Chapter 18: The First Sight of the Two-Legged Sheep
"According to the rules of the wolf pack on the grassland, after the death of the previous wolf king, the wolf pack will elect a new wolf king. www.biquge.info The first thing the new wolf king did when he took office was to bite all the wolf cubs left by the previous wolf king to prevent future troubles. The giant wolf just now should be a she-wolf, and it should be a proto-wolf who has opened her mind, so she brought her cub to the ground in the hope that we would take pity on this little wolf cub and leave it behind. Mr. Han walked towards the little wolf cub as he spoke, squatted down and stared, looked up and said to Li Deyi: "I haven't opened my eyes yet, I should be able to feed it." If the little wolf cub opens its eyes and recognizes the she-wolf, people will not be able to raise it, so they can only kill it. Pick up the little wolf cub and hand it to Li Deyi.
Li Deyi stretched out his hand to take the little wolf cub, looked at the soft and soft little thing that was shivering from the cold, carefully carried it into his arms, and warmed the little wolf cub with his own body temperature. After picking up the little wolf cub, Li Deyi turned his head and went back to help the big guy light the fire.
After a real effort, the aroma of boiled wolf meat gradually wafted away. At this time, I don't know where Wang Da Fat Man found a cloth bag and opened it, and it was actually filled with seasonings. Wang Fatzi sprinkled the five cauldrons into it one by one, and muttered while sprinkling: "This wolf meat plus the unique secret seasoning of the Sprinkle family can't be compared to the serious fragrant meat, you must be slow when you eat it later, don't bite your tongue, hahahaha......." ”
After a long time, the wolf meat was finally fully cooked, and the tired and hungry group didn't care about anything else, so they lined up one after another, and scooped up a piece of meat one by one to eat it. Li Deyi also reached out and grabbed a piece, and was about to stuff it into his mouth, when he suddenly felt a warm breath spraying on the back of his neck. When he turned his head, it turned out to be the mule he had ridden before, and he didn't know when he came up behind him. I saw that the two mules were staring at the wolf meat in Li De's hand, and their mouths were still chewing dryly. Li Deyi was frightened by the appearance of this mule, and he didn't react for a long time. The mule saw that Li De was in a daze, so he snorted impatiently, and took two steps forward, when a soldier next to him came over to relieve Li Deyi, "This mule is going to eat the wolf meat in your hand, give him a piece." ”
"Huh? Yes! Li De was stunned and handed over the wolf meat in his hand, and the mule bit the large piece of wolf meat, chewing even the meat and bones in three or two times, and swallowed it together. After eating this piece, I rubbed Li Deyi with my head again, and I still want to eat it! Li Deyi handed him another piece, and this time he saw that the mule was eating happily, so he wanted to reach out and touch it. As soon as he put his hand down, Li De, who was piercing, hissed at the corner of his mouth, and actually touched a handful of hard bristles that were extremely prickly. Li Deyi stabbed his back, quickly withdrew his hand, and wondered: No wonder I felt a pain in my stomach when I rode it just now, it turned out that the hair on its body was so hard.
After eating three or four pieces of wolf meat in a row, the mule shook its head and flicked its tail and walked away satisfied. Li Deyi still sat there for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, after all, he was so big, the first time he saw a meat-eating mule, it was still wolf meat. And when the mule opened its mouth to chew the meat, Li had to see clearly that the mule actually had a mouthful of fangs in its mouth, and there were four extraordinarily prominent big canine teeth above and below.
Han slipped to Li Deyi's side, sat on the ground, laughed a few times, and said: "Look dumbfounded, this is not an ordinary mule, it was the mount of Di Dashuai back then, the first divine horse in the world, and the species left by the fire-eyed fox!" Speaking of the origin of Di Dashuai's fiery eyes, it is really amazing. It is said that Di Dashuai encountered a different kind of divine horse in the snow-covered wasteland of the extreme north all year round, and his whole body was on fire, and everywhere he passed was a sea of fire. Later, this fiery and fierce man was subdued by the marshal himself, and then he submitted to Dashuai Di and became a mount for his old man. The fire-eyed fierce only let Di Dashuai ride alone, and the others were not even allowed to touch it. Di Dashuai has won all battles in his life, and he also has half of the credit for his fierce eyes. Later, Di Dashuai was transferred to Zhongshen City as a privy envoy because of his merits, and he no longer went into battle, so he released this xenomorph god horse back to the grassland before that. However, what everyone didn't expect was that when he was leaving, the fiery eye actually looked at a female donkey carrying grain and grass, and immediately rode it, and then the female donkey gave birth to this alien mule. The mule was born, and the she-donkey died. When Han said this, he scooped up another piece of wolf meat and ate it.
