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In front of the big golden tent, the crowd was surging, and the princes and nobles knew that something big had happened. Once they were summoned by the patriarch, they all gathered here. A big bonfire was lit in front of him. He kept drinking, and his big square face was flushed.

The princes, nobles, confidants, warriors, elders of the clan, and the orchids who waited on them all dared not say a word. They knew that Ying Tushuai was in a bad mood right now. At this time, it is no more dangerous to provoke Ying Tushuai than to provoke a hungry dog. small tiger.

The night wind blows, the felt flag flutters in the wind, and the wolf totem on the flag is extremely ferocious.

Mr. Ghost was sitting far away in the corner, with his hands folded together. Through the eyeholes on the mask, he could see that he was closing his eyes, and remained motionless in his closed eyes.

Xue Poye followed Zhe Dun, and Su Mayou followed Xue Poye holding a small stone. The four of them came to the front of the bonfire under the guard of several Beihu warriors.

All eyes were fixed on Xue Poye.

Standing in front of the bonfire, seeing Wu Lachi drink the whole bag, Xue Poye felt sore in his heart.

He could see that Wu Rachi was in pain now, and Xue Poye could fully understand that pain, because he was in a better mood now than Wu Rachi.

For the sake of duty, he did something that Wu Lachi didn't want to see. Although Xue Poye didn't feel regretful, he felt a little ashamed in his heart. After all, he was able to successfully complete this matter under Wu Lachi's trust. From a certain point of view, I took advantage of this friendship with Wu Rachi.

Xue Poye sighed, walked to the bonfire, and was about to sit down when he heard the voice of the chief of the Hubahai clan: "Xue Poye from the Central Plains, you have done something that our grassland people cannot forgive. Without our handsome Yingtu, do you still have the right to sit with the distinguished Yingtushuai?"

Without lifting her bare head, Wu La picked up a wine bag, threw it to Xue Poye, and said loudly, "Drink!"

Xue Poye took the bag, looked at Wu Lachi in a daze, and quickly smiled wryly: "Brother Wu, you've already drank a lot, please... pay attention to your body?"

"My body is as strong as an ox." Ying Tu Shuai finally raised his head, his flushed face looked extremely serious, and he said slowly: "Nothing can break Wu Rachi."

Patriarch Hubahai stood up from the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Shuai Yingtu, Xue Poye violated the rules of our Balhut department, he should be punished as he deserves."

The barbarians all around raised their arms and shouted: "Punish this Central Plains barbarian, punish this Central Plains barbarian."

Wu Rachi didn't speak, just continued to drink, it seemed that at this time, drinking could relieve all his troubles.

Xue Poye had a good plan in mind. When he came back this time, he had to explain to brother Wu Rachi, but there was another most important purpose, which was to uncover Mr. Ghost. When he had to, he could only Force yourself to take off the mask of Mr. Ghost.

He knew that in the territory of the barbarians, it would be extremely difficult to escape completely, but both he and Xiao Shitou had superb ecstasy moves. You cannot sit still.

He even thought that when the crisis came, he would act first and hold the Hubahai patriarch hostage. In this way, these barbarians would not dare to act rashly.

In any case, the lives of myself and Xiaoshi must not be thrown on the Beihu Prairie!

Patriarch Hubahai waved his hand to stop the noise of the crowd, and turned to Wula Equator: "Yingtu Shuai, our rules are to punish the inside first, and then punish the outside. For crimes, according to the family rules, you will be whipped twenty times!"

"The alliance has its rules, and the clan has its laws. Sumayou is willing to bear the punishment." Sumayou stepped forward and knelt down in front of the head of the Hubahai clan: "Patriarch, it is a crime for Brother Choushi to sacrifice privately, but he But I didn’t run away, but came here willingly to plead guilty, and I hope that the patriarch will be merciful and treat Big Brother Choushi lightly.”

Hearing this, Xue Poye was moved in his heart. Sumayou was still pleading for himself at this moment. He really valued love and righteousness. He looked at the patriarch of Hubahai and said calmly: "Patriarch, Sumayou's crimes are all serious. It was because of me, and I will bear the punishment for her, and I have accepted the twenty lashes!"

