He walked out of the tent and looked into the distance.

The black horse, carrying a heavy bag, paced in front of him, and gently arched him with its head, making an unpleasant wheezing sound like pulling a bellows, and it seemed to be extremely hard.

Xu Chen touched the mane on its neck, and scolded with a smile: "Don't always be miserable in front of me, where is such a little thing to make you work hard to become like this, you have to leave later, don't be in a hurry to unload your luggage, if you are hungry, you can find some grass to eat." ”

The black horse stared at the faint grass in the winter wind with big eyes, and thought bitterly, these grasses are less than the hair on the heads of the Qiang people, where can they feed themselves?

The black horse has a violent temperament, but if it is tamed, it is undoubtedly a rare horse in the world, if others discover its true strength, it will definitely be paid tribute like a baby, where will it be like Xu Chen, who is regarded as a dog raised at random by his own family, and there is no food at home, so he kicked out the door and let it go to the street to pick up the bones left by the neighbors?

But it was only convinced by Xu Chen's discipline, and seeing that Xu Chen really didn't mean to ask for hay for it, he kicked the horse's hooves in frustration and walked outside the camp, not knowing where it could go to find something to eat.

It was still early, but due to the short winter days in the bitter cold northland, the sun on the sky dome had a faint smell of near twilight, slowly falling towards the ground, and the light gradually became red.

There was a cold wind behind the gentle slope, Xu Chen took a cotton scarf from nowhere, stuffed it into the neckline, and said to Zhao Ling'er beside him: "This is the tuyere, it will be cold at night." ”

Zhao Ling'er is the oldest among the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen, and her temperament is gentle and peaceful, listening to Xu Chen's reminder, she knows that the previous Western Jin Dynasty National Teacher brought her people here to camp, and she still has such a boring mean meaning, even she felt a little annoyed, but she didn't know how to deal with it.

Xu Chen grabbed a grassland man walking beside him, and said a long sentence with a gentle and sincere expression.

Duanmurong didn't get out of the car until he heard Xu Chen's difficult words, so he lifted the curtain and walked down.

Zhao Ling'er asked, "Senior Brother Xu, what did you say to that person earlier?"

I asked him if he could set up his own tent on the grassland. ”

Xu Chen smiled and continued: "The Qiang people said that we are the most honored guests of the Khan, so as long as it is the Khan's grassland, we can choose any place to live. ”

Hearing this, the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen outside the tent all understood what he meant, and they all laughed, thinking that it would be good to choose another camp, since the Western Jin Dynasty treated him like this, then why should he get too close to them.

Zhao Ling'er looked at Xu Chen with a smile, thinking that there were no mature men in the same sect, and when faced with many problems and choices, he did lack some courage, and this situation was that the young master of the Xuanyuan Academy had no way to change it.

"Where should we move?"

Xu Chen looked at the grassland, all the countries in the Central Plains sent people to participate in the war, and at least hundreds of thousands of people gathered on two fronts in the north, but now that they are going deep into the wasteland for peace talks, it is naturally impossible for the countries to pull everyone over, but the cavalry guarding the nobles has gathered together, and there are at least a thousand horsemen.

The tents on the grassland under the sunset are everywhere, the flags are unfurled, the number of tents on the grassland in the west is not much, but the arrangement is very orderly, and those flags that hunt and flutter in the cold wind also seem to be particularly energetic, as for the faintly visible cavalry queue, it is much more neat and solemn than the cavalry of the Central Plains Coalition Army here.

The world usually thinks that the most elite cavalry in the world is the divine army of the Western Jin Dynasty, but the number of cavalry in the Western Jin Dynasty is too small, and it is strictly controlled below 1,000 cavalry according to the canon, so the cavalry that is truly powerful and dares to sweep the world is the other two.

Xu Chen pointed to the orderly tent on the west side of the grassland and the familiar military flags, and said, "We are camping over there. ”

The disciples of the Jade Xuanmen recognized that it was the camp of the Chaoyang Army, and they were slightly stunned, and after a while, they all agreed to his suggestion, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Chaoyang Empire have been friends for generations, and now they are all coming on the order of the Western Jin Dynasty and camping there, I believe that no matter who can say anything mean.

It's a pity that the girls of the Western Jin Dynasty, who have little experience in the world, still didn't expect that they would abandon the designated camp in the Western Jin Dynasty and choose to live next to the Chaoyang camp, which still attracted the attention of many people and caused a lot of criticism.

Looking at the tired horses and dust carts walking towards the Han camp in the twilight, the swordsman from the Southern Jin Dynasty looked indifferent, the monks of the Western Jin Dynasty showed mockery in their eyes, and the head of the Western Jin Dynasty said with a gloomy expression: "If you want to hug the thighs of the Han people, then hug them." ”

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The winter wasteland, even if there are mountains sheltering the wind and hot springs flowing, is still cold, but the negotiations between the royal court and the Central Plains countries have been going on for several days and have entered the hottest stage.

The Western Jin Dynasty cavalry escorted the nobles to come, because the Khan princess liked flowers and plants very much, and was forced by the wasteland climate, she was always unable to cultivate the Fa, so she earnestly repaired the book and asked the Western Jin Dynasty to let the princess come to the royal court for a while, so that she could ask for advice in person.

This matter has nothing to do with the negotiations, but it started when the negotiations reached an impasse, just like the grain and grass sent by the girls of the Western Jin Dynasty, it belonged to the attached emotional exchange.

Neither the Qiang royal court nor the Central Plains countries wanted to continue the war, and the invasion and plundering in the previous months and the subsequent conflicts and fighting were all problems of resources, and the latter was a matter of attitude.

