Yushu County, Taishou Mansion.
A carriage that could only be pulled by six horses, carrying a steel cage made of fine steel and tightly wrapped in black cloth, slowly drove towards the prefect's mansion under the escort of nearly a hundred guards.
The Qiang people along the way started talking after seeing this, and they were obviously very curious about what was inside the iron cage. However, the accompanying guards all held knives, and they all had a fierce look and told no one to approach, so ordinary people naturally did not dare to approach.
After entering the prefect's mansion, the guards carefully removed the black cloth, and what was locked inside the cage was a tall, muscular, blond white man with a strong back and strong muscles.
The white man was obviously locked in a fine steel cage, but his body was still chained with steel bars. Although he was only wearing shabby linen clothes, he still couldn't hide his majesty and domineering look between his brows.
The white man was still sleeping, but after feeling the light, he immediately opened his eyes.
It was this opening of his eyes that immediately made the guards around him feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. They all stared at the man with vigilant expressions, as if he could escape from the cage at any time.
The man glanced at the guards around him, showed a disdainful sneer, and then closed his eyes without saying a word.
On the other side, Shu Luping brought Xiao Chuo over immediately after learning the news.
Looking at the alien slave in the cage, Xiao Chuo was extremely puzzled. He didn't understand what this person was capable of, and he was worthy of Shu Luping spending five thousand taels of gold to buy this person from Guishang.
You must know that since the expansion of the army, the Qiang people's finances have also been extremely tight. For the current Qiang people, five thousand taels of gold is not a small number.
Just seeing Xiao Chuo's expression, Shu Luping knew what she was thinking, and couldn't help but smile: "This person is an expert who has cultivated fighting spirit to the master level. His own value alone is far more than a mere five thousand." Two gold pieces."
The martial arts systems practiced in the East and West, as well as in Tianzhu, are actually different.
Although the martial arts systems practiced by Dongfang and Tianzhu are both called internal and external skills, one uses the eight meridians of internal skills, and the other uses the three meridians and seven wheels of internal skills. They are two completely different systems, but they are both based on practicing. Qi is the main body refining and supplementary.
As for the fighting qi system of the West, it is completely the opposite of that of Dongfang and Tianzhu. It focuses on physical training and qi training as a supplement. Therefore, the physique is often stronger than that of Dongfang and Tianzhu, and the body shape and style are also very unified. They are basically tall and strong. , a muscular body-trainer type.
These three major martial arts systems have all produced masters of Banxuan Dzogchen, so it is impossible to say who is superior and who is inferior. I can only say that each path leads to the same destination in the end.
"What? Grandmaster?"
When Xiao Chuo heard this, he immediately exclaimed and couldn't believe what Shu Luping said.
Haizhou borders the Western Region, and the Western Region borders Central Asia. For Eastern merchants, the Silk Road is a sure-profit trade route, so Qiang caravans will also go to Central Asia and Central Asian countries to do business. .
After Shuluping learned from the Wanguo Kantu map that there was such a vast world to the west of China, he also yearned for the outside territories. He personally led a caravan to Central Asia to sign a trade agreement with the Kushan Empire, and also returned He sent people to collect a large amount of intelligence about the West.
Xiao Chuo was also lucky enough to accompany Shu Luping when he went to Guishang, so he knew the West fairly well and knew that slavery was still practiced there and the slave trade was extremely popular.
But it would be a bit outrageous if even a strong man of the level of a Grandmaster can be reduced to a slave and sold in public. After all, the strong have the dignity of the strong. To make a Grandmaster a slave is in itself a blasphemy against power. ah.
At this thought, Xiao Chuo couldn't help but feel a little more pity in his eyes when he looked at the white man. After all, if the grand master was in the East, he would definitely be a distinguished guest of a big power, and he would be scrambling to give money and women to woo him, no matter how unsuccessful it was. As for being a slave.
Wait, its own value?
Xiao Chuo captured another key word in Shulu Pinghua, its own value, which means that this master slave has other values besides its own strength?
"Then what is the value of this person besides himself?" Xiao Chuo asked.
