Leaving Gaha Na Village, Jiang Heng ran into the group of young people he had seen when he came, but this time there were fewer people, and the little aristocrat still rode on his horse and spoke to him from a distance.
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Jie Gui translated to Jiang Heng: "He asked you if you have finished reading it."
Jiang Heng nodded and said, "It's over!"
The little aristocrat asked again, this time his entourage was translated and asked, "Where to go next?"
Jiang Heng didn't know either, and said, "Follow the road! Are you here to hunt?"
From that look, the noble men of Feng Rong might want to accompany them, but some of the words Jiang Heng and Jie Gui talked about involved the various ethnic groups in the Yong Kingdom, and they did not want them to hear them.
"If you are lucky, see you in the next village!" Jiang Heng said.
This time, the noble men of Feng Rong did not leave, they stayed on the horse and watched them leave.
Jiang Heng asked suspiciously, "Who is that?"
Jie Gui replied casually, "A chief of a small tribe. In late spring and early summer, they have the habit of going out for spring hunting, so they don't recognize them. Put away your booklet, and don't let anyone see it casually."
"It seems that Yong Guo is not as capable as he said," Jiang Heng said, flipping through the records on his hand, "This problem is no less than that of the countries in the southern and central plains."
Jie Gui said: "It seems that it is necessary to follow you, otherwise, before you hang around outside for three months, the officials of the DPRK and China will send someone to kill you."
Jiang Heng replied with a smile: "That's not necessarily true, and you know that Juicong will be rectified according to the letter?"
Jiang Heng wrote back, and Geng Shu would also write letters, one for the other, but Geng Shu never mentioned the change of the imperial court, it was all about missing.
"He will." Jie Gui said, "He cares about his face the most, and he will only be annoyed and angry if his scar is exposed by an outsider like you. Maybe now in Luoyan City, he will bleed into a river long ago."
Jiang Heng said casually, "Let's just listen."
There was more and more luggage along the way. On the day he arrived in Da'an City, Jiang Heng didn't choose to stay any longer. After all, there must be no shortage of doctors in such a big city. His task was to visit the unpopulated villages.
Jie Gui made some simple supplies in Daan, and then escorted Jiang Heng to set off. He was really good at taking care of people. Along the way, Jiang Hengyi stretched out his hand and opened his mouth to eat. In every aspect, Jie Gui was extremely careful, like a conscientious steward. more than an assassin.
Jiang Heng would sometimes chat with him about Xundong's past, while Jie Gui always listened carefully with intriguing eyes.
"You seem to be very interested in Xun Dong," Jiang Heng said, "because of homesickness?"
"No." Jie Gui said, "I'm just curious, Mrs. Zhao is such a stubborn person who has lived in Xundong for all these years, and she often thinks about something."
Jiang Heng remembered that his mother also stayed in the Lama Temple and his aunt Jiang Qing. Jie Gui must know them.
But every time Jiang Heng asked about the past of Lama Temple, Jie Gui would avoid answering, the reason is very simple.
"Forget it," Jie Gui smiled secretly, "I have always had a bad memory, and I can only see right in front of my eyes."
Jiang Heng knew that he just didn't want to mention it, so he didn't force him. The two got on their horses in the coats of Da'an City, and Jie Gui said, "It's time to sell some of the supplies."
"Take it and go." Jiang Heng said, "Take it into Da'an City and sell it at the official price, and you won't get much money. They squeeze the goods too much."
"You don't have such a big belly, can you eat so much?" Jie Gui motioned Jiang Heng to look at the sack, "This horse is also pitiful, the more it carries, the more it gets."
Jiang Heng and Jie Gui's horses were almost crushed.
Jiang Heng said: "Take it to the mountains and distribute it to those who can't afford to eat, isn't it just right? You have worked hard for a few days, unload the goods in Shanyin, and I will buy wine to make amends for you."
"For you," Jie Gui rubbed his head and smiled, "I carry it myself, and I have to carry it for you."
