Chapter 13: The Desert Sheepmen
The Hun caravans traveled back and forth to Wuhuan, and often took the initiative to offer gifts to Yi. Once, Bin found Yi Dao: "Lord Hu in the Wuhuan area, your clan is so powerful, and there are so many armies in the Eight Continents of the Void North under your command, so I want to negotiate a deal with you!" Yi seemed to know what Bin meant, and said, "Then you can say it!" Bin said: "Although the court of Jizi has been more than 1,000 years, but it has a false name, claiming to have a vast influence, but there are powerful Huns in the middle, who dares to claim to be powerful and powerful at the east and west poles, but the sad emperor is obsessed with this, not Mingjun, it is better to take advantage of the situation to replace it, one can become a great cause of its own, two can win the caravan's remuneration, and three to the Huns and Wuhuan are friends with each other. After hearing this, Yi was silent. Bin continued: "Your Excellency, you can fully believe me, our merchants have a very high status in the Xiongnu, and we can often talk to Shan Yu, and Shan Yu is willing to do this business through our caravan!" If it can be done, it can reduce a concern for the Huns! ”
Yi was still silent, beckoning the waiter to send Bin out, and Bin left. Yi was full of thoughts, walked into the hospital, saw a mountain of golden sand, and asked why. The waiters all said: "It's the deposit left by the Hun merchants!" Yi said: "This is worth it, immediately organize people to send back the caravan to the Huns!" "The waiters had no choice but to obey.
Just as the waiter was carrying the golden sand, suddenly the waiter came to report that Wei Man's grandson Youqu was visiting. At this moment, Youqu had already entered on his own, and he was also surprised when he saw Jinshan, and sighed: "Master Hu, it is said that the Ma Han Department is good at trade, a lot of gold and silver, and the opening of commerce in Wuhuan is also developing rapidly!" Yi sighed lightly, please enter the right channel to talk, and talked about the Hun businessman's intention to make Jin mess with the royal court! Right channel: "A businessman is a matchmaker between buying and selling, mainly to earn profits, and go all over the world to find opportunities to start a business!" Yi said: "Don't you think that the caravan will become the first prospect of the Xiongnu and try to disturb the Xubei?" Right channel: "I think Bin is just entrusted by Shan Yu, and he really talks about business, not plotting against him, I don't believe I can give him a try!" Yi agreed.
Above the bazaar, Youqu rode a high-headed horse and said to the Hun merchants: "Let Bin come to see me!" Those businessmen did not dare to slack off, and after a while, they were polite, and the right channel: "You can recognize me!" Bin nodded, and asked the right channel to enter the account.
Right channel: "I came from the western realm to have a special business negotiation!" Bin came to his senses and said with a smile: "Youqu Gongzi, please speak!" Right channel: "Today, it is an indisputable fact that the Huns and the Jizi royal court are fighting, and they have not met each other for the time being, but they have mutual concerns, and now the people of my Xubei dare not venture into the wilderness, because it is a single place, and my business is to entrust you to go to a place on my behalf and take a precious thing, and the price is easy to say!" Bin said briskly: "No problem, son, please command!" Youqu smiled: "It's very happy that you promised, in case I want Shan Yu's BMW and scimitar, will you also help me get it?" Bin said: "As long as the price is reasonable, I will persuade Shan Yu!" Since I, the Huns, have lost the arable land in Shenzhou, so I can only rely on my flexible mind in exchange for food for survival! Right channel: "Okay, I don't want anything from the Huns, there is a desert through the wilderness, there is a red desert in the depths of the desert, according to legend, there was an ancient country there, the name has been lost, but the people there are sheep totems, because the monarch privately collected the scepter of the Xuanyuan country, the scepter is the jade of Longshan, the art of Liangzhu, passed down from the hands of the Yellow Emperor, after the Emperor became the emperor of heaven, surrendered to this ancient country, the country was destroyed, the people were all buried in the sand sea, and their souls became slaves full of resentment. Transform into upright walking sheep people, their blood-red and evil eyes hateful to everything in the world! ”
Youqu paused and said, "I just want someone to help me find this scepter!" Bin said: "This trip is dangerous, you need to hire a large number of Hun knights, Bin is willing to serve!" Right channel: "After the deed is completed, a mountain of gold the size of a house will be rewarded!" Bin shook his head and said, "This trip is dangerous, hire at least a thousand knights, where is a gold mountain enough!" Right channel: "I am not richer than Ma Han in the west, if you are willing, after the matter is completed, I am willing to persuade Yi to make a deal with you, you must know that it is a big business, you don't say it, I also know that there is more than one gold mountain in your profits!" Bin laughed and said: "Childe can really see through people's psychology, okay, if I want to see that Childe wants to get that extraordinary scepter, and he is also an ambitious person, I am willing!" ”
Bin got this "deal", and then returned to the Xiongnu, paid a lot of money to hire thousands of heroic knights, and marched towards the desert.