When Li Deyi first heard this strange story, he was immediately interested, and urged: "Mr. Han, go on, don't stop." Come, I'll help you tear the wolf meat into pieces. "Hehe" Han Jiang laughed dryly, and then said: "In order to leave offspring for this fiery and fierce man, I don't know how many mares of the divine horse were found, and even the legendary Dawan horse and sweaty BMW were found, but all of them were kicked and bitten away by this alien divine horse, and it turned out that a mare did not enter the fire eye. Gradually, the handsome man also extinguished his mind and never mentioned this matter again. Unexpectedly, when he was leaving, he actually took a fancy to a female donkey carrying grain, and he also hit the target, leaving offspring. ”
"Then you say, I listen to that, why don't you want this mare, who has those divine horses, but a female donkey?"
Mr. Han touched his oily mouth, and then said: "There is still no conclusion on this matter, but in my old Han's opinion, this alien god horse, after all, is a different breed, and the requirements for the mare must be extraordinary. Look at those ministers in Beijing, how much they like tall and slender, beautiful and white-skinned women. When we arrived in our northwest borderland, the situation changed again, and most of them were wives and concubines with big-chested women. Further north, when you go to the Tuliao people, most of them are extremely big, and the fat women who can give birth to them are loved. ”
Nodding as if he didn't understand, Li Deyi then asked, "You haven't said why the fire-eyed donkey finally fell in love with the she-donkey carrying the grain?" Mr. Han snorted, "I've been talking in vain for half a day, you just didn't understand." The fire-eyed fierce must have seen that the she-donkey was extremely big and capable of hard work, and felt that she must be a good woman who could give birth to her, so she asked for the she-donkey! You doll, do you understand? ”
"I see!" Li Deyi suddenly realized, and then asked: "Then why does this mule like to eat meat?" Han Jiang said angrily: "Because his father is fierce and eats meat, so his father is called a different species, his father eats meat, and of course his son also eats meat, so why do you need to ask?" Last time, the Tuliao people came to fight our Dingbei County, in order to say that this alien mule went into battle, but now he was fed three catties of cooked mutton. What's even more hateful is that three catties of cooked mutton are belly, and this mule is not allowed to be ridden. ”
"Ah, I said that the last time I defended the city, the big fat man rushed out with the cavalry, and there was a mule behind him that no one rode and rushed out together." Li Deyi suddenly realized, and then asked puzzledly: "This mule is not ridden, what is the use of him just going into battle?" ”
"Hehe, you still don't understand this? His father is the world's number one god horse, and he is born to be the emperor of all horses! The emperor's son is naturally the crown prince of all horses, and ordinary horses come to the side of this mule within a kilometer, and they are often so frightened that they can't run. Not only that, this mule also inherited his father's good bloodline of fire-eyed fierceness, and when he was born, he would take the initiative to absorb the original qi to strengthen himself, and he had strengthened his knowledge of the sea early and opened his spiritual wisdom, and he could understand people's words, and now he is already a cultivator of the Qi Zhuang Realm. If my old Han is not mistaken, when I was fighting the wolf just now, this mule actually let you ride it just now, it seems that it is related to you. This mule still has no owner, but it is nourished in our Weibei on weekdays, and if you can subdue it, it will also be your creation. You take a piece of meat and try it again! As he spoke, he urged Li De to try the mule again and again.
