Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

It wouldn't be a bad thing if he died right away.After waking up from every midnight nightmare, his head covered in ferocious cold sweat, Mu Yun always thought so. It's not that he has never seen dead people, on the contrary, he is a child of the Mu family, although he is young, he joined the army at the age of eight, and grew up in the barracks with his father and brother.When killing an enemy on the battlefield, he always sits on the cavalry in front of his brother's chest, watching the spear held by his brother, the red tassels are like blood under the scorching sun, and the sharp tip of the spear cuts the enemy's throat.Blood splattered on his body and face, still carrying a warm, fishy and sweet smell.

Those fugitive days and nights on the road were like maggots attached to the bones, cold and damp, and entangled him all his life.The people who guarded him died one by one, but their blood was cold, splashing on his face with a piercing chill, he always thought at that time, his own blood must be cold too, when the sharp blade finally pierced his chest At that moment, the slowly flowing blood would silently infiltrate his clothes coldly.At that time, I could finally raise my head, look up at the blue and boundless sky, and let out a long breath happily. But he finally survived, survived the blood of more than 20 people.He entered the territory of Qierwu with the letter talisman, and was immediately sent to Youdu Jinzhang to meet the king.

Since then, he has no home, let alone a country. My father taught me how to read when I was young, and the first word I recognized was "serve the country with loyalty". Those four characters were engraved on a tablet in front of the Zhien Hall at home. The childish voice read aloud, and his father stroked his beard and smiled.Who would have thought that on this day, the father who is as faithful as a mountain, the elder brothers who are brave and brave, and the mother who is gentle and kind, will all become horrifying memories in midnight dreams.And he, I am afraid that in the eyes of the Celestial Dynasty, he has already become a traitor who rebelled into the enemy's territory.

There is no going back. In the dead of night, people struggled to wake up from their dreams, and their chest was heavy like a big stone, so they could understand this fact. Huo Ran got up, lifted the tent and went out.On the boundless wilderness, he raised his face, the sky was full of brilliant stars covering his head and face, and let the night wind flow past his ears. The people of Qierwu live by water and grass, and the place where the Golden Tent is located is the Youdu. Along the Thorny City outside the Golden Tent, the nobles of Qierwu are stationed in white tents one by one, like the rapid eddy of the Jinge River. The white foam spread out in circles, and the top of the golden tent painted with gold powder and painted cowhide shone brightly under the starlight, and the cry of lyre birds could be heard in the quiet night.

Lyrebirds always sing in the middle of the night, and by dawn they are gone. May is the spring on the prairie, the flowers and plants are knee-high, and their sweet breath can be smelled in the dark night.He walked down the gentle slope of the hill until he came to the valley.The turbulent Jinge River is like a huge silver chain under the starlight, twisting and winding along the narrow and long river valley, splashing countless silver debris on the chaotic rocks.He climbed up to the huge rock by the river, and the bright stars in the sky were getting closer, as if he could hug a few with just reaching out.There was only the mighty sound of the wind all around, the river flowed like thousands of angry horses galloping under his feet, and the wind blew fine mist on his face.

He raised his hand, slowly clenched into a fist, hooked his elbow inward, and drew an arc.Ling Li's wind sounded suddenly, his figure was like flowing clouds and flowing water, neat and crisp, his figure was outlined by the hazy starlight, like the fastest flying bird, instantly spreading its wings and showing the most beautiful feathers.The sound of wind brought by the fist was lost in Jinge Jiang's roar. After finishing a set of boxing techniques handed down by Mu's family, his clothes were drenched with sweat, he jumped off the boulder, walked to the river, and washed his face with a few handfuls of cold river water.He fell on his back into the grass and put his hands behind his neck. There were countless small insects chirping in the grass, and he slowly closed his eyes to the sound of lyre birds in the distance.

There was the sound of rustling footsteps, and it was clear that someone was approaching him on tiptoe. He was sleeping there, and his breathing stopped. When the man came to him, he bent down, slowly stretched out his hand, and warm fingers fell on him. On the eyelids, there was a clear and crisp laughter in the ear, which was as melodious as the singing of a lyre and a bird. He opened his eyes, and saw her extremely bright eyes, which were almost more dazzling than all the stars above her head. She was wearing a royal blue robe, her black braids were all hanging on her shoulders, and she looked like a faint blue flower under the starlight. Rihua looked at him with a mischievous smile, tilted her head and said, "Aren't you afraid?"

