Chapter 63: Held hostage
After Chinese New Year's Eve, it's the Shangyuan Festival in a blink of an eye. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was also the time when Yu Ruyan felt the most painful. Last year's Shangyuan Festival, the snowy night in the plum garden, warm and affectionate. The two lantern riddles held the hearts of two people and detained the love of a lifetime. Yu Ruyan's promise of "wanting to be a gentleman's wife" is particularly sad tonight.
Looking down at the red jade bracelet in her hand, Yu Ruyan had tears in her eyes, happy and sad. The bracelet is still on the wrist, but where is the person who will put his life on it?
You and I have been together for a hundred years, the clouds have fallen, and in less than a year, our fate is heartbreaking.
Perhaps, when I see you again, it will be a lifetime, and my love wants to be entrusted, and I can only entrust it to our love token.
Yu Ruyan sat on the snow, looking at the bracelet in her hand, tears welling up in her eyes again.
Yimu Yimu said in his heart that people are old acquaintances. The Yiren were locked in the deep palace, and a plum branch was buried under the snow. The original lantern riddle has become a heart-wrenching steel knife today, and the knife is cut on Yu Ruyan's heart.
"Poof!" A mouthful of blood, sprayed on the snow-white ground.
Yu Ruyan held her chest, only to feel the pain inside like fire, coughed violently a few times, and the scenery in front of Yu Ruyan gradually blurred......
When she woke up again, Yu Ruyan was already lying in the room.
"Little girl, you are lying in the snow like that, and you vomit blood, you really don't want to live?" A bearded uncle asked.
Yu Ruyan shook her head weakly and said, "I don't know why ......"
"Alas, how can you be in good health when you have been sad all day long? If you vomit blood at a young age, how will you live in the next few decades? ”
"Are you awake?" Aunt Hu's voice sounded in the bathroom outside the door, and she came in and complained, "If I hadn't come out to go to the toilet, you would have frozen to death in the snow!" ”
"Thank you Uncle and Auntie, I won't be in the future." Yu Ruyan said softly.
The bearded man brought a bowl of medicine to Yu Ruyan and said, "Drink it, there are no precious medicinal materials in this wild place, so you can only use these local medicines to cure diseases." ”
"Thank you." Yu Ruyan reluctantly sat up and drank the medicine while it was hot.
It's the beginning of spring, but this year's winter seems to be reluctant to leave, the temperature is still extremely low, and the ice on the river has not melted. The snow on the grasslands has not melted, and many cattle and sheep have starved to death and froze to death.
The Tucson tribe of the Mobei Xiongnu has starved to death many cattle, sheep and people, and Tucson knows that there is food in the garrison of Mobei Pass all year round, and secretly plans to send troops to grab food.
In the past few months in Mobei, Yu Ruyan has gradually adapted to the cold here. It's just that I have to wash my clothes every day, and my hands are always soaked in cold water, so I can't avoid chilblains. Because the firewood here is precious, there is very little hot water, and Yu Ruyan also has frostbite on her feet.
On this day, the washroom was washing clothes for the soldiers, and suddenly there was a killing cry outside.
Everyone hurriedly got up and looked, only to see that not far outside, a dense crowd appeared on the snow, riding horses and speeding towards this side.
Voices were heard in the barracks, and war drums and trumpets were blown. Before they could go out to fight, the Tucsan tribe had already killed them. The officers and men of the garrison were taken by surprise and exhausted. Some of them have taken advantage of the snow as a cover to make a detour to a nearby village and loot it.
The strong men of the Tucson tribe did not let go of the washroom, shouting and holding their knives to kill this side. The people in the washroom shouted in panic and fled in all directions.
Aunt Hu pulled Yu Ruyan to drill into the cellar, but was knocked down on the way to run, and was caught back by the Tucsan tribe.
The captured men were forcibly pulled back and locked in a dungeon.
"Woo, what to do, we're going to die now." Someone couldn't help but cry.
"Someone will come to our rescue." Yu Ruyan comforted.
The woman cried and said, "No, we are all sent here as slaves, how can the army send troops to save us?" ”
Aunt Hu also sighed: "We entered this dungeon, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape." ”
"I have heard that the Huns are beasts, and the women they take are either slaves or insulted by them."
Yu Ruyan forced herself to calm down, thinking about how to escape. Seeing that the dungeon was full of muddy water, Yu Ruyan took a little and wiped it on her face and that of several women. Tell them to keep their heads down and try not to attract the attention of others.
That night, the sound of cheers outside could be vaguely heard, and Yu Ruyan guessed that maybe they had won this battle and were celebrating. Sure enough, within half an hour, someone opened the door of the cell.