Shu Luping liked Xiao Chuo's intelligence very much and said: "In the Roman Empire in the far west, there was a reward of one hundred thousand taels of gold on his head."
"What? One hundred thousand taels of gold? How is this possible?"
Xiao Chuo exclaimed again, obviously not expecting that the bounty for this master slave would be so high. This was already far higher than the bounty for a normal master.
You know, the reward for Sima Yi, the Qin traitor who planned the Luoyang coup, was only 50,000 taels of gold.
What virtues and abilities does this man have that he deserves a reward of one hundred thousand taels of gold from Rome for his life? Xiao Chuo secretly thought.
Whether in the East or the West, there are many high-ranking officials who are accustomed to freedom and do not want to belong to the court. For those who have fallen into evil ways, the court generally has three ways to deal with them: Chaoan, hunting, and offering rewards.
Among them, bounty, as the name suggests, means that the court will issue a bounty and let the masters of the people catch it on their behalf. No matter whether they live or die, if they succeed, they can receive the bounty from the court.
This also gave birth to a profession called bounty hunter, who made a living by chasing down criminals and collecting court bounties. Famous heroes such as Qiao Feng and Guo Jing have all done this to make extra money.
For a master-level criminal, the bounty in the East is usually between five thousand and one thousand taels of gold.
As for the Grand Master’s bounty?
Sorry, no force dares to offer a bounty to the Grand Master yet. There are two reasons for this:
First, the price of offering a reward for the Grand Master is too high, and no force is willing to pay it.
Secondly, no one among the people can solve the Grand Master alone, and even if there is someone, they may not be willing to take action, so there is no point in offering a reward.
Seeing the shock on Xiao Chuo's face, Shu Luping did not explain anything. Instead, he looked at the man in the cage and asked, "I am right, Mr. Spartacus II from Rome."
Just now when Luping was talking about the bounty, he saw Spartacus's eyelashes trembling, indicating that the man was not asleep, but was pretending to be asleep, so he spoke to test him.
Spartacus didn't have much thought. When he heard what Shuluping said, he didn't continue to pretend to be asleep. Instead, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at Shuluping with a cold face, and asked in broken Chinese. Said: "How do you know my identity?"
He was indeed offered a reward of 100,000 taels of gold by Rome, but the reward order would definitely not spread to the east, thousands of miles away. After all, the Kushan Empire that auctioned him did not know his identity, so how did Shuluping recognize him? Where is he coming?
Shuluping smiled, and Spartacus responded, which showed that he was not as stubborn as the intelligence said, and he should be the type to win over.
Shuluping took out a wanted notice written entirely in Roman and with a portrait of Spartacus, and said: "This wanted notice was brought back from Persia by my caravan, but it happened to be in The slaves in Kushan met His Excellency Spartacus II, so I decided to save His Excellency so that I could have a good relationship."
The Spartacus II mentioned by Luping is actually Spartacus.
The reason why he is called the Second is because he is a hidden figure of the alien Hundred Calls. After he was born, he was automatically implanted by the system to become a descendant of Spartacus.
Spartacus was the leader of the uprising against the tyranny of Rome more than 250 years ago. He was also an extremely tragic hero. Although his uprising was eventually suppressed, it also shook the foundation of the Roman Empire's rule. , so his descendants are naturally a thorn in the flesh of Rome.
After the Spartacus Rebellion, Rome had gone through more than two hundred years of decadent rule, and its internal conflicts had reached an extreme, but the oppression of the people at the bottom was still not curbed at all.
It is precisely because of this that Alexander, Leonidas, Napoleon and others became independent, as well as the great uprising launched by Joan of Arc and others.
Originally, all this had little to do with the newly born Spartacus. After all, although the identity implanted in him by the system was that of a descendant of Spartacus, that was more than two hundred years ago. He just wanted to He lives a peaceful life and does not want to be an enemy of Rome.
But because of an accident, his life experience was exposed, and in order to frighten the rebels, the Roman interior officer Grebo decided to attack the reclusive Spartacus family. After all, the descendants of Spartacus are a good gimmick and banner.
Glaber's goal was achieved. Spartacus's father died to protect his family, and he, his mother, wife, and daughter became slaves as a warning to those slaves who dared to resist Rome.
