After all the information went through his mind, Xu Da replied "submissively":
"The younger one's family name is Xu. They escaped from Yanzhou. My father served as a soldier when he was young and was disabled for this. When he was still alive, my father told the younger one that we should thank those soldiers. Without them, there would be no life."
Let us ordinary people live a peaceful life..."
Xu Dazai told the general the glorious deeds of his old father in detail. When he talked about the emotional parts, tears welled up in his eyes. At first glance, he was a filial child who remembered his father's teachings.
The general frowned and listened for a long time, with a bit of confusion in his eyes. It took him a while to realize that the boy in front of him didn't answer the answer he wanted for a long time.
He immediately stopped Xu Da, who had already talked about his old father's heroic deeds in fighting the Huns for his country, and shouted sharply:
"Whatever I ask you, what do you answer? I'm sorry, did you bury these people?!"
There was impatience in his words, but he didn't see much ruthlessness in his eyes. Xu Da rolled his eyes and immediately understood that his nonsense just had an effect.
As expected, this group of people came to collect the bodies of their companions, just as he had guessed.
Looking at the attire, it seems to be a regular army, unlike those miscellaneous migrant armies.
There is only one regular army in Jizhou, which is the Ever-Victorious Army belonging to the Yuan family.
This information flashed through Xu's mind quickly. In the eyes of the general, he was stunned by his drinking.
Xu Da paused for a moment, then nodded nervously, "Yes."
The general's eyes widened, "Why are you burying the body? But you have a plan!"
Who would go to the trouble to bury the body if they don't want to do something? Xu Da replied in his heart.
However, there was a look of compassion on his face as he replied: "I came here with my family to escape. I didn't expect to see such a tragic scene. I thought about my father's companions who died on the battlefield and no one collected their bodies, so I thought of doing my part."
Use your strength to bury these warriors and lay them to rest..."
As he spoke, his voice gradually became quieter, and he held his wife and children in his arms and looked at them anxiously.
After hearing what he said, the general looked at the family with dark eyes, and his eyes slowly fell on the wooden box on Xu Da's back.
He suddenly waved his hand, called two soldiers, and ordered: "Check!"
check?
What to check?
Wang Dayou's heart skipped a beat, feeling something bad. He saw Xu Da's family searching the body last night and found a lot of valuable items, which he expected to be placed in the wooden box on Xu Da's body.
If this is discovered, what will be the outcome?
Wang Dayou hurriedly went to see Xu Da, and when he saw that Xu Da was also in a panic, he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.
His panicked expression caught the general's eye clearly, and his face, which had just softened a bit, darkened. His eyes widened, and a sense of oppression suddenly rose. Wang Dayou lowered his head and closed his eyes in despair.
Eye.
However, when the wooden box was shaken out, there was only a piece of silk, a money bag, and some scattered scissors, needlework and other small items.
Wang Dayou secretly widened his eyes, where are those objects? Where have they gone?
He couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Suddenly he felt that he knew too much, and he felt even more uneasy.
No suspicious items were found. The general looked over coldly. Xu Da spread his arms to protect his "weak" wives and children and stepped back, stammering:
"Xiao, Xiao Xiao's belongings are all here. If the general wants it, if he likes it, he can take it to the soldiers for a drink. I think Xiao Xiao has made a wish for his father...
"
With that said, he took the initiative to pull Xu Dalang and asked him to throw out his luggage and wait for him to be searched.
This honest and pitiful look seemed to mistook them for robbers, which made the general very irritable.
The two soldiers picked up the luggage bag and searched it again. They took out a few tattered linen clothes, an old bedding, a pot and several bowls, and a small bag of rice.
It was just such junk, not to mention the general, even the two soldiers who were searching for it could not look down upon it.
They were somewhat interested in that piece of silk, but they didn't dare to make any move without the general's order.
The wind carried a strong smell of rust, making the already solemn atmosphere even more eerie.
The two sides looked at each other like this for half a minute, and then they heard the general say:
"This place intersects with the territory of the Black Rock Army of the Southern Huns. The Huns often turn into bandits and come to harass you. It's ridiculous that just a few of you want to go to Hejian County!"
What do you mean by this?
Xu Da raised his head and saw that the general waved his hand and separated a path in the middle of the circle that was surrounded by three levels inside and three outside.
A small group of people stood up, and a small leader urged Xu Da impatiently: "Follow me!"
"Where to go?" Xu Da alertly asked.
I was thinking that I would drag this whole family outside and execute them!
The little leader gave Xu Da a sideways glance, "Come as you are told, and stop talking nonsense!"
Seeing that they were about to draw their swords, Xu Da and Wang secretly looked at each other, planning to follow them first and take a look. Maybe this was also an opportunity to escape.
But they had just taken two steps when the general stopped them again: "Come back!"
Xu Da turned around "tremblingly", and the two search soldiers handed over their luggage and wooden boxes. They put back all the things they had just dumped out, including a lot of money.
Xu Da couldn't understand this operation anymore. He glanced at the general and saw that he raised his chin to indicate that he could hold it, so he obediently took the wooden box and luggage back.
The two families followed the small group of people out of the encirclement anxiously, and then the little leader asked: "Can you ride a horse?"
Xu Da thought for a while, as an honest small farmer, he shouldn't be able to ride a horse, and shook his head.
"It's so annoying, why would you leave such a matter to me!" The little leader muttered irritably and winked at the soldiers next to him.
Six soldiers came over on horseback, and one of them reached out to catch Sister Xu Yue. If Xu Yue hadn't reacted quickly, Xu Dalang would have jumped up and broken the man's head.
"Brother, it's okay." Xu Yue softly comforted her brother and was immediately carried onto the horse.
Then Xu Da, Wang, Xu Dalang, and Wang Da had a family of four, and no one was left behind.
The soldiers took them on their horses, turned around and ran towards the official road. Looking in that direction, they were heading towards the river.
The strong wind mixed with yellow sand hit their faces, and Xu Yue and Xu Erniang were blown so hard that they couldn't even open their eyes.
The soldier held the two of her in front of him. He had no idea of caring for human cubs. He wanted to speed up the horse as fast as possible. In order to prevent the horse from flying away, the Xu Yue sisters could only hold on tightly.
The saddle in front of you.
In this way, the two families were led by the horse team and ran fifty miles from the border of Jizhou to the border of Hejian County.
The soldiers put them down, turned around and left, with the billowing dust and smoke disappearing all the way.