Li Deyi originally dared to ride the mule, but the situation was urgent, and he didn't know that this mule had such a big origin, and the so-called newborn calf was not afraid of tigers. Now that I know that the mule actually eats meat, and there is no edge to the big one, my heart is bottomless. Holding two pieces of boiled wolf meat, Li Deyi cautiously leaned over to the mule, leaned closer and handed the meat to the mule's mouth, and said tremblingly: "Do you still eat wolf meat?" I'm still here. ”
The mule was not polite, took the wolf meat in one bite, and began to chew it. Li Deyi tried to slowly put his hand on the back of the mule, and said, "You were so fierce when you fought the wolves just now, you can actually kick and kill several wolves." "The mule was very fond of using this mule fart to rub his head on Li De's hand, which meant to keep patting, and it sounded weird and comfortable.
Li De glanced at Youmen, and boldly continued: "I see that you are much more powerful than those war horses, and those horses are not as capable as you." When the mule heard this, he rubbed his head on Li De's hand again, which meant to continue to praise the uncle.
"It's not nice to call you a mule, you're so powerful, you should have a majestic nickname, why don't I give you one?" Li Deyi asked tentatively. Hearing this, the mule actually nodded with satisfaction, snorted loudly, and glared at Li Deyi, which meant to quickly give the uncle a majestic bandit.
Li Deyi used his brains and reported several nicknames in a row, flying on the grass, floating on the water, racing dragon, dragon horse, black whirlwind...... They were all killed by the mule's shaking of his head. Li Deyi had no choice but to continue to break his head and continue to think, and subconsciously accelerated the operation of Zhihai, until there was a sharp pain in his head, and suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared, Li Deyi blurted out: "Hummer, how do you look at this, you are much stronger than Marco." ”
This mule heard the nickname "Hummer", thought for a while, and rubbed his head against Li Deyi's arm, meaning that I like it very much, uncle, so I chose it. Li Deyi happily patted the mule's head, "Then I'll call you "Hummer" from now on." As he spoke, he wanted to turn over the mule's back. Unexpectedly, the mule was very alert, and actually jumped forward a few steps quickly, and directly threw Li Deyi to the ground.
When the people around saw this, they burst into laughter. Li Deyi made a big red face, got up from the ground with his hands on his cheek, went back to sit on the ground honestly, and gnawed on wolf meat silently.
Wang Zhuangbiao carried the body of a giant wolf that had been eaten and exposed his bones, swayed to Li Deyi, and whispered: "Don't be discouraged, feed that mule at home, know his stubborn temper." Although he ignores you now, there are too many people to erase that old man's face. As soon as Li De heard this, his eyes regained their brilliance, and his little brain nodded hard.
After everyone had eaten the wolf meat, Han Jiang commanded loudly: "Hurry up and rest, we will continue to set off as soon as dawn, and we must find the Tuliao people today." ”
And they rested for an hour, and then it was dawn. Han General held a handful of snow in his hand and woke everyone up one by one, which couldn't be called, so he directly kicked his foot to wake up, and a group of more than 20 people packed up their things and continued to march north.
The group trekked hard for half a day on the snow-covered grassland, and until noon, the scout horse sent out came back and reported that a tribe of Tuliao people could be seen thirty miles ahead. It's a small tribe with only a dozen large tents. Han Jiang turned his head and ordered: "I met the Tuliao people not far ahead, and they all cheered up, made it look like a caravan, hid all the knives inside, and moved the tea bricks and cloth out. Who, Feng has to use! You carry the banner of our firm. ”
A soldier in the team shouted "Order", stretched out his hand and pulled out a pole to start hoisting the flag. Han Jiang pouted his teeth, frowned and said, "It's all said, we are a caravan, do you know the caravan?!" Say 'get the order' and say, 'Get it, shopkeeper.'" Pay attention to the point, and don't miss the stuffing later. ”
Feng Deyong walked in the front with the banner on his shoulder, and the group also cheered up, and the speed of the team also increased. Walking and walking, Li Deyi suddenly heard the sound of running water in front of him, and suddenly felt strange, this ice and snow, the river is frozen and hard, how can there be the sound of running water? At this time, the river should not have melted.
