Chapter 252 Finding the Gold Miner

On the morning of the fifth day, Abu finally came back!

In addition to him, there were more than ten people from the Wuda tribe coming with him.

The people of the Wuda tribe naturally went to see Zhao Tingduo, but Song Liyun was called into the yurt by the beggar nanny.

On the woolen couch was a bright and vivid Huanghuali wood box.

Auntie Qi smiled and pulled Song Liyun to sit next to her. She said, "The lady has received the fruit you sent. She likes it very much. The elders in the tribe have also tasted it and said it is very delicious. So I asked that brat to bring some small things for you."

Song Liyun felt a little ashamed and a little grateful.

She had taken out those fruits on a whim and packed them in a cardboard box. It was the beggar lady who asked her to send them to the tribe. Now they had become a gift she specially gave to her wife. It was too simple and shabby.

"Mammy! Those fruits are just ordinary things, not worthy of Madam's praise."

"Silly child, ordinary things are the most valuable."

Aunt Qi opened the wooden box on the couch, turned it around, and said to Song Liyun, "This is a return gift from Madam!"

Song Liyun looked at the things in the box and almost dropped her jaw in shock: there was a necklace in the wooden box, with red, green, white and gray colors alternating, and each bead, the size of a peanut, was made of a different material.

"Mammy, this gift is too valuable. I can't afford it!"

Song Liyun felt a little hot: these beads were made of agate, turquoise, jade, and sandalwood. She didn't know their specific value, but she could feel Mrs. Wu Ya's respect.

Auntie Qi took out the necklace and put it on her, then said with a smile, "This time, time is too urgent and the tribe is also moving, so it is not convenient for us to meet you.

Madam said, wait until we settle down by the Mida River, and then let Ah Shi take you there to stay for a few days."

Song Liyun felt her heart beating like a drum, and the heavy pressure on her neck made it hard to breathe.

This has been approved by the lady!

There was also a special person coming with Abu, a gold miner who was abducted from Suijin Town.

This was what the Wuda tribe exchanged for sheep from other tribes a few months ago.

Looking at the man in front of her, who was wearing a sheepskin linen coat, had a hunched back, a face full of scars, and whose real age could not be seen, Song Liyun could not imagine what he looked like before.

The man first asked excitedly what was happening in Suijin Town.

When he heard that there were now garrisons and that there were less than 500 people left from before, the man burst into tears!

Song Liyun waited until he calmed down a little before telling him what happened that year in detail.

This man's name is Qiao San, and he is a gold miner in Suijin Town.

At the beginning, I could still make a few taels of gold a year and lived a happy life for a while.

A few years later, the number of gold prospectors increased dramatically, and the gold in the sand gradually became depleted. However, these people were used to it and didn't leave until the tragedy happened.

When they were abducted from Suijin Town, they were immediately blindfolded and taken away in ox carts.

Qiao San didn't know how many people were abducted or how many places they went to.

All I know is that I was sold from one tribe to another. When I got off the oxcart, I went into a sheep pen, and when I got on the oxcart again, I went into another sheep pen.

There were fewer and fewer people on the ox carts. Apart from the strong ones who were sold, some died of starvation and exhaustion on the road, and some were fed to wolves when they encountered them in the middle of the night.

Finally, he was left in a tribe to herd cattle. He worked with rubber anklets during the day and slept in the hay in the cowshed at night wearing a sheepskin.

He didn't think of escaping. The vast grassland made it impossible to tell east, west, and north from south. There was no human habitation within a hundred miles, and running away would only mean feeding the wolves.

He was hungry sometimes and full sometimes, but the hostess was quite generous and gave him a bowl of meat soup every now and then, which was how he survived for more than five years.

"Do you know where a woman named Lin Juan and a child named Xiao Shitou were sold?"

Song Liyun began to ask about Han Ming's wife and Yunniang's son.

After hearing the description of the two people's ages and appearances, Qiao San shook his head: "I only know that the young woman and the child left separately.

I used to be able to hear a few words of Di language, and I overheard a few words on the road. It seemed that they wanted to send the child and the beautiful young lady to some royal court. There were many people in those places, and the nobles needed people to serve them, and the price was higher.

Song Liyun frowned when she heard this. She had heard from Zhao Tingduo that the Di tribe in Beiting was composed of five large tribes, each with a population of over ten thousand and strong military force.

People usually call them the Five Tribes of the Royal Court. These five tribes are not fixed. They compete based on their strength to occupy the most fertile grasslands in the Dilu grassland.

It was these royal tribes that dared to form an army to fight against the Wu Dynasty's Zhenbei Army, but they were only able to show off their power on the grassland.

These tribes still had to move their tents once a year. The people living in them included nobles who did not herd their own livestock. They had cavalry and slaves.

Because young women and children are the most popular items, they are expensive and cannot run, so they are treated much better on the road than men like them who have the ability to resist.

Although Song Liyun did not find out the whereabouts of the two people, at least she knew that they had a great chance of survival, which made her feel a little relieved.

After asking about Qiao San, Song Liyun found the beggar and said she wanted to buy Qiao San.

Now Qiao San is the property of the Wuda tribe. If she asks for it back, Qi Ma Ma and Zhao Tingduo will definitely agree.

But she couldn't be so blind, and she had to tell the beggar lady about this.

Sure enough, at first the beggar woman said she didn't want any silver, but when she heard Song Liyun say, "Loyalty and money are two different things," and insisted on paying the silver, she nodded readily and said, "That's fine. Those people have also made great efforts to look for it. I will reward them with these few taels of silver."

It was a coincidence that they were able to find Qiao San and his companions. Zhao Tingduo had sent messages back and forth a few months ago, asking the tribe to help find Xiao Shitou and his companions.

It was one of the soldiers who accidentally heard the news from the tribe he had gathered before, and then ran for five days to other pastures to buy it back.

Song Liyun asked Qiao San what he planned to do and whether he would return to Suijin Town, but Qiao San said he wanted to go back to his hometown.

His family lives in a rural area of ​​Pingyang Prefecture. He has been away for more than ten years and now he has found his life. He doesn't know whether his wife and children are still alive, so he wants to go back to live there in his old age.

Song Liyun agreed to take him to Suijin Town and then ask for a pass to leave.

After staying on the grassland for five days, it’s time to prepare to go back.

The big black horse was too dazzling, so Abu and Zhao Tingduo still rode the broken gold military horses.

Song Liyun's chrysanthemum-green horse was recuperating, and now she had replaced it with a gentle chestnut horse. Qiao San, who was traveling with her, didn't know how to ride, so he was tied to the horse's back. There was also a little girl with her.

The beggar asked Song Liyun to bring Yuquan with her, and to keep her by her side to serve her tea and water. If necessary, she could also run errands or deliver messages, and she was also suitable for riding a horse.

Song Liyun did not refuse. Yuquan was a good horseman and was obedient. He was like a private driver following her.

There were also two other people with five horses loaded with mutton.

On the morning of the sixth day, the cavalry set out to return to Suijin Town.

Having had experience once before and knowing that the chestnut horse was docile, Song Liyun was no longer nervous when walking on the Huangsha Golden Beach this time. Yuquan was also one with the horse, and the other people had better riding skills. In addition, the visibility was good during the day, so they did not rest on the way.

(End of this chapter)