Chapter 413 Grassland Palace
Ma Bao built a fire, exchanged a few kilograms of marinated meat and some pancakes with the herdsmen, and ate them with Xia Zihan.
Sometimes when he met a herdsman who had rice and vegetables at home, Ma Bao would change some more and save them for the next meal. He knew that Xia Zihan was not used to the food on the grassland, especially goat milk and horse milk, so he always followed They gave her boiled water to drink.
But most of them exchange sheep, beef and flour pancakes with the herdsmen to eat. Very few herdsmen have rice at home. Only some who want to try new things and have rich families will eat some rice at the rally.
Six days later, the cavalry finally arrived at Urga.
Many people came to Urga to participate in and watch the warrior games, and almost occupied a large piece of grassland outside the Urga tribe.
Xia Zihan was on horseback and looked up.
Wow, darling, at least one or two thousand acres of land are covered with tents, one next to another, there are tens of thousands of tents.
Ma Bao said, "We arrived late, and the area near Urga has long been occupied. Our tent can only be set up at the back."
These tents are set up together by their respective tribes, and then the most powerful people in their tribes are first selected to join the warriors.
Lantu was the most powerful warrior last year. This year, after Zhizhi selects the most powerful warrior, that warrior will challenge him. As long as he defeats Lantu, that warrior will be appointed by the Khan to which tribe The leader.
This is the most exciting game that so many people come to watch.
The people selected by the Kelanglin tribe were the ones who bullied Ma Bao. They directly asked Ma Bao and Xia Zihan Hamhaya to set up tents for them, and then forced Ma Bao to exchange for mutton milk wine. Give them food and drink.
If Ma Bao wants to blend in with this tribe, he has to endure this. Otherwise, where will he and Xia Zihan set up their tents after leaving the Kelanglin tribe?
It’s not like they are really from the tribe. If they don’t have a tribe, they just don’t have a household registration. How can they not arouse suspicion at that time?
Therefore, Ma Bao and Xia Zihan both pretended to be afraid of being bullied and did not dare to disobey those people's orders.
After Ma Bao got back two sheep and a large jar of milk wine from the Urga tribe's special food exchange place, he set up a fire and killed the sheep...
Hamhaya looked at Mabao sympathetically and started to help him. In fact, Hamhaya just wanted to take advantage of the free mutton.
Otherwise, given that Hamhaya is from the Kelanglin tribe, as long as Ham truly expresses his love for Mabao and Xia Zihan, those people will not bully Mabao so harshly.
Ma Bao, on the other hand, also saw Ham's bad habit of being greedy for petty gains, but he didn't criticize it. He looked very grateful and gave Ham a can of milk wine to drink.
The next day, the small competition began.
According to what Ham told Ma Bao, this is just a small competition, a competition between people selected from their respective tribes, and the person who becomes the first will continue to compete with the people who become the first from other tribes.
The person who can reach the end is the most powerful warrior and will be appointed by the Khan as the vanguard general of the army in public.
Oh, everyone in the grassland is called the leader.
This competition allows everyone on the grassland to participate.
However, what excites Ma Bao is that this year, members of the royal family and the chief families of the twelve major tribes will also hold a chiefs competition.
This leader competition is held once every ten years. Of course, it does not mean that the twelve leaders will compete in person, but an internal competition within the families of the twelve leaders. Whoever comes first will be trained by their respective families to become future leaders. successor.
Therefore, the leaders of these twelve major tribes are not passed down from generation to generation according to blood and direct lineage like Dasheng, but are passed down according to force. Whoever is the most powerful in the family is qualified to sit on the position of leader.
Whether it is a concubine, a legitimate son, or another male heir in the family, as long as he is capable.
After the twelve major tribes compare their respective successors, these twelve successors will also compete again to rank the ranking of the twelve major tribes.
Whoever is the most powerful will be the leader of the first tribe on the grassland in the future, and they will be ranked in order. The most powerful one will have the most respect on this grassland. Even the royal family will give him some face when they see him.
The person who selects the most powerful warrior will take over the position of leader in the future and will also be the most powerful first leader on the grassland.
The royal family also selects their successors based on force.
However, the time for the games for the royal successors is arranged according to the will of the Khan, unlike the games for tribal leaders, which are held once every ten years.
This year, Khan on the grassland is almost fifty years old. Khan feels that it is time for him to choose his next successor.
Therefore, the grassland royal family will also select the most suitable candidate for the next Khan this year, and Prince Daklu is the one with the highest voice from the Tatars on the grassland.
Daklu's military force is currently the most powerful on the grassland. He is also the eldest son of Khan and the most likely person to succeed Khan.
