Chapter 202: Wild Grass Grows
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Some people's lives are like weeds, their lives are low, but their vitality is extremely vigorous. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEven if it is blown by the wind and burned by the fire, it can't die.
Ji Cheng was so sick that she thought she was going to die this time, but she didn't know that it was just a bowl of milk, and a little soaked dry naan could make her open her eyes.
It was Aunt Saiyan and her daughter Qingger who saved Ji Cheng. Aunt Saiyan's husband followed Zheli's army south, while his wife and daughter saved Ji Cheng from the Central Plains.
In Aunt Saiyan's heart, it is all a man's business, because they have no food to eat at home and no clothes to wear, so they can only go south to rob. But they have no enmity with the people of Daqin, no matter where she comes from, they can't help but save when they see it.
So the kind-hearted Aunt Saiyan gave Ji Cheng a bowl of hot milk.
Since you can't die, you can only live tenaciously. But after ten days of hard work, Ji Cheng's fever subsided, and people could move freely, she had no face to eat and drink in Saiyan's house, so she followed Qingger to herd sheep.
All the men in the family have gone to war, and only the women are left, and all these tiring and smelly jobs have to be done by women. Ji Cheng herself felt that she was super adaptable, she used to want to be sick to her stomach when she smelled sheep, but now she can sleep with the sheep, and she can't hide in the flock to avoid the wind.
The September plug was already freezing cold.
Qingger handed Ji Cheng a leather bag, which contained mare's milk wine, she just took a sip to get rid of the cold, Ji Cheng no longer had the attention of a big daughter, and took a sip, which was sour and spicy, making her keep snorting.
Qingger laughed out loud, she knew a small amount of Central Plains dialect, and she could barely communicate with Ji Cheng, she was very curious about this Central Plains girl who was alone and outside the plug, did not speak all day, and her big eyes were full of sadness.
"How did you end up with us?" After laughing, Qingger sat next to Ji Cheng and drove two sheep over to block the wind.
Ji Cheng pointed to the sky on her head, which means that God sent her here.
"Where's your family?" Qingger was silent and then asked, she was actually a little afraid that Ji Cheng would say that her family had been killed by their Turks. Before Qingger didn't know Ji Cheng, she felt that they killed the Central Plains people because the Central Plains people were bad, they were rich, and they were poor, and the Turks robbed the rich to help the poor, and the Central Plains people also looked down on them, and the Turks who fell into the hands of the Central Plains died just as badly. But after getting to know Ji Cheng, Qingger hoped that Ji Cheng's family would better not die at the hands of the Turks, so that everyone would not get along?
Ji Cheng shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's gone." ”
Qingger looked at Ji Cheng with some sadness, "It's okay, you will be my sister in the future, and you will live in our house." ”
Qingger is actually only fifteen years old, but she has been herding horses and sheep since she was a child, and her skin looks old, so relatively speaking, nineteen-year-old Ji Cheng looks a little younger than her, so she is called a younger sister.
Ji Cheng said thank you, she believed that Qingger's heart was extremely sincere now, but the premise was that Saiya's husband and son, Qingger's father and brothers could come back.
The hatred between nations and nations is formed by the accumulation of blood feuds in this period, but the initial cause is not that there is a grudge between the people, but that their leaders provoke it for their own merits, for their rights, and for the sake of occupying more land.
The people are so innocent, they only want peace.
Therefore, as a citizen of Great Qin, although Ji Cheng hated the Turks, a bandit nation on horseback, she did not have any hatred in her heart when facing the Turks alone. Unless, of course, the person killed her loved ones.
"Ah Cheng." Qingger called out Ji Cheng's name a little awkwardly, "Why are you always so sad?" Qingger's heart is as pure as the snow on a snowy mountain, and she always has sunshine on her face, and she can't see anyone with sadness on her face.
"You're always looking south, do you want to go home?" Qingger asked again, she thought to herself, when her Abba and Brother came back, they would let them send this beautiful little sister to the border and send her back to the Central Plains.
Ji Cheng shook his head, "I can't go back." "It's because I can't go back, and I don't have the face to go back, that I look at the south day and night.
The innocent Qingger really didn't know how to comfort Ji Cheng, she suddenly stood up and shouted, and then began to sing a long tune on the grassland.
The grassland people, everyone is singing, Qingger's voice is as beautiful as heaven, she pulled Ji Cheng up, "Sing with me, I'll teach you." ”
Ji Cheng knew Qingger's kindness, and she didn't want to live up to this kind girl, but the corners of her mouth couldn't be opened, she had tears and blood in her heart, and other people only thought she was indifferent and ruthless, only she knew what her heart was rotting about.
