The girl opened her arms and stopped in front of Ma Chao, shouting hoarsely: "You can't kill my brother, my brother is just a kid,"
A gorgeously dressed little boy cowered and hid behind the girl, like a chick hiding from an eagle, shrinking under the wings of an old hen.
In recent years, the power of the Xianbei people has expanded rapidly on the grassland, and has gradually replaced the Huns’ position on the grassland. However, the vast majority of Xianbei people are still quite poor. In ordinary Xianbei herder families, like the four or five years old in front of them The little boy of, not to mention wearing fine silk clothes and being able to find a rag to cover his body is already considered very good.
Seeing the little boy's clothes, Ma Chao had already determined that he was Jianman. He immediately ignored the girl, reached out and grabbed it. The girl did not evade at all. Instead, she stepped forward and stopped in front of Ma Chao. He was tall, and just raised his hand halfway, he was blocked by a limp object. When he looked down, his hand was pressing on the girl’s chest, and he hurriedly retracted.
Ma Chao is a native of Xiliang. There are many ethnic groups living in Xiliang, and the atmosphere is open. And Ma Chao is half of the Qiang ethnicity. Although he is still a boy, he is not unfamiliar with the things between men and women. However, Ma Chao You can let Luo Xiang and the mother and daughter go to the tent to "fight", but he himself dare not go too far with the Xianbei women in front of him, because the military discipline of the Han Dynasty was set by Ma Yun. The first rule is to strictly prohibit the soldiers from humiliating them. Women’s crimes are much more serious than killing prisoners or surrendering them. That’s why Ma Chao kept his hands down, because he was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
However, his hand was really not the place. Even if the Xianbei was open-minded, the girl couldn't help blushing. When she thought about it, Ma Chao must have moved her evil thoughts, but the Xianbei girl was just a little shy. But he straightened his chest and said: "As long as you are willing to let go of my brother, I, I will do whatever you want,"
Ma Chao is an arrogant person. He knew he was misunderstood, but he didn't explain. He just looked at the Xianbei girl in surprise and said, "You speak Chinese well,"
The girl didn't have the slightest fear, and said, neither humble nor overbearing: "You are a Han, do you understand if you don't speak Chinese?"
Ma Chao didn't realize it for a moment, and then carefully looked at the Xianbei girl in front of her. Like the other Xianbei, this girl has yellow hair and blue eyes, a high nose, and white skin, but she doesn't have that characteristic of ordinary prairie people. The smell of mutton, on the contrary, exudes a faint fragrance,
Xianbei eat cattle and sheep as their staple food, and they don’t bathe all year round. They will inevitably have various peculiar smells. In fact, not only Xianbei, Huns, Qiang people, and even the Han people living in Xiliang, they also don’t bathe all year round. The smell is equally unpleasant,
Ma Chao has grown up in such an environment since he was a child, and he does not reject the smell of Xianbei, but suddenly he smelled the fragrance of the girl's body, the expression on his face was still slightly stagnant.
The Xianbei girl saw that Ma Chao didn't speak, but just stared at herself blankly. She was a little annoyed and said angrily, "Hey, do you agree or not?"
Ma Chao suddenly smiled and said, "Do you know who I am?"
The girl answered without hesitation: "Aren't you a general of the Han Chinese,"
Ma Chao nodded and said, "Yes, I am a Han general, and my official position is not low. As long as I say a word, you can kill all of your people."
The girl snorted coldly and said, "I'm not afraid of death, as long as you let him go,"
In this short half-day of work, Ma Chao no longer remembers how many people he killed. Among those killed by him, there were strong Xianbei warriors, old and weak women and children. In a tent before arriving at this camp, there were A young Xianbei woman tore her clothes open in front of more than a dozen soldiers, revealing two trembling white flesh. She wanted to use her body in exchange for the soldiers to spare her life, but was still caught by Ma Chao. Stabbed to death with a shot,
When Ma Chao started his hands, he didn't mean to look down upon that woman in the slightest. The ants were still alive, let alone humans. In the face of death, there are a few who can be truly indifferent, but the girl in front of him seems to be such a person. Ma Chao couldn't help but exclaimed: "Helian actually gave birth to a good daughter,"
The girl retorted, "I'm not Helian's daughter,"
Ma Chao's expression changed, and he pointed to the boy behind the girl and asked, "Then, he is not Jianman anymore."
The girl shook her head and said, "No, he is Jianman,"
Ma Chao sternly asked: "Then how do you say he is your brother,"
The girl rolled her eyes, and said angrily: "The fuck is my aunt,"
It turned out that this girl was called Tuobayan, the daughter of Tuobajun, the leader of the Tuoba Tribe of Xianbei, and Tuobaying, Tuobajun’s younger sister, married Helian and gave birth to a son for Helian. The little boy Jian Man behind Tuobayan,
Ma Chao knew that Tuobayan was not Jianman's relatives, but she was able to stand up and take care of her even more admiringly. He couldn't help but smiled and said, "Miss Tuoba, I'm here to ask you, Jianman was taller than the wheel."
