It is said that there is a small town in the west of Xinjiang named Wusu.There are hundreds of families living in the city, including herdsmen, traders, craftsmen, and transporters. It is a place where Han people, Hui people, Uighurs, etc. live together. Wusu is located in the border area, and the population is very sparse. Although it looks a bit desolate, the people's life is peaceful and quiet. Unexpectedly, the Hui people and Hui tribes in the nearby area could not stand Baiyi (landlord, rich man) and Burke (feudal officials) The brutal oppression caused riots.The storm of riots quickly spread to most of the western and northern borders, and the tribes of Tsarist Russia took the opportunity to invade and plunder. The court was shocked and hurriedly dispatched a large number of troops to conquer; The border bandits were finally defeated and retreated; the riots were also suppressed, but the entire western border became desolate, and only a ruined wall remained in Wusu City, with almost no human habitation left.

Since then, in order to prevent the rebellion of various ministries and foreign invaders, the imperial court adopted the method of garrisoning troops, and dispatched a general to lead 20 battalions of banner troops to enter the western border to garrison.The general divided the battalions of the banners into Tacheng, Huocheng, and Changji, and set them up in a corner; the general himself left four elite battalions, stationed in Wusu, and commanded them in the middle, so that he could respond quickly.After several years of reclamation and caressing, Wusu regained his vitality and gradually became lively.

The general's surname was Yu, and his surname was Rui, and his surname was Dacheng.Yu Dacheng attacked the Marquis.During the imperial expedition to Tibet, Yu Dacheng was a military counselor with the army. He made military achievements repeatedly and was awarded the post of admiral.General Yu is deeply thoughtful and resolute, with a dignified nature. He ranks as a marquis and is conferred the rank of general. Yushuai saw that Wusu had more people than Zhejiang, and the four regions of western Xinjiang were becoming more and more stable, so he built a mansion near the east wall of the city, and sent people back to Beijing to bring his wife and young lady.

Mrs. Yu's surname is Huang. She is a kind-hearted man and a good Buddha. In addition to reciting scriptures, she has also read a book "Biography of Martyr Women" by heart.She usually only knows obedience to her husband, and only loves her children. She is really a good wife and mother. Miss Yu's name is Jiaolong, she was only seven years old when she came to Wusu with her mother, and she was born with a beautiful face and a dignified manner.She has been curious and thoughtful since she was a child, and sometimes she asked a few questions, but Mrs. Wang was unable to speak, so she could only say, "Girl, why do you know this!"

Yu Jiaolong usually looks demure and graceful in front of his father, which is highly praised by his father; but he is more charming and naive in front of his mother, which wins her mother's favor.Therefore, both parents regard her as the apple of their eye, and they always go along with her when things happen, so as not to disappoint her. When Yu Jiaolong first arrived in Wusu, she felt novelty at the beginning, she was greedy to ask and read about everything, and she didn't want to get bored after a long time. She heard that the grassland outside the city was flat and green, and that the herdsmen, both male and female, could sing and dance well, and they were even better at galloping on horseback.When Mother Yu heard her talk about this idea, she hurriedly said "Amitabha", and even said "sin, sin". How could the daughter of the Hou Mansion go to the suburbs to show her face and learn how to ride a horse?Therefore, Ren Jiaolong begged in every possible way, but never agreed.Unexpectedly, after Yushuai heard about this, he pondered for a moment, and then he agreed.He told his wife: "People must be good at following the customs. Of course, it is absolutely unreasonable for Jiaolong to live in Beijing. Now that I come to the Western Regions, everything is not comparable to Beijing. I also feel uneasy because of this, so I let her go out for a little entertainment. It’s not impossible.”

Madam Yu saw that her husband said so, so she called her husband and asked them to take good care of her, and they went out of the city surrounded by the young lady. Miss Yu came to the outside of the city, walked not far, and then set foot on the grassland. She raised her eyes and saw the boundless fields. When a gust of wind came, the grass fell like waves, chasing waves layer by layer, blowing towards the horizon. Yuqiaolong has never seen such a scene before. She stood and stared, only to feel that the lush capital and the smoke and clouds of the imperial capital in her memory were all drifting away.

