Chapter 364: Let’s give a cup of snow
Silver snow is all over the fields, thousands of miles away. The brilliant white light reached inside and outside the city, and the heaven and earth merged into one color.
The sound of hoofbeats and two horses galloping back and forth caused the ice and snow to fly.
The man in the lead was clad in furs, his clothes were simple, and his expression was as calm as ever. He held the reins with one hand and fixed his dagger-like eyes on the Paladin City in the sky. With his majestic appearance and stern light, he is obviously a warrior galloping across the wilderness.
Then on the black horse sat a strange man who was not afraid of the snow and wind. He was dressed in a thin black robe, and his hands were wrapped with layers of black belts. They were retracted into each other's sleeves, not leaving at all. Hold the dangling reins and lead him galloping with the fast horse. The thick leather hood on his head held down his messy hair, and his expression was difficult to distinguish from a distance through the snowy curtain.
The pair of riders came from nowhere and were galloping all the way, but now they were riding fast in the deserted snowfield outside the city on the edge of Prince Paladin's territory.
In the long falling snow, the arrows that had fallen were still like golden grass, rustling into the layers of thick snow, leaving only the standing tail feathers, rustling in the Swaying in the wind.
When the horse got closer, the color of gold and iron gradually appeared under the mark left by the hoof.
The man in black reined in his horse, jumped down, and landed lightly on the snow. His steps were lazy and slow, as if he had no strength, but his steps did not leave any trace, as if a breeze was blowing through the snow.
He took off a black pot from his waist and sprinkled it into the snow. A handful of salt leaked from the mouth of the pot and fell on the thick snow.
"You need to make some tea," the man in black smiled slightly and said in the local Horqin language. With a movement of his hand, the black pot instantly disappeared into the void.
“Why is it unnecessary?”
The first person got off the horse, and was not afraid that the divine horse would turn around and run away. He strode up to the man in black and looked at each other. , the toe of his boot kicked into the snow, and in an instant, a heavy armored corpse was hooked out. It rolled two rounds in the snow and stopped.
The man in black leaned over and looked around without saying a word.
The warrior stretched out his right hand, pointed downwards with his index finger, and said with contempt: "Paladin Guards."
The man in black was still smiling slightly, and even though the color did not change, he still had a ruthless smile. Combined with his ability to enter the snow with only one piece of clothing, it made people feel a slight chill. Just catching up with the tall and strong warrior beside him weakened the cold air by one level.
“Thirty-three arrows hit me. Hard armor cannot withstand it, and military discipline cannot stop it. The iron and stone phalanx of the Manchu army encountered your sharp arrows, but they suffered the catastrophe that they deserved in their lives. . "
Without waiting for the soldier to reply, the man in black stopped looking at him, straightened up, and said with a smile: "But it's because of your sweat, Qin Xia?"
"That's natural. ," the man named Qin Xia said seriously, "With the great Khan's martial arts, what's the difficulty in getting rid of a mere Paladin army?"
"He is more than sixteen feet tall, and his eyes are like cold stars? , Looking forward to the flight of God? Although it started from a young age, it floated like duckweed, but it suddenly rose like a strong wind. In just a few years, it gradually became a big trend, soaring in the sky as proudly as an eagle? " The man in black said with a smile.
Qin Xia turned his hand and pulled out a dragon-tailed sword from his waist, pointing it straight at the man in black, with the blade touching his chest three inches. The cold wind picked up the falling snow and hit the bright silver blade. The evil spirit contained in the knife was exposed by the ice wind.
"You come from the sky, how do you know so much?"
The face of the man in black did not change at all, and he did not even wrinkle his brows. His body flashed out of nowhere, He was immediately behind Qin Xia. When Qin Xia turned around, the man in black had retreated ten steps away, waving with a smile.
“I am here just for the Great Khan. Have you never thought that the Great Khan is extremely talented and extraordinary? Could it be that he was born and raised by a prairie tribe? He didn’t get a Origin, don’t have any biological parents?”
Qin Xia snorted coldly, but put the knife that was pretending to be drawn back into the sheath with a cry: “An unknown person is also lying in our sweat. Are you sweating?”
"Yes, I am indeed a nobody."
The man in black put his hands on his hands and smiled without any retort. He moved his hands behind his back and took out a black leather wine bag from the wind and snow, and put it in Carry it loosely in your hands.
“But it is this nameless person from outside the world who knows the secret of your sweat-in-sweat origin and a major event that his biological father wants to entrust to him. At the moment, there is barely a gap between them. A layer of heavy snow, after seeing the great Khan's ability, I understand how much he deserves."
