15th century. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

An important point in time to change the future development of China and the West. At the end of the 15th century, the discovery of the American continent kicked off the Age of Discovery, which completely reversed the situation of Western civilization that had lagged behind the ancient Eastern countries for thousands of years. However, there is still some time before this big event happens.

Fragments of memory first appeared in the early 15th century, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, which was the most powerful at the time.

In 1403, the first year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, seized power and succeeded to the throne in Nanjing. This was a big change at the time.

At the end of April, Hamiwei (in the future area of Gansu, China). The Northern Yuan had already split and perished the year before, but many of the remaining resistance groups were still putting up meaningless resistance.

Many of them did not yet know that the country to which they were loyal had perished, and were still preparing to regain the lost lands together with the main Mongol forces in the future.

Although it is not destined to come as they imagined, for the mad loyalist, any effort and sacrifice is acceptable. Even if it's an act that destroys humanity.

In a deserted valley, there is hardly any sign of people here, except for the large caravans that pass by once every few months. In the barren underground, a sprawling fortress is buried here. Although the war had been lost a long time ago, the old Mongol soldiers, who had already buried half of their bodies in the ground, were still fantasizing about the plan to restore the country.

Therefore, their children must continue their unfinished business and prepare for war in this uninhabited valley.

Night, silence.

A caravan of about 40 men broke away from the large force, and because of a small contradiction in the distribution of goods, they chose to spend the night in the valley. This was bound to be a wrong choice, and the robbers' daggers had crept up on them.

"The wind is blowing, Niu, go get some leather clothes and give them to the vigilers. Let them cheer up tonight, this generation is said to be not peaceful. ”

Like a middle-aged businessman who led the team, he called his apprentice, then wrapped himself in a futon and continued to sleep.

The person called Ah Niu didn't reply, which is also in line with his character, he is a young man who has no inspiration and is very silent, and the team leader would not have kept this food for a long time if he didn't see him doing physical work very actively.

"Ah Niu, what are you doing! I won't pump you for a few days, and my skin will itch again!"

The middle-aged businessman with half-squinted eyes couldn't help but get up from the futon, picked up the horsewhip, and pointed it at Ah Niu's back. "Go, keep grinding, you won't have to eat tomorrow! You dumb ......"

I saw a tall apprentice who was beaten to the ground with a whip. The blood had already soaked half of Ah Niu's body, making the middle-aged merchant with a horse whip speechless.

"They won't be cold. ”

The gloomy words made the middle-aged man finally understand what was happening and what the dagger around his neck meant.

"Don't kill me, take the money, the cloth, the horses, and the leather clothes. Let's leave the villain a cheap life. ”

The middle-aged businessman who was still angry at the dead man just now had weak legs and half-knelt on the wasteland.

"Okay, okay, I won't kill you. The Mongolian man with a masked scarf let go of his dagger and pointed to the merchant to a horse tied not far away. "I am a merciful man, so don't be afraid. Your caravan is already asleep except you. Before I change my mind, let's run. ”

As he spoke, he also stuffed a package of dry food and water bladders into the merchant's arms. "I'm not going to kill you. I am a kind person. ”

With that, he let go of the hand that was clasping the merchant's neck, turned and walked away.

"Thank you for sparing your life. The middle-aged merchant also understood the situation, and when he saw that the robber had gone away, he immediately took the package and ran to the horse. In his mind, maybe it was the heavenly god who was saving him and giving him a chance to live.

"Gods bless ......" muttered the words, and his nerves were about to collapse, and he reluctantly climbed onto the horse. But he didn't notice that someone was lying on top of the tree where the horse was bolted.

With just one stab, a human head rolled to the ground, and warm blood flowed down the river.

"Elias, well done. How many did you kill if you counted this pig?"

The masked man is the leader of the entire bandit group, he is the eldest son of the leader of the earth fort, except for the group of old and immortal Northern Yuan veterans, he has the final say in the entire earth fort.

"Seven. Lord Guka. ”

A boy of fifteen or sixteen jumped off his horse and retrieved from the corpse's bosom a water bladder and a bag of dry rations, which belonged to him.

The masked Guka nodded, "Good, I like the look in your eyes." Seven people......" The man thought for a moment, and took a large handful of gold, silver, and jewelry from the hands of the robber's subordinates beside him, "You can pick up seven pieces." ”

But the boy named Elith didn't look at the jewelry, he wiped the blood with the dead man's clothes, and stuck his dagger back into his waist. "Lord Guka, I don't need that. ”

Guka seemed to understand something, and returned the jewels to his former subordinates. "Put half of these in my pantry, and the other half to the elders. ”

In addition to Elias, there were several young children around, the youngest of whom was only 11 years old. Standing next to Guka were more than a dozen masked men, in their 30s and 40s. Only these adults could go and get the caravan's belongings, and Elias and the other children could only stand aside and wait.

"Okay, Elith, what do you want? You are the best killer tonight and must be rewarded. ”

Guka was the most experienced and authoritative of all the robbers, and whoever he wanted to die, that person would not live for a few days.