On the west side of the grassland, there are several tents, and a group of herdsmen, men and women, old and young, are sitting outside the tents, playing the piano and singing there, and the sound of the piano and singing drifts to the four fields of the grassland with the wind.In the distance are groups of horses and sheep, and a few herdsmen are riding their horses to herd.When Miss Yu saw their leisurely and vigorous appearance, sometimes she was envious secretly, and sometimes she was extremely disgusted. What I am envious of is that there is such a free and carefree life as they live in this world. What I am disgusted is that men and women are mixed, regardless of superiority or inferiority, which is against the education and customs.Although Ms. Yu is in the contradiction of being novel but not pleasing to the eye, she is still willing to stand aside and watch and listen. The herdsmen don't know if she is on time, so they keep smiling and waving at her, and throwing their hands at her from time to time. Admiring and friendly eyes, when they knew that she was Miss Yu from the handsome mansion, their sincere smiles subsided, and their friendly attitude disappeared, but people's faces were replaced by a look of awe and restraint.Immediately, Miss Yu felt a burst of pride and satisfaction in her heart, but then came a burst of melancholy as if she had lost something.

After playing in the grassland a few times, Miss Yu was no longer satisfied with enjoying the scenery, and started to learn horseback riding with the support of the school. She fell off the horse many times, and sometimes she was even bruised and swollen, but she didn't know where she had such tenacity. She fell, climbed up again, hurt herself, rubbed it, gritted her teeth and jumped back on the horse's back , half-heartedly and half-willfully whipped hard, and the horse ran even faster.There were only a few little schoolboys who followed behind panting and fearful, fearing that something might go wrong and the commander-in-chief blamed him and couldn't bear it.

Once, when Yu Jiaolong rode her horse past a herdsman's tent, she saw a horse grazing leisurely outside the tent.She couldn't help stopping the horse to watch, secretly amazed, and thought: Such a magnificent horse has never been seen even in the army. If my father gets it, he will be happy.While she was changing her mind, a young shepherd came out of the tent.The man was white and clean, his small body looked sturdy and flexible, his face was full of childishness, and showed some rebellious expression, he only gave the young lady a cold look, and then sat down.Miss Yu asked him, "Is this horse yours?"

"be mine." "Would you like to sell it?" "I've given it to a brother, and I'll be sending it to him tomorrow." Miss Yu was surprised, so she asked again: "Are you willing to give away such a fine horse?" The young shepherd: "A horse is nothing. For him, I can give up my life." "Who is this man? Who are you?" "It's not someone, a brother from the grassland." Miss Yu was a little upset, and said, "I can give you more silver taels, and I can match it with the best saddle." The young shepherd said disdainfully: "The rich man likes money, and only those who don't know how to ride a horse ride a saddle."

Yu Jiaolong got angry all of a sudden, and said, "How dare you underestimate me." After speaking, he rode to the side of the big red horse, turned over and stepped onto its bare back.The horse was startled at first, and then became furious, jumping and spinning, spinning and turning, sometimes standing upright, and sometimes raising its hind legs high.Yu Jiaolong gritted her teeth, grasped the horse's mane tightly with both hands, and let it make things difficult for her. She just clung to it tightly and did not relax at all. She was thrown away by the horse several times, but she still Struggling to climb up.After persisting like this for about half an hour, Yu Jiaolong felt dizzy for a while, and her whole body was drenched in cold sweat.Just when she felt that she was getting weaker, the horse neighed a few times, and its jumping became less violent.The faces of the little boys turned pale with fright, so they had no choice but to turn around the horse, coughing and drinking hoarsely, and they couldn't stick together. Yu Jiaolong took advantage of Ma Ang's head neighing, and peeked at the young shepherd, but what she saw was a gloomy look.Yu Jiaolong was determined, freed his hand, and beat the horse several times vigorously, the horse stopped jumping wildly, but let go of its four hooves, and galloped towards the grassland like an arrow.Yu Jiaolong was on the horse as if flying into the sky, only the whistling wind could be heard in her ears, the flowers and plants in the ground were receding, and the white clouds in the sky in front of her flew towards her face, a burst of indescribable joy aroused in her