Mentioning this matter, the man in black seemed to recall some past situations, and his expression was a little strange. He was happy but not happy, seemed unhappy but not dejected. After a moment, Fang continued: "Of course, he has to decide everything by himself. If he bluntly expresses his refusal, it would be natural for me to leave Chogolis."
After a while, Qin Xia said slowly: "The Great Khan is leading troops in the city of Ulster Khan. When the Great Khan returns from victory, I will introduce you to him. I know you are not the same. I hope you don’t tell lies in your words, otherwise we will never forgive you.”
"Yes." The man in black glanced at him, looked behind him with a smile, and took out two white jade cups with silver threads between his four fingers. The cup body was clear and there was a faint ray of skylight, which was extraordinary.
He called the horse over and asked the horse to shelter him from the wind and snow. He leaned back against the horse's belly, half standing and half leaning lazily, completely out of shape.
Although this horse is not a fierce horse and has always had a docile temper, it is really rare to see it follow the wishes of the man in black so steadily.
The man in black slowly tipped the wine bag towards the mouth of the cup, and the novel wine, as fresh as red blood, fell straight into the jade cup in a line, like blood and wine, sweet and clear.
One cup is filled, then the second cup.
He raised his glass and said with a smile: "For today's business, I should give you fine wine as a reward. I don't know what kind of fine wine this coincidence Gaulis is used to tasting. I will only drink two glasses of blood wine from my friend's hometown with you to express my respect. "
After that, he flicked his hand, and a white jade cup flew steadily across the air without spilling any wine. Qin Xia stretched out his arms to take it and drank it all in one gulp without looking at it.
"Not bad." He said loudly, with a smile finally appearing on his face, "It's a pity that the jade cup is too small to hold the contents of this cup."
"I only brought With this jug of good wine and a set of jade cups, if there is another opportunity in the future, it will not be too late to drink as much as you want. Today, I have to ask you to make do with it.”
Flying snow fell, falling. After entering the blood cup, the snowflakes floated for a moment and then melted away one after another.
The man in black suppressed his smile, and he and the soldier were drinking one cup at a time in the heavy snow, threatening to drink up all the blood wine.
"Your Excellency, would you like to tell me more about Khan's story and plans?" the man in black said leisurely.
Qin Xia stopped what he was doing, snorted coldly, and said, "You have known about Chogoris for a long time. If you want to show that you don't know anything about it, I will tell you too."
"Chogoris obeys the control of the princes and nobles Paladin. They have the whole world in their fingers. With their heavily armored troops, they capture tribesmen to be their slaves, and more What's more, they come to hunt and kill ordinary people just for pleasure! Thanks to them, there are hundreds of fighting and killings every month, and countless lives are lost every day. Taking into account...the evil of the situation is evident."
"Until our Great Khan came to the world, he was like a gift from an eagle, with a pair of sharp eyes foreseeing the war on the grassland, and brought King Khan (ongkhan) with him. The tribes conquered all directions step by step. When he avenged his father's death and wiped out every one of the Hulaye tribe, the Great Khan prioritized uniting the grassland and fought hard every day. Victory, once passed, it will be ten years.”
"A few days ago, the Great Khan took the head of Paladin's son and threw him into the camp of those insects and wineskins. He also wiped out a Paladin army, forcing the old Paladin to run away like a wild dog that had lost its home. , huddled in the capital, not daring to come out at all!"
At this point, the soldier took a sip of strong wine and exhaled a thin layer of white mist from the tip of his nose.
"Prince Paladin has been causing trouble to Gaulis for a long time and should have been wiped out long ago! Now the Great Khan wants to attack a small city under Paladin's command. Sooner or later, the men of Dalkan will cut off Paladin's head. , wear it on the top of the golden tent!" "Okay!" The man in black cheered, holding up the cup and looking at the blood wine in the cup, "If you talk about the heroes of Qiao Gauris, Khan can be the best."
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard across the plains, chasing the snow and wind, and suddenly came into view, without stopping, straight into the snow-covered battlefield.
The two of them turned their heads and looked at each other at the same time.
"The Khan of the Chaga Tent." The man in black said softly, half-smiling.
Before he finished speaking, the high-headed horse, as gray as the clouds, had already rushed within ten feet like a strong wind. This horse is extraordinary. Compared with ordinary sacred horses, it is more than half taller. It can be said that it is a giant among horses, which is very rare.
The person on the horse is even more extraordinary, with starry eyebrows and bright eyes, a scorching spirit, a face carved by wind and thunder, and a line of electric light embedded in the forehead to show respect for the storm of heaven and earth.
