In fact, Ye Ying wanted to go to the Northern Barbarians for a long time. Even if Zhuge Ying didn't happen, he still had to go to the Northern Barbarians.
According to the narratives of the three masters, Beiman is the birthplace of Ye Ying. The former Empress Zhu who handed herself over to Ye Shuai, as well as her biological father and grandfather, have never been seen since they were captured in Beiman. return.
In fact, Ye Ying didn't have much affection for his biological father and grandfather, and even had some hatred. It was precisely because of the incompetence and cowardice of these two emperors that Daning was bullied by the Northern Barbarians who were much younger than him for many years, and even Even the queen and ministers were taken away.
But Ye Ying still respected the strong Empress Zhu, his biological mother. After handing herself over to Ye Shuai, Empress Zhu heroically chose to commit suicide.
However, the two emperors of Daning, Ye Ying's biological father and grandfather, did not show any pride of the Daning royal family. They chose to live a slave-like life in Daning under the influence of others, and ended up dying in a foreign country.
Deep in Ye Ying's heart, there is a great person whom he respects the most, and that is Ye Fei, the eagle commander who sacrificed his son's life for Ye Ying. This hero who has fought for Daning for many years is the one in Ye Ying's heart. Father figure.
This time Ye Ying went to the Northern Barbarians. In addition to looking for ministers like Zhuge Ying who were trapped in the Northern Barbarians but would rather die than surrender, Ye Ying also had another purpose, which was to see the place where he was born and pay homage to himself, a woman who did not give up. mother.
A huge pass appeared in front of us. The walls were tens of meters high and were made of large rocks. There were steep cliffs on both sides. It was impossible to take a detour from both sides.
"Is this Ning Taiguan?" Ye Ying asked involuntarily when he saw this pass. After hearing Ge Niu'er's affirmative answer beside him, Ye Ying fell into silence.
This Ningtai Pass used to be the most powerful pass in Daning, and it was Daning's biggest barrier against foreign invasion. When I was a child, I heard this name from storytellers in the village.
It's a pity that this pass has now become the possession of the Northern Barbarians, and the Northern Barbarians can set out from Ningtai Pass at any time, rob the people of Daning of their belongings, return to the pass, and let the chasing Daning officers and soldiers watch their posts. Sigh.
According to common sense, even if the Northern Barbarians were tough and the soldiers were very powerful, they would not be able to conquer the first pass of Daning, a city with high walls and thick walls.
However, due to the serious corruption in Daning's officialdom, some people even dared to deduct supplies from the frontline soldiers, which made the soldiers guarding the gates complain.
In the end, some generals who were guarding and demoted could not resist the temptation of the Northern Barbarians' huge sums of money, and handed over the Xiongguan Pass, which served as the biggest barrier in Daning, to the Northern Barbarians. In the end, hundreds of barbarians marched straight in from Ningtai Pass and directly attacked Daning. capital.
The meaning of Ningtai Pass's name was to ensure that Daning would be peaceful and safe. However, the Northern Barbarians did not change the name after they captured this pass. It was obviously to ridicule Daning's incompetence.
"Master, after passing the previous pass, we will reach the territory of the Northern Barbarians." Ge Niuer's words interrupted Ye Ying's meditation and brought him back to reality.
"I have said many times that I want to call you Master." After hearing Ge Niuer's words, Ye Ying frowned and glared at him slightly.
"Yes, Master!" Ge Niu'er slapped the back of his head hard and blamed himself angrily for his poor memory. Everyone had reminded him many times, but he still couldn't remember it.
In order not to avoid unnecessary trouble, everyone still accompanied the caravan on this trip to the Northern Barbarians. The entire team only had forty or fifty people, and there were a few carriages, all of which were filled with medicinal materials and animal skins obtained by the bandits in the mountains. wait.
In addition to Ye Ying's direct bodyguards, he was accompanied by Qi Jiao and Shan Fu, two guys who couldn't sit still. Originally Fan Lingyan was the one who wanted to go the most, but as the actual head of the family in Zhuifengling Mountain, she really couldn't abandon her brothers and go alone.
Although the Northern Barbarians and Daning are two hostile countries, they do not prohibit the exchange of caravans from both sides. When they entered the customs, the Northern Barbarian soldiers strictly inspected the supplies they brought, but they did not embarrass them. , and soon let go.
Compared to Daning, the Northern Barbarians are a bitterly cold land. The weather here is cold and there is very little vegetation, so what can be produced is very limited. This is the main reason why the Northern Barbarians always like to plunder everywhere.
After traveling for a few days, the mountains gradually became less and less, replaced by patches of green land, with some deserts and Gobi deserts mixed in. It was still so hot that I was sweating at noon, but it was still a bit cold in the morning and evening.
After entering the hinterland of the Northern Barbarians, Ye Ying and others discovered a strange phenomenon. Almost every household here had slaves to help them plant crops or raise cattle and sheep. The status of slaves is very low, and their masters are always beating and scolding them.
Later, Ye Ying and others slowly figured out the reason, but this caused almost everyone in the team to become very depressed.
Because most of these slaves were Daning people captured by the Northern Barbarians. Many of them were nobles or sons of officials in Daning, but when they were caught by the Northern Barbarians, they had to lower their noble heads and honestly became servants here. .
