Chapter 5 Chapter 5 First Kiss

Huo Qubing and I walked in front, brother wolf and snow wolf followed, the little princess sometimes ran to the front to chase butterflies for a while, and sometimes ran to my feet to let me hug her for a while, or imitated the parents, reserved and elegant wander around. After more than two days of getting along, Snow Wolf became much less wary of Huo Qubing. As long as I was around, she would no longer prevent Huo Qubing from contacting the little princess. "Going further in this direction, you will enter the hinterland ruled by King Tu of the Xiongnu chieftain. Although they have already suffered a defeat and there is no large army nearby, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not run into remnant soldiers." Huo Qubing reminded me with a smile.

I replied: "I know that the Xiongnu lived after water and grass, and the foot of Qilian Mountain is the place where the Huns have the most abundant water and grass. Although the Huns' army was defeated, the shepherds who grazed here must be reluctant to leave, but they will not meet the remnants of the soldiers." , and it is very likely to meet the shepherd." He asked with some puzzlement: "You said you wanted to take me to meet someone, could it be the Huns?" I looked sideways at him: "What if it's the Huns?" He smiled proudly: "Yu'er, smile, your face is getting more and more dignified along the way. Don't say that you are from the Huns, even Shan Yu from the Huns will accompany you to see me."

He glanced at my dress: "But it should not be from the Huns. The women's dresses I found for you are from Han people, from countries in the Western Regions, and from the Huns, but you chose a dress from Kucha, from the Huns. The dress was the first thing you threw aside, and it seemed rather disgusting." I sighed softly: "I should have worn a Han family dress, but Kucha's dress has a veil." I glanced at his attire: "But you are enough." One col after another, we walked through the dense forest, Brother Wolf already understood where I wanted to go, followed us impatiently, and hurried out.

Not long after, Brother Wolf leaped back silently and whined a few times next to me. I stopped immediately, and Huo Qubing asked, "What's the matter? Is there someone in front?" I nodded, hesitated for a moment, and still Moving forward, both the man and the wolf restrained their voices and walked as quietly as possible. Huo Qubing and I stooped and sneaked among the bushes for a while, when I saw the figure in front of the tomb, I stopped suddenly, and Huo Qubing hurriedly stopped too, looking from the bushes. There is a large tomb and a small tomb. A man is sitting quietly drinking in front of the tomb, and two attendants stand respectfully not far behind him.Huo Qubing saw the person sitting in front of the grave clearly, and looked at me with some surprise and worry, I just stared fixedly at Yi Zhixie who was sitting in front of the grave.

Among the overgrown weeds, there were a few faint chirping of insects from time to time, and the dots of sunlight that sifted through the gaps between the leaves reflected on the weeds in the tomb and Yi Zhixie, mottled and indistinct, making them look more desolate and desolate. Facing the tomb, he drank quietly, his figure was completely scattered, and it seemed that what he drank in the toast was sadness. Yi Zhixie cleaned up the weeds for the tomb, and pulled out the weeds with his hands.The entourage behind him immediately stepped forward, knelt down and said, "Shanyu, let's do it!" Yi Zhixie silently waved his hand, and the two entourages looked at each other, and then retreated to their original places.

My hand unconsciously held the bushes around me, and the grip became tighter and tighter. When Huo Qubing found out and hurriedly broke my hand away from the thorny bushes, it was already full of blood. Yi Zhixie cleaned up the two tombs. He poured a glass of wine in front of the older one and drank it himself: "Brother Xu, you should be very happy today. Most of the Qilian Mountains have been seized by the Han Dynasty." Go, maybe you will be able to rest in the land of the Han Dynasty in the future, and you probably won’t mind having a glass of wine with me. You mentioned to me before that compared with stable agriculture, turbulent nomadism is difficult to accumulate. In the short term, nomads It may be possible to subdue agricultural countries with fast cavalry and sturdy force, but if nomads do not reverse their nomadic habits in time, they cannot accumulate population, culture and wealth in a stable manner, and they will still lose to agricultural countries in the long run, which is impossible Rule the agricultural country. I asked you at the time, what if the agricultural country is governed by the customs of the agricultural country after the capture? You said that if the nomads choose to abandon the nomadic habit and integrate into the agricultural country, although the purpose of ruling can be achieved, it is almost impossible. After the epoch, the original national characteristics of the nomadic people will completely disappear, and they will be assimilated into the agricultural country. Therefore, compared with the agricultural social form that is more suitable for the reproduction of the crowd, the nomadic people are destined to become a weak ethnic group, or even a disappearing ethnic group. It just depends on how it disappears. I was very unconvinced at the time, thinking that our ancestors of the Huns have been like this for generations. As long as there are warriors, how could it be possible to disappear so easily? But now I really understand the truth of what you said. Now everything is like this As you expected, the Han Dynasty went through the Wen and Jing dynasties, the treasury was abundant, and the population was prosperous, compared with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu's manpower and financial resources were hard to match."

