The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 114 Chapter 110
After Chai Shao left, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu immediately sat cross-legged on the bed to practice, and they didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

The next morning, the two of them got up early, and Chai Shao led them to eat something.

The two said goodbye to Chai Shao: "Brother Chai, we are leaving, you can wait for our good news at home."

After hearing this, Chai Shao said with a smile: "My dear brothers, I will send you off today. There are a few new people in the entourage. I'm afraid they don't know you yet. Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Duan Wuji and Tieniu packed up their luggage, and immediately rode their horses with Chai Shao to the Xinglong car dealership.

When I arrived at the car dealership, I saw that everyone was waiting in front of the truck. Chai Shao smiled and said to everyone: "You are leaving today. Be careful on the road. Everyone is a martial artist. You must be careful on the road." Follow orders and be vigilant at all times.

After all, nothing matters in life.Well, let's go. "

Tieniu walked to the front of the team, and Duan Wuji walked to the back of the team.Surrounded by more than a dozen guards, the convoy headed straight for the outside of Taiyuan City.

This team went all the way hungry for food and drink, and stayed overnight at Xiaoxing, and they came to the pass of the Great Wall in more than one day.

Duan Wuji ordered ten barrels of good wine from the vicinity of the barracks and handed them over to the soldiers guarding the border, and the goods passed the border inspection very smoothly.

Duan Wuji looked at his team and said, "Everyone, change into that Turkic clothes now, wrap up our Han clothes."

After hearing this, everyone retreated their Han costumes and changed into Turkic clothes. A caravan disguised as Turkic people was formed in this way.

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, pour out all the sand in your sandbag, you must not wear that thing in this vast and remote place, it will be dangerous if you wear it again."

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

He immediately took off the sandbag from his body, poured out all the sand inside, and then wrapped the sandbag in the burden.

Duan Wuji asked loudly: "How many people in our team can speak this Turkic language?"

Immediately, five people stood up from the team.

"Mr. Duan, we all know each other. Our home is on the edge of the Great Wall. We have often dealt with Turkic people since we were young. We all understand Turkic language."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Okay, listen to the rest of us, from now on our caravan is the caravan of the Turkic people, and when we meet a Turkic person, those who don't know the Turkic language are not allowed to speak, have you heard that?
From now on, our caravan is the caravan of the Yelusdu tribe, everyone should be vigilant, everyone is in danger, we have to act in advance!

As the saying goes, the first to attack is the strong, and the one who strikes later will suffer.If you want to go back alive, then cheer me up.

OK, let's go now. "

Duan Wuji rode a white horse at the front of the team, and Tie Niu walked at the end of the team holding a big stick.

The remaining dozen or so people each held a weapon and two people protected a carriage and headed straight for the depths of the desert.

At this time, the sun was just westward, the wind on the grassland was blowing loudly, and the flying sand hit the person's face, not to mention the pain.

The caravan headed northeast all the way against the roaring north, and rushed straight to the residents where Yelusdu was.

The white clouds in the sky are floating on the vast prairie, and the herdsmen on the ground are driving cattle, sheep and horses to graze here and there, everything looks so quiet and peaceful.

The caravan saw the herd herded by the Turkic from a distance and avoided it.

After dark, the caravan had penetrated a hundred and forty or fifty miles deep into the grassland.

After dark, the grassland was pitch black, the caravan stopped, and stopped at the lee of a small dirt hill. People took out the dry food and water they had brought in advance and hurriedly washed them away.

Everyone let the horses gnaw freely on the grass on the grassland, everyone rested for two hours, Duan Wuji stood up.

Duan Wuji said loudly to the crowd: "Everyone, this place is not suitable for long-term rest, let's set off overnight, there are still about [-] miles to the place where Yelusdu and the others live, and we have arrived at their place But it's safer."

Everyone grinned and said to themselves: Why is this ignorant person still leaving?Not to mention resting overnight and leaving tomorrow.Alas, if you eat other people's food, you have to be controlled by them. How can you do it if you don't listen to others?

Everyone didn't make a sound, and immediately got on their horses and took advantage of the night to slowly drive towards the northeast direction.

The night of the prairie was as quiet as death, only the whistling wind kept blowing, and occasionally a few howling wolves came from a distance, which added a bit of desolate vitality to the prairie.

At dawn, everyone walked more than 100 miles. After the fiery red sun rose from the east, the caravan immediately accelerated its forward speed.

It is getting closer and closer to the settlement where Yelusdu and the others lived.

Occasionally, a group of cattle and sheep will pass by the caravan, and everyone will pass by in peace.Nothing happened.

Suddenly, a few horses rushed over from the northwest corner.The Turkic man on the horse shouted loudly from a long distance: "Hey, guests from afar, where are you caravans from?"

The entourage, who could speak Turkic, shouted loudly: "We are the caravan of Lord Yelusdu, and we are rushing to our residents.

Hey, what's the matter with you? "

The Turkic man laughed.

"Really? Then what kind of goods are you packing?"

"All we brought here are cloth and tea. What's the matter with you?"

"What's the matter? Of course we want to trade with you. Hey, buddy, don't finish trading all the goods, we will rush back immediately."