Jiang Heng suddenly discovered that Jie Gui is actually a very gentle person. Even if he looks ugly and has been damaged, he must be very handsome before his appearance is destroyed. Maybe twenty years ago, he was as handsome as Xiang Zhou. handsome man.
And since he left Luoyan, Jie Gui's attitude has changed again.
Jie Gui was mysterious and dangerous when he first met outside Luoyang Palace, but even at the beginning, he never killed himself. When we met again in Xichuan, Jie Gui's tone was full of cynicism, but he was caring everywhere.
At the moment, Jie Gui was restrained instead, as if after being officially assigned to Jiang Heng as a guard, the two had a division of superiors and subordinates, so they obeyed a lot of rules, no longer jokingly with Jiang Heng, and followed suit. As the journey passed for more than a month, he became more and more respectful.
In the afternoon, Jiang Heng rested for a while in the wild, Jie Gui boiled a pot of tea with an iron kettle and handed it to Jiang Heng.
After leaving Da'an, Jiang Heng inadvertently ran into that group of people for the third time. It was the Feng Rong nobleman. This time, he brought more people, nearly twenty guards, who were setting up a simple tent in front of a forest. Prepare to live in situ.
"It's you again!" Jiang Heng smiled, "Drinking tea?"
Feng Rong held the tea leaves with his fingers, boiled them in milk, and nodded politely to Jiang Heng and Jie Gui.
Jiang Heng has gone to forty-seven villages along the way. He stayed in each village for a long time or a short time, ranging from three to five days to one day. Feel free to chat.
The noble man put away his bow and arrow, got up, and walked a few steps towards them.
"Hello! My name is Meng He!" He said something in Chinese, obviously learning to sell now, and introduced himself to Jiang Heng.
"Hello! It's really fate, my name is Meng He too!" Jiang Heng was a little surprised, using the Feng Rong language he had learned during this period, smiled. Then he asked Jie Gui to take out the last bit of tea he brought out and bring it to them to drink: "Try our tea?"
Jie Gui said: "They won't want it. They are polite on the surface, but they are actually very wary of Yong people."
Jiang Heng knew that the man was not surnamed Meng, and Meng He was the name of Feng Rong, meaning "eternal". The word "Heng" of Jiang Heng is also translated as "Menghe" in Fengrong language.
Jiang Heng signaled to send it, and the other party took it and put it aside. The young aristocrat at the head could only say "My name is Meng He", and then he became dumb, but his enthusiasm for making friends was obvious.
However, the enthusiasm of the two sides only stopped at the point of exchanging names, and the young noble returned to his side. Both sides were sleeping in the wild that night, Jiang Heng could see that Feng Rong could have left, but he took the initiative to stay, the intention was to protect them from the wolves outside the Great Wall late at night.
When he woke up the next day, he had walked cleanly, and Jie Gui packed up and set off. After stepping through the 63rd village, Jiang Heng learned more and more about the Fengrong people. They were the first to submit to Yong outside the Great Wall. The wildness is slowly being domesticated over a century, just like domesticating a wolf into a domestic dog. .
They served as soldiers and fought for the Yong Kingdom, but only a very small number of people could enter the dynasty as officials, and there were no Fengrong people in the Chinese official faction of the dynasty. Juyong regards Feng Rong as a natural warrior, and there is only one way for a warrior to go, that is, to establish military merit.
But if there are few young men to serve as soldiers in a village, the village will be very poor, so poor that they can't even eat enough food, the roads are rough and difficult to travel, and many villages have not yet been connected by roads.
Jiang Heng recorded what he saw in his booklet. Whenever he left a village, he would have a leisurely tea with Jie Gui on the road.
"Aren't you going to drink?" Jiang Heng asked when he saw Jie Gui sitting beside him with his back against the big tree and playing with a dagger in his hand.
"I don't like drinking tea," Jie Gui said. "I only drink alcohol. Tea makes people sober. Alcohol is a good thing."
Jiang Heng said, "Drink less."
