"Chief, which tribe do you want to kill?"
"How many heads can be exchanged for a sword?"
The Tiele people gathered together were noisy. Chachawu asked them to be quiet. The Tuoba people were watching them. The old leader said in a low voice: "You will know when the time comes. Wash your horses and come up. We still have to travel tomorrow.”
Tuoba Amu stood behind Brother A, like a silent shadow.
Tuoba Agu withdrew his gaze from the Tiele people and looked at Tuoba Amu: "Did you hear what they said?"
Tuoba Amu nodded: "I heard it."
Tuoba Agu patted Tuoba Amu on the shoulder: "Behave better when the time comes to kill people. Don't let them take it lightly." Who they were referring to, Tuoba Agu didn't say.
Is it Lord Jiedushi, the Tiele people, or those Youzhou cavalry. Tuoba Amu held the scimitar at his waist and looked at the dark night sky, filled with stars but no moon.
This time they brought 1,200 elite cavalry and 800 Tiele light cavalry, a total of 2,000 people. The weapons given to them by Master Jiedushi were getting better and better, and they killed more and more people. Tuo Bayamu can hardly recall the life he lived as a child.
The grassland was really cold at that time, and the Tuoba clan were also very poor. They were dying from poverty and hunger, wandering like hungry wolves on the grassland. People from other tribes robbed their horses and women, and killed their father, brother, and father. That is to say, the leader of the Tuoba tribe suddenly brought back food and weapons one day.
Tuoba Mu still remembers the unbelievable joy of the tribe that day. They gathered together, the dilapidated tent was packed with people, and the snow-white salt was put into the steaming meat soup. It was fragrant. It allows people to swallow their tongues, and they devour food like dogs. The young children fall asleep contentedly in their mother's arms for the first time. They are no longer hungry, they have full stomachs of food, warm clothes, and even There are also sophisticated weapons.
From then on, the Tuoba clan became a wolf that the Lord Jieduzhao let loose on the grassland. People from other tribes spurned them, insulted them, hated them, and at the same time feared them and tried to please them.
Tuoba Amu stepped ashore, holding the scimitar tightly with a cold expression.
Of course he will behave well. No one can let the Tuoba tribe live the same life as before like pigs and dogs!
"Ahem." Cui Shizi, wearing a thick cotton coat, entered the military tent with his lord.
Zhou Xu put the map on the desk and spread it out. There was also a sand table in the military tent. The terrain, mountains, ravines, and rivers were clearly visible, and important cities were marked. The man in black clothes flew to his master's shoulder, and the light yellow eagle Looking back and forth.
Zhou Xu picked up the plate and let it eat the raw meat inside.
Cui Shizi poured himself a cup of hot tea and sat across from him.
The two looked at the map together.
The next stop is Gu Chang City.
Gu Chang has a special location. It has gathered a large number of Hu merchants from northern Saibei, grassland people from different tribes, foreigners, and people from the Central Plains. The people are mixed. Because it is the only trade route to the grassland, the trade is extremely prosperous.
After passing Guchang City, we quickly traveled for one month to reach the Huiyi area on the North Tianshan Road. According to the news from Tuoba Agu’s last visit, the Hun Tribe, the Pugu Tribe, the Beyeu Tribe and the Gulun Tribe The Wugu tribe and the Sijie tribe are now the eight major tribes on the grassland. Five major tribes are vaguely headed by Huiyi. The remaining Abusi and Qimi remain in a wait-and-see state.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster." Cui Shizi coughed: the only thing that is certain is that Hui Yi has betrayed. "
He glanced at his lord.
Zhou Xu touched Wu Yilang's shiny feathers and looked at Hui Yicheng's position: "To betray, one must have the consciousness to betray."
"The list Liu Ren gave me, the Wang family who secretly sent weapons to Huiyi through business transactions, there must be someone behind them supporting them."
Cui Shizi took a sip of hot tea: "The wealthy businessman of the Wang family has always been in the spice trading business. He has been doing it in Youzhou for nearly twenty years. Every time his caravan passes through the checkpoint, he will take the initiative to let the checkpoint personnel inspect it. These I have been checking the spices for more than 20 years and there has never been any error. In addition, my son-in-law is Captain Gu Chang. In the following years, he almost let the Wang family's vehicle leave at a casual glance. Time is really good at paralyzing everything."
