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Chapter 164 The Disaster of the Jade Wolf
Li Ye and his party have already walked for thirteen days and entered the endless grassland. This is the boundary of the Xue Department. Although the names of the Xue Department and the Xue Yantuo Khanate in the early Tang Dynasty are very similar, they are completely different. It was destroyed by Tang Taizong Li Shimin.

The current Xue tribe is just an ordinary grassland tribe established by several branches of the Xue Yantuo Khanate. It has shrunk to one area, and it has long lost the ambition of unifying the grassland.

Although it was marked as Xue Yantuo on the map of the imperial court, all the tribes in the grassland called it Xuebu.

This morning, a big river appeared in front of them. The river was very deep. They couldn't cross the river, so they could only continue to go north, looking for shallow water areas where they could cross the river.

After walking about a hundred miles, tents gradually appeared in front of them, and there were more and more tents as we walked. In front of the tents, many children looked at them curiously, and some girls gathered together, giggling and giggling at them.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Ah Lun, go ask them if there is any way to cross the river?"

Allen immediately urged him to inquire immediately. A young woman in her twenties answered while staring at Li Ye with fiery eyes, like seeing a long-lost relative, making Li Ye very uncomfortable.

After a while, Allen came back with a strange expression: "They said that the water in the first [-] miles is relatively shallow, so you can ride across the river directly!"

"Then why do you have such a weird expression?"

A Lun covered his mouth and suppressed a smile: "The woman asked if there was a wife in Canjun's family, and I said no. She said she hoped that Canjun would stay, and she was willing to recruit Canjun as her husband!"

"What?" Li Ye was stunned.

"That woman looks like she's joining the army!"

After finishing speaking, Alan finally couldn't help laughing wildly while clutching his stomach, and Su Bi couldn't help laughing either.

Allen touched his face pitifully again, "I'm not bad looking! Why doesn't she like me?"

Li Ye said angrily: "Then you stay!"

"I do think so!"

Allen's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said with a playful smile, "Join the army, you probably won't be able to leave tonight!"

When Li Ye turned his head, he saw the woman walking with a bowl of goat milk with a smile. This is the custom of all tribes in Tiele. If a woman offers you a bowl of goat milk, it means that she is interested in you. If you take it and drink it, Then you can stay in the women's tent.

Li Ye was so frightened that he turned his horse's head and ran away. A Lun and Su Bi laughed and urged the horse to catch up.

Seeing that Li Ye refused to accept it, the woman was so angry that she spilled goat milk on the ground, turned around and angrily returned the bill.

She mainly took a fancy to Li Ye's tall and strong figure. Although Xuebu men are strong, they are generally not tall. It is rare to see tall and strong men like Li Ye. She actually hopes to have a tall and strong son.

After walking for more than ten miles, the tents became denser and denser. Alan went to inquire again and came back and said: "Join the army, this is Xue's tribe!"

Li Ye was slightly taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Su Bi smiled and said, "That is to say, Chief Xue is here!"

As soon as the words fell, a low-pitched horn sounded not far away, "Woo———"

The three of Li Ye were all wearing Tang army armor. Not long after they entered the tribe, a herdsman in charge of sentry immediately rushed to report to the chief.

After a while, a group of cavalry came up to meet them, about a hundred people, the leader was a young commander, only about 20 years old, and he looked extremely mighty.

The young commander was polite and asked a few words in Tie Le language. For half a month, Li Ye has been learning Tie Le language from A Lun. He has the powerful Suzaku mentality as the foundation, and he has learned the language very quickly. , In just half a month, he has mastered thousands of daily vocabulary and sixty or seventy sentences. If it is not a very complicated expression, he can understand and speak it.

He understood the commander's words, and the other party asked them if they came to Xue's department specially, or just passing by.

Li Ye didn't need an interpreter, and said directly and unskillfully: "We are going to Beiting, passing through Guidi!"

