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Duanmu Rong pointed at Xu Chen and said, "He is from Chaoyang Country, I think you should have heard of it." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xu Chen's heart said bad things, thousands of years ago, it was the Chaoyang Empire that drove the savages to the extreme north cold region, and the enmity between the two sides can be said to be as deep as the sea, this savage woman knows that she is from the Chaoyang country, where is the reason not to be mad?

His right hand, which held the hilt of the knife, tightened slightly, ready to slash the other before the woman could do anything.

However, unexpectedly, when the woman heard the word Chaoyang, she was only slightly stunned, and did not react too violently, but her emotions became stable and said, "I have heard of Han people. ”

Xu Chen frowned and asked, "Heard of it?"

"Hmm. ”

The woman said in her characteristic tone, "Everyone in the tribe knows that we moved away many years ago because our ancestors could not defeat you. ”

Xu Chen became more and more puzzled and asked, "Then you know that I am Han, why don't you get angry?"

The woman withdrew her bow and arrows, and said with a blank face: "If you can't fight, you have to admit defeat, what's there to be angry about?"

Xu Chen scratched his head and said, "It seems to be ...... And that makes sense. ”

This is the first time Xu Chen and Duanmu Rong have seen the snow country savages, of course, the so-called snow country is not a country in the real sense, but a general term, a type of people, a class of people who are far away from civilization.

Through a short contact and conversation, the two found that the wild people are not the rumored monsters that can eat stones and drink molten iron, just like them, they need to hunt, they can talk, they can wear clothes, and they run around every day for life, and ordinary ones can no longer be ordinary.

The savage woman ignored the two of them, plucked the feather arrows from the hare, watched the arrows wear and tear, then grabbed the snow ball, wiped the blood from the hare, and threw it into the bag behind her.

Duanmu Rong looked at her quietly, and suddenly asked, "Why did you come to the south?"

At this time, it was Xu Chen's turn to glance at her.

His goal in coming to this wilderness occupied by savages was very clear, not for anyone, nor for the peace of the Central Plains, he was looking for the Book of Heaven, of course he didn't want to deal with these uneasy savages.

The savage woman looked at her and said, "Why can't you come?"

Duanmu Rong said: "This is someone else's place. ”

The woman said, "This was our hometown many years ago, but it was only after we left that it was occupied by the barbarians, so why can't we come back?"

Duanmu Rong looked at her and asked very seriously: "But the grassland barbarians have lived here for so many years, and have lived here for generations, and now that you have occupied their land, how can they live?"

Xu Chen looked at her and thought to himself Although you are a genius in cultivation, how can you ask such an idiotic question?

The savage woman looked at Duanmu Rong like an idiot and said, "If we don't snatch it back, how can we survive?"

Xu Chen burst out laughing.

Duanmu looked at him expressionlessly, then took the red horse and followed the savage woman over the edge of the snow and walked down the gentle slope.

Xu Chen was stunned and hurriedly followed.

The big black horse was stunned for a long time, and found that no one paid attention to him, and actually ran away, angrily hoofing snowflakes, carrying heavy luggage, and followed with a sigh.

After some conversation, Xu Chen felt that the wild man was indeed very interesting, especially the temperament and temper of the Han people, but he was still not ready to contact the wild man, and he didn't expect Duanmu Rong to have some different ideas.

Duanmu Rong looked at the savage woman walking with her back in front of her, and said softly: "We will fight against the savages of the Snow Country in the spring of next year, of course, we must understand the true situation of the savage tribe, the imperial court asked us to investigate the enemy's situation, and this savage woman has no suspicion of us, isn't it the best opportunity?"

Xu Chen shook his head, thinking to himself that the Central Plains countries were fighting with the savages, what did it matter to him? However, since Duanmu Rong insisted on taking this chance encounter as a part of his earthly trial, he had no way to object.

After walking out and turning to the east, I saw a lonely tent, the surface of the tent was coated with a paint similar to black mud, which should be able to block the wind and cold, but it was obviously a long distance away from the settlement of the savage tribe, and I don't know why the savage woman lived here.

The savage women did not invite them to be guests, but they did not show any obvious hostility towards them, but let them follow them into the tent, threw over a large piece of jerky without enthusiasm, and poured them two bowls of hot water.

There is not much salt in the jerky, although it is tasteless to chew, but if it is mixed with saliva for a long time, it will exude a rough and primitive fragrance, Xu Chen has rarely had the opportunity to touch such things since he left Weicheng, and he can't help but chew with relish, and he can't find time to talk at all.

Duanmu Rong thanked the savage woman, tore two shredded meat and put them between her lips and chewed slowly, looking at her expression, she didn't know whether it was unpalatable or delicious.

The savage women bowed their heads to handle a piece of animal skin, and ignored them.

Although there was no opposition in the tent, there was no word.

Xu Chen felt the strangeness of the atmosphere, and couldn't help but look up at Duanmu Rong, thinking to himself, didn't you say that you want to investigate the enemy's situation and check the true situation of the savage tribe, can you be a dumb person and ask questions?

Duanmu Rong glanced at him, his eyes were confused, and he could even feel a little flustered, it was obvious that although she was a well-known girl, she was really not very good at this.

Xu Chen held back a smile, glanced at the dried meat in his hand, and began to chat with the savage woman.

Chatting is what he is very good at, and he has been able to survive in such a dangerous environment since he was a child, in addition to being ruthless enough, the more important trait is to please and sell well.