The northern barbarians were very cruel to these Daning slaves. They had to do a lot of work every day, but most of them had nothing to eat or wear. Many slaves couldn't live this kind of life, and if they tried to escape, they would be beaten like hell if they were caught.
Ye Ying and the others even saw slaves being beaten to death along the way. The Northern Barbarian officials would not care about this situation. Because these slaves are the private property of each family.
Seeing the tragic experience of these Daning people in the Northern Barbarians, Ye Ying felt very uncomfortable, but he had no choice but to pretend not to see this situation. But he secretly decided in his heart that one day he would have the ability to help these Daning people return to their homeland as much as possible.
However, these northern barbarians are still very polite to the merchants coming from Daning. Because of the barren land, they have very few supplies here. The ordinary daily necessities shipped from Daning are considered very precious things here.
For this reason, the supplies brought by Ye Ying and his party are very popular here, and the selling price is much more expensive than in Daning. In the days when they entered Beiman, they have sold a lot of them. thing.
This situation made everyone in Yixin very happy, and some even suggested that they might as well organize a caravan to specifically traffic materials to the Northern Barbarians.
But what happened next, don't let many people give up this idea, because many of these northern barbarians look like honest people during the day, but at night they turn into bandits and rob passing merchants.
Along the way, Ye Ying and others encountered at least seven or eight inexplicable attacks. Fortunately, there were a large number of people in their group, and there were three masters among them, so the blind thieves were beaten to the ground without exception. He had no choice but to flee in embarrassment.
However, after traveling for a few days, the number of these blind thieves began to decrease. After the explanation of a bandit who had been to the Northern Barbarians many times, everyone understood the reason. It turned out that this place was close to Lingxing, the capital of the Northern Barbarians. There were often soldiers patrolling in this area. If they were caught, there would be no good consequences.
Lingxing is the first destination of Ye Ying's trip. According to the three masters, Ye Ying was born in a farm outside Lingxing city. It is said that Ye Ying's mother, Zhu Lian, the former empress of Daning, was also Buried near that farm.
As he got closer and closer to Lingxing City, Ye Ying began to feel a little depressed. This place was the place where he was born, and it was also the place where his mother, whom he had never seen since he was sensible, suffered humiliation and committed suicide in anger. Ye Ying was repelled by this place in his heart, but he knew that he had to go and take a look at this place.
"You little bastard, I have to beat you to death today." At this time, a roar suddenly came from a house on the roadside, and then a very strong northern barbarian walked out of the courtyard, holding a A boy of about seven or eight years old.
From the intermittent words of the northern barbarian, everyone quickly judged that the little boy had eaten something secretly. What did the northern barbarian say? So I suffered this severe beating.
But the strange thing is that the northern barbarian man's attack was very heavy at first glance. A cane in his hand kept hitting the little boy's body. The child was already covered in blood, but he didn't make any sound of crying or begging for mercy. , as if the cane didn't hit him.
He was beating his own slave again. Ye Ying and others have been used to this situation along the way and have long been numb. They are ready to continue moving forward as usual, turning a blind eye.
But this time, when Ye Ying accidentally looked at the little boy, he was moved by the stubbornness and unyielding look in his eyes.
From the eyes of this little boy, Ye Ying seemed to see himself back then, after the old man Liu who adopted him passed away. Ye Ying, who was very hungry, would sometimes get some food from the mule and horse trough in the village. I was also caught and beaten up by the villagers, and I looked like this at that time.
It could be seen that this northern barbarian hit very hard, and it must have been very painful to hit such a young boy, but the little boy still remained silent, with a stubborn look in his eyes.
"You little bastard, you don't have much strength to work, but you can eat quite a lot. I asked you to eat secretly, I asked you to eat secretly!" The northern barbarian became more and more angry as he spoke, and beat the little boy harder and harder. After a few times, seeing that the little boy still didn't respond, I used some force on my hand and threw him away.
Unfortunately, there happened to be a big rock in the distance. If the little boy was hit by that rock, he would be seriously injured even if he didn't die.
Faced with this sudden situation, the gangsters behind Ye Ying couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise. Many of them couldn't help but close their eyes, unable to bear to see this cruel scene.
At this extremely critical moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from the crowd, quickly came under the little boy, and grabbed him.
Only then did everyone see clearly that it was Ye Ying who caught the little boy, and the little boy who had just escaped was looking at him with grateful eyes. But strangely, there was no trace of anything in the little boy's eyes. A look of fear.
"Don't you think it's too cruel for you to treat a child like this?" Ye Ying put the little boy on the ground and looked at the northern barbarian with angry eyes.
"Do you care if I punish my own slaves?" The northern barbarian looked at Ye Ying and his group and said in an arrogant tone.
"Servants are humans too. If you do this, you will be punished by God." The northern barbarian's words made Ye Ying very angry, and he couldn't help but say.
"You are from Daning, right? Daning people are all cowards. You dare to meddle in grandpa's business. Grandpa will teach you a lesson today." The northern barbarian took advantage of his strong body and punched Ye Ying.
Looking at the fist swung by the northern barbarian, Ye Ying smiled contemptuously, then quickly stretched out his right hand, grabbed the northern barbarian's right fist, and then used a little force.
"Ouch... Ouch... I'm convinced." With a little force on his hand, the northern barbarian felt as if his fist was about to be crushed, and the severe pain made him beg for mercy again and again.