Mu Yun sat up and asked, "Why are you here again?" He paused and said, "Brother Dan, go back quickly, don't make Nunu anxious." Nunu is Brother Hulan Dan's little slave, Hulan bit his lips with two small teeth, and smiled with bright eyes like jewels, and said: "I have said that if you call me Brother Dan again, you have to Promise me one thing." Brother Dan is a kind of respectful name for the daughter of the lord of the Qierwu people, like a "princess" in the kingdom of heaven. This brother Hulan Dan is the youngest daughter of the lord. He is only fourteen years old this year, and he is loved by his father and brother. She has always been very honorable, but Mu Yun treated her indifferently. Hearing what she said, he just turned his face away and turned a deaf ear.Hulan sat down next to him with her knees hugged, and said, "The lyre bird you caught for me last night died suddenly this morning. You can catch another one for me."

Mu Yun said: "The lyre bird flies so fast, I can't catch it." Hu Lan said: "Then how did you catch it last night?" He took his arm and shook it lightly: "Catch another one for me." Mu Yun retracted his elbows, and said flatly: "Brother Dan knows that once that kind of bird is locked in a cage, it will die after dawn, so why take another life?" Hu Lan was startled for a moment, pouted He opened his mouth and said, "That's just a bird." "But it's also a life." An extremely calm voice, almost no emotional ups and downs could be heard in it. The fourteen-year-old half-grown boy suddenly matured due to the wind and frost of the past few months, his face was in the dim starlight. Below, the silhouette is just a hazy line, without any expression.Hulan thought for a while and said: "I understand. It is always said in the scriptures that the almighty God Hannuo gave Qierwu everything: light, starry sky, bright moon, grassland, cattle and sheep... On the grassland, Every piece of pasture is the beard of the great god, and every tree is the long hair of the great god, so we should respect and cherish them."

Mu Yun knew that everyone in Qierwu believed in the Great God Han Nuo, so he said: "Brother Dan is absolutely right." Hulan supported her body with her elbows, raised her face to look up at the starry sky, and sighed, "The Zhilyte bird sings really well. It would be great if I could listen to it sing for a lifetime." Mu Yundao: "Brother Dan, as long as he wakes up every night, he can hear the song of the lyre bird. It's easy to listen to it for a lifetime." Hu Lan suddenly frowned, sighed softly, and said, "That's not right. Definitely." She lay down in the grass, her voice lowered: "The lord wants to marry me to Lan Wan, if I really marry him, I will have to go back to the desert with him in two years, and I will never marry him again." I can't hear the lyre bird singing."

