Chapter 118: Strange Brother and Sister
On the other side, I don't know how long it took for Song Yi to wake up quietly, feeling like his body was falling apart, and his hands were even more unconscious.
What caught her eye was a heroic carriage paved with animal fur, and she was stunned for a moment, she obviously jumped into the carriage with Xianglian?
How could she, be in a carriage again?
Song Yi felt thirsty, so she moaned, and her voice was very ugly, hoarse like an eighty-year-old woman.
Someone outside was talking, but Song Yi couldn't understand it.
After a while, a woman dressed in foreign costume entered, wearing a large coat of animal fur, a fur hat on her head, leather boots on her feet, two big black braids tucked into the hat, and a pair of watery eyes, which were very eye-catching.
"You're awake" The woman didn't say the unintelligible words just now, but the official language of the Qianchao.
"...... you" Song Yi had a stomach full of questions, and wanted to know how Xianglian and Chunxiang were doing.
"Are you trying to ask, who are we and where are you?" The little girl was very smart, and she guessed something from Song Yi's expression.
Song Yi was seriously injured and couldn't speak, so he nodded.
"We are Jurchen merchants, and this time we have come to Kyoto with furs and horses to sell. On the way back, I met you and two other girls, you were unconscious at the time, the situation was urgent, and we were in a hurry to go back, so we had to take you with us."
"What? Jurchen people? No wonder they dress up like this. Song Yi didn't doubt him and nodded.
However, Song Yi did not fully believe that the Qianchao and the steppe tribes were at war, the border between the two sides had long been closed, and private trade had stopped. This team said they came to Kyoto to do business? Isn't that suspicious?
Song Yi considered his physical condition, as well as the life and death of Xianglian and Chunxiang. He did not identify himself and continued to observe and confirm.
Fortunately, he can't speak now, and Song Yi thought that he didn't have to answer the other party's question.
Thinking that his mouth was dry and he couldn't speak, he pointed to his mouth and made a gesture to ask for water.
The interracial girl is very smart, "Girl, do you want to drink water?" ”
Song Yi nodded, so he was fed half a bowl of water.
"Girl, you'd better be self-reliant. You've been in a coma for half a month, and you're still more than half a month away from the next supply city."
When Song Yi heard this, his heart sank, what half a month? Just now she said to take her on the road, have they already left the border of the Qianchao?
Song Yi didn't dare to tell his true identity, and he was worried about causing trouble, so he patiently settled down.
Simply, she learned from the little girl who took care of her that Xianglian and Chunxiang were both fine, but they just jumped off the carriage and were seriously injured, and they were also recuperating in the carriage behind.
And taking care of Song Yi is the Jurchen girl Linna, who likes the culture of the Qianchao since she was a child, so she learned the official dialect of the Qianchao, and this time she came to the Qianchao with her brother. And Lina's brother is the leader of this caravan.
Song Yi saw that Linna was talkative, unscheming, and could speak Chinese, so he deliberately approached her and wanted to get more things out of her mouth.
After many days of observation, Song Yi had already determined that this caravan was not an ordinary merchant at all. Although they tried their best to disguise, there were still clues that these people were strictly disciplined and acted in unison. If Song Yi's guess is correct, these people should be soldiers.
Song Yi didn't know what they were doing in the Qianchao this time, but after all, Song was a citizen of the Qianchao, and she planned to hear the enemy's intelligence from Linna's mouth, and she could also contribute to the Qianchao.
But Linna is wise and foolish, although she is very outgoing and has nothing to say, she is also very alert, no matter how Song Yi talks, she can't get any important information.
Song Yi felt bored, only secretly observed the scenery outside, since she woke up, the road was desolate, it seemed that she had been far away from the border of the Qianchao, and at this moment they were on their way to the grassland Jurchen tribe.
"Lina, are my two companions okay now?"
"Okay, but I didn't wake up as fast as you, and I didn't wake up for long, and my body couldn't move yet."
"Oh! I'd like to see both of them, okay? ”
"Okay, what's this. I'll go and tell my brother to go to the front resting place, and I'll pick you up," and with that, Lina got out of the carriage in a hurry.
The carriage was bumpy all the way, but because the car was covered with thick fur to reduce the vibration, Song Yi didn't feel too bumpy lying on it.
Lena got out of the carriage, her face no longer innocent, unworldly expression, no smile on her face, and climbed up to another dark carriage behind.
"Brother" Lina called, and the man in the car poked his head out, saw Linna, and pulled her into the carriage.