"Okay, we didn't bring many things, and I'm afraid we won't be able to touch them if we go late, so go back quickly.

Go back and trade today. "

After hearing this, several people ran happily into the distance.

Duan Wuji smiled and said, "I didn't expect that! Before we even arrived at the scene, this business came to us. Brothers, let's hurry up and try to get to the settlement as soon as possible, so that we can rest earlier."

Everyone cheered up when they heard this, the owner of the carriage shook his whip and kept the horses moving forward. When the sun was about to enter noon, the caravan entered the residential area where Yelusdu was located.

Duan Wuji led the caravan straight to the compound where Yelu Sidu lived.When he reached the gate where Yelv Sidu lived, Duan Wuji jumped off his horse.

Duan Wuji called someone who could speak Turkic and said, "Go, tell the gatekeeper to let him in and let him in to announce that our caravan has arrived at their door. Let him come out."

The man immediately went to negotiate after hearing this, and the gatekeeper immediately turned around and went in.

Not long enough, Yelusi rushed out from the gate in a hurry, Yelusi glanced at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Friends of the Han family, you are here, hurry up and drive the caravan in.

It's been so long, I miss you all. "

Duan Wuji waved his hand, and these people immediately drove the carriage into the yard.

Duan Wuji whispered to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, there are four people in a shift to guard the goods, and shifts are changed every two hours. Those on duty must be vigilant. The rest of the staff take turns to rest.

Brother Tieniu, you need to help keep an eye on the goods! "

Tieniu nodded after hearing this, and whispered to Duan Wuji, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to it, and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Duan Wuji walked a few steps, and said loudly to Yelusi: "Master, arrange a few rooms for my people to rest. We have traveled for a day and night, and people should rest for a while."

Yelusi laughed and said, "Don't worry, little friends of the Han family, you must have eaten yet, right? I'll arrange the kitchen for you to warm up some meat right away.

When you are all full, you can rest in this row of houses on the west. This row of houses is empty, and no one has lived there for a long time. "

After finishing speaking, Yelusi turned around and entered the room, and immediately two Turkic cooks turned and entered the kitchen, and within a short time, smoke rose from the kitchen.

Na Yelusi looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Guests from afar, hurry up and enter the house. Come, let's have some tea first."

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Old man, is there any hay? Let's get some hay and feed our horses first!"

"The hay is in that West Room, you can ask someone to take it away."

Yelusdu shouted loudly: "Halimu, hurry up and fetch some buckets of water, and help them drink for the horses."

A Turkic boy of eighteen or nineteen years old ran out from the east and west rooms, and immediately carried a bucket to fetch water for the horses.

Duan Wuji ordered people to unload the horses and tie them to the horse stakes, and Duan Wuji also ordered people to collect hay from the west room and feed the horses.Then he followed Yelusi into the house.

Yelusi poured water for Duan Wuji very enthusiastically, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

Yelusi looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "My friend, I brought a lot of goods this time. May I ask what kind of goods did you bring this time?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "This time I brought cloth and tea, old man, are these goods not easy to sell?"

After hearing this, Yelusi laughed and said, "It's easy to sell, why not? I hope we can have a good cooperation this time."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Old man, did you make a lot of money by cooperating with us last time? I hope you can earn more from this cooperation."

Yelusi laughed and said, "Last time we only made tens of thousands of taels, but it's okay. Let's see this time."

Before long, the cook brought up the steaming meat.

Yelusi all looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Brother Han family, hurry up and ask them all to come in and eat together, you must not be polite when you come to my house, you will starve if you are polite."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Old man, with so many of us, it might not be right for us all to eat in the house, right?

How about this, the weather is not cold yet, why don't we all eat in the yard.Now the air outside is also fresh, which I think is better than eating inside. "

Yelusi laughed.

"You can eat whatever you want, it doesn't matter where you eat, you just came, and I didn't prepare anything good.

Wait until night, I will kill two cows for you to eat. "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Then thank you, old man. Old man, take a rest first. We're going out for dinner. Let's talk after dinner if we have anything to do."

Yelusi nodded after listening.

The old man Niutou said to the cook: "Give them the meat quickly, if there is not enough meat, then heat them up so that they are full. These are my honorable guests, we must not neglect them." They! You two wait outside."

The cook nodded.

Then the two of them walked straight out of the courtyard carrying the meat basin.

Duan Wuji followed, and Duan Wuji said loudly: "Guys, dinner is ready, and you can rest after eating."

After hearing this, everyone immediately surrounded him.There were no chopsticks in the bowl, so everyone had to reach out to grab it. People grabbed a large piece of meat from the meat bowl and ate it frantically. After eating one bowl, two cooks brought out another bowl. Finally, the two cooks took the meat basin away.

Duan Wuji stood up and said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, have all the personnel on duty been arranged? After the arrangement is made, people can find a place to rest."

Tie Niu smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, brother. Everything is arranged properly, and nothing will go wrong."

"Well, that's good. Let's go, brother. Let's go into the house and talk business with that old man. After entering the house, don't interrupt me. Everything is up to me."

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, fine. I'll listen to you. Let's go, let's go into the house. Don't make the old man wait any longer."

After finishing speaking, the two of them walked straight to the main room and walked in.

(End of this chapter)