"Now, can you release him?" Elder Hao said to Yan Mo who came over.
Yan Mo nodded.
Yuan Zhan's body didn't move, and the remaining Da'ao people regained their freedom in an instant, and they all got up and ran towards their clansmen.
Yan Mo stopped and asked: "You said that this cave was guarded by your clansmen before?"
Elder Hao, "Yes. Didn't you see them when you came in?"
Yan Mo turned to look at Ding Ning, and Ding Ning took a step forward, "My lord, when Ding Fei and I came in, we didn't see anyone."
"Are there any traces of fighting?" Yuan Zhan asked.
Ding Ning recalled carefully, "At that time, the cave was a bit chaotic, and there were some dry firewood scattered on the ground."
"Did you see the fire?"
Ding Ning shook his head, "There is nothing inside the cave, but outside the cave...the wind and snow are too strong, and any traces are covered up."
Yuan Zhan was also recalling, although they were preconceived, they didn't pay much attention to the safety of the cave when they heard Ding Ning and Ding Fei say. But he was used to checking his surroundings carefully wherever he went, and he remembered clearly that he didn't see any fires or ashes on the ground.
"It's too cold, and the wind is strong at the entrance of the cave. Our people will not stay on the ground. You must have not paid attention to the cave walls. There are some caves on it, and some can accommodate several people." Elder Hao explained the answer to the opposite.
"If they weren't the ones who killed our people, then where are our people now? Where are the people who killed them?" A Da'ao soldier who was let go said angrily.
Elder Hao and several Da'ao people looked at each other, and an idea popped up in their hearts, but they didn't speak immediately.
Yuan Zhan looked at Bing.
Bing also shook his head, "I didn't see anyone around here, nor did I see any animals."
Everyone in Jiuyuan knows that Bing refers to his observation while riding the bone bird.
Yan Mo turned to face the Da'ao people, "It seems that either your enemies have left with your people, or...they all died together, for example, they all fell into the deep pool on both sides of the stone-lined road."
"There is another possibility." Elder Hao sighed, and looked sideways at the dark lake, "If the people from the Viser tribe came, they probably killed my tribe and used them as bait to catch the people in the dark lake. scorpionfish."
Yan Mo was not surprised that someone would use people as bait, "Then they caught the scorpion fish and left?"
A Da'ao man suddenly said angrily: "Maybe they were all dragged into the Black Lake by the scorpion fish!"
At this point, the misunderstanding seems to have been solved.
Someone in Da'ao was injured, and not all of Jiuyuan's staff was unharmed. Judging from the ratio of the number of people, it seems that no one has taken advantage of it.
Elder Hao clasped his fists to salute Yan Mo, and retreated to the tribe.
When Yan Mo saw the familiar ancient rituals that were slightly different but moved in the same way, he immediately felt a little cordial, and his anger at the Da'ao people for hurting Ding Fei and Da Da also subsided a little.
The Da'ao people were worried about the seriously injured clansmen, checking their injuries urgently and treating them with herbs.
Da Da walked over bitterly, put his hips on his hips and stood at the place where they put the snake fish, making it clear that this was their Jiuyuan territory.
The Da'ao people were a little angry, but they were stopped by Elder Hao. He told everyone to back off, leaving the small water source, and chose another open space.
"This is clearly ours..."
"Zizhen!"
The Da'ao soldiers refused to accept it, but no one spoke again, and they all cared about the injuries of the clansmen instead.
"Elder Hao, my brother... he's going to die."
Yuan Zhan walked to Yan Mo's side and whispered two words: "Strength."
Yan Mo understood what he meant, this person was telling him not to sympathize with the Da-Austrians, because if they were not strong enough, the Da-Austrians would have killed them all, and would never ask why they came here.
Similarly, this is the territory of the Da'ao people. If they weren't for their strength, how could those Da'ao people tolerate Da Da's arrogance? Not to mention letting them stay on their own territory to hunt and prey.
"Although we can check it from the air, we have never been to the place that the old mandrill mentioned. We need to ask the locals so that we don't go in the wrong direction." Yan Mo also whispered.
"what are you planning to do?"
"Cultivate a relationship?" Yan Mo smiled, asked Ding Ning to take care of his younger brother, and let Da Da and Bing continue to deal with those snake fish, and he walked towards the Da'ao people again.
