night.
Another night.
The caravan set up camp early to withstand the wind and sand at night.
We are already at the Shazhou border now, and we will enter the Dadan border tomorrow.
The sandbank is at least controlled by the barbarians, and the bandits dare not make trouble easily. However, if they leave the sandbank and enter the boundless Gobi Desert, all dangers will be unknown.
For this reason, the militiamen of Yanshan Fort Village began to take turns to stand guard. The merchant group took them to move to the Western Regions, and they protected the safety of the merchant group.
Song Che sat in the camp, lit a candle, and carefully completed the map of the Western Regions.
The situation in the Western Region is changing. After all, I came here to draw the map more clearly. It will be much easier to recover the Western Region and do business in the coming year.
"Master, your washing water is hot."
Four Hu tribe maids, one carrying a wooden basin, one holding a towel, one holding a dinner plate, and one holding a teapot, walked into the tent one by one.
I don’t know whether they were tamed to be servile, or whether it was due to nature, but these slaves didn’t seem to regard themselves as human beings.
The male slaves held whips and pedaled, and the maids waited on them. They would do whatever they were asked to do, and they would never say a word "no" to their masters.
It made Song Che almost feel like a slave owner.
"I have told you so many times that I am not your master, and I don't need you to serve me. If you want to leave, I can let you go at any time."
"Yes, Master..."
"If you call me master again, I will drive you all away!"
Seeing that Song Che was a little angry, they exchanged glances, undressed and took off their belts a few times until they were completely naked. They knelt on the couch one by one, posing as if they were ready to be punished by their master.
damned!
Song Che's blood rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead. Who could withstand this? Even the table is lifted!
"you--"
"boss!"
Nangong Yue hurriedly rushed into the camp. When she saw this scene, her eyes widened. She then pointed at the maid on the bed and cursed angrily:
"You bunch of shameless Hu tribe sluts, if you don't put on your clothes, I'll kill you!"
The maids were indifferent and only looked at Song Che.
Song Che pinched his forehead with one hand and waved the other hand slightly, "Hurry up and get dressed and get out..."
The maids then obeyed, put on their clothes and left the camp.
"As expected, they are uneducated barbarians who don't even have the most basic etiquette, justice and shame. It's really disgusting." Nangong Yue cursed endlessly and looked at Song Che with resentment:
"Boss, you're right, none of us are better than them. We eat in a bowl but still want to be in a pot..."
Song Che touched his chest and swore: "O conscience of heaven and earth, I didn't say anything, they just took off their clothes... Where can the Hu Clan's big steamed buns be as delicious as Daliang's small steamed buns?"
Nangong Yue said: "But these Hu Nu are inseparable all day long. Aren't you afraid that they are sent by Alhan to monitor you?"
Song Che smiled and said: "There is no doubt that they were sent by Arhan to monitor me."
"What!"
Nangong Yue exclaimed, then quickly lowered her voice: "Then you still let them get close to you? If you can't control it and the news leaks out in the sinking, won't it be a failure?"
The more she thought about it, the more nervous she became, and her eyes were fierce: "No, I will kill them all."
"Hey." Song Che grabbed the impatient woman, "Kill them, and they will be suspected. Just let nature take its course. Besides, surveillance is not necessarily bad. Whatever I want them to know, they will pass it back. I don't want them to know anything, they don't want to hear a word,"
He asked again: "I saw you were so anxious just now. Is there something wrong?"
"Ouch! Look at my memory!"
She patted her head, pulled Song Che and walked out of the tent, "Just now there was an old man with his daughter, crying and wanting to see you, and he seemed to have mentioned something about 'bandits', definitely It’s not a trivial matter, go and take a look!”
Bandits?
You should really go take a look.
Outside the camp, an old man in his fifties was holding a little girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. He knelt on the ground and kept wiping his tears and crying. No matter how others tried to persuade him, he would not get up.
"What's going on?" Song Che asked.
Guo Shuyun sighed softly: "I don't know either. Just now when Zouping was patrolling, he found the father and daughter standing in the distance. They yelled for a long time before they came over. Then they knelt here hesitating and crying. Let's They can't even get up, they are more pretentious than you Jiangnan people."
Song Che took a look at the father and daughter. Their clothes and appearance were both very attractive, and their personalities were also very attractive.
"Old man, I am the leader of this caravan. If you have any questions, just tell me——"
"Sir, help me!"
Before Song Che could finish his words, the old man and his daughter shouted and knelt down.
Ah this...
Song Che sighed softly: "It's windy and sandy outside, please go into the tent and tell us."
Then, it was entered into the account.
The old man talked for a long time and finally understood the reason. It turned out:
The old man's name was Lu Shan, and his ancestral home was actually in Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. He was later recruited into the army and went to Liangzhou to serve as a soldier and guard the border. Later, he married a wife and had children and took root in Shazhou. His home was in Top Village, ten miles away;
Lu Shan had only one daughter, named Lu Cui'er, who was seventeen years old. She probably inherited the character of Jiangnan people and was born well-behaved, quiet, delicate and pleasant.
That day, Lu Shan's old illness relapsed and his legs and feet became weak. Lu Cuier went to the market town to get medicine, but she happened to be targeted by Pi Laowu, the bully in the town.
Not long after, Pi Laowu came to Tuoluo Village with a betrothal gift to propose marriage, and wanted to take Lu Cuier as his concubine.
"That Pi Lao Wu is in his forties, dark and ugly, and he already has several wives and concubines at home, all of them fierce and aggressive. If Cui Er is really taken in by him, how can she live a good life? So, I rejected him, saying that Cui'er was still young, had no mother, and didn't want to get married yet. Unexpectedly, that skinny old five smashed the door of my house with a few punches, and said harsh words before leaving. Three days later He is coming to welcome the bride. If he dares to escape, he will burn the entire Tuoluo Village!
I heard from a fellow villager today that a Liang merchant group passed by the sandbank with more than 2,000 horses. I thought a noble man must have appeared, so I brought my daughter to see you;
Sir, I, Lu Shan, joined the army when I was young. Although I have not experienced any military exploits, I have been on the border for more than ten years. All the injuries and wounds all over my body are from the battlefield. Now I only have this daughter under my knees. How can I take her away? Retreat into the fire pit?
I beg you, the officials, for the sake of your compatriots, please save my little girl’s life, I beg you..."
The old man and his daughter hugged each other and cried, pleading with each other.
"That's unreasonable. I thought that robbery and plunder were only possible in Guan. I didn't expect that there are such bullies in Guan!" Liu Xiang'er patted her chest and assured Lu Cui'er, "Don't be afraid, sister. I will stand up for you and go to castration tomorrow." Get rid of that Pi Lao Wu!"
"Maybe you call yourself sister before someone else is old?" Song Che pulled Liu Xiang'er behind him and asked the old man Lu:
"This Pi Lao Wu can be so arrogant and domineering. He must have a backer behind him, right?"
(To be continued...)
