Chapter Fifty-Eight: Slave Gao Shun
It's been half a month, Chen Lin and the others have been 100% sure that they are lost, but fortunately, Chen Lin is eye-catching, seeing that his party has lost their direction, they remembered the approximate location of Shili Mountain, so the group first desperately went west, and after meeting the Yellow River, they were going south along the Yellow River, at least not to run to Baiyongbu. For most of the month, there were no people, and Chen Lin and the others had eaten all their dry food, if it weren't for Huang Yan's archery skills, and if it wasn't for the prey to satisfy their hunger, this group of people would probably have killed horses.
On this day, Chen Lin and the others were exhausting and advancing along the Yellow River, and there was a voice in front of them that they had not heard for many days: human voices. The crowd was suddenly in high spirits, and hurriedly drew their swords to guard again. Along the way, aren't all horse thieves rampant here, many guards thought to themselves, even if they meet horse thieves, there is not even a ghost along the way, only their own team of people walk on the barren land, as if they have entered a world without people. Zhou Cang once said a word, which was even more terrifying, Zhou Cang said: "When I was a child, I often heard that this world is not only the world of people, but also the world of ghosts. provoked Huang Yan to come over and kick him a few feet away.
At this time, hearing someone's movement, he didn't know how happy he was, Huang Yan hurriedly waved his hand, and the two guards flew to inspect it. Chen Lin and the others slowly followed, and after a while, they heard the neighing of horses and the shouting of people, only the voices of three or two people. Chen Lin escorted Pegasus back: "Young Master, there are three herdsmen in front of you, and there is a flock of sheep, and one of them has already gone away. Huang Yan answered: "Big young master, I'm afraid the other party thinks that we are horse thieves, and that person must have gone back to move the rescuers." ”
Chen Lin nodded: "It's just that I don't know where the tribe is here, who is under the leadership, if the tribe that hates the Han people is here, we will definitely be in trouble." In this way, Huang Yan, aren't there still two herdsmen over there, before the rescue arrives, I will ask which one it is, if it is wrong, we will flee quickly. ”
So more than 20 people whined over, not to mention, it was really a bit of a horse thief, only the two people were unwilling to give up the flock, one old and one young, the younger one was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a vigilant face holding a scimitar at Chen Lin and the others, the boss was talking in a whisper, but what Chen Lin didn't understand.
Chen Lin looked at the small knife holding the appearance, deeply worried, nomads, everyone is a soldier, the young man saw a group of big men surrounding him, although he was a little scared, he did not hesitate to resist. If this group of people is not well controlled, get rid of it as soon as possible, so as not to harm the great man in the future.
Chen Lin hurriedly shouted to the old man: "Han people, Han people, we are Han people, which department are you, where is Qiangqu Shan Yu?" While pointing to himself, he said Han Han, Han Chinese. Chen Lin said Han nationality, the old man's expression was relaxed, and the young one looked at the old man with a puzzled face. I saw that the old man pressed his hand, signaled to put it down, and said in not very proficient Chinese: "Han Dynasty, Wei Qing, Lord Zhang, dead, we are the Rand Ministry, Rand Acer, I Rand Hongji, this is the grandson, Rand was stunned." Alone over there for a hundred miles, the Han army together. ”
Chen Lin was more gestural through the old man's words, and he probably understood that when the old man said about the old Han general Wei Qing, his face was full of admiration. Chen Lin thought, this place is really not far from the Qiang Canal, the old man said that there is still the Han army, presumably it is the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zhang Xiu's department, and I don't know what happened to this Han army in the land of Qianghu after Zhang Xiu's death.
In a moment, there was a rumbling sound over there, and a cavalry army rushed in, presumably from the Rand tribe, to save the old man. Chen Lin hurriedly said to the old man: "We are not horse thieves, we have come to find Qiangqu Shan Yu and the Han army. The old man understood, so he said a little to the young man, and saw the young man flying a horse and galloping away, and immediately worked hard to defeat Chen Lin, but the other party was a child.
There were about thirty or forty people who came, dressed in the vast grassland, each with a scimitar and a wooden bow, and stopped just a hundred feet away, and the boy said something to the leader, and his previous nervous expression was completely gone. Chen Lin looked at it, it seemed that this Rand tribe was not a big tribe, otherwise it would not be just these people.
The old man pointed to the man who led the team and said, "My son, Rand Ambition, the hero of the Rand Department, has killed wolves, and he is powerful. Chen Lin took a serious look at the first person, but that person was wider than Zhou Cang, when it was so cold, the clothes on his body could not cover the hair on his chest, but the others were tightly wrapped, so it can be seen that there is no clothes, but there is no need, it can be seen that this person is strong.
At this time, the man also came over on horseback, and he was also a person who could speak Chinese: "Rand Ambition" looked a little arrogant, Chen Lin: "Chen Lin Chen Bozhi, the captain of the Great Han Division, was engaged in the army, and he came from Shuofang to see Qiangqu Shan Yu and the Han army here. Rand Ambition was a little surprised when he heard Chen Lin say that he came from Shuofang: "From Shuofang, through the desert?" Chen Lin wondered: "Exactly, I have been walking from the north to the south for almost a month." The other herdsmen's expressions changed slightly when they heard this, and they saw that Chen Lin and his gang were a little cordial and admiring. Seeing this, Chen Lin thought that he had missed something, and hurriedly asked the old man why he had such an expression.