So, it didn't take long for the savage woman who bowed her head to treat the skins of the beast to begin to talk to him warmly, and although the accent was a little strange, when the two sides of the conversation slowed down, there was no problem in communication.

"There are a lot of fish in Atami, all kinds of fish. ”

The savage woman grabbed a handful of hay, wiped the blood from her hands, and said with her arms apart: "My man has seen such a long fish, but when it comes to deliciousness, every year during the Light Festival, the patriarch will send warriors to dive under the sea to catch the egg fish, and that kind of fish is really delicious." ”

Xu Chen put the dried meat in his hand beside him and asked curiously, "Egg fish?"

"Well, because the roe is big, we call it the egg fish. ”

The savage woman stretched out her finger and drew it exaggeratedly, then shook her head and said, "After coming to the south, there are more sheep than before, but it is not so convenient to eat fish. ”

From the conversation, Xu Chen learned that in the spring, the savages went south from the cold region and robbed a large area of grassland in the royal court, and had stored enough grain and grass before winter, even the sheep also kept a lot, but probably based on tradition, the tribe still sent savages to hunt around.

The cold wind struck the tent with snow flakes, because of the strange paint pasted outside, making a dull sound, Xu Chen thought about the situation he had seen all the way before, and was a little puzzled, and asked: "Even if it is hunting, there is no reason to come to such a remote place, it is always unsafe to be too far away from the tribal crowd." ”

The savage woman said, "This is the rule of the tribe, during the winter ritual, you have to live alone all winter. ”

Xu Chen asked curiously, "What is the Winter Rite?"

As soon as the words fell, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and Duanmu Rong, who had been sitting silently and quietly, also looked at the door.

The heavy curtain was lifted, and a short figure rushed in, shouting happily, "I'm back." ”

It was a small boy with a thin body, carrying a fat and round cold badger on his shoulder, and his face was full of joy and pride, but when he saw Xu Chen and Duanmu Rong, he suddenly became vigilant.

"It's a guest. ”

The savage woman stepped forward to take the prey on his shoulder, and with a slight tug of her fingertips, she very quickly blocked the bloody mouth of the cold badger, and patted the little boy's head with a smile.

Xu Chen looked at the little boy who would definitely not be more than twelve years old, and thought that in such a cold weather, he could actually hunt such a big cold badger, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"This is my son. ”

The savage woman looked at the surprised expressions of the two Central Plains people, laughed heartily, and said: "I just said the winter ceremony, it is his winter ceremony, the tribal rule, in the winter of the year when he was twelve, the parents will accompany the child into the mountains to hunt, and before the thaw in the North Hot Sea, he can hunt half a cart of prey, and the child will be considered an adult." ”

She looked at the little boy with a stern expression, but she couldn't hide the tenderness in her eyes, and said, "Next year he will become a warrior, and then he will organize his own family, so Winter Rite is the last time we will accompany him." ”

Xu Chen had not yet gotten rid of this shock, and immediately thought of the previous sentence of organizing a family, and couldn't help but say with envy: "We Han people can't get married so early. ”

Hearing the word Hanren, the savage boy, who was already a little vigilant, suddenly became more nervous, and subconsciously wanted to hide behind his mother, but thinking that he was performing a winter ritual and was about to become a warrior of the tribe, he forcibly mustered up the courage to stop in front of his mother and glared at Xu Chen fiercely.

The savage woman slapped him the back of the head and reprimanded him sharply: "What's the point of getting a fat badger? Winter Rite requires half a cart of prey, and if it's a small cart like the old home, it's fine, but don't you look at the cart pushed by the envoy Han in the autumn? The cart used by those barbarians is so big, it's not so easy to fill half of it." ”

The little savage boy was driven out of his tent by his mother with clubs and intimidation, and with a wooden bow and arrows on his back, he began the difficult hunting activities necessary for him to become a savage warrior. Xu Chen couldn't help but laugh happily when he listened to the wild woman's previous judgment about the small cart and the barbarian cart in his hometown.

The savage woman lowered her head and continued her work, holding a smooth piece of wood and crushing the fur under her feet, and occasionally raising her arm to wipe the sweat from her forehead. Xu Chen thought about the prey that was hidden by the snow outside the tent before, thinking that this kind of work was really hard, and asked, "Eldest sister, where is the child's father?"

"In the spring, I fought with those barbarians and died. ”

The savage woman did not raise her head, and her voice did not change at all, and she was still so straight and stiff, as if she was telling a story that had happened for a long time, had nothing to do with her, and was about to fade away.

Suddenly, she raised her head, stared at Xu Chen and asked, "You guys...... Will the Han people come and beat us?"

"Probably not, right?"

Xu Chen looked at the expression on the woman's face, and said in an accentuated tone, "Definitely not." ”

Whether the Chaoyang Empire will send a large army to fight against the savages is a decision that His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers of the court can only make, where does he know if it will be, but whether it will or not, of course in front of the savages, he can only say no, and it must be said categorically, with iron teeth and copper teeth.

Duanmu Rong didn't say anything, just glanced at him again.

The savage woman was stunned when she heard his answer, and with a rare smile, she said, "That's good." ”

Duanmu Rong looked at her quietly, and suddenly asked, "Even if the Han people don't come, there are many other countries in the Central Plains, especially the Western Jin Dynasty Divine Army, aren't you worried?"

The savage woman leaned forward and handed the weight to the wooden chip, crushed the hide vigorously, and muttered, "As long as the Han people don't come, what is there to worry about?"