Li Deyi couldn't help but ask Wang Zhuangbiao, who was walking in front, "Brother Wang, how can there be the sound of running water?" Wang Zhuangbiao scratched his head and said: "Not far ahead, it should be the Jinshui River, a large tributary of the Xiaoqing River, which has geothermal underground, so it will not freeze in winter." There are not many rivers in the whole grassland that do not freeze in winter, so as long as you go to the Jinshui River, you will definitely be able to find the Tuliao people who come here to spend the winter. The name of this Jinshui River is still given by the Tuliao people, just listening to this name, you know how precious this river is in the eyes of the Tuliao people. ”
"This river doesn't freeze in winter, isn't there a lot of Tuliao people around, so let's ...... this time," Li Deyi said with a little puzzlement. Wang Zhuangbiao patted his huge belly and whispered: "Don't worry, we are here in the upper reaches of the Jinshui River, the river is not wide, only three or five steps, the amount of water is not large, not enough for a large number of cattle and sheep to drink, so only the small tribes of the Tuliao people will gather here, and the big tribes are in the downstream area more than 200 miles away, where there is a large amount of water and many cattle and sheep that can be fed." ”
While talking, he walked, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the edge of the Jinshui River, and looked at the other side, and sure enough, he could see the tents inhabited by the Tuliao tribe. Han Jiang always found a shallow place, led everyone across the river, and walked slowly towards the small tribe.
The small tribe had spotted the group from afar, and had sent a few horsemen on horseback to investigate. As soon as Han pushed Feng Deyong, Feng Deyong greeted him with the banner, and began to babble words that Li Deyi didn't understand.
Li Deyi tilted his head and asked Wang Zhuangbiao beside him: "Brother Wang, what did Feng Deyong say?" I don't understand a word. "This kid speaks the Tuliao dialect, he was taken away by the Tuliao people when he was a child and raised as a 'two-legged sheep', so he can speak some Tuliao dialect. Later, when he fought against the Tuliao people, he was rescued by Di Dashuai, and since then he has served in Dashuai's Weibei Battalion, and Han sent him to contact him. ”
"Brother Wang, what is a 'two-legged sheep'?" Li Deyi then asked. "Later, you will be able to see it with your own eyes, last year, the Tuliao people captured a lot of grass valleys, and it is estimated that this tribe can also get a few."
At this time, Feng Deyong had already made contact with the Tuliao people who had come, and several Tuliao people rode horses in front of them to lead the way, and respectfully led the group to the tribe.
When they arrived at the Tuliao tribe, General Han gave an order, and the entourage opened the boxes one after another and began to unload the goods. Bags of tea bricks were taken out, as well as pieces of coarse cloth with broken flowers, and dozens of large iron pots were also unloaded from the pack horses. set up a stall on the spot, and began to shout and sell,
When the Tuliao people heard this shouting, they walked out of the tent and gathered one after another.
Han and Feng Deyong were invited to the largest tent. Li Deyi didn't follow, just watched outside. The Tuliao people have brought out their cattle and sheep, and some have come to exchange goods with cowhides, sheepskins and other things.
A strong man from Tuliao came to the stall selling tea bricks with three cowhides and two sheepskins, pointed to the things in his hand with his fingers, and pointed to a large bag of tea bricks, which meant to be changed, but Li Deyi saw that the guy who sold things pointed to the leather that the strong man had brought and waved his hand, which meant that it was not enough. The strong man suddenly turned red, thought for a while, turned his head back and brought another cowhide, but it was a small cowhide, the man looked at it, and shook his head.
