"Maybe I am a foreigner, so they are a little scared." Alyuna lowered his head and said softly.
"However, Xiling has been trading with Dongjue for a long time. Moreover, there has been a precedent of a Dajin woman marrying a Dongjue man." Yang Jinxi felt very strange, "Why are they still making such a fuss."
"It's important to hurry up." Al Yuna remembered what the white-bearded old man said to him last night, and for fear of causing unnecessary trouble, he reached out and took Yang Jinxi and walked forward silently.
The unprepared Yang Jinxi was suddenly dragged forward by him. She looked at her hands in shock. Her delicate white hands were now wrapped in a pair of dry and thick palms. She looked up at a man who was two heads taller than her. In Aryuna, red clouds suddenly covered my face, and my originally calm heart became frantic.
Not long after the two left, Marin tiptoed his head out from the grass as tall as a man. He looked around, then turned back and called in a low voice: "Chief Tong, there is a village here."
Tong Zhuo responded and jumped onto the broken wall. He looked around and found no clues. It must have been the rain last night that washed away everything.
"Let's go in first," he took a step, then turned back and told him, "Don't talk too much later."
Marin swallowed the words on his lips, followed him to push aside the weeds, and groped his way out of the grass.
"What kind of village is this? We actually have such a poor village in Daijin. It's simply not as good as Mobei." Marin didn't expect such a poor village to be hidden in Daijin's land, and he couldn't help but be heartbroken. A mouthful.
"Stop talking nonsense." Tong Zhuo warned.
Marin heard the displeasure in his words and immediately responded obediently: "Yes."
After walking for a while, I came across a dilapidated small courtyard. The wooden door was already corroded and mottled. I was about to knock on the door when a childish scolding sound came from behind me.
"who are you?!"
Tong Zhuo deepened his eyes and turned around to see a teenage boy standing not far away, carrying a basket and supporting an old man with gray beard and hair. He looked like a little baby, but he had a bad temper. good.
It was indeed a remote and remote place, and even a little baby looked so vicious. Although Ma Lin was unhappy, he glanced at Tong Zhuo out of the corner of his eye and did not dare to say a word.
"This old man," Tong Zhuo stepped forward and said with a smile, "I'm here to look for someone. Please tell me something."
Before the white-bearded old man could speak, Ah Ruo impatiently stood in front, complaining: "Master, I told you a long time ago that you shouldn't save them. There are no good people in the Dongjue people. Someone just left." It’s really unlucky to come here to look for it!”
Listening to the little baby's tone, it was clear that there was indeed a woman accompanying Al Yuna, and she was fine. Tong Zhuo and Ma Lin looked at each other, smiled, and bowed: "Thank you, little brother, then the two of us will No need to disturb me further."
"I am a woman, a woman!" Ah Ruan shouted unconvinced.
"Ah Ruo, you don't even look like a girl, no wonder others," the white-bearded old man smiled fondly, stretched out his hand to touch his beard, turned around and said, "They can't go far, they should be able to catch up."
"Thank you, old man." The white-bearded old man slowly returned to the house with the support of Ah Rui. Ah Ruo turned around and closed the door with a loud "bang". Who didn't know how much hatred he had against the two of them? of resentment.
Seeing that the door was tightly closed and the footsteps were getting farther and farther, Marin dared to grin and spat: "In this damn place, even a little kid dares to sit on our heads and shit. It's really a joke."
"In these places, they are not favored by the government or taken care of by the court. They are self-sufficient. Seeing you wearing an official uniform, it's all good even if they don't kick you out. Do you want them to look good on you?" Tong Zhuo said slowly.
, "But it's really strange that such a small baby has so much hatred."
Marin kicked the gravel at his feet far away. As if that wasn't enough to vent his anger, he kicked twice more before stopping. He exhaled loudly before urging: "Let's go, Chief Tong."
"Where to go?" Tong Zhuo, who was observing the surrounding environment, looked at him intently and asked in confusion.
"Of course I'm chasing—" Marin suddenly raised his voice, and realized that his pitch was too high. He quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "Of course I'm chasing the little Khan!"
"There is no need to chase him," Tong Zhuo looked towards the entrance of the village and said in a deep voice, "The emperor only ordered us to find out the news. Since we now know his whereabouts, we can just go back and recover. Don't waste any more time."
"We almost died, just to get some news?!" Marin asked in surprise.
Tong Zhuo had long been accustomed to his appearance, so he was not angry. He just raised his hand and hit him on the forehead with a helpless tone: "You chase him and bring him back, and then what? You have to kidnap him back."
Kyoto or send it back to Dongjue?"
The emperor just asked them to search for the person, and did not say what they were going to do after searching for the person. They worked so hard that they didn't even see the person. Thinking about what they had experienced in the past three days, it was really unpleasant. Marin looked at it
The dazzling sun above our heads is really blazing.
"The people in this village are very xenophobic. Let's go back the way we came," Tong Zhuo saw his shocked expression and added, "so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."
After saying that, regardless of Marin's reaction, he turned around and walked back the way he came, because he knew that Marin would definitely follow him. This man was just like he was when he was a child. He had a tough mouth and was disgusting with others, but he happened to have another problem.
A soft-hearted person.