Yi Zhixie poured another glass of wine for Dad: "There was Wei Qing before, and now there is Huo Qubing, but the Huns have no generals. The cavalry that our ancestors have always been proud of has also been defeated by Huo Qubing. He was faster and more ruthless than the Xiongnu who were born on horseback and grew up on horseback, because of him, the Han Dynasty finally changed from the active defense of the Wei Qing era to the active offense against the Xiongnu.” He drank the wine in his glass and let out a long sigh: "Actually, that's all. What worries me most now is that the army of the Han Dynasty belongs directly to the emperor, while our military power is scattered among the various tribes. In terms of dominance, in fact, the vassals who hold the military power have their own scheming. Now it is different from the time when the Huns were invincible and everyone fought bravely for property. Huo Qubing made all the vassals fear that their troops would be consumed when they fought. We all waited for others to be able to play forward, and waited until we were destroyed. We have already lost to the Han Dynasty on this point. But I will not give up, and I cannot give up..."

I couldn't help but cast a glance at Huo Qubing, it turned out that he is now the most terrible enemy in the hearts of the Huns. Huo Qubing kept watching my expression carefully, and asked in a low voice, "Can you understand what he said?" I nodded. Yi Zhi slanted her hand across the small tomb, her eyes were half-closed, as if she was thinking about a lot of things, and after a long time, her hand was still on the tomb. Seeing his expression, I was a little confused. He probably didn't hire someone to kill me. He didn't suspect that I was dead, but... thinking about it, these are not important, so I am too lazy to think about it.

After sitting quietly for a while, he finally stood up without saying a word, and led the people away. I squatted for a while, guessing that they had gone far away, and then I walked out of the bushes, knelt down in front of the grave, and said to Huo Qubing, "This is the person I want to bring you to meet." Huo Qubing's expression was both surprised and delighted: "This is you..." I nodded and kowtowed to the grave: "Father, I brought someone to see you." Huo Qubing immediately knelt down in front of the tomb, kowtowed and said, "Uncle, I'm going to marry your daughter."

There were tears in my eyes, but when I heard what he said, I couldn't help laughing through my tears: "How can you be so frizzy? My father may not like you." Huo Qubing scratched his head with a smile, and looked at the words on the tombstone: "Your father was a Hun?" I shook my head: "Han people." Huo Qubing looked at the small tomb beside him, and asked softly, "Is this your brother?" Although Yi Zhixie had just wiped Dad's tombstone, I still took out the handkerchief and wiped it carefully. Huo Qubing hurriedly snatched the handkerchief from me: "Let me wipe it! If your father sees the scar on your hand Blame me, if you get angry and refuse to marry you to me, it will be miserable."

After Huo Qubing wiped his father's tomb, he wanted to wipe the small tomb, I stopped him: "No need to wipe that one." There was some doubt in his eyes, but he didn't ask any further questions. I was silent for a while and said, "That is my tomb." Huo Qubing was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood everything: "No wonder you were so afraid of meeting that person when you were in Chang'an City, you don't want him to know that you are still alive." I nod. Brother Wolf circled the tomb a few times, then jumped into the jungle with Snow Wolf and the little princess a little bored. Huo Qubing stared at the tomb and said: "I think that Hun has an extraordinary bearing. A Han can make the Huns respect you so much. Your father is very unusual." I sat cross-legged on the ground: "My father's heart was to return to Chang'an when he was alive, but after he died, he had to sleep in the land of the Huns. Now that you have conquered Qilian Mountains, so that father can sleep on the land of the Han Dynasty, father is sure." Will like you very much." Huo Qubing was a little overjoyed, and smiled and kowtowed three times to his father: "Thank you father-in-law for your appreciation, I will definitely drive the Huns away, so that what my father-in-law sees and hears is all Han Chinese." I was ashamed and annoyed: "How can anyone change their words so quickly like you? Although my father is quite free and easy, he still values ​​etiquette in his bones." Huo Qubing frowned slightly: "You and your father don't look very much alike." I smiled and nodded: "Well, Dad always said that it is difficult for me to get rid of wildness. I have always been impatient to follow the broken rules created by those people. Even now, seeing that I look like a human being on the surface, I barely follow the