Chapter 10: Favor
It was a bronze plaque only three or four centimeters in diameter, with two characters engraved in the middle, literally gilded with a layer of gold. Du Wanwan carefully identified it, and only then did he read out that the bronze medal was engraved with the word "Zhongshan". The bronze medal was drilled up and down and tied with a nice texture of dark silk thread.
Zhongshan? Du Wanwan frowned, what is Zhongshan, what is the name of the person, or what kind of organization? Shaking his head, Du Wanwan threw the bronze medal into the system backpack. Jiang Lian's sudden disappearance must have something to do with the owner of this bronze medal. Looking at the texture of the silk thread and the large gilded characters, the owner of the bronze medal should not be low.
Du Wanwan thought about it for a while, and basically made sure that Jiang Lian was still safe, so he returned to the camp.
In order not to attract the attention of the bandits at the fork in the road, the officers changed the speed of their travel, and walked an hour longer than usual every day. After three or four days of rushing in this way, the large army of slaves finally walked out of the border of the three forks and entered Cai County, the closest county to Daqian in the south.
Cai County is already the last stop in the south, from the departure to Cai County, Du Wanwan and his party walked on the road for two months. All slaves in the south must be filed in Cai County, and they can only go to Daqian after obtaining their own identity documents and official citations. Therefore, all the slaves of the southern kingdom came to a big convergence in Cai County.
When I entered the slave camp in Cai County, it was already dark, many people had already slept, and the camp was very quiet.
Du Wanwan didn't have a chance to break away from the army this day, and everyone was asleep at this time, which was the best time. She crept through her side of the camp and approached the outskirts. As she walked into the camp at the edge of the forest, she heard discordant voices again.
Rolling his eyes, Du Wanwan scolded in his heart: A thief, how can she encounter this kind of thing wherever she goes! The few errand officers in her camp were fascinated by Du Yu, and Du Yu was not taboo, so they didn't avoid the crowd and came around in the camp. In this way, Du Wanwan will not meet them. Who knew that there were such bold guys in this camp, but now in the Cai County camp, when the slaves were in charge of the officials!
Du Wanwan didn't want to pay attention to these bad things, and was just about to step away, but a woman's cry came from inside.
"No, no, please, don't, you're going to die!" the woman was terrified, but she didn't dare to cry out loudly, so she could only whisper and plead. Du Wanwan frowned, why is this voice so familiar?
Du Wanwan stood in place and listened, and several men's voices came from inside, but Du Wanwan couldn't understand a word when those people spoke.
She said that how could the people here be so bold, and their feelings were not from the south! This time, in addition to the south, Xirong was left. Could it be that the slave army of Sijon has passed through the south?
Curiosity killed the cat, Du bent his steps and did not listen to his own call, and the ghost made the god approach the animal skin tent.
There were four men in the tent, two naked with a leather whip in their hands, one disheveled and holding a horn bottle in his hand, and the last one was well-dressed but holding the begging woman in his arms.
The woman's figure could be faintly glimpsed through the cracks in the tent. Du Wanwan looked familiar, that dress seemed to be bought by her for Jiang Lian.
"Don't! Don't!" The woman writhed and struggled in the man's arms, the corners of Du Wan's mouth twitched, and she sighed slightly, the woman inside was really Jiang Lian.
Du squatted down and picked up two stones, shook them a few times, and slammed them into the tent.
The people inside really quieted down, turned their backs to Du Wanwan's man, turned around with Jiang Lian in his arms, and looked out of the tent with sharp eyes. Du Wanwan threw a stone again, then turned around and ran, shouting at the top of his voice as he ran: "There are bandits!
In the past two months, Du Wanwan basically walked through the mountains and forests every day, and his foot strength was trained very well. She howled as she ran, and her slightly childish voice became especially loud in the silent night, and the people in the camp were awakened one after another, and the scene was noisy.
Some of the people in the camp seemed to understand the southern dialect, and several men screamed in horror, and the camp was also in chaos. Du Wanwan, who was hiding on the periphery, saw that the four people in the tent had come out, but he didn't see Jiang Lian, hesitated twice, but still avoided the crowd from behind and quietly approached the tent.
Although the number of slaves in Sijon was small, the crowd was chaotic at this time, and all the attention of the servants was on the slaves, fearing that they would take advantage of the chaos to escape, and they did not even notice that there were people behind the tent.
Du Wanwan cautiously observed for a moment, and then confirmed that Jiang Lian was the only one in the tent through the gap in the tent seam, so he carefully opened the tent and entered.
Inside the tent was a brazier, and on the chaotic wooden bed lay a woman with her clothes spread out, her white breasts exposed, stained with a fiery red halo.
"Jiang Lian, Jiang Lian, wake up!" Du Wanwan whispered Jiang Lian's name, and pinched her with his thumb. After tossing for a while, Jiang Lian finally woke up leisurely.
