Chapter 73: Understanding
"What do you call the girl?" Zhang Qing tried his best to put on a serious appearance.
It was probably his serious but dusty appearance at a young age that made the girl feel funny, and those round almond eyes suddenly turned into a crescent moon. But for the sake of him saving himself, he still said: "My name is Ah Longyin." β
"Ah Longyin, it's really not a Han name, you're not a Han person, right?" Daxuan's main ethnic group is also a Han person, and this is the first time he has seen a minority in this world, so he is very curious.
Ah Longyin nodded and said, "I am, from the Holy Miao tribe, woman, from, Tututana. β
"Turbulent Diagramγγγγγγ Tana?" Zhang Qing looked confused, completely unaware of which foreign language this was.
Seeing Zhang Qing's blank expression, Ah Longyin also understood that the other party definitely didn't understand her language, but unfortunately her Chinese vocabulary was too small, so she hummed for a long time, and finally said again: "Yunzhou, East, Big Swamp, past, Big Forest!"
Zhang Qing thought for a while, and then listened to Ah Longyin pop out some messy phrases, and finally roughly understood what Ah Longyin said.
Fortunately, Bai Huiye had given him a lot of geographical knowledge before, and he had also read several books similar to geography in the state governor's mansion. Let him know that in the east of Yunzhou, there is a big swamp not far from the Ting River, and Luo Tieyi went to track down the Washing Bodhisattva in that direction before.
The entire swamp is longer than Yunzhou in the north-south direction, and the shortest part from east to west is also hundreds of miles, so Yunzhou is separated from Lingzhou in the west of the swamp.
Speaking of which, most of Lingzhou is actually a wild land, because the south is the border of Daxuan, bordering the primeval forest. The dwarf barbarians who lived among them, who mastered strange witchcraft, often raided the Han people who had pioneered here, so the Han people were reluctant to expand their territory in that direction.
According to the geographical records, there are many ethnic minorities living in the mountains and forests in the south of Lingzhou who are more barbaric than the Han people, but more civilized than the barbarians in the primeval forest. Because the Han people who expanded here back then had a headache because of the harassment of the barbarians, and these minority groups have lived here since ancient times, and they have some tacit understanding with the barbarians in the primeval forest, and basically will not be robbed. Therefore, when the Han people needed a buffer zone with the barbarians, and these minority groups could communicate, they did not exterminate these people. Instead, it was brought under the rule of the imperial court through trade.
Of course, the minority groups that were very wary of the Han people were not completely subordinate, and the imperial court did not look down on their poor population, and the compromise between the two sides formed a system similar to that of the ancient Chinese dynasty to the southern Tusi. These ethnic groups also did not care about the change of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the relationship between them extended for three dynasties.
Zhang Qing estimated that this Shengmiao should be one of these minority groups. As for why Ah Longyin appeared in Yunzhou, he also had a rough guess. Brother Bai said before that more than ninety percent of Yunzhou's freight is in Tinghe, so he curiously asked where the remaining one percent was. Because there were mountains on both sides of the clouds, forests to the north, and swamps to the east, he really couldn't think of any other place to get in and out.
Bai Huiye told him that although the river transportation was safe and fast, it was always monitored and set up by the government, and some people did not want to be taken away by the government's tax boats, or there were some goods that were not suitable for the government to discover. It took them decades to find a hidden path in the swamp that allowed them to avoid the levels on the water.
The people who walk on this road are some bold and fierce guys. Because the road is full of dangers, and the route in the swamp is also uncertain all year round, only the old oilman can find the right way, so the government is not willing to bother to open up that road for that little profit, so it becomes a paradise for smugglers.
That road is from Lingzhou to Yunzhou, so Ah Longyin should be Yunzhou from that direction.
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Zhang Qing ran all night, he was really tired and hungry at this time, so he took out the food that was shun from the Qian family's carriage, gave some to Ah Longyin, and prepared to chat while eating.
Ah Longyin hesitated, her left arm was completely immobile, tied to her torso, and it was not convenient to wear a black scarf on her face. It's a pity that the serious injury made her consume a lot of energy, but she still couldn't help being hungry, holding the food in her right hand, and with great effort, she lifted a corner of the black towel and slowly gnawed it. That awkward posture made Zhang Qing couldn't help but laugh.
