allonlinenovel Chapter 424 Great Qi Dynasty 25
Chapter 424 Great Qi Dynasty 25
Muchen's eyes scanned the camp with the same sharpness.
He naturally understood Sirong's concerns: "Be cautious. The target is Tiedan, so move quickly and try not to alert others. If... there are other children, we will act accordingly."
The two of them waited patiently, waiting for the best opportunity and changes.
Time flowed slowly in the oppressive silence. The clamor of the camp gradually died down, and except for the occasional rubbing of the night watchman's hands and stamping of his feet and the lowing of startled cattle and sheep, the surroundings returned to a tense silence.
suddenly!
At the outermost edge of the camp, near the sheep pen where the cubs were kept, an inconspicuous, shabby little tent curtain was lifted.
A thin little boy who looked only seven or eight years old came out silently like a smart and alert cub.
He was wearing a tattered fur coat that didn't fit him and was obviously made smaller by an adult. He walked barefoot on the cold grass, seemingly unaware of it.
His dark brown hair was matted in tangles and matted with grass and dust.
The moonlight illuminated half of his dirty little face, but the contours of his facial features, especially his stubbornly pursed lips, were surprisingly similar to the child in the portrait!
But there was a sense of vigilance and alertness in his eyes, like a little wolf ready to fight or flee at any time.
This kid... is Tiedan!
Almost the moment they saw him, Muchen and Sirong confirmed it in their hearts at the same time.
Tiedan came out to get cow dung cakes.
The temperature difference between day and night on the grassland is extremely large, and the biting cold wind can blow through the thin tents at night.
Those dry cow dung cakes, mixed with cut grass stems and soil, are pressed into round cakes and exposed to the scorching sun for many days. They are the most common and important heating fuel on the grassland.
Sirong and Muchen looked at each other, and then ran in front of Tiedan as fast as they could.
Without giving him time to react, he was knocked unconscious with a knife, directly taken into space, and turned around to sneak out of the camp.
Then the two of them left quickly.
When they were five kilometers away from the tribe, Sirong released Tiedan from the space and fed him some spiritual spring water.
Little Tiedan woke up quickly.
Looking at two people he had never seen before, the little guy became extremely defensive, pursed his lips, and his whole body tensed.
His thinness made his eyes look particularly big and bright.
Sirong took out a small cake from the space and put it in Tiedan's hand: "Don't be afraid, we are from the Zhenbei Army, you can eat something first."
Tiedan was filled with suspicion, the cake in his hand had been squeezed a little flat by him. "People from the Zhenbei Army? What are you doing here?"
Muchen saw the child's defensiveness and nervousness: "Don't be afraid, she is General Si's eldest daughter and now the commander of the Zhenbei Army.
Eat something first, we have something to ask you."
Maybe it was the snack in my hand that was too fragrant, or maybe it was because I was too hungry.
Tiedan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then started to eat the cake.
Seeing how he ate, Sirong took out a few more pieces and gave them to him. Mu Chen also handed over the water bag.
One look at the kid's figure tells you he's had a miserable life in the past two years.
He was originally about eleven or twelve years old, with a body shape similar to that of a seven or eight-year-old child, and was just a bag of bones.
That's why Sirong took out the soft little cake for him to eat. It's easy to digest, so it's okay if he eats two or three more pieces.
By the time Tiedan finished the food in his hand, Sirong and Muchen also knew the general situation in the tribe.
There aren't many Daqi people in this tribe.
His arrival here was an accident.
After learning this, Sirong and Muchen did not continue to ask about Doctor Hu.
Muchen rode on horseback with Tiedan, and they rushed back to Sirong's general's mansion in the northern border.
The child was very wary, so there was no need to rush and ask him on the grassland.
It's been more than two years since the incident.
After returning to the general's mansion, Sirong only informed Butler Li, and all food and clothing were taken care of by Sirong and Muchen personally.
Including the decoctions, all the medicines were prescribed by Sirong and decocted by Muchen.
After Xiao Tiedan's health improved a little and he knew that he had returned to the Great Qi Dynasty, he began to slowly tell the truth about what happened that year.
"The people who massacred the village back then were not from Lengyue Country!"
When Sirong heard Tiedan's words, her pupils shrank and she stared at Tiedan, wanting to know what was going to happen next.
“When that group of people came over, they were indeed wearing the clothes of the Lengyue Kingdom.
There happened to be a military crackdown at that time, so my master and I took advantage of our leave to come back and give some money to my master's wife.
Knowing that I was worried about my mother, the master let me go home when I returned to the village.
When that group of people came, they went straight to the master's house.
My mother was in the yard at the time and heard the sound of horses galloping. She leaned over the wall and saw those people, so she stuffed me into a secret compartment that had been prepared in advance at home."
There were often herdsmen coming to steal their food. After Tiedan's father died, the mother and daughter felt that the family had lost its pillar.
Out of fear, he dug out a place similar to a cellar behind the water tank at home.
Tiedan is young and has not grown up yet, and Tiedan's mother also has a slim figure.
The big water tank is full of water and it is difficult for ordinary people to move it.
The mother and daughter were big enough to fit into the tunnel through the gap between the water tank and the wall.
If there is any danger at that time, the family will at most suffer some financial losses, but no one will be hurt.
That day they also thought that it was people from Lengyue Country who came to steal food.
After Tiedan's mother stuffed Tiedan into the tunnel, she wanted to follow in, but the group of people kicked open the gate and broke in.
Tiedan's mother was afraid of exposing Tiedan in the tunnel, so she used her body to block the water tank.
He ordered Tiedan not to make any sound, and then he was hacked to death by those people with a scimitar.
Tiedan, who was hiding in the tunnel, was so scared that he covered his mouth tightly.
During their conversation, Tiedan heard that they were speaking the language of Daqi, which was not the language of Lengyue Kingdom at all.
After killing the man, they just searched his house for gold, silver and other valuables. They left without even looking at the food, pots and pans in the house.
Tiedan and the others returned in the evening of that day.
In the evening of the next day, we returned to the barracks and had a day off.
He hid in the tunnel for about half an hour.
Now the people from the tribe he lives in have just entered their village.
They were different from the first wave of killers. They took away all the pots, pans, food, vegetables and anything else that could be taken away from the house.
It was at this time that Tiedan was found by them.
At that time, there were no living Daqi people in the village. The herdsman who found Tiedan was the female slave in his family.
He was tortured to death not long ago, and he just needs someone to help him herd sheep. Although she is not a female slave, she can still do some work for him.
He held him under his armpit and brought him back to the tribe.
For them, the women and children snatched from Daqi were all their slaves. They only needed to give them a bite to eat every day so that they would not starve to death.