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The gold-winged slaves didn't discuss for too long by the fire, just a few people gathered together, yelling loudly and talking nonsense, and someone pointed in the direction where Mang Lite was going, so the gold-winged slaves didn't hesitate any longer. They urged their horses one after another, and galloped to the south in pursuit.

Of course they didn't expect that Sumayou and others not only didn't leave, but hid in the stone formation. In their view, even the guarding gold-winged slaves were killed, so there was no reason for Sumayou and others not to leave. So they chased after him without hesitation, and no one noticed that there were still people hiding in the stone formation.

At this time, Xue Poye finally understood the old Manglit's thoughts. He said earlier, "There must be someone to lure away the gold-winged slaves." Xue Poye didn't understand the meaning for a while, and Manglit didn't continue to say. Going on, now it seems that the old man Manglit himself took the initiative to make this bait to lure away the gold-winged slaves.

"Old man Manglite, may Longevity bless you!" Sumayou and Chinatai put one hand on their chests, looked into the distance, and prayed.

Xue Poye stared at the south from a distance, the manglit old man would probably die, this old man gave up his own life, but created a chance for several young people to escape death.

Putting one hand on his chest and bowing slightly, Xue Poye expressed his respect for the old man.

"Let's go quickly. Once they find out that they are chasing the wrong one, they will come back soon." Xue Poye picked up the small stone, and even though he was exhausted, he still got on the horse, his face was covered with bean-sized sweat, The pain in his shoulder had made his body break out in a cold sweat.

"Brother Choushi, your shoulder...is bleeding!" Su Mayou finally discovered Xue Poye's injury: "We...let's bandage it first...!"

Xue Poye shook his head and said: "Get on the horse quickly, it is not suitable to stay here for long, let's go quickly."

Sumayou and Chinatai naturally understood in their hearts that if the gold-winged slaves caught up with Manglit and found out that they had been duped, they would definitely turn around and chase them down. What Manglit fought for everyone was the opportunity and time to escape. To waste time is to waste the value of Mang Lite's life. Without hesitation, the two of them rode a horse together, left the stone formation, and galloped straight to the north.

Including Xue Poye, all thoughts at this moment are just running forward, running forward, and continuing to run forward...!

After an unknown amount of time, Xue Poye, who was almost asleep on the horseback, suddenly heard another sound of horseshoes. He managed to open his eyes, only to see that the sky ahead was already dawning, and it was not yet very bright and clear. In the dark area, iron horses and golden arms turned out to be a large group of Beihu warriors.

"Damn it!" Xue Poye muttered in his heart, "I'm going to die now."

In his opinion, this group of Beihu warriors must have been chased by the gold-winged slaves who turned back and forth. He is exhausted now, not only is his physical condition extremely poor, but even his brain reaction is quite vague and chaotic. It is absolutely impossible to deal with this group of people.

Hugging Xiao Shitou tightly, he felt that Xiao Shitou's body was already a little cold, his heart shook, but he smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: "Little Shitou, it seems that our master and apprentice are going to die in this Beihu prairie, the master has hurt you. , I will apologize to you later."

Suddenly Sumayou's voice said: "Brother Choushi, this is a warrior from the Hongjila tribe, one of our own!"

"One of my own?" Xue Poye let out a long sigh of relief: "Finally I can take a rest."

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The Hongjila tribe is the largest of the dozens of tribes in Beihu. It is adjacent to the Barhut tribe. The relationship between the two tribes has always been very good. They belong to the alliance within the Beihu. It is this close alliance that has always been Fighting to kill the Beihu prairie with constant civil strife, the two tribes depend on each other so that they will not be annexed by other tribes. The Beihu prairie has merged from hundreds of tribes at the beginning to more than 30 tribes today. The Hongjila tribe In addition to the strength of the tribe itself, the alliance between the two tribes is also a crucial reason for the survival of the Barhut tribe.

The long-term civil strife in the Beihu Grassland, alliances and confrontations exist from time to time. Today is an alliance, and tomorrow for some reason, the tribes that may form hostile relations are also Bibi, such as the long-term life-and-death alliance between the Balhut tribe and the Hongjila tribe. On the Beihu prairie, it is an anomaly, so the herdsmen of the two tribes are also extremely proud, because they feel that the people of these two tribes are the most loyal in the entire Beihu prairie.