At the same time, the girl noticed her bandaged left arm, and when she was injured, she knew that the left arm bone was broken into several sections, and she had a headache How to deal with it, but she didn't expect to wake up and find that the bones were all connected, and the bandaging was very neat, which surprised Ah Longyin.
Through the communication between the two, Zhang Qing found that this girl was surprisingly simple, and she looked vigilant and abnormal when she just woke up. But at this time, I probably saw that Zhang Qing was young and saved her again, and when I talked about it again, I looked completely scheming. Basically, she answers whatever Zhang Qing asks, although the Chinese language is really not very good, but fortunately, it is in constant habits.
Through various body language and slowly proficient Chinese, Zhang Qing probably understood something.
This girl used to live in the eastern swamp near Yunzhou with her master, and a few days ago the master told her that there was a pre-found epiphyllum grass that was about to bear fruit, and asked her to come and get it, which was also an experience.
This girl has lived with her master since she was a child, and this is the first time she has gone out alone, so she is naturally very excited, and happily crossed the mountains and mountains to the barren valley. As a result, when I got to the ground, I found that there were people squatting in that place, and they also wanted to wait for the epiphyllum grass to mature.
The girl was also stunned, and went up to negotiate with the Tinghe Gang, telling them that her master had discovered the grass first, and told them to leave quickly.
Who are the people of the Tinghe Gang? The black and white are cold and unscrupulous, and they finally managed to guard a treasure of heaven and earth, and now someone suddenly appears to say that the thing is hers, how can this be endured? Especially Ah Longyin is still a little girl, so a few people want to catch her if they are not clean, and they want to get both personal and wealth.
Although Ah Longyin couldn't understand those meat words, she could see the other party's bad intentions, so she directly became a poisonous powder. Those guys were also unlucky, and when they saw that the girls were young and naΓ―ve, they were negligent, and they were put into two on the spot. This time the poison was not fatal, but it only made the two of them weak and their meridians damaged.
Ah Longyin wanted to exchange the antidote for them to leave, but the other party's ferocity came up, and she couldn't fight one against two, so she had to rely on the help of poisonous insects to escape from the valley.
The people of the Tinghe Gang couldn't do anything about the poison, and they didn't dare to leave their posts without permission, so they had to send someone out for help. Unexpectedly, Ah Longyin didn't leave, and saw that the other party actually wanted to ask for help, although she had not experienced the dangers of the world, but the little girl was not stupid, and knew that she couldn't let the other party find help.
In the eyes of the Shengmiao people, the dead enemy is a good enemy, and she directly put a deadly poison in the other party's diet, poisoning all four of them, and then she waited in the valley for the maturity of the epiphyllum grass.
Coincidentally, the little girl has a lively temperament after all, and she is unwilling to sit in the valley, so she will go out of the valley when she has nothing to do. Unexpectedly, I happened to meet Qian Yuan and his party who came to pick fruits.
She looked at the other party's route and knew that they were also going to go to the valley, although she knew that she was not an opponent, but her straight-line thinking made her think that secretly poisoning one person should be able to scare them away, so she made a move that night. It's a pity that although it scared the other party, but on the contrary, it startled the snake, and Ah Longyin, who was alone, had no chance to sneak attack the vigilant team again, so he had to put a big move at the end, wanting to use the poisonous insect array to solve them.
In fact, she didn't understand what the old housekeeper said yesterday night, but fortunately she understood the meaning of the other party's willingness to give up, and the Tanyue grass was already mature, so she let them go.
It's a pity that the Han people are really cunning, and they didn't keep their promises and went back, seriously injuring them, if it weren't for the sudden fall of Brother Zhang from the sky, the little girl's body would be cold.
When it came to Qian Yuan's dishonesty, Ah Longyin was still indignant, which filled Zhang Qing's head with black lines, this girl is really too simple, right?
As the two talked, Miss Shengmiao's Chinese became a lot more proficient. It seems that she doesn't say it badly, she just doesn't say it often.
"Zhang Qing saved Ah Longyin, and Ah Longyin will repay Zhang Qing. β
Seeing the girl with wide eyes and assuring Zhang Qing, the pseudo-boy suddenly felt that this girl from the Holy Miao tribe was really cute. But then he shuddered, and kept silently chanting in his heart: "Lao Tzu is not Lolitacon, Lao Tzu is not Lolitacon!"
Before he could speak, Ah Longyin said seriously: "However, Ah Longyin is older than Zhang Qing, Zhang Qing should be called Sister Ah Longyin!"
"Huh?"