Bing was worried, and kept up with the bow and arrow.
Yuan Zhan didn't move, and Da Da, who stopped him and wanted to keep up, asked him to gut the snake fish with him.
The Da'ao fighters in charge of defense saw Yan Mo approaching with the strange bird on his head, and the atmosphere became tense again.
"You didn't bring a healer, let me see your wounded."
Yan Mo's words were very gentle, but his attitude could not be refused.
After a little hesitation, that Elder Hao and the other Da'ao people actually stepped aside and let Yan Mo check on their seriously injured, but they blocked Bing.
Yan Mo rubbed his face, thinking that Chinese medicine is always getting more and more popular with age, and the well-dressed, elegant, knowledgeable and insightful elders are always more likely to win the respect of others than the same dressed and knowledgeable young people. Laughed. Looking at the punishment of aging for one year from another perspective, it seems that it is not completely useless.
Yan Mo turned around, "Let him come over, I want his help."
The Da'ao people looked at Elder Hao, and Elder Hao looked at the bow and arrow in Bing's hand.
Yan Mo, "Ice."
With a cold snort, he put the bow and arrow on his shoulder.
Elder Hao waved his hand, the Da'ao people moved out of the way again, Bing strode to Yan Mo's side.
Da Da's strikes were quite ruthless. A Da'ao man was bitten through the abdomen by him, and two others were torn several times by his claws. The worst one had a big hole in his neck, and he was about to die.
A young Da'ao soldier hugged the bleeding wounded, his eyes were red, and he glared at Yan Mo with hatred.
"Do you still want to save him?" Yan Mo took out surgical tools from his pocket.
The Da'ao warrior's expression was shocked, he didn't believe it: "Can you save him?!"
"If you hold him like this again and don't let me do it, he will die soon."
The man gritted his teeth, "I beg you to save him."
"Put him flat." Yan Mo shot like lightning, and inserted several golden needles into the acupuncture points of the wounded, "Insert the torches around here, put all the wounded here, and put furs on them underneath. You, go get some water."
Seeing that his brother was no longer bleeding, the soldier wiped his face and stood up, "I'll go."
People from Da'ao probably often come to this cave, and some necessary household items are prepared.
Yan Mo inserted golden needles into the other three seriously injured to help them stop the bleeding, and then told Bing to let him be his assistant in the operation. In fact, Ding Ning is a better candidate, but now Ding Ning only has his injured brothers in his eyes. It would be good not to stab these people a few times, and asking him to help is just embarrassing him.
Yan Mo didn't want to embarrass his own people.
"You are a great witch? What should I call you, my lord?" Elder Hao came over and knelt down.
"Mo." Yan Mo asked Bing to roughly wipe off the blood on the injured wound, so that he could see the wound clearly.
Elder Hao, "Mo Wu, which city do you and your soldiers come from?"
Yan Mo raised his head, "Elder Hao, I don't think this is the time to chat. Do you have anyone who knows a little bit about treatment? I need help."
Elder Hao immediately expressed apology and shame, just as the young warrior who had left just now returned with a bucket of water they had hidden in the cave, he quickly pointed at the young man, "This is Ziming, he knows a little about herbal medicine. Ming, this is Mo Wu, and Mo Wu needs someone to help him."
Ziming put down the bucket, "What do I need to do?"
Yan Mo put his hands into the bucket to wash, took out some herbs and pestle from his pocket and handed them to Ziming, "Mash them to make a paste. Separate each herb and put the pounded ones on the leaves , every herb needs to be cleaned, and then get some tools for holding water and clean water. This wooden barrel is for me. Hurry up!"
Ziming didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly left to find more water holding tools. At the same time, he called two members of his tribe to help him.
"Elder Hao, ask your clansmen to light the fire and boil some more boiling water, I will use it."
"Okay. What else do you need?"
Yan Mo lowered his head and continued to deal with the wounded neck, "Keep your people away, they are blocking the light of the torch."
The Da'ao people around didn't need Elder Hao's orders, they all hurriedly moved away, but they didn't stay away either.
Elder Hao saw that the silver-haired elder was really helping the clansmen heal their wounds, he was relieved and at the same time lowered his guard a bit, and immediately ordered the clansmen to split up the work.
The Da'ao people were still using flint to start the fire, and the more anxious they were to light the fire, the more uncertain they would be.
