In the grassland in late autumn, the grass is withered and yellow, and the cold wind is blowing, showing signs of decay.
On the contrary, after a year of hard work by the herdsmen, the yurts are steaming, the smell of meat is overflowing, and they are warm and rich.
Of course, not every household is like this, and there are tight-fitting households, but it certainly does not include Aruna's household.
Aruna herself is a public official in Outer Mongolia, with a high rank and high income.
Her mother, Qimuge, is a hardworking and strong woman. After so many years of hard work, she finally waited for her children to grow up and her husband to return to the family.
Herding life is a long memory for her now.
On this day, two groups of guests came to Qimuge's house.
The first guest was a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit.
Qi Muge didn't know this person, but her husband, Fan Ping'an, said that he was his friend, whose name was Li Yizhen.
The arrival of this Han nationality made Qi Muge both happy and worried.
Unlike farming civilizations, nomads live in water and grass, have no fixed place to live, and their property output is not stable.
Everyone has times when they are in trouble. This year there are herds of cattle and sheep, and tomorrow they may face famine.
So when you are in trouble and ask for help, everyone will help, because helping others is helping yourself.
In addition, the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, it is not easy to meet people, and everyone has a feeling of meeting.
The combination of interests and emotions has gradually become a tradition handed down from generation to generation, forming the unique way of hospitality here.
It is a great joy for every household to have friends coming from afar.
So Qimuge was very happy to see guests coming.
Just besides being happy, she also had some faint worries.
Because twenty years ago, a Han nationality also found this place. After a long talk with his husband, the husband left the next day.
Li Yizhen had just sat down in the yurt, and before chatting with Fan Ping'an, he said something surprising:
"Brother Fan, your wife's waist has been a problem for decades, don't you know how to find someone to look at it for her?"
Fan Pingan was stunned when he heard it, glanced at Qimuge, and then at Li Yizhen: "There is such a thing? Why didn't I know?"
"You've had a good day." Li Yizhen shook his head, took out a cloth bag from his black leather bag, and slowly unfolded it. Inside was a set of needles, "Call my sister-in-law over here."
Qi Muge was called to his side by her husband, and was stabbed in the waist by Li's needles one by one. The brows that were slightly frowned suddenly relaxed.
"Okay." Li Yizhen retracted the needle and said, "Sister-in-law, you should pay attention in the future, don't be too tired, even if you have to carry things, bend your knees more and bend your waist less."
Qi Muge only felt that in the past twenty years, his waist had never been so comfortable, so he was very grateful.
Seeing this, Fan Ping'an felt ashamed, grateful, and admired.
I am ashamed that my woman has such a severe back disease, and I don't know it.
What is grateful is that Li Yizhen is a newcomer, and he is able to act righteously when he is not familiar with him.
What is admirable is that this Li Yizhen lives up to his name, and with one injection, all stubborn illnesses are wiped out.
"Sister-in-law, go get busy first, I have something to talk to Brother Fan." Li Yizhen said calmly.
After receiving such a great favor from others, although Qi Muge was more and more worried, he couldn't say anything, thanked him again and went out.
In the yurt, only Fan Pingan and Li Yizhen were left.
These two people, in fact, had never met each other before today.
But the prestige of the other party has already filled his ears.
Fan Ping'an became famous earlier.
Thirty years ago, Fan Ping'an single-handedly wiped out a gang of horse thieves with a size of 100 people, and he has been famous in the world ever since.
Although there was a ten-year dormant period, fifteen years ago, he taught the leader of the hunting clan Lin Leshan the "Three Great Martial Arts" for the Cao family.
From then on, the name Fan Ping'an represented the top combat power in the school.
Li Yizhen is forty-six years old this year, quite a bit older than Fan Ping'an, and he became famous later, but his fame is faintly better.
His fame is also related to Lin Leshan.
Ten years ago, Lin Leshan was involved in a family dispute near Xiaoshan.
The Wang family of Liemen is a feud with the Li family in Xiaoshan.
Although the Wang family of Liemen was not one of the six great families, they were kind to Lin Leshan in the early years, so they asked Lin Leshan to come to help him.