rules. ,actually……" Huo Qubing smiled and said: "Actually, he is a wolf-hearted dog." I snorted disdainfully, and bowed my hands to him: "Thank you for your compliment. Since I was a child, I thought that wolf heart and dog lung should be compliments for people. Both wolves and dogs are very loyal animals, and they are both very witty. This word is used to curse people." Huo Qubing half propped his head up and laughed, I was half sad and half smiling: "When I said that to Father, Father also propped his head up and laughed." The sun was slanting to the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun slanted on Dad's tomb, everything was covered with a layer of orange-red warmth. Huo Qubing has always been by my side, he will listen carefully to the things I want to say, and he will not ask too much about the things I don't want to say.Sometimes when sad emotions just came to his mind, he said a few words, making people angry and laughing, and could only smile bitterly again and again. I squinted my eyes and looked at the sunset: Dad, you can rest assured that I am with this person, it is really hard for me to find the time to cry. Thinking of Yi Zhi's Xiao Suo figure leaning in front of the tomb, looking sideways at Huo Qubing's doting eyes, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, the two eyes met, he snapped his fingers loudly, and said angrily: "You Look at me, I will..." I couldn't dodge in time, he had already printed a kiss on my face: "...I can't help being a disciple." I beat him angrily, and he smiled and shouted: "Father-in-law, have you seen how fierce Yu'er is?" At this moment, I suddenly realized that I had really let go, let go of the past, let go of the hatred for Yi Zhixie.Dad, now my daughter really understands that your exhortations are all about love for me.Only by letting go and moving forward can you be happy. Although the Xiongnu army suffered a defeat, the lives of ordinary people continued. The cattle and sheep were still running under the blue sky, and the market was still bustling.The Han people, the Huns, and people from all countries in the Western Regions gathered here, and they are still running around for their livelihood. A blind man of the Xiongnu sat on the corner of the street and sang with a matouqin. The two coins left in a hurry. Huo Qubing threw away half a gold leaf, and made a big move, which attracted everyone to look at us. I hurriedly dragged him away, and he asked in a low voice, "What is that person singing about?" I glanced at him: "I'm singing about you." He laughed and said, "Sing me? Because I can't understand the language of the Huns." I co-wrote the song and sang it in a low voice: The lyrics are simple, but they come from the heart, making the whole song full of sadness. Gradually going away, the singing of the blind man gradually disappeared.In the liquor store beside him, someone was drinking and humming the song of the blind man in a low voice. We entered a shop run by a Han Chinese, and the waiter smiled and asked, "Would you like wine?" Huo Qubing looked at me inquiringly, my face was hot, I turned my head and said: "As you like, I won't drink." He also looked embarrassed, and waved his hands to Xiaoer: "Just get some food!" "After we finished shopping here, do you still want to go elsewhere?" Huo Qubing asked after eating a few slices of beef. I shook my head: "I won't go, it's very different from when I was a child. I don't know whether it's the things themselves that have changed, or my eyes that see things have changed." He laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's because of a change of mood, then we'll make a detour and rush back to the army after we finish our meal." A Xiongnu man who was already a little bit drunk lay on the table, humming intermittently: "If you lose me... Yanzhi Mountain, make... my married wife colorless; die of Qilian... Lianshan, make me lose my color." The six animals don't...don't breathe." At the point of sadness, the voice choked up, and the tears mixed with the wine fell on the table. Huo Qubing sighed lightly: "Why do you hear this song everywhere?" I pretended to be surprised, and teased in a low voice: "Ah! It's more vivid than those literati's pen and ink articles. It seems that General Huo's reputation will spread all over Mobei and Monan with the singing. I don't know if this song can No, it has been passed down for thousands of years. When people hear this song thousands of years later, they should be able to think of the demeanor of General Huo Da. Huo Qubing smiled, and leaned into my ear: "I just want you to be fascinated." I failed to make fun of, but was made fun of.Being brushed by the breath from his mouth and nose, his ears were burning hot, and he hurriedly avoided him by lowering his head to eat the food. The people on the side had good ears. When they heard me talking about Huo Qubing, they