The situation in the rainforest was unclear, and it was not known how far Zhou Jianren had pursued him.
Not willing to be neglected, the three of Xia and Shang stepped into the stream without stopping and chased into the dense forest on the opposite side.
But just after crossing the creek, there seemed to be movement at the place where several women were killed.
Xia Shang only glanced back and saw a woman covered in blood standing up among the corpses of several women.
This woman was soaked in blood, her hair was disheveled, and she looked very scary.
Even Xia Shangzhang was so frightened that he gasped after just one look.
"Wait! There are still people alive."
Xia Shang's words stopped the two women walking in front.
Xian'er and Miao Caihe turned around and were stunned when they saw the woman covered in blood behind them.
I saw the woman's hands still tied with ropes, struggling to get out of the pile of corpses, staggering for a few steps, and suddenly fainted in the creek.
Xia Shang ran over, helped the woman up, tried her breathing, and found that the woman's breath was still there.
Maybe it was because the situation was too chaotic before and the Southern Barbarians made mistakes, which led to one of the several women being ignored.
Xian'er and Miao Caihe also came over, and when they saw the unconscious woman, they suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"What should we do now? Should we chase people or save them?"
Xia Shang thought for a while: "Miao Caihe, go and chase Zhou Jianren back. Xian'er and I stay behind to save people."
"No!" Miao Caihe denied, "I have to be responsible for your safety."
"Things have priorities, don't you understand?"
"Because my subordinates know what priorities are, they should stay."
Xia Shang frowned: "You!"
At this moment, there was movement in the dense forest ahead.
The three of them turned their heads and saw a Nanman head rolling out of the dense forest.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chiren, who was covered in blood, came out panting, and after walking a few steps, he squatted on the ground.
Xia Shang was startled and shouted: "What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Jianren lowered his head and waved his hand: "Don't be alarmed, sir. I'm fine. It's just that I consumed too much and my body's true energy was depleted, making me a little dizzy."
"Why did you chase me out without saying a word just now? Don't you know it's dangerous?"
Zhou Jianren slowed down, then walked over and said, "My subordinates knew what was going on and did not chase them far away. Those Nanman people were so abominable that they attacked innocent people. I couldn't bear it anymore and used all my energy to chase after them."
Killed one person. But the ones behind were really incapable of chasing, so they turned back. I have to say that I really underestimated these southern barbarians before. They couldn't kill them no matter how hard they killed them. If adults hadn't used poison, they would have really killed them this time.
Consumed to death by them."
"Stop talking and have a good rest." Xia Shang was a little annoyed, "Don't make your own decisions like this next time."
Zhou Jianren was about to respond when he suddenly saw the bloody man in Xia Shang's arms.
"Sir, what are you doing?"
"This woman is still alive, she just fainted. We have to find another place to save her."
"Still alive?!" Zhou Jianren was overjoyed, "That's good. As long as she can wake up, maybe we can get some news from this person."
Xia Shang nodded and looked around. The place where the few people were now was definitely not good. There was blood everywhere and the creek was dyed red.
Xia Shang pointed upstream: "Go up the creek and try to go as far as possible to prevent those Nanman people from coming back again."
After saying that, several people immediately set off and started walking upstream along the news.
The group of people walked for two full hours until they reached the source of the creek, under a mountain wall surrounded by dense forests.
The water in the creek leaches from the mountain wall, forming a small but deep pool.
Xian'er and Miao Caihe helped the unconscious woman clean herself, while Xia Shang and Zhou Jianren lit a bonfire on the side.
In a blink of an eye, the sky was already dark.
The night in the rainforest was very difficult, and what happened today made Xia Shang feel very heavy.
"Judging from the direction of travel of those Nanman tribesmen, it seems that they are going in the same direction as us. They may be crossing the rainforest from the Bashu border to return to the Nanman tribe like us. But why are there two groups of people?" Xia Shang frowned.
On the brow, stick a wooden stick on the fire.
Zhou Jianren was very tired. He was lying on the grass on one side. Hearing Xia Shang's words, he sat up: "It is obvious that the southern barbarian tribes are not as peaceful as imagined. The struggle between tribes is very common. This time, two
It can be explained that the tribes are fighting each other to compete for these women. I heard from Miao Caihe that the Southern Barbarians all like women from the Central Plains."
Xia Shang shook his head: "Having said that, things are not as simple as imagined. I always feel a little strange, but a few women, why two tribes need to fight like this? Nearly two hundred people died because of a few women
, this is too exaggerated, isn’t it? There are not many small tribes in the Southern Barbarians, and many tribes have a total population of only about a hundred people. Isn’t this kind of struggle related to the survival of the entire tribe? "
Zhou Jianren thought for a while, but couldn't find anything to say to refute, so he said: "No matter what the reason is, we still have to wait until the woman wakes up to find out."
After speaking, the two fell into silence.
A quarter of an hour later, Xian'er came over and said, "Sir, the girl is awake."
"Are you awake? How are you doing?"
"The condition is not bad, but I was frightened and a little confused. It's just..."
"Okay, hurry up and take a look." Xia Shang stood up immediately, not paying attention to Xian'er's words.
Xia Shang and Zhou Jianren arrived at the pool. The girl was really awake. She had washed herself and put on Xian'er's casual clothes.
The light was very dim now, and the swaying bonfire made her face red, so it was difficult to tell whether her complexion was good or bad. However, the girl was relatively tall, somewhat similar to Qin Huairou, and Xian'er's clothes were a bit too small for her.
The fabric of the clothes was very tight, and the lines on the body were very obvious.
I didn't take a closer look before, but now it seems that this girl is not as soft and beautiful as the women from Jiangnan. Her thin but slender figure has a strong local color.
In retrospect, near the border between Bashu and Miao, most girls are like this.
Xia Shang didn't think too much, knowing that this was not the time to look at the other party too much.
Seeing the alertness and fear in the girl's eyes, Xia Shang moved his gaze to the fire.
"Girl, don't be nervous, we saved you from the Nanman people."
The girl didn't speak. Except for her eyes moving, there was no movement on her body.
This look gave people a weird feeling. Xia Shang was a little strange, but he couldn't put it in words.
At this time, Xian'er walked up to Xia Shang and whispered: "Master, she...she seems to be mute."
"Ah?!" Xia Shang was surprised.
"She has been awake for a while. Miao Caihe and I have communicated a lot with her, but she has remained silent."
Xia Shang looked at Miao Caihe, and Miao Caihe nodded.
Xia Shang frowned, moved closer, knelt down and asked, "You can't speak?"
The girl in front of her paused for a long time, then looked towards the fire and nodded silently. (To be continued)