The head of the Hubahai clan pondered for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Xue Poye, you are a man, well, since you are willing to bear it, Sumayou's punishment will also be imposed on you. If you hold a sacrificial ceremony privately, according to the law of our grassland As a rule, with a ponytail of twenty miles, whether you live or die depends on your luck."

Even horsetail, this is a kind of punishment on the grassland. It is to tie people behind the horses, and the horses gallop across the grasslands, dragging people across the grassland. Let alone twenty miles, ordinary people may be killed alive in less than two miles. Drag to death.

The head of the Hubahai clan said "it depends on your good fortune", but in fact, it is a death sentence in disguise.

Xue Poye didn't understand the meaning of "with a ponytail" for a while, but Su Mayou did, her face paled, and she said in surprise: "Patriarch, no...can't...!"

Seeing Su Mayou's horrified expression, Xue Poye knew that "connecting the ponytail" was not a good thing. He sighed, but glanced at Mr. Ghost in the corner from the corner of his eyes. At this time, Mr. Ghost is still like a piece of ice sculpture, standing still.

"Xue Poye, can you accept the punishment?" The head of the Hubahai clan shouted. Although he was old, his body was full of strength and full of energy after drinking goat's milk and eating mutton.

Xue Poye uncorked the wine bag, took a long gulp, laughed and said, "Interesting, even a ponytail? I really haven't tried it."

As soon as the head of the Hubahai clan waved his hand, two tall, strong and burly Barhut warriors came forward and wanted to tie up Xue Poye. Take a shot to restrain Hubahai.

Even though Hubahai is still old, he is not Xue Poye's opponent anyway.

Wu Rachi, who had been drinking in a muffled voice, finally stood up, dropped the wine bag, and said loudly, "Bring the knife!"

Everyone was stunned, only to see the drunken Wu Lachi staring at Xue Poye, thinking that Wu Lachi was going to personally deal with Xue Poye, when a warrior presented him with a sharp machete.

Wu Lachi took Hu Dao, and his tall body slowly walked in front of Xue Poye.

Everyone held their breath, and the Bawutu personnel who were lurking in the crowd were waiting in full force. As long as they saw Xue Poye's slight counterattack, they would come out in full force.

Xue Poye stared at Wu Lachi's eyes. From these eyes, Xue Poye did not see the anger and killing intent that should have been. Maybe there was a faint disappointment in the depths of the eyes, but these eyes were still Xue Poye's eyes. Those familiar eyes were full of kindness and enthusiasm.

"I said it!" Wu Lachi stared at Xue Poye, and slowly said: "We will always be good friends, good brothers. The rules of the grassland, friends must help each other when they are in trouble, and friends must help friends when they make mistakes. Let’s bear the consequences of our mistakes together.”

Speaking of this, amidst the exclamation of the crowd, Wu Lachi cut his wrist with a machete, and the blood suddenly came out. He stretched out his hand and poured the blood on Xue Poye's head , the voice was unusually calm: "I will take care of it for you, my friend!"

The blood was like an eternal friendship, falling drop by drop on Xue Poye's head.

Not only were all the barbarians shocked, but even Patriarch Hubahai was shocked and said: "Xueshu... Shuai Yingtu...you...!"

Wu Lachi laughed and said: "I use the sage of Changshengtian to forgive Xue Poye with my blood. His crimes will be erased by my blood. In the Wanli Grassland, people who have received the gift of Changshengtian should no longer be treated as sinners." Xue Poye, God of Longevity, Wu Lachi will always be your faithful servant!"

All the Hu people knelt down on the ground, and there was silence.

Although Xue Poye didn't understand what Xueshu was about, but from these clues, it was obvious that Wu Lachi used his own blood to wash away his guilt.

"Brother Wu, I...!" Xue Poye's eyes turned red.

Although there was a huge disagreement, in this situation, Wu Lachi still regarded himself as a friend, and even did not hesitate to bleed to wash away his sins. This man... values ​​love and righteousness!

Su Mayou saw that there was still blood on Wu La's bare hands, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't take the wound medicine, and bandage Ying Tu Shuai."

Orchid next to her hurriedly went to get the wound medicine, and Su Mayou took it in person, and stepped forward to bandage Ulachi.

"Brother Choushi, our four generals in Beihu all have the power of blood forgiveness. Each general has three chances to wash away the mistakes made by others with his own blood." Sumayou helped Wu Lachi to bandage , while explaining: "This is an unparalleled favor."

"Brother Wu, my younger brother owes you." Xue Poye was silent for a long time before finally saying.

Wu Lachi patted Xue Poye's shoulder with the other hand, and said with a smile: "Who can do nothing wrong? What's more, in your opinion, this matter is your duty, and it is not wrong. If I It's you, and you will do the same." Looking up at the starry sky, he said with emotion: "The fault is that you are from Chu, and I am from Hu!"

"Chu people... Hu people...!" Xue Poye said softly: "After all, they are all human beings."

"Prepare the horse!" Wu Lachi said in a deep voice.

Zhe Dun respectfully agreed, and turned to prepare the horse.

Wu La Chi took Xue Poye's hand, walked towards the south, and said calmly: "Good friend, Wu La Chi originally wanted you to stay and create a great cause with me, but now it seems that our ambitions are not the same after all. .”

Xue Poye knew that Wu Rachi's ambition was to kill the world, and his own ambition was nothing more than the prosperity of the country and the people's safety, and then he had some power and lived a very comfortable life. Compared with Wu Rachi's ambition, it was insignificant Many, but more peaceful.

The two gradually drifted away, and Xiaoshi followed behind. In a moment, they were out of everyone's sight, and only a few Bawutu's spies were lurking in the dark, protecting Wulachi.

Zhe Dun quickly came with several fast horses, Xue Poye was quite puzzled for a while, but saw Wu Lachi leading a horse and came over and said: "Good friend, get on the horse!"

Xue Poye frowned, because it was Xue Poye's order, it was hard to refuse, and got on the horse, Wu Lachi even took Xiao Shitou's hand and let him sit behind Xue Poye.

Zhe Dun led the horse again, Wu Lachi also got on the horse, and said with a smile: "Good friend, let's compare and see who is better at equestrian skills." Without saying much, he urged the horse vigorously, and the horse galloped wildly , Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Wu Lachi was in the mood to race horses at this moment, but he urged the horse to follow after all.

Zhedon led two Balhout warriors and followed behind.

The horse galloped wildly, like several lightning flashes across the grassland in the night, all the way to the south, and I don't know how long it took, and it ran for nearly a hundred miles, and Wu Lachi finally reined in the horse.

Xue Poye stopped beside him, smiled wryly, "Brother Wu, what do you want to say?"

Wu Rachi raised his whip, pointed to the south, and said: "Good friends, go all the way south, and you can return to your hometown, to the Central Plains, you go, take care all the way!"

"Brother Wu, you... what did you say?" Xue Poye was taken aback.

Wu Rachi said calmly: "Good friend, Wu Rachi doesn't want to kill you, but there is no guarantee that other people will want to kill you. It will be very dangerous for you to stay in the grassland. Wu Rachi is not driving you away, but you have already arrived. When you don’t leave.” Paused, turned to look at Xue Poye, and said slowly: “You killed Yinhou, that’s Bawutu’s people, and Bawutu’s warriors, big and small, will kill you quickly, and... um , Mister Ghost...!"

Xue Poye understands this sentence. Although Bawutu is controlled by Wu Lachi, these dark warriors cannot stop there. They are fully capable of killing Xue Poye silently, without leaving any clues, There are no traces to be found, and this is what Wu Rachi is most worried about.

At this point, Xue Poye also knew that when he had to leave, Wu Lachi had done everything he could. Even now, because of Xue Poye, Wu Lachi's prestige among the people in Beihu would definitely be After being hit to a certain extent, this Beihu man who values ​​love and righteousness finally put this friendship in a very high position.

Xue Poye actually felt a little cold when the night wind blew past.

Maybe for the sake of duty, I really feel sorry for this Beihu man, but this Beihu man's heart is still as broad as the sea.

"Good friend, do you want to know who Mr. Ghost is?" Wu Rachi asked suddenly.

Xue Poye who asked this question was a little shocked, opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

"You are a smart man." Wu Rachi said calmly, "I'm afraid you should know who he is, maybe...the dead always stay in coffins...!" After saying this, Wu Rachi stretched his arms, Hugging Xue Poye, he said sincerely: "Good friend, go, Wu Lachi will miss you, I think... one day, we will meet again." After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and patted his horse away, It quickly disappeared into the night.

Xue Poye watched Wu Lachi's figure disappear, and his heart suddenly felt empty. He didn't expect that this trip to the grassland was like a gust of wind, which came and went quickly.

"Master, let's go!" Xiao Shitou whispered behind him.

Xue Poye nodded and sighed: "Come when it's time to come, go when it's time to go, now, it's time for us to go." Frowning suddenly, he said softly: "The dead always stay in the coffin... ...What does this mean...Ah...Could it be...!" Shock suddenly appeared on his face.

Wu Lachi's inexplicable words obviously left Xue Poye a reminder, and this reminder also made Xue Poye understand the truth of Mr. Ghost.

But Xue Poye couldn't figure it out anyway, since Mr. Ghost and Wu Lachi are allies, why did Wu Lachi leave a reminder for himself to let him see Mr. Ghost's origin?

Is it because of brotherhood?It is obviously illogical. Although Wu Lachi is a man who values ​​love and righteousness, he is also the hero of the grassland after all. It is impossible for him to be so stupid as to sell his ally to Xue Poye as a favor.What he did, must have a deeper meaning, and this meaning, at least Xue Poye still can't figure it out now.

Wu Rachi urged the horse to return, and Zhe Dun and the two Beihu warriors followed closely behind. They galloped for a while, Wu Rachi stopped the horse, turned back to the horse's head, and stood quietly on the grassland, looking at the south where Xue Poye had gone far away. Full of complex colors.

Zhe Dun approached Wu Lachi and respectfully said, "Shuai Yingtu, your affection for Xue Poye is already beyond the limit of benevolence and righteousness."

Wu Lachi was silent for a moment, and then said: "He has courage, courage, and has the same temperament as me. I like him very much. It's just... just that I will march south in the future, and I am afraid that I will meet him on the battlefield."

Zhe Dun said again: "Shuai Yingtu, why did you remind him of Mr. Ghost's identity? Isn't Mr. Ghost our ally?"

"Allies?" Wu Lachi shook his head and said with a sneer, "With the Chu people in the Central Plains, I can't have any friends except Xue Poye. Those cowardly and cowardly Chu people are very cunning and formed an alliance with us. They just want to use us. In their minds, we barbarians are just savages. Do you think they will treat us sincerely? Once they don’t need it, they will abandon us, which is easier than throwing a bone. And we and them Forming an alliance is not using them."

"Chu people are cunning, but they don't know that they are all small tricks." Zhe Dun agreed.

"I reminded Xue Poye that once he realizes who Mr. Ghost is and returns to the Central Plains, he will definitely investigate further. In this way, Mr. Ghost and his identities will eventually be exposed. At that time, Mr. Ghost and the others will have to rebel in advance. , In this way, we just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. When they both lose, our Beihu cavalry will march south and just clean up the mess. Isn't this a great thing." Wu Lachi showed a confident smile on his face: " The people of Chu have always fought desperately. When they finish fighting, I’m afraid they won’t have any strength to stop us. As for General Ren...haha, even though he is a great general, he can’t lead a group of people with him. The mess prevents me from obtaining the great mountains and rivers of the Central Plains!"

Zhe Dun said in admiration: "There is a saying with the people of the Central Plains, which is called strategizing, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. Ying Tushuai can bear this statement!" After the sacrificial ceremony, Yingtushuai used it to stir up civil strife in Dachu...it is fair."

Wu Lachi waved his hand and said: "Those sacrificial ceremonies... are not enough to keep in mind, they are dispensable, what they know, Xu Decai has already revealed, and we know more things than they imagined. A few people from Chu are... but Xu Decai, I'm afraid this time he's going to lose, you order to buy Nei Ying again at Yanmen Pass... In this world, there are not many people who are not tempted by gold."

Jerdon agreed immediately.

"Good friend, I wish you smooth sailing!" Wu Lachi looked to the south, sighed softly, finally turned his horse's head, and led his men back.