A Jindan monk like you who has no combat experience, Lao Tzu doesn't know how many of them he slaughters in a year, what's the big deal!" said the mad wolf with disdain, but his eyes never left Nutian, because he knew that Nutian was the real enemy.
"Really, then I don't need to keep my hand!" When Zhang Xiaoshan heard this, he immediately became furious, and a blazing flame suddenly erupted towards his body, rushing towards the mad wolf like a firebird.
The mad wolf circled with two knives, and a sword aura erupted violently, facing the firebird without backing down. With a "bang", Zhang Xiaoshan's whole body flew upside down, and the mad wolf was on fire, but he stood in place as steady as Mount Tai, revealing an extremely hideous smile! But just as he was about to charge again, the back of his neck suddenly ached, and he suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
"Xiaoshan, you've disappointed me so much! You're a monk in the middle of the Jindan period, where are all the magic weapons?" Nu Tian was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xiaoshan's performance, the dignified Jindan Realm master was suppressed by a guy who built the foundation realm, and he was really embarrassed to go home!
"There won't be a next time!" Zhang Xiaoshan assured with his head down and ashamed.
At this moment, the Zhang brothers came over with a large group of captives, these horse thieves were crawling with insects, and they all lost their panicked appearance just now.
"Xiaoshan is injured!" Zhang Sanshan couldn't help but get nervous when he saw his son's embarrassed appearance.
"When he goes back, let the guy on the ground teach him how to fight!" Nu Tian said to Zhang Sanshan, pointing to the guy on the ground who was burned beyond recognition by the flames.
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"Come back!" Nu Tian beckoned, and there was a sudden fluctuation in the grass, and then the thousands of miles of plains turned into a page of golden paper and fell into his hands lightly. The horses, cattle and sheep scurrying around the grassland all disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only the group of captives looking at the brocade-clothed young man in front of them in horror and inexplicably!