When Ma Bao quietly told Xia Zihan this information, Xia Zihan's face became solemn and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed into two caterpillars.
Daklu must be sure that he will become Khan's successor, so he will use her to trade with Zheng Wenting. He wants so much pig iron and grain, and he must want to invade Dasheng on a large scale and devour all of Dasheng.
Haha, the ambition is not small. I wonder if he will choke to death while eating. "Mabao, inform Fox and the others to look for Aqi in secret." Xia Zihan ordered.
Ma Bao responded excitedly.
In the past few days, every night, Ma Bao would secretly teach Xia Zihan some prairie dialect. Although she didn't understand it very well, and she didn't speak it well, so she didn't dare to speak it easily, but she could understand the general words, but she couldn't understand them. As before, something went wrong.
When the game started, everyone went to watch the game, but Xia Zihan entered the Urga tribe alone and wandered around with curiosity on his face as if he were going shopping.
The tents where the royal family lived were the tallest, largest and most magnificent, and they were easy to find. However, when she started to walk there purposefully, she didn't walk long before she saw the guards, one guard post every ten steps. The two guards guarded the large area where the royal family lived, and not even a fly could fly through.
Moreover, this area is too big. There are hundreds of tents. Except for one which is the largest and tallest, the rest are exactly the same in appearance. People like her who are not familiar with the road cannot tell them at all. Which building does Prince Dakru live in?
Xia Zihan's face turned cold, and she quietly flew down from the roof of an ordinary tent, and then wandered around the area where the royal family lived. In fact, she wanted to find a way out and sneak in.
However, although the palace on the grassland is not surrounded by high walls like the Dasheng Palace, the guard work is not at all less strict than the Dasheng Palace.
Xia Zihan searched for a whole day but couldn't find a chance to sneak in, so he had no choice but to go back to his tent.
The next day, before dawn, Xia Zihan got up, said hello to Ma Bao, and went to find the breach alone.
As soon as I stepped into Urga, I saw a group of people escorting more than a dozen cars, walking towards the palace.
On the car, there were fresh meat in large wooden basins, milk wine in earthen jars, and even picked and washed green vegetables.
Xia Zihan's eyes lit up. Could this be the food that was going to be sent to the Prairie Palace?
That's right, that's the palace, the place where the Khan of the Grassland lives. It must not be able to raise sheep and cattle, these smelly creatures, and it can't grow vegetables. Therefore, the food that the royal family eats every day, there will be people who eat it every day. Sent in early in the morning.
Just like Dasheng Palace.
Thinking of this, Xia Zihan smiled excitedly on her face. She followed the convoy quietly. At the corner, when the last person was out of sight, she flew over and hit him with a flick of the knife. The man fainted.
He dragged the man to a dark place and quickly changed his clothes. Then, Xia Zihan stared at the man and frowned.
What to do, if this person wakes up, her identity will definitely be exposed.
But if we kill him, there will be nothing else in this ghost place except tents. If we kill him, there won't even be a place to hide the body.
But we can't just leave him here. Someone will definitely find him at dawn.
Just when Xia Zihan was anxious, a black shadow suddenly flew over. Xia Zihan was shocked. The visitor hurriedly said, "Princess, it's me."
The person coming was a fox. He glanced at the people on the ground and said, "Leave this person to the secret guards. Don't worry." Then, he said, "I'll go in with you."
If you don't leave, people will find out.
Xia Zihan hummed, then quickly lowered his head and caught up with the carriage in front of him.
Fortunately, it was still dark and it was dark all around. Everyone was rushing forward, and no one noticed that there was a person behind them.
When they arrived at the guard booth, the two guards just glanced at the leader and waved them in.
Xia Zihan didn't know where the fox was hiding or who had sneaked in. However, after she entered the royal area, she quietly left the convoy and ran into the darkness.
As soon as she left the convoy, the fox appeared and said, "Princess Princess, are you looking for Dakru?"
"Do you know where he lives?"
The fox's eyes flickered and he said, "I came in last night, and I happened to see him entering a tent. Princess, come with me."
Then he led Xia Zihan outside a group of white tents and walked to the edge of the tent with a small garden in front. The fox stopped and said, "This is it."
They hid behind a small tree and stared at the most beautiful tent. There were no guards outside, and it was calm and quiet. However, there were still lights flickering in the tent, and the people inside didn't know whether they were still asleep or had gotten up.
Fox and Xia Zihan did not dare to go in, so they kept hiding outside. Half an hour later, as the sky gradually became brighter, the door of the tent was finally opened, and several people walked out. The person walking in the middle was Prince Dakru.
(End of chapter)