Chapter 19 Barbarian Girl
They sailed for a day and a night, and the next day at dawn, they arrived in Dongzhi City.
Although Dongzhi City is not big, it is very lively. People coming and go speak all kinds of bird language that Sun Shao can't understand. The Han people and the barbarians are mixed together. They are very harmonious. There is no difference between Huayi at all. Occasionally, there are Han people riding fat horses and light cars to show off their power, but it makes people feel that they are outside. Come here.
Sun Shao was used to all kinds of foreign devils in his previous life. Now it's not surprising to see these people dressed strangely, but Guan Feng and others are not. They look around curiously one by one, excited. Look in the east and look in the west. There are always new things that can't be seen. They can't wait for every store to go in and have a look. I picked up the goods and touched them. I asked for a price, and I couldn't wait to grow eight hands to wear those unique decorations.
Sun Shao is completely convinced. This woman likes to go shopping with the surname of heaven, which is an example of ancient and modern times.
Fortunately, he himself also inquired about the market, and he was not idle. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand those bird's words, so he could only look at Zhang's stiff bird's words and communicate business with those barbarians with gestures.
Shen Xuan, who was sulking all day yesterday, like Sun Shao, knew nothing about these words. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, with the same illness and pity. Zhang Qian did not hide his privacy. Once he found any valuable information, he immediately conveyed it to Sun Shao, which finally comforted him a little.
"Mozhi, do you think these barbarians are a little deceitful?" Sun Shao pointed to the barbaric women with thin clothes, comparable to the betel nut of later generations, and whispered. Shen Xuan glanced calmly and picked up the corners of his mouth: "As long as you are upright, don't look at it if you are rude. This is originally a place of barbarians, and it is understandable that the saints can't be educated."
Sun Shao was most unhappy with Shen Xuan's arrogance. He smiled and said, "Yes, silently, you have a long way to go. When I go back to see the Supreme this time, I will definitely recommend Mozhi to him as the captain of Dongzhi. At that time, Mozhi can take more effort to bring the education of the saint here. The saint said that the moon is a success, and the talent of silence is high, and it must be able to turn Dongzhi into a hometown of clothes in a year or two.
Shen Xuan glanced at him and stopped talking. If he is willing to bow to Sun Quan, why should he come to burn Sun Shao's cold stove? It's okay if Sun Shao is not moved. It's unbearable to tease him coldly. Unfortunately, although he doesn't want to bear it, he doesn't have much choice but to bear it.
Tragedy! Shen Xuan sighed. He remembered Zhang Wen's somewhat proud joke, "I have a choice, but you don't have a choice", which added a little depression to his heart. He was really cheated by Zhang Wen this time. He must have felt that Sun Shao was not an auxiliary master, so he took the opportunity to get out and cheated him. Oh, Zhang Huishu, you are really unkind. Aren't you playing with me? Shen Xuan secretly swore that when he returned to Wu County, he must find Zhang Wen to calculate this account. If he doesn't give an explanation, he will never give up.
"Silence?" Sun Shao didn't hear Shen Xuan's answer. He turned his head and looked at him. Seeing that Shen Xuan was in a tray, he looked at the foreword with wooden eyes, so he followed his eyes and looked forward. He saw a barbarian woman with a silver collar on his neck, a silver bracelet on her wrist, and a full of silver ornaments, looking at them. She couldn't help laughing, "Silence, you too. I'm too anxious. Can't I teach this barbarian woman now? Even so, you can't be educated on the street. This is too..." He shook his head repeatedly and made a sad look: "Alas, is that how the saint educates you?"
Shen Xuan actually didn't look at the woman at all. He was stunned by Sun Shao and stabbed by Sun Shao before he came to his senses. Seeing the woman staring at him angrily, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He quickly turned his eyes and said unhappily, "Sun Jun, don't joke."
"Hahaha..." Sun Shao was in a good mood when he saw that Shen Xuan was embarrassed. He smiled and said, "If you see it, I can't say it? You stared at other people's chests for a long time, can't I say anything? You are contrary to the teachings of the saints.
