The sun sets, the cattle and sheep return to their pens, and the herdsmen go home. Not only does the grassland become cooler, but it also becomes quiet. However, because there are two to three hundred people stationed in Shacheng, and there are also many captive Han people, even at night
, it was still quite noisy up and down.
At this moment, the short man on a sentry post outside said with envy: "Old Batu is really willing to give up hundreds of sheep, just to find a place for his mute grandson."
land."
"What do you know? What a arrogant person Yongxiebu Wanhu's grand master Yibulu is. Since he despises that mute, even if old Batu sends twice as many sheep, no one will look at him twice. Then
When Old Batu dies, he might be demoted to a slave. At that time, let alone Old Batu's sheep, even the mute man belongs to Taiji. If you ask me, Old Batu is still a smart man!"
The older man who spoke smacked his lips, but also looked at Shacheng with some jealousy: "Before, it was all about pancakes, but now that we have these hundreds of sheep, we have more food. Even if it is distributed to us
Mostly bones are better than nothing."
"Originally, it was just bones, but with that mute, we finally have some luck...".
The two chatted and laughed for a while, and the older man suddenly saw a dark figure coming out from the side. He immediately instinctively drew out his machete and shouted at someone. However, when he recognized the honest face, he was immediately relieved.
, because he laughed and said: "You mute, you are always so elusive and scary!"
The short-legged man was not as reserved as his companion. He almost walked forward quickly. When he saw the mute chuckle and take out a bag of things from behind, he immediately grabbed it and opened it for the older man.
Look, there was a large piece of golden-roasted mutton tui inside. The two of them immediately beamed and gave the mute a thumbs-up smile.
"I've eaten you for days, don't worry, we will take care of you in the future!"
The mute smiled honestly as if he understood, and took out another leather bag and handed it over. The short-legged man quickly took it with familiarity, pulled out the plug and smelled it, he was even more satisfied, and actually pressed it hard on the mute's
He patted his shoulder and said, "Well done. When you come to the pasture of our Guorros tribe in the future, I'll give you a tent as a gift!"
These empty promises seemed to make the mute very happy. He danced for a while, smiled shamefully and naively, then turned around and walked away in the direction of Shacheng. As soon as he left, the two men on the sentry became even less vigilant.
, sitting across from each other, each took turns drinking, while tearing into the fragrant mutton, and by the end he couldn't help but feel a little tipsy.
"It's a pity... He's just a mute with no ability. When he goes back, he can only do odd jobs and feed horses."
The two people on the sentry post here were drunk, and this scene was also being staged in several other places. Qian Ning relied on Lao Chaihuo's unique skill in roasting sheep, and kept stealing the fragrant and hot mutton and delivering it everywhere.
Coupled with the wine he had brought in tied to the belly of the sheep, he was sweating profusely after a long circle. Although there was no movement at all for several days and nights, it could be said that his efforts were in vain, but he did not do it at all.
be discouraged.
He believes that as long as his lord gets rewards from those people, with his temperament that knows how to seize opportunities, he will definitely not watch like this!
Tuo Huochi from the Gorros tribe is in the Great Khan's Golden Tent. The man who leads the team to garrison in Shacheng is his great steward Agula. The name Agula means mountain and was given to him by Tuo Huochi's father. However, usually,
In front of the master, he is as his name suggests, like an unmoving mountain. But now that the master is not here, he is the leader of everyone above and below, so naturally he will not be so honest. Especially among the Han people who were taken captive this time, there are many
Looking at the fugitive, he moved his index finger and simply picked out seventeen or eight young men. He gave two centurions to Battle, two centurions and a few centurions who were somewhat respectable in front of the master.
On the other hand, five or six people took turns waiting on him, and if he had any trouble, he would be whipped. That kind of pleasure made him feel happy.
Now that he was full of wine and food, he felt a surge of heat in his lower abdomen, but the ones in front of him had already made him a little tired of playing, so he simply left the tent and walked along the road with the two guards.
Whenever he saw those who were strung up with ropes, he would personally hold up a torch to shine a light on their heads and faces. But when he turned around, he found that most of them were dark, thin, and old. He was disappointed but became angry again, determined to do so.
He pulled out a man with a neat head and face. Just as he was kicking up a few more women who were huddled and shivering, he suddenly found a section of Bai Zhe's neck exposed under the dirty and black face of one of them.
In an instant, his eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand and dragged the person out.
"ah!"
Qian Ning had just returned from outside when he discovered that the housekeeper Agula had grabbed a woman from among the captured soldiers and civilians. The woman screamed and waved her hands and feet desperately to resist. He had seen this scene many times these days.
In addition, he was raised by eunuchs with money, and he had not seen many more messy things than this. It would be hard to say that his heart was harder than iron. He was afraid that he would cause some trouble if he broke up the good deeds.
