Chapter 489 Chapter Three: The Prairie Alliance

After calming down and seeing clearly, I realized that it was a false alarm. This should be a team from a certain country on a mission from the west, escorted by more than a hundred knights wearing chain mail down to the knees, trousers tucked into high boots, and crew-neck jackets covering only a part of their arms.What is striking is that the soldiers all wear helmets with cockscombs on the top, with eaves hanging down to the ears and the back of the neck. It is not only a helmet, but also a windproof hood that is popular in desert areas.There were more than a dozen camels in the team, and the goods were tied to the wooden racks installed by the twin peaks. In addition, five mule carts, each drawn by four mules, passed in front of them without delay. Advance to the northeast.

They observe the cavalry, and the other party also looks at them. Kou Zhong said in a low voice, "Which western country is he from? Dressed so strangely." Without the guidance of Ba Fenghan, the best guide, they had no way of guessing. Xu Ziling said: "Camels are animals in the desert, and their hats also have the function of sun protection and sand protection. They should be people from desert areas." With a shout, the whole team stopped, stretching half a mile in front of them. A young knight in the lead rode straight towards them.The horse has a thin head and a thick neck, and is very strong.

The knight is strong and strong, with a dark complexion and a honest and simple face, but his eyes are very elves. He should be a person with both wisdom and courage. He hangs a saber on his waist and carries a longbow on his back, majestic and majestic. The two intuitively felt that the other party was not malicious, because the other party came to the meeting alone, and because the other party raised his right palm, as if to say hello to them, they hurriedly imitated the other party and raised their palms in return. When he reached the front of the three, the knight said in Chinese: "Brother Han, where are you going, is anyone injured?" His eyes fell on Ba Fenghan who was lying flat on the grass.

The two were surprised that the other could understand Chinese.And this is the first time someone outside the Great Wall is called a brother, and I feel even more flattered. Kou Zhong replied: "It is true that he was seriously injured and had to lie down to rest. Brother, where did you come from?" The young knight flew on his horse, walked up to the two of them, bowed his head to look at Ba Fenghan, and said in a deep voice, "Was he injured by a Turkic? Should he be a Turkic? He must have been injured internally." Xu Ziling said in surprise, "He is our Turkic brother, man, how do you know he was injured by Turkic people?"

The young knight said: "My name is Yue Kepeng. I am the general escorting the king of Turpan Cheshi. Last night, a group of Turkic people came to our camp to inquire about the whereabouts of the two Han people. It must be you?" The two of you looked at each other, only to realize that last night Zhao Deyan and other pursuers mistakenly pursued this envoy from Che Shiguo. Yue Kepeng showed a smug smile, and said: "I answered that they seemed to hear the sound of hooves and headed west, so they chased in that direction, ha!" Kou Zhongxi said: "Thank you for your help."

Yue Kepeng snorted coldly: "The Turkic people are full of blood and are domineering. Don't lie to them." Xu Ziling couldn't help asking: "Why can the general speak such beautiful Chinese?" Yue Kepeng said happily: "During the period when Emperor Hanming ruled the Central Plains, Ban Chao, the general of the Gui Dynasty, led the troops to drive away the Huns who oppressed us, and established the Western Regions Protectorate; later the Han Dynasty fell, and the Han troops stationed were naturalized. In our country, I marry a wife and have children, and I am also of Han descent, so I admire Chinese culture very much, and I have learned Chinese since I was young."

The two thought to themselves, no wonder he would call them Han brothers. Now that Ba Fenghan was injured and the road ahead was uncertain, meeting someone with Han blood was extraordinarily pleasant to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land. Yue Kepeng said kindly: "My brother is going to Longquan in the northeast of China to send congratulatory gifts under the order of the king. If you go in that direction, you can go on the road with us, and your Turkic brothers can recuperate in the mule cart." Kou Zhong was overjoyed, Xuan shook his head again and said: "We offended the Turkic people, if we go with you, it will hurt you. The general's kindness is appreciated!"

Yue Kepeng gave a thumbs up and praised: "Many people say that the Han people are cunning and cunning, but I think you are good men. Don't worry, the Turkic people have already decided that you are not in our team. As long as the three of you are willing to surrender, you will hide in the caravan." Be sure they won't be suspicious. Come on! If their falcons find you, it will be a catastrophe." In the sealed mule cart, the two of them comfortably leaned against the cloth and other goods, protecting Ba Fenghan who was lying flat in the middle, and the three horses followed closely behind the mule cart.