Today, the Hongjila tribe has become one of the most powerful tribes on the grassland. One of the reasons is that their tribe has a grassland theocratic figure—the great wizard!

Prairie people believe in Changshengtian. In their hearts, Changshengtian is an omnipotent god, and the spokesperson of God in the world is the great wizard of "witchcraft".

The great wizard has the ability to talk to Changshengtian and can get the prediction from Changshengtian, so the identity of the great wizard is definitely not weaker than Khan in the minds of the prairie people.

Every Khan ascends the throne, it needs the blessing of the Great Wizard, otherwise, without the blessing of the "Witch Cult" Great Wizard, the Khan cannot be regarded as a real Khan, because the Great Wizard represents the longevity, and the Great Wizard's blessing Blessing means getting the approval of Changshengtian.

"Witch Cult" is prevalent in Beihu. Witch Cult members are called Witches. Witches are extremely mysterious forces on the grassland. Heavenly service, grassland people must have the participation of witches in weddings, funerals, expeditions, and prayers, because if there is no participation of witches, everyone will think that these things do not have the blessings of the longevity sky, which is unlucky.

The leader of the wizards is the great wizard.

Every great wizard is selected from among the wizards. The process of choosing a great wizard is very complicated and mysterious. Ordinary people can't see through the mystery, but one thing is certain, once you become a great wizard, you will become a great wizard. As the spokesperson of the Changshengtian, his power will reach its peak. Even the Grassland Khan of the Innaluo tribe will need the blessing of the great wizard to continue to hold the position smoothly.

Of course, every great wizard will not really oppose Khan. After all, Khan is the king of the grassland. If the real king offends the tyrannical and barbaric Khan, the life of the witch religion will not be easy.

It's just a combination of interests.

When the warriors of the Hongjila tribe met Chinatai and Sumayou, they all dismounted and saluted. Everyone saw that Xue Poye and the others were wounded, and Chinatai's leg was just casually bandaged, and some people The bullock cart approached, Xue Poye and others all lay down on the bullock cart to rest, while the warriors of the Hongjila tribe guarded the bullock cart and returned to the station of the Hongjila tribe in a mighty manner.

The Hongjila Grassland is not the most fertile grassland in Beihu, but it is the place with the most water sources. The Eldorenau River flows through the Hongjila Grassland. Except for this wide jade belt, the largest lake in the Beihu Grassland, Pa Lunduo Lake is also located on the Hongjila Grassland. The wide Palundo Lake has a radius of more than 20 miles. It is beautiful and quiet. The camps of the Hongjila Department are scattered around the Palundo Lake. The stars are dotted on the prairie that has sprouted green grass.

The tents of the herdsmen are gray, while the tents of the tribal leaders are sky blue. On weekdays, there are only a small number of tribal cavalry patrolling the boundaries, and most of the herdsmen are busy preparing food for the cattle and sheep.

Cattle and sheep are their life. In winter, the grassland is vast, and the shepherds take out the forage they have prepared for feeding.

Now that the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the grass has poked its head out, and the shepherds have begun to herd horses and sheep, so that they can loosen their muscles and bones.The real grassland life is coming soon, and there are herdsmen scattered within tens of miles of the Hongjila camp.

The Hongjila warriors were able to meet Sumayou and others because they had received news that the Golden Winged Khans, the remnant forces of the Leopard Commander, were active in the grasslands of Guzibu, so they were ordered to send more than 50 Hongjila cavalry to the front. Going to suppress and kill, who knows that instead of running into the Golden Wing Khan Li, they run into the exhausted Xue Poye and his party.

The ox carts drove slowly on the grassland. When they arrived at the Hongjila camp, the herdsmen saluted Sumayou and Chinatai one after another, showing their respect and love. But no one knew that in the last ox cart, Who the hell is a disheveled, ugly fellow and a pale child.

Both of them were asleep, the ugly guy hugged the child tightly, using his body temperature to warm the child's body.