The cave was too humid, and they were a little impatient.
Elder Hao looked at his injured clansman, then at Yuan Zhan and others who were already sitting around the fire, pondered for a while, and walked over, "Can I borrow a light?"
He bared his teeth in answer.
Yuan Zhan pulled out a burning dry branch from the fire and handed it to him.
"Thank you." Elder Hao took the fire and handed it to the tribe, but he didn't leave.
Yuan Zhan stretched out his hand to him, "Sit."
Elder Hao didn't refuse, and sat down by the fire generously, "Looking at your clothes and listening to your voice, you don't look like people from nearby tribes."
"We come from Jiuyuan." Yuan Zhan grabbed a stripped and cleaned snake fish, sprinkled it with salt, made a mud stick, put it on the snake fish rack, and grilled it on the fire.
"Jiuyuan? Jiuyuan Tribe or Jiuyuan City? You must be far away from us. I have never heard of this name. Why do you come here? Are you here to trade with Heitu City?"
Yuan Zhan said calmly, "Heitu City is very close to here? I thought we were going the wrong way."
"No, you did not go wrong. From our tribe to Black Earth City, we only need to walk another five days."
"Are you a subordinate tribe of Black Earth City?"
"Yes." Elder Hao smiled bitterly.
Yuan Zhan observed his words and expressions, and asked casually, "What's the matter? Can't you live?"
"No, compared to some nearby tribes, at least we don't have to eat our clansmen for the winter. But..." Elder Hao didn't say any more when he said this. After all, Yuan Zhan and others were just strangers, and he didn't want some words to spread. Into the ears of Heitucheng.
"The reason why you came here in the wind and snow is to catch the scorpion fish?" Yuan Zhan said suddenly.
"Yeah." Elder Hao lowered his eyes, hiding his truest feelings, "Usually these scorpion fish sink to the bottom of the lake, it is difficult to catch them, even if there is bait, it may not be possible to catch them, and they may even be caught by them." Dragged into the bottom of the lake. They only come up to the surface in snowy weather, which is the best time to catch them."
A strange fragrance came to the nostrils, and Da Da's nose moved continuously, staring at the grilling snake fish so greedily that his mouth drools, even Jiu Feng could smell the smell and flew over, Ding Ning Ding Fei also raised his head.
Yuan Zhan tore off a piece of snake fish meat and tasted it, "Oh! It's so tender." Mo would definitely like it.
The soldier called Zizhen came over and said with a sneer, "Isn't it delicious? The nobles in Heitu City like the meat of these scorpion fish, especially in winter, because the meat and blood of scorpion fish can make people warm up quickly." Wake up, and their flesh and blood have other functions, those who play with female slaves every day... "
"Zizhen!" Elder Hao scolded in a low voice, "Go and get everyone ready, we will catch at least ten scorpion snake fish back later."
Zizhen gritted his teeth, turned around and strode away.
Elder Hao sighed softly.
"It must be very difficult for you to catch them." Yuan Zhan speculated based on the force of these people. Don't think it's easy for them to catch these snakes, it's because they have master Jiufeng who is an expert in fishing and catching snakes, and Da Da, a little monster who seems to be capable of both water and land, plus him.
Although the Da'ao people who came here all look very strong, the only one who can turn his hands into claws is this warrior called Zizhen. According to his estimation, Zizhen's strength is probably around level four, and the others People will not exceed level four.
A group of fourth-level fighters wanted to catch the snake fish in this lake, and it was basically impossible without sacrifice. Ding Ning, Ding Fei and Bing didn't act rashly just now, they only assisted from the side.
However, he thought that the strength of the tribes affiliated to the three cities was about the same as that of Morgan, or even stronger than Morgan, but now it seems that this is not the case, or there are stronger fighters from the Da'ao tribe, but they did not come.
"Soldier, you are very powerful. I see that you seem to have caught a lot of scorpion fish." Elder Hao licked his lower lip, as if he didn't know what to say next.
"You want us to help you?" Ding Ning, who rarely interrupted, interrupted suddenly.
Elder Hao smiled awkwardly, and subconsciously explained: "I know we shouldn't act first, but the situation at that time was really unclear. The warriors of the Viser tribe were about the same strength as ours. If we didn't move quickly, we would be the ones who died. Besides, This is our territory, and it is usually guarded by our clansmen, if it were you who saw a stranger and a monster appearing instead of your clansmen, would you not do anything?"