Even though those who neglected their duties were later punished by military law, Cui Shizi still coughed when he found out that the weapons flowed to Huiyi.
Tuoba Agu took people to check and negotiate, but the old king made excuses in every possible way. At that moment, Cui Shizi knew that Huiyi was no longer a good ally, and they had forgotten their past kindness.
Sure enough, as soon as Tuoba Agu left, the old king also knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly united with the other five tribes to gather 30,000 cavalry. There must be Turks and people behind the Wang family... Cui Shizi fell into thinking.
"Is your friend still in Gu Chang?" Zhou Xu thought of the person who played a great role in this matter.
Cui Shizi nodded and said: "He's still there. Ahem, Liu Ren gave him the Wang family's carriage. Xue Sizheng was studying it. He has been a wanderer since he was a child. He likes to tinker with mechanisms. After being rejected by the Gongsun family, he ran to Gu Chang. , accidentally saw something wrong with the structure of the Wang family's carriage, so he wrote to me to inform me, ahem."
Zhou Xudao: "Sit over the brazier."
Sometimes he really worried that his counselor would die.
"I have asked Liu Ren to control the principals of the Wang family and the Li and Zhao families who are related to him." Zhou Xudao: "Thanks to your good friend this time."
Cui Shizi smiled and said: "He doesn't care about anything, he only likes the art of mechanism."
Zhou Xu looked down at Huiyi City and muttered to himself: "The Turks have been hiding in the North Sea for many years, how come they didn't freeze to death?"
"Whether it's 30,000, 10,000, or 5,000, as long as the cavalry spends money on food, grass, and money, it's not a small amount, not to mention the weapons..." Cui Shizi reminded his lord: "The people behind the Wang family's caravan are probably better than you. expectations."
Zhou Xu's rough hand drew across the map and said calmly: "I know."
"The night is already dark, you go and have a rest."
When Cui Shizi walked out of the military tent, he saw the young lady from Miao Jiang opening the water bag. The scorpion crawled out of the water bag, and then climbed onto her body, playing happily with the scorpion.
The monk in white clothes is playing with the beads with his eyes closed, he really looks like a compassionate monk.
The next day, the team was ready to go.
Xiao Luolan sat in the carriage and wrote a letter to her daughter. It was in the form of a diary, recording everything she saw here. After writing, she put a wild flower from Saibei into the envelope, rolled it into a tube and stuffed it inside. In the brass tube.
There was also a purple-red bird whistle on the table. Xiao Luolan looked at it for a while and put it back around his neck.
The carriage stopped shortly after traveling.
"Mother, do you want to go to the front and watch the excitement?" Zheng Yu asked with a smile.
"They just captured three scouts." A swordsman frowned. Their responsibility was to protect the mistress in the carriage, and they were a little unhappy that Zheng Yuxin encouraged the mistress to leave their protective circle and go outside.
"I didn't ask you, it's none of your business." Zheng Yuxinjiao said angrily.
Xiao Luolan was about to go find Tuoba Amu. The snow eagle recognized the person and would go to Tuoba Amu as soon as he came back. His daughter should also come back with a letter.
Xiao Luolan put on her curtain hat and got out of the carriage.
Zheng Yuxin suddenly laughed and walked forward with the mistress, the swordsman monk following behind them.
When the cavalry saw the arrival of the mistress, they all lowered their heads and made way for them.
Before Xiao Luolan could get closer, he heard the voice of Sect Master Zhou.
"Kill them, put their heads in a box, and hang them on the city gate when Gu Chang comes."
On the sand ahead, three heads rolled down.
Xiao Luolan immediately closed her eyes, but she still saw a pool of blood spraying on the sand. She subconsciously recalled the scene in Cang County. The head of the Zhou family opened the car curtain, and behind them were Lei Hu and others carrying the head.
Batu put the head away and showed a smile.
When Zhou Xu saw his wife coming, he stopped for a moment, then walked to her: "Why are you here in front?"
"I'm here to find Amu." Xiao Luolan turned around and tried to make her voice more natural.