It was already dawn, and the industrious shepherds watched the procession slowly move towards the east bank of Lake Palendo. Less than five miles away from the east bank, there were several solemn and mysterious black tents, more than a dozen black tents Separated from the big tent of the Hongjila tribe, they crawl quietly and lonely on the vast prairie. In front of the largest black tent, there is a stone tablet engraved with the unique tiger script of the Hu people, and they can read Hu characters. Most people know that the large character on it, which looks like misty smoke, is a word for "Witch".

This is the most mysterious and solemn witch altar on the grassland, and their great wizard lives here.

It was quiet and strange here. When the bullock cart brought Xue Poye and others here, seven or eight witches dressed in short fur jackets and with red and black marks on their bodies came out of the tent like ghosts and brought the four People carried them into the great wizard's big tent one by one.

The warriors knelt down to salute humbly and fearfully, then drove the ox cart and left quietly, and the brief sounds quickly disappeared in the silence.

In Xue Poye's sleep, he always felt a pair of deep and cold eyes staring at him. Those eyes were like the eyes of a poisonous snake, cold and poisonous.

Even in his sleep, Xue Poye felt very uncomfortable. He opened his eyes in a daze, and felt that the fatigue had subsided a lot, but by instinct, he felt that those poisonous snake-like eyes were still staring at him. .

He turned his head and was taken aback, only to see not far from him, a guy covered in a black robe all over his body, only showing a strange face was staring at him.

The man is not tall, wearing a loose black robe, and holding a black staff in his hand. The head of the staff is in the shape of an upturned head. , like a wild ghost, and his eyes are thin and narrow, and his pupils are even smaller, and most of the eyeballs are white. Such small eyes cast extremely cold gazes.

If it wasn't for the Chinatai standing beside this person, Xue Poye would have thought that this person was a ghost.

"Brother Choushi, are you awake?" Seeing Xue Poye waking up leisurely, Chinatai shouted with joy, "You've been sleeping all day."

"All day?" Xue Poye was stunned, looking out through the gap in the tent, the outside was also dark, remembering that he went to bed in the early morning, and now it is dusk, fuck, this sleep is like a dead person , I don’t know what happened.

He frowned, sat up suddenly, looked around, and found that Xiaoshi was sleeping not far from him, and there was a strange smell of herbs around him, and the smell of the herbs was extremely pungent.

Xue Poye struggled to get up and came to Xiao Shitou's side, only to see Xiao Shitou's teeth were closed tightly, his expression was embarrassing, his face was pale, but his breathing was still even, at least he was still alive, and he was slightly relieved.

Suddenly there was a burst of nonsense behind him, just a few words, but these few words were very blunt, although they used nonsense, but it gave people the feeling that this person could not even speak nonsense. How smooth.

Xue Poye turned around and saw that the person who was speaking was the man with the staff, and suddenly realized: "Could this be the great wizard they said?"

Standing beside the man in black, Chinatai looked very respectful, and said to Xue Poye: "Brother Choushi, this is my grandfather, he is a great wizard, he can treat you and Xiaoshi...well, heal your illnesses."

Xue Poye knew that this was the great wizard, the divine right figure in the grassland, his heart was shocked, he hurried forward and saluted respectfully, only then did he realize that his right shoulder was as warm as spring, but it had been re-bandaged again. The pain has diminished to the point where he can hardly feel it, and he admires it in his heart. Even in the Central Plains, it is impossible for a doctor with excellent medical skills to heal the broken arm so quickly.

The great wizard obviously didn't pay much attention to Xue Poye's etiquette, and whispered a few more words.

"Brother Choushi, grandpa said that Xiaoshi can live for another five hours." Chi Natai's expression became serious: "He asked if you want to be Xiaoshi!"

"Of course!" Xue Poye was shocked, and blurted out: "Great Wizard, please save him quickly."

Chinatai said a few words to the great wizard, the great wizard nodded slightly, and then muttered a few more words, Chinatai said: "Brother Ugly Shi, grandpa said, Xiaoshi has lost too much blood, and his body is deficient. If you want to save Xiaoshi, There is only fused blood. When he looked at your wounds earlier, he found that your blood is the same and can be fused, and asked if you would donate part of your blood to save Xiaoshi."

"Yes!" Xue Poye didn't care about other things, but he was very surprised by the word "fusion blood". Could it be that the Beihu of this era is able to transfuse human blood?He said eagerly: "Great wizard, what should I do? As long as I can save Xiaoshi, I will agree to everything."