Several strong men walked in and forcibly dragged the women in the prison up, and the shouts instantly rang out and echoed in the cells.
Yu Ruyan was pulled into the big tent with a few people, and Yu Ruyan shrank behind, her head down, barely feeling her presence.
"Today our Great Khan has won a great victory, and you guys will dance to celebrate our Great Khan."
"Hahahaha......" A burst of laughter echoed in the tent.
Some people couldn't help crying, and an angry voice came from the tent: "This group of girls, what are you crying about, you are depressed!" ”
The person sitting in the center of the big tent began to frown, and said impatiently: "Whoever has a fancy for which girl, pull her home, don't make trouble with me." ”
The obscene voices around sounded, and several strong men grabbed the women and were about to drag them out, and everyone cried even more miserably. Yu Ruyan's arm was also pulled, and it hurt to pull.
"Let go!" Yu Ruyan roared angrily and slapped the man in the face.
"Stinky, you dare to hit me?" The strong man raised his hand and was about to hit Yu Ruyan in the face, but Yu Ruyan immediately blocked it with her hand, raised her foot and kicked the man's vital point fiercely. The man was in pain and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground.
"You don't want to live anymore?" The knives of the two strong men had been drawn and pressed against Yu Ruyan's neck.
The man in the center of the tent shouted, "Stop! ”
"Put these people back in jail, and she stays." The person in the middle of the big tent pointed to Yu Ruyan and said.
"Yes, Great Khan."
The people in the tent withdrew from the tent one after another, and Yu Ruyan looked up at the man, only to see him with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, a heroic face, and looked at herself coldly and said, "You come here." ”
Yu Ruyan glared at him and tilted her head.
The man chuckled, stepped out of his seat, and walked in front of Yu Ruyan. Yu Ruyan looked directly into his eyes, her gaze as if she was about to breathe fire.
"What's your name?" The man asked.
Yu Ruyan snorted contemptuously and did not answer.
The man smiled more cheerfully, pinched Yu Ruyan's chin, and was opened by Yu Ruyan. "Obviously a beauty, but you want to make your face muddy, are you afraid of us people?"
Yu Ruyan was still silent, and the man smiled and took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped it awkwardly on Yu Ruyan's face.
"What for!" Yu Ruyan angrily knocked off his arm and stared at him viciously.
The man laughed a few times and said, "Don't worry, I'm not shameless to this point, you can wipe it yourself." ”
Yu Ruyan glanced at it, only to see the man handing the handkerchief in his hand in front of her. Yu Ruyan sneered, "snapped", and knocked the handkerchief down.
"You're not shameless, and you're going to kidnap a woman who has no power to tie a chicken?" Yu Ruyan reprimanded.
The man laughed a few times and said, "I only rob the grain, and I didn't do the kidnapping of women." ”
"Hmph, the world is as black as a crow, where do you think you can be noble?" Yu Ruyan glanced at the man.
The man stooped down, picked up the veil on the ground, shook it off, and asked, "Who are you, who are you?" What is your name? ”
Yu Ruyan did not answer, and the man continued: "My name is Huqitu, and I am the Great Khan of the Tucsan tribe, what about you?" ”
Hu Qitu saw that Yu Ruyan was still silent, smiled and grabbed her arm and said, "Come and drink with me!" ”
"Let go of me! Let me go! Yu Ruyan struggled.
Hu Qitu laughed out loud: "It's useless to struggle!" My name is Huqitu, and in our language, Huqitu means strong. ”
Yu Ruyan closed her eyes, her hands thrashed, maybe it was too hard, and she suddenly felt that there were many stars in front of her, and her feet were weak and she couldn't stand, and she was shaky.
"What's wrong with you......" Hu Qitu's voice didn't fall, and when he saw Yu Ruyan, he was about to fall backwards. Hu Qitu grabbed her arm and pulled it back, and Yu Ruyan had already passed out in her arms.
"Hey, hey, wake up......" Hu Qitu shook Yu Ruyan, seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, he hurriedly picked her up and shouted, "Witch doctor, pass on the witch doctor!" ”
Hu Qitu hugged Yu Ruyan and went straight to his felt tent. Hu Qitu gently put Yu Ruyan on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and inadvertently saw her hands, which were originally white and tender, and had a lot of chilblains.
"Go get some medicine for chilblains." Hu Qitu commanded.
The witch doctor hurried over to take Yu Ruyan's pulse.
"How is she?" Hu Qitu asked.
The witch doctor replied, "This girl is weak and weak, I think she has been in poor health for a long time, and she has not taken good care of herself, and she has worked hard all day. And...... Sadness is in the background. ”