Mu Yun didn't make a sound, but Hulan's temperament was extremely clear, and she became happy again in an instant: "But I won't do it, just wait and see, I will definitely have a way to disturb this matter then." Said with high spirits: "I Together with Nunu, there must be a way to scare Na Lanwan from marrying me." Spring on the prairie is always so short, cat's orchids and wild lily flowers are blooming dottedly, every meter has already produced purple bunches, large soft pastures are taller than the waist, and the wind is already steaming with heat breath.Mu Yun reined in the reins and let the long wind mess up his cloaked hair. The lone rider stood on the high grass slope, against the vast blue sky and endless strands of flowing clouds, eye-catching and desolate .The horseman on the hillside sang a long poem, and occasionally there was a half-sentence ending, which was sent to his ears by the wind for a while, and then blown away by the wind. He remembered when he was a child, his father led him out of the customs on horseback. The whip in his father's hand whipped, almost enclosing the entire world in his vision. : "The Qierwu people are tough and domineering, but as long as my Mu family army is here, they will not dare to miss a step beyond Dinglan Mountain." In the wind, it seemed that the black flag that covered the sun could still be heard fiercely, but my father would never ride with me again.The horseman's singing had stopped, and there was only the sound of the wind in the world.The sky is as blue, with big white clouds, like flocks of sheep all over the hillside and valley, crowded together.There was a heavy metal groan in the wind, and after he carefully identified it, it was indeed the sound of a copper horn. The brass horn is several feet long, and it rests on the ground when it is blown. The trumpet players are all strong and strong men, and they breathe out slowly, and the dull sound of the horn can be heard throughout the valley.Standing at a high place, he can see very clearly from a bird's-eye view. Twelve golden-polished bronze horn goose wings are lined up, like extremely long golden tentacles, shining brightly in the sun, and lined up in front of the golden tent.People and horses galloped around the golden tent, and many riders were rushing towards the golden tent. With a low chirp, he let go of the rein, and the horse under his crotch neighed happily, and galloped down the mountain. The lord of the country treated him very politely, but he was a foreigner and could not foresee the discussion of the golden account.However, when discussing matters in the golden tent, all the chiefs would come, and almost all the good horses would gather at Shuan Malin, fifty paces to the left of the tent.The Golden Tent warrior Dallin, who was in charge of the horse, knew him very well. When he saw him, he first threw him a wineskin.Mu Yun uncorked and took a long gulp, then went to see the horses with his leather wine bag in hand.There is a black horse that is extremely tall, with sharp ears and strong hoofs, the fur of its whole body is like a black satin, its eyes are alert and energetic, it seems that the divine horse is not under the lord's mount.Mu Yun loves horses by nature, and when he saw such a fine horse, he circled it twice, and cherished it very much. Dallin said: "This is a good horse newly acquired by Chief Wuge. It is said that wild horses were born in the pen." Mu Yun stared at the horse for a moment, and said after a while: "Okay horse." Daerlin was used to seeing him love horses like crazy, so he just laughed, took the leather bag and drank a few swigs of wine, then handed it to Mu Yun.Mu Yun took a sip of the wine, and said dejectedly: "Such good wine, such a good horse, should have a good run, and then get off the saddle and drink." Only a crisp voice from behind the tree said: "Such a good run Chang Ma, what’s so difficult about it.” Following the tree, two people came out, a girl in a sapphire blue robe, with long eyebrows reaching her temples, and bright eyes, it was Hulan.The girl following behind was two years younger than her, not tall enough, with a pair of lively eyes, she was her personal slave Nunu. Dallin quickly saluted Hulan when he saw Hulan: "Brother Hulan Dan." Hu Lan turned to look at Mu Yun, and smiled showing her white and fine teeth: "Last time, your horse was too bad, otherwise I might not win, let's compete again today." Mu Yun said: "There's no need to compare, haven't you already explained it clearly?" Hu Lan said: "Hey, I said I might not win, and I didn't say I would lose, let's compete again." Without any explanation, he untied a horse from the horse post, pointed to the black horse and said, "Which one do you ride. " Mu Yun hesitated for a while, but Hu Lan had already got on his horse, and seeing him standing still, she folded her whip and said with a smile, "Just ride to the river and come back, Nunu, wait for us here." Turning her head, she told Darlin, Said: "I will borrow these two horses for a while, and I will return them immediately." Dallin agreed very simply, and Hu Lan urged Mu Yun: "Get on the horses." Hearing what she said, Mu Yun decided to get on his horse, and suddenly Lan said: "From here to under the big rock in the valley, whoever gets there first wins." He lashed his mount with his hand back, and the bay red horse neighed and let out a long sigh. He galloped out with all four hooves, Mu Yun pinched his legs lightly, and the black horse chased after him like a lightning bolt.Nunu raised his head to look around, but saw two riders, one red and one black, they had rushed up the grass slope in an instant, along the undulating green slope line, straight to the side of the river valley, and gradually became two small black spots. Over the slope, never to be seen again. Mu Yun only felt the wind blowing past his ears, and his body was as light as a swallow, as if he was not riding a horse, but riding the wind.Those heavy past events, those ghostly shadows that linger every night, all turned into distant phantoms in this gallop, and the mortal flesh and bones have become relics, only one heart jumped up lively, bang Bang like a crisp drum. "Hey-yo-ho!" He exhaled happily like a Qierwu person, and there was a crisp and sweet laughter in the world. He didn't need to look back to see Hulan's happy smile. She also shouted loudly: "Yo-ho!" Her