Youqu wanted to leave Wuhuan, and said goodbye: "Don't be unfavorable to Bin, although my grandfather has the responsibility of supervising Wuhuan, but I won't say it to him, so as not to have doubts, Bin is indeed a pure businessman, he took over my business, he came to Wuhuan, give him more convenience!" Yi said: "Childe is a person I respect, I promise Childe!" The right ditch thanked him, and then galloped away.
Speaking of Bin, he led a thousand knights into the desert, looking in a circle, looking for the legendary red desert, but he couldn't find it anyway, and a knight said to Bin: "It's better to go deep into the desert to find!" Bin was ruthless, and led the men and horses into the depths of the desert.
During the day, it is very hot and dry, and at night, it is extremely desolate, sometimes infested by poisonous insects, and after a long time, the food is exhausted, and if you return along the way, the sand dunes change in the strong wind, and you have already lost your way! Bin said angrily: "Don't you play with me!" The knights also complained, and someone said to Bin: "The matter has come to this, you can only go on!" After that, they killed horses to quench their hunger and thirst, and then they ate the first to die, and stuck their dry bones in the desert as a mark, and they prayed to the souls of the dead to help those who survived.
The sea of sand is boundless, and there are only 300 people left of more than 1,000 people. On that day, Bin suddenly saw a blood-red place, could it be that this is the red desert in the mouth of the right canal, hesitated, and seemed to be dazzled, the red desert elephant was gone, it was about to get dark, Bin asked everyone to stay in place, and asked everyone if they saw the red desert elephant, someone said: "My lord, I saw it, but it was fleeting!" Bin smiled and said, "Didn't you find the ruins of that ancient country!" The scepter is hopeful! ”
At dawn the next day, Bin looked around, and did not see the red desert again all day, everyone sighed, advised Bin not to delay and hesitate, and led everyone to survive The most important thing, Bin begged: "Only this day!" Just as it was about to get dark and the sun was setting, he saw a red light in the desert, and the sand was all red, and Bin said loudly: "Look! Everyone looked at it, all amazed, a whole red desert appeared in the heart of the desert, everyone did not dare to hesitate, hurriedly ran there, and said: "Be sure to arrive before dark, we will spend the night there tonight!" I was speechless all the way, and it was the middle of the night.
Everyone made a bonfire and surrounded them to keep warm, the night was particularly cold, Bin grabbed a handful of sand and sighed: "Red sand! Red Sand! Handed it to others to see, everyone said: "I can't imagine that there is such an adventure in this life, and I have no regrets in death!" When a bearded man heard this, he said, "Since there are no regrets, there is no meat tonight, how about cooking you!" The man hurriedly said, "Cook me, I'm still alive!" The bearded man showed his scimitar and walked straight over, and the man hurriedly showed his scimitar and said, "We are all valiant knights, and if you kill yourself brother, I will eat each other with you!" The bearded man didn't say anything, raised his knife and slashed, the two fought a few times, and the bearded man knocked the man unconscious with the back of the knife, took advantage of the situation to cut off the man's hands, and when the blood flowed, he said: "Brothers, quickly take the blood to drink!" As he spoke, he took the clay bowl and drank bitterly. The others came up with him, and the bearded man burped and said, "I know that my throat bleeds too fast, so I cut off his hands!" And when they had quenched their thirst, they dismembered the man and roasted him on the campfire.