nodded to me with a smile. They clinked glasses of wine with the person sitting in the same case, and said with a smile: "This year is really a year for us Han people to grow up and grow. In spring, Huo Qubing With 10,000 generals, he took Yanzhi Mountain from the Huns, and Xia Tian defeated the Huns' army of tens of thousands, and took Qilian Mountain." The person who was drinking with him glanced at the Huns lying on the table, and sneered: "When I was a child, I came here with my father to do business. These barbarians often arrogantly mocked us Han people for their cowardice. , or guard the city and dare not fight with them on horseback, now I don’t know who dares to fight with whom.” Unexpectedly, although the Hun man lying on the table was rough-looking, he could understand Chinese. Hearing the words, he stood up, pointed at the two people who were talking, and shouted angrily in Hun dialect: "It's a man, don't just say no!" Lian, let's go outside for a competition, if you win, I will cut off your head and let you take it back to the Han Dynasty to show off." Although the words of the Huns only said that they lost, but the Huns valued life and death and valued bravery. If they said such words, the other party would definitely not show weakness. In fact, they had already made an oath to fight to the death.Those two looked at the big man standing in front of them with hesitation. The man who nodded and smiled at me suddenly gritted his teeth, stood up and said, "Compare." I was watching with relish when Huo Qubing suddenly held my hand and looked out the window.I was stunned for a moment, then immediately put down my chopsticks and put on my veil. The drunken Hun looked around, walked out of the store, and stopped a group of people wearing Hun costumes who happened to pass by the store: "Brothers on the grassland, my name is Hei Shitou, and I want to compete with two people who insulted us Huns. The Han people are cunning and do not keep their promises, would you be willing to testify to them?" Before Yi Zhixie could speak, Mu Daduo snorted coldly: "Of course, they must cut off their heads." The news spread like wildfire, and more and more Huns gathered on the street. The two Han people showed fear and looked at the shop owner for help.The boss shook his head and sighed lowly: "Although we have won a battle, this area has been the territory of the Huns since ancient times. How can the power of the Huns be eliminated easily after a victory? You are openly calling them barbarians in their fields. No matter how undisciplined the Huns are, you can't stand it, not to mention that they have just suffered a defeat, and they have already been pissed off. The Han people who do business here are used to being patient with the Huns, so we really can't help them. " Huo Qubing asked in a low voice: "What did they just say?" I said: "I'm afraid they won't survive. It's really annoying. If you want to fight, you should fight quickly. It's annoying to be stuck here." Huo Qubing laughed: "If you didn't happen to stop the person you're afraid of seeing, you'd probably be happier watching the excitement than anyone else." I gave him an angry look: "The knot in my heart has been untied, and now I'm not afraid to see him at all, now I'm just too lazy to get into trouble, one less thing is better than one more thing." Another Hun man on the street shouted: "There are two of you, and we will find another one. Don't bully you, you can choose among us." The Huns on the street all agreed generously, without fear of life and death. I looked at the two men with my chin propped up. The man who had already engaged in a battle with Heishi gradually calmed down, but his companion was looking at the street, trembling non-stop.He shouted angrily to his companion: "This is the end of the matter, the worst is death, don't disgrace the Han people." His companion was still trembling, and he didn't move a step for a long time, causing everyone on the street to laugh.Huo Qubing looked at them coldly, I pouted amusedly. "My lord, Yu Shun, this surname is Chen Mingli. We are all from Longxi Chengji. If the head is really taken by the Huns this time, I hope that this little brother Nian can report to our family because he is also a Han. A letter." Yu Shun bowed deeply to Huo Qubing. Huo Qubing looked at Chen Li and said indifferently: "It is rumored that there are famous generals and warriors in Chengji in Longxi. .Cheng Ji's son has a very good reputation in the army, but today I saw a different kind of Cheng Ji's son." Yu Shun looked at Chen Li with a face full of shame, Chen Li suddenly pointed at me, and shouted to everyone on the street: "She, she also scolded the Huns just now, she said it first, she praised Huo Qubing, I just Followed a few casually." Even though my back was facing everyone, I could still feel hundreds of eyes fixed on me, probably seeing that I was a