"Don't always talk about saints, okay?" Shen Xuan said impatiently and subconsciously looked at the woman's chest again. The woman was wearing an embroidered blue shoulder, and her chest was very low, revealing the corset inside. It happened that the barbarian woman bent down to fiddle with the items on the cargo, and a deep ditch appeared faintly, as if there was a pattern between the breasts. Shen Xuan felt a little familiar and couldn't help looking at it more. Before he could look carefully, the pretty woman seemed to notice something. She got up and covered her chest, her face turned red, and she glared at Shen Xuan. Shen Xuan hurried a few steps and rushed into the crowd.
Sun Shaoda, just about to chase, Guan Feng and others followed. Qiao Yue raised a conch in his hand and giggled, "Young master, look at this, it's so beautiful."
"Conch, what's good? No matter how good it is, it's not as good as Xiao Yue'er's voice." Sun Shao squeezed his eyes, took a look at the conch, and stuffed it to Qiao Yue: "What else did you buy?"
"A lot, look!" Qiao Yue raised her hand and shocked Sun Shao, "Son, you can spend too much money, can't you? Have you spent all your monthly money?
"Hee hee, this is for my mother, this is for my wife..." Qiao Yue said, "When I go back to Jianye's filial piety to my mother, my mother will definitely give me money when she is happy. At that time, I will falsely report a little, and I will earn it all back."
"You are so bold to make money from your mother." Sun Shao pinched her little face with a smile and said, "We still have to go to Jiaozhou. There are more Western merchants in Panyu. You have used up the money now. I don't think you will have any money to buy it at that time."
"Oh, how can I forget this?" Qiao Yue just woke up from a dream and jumped and said, "What should I do?"
"Then I don't care." Sun Shao raised his head and left proudly. Guan Feng and Guan Xiaoqing also followed with a snicker. Qiao Yue pouted, stamped her feet, and followed.
The barbarian woman looked at Sun Shao's back, and her face gradually darkened. She thought for a little and turned around and muttered a few words to the old barbarian who was squatting aside. The old barbarian was stunned, with a shocked look in his eyes. As soon as he opened his mouth, it turned out to be a pure Wu Yu: "Is it really him?"
"I'm not sure. I just think the accent is a little similar, and it looks a little like the portrait at home." The barbarian girl lowered her voice and whispered, "Go and see your father. I'll follow them and see where they are."
"Good." The old barbarian suddenly stood up, and his skills were sharp. The thick footboard made the bluestone board throb, and he left like a gust of wind. The barbarian girl took a look left and right, picked up the burden of goods, and followed the direction where Sun Shao and others disappeared.
Sun Shao and others watched all the way. They wanted to inquire about the market. The women wanted to go shopping, and they didn't go fast. The barbarian woman had been hanging up slowly, but it was not difficult. Time passed quickly. Seeing that it was noon, Qiao Yue first shouted, "Young master, aren't you tired? Find a place to rest your feet.
Sun Shao stared at her and said angrily, "Are you tired? Madam didn't call you tired, but you called tired first, and you didn't understand the rules at all.
"Hee hee, I can't compare with my wife. She is a martial artist and is in good health." Qiao Yuejiao pleaded, "Young master, I really can't walk. Take a rest."
"It's really unruly." Sun Shao turned his head and smiled bitterly at Zhang Qian and Shen Xuan. Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Young master, it's getting late. Let's find a teahouse to rest. Today, I'm going to make an east. Please taste this Yizhou tea. I just heard that although the barbarians in Yizhou are not kingly, they are unique, and some wild teas are still quite delicious.
"All right, all right." Qiao Yue and Guan Xiaoqing clapped their hands and shouted first. Before they shouted twice, Guan Feng stared at them. The two quickly closed their voices and looked at each other in embarrassment. Zhang Qian smiled and led Sun Shao to take a few steps forward. He turned a corner and saw a teahouse. The facade of the teahouse is not big. A few are just peeled trunks of grass sheds. Several thick wooden cases are lined up. There are more than a dozen black pottery bowls on it, and there is no place to sit. The tea drinker stands by the roadside, throws a piece of money, or puts down a little goods, exchanges it for a bowl or two of tea, drinks with his neck, wipes, wipes his mouth, and exposes. With a satisfied smile, he turned away.
