The strange appearance of the other party caught Cheng Dalei's attention. He was a man with blond hair stuck together, bruises hanging from the corners of his mouth, and his hands tied with hemp rope behind the horse.
This person is obviously not from China. Cheng Dalei has been in the grasslands for so long and has heard some rumors.
It is rumored that there is a country in the far west outside Qinchuan Pass, across the desert and mountains. The appearance, customs and customs of the people there are completely different from those in the empire. They are called Yi tribe.
Caravans from the Yi tribe often come here, so this place is no stranger to the Yi tribe, and Yin Mu has half of the Yi tribe's blood in her body.
Cheng Dalei was still very curious about this legendary country in the far west. However, after staying here for so long, he never met a Yi caravan. Today was the first time he saw a Yi people.
His eyes fell on the Rong clan and asked: "What's your name?"
"Black Inube Karakaku." The man pressed his chest with his hand.
Cheng Dalei's eyes fell on the Yi tribe and said: "I want this man. You can use my arrows to exchange for food at Qinchuan Pass."
Cheng Dalei threw a crossbow arrow, Wujiao raised his hand to catch it, and said with a smile: "I originally planned to send it to Master Cheng's family, but we are embarrassed to take the food from Master Cheng's family."
"Okay, okay, when did you Rong people learn to be so polite?" Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "Where did this person come from?"
"I met him on the grassland. He didn't say a word after being caught." Wu Jiao.
The Yi tribe was brought to Cheng Dalei. Cheng Dalei cut off the hemp rope in his hand with his sword and looked at him with his eyes.
"I am Qinchuan Guancheng Dalei. Well, where are you from?"
The man looked at Cheng Dalei, with uneasiness, confusion, fear, and curiosity in his eyes.
"Why, you can't speak the imperial dialect?"
Although the empire suffered repeated defeats in the war with the Rong people, there is no doubt that the culture of the empire is powerful. The Rong people do not have their own language or writing. Although some small tribes have weird dialects, most of them still speak the imperial dialect.
as a common language.
As for the situation in the Far West country, Cheng Dalei didn't know much about it, and it was impossible to say that they didn't know the language here.
"Kane Doyle of the Norton Kingdom, please meet Mr. Cheng." The man lowered his head slightly with one hand. The Empire's speech was quite standard, but his accent was a bit strange.
The Kingdom of the Far West is just a name given to it by the empire. In other countries, it calls itself the Kingdom of Norton.
I originally planned to go out with Fan Lihua to relax today, but I didn't expect to meet Kane, and the good relaxation would be ruined. Cheng Dalei took Kane back to Qinchuan Pass, and asked him to clean up his wounds first.
deal with.
Cheng Dalei is still very curious about the Far West Country itself. According to rumors, the Far West Country is good at strange skills and has many strange gadgets. For example, the telescope comes from the Far West Country.
After Kane had packed up, Xu Shenji led him to the general's mansion. Cheng Dalei was sitting in the hall drinking tea leisurely. When he saw Xu Shenji leading Kane in, Cheng Dalei couldn't help but be startled.
This man is really handsome, with golden hair draped over his shoulders, blue eyes as deep as the sea water, and a strong and tall body, as muscular as that ancient Greek sculpture.
"Thank you Cheng Dalei for saving me. I pay you my highest respect. I will never forget your kindness."
"Okay, okay, don't be so polite." Cheng Dalei waved his hand and asked Kane to sit down.
"How did you get here?"
"I set out with the caravan, but encountered a storm on the way and got lost with everyone. Finally, I fell into the hands of those barbarians. If Master Cheng hadn't saved me, I might have been tortured to death by those barbarians."
When he said this, Kane gritted his teeth. It seemed that not only in the eyes of the empire, but also in the Norton Kingdom, the Rong people were also barbarians.
Cheng Dalei's focus is to learn about the situation in the Norton Kingdom from Kane. Cheng Dalei has always wanted to understand the complete appearance of this world. Now that a foreigner has finally arrived and can speak Imperial language, how can Cheng Dalei let him go?
According to Kane, you can enter the Norton Kingdom by starting from Qinchuan Pass and passing through grasslands, deserts, and mountains. The territory of the Norton Kingdom is huge. According to Kane's boast, it is 100,000 kilometers from south to north.
Of course, Cheng Dalei felt that Kane was bragging a lot. Just like the people in the Empire also like to brag about having a country of ninety thousand miles, how is it actually possible?
However, it is true that the Norton Kingdom is very large. Now their emperor is Norton IX, and it seems that the reputation is not good.
There are governors under the emperor, and there are kings in various places. Their positions are not much different from those of city lords in the empire.
With the information lag in this era, it is impossible to have a complete centralized system. Both the Norton Kingdom and the Empire adopt the method of vassal autonomy. To some extent, the Empire's system is even more advanced.
However, the Norton Kingdom has something that the Empire does not have: the Holy See.
The myths and legends of the Norton Kingdom are as follows: the world was created by the gods in their sleep, and the souls of the gods turned into gods to govern the world.
The Holy See has great power in the kingdom. They build temples in various places, buy and sell slaves, seize land, and even the succession of the throne of the kingdom is decided by the Pope.
As for the heretics in the kingdom, the Holy See would kill them all. If they were caught, they would be hanged, beheaded, and burned at the stake.
Unfortunately, Kane happened to be a heretic. He lied to Cheng Dalei from the beginning. He didn't come here to do business. He came here to escape.
Therefore, there are also chicken thieves in the Norton Kingdom.
Cheng Dalei could tell that Kane wanted to stay here. In comparison, the empire was more prosperous than his hometown, and it was not unreasonable for the empire to call the four outsiders barbaric.
What's more, Kane is now desperate.
Cheng Dalei also wanted to take him in, at least to broaden his horizons, but Kane lied to Cheng Dalei at the beginning, and Cheng Dalei didn't mind being more airy.
"What does Mr. Kane believe in?"
"I am a bard, a wind elf who believes in freedom."
"Oh, that means you don't know anything."
No wonder he wanted to escape. The kingdom does not support idle people, and Qinchuan Pass does not support idle people either.
Cheng Dalei takes the opportunity to read his information below.
Name: Kane Doyle (the top bard from a foreign country)
Age:27
Skills: Language proficiency
Hidden Attribute: Believer of Wind
Tsk, he is a rare character with hidden attributes, but I don’t know what the use of this "Wind Believer" is.
Cheng Dalei couldn't bear it anymore and Kane finally told the truth to Cheng Dalei.
There are about fifty or sixty of them, all pagans from the kingdom. Now their people are trapped in a place, and Kane is sent out to explore the way.
"Is there anyone else?"
Cheng Dalei wondered whether there would be the talent he wanted among this group of people.