woman, and I couldn't vent my anger for a while, so they all stared at Huo Qubing angrily. Mu Daduo let out an "ah" cry, and suddenly said, "Master, let's go! There are too many people here, so it's not easy to stay here for a long time." Before she finished speaking, Yi Zhixie walked into the store, smiled and said to Huo Qubing: "It's true that we never meet again in life." Huo Qubing sat still and did not respond to Yi Zhixie's greeting. Yi Zhixie's guard stepped forward and said angrily, "When I was in Chang'an City, I felt a little itchy when I saw your skills. My name is Tie Niumu, and I have a lot of strength. I want to compare pictures with you." Huo Qubing remained the same. Sitting still, ignoring them, just looking at me. "Haha... that's how the Han people are, they just talk about it." The laughter outside grew louder, and someone sneered, "When I mentioned him just now, he looked like a warrior, but he turned out to be mud." I secretly sighed, if I really can't avoid it, then I can only face it, smiled and said to Huo Qubing: "Don't worry about me, do as you like!" Huo Qubing nodded, stood up and said loudly to Tieniu Mu: "Competing with you, I won't win by martial arts! Let the Huns with the best riding and archery skills compete, and if I lose, I will give you the top spot , if you lose, from now on, this market will not allow the Huns to show any disrespect to the Han people. I heard that the Huns value promises the most, so I definitely don’t have to worry about things that go wrong.” Since Tie Niumu can be Yi Zhixie's personal bodyguard, he must be an outstanding role among the Huns.But Huo Qubing still didn't think he was qualified, his face was livid with anger, and just about to speak, Yizhi gave him a sideways look, his hands clenched into fists, and glared at Huo Qubing angrily, but he could only suppress his anger. Hundreds of people crowded the street, originally chattering and disturbing, but now they were shocked by Huo Qubing's momentum, and suddenly became quiet. After a while, the Han people gathered outside applauded loudly. Instead of shrinking their shoulders and bending their backs, wishing to hide in the cracks in the ground, all of them straightened their waists and looked at the Huns with high spirits. The appearance of the Han nationality. Some Huns and people from the Western Regions who could not understand Chinese rushed to ask the people around them what happened.After each figured out the reason of the matter, the Huns put away their contempt and looked at Huo Qubing with some admiration.Changing from the scene of scrambling for the competition at the beginning, they looked at each other hesitantly, not knowing who would be qualified to take this competition. Hei Shitou shouted: "Although this girl praised General Huo of the Han people, she did not insult the Huns. General Huo is indeed powerful, and he really fought us on horseback. Although he is our enemy, I have to admit that he is He is a good man. Anyone of you who wants to compare with this warrior can compare, but I still want to compete with the two of them to make them take back their words." Huo Qubing clasped his fists to Hei Shitou as a salute: "If I lose, the two of them should apologize to you." Chen Li hurriedly said: "If he loses, we will definitely apologize." Yu Shun glanced at Huo Qubing, then took another look at me, and said to Heishishi: "If he loses, my head will be my apology." Everyone whispered, Hei Shitou put away his previous arrogance, raised his thumbs, and praised: "Good man, I take back what I said earlier, you Han people are not all good at speaking but not practicing." The Huns gathered more and more, but no one looked down on the Han people, and they all whispered who should go to war.Tie Niumu was angry and impatient, the veins in his hands were throbbing, seeing Yi Zhixie's expression, he could only stand still quietly. When Yi Zhixie saw me for the last time, I was only twelve or thirteen years old, but now I have grown in stature, my height and shape have changed a lot, and now I am wearing a veil again, turning sideways to him, after Yi Zhixie glanced at me, He just quietly looked at the eye-catching Huo Qubing.That glance made Mu Daduo's face turn pale instantly. While she deliberately didn't look at me, she couldn't help sweeping across my face, with complicated expressions in her eyes. Huo Qubing didn't seem to notice it under the eyes of everyone, he sat down calmly, took a sip of tea, and asked me with a low smile, "What if I really lost my head?" I smiled and said: "That's no way, I can only chase you to the ground." Huo Qubing was stunned for a moment, without shy away from everyone, he stretched out his hand to hold my hand tightly, I held him back, and the two embraced each other Smile. The people outside were still arguing over who should compete, Yi Zhixie suddenly and unhurriedly said: "Would you