Yuan River

The next day, before dawn, the Li tribe came out in full force under the red clouds and morning dew, and traveled long distances.At last, in the dusk of evening, they came to the fringe of the upper tribe, hidden in thick and dark bushes.

"Brother, I'll sneak in first." Li Che lowered his voice.The chilling autumn wind rushing downstream sweeps away his final sound.

"Wait a little longer." Li Bin hurriedly held down Li Che.

"Wait until when?"

"When it's dark."

After a while, a scorched smell drifted with the wind, raging in the upper reaches of the tribe.Xiang Lin immediately got up from the bed vigilantly and looked around.

In the direction of the rice fields in the distance, the flames were swaying, and the heat wave was billowing, like a crazy fire dragon flying wildly.

Seeing this, Xiang Lin walked towards the pottery drum at a high place in the tribe without saying a word, picked up the drumsticks, and beat them hard one after another.The sound of the drums is rumbling, the momentum is like a rainbow, it is better than thousands of troops, and it wakes people up from their dreams.

"Is there a wolf?" People stood up in a panic.

"No, it's people," Xiang Lin said firmly, not to be questioned, "They set fire."

"Hurry up and put out the fire?"

"No, this is their plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Listen, everyone takes weapons!" Xiang Lin's face was stern, his eyes were piercing, and he was completely devoid of his usual cunning and cunning appearance.

"Brother, what's going on?" Li Che also saw this scene.He was bewildered and confused.

"Well, it's none of your business now," Li Bin turned his head calmly, "Come here, tie up Li Che, and watch him so that he doesn't run away."

Two aunts with big arms and round waists came in response, grabbed Li Che's wrists fiercely, put him down on the ground, and tied him up layer by layer.Li Che struggled desperately, but he had no way to resist, so he could only sneer loudly angrily: "Li Bin! You lied to me!"

"Brother, I'm sorry. After tonight, I will slowly apologize to you," Li Bin didn't pay more attention to Li Che, he stood up, grabbed the spear and waved, "Brother Ladies, let's quickly surround them first." Li Bin responded, leaving a shocked Li Che in place.

Xiang Lin frowned and pondered for a moment, and then greeted everyone: "Everyone carry the bones on their backs, carry food and supplies, cross the Yuan River, and then find a place to hide and ambush. During the process, try to keep the movement as small as possible."

As soon as the words fell, people acted as they had been trained to do.Each person carried a basket of bone clusters, a few bolts of silk, and a half-pot of rice, supported each other, crossed the river in an orderly manner with logs, and then hid one after another into the forest buried by night on the opposite bank.

At this time, the river water is slightly cool, soaking into the bone marrow.

Who is He Guang?Hang it with a reed.

Li Bin led his troops to take advantage of the darkness and tiptoely tightened the encirclement against the upstream tribe step by step.

"The main tent in front is brightly lit, you two go in first to have a look, but try not to use force on the people inside." Li Bin commanded his subordinates in a voice like a bell.

"Understood," the two servants rushed forward, decisively lifted the curtain, and looked inside, "Patriarch, there is no one inside!"

"No one? No, I've been tricked! Everyone, get down!" Li Bin immediately reacted and took the lead to fall on the ground.

As soon as the words fell, a sharp bone cluster whizzed through the air, piercing the solid wooden beams of the camp in front of Li Bin.Immediately afterwards, clusters of arrows fell like rain.Those who were hit by the arrow fell down one after another.

"Quickly withdraw, brothers! This kid Xiang Lin is fucking serious and intends to catch a turtle in his urn!" Li Bin roared anxiously.

A group of people led by Li Bin retreated into the bushes in a panic.Li Bin inspected them carefully, and found that within a short time, nearly half of them were covered with color.

"It's so ruthless, even more ruthless than a wolf! It's really hard for Lin Dong's injured people to live." Li Bin gently caressed his companion's scars, and sighed helplessly.

"Patriarch, the two of us went to inspect their rice fields just now, and they were almost burnt." The two confidantes just came back at this time.

"Haha, it deserves it. I'd like to see—how will they spend the winter without food?" Li Bin's eyes flashed a gloomy pleasure, "By the way, where is Li Che?"

"He ran away." The aunt in charge of guarding Li Che said timidly.

"Ridiculous! They're all bundled into zongzi, how did they escape?" Li Bin said sharply.

"He asked us to stare into his eyes. Then I just felt dizzy, and for some reason I let him loose the rope. This is probably—witchcraft?" The aunt was full of grievances.

"Oh, I actually forgot that he can take souls. In this way, he has nowhere to go but to go to Xiang Lin. This is really terrible." Li Bin's brows that had just stretched out were frowned again.

The night is getting thicker and thicker, like a ball of insoluble ink.Li Che kept running towards the burning rice fields, and the autumn wind lifted his hunting clothes.

"Brother." Someone called him.

"Li Xin?" Li Che stopped in his tracks.

"An accident?" Li Xin blinked her big bright eyes leisurely, staring at Li Che like a cat.

"No surprise, I guess you set the fire."

"Brother Ah Che, what do you think? Which side do you prefer?"

"I tend to watch the fire from the other side. Anyway, I am alone and weak, so I can't affect the situation."