Soon, the bearded man took a piece of lean meat and gave it to Bin, saying, "Eat some adults, and keep your spirits up!" Bin sniffed it and said, "It's so fragrant!" The bearded man said, "You just saw that it is the flesh of a living man, and it used to be the flesh of a dead man!" Bin took it, took a bite and said: "I can't imagine that we are so poor, it is said that this is an evil place, and it may be dangerous to go deep into this place tomorrow, and the rest of the knights must ensure their own physical strength!" The bearded man said, "Don't worry, my lord!" At this moment, there are already fights all around, all for each other's food to fill their bellies.
The whole night was trembling with each other, and at dawn, Bin ordered everyone to bury the human bones, and then set out on the road.
Walking to a depression in the red desert, there is a roof ridge exposing the desert, and he said: "The ancient country is here!" The bearded man said, "How can you find the scepter?" At this moment, numerous sheep leaping upright from the sand, they leaped to their feet, glared at the crowd with their blood-red eyes, and roared at them. Bin said: "The sheep man in the mouth of the right ditch! Everyone showed their swords, and someone laughed: "In order to eat mutton at night, you have to kill them!" One sentence made everyone's mouths water.
People collided with the sheep and fought fiercely, and the bearded man said while fighting: "We are no longer human, we are devils!" "But those sheep people, once they are killed, will turn into black smoke and dissipate, and after a while, the sheep people will be wiped out.
Bin gathered everyone and said, "If you dig down from here, you will definitely find the scepter!" So they dug deep into the sand, and found nothing until it was dark.
At night, everyone gathered silently around a few campfires to keep warm, and no one made a sound. In a bonfire in the remote area, a curly-haired man whispered: "I really like this moment more and more, if I succeed, I hope that my brothers will protect the results of the battle for me, if I can't do it, I am willing to be eaten by my brothers!" After hearing this, the people on his left and right were still silent, and they were burning the fire with expressionless faces. The curly-haired man got up and approached the nearby campfire, and when he was about to approach the bearded man, he suddenly drew his dagger and tried to pierce his brain, and the bearded man might have a premonition of something, and turned to dodge, and the two men fought together. Everyone looked at it indifferently.
The curly-haired man suddenly laughed and said, "You said that the knight brothers want which of us to win the most!" The bearded man argued and said, "Of course I win!" Curly-haired man: "Wrong, of course you are fat and want me to win!" At this point, the bearded man suddenly stopped and signaled that he didn't want to fight. The curly-haired man laughed, "Are you scared?" At this time, Bin shouted, "Come here!" The two men leaned over and sat down. Bin took out a piece of jerky from his arms, divided it into two pieces, and said, "Authentic Wuhuan and beef jerky!" "Give to both of them.
The two sniffed it and said, "It's really beef, why don't you eat such a good thing early and save it until now!" Bin smiled: "I often go to Wuhuan barter, where Wagyu cattle are abundant, but Wagyu cattle are difficult to raise, so I often change its jerky back, I didn't want to stay until now, but I decided to stay after entering the desert!" The bearded man said: "Are you worried that you won't be able to eat, even if you eat, you don't care if you are full!" Bin said: "I keep a thought, so that I have the will to live." The bearded man nodded. Bin asked the two of them: "Hire a group of knights on the road, I don't know the names, what are your two names?" The bearded man said: "I was originally a Korean citizen, and my name is Jiaquan!" Curly haired: "I am from the extreme west, and I have settled in the Xiongnu with my mother since I was a child, named Dianyang!" Bin said: "Can you protect me for the sake of the jerky and let me sleep for a night!" The two nodded.
Bin, like everyone else, hadn't slept well for many nights, and this time he fell asleep all at once. He sent a dream, in the mist, he saw a sheep man, holding a scepter in his hand, the scepter is like a man's claws, the sheep man is also different from the sheep man he has seen, he is red-faced, it seems to hand the scepter to him, he is happy to take it, but the red-faced sheep suddenly showed a fierce face, very terrifying! Bin woke up in surprise, and it was already dawn.