like to compete with me?" His voice was not high, but it made all the disputes quiet, thousands of Dao looked at him in unison. Although the people who originally supported their admirers had hesitation on their faces, they couldn't utter a word of rebuttal when they saw his aura. All the guards around Yi Zhixie immediately knelt down and warned them one after another. Tie Niumu pleaded: "He is not worthy of your own action. Any one of us is enough. If you think I am not good enough, let Zhenda go to the competition. Don't fight him." Mu Daduo stared at the clasped hands of Huo Qubing and me, with a look of happiness and worry for a while.Hearing Yi Zhixie's words, he was shocked again, opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to persuade, but closed his mouth again. Huo Qubing felt my hand tighten suddenly, he didn't care to answer Yi Zhixie, and looked at me inquiringly. Yi Zhixie's archery and riding skills are among the best among the Huns. Although I thought he might pay attention to Huo Qubing, but after all, he is the king of a country now, and at most he would send the best guards around him to compete. I didn't expect that Like Huo Qubing, he is a person who does not play chess according to the principles of chess. This time, his life and death are really unpredictable.But the person holding my hand is Huo Qubing, even if life and death are unpredictable, how can he retreat? I held Huo Qubing's hand and smiled brightly.He looked relieved and also laughed, took my hand and stood up, and said to Yi Zhixie: "I don't have a horse and a bow and arrow, so I need to trouble you to help me with this." Yizhi smiled slightly and nodded: "But if you lose, I don't want your head. I just want you to help me with things. I have no distinction between host and guest. I treat you like a brother. I will still persuade the Huns here to respect the Han people." The guards and Mu Daduo beside Yi Zhixie all exclaimed in unison, and all the Huns on the street looked at Yi Zhixie and then at Huo Qubing in puzzlement. Huo Qubing laughed loudly: "Thank you for being considerate of me, but I'm sorry, I'm a Han Chinese, and I only do what Han people want to do in this world. If I lose, I'd better give you my head!" Yi Zhixie was silent for a moment, then smiled and looked at the hands I held with Huo Qubing: "Is Madam from Kucha? The customs of Kucha are similar to those of the Huns..." I interrupted him, biting my tongue and said: " As long as he is willing to do, I am willing to do." Surprise flashed across Yizhi's sideways eyes, and she stared straight into my eyes. I smiled and looked back at him calmly.There was no evasion, no fear, no resentment, just a calmness without any emotion, like a polite return to a stranger's rude gaze. Mudado on the side was trembling with nervousness.After a while, disappointment flashed in Yizhi's squinting eyes, and she seemed to be a little sad. She shook her head slightly, and without further words, she turned around and walked ahead, and several guards hurriedly followed. Huo Qubing and I held each other's hands and followed behind.People gathered in the street spontaneously gave way.A few guards looked back at us occasionally, and they all looked at me with sympathy and compassion. Mu Daduo stared at me one after another, motioning for me to leave. I pretended not to see it and walked on my own. Huo Qubing asked in a low voice: "Is his archery very good? Why do these guys look at me like a dead fish?" I smiled and nodded: "Very superb, very superb." Huo Qubing gave a soft "Oh" and walked calmly. Tie Niumu brought a horse over, and immediately hung up his bow and arrow. Huo Qubing picked up the bow and arrow and tried it out. He held the rein and looked at me. I smiled and said, "I'm waiting for you here." He got on his horse and smiled brightly like the morning sun: "Thank you, Yu'er! If you have a wife like this, you will be satisfied." As soon as he finished speaking, he rode away with his longbow on his back and never looked back. Mu Daduo stood by my side, looking forward, and said softly: "Sister, we have already met that night on the streets of Chang'an. You know Shan...'s martial arts very well. Sister, aren't you afraid? He is also a strange person , It can be seen that he likes his sister very much, life and death are unpredictable, but he doesn't even look at you anymore." I laughed without saying a word.Afraid, why not?But in this world, there are always things that you have to do even if you are afraid. In the sky, a flock of wild geese flew far away, Yi Zhi asked the person who was setting the target to stop, and pointed to the sky with a smile: "Why don't we use the flock of wild geese in the sky to determine the winner? In half a stick of incense, the one with the most wins." .” Huo Qubing smiled and cupped his fists, nodding in agreement. As soon as the incense was lit, both of them