Two days later, when the snow stopped, Ao Yun found his horse, which was a pony with a red body and white hooves. At this time, Xin Yi can also withdraw the account, but the positions involved are limited. Fortunately, he also knows how to avoid suspicion, and doesn't walk around outside the tent at will.
Chiye was well taken care of by Wuyun Qiqige, medicine was applied to the hind hoof, and the forage was also satisfactory.
Before waiting for Qiyan siblings, Xin Yi offered to leave first.
"Are you going to leave now?" Wu Yunqiqige was counting sheep in front of the tent, and only nodded when he heard this, "If you think you can hold on, you can leave."
Ao Yun carried fodder from the straw shed below, fed it to the sheep in the pen, and said to Xin Yi, "You want to go back to Beiyang?"
Xin Yi responded.
Ao Yun said: "Alslen hasn't left yet, how do you go back?"
Xin Yi smiled and said, "There is always a way."
"You people from Beiyang." Ao Yun said, leaning on the hay piled up into a hill, turning his hands around his chest a few times, "Are you all so big-hearted?"
"Staying any longer will only add trouble." Xin Yi pulled Chi Ye's rein, "Besides, Arslen is still there, I can't stay here to escape."
"Very good." Ao Yun nodded, looked up at the sky again, and said, "It won't snow tomorrow, so I'll take you out this afternoon. I hope you can remember what you promised, and don't let the Beiyang army and The shadow of the Southern Expeditionary Army."
"I will." Xin Yi smiled, but the next moment he changed the subject and said abruptly, "But I want to talk to you about other things."
Ao Yun looked at his slightly pale and gentle face, and gradually straightened up.
The Qiyan Department is not completely separated from the power center of Dayuan, but it is deliberately suppressed and marginalized, which directly manifests itself in the transfer of its territory from the formerly fertile grassland to the edge of the wasteland. The most ironic thing is that they were at the forefront of fleeing the Beiyang Army back then, but now they are left at the door of the Beiyang Army. Habugqin seems to want to use this method to let the Qiyan Department remember the root of the disaster planted in the past and the shame of being raped.
Habugqin's work was very successful. He let the next generation of Qiyan live in the cracks of shame for a long time, and turned into hatred for the entire Dayuan, and of course, resentment for Beiyang.
Ao Yun was born as the king's successor.
But when he was close to the throne, he was bowed down by the church.
As a result, his father died under the rebel sword of the Habugchin clan, and his mother, like a furious lioness, dragged him and his sister to survive the rebellion, and miraculously let them leave the territory of the Habugqin clan safe and sound. , got here.
Of course, the lioness failed to get out by herself.
Ao Yun was still a teenager when he shouldered the heavy burden of begging for beauty, and he led his younger sister who was only waist-high at that time, and walked out of the big garden with one foot deep and one foot shallow. In a trance, it seemed that he deviated from the original track, which made him often have no real feeling in the first year, as if he could wake up suddenly.
He hated the Xin family of Beiyang very much, but amidst the hatred day and night, he couldn't help but have more and deeper admiration for the rumored Xin Jing. He even thought that if he was born a few years earlier, he would be able to meet this Beiyang sharp knife in person on the battlefield.
He knew that Xin Jing was dead and his younger brother was still dumb.
Every time he thinks of this, Ao Yun will feel lucky and happy again. Everyone looked like a mess when they fell, and you were even worse than me, with only one dumb left. He is still a mute who depends on others.
So even if you once rode Thunderbolt and split Dayuan's heart, so what
But it never occurred to him.
One day the mute will speak, and one day the Beiyang Xin family will join hands with Qi Yan.
I'm afraid no one has thought about it.
"You said that the Beiyang Army is going to join forces with the Begging Yan Department?" Ao Yun was standing by the haystack, he was caught off guard, and was covered by sarcasm and sneers in a blink of an eye, "If the Beiyang Army and the Begging Yan Department join forces, who will go? Press Xin Jing's coffin lid?"
"The Qiyan Department has been here for a long time." Xin Yi patted Chiye's head, and said: "You are familiar with the terrain and environment here, even more familiar than Arslen. Even though the number of people is different, there is Beiyang Army Containing from the front, you can also attack Arslen's army from behind. Judging from the number of soldiers, he has almost taken away all the soldiers and horses in Dayuan. Arslen is defeated, and the Qiyan Department can return to the territory."
"Why do you think we can go back as long as Arslen is defeated? Is the Habugeqin family a dog?" Ao Yun said suddenly: "There is also the Zhadalan tribe."
"That's your business." Here Xin Yi revealed his aggressiveness under his gentle appearance, which he learned from Zuo Kaizhi when he was in Kyoto.
Grasp the vital point and press on step by step.