Kou Zhong sighed: "The past day and night must have been the most bewildering and disappointing time in our lives, and now it is finally over." Xu Ziling said indifferently: "Don't say it so early, we will not have a good life if Lao Ba is not recovered for a day. Alas! For the first time, I regret taking over the Wucaishi from Mrs. Meiyan, and I am even more afraid of dragging the brave Yue Kepeng brothers .” Kou Zhong smiled wryly: "Now we only have to see each other step by step, it's better than being killed by Bi Xuan." Another Cheshi soldier who can understand Chinese, Yue Kepeng's lieutenant Ke Zhuan, said beside the car: "Be careful! The Turks are coming!"

Kou Zhong's hand touched Jing Zhongyue who was beside him, his heart lifted to his throat. If they found out, they had no choice but to fight back with all their strength, neither could they abandon Ba Fenghan, let alone let the other side kill Ba Fenghan's Che Shi fighters who helped them. The sound of hooves roared, approaching quickly. Dun Yugu's voice shouted in Turkic: "Have you met those two Han people?" Yue Kepeng replied, "We never met anyone again." The sound of hooves went away. The two of them relaxed, secretly calling out luck. At dusk, they camped and rested, but the pursuers did not appear again.

After settling down Ba Fenghan who was still soundly asleep, the two joined Yue Kepeng's group for an outdoor dinner, gathered around the bonfire, and drank the fine grape wine passed to each other in the cold evening wind of the prairie. After Kou Zhong took two sips Moved: "This is the most mellow and delicious wine I have ever drunk." The aroma of the mutton soup in the iron nest on the bonfire spread throughout the camp. The soldiers were hospitable and warm, and served the food to the two of them in large pottery bowls. Yue Kepeng said: "I haven't asked the two names of Gao." Kou Zhong didn't want to lie to him, so he said calmly, "My name is Kou Zhong, and he is Xu Ziling." Yue Ke Pengxian had never heard their names before, so he said happily: "So it's Brother Kou and Brother Xu, both of them are good names." Kou Zhong asked curiously: "If I want to call the general brother, what should I use as my surname for the word Yue Kepeng?" Yue Kepeng replied: "My full name is Yue Kepeng Ta Guruna, Luna is the clan name, Tagu is the ancestor's surname, and Yue Kepeng is the younger brother's name." Kou Zhong laughed and said, "Then how about I call the general Brother Peng? Will it offend me?" Yue Kepeng laughed and said, "Brother Peng sounds very nice!" Xu Ziling said: "This trip is all thanks to Brother Peng's generous help, allowing us to avoid disaster. My two brothers will never forget it. We will go on the road by ourselves tomorrow morning. I hope we will meet again in the future." Yue Kepeng said in amazement: "Your Turkic brother is still unconscious, why don't you make plans after he wakes up?" Kou Zhong understood that Xu Ziling didn't want to burden Yue Kepeng, and said: "Brother Peng, let the Lord go, we will figure out a way ourselves." Yue Kepeng's expression darkened, and he said displeasedly, "Do you two not regard me as a friend?" Xu Ziling hurriedly said: "Brother Peng, don't misunderstand, you will always be our brother." Yue Kepeng resolutely said: "Then let's break up after entering the pasture of the Khitan people!" Heishi's face suddenly showed distress. Kou Zhong smiled wryly, "The Khitan people will not treat us better than Jieli's men." Yue Kepeng frowned and said, "What have you guys done?" Kou Zhongdao: "Brother Peng, do you know that our injured Turkic brother is Ba Fenghan?" Yue Kepeng and the Chinese-speaking Kezhuan were moved at the same time, and the former said in shock: "It's actually Ba Fenghan, the nemesis of the horse thief. I was really wrong. Who can hurt him in the prairie?" Kou Zhong sighed, "It's not that old fellow Bi Xuan." Yue Kepeng and Kezhuan immediately changed their expressions. Yue Kepeng gasped, but with a resolute expression on his face, he said: "Then I can't ignore this matter, Ba Fenghan was our benefactor who helped us get rid of the two horse thieves who ran rampant in Turpan Lvzhou. " The guest interjected and asked: "Bi Xuan has always been ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye, and Ba Fenghan is someone Jie Li hates to the bone, why did Bi Xuan spare his life?" Kou Zhong said calmly: "It's not that Bi Xuan was merciful, but we took Ba Fenghan's life back from Bi Xuan's hands." Yue Kepeng and Ke Zhuan stared at each other, as