heart. The horse was finally tamed by her.After running a long circle on the grassland, she galloped back to the tent, jumped off the horse, patted the neck of the horse twice with her hand, and said, "Look how dare you bully me!" Then she turned to the young recipient and said, "" Why, don’t you still ride without a saddle!” After speaking, he jumped on his own horse and went back to the city surrounded by several little schoolboys who were scared out of their wits. Two years later, Yu Jiaolong was almost fifteen years old.She looks even more graceful and graceful, her eyes are as clear as pools of water, and her innocence is full of profundity, her cheeks are white and red like jade carvings, her grace reveals her beauty, and her gentleness implies her strength. Every time I go out for a ride and go back home, I always like to rest my chin on my hand and sit quietly and meditate.Mrs. Yu couldn't help being happy when she saw that her daughter was growing and becoming more and more beautiful. She often boasted in front of her husband, "My daughter will make all the relatives and relatives look down upon her when she returns to Beijing. Her appearance can be called the beauty of flowers." Peony." Yu Shuai held his beard in his hand, although he didn't answer, he was quite content.Jiaolong was at the side but said: "I used to love peonies the most, but now I prefer snow lotus." Mother Yu said: "Although snow lotus is good, it is too bitter and cold to grow snow-capped mountains." Yu Shuai listened to her mother and daughter's discussion, and stared at Jiaolong for a long time, slightly surprised.It was not until he returned to his room at night that Yu Shuai said to his wife: "My daughter is almost an adult, and she should be disciplined more from now on. Reading "Biography of Martyr Girl" is no longer enough. It is time to study the Five Classics." The wife said: "I also feel that my daughter has changed a little bit, she has become more delicate." Yushuai said: "Our daughters in this kind of mansion are not afraid of Jiaolong, but afraid of being rude!" After a pause, he said, "It would be great if I could get a well-educated gentleman to teach Jiaolong." By coincidence, not long after that, one day a man in his forties, dressed as a Confucian scholar in Guannei, posted a post at Shuai's residence, begging to see Yushuai.Yushuai saw the seven characters "Gao Yunhe pays homage to the late-born Gao Yunhe" written on the post. The characters were written in willow style, which was beautiful and powerful, so he left a good impression on him first, and please come to the back hall to meet him.The Confucian scholar entered the inner hall, only gave Yushuai a deep bow, and then stood aside. Yu Shuai sat on the seat, leaned slightly, and looked the Confucian scholar up and down, seeing that he was thin and thin, although he was covered in dust and dust, but his expression was handsome and handsome, he couldn't help but secretly marveled, and waved his hands to invite him to sit down.After exchanging greetings, the Confucian scholar explained the reason. He claimed to be from Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and he was an outstanding scholar. Because of an accident at home, he went to Yumen to visit friends but was not met. After wandering, he came to Wusu. Keep it under your command.Yushuai saw that he spoke frankly, and his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing. Firstly, he was moved to cherish scholars, and secondly, he aroused the thoughts of the township, so he left Gao Yunhe in the mansion to act as a scribe. After getting along for two months, Wang Shuai felt that Gao Yunhe was not only well-informed and experienced in the world, but also capable of writing, and also knowledgeable in classics and history, so he wanted to ask him to also teach Jiaolong's poetry and books.After obtaining Gao Yunhe's consent, he called Yu Jiaolong out, like worshiping Mr.According to Yu Shuai's wishes, Mr. Gao taught Ms. Yu to study in the west chamber every morning, and handled paperwork in the east chamber in the afternoon.Miss Yu still went out of town to ride horses from time to time in the afternoon. Yu Jiaolong is indeed talented and intelligent, she can quickly memorize the chapters given by Mr. Gao, and she listens to the teachings carefully and respectfully in front of Mr. Gao, so she is very popular with Mr. Gao.Mrs. Yu is also eager to love her daughter, and pushes her love to Wu Zhi, and orders her maids to bring refreshments from time to time, which makes the relationship between Mr. Gao and Yu's house like a good family. One day, Miss Yu was concentrating on her studies in the west chamber, when she suddenly heard her father's scolding voice from the hall outside, the majesty contained anger, and just as she was surprised, the principal came to report, saying that the commander-in-chief invited