As a holy city in the hearts of the grassland people, Aoshaer City was built thousands of years ago by craftsmen from the Central Plains who were captured by the ancestors of the Liang people according to their needs.
Its size is similar to that of a small county town, which itself is not very big.
Surrounding it are a large number of Liangren yurts. At a glance, they are all white "earth bags".
Seeing this, Hu Herun felt that life finally had some hope, so he took Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan to his yurt at home.
He is also a man with a wife and children. Huhrun is eager to see his family and runs all the way. However, he does not have the strength. After running for a while, he still chooses to walk honestly.
The location of the prairie people's yurts changes frequently, and they are not permanently located around the holy city. They come and go according to the season.
Originally this season, they should live in the warmer south.
However, because they had previously planned to march south and were afraid of revenge from the Central Plains people, they violated the seasonal rules and allowed the warriors' families to spend the winter in the holy city.
After Huhrun arrived at a place surrounded by yurts, he couldn't find his own home for a while, so he had to try to find an acquaintance first.
After searching all the way, I finally met an acquaintance.
When she inquired about it, she heard that it was a friend of hers who was helping to take care of her family. Huherun was very moved. After asking for directions, she hurried to the direction of her friend's yurt.
The journey went smoothly to find a friend's house, and Hu Herun met his good friend named Su He.
This friend was very happy to see Huhrun come back alive.
Soon, Huhrun saw his family. Ehe (mother) and Bole (wife) were still there, but one of the four children died of freezing and one died of starvation. Only two children, a boy and a girl, were still alive. .
Seeing this, Hu Herun called out to the God of Heaven to bless him, and he did not lose too many family members.
Later, Hu Herun warmly invited Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan to stay. He and his good friend Su He both expressed their willingness to entertain the two with their wives or daughters.
Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan both said in unison that they couldn't do it.
Hu Herun and Su He were disappointed after hearing this, feeling that they insulted the courageous style of the grassland.
The two were arranged to rest in a small yurt next to it. Judging from the layout, it was originally supposed to be a place for children to live, but now the children have gone to live with adults.
That night, Su He secretly found the two of them and quietly handed over a sheep whip.
He said that as a prairie man, he would help the two keep the secret and hoped that they would try to use sheep whip to treat them.
After sending Su He away, Zhuang Nan looked at the sheep whip in his hand and handed it to Ye Ming:
"Hudaraj, I think you need this very much."
Seeing this, Ye Ming waved his hands repeatedly:
"No, no, no, Sumuhak, you are the one who needs it the most."
Zhuang Nan shook his head and said:
"Actually, I'm pretty good at it, but I just don't like this kind of thing."
"What a coincidence, I'm actually quite good at it, and I don't like this kind of thing."
The two of them got together, quietly went out, and exchanged a sheep whip for a piece of mutton ribs with a tall and mighty-looking man.
Since White Deer Xuannv lives in the Snowy Mountains next to the Holy City, the "vegetarian order" in the area is very strictly enforced, and monsters such as cattle, sheep, donkeys, horses, and rabbits patrol and inspect her from time to time.
There are also birds circling in the sky to supervise.
Fortunately, this was not a problem for the clever prairie warriors. They used a method of burying stoves in the soil to quietly stew and cook meat.
Moreover, grass roots, wild vegetables, etc. will be boiled on the surface to cover it up, so that even if there is smoke coming out, there will be no problem.
It's just that whether it's stewed meat or barbecue, it doesn't taste very good.
There is only one reason for this: there is no salt.
Salt, iron, silk and cloth are all precious resources to the grassland people.
Especially salt, only nobles living in big tents could enjoy it regularly.
Ordinary prairie people like them can only eat a little salt a month, which is considered good.
The lamb ribs that Ye Ming exchanged for were stewed, and the taste was quite bland. If it were a Central Plains person who had never eaten this kind of food, he would eat it and throw up.
Fortunately, the two of them were not so rude and neither of them vomited.
It doesn't matter to Ye Ming himself. He is just a spirit body. In fact, he can directly suck the "qi" of food to eat, as long as he pretends to be on the surface.
Looking at Zhuang Nan's expression, one could tell that he was forcing himself to swallow it, and it looked like he was having a hard time eating.
But this is better than eating grass roots, bark and the like on the road.
In fact, everyone’s yurts are not far apart, and the sound insulation effect of many people’s homes is not very good.
Ever since, throughout the first half of the night, the two of them could hear strange sounds coming from the surrounding yurts.
The two people sleeping together looked at each other, then turned their backs silently, no longer looking at each other.
Ye Ming doesn't need to sleep, he's just pretending right now.
He also thought about sneaking out later in the night to see what was going on.
Through observations during the day, he has confirmed that this is the place where he needs to refine his luck, but how to act specifically requires careful planning.
After all, this is their holy city, and it's also close to the Snowy Mountains, so it's not that easy to get.
In the second half of the night, the surroundings became quiet, and there were no more strange sounds.
Apparently, everyone really took a break.
At about two o'clock in the morning, I suddenly heard someone shouting:
"Hou (son), my Hou was captured by a monster, come warriors and help me!"
As soon as he shouted, people in the yurts around him rushed out with swords.
"The monster appears again. Quick, find the monster!"
A group of people cheered and searched for the yurt near the accident.
Such a big movement woke up Zhuang Nan.
"I'm sleeping soundly, why are you so noisy?"
Zhuang Nan fell asleep and woke up at night, so he asked what was going on outside.
Of course Ye Ming said he didn't know, so he went outside to see with Zhuang Nan.