"How? Who are those three? "It turned out that this person was Huo Du, the Jurchen envoy who sent the Qianjun Dynasty this time.
Huo Du is about twenty years old, although he is young, but he is very steady, and he is a representative of the conservative faction.
However, how could the Jurchen envoy appear in the capital?
It turned out that after the tribes of the steppe were unified with Nuhachi, they were unwilling to live in a corner of the grassland, and longed for the fertile territory of the Central Plains, so they gathered their forces and were invincible all the way, tearing open the blockade line of Gao Jinyun, the commander of the Qianchao Dynasty, and drove straight into it, which was unstoppable.
Although the Jurchens later encountered the resistance of Gao Jinyun's main force and curbed the Jurchen offensive, this undoubtedly shocked the people of the Qian, who had always considered themselves to be the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire.
The emperor was also in great pain, which was regarded as the greatest humiliation since he became a pro-government. However, the emperor did not choose to go toe-to-toe with the Jurchens, but secretly invited Jurchen envoys to negotiate.
And Huo Du is the negotiator of the Jurchen this time. Because this is a secret peace negotiation between the two countries, he will disguise himself all the way and be very low-key.
"Brother, where is it that simple. The two girls couldn't speak yet, and the one who woke up was very smart. When I asked her anything, she was vague and tried to ask me about the Khan."
"Oh? Is there really something wrong with her? Huo Du's face was gloomy and very unhappy.
The negotiations were not smooth. The people of the Qianchao Dynasty still looked at the Jurchens with old eyes, thinking that they were all barbarians with well-developed limbs and simple minds, and they did not really want to negotiate at all. No matter what conditions Huo Du proposed, the group of people in the Qianchao Dynasty would not give in. Huo Du can only return with a feather.
On that day, when he went out to Kyoto, Huo Du came out in batches and disguised himself as an inbound merchant, so the road was smooth and he did not encounter any danger.
Just out of the city, he met three dying women on the road, although he saved the three, but still not at ease, afraid that the three were the Qianchao spies, so he asked his sister Linna to gain the trust of the Qianchao women and confirm the identities of the three of them.
"Brother, if they are really spies, what are we going to do? Do you want to take them back? Although Linna is young, she also grew up in the grassland, and she is not pampered like a Central Plains woman, so she naturally exudes murderous aura when she says this.
"Don't worry, I haven't entered the grassland yet. You test it again, if they really have a problem, when the time comes, just hand it over to the Khan."
Huo didn't care, the Jurchens are now strong and strong, do you still need to be afraid of this spy?
Linna listened to her brother Huo Du's words very much, and nodded, "Oh, by the way, brother." The one named Song Liyu said that she wanted to meet her two companions, and I agreed."
"Got it, take a break in front and arrange for them to meet." After Huo Du heard this, he did not refuse, his eyes flashed, thoughtful.
"Okay" Lina saw her brother's eyes, and knew that he had an arrangement, which coincided with herself, and walked away happily.
Lina returned to Song Yi's carriage and told Song Yi the news that Huo Du had arranged for their master and servant to meet.
Song Yi hurriedly thanked and was very happy. Arrangement
The carriage staggered and stopped.
Song Yi knew that it should be Linna, and they arranged for the team to rest.
Linna really spoke well, and took Song Yi to see Xianglian and Chunxiang, who had not been seen in the past month.
The two girls are not used to the long journey and are a little uncomfortable, but there is no big problem.
Song Yi was afraid that someone would eavesdrop, so he didn't let the two speak, and whispered in their ears about what he had observed, which was still suspicious about this caravan.
The two girls were obviously frightened, and they had no master, so they could only listen to Song Yi's words, don't trust any outsiders, and don't talk about their true identities.
Song Yi saw that the two girls knew that they were powerful, so he left satisfied.
When Song Yi came out, he saw Linna reappearing, followed by an alien man.
Song Yi knew that it should be Linna's brother, the young man named Huo Du.
Song Yi smiled and nodded hello.
Huo Du was very elegant, and learned to salute the men of the Qianchao Dynasty, "Girl, be polite"
Song Yi was very surprised when he saw it, "Sir, you know the etiquette of our Qianchao"
"My brother and sister grew up on the grassland, but we love the culture of the Central Plains. Over the years, because of the two countries, I have learned a lot of etiquette from the Qianchao Dynasty. ”
"Oh?" Song Yi was thoughtful.
"Girl, how much better?"
"Mr. To's blessing has been great. It's just that my two companions still can't move around at will, and they will inevitably have to bother Mr. However, if the matter of the gentleman is delayed, the gentleman will put us in the nearest castle."