He was about to retreat on tiptoe, but unexpectedly, the woman caught by Agula suddenly used some method to break free. He only heard Agula let out a scream, but Nuwu refused to die and faced her.
Bian ran over.
"Mute, give me an umbrella to hold her, I will reward you heavily!"
Qian Ning was hesitating when he heard the husband over there shouting. Although he couldn't understand what he heard, he knew that he would never take off his clothes. He couldn't help taking a deep breath and pulled out the scimitar from his waist. Seeing that
The woman ran over, and he couldn't help but mutter in his stomach: "If you want to blame, blame the Tatars, don't blame me!"
However, he just pretended to be clumsy and blocked the woman with his knife, and then he was shocked to find that the woman was actually facing him with the knife. Her attitude was as if she wanted to die. This shock was not trivial.
Among the soldiers and civilians of the Xuanfu who were kidnapped, the slow-moving Fu people accounted for the majority. If they really followed the etiquette preached by Confucianism, these people should all commit suicide to protect their innocence. But these days, he is watching with cold eyes, even though Agula and others
He indiscriminately committed violence, but no one really wanted to die. In the flash of lightning, an idea came to his mind for some unknown reason. He stopped the sword at the critical moment, but still hit the woman's right hand with the sword.
The man groaned and fell straight down.
"Idiot, bastard!"
Agula saw the mute standing there stupidly, while the woman fell limply to the ground and had teeth. Unexpectedly, the blood on her shoulders was splattered all over her head and face, and she looked extremely hideous and terrifying.
He couldn't help but angrily slapped the mute in the face. Seeing that the mute was knocked away, he immediately squatted down to explore the woman's breath. When he saw that the breath was weak, it seemed that she didn't have much life left, he couldn't help but angrily went up and kicked her again.
The mute kicked a few feet. At this moment, he suddenly heard Old Batu's voice coming from behind.
"Dear Steward Agula, the roasted whole lamb is ready...ah, this is like...".
"The good grandson you raised spoiled my big deal!"
Agula turned his head and glared at Old Batu. When he saw two guards coming up to plead guilty, he was too lazy to pay attention to them. He turned around and left angrily. But Old Batu waited until the two guards also caught up with him, and then he went up to help him in fear.
Qian Ning whispered again: "Master Qian, what's going on, are you okay...".
Even though there was no one else around and the woman was determined to be knocked unconscious by him, Qian Ning still just shook his head and said nothing. He only wiped the bleeding corners of his mouth, with a hint of murderous intent on his face. When he stood up, even though
There was no one else around. He lowered his head and glanced at the woman whose face was covered with blood. He still cautiously made a gesture to Old Batu. After driving the people away, he stepped forward to pick them up without saying a word.
He spent the past few days exploring the roads less traveled, and successfully moved the woman to a house with only ruins left. Then he took out a leather bag from his back and tore open the scarf on her shoulder.
The clothes were briefly rinsed with water from the leather bag.
He found that in addition to this seemingly terrifying stab wound, a round and towering jade peak could be vaguely seen under Bai Jiu's shoulder. He couldn't help but feel his heart beat for a moment. Although he was never a calm and carefree Liu Xia.
Hui, still trying his best to turn his head, took a deep breath and took out a cloth bag from his arms. After untying it, he carefully applied the powdered medicine on the knife wound. He sat there and meditated.
.
Counting the days, the news should have been delivered anyway. According to his temperament, he would not just wait eagerly like this. But if it was to come, it would have to be faster. He had almost used up the wine and the medicine.
That’s almost it…
Just when Qian Ning woke up from a nap and stood up to leave, he suddenly dodged to the right, followed by a clang, and saw a flash of gold stars flashing across the ruins beside him.
It was a sharp dagger. Seeing that the woman ignored the wound on her right shoulder and waved her right hand vigorously to draw out the dagger stuck in the cracks of the bricks, he reached out angrily to grab her elbow, just like this.
As soon as he cut it, there was only a clanging sound, and the dagger immediately fell to the ground. Seeing that the woman looked like a mad tiger and was still trying to fight for him, he was annoyed and came up, twisting her right arm out of joint, and then fell heavily.
He punched her in the stomach.
When he saw him slumped down in pain, he glanced at him and was about to walk out, when suddenly he heard bursts of shouts of death coming from all directions. After being startled, he was overjoyed and was about to rush out, but there was something like this under his feet.
It was as if he was caught by something. He turned around and saw that woman again. He couldn't help but regret that he had such kind thoughts for a moment. The next moment he heard Old Batu's voice calling him in Meng language. He immediately pumped his cheeks and said
There was a sound for a while, and without much thought, Old Batu followed the sound and came looking for him.
"Master Qian, Qian Mou, it's time for our army to arrive..."
Before Lao Chaihuo finished his sentence, he saw something flashing across his neck. It was Qian Ning who was looking at him angrily. Only then did he realize that there was a woman on the ground.
Only then did he realize that he was exhausted, and the other side was ashen.