Chapter 400 "Uji? Your son?"
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Gu Lanzhi's gaze was quite intense, and Li Shiyue, whose senses were already exceptional and far superior to those of ordinary people, naturally sensed that gaze immediately.
She turned her head and looked in Gu Lanzhi's direction.
Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu, who were standing next to Li Shiyue, naturally followed Li Shiyue's gaze and looked towards Gu Lanzhi.
Suddenly being targeted by three people, Gu Lanzhi froze on the spot, too afraid to move.
"Captain?"
Hearing Sun Xiaoliu's question beside her, Li Shiyue glanced at Gu Lanzhi not far away. Seeing that Gu Lanzhi did not move, she said to Sun Xiaoliu, "It's alright, let's go and take a look around."
Actually, quite a few female slaves in the sheepfold were watching Li Shiyue, after all, a female warrior was a rare sight.
But why did Li Shiyue only look at Gu Lanzhi?
This morning, although Gu Lanzhi was still wearing clothes in the style of the barbarians, she deliberately took off her braids and put on the hairstyle of a Han Chinese woman, which she hadn't done for more than ten years.
Therefore, among all the female slaves, Gu Lanzhi naturally "stood out" with her distinctly Han Chinese hairstyle.
In fact, Li Shiyue had already discovered yesterday that among the kneeling female slaves, three of them clearly looked like Han women.
But at that time, she didn't feel comfortable asking any questions.
Should we ask, "How were you captured and brought to this barbarian tribe?"
Or they might ask, "What kind of life did you lead in the barbarian tribe?"
Therefore, Li Shiyue pretended not to see it at the time.
However, afterwards she said to Wang Datou, "If any of the Han women among those female slