Chapter 425 White City
Shen Mu asked: "What is Mu Us?"

Ba Fenghan said: "Mau Us is another name for the Little Gobi Desert. I specifically mention Tie Fuyou, because this man is not simple, he has both ambition and the courage and talent to make his ambition come true. During the Tuli war, he secretly supported Tuli, which shows the vision and means of this man."

Shen Mu nodded and said: "If Jieli is allowed to kill our good friend Tuli, he will not have many good days."

Ba Fenghan said indifferently: "Tu Lifei is not my good friend, he is not even a friend."

Xu Ziling turned aside and said, "Did Tongwan allow outsiders to come in and out freely?"

The sound of hooves came from behind.

Looking away, three small black dots continued to expand in the distance, showing that the person riding extremely fast.

Ba Fenghan rode with his divine scrutiny, and said: "Tongwan City is a place that no one can boast of monopolizing, so it will cause all the nearby ethnic groups to attack. Even Tiefuyou can only control [-]% of the people in the city. The iron industry. In addition, there are eight temples in the city, which belong to eight different sects. The ethnic groups in the grasslands are dedicated to pilgrims here. Not to mention the city ban, no one dares to repair the city gates. For fear of being said Don't be ambitious."

The three riders approached at this time, and the rider on horseback was dressed in the costume of a Mojia warrior. He was young and vigorous. Although he looked good, he felt an evil spirit radiating from his bones.

Shen Mu followed Ba Fenghan's conversation with his right hand and put his right hand on his chest to say hello in the style of a Mojie man. Unexpectedly, the three of them stared at him coldly and did not respond. When they passed them, one of them said in jerky Chinese: "Han dog!" Come to seek death!"

The other two laughed in response, trying their best to insult.

Shen Mu remained unmoved, because he remembered what Emperor Yang had done to them back then, and only smiled wryly at Xu Ziling.

Ba Fenghan's eyes brightened, staring at their backs as they were heading towards Tong Wancheng, he suddenly shouted: "He's Guru!"

One of them was startled when he heard the words, and looked back.

Ba Fenghan laughed loudly in Turkic dialect: "What a coincidence! I will definitely make out with you three brothers later."

The other two turned their heads, and the three pairs of eyes gleamed fiercely at the same time, but they didn't stop and went away in a blink of an eye.

Xu Ziling asked in surprise, "Do you know them?"

Ba Fenghan said with a blissful face: "We will not worry about being lonely this time around. With a small trick of throwing stones to ask for directions, we found out that they are the notorious Heishui Sansha. Do you remember them?"

Shen Mu happily said: "Isn't it the three evil spirits of the black water mentioned by Xu Kaishan, this time I can breathe a sigh of relief!"

Xu Ziling pointed to more than a dozen camp tents erected on a high ground outside the east of the city and said, "Those tents are colorful, which clan do they belong to?"

Ba Fenghan said: "It should be the camp of the Yiwu people. They are a people who love colors, and the pigments they produce are famous in the grasslands."

Shen Mu's mind was on the Heishui Sansha, and said: "The Heishui Sansha came in such a hurry, it can't be a good thing, what is it for?"

Ba Fenghan smiled and said: "If they reveal my identity to me, they will be forced to kill us to silence us. You don't have to worry about them hiding."

Shen Mu laughed and said, "Lao Ba really understands my younger brother's intentions."

After saying that, the horse accelerated and galloped towards the white city built with the blood of humans and animals on the prairie.

When Helianbo built the city, it was obviously influenced by Chinese culture. Apart from the different styles of buildings, the basic layout followed the traditional city rules of the Han nationality. Doors were opened on all sides, with Shizi Street running through the whole city, and Miyagi in the middle.Some of the buildings are large in scale, and the most distinctive ones are the stone carvings everywhere. As soon as you enter the south gate, there are two rows of stone beasts taller than human bodies on the left and right.

The three of them led the horse into the city, feeling fresh about the sights.

People and animals come and go on the street, there are herdsmen driving sheep, ox carts and camel teams, business travelers from afar, the local residents who are mainly Moji, and nomadic people from all over the world on pilgrimage; different customs and clothing form an exotic atmosphere. Prairie Metropolis.

The tents erected in the open space are incompatible with the solid white earth houses, and the contrast is sharp, as if moving the prairie into the city.

Shen Mu moved closer to Xu Ziling's ear and said, "Did you feel the relic?"

Xu Ziling shook his head to answer, glanced at the buildings lined up on both sides, most of which had door eaves to keep out the rain and sun, and some even had chairs and tables under the eaves for people to sit and rest.It's just that shops, restaurants and hotels in Middle-earth cities are not available.Asked Ba Fenghan, "Where should we go to rest tonight?"