As a result, Li Yizhen deposed the head of the Wang family in front of Lin Leshan, but Lin Leshan did not stand up for the head of the Wang family, but left silently.
Afterwards, the Wang family questioned, and Lin Leshan personally admitted that Li Yizhen's "wrong meridian" learned from the Li family's inheritance is a unique skill that restrains the "three unique martial arts" of the Lin family.
Since then, Li Yizhen's name has been firmly remembered by the people in the door.
The Wang family of Liemen also migrated with their whole family and withdrew from the Xiaoshan area.
Today, these two people who are famous all over the world because of Lin Leshan have never met each other, and they are almost a generation behind in age, but they are called brothers, naturally because they both took the same deal.
That is to kill Lin Shuo.
After the scene was cleared, Li Yizhen said, "I heard that Brother Fan has seen that person."
"I've seen it." Fan Pingan nodded.
"How about it?"
"Amazing." Fan Pingan said, "His hands are strong enough, and his mind is also clear. I have never seen such a good one in the younger generation. It is no worse than his father back then."
"Then this deal, shall we do it openly or secretly." Li Yizhen asked again.
"It definitely won't work." Fan Pingan shook his head and said, "The Nie family told me, and they will also send someone. When the time comes, the three parties will join forces and each will perform its duties."
"What about the plan?"
"I don't know yet." Fan Ping'an said, "Wait for the Nie family to come."
"Killing a junior, is it worth mobilizing so many people?" Li Yizhen asked.
"It was really not necessary at first." Fan Pingan said, "but now, there is a Su family heir who has mastered the 'big cut' by his side, and I heard that the Zhang family also has a 'non-moving knife' nearby. It is better to be cautious. A little bit, the Nie family said, it's best to wait for him to place orders."
"Okay, since it's the information from the Nie family, I can trust it." Li Yizhen nodded, and then looked around the yurt, "But brother Fan, you're waiting here for me, but it's a bit taboo."
Fan Ping'an naturally understood what he was talking about.
People in the door talk about business, but you can't talk at home.
Because this transaction may be a partner, and the next transaction may be a rival.
Exposing the family members will cause endless troubles.
When Li Yizhen said this, he was actually probing Fan Ping'an's tone.
His subtext is: You don't want to silence me afterwards, do you
Fan Ping'an smiled, knowing that this person was worrying too much, so he simply pointed out, "Look at my age, I will wash my hands after finishing this business. Besides, this place is actually just a big tent. It's easy to go."
"That's good." Li Yizhen nodded, with a relaxed expression on his face.
After the two of them had finished their business, they chatted for a while, and then they heard the sound of the motor of the car outside from far to near.
Fan Pingan frowned.
Of course he recognized that this was his daughter, Aruna's car.
Since he came back, he hoped that Aruna would accept him, so the opportunity for the two of them to have contact was something Fan Pingan couldn't wish for.
But now, with Li Yizhen at home, Fan Pingan didn't want Aruna to come back.
Aruna is different from Qimuge.
Qimuge is a herdsman who is used to living without a fixed place, and there is no personnel file in Outer Mongolia. When he moved back to the mainland of China with him, he changed his name and no one could find him.
Aruna is a public official in Outer Mongolia, one radish and one hole, so she cannot be easily moved.
She has a personnel file, but it has nothing to do with her. Even if others check her, they can't find her.
So Fan Ping'an was not worried that the yurt and its wooden lattice were exposed.
But Aruna was exposed to Li Yizhen, which is not good.
Just when Fan Ping'an was muttering in his heart, the car had already driven outside the yurt.
"Boom", "boom", "boom".
The car door rang three times, which meant that Qimuge's second group of guests came to the house today, not alone.
Soon, three people came in.
The first to raise the door curtain was Fan Pingan's daughter, Aruna.
The two people who followed were not small in size, and Fan Ping'an knew each other after seeing them.
One of them used to bluff in front of him, but he was actually a cowardly, stupid big man.
The other one is the master of this business.
Lin Shuo.