illegitimate child

Not a king, not noble, not a citizen, but a slave.

The wine in the wine bag was sprinkled on the bonfire, and a tongue of fire shot up suddenly, scorching Shi Xiuyuan's small piece of robe. He bent down in surprise and grabbed a handful of putty from the ground to put out the fire. Fang Tong of the wine bag, "Where did you get the news?"

Fang Tong covered the wine bag, and pointed to his eyes quite complacently, "Sir, I have no other skills. I can't read and study. I only know a few big characters and don't be blind. Although I practice martial arts diligently, I am born dull. , and did not make a name for himself. There is only one skill that is worthy of praise, and that is-knowing people."

Now let’s talk about how he found out that the wolf king Niegus was once a little slave. Fang Tong told people about it after he found out, but people refused to believe such a bizarre thing and just regarded him as nonsense. gibberish.Gradually, he stopped mentioning it. Now that he met his benefactor again, he was still willing to listen to his "nonsense", so naturally he dared not hold back the slightest bit.

"About 15 years ago, I went out to buy slaves with the young master of the Zhang family I was serving. I met a man who sold Dirong slaves. There were about five or six children, all of whom were only seven or eight years old. One of them was the thinnest with thin arms. It looks like a reed. I only found out after asking people, that the thinnest one is already ten years old."

"The young master has never seen a Dirong man before. He thought it was a novelty and wanted to buy two to take home. It was because he had raised two novelty poodles. Later, he was afraid that the Dirong man had a problem. The man patted his chest. Explain that this group of slaves were called man slaves on the grasslands. Most of them were prisoners of war. Even among the Dirong people, they were lowly. The better ones were selected to serve the livestock of noble families, and those who were not neat could only be picked up. Picking up horse dung and cow dung for a living."

"After the young master heard this, he immediately selected two people. Among them was the thinnest one. The child's body was covered with sludge mixed with feces. The human teeth were not particular, and they were not cleaned before pulling them out. buy and sell."

"Perhaps the child was terrified of being beaten. He didn't say a word. He only stared at the young master with his dark eyes. The young master was the most kind-hearted. He personally led the little slave home from the stable where the stench came out. He named him Chengfeng, taught him to read and write, taught him the basics of being a human being, and taught him etiquette, righteousness and shame. But who would have thought that the well-behaved child was actually a white-eyed wolf, and four years later, he took advantage of the opportunity to buy it and ran away. Master Because he was in a bad mood, he went out to drink all night, and unfortunately contracted a cold. Later, he heard that Cheng Feng, who was treated like a brother, was missing. "

"I was heartbroken because of the young master's departure, and the master couldn't bear the fact that I would only add to my sadness by staying in the mansion, so he gave me the grace to return my deed of selling myself, and told me to go home. .”

Shi Xiuyuan frowned and interrupted: "You mean that the former slave Chengfeng is now the Niegus Wolf King?"

"How can you meet the wolf king?"

Fang Tong also knew that what happened to him was like nonsense, he swallowed, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his face was full of disbelief: "When we were doing business last year, we were bumped into by a group of Dirong people, and the goods were robbed. At the moment of desperation, a troop of wild hunting cavalry passed by, and they killed all the evil Dijon people. They rode me to a camp ten miles away, Lead me into the largest dome in the center, and there is a man sitting in the dome, and the cavalry who lead me in call him the wolf king."

"I was so scared that I didn't dare to raise my head. I just bowed my head and knelt on the ground. After the cavalry went out, the wolf king didn't speak for a long time, so I didn't dare to raise my head. After kneeling for about an hour, the wolf king finally spoke and asked me to go out." .”

"The voice was really familiar. The moment I lifted the felt curtain, I couldn't help but look back. Just this one look scared me to pieces. It was none other than Chengfeng that day!"

"After being sent out of the camp, I didn't dare to stay, but every time I think about it, it's like being in a dream, a big dream."

The Wolf King used to be a slave, Shi Xiuyuan really couldn't believe it, besides, this was Fang Tong's one-sided statement, he couldn't be sure when he was panicked, thinking about it, he said in relief: "Because you have admitted the wrong person, you I haven't seen you with Na Chengfeng for many years, how can you confirm?"

"I also hope that I am wrong." Fang Tong muttered to himself.

Seeing him like this, Shi Xiuyuan brought up the topic again, and it took a long time for Fang Tong to start laughing again.

On the second day, just after dawn, the caravan packed up the traces of the camp and set off.

Shi Xiuyuan heard a lot of interesting stories about Di Rong, and seeing the endless grassland, looking into the distance where the emerald green horizon lined up with the sky, he couldn't help feeling relieved.Sitting next to the goods, holding a wooden board with a thick stack of white paper nailed to it, and drawing on the paper with the charcoal I randomly picked up last night in the other hand.

The man beside him turned around, glanced curiously, and exclaimed, "Mister, this painting is so real, it's amazing."

Shi Xiuyuan kept moving, and caught a bird from the sky to paint, "You want to learn, it just so happens that there is nothing to do along the way, and it's very leisurely."

The man chuckled, "How can I be so rude, I just hope that Mr. Fang's good wine can be repaid by me." After speaking, he rubbed his hands together, still looking like he was drooling.

"Hahahahahaha, after drinking your spirits, you are a drinking buddy, so there is no reason for you to enjoy the wine alone."

