Zhao Xin, who drank wine, and Zhao Ji in his mouth are both of Xiongnu blood, and they are both descendants of the Xiongnu captives captured during the period of Emperor Wu. After several generations of mixed blood with the Han people, there is no difference now except that they are a little taller than the Han people. The surname Han also picked Zhao, the largest of the hundred surnames, as the surname of his Han family.

The original Xiongnu prisoners of war were all placed in Zhongzhou for a generation, and they were originally comfortable. However, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhongzhou has been a battleground for soldiers. Whether it was the Yellow Turban Army or the army of the imperial court, the descendants of the Xiongnu who were tall and tall were the first choice for conscription.

At the moment, after Zhao Xin and Zhao Ji's fathers discussed, they tried their best to migrate back to the grassland where their ancestors lived in Zhongzhou. Compared with Zhongzhou, where they are used to living, although it is a little bitter cold here, at least there is no worry about being caught on the battlefield.

When I first migrated, I took the wrong path. They made a big circle in the desert, and many of them did not survive and left their lives in the desert. Fortunately, they found an oasis in the middle of the desert, and they found it after two years in the oasis and started again. Zhao Xin, Zhao Ji and several other children were born when they were in the oasis in those two years.

Hearing that the old guy in front of him was looking for Zhao Ji, Zhao Xin's drunken eyes rolled and said, "Old man, I know that a person named Zhao Ji is true. However, he was taken by a caravan of camels to go on a merchant, and he had left three days earlier, and it would be almost three months before he returned. Anyway, you're all rich people, so you'll be waiting here for three months. When Zhao Ji comes back, if you have anything to say, ask him directly......"

As he spoke, the shopkeeper had placed a large jar in front of him. After Zhao Xin saw it, he smiled and scooped out a bowl of wine with his own wine bowl. In the end, he didn't care about these outsiders, and drank the horse milk wine in the bowl in front of Wu Mian and the few people who didn't belong to them. In the end, this Zhao Xin looked satisfied. The little guy wiped his mouth and said to the boss: "According to his jar of wine, give us a jar of ginseng......

At that moment, Xiao Rensan pulled his eldest nephew Bai Wuqiu to sit down and drink together. With a smile, he walked to Zhao Xin, who was pouring a bowl of wine into his mouth, grabbed his hand that had already scooped a bowl of wine, and said, "Don't be busy eating wine, talk to the old man." If my old man is happy, the wine of your life is all the old man's bag. In addition, your whole family eats three meals a day, birth, old age, sickness and death are all recorded in the old man's body. ”

"Old man, you didn't recruit soldiers for the imperial court, did you?" Zhao Xin didn't believe that his luck would be so good, and after staring at it for a long time, he continued: "Then I won't go, I can survive here if I suffer a little, and I followed you to the battlefield......"

Before Zhao Xin's words were finished, he took out a gold ingot from his arms when he saw that he was not returning. In front of him, the old guy broke off a small gold bill, which was still in front of Zhao Xin. In the end, he said with a smile: "Have you ever seen such a generous recruiter?" Besides, the people of the Central Plains are still dead. Who will come here to recruit soldiers? ”

Zhao Xin's head was already a little numb from drinking, except for the gold in front of him, he didn't think about how this old man could have the ability to break off a piece of gold ingot empty-handed. After he pondered for a while, he realized that the gold was for himself, and he hurriedly received the gold into his arms.

After seeing it, he smiled and began to take advantage of Zhao Xin's strength to ask him about Zhao Ji's situation. Including Zhao Ji's birthday, where was he born, and have you encountered anything dangerous since you were born.

Nothing else is coming, but how can you easily tell others something like a birthday? However, at this time, Zhao Xin had already drunk wood, and from time to time, he broke off a piece of gold and still had it in front of him. At that moment, Zhao Xin's mind was blank, and he uncontrollably told everything he knew about Zhao Ji that he would not return.

