Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (15)
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"The dog is not sensible, and I ask Lord Li to bother. You are their elder, you should clean up them, don't be soft! "Uncle Zhang has seen more of the world than Wang Mazi, and his words are more organized.
Li Xu knew that others had relied on him, so he had to smile and take care of the two young people. The five of them said a few gossips with their hearts, and Ah Yun came in to add tea. Zhang San and Wang Mazi greeted each other with their eyes, stood up and said, "It's not early, we can't disturb the adults anymore, let's go back, I'll be busy with Brother Jiu's business tomorrow!" ”
"Early tomorrow morning, I will prepare a fast horse for Uncle Mazi!" Li Xu stood up and yawned in response. Less than half an hour of conversation made him feel more tired than fighting a vicious battle.
When only Ah Yun and him were left in the felt bag, the feeling of weakness came to my heart again. "The government is not so bad!" This is what Uncle Nine swore to him half a year ago. At that time, the old man also advised him not to stay outside the Saiwai and return to the Central Plains as soon as possible after the news of conscription passed. But now, the descendants of Wang Mazi and Zhang San have also fled to outside the Saiwai. The family in the Central Plains is obviously unreturnable in the near future. And Su Si was ......, thinking about the scene when Su Si left to cut the throat of the captive and bleed that day, Li Xu's pores began to tighten.
"Master, do you want to rest in peace?" Ah Yun moved the brazier to Li Xu's feet and asked timidly. The boy in front of her was not as terrible as the legend, and in some ways even gentler than the man on the prairie, and after experiencing a storm last night, she clearly understood this. But the other party is her master after all, and no matter how gentle the master is, it is absolutely as harmful to the slave as a blizzard.
"Sleep! I'll get someone to make you a felt bag tomorrow! Li Xu agreed absentmindedly and planted his head on the felt. There was a hard thump on his chest, and he remembered that there was still a letter from home that he hadn't read. Pulling out the letter by the dim ghee light, he saw his father's stiff and kind handwriting. This kind of family letter has always been a good word, and the father and mother will not say anything to worry their son, who is thousands of miles away, even if they encounter any danger. The occasional hint of longing was quickly diluted by the words of encouragement that he wanted to read as many books as he could in his spare time. However, for what happened to Sun Jiu, his father and mother were very concerned, and repeatedly told Li Xu that if he could do it, he would definitely do everything he could.
"I'll go back as soon as possible!" Putting the letter on his chest, Li Xu thought silently. The night was dark, and all the limbs were not sore, but he could not fall asleep as soon as possible. The savage and ignorant Su Sibu, the affectionate Tao Kuo, and the warm but unable to return home, overlapped and made him toss and turn.
Ah Yun lay quietly on the edge of the charcoal basin, listening to the heavy breathing of the young man not far away. This person is the great nobleman of the Su Si Tribe, except for the patriarch and a few elders, there is hardly any man in the whole country who is more noble than him. This made Ah Yun, who was a slave for the first time, feel a little relieved. According to Xi Bu's life experience, a slave who follows a strong master is far safer than a slave who follows a weak master, so she doesn't have to worry about her life for a short time. But he was too young to anticipate the storm that might arise in front of him. If you don't remind him, you will inevitably be implicated in the future.
Ah Yun, who has become a slave, does not expect that she can return to her former status, she only hopes to live peacefully and quietly, forget the killing of that day, and forget everything that happened in the past.
"Ah Yun, are you asleep?" Suddenly, Li Xu on the felt collapsed asked in a low voice.
"Sleep, no, didn't sleep!" Ah Yun's body immediately stiffened, and she replied in a trembling voice. The kind-hearted Mrs. Wanqing gave her a task, and at the same time, gave her a chance to change her identity. ....... if the host needs it.
Ah Yun felt a sudden heat wave in the brazier, and the blood on her body began to burn. She knew what she was expecting, and she didn't want to hide any cravings for her body.
"You, do you hate me for storming your tribe?" On the felt collapse, there was the sound of Li Xu turning over, and he asked faintly.
"Hate?" Ah Yun froze, and the enthusiasm immediately disappeared. No one had ever asked her such a thing, and the slave hoop around her neck had stripped her of the power to hate. From the moment she put on this iron ring, she had willingly accepted the fate given to her by the Immortal Heaven.