"Your horses are all war horses." Xin Yi continued: "Including Qiqige. If you don't have any intention of returning, why raise a horse and sharpen your sword every day? Yours is sharper than Arslen The scimitar is not only made for cutting weeds. The opportunity has come, Ao Yun."
"That's your chance too." Ao Yun turned around and continued to organize the fodder, saying: "Alslen's defeat is certainly good for Qi Yan, but this benefit is not worth mentioning for Dayuan. But you." He turned Going too far, said bluntly: "Once the threat of the lion king is lost, retribution and ambition will be poured on Dayuan."
"Maybe in the past." Xin Yi's expression remained unchanged, "But now Da Lan can't do it, we have more dangerous enemies."
"Then it's better for us." Ao Yun frowned fiercely, "Without Dalan, Dayuan's territory can straddle grasslands and long rivers, have fertile land and delicious pastures, and no longer have to worry about the arrival of winter , and there is no need to trade with you for food."
"Is that true?" Xin Yi didn't take a half step back, "Without Dalan, who will fill the granary in the south? You are running on the grassland, who will teach you how to farm? Even if Arslen really reaches the Changhe River, How long can he hold on? The Lion King is already an old lion, if he dies during the journey, Da Lan's anger will be overwhelming. At that time, Qi Yan will bear the brunt of it. Because you are the closest to Beiyang."
Ao Yun murmured, but stopped moving. The dark-skinned young man felt very oppressive when he stood upright. His strong chest and broad shoulders showed that he already had enough strength.
He didn't speak, but Wuyun Qiqige shook the debris on his skirt, and said, "What do you want the Qiyan Department to do? Sneak attack on Habugqin's territory?" With her hands behind her back, she leaned out to look at Xin Yi, Eyes clean but stern, "Stop joking, we can't do it."
"Its style."
Wu Yunqiqige ignored his brother, but paced around Xin Yi. She was very playful when she walked, completely following the footprints left by her last lap.
"The Qiyan Department has horses, but no food. We are in the closest place to that commercial road, but we don't enjoy any reciprocity. There are still people in the Qiyan Department who are freezing and starving today. The Qiyan Department has knives, but no army. We The women and children are all soldiers, but they can't hold their own swords because of the cold. The Qiyan tribe wants to go home, but it is blocked by Canaan Mountain. Can't pass the Iron Wing." She stopped and was standing in front of Xin Yi. The girl pinched her braid hanging down her waist, and smiled generously, "We need help, we need food, carbon fire, gold, manpower, and your paper vow."
"My oath?"
"You have to swear in front of the Beiyang Army and the Qiyan Department that Arslen will help us pass Canaan Mountain in the future, and ensure that Emperor Dalan will not intervene and force." Then Wu Yunqiqige tilted his head, "Your oath will work, you You have this power, right, Little Yan King of Beiyang."
Xin Yi sank slightly, stroking the way of heaven with his fingertips, "I don't have the gold you want." He said, "But I can give you another thing."
Wu Yunqiqi made a gesture of listening.
Xin Yi said: "Business way."
Ao Yun couldn't help but interjected: "We don't need it. Your prince's commercial roads are only open to Habugeqin and his dogs. Besides, the exchange of leather, horses, gold, silver, and grain has been suppressed cheaply. A horse The money exchanged for horses can’t even feed a wild dog.”
"I'm not referring to the one in Shangjin." Xin Yi looked up at the gray sky, and said, "I mean, it's a brand new one that allows both Beiyang and this place to get what they need, and there is no need to rely on back and forth battles to gain business."
Ao Yun fell silent, Wu Yunqiqige's eyes lit up, but she didn't change her cautious attitude. She said: "This matter is beyond Beiyang, can you do it?"
"I can't do it now." Xin Yi's eyes sharpened suddenly, "But as long as Arslen retreats and defeats Mount Canaan, I can do it."
"If you disobey your word." Ao Yun raised his hand and hit his heart, "I will kill you no matter where it is."
Xin Yi raised his arm and hit his heart, saying, "I swear."
Because of the layout of the terrain behind, Xin Yi stayed for another night. The next day Ao Yun took him away, and the two were on the horse.
"You are not like your elder brother at all." Ao Yun brought a scimitar today, and it was at his side.
Xin Yi paused for a moment, then laughed, "Maybe, he's more like the second brother."
"I heard that your second brother is a scholar." Ao Yun glanced at him sideways, "You don't look like a scholar either." Before Xin Yi could answer, he continued, "I know all the achievements of your elder brother, but I don't I haven't seen him before. There is a huge stone beside Wanze, which was originally an ordinary stone, but since Xin Jing, it has been called "Awesome Realm", it is a fearsome situation, and it is also a fearsome Xin Jing."
"Awesome?" Xin Yi couldn't recall the time when his elder brother was intimidating. He only remembers his eldest brother's bravery and warmth, the protection that has always enveloped him and the third brother, and the person who will surpass his father in admiration.