At this time, the men from the Huhrun and Suhe families also came out.
Zhuang Nan came forward to ask what was going on, and Su He told him that the child-eating monster appeared again and was catching the children to eat.
According to him, this monster has been around for more than ten days, and including tonight, four children have been killed.
Zhuang Nan heard this and asked curiously:
"Does Snow Mountain not care?"
"This is just a little monster. We can't alert Lady Xuannu because of such a trivial matter. If she issues any strange orders again..."
Su He stopped talking and just started looking for the monster with the others.
Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan were also mixed in the crowd, looking for them together.
After Hu Herun looked around, he suddenly saw a dark shadow flashing past a pile of firewood.
Without saying a word, he ran over there with the knife in hand.
But after rushing to the firewood pile, there was no shadow in sight.
As a smart prairie warrior, Hu Herun observed a trace of blood on the firewood stack.
Having been on the battlefield many times, he immediately found out the exact direction and hurriedly pursued it.
Soon, he saw the black shadow flashing in front of him again.
Hu Herun chased while shouting "the monster is here".
When the people around him heard this, they all gathered around him.
Soon, someone else saw the monster and shouted and continued to surround it.
The black shadow moved around several times, but it seemed to be surrounded. It seemed helpless and just dropped something and ran away again.
Everyone stepped forward to take a look and saw that the person left behind was a child.
But at this time, the child was obviously dead.
There are obvious bite marks on its throat, which resembles the shape of a wolf's mouth.
The chest and abdomen were also torn open, the heart and lungs were visible to the naked eye, and the intestines and intestines were spilled all over the floor.
Seeing this, everyone was furious and continued the pursuit.
But after throwing away the weight, the monster was faster and more difficult to chase.
Someone tried to shoot an arrow to kill the monster, but the monster was too agile, and even the sharpshooters among the prairie people could not hit it.
Everyone chased and chased him, and he was about to lose him.
At this moment, a sound of horses neighing was heard, and a man appeared here riding a horse and holding a long bow.
He stretched his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at the place where the black shadow had not yet reached.
As the arrow arrived, the black shadow jumped to that position and was shot by an arrow.
The black shadow screamed and whined like a wild wolf, was taken away by a powerful arrow, and was nailed to a wooden pillar not far away.
This arrow has already taken down the monster.
Everyone looked at the archer and cheered.
"Huang Taiji (meaning eldest son, heir), is Huang Taiji!"
The man who came on horseback looked like a tall prairie man. He looked very young, in his early twenties. Sitting on the horse at this time, he was really high-spirited and very heroic.
After Huang Taiji shot the monster, he got off his horse and walked towards the monster. Everyone also watched.
This monster looks like a wild wolf, with its forelimbs resembling human hands, its fingers sharp and black, and covered with mud.
Judging from the blood on his mouth and paws, he knew that the child just now was killed by him.
At this time, although he was shot by Huang Taiji with an arrow and nailed to a wooden pillar, he was still not dead and was still wailing there.
When the monster saw Huang Taiji, there was confusion and grievance in its eyes, and it opened its mouth slightly, as if it wanted to speak.
Before it could make a sound, Huang Taiji stepped forward quickly, pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and without any explanation, cut off the monster's head with one blow and raised it above his head.
Seeing this, everyone around cheered loudly and kept calling "Huang Taiji".
Hu Herun and Su He also shouted together.
Zhuang Nan looked like he had never seen the world before and asked:
"Which Huang Taiji is this?"
Su He explained:
"This is Huang Taiji of Mandu Ratu Khan's family, named Hadan Bater."
The grassland people call the eldest son of the tribal leader "Huang Taiji". Previously, there were four khans fighting with each other on the grassland, which means that there are currently four "Huang Taiji" in the grassland.
But in comparison, Hardan Bartel is the most courageous and respected among the four, and cannot be compared with the other three.
Especially this time Mandu Ratu Khan lost the battle, his injuries worsened, and he was bedridden.
At present, the Mandu Latu tribe is actually managed by Hardanbaatar Huang Taiji.
Now the actual management of the Holy City is also in his hands. The other three are now in serious civil strife, and they are all fighting for the position of Khan.
After killing the monster, Hardanbaatar went to sit in the yurt of the victim's family, held the man's hand and asked him personally to express his concern.
All this made Huhrun very excited. He had never seen a prairie noble who was so close to people, and he immediately admired him.
In addition, the tribe he was originally loyal to was now in civil strife and was about to fall apart. It was actually very common for ordinary prairie people to change their allegiances.
When Hardanbaatar came out of the yurt, Hu Herun walked up to him and sincerely expressed his willingness to be loyal and follow him.
Hardanbaatar was very happy that there was a warrior willing to be loyal to him. He personally put his arm around Hu Herun's shoulders and invited him to drink a glass of kumiss.
In this way, it is regarded as accepting Huhrun's allegiance.
Seeing this, many people around who had not yet chosen their allegiance expressed their willingness to pledge their allegiance.
Hardanbaatar did not reject anyone who came and accepted them all. Moreover, as a noble lord and the future Great Khan, he did not put on any airs at all and treated everyone as a brother.
Even those who have not declared allegiance to him will not be displeased and appear to be very liberal.
When everyone saw this, they admired him even more and were very convinced of him.
At this time, Zhuang Nan also ran over and declared his allegiance.
But in Ye Ming's opinion, this guy clearly wanted to drink mare's kumiss.
Bah, so shameless.
After cursing Zhuang Nan in his heart, Ye Ming also stepped forward and expressed his willingness to be loyal...
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