Chapter 30 Duel

In the tent of Prince Suzil and Ke.

It's late at night, and Suille is studying the books of southerners borrowed from his father, all of which are about history and military tactics. To be honest, he doesn't like reading. Every barbarian boy's dream since childhood is to ride a mighty war horse and wear armor on the grassland, followed by countless loyal warriors. They went all the way to the south, south, crossed the barren mountains, stepped across the vast plains in the south, stepped on the tall city in the south into the most vast horse farm, and planted the white wolf flag of the barbarians in the southernmost part of the south, so that the whole world was ruled by the gods of the barbarians! This is what barbarian boys want!

But the king always asks him to read more books. There are good things in southern books that are hard to buy. But Su Rile felt dizzy when he saw those dense fly-headed words, but he still had to look down. A sentence that my father often says is when he read the letter of kindness and courtesy from the books in the south, and when will he read it through! Can such an illusory thing as benevolence and courtesy be used to rule the grassland? This is the barbarians, the most primitive and wild place! It is common to meet each other and fight against each other. Only iron and blood can stand on the grassland in the far north.

If it hadn't been for such a powerful vigorous horse and tyco horse, would it have been respected as the lord of the grassland by other tribes?

He flipped through the scroll, put his arms on the table, his chin carried his arms, and his eyes narrowed slightly - he was about to doze off. But there is still such a thick book that I haven't finished reading, which means that I don't know when my father will test him. The golden flame of the mutton oil lamp on the table jumped, coated with a layer of gold edges on Surelle's rosy face, and his dark hair was combed into bundles and hung down casually. Really sleepy! Just now, I suddenly heard the huge drum in front of my father's tent being knocked, and the thunderous drum sound made him sober. I guess something urgent happened in the clan! The drum will only ring when something big happens and the owners and generals are urgently summoned.

He closed his eyes and opened his mouth like a cat. Suddenly, he wanted to see the night stars and Yu Meng. These two were his only friends on the grassland! Although he is the prince of Chi Naisi, he has few friends. Those noble children dare not approach him because he is the future king, let alone ordinary civilian children! Only Yu Meng, the girl who is big or small, will knock on his head and scold him as a 'stupid cow'!

As for the night stars, it will always be very pleasant to be with that child. Maybe that's a perfect child. If you can make friends with him, you may even feel that southerners are not so abominable! He still remembers that day, Ye Xingchen seriously high-fiveed himself, saying that he would form an alliance with him when he became the emperor of Mengyang in the future, and Mengyang and the northern barbarians would no longer fight! Although the night stars have nothing now, those coral-red eyes are clearly a kind of persistence and self-confidence that can control the world, and he can't help but believe it! Even if he says that he can pick the stars in the sky, I'm afraid he will be convinced...

By the way, when the weather can clear up for a few days, I will take Xingchen and Yumeng to the north to catch yellow sheep and dig ruce. The yellow mutton in winter is much better than using dry and oilless autumn grass beef and mutton! There are also roe coot nested in the hole. The roe roe nest is the best grass seeds. They eat those in winter, so the roe roe roe roe is not thin but fatter in winter. Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing.

Rain, night stars, the faces of these two people gradually became clear in their minds, as bright as the dark sandstone exposed on the pure white snow. This may be the person who wants to be closely related to his life!

Suddenly, the earth seemed to be boiling. Suil felt that the ground was shaking violently, like countless giant elephants lifting their front hoofs and stamping on the ground violently, or as if something terrible was struggling out of the ground. Suil stood up and walked to the door of the tent. Before he could move the curtain, he heard a hiss of horses, followed by the chaotic shouts of warriors.

"What's going on? The samurai of that tent? Don't you know that this is Prince Suilok's tent? The warrior guarding outside the tent roared.

Su Rile frowned - this kind of thing has never happened before! As soon as he stretched out his hand to open the curtain to see what was going on outside, the curtain was suddenly picked up by an epee, and a group of warriors poured in like a tide. They looked around the tent, then knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Your Highness, we are ordered by the king to search your tent. What a crime!"

Then the leading warrior waved his hand, and the warriors dispersed and searched carefully towards the corner of the tent. Su Rile looked at it puzzledly and said with an unhappy look, "What's going on?"

The warrior led quietly approached him and said in a low voice, "I heard that the child who followed General Zerhua to learn the knife was kidnapped, and all the escorted warriors were killed! The king suspected that it was done by people in the clan and ordered all the troops to search one by one. Not only your tent, but also several generals and the tents of the owners of major noble families can't be let go! Now the whole tribe is in chaos!"

Su Rile's copper-like eyes suddenly opened up, and he was not sleepy at all! He took a cold breath, doesn't that mean that the night star was robbed?

He took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "When did it happen?"

"It's been about an hour and a half tonight!" The samurai replied.