Chinatai translated it, the great wizard clapped his hands, and three or four ghostly wizards came in from outside, holding all kinds of weird utensils in their hands.

Xue Poye knew that these instruments must be tools for blood fusion.

The great wizard waved his hand and signaled Chinatai to go out. Chinatai hesitated for a moment, and said a few more words to the great wizard. .

The sky was getting darker, and there was only a faint arc left in the afterglow of the setting sun. Sumayou sat on the bank of Palundo Lake, staring at the clear water in a daze, and even Chinatai came behind her, she did not realize .

"Sumayou, if I am an enemy, you will die!" Chinatai sat down beside Sumayou and said slowly.

Su Mayou turned his face to the side, and said with a wry smile: "We are not dead, but old man Manglit is dead!"

Chinatai frowned, with a sad expression on his face: "Have you found it?"

Suma nodded, looked at the faint afterglow of the setting sun, and said: "The person who was sent out to look for it has returned, and brought back the body of the old man Manglit who was trampled by a horse. He has been blessed by witches, and you The clansmen have been sent back to the ancient Zi tribe."

"I hope he can receive the blessing of Changshengtian." Chinatai gently shook Su Mayo's hand to express comfort.

After a while of silence, Sumayou finally asked: "Has the Great Wizard agreed? Will he heal Brother Choushi?"

"The two of us begged him for a day. Although he is weird, he doesn't have a heart made of stone, so he agreed, and now he is merging blood for Big Brother Choushi and Xiaoshi..." Chinatai said with a strange expression on his face: " Sumayou, should we call him Xiao Shi, or Xiao Shi?"

Sumayou took a deep breath, stood up, her plump breasts heaved up and down: "Chinatai, what do you want to tell me?"

"Grandpa looked at their wounds while they were sleeping." Chinatai said directly, without beating around the bush, "Brother Choushi told us that he came to Beihu to treat illnesses, but Grandpa was sure that he had nothing but wounds on his body. Right shoulder bone injury, no other symptoms, in other words, Big Brother Choushi lied to us. And... grandpa said that his face is made up, it is not his original face, as long as you agree, he will You can take off Brother Choushi's mask and let him reveal his true face."

Su Mayou was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "Since he doesn't want to show his true colors, why should we expose him? He always has his own reasons. In any case, we were able to come back this time because of her, otherwise we would not I will see the beautiful grassland again, and I will never see these lovely cattle and sheep. He is always our benefactor. We grassland people will avenge every grudge, but we will never owe him any kindness. He saved me three times. These When can we repay the kindness?"

Chi Natai also nodded and said: "Brother Choushi is our benefactor, I will keep this in my heart."

Su Mayou smiled and said: "Brother Choushi is a good man, he can sacrifice his own blood to save Xiaoshi... not everyone can do it. People in the Central Plains are not all bad, they also have us A benevolent and righteous generation like the prairie people."

Chinatai sighed, shook his head and said, "Sumayou, grandpa also said that there is a strange thing in the bodies of Big Brother Choushi and Little Stone. People in the Central Plains call it Jinqi. It is very powerful and terrifying. His strength can break rocks and crack earth, and he is omnipotent. Grandpa said that there is a kind of people in the Central Plains, called warriors, and warriors are divided into high and low. Brother Choushi and Little Stone have reached the strength of five warriors. Power, is a very powerful person."

"I've heard of this too." Su Mayou said solemnly: "The warriors in the Central Plains are very powerful people. Shuai Yingtu once said that these warriors are the biggest trouble if you want to attack the Central Plains. It turns out that Big Brother Choushi and Little Stones are also powerful fighters, no wonder their abilities are so high."

"Sumayou, have you ever thought about the two powerful warriors who came all the way to our prairie without illness, what do they want to do?" Chinatai's face was full of worry: "Grandpa said, they are very It may be a spy sent by the people of the Central Plains!"

"Spy?" Sumayou's delicate body trembled, "You...you mean they are spies?"

"I'm not sure." Chinatai said with a stern expression, "This is Grandpa's estimate, and it may not be accurate." He patted Su Mayo on the shoulder and said softly: "If they are really sent by the Central Plains Spy, what should we do with them?"

Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun in the sky, Sumayou shook his head, his face was blank.