"Is this the teahouse?" Shen Xuan showed disgust.
Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Shen Jun doesn't know anything. When you go out, you don't have to be more than ordinary at home. I'll just ask them to wash the bowl well. With that, he stepped forward and talked a few words with the old man who was scooping tea with a large spoon. The old man looked at Sun Shao and others. Seeing that they were dressed in luxury and followed a few soldiers behind them, he did not dare to neglect them. He hurriedly called out a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl, asked her to bring a basin of water, and cleared all the more than a dozen pottery bowls on the case. Wash.
Sun Shao didn't care. He stood by the tea stove with his hands behind his back and looked down at the tea leaves. This kind of tea is a little different from the tea you usually see. The leaves are large, the leaves should be thicker, and the soup color is golden. Of course, this tea is the same as the tea commonly used in the Han Dynasty, and there are also a lot of seasonings such as ginger osmanthus in it, so it looks a little variegated and the aroma is relatively strong.
It didn't take long. The little girl washed the dishes and went out with a big basin. The old man poured the tea soup and humbly sent it to Sun Shao. His mouth opened, but he didn't say anything. There was obviously a trace of fear in his eyes. Sun Shao held the black pottery bowl, smiled, and called Zhang Qian over: "Zhang Jun, please ask him if there is any such tea."
Zhang Qian knew that Sun Shao's way of drinking tea was a little different, so he took out a few five baht from his arms and sprinkled it into the old man's hand. Then he muttered a few words. The old man looked at Sun Shao in shock, nodded repeatedly, and asked the little girl to say a few words. The little girl raised her sleeves to wipe her sweat, and hurriedly left. After going in, it didn't take long, so I took out a handful of tea.
Sun Shao picked up a piece of tea and looked at it, but he couldn't tell whether it was Taiwan's high mountain tea in the previous life. He also knew little about tea. At present, the method of making this tea is quite different from that of later generations. He really doesn't have the ability to recognize it.
"Is his tea really from Yizhou?" Sun Shao asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Zhang said with a smile, "This tea is indeed not produced by Jiangdong, and it is very different from the tea in Jiaozhou and Yizhou. Besides, the profit of this tea is not high, and not many people are willing to fake it.
"Isn't this profit high?" Sun Shao was very surprised.
"It's not high." Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Drinking tea is just a pastime. The dosage is far less than that of wine. If it weren't for a fresh taste, who would come here to drink tea? Wouldn't it be better to go to a restaurant for a drink? You can also have a snack by the way. This is just to quench a thirst. How can it be true?
Sun Shao suddenly became interested. Who said that the profit of tea is not high? You should know that tea and salt are the big profits of later generations. There is also an ancient tea-horse road in Yunnan. When it comes to business, this is a way to make money. He said with great interest, "Please help me ask him if the production of this tea is high in Yizhou."
"I just asked, and the output is very low." Zhang Qian did not ask. He was shrewd. As soon as Sun Shao showed a little meaning, he guessed Sun Shao's mind and had just asked all the relevant questions. He shook his head and said, "This tea is wild tea. There are several tea trees in front of and behind his house. He brought it here to sell tea for a few days to make a little money. When it is sold out, he will change his job here. We were just lucky enough to catch up. We couldn't drink it two days later.
"Is that so?" Sun Shao was disappointed. He took a regretful look at the tea soup in the bowl, raised the bowl and took a sip.
"Husband." Guan Feng walked to him and whispered, "Be careful of the barbarian girl in the southwest corner. She seems to have been following us all the time."
Sun Shao was shocked and forced himself to resist the desire to look up. He pretended to be as if nothing had happened. He took a sip of the tea bowl. His eyes swept around calmly and found the barbarian woman. He felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a moment. After a moment of hesitation, he saw Shen Xuan frowning, and then he suddenly realized: Isn't this the barbarian woman who was peeped by Shen Xuan? Did she come to settle accounts with Shen Xuan? Shouldn't it be?