horse grabbed Mu Yun's side and rushed straight into the valley. The sleeves of the bright blue robe were blown up by the wind, like a plump wild flower . Her castration was too fast, Mu Yun yelled: "Hulan!" She turned her head from a distance, with a bright smile on her face, the bay red horse galloped as if it was going to fly, and its hooves almost never landed.Mu Yun tapped his toes lightly, and the horse seemed to be quite human. It suddenly jumped forward and started to run wildly. After a while, it caught up to Hu Lan's side.Seeing him catching up, Hulan urged her horse to run forward again.Mu Yun yelled: "Hulan, don't run too fast..." Without saying a word, Hulan's horse suddenly stepped on a sharp stone, hissed long and hard, and his right front foot snapped forward. Was flung out lightly. Mu Yun was in a hurry, without thinking, he kicked his feet up a little, he had already jumped up, and before he could fall down, he kicked his left foot on Hulan's saddle again, with this kick, he had already hugged Hulan, exhausted himself Turn around and twist backward with all your strength.He has studied martial arts for several years, and he has practiced boxing and spear techniques handed down from his family. This move of "embracing the disabled" is nothing but seeing his elder brother use it before. Lan dragged back abruptly, but the two fell heavily to the ground.When Mu Yun fell down, he was already protecting his back, and was under Hu Lan's body. There were countless rocks scattered in the grass, and his head happened to hit a rock, and the sharp corner of the rock passed under his forehead. Hei, blood flowed suddenly. The incident happened very quickly, but before Hulan could recover, she saw the corners of his eyes bleeding, she panicked and hurriedly pressed her hands, but she couldn't hold it, the cut was very deep, and the blood ran straight down between her fingers gushing out.It was Mu Yun himself who said: "Quickly, chew the tiger lily grass and apply it." Hulan hurriedly pulled out a few roots, regardless of the weed leaves in the middle, chewed them carelessly, and pressed them on his wound, the blood finally Gradually stopped.At this time, she just remembered the momentary moment of life and death just now, sobbing and crying, Mu Yun asked: "Where is the injury? Can I still ride a horse?" Hu Lan wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, "I am not injured. Seeing." Seeing that half of his face is covered with green herbal medicine, almost even his eyes are covered, only one right eye is exposed, and he looks like a mess.The corners of her lips couldn't help showing a smile, but just as she wanted to laugh, she thought that all the injuries he suffered were her own, tears in her eyes fell onto the skirt of her clothes. A horse hurt its hoof, and the two of them had to ride back together. Hulan held the rein and suddenly said: "You couldn't save me, but why did you jump up and hug me?" Mu Yun said: "I He is a dignified man, and he should protect the girl well." He couldn't look at one eye, and the other eye was almost closed by the herbal medicine, but he suddenly felt his head drooping in front of his chest, and the corners of his eyes were painful, and his eyes were constantly dripping with tears. , just thinking, don't just be blind. When they got back to Shuan Marin, both of them were covered with bloodstains, which shocked both Nunu and Daerlin, so they hurriedly found the old witch doctor to examine Mu Yun's injuries, fortunately, no eyeballs were injured, The herbs were reapplied.Although Mu Yun's face was in severe pain, he didn't make a sound, just sat quietly in his tent.Hulan sat with him on the sheepskin mattress all the time, tightly clutching the corner of his robe, as if he would disappear if he let go. Seeing that it was getting late, Mu Yun said to Hu Lan, "Go back quickly. It's time for the Yan family to send someone to look for you." Hu Lan said, "I'll sit with you for a while, is your wound hurting badly?" Mu Yun Said: "It doesn't hurt too much, you'd better go back quickly." Helpless, Hu Lan was stubborn and refused to go back, and sat until it was time to light the lights, when the figure outside the tent shook, followed by the curtain, and a warrior walked in.Mu Yun saw that the warrior was wearing a tiger-head saber, so he knew that he was the servant of the Chinese Lord of the Golden Tent, and thought he was looking for Hulan.Unexpectedly, after seeing Hu Lan, the warrior saluted and said to Mu Yun: "Mu Die, please, the lord." Die is a kind of respectful title for a young man with status, just like the Celestial Dynasty calls "Young Master", Mu Yun can't think of it Why did the lord of the country summon him suddenly, and immediately followed him to the golden tent to see the lord of the country. The lord of the country, Bibie Ye, is fifty years old, short in stature, and as vigorous as a young man. A bear candle has already been lit in the golden tent, and the bright candlelight shines on Bibie Ye's piercing eyes, which seem to have an unpredictable look.After Mu Yun saluted, the lord of the country saw that his face was bruised, so he asked, "Why?" Mu Yun said casually, "I went to the river beach in the afternoon, and saw a roe deer trying to catch up, who knew that the horse stumbled." The lord haha Laughing loudly, his voice was very loud: "When it comes to riding a horse, you have to learn from our Qierwu people." He took a piece of yellow paper from the case and handed it to Mu Yun, saying: "Look at this. " Mu Yun took it, and the paper was crumpled and fuzzy, even the handwriting was blurred, it seems that it was tossed and turned on the road for many days.It's been a long time since I haven't seen the characters of the Central Plains, and the strokes are printed in my eyes, which is so kind that it makes people feel palpitations.Such a distant homeland, now even seeing its written language has become a luxury.This is a so-called "dichao", with parallel four Li six, a large section of high-sounding text flowed in front of his eyes, he could hardly immediately understand what kind of article it was.But the last sentence, the last sentence was carved into the eyes like a knife: "Master Mu's nature is gentle and gentle, her nature is gentle and prudent, and she was conferred the title of concubine Shu by the Jin Dynasty. Give it a treasure book."