Zheng Yu came out of his father's tent very unhappily, and when he saw Yang Muyun looking thoughtful, he said angrily: "What are you thinking, do you still want to go out to find out the news?" ”

"Lord Hou is restraining you, not me," Yang Muyun said with a faint smile: "I am not surnamed Zheng, and I am not Lord Hou's child, Master Hou has no reason to stare at me." ”

Zheng Yu stared at him for a while with a pair of eyes, and said, "You are a Ming person, you can only speak Chinese, how can you go to find out the news from those barbarians." ”

"I haven't been here for long since I came to Annan," Yang Muyun said with a smile: "Didn't I also learn to speak Annan with you, and I get along very well with Master Hou and Miss, I believe those pot savers will not be wary of me." ”

"Why?"

"Because I am a Ming person," Yang Muyun said, "they do not agree with the Annan people, but they will not be hostile to the Ming people." ”

Zheng Yu narrowed his eyes, "Maybe what you said is right, but you ignored one point. ”

"What?"

"Not all of them are hostile to us Yue people," Zheng Yu said, "and some of them have taken refuge in us and are willing to use them for us." ”

......

The person Zheng Yu said was called Ah Hu, and he was one of her slaves. He was not very old, his complexion was dark, and although he was small, he appeared very capable. In the capital of the Yue people, there was a large slave market, where there were slaves from many places, some of them came from the barbarian tribes near Annam, such as the Cunpen people and the Qin barbarians. Some come from other countries such as Chenla, Siamese, Burmese, and even Indians.

Zheng Yu was following his brother to visit the slave market, and when he saw Ah Hu, he was already dying, and he felt pitiful for a while and bought him. When he brought him back to the mansion, Zheng Yu did not discriminate against Ah Hu because of his status as a barbarian, but ordered someone to take care of him until he recovered. So far, Ah Hu is grateful to Zheng Yu and loyally stayed by her side.

Zheng Yu brought Ah Hu to Yang Muyun's eyes, and said proudly: "Why, he is a real barbarian and can speak their language, but he is loyal to me alone, if you go to the realm of the barbarian with him, it will be much more convenient." ”

"Oh?" Yang Muyun's eyes lit up, "Miss wants him to follow me?" ”

"You think beautifully," Zheng Yu chuckled, "he won't follow anyone but me, unless......" Her eyes rolled, "I'll be with you to bring him with me." ”

"This ......" Yang Muyun looked embarrassed, "Will Master Hou agree?" ”

"Fool," Zheng Yu glared at him, "just don't let my father know." ”

"I'm afraid...... Not okay? Yang Muyun hesitated.

"That's good," Zheng Yu pretended to turn around, "then I'll take Ah Hu back." ”

"Don't," Yang Muyun walked around the mountains of Miaodi, where the boundless jungle was daunting, he knew the importance of a local guide in this wild mountain forest that was no different from Miaodi, so he said to Zheng Yu with a smile: "Miss, don't be angry, there is something to discuss." ”

"No discussion," Zheng Yu stiffened his face, "If you don't take me, everything will be suspended." ”

"Okay, good," Yang Muyun had no choice but to agree, looking at the mask on her face, "Your appearance is a little special, if you go out with me like this, I'm afraid it will be very inconvenient." ”

"What's the inconvenience...... Zheng Yu understood what he was referring to as soon as he spoke, and his eyes rolled, "You mean to let me take off this mask?" ”

Yang Muyun avoided her gaze and did not speak.

Zheng Yu smiled

"Okay, I'll take this mask off now, do you want to see it?" ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly lowered his eyelids, not daring to look at him.

"Am I that scary?" Zheng Yu's eyes flickered, "You don't even dare to look at me?" ”

"Miss is serious," Yang Muyun said, "I just follow the sage's teaching, 'Don't look at incivility'." "Annan's scholars also revered Confucius as a sage, and they were no strangers to the words of sages.

Zheng Yugege smiled coquettishly, and his eyes flickered, "Hypocrite, use the words of the sage as a shield." Sage Kong also said, 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman is good'! After that, he turned around, walked a few steps and left a sentence, "If you want Ah Hu, tonight's third watch, we will see you on the riverside outside the camp." Without you, I can still do what I want. Remember, I'm just waiting for you to get to the third watch, and the third watch is over......" chuckled, and he had gone far.

......

At night, the moonlight is like a veil, shining on the sparkling river like a layer of surging satin. Yang Muyun walked back and forth by the river a few times, but he didn't see a single figure.

"This girl can't be teasing me, is she?" Yang Muyun secretly said in his heart: "Or has she already left first?" He looked up at the full moon that had gradually set to the west, and muttered, "It's the third watch now!" I didn't miss the hour. ”

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a figure flashing behind a large rock not far away. My heart moved, and I rushed over. Before reaching the boulder, a black shadow suddenly flew up from behind the stone, running like a river. Yang Muyun twisted his waist and wanted to turn around and chase after him, but suddenly there was a strong wind behind him, and before he turned sideways, a cold light had been drawn in front of him, he was shocked, and before he could think about it, his knees bent, his body leaned back, and the cold light crossed the tip of his nose.

He then twisted his body and swung it away, "pop-" and seemed to slap the other man on the shoulder.

"Ahh He stared at it, and a slender figure shook and fell to the ground.