Has it been so long? Su Rile's uneasiness in his heart became stronger. In such a long time, a fast horse was enough to run more than 200 miles! If a Mengyang man, who is so weak with night stars, falls on the icy grassland at this time, he will not survive.

"Head, I didn't find anything." The samurai who had finished the search withdrew and reported. In fact, they didn't search too strictly. After all, it's the prince's tent, which is too difficult to do.

"I didn't find anything in the slave tent outside!" At this time, the warrior who searched the slave tent under Suil's name also came in and said back.

The leading warrior waved his hand and ordered them to withdraw. After they all left, he said to Suzil Heke in a low voice, "Your Highness, to tell you the truth, you'd better not do anything for the time being. Now your suspicion and the owner of the Hulutai family are the most suspected! Don't do anything now, just stay in the tent, it's for your own good!" Speaking, he cast a deep look and turned away.

"Are you so sure that the people in the clan did it?" Suil came forward and intercepted the little leader and said.

The samurai looked embarrassed and said, "From the wound of the dead 100-person warrior, it's either the cypress horse or the lion tooth of the Azlan tribe shot the most elite warrior... Now the king has to investigate the clan first. If it really doesn't work, he has to go to Azes. Lanbu wants someone... The whole army of Chi Nasi has been sent out!"

Before Su Zile could speak again, the warrior had kept silent and turned away.

The tent was searched in a mess. Suil Hekemu stood in the center and looked around. In an instant, his chest seemed to be torn apart, and something was about to break his chest and rushed out. Just like when I was seven or eight years old, I saw the incomplete body of my brother Monduatu being bitten by a wolf, I was afraid, uneasy, angry and unbearable.

He stood there, straight, his neck as strong as a cow with thick blood vessels, and said fiercely, "I don't want to lose it again..."

He rushed out of the tent and shouted to his guard, "Get a saddle for me!"

The cold frenzy outside the tent poured into his chest. He looked at the dark night sky as if it were solidified, and took a big breath of the cold air, which made him feel that the manic uneasiness in his heart cooled down a little...

"Bang..."

Ye Xingchen felt that his bones were about to break. He was thrown directly from the horse's back, and his nose rubbed on the ground and sucked his mouth full of dust.

"Ha ha, this cave is a good place!" The smooth and gloomy samurai praised.

"Well, our Hulutai family has discovered this cave for a long time, and we have been trying to do something with this cave, but we haven't had time to develop it for the time being!" The barbarian child climbed off the horse and said.

"Then I'll just come here. The work entrusted to us by your father, Lord Hulutai has been completed. The rest of the money...isn't it, hehe!" The samurai rubbed his hands and said with a cunning smile.

"Oh? I always thought that the most elite warriors of Azlan were like eagles flying in the sky and disdained such secular things as money!" The barb child said with a sneer.

As a child, the young master of the Hulutai family is much more sophisticated than Ye Xingchen. Whether he speaks or has an attitude towards people, he faintly shows a domineering and decisive momentum. Although they are young, these murderous warriors dare not neglect them too much.

"You don't know anything, but I secretly led the horse out with the samurai in private! I can rely on your father's friendship and don't care about money, but these warriors under me can't! In case we are found above, there is no guarantee that we will be stripped from the military and beaten into slavery! This should be considered for my brothers!" The warrior in red armor smiled and said with a sasly smile.

"Ha ha, of course I know this young man! I work in the Hulutai family, absolutely on my conscience. The money is as much as it is, and there will be no less than a penny!" The barbarian child said. He took out a piece of sheepskin from his arms with some barbarian words written on it. Although he couldn't see what was written on it clearly, a bright red seal covered with it was particularly conspicuous. This is the voucher for our transaction with merchants from the south. I don't have so much gold on me. Just take this and take time to come to our house to withdraw money!"

The red armored warrior took the sheepskin in his hand with a smile, looked at it carefully, and then carefully put it in his arms. He nodded to him with a smile and said, "Then I will withdraw with my brothers first. I can't stay outside for too long. I have to count the number of people in the army at night. Go back."

"Oi, I'm sorry to trouble you this time. I will ask you for help with such a thing in the future! Of course, there is no less than a penny!" The barbarian teenager laughed. You can also consider taking your brother to our Hulutai account. I appreciate your methods very much. My Hulutai family is not short of money to support you, but what they lack is warriors who can fight... Ha ha, let's think about it now!"

The samurai laughed and waved his man to turn over the horse. The bright red lion armor on their bodies was illuminated by torches, as mysterious and noble as lion kings in the dark night! These are the most elite warriors of the Azeslan!

The sound of horses' hoofs became farther and farther away, and the barbarian children sneered and said, "Retie his rope!"

Night Xingchen felt that he was pinched and raised by the back of his neck. Is he really so light? Can anyone lift him up with one hand? The cold dagger tied to his numb hands separated the rope that bound him. He reached out and took off the dark blindfold on his eyes, and only felt dizzy. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes and looked around - this is an extremely empty cave. The top of the cave is dozens of meters high, with an open space the size of more than a dozen tents, and the ground is dry and covered with fine gravel. There seems to be something shiny and golden on the wall of the cave, which is dazzlingly illuminated by torches, which is very beautiful.