Tuobayan turned her head and glanced, then asked, "Can't you tell by yourself,"
Ma Chao didn't get angry because of Tuobayan's rudeness, but said indifferently: "Since he is not above the wheel, what shall I do to kill him,"
Tuobayan breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "What do you plan to do with us?"
If they are captured by other grassland tribes, they don’t need to ask more to know the ending. Young women will be divided up by warriors in the tribe, and older women and younger children will be treated as slaves, but now They were captured by the Han. Tuobayan didn’t know the rules of the Han, and she was still a little worried.
Ma Chao did not answer her words, but pointed to Jian Man, who was scared white with his small face, and said, "However, although I will not kill him, I am not sure whether my Majesty the Emperor Han will kill him."
"Didn't you say that your official position is very high, you can decide our life and death," Tuobayan became nervous again, and suddenly gritted his teeth, "You let him go,"
Ma Chao waved his hand and said, "He is the son of the former Xianbei Khan. No matter who it is, it is impossible to let him go easily, but don't worry too much. My Majesty, the Emperor of Han, is kind by nature, and maybe he can spare his life. indefinite,"
Tuobayan seemed to grab the life-saving straw at once, and said repeatedly: "Then you must help me say a few words in front of your emperor. In any case, if you want to save my brother's life, you can do whatever you want me to thank you. "
Ma Chao said strangely: "Why are you so attentive to this cousin,"
Tuobayan whispered: "Actually, he is not just my cousin, he is also my future husband. This is something that was settled very early."
Ma Chao finally understood why she had to find ways to save Jian Man’s life. To say how much Tuobayan’s feelings for Jian Man, it’s not enough. Tuobayan is already a young girl with a new relationship, and Jian Man is just a drag. A little kid with a nasal discharge, even if it has feelings, it can only be the affection of sister and brother.
However, this marriage is very likely to involve the tribal interests of the Tuoba tribe, and even the life and death of the entire Tuoba tribe, because before setting off, Ma Chao carefully read the information about the various tribes of Xianbei collected by Phantom. There are many tribes in Xianbei. Some of them originated from other ethnic groups, but they were gradually degraded. Ma Chao could not remember the situation of all the tribes, but he knew the names of the larger tribes, and Ma Chao had no impression of the Tuoba tribe. That means the Tuoba Department is just a small tribe,
The law on the grassland is that the weak and the strong eat the strong. This is true between different ethnic groups, and between different tribes of the same ethnic group. If these small tribes want to survive, they will either just depend on the big tribes or they will be swallowed up by the larger tribes. , And no one can only hide in some barren pastures where no one is fighting,
As the leader of a small tribe, Tuobajun obviously chose the first way. He first married his sister Tuobaying to Helian, and after Helian died, he planned to marry his daughter Tuobayan. For Jianman, although Jianman is young, he is the leader of a big tribe after all. There are many people in Xianbei who support him to re-emerge as Khan. With the support of Jianman tribe, Tuoba can survive. And survive well,
Of course, Tuobajun’s best choice is to marry Tuobayan to Jianman’s cousin, the current Xianbei Khan Kuitou, but Xianbei people all know that the so-called contradiction between Kuitou and Jianman is actually The contradiction between Jian Man’s biological mother Tuoba Ying and other tribal leaders who supported Helian and the leader. Therefore, Tuoba wanted to step on two boats and marry both sides. It was not feasible. Tuobajun had to let The relationship between Tuoba Tribe and Jianman Tribe has become closer,
Although he hasn't figured out what the deal is between Tuoba and Jianman tribe, Ma Chao still pointed to Jianman disdainfully and said, "He is not five years old yet. When he grows up, you will be quite young." No, he is not worthy of you,"
Ma Chao's remarks were poking at Tuobayan's sore spot. Her expression couldn't help but look. In fact, Ma Chao had already said very implicitly. What he meant to say was that when Jianman grows up, you Tuobayan is already old. , However, the truth is true. Even if the prairie people get married early, when Jian Man reaches the age when they can get married, at least twelve or three years later, at that time Tuobayan is almost thirty years old, and the beautiful youth will be This wasted, Tuobayan certainly understood what Ma Chao meant. She herself did not complain about You. It was only for the benefit of the tribe. She had to make sacrifices
Tuobayan stomped her feet severely and said, "He is not worthy of me, can't you be worthy of me,"
"Haha, haha..." Ma Chao laughed loudly, stretched out a hand and shook his face in front of Tuoba Yan, and said proudly, "Looking at the heroes of the world, there will be no more than this number that can beat my Ma Chao, if Even if I am not worthy of you, then who else is worthy of you,"