Qingger tried her best to coax Ji Cheng to sing a song, and the smile she forced out was more ugly than crying, so when the sun set and drove the sheep back into the pen, Qingger took out a dusty flute out of nowhere and handed it to Ji Cheng.
The flute is inlaid with gold edges, the rhyme is grand and elegant, it must be from the hands of a famous teacher, and it is rare in Daqin, but I don't know how to end up in Saiya's house, but it may not be that I don't know, but I don't want to think about it.
can't sing a song, he can't play his heart with a flute sound, Ji Cheng just sat by the door, blowing low back and forth, the song can't be a tune, it's not a tune, it's unheard of, it's just as he likes.
Qingger listened with his knees folded beside him, his face was already full of tears, and he couldn't wipe them off. Saiya's thick voice suddenly sounded, Qingger was taken aback, and quickly pulled Ji Cheng to stand up, and didn't know what to say to Saiya, so he pulled Ji Cheng and ran out.
"Mom said it was too ugly, you are not allowed to blow it." Qingger said a little sadly: "But I know that she is listening to your flute and missing her father and brother." When we go to herd sheep tomorrow, will you teach me to blow well? ”
Ji Cheng nodded.
The days meandered like a plugged river, the first snowflakes fell from the sky, the men on the prairie had not returned, and Saiya's tent was like a paradise, avoiding all news.
But in fact, everyone desperately wants to hear the news of the war, even if it is only a little bit, it can make people not think crankily and scare themselves enough.
One of Saiya's tents that night was a guest, Dolan, Saiya's sister who had married far away from another tribe.
Dolan was born very burly, estimated to be as heavy as two Ji Cheng, with a red face, a thick chest, and a loud voice, which could almost shake the earthquake under people's feet.
Dolan's husband's tribe also followed Zheli south, but because her home was close to Xitou Town, the grapevine knew more about the game's family.
Dolan had been riding for several days this time, and he had come to tell Saiyan the good news. It's not easy for a woman's family, and once she gets the good news, she naturally has to work hard to tell her sister.
Ji Cheng leaned on Qingger's side and listened nervously to Dolan's words, she could only understand a few words in Dolan's words, but together she didn't understand at all.
I only knew that Saiya and Qinggel were all smiling after hearing this, and Qingger couldn't help humming a song.
Ji Cheng gently pulled Qingger's sleeve and asked quietly, "What did you say about Aunt Dolan?" ”
Qinger said: "We Turks have won a great victory, and now the steppe has spread all over the place, and Aunt Dolan has come to tell us. We're going to have a good time tonight, my mom is going to kill the sheep, let's eat the whole roasted sheep. Qinggerzi sucked his saliva, as if he had smelled the aroma of roast mutton.
That night, Saiya's family was very happy, but Ji Cheng rode the horse that carried her here, went to the distant hill, and played the flute all night.
If you haven't left your hometown, you never know you'll miss it so much.
Ji Cheng's mood fell to the bottom, and the Turks won a big victory, does it mean that Shen Che is ......
Ji Cheng quickly shook his head and told himself that these were all temporary. Dolan may not be able to understand the war, and she herself says it is hearsay. Even if the Turks win temporarily, it may just be a ploy of the Northern Army, and she can't think nonsense.
Ji Cheng's heart tugged like this, and he didn't stop for a moment.
The same is true of time.
The grass is withered and the leaves are yellow, the snow is falling one after another, counting the days, it is already the winter solstice, this is the most solemn day in Daqin, to reunite and worship the ancestors, Ji Cheng has almost smelled the breath of incense and candles.
"Abba! It's Abba! Qingger's voice rang out in the vast night sky, cutting through the darkness like a sharp knife.
Ji Cheng, who was feeding the sheep in the sheepfold, heard the sound and ran out, and saw three horses running towards the tent in a bumpy manner, and he could vaguely distinguish that it was three men.
Saiya had already run out of the tent and towards the horse, and the man on the horse jumped off the horse and hugged Saiya, who was followed by Gingle.
In the light, Ji Cheng was also happy for Saiya and Qingger. Although Saiya's husband broke a leg, he came back, and that was Saiyah's greatest hope.
Because of their youth and agility, Qingger's two elder brothers did not lack arms or legs, but one had a long scar on his face and saved his life, while the other had a broken arm and had to recuperate for two or three months.
Either way, Saiya and Chingar were so overjoyed that they wept with joy.
The Turks were defeated, and many men and sons could never return, but the Saiyan family was truly a godsend. On this night, Saiyan's house was full of singing and dancing, and it was very joyful.
