Yunyue past events

The wooden boat was moored on the north bank of the Weishui River, and Chang Fu and several slaves, urged by the soldiers, went to the Rong Kingdom King's camp together to deliver fish.Each of them carried a heavy bamboo basket full of fresh fish. They were barefoot, holding wooden sticks, hooking their waists, and staggered forward.

In order to keep the freshness of the fish and meat, there must be no delay on the road, and if you walk slowly, you will be reprimanded.

Yue Qian stayed on the south bank of the Weishui River, watching Chang's father's figure leave, he lowered his head to pick up the few miscellaneous fish and shrimps in the fishing net, which were the slave's food.

Their staple food is fish, and they also pick some wild fruits, wild weeds and wild hemp on weekdays.

Living in a garden, whether it is mountains, water, or forests, all birds and beasts, mountains, trees and water sources belong to the ruler of Rong Kingdom.

Slaves were not allowed to hunt, cut down trees, fish in private, or even cultivate fields here.

Yueqian's life is difficult, as he is a slave in the garden, and so are the others who live in the thatched cottage by the water.The people were unkempt and dressed in rags. At this time, they were all holding a straw basket and gathering food around the fishing net.

The best part of the fish and shrimp caught should be handed over to the ruler of the state of Rong and transported to the wharf of Yindu, the capital of the state of Rong.

The rest are either small fish with little meat, or shrimp, shells and snails that soldiers look down on.

Yueqian was carrying a straw basket and was about to return to his residence when he passed a thatched cottage on the way. The owner of the thatched cottage bowed to him and called him respectfully: "Bona."

It was a skinny Yueren with grizzled hair and tufted hair.

"Bona" is the name of a noble status in Yunyue language.

Recently, very few clansmen would call Yueqian that way. He lived in Yuanyou for two years, and like them, Yueqian was a slave to the King of Rong for two years, doing a hard life of fishing.

The man kept his kneeling posture, raised his hands high, and offered a slightly larger fish to Yue Qian, but Yue Qian didn't catch it, and declined: "I have enough food, you can keep it for yourself."

Seeing that the man still refused to get up, Yue Qian said: "Don't call him that again, I can't remember the past when I was young, and now I'm just a fishing slave."

When Yue Qian was talking, the other Yue people all looked at him, and everyone had different expressions on their faces, some were numb, some were lost, some were sad.

In order to avoid the gathered eyes of the clansmen, Yue Qian quickened his pace and left. There was not much fluctuation in his heart, but a trace of anxiety.

Two years ago, he lost his family, moved away from his homeland, and became a slave.

No matter what kind of identity you once had, it is all a cloud of the past.

Taking half a basket of miscellaneous fish and shrimp shells home, Yue Qian used a bamboo knife to disembowel the miscellaneous fish, threaded them three or five together, and set them on fire for barbecue.

Yue Qian is growing up and needs nutrition, the food he brought back is not enough for him and his father.

But it doesn't matter, Yueqian knows how to set all kinds of traps to catch small animals. He eats everything, including frogs, squirrels, bamboo rats, and snakes.

When you are hungry, you don't care about the ingredients.

People are always adapting, no matter how big the change is, they will always change for survival.

In the past, Yueqian used bronze utensils, but now there are only crude homemade pottery; once, he ate delicious food, but now it is just a few spiny, fishy, ​​and lack of seasoning grilled fish.

After carefully eating the grilled fish, Yue Qian brought bamboo tongs, picked up a few red-hot stones from the fire pit, and threw them into a rough clay pot filled with water and shrimp.

A few stones were thrown into the clay pot, and the water in the pot boiled immediately, and the shrimp and shellfish were cooked in boiling water.

When the water in the clay pot is no longer boiling, dive deeper and fish out the shrimps and shellfish to eat.

Whenever I am thirsty, I will drink the water cooked in this way.

There are things (parasites) in raw water, which can make people sick, causing headaches, swollen hands and feet, and serious loss of working ability.

Yue Qian extinguished the fire in the firepit, buried it in sand and kept the fire, and he was about to leave.

He dug out a self-made stone knife from under the pillow, held the stone knife in his hand, and sneaked out of the thatched cottage and walked towards the forest behind the house.

He intends to take a look at the bamboo traps set up in the forest to hunt small animals, and there may be harvest in the traps.If there is a harvest, there will be a full meal when Changfu returns with the fish.

Maybe a few frogs, a snake, or a bamboo rat.

The range of traps laid out by submerging was wide, and he looked through them one by one, and found a big bamboo rat in one of the traps.

After the bamboo rat was trapped, it apparently tried to escape, biting the bamboo cage until it was covered with bruises. Yue Qian didn't give it a chance to escape, and ended its life with a knife.

Holding one leg of the bamboo rat, he weighed it. The more he concentrated on it, the more happy he was, and it happened to be used to improve the food.

Perhaps it was the joy of this moment, and the sound of gurgling water not far away, that made Yue Qian fail to notice that a group of people were approaching him.

