But perhaps, as Cai Yan confidently predicted, nothing happened in this cell, not only that, but after a cup of tea, Cai Yan actually took Caltai out of the cage and stood in front of Qin Ke.

Qin Ke raised his head slightly, only to feel that this tall barbarian still had a fierce light in his eyes at the moment, but he could still see that he was trying his best to restrain his actions, otherwise his saluting action would probably not just put his right hand on his chest, but clenched it into a fist and hammered it fiercely.

After performing a standard steppe man etiquette, Kartai straightened up again, looked at Qin Ke condescendingly, and said, "Jing Wu's warrior, you are very powerful. ”

Qin Ke was slightly stunned, and looked at Kartai a little blankly, not knowing what his sudden praise was for.

"But I was defeated by your men that day because you Jingwu people are cowardly rats and dare not fight me head-on. "If I have the chance next time, I hope I can challenge you and regain my lost glory." ”

Qin Ke only found out at this time that the hair on the back of Kaltai's head had actually been cut in half.

He had been in contact with the Canghai people, and even formed a brother with Cao Meng's son Cao Pi, so he naturally knew a little about the customs of the barbarians.

Although they did not have the admonition of "parents of the body" like the Central Plains, their long hair was a symbol of their glory.

It is said that a true steppe warrior may not shave his hair several times in his life, because except when the hair affects the battle, the barbarian will only cut off the hair on the back of his head when he is defeated, as a way to remember this shame.

"Uh...... It's not your fault. Qin Ke raised his hand and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but he stretched it out halfway and retracted it, knowing that he should respond to his "request" at this moment, "Okay, if there is a day, I will accept your challenge, but I will not show mercy." ”

"That's exactly how it should be. Kartai nodded solemnly, and at the same time handed a piece of hair pinned to his waist to Qin Ke, "This is a testimony." ”

After saying that, he walked towards the door of the dungeon, and the silhouette of his tall figure suddenly appeared from the darkness, which frightened Gongsun Li subconsciously.

Qin Ke came back to his senses at this time, glanced at the Qinglou fan who was still at a loss in the cell speechlessly, and then looked at Cai Yan and said helplessly: "What did you tell him?"

Cai Yan grinned and said, "Aren't you able to eavesdrop, why don't you eavesdrop on yourself?"

Qin Ke shook his head and said, "There are some problems with my Xunfeng technique these days, so I will try not to use it for the time being." ”

Cai Yan hummed lightly, not overly worried, because she believed that Qin Ke must know this in her heart, so she stretched her waist and put her hand behind her back, and said with a smile: "Let's go, take him out first, and I'll tell you slowly." ”

The cell boss guarding the prison is not surprised that Qin Ke took people away, after all, the school office is no better than other yamen, and the structure is far less rigorous, Qin Ke, as the right man of the school office, according to his authority, it is enough to take a prisoner out, anyway, even if something happens, Qin Ke himself will take responsibility.

Of course, this does not mean that the management of the school administration is chaotic, but because of this kind of simplicity that is rare in the yamen, the entire organization operates very efficiently, so so that so many cases of bribery, smuggling, and rebellion of officials can be detected.

Kaltai got out of the cage, and was first taken by Qin Ke and others to see Zhou Gongjin, who was naturally overjoyed, since Gongwu and Kaltai had been settled on both sides, the school government could naturally rise a lot in the face of the impeachment of hundreds of officials.

After leaving the school office, Cai Yan kept telling in a soft voice along the way, so that Qin Ke also probably knew why Kartai did not continue to pursue the school office.

"I told him that it was just a mistake on the part of Jing Wu, but it was a good thing. Cai Yan snapped his fingers and smiled, "Because in this way, the Jing Wu people owe him a favor, and they will only be treated more favorably when doing business with him in the future, and may even let their Pasu Department monopolize this business entirely, so won't he earn more than before?"

"And then?"

Then, he agreed, and not only that, but he also took the initiative to contact the school office, as for what to do next, I think that your school government order who is sick like he is dying is not a stupid person, so he naturally knows what to do in this situation. ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's as simple as that. ”

Qin Ke was a little surprised, in his mind, Kartai had suffered an attack from the school office, not only was he injured a lot, but he also killed several cultivators, so he shouldn't have been easily persuaded by Cai Yan in just a few words.

But Cai Yan grinned and giggled, scratched Qin Ke's nose with his hand, and said: "Don't think of the grassland people as complicated, the barbarian people are not the same as us Central Plains people, most of them are very direct in their thoughts, and they are not as important to human life as we Central Plains people." ”

Qin Ke was still puzzled.

Cai Yan rolled his eyes and continued to explain: "In the barbarians, people are divided into several levels, the masters at the top are like those magnates in the Central Plains, and most of them are hereditary, while the people below are warriors, women and children, and slaves. ”

"Women and children are not as good as warriors, because although they can do things, it is difficult for them to fight, and when their husbands die and there is no one to protect them, it is not uncommon for them to be taken captive and taken into slavery and slavery. And the slave was even more lowly, even inferior to the wild beasts that could run freely on the steppe. ”

"I asked, and most of those who died were slaves of him or his clan, and even if the master was unhappy one day, it would not be strange to draw a knife and cut it with a knife, and when it came to war, these slaves were often treated as pawns by them, and the casualties were the heaviest. ”

"In this case, this matter is far less serious than you and Zhou Gongjin think, after all, Kaltai is just a few lowly slaves who died, just like the master accidentally lost a few hundred taels of silver when he went out, although he will feel distressed, but it will never be so bad that he will give up his life to avenge it. ”

Qin Ke was a little stunned when he heard this, on the one hand, he felt that the barbarian system was really unacceptable, and on the other hand, he also felt that Cai Yan's every sentence was on point, so he could only nod and suddenly realized.

Cai Yan was still walking jumping and jumping, his long hair fluttering in the wind: "And no matter how serious his own injury is, as long as he recupesces, he will be able to recover in less than a month." Then the most important thing now is his business, after all, he definitely has no right to make his own decisions about such things as selling horses, and the real masters of the Pasu Department behind him are the masters. ”

"I've heard that the masters of the Pasu tribe like the cloth and silk of the Central Plains the most, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous jewelry, spices, and other things. If Kaltai had ruined the business because of this incident, the nobles would not only not praise him, but even blame him. ”

Cai Yan finished his analysis, knocked on Qin Ke's head with a smile and said, "How about it, big idiot, do you know why he agreed to reconcile?" After all, even if Kaltai is stupid, he knows how to weigh interests, how can he not get along with himself and money?"

"I see, I see" Qin Ke also looked at Cai Yan blankly, feeling ashamed for a while, thinking that although he had read a lot ......of books, it was still too far for him to grasp the pulse of this matter so casually and explore the pros and cons.

"Where did you know about those things about the barbarians?" Qin Ke knew that Cai Yan had never left Ding'an City, and she hadn't even come into contact with a few barbarians along the way.

"Nonsense, of course, reading books. Cai Yan sneered at Qin Ke narrowly, "I'm different from someone, I have read a lot of travelogues to the northern grasslands, and every chapter is written here." ”

She pointed to her little head.

Qin Ke was so impressed that he almost threw himself to the ground, and said heavily: "Thank you, Mr. Woman, for your teachings......" When he said the word "teaching", the smile on his face was even worse.

Cai Yan couldn't help but smile and made an arrogant look: "That'...... The female gentleman wants to eat sugar gourd now, what do you say?"

"The student is going to buy it. Qin Ke made another move, turned around neatly, and ran all the way to the street vendors.

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