the gentleman to discuss matters.Miss Yu also hid behind the wall of the hall, and she was very frightened when she saw a military officer kneeling in the hall.Listening to my father scolding in the hall: "The imperial court raises soldiers for thousands of days, and they are used for a while. One hundred cavalry escorts, and the strength of the troops is not small. Why are the salaries and military equipment robbed!" Mr. Naqian said: "The humble officer led a hundred riders, passed through Changji, and just entered the desert. He was rushing to the road, and suddenly saw a row of yellow clouds in the distance. When the humble officer was surprised, someone among the transporters shouted. Said: "No, it's cloudy for a long time! ’ As soon as the voice fell, the transporters became a chaotic pile, some abandoned their camels and fled, and some retreated behind the team.In the middle of the chaos, I could faintly see the horse thief flying towards me.The humble officer immediately led his troops to attack, and the brothers also fought desperately, but the horse thief was arrogant and powerful, especially the leader of the cavalry, he was even more valiant, and the cavalry clashed. More than 20 brothers were killed and wounded by him, and all the salaries and weapons were taken away by him. "Yushuai also ordered the Centurion of the Detective Cavalry to be sent, and asked him: "Since there are horse thieves in Changji, why are there no reports? "The centurion reported: "There were horse thieves in the Changji area. It was reported just now. The details have not yet been investigated. It is only found out that the horse thieves are headed by a nicknamed Ban Tianyun.As for Ban Tianyun's name, place of origin, appearance, and age, there is no way of knowing.One said he was from the Guannei region, the other said he was a Mongol. Some said he was a handsome young man with a good-looking appearance, while others said he was old and strong with a bearded appearance. "After Yu Shuai listened, he pondered for a while, and ordered Mr. Qian to be detained and imprisoned in the camp temporarily, waiting to be dealt with. After everyone retreated, they turned to Mr. Gao and said, "It doesn't matter if you rob the armaments, but if you rob the salary, it's a big deal. Mr. Dare annoyed me to prepare a draft for me, so I had to play it to the court truthfully. "Gao Yunhe hurriedly leaned over and said to Yushuai: "In my humble opinion, it's better to play slowly.When the Holy Majesty ascended the throne for the first time, he took the peace of the world as his own virtue. If he heard about it immediately, he would definitely break the taboo, and the power of heaven could not be predicted.What's more, the lost salary is only 100,000 yuan. It was originally raised by the region itself, not from the palace treasury. With the commander-in-chief Dulwich, all he needs to do is to spread the money to other places, so why make a fuss over a molehill. " Yu Shuai pondered for a while, and only said: "Alright!" and retreated into the back hall. Yu Jiaolong had been standing on the back wall of the hall, hearing all this clearly, seeing clearly.She only felt like a mess in her heart, with unhappiness, surprise, excitement, and confusion, and her heart seemed to be full of doubts for a long time. When she retreated into the back hall, she saw her father was sitting on the seat, and there was still lingering anger in her heart.Yu Jiaolong didn't dare to go forward to startle her, quietly retreated into her mother's room, saw her mother was kneeling in front of the Buddhist altar, reciting Buddhist scriptures, her attitude was so pious.It was not until she finished chanting that Jiaolong stepped forward to help her mother up.From her mother's pale face, she guessed that her mother already knew about the robbery, so she comforted her mother and said: "Father has a lot of troops in his hands, a group of little horse thieves are nothing, please don't worry about it." Mother Yu sighed and said, "I heard that the cloud has been very strong for a long time. As the saying goes, 'a small scabies becomes a big poison', it must make people worry!" Yu Jiaolong remembered that in a chapter that Mr. Gao just taught today, there was a sentence "Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone can punish them", and she seemed to have realized the true meaning of that sage's words at this time.Early the next morning, Yu Shuai personally led two battalions of elite soldiers to march towards Changji. Before leaving, Miss Yu grabbed her father's robe and armor and said, "Father is already old, so why don't you go to battle in person for a few horse thieves?" Yu Shuai glanced at his daughter and said, "You are a girl. Know what!" Mr. Gao hurriedly said: "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer! The commander-in-chief is going to Changji for a military parade." As