Jie Gui looked at Jiang Heng playfully, and then narrowed his eyes after a while, as if admiring his appearance.
"You're tanned," Jie Gui said suddenly, "don't always run under the sun on weekdays, you won't be pretty if you get a tan."
Jiang Heng said, "I don't sing, so what do you want to do? Why don't you talk about yourself?"
Jie Gui said solemnly: "I'm ugly, I'm a monster, I like to look at pretty things. People, there's always something to love, right?"
"You're not ugly," Jiang Heng said seriously, "don't say that. Your injury must have been suffered for the Ju family, that is, for Yong Guo. In Yong Ren's eyes, isn't it just another kind of handsome? "
Jie Gui's face changed for a moment, but he turned his head quickly, his tone returned to indifference, looked up at the sky, and said, "Let's go, it's going to rain."
Today, their mission is to reach Xiaohu Peak on the east side of East Lanzhou, which is the largest mountain range in the northern part of the Saibei. On both sides of the mountain, as well as in the depths of the mountain range, lived the Donglin, the second largest Hu ethnic group in Yong State. Also known as "Linhu", the Linhu people hunted and fell for business, and were completely subdued by Geng Shu more than a year ago. This is also the most dangerous part of their trip. After all, family hatred is still alive and they must be very careful.
Going north along Donglan Mountain is Shanyin City.
But the troubles caused by the weather are obviously more imminent than the destination. In Saibei in June, the weather suddenly changed, the dark clouds were over the top, the thunder was bursting, and it suddenly rained heavily.
"Let you hurry up!" Jie Gui scolded.
"I was wrong!" Jiang Heng could not laugh or cry, "I was wrong! Don't scold me!"
Jie Gui was simply inexplicable: "This is also called scolding? I haven't scolded yet!"
Jiang Heng: "You didn't scold you, but in your heart!"
The two of them had already been drenched in soup. The mules and horses were walking in the muddy water behind them, struggling to move forward. Jie Gui was dragging them in front, and Jiang Heng rolled over and wiped his face. He couldn't bear it.
"Let's go!" Jie Gui shouted in the rainstorm, "What are you doing down here?!"
Jiang Heng pointed at the horses, and Jie Gui said, "Do you still care about animals?"
Jiang Heng pulled the lower Jie Gui and put the waterproof feather hat on Jie Gui's head. Jie Gui was startled and couldn't help but say that he wanted to pick it up for Jiang Heng, but he was held down by Jiang Heng.
Jie Gui didn't speak, and stayed in the rain for a while.
"It's raining ahead anyway!" Jiang Heng said.
Jie Gui regained his senses and shouted, "I'm afraid you'll catch a cold!"
Jiang Heng said, "No! I'm in good health! Otherwise, how can I stab Juicong with a sword?"
Jie Gui has lost his temper, but Jiang Heng is indeed. Even though he is not as strong as Geng Shu, his physique is not strong, but because Luo Xuan gave him a lot of hard-to-find food when he was practicing in Haige. Rare elixir, and even his body is rarely invaded by evil diseases.
The two led the horse together, dragged them hard, and finally entered a village. However, there was no one in this village, and in the distance stood the stone pagoda of the Linhu people.
"Why is there no one in this village?" Jiang Heng said.
"Half was killed by your brother, and the remaining half was taken away by your cousin."
Jie Gui settled the horses in the stable at the back of the house, chose a dry room, and made a fire to bake the clothes. The clothes they wore and the bags they changed were all soaked in water and soaked.
"Take off." Jie Gui said to Jiang Heng.
Jiang Heng took off his coat and handed it to Jie Gui, who said, "Take it all off, don't catch a cold."
Jiang Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Jie Gui had always been on the same page. Of course, Jiang Heng listened to him almost all the time, even more so than when facing Geng Shu. After all, the situation with Geng Shu is a matter of business and negotiation, and we will face it together. And leaving Luoyan, the outside is very dangerous, Jie Gui is wholeheartedly guarding his safety, and he must not quarrel with him.