Hate? Parents, brothers, sisters, countless people who fell in pools of blood and fire. In the nightmarish memory, a man armed with a scimitar slashed the patriarch under his horse.
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you?" The voice of the felt collapsed was pleading, as if expecting an answer.
"This is the rule of the steppe, honorable Lord!" Ah Yun wiped the blood from her lips and replied very old-fashionedly.
When she got up in the morning, Ah Yun saw deep bloodshot in Li Xu's eyes. That confused and confused gaze should never appear in the eyes of a young man who is less than fifteen years old, on the grassland, even a person ten years older than Li Xu would not have a deep gaze like him, and it was heart-wrenching. This made Ah Yun feel a little guilty, but the feeling of guilt was quickly replaced by a hint of pleasure in revenge. "It was he who destroyed the fighting spirit of the Suo Tou Xi people!" The slave girl thought happily, and her white teeth touched the wound of the previous night again, and there was a trace of gentle pain.
"You prepare some cheese, and I'll ask someone to help you make the felt buns in the afternoon!" Li Xu's voice was not as weak as Ah Yun imagined. After a sleepless night, he seemed to be a few years older, and even spoke in a tone with a bit of adult calm.
In the morning light, the boy's shoulders appeared very broad, and his spine was very straight. Putting aside the grievances between each other for the time being, this is a rare good body among the prairie boys, solid and heavy, and you can forget all the wind and rain when you lean on it.
"Yes, master!" Ah Yun agreed in a panic, as if all her bad thoughts had been seen through, and fine beads of sweat poured out from the corners of her forehead and the tip of her nose at the same time.
"You can change what you need, the cattle and sheep in my name are all recorded on the sheepskin in the box, and they are in Chinese characters!" Li Xu smiled and said a word of advice, turned around and left.
"How does the master know that I know Chinese characters?" Ah Yun didn't dare to look at Li Xu's eyes, and only then did she raise her head and think silently until the other party's footsteps faded away.
"Does he know that I looked through his box yesterday? So why didn't he get angry? Why should he trust me, is he not afraid that I will take up his treasure and flee? In the sun, the brows of the slave girl carrying the copper kettle gradually gathered into a ball, and half a pot of water wet her feet.
Li Xu didn't have the energy to care about the sound of running water behind him, since last night, how to rescue Uncle Nine from danger has become the first priority in his heart. Su Sibu is far away from the Central Plains, and a few horses must be prepared. Along the way, wild beasts were infested and bandits were rampant, and it was obviously not a safe plan to let Wang Mazi and Xu Fu, the eldest brother of the Xu family, return south. If you gather more people to go with Wang Mazi, you have to let more traders empty the goods in their hands in advance.......
"Lao Sun is in trouble, we can't help but help. If Lord Li offers a suitable price, I am willing to give you all the goods, and then accompany Mazi to this journey! After listening to Li Xu's introduction, a vendor who had come to the Su Si Department with Sun Jiu last time stood up and said loudly.
"Yes, Brother Jiu is a good person, we can't afford to make money, and we should always make a baton!" A few vendors who had never met Li Xu responded violently.
"The price, the price should be negotiable. We don't ask for anything else, we just ask for Li, Master Li will have more in the future, and take care of one or two more. A southern trader selling tea stammered. Too many vendors with the same goods in one place obviously does not bode well. Instead of staying here and waiting for the goods to come down in price, it is better to sell it all at once. It can not only keep the capital, but also exchange it for a favor. At the moment, this young man is a friend worth making, he can do his best to rescue Sun Jiu, and in the future, he will go back and forth by himself, and he will not be afraid that he will not help when he encounters trouble!
Fortunately, Sun Jiu has been walking outside the plug for many years and has accumulated enough popularity. Fortunately, Li Xu now has enough wealth in his hands, and his status in the Su Si Department is high enough. With the assistance of Zhang San, after more than two hours of busyness, everyone finally put together a team of fifteen traders returning to the south, and with Li Xu's expectations and the silverware exchanged from him, they hurriedly disappeared into the grass in the distance.
"Master Li, Brother Jiu was optimistic about you at the beginning, but he really didn't look away!" Third Uncle Zhang followed behind Li Xu and praised with emotion. Dozens of taels of silverware changed hands in a blink of an eye, and he had never seen such a big deal in his life. Once those Shu brocade and tea can't be sold at the expected price, this respectable young man in front of him will lose all his money.