soon as Yu Shuai left, the Shuai's mansion seemed to become even more empty.Miss Yu suddenly felt as if she had lost her support, and she couldn't help feeling an inexplicable annoyance in her heart. She always felt that all this was caused by that half-day cloud; As if something had been removed at once, the grassland outside the city became more attractive to her.So, she ordered her horses to be prepared, and she took only two small schoolboys and galloped out of the city.Along the way, Ms. Wang saw people gathering in twos and threes talking about something, and when she saw her bringing the military academy over, the conversation stopped suddenly, and they dispersed one by one.Miss Yu felt strange in her heart, so she asked Xiaoxiao, who said hesitantly, "Everyone probably talks about it for a long time." "It's that horse thief again!" Miss Yu said, and then asked, "Why is that horse thief called Ban Tianyun?" Xiaoxiao said: "He took a group of horses and mostly appeared in the desert. When his horse team rushed over, the horseshoes rolled up the dust and flew into the sky, just like a long cloud. He is Ban Tianyun." The principal glanced at Miss Yu and said, "Don't think that Ban Tianyun is a horse thief, but people in the grasslands and deserts are protecting him." Miss Yu said: "The people he gathered were all former rebels, and they were specifically against the officials." Xiaoxiao said, "There are also those landlords and chieftains on the grassland." Ms. Yu said: "Those Bayi and Burke are officials and subjects, and to oppose them is not to oppose the officials." As we talked, the grassland was in sight. Entering the grassland, Miss Yu let the horse gallop away, and the horse urged its four hooves, like an arrow flying from the string.Firstly, what she was riding was the fine horse Yushuai always prepared to ride, and secondly, she had repeatedly told the school principal not to get too close to her; School left behind.When Miss Yu was galloping happily, she suddenly heard the sound of hoofbeats from behind, and the sound of hoofbeats was getting closer, which made her feel both surprised and annoyed.What surprised her was that a fast horse from nowhere overtook her; what annoyed her was that a shepherd from nowhere dared to drive her away.When she was about to look back, that rider caught up with her and stood side by side.She looked sideways, and saw a person on the horse, about twenty years old, with a short and thick figure, thick eyebrows and corner eyes, dressed in a traditional attire, gorgeous clothes, with gold thread trimming on the sleeves, and an evil smile on his face , the man stared at her with light eyes, and kept looking at her from head to toe.Embarrassed and annoyed, Miss Yu whipped the whip, trying to leave that man behind.Unexpectedly, as soon as he passed a horse's head, the man caught up again, and as soon as he reached shoulder to shoulder, he stretched out his hand and lightly slapped Miss Yu's waist, saying, "Where did the pheasant come from? It's so beautiful!" Miss Yu had never been so frivolous before, she was so angry that she whipped the man away without any hassle. The man lowered his head, dodged the whip, took advantage of the situation and reached out to grab Miss Yu's belt and pulled it into his arms.While struggling, Miss Yu lashed at the man with a whip.The two pulled and tugged, and the two horses also slowly stopped.Ms. Wang was extremely angry, her eyes were wide open on her flushed face, and she shouted angrily: "You don't want to live anymore!" The man smiled and said, "I still want to live when I meet someone as beautiful as you! Let me tell you, I'm Bagh, you're lucky to be with me!" As he spoke, he raised his hands again. Miss Yu turned from anger to anxiety, and almost cried.The man just dragged Miss Yu towards him with all his strength, and his own body was also tilted.Miss Yu was in a hurry, and took advantage of his unguardedness, she bit the man's shoulder hard with her mouth, only to hear the man's "Ai yo", she quickly retracted her hand, and pressed her shoulder tightly.Blood flowed from between the man's fingers.At this moment, Miss Yu saw a pair of green beads in the eyes of the man, and she trembled unknowingly, and was about to run away on the horse, when the man rushed over again and grabbed Miss Yu's waist with his right hand. Grasping her shoulders with his left hand, he lifted her from the saddle with his left hand. Just as he was about to drag her into his arms, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in his ears. Not far away, a fiery red horse The angry horse charged forward, until it rushed in front of the man, it stopped the horse suddenly, so that the horse also jumped up, with its front two hooves hanging high in the air, and its rear two feet ran a few steps before it finally stabilized.The two vacated horseshoes rushed straight at