88. Chapter 88
Wu Chen sneered, stepped forward, grabbed the child's arm and snatched the wooden thorn from the boy's hand, the huge force on the arm knocked the boy to the ground, and the suppressed child glared at Wu Chen angrily like a roaring little beast, wanting to tear the person in front of him but there was no way.
"A little brat, you still want to knock me down, you think too highly of yourself." Wu Chen pursed his lips disdainfully, and whispered to the child who was restrained by himself.
When the young man heard the man's words, he was obviously angry, gritted his teeth, his teeth gurgled loudly, and glared at Wu Chen angrily, if his sight could kill someone, Wu Chen should have been killed by the young man......
The fierce young man who was as fierce as a hungry beast opened his teeth and claws to get rid of Wu Chen's clamps, his small arms trembled slightly, and his body was pressed against the simple high platform made of wood, and the dirty stains on the wooden boards blackened his otherwise white arms.
"You bad people, if you arrest my mother and father, you won't even let go of my aunt, you will be punished by the ancestral gods!"
The man looked up and down at the young man in front of him who still had countless abrasions and a somewhat large wound on his body, glanced at it roughly, was silent for a moment and asked, "Your tribe was wiped out by the army?" ”
"No, according to the time when the army came, they came last winter, and now it's summer, and you can't think about it if you can survive here alone." Wu Chen looked at the young man suspiciously, and stood aside with more and more paces.
There were some low clouds at his feet, and Yue Lin trembled to the middle of the hut on the ridge, and the road with only wooden planks under his feet made Yue Lin feel empty and unsteady, and squatted down to look at the boy.
"How do you hunt and prey? Just your body. ”
Yue Lin looked at it, this boy looked inferior to himself, and it really seemed impossible to let such a child survive alone from winter to now.
Glancing at Yue Lin and Wu Chen suspiciously, the young man asked hesitantly, "Aren't you the group of people who killed our tribe?" ”
"Of course not, we're merchants passing through here." Yue Lin looked at the child, but his expression was not relaxed, he did not meet anyone on the road in the past few days, only endless beasts and birds, but the sudden appearance of the boy once again confirmed that the army is not ethereal.
Yan Yi and the Jiufeng clan were lucky, Jiufeng was spared because of the distance, and Yan Yi escaped because of the habit of drawing maps in the Gale tribe not drawing Yan Yi.
"That'...... Will you eat me? The boy became even more nervous, and looked at the two of them, having heard the old men of the tribe say that other tribes were going to eat people, and many tribes would eat the captured slaves and the old people in the tribe in winter or when there was a shortage of food.
Yue Lin was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Don't eat." ”
"Our tribe doesn't eat people, don't worry."
Wu Chen glanced at the two people who had chatted for a few words, let go of the young man who was still very aggressive just now, glanced at the young man, and signaled the young man to settle down and not to do anything offensive.
"Since the clan was captured by that group of people, it's the first time I've seen people in so long, I'm from the Yuye tribe, and our tribe doesn't eat people!"
"Where to eat?" Yue Lin asked curiously.
The young man raised his head proudly, "Our tribe eats fish, whether it is winter or summer, our tribe eats fish, and occasionally hunts prey, but few warriors can hunt prey, but they are all masters of catching fish!" ”
Because there are many killers in the river, even Yan Yi rarely goes to the river to hunt, because there is no bottom in sight, it is very likely that there is another hunt that is quietly lurking, waiting for the animals that come to the river to drink, even if they are more than Lin, they have only fished in the tribe.
"People in your tribe know how to fish?"
Hearing the new term, the young man looked at Yue Lin suspiciously, scratching his head, "Fishing? ”
"Let's ask, how do you catch fish?"
"Use this!"
The boy excitedly took out two wooden strips about one person high from the hemp rope pile, the wooden strips were very smooth, and there was a horizontal wooden strip in the middle of the wood, like stilts, but this wooden strip was integrated, obviously made of a very thick tree, very strong.
Stilt fishing? Yue Lin smiled with relief, no wonder the little guy in front of him was able to survive until now, fishing on stilts reduced the danger of entering the water from a certain distance.
"I haven't seen it! This is something that we only have in the Uono tribe that is specially used to catch fish! The boy explained proudly, and while cheering and explaining the method of fishing on stilts of the Uono tribe, he held a net made of hemp rope on the side.
Wu Chen looked into the distance, frowned slightly, and said, "The more you come, the team is still behind, we have to go back." ”
On the top of the high mountain, the wind blows and the clouds surge, leaving only empty barrels and hemp ropes.
Jinghong sat on the back of this magical big bird for the first time, in fact, you can occasionally see one or two such big birds here, but very few, it seems that the big birds don't like here, they rarely come here, in order to avoid wild beasts, they have been living on the ridge, although the ridge is high, but the feet are still on the ground, but now the whole person is sitting on the back of the big bird, Jinghong's nervous body every hair is set up, nested in the arms of a man who looks much gentler and a little shorter.
"Patriarch Yanbei, you are finally back, you just can't find the figure of the divine bird in the sky, and you are nervous to death us!"
Zang Heng let out a long sigh, and saw Yue Lin and Wu Chen fall to the ground, coming back intact, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, followed by Jinghong.
The little one's feet trembled, his steps were vague, and he trembled and got off Qinghui's back, and almost fainted, but he still held his fishing tools tightly, a pair of stilts, and a fishing net woven of hemp rope.
Zang Heng frowned and looked at the young man, everyone was full of questions about this suddenly extra child.
After a brief understanding, the group of soldiers all expressed a burst of regret and lament to Jinghong in front of them, the tribe was ruined, his parents were arrested, and as for Jinghong's sister, Ah Yuan's sister should have died a long time ago, because the army does not need a baby who drags the team forward.
Yue Lin carefully treated some rotten wounds for the young man, and gave the young man a new jacket in his bag, although it didn't fit, but his clothes were definitely the smallest clothes in this team, after all, the others were all big men who were nearly two meters tall!
Walking to the back of the fenced lake, Jinghong seriously explained to Yue Lin why there were no creatures in the lake.
It turns out that this lake water naturally contains high salt, which is used by some nearby tribes to extract salt, as for why there are no animals in it, Jinghong said that it is because it is the magical Tianhu water, which cannot be polluted by those ugly fish.
Heavenly Lake water, given by the ancestral gods?
It's normal to have no fish, and Yue Lin doesn't think that the freshwater animals here can survive in the salt lake, but it has nothing to do with the gods, but Yue Lin doesn't want to argue with the little kid in front of him.
There are no tribes left around the salt lake, and most of the tribes here are not very strong, because they all use salt to exchange dangerous beasts with other tribes, and the fruit is their favorite, and the abundance of salt and the ease of life were destroyed by the arrival of the army.
Jing Hong held the freshly roasted giant beast meat in his hand, and his eyes looked directly at Bai Ling and Qinghui who were eating leisurely on the side, as well as the giant wolves who were opening their huge wolf mouths in front of the three buffaloes.
The Yanbei caravan that went to trade for the first time only brought three wolves with it, and the main purpose was also for the convenience of hunting, but the entire Yanbei caravan actually hardly brought anything to sell.
According to Zang Heng's description, in fact, the main things sold by the Gale Caravan were the powder of Hehua, which was also a drug made of stone mandala, and animal skins, because although the people in the city had sharp weapons, they were far away from wild beasts, and they did not often fight with wild beasts, and they also needed animal skins to keep warm in winter.
Most cities have a habit of enslaving mammoths, so each lord in the city has a dedicated mammoth breeder.
Jinghong was stunned and looked at the three wolves, two birds and more than twenty wild horses, he had never seen that tribe bring such a beast.
The scorching sun was high, and in the low, simple shed, the man was dipping his right hand in some water and sprinkling it on the iron knife that was placed on the whetstone, and then his hands were quickly polished, and while polishing, the man's beard was stubbled with a strange smile, his fingernails were very black, it looked very dirty, and there was a bad smell of sweat all over his body.
In front of the humble shed, a man walked in, a pair of sharp eyes and a perfectly carved side face were more three-dimensional and conspicuous in the sunlight, and the women on the street couldn't help but look at the man, if the man's hand did not lead another man, it would be better.
"What the hell are you going to do, why did you suddenly separate from the tribe?"
Shi Chi's face was full of doubts, it had been a long time since he and Yi Feng had left Yanyi together, but the entire Gale Tribe had not really stepped into the scope of the city, but had chosen to build a hut of the Gale Tribe near a tribe called Jiuli.
Where did the Gale Tribe stay, but he was brought by Yi Feng to this place called Xiangsui City, that is...... That is, the city where the craftsmen have been destroyed, and many craftsmen may be here at this moment, like those people...... As a slave.
In this city where slaves are traded, slaves are stripped naked and locked in iron cages waiting for their masters to choose, and this kind of slaves are considered lucky, and some slaves are not used for sale, but for torture, and you can pay these slaves to beat them, or you can make them do all kinds of disgusting things, this kind of scene can be seen everywhere here.
"Don't worry, follow me, I have my way, do you want to continue to be in the Gale Tribe, continue to be a tribesman? Look here, the people here, don't you want to be a nobleman? ”
They have nice clothes, endless food, and if you're a nobleman, you can enjoy a qiē you can think of.
"I don't want to come to this kind of place......"
Shi Chi glanced at the slave who was hanging up on all fours and was smashed by a stone thrown by several men, it was a woman, she did not have a single piece of clothing on her body, her body was covered with whip marks, and her head was covered with blood, and no part of her body was intact...... What Shi Chi cares about the most is that the woman's face is actually similar to Ellie, if the woman who is being hung up and beaten with a stone and whip at this moment is Ellie, will he still stand here like this?
Will you rush up for that woman?
If memory serves, Abba also said that Ellie didn't die, but that the army of Xiangsui City had captured it.
Yi Feng didn't expect Shi Chi to disagree with his thoughts, frowned slightly, and said, "You'd better follow me now, you're not from Xiangsui City, if someone takes a fancy to you, they will treat you like an ordinary slave to death." ”
Shi Chi heard Yi Feng's words and trembled obviously.
Glancing at the young man's watch with satisfaction, Yi Feng happily took the young man's hand and walked into the simple shed.
"Yi Feng, you still dare to come to Xiangsui City, what about the big fat man in your tribe?"
The knife sharpener giggled, looked at the man who was walking into his shop, casually touched the customer's knife, and glanced at the boy who invited himself to drink every few years.
"Mo Dao, shut your mouth, my Ah Wu is not something you can question."
Although because of disagreement, as a tribal witch, the Great Wind Witch is worthy of respect, Yi Feng was a little angry, but he held back the anger in his heart, and the corners of his mouth turned down slightly.
"I'm here to find Lord Ye Yan this time, but you know that Lord Ye Yan may have been a little unhappy last time because of the matter of the Great Wind Witch." Yi Feng's expression softened slightly, and he took out a bag of knife coins that were only available in Xiangsui City from his bag and handed them to the wooden table in Mo Dao's small shed.
Mo Dao raised his eyebrows, grinned and said, "Did you kid listen to Ye Yan's words?" Want to join the military? Want to be a nobleman in Xiangsui City? ”
"Boy, although I'm not a good person, I have eaten so many tons of food from you for nothing, and I still remind you that it is better not to join the army and become a nobleman. It's not all about exchanging your life, it's better to go back to your tribe! ”
"I've figured it out."
The man's unwavering voice rang out, and there was no room for comment.