rode their horses to chase the geese away, and the arrows flew out almost at the same time. There were several wailing sounds in the sky, and the two geese fell at the same time. . Flying in the sky and chasing on the ground, Yi Zhixie and Huo Qubing are both faster than an arrow. On the one hand, the two want to control the horse to run as fast as lightning, and chase back and forth the wild geese that are fleeing in all directions; Shoot as many shots as possible before getting out of range. Such a vivid and fresh way of competition is indeed more exciting and interesting than the competition against the archery target. Thousands of onlookers did not make a sound, they all stared at the two horses galloping in the distance, and the huge grassland only heard horseshoes The sound of "咕咱" and the whining of wild geese. Concerned about it, I am afraid that no one present is better than me in terms of eyesight, but at this moment, I have no idea how many Huo Qubing shot down. Looking sideways at Mudado, she also shook her head with a frustrated expression. : "I can't count, I've been in a mess for a long time, I would have known that I only counted..." I was anxiously looking at Yi Zhixie and then at Huo Qubing, thinking to myself, hurry up, hurry up.At this moment, I suddenly relaxed, since my mind is already made up, why bother to rush?So he didn't look at Yizhi any more, just stared at Huo Qubing, regardless of whether he was running fast or the wild geese were flying fast, just quietly appreciating his posture on horseback, the posture of holding his bow, and carefully engraved it bit by bit. heart. Half of the incense was burned out, and the person keeping the incense yelled "It's time", the two people who were still drawing their bows stopped immediately, rode their horses and ran back, Yi Zhixie's guards had already gone around to pick up wild geese, everyone onlookers looked They stared nervously at the people picking up wild geese, but Huo Qubing and Yi Zhixie didn't care.The two of them rode horses side by side, and chatted with each other. I don't know what they said, and they both laughed loudly at the same time, with an indescribably heroic, free-spirited, and hearty. After jumping off the horse, Yizhi smirked and praised Huo Qubing: "It's really good at archery and riding!" Huo Qubing, who never knew what modesty was, clasped his fists in a rare way, and said with a smile, "Each, each other." The man who picked up the geese lowered his head and went forward to report: "The white-feathered arrow shot to death twenty-two, and the black-feathered arrow shot to death... twenty-three." Everyone suddenly shouted, but some people were happy, while others were hurt. My heart skipped a beat, and then quickly recovered, and I looked at Huo Qubing softly.When he heard the report, he still had a slight smile on his lips, and looked sideways at me, full of apologies. I smiled and shook my head, and he nodded with a smile. Yi Zhixie solemnly bowed to Huo Qubing and said sincerely: "Please reconsider my previous proposal." He bowed to Huo Qubing as Shan Yu, and all the people following him were full of faces Surprised and shocked. Huo Qubing smiled and said: "I have already said that I am a Han Chinese, and I can only do what Han people want to do. I am willing to bet and admit defeat, so you don't have to say it again." After finishing speaking, he ignored the crowd and just strode towards me, took me into his arms in front of everyone, half lifted my veil, bowed his head and kissed me, the original noise fell silent instantly. On the silent grassland, even the wind seems to stop, I only hear his heartbeat and mine.Everything is gone in my heart, only me and him, he and me are left in the vast world. A short moment, but like a long life.From the moment I met his eyes for the first time to the present, the scenes quickly flashed through my mind. At this moment, I realized that, in bits and pieces, in countless inadvertent moments, he had already stubbornly carved himself into my heart. It was only when I was about to lose him that I realized how much I was afraid of losing him. My heart would be so painful that my whole body would tremble in his arms, but...the sky is merciless, now I can only do my best It is my passion to give him this kiss and let him know my heart. Our first real kiss, but also the last, he hugged me as hard as I could and I hugged him as hard as I could.But there is always an end to the lingering, he slowly left my lips, and gently fixed the veil for me: "Yu'er, please do one thing, escort my coffin back to Chang'an, I don't want to live in a foreign land. There is someone there I'm looking for..." There was pain in his eyes, his thoughts were complicated, he swallowed all the words he hadn't finished speaking, he just smiled warmly, and said word by word: "Promise me, you must go back to Chang'an." I knew he was afraid