About half a month ago, King Shou claimed to be ill, and the affairs of Youzhou were handed over to the magistrate of Youzhou.
The next day, the Xianbei people waited outside the capital with a sign bearing the name of King Shou.
They brought a large number of tribute gifts and expressed their willingness to become vassals.
But the condition is that you must marry a Daqi princess.
After discussions among the ministers, they always believed that something happened in Youzhou.
Now that people have arrived at the gate of the capital, why not let them in and see what their purpose is.
So Prince Xianbei brought people to Beijing and completely obeyed all inspections and arrangements of Da Qi.
In order to entertain them, the emperor held a banquet and invited many dignitaries to attend, but many families did not dare to bring their daughters.
Not having the capital's daughter at the banquet would be a slap in the emperor's face.
In the end, Wei Ziying came forward and took the initiative to let Wei Qinglin enter the palace.
With the Wei family taking the lead, the Liang family could not lag behind, so Liang Pingshu attended the banquet.
Later, Pei Meiren stepped forward to make friends, and drank Liang Pingshu's tea and died of poisoning.
Then Pei Yu asked the emperor to uphold justice and not to cause trouble in front of foreign guests, but in the court.
Naturally, the news couldn't be concealed, and Jiang Wuyang couldn't help but enter the palace to confront Pei Yu.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Wuyang was stabbed by Pei Yu's men at the palace gate and fell into coma.
The result of the investigation was that Pei Yu's person was outsourced, and someone else was responsible for assassinating Jiang Wuyang.
Later, Liang Zhao and Liang Hui were poisoned one after another, and things became complicated.
Su Huo was ordered to do so at the critical moment, but Zhou Yi had a miscarriage at home. Su Huo resigned and handed over the investigation to Hei Jiren.
At this time, Liang Pingshu could only support the Liang family, running back and forth, and unexpectedly caught the eye of Prince Xianbei.
He then asked to marry Liang Pingshu.
The emperor didn't say he agreed, but he didn't say he disagreed either.
"When I received the news from Shuo'er, the emperor still didn't say anything. Now more than ten days have passed, and I don't know what the capital has become."
Mrs. Lei San was also worried. She was still helping Ping Shu think of a solution, and she was glad that Shuo'er was not here.
Later, we got the news that Lei Shuo had been captured, and it was at this time that Daqi and the Huns started a war.
Fortunately, there were good news later, so she felt a little relieved.
But Lei Shuo didn't come back safely one day, and Mrs. Lei San couldn't let go at all.
Lu Lei couldn't sit still and stood up to leave. Lu Shu called out to him: "Xiao Lei! Where are you going?"
This question made him stop immediately, and after a long time he said dullly: "Go and see if there is any news from Yonghe Pass."
As soon as he left, Lu Shu looked back at Mrs. Lei San and asked, "Third aunt, can Pingshu be stable?"
Mrs. Lei San pondered for a long time and said: "It should be no problem, Dejia has always been in the palace."
In the next few days, people from Texas continued to come to order expeditions, and after confirming their identities, they were sent to Shuangfeng Mountain in a steady stream.
Dingyuan City was very lively for a few days. When enough people were recruited, Dingyuan finally calmed down for a while.
Xiongnu grassland, riverside.
Wen Qingzhu squatted on the ground holding a dead branch, drawing the terrain they had seen along the way in the past two days.
There were herdsmen migrating in the distance. Wen Qingzhu stood up, gathered the sheepskin scarf around his neck, shook the sand from his sheepskin boots, and quickly wiped off the map on the sand.
Beidou led his horse over and pointed at the herdsmen coming over.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the shriveled grain bag and said, "Wait a minute, they will come over and exchange the hunted wolf skins with them for some dried meat and wheat cakes."
In less than half an hour, the migrating herdsmen appeared on the other side of the river.
Wen Qingzhu's current clothes are almost the same as those of the herdsmen here.
Wearing a sheepskin hat, a slanted quilted jacket, sheepskin boots, a scimitar on her waist and a whip in her hand, she looked like a Hun woman.
Several young people were listening on the other side of the river. The tallest among them glanced over Wen Qingzhu, and finally focused on Beidou.
Wen Qingzhu looked sideways. Beidou was not afraid of the cold. He only wore a hat to protect his head. His clothes and shoes were still made of rough materials.
But he was carrying a few fresh wolf skins on his back, with a faint smell of blood.
Huns herdsmen are very familiar with wolves, but very few people can get such a complete wolf skin, which is more eye-catching than women.
After all, the education they received since childhood is that the strong are respected.
"Brother, where did you come from? How did you get so many wolf skins?!"
Beidou didn't say anything, and Wen Qingzhu raised his voice and shouted, "He's from the Tianying River!"
Only then did the young people across from him stop their eyes on Wen Qingzhu.
Everyone looked a little strange, but the leader still asked: "Will you sell the wolf skins you are wearing? We have knife coins."
"We need dried meat and wheat cakes!" Wen Qingzhu was not polite and directly stated his purpose.
The other party looked carefully at Wen Qingzhu and the others, two people and two horses. They looked like they were still two not very good horses.
Some people started to look down upon him.
The leading young man's eyes kept wandering between Wen Qingzhu and Beidou, and finally he told his friends around him: "Be polite later."
Soon the two sides met at the stone bridge not far ahead.
There was a man with slender eyes who looked up and down at Wen Qingzhu wildly, as if he were looking at an object.
Just as he was about to speak, the leading young man glanced at him, which made the slender-eyed man restrain himself.
"I don't know what to call the two of you?" the leading young man said very politely.
Wen Qingzhu waved his hand: "Just an ordinary person, his name is not worth mentioning, just making a living, a wolf skin, twenty kilograms of beef, twenty kilograms of mutton, any dried and smoked ones are fine, and twenty kilograms of wheat cakes are also needed! how do you feel?"