The man was overjoyed when he heard the words, he turned to face his companion and scolded, "Hush your voice! Mister is painting, don't disturb Mister, you bastards!"

Shi Xiuyuan shook his head with a smile. After drinking tea, the man came up to him again and yelled strangely, "Absolutely, that's how fairy paintings are!" Then he winked at Shi Xiuyuan and said, "Sir, this is a painting for the mother-in-law at home. See? Bah, bah, you scholars, you should be called ladies, right? Mrs. and wives must be born more upright than the girls in the flower house, unlike the wicked girls in my family, who will have to quarrel for a long time after drinking two or two more drinks. "

The man imagined for a long time what kind of fairy a scholar's wife should be. Shi Xiuyuan put away the wooden board and smiled helplessly, "I haven't married yet, this painting is for my students."

"He was born weak. When I was in my knees, I just cared about getting drunk every day. I never took him to see thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Now he is even more imprisoned and not free, and he has no chance to see the desert and snow-capped mountains. I Write down what you saw, heard, and felt on the paper, and take it with him to see in the future.”

"Mister is a banished immortal, and his student is also a fairy boy in heaven."

Shi Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing, he couldn't guess that this man was flattering him for two good drinks, and it was hard for him to say this to his unkempt face.Shi Xiuyuan leaned closer to the man and said narrowly: "My student is also worthy of being a fairy boy in the sky, but his heart is as big as the tip of a needle."

At this time, the leading carriage stopped unexpectedly, and the driver behind hurriedly pulled the reins to force the animals to stop. Shi Xiuyuan was almost thrown off by the bumps. He stabilized his body leisurely, and then jumped. Get off the deck and go forward.

At the very front, two elderly people of different races, a man and a woman, stopped in front of the carriage, preventing everyone from going forward.

Men wear leather pleated hakama jackets, with short upper bodies and narrow cuffs. The left and right skirts are folded over the chest to form a left lapel, with a wide leather belt around the waist, tight-fitting trousers, and long boots.

The style of the boots is also weird, low at the front and high at the back, with a round toe, a strap that runs through the left and right noses, and is tied around the ankle.

The skin is dark, with two spots of blush hanging on the cheeks, hair cut to the brow, and painted with balm, and the woman next to her is dressed similarly, with a quick square scarf wrapped around her head, and on the square scarf is the totem of the begging face—two head wolf.

Fang Tong was negotiating with the two, but unfortunately he couldn't understand the language. He muttered for a long time and didn't know what they were talking about, so he could only make difficult gestures with hand gestures. When he saw Shi Xiuyuan approaching, Fang Tong was overjoyed and hurried forward: "Sir, you counted it. I want someone to ask Mr. to come over."

Shi Xiuyuan nodded slightly, took a step forward and stood in front of the old man, opening his mouth with a skilled begging language, the two old men were stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, the three of them discussed for a while.

Fang Tongtong stood not far away, anxiously waiting for the result. After a while, Shi Xiuyuan put his left hand on his right chest and bent slightly. The two old people did the same. After that, he got up and walked towards Fang Tongtong.

"Sir, why did they stop us?" Fang Tong asked impatiently.

"It's not a big deal. The cattle and sheep raised by these two old couples are grazing on the route of the caravan. They asked the caravan to move forward after driving the cattle and sheep back, so as not to disturb the cattle and sheep." Shi Xiuyuan raised Pointing to the distance, Fang Tong looked in the direction of the finger - indeed there were cows and sheep grazing.

Fang Tong wiped the sweat from his brow. Fortunately, it was not a big deal. He first thanked Shi Xiuyuan, and then gestured to rest on the spot.

"There's nothing to be proud of, they're just two old herdsmen." Quan Dezhong muttered.Fang Tong put his hand on Quan Dezhong's shoulder, "Dezhong, you have also seen your ability, don't let me hear you say that again."

Quan Dezhong struggled, "Even without him, we can and can solve it." Fang Tong's eyes were sharp, "How to solve it, if there is a conflict, kill them?" Quan Dezhong blushed, and said loudly: "They He is from Di Rong, he deserves his death!"

Fang Tong squeezed his palms hard, only to hear a toothache creaking sound, Quan Dezhong fell to the ground with a pale face covering his shoulders, "If I find out what you have in mind again, you don't have to follow me."

Fang Tong dropped these words and chased Shi Xiuyuan away to help the old couple drive away the cattle and sheep.

After all the cattle and sheep were driven back, the old couple invited them to enter the Qionglu for a glass of kumiss. Shi Xiuyuan conveyed the old couple's intentions to Fang Tong. Fang Tong looked at the sky and knew that he could not go on his way today, so he readily agreed.

Felt tents were made of livestock fur, and felt walls were used as vaults. Due to the ease of dismantling, the vaults were generally low. Fang Tong and Shi Xiuyuan were both tall, and they had to stoop to enter.

The two sat around the stove, and the old woman served hot kumiss for them respectively.Dirong people have different eating habits from Lichao people. The kumiss they often use can be described as foul-smelling to Lichao people. Fang Tong resisted the urge to pinch his nose and glanced at Shi Xiuyuan. He drank the kumiss in one gulp, and had a happy chat with the old lady.

At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes approaching in the distance, and the iron pot hanging on the hearth trembled.

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