"How are you?" Yang Muyun hurriedly stepped forward to help, but before he touched the other party's body, he felt a cold throat, and was forced by a cold sword.

Zheng Yuge laughed, stood up, stared at him and said, "Yang Muyun, I didn't expect you to have my Dao too." ”

"Miss is resourceful and admired," Yang Muyun's eyebrows jumped and said, "Please also ask Miss to take the sword away, it's too dangerous." ”

Zheng Yuxiu raised her eyebrows, withdrew her sword, and twitched the corners of her mouth, "Resourceful, hmph, you must be scolding me for being cunning in your heart, right?" ”

"Where, where," Yang Muyunqiang smiled and said, "My admiration for Miss is from the heart. But why should Miss do this? ”

"Because I'm afraid you'll betray me to Daddy." Zheng Yu stared at his face and said.

"Is that a person who is not righteous?" Yang Muyun smiled, and saw that the mask on her face had not been taken off, so he said, "It seems that Miss is still not ready......

"You mean that?" Zheng Yu touched the mask on his face, "In the realm of barbarians, it is not uncommon to smear oil paint on your face and wear a mask, but you are dressed like this, and I don't know how weird it is in the eyes of barbarians!" ”

"If I take off my clothes and put oil paint all over my body, I don't look like a barbarian," Yang Muyun laughed at himself: "It's better to be more natural as before." ”

"If you don't dress up carefully, how can you know if it doesn't look like it?" Zheng Yu winked at him, "If you want to pretend to be a barbarian, I'll help you, and make sure you don't even recognize yourself." ”

"No need, no need," Yang Muyun waved his hand again and again, "I don't know how to speak barbarian language, if I look weird, wouldn't it be revealing if I was forced to speak?" ”

Zheng Yu smiled coquettishly, like a flower branch, looking at the night, his eyes were straight, "It's not early, you have to go quickly, otherwise you will be discovered by Daddy at dawn."

I'm not in the camp, so it's bad. ”

"Where's Ah Hu?" Yang Muyun saw that there was no one else beside her, so he asked.

"Hu?" Zheng Yu's eyes flashed, "You scared him away!" Just now you ran like a fly, and as soon as he was frightened, he ran away! ”

"It turns out that the black shadow is Ah Hu." Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart. But he didn't believe what Zheng Yu said, he was scared away by himself.

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In a trance, Yang Muyun felt like he had returned to the seedling field, and the primeval forest that covered the sky and the sun was full of giant trees with strange plate-like roots that he had never seen before, and bright and unknown flowers and plants. I had never seen any fruit on the trees, and some of the leaves were larger than umbrellas, covering the blazing sun.

The eyes were full of green, and everything from the eyes to the heart was drowned out in green, and from time to time there were the sounds of monkeys and unknown birds in the verdant tent. The air smells of rotting trees, occasionally leaking through the dense foliage and moving slowly through the leafy jungle.

In this inaccessible place, Ah Hu seemed excited, and kept climbing up and down the trees, holding a pergola and looking into the distance.

"Hey," Yang Muyun whispered to Zheng Yu in Chinese, "Will this Ah Hu really help us?" ”

"You don't believe him?" Zheng Yu glanced at him.

"After all, he is a pot keeper," Yang Muyun reminded, "Will he help outsiders to the detriment of his own people?" ”

"The moment he was sold to me, he no longer had the concept of a clan," Zheng Yu looked at Ah Hu's back and said, "Because it was his clan who sold him to the Yue people." ”

"How so?" Yang Muyun said in surprise.

"What is strange in your eyes is very common in the pot keeper." "If they need to, they can trade everything they have with the Yue people, including jade, wood, flowers, animals and even their people," Zheng said. Seeing that Yang Muyun still didn't understand, he patiently explained: "In Cunpan, some of the people who live at the bottom are the private property of a few leaders and nobles, which can be exchanged with others. In my Da Viet army, there were barbarians from various tribes, and when the Da Viet army fought against their tribes, these barbarian soldiers were often braver than the Yue soldiers. ”

"It seems that this is because they are not yet civilized," after listening to Zheng Yu's statement, Yang Muyun secretly said in his heart: "After separating from this tribe, the original consciousness in the minds of the barbarians has disappeared, and they will only serve the current master's family. ”

"What are you thinking?" Zheng Yu winked at him, "It's not that I've never walked in such a primeval forest, so I'm not used to it." ”

"Hmm," Yang Muyun shook his head slightly, "There are also such inaccessible barren mountains and forests in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also tribes living in it that are opposed to the Ming Dynasty, and the Imperial Court has sent troops to clear them year after year, but they have never been able to give in. ”

"Oh?" Zheng Yu's eyes rolled, "Listening to what you said is so touching, then you must have gone into the mountains with the army to clear those tribes?" ”

"No," Yang Muyun raised his eyes and looked into the depths of the forest, "but I've seen them fight with the imperial army. They led the imperial army to the heart of the mountains and forests, and then rushed out, and after a fierce battle, the imperial army was outnumbered, and all but a few escaped, and all the others fell in pools of blood. ”

"Hmm......" Zheng Yu's eyes flickered, imagining the scene Yang Muyun described.

Suddenly, Ah Hu picked up a tree not far away, ran to Zheng Yu and muttered something that Yang Muyun didn't understand, and then stretched out his hand and pointed ahead.

Zheng Yu's face changed color slightly, and he said to Yang Muyun: "There is someone in front of ......"