The commander nodded and smiled, "My father invites you to have a glass of milk wine, to show you the kindness of the landlords!"

The three of Li Ye were wearing Shuofang army uniforms, especially Li Ye was wearing the general's fish-scale armor, which indicated that he had a certain status in the army. Whether he was on an envoy or passing by, Chief Xue would not neglect him.

The majesty of Tian Khan is still there, and all the tribes in the grassland respect the Tang people very much.

Li Ye nodded, "Then bother you!"

He turned his head and said to the two subordinates: "Let's go to rest for a while before leaving!"

They also need to add some dry food.

The three of them followed the commander and rushed to the chief's tent, which was a huge tent covering an area of ​​about two acres, located in the middle of countless large tents, and its white dome could be seen from a distance.

At this time, the commander suddenly saw the jade gourd on Li Ye's waist, and he was stunned for a moment. He shook his head again, "Impossible, my uncle has taken it away for a long time, how could it be in the waist of the general of the Tang army.

This jade gourd is carved from mutton fat white jade seed material, the size is just enough to be grasped, and a map of the western regions is engraved on it, and more importantly, the gourd head is a lifelike wolf head, which is extremely precious and has always belonged to Emperor Sui Yang. The beloved plaything later fell into the hands of Li Shimin, but Li Shimin didn't like Yang Guang's stuff, and regarded it as a relic of the subjugated king, so he put it on the shelf.

Back then, when the tribes in the grassland respected Li Shimin as the Heavenly Khan, Li Shimin gave many precious gifts to the tribes. This jade gourd was given to the Xue Yantuo tribe. Later, the Xue Yantuo Khanate was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. It was captured by the Tang army, but fell into the hands of Xuebu, and became the token of the chiefs of Xuebu in the past, known as the jade wolf head.

Seeing that the other party was always staring at the jade gourd on his waist, Li Ye asked with a smile, "Do you know it?"

Li Ye never imagined that the Xue Lun he killed on the battlefield turned out to be a nobleman of the Xue tribe, and this strange jade gourd was a keepsake of the chiefs of the Xue tribe in the past.

The commander shook his head, "I've seen similar jade gourds, but it shouldn't be this one!"

At this time, they came to the chief's tent, and the commander went in to report. Li Ye took off the jade gourd and put it in his arms. He had a vague premonition that maybe this jade gourd was really related to Xue Bu.

Soon, the great chief Xue Tuo came out to welcome him. Li Ye saw that he looked exactly like the Chief Wan he killed. Li Ye immediately understood that the Chief Wan he killed probably came from Xue Bu.

At that time, when registering credits, he knew that Mr. Wan was not from the Tongluo tribe, but he never imagined that that person was actually a nobleman from the Xue tribe.

The three of Li Ye were welcomed into the big tent, Li Ye took out the emperor's gold medal, and asked with a smile: "We are looking for the Beiting army to deliver the letter, does the great chief know where they are stationed?"

When Xue Tuo saw the emperor's gold medal, he respected it even more. He could speak fluent Chinese, and said quickly: "I also heard that they are active in Jinshan area, but where exactly? I really don't know, that is Ge Luolu's territory." .”

Li Ye nodded, "How far is it from Jinshan here?"

"It's about a thousand miles away!"

"We have a task ahead of us, let's go after a short rest!"

Xue Tuo chuckled, "Since you've come to Xuebu, you have to have a meal before leaving!"

He clapped his palms, and immediately came in a group of young girls, bringing in rich melons, fruits and fine wine, followed by another group of warriors, offering roast mutton, and several nobles who accompanied the wine, and sat down.

The host was ready, so Li Ye couldn't just leave without saying goodbye, so he had to sit down and have a full meal before leaving.

The cups were staggered, eating on Xing's head, Xue Tuo asked calmly, "I heard from Gouzi that there is a jade gourd in the army, can you show me?"

Li Ye's heart trembled, and it really came.

(End of this chapter)