Mo Dao nodded, glanced at the man, glanced at a few white-clothed maids walking in the distance, tilted his neck and looked straight and said, "Okay, you come to me tomorrow, a noble person is coming." ”
Yi Feng pulled Shi Chi and walked away, and on the opposite side were three maids wearing cotton robes dyed with white paint, the big opening in front of the clothes only vaguely blocked the chest, and the skirt slit at the hem was incredibly high.
Among the several maids was a tall man in a simple cotton robe, Shi Chi couldn't help but glance sideways at the man, because the man was unusually tall, compared to most of the people in this city, his physique was very similar to that of the tribesmen near the river valley.
……
Mo Dao looked at the warrior who was sitting upright on the side while polishing, and watched the maid on the side walk away, he frowned and whispered to the man sitting on the bench waiting for him to sharpen his knife, "What is the relationship between your kid and the demon girl Wu Xiang?" She even sent someone to find me to sharpen your knife. ”
The man ignored it, sat in his chair, and quietly looked at the iron knife in the sharpener's hand.
"Eh, don't speak?"
"The knife is well sharpened, and it can help you a lot in martial arts."
Mo Dao glanced at the man stupidly and shrugged.
"What do you say? If you don't hurry up and sharpen the knife, you don't want to kill me! The maid stomped her foot angrily, what kind of person is Lady Wuxiang! A woman who loves to play with human life like the lord of the castle, as long as you annoy her, you can lose your life at any time.
"You move quickly, the knife is sharpened, and I will take him to see Madame."
The hem of the white clothes is very wide, the slit is very large, the casual movement, the thighs are looming, Mo Dao laughed, and quickly polished it.
The man on the side just sat in place, not saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
Look closely, the man has an iron ring tied around his neck, and it also makes a unique shape like a thorn, and in front of the iron ring is an iron chain with only three buckles, and he sits on a wooden bench, and his eyes look coldly at the long knife that has been sharpened.
The yellow sand blows the wind and sand on the ground, and the dust is lifted up, and the wind and sand are filled.
The object of this man's duel was a nobleman, but a nobleman in the past tense, this nobleman was a young man, he was mediocre in appearance, but there was an indescribable softness, he held a knife in his hand, and looked at the high platform.
Sui Yu half lay on the luxurious bench, the chair was carved with various patterns inlaid with agate, jade and shells, and the white light veil around was pulled up by the maid, just enough for Sui Yu to see the situation below.
"Hehe, let me see how Chang Le, a benevolent nobleman, would treat the warrior in front of him."
"I'm going to tear away his hypocrisy and let him know that we are all the same, that slaves are just tools for us to make money, that they deserve nothing but our domination, that they are no different from other beasts."
Wu Xiang glanced at her husband and didn't say a word, just looked indifferently at the duel below.
The man held the freshly polished knife, walked step by step in front of this weak chicken-like warrior, raised his eyes slightly to look at Chang Le, Chang Le trembled and raised the knife in his hand, but finally put down the long knife in his hand and resolutely looked at the high platform with indignation.
"If my mercy is a sin in your eyes, and you want to force me to take up the butcher's knife and be a murderer, then I will put it down today in front of all the people of Xiangsui City, I am not at your mercy, I am free, my will is at my disposal, and you have no right to decide."
Blood spilled on the sand, slowly pooling together and turning into pools of blood.
The girl lay on the ground and did not dare to move, her head was covered with bright red blood, but she did not dare to make a sound, because now the city lord was angry, and death was not far from them.
"Damn, damn it, hang his head on the tower, I want those people to know, the fate of disobeying me!" The old man's angry voice spread throughout the high platform.
Wu Xiang looked at the man who was standing next to Chang Le's corpse in a daze, and his squinted eyes were a little cold.
The cheers around rang out, and they excitedly shouted the man's name, he was the god of war, he continued to create zào miracles, he was the first man who was able to win twenty-nine consecutive battles in martial arts without losing!
Everyone was frantically shouting his name, but he just stood on the ground, looking at the blood on the knife and the corpses on the ground.
Since there is no other way, let's kill them all-
He slowly raised his head to look at the angry old man on the high platform.