The sun was scorching in the sky, the wind was not blowing, the birds were not chirping, and there were few people around. The whole road was filled with deathly silence. It was already hot at noon, so they clasped their hands together, and soon their palms became sweaty and greasy.
"There is a tea stall over there. Let's go in and have a cup of herbal tea to cool off." Aryuna pointed to the small tea stall on the roadside in front of her and let go of her hand.
The shopkeeper, who was sitting and dozing, saw the person coming clearly, jumped up immediately, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then said with a smile: "This gentleman and lady must have come from afar. Do you want to have a cup of herbal tea?"
"Well, please," Yang Jinxi stepped forward and responded, pulling Aryuna to sit next to her and then asked with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I see that this place is very desolate, and the people here seem to be too unfriendly to outsiders.
Clan members? Is there any reason?"
They also met a few people returning to the village on the road, and saw that they all took a detour, as if they had seen some kind of monster, and the fear in their eyes could not be hidden. Even the shopkeeper just now clearly looked frightened.
, Yang Jinxi was very puzzled by this.
Seeing that the two men behaved like wealthy people, and there was no malice in their words, the shopkeeper put the herbal tea on the table and sat in front of them, scratching his head in embarrassment, showing his white teeth.
"Don't be offended, madam. I have been selling tea here for more than a year, and I have never seen any Dongjue people passing by. The people here all fled the war and settled here. They look down on foreigners the most," the shopkeeper said.
He glanced at Aryuna and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Especially the Dongjue people."
Yang Jinxi turned her head to look at Aryuna and frowned when she saw that he was concentrating on something.
"Ahem," the shopkeeper saw the serious expressions on the two men's faces, and knew that he had talked too much, so he explained sarcastically, "Oh, sir, it will be better if you leave. Let's drink a cup of herbal tea to cool down the heat."
Al Yun finished the herbal tea in one gulp, put a piece of silver on the table, and then asked calmly: "Staff, how long will it take to find a place to stay?"
Wow!——The store owner picked up the silver coin with bright eyes, suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, and nodded repeatedly.
"There is a small town about ten miles ahead. You can go there to rest for the night," the shopkeeper said with a smile. "By the way, there are horses at the inn in the town. This gentleman and lady can buy a horse."
It’s easier to get on the road.”
There are still two days' journey from Xiling. If she continues to travel, her wounds will be difficult to heal and her body will be overwhelmed. It is better to rest for half a day in the town ahead to let her relax than to sit here and be exposed to the sun.
"Thank you." Al Yunna turned around and saw that Yang Jinxi had finished drinking her tea, so she didn't stop, stretched out her hand to pick up Yang Jinxi, and continued on her way.
After arriving at the inn, the waiter who was wiping the table stared at them, looked at them and said tremblingly: "You two, two guests, it's closed today, please tomorrow -"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow, we two are going to stay in a hotel," Yang Jinxi said rudely, "There are only two guests, so it's not a bad tone."
The waiter stood there as if frozen. No matter what she said, he didn't even take a step forward. He just stared at Aryuna with his mouth slightly open, as if he had been frightened.
"Call your shopkeeper." Yang Jinxi threw a piece of silver on the table, making a slight collision sound.
Al Yunna had never seen her look like this before, and was quite surprised. He had always thought that Yang Jinxi was a generous and decent person, at least not a bully, but he didn't expect that he had looked away again.
There were only two or three people drinking herbal tea in the hall, who were watching with curiosity. Seeing her attitude, they all hurriedly put down their money and ran out, for fear of harming the fish pond.
"I'm just scaring him," Yang Jinxi blinked, stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "these people are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong."
Sure enough, not long after, a middle-aged man came out of the back hall and said with a smile as he walked: "This girl is merciful. We are all honest people. How can I do business when you are so aggressive, right?"
Although there was a hint of blame in the words, the sound was still pleasant to the ears. Besides, the shopkeeper was quite good at speaking and speaking, so he could not hit the smiling person. Yang Jinxi responded with a smile: "The shopkeeper should teach you, the waiter, a lesson. Keep it in front of you."
I don’t want to do big business, and I want to drive people away.”
The shopkeeper still glanced at Alyuna a few times, cleared his throat, and asked: "Is this young master from Dongjue?"
"Don't he look like a Dongjue person?" Yang Jinxi raised her eyebrows and smiled.
It was really funny that the shopkeeper wanted to look but didn't dare to look. She raised her head and looked at Al Yun Na. It's no problem. Al Yun Na didn't look as rough and fierce as other Dongjue people, and her face was pretty.
With the feeling of a humble young master, I don't know why these people looked so fearful when they saw him, like the Rakshasa King of Hell. I really couldn't figure it out. Yang Jinxi sighed and shook his head.
"Dare I ask who you are?" The shopkeeper seemed to feel that his question was inappropriate, and added with a smile, "If he is your husband or someone close to you, I can arrange a room for you."
"Why?" Yang Jinxi and Alyuna asked at the same time.
"I heard that although the Dongjue people are naturally fierce, they treat their wives very well." The shopkeeper's shrewd eyes turned around on them, "But if it is just a chance encounter, then our shop does not dare to take the risk, so we can only hire a girl.