On this day, on the prairie under the blue sky and white clouds, the two of them were galloping on horseback, it was Wang Lie and Li Suning who had gone down the Tianshan Mountain, both of them were dressed in white, and their clothes were fluttering in the rapid movement, and even the white veil covering Li Suning's face was blown up, vaguely revealing the face of the country and the city.

"Ning'er, there is a tribe ahead, let's go over and ask for some water to drink. Wang Lie raised his whip on the back of his galloping horse and said in a loud voice, and most of his voice was blown away by the wind.

"What are you talking about?" Li Suning shouted, she couldn't hear what Wang Lie was saying at all, there was already wind on the grassland, and their horses were running too fast, so the sound couldn't travel far.

"I said let's go to the tribe in front of us to rest and ask for some water. Wang Lie simply said with internal force.

Li Suning nodded, patted the little red horse, and left Wang Lie behind him in a puff of smoke, and her giggling laughter was heard in the air. Wang Lie looked at her back and was not worried, most of the tribes on the grassland were enthusiastic, they had spent the night in more than ten tribes along the way, each tribe was warmly welcomed, and there would be no danger in the tribe in front.

The little red horse once again showed its speed beyond the usual horse, and the road of dozens of miles was enough to shake off Wang Lie's black horse for a meal, and when Wang Lie came to the tribe that he saw from afar, Li Suning was talking to an old man.

Wang Lie jumped off the horse lightly, and said with some surprise: "Uncle Azamu?" He looked at the old man and found that it was an acquaintance, it turned out to be the leader of the Hui tribe Azamu that he met for the first time out of the valley, that is, the uncle whose Han name was Mu Sheng.

"Are you?" Mu Sheng turned his head and looked at Wang Lie carefully, and suddenly said, "You are Brother Xiao Wang!" Mu Sheng's memory is good, and he recognized Wang Lie after thinking about it for a while.

"It's me, Uncle Mu, long time no see. Wang Lie said with a smile.

"It's okay, I can eat and sleep!" Mu Sheng patted his chest and said, he was also very happy to see his old acquaintance, the gold leaves left by Wang Lie for the tribe when he left were used by him to exchange a lot of tea and salt for the tribe, which were urgently needed for the herdsmen who ate more meat on the grassland.

"Uncle Mu, I'll just say I know you. Li Suning said dissatisfiedly on the side, she also recognized Mu Sheng just now, and said that she had stayed overnight in their tribe, Mu Sheng shook his head and said that he didn't remember her coming.

It's only been four or five years, but Li Suning was only more than eleven years old when he first came, and now he is almost sixteen years old, and he has grown more than a head tall, a little girl and a big girl, it's strange that Mu Sheng can recognize it, after all, he is not very familiar with Li Suning.

"It turns out that you are the little girl back then, the eighteenth year of the female college has changed, I really didn't recognize it, I didn't recognize it. Mu Sheng shook his head and smiled.

"Uncle Mu, aren't you grazing at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, why did you come here again?" Wang Lie asked, looking at this small tribe.

"No matter how nomadic people are, they all follow the water and grass, and the whole steppe is our home. We originally graze in this area, and Kunlun Mountain will only go so far when there is not enough water and grass here. Mu Sheng said with a smile, "Come, come in quickly, I told the sons and daughters to kill sheep, you have to play for a few more days this time, don't be like last time." ”

"Haha, I'll stay until you're bored this time. Wang Lie said with a smile.

"Even if you stay for the rest of your life, we won't be able to eat all the sheep in our home, and we won't be able to drink all the mare's milk wine!" Mu Sheng laughed.

Holding Wang Lie's arm and walking into the tribe, he ushered in a group of people, many of whom were people Wang Lie had seen before, and those who recognized Wang Lie came over to say hello with a smile, and explained to the others, Mu Sheng instructed a few young men to kill the sheep and prepare to roast the whole sheep to entertain the guests. Feeling the unique enthusiasm of the grassland people, Wang Lie also felt warm.

"It's not good, it's not good!" Mu Sheng was gossiping with Wang Lie, and a little boy of twelve or thirteen years old staggered over, shouting in reply.

Wang Lie asked a young man who knew Chinese next to him to know what the child was shouting, and looking at the child's appearance, something bad should have happened.

"Azamu, the Khitans are here!" The steppe people did not have so many rules, and the children also called the leader by name.

"The Khitans are here again, didn't they just come last month, what are they doing again?" Mu Sheng frowned, turned back to Wang Lie and said, "Brother Wang, you go inside to rest first, and I'll deal with some things first." ”

"You can get busy and leave us alone. Wang Lie waved his hand, watching Mu Sheng walk towards the outside of the tribe with a group of people, Wang Lie pulled the person who had just helped him translate the child's words and asked, "What happened? What are the Khitans doing?"

The man was going to go out with him, but he was a little angry when he was stopped by Wang Lie, but out of courtesy to the guests, he still said, "What else can you do, come and grab the cattle and sheep!"

"Isn't that a robber?" Li Suning said in surprise.

"Who says it's not," the man found resonance and said indignantly: "The Khitans rely on them to be the most powerful race in the grassland, saying that they want to collect taxes from our small tribes, and if they don't pay dozens of cattle and sheep every year, they will send troops to crusade!"

"Won't any of you resist? And the grassland is so big that it can be opened more. Wang Lie said puzzled.

"Powerful tribes they have other ways to treat, how can we small tribes have the ability to resist, although the grassland is large, the Khitans have the most elite cavalry, once they are found by more than one, the whole tribe will suffer. The man said in a low voice, as a young man, he didn't want to see his tribe being oppressed, but he was powerless to resist.

"I see, let's go and have a look. Wang Lie said that he had heard about the cruelty of the Khitan people for a long time, and originally thought that it was just the prejudice of the Han people, but he did not expect that they would also oppress the grassland peoples.

When Wang Lie and Li Suning followed the young translator to the gate of the tribe, Mu Sheng was leading a dozen people to confront a group of knights, there were twenty or thirty knights in that group, and there were not many of them, but each knight was wearing a full set of armor, and the spears in his hands were glowing with cold light, obviously they were all elite cavalry, and the tribe of Mu Sheng might not be able to resist these twenty or thirty people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our tribe's tribute for this year was just handed over last month, I don't know why your lordships are here?" Mu Sheng said in Khitan language, Khitan Wang Lie didn't understand, but Li Suning could speak, and leaned into Wang Lie's ear to translate with him.

"There is a decree from the Holy Father, this year all the tribes must pay an extra fifty cows to pay for the army, or send thirty young men to fill the army, what are you going to do and decide quickly. The leading knight said coldly.

"How can this be, my lord, we are just a small tribe, and we can't bring so many cows. Mu Sheng shouted, their tribe adds up to only one hundred and ten people, cattle and sheep are only two or three hundred, and dozens of cattle and sheep have been greatly damaged before, if they take out another fifty cows, the tribe will be enough to survive this winter, as for sending people to join the army, all the young people in the tribe are not thirty.

"Don't talk nonsense, we're not here to listen to your complaints, either hand over the cow or the person, and spend half a pillar of incense with you, otherwise don't blame us for being polite. The knight leader shouted.

Mu Sheng's face turned pale, this is not for them to live, he clenched his fists, and wanted to kill the knight leader in front of him with one punch, but he couldn't, and he couldn't.

The knight leader glanced at him coldly, and then looked at the crowd behind Mu Sheng like a lord, and a feeling of superiority arose in his heart, and his eyes lit up when he swept over Li Suning. Although Li Suning wears a veil, her slender figure looks like a peerless beauty. His eyes flashed, and he said, "It's not impossible, as long as you sacrifice that woman to the saint, your tribe won't have to pay taxes in the future." He stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Suning.

Wang Lie and Li Suning were originally standing at the back of the crowd, and now everyone's eyes were focused on them, Li Suning frowned, and translated with Wang Lie.

Wang Liejian raised his eyebrows, his eyes were shining, and he said coldly to the knight leader: "You say it again!"

"It turned out to be a Han dog!" The knight leader turned out to know Chinese, and said with a sneer: "Hui colluded with the Han people, kill them! Obey the order, kill all the people here, and capture the woman alive!"

Mu Sheng's face changed greatly. Wang Lie's eyes are full of murderous opportunities, the dragon will die if he touches it, Li Suning is one of Wang Lie's reverse scales, he looked up to the sky and sneered twice: "You are looking for death!"