the man.The man was so panicked that he couldn't dodge in time, and fell off his horse.Miss Yu took the opportunity to ride up to look around, and the first thing that surprised her was the fiery red horse, a horse that looked so familiar!There is a man riding on that horse, with short felt boots on his feet, a leather cap covering his eyebrows, a bamboo and white cloth double-breasted gown, a wide-brimmed ribbon around his waist, and a short knife hanging on the ribbon.The man had a surprisingly strong figure, and his chest muscles were bulging, as if he was about to tear his clothes out.As soon as the fiery red horse stopped, the man pointed at Bagh with a whip and shouted: "In broad daylight, bullying a single weak woman, what kind of man are you!" Bagh said: "Who are you, dare to take care of my Bagh's affairs!" The man said: "I am the one who specializes in shooting wolves and leopards on the grassland. Bagh, I advise you, stop accumulating evil!" Bug was furious, and aggressively stretched out his hand to drag the man, but the man on the horse didn't retreat or evade, and asked him to hug his leg.Bug dragged hard, but the man didn't move at all.Bug's face was flushed red, and the veins on his neck were bulging.The man let him drag, and said indifferently: "Pull it, put more strength, I'm not a girl!" After speaking, he laughed loudly.The laughter was like a burst of spring thunder rolling towards the grassland.While the man was laughing loudly, Bage drew out the dagger at his waist, and suddenly stabbed at the man.Miss Yu could see clearly from the side, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Be careful!" The man stretched out his hand to grab Bagh's wrist with unexpected agility, and then twisted it hard, only to hear Bagh's scream, The knife fell to the ground.The man then turned to look at Miss Yu, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and said, "You don't look like people on the grassland. This is not a place for you to play. You should go back to your mother." After speaking, he winked at her.That kind of look was strange and familiar to Miss Yu, it seemed to be concerned, but also seemed to contain blame, which made her feel a burst of surprise.It was at this moment that she could see the man's face clearly: the leather hat covered the eyebrows, almost covering half of the face, and the remaining half of the copper-colored face was embedded with a pair of lightning-like eyes, fresh and moist. There are two rows of white teeth in the big lips.This happened so suddenly that Miss Yu felt as if she was in a dream.For some reason, what the man said just now seemed to make her angry.She is an imposing and handsome young lady, but in the eyes of that big man, she seems to be worse than a pony.But you can't get mad at him.She should have thanked that man, but she has never thanked anyone since she was a child!Miss Yu was at a loss, when the sound of horseshoes sounded from behind, the three of them looked back at the same time, and Miss Yu couldn't help saying happily: "My people are here." The man suddenly had a look of disgust in his eyes for a moment, and then he said: "Ah, so you are all gods in the same temple! I just meddle in my own business!" galloped away. At this time, Bagh also struggled to get on his horse, and only said: "So you are from the barracks, offend you!" He also quickly rode his horse and ran away. When the two small schools arrived, Miss Yu only pointed to Bag, who had not run far, and said to the small school, "Hurry up and catch that guy named Bag." The two small principals stopped still, and cautiously said to Miss Yu, "No, Miss, that's the son of Chief Gesang, and he will cause trouble if he is captured." Miss Yu said angrily, "What kind of head Gesang, can it be that my father still doesn't care about him!" An older schoolboy said: "Everyone in Xijiang is under the command of the commander-in-chief. It's just that people like Gesang have just served Wanghua, so it's better not to mess with him. It's been a long time since there was a cloud. , that’s enough for the handsome to worry about.” When Ms. Yu heard Xiaoxiao say this, she understood in her heart, and immediately remembered that Mr. Gao had repeatedly explained to herself the sentence "Small intolerance leads to great conspiracy".So, as soon as he gritted his teeth, he stopped saying anything, not even mentioning what happened just now. On the way back to the city, Miss Yu kept flashing one question after another in her mind: Since Bagh is so difficult to mess with, why doesn't the man take him seriously?What kind of person is that man?Thinking about it, she suddenly remembered: Isn't that fiery red horse the one she rode two years ago!Why did it fall into the hands of that man? Is that man the distant brother of the young shepherd?Miss Yu seems to have experienced a dream, and she still seems to be in the dream.