"It's a bit expensive. We can't get wolf skins." The leading young man hesitated.
At this time, the narrow-eyed man couldn't help but sneer: "It's just a wolf skin. I give you ten pounds of wheat cakes just because I think highly of you. How dare you ask for a ridiculous price!"
Wen Qingzhu didn't have the same experience as this man. He stretched out his hand and asked Beidou to hand him a wolf skin, then threw it to the leader in front of him: "Look at what our wolf skin looks like."
The leader looked through it carefully and suddenly found that there were no holes on it, only a cut from the top of the head to the tail.
He raised his head in confusion and asked, "Did you kill these wolves?"
Wen Qingzhu smiled cheerfully and said, "Just capture him alive."
"Impossible! Wolves never act alone! They form a group as soon as they appear!" The leader really couldn't believe it.
Wen Qingzhu crossed his arms and asked with a smile: "Then how do you think we got there? We still have three wolf skins in hand, and we have already used two of them in exchange for food. If you don't do it, we will find others. That’s what people are!”
After saying that, Wen Qingzhu turned to leave.
The leader quickly stopped her: "Wait! You want too much! If you give me all the remaining three wolf skins, I can give you such food!"
Wen Qingzhu slowly turned around and said, "You're driving down the price too hard. I have to leave two pieces of skin to make a coat!"
"We can give you two more sheepskins, enough for your coat and boots!" The leader looked at Beidou, who said nothing, with fear in his eyes.
Wen Qingzhu chuckled twice, looked at him steadily and said, "You are too cruel. We didn't know the price for the first two times. An ordinary wolf skin can be exchanged for twenty kilograms of beef and twenty kilograms of wheat cakes. I have such a good wolf skin, so adding twenty pieces of mutton is not too much."
"Brother Danton! You two are very capable at first glance! Isn't the fourth prince offering a reward? If we capture their house, we might be able to make meritorious deeds!"
The man with narrow eyes licked the corner of his mouth and looked at Wen Qingzhu with lustful eyes.
Wen Qingzhu looked slightly cold and looked at them intently: "You want to take action?"
"No, no, no! Don't get me wrong, girl!" The man named Denton gave the man with narrow eyes a cold look, and then explained, "If three pieces are not enough, add two more, we will still give you two sheepskins, you I’ll do as I said before.”
He looked around and smiled kindly: "I'm not going to lie to you, we are the only ones passing by here within a radius of thirty miles. We are very familiar with this area. I dare say you will never run into anyone else today!"
Denton glanced at the horses behind Wen Qingzhu and saw that the white cloth bags were for food, so he said bluntly: "I don't think you have much food. If you miss us, you really won't be able to get so much food!"
Wen Qingzhu looked at the man in front of him, he was sincere, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in agreement.
Using three wolf skins in exchange for grain and sheepskin, Wen Qingzhu didn't act like an extraneous thorn in the side. He loaded up the grain, turned around and rode away.
Denton looked at the direction they were running towards and felt a little hesitant: This direction is to the northeast. Are they from that tribe
"Brother Denton, your father called you!" Someone ran over and called him.
Denton had no choice but to come back to his senses and looked at the three people who were following him. Each of them had a wolf skin. Except for the narrow-eyed man from before, everyone else had one.
He looked at the man washing the inkstone and said: "Your family can't produce food now, so you don't have a share in wearing the wolf skin. If you really want it, follow us and learn how to hunt."
The slender-eyed man was not angry, but he responded quickly on his face.
Following Denton back, he looked from time to time in the direction Wen Qingzhu and the others left, filled with resentment in his heart!
You can obviously take out all the wolf skins, but you only give three!
Returning to the resting camp, the narrow-eyed man complained that his stomach hurt and quietly walked around to the horse pen.
Denton frowned and said to the remaining two people: "Go and keep an eye on him. Don't let him run out and chase those two people. They are not easy to deal with! I have to go to Dad to discuss something."
The two people who followed nodded in agreement, but when Denton left, they showed disdain.
"What the hell, that kid has no abilities and has a bigger temper than anyone else! If it weren't for Brother Denton's respect, I wouldn't want to deal with him at all."
Another person asked: "Then do we still have to watch?"
"Go to hell! It's better to chase that kid out and get chopped to death!" The angry man turned around and went to the tent, not bothering to pay attention.
The other people didn't dare to go there, so they followed him to the tent.
Not long after, the narrow-eyed man led the horse and quietly escaped from the north, chasing Wen Qingzhu.
He was unwilling to do so: I want to see it! Isn’t it just a woman and a tall-looking man? I must grab the last piece of wolf skin and impress everyone!
About an hour later, Wen Qingzhu couldn't see any trace of the herdsmen at all, so he stopped and rested on the spot.
When I went to fetch water, a black spot suddenly appeared in front of my eyes and flashed past.
Wen Qingzhu subconsciously raised his head, only to find that the surroundings were quiet.
When he lowered his head, the corners of Wen Qingzhu's mouth curled up. It seemed that a fly was following him!
No matter how difficult it is to deal with the Huns, it will never be as difficult to deal with the wolves!
Wen Qingzhu fetched some water, and when he stood up, he saw a shadow appearing behind him in the water.
He was reaching out to strangle Wen Qingzhu's neck.
At this critical moment, Beidou appeared even faster, grabbed the back of the man's neck with one hand, and twisted it mercilessly.
With a click, Wen Qingzhu's attacker died.
As soon as Beidou let go, he fell softly to the ground.
Wen Qingzhu then turned around and looked at the person on the ground, who was the man with the narrow eyes from before.
"Heh, it's really him. He really overestimates his abilities."
After mocking, Wen Qingzhu turned his head and looked in the direction they were coming from.