"Do you know her?" Seeing that Sun Shao looked abnormal, Guan Feng quickly asked.
"I don't know." Sun Shao said vaguely, "She has been following us?"
"Hmm." Guan Feng curled her lips and said, "Her tracking method is too clumsy. It's okay to deal with prey, but it's still a little worse to deal with us."
Sun Shaohanyan, if he is only about martial arts, he is not far from Guan Feng, and even slightly better in strength, but in terms of experience, he is not as good as Guan Feng. He is not aware of it at all when he is followed by others. Instead, he asked Guan Feng to remind him.
He turned around, stopped looking at the barbarian girl, and asked softly, "Is there anyone else?"
"I haven't seen it for the time being." Guan Feng didn't look at the barbarian woman, but took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from her arms and put it in front of her. She looked like a make-up, but she actually looked at the movement of the barbarian woman from the bronze mirror. The bronzes were a little blurry, and she could only look at it roughly. As she observed, she said, "From her look, she should be waiting for someone."
"Don't look, it's coming." Sun Shao looked cold and looked at more than a dozen barbarians running in the distance with knives and sticks. He sneered: "These barbarians are so bold that they dare to run with knives on the street in broad daylight."
While talking, Shen Xuan and Zhang Qian also found a problem. Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows, put his hand on the first knife around his waist, and leaned over to Sun Shao. Zhang Qian's face changed slightly. Just now, his calmness became a little restrained. He rushed to Sun Shao's side and said in a dry voice, "Young master, we..."
"Don't worry." Sun Shao was calm. Although there were more than a dozen people on the other side, he looked aggressive, but when he glanced his eyes, he knew that these people's martial arts skills were average, that is, the two leading old men were more stable. There are already three masters, as well as Zhao Xiu and about a dozen other tough men who have been on the battlefield for a long time. If they can't cope with this scene, it will be too humiliating.
Those people and barbarian women gathered together, as if they were discussing something fiercely. After a while, the barbarian woman put down her burden and walked over with light steps, while the two seemingly leading old men stepped aside and looked at Sun Shao and others warily.
Sun Shao curled his lips and smiled. He didn't even bother to touch the knife on his waist. He just looked at the barbarian woman walking forward with a smile.
"Excuse me, the pavilion... I'm from Wu... Wu County?" The woman smiled and her face was a little white. The originally soft Wu Yu was a little strange to her, and she could barely hear what she said. When she bowed her head and saluted, her shoulders and corset loosened a little, revealing the white skin that was different from the arm outside. Sun Shao saw it clearly this time. She had a tattoo on her chest, which seemed to be an animal with a long tail.
"Who are you? How can you speak Wu?" Sun Shao gently put the black pottery bowl on the thick wooden case and asked quietly.
"The little girl was originally from Wu." The barbarian woman glanced at Guan Feng, Shen Xuan and others who were waiting next to her, licked her lips and looked a little nervous: "The little girl's surname is Bai, and her maiden name is Yanyan. She was originally from Fuchun. Ten years ago, her family crossed the sea to Yizhou."
"Is it?" Sun Shao asked lightly, his eyes swept on Bai Yanyan's face, and the corners of his mouth were picked: "Are you from Fuchun?"
"Exactly." Bai Yanyan's face turned redder and she looked at Sun Shao with bright eyes: "I just heard the local accent, and the little woman was quite happy, so she dared to follow her. Excuse me, is your surname Sun?
"Do you know me?" Sun Shao was stunned for a moment.
"I don't know you, but my father may be old with your father." Bai Yanyan replied softly, moved forward and bowed again. Guan Feng snorted and took a step forward. The ring knife in her hand quietly separated Bai Yanyan from Sun Shao.
"What is your father?"
"My father is a person in the Boy Scouts under the general's account." Bai Yanyan's eyes turned red and her voice was a little choked.