He was wearing a frost-white battle suit, a red wind cloak, a pair of black satin boots, and a white tiger sword. On that extremely tall figure, the colorful blood splattered on his face and robes was particularly noticeable, making it even more cold and biting. It was Fang who came down from the battlefield without even a moment's delay.
"Great Khan!" Qin Xia shouted, "This man claims to be the messenger of the Human Emperor, and he wants to take you to the Heaven of Eternal Life!"
"What did you say," the man in black scolded, " Let me ask you, how come your thoughts of stepping on the stars and pointing your sword at the sky turn into taking you to the underworld? "
The Khan reined up his horse in front of the two of them and never dismounted. The horse's hoofs gently pushed the snow on the ground. When the snow was pushed away, the two of them discovered that the iron hoofs were stepping on the chest of a corpse.
The man in black didn't seem to notice the half-exposed dead bones, and raised his glass and praised: "What a snowfield, sweat! Have you had such good snow year after year?"
But Khan looked at him with a sarcastic smile on his face. "Whenever it snows heavily for days and horses find it difficult to ride, it is a day of respite for the vendettas to take a break and for each battalion to sharpen their swords. The grievances are not settled and the princes are unfair, so how can there be a good word about the snow?"
"The sky and the earth are pale, the stars and the moon are rotating, who cares about the people who are destroying the walls and clearing the fields? The falling snow is vast, covering the green blood in one color, and all the noise of the city is gone. If it weren't for this heavy snow, how could I be here drinking and having fun, waiting for you to come? I have to be covered with the ground. The stench of blood spreads out beyond the eighty-mile road!” All worries have been wiped away, how can I bear the incessant war and the insecurity of the frost and snow?” The world is in turmoil, and the endless war continues. If you are willing to admit that there is still sky outside that day, then you may not be able to rest until the Milky Way is calmed down. "
Khan fell into the trap of language. But he wasn't upset. Instead, he turned over and dismounted, making the armor clang.
He patted the horse's neck and threaded his fingers through the horse's mane. The green-gray divine horse neighed and turned around.
The Khan let the horse go and let it gallop freely to the snowy field, saying: "The sky is vast, how can manpower be exhausted?"
"It is for this reason that we can drink and sing. If you want to conquer Yunei for the Human Emperor, you must learn to take pleasure from the world early."
"You are interesting, the Human Emperor's envoy." Khan finally showed a real smile. "You drink to forget your worries?"
"No." The man in black said, "Drinking is not necessarily the only way to forget your worries, and drinking is not necessarily the only reason to forget your worries."
He He shook the wine bag, listened to the empty sound in the bag, and continued: "For example, I drank today because blood wine is hard to find, and its taste is so mellow that I really can't resist."
"You like drinking."
"I like drinking this pot of wine."
"Qin Xia, how do you like this wine?"
"Too light!"< br>
The Khan laughed loudly, and his words were even more at ease and cordial: "I want to try this light wine. How about pouring me a glass?"
The man in black took out another white jade cup, hung it in the air, and said, "Nothing. You came late and the pot of wine has been drained."
"Then why did you take the cup?"
"Of course I have a lighter wine." The man in black said, raising his glass to the air.
The snow falls like sleet and keeps falling.
Not long after, a cup of white snow filled the jade cup.
Khan concentrated on staring at the cup, as if he had something extra on his mind.
Qin Xia sensed the mystery between the envoy and the Khan. Normally the Khan was willing to listen to his advice, but this time was different and Qin Xia remained silent.
The snowy wind moved, lifting the jade cup from the palm of the man in black, and flew leisurely to the Khan's chest.
"I have finished drinking the wine, and I have nothing else to give to you, so I will give you a cup of snow to solidify our friendship. Can you accept it, Chagatai Khan?" The man in black laughed. road.
The Khan said: "I just got off the battlefield and I have no intention of drinking for the time being. Why don't you come back another day so that you can make some preparations in the tent."
The man in black sighed: "Time waits for us not to wait for us, and the times are withering. If you and I meet again another day, this snow will have to melt into a cup of pure water. If it loses its season, it will lose its value."
Khan Laughing: "Then let's have a cup of snow!"
He took the cup, held the small cup, and flicked it with one finger. The white jade cup played like a clanking iron harp, with echoes. Ge, running through the wind and snow.
Han held the cup while thinking, and made a gesture to drink. The cup did not touch his lips. Suddenly, a pair of cold eyes glanced at him: "What if I refuse?"
The man in black pointed upward: "God bless you."
Chagatai Khan's expression hardened, then softened, and he laughed and said: "Drink, drink!"
(End of this chapter)