Ding Ning didn't say anything, he listened to Mo Da, he just needed a little vent.
Ding Fei held his brother's hand.
Answering this shameless person even stuck out his tongue to lick Ding Ning's lips directly.
Ding Fei slapped him on the forehead. They all learned from the leader!
Da Da let out an aggrieved "Oh", he is helping him to comfort his brother, okay
Ding Ning put his arms around Da Da's neck and squeezed him hard.
Da Daao screamed to push Ding Ning away, and went to lick Ding Fei again.
Ding Fei couldn't dodge due to his injury, and was licked so that his face was full of saliva.
Ding Ning didn't care about these two, but a smile finally appeared in his eyes.
Yuan Zhan inserted the second snake fish and repeated Ding Ning's words, "So you want us to help you?"
Elder Hao clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "Yes."
"What can you give us?"
"... what do you want?"
"First tell me about the situation of Black Earth City and the nearby tribes. We just arrived here, and we don't want to provoke some enemies that shouldn't be provoked. At the same time, I also need to know what is worth trading here. Similarly, if your tribe has the ability to We will also trade with you for the things that our big witch is looking for."
I heard that Jiuyuan not only intends to help them catch scorpion fish, but may even trade with them. This is great news for the Da'ao tribe, which is extremely short of food in winter—if Jiuyuan is interested in something or even a slave , They can ask Jiuyuan's warriors to help them hunt down wild beasts. Of course, it would be even better if they can help them catch more scorpion fish.
Nearly an hour and a half had passed after Elder Hao and Yuan Zhan gave a brief account of the situation in Heitu City and the nearby tribes.
Da Da and Jiu Feng were full of food, and Ding Ning and Ding Fei were also full. Yuan Zhan was still grilling snake fish, and he could see that Yan Mo's side was about to end.
Ding Ning went to exchange with Bing on the way. If someone who is not familiar with medical treatment is asked to do the work of these medical assistants, no matter how strong his physical strength is, he will still feel mentally tired.
With Ding Ning's help, Yan Mo's movements were indeed a bit faster. There were many things that he didn't need to order, and Ding Ning had already prepared everything for him.
"In a better mood?" Yan Mo took the time to smile at Ding Ning.
Ding Ning said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, my lord, I..."
"It's okay, but I need you, Bing is a bit stupid in this regard."
Ding Ning laughed.
Seeing Ding Ning's smile, the soldier named Ziming froze for a few seconds for some reason, "Hey, is there anything else I can do for you?"
Ding Ning raised his head, and put away the smile on his face, "Oh, there is some salt here, you put it in boiling water and stir it, the water needs to be this much." Ding Ning pointed to the wooden barrel, and gestured for the height of the water surface.
Ziming didn't dare to look Ding Ning in the eyes, obviously this person looked exactly like the young man they caught just now, but he just felt that this person was more... scared him
Uh, why is he afraid of this man? Even if this person can control fire, he is still very powerful, but why is he afraid to look this person in the eye
I couldn't figure it out, so I staggered around my confused little brother Ziming to get salt water.
Ding Ning only felt that this kid was not doing things well, and his limbs were a little uncoordinated.
Yan Mo put medicine on the stitched wound of the last patient, and told the Da'ao people how to take care of it, before he slowly got up.
"Oh!" The old man held his waist tightly and staggered.
The big Austrian warrior beside him subconsciously reached out to help him.
But no one moved as fast as Yuan Zhan who was sitting not far away.
Elder Hao opened his mouth wide in surprise. The man was still sitting there just now, but in the blink of an eye, he jumped up from the ground and went straight to the old man. His movements were so fast that he could almost see a black shadow flashing.
Yuan Zhan supported Yan Mo, a look of remorse flashed across his face. Everyone saw that Yan Mo had become an old man, and he knew very well that Mo's physical strength and body were not as good as before, but his trust in this person's ability all the time made him accidentally forget about this person's physical condition.
Just now, the old man had been squatting there bending over and lowering his head to operate on the four wounded. Even a young and strong man could not stand it for two hours, let alone the current Yan Mo.
Yuan Zhan didn't even ask Yan Mo if he could leave, but directly picked him up.