Qingger pulled Ji Cheng and shouted, "Ah Cheng, blow a song for us, blow a song, be happy, happy." ”
Even the defeated can rejoice, how can Ji Cheng not play a joyful tune for them?
As long as people don't think about themselves all the time, then it is easy to be happy.
Qingger's joy was so pure and warm, Ji Cheng was also infected by her, and blew a toast song of Daqin, and then was pulled up by Qingger, holding Qingger's hand on the left, and Qingger's little sister's hand on the right, and the whole family danced around the fire together.
The mutton was roasted with a fragrant aroma, and the mare's milk wine was also full of milky aroma, Ji Cheng seemed to see Shen Che's figure in the haze of drunkenness.
She was almost stunned, and after two laps around the fire alone, she realized that the singing and laughter around her had disappeared without a trace.
A neat column of black iron armor stood straight outside the Speaker.
Qinger and her little sister trembled with fright, and their father and brother stopped them with a single step.
Saiya, who was like a hen, spread her arms in front of her man and son, and glared hatefully at the Central Plains man in front of her, as if as long as he dared to take a step forward, she could pounce on him and tear him.
Shen Che just stood like that, not moving.
The wine jug in Ji Cheng's hand fell to the ground, splashing her shoes. She took a few steps forward and crossed Saiya, only then did she hear Shen Che say in a cold and indifferent voice, "Take it away." ”
Nan Gui jumped off the horse, walked to Ji Cheng's side, and motioned for her to move forward.
Ji Cheng looked back at Qingger's family, who had already run out from behind her father and shouted, "Ah Cheng." ”
Ji Cheng saw that Qingger was about to catch up, so he hurriedly said loudly: "I'm fine, Qingger." ”
Qingger started crying immediately, those people looked so vicious, but she couldn't help Ji Cheng, so she could only cry.
Ji Cheng was helped onto the horse by Nangui, and she could only look back at the tent of Qingger's family from a distance, the orange fire was like a warm big orange.
Saiya's family was shocked, they all thought that the Great Qin people were chasing and killing, they thought they were going to die, who knew that the team of black-armored soldiers was actually just to catch the Central Plains woman.
As soon as Saiya caressed his chest and took a breath, before he could put his hands down, he heard the sound of horses' hooves again, and someone came open the curtain of the tent and walked in.
Qingger and her little sister screamed again, and the person who came in was none other than the Great Qin man who was as cold as ice.
Shen Che carried a cloth bag in his hand, bent down and put it down on the small table in the middle of the tent of Saiyan's house, and then made a Turkic salute to them before turning to leave.
The whole Saiyan family, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what's going on.
It was still the little sister, who was the most frightened and recovered the fastest, looked curiously at the cloth bag on the table, and then ran over with a bang.
"Ah, that's a lot of gold." The little sister exclaimed.
It was four gold ingots, and it could buy all the cattle and sheep of the Saiyan family, and they couldn't spend it all.
At night, Saiya and her husband were nestled under the covers, and they were still talking about it.
Kulie asked Saiyan, "Why is that girl in our house?" ”
"Soon after you left, Qingger and I picked it up when we were grazing sheep on the side of the hill, and she was lying on horseback, and she was almost out of breath." Saiah said: "She is usually very well-behaved, but she doesn't like to talk. I don't know who it is, how could so many people be used to arrest her? ”
Saiya is a woman and has little knowledge, but Hu Lie has been on the battlefield, "That's the black armor army of the Great Qin Shen family." ”
The top ten elites on the battlefield are said to be the personal guards of the generalissimo of the expedition. A team like Saiya's has no chance to face this elite army. So the Black Armor Army is nothing more than a legend.
And this time, the Turks fought well, and they were about to win, but in the end, it was this black armor army that turned the tide of the battle, and then returned with a big defeat.
Saiya heard that the Black Armor Army was so good, and shouted, "Oh my God, what is the origin of Miss Ah Cheng?" ”
This is a question that I want to ask too.
"Why did that man give us so much gold?" Saiyan's questions are one after the other.
Hu Lie thought about it, and finally said, "I should thank our family for saving that girl." ”
And Ji Cheng, who was "caught" back by Shen Che, never saw Shen Che again along the way, but was "escorted" back to Daqin by the people of the Black Armor Army. After passing the border gate, he was replaced by a low-key escort to protect him all the way into Beijing.
Ji Cheng saw Shen Che in the pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing again, and the two teams converged and went to the Shen Mansion together.
She sat in the carriage, while Shen Che sat on the back of the horse in front of her without looking back.