Wang Zhuangbiao whispered to Li Deyi: "Every winter, a large number of cattle and sheep have to freeze to death in the white snow on the grassland, so this is the cheapest time for cattle and sheepskins. The Tuliao people usually eat beef and mutton, and if they don't drink tea for a long time, they will get sick. After this winter's consumption, the tea leaves of each family are almost consumed, and the tea bricks are the best to sell at this time, and they are also the most valuable. Li Deyi praised: "Brother Wang, you know so much." Wang Zhuangbiao's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "The brothers in the border army basically know these things, and you are a newcomer, so I don't know." Our Weibei camp used to do business with the Tuliao people, and the cowhide was bought and covered on the wooden board as a good shield, which could also be made into armor and worn on the body. Our Daping Zhou Dynasty ploughing cattle are rare, and the government prohibits slaughtering at will, so we have to buy more beef cattle raised by the Tuliao people to use. ”
While he was talking, the sturdy man went back to get his things, and after a while, he returned. This time, it was a thinly dressed woman, fifteen or sixteen years old. The woman was wearing only a single coat, and she was shivering in the cold weather, and she couldn't keep up with her walking. The sturdy man looked impatient, raised his hand and was whipped, and the woman screamed, with a crying voice, and stumbled forward.
Li Deyi saw it clearly not far away, his eyes were about to fall off, and he opened his mouth: "This, this is the ......" Wang Zhuangbiao said lightly: "This is the 'two-legged sheep', every time the Tuliao people hit the grass valley and caught the people of my Pingzhou Dynasty, all men who are taller than the wheel will be killed, and the old women will also be killed, and the little boys and young women will be called 'two-legged sheep'." The captured craftsmen remained as kneeling slaves to work for the Tuliao people. In peacetime, they were kept as slaves and labored, and if they were cut off from food in the winter, or if the march was cut off from military rations, they would eat these 'two-legged sheep' to satisfy their hunger. ”
As soon as Li De heard this, there was a bang in his head, and Zhihai spun uncontrollably, rolled his eyes, and fainted straight. Wang Da Fat Man's hand was fast, he caught Li Deyi, dipped a little snow on the ground with his fingers, and rubbed others violently. It took a long time for Li Deyi to slowly wake up and say, "Thank you, Brother Wang, I'm fine." ”
Wang Zhuangbiao didn't say much, helped Li Deyi up with one hand, patted him on the shoulder, and turned to leave. Li Deyi tightened his little face, thought for a while, picked up a tea brick in his hand, pretended to be a seller, and began to walk around.
Passing by a smaller tent, Li Deyi faintly heard a cry inside. Sweeping his eyes and no one around him paid attention to him, Li Deyi opened the tent and glanced inside. I found that there were more than a dozen little girls about the same age as myself, all of whom were thinly dressed and were gathering together to keep warm, several of them had tear stains on their faces, and the rest seemed to be tired of crying and fell asleep on the ground. All of them were sallow, and each of them had a few whip marks on their bodies, but they had suffered painful injuries.
Li Deyi glanced at it sharply, didn't squeak, gritted his teeth and turned his head to leave. After going around the small tribe of the Tuliao people a few times, Li De was a small person, but he did not attract the attention of the Tuliao people. Li Deyi deliberately stopped at the door of each big tent, and regardless of whether the Tuliao people understood it or not, he shouted a few times to sell tea bricks and coarse cloth, and took the opportunity to take a look inside.
After a few laps, Li Deyi had a plan in his heart, so he returned to the crowd, found a place to sit down, and didn't wander around, just closed his eyes and rested.
After all, it is a small tribe, there are few people, and after selling it all afternoon, there are still a lot of goods left. When the sun set, Han Jiangcai came out of the big tent of the Tuliao people drunk, and let Feng Deyong carry it and walk to his own people crookedly. At this time, a group of people were picking up food on the pot, in order to prevent the Tuliao people from seeing the clues, they deliberately messed up and were in a hurry.
Mr. Han vomited violently for a while, and a strong smell of wine suddenly spread, and he waved his hand to push Feng Deyong away, shouting in his mouth: "I'm not drunk, I don't need you to carry it." Han staggered into a small tent set up by his own people, fell to the ground, and snoring.
Li De took a look and found that no one was staring around, so he quietly got into Han Jiang's small tent from behind. As soon as he entered, before he could speak, he was grabbed by Han and pushed to the ground, with a bright little squeeze around his neck. "Who!?" Han Jiang always looked a little drunk, and his eyes widened. After seeing clearly through the dim light that it was Li Deyi, Han put away the knife and let go of the hand that was holding his neck. Mr. Han played with the little pistol in his hand and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" ”