"Are you the student of that son of a bitch?" A rough sound sounded.

Ye Xingchen came to his senses and saw an extremely strong barbarian teenager standing in front of him. His hair had been shaved off, leaving only a thick braid on his head. The braids are decorated with an egg-sized ruby, which looks very valuable. The barbarian teenager looked at the night stars with a bad smile on his face and yellow teeth.

Night Xingchen stood up and saw several fierce domestic slaves standing behind the teenager, surrounded by more than a dozen warriors with ferocious smiles. There were no more than 30 people, and he had nowhere to escape like a bird falling into a cage.

"Master, let me ask you something! What's your name?" The barbarian teenager came forward and pushed Ye Xingchen fiercely. He stumbled back like a dead leaf in the wind and fell to the ground fiercely.

He struggled to sit up. Looking up at the rough barbarian teenager who was half his head high, he endured the severe pain and said, "Night Stars! My name is Night Star!"

"Night Stars?" The barbarian teenager made a strange cry, like an owl that caught a vole. He looked at the domestic slaves around him and smiled arrogantly and rudely: "Night Stars, what kind of bullshit is this? Why is it so like the name of a bitch in the south? The domestic slaves around him also laughed with the master, although they didn't think it was funny...

"My name is Bata Hulutai, please remember it!" He stepped forward and stepped on Ye Xingchen's chest fiercely. The child who had just struggled to sit up was trampled under his feet like a shabby puppet. Bata ran over his feet fiercely. Ye Xingchen only felt the sharp pain that his ribs were about to break, and he couldn't even breathe, and his pale face turned red...

"Where on earth is such a waste thing that is taken into by Zha Erhua? Is it possible that he is so beautiful that he is favored by Zha Erhua? Bata muttered to herself and looked down at the night stars under her feet like a prey. I didn't expect Zaerhua to have this hobby?" The rough laughter in the mouth of the domestic slaves around them became louder, and the whole cave seemed to contain a group of crazy demons.

"Are you male or female?" Bata took his feet away, stood on both sides of Ye Xingchen's body, and squatted down to look down at him. His round face is as close as the face of the night stars, and every facial features of the night stars look so delicate, especially now that his face is red and covering his chest and gasping. The fog in his eyes seemed to have tears falling at any time, and Bata was lost in it for a while!

After a while, Bata turned his head, spit on the ground fiercely, and scolded, "Damn, what kind of evil is this? I almost fascinated the young master..."

He stood up straight and took two steps back. His thick hands were intertwined with a strange smile on his face, but his voice said coldly, "Master, I wanted to learn knives from Zaerhua, but Zaerhua said that he had taught someone and couldn't teach me any more!" I wondered who could make Zaerhua so obedient, so I invited you here to see you... I can see you, tsk, I think it's no different from rubbish... It really disappoints me!"

He put his hands behind his back, and his black cowhide boots rustled on the fine sandstone in the cave. He walked slowly around the night stars and said with a sneer, "Zerhua said that you are the person our Hulutai family can't afford to provoke! Why didn't I find any characteristics of you, except for a face that looks better than a woman..."

He picked up the cloud knife of Night Star from the corner of the cave, held the handle of the knife and shook off the sheath. The sharp blade of the cloud knife shone coldly under the firelight. Bata reached out and stroked the blade and said, "Good knife, good knife! Such a good knife for you, it's fucking ruined!" He raised the knife, raised it above his head, and then waved it neatly. The sound of the blade breaking through the air was sharp and harsh.

Bata strode closer to the Night Star and pulled him up. He was taller than the Night Star and much stronger. Ye Xingchen's feet were suspended in the air and pulled like that, and his lips bit tightly without saying a word. In fact, after entering the cave, he didn't say a word except for his name just now.

"You, take your knife, let's compete! Let's see who can beat him. I'd like to see what the students taught by Zaerhua have!" He couldn't help stuffing the knife into Ye Xingchen's hand. The shark skin wrapped in the knife handle groped the thick cocoon in the child's hand and held the knife. Ye Xingchen felt more at ease.

Bata put down the night stars and turned back to his domestic slave and shouted, "Bry my knife too!"

A warrior removed a knife wrapped in cloth from his shoulder. The knife was also a split knife, but it was a finger wider and a little longer than that of the night star. The blade is dark fine iron, which doesn't look very sharp, but it has a thick and solid feeling. The arc of the front of the blade is full and round, like a crescent moon. The angle of the front part of the knife is very large, which makes the front end of the knife heavier and swings more powerfully and faster, just like an axe.

Bata took the knife from the warrior's hand, held the pad in his hand, and looked at the night stars with a cruel smile on his face.