"Il, why are you crying?" Chu Xiangwan was about to go to wash clothes, when he heard someone crying behind the big tree by the lake, and when he got closer, it turned out to be the maid Yier. Yi'er is a sincere little girl, she and Chu Xiangwan are both in charge of cooking in the kitchen, others are respectful of Chu Xiangwan and ignore her, but she is very friendly to Chu Xiangwan, and she is the only person who has a good impression of Chu Xiangwan except Helian City.

"Sister, my aunt and sister are going to die tomorrow." After saying that, he cried sadly.

"Are they sick?" Chu Xiangwan asked, "If the doctor's silver is not enough, I have a little here, you can use it first." Chu Xiangwan thought that it was because he was sick and had no money to see a doctor, so Yier cried.

"No, they're not sick, they're going to be buried alive tomorrow." Yi'er said intermittently and unclearly, but it still made Chu Xiangwan's face change.

"Il, you can make it clear, who is going to bury them alive? Did they commit something? ”

"No, their master died, and according to the rules, they wanted to find slaves to be buried, so their young master chose them."

"How so?" Chu Xiangwan didn't expect that the Xiongnu still retained such an uncivilized old custom, taking the living to bury the living prevailed in the Xia and Zhou dynasties, because it was too cruel and inhumane, it was gradually abolished since the Qin and Han dynasties, and this style was also prevalent in the Great Liao in the Song Dynasty, and it seems that the customs of a few famous ethnic groups do have something in common. Chu Xiangwan continued to ask, "Are they voluntary?" ”

"How so? Their master, Hashak, was notoriously cruel to his slaves, and his mother and sister often did not get their wages back, so who would be willing to die for him! Il's words were very excited.

"Does your brother know?"

Yi'er shook his head and held Chu Xiangwan's hand: "My brother just left with the Great Khan and something like this happened, sister, what do you think I should do?" Daddy died young, leaving only my mother and a few of us, and I can't afford to lose them anymore. ”

"Can I go and ask Concubine Khan to help intercede on this matter?"

"This kind of thing is an old custom, and Concubine Khan can't say anything, besides, I'm just a little slave, how can Concubine Khan be willing to break the rules for me." Il's appearance is already nowhere to go.

Chu Xiangwan also felt unbearable when she looked at Yi'er, so she asked in a low voice, "Do you know where your aunt and sister are being held?" If you know, we'll go and get them out at night, and then you will run away together. ”

"Sister, is this okay? What if you get caught? Il was a little scared.

"If you don't do anything, you definitely don't have a chance to live, so it's better to give it a go."

"Okay, I'll listen to my sister, when are we going to act?" There was hope in Il's eyes again.

"I won't say the words of the Huns, I'm afraid that I will show the stuffing, at night you pretend to be a food delivery person, when the time comes, put some sweat medicine in the food of the servant of the guard to let them sleep, I will lead two horses and wait in the distance outside the door, as soon as you come out, you will ride away."

At this moment, it was already dusk, Chu Xiangwan and Yier went back to pack their baggage and began to cook dinner. They went out with their dinner, to the place where they saw her mother and sister, and waited far away for the real food deliverer to come. The one who delivered the meal was Aunt Zhongban, who was working with Yier's mother, and Yier stepped forward to drag Aunt Zhongban aside, and then knelt down and begged: "Auntie, my aunt and sister will die tomorrow, can you let me deliver the meal tonight, I want to see them for the last time." ”

Aunt Zhongban couldn't bear it, so she touched Yier's head and said, "It's also pitiful, okay, son, you can go." ”

After Aunt Zhongban left, Il went to deliver food, and as soon as he entered the door, the servant who guarded him said, "Who are you, why aren't you Aunt Zhongban coming to deliver food?" ”

"Oh, I'm new here, Aunt Zhongban sprained her foot, so she let me come." Il's voice was calm, and her palms were already sweating, but she knew that the slightest mistake at this moment would be suspected.

"Okay, put the meal down, you can go." The gatekeeper waved.

"A few big brothers, it's cold, you have worked hard here, this is a pot of wine that Aunt Zhongban asked me to bring, saying that it was specially given to you, so that you can warm your body."

"Auntie is really warm-hearted, come on, pour it for us." A few people had just had a few drinks before they collapsed.

Yier seized the opportunity, walked into the tent quickly, and saw that Grandma and Sister didn't have time to say anything, so he untied the ropes for them.

"Kid, what are you doing here?" Il's mother asked.

"Grandma, I can't say so much now, I'm here to save you from escaping. Fast! ”

The rope was untied, and the three of them ran out, and when Chu Xiangwan saw them coming out, he immediately stepped forward and had a horse with Yier, Yier's mother and sister on a horse, and whipped the horse fiercely and ran at a high speed.

"Quick, catch up with them." Someone came from behind, it was Hussi, who came after him with a group of servants and hounds. Chu Xiangwan and Yi'er only have two horses and four people, of course, they can't ride fast, and the riding skills of several women are really limited, so listening to the distant shouts, Chu Xiangwan shouted: "Get off the horse quickly, there is a bush in front, let's hide in it." ”

After getting off the horse, Chu Xiangwan thrust the horse's buttocks fiercely into the sharp branches on the ground, and the horse galloped wildly, leaving a row of deep footprints on the ground. Chu Xiangwan and the others hid in the bushes, and they heard someone chasing them, and Huxi Huxi said, "What about people? You give me a good search in this place! ”

Chu Xiangwan and Yier didn't hide together, seeing that the hound was getting closer and closer to Yier, so Chu Xiangwan threw a stone out of the grass, and the hound was sensitive, and quickly turned around and pounced towards Chu Xiangwan, "Ah! It was the hound that bit Chu Xiangwan's arm fiercely, it hurt heartbreakingly, blood leaked out of his clothes in an instant, Chu Xiangwan was dragged out of the grass, Hu Xi gave Chu Xiangwan a slap with his backhand, and asked, "You took the person away?" Where did the others go? ”

"Just look at the ground." Chu Xiangwan smiled and pointed to the ground.

"If you keep chasing me, they won't be able to escape." Hu Xi pointed to the hoof prints of the horses on the ground and said, then pointed to Chu Xiangwan and said, "Bring this woman back to me first." ”

"Yes." The other servants ran away, and Hussey returned with the men.

"What about then, Il?" A few women hid in the grass and waited for someone to leave before they dared to come out, Il's grandmother asked in a panic.

"Grandma, you and Sister Ah go back with me first to find a place to hide, I have to go to Concubine Khan to save Sister Wannu, otherwise she will die."

"Child, let's run, the gods will bless her." Il's mother said.

"No, Sister Wannu was arrested to protect us, I have to go back." So the group returned to Tata City.