The old man said one by one, it turned out that this area was already the northernmost part of the Southern Xiongnu living and grazing, because to the north was a desert, almost eighty percent of the horse thieves were hiding there, even Qianghu himself did not want to go in. When Chen Lin and the others heard this, they were afraid to rise up again and again, they couldn't imagine that it was such a fluke, Zhou Cang was also very happy after hearing it, and laughed happily, all the guards knew what Zhou Cang was laughing at, it turned out that it was not a ghost world. However, when the other herdsmen saw Zhou Cang and laughed after hearing this, and saw Zhou Cang's figure and the big knife on his back, they thought that Zhou Cang was laughing disapprovingly, and the herdsmen couldn't help but respect this group of Han people.
Chen Lin was taken back to the Lante Department, not to mention, just before entering the tribe's camp, a runaway black horse rushed over, and the women and children in the tribe were so frightened that they avoided again and again. Zhou Cang saw it, jumped off the horse, jumped over in three steps and two steps, and the magical speed made the herdsmen's eyes shine. I saw Zhou Cang facing the black horse, and he was not afraid that the black horse would hit him, just when he was about to hit it, he flashed slightly, put his big hand around the horse's neck, and pounced forward. Hearing only the neighing of the black horse, Zhou Cang's huge body pressed the black horse to the ground, and the herdsmen next to him hurriedly pacified the black horse with their eyes full of worship. Seeing Zhou Cang get up and clap his hands, he retreated behind Chen Lin without saying a word. With the understanding of the Huns, warriors will only obey orders and stronger warriors, seeing Zhou Cang like this, everyone can't help but respect Chen Lin even more.
This is just a small episode, Chen Lin looked at it, the camp of the Lante Ministry, and smiled, the Lante Department is really just a small tribe, and there are only forty or fifty grassland bags set up, which means that there are only fifty households in the Lante Ministry. At this time, Chen Lin and the others were led by Rand Ambition and rode into the camp, and the guards behind them were curious about each other, pointing at this and laughing at it. It was all spoken in Chinese, but it led to a Han man with iron rings and chains on his feet, with his hair covered all over his head, and his face was not clear with dirt, but he was only eight feet tall and had thick fists and a strong waist. This person rushed out from the side of a big bag, and said a big man in his mouth: "Han, Han, a certain is also a Han." ”
The man shouted, so frightened that Chen Lin's guards quickly lifted the long iron knife with a ring handle, and Zhou Cang shouted: "Hu people are deceitful" He also pulled out the big knife in a rage, and was about to slash at Rand's ambition, but Chen Lin couldn't call it. Lat's ambition hurriedly crossed the knife to block, and Zhou Cang happened to hear Chen Lin shouting at this time: "Zhou Cang stop" hurriedly retracted half of his strength, but the big knife went down as soon as he entered. With a bang, Rand Ambition stopped Zhou Cang's big knife, but he took two steps back with people and horses. The other Hu people looked horrified, this patriarch is the bravest warrior in the clan, although the Rand Department is small, it can survive so far, relying on the strength of the patriarch, today, this. The Hu people were about to draw their swords, and Lante Ambition also saw that it was a misunderstanding, and shouted to the clansmen to stop, and then looked at Zhou Cang, who was scratching his head thinking that he was in trouble, with a shocked face.
The man who shouted Han Han Han had just run four or five feet away at this time, and the chains under his feet reached his head, and as soon as he pulled the man's feet, the man who was poofed fell heavily face down on the ground. Chen Lin looked at the chain, but saw that the other end was nailed to a large stone pier. Chen Lin asked urgently: "Are you Han?" The man replied, "Yes, yes."
Chen Lin's face changed suddenly, and his heart was furious, everyone could see that this person was treated as a slave, and the dignified Han people were enslaved by the Hu people. Huang Yan saw Chen Lin's face, and rushed up to hold Chen Lin: "Young Master, don't be reckless, the Central Plains is full of slaves, it's not surprising that a few were bought by the Hu people, don't be impulsive." ”
Although Chen Lin heard Huang Yan say this, he was still very angry in his heart, the Han people could enslave the Han people, but the Hu people couldn't, but this was the Qianghu territory, and Chen Lin gritted his teeth to suppress his anger. He turned to Rand and said, "Patriarch Rand, I don't know what is the matter with this person?" Rand ambition obviously couldn't think of Chen Lin's changes, thinking that Chen Lin was just asking casually, so he said: "This person was picked up by my people in the west last year, this person didn't say a word all day, his expression was terrifying, in order to prevent him from hurting people, he was like this." ”
After hearing this, Chen Lin felt better, turned his head and asked the man on the ground, it seemed that the fall was not light: "Who is the truth, why is it here?" The man looked up: "A certain is a native of Longyou, Liangzhou, and the Qiang people in the west killed all the villagers last year." The Mo family died, and they just wanted to flee east all the way, and they were chased by the Qiang people behind them, and they woke up in the middle of it, a certain name was Gao Shun. After speaking, you said to Chen Lin: "I am trapped here, and I don't know where it is, and I can't understand their words all day long." Ask the adult to take someone away, and a certain swear to follow him. "More than a year is equivalent to living alone, and this big man is mentally crazy early, and he can't wait to leave this place one day sooner.
Chen Lin looked quite pitiful, turned back to the patriarch and said, "Patriarch Rand, this official wants to buy this person from you, how about it?" "Gao Shun was rescued by others, and he has been raised for so many days, according to the rules, this Gao Shun is someone else's slave, so Chen Lin said to buy it. Rand Ambition laughed: "It's okay to keep this person or waste goat's milk, and the adults will give it to you if they want." So he ordered someone to open Gao Shun's chains one by one, and it took a long time. Chen Lin asked Gao Shun to change his clothes, causing the patriarch to secretly say, what is so good for a slave, but he didn't know that Chen Lin was venting a kind of Han feelings.