if they couldn't believe it. Kou Zhong smiled and said, "Fortunately, Bi Xuan came here alone, otherwise my two brothers would definitely die sitting here drinking wine with everyone." Yue Kepeng said in disbelief: "Have you ever fought against Bi Xuan?" Kou Zhongdao: "The one who really fought against him was Ba Fenghan, so he almost lost his life. We only fought him twice. After Bi Xuan left, Dun Yugu and others came to seek our bad luck. We took care of Lao Ba , had no choice but to run and flee.” Yue Kepeng said in shock: "The group of Turkic people just now actually have Dunyugu inside?" After Kou Zhong explained, he said sincerely: "He is the one who is asking you questions. Brother Peng has a mission. It is not appropriate to go into this muddy water. We are very grateful for Brother Peng's kindness to us." Yue Kepeng suddenly laughed and said happily: "The two must be very famous people in Central China, so they can become Ba Fenghan's friends, and they can force Bi Xuan to retreat. To be honest, my younger brother will go to Longquan this time to participate The founding ceremony of Su Mo Bu had another purpose, and we had sacrificed our lives early on, how about we help each other and cooperate sincerely for mutual benefit?" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were stunned, and their curiosity was aroused. They thought to themselves that their friends had something to do, so of course they should help, let alone benefactors, it was their duty to do so. Kou Zhong said affirmatively: "Brother Peng, please tell me it's okay, as long as Lao Ba wakes up, we can find a way to deal with big things." Yue Kepeng pondered for a while, and said, "Have you heard of Fu Nanda?" Xu Ziling said: "Are you inciting Funanda, the 'crazy monk from India' who worshiped the Ziting and established the country?" Yue Kepeng's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said fiercely: "It is this person. Seven years ago, this person went to Turpan to preach and fought against the leaders of Manichaeism and Nestorianism. Approved, and established the Tianzhu religion. At that time, he was not called Fu Nanda, his whole face was covered by a shaggy beard, and he called himself a bitter monk. At that time, everyone thought he was a holy monk with profound Dharma. Adhere to obedience, did you know... Alas!" Kou Zhongdao: "Brother Peng, is he one of the deceived?" Yue Kepeng said: "At that time I was still young, and my parents were Nestorians, so I was not deceived. But the royal families of all countries regarded him as a god, offered gold and treasures under his clever name, and asked their children to follow him to practice the law until the Manicheism The sudden sudden death of the leader of the two sects of Nestorianism and Nestorianism made some people suspect that he was the murderer, but it was a step too late. He took a large amount of treasure and fled without a trace, and found that a large number of beautiful female believers were raped by him through practice. Killed. This incident caused an uproar, and the former king was blamed by everyone for recommending him wholeheartedly. He died in grief and indignation. We people in Che Shi Kingdom will never forget this enmity." Xu Ziling asked, "How many countries are there in Turpan?" Yue Kepeng replied: "There are eight countries in total, the most powerful is our Cheshiqian country, the others are Cheshihou country and the six countries in Shanbei. Two years ago, someone from us went to Longquan to do business, and happened to meet Fu Nanda, Even though he had shaved off his beard, he was still recognizable at a glance." Kou Zhong suddenly said: "You are here in the name of giving gifts, but in fact you are going to find Fu Nanda to settle accounts. According to me, Bai Ziting will not be a good person, in all likelihood, he will be in collusion with Fu Nanda, cheat Use your wealth for the founding of the country." Xu Ziling said: "This kind of obscene monk will be punished if anyone gets it, let alone Brother Peng's matter. We will never stand by and watch." Yue Kepeng smiled bitterly and said: "The question is whether we can pass the first hurdle, which is to send the congratulatory gifts to Longquan. Because Hu Yanjin, the most notorious horse thief leader in Khitan, has the full support of A Baojia, the most powerful Khitan, and vows to intercept the robbery." A congratulatory gift from us to Longquan." Kou Zhongdao: "Brother Peng bypasses Khitan, won't the problem be solved?" Yue Kepeng sighed: "If you don't go through Khitan, you have to go through Shiwei. I heard that the Shiwei people formed an alliance with the Khitan people because they opposed worshiping the Ziting. It is said that Shen Mohuan in the southern Shiwei is more difficult to deal with than Huyanjin. " Kou Zhongxi said: "Then it's better to go around Shiwei and lure Shen Mohuan out of the thief's den, because we are looking for him." Kezhuan frowned and said, "We don't know the way there." Xu Ziling didn't want to affect other people's plans because of his own selfishness, so he hurriedly said, "No problem, you all follow the established route!" Yue Kepeng said embarrassingly: "I haven't asked the two why you came to the grassland yet?" Kou Zhong said with a headache: "Originally it was just to get back 80,000 sheepskins that were robbed by a certain party, but the development of the matter is complicated. Brother Peng suddenly asked, so it is really difficult to know where to start." Yue Kepeng said, "Eighty thousand sheepskins is not a small amount, so who is it?" Kou Zhongdao: "It was bought from Huihe people through Baiziting as the middleman." Ke Zhuan looked at Yue Kepeng in shock, and hesitated to speak.The latter nodded slightly, and said: "The same thing happened to us. About three years ago, we bought a hundred carts of famous rice paddy from Baiziting, but were robbed at night on the way! A few people were lucky escaped, and the others were killed. All along, we only thought that we met a horse thief and did not suspect Baiziting. It seems that it is not as simple as imagined." The two looked at each other, Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "We never doubted him, hum! If you get evidence for me, I will turn his founding ceremony into a funeral." Yue Kepeng and Kezhuan only thought that he was speaking in anger, but they guessed that he had a close relationship with Tuli and that he had the power to overthrow Li Mo Mohe. Yue Kepeng poked his head out, showing a firm expression of vowing to achieve the goal, and said: "From tonight onwards, we will be brothers who will fight side by side, and we will live and die together and never give up." Kou Zhong stretched out his hand to hold him tightly, and said: "No matter how difficult it is, we will definitely seek justice from Fu Nanda for your country." Xu Ziling followed Kou Zhong and clasped the hands of the two, saying: "On the prairie, deceitful monks are never allowed to run rampant." Kezhuan also joined the ranks of shaking hands and making oaths, and the four felt very excited. The howling of wolves in the distance reminded them that the seemingly peaceful and beautiful prairie is actually a crisis lurking and the road ahead is difficult. When the two returned to the tent, Ba Fenghan was still in a state of deep sleep in reclining meditation. After taking his pulse, Kou Zhong said happily: "I fucked his grandma's bear. Although Tianzhu produces obscene monks who preach the Dharma, it also produces the real Dafa of changing the sun. There are only two main veins left in the old postscript, which is really unbelievable. " Xu Ziling said happily: "These two days will be critical moments, we will never allow Lao Ba to suffer any external harm." Kou Zhongdao: "Tomorrow we will enter the Khitan's sphere of influence, and there is no room for loss. So we must sleep well now. Sigh! How many nights have we not slept?" Xu Ziling blew out the horn lantern and said, "In your opinion, the wolf bandit is a worshiper of Ziting, and even Duan Xu or someone called Guan Ping is also a running dog to collect money for him?" Kou Zhong let out a breath and said, "If you're right, then Daming Zun should share his nostrils with Bai Ziting. Damn! We'll go to Longquan to make him turn upside down. After teaching Bai Ziting and that obscene Not having a good time." Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "You seem to have forgotten another headache. Mother's country, Goryeo, is supporting Bai Ziting with all its strength. If we intervene in sabotage, the hatred with my aunt will deepen." Kou Zhong thought of Fu Junqiang, a beautiful young lady who appeared in the Shanhaiguan Pass and disappeared, holding his head and sighing: "We can only see walking, alas! Wake up and talk about it!" Lie down on the reed mat. Xu Ziling lay on the other side of Ba Fenghan, staring wide-eyed in the darkness of the tent, Shi Feixuan's peerless beauty appeared in the heart lake, wondering if she would be in another corner of the prairie right now?