Yue Qian stood up unprepared, suddenly, a whip was whipped towards his back, and the pain was burning. Yue Qian let out a cry of pain, and immediately turned around. Out of instinct, he grabbed the whip that was whipped again with one hand, and squeezed it with the other. Tighten the stone knife.

The 12-year-old boy was very thin and dressed in ragged clothes. He raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened, and was angry with the pain, but the anger in his eyes was quickly suppressed.

The stone knife in his hand was immediately taken away by the soldier, and at the same time he was punched hard in the face, Yue Qian was knocked down to the ground.

Getting up from the ground, seeing who was coming, Yue Qian felt astonished.

It wasn't because the official Yu who whipped him was furious, he was reprimanding him with a whip in his hand, and he might beat him again at any time; nor was it because of the extremely rough soldiers around him who often bullied them, but besides the official Yu and the soldiers, there was another A royal family.

Yue subconsciously recognized the attire of the royal family, he thought maybe he was going to die.

Yu Guan expressly forbids the slaves in the garden to hunt animals, even setting traps to catch small animals is against the law.Everything in the mountains and forests belongs to the ruler of the Rong Kingdom, and the slaves can only use the extremely limited materials they are allowed to use.

Yue Qian felt panic in his heart, but he didn't tremble because of fear, he stood up straight, looked directly at the Rong King's family, and saw the sword on his waist.

Just pull out the saber, and a sword can stab people to death.

The memory of two years ago flashed back, Yunshui City, the capital of Yunyue Kingdom, was breached by Rongbing soldiers, swords and swords, the sound of killing and crying could be heard endlessly, the scene is vivid in my mind.

Yue Qian brandished the dagger like a trapped beast. He had just stabbed a Rongguo soldier, raised his head, and now the guard who opened the way for him had been killed. In the blink of an eye, the guard was pierced through the chest by a long sword .

The general of the Rong Kingdom who held the long sword and stabbed the guards to death was a member of the Rong Kingdom's family. He was also Ling Yin (equivalent to the prime minister) of the Rong Kingdom, and the commander of the Rong army who attacked the Yunyue Kingdom.

The sharp blade is bright and bleeding, and the person pierced by it sighs one last time, weak like a lamb.

The more submerged and distracted.

Yue Qian didn't fall into the memory for a long time, the pain came again, and Yu Guan started to beat him viciously after scolding him.The whips fell like raindrops, and Yue Qian was beaten to the knees, instinctively protecting his head with his arms.

Yu Guan scolded and punished, and the soldiers watched and laughed. At this time, the Rong King's family seemed to have said something, and Yu Guan suddenly stopped whipping.

Rong Guo people's words, the more potential they can understand and speak.The slaves in the garden are not only from Yunyue, but also from Rong.

Yue Qian raised his head, and saw this Rong Wang family member walking towards him, and ordered him: "Stand up."

Even though he understood this sentence, Yue Qian didn't listen. He clenched his fist, and a stream of blood flowed from his arm to his fist. The blood gathered, oozed from his fingers, and dripped to the ground.

Both arms were bloody from the whipping, and the tattered top was rotted into strips after being whipped.

Yu Guan scolded Yue Qian in Yunyue language and stood up.

Yue Qian didn't want to be whipped anymore, so he stood up slowly.

It wasn't until the poaching Yue Nu stood up that Rongguo Prince Zhaoyu realized that the other party was just a boy of twelve or thirteen years old. He was a little surprised. What was even more surprising was that he saw that the object worn by the boy's neck was a wooden snake shaped pendant.

The snake coiled its body and opened its mouth to spit out the letter.

"Yu Guan, how many Yue people's children are there in the garden?" Zhao Yu asked Yu Guan beside him, and he had a guess in his mind.

"Report to the prince, just one." Yu Guan replied respectfully.

Zhaozhen looked at Yueqian again, and said with a deep meaning: "So he is..."

He didn't continue, but Yu Guan already understood what Zhaozhen meant, and spit: "It's the remnant of the snake species that was not killed. The king spared his life and placed him in the garden."

The totem of the Yunyue people is a snake, and the Yunyue royal family claims to be the descendant of King Qing, who is a monster with a snake tail, so Yu officials called Yueqian a remnant of the snake species.

Zhaoyu squatted down and used a branch to shake the dead bamboo mouse on the ground, and then looked at the bamboo cage half buried in the soil beside him. He was born noble, but he had seen such a setup before, it was a mousetrap.

"You live in Yuanyuan, you should know that you are not allowed to catch animals in the forest, why break the law?" Zhaoyu threw away the branches, clapped his hands, he stood up and looked at the boy, and found that the boy was also watching him and listening.

Even after being whipped several times by Yu Guan, the blood continued to flow, the boy did not cry or beg for mercy, and stood calmly.

Not at all like a teenager, even calmer than an adult.

Yu Guan repeated the prince's words in Yunyue language, and secretly threatened Yue Qian with his eyes.