Spartacus had not thought about resisting, but Rome was not yet completely in chaos at that time, and he was being watched by Graeber. If he resisted, not only would he die, but his mother, wife and daughter would also be harmed.
Therefore, Spartacus had no choice at all. He could only become a gladiator and fight to the death for Glaber.
However, his compromise did not result in good treatment. Instead, his mother, wife and daughter were humiliated to death, and he was about to be publicly executed by Roman internal officials.
If his friend Kress and others who were also gladiators, as well as the rebels lurking in the city, had not come to the rescue, Spartacus would definitely have died.
Spartacus, who was lucky enough to escape, once again embarked on the road to resist the tyranny of Rome with hatred for the Roman Empire. In order to distinguish him from his ancestors, the rebels called him Spartacus. Sri Lanka II.
Spartacus's uprising was both lucky and unfortunate.
He was lucky in two ways. First, he caught the last train of the twelve super gods in the West. After a series of training and growth, he finally reached the top of the super generals with a base score of 105.
The second is that he did not fight alone. His uprising coincided with Alexander's rebellion. Rome mobilized an army of 600,000 to encircle and suppress Alexander, completely ignoring the rebel army he led.
Therefore, the rebel army grew rapidly in a short period of time, and Spartacus also killed Glaber in a great battle, avenging his parents, wife and daughter with ease.
Unfortunately, although Spartacus's rebel army is stronger, the opponents he faces are also stronger.
The historical Spartacus uprising was suppressed by Crassus, and this time he faced Caesar whose military ability far exceeded Crassus, as well as Hercules, one of the twelve super gods of the West.
Although Spartacus is also a super general, his background is too shallow. Even if he joins forces with many powerful generals such as Kress, Enomai, Gannicus, etc., he is still no match for the Hercules.
If Heracles hadn't been extremely sympathetic to Spartacus and showed sympathy to Spartacus during the battle, deliberately holding back and letting Spartacus go, Spartacus would have been killed long ago. Die eight times.
Although Spartacus escaped, the rebel army was defeated by Caesar in a battle. They died and fled, and they were no longer able to pose a threat to Rome.
Spartacus was forced to flee all the way to Eastern Europe, but was captured by slave traders due to exhaustion and sold to Persia.
Spartacus became a slave again, and his hatred for the slave traders reached the extreme. After recovering, he violently killed all the slave traders. After freeing all the slaves, he forcibly captured a small subordinate country of Persia and prepared to save money. Fight back to Rome with strength.
But what Spartacus never expected was that the king of the small country he conquered had a very good reputation among the people, and not long ago he ceremoniously received the five eminent monks from the East, Xuanzang and his disciples, with the highest courtesy.
The westward journey of Xuanzang's master and his disciples can be said to be quite unsatisfactory. They encountered many hardships on the way, such as being coveted by the nobles of the Dawan Kingdom for their weapons and horses, and being coveted by the Da Yuezhi princess for their beauty. He was forcibly recruited as a prince-in-law, coveted by the Kushan female general for his beauty and forcibly married, and...
Although it is said that as long as Da Qin's customs clearance document is presented, most of the difficulties can be overcome safely, and the big countries are extremely polite to them, but there are still many small forces that do not give Da Qin face, but they are all given a thumbs up by the five masters and disciples. Once resolved.
As for the small country captured by Spartacus, it was a rare country that the five masters and apprentices encountered on their way westward, with a wise king, a prosperous country, and happy people.
Xuanzang was born with a bodhisattva heart. When he learned that the country was occupied by a slave, that the king with whom they had a good relationship was imprisoned, and that the people were complaining, he naturally would not ignore it, so he sent his disciples to rescue the king. Drive out the thugs and restore peace to the people of this country.
Sun Lingming, Zhu Tianpeng, Shajuan Lian, and Ao Lie took action, first rescuing the imprisoned king, and then relied on the king to instigate Wang Ding, who was forced to surrender. Then, after Ao Lie and Shajuan Lian were defeated, Sun Lingming He personally defeated and captured Spartacus alive.