Elith still couldn't see the light in his chaotic eyes, and under the stunned expressions of the other children, he made a request. "Let Emmivi go. ”

Guka's eyes rolled, not as surprised as the people around him, "Are you sure? That stinky girl killed three of my men, and it may be your turn to follow me in the future." ”

"Sure. She's strong. ”

It wasn't Guka, but Guka's subordinates laughed, laughing at Elis, who didn't know how thick the sky was.

"Look, this little kid who hasn't grown any hair is already thinking about women......"

"Satisfy you, Elis. But you go tell her yourself. Next time, it's not a dungeon, but a vulture to judge her sinful soul!" With that, Guka took out a bronze key from his pocket and threw it to Elias. "Alright, guys. Everyone clean up, and the jackals still have breakfast. ”

Flicking his sleeves away, Guka hummed an unknown Mongolian ballad and rode his beloved horse. "Don't act like I didn't see it. Carat, Kafida, and Bron. You three little ghosts are so frightened that your hands tremble when you kill a Chinese pig! Before dinner the day after tomorrow, all three of you will go to the back mountains for training. Remember, at least one wolf! Don't send me away with a few rabbits!"

After shouting, Guka took the lead in leaving.

It was also at this time that a young man named Bron got two dried steamed buns from Elis.

"Don't care about those two dead or alive, you can win over if you can, time is running out. ”

"Understood. ”

In the eyes of others, it was just Bron who gave Elith a blank look, and then Elias grabbed his shoulder and punched him twice. Everything is done without me noticing.

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Inside the earthen fort, the dimly lit lower floor, it is the worst place in the earthen fort, even if people die here, they are just thrown directly into the back mountain, and no one asks why. Elise and the others originally spent several years in the lower echelons. Since three years ago, the captured children can also live on the upper floor, but damn it is still dying quickly.

Elith is the best killer of children, with a gloomy personality and never talking much, which is appreciated by Guka. So when he went to the lower floor, he immediately surrounded him with several dirty women.

In the earthen fort, there were two kinds of women, servants and slaves. The servants are all powerful things like the elders and Guka, they live in the upper echelons, there are not many of them, although they have no status, no one will trouble them. Because no owner will be happy to be touched by someone else's own things.

The other is the slave, the one that is now near Elis.

They were also women who had been taken captive, and they had no status like servants. But they are worthless than free-range sheep. It is a group of animals that have been taken by robbers to vent their desires. Slaves who were lucky enough to have a few sweet potatoes a week could have almost eaten the bran. The worst thing is the meal for the jackals in the valley. After all, in this barren valley, no one has an easy time.

"Lord Elith, give me something to eat. Please. Anything goes. ”

Almost every woman around Elise begged him like this, their faces yellow and thin, their clothes uncovered, and their bodies smelling of it.

"Fuck off. "Kicked twice at a couple of slaves who tried to get closer. Elias pulled half a sweet potato out of his arms. Half a sweet potato is about the same as half a piece of gold in the eyes of a slave.

"Go eat and stay away from me!"

Throwing it behind him, the hungry slaves immediately pounced on the sweet potato. They no longer have the slightest human dignity, and they may not even be able to compare with animals.

"It turned out to be Elise. The two slaves captured last month were very good. Are you interested in raising one?" the tall man who approached him held two hemp ropes in his hands, and along the hemp ropes, you could see two young women being tethered by him like dogs.

"Fuck off, don't bother me. Pushing the warden away roughly, Elith stepped on one of the women's feet.

"Moodless tool!"

Turning back and cursing, the warden walked over to the chaotic slaves. "You want to die, don't you! What a noise! Get out of here, or you'll be thrown out to feed the wolves!"

The life and death of slaves are very random matters in the lower classes.

Outside the dungeon, Elith saw a starving slave, not very old, covered in wounds, apparently beaten before he died, and even lost his left eye.

"Elias, what are you doing here?" A guard stopped venting on the **** woman when he saw Elis coming. He lifted his pants and stopped Elias.

"Mention people. Elise pulled out the key and shook it in front of the guard.

The guard obviously couldn't believe it, and he was naturally familiar with what key each door lock corresponded to. "What do you mean?"

"Don't talk nonsense, your sow is still waiting for you to take care of it!"

"Good, good. Let's go inside. ”

The guard then opened the cell door, and the thick smell of rot suddenly permeated. There are no vents in the dungeon, only narrow passages that connect to the lower levels.

After walking a few steps, Elias followed the guard to the back of the dungeon.

"Did Lord Guka really agree to let this mad dog go?" the guard was still a little puzzled as he opened the door with the key. He'd seen the three unlucky ghosts die.

"Do you want to be the fourth? Don't ask what you shouldn't, understand?"

Waving a piece of silver to the guard, Elias strode into the cell.

"Yes, yes. Something called me. ”

In the eyes of the guard, money is king, as for other people's lives, it is his own life, it is enough to spend money.

To be honest, the cell was okay, at least with dry straw and half a bucket of well water in it. Elias looked around the cell a few times, and finally saw the person she was looking for in the haystack - Emmyway.