Yue Qian ignored Yu Guan, just looked at the dead bamboo rat that was still bleeding on the ground, his eyes were gloomy, as if thinking of his current situation, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Yu, without any fear, he replied calmly: "Hungry!" A lot of people died, and there was never enough food."

What Yueqian said is not Yunyue language, but the language of Rongguo people.

Seeing that Yu Guan's whip was about to come down again, Zhao Yu yelled, "Stop!"

"What did he say?" Zhaozhen asked Yu Guan.

Zhaoyu looked a little surprised, whether it was the Vietnamese boy who could speak Rong Mandarin, or the meaning of his words.

Reluctantly, Yu Guan replied, "These Yue people are greedy and evil. I allow them to prey on the fish and shrimp in the river. How can there be no food!"

Seeing the boy's lack of food and clothing, Zhaoyu naturally guessed what was going on.

He has no sympathy for slaves, but these slaves of Yunyue Kingdom are fishermen in Yuanyuan, responsible for fishing for the king.

Living in the palace, the fresh fish and shrimps eaten every day, even dried fish sauce, crab sauce and shrimp paste, are made from the catches of Viet Nu.

These more slaves have certain uses.

"Where do they live? You lead the way." Zhao Yu ordered Yu Guan.

Zhaoyu has been to Yuanyuan several times and has always been hunting in Nanshan.

Nanshan is located on the south bank of the Weishui River, and most of the slaves in the garden live on the north bank of the Weishui River.

It was just a coincidence that he would be close to the slave's residence today, and it was rare for Zhaozhen to have the interest to inspect the garden accompanied by Yu Guan.

As a prince, sooner or later he will become the king of the country. This large garden will also be Zhaoyu's back garden in the future.

Official Yu was very reluctant, so he found an excuse: "The Yue people are filthy and smelly, and they are good at witchcraft. The prince must be careful, and stay away from them."

"Bewitching words confuse the crowd, how can I be afraid of a few wild men who are fishing and not leading the way!" Prince Zhaoyu put his hand on the hilt of his sword, with a heroic air, his facial features give people a sense of gentleness, and his temperament is by no means gentle and elegant.

"Here!" Yu Guan didn't dare to evade any more, and said yes repeatedly, honestly leading the way.

Yueqian was escorted by soldiers and went to the slave's residence together.

Before the group reached the slave's residence on the north bank, the slaves of Yunyue Kingdom saw Yueqian being escorted away by soldiers from a distance, accompanied by Yu Guan and a man dressed as a Rongwang family, who had already gathered together Together, terrified.

Zhaoyu asked the soldiers to release Yueqian, and did not intend to punish the poacher, not only because the other party was young, but also because he might be the boy in Zhaoling's dream.

The waterside, thatched hut, boy, and snake pendant in Zhaoling's dream all seem to correspond.

Yue Qian was released and went back to the Yue slaves. Two Yue slaves leaned towards him, trying to examine his wounds, and asked in a low voice.

Under the watchful eyes of Prince Rong and the officers and soldiers, Yue Qian didn't let anyone approach him, and he didn't answer their inquiries.

Prince Rongguo would not want to see them unite and miss the son of the old master.Now, as a slave, at the mercy of others, the Crown Prince of Rong Kingdom only needs one order to end their lives.

Yue Qian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no sign of Chang's father in the crowd. Chang's father had not returned from delivering fish to the monarch's camp.Yue Qian didn't know what Prince Rong Guo wanted to do when he came to their residence, but he was anxious and prepared for the worst.

Zhaoyu glanced down at the gathered Yueren from a high position, and by the way, counted the number, and there were less than 30 people.

"Why has the number of people decreased by more than half compared to previous years?" Zhao Yu asked Yu Guan beside him.

Yu Guan was secretly surprised, the prince actually remembered the number of Yue people who were resettled into the garden at the beginning, he bowed his head and replied: "I don't accept the water and soil, many people died of illness last winter."

Zhaozhen looked at the dilapidated thatched hut, and at the sallow and emaciated Yueren, knowing what was going on in his heart.Yuan Yunu's life is hard, and he can survive in summer, but it will obviously be very difficult in winter.

"In the future, allow them to reclaim fields by the river and let them plant some rice." Zhaozhen's eyes fell on the waterside, where the soil was fertile and overgrown with weeds.He is not a person who does not distinguish between five grains and knows how to farm.

Most of the Yueren couldn't understand the orders issued by Zhaoyu, so they still raised their heads and listened very carefully.People who don't understand, don't know what order is issued, and feel frightened.

"Prince, it is absolutely forbidden. The old minister has served as the official of Yu for several years. There has never been such a precedent in Yuan Yu!" people.

Zhaoyu flashed a cold light, and said coldly: "I think you are really old and incompetent. No wonder the birds and beasts in the garden not only did not multiply, but decreased day by day. Even the slaves in the garden are dying more and more. I will report when I go back. Monarch, the position of Yu Guan should have been replaced by someone else long ago, and you will not be in charge in the future."