On the morning of the fifth day, Abu finally came back!
Besides him, there were more than ten people from the Uda tribe who came with him.
The Wuda tribe members naturally went to see Zhao Tingduo, but Song Liyun was called into the yurt by the beggar.
There is a brightly colored huanghuali wooden box placed on the woolen couch.
The beggar smiled and pulled Song Liyun to sit next to her and said: "Madam has received all the fruits you gave her. She likes them very much. The elders in the tribe have also tasted them. They said they were delicious, so she let the brat take them.
Some gadgets for you."
Song Liyun was a little ashamed, but also a little grateful.
Those fruits of hers were all improvised and packed in cardboard boxes. The beggars said they would be sent to the tribe. Now they have become a special gift for her wife. They are too simple and shabby.
"Mommy! Those fruits are ordinary things and not worthy of my lady's praise."
"Silly boy, ordinary things are the rarest."
The beggar opened the wooden box on the couch, turned the box towards Song Liyun and said, "This is the return gift from my wife!"
Song Liyun looked at the contents in the box and almost dropped her jaw: inside the wooden box was a string of necklaces, red, green, white and gray in color, each bead the size of a peanut was made of a different material.
"Mommy, this gift is too expensive, I can't afford it!"
Song Liyun felt a little hot: these beads were all agate, turquoise, jade, and sandalwood. She didn't know the specific value, but she might feel Mrs. Wu Ya's respect.
Aunt Beggar took out the necklace and put it on her, and said with a smile: "We are in a hurry this time, and the tribe is also in transition, so it is not convenient for you to meet.
The lady said that after we settle down by the Mida River, Ashishi will take you to stay for a few days."
Song Liyun felt her heart beat like a drum, and her neck was so heavy that she couldn't breathe.
This is approved by my wife!
There was also a special person who came with Abu, a gold digger who was robbed from Broken Gold Town.
This was obtained by the Uda tribe in exchange for sheep from other tribes a few months ago.
Looking at the man in front of him who was wearing sheepskin and linen clothes, with a stooped body and scars all over his face, Song Liyun couldn't imagine what he looked like before.
The man first asked with excitement how Ruijin Town was doing now.
When he heard that there was now a guard station and there were less than 500 people left there, the man burst into tears!
Song Liyun waited for him to calm down before talking about the events of that year in detail.
This man's name is Qiao San, a gold prospector who panned for gold in Broken Gold Town.
In the beginning, I could still make a few taels of gold a year, and after a while I lived happily.
A few years later, the number of gold diggers increased sharply and the alluvial gold gradually dried up. However, these people got used to it and did not leave until the tragedy happened.
When they were kidnapped from Broken Gold Town, they were immediately blindfolded and taken away in an oxcart.
Qiao San didn't even know how many people had been kidnapped and how many places they had traveled to.
He only knew that he was being sold among different tribes. He got off the bullock cart and entered the sheep pen, then got on the cart and entered other sheep pens.
There are fewer and fewer people on the bullock carts. Apart from the able-bodied who are being sold, there are also those who starve to death from exhaustion on the road, or those who encounter wolves feeding wolves in the middle of the night.
In the end, he was left in a tribe to herd cattle. During the day, he wore cowhide ankle boots to work, and at night, he wore a sheepskin and slept in the hay in the cowshed.
He never thought about escaping. The vast and boundless grassland could not tell the difference between east, west and north. There was no human habitation for hundreds of miles. If he ran out, he would be feeding the wolves.
He could survive for more than five years only if he was hungry and satiated, and his mistress was quite generous, with a bowl of broth every now and then.
"Do you know where a woman named Lin Juan and a child named Xiao Shitou were sold?"
Song Liyun began to ask about Han Ming's wife and Yun Niang's son.
After hearing the description of their age and appearance, Qiao San shook his head: "I only know that the young woman and the child left alone.
I used to be able to hear a few words of Di dialect, and I overheard a few words on the road. It seemed that the children and the pretty young lady were being sent to some royal court. There were many people in those places, and the nobles wanted people to serve them, and the prices were high.
some."
Song Liyun frowned when she heard this. She had already heard from Zhao Tingduo that Beiting of the Di tribe was composed of five large tribes, with each tribe having over 10,000 people and strong military strength.
People usually call them the five tribes of Wangting. These five tribes are not fixed. They compete based on their strength to occupy the most fertile pastures of Dilu Grassland.
It was these Wangting tribes that dared to form an army to fight head-on with the Wu Dynasty Zhenbei Army, but they were only able to be majestic on the grasslands.
These tribes still have to move their tents once a year. The people living there are nobles and they do not herd cattle. They have cavalry troops and slaves.
Because young women and children are the most popular items, the price is high, they cannot run away, and the treatment on the road is much better than that of resistant men like them.
Although Song Liyun did not ask about the whereabouts of the two of them, at least she knew that there was a high chance of survival, which gave her some peace of mind.
After asking Qiao San, Song Liyun went to the beggar and said that he wanted to buy Qiao San.
Now Qiao San is the property of the Wuda tribe. If she begs for it, Aunt Beggar and Zhao Tingduo will definitely agree.
But she can't be so discerning, and she has to tell the beggar about this.
Sure enough, at first, he said that he didn’t want any money, but when he heard Song Liyun say, “Friendship and money are two different things,” and insisted on paying money, he nodded readily: “That’s okay, those people have also looked for it carefully, and these few taels
So I rewarded them with money."
It was a coincidence that they were able to find Qiao San and others. Zhao Tingduo went back a few months to send a message and asked the tribe to help find Xiao Shitou and the others.
It was a tribe that accidentally heard the news among the previously gathered tribes, and ran for five days to buy it from other pastures.
Song Liyun asked Qiao San what he planned to do, whether he would go back to Ruijin Town, but Qiao San said he wanted to go back to his hometown.
His family is in a rural area in Pingyang Prefecture. He came out more than ten years ago, and now he has lost his life. He doesn't know if his wife and children are still alive, and he wants to go back to take care of his old age.
Song Liyun promised to send him to Ruijin Town and ask for a way to lead him away.
After staying in the grassland for five days, I need to prepare to go back.
The big black horse is too dazzling, and Abu and Zhao Tingduo still ride the broken gold army horse.
Song Liyun's Juqing horse was recuperating, and was now replaced by a docile bay-red horse. Qiao San, who was traveling with him because he didn't know how to ride, was tied to the horse's back, and there was also a little girl.
Aunt Beggar asked Song Liyun to take Yuquan with her. She would always be by her side, serving tea and water, and running errands and delivering messages if necessary. She was also suitable for riding a horse.
Song Liyun did not refuse. Yuquan was good at equestrian skills and obedient. He was always a chauffeur by his side.
There were also two people with five horses laden with mutton.
On the morning of the sixth day, the cavalry set off back to Ruijin Town.
He had an experience with the bay red horse and it was docile. Song Liyun was no longer nervous walking on the yellow sand beach this time. Yuquan was also a man and horse, and the other people had better riding skills. In addition, the visibility was good during the day, so there was no need to worry about it on the road.