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Chapter 75

Title: Refusal to Drink the Past

Summary: If someone remembers him, he will not disappear completely in this world

After a round of dancing, the Kazakhs went out.Ayimu said: "I should go out and announce the start of 'carrying sheep'." Xu Heng said: "You are indispensable." Shi Mu and I went out with her to the grassland.

At a glance, thousands of people gathered together.Ayimu took the lead, and when they parted ways, everyone called her: "Husinasi!" "Husinasi!" After entering the crowd, there was a goat kid whose head had been cut off on the grass.Fifteen horses lined up in front of them, and a handsome Kazakh young man sat immediately.Ayim went in and prayed loudly, those Kazakh youths punched with their right hands and hammered on their left chest.Shi Mu said: "What are they doing?" Xu Heng explained in a low voice next to me: "Master, they are accepting Husinasi's blessing." Aimu gave an order from the center: "Nur Habi!" Come back to us.Fifteen horses rushed out quickly, and the flying horses took the sheep.

Xu Heng said without asking, "That sheep will be thrown into Nurhabi's home." A blood-red steed was far ahead, snatched the lamb, and was surrounded by the crowd and taken to the designated flat-roofed house.Nurhabi's family all came out, all young and old, together they put red and ribbons on the steed, and threw silver pieces into the crowd.Shi Mu stretched out his hand and took a share in his hand.

Xu Heng said: "The master's martial arts are unfathomable." Aimu said lively: "The two of us are going to play. In the evening, there will be a game of 'girl chasing', which will be more lively." Xu Heng said: "After the girl chases, Congregation song. This is the rarest opportunity for Kazakhs to express their love in a year. If you have a favorite Kazakh girl, you can take this opportunity to participate.” She walked away.People spread out games, including wrestling, tongue twisters, guessing riddles, and some played Dombra antiphonal songs aside.Shi Mu and I were fed by strange Kazakhs one after another on the road, so we would not feel hungry.

At night, many young people hold torches to illuminate the grassland.Grassland begins the game of 'Girl Chase'.Someone waved from a distance in front of them, and then five pairs of young men and women took the lead to get on the horses and drive side by side.I said, "I thought the so-called 'chasing' meant galloping on horseback, but it actually means walking slowly."

"I'll chase after it later." Aimu came out from the side.Xu Heng handed Shi Mu and me a leg of lamb, and said, "You guys can express your admiration in various ways on the way out. Even if the words are too much, the girl can't get angry. But on the way back, it will be reversed, and it will become a 'girl chasing'. "

After arriving at the man who waved his hand, the young man turned his horse's head and galloped ahead, and the girl followed closely behind.The five youths were all overtaken by the girl, and the girl beat them with whips on the horseback, but the youths did not fight back.But there were three youths who were severely beaten.The other two girls raised their whips high and beat them lightly.I told Shi Mu: "Those three who suffered must have offended the girl just now. If the other two girls show mercy, they will probably be able to get married." Xu Heng smiled: "Whether they are in pain or not, those young people are still in pain. At least it's sweet." Shi Mu suddenly lowered his head and whispered in my ear, "You slap me. Me too. I won't fight back." I was stunned.Just when the five people dismounted from their horses, the onlookers were cheering.The atmosphere was warm, and I cheered together, but did not answer Shi Mu.

The game of 'Girl Chase' ends after five rounds.A group of Kazakh women ran over and spoke Kazakh with Ayim.After a while, he pulled Shi Mu and me out.Xu Heng said: "It's hard to come here once, the leader and Li Ping should both go. The leader can learn a lesson, and in the future you can court with songs." Shi Mu actually said: "I want to learn." Kazakh women are not only much more enthusiastic than Han women , Hand strength is not weak, Shi Mu and I dare not touch casually, they forcefully dragged us to participate.There were more and more people huddling around on the road, and scattered people shouted stiffly: "Han people! Han people!"

Not long after, the love song of the alien race sounded.Shi Mu's lips moved slightly, he was really learning.I said: "You learn first. They sang a little loudly. I'll go behind the small hill to listen." I took a look at the crowd and slipped to the hills a little far away to get some peace.The spring equinox grassland is still dry, and the weeds glowing with new green are extremely soft.I lie down.The singers change, there are males and females, some are good and some are bad. The lyrics are all in an incomprehensible Kazakh language, but the lingering affection in the songs is as real and moving as the singing and playing I heard in Chang'an in the old days.

Then Shi Mu's voice sounded somehow.He had just learned a song of a foreign race, and he was a little slurred and out of tune from time to time.However, his voice is low and a little hoarse, and the emotion in the song is deep enough to touch a heart of stone.The affection gradually turned into sorrow.I put my hands behind my head, thinking that he is the leader of Tianyi Sect, and I am afraid that he has gone through hardships and obstacles to reach that position.My face was itchy from the grass, so I turned my head to change directions.Shi Mu didn't know when he came over and lay down next to me.The wind outside the Great Wall was originally bitter, but after passing through the large expanse of weeds, its power was reduced, and it became cold and gentle when it touched the face, like whispers of sympathy for the desolation in the world.There are still love songs floating between heaven and earth.The torches are dotted in the distance, and the orange-red light is warm.

"I won't go back." Shi Mu said quietly in my ear, "For the rest of my life, I will be here with you, herding cattle and horses."

The starry sky in spring is exceptionally clear.I pretended not to hear, and looked at the starry sky and said to myself: "If people really turn into stars after death, which one will my lover be?" I believe that Shi Mu said this sincerely.One day or two days, or even one month or two months, maybe.But after a long time, as the head of a sect, he holds the army of heaven in his hand, and he still has the power to compete against the world, so he probably won't be able to let go of Huang Tu's hegemony.Without full confidence, I can't ask him to do Shen Yao that favor right here and now.

Shi Mu remained silent.

Not far away, there was a whirling wind, withered grass and soil were rolled together, and the sound of the wind was a bit shrill.

In the dark, Shi Mu said softly: "Thinking of my lover, I feel sad. Drink the 'previous dust' and start over?"

Dimness is reassuring.I said, "It turns out that the leader brought me to meet the Dionysus, because he saw that I was sad for the deceased lover, so he specially brought me here to drink the past."

He said, "Yes. There are others, thinking of you..."

"I can't drink." I cut him off gently, "When my lover was alive, he had no parents or heirs, and his friends' whereabouts were unpredictable. He had important things to do. The ten and hundred years of my life, and the thousands and thousands of years after my death, all of them I always remember him alone. If someone remembers him, he will not disappear completely in this world. So I can’t drink.” I closed my eyes, and I deceived myself in the dark, and then asked earnestly: “Master Shi, Kazakh New Year we After experiencing it, how about returning to Chang'an City?"

"Okay." He promised me again.

Remarks: Countdown to the end of the last four chapters~