"Shhhh
Although he didn't know why Jiang Lian fell into the hands of the Xirong people, because of that bronze medal, Du Wanwan intuitively felt that Jiang Lian had a secret. If you save her, it must be good for yourself.
"Is that you?" Jiang Lian saw the person clearly by the light of the fire, a head of unkempt hair, I don't know how long it had been since it had been washed, and his face was not so clean, but his facial features could still be seen clearly.
"Hurry up, they'll be back in a minute." ”
As soon as Jiang Lian heard that those people would come back immediately, her eyes immediately showed a look of horror. Du Wanwan half-hugged her, and the two of them got out of the place where Du Wanwan came in, and ran all the way into the forest.
What was supposed to be a dangerous place has now become the best hiding place for the two.
"Wild animals come out at night to feed, and it's not a good idea for us to hide here. Jiang Lian ran with Du Wanwan, but she obviously didn't have Du Wanwan's physical strength, plus she was injured on her body, so she was already out of breath at the moment.
Du Wanwan didn't answer Jiang Lian's words, but just put his hand into his arms and pretended to touch something. In fact, from the system backpack, he took out a packet of insect repellent beast powder, and then carefully sprinkled it around under Jiang Pian's surprised gaze.
"Well, you won't have any problem resting here tonight. But "but now that the weather is getting colder, it is autumn, the night temperature in the mountains is very low, Jiang Lian has no bedding, and it is difficult to spend the night here."
Jiang Lian seemed to understand Du Wanwan's worries, and said softly: "You don't have to worry about me, after they all fall asleep, I will go back to the camp, there will be no problem." ”
Du Wanwan nodded, and the two sat in the center of the circle surrounded by animal repellent powder, chatting with each other.
Jiang Lian is the daughter of one of Daqian's staff, and when the prince of Xirong visited Daqian a few years ago, she became a favorite concubine with the prince. Because Jiang Lian is beautiful and gentle, she is very different from Xirong's bold and toned woman, so she is quite liked by the prince of Xirong.
In Xirong, Jiang Lian also got favor for a while, but later the king of the southern kingdom sent a batch of beauties to Xirong to show friendship, and Jiang Lian's favor came to an end. That prince of Xirong also got a pair of southern sister flowers, and he messed with that pair of sisters all day long, and snubbed Jiang Lian. Jiang Lian's life is not easy, and in a foreign country, the situation is even more bleak.
But it didn't take long for Jiang Lian to get acquainted with a big businessman in the prince's mansion. Jiang Lian was homesick and wanted the businessman to send her a letter home. Who knew that this news leaked out, angering the prince of Xijon, who was furious and made her a slave along with the merchant.
It happened that Xirong was defeated, and Daqian asked the defeated country to enshrine a large number of slaves to go to Daqian, Jiang Lian and the merchant saw the opportunity and asked people everywhere, so they caught up with the team going to Daqian.
However, the merchant fell ill and died in the three-way realm, and Jiang Lian became the plaything of the servants, and his condition was very miserable. Jiang Lian told Wanwan that when he first met Wanwan, those Xirong soldiers forcibly occupied him, and when he saw that she was seriously injured, he didn't want to take her with him. This time, those errand soldiers will have to repeat their old tricks, and if they succeed, then her life will definitely be lost.
Jiang Lian's words are true or false, at least Du Wanwan can hear a lot of cats.
Maybe this body is really deceptive, this kind of loophole is full of words, Jiang Lian actually thinks that he can deceive Du Wanwan. Not to mention that Jiang Lian's injuries are not as serious as she said. Moreover, Jiang Lian disappeared and reappeared in the Xirong camp, these are all things that cannot be easily explained, let alone the valuable bronze medal.
But Jiang Lian was reluctant to say it, Du Wanwan would naturally not be stupid enough to expose other people's lies.
As for Du Wanwan's life experience, it is too simple. A stupid girl in a certain village in the south of the country failed to sacrifice to Hebo, offended the gods, was used as a slave, and was sent to Daqian.
There is nothing to doubt about these, Du Wanwan's best identity cover is the three members of the Du family. They have been watching Du Wanwan grow up, and they know everything about Du Wanwan. This is also the reason why Du Wanwan never broke away from them before he arrived in Daqian.
"Anyway, the kindness of Little Lady Du, Jiang Lian kept it in mind. When he arrives in the big day, Jiang Lian will definitely make preparations for Du Xiaoniang. Regardless of whether what Jiang Lian said was true or false, her gratitude now was real.
Du Wanwan originally sought Jiang Lian's gratitude, but what does the rest have to do with her?
"Wanwan, but remember the lady's words, when you get to the big job, you still have to trouble the lady. ”
The turmoil in the camp had subsided, and by the night, Du Wanwan said goodbye to Jiang Lian and hurried back to the camp.