"Don't underestimate yourself. In fact, as long as you want, you can decide the ending."

"Li Xin, stop teasing me."

"Do you have to tell me? Li Bin and Xiang Lin would go through fire and water for you."

"I only know that I will be a teacher for a day and a father for life. I promised the old witch that I would protect the Li tribe to the death. I have nothing else to ask for. However, now I also hope that the Xiang family and Xiang Lin are safe and sound." .”

"Brother, do you want to be the head of the clan?" Li Xin blinked slyly.

Li Che froze suddenly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

In fact, he thought, of course he wanted to, more delusional than anyone else, without even realizing it.

The reason why he hadn't imagined it so clearly before was that once he thought about it, the idea would be caught off guard and blazing in his mind, and he couldn't hide it anymore.

He admires Li Bin and Xiang Lin as well, that is the portrayal of his ideal self.

Immediately with the horizontal knife, one man guards the gate.

A child must be famous and drunk, the world is the sword and I am the front.Whose chest is burning with flames, whose eyes are shining with tears?Once successful, ten thousand bones will be destroyed.

"Being the patriarch? If it's up to you, what should I do?" Li Che paused every word, his tongue trembling.

"First take refuge in the upper reaches of the tribe, and then invite Mrs. Xiang to bring rice seeds back to the lower reaches of the tribe to guide the planting of rice for the benefit of all people. In this way, you can take the opportunity to attack Li Bin in the name of God. At that time, you can replace him. "Li Xin didn't change his face, and he didn't hide the desire for power contained in it.

"Li Bin is kind to me."

"Upstream and downstream. Peace will benefit both, and fighting will hurt both. If Li Bin is allowed to go his own way, the two tribes will be in danger."

"Then why do you still burn the rice fields upstream?"

"In order to promote trade and protect the downstream tribes, there is no way. Now, the upstream tribes have to exchange wound medicine for downstream winter food. In this way, our injured brothers in the downstream tribes can be saved."

"To be honest, which side do you prefer, upstream or downstream?"

"I prefer you."

"what?"

"Because Brother Ache, you are cute and silly. Are you satisfied with this reason?"

"..."

Xiang Lin stood alone facing the wind on the side of the rice field, as silent as a stone sculpture.As far as the eye can see, there is devastation.The golden and plump ears of rice were burned to ashes overnight.

His face was livid, his fists were clenched tightly, and his nails dug into his palms: "Li Bin, the debt between us has to be settled slowly."

"Before settling accounts, we have to deal with the tribe's winter food first." A resounding and familiar voice sounded from behind.

"Brother?" Xiang Lin recognized the voice, swept away the haze, turned around in surprise, and his tone immediately softened.

"Now, what are you going to do?" Li Che walked out of the night, revealing his delicate silhouette, and calmly met Xiang Lin's big round eyes.

"Launch a war and grab food from the downstream!" Speaking of food, Xiang Lin was furious.

"Actually, Li Bin is the only one we have to deal with. How about we launch a coup and drive him out?"

"Coup d'état? Then who wants to take the stage?" Xiang Lin was taken aback.

"I'm on stage, and it's justified."

Xiang Lin stared blankly at Li Che for a quarter of an hour, unable to believe it after all: "You mean, you want to be the patriarch of the Li clan?"

"The public did not cross the river, but the public actually crossed the river."

"Well, I should have thought that Xiang's prophecy would eventually come true." Xiang Lin waved his hands helplessly, but shook his head as if he was no longer willing to elaborate, "Don't worry, brother. As long as you want, I will help you Yes. This time, I will help you ascend to the position of patriarch. But, you have to think about it first, what do you plan to do with Li Bin after the matter is over?"

"..."

"You always have to make a decision."

"I'm thinking, should I respect him more, or love him more. If I respect him more, after I replace him, let him only live in my heart, not in this world; if I love him more , I will leave the tribe to others to take care of, and I will take him and Li Xin with me, and fly away to open up new territories."

"So? What is your final decision?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. Give me some time."

"Brother, if you want to leave, have you considered my feelings?"

"Xiang Lin, I just don't want to involve you."

"To the ends of the earth, I can go with my brother." Xiang Lin suddenly raised his voice, and big tears fell down.His eyes were red and red, without a trace of his usual arrogance, he looked like a wronged child.He threw himself on Li Che and burst into tears, the tears seemed to drain all the grievances accumulated over the years.

Li Che stood dumbfounded, patted Xiang Lin's back carefully, and clumsily tried to comfort Xiang Lin: "It's okay, be good. My brother is here, I won't leave you..."

"If you insist on leaving, I won't stop you. In my life, I don't like forcing people to make things difficult, but..."

"Okay, okay, this is not something that can be done by the strong. I am your brother, and I should protect you."

"So, can I be unreasonable this time?"

"can."

"Then brother, you will always be with me, forever."

"Okay, it's a deal."

"My mother said that things like fetters are a burden, but I feel that with this kind of burden, I will have weight when I live, so that I won't float in the autumn wind."

At night, the galaxy is bright and the microwave is sparkling.One river, one month, one pair.

Wei Jiang kept his eyes open all night long, but reported that he had never raised his eyebrows in his life.