that I would carry out the joke between the two of us at the beginning and chase him underground, so he deliberately asked me to do this. In fact, I didn't listen to what he said at all, but to reassure him, I nodded my head lightly, but I had already made up my mind. He stared at me quietly, with a lot of reluctance in his eyes, my heart was shattering into powder little by little, and each powder turned into sharp thorns, and as the blood scattered into the whole body, my whole body was covered with blood. It hurts, but I still have to smile at him with a strong face. The last thing I want him to see is my smile and my beauty. I don't want him to look forward and backward because of me. In the end, he pressed another kiss on my forehead, let me go slowly, turned around to look at Yi Zhixie's guard, and said with a big smile, "Let me use a sharp knife." Although the Huns were bold and unrestrained, they were all staring at me and his shocking actions.Mu Daduo stared at me dumbfounded, I smiled at her, jumped in front of her and took off the dagger from her waist, then backed away immediately: "Borrow it! I have to ask my sister for something later." Mu Daduo guessed my intention, his complexion changed drastically, his lips trembled, and he wanted to persuade me, but he suddenly turned his head to look at Yi Zhixie, bit his lips tightly, and remained silent. Yi Zhixie's bodyguard stood there blankly for a long while before Tie Niumu hesitantly unsheathed the knife. Huo Qubing took the knife and swung it at his neck with his backhand. I knew I should close my eyes, but I absolutely couldn't give up on seeing him for the last time. Time, with his eyes wide open, holding his breath in his chest, the knife swung towards his neck, and also towards my neck, and the suffocation of death never came. "Wait a minute!" Yi Zhi yelled obliquely, his eyes swept over the faces of the two who picked up the wild geese, and he bent down to take a closer look at the wild geese piled up beside him, and the two fell to their knees immediately. My heart skipped a beat, I didn't care about anything else, I flew over to Yi Zhixie's side, looking at the dead goose. All the wild geese shot by the white-feathered arrows passed through the eyes, and the black-feathered arrows entered the chest and pierced the heart.There was only one wild goose with eyes pierced through, but it was Hei Yu.I have doubts in my heart, but it is impossible to find out, unless Yi Zhixie himself... Yi Zhixie looked indifferent and calm, with a hint of a smile on her lips, took the handkerchief Mudado handed over, wiped her hands carefully, and looked at the two kneeling on the ground with a smile. A cold light flashed across, as fast as lightning, and the head of one of them rolled on the ground several times, and the crowd of onlookers exclaimed "Ah", and immediately fell into deathly tranquility, all watching in horror. Yi Zhixie. Killing people is not new to these Jianghu men who travel between different countries, but before the killing, there is a smile on the corner of the mouth, and the posture is light, and after the killing, the smile is still calm, and the posture is noble, but it is rare in the world, as if he just just Just picked up a flower with a wave. 一旁跪着的侍卫被溅得满头满脸的鲜血，却依旧直挺挺地跪着，纹丝不敢动。 伊稚斜淡淡目视着自己的佩刀，直到刀上的血落尽后，才缓缓地把刀插回腰间，不急不躁，语气温和平缓，好像好友聊天一般：“如实道来。” 侍卫磕了个头，颤着声音回道：“我们捡大雁时，因为……一时狗胆包天，趁着离众人都远，就偷偷将一只白羽箭拔下换成了黑羽箭。” 伊稚斜抿唇笑道：“你跟在我身旁也有些年头了，该知道我最讨厌什么。” 所有的侍卫都跪下，想要求情，却不敢开口，铁牛木恳求地看向目达朵，目达朵无奈地轻摇下头。 伊稚斜再不看跪着的侍卫一眼，转身对霍去病行了一礼，歉然道： “没想到我的属下竟然弄出这样的事情。” 霍去病肃容回了一礼：“兄台好气度！” 满面是血的侍卫对着伊稚斜的背影连磕了三个头，蓦然抽出长刀，用力插入胸口，长刀从后背直透而过，侍卫立即仆倒在地，围观的众人齐齐惊呼，伊稚斜目光淡淡一扫，众人又都立即闭上嘴巴，全都回避着伊稚斜的视线，不敢与他对视。 伊稚斜回头淡然地看了一眼地上的尸体：“厚待他们的家人。” 一场比试，竟然弄到如此地步，汉人虽面有喜色，却畏惧于伊稚斜，静悄悄地一句话不敢多说，甚至有人已偷偷溜掉。匈奴人都面色沮丧，沉默地拖着步子离开。西域各国的人早就在汉朝和匈奴两大帝国间挣扎求存惯了，更是不偏不倚，热闹已经看完，也都静静离去。 于顺拖着陈礼来给霍去病行礼道谢，霍去病冷着脸微点了下头，于顺本还想再说几句，但陈礼很怕伊稚斜，一刻不敢逗留，强拖着于顺急急离去。 事情大起大落，刚才一心一念都是绝不能让他因为挂虑我而行事顾忌，既然心意已定，不过先走一步，后走一步而已。此时心落下，想着稍迟一步，他就会在我眼前……呆呆望着他，只是出神。 霍去病也是只看着我，两人忽地相视而笑，同时举步，向对方行去，伸手握住彼此的手，一言不发，却心意相通，一转身，携手离去。 伊稚斜在身后叫道：“请留步，敢问两位姓名？” 霍去病朗声而笑：“萍水相逢，有缘再见，姓名不足挂齿。” 伊稚斜笑道：“我是真心想与你们结交，只说朋友之谊，不谈其他。很久没有见过如贤伉俪这般的人物，也很久没有如此尽兴过，想请你们喝碗酒，共醉一场。” 霍去病道：“我也很佩服兄台的胸襟气度，只是我们有事在身，要赶去迎接家中的镖队，实在不能久留。” 伊稚斜轻叹一声：“那只能希望有缘再相逢。”伊稚斜命侍卫牵来两匹马，一匹马上还挂着刚才用过的弓箭，殷勤之意尽表：“两位既然赶路，这两匹马还望不要推辞。” 马虽然是千金不易的好马，可霍去病也不是心系外物的人，洒脱一笑，随手接过：“却之不恭，多谢。” 我们策马离去，跑出好一段距离后，霍去病回头望了眼伊稚斜，叹道：“此人真是个人物！看他的举动，结果刚出来时，他应该就对手下人动了疑心，却为了逼我就范，假装不知，一直到最后一刻才揭破。此人心机深沉，疑心很重，手段狠辣无情，偏偏行事间又透着光明磊落，看不透！” 我心中震惊，脱口而出道：“可看你后来的举止，对他很是赞赏，似乎什么都没有察觉，活脱脱一副江湖豪杰的样子……”话没有说完，已经明白，霍去病和伊稚斜在那一刻后，才真是一番生死较量，之前两人不过是斗勇，之后却是比谋，如果霍去病行差一步，让伊稚斜生了忌惮，只怕伊稚斜送我们的就不是马了。 一人策马与我们快速擦肩而过，他的视线从霍去病脸上扫过，神色蓦然大变。 霍去病立即扬鞭狠抽了我的马一鞭子，再抽了自己的马，笑道： “一波刚平，一波又起。玉儿，我们要逃命了。刚才的人是以前汉朝的将军赵信，如今是匈奴的将军。他既然认出了我，总不能让我生离了此地，只希望此处没有匈奴的军队，几十个人倒是不怕。” 我一面策马加速，一面苦笑起来：“那个……只怕匈奴有军队在附近，人数虽然不见得多，但肯定都是精锐中的精锐。” 回身望去，赵信跳下马向伊稚斜行礼后，伊稚斜一行人立即全都翻身上了马，霍去病笑道：“果然如我所料，此人必定在匈奴中位居高位。” 身后的追兵越聚越多。马蹄隆隆，踏得整个草原都在轻颤。 我咬了咬唇，说道：“他……他的名字叫伊稚斜。”