"The Boy Scouts?" Sun Shao was shocked, stood up straight, and asked with a little respectful hand, "Dare to ask your name."
"The prince is..." Bai Yanyan raised her tearful eyes and looked at Sun Shao with some surprise.
"In the next Sun Shao, the rebellious general is the former father." Sun Shao said anxiously that he was very worried about the Boy Scouts now and was thinking about Yizhou. Suddenly, he saw that the old Boy Scouts was in Yizhou, which was simply a big pie falling from the sky, which made him excited: "Can you tell me about your name?"
"It turned out to be the young master." Bai Yanyan's voice trembled, her legs were soft, and she fell forward softly. Sun Shao was about to come forward to help, but Guan Feng stopped in front of him first and reached out to help Bai Yanyan up. Bai Yanyan stood up, bowed, and thanked Guan Feng. Then he sobbed and said, "My father was a young general who followed the fierce battle against the general. After the general, he was so sad that he cried and broke his eyes. He could no longer fight in the battlefield, so he retreated and did business. Ten years ago, the whole family moved to Yizhou..."
Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, Qu A Xiaojuan? He has no impression of this person at all, but looking at Bai Yanyan like this, there should be no fake. He patted Guan Feng on the shoulder, motioned her not to be nervous, and asked the people next to put away their weapons, pointed to the people in the distance and said to Bai Yanyan, "Are they all from you?"
"Exactly, they are all subordinates of my father. Because they are all barbarians in Yizhou and not educated, I dare not let them come to visit the young master." Bai Yanyan said and pulled out a short knife from her back waist. As soon as Guan Feng saw it, her eyes were condensed, and she immediately stepped forward. Bai Yanyan smiled sadly and took a step back. She knelt to the ground on one leg and raised the knife high with both hands: "This is a short knife given to my father by the general. Please check it."
Guan Feng took the knife from her hand and handed it to Sun Shao's hand, but her eyes still stared at Bai Yanyan warily. Sun Shao glanced at Bai Yanyan, reached out and took the short knife. He held the scabbard that had been worn so much that he could not see the pattern in one hand, held the handle in the other hand, and slowly pulled out the short knife. There is a faint fishy smell on the knife, which seems to have killed countless people. There is also a faint pattern on the knife, which is very blurred and can't be seen clearly.
"This is..." Sun Shao pointed to the pattern and looked at Bai Yanyan inquiringly. Bai Yanyan stood up, stepped forward, took a look at the knife, and smiled, "Don't the young master know this pattern?"
Sun Shao shook his head blankly. Bai Yanyan smiled and said, "This is the military emblem of the Boy Scouts in those years. Please have a look, young master." With that, she naturally passed by Guan Feng with a knife, walked to Sun Shao, and raised the knife to explain to Sun Shao. Her red lips were slightly open, but her eyes suddenly became extremely fierce. She turned her wrist, clenched the knife, and suddenly stabbed Sun Shao.
Suddenly, no one expected that Bai Yanyan, who had just burst into tears, suddenly changed her face, and even Guan Feng, who was the most vigilant, was a little caught off guard for a while. When she saw that Sun Shao and Bai Yanyan were talking intimately, Sun Shao looked excited again, so she believed Bai Yanyan's words and thought that she was really a descendants of Sun Ce's scouts, so when Bai Yanyan passed by her, she did not resolutely stop her. Now that Bai Yanyan is violently injured, it's too late to stop her. She can only watch Bai Yanyan holding a knife in both hands and stabbing Sun Shao with her teeth.
While Bai Yanyan pulled out her knife and stabbed her, more than a dozen barbarians standing in the distance shouted, pulled out the knife out of the sheath at the same time, and rushed to Shen Xuan and others fiercely. Shen Xuan, Zhao Xiu and others shouted loudly, pulled the knife out of the sheath, greeted them, and fought together in a blink of an eye.
Say it late. At that time, the knife in Bai Yanyan's hand had stabbed Sun Shao's front chest. She shouted angrily, and her originally beautiful face became extremely ferocious.
(to be continued)