Ba Fenghan said: "Pay attention to the signs on the outside of the house. Any house with ram's horns hanging out means that the owner is willing to entertain outsiders, or there is a vacant room in the house. This is the tradition of hospitality of the nomads. Give some gifts when you leave. Friends, you are happy. But our situation is a little different, because you are the most unwelcome Han people here."

Shen Mu noticed the unfriendly looks from the passers-by on the street the most, and said with a wry smile, "Can I buy a tent and live in the grass outside the city like the Yiwu people?"

Ba Fenghan moved to the side, temporarily tied the horse to the stable, took off the saddle, and said with a smile: "Sit down first, let's talk about the rest."

The two followed suit, took off the saddle armor, and sat down on a table and chair on the eaves of the street, with the saddle on the ground beside it.

Facing the long street, it is another taste.

As night fell, the long street was completely illuminated by the lights from the houses on both sides. Suddenly a group of warriors came from the other end of the long street, and the three evil spirits of Heishui were among them.The other dozen or so armed Han people were all wearing shawls, obviously they were warriors of the Shiwei tribe.

Their eyes fell on the three of them at the same time, but they didn't come over to make trouble immediately. They all sat on the tables and chairs outside the opposite house, making it clear that they wanted to make trouble with them.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "It's a good show!"

Residents and passers-by in the surrounding houses felt the strange atmosphere of confrontation across the street and the tense atmosphere. Doors were closed, doors were closed, people were avoiding, and the street immediately fell silent.

Xu Ziling frowned and said, "Is there no one here?"

Ba Fenghan stretched his feet slightly, propped the chair leaning against the wall, stretched his waist, and said: "This is like another Yan Yuan collection, everyone acts according to the rules, and whoever has a hard fist can decide things. Ninety percent of Wei people are bullies here, otherwise the local residents would not be afraid."

Shen Mu said lightly, "So what if you kill someone?"

Ba Fenghan pulled out the Zhanxuan sword, wiped it with his fingers, and said calmly: "It depends on who is killed, assuming it is us three outsiders who have no name and surname, no one will hum. If the person who is killed is For them, the outcome is unpredictable, it depends on their background and background."

There was a sudden sound of hoofbeats, and more than a dozen people rode to the end of the long street, and their horses were neighing in the middle of the street like a demonstration. Then they threw their stirrups off their horses and joined the opposite camp.Looking at the hair accessories and clothing, he should be from Khitan.

The enemy immediately gained momentum.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "I really don't have the guts to find another helper."

Ba Fenghan said: "They think highly of us, come on!"

One of the big men in Shiwei stood up and walked towards them across the street.

The sound of "hunting" sounded, and the enemy lit four torches to illuminate this section of the street.

The enemy has increased to 39 people, and they have a clear advantage in numbers.

The big man Shi Wei who came towards them had a ferocious face, a knife handle in his hand, and stood about ten steps in front of them, shouting in Turkic dialect: "Two Han dogs, get out and die!"

Ba Fenghan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, his voice shook the long street, he stood up suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, he stared at the big man Shi Wei and said in a deep voice: "I never kill unknown people, report the name."

Shen Mu pretended to be surprised and said in Turkic language: "Assuming he is really an unknown person, brother, do you want to spare his life?"

Ba Fenghan smiled casually: "If it's really an unknown person, then just cut off his dog's head."

The big man Shi Wei couldn't take it anymore, shouted wildly, drew his sword and rushed towards Ba Fenghan, seven or eight people were thrown out at the same time.

Shen Mu jumped up from the seat, took out a long sword from his sheepskin robe, made a somersault, and fell onto the street, just in time to intercept his opponent, and slashed with his knife. All movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water, done in one go, as if made by nature, and at the same time shouted: "No name The older generation will be done by the younger brother."

This sentence is Chinese.

With no choice, the big man Shi Wei had no choice but to swing his knife to block the way.

"when"!
Under the opponent's disbelief, the big man Shiwei was slashed by Shen Mu until he spun away with a knife, blood spurted from his mouth, and when the enemy rushed out to support him, the big man could no longer stand up with his own strength. Steady, the knife fell to the ground.

Including the Heishui Sansha, all the enemies turned pale and froze on the spot. This was the first time they had witnessed such a formidable and incomparable saber technique.

Shen Mu stood with his sword horizontally, and shouted: "He Guru, get out of here."

The three evil spirits of Heishui stood up at the same time, and were about to shout and curse, suddenly there was a flash of lightning, and an arrow with lightning flashed across the street at a high speed that was hard to detect with the naked eye, and pierced straight into the broad chest of his guru. , The strength brought him to the outer wall of the house next to him with a "bang", nailed him to the wall, and died on the spot without humming.Not to mention the speed of the arrow with the light of thunder and lightning, the most amazing thing is that the moment when he stood up, the timing angle was impeccable.

For a moment everyone, including the two brothers of his guru, was stunned, and no one dared to move.

Ba Fenghan held the Death Moon Bow in his left hand, and with his right hand he spontaneously wound the other arrow with lightning rays, saying: "Whoever dares to move half a finger, Ba Fenghan will choose him as my next target."

As soon as these words came out, no one dared to move a little bit, the scene was extremely weird.

The remaining Shuangsha exchanged colors, suddenly dodged left and right, and despicably used the bodies of their own people as shields to flee with all their strength.

A cruel smile floated from the corner of Ba Fenghan's mouth, and he held his bow without moving.

However, Shen Mu returned the sword back into its sheath beyond the expectation of all the enemies, and took out the Sun-Exterminating Bow in a swift and incomparable way, and opened the bow vigorously with the unique technique invented by Ba Fenghan, and shouted coldly: "Young Master Ling! Arrow!"

The arrow was thrown from Xu Ziling's hand, Shen Mu followed it with his hand without looking at it, and placed it on the string.

At this time, the two evil spirits fled away from the enemy's formation, one jumped up and overturned to the tiled roof of a house, and the other leaned against the wall and dodged into the nearest alley.

Seeing that the two were about to get rid of the threat of the bows, the two bows were fully opened at the same time, and the powerful arrows with fiery red scorching light and ice blue piercing light left the strings.

Under the numbness of the scalps of the enemies, two arrows, one red and one blue, pierced through their backs, bringing up two clouds of blood.As soon as the toes of one evil spirit touched the roof, it fell back and fell back to the ground. The other evil spirit still maintained its momentum and rushed into the side alley before falling to the ground. None of them survived.

Shen Mu laughed, retracted the Sun-Extinguishing Bow, and shouted to the enemy who was supporting the big fellow Shi Wei: "Do you still want to do it?"

All the men were still dumbfounded.

"Ding dong, congratulations to the success of the host installation and getting 9000 points."

Xu Ziling laughed and said, "You should speak Turkic! How could they understand you?"

Shen Mu patted his forehead, smiled and shook his head, turned around and walked back to the chair, sat down and said, "You, Lao Ba, will handle it all."

Ba Fenghan slowly retracted his bow, and said: "You insult my friend Ba Fenghan, it's hard to be nice tonight, but after killing three people, my anger has calmed down a bit, let's find someone to talk to!"

There were no pedestrians on the whole street, and it was as quiet as a ghost town.

The other party came out of a big man Shi Wei, whose appearance was a little more pleasing to the eye than the injured Shi Wei, came to the front of the three of them, clasped his hands together and raised them to his forehead, bowed and said, "We didn't know it was Ba Fenghan who came here to send you Offended, please forgive me."

Ba Fenghan stepped down from the stone platform, set foot on the street, came to the other party, and said in a low voice: "What are the three evil spirits of Heishui doing in Tongwan, don't lie to me, otherwise we won't let you go after chasing all over the prairie .”

The man was completely overwhelmed by Ba Fenghan's aura, lowered his head to avoid his eyes and said, "They wanted to snatch a gem from the Yiwu people, but before they could discuss it, they killed you, that's all I know. "

Ba Fenghan said: "Do you want to engrave the Yiwu who are encamping outside the city?"

The man nodded and said, "It's them."

Ba Fenghan waved his hands and said, "Get out! Remember to take the corpse away."

As if they were granted an amnesty by the emperor, all the Hans carried their corpses and fled in a hurry, and they were all gone in an instant.

Ba Fenghan went back and sat down between the two of them, and said with a smile, "I'm so happy! I won't be afraid even if I face thousands of troops after I get this Bow of Death Moon!"

Shen Mu stretched his waist, and said happily: "Sitting here has a special taste, we will simply sit here for a night, and tomorrow you Ling will use his nose to sniff around to see if you can smell Shi Zhixuan."

Xu Ziling laughed dumbly and said, "Have you always been jealous of my reaction to relic?"

Shen Mu smiled wryly: "Your perception seems to be quite limited, otherwise how would you not know until now."

Ba Fenghan patted Shen Mu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Many things are innate and cannot be forced."

"Yeah!"

The door next to it opened, and a dark, unkempt old man's face peeped out, and said in Chinese: "If the three heroes don't think the humble house is simple, welcome to come in."

Shen Mu asked in surprise, "Who is the old man who can speak Chinese so well?"