Negotiation is to see whose cervical spine is harder, to see whose confidence is more sufficient, once one party is not confident enough to bow his head, the negotiation will naturally go much smoother. The day after Xu Chen and the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen arrived at the royal court, the two sides of the negotiation finally reached a consensus.

The news of the successful negotiation was blown by the winter wind, and the whole meadow was spread as fast as possible, and the cloud-like tents resounded with enthusiastic cheers or low curses, and the royal tribe began to prepare spirits and delicacies, and in addition to this, it was decided to hold a large gathering on an impromptu basis.

The royal court temporarily decided to convene a conference, first, to celebrate the success of the peace talks, and secondly, to take this opportunity to let the people of the royal court tribe and the people of the Central Plains have more exchanges, so as to have harmonious feelings and dilute hatred. As for whether this intention can be realized in the end, no one knows.

The sound of the piano is loud, the horn is played, all kinds of colored flags are flying in the wind, and people from all over the country gather on the grassland, which is very lively, especially the open periphery of the test riding and shooting, which is densely surrounded.

The people in leather or padded jackets did not climb their shoulders like brothers, but still stood with their companions, each in their own camp, but this did not prevent them from applauding in unison when they saw the wonderful riding performances at the conference.

At the end of the sheep hunting competition, the winning rider received a big prize, which made the next archery competition even more exciting.

A royal court archer successfully defeated his opponent with his superb archery skills, and the arrows in the red heart of the arrow target seemed to overlap, making the crowd cheer.

Xu Chen and the girls of the Western Jin Dynasty stopped in the crowd to watch.

No one in the Western Jin Dynasty paid attention to the arrival of the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen, and they were also idle, so they simply went out of the tent to watch the excitement, while Duanmu Rong stayed in the tent to write as usual, and everyone was used to it and did not persuade each other.

Yaxiu looked at the royal court archer who was carried on the shoulders of the men of the same tribe to show off, snorted disdainfully, pulled Xu Chen's sleeve beside him, and said, "Senior brother, why don't you participate in the competition? Whether it is riding or archery, these people are far worse than you, can you go up and win all the rewards back?"

Xu Chen glanced at her and said with a smile: "Of course it's not good." ”

Facing this little girl, he always felt that what he saw was Tang Yan when he was a child, so his expression and words naturally showed a little closeness.

"Dare to make a move at the conference, they are the most amazing hunters on the grassland, and the previous Western Jin Dynasty archers are also very powerful, even if I participate in the competition, where can I definitely win?"

This is the truth, whether it is the wasteland or the Central Plains, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger do not know how many unknown strong people are hidden, where is the reason for victory. This is also a lie, if Xu Chen does his best, whether it is the previous sheep catching competition or the archery competition at this time, no one in the field can really win against him.

Yaxiu looked at him and sighed helplessly and said, "Senior brother, you are good at everything, but it's not good to be too modest." ”

Xu Chen couldn't help laughing, thinking that no matter whether Duanmu Rong or Yaxiu would always praise themselves directly and sincerely in various ways, if he stayed with these pure-minded Western Jin Dynasty girls for a long time, he was really worried that he would one day float all the way to the sky.

He rubbed her head dotingly and said, "When you grow up in the future, you will understand that if you always want to be in the limelight, then there will always be a time when you are blown by the wind." ”

The folk customs of the Western Jin Dynasty were deeply influenced by the Chaoyang Empire, stoic and concise, yearning for victory, attaching great importance to honor, and treating it as life, so Yaxiu didn't understand why he said this, and his bright eyes were full of puzzled looks.

In addition to various competitions and entertainment, the royal tribe also provided a lot of food for people from the conference. Yaxiu's mind was attracted by the oily roast leg of lamb, and instantly forgot her previous doubts, Zhao Ling'er and other girls from the Western Jin Dynasty were also tempted by milk tea and other foreign delicacies that she had never seen before and gradually dispersed into the crowd.

Peace is the carnival season, at this time, the royal grassland is undoubtedly the safest place in the world, Xu Chen glanced at the girl of the Western Jin Dynasty who was curious and eager to try in front of various food stalls, smiled, and was not too worried.

A meadow in the distance suddenly became more lively, and the noisy cheers and cheers came and went, and the winter clouds on the sky seemed to be about to be shaken away by the heat wave.

Yaxiu held the big roast leg of lamb, her bright eyes were round, and she looked at it curiously, but she couldn't see what was going on inside because of the crowd.

"It's supposed to be the horse race. ”

Xu Chen took the roast leg of lamb that her little hand was about to lift, took out the handkerchief in her arms and handed it to her, motioned for her to wipe off the grease stains on the corners of her lips, and continued: "The people in the wasteland live as nomads and are the best at riding and shooting, and horses are extremely important to them, so horse racing is the most important program at the conference. ”

Yaxiu said excitedly: "Senior brother, I'm going to see it." ”

Xu Chen held an oily leg of lamb in one hand, and walked towards the periphery of the crowd with Yaxiu's small hand in the other.

He did not lead her to the edge of the horse racing meadow, but to a gentle slope outside the camp, where the grass was early yellow, and she was lying on the ground waiting for next spring.

Because of the participation of the Central Plains people in this conference, the royal court attaches great importance to it, especially horse racing, which they are best at. The tribe had vacated hundreds of tents for this purpose, enclosing a huge area of land between the pastures.

Horse racing is a race to win, simple and straightforward and exciting. At this time, the race has begun, more than ten horses are running on the grassland, the horse's hooves are chaotic like rain, kicking the gravel flying, dust and smoke everywhere, if the eyesight is good, you should be able to see the tremor of the horse's oily subcutaneous muscles when exerting force.