"There is a ferry ahead, and we can take a boat across the river from there." Hua Nu said.
Ji Ying was a little nervous: "Are we really going to the territory of the Rong people? I heard that the Rong people are very difficult to deal with."
"As a descendant of the Zhao family, you should have had a lot of dealings with Rong Di. Among your father's concubines, there are women from Di." Xin asked again.
In fact, he wanted to inquire about Zhao Yang's legendary younger son, Zhao Wuxie.
"Yes, yes. Wuxie's mother is from Di, but she was sent home at a very young age, so she is no different from us Jin people." Ji Ying said: "I have never been to Rong Di's territory.
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Xin You was speechless. This little girl could never have dreamed that she would be married to the country of Rong Di and become the queen of Dai.
"Wu Shi? Is he your brother? How old is he?" Xin pretended to ask again.
"I am six years old this year. I am very well-behaved." Ji Ying said: "When I left, he also gave me a small pottery pig made by himself."
Speaking of his younger brother, Ji Ying showed a rare gentle smile on his face.
Only then did Xin remember that she was an extremely beautiful woman.
"You and your brother have a good relationship?" Xin asked tentatively.
Ji Ying nodded: "He lost his mother when he was very young, and his father didn't love him. No one talks to him except me. But he is very well-behaved and smart."
Seeing the heartfelt smile on Ji Ying's face, Xin You felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
It was this very well-behaved child who, many years later, killed Ji Ying's husband in an almost barbaric way.
"It's so beautiful." Ji Ying saw Yihe and couldn't help but said: "The scenery in Wangjin is completely different from that in Jin."
"That's nature. If you go further east, the scenery will be completely different." Xin added.
"Have you been there?"
"Of course not..."
"Tch~" Ji Ying scorned.
The two of them chatted like this, sentence after sentence.
Before we knew it, we had arrived at the ferry.
"There's a ship there!" Ji Ying said sharply.
The three of them rushed over, and a small boat docked next to the ferry.
"There seems to be someone on board." Hua Nu said.
A man covered in blood was lying on the boat.
The ship was in dilapidated condition, with half of the cabin submerged in water.
The man's lower body was immersed in the water.
In his arms, he held an animal skin package.
Xin You and Hua Nu pulled the man out of the broken boat.
I tried breathing, but I was still alive.
The man seemed to feel movement and opened his eyes.
"……eat……"
The man had difficulty spitting out a word from his mouth.
Xin You understood this and took out some cakes from the bag and handed them to the man.
The man almost snatched the pancake from Xin You's hand and ate it like a hungry dog.
Judging from the way he was eating, he seemed to have been hungry for a long time.
"Don't worry, there are more here." Xin said again.
The man finished a bean cake, some dried meat, and drank some water.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he waited for a long time before saying, "Where is this?"
"Wang Ji Nei, Mu Sui, Yi Bi. This is the Yi River..."
"Wang Ji...Wang Ji..." The man hugged the package in his arms and suddenly started crying: "My brother is back..."
A dignified man just started crying unscrupulously.
"This gentleman, are you from Zhou?" Xin asked again.
"My name is Liu Ju, and I am originally from Wangcheng. My brother and I fought with Liu Gong. My brother died in Chu, and I brought his head back after all the troubles."
It turned out that what was wrapped in the animal skin was his brother's head.
"It turned out to be soldiers from the Zhou people..."
Xin talked with Liu Ju again and understood the cause and effect of the matter.
After Wang Zichao's defeat, he prepared to flee to Chu.
Liu Gong sent an army to intercept Wang Zichao's convoy.
This army pursued Wang Zichao all the way to the border between Wangji and Chu.
But Chu State's rescue had arrived and surrounded them.
The Zhou royal family did not send follow-up troops, so this vanguard was almost completely killed.
Liu Ju's younger brother Liu Kui also died in Chu.
Only Liu Ju survived.
In order to allow his younger brother to be buried in his homeland, he cut off his younger brother's head and prepared to take it back to the royal city for burial.
However, the border between Zhou and Chu was surrounded by three armies. He had no choice but to keep heading east, and after a long circle, he returned to Wang Ji.
This journey actually took four years!
Along the way, he worked as a slave and a bandit.
In this era where transportation is not developed and there are checkpoints everywhere.
Liu Juleng traveled to five countries with his brother's head, and it took him four years to return to his hometown.
Liu Ju carefully opened the baggage.
A head with only bones left appeared in front of everyone.
"Brother, we are finally back..."
Liu Ju burst into tears.
Only he himself knows the hardships and dangers along this journey.
Xin and the other three were also somewhat infected.
I have heard before that some soldiers went on expeditions with the king.
He was still a teenager when he went out, but his hair was gray when he came back.
"I traveled to Dongshan, and I will never return home..."
Xin couldn't help but say.
"The customs of Zhoudi are the same as our Xintian." Ji Ying said: "Your brother will definitely be very pleased..."
After letting his younger brother feel the wind of his hometown, Liu Ju carefully wrapped his younger brother up.
He thanked Xinyou and prepared to continue on his way.
There is still a long way to go before the royal city, and his destination has not been reached yet.
"Gentleman Xin, you saved me. I will never forget such a great kindness! When I bury my brother, I will repay you, gentleman!"
Liu Ju kowtowed three times in front of Xin You.
Xin helped Liu Ju up again and gave him some food and water.
"You are covered with injuries, how can you hurry up?" Ji Ying asked.
"Don't worry, these are just flesh wounds left by a group of Rong people when they were chasing them. They didn't hurt the muscles and bones." Liu Ju just wrapped some linen cloth around his body: "Gentleman, if you want to resist Yang Zhirong, you must not do it.
I want to say that you are related to the Zhao family of Jin, especially this girl."
Liu Ju glanced at Ji Ying.
Ji Ying knew that he had talked too much again and Liu Ju had discovered his identity.
Xin nodded again, this sentence already explained a lot of problems.
Liu Ju packed up his greetings and continued walking forward.
"He doesn't even have the talisman to clear the level. I really don't know how he got here." Ji Ying said.
Xin added: "In order for his brother to return to his hometown, he must have done a lot of extraordinary things. Don't worry, he has already come here. He will definitely go back!"
After bidding farewell to Liu Ju, the three of them prepared to continue on their way.
Hua Nu and Xin You worked together to repair the boat and then crossed the Yi River.
"This is the boundary of Yang Juzhirong." Hua Nu said: "Master, we have to be careful."