The old man said: "The old man is called Chengzhen. He is originally from the Xi tribe. He moved here to work in blacksmithing for more than 20 years. Because his mother is Han, he can speak Chinese. The three evil spirits of Heishui are notorious, and three of them will be expelled tonight. Harm, the Tongwan people will be very grateful."

Ba Fenghan said: "Is the current Ah Hui clan of the Xi clan Su Zhi?"

Chengzhen nodded and said: "Master Ba is well-informed and knowledgeable, our A Hui family is Su Zhida Chengjin."

Shen Mu said: "What is Ah Hui?"

Chengzhen explained: "Our Xi clan is divided into five tribes: Hunhe King, Mohefu, Qige, Mukun, and Shide. The chiefs of each tribe are called Qijin, and the Ahui family is the leader of the group. Alas! We are the same as Khitan. Out of Donghu, but now the situation is like fire and water. The three of you should have not had dinner, why don't you bring the horse in and let me come true, and the family can show the friendship of the landlord."

The three readily agreed, and suddenly the problem of accommodation and food was solved. For those wandering in the wilderness and desert, having a tile to cover their head is very precious.

Stepping over the threshold, the three of them seem to have entered another world. The house, which looks inconspicuous from the street, actually occupies a large area. First of all, it is a blacksmithing workshop with rammed earth as walls and adobe roll-up roof. , mainly making sabers, and all tools and equipment are available. Here we can see the prosperity of Tongwancheng's iron industry.

Come true, Shen Mu and Xu Ziling inspected the material structure of the adobe flat-roof house with great interest, saying: "This kind of rammed earth is very common here, inexhaustible, extremely viscous, easy to dehydrate and form, and the biggest advantage is heat insulation. Good performance, warm in winter and cool in summer.”

The two really wanted to ask Helian Bobo whether they would kill the craftsman who built the house or the soldiers who tested the strength of the wall, but they thought that asking Helian Bobo would spoil the scenery, so they had no choice but to ignore it.

Ba Fenghan picked up a finished saber casually, and asked, "Did the iron material be picked from nearby?"

Chengzhen replied: "The iron materials are mainly supplied by Tie Fuyou from the Black Water Department, so those who work here must follow his instructions."

Passing through the back door of the workshop is the patio courtyard, covered with a canopy, planting grapes, and opening a well, full of the breath of life.

Then there is the living room inside. The walls are embossed with wooden patterns and patterns, decorated with carpets, reed mats, kangs, stoves, earthen walls with niches, and colorful curtains outside. For Xu Ziling, it is full of exotic atmosphere.

Finally, there are kitchens, stables, latrines, cellars, guest houses and other ancillary buildings.

Chengzhen's wife died early, and he had five sons and two daughters. The grandsons were in groups, and the daughter married early. Three of the five sons married wives. They still lived in their father's house according to the custom and inherited their father's business.

The three guests were very warm and thoughtful, fully showing the hospitality of the people outside the Great Wall.

A dinner is held in a lively atmosphere, and the participants are only the adult males in the family. The guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

During the banquet, Shen Mu and Xu Ziling opened their ears wide, and heard a lot of strange customs about the tribes outside the Great Wall.

For example, in the marriage custom of the Xi nationality, after obtaining the consent of both parents, the new son-in-law "steals" the bride away first, and then the groom and the bride live together at the woman's home, and the couple returns to the man's home when the bride becomes pregnant.

Shen Mu asked Ba Fenghan in his increasingly familiar Turkic dialect: "Do you Turkic people have this custom of stealing brides?"

Ba Fenghan said: "We are more like you Han people, that is, we invite a matchmaker to kiss the woman, and agree on how many livestock will be needed as a bride price."

Mu Ke, the eldest son of Chengzhen, was deeply moved and sighed: "The reason why we moved to Tongwan, not far away, is to avoid you Turkic people and not want to be taken captive as slaves."

Ba Fenghan said in surprise: "Although Tongwan is not a territory under the direct jurisdiction of the Turks, it is still within the sphere of influence of the Eastern Turks, so it may not be a happy land."

Chengzhen said: "Tuli and Jieli have different styles. Tuli has always been tolerant to all ethnic groups in the territory, and unlike Jieli who robs and plunders frequently, but Tongwan is in Tuli's territory, so all ethnic groups can live in peace. There are massive conflicts."

Muke interjected: "So all the people in Tongwan hope that Tuli can repel Xieli, but Tuli's current situation is quite bad. On the one hand, Jieli's army stronger than his is overwhelming, and on the other side, Sumo The establishment of the country caused him to be surrounded by enemies, and the situation is not good for him. We can only ask the gods of the earth to bless him."

Ba Fenghan fell silent.

(End of this chapter)

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