I don't know if the second brother thinks the same way.
"I hate him very much." Ao Yun said bluntly, and said quite lonely: "I also admire him very much. Why did your emperor do this?"
Xin Yi didn't answer right away, Chiye was running on the snow, the wind made his robe flutter, his left hand holding the rein but missing his little finger was exposed under the cuff. He said: "Maybe, it's also because it's scary."
The dreaded Xin Jing.
Because it seems that it will surpass King Yan, and it will shine brightly from Beiyang, even surpassing all of its peers in Kyoto. If it is too dazzling, it will be daunting. It's also too young to be ridiculous, which makes the elderly who are already old and frightened.
After all, can the emperor still drive the horse Wanze
He couldn't even get on a horse.
But his son, who has a lot of soldiers in his hands, is in the prime of life, occupying one side, and has a long-standing prestige. There is also a son who is more sharp-edged, with a literary and a martial arts, from the court to the army, from Kyoto to Beiyang, everyone knows it.
What are the Beiyang sharp knife, Beiyang phoenix chick, and the third young master of the King of Yan.
Every compliment seemed to mock his age and his recoil. Even though they are his descendants, they are more famous and respected than him. This is not a good son, not even his prince.
daunting.
Chiye ran very fast, probably because he was loved by Wu Yunqiqige for too long in the past few days, making it seem like he was going to break through the sky when he ran, and he didn't even care about the wind.
Xin Yi's unobstructed vision spanned the entire snowy field, but something in the snow dazzled his eyes, and he suddenly stopped Chiye's momentum.
"Ao Yun." Xin Yi turned around, "Alslen!"
Ao Yun stood up from the galloping horse and looked into the distance. The white cover made people unable to see other colors, but he still believed Xin Yi and turned his head immediately.
They have three hundred people along the way, not a small target in the snow field.
The men and horses lying in ambush under the snow suddenly got up and chased after him.
"They squatted here." Ao Yun and Xin Yi drove together: "The morning patrol can't reach here."
Xin Yi reined in his horse suddenly again, Ao Yun said in shock: "What are you going to do?"
Xin Yi said: "Surround me." As he spoke, he pulled out the Heavenly Path, "Catch me."
The chase from behind was approaching, Ao Yun immediately turned his horse's head, drew out his machete, and shouted: "Catch him!"
Xin Yi's Heavenly Dao slashed at him immediately, Ao Yun raised his sword, and he laughed, "Hey, hey, even my sister can handle this kind of strength, are you really a man?"
Xin Yi remained silent, chopping with a knife in his hand. The clash of blades between the two kept exploding. Ao Yun said before that he would not have his little finger cut off, and he is qualified to say this. Because Xin Yi had already held the knife with both hands during the impact, and Ao Yun's arm strength was even more terrifying than Arslen's.
The pursuers from behind had already arrived, and Ao Yun's scimitar was so dangerous that it even brushed against Xin Yi's neck. With a kick from the long leg behind the scimitar, Xin Yi rolled off the horse.
Ao Yun's horse slowly turned around Xin Yi, and he said to the people: "Alatan, what are you doing in my territory?"
"Ao Yun." The middle-aged man in the lead only nodded to Ao Yun, his eyes fell on Xin Yi's back in the snow, and said, "Excuse me, but this is the lion king's prey."
"This is a wild animal from my horse race." Ao Yun's eyes sank, and his scimitar pointed straight at Alatan's eyes from the air, "Who will allow you, slave of Zadalan, to look directly into the eyes of the leader of my Qiyan Department?" .”
Alatan narrowed his eyes in displeasure, "I am a subordinate of the Lion King, not a slave."
Ao Yun showed his snow-white teeth, "Do you still want me to call you brothers? Sheep pen bastard."
When he was speaking, the horses of the Qiyan tribe slowly surrounded the pursuers. Alatan sensed his hostility, but he did not raise his guard, because the former prince had always been arrogant towards the Zhatalan tribe. He even took a few steps forward, approaching Xin Yi tentatively.
"Ao Yun." He knelt down beside Xin Yi, "Don't provoke the Lion King."
Ao Yun sneered, but he clenched the knife tightly as if forbearance, and lowered it. Alatan showed a satisfied expression, but before he lowered his head to look at the "prey", the back of his neck was suddenly held down by the prey, his whole body fell forward weightlessly, and the blade of Heaven's Dao reached his chest in an instant.
Ao Yun immediately sneered.
"You should wipe his throat and let him taste the pleasure of not being able to speak."
"What a pity." Xin Yi pushed away the corpse, stood up, and apologized innocently, "It's too late."
Before the remaining hundreds of people came back to their senses, the Qiyanbu knives outside had wiped off their throats from behind, neatly as if following Ao Yun's words.