Almost every time he said a word, he threw a piece of gold in front of Zhao Xin. After Zhao Ji's life was finished, the gold ingot was almost half given to Zhao Xin. I thought it would be a lot, but I didn't expect the old guy who got the answer to be in a good mood and threw the remaining half of the gold ingot to him.

At this time, Wu Mian, who had been watching the excitement on the side, said slowly: "It's rare that you are so generous, it seems that Zhao Ji is the person you are looking for, right?" ”

"I met this one, and I didn't dare to say whether it was until the old man saw the mark that Xu Fu left on him." After smiling at Wu Mian for a while, he continued: "But looking at it now, this oasis where Zhao Ji was born should be the land of the childish country. The eight characters are also right, unless there is another Zhao Ji born in the land of Zhiguo at that hour, otherwise, it will be this Zhao Ji. As long as we waited until he came back......"

At this time, I suddenly thought of something. said to Wu Mian: "Didn't you want to go with my old man?" ”

"You're not my son, why should I think for you?" Wu Mian smiled strangely and stopped talking. It's just a mocking look of staring at whether he will return or not, and this old guy is a little uncomfortable. At that moment, after coughing pretentiously, Zhao Xin, who was biting the gold ingot with his teeth and testing the color of the gold, said, "When did you just say that Zhao Ji left?" Where did he go? When will you be back? Who took him away? ”

Zhao Xin was still in the ecstasy of getting a windfall at this time, plus the previous bowls of mare's milk wine. He was so immersed in his own world that he didn't hear what Gui was saying to him. In the end, the old guy's rare anxiety lightly touched Zhao Xin's face.

At this moment, Zhao Xin finally came to his senses. There is no need to repeat it, he already understands what this old guy said just now. At that moment, Zhao Xinzhi replied in a daze: "Zhao Ji left three days ago, and he went to guide the camel team of the merchants. It would take almost three months to return, and this time the camel caravan was full of fresh faces. I've never seen them before, and like you, they took Zhao Ji away after inquiring about his birthday. Originally, he wanted me to be a guide, and he would give me a penny in two days......"

When he asked what the people who took Zhao Ji away were like, Zhao Xin's expression skills were too poor to tell the characteristics of those people.

In the end, he gave up asking about the whereabouts of those people from Zhao Xin's mouth, and the old guy changed his words and said to Zhao Xin: "Does anyone else know the route to the oasis besides you?" ”

After hearing Zhao Xin's negative answer, the face of no return finally calmed down a little. Then he took out a gold ingot from his arms, threw it to Zhao Xin, and said, "Old man, I'll give you a bargain, and you take us along the route that Zhao Ji and the others took again." This is a deposit, and we will come back if we find Zhao Ji. When the time comes, you will be given ten more such gold ingots, understand? ”

Zhao Xin couldn't believe his ears a little, he stared at him dumbfounded, and he couldn't speak for a long time. I was anxious to return or not, and I couldn't care about him coming over, so I directly grabbed Zhao Xin's clothes and dragged him out of the wine shop. Then he said to Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Rensan, who were still playing like a family: "Let's go, if you want to drink, drink on the way......"

After coming out of the liquor store, he immediately asked the people he had hired to pack their bags and prepare to leave immediately. took Zhao Xin to his house to report the news. After Zhao Xin's father saw Huang Cancan's gold ingot, he was also so surprised that he couldn't even speak. At the moment, I will send and return to clearly say that you can take this child away, I don't want such words.

Under the constant urging of no return, their horse team set off again. Proceeding in the direction pointed out by Zhao Xin, after walking out, Bai Wuqiu reacted: "Old guy, isn't this the road you gave Lao Tzu on the map?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”

After glancing at his cheap son, he cried and laughed, and said, "It's better to hurry." If you don't make a trip for nothing this time, the soul of Xu Fu'en will disappear, do you think he won't come back in person to find trouble with the old man? ”