Zhou Xu waved Tuoba Amu over and saw that his wife was wearing a curtain that covered her whole body. With so many people around, it was difficult to comfort her.
"Let's get back to the carriage first."
Xiao Luolan returned to the carriage, and Tuoba Amu knelt in front of her: "Greetings to the mistress."
"Is Snow Eagle back?" Xiao Luolan asked.
"As for the mistress, she hasn't come back yet." Tuoba Amu replied respectfully.
"Then you go down first." Xiao Luolan waited for Tuoba Amu to leave and asked Dongxue to close the doors and windows of the carriage.
Zhou Xu asked Dongxue to leave as well.
Then he took off his lady's hat.
"Are you scared?" Zhou Xu kissed his wife on the face, held her in his arms, and comforted her gently: "Don't be afraid, you'll get used to it."
When he noticed that the person in his arms was trembling slightly, Zhou Xu felt more and more compassion in his heart.
She had to go through this when she was with him. Zhou Xu licked the tears from the corner of his wife's eyes.
Xiao Luolan took a sip of warm water and spit it into the copper bowl. Her face was pale. Zhou Xu stabilized her trembling hand and let her calm down slowly.
"Madam is so cute."
Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Master Zhou, feeling for the first time that they were from two different worlds.
Zhou Xu saw that his wife's face was slightly pale, her lips were red, and her eyes were filled with tears. She looked cute and pitiful. He really wanted to hold her in his arms and love her deeply.
How could he like her so much? Zhou Xu kissed his wife on the lips and comforted her for a while before leaving.
Xiao Luolan was sitting in the dim carriage, and the team was moving forward again.
The car window is open.
Zheng Yuxin rode to the mistress's window, scratched her head, and wanted to apologize. She didn't expect Master Jieduzhi to be so neat and tidy. Although she thought it was just a chop, it was not a big deal anyway, but the mistress seemed to Being frightened, Zheng Yu felt a little guilty when he thought about it.
"Mistress, are you okay?" Zheng Yuxin took out a red fruit and handed it to the mistress at the window: "This fruit is very sweet, here it is for you to eat."
Xiao Luolan looked at the little girl with a bright smile outside and accepted the fruit: "Thank you."
"No need to say thank you." Zheng Yuxin came closer and saw his mistress kneeling on a soft cushion wearing a dark purple skirt. Her black hair was tied loosely behind her head with only a hair tie, and she said no with a hint of "no". She looks mature, but her face is a bit pale.
"I'm sorry." Zheng Yuxin apologized softly, fearing that if other customers heard her, she would lose face.
"You don't need to apologize." Xiao Luolan was stunned for a moment: "It's my own problem."
She has to adapt to the times, not the times to adapt to her.
She will adapt.
Xiao Luolan thought.
Zheng Yuxin looked at his mistress and said coyly: "Does your mistress really not blame me?"
Xiao Luolan rubbed the little girl's hair: "No wonder." She looked at Miss Zheng: "Actually, I think you are very powerful." At least much better than her.
Zheng Yuxin's eyes lit up: "Really? Mistress."
After receiving the mistress' affirmative nod, Zheng Yuxin couldn't help but laugh.
At noon, Tuoba Amu came with Xue Ying and brought a letter from his daughter. Xiao Luolan looked at the letter cherished and read it over and over again before putting it down and putting his letter in Xue Ying's house. On her lap, she only wrote about the scenery she encountered in Saibei and the interesting things she encountered on the road, and asked her daughter to take better care of herself.
Three days later, when we arrived at Gu Chang City.
Xiao Luolan looked at the pillars on the top of the city through the curtains. People were tied to them. They didn't know whether they were dead or alive. When the three heads were stuck on them, the people tied to the pillars made a sound. It was too far away, and Xiao Luolan didn't hear what they were saying.
Sect Leader Zhou would not shy away from her when something happened, and Xiao Luolan also roughly knew who the person tied up above was.
They should be from the Wang family and the Zhao family caravan.
And when the investigation is almost done, people like them will also die. The further back, the more people will die.
Xiao Luolan knew this fact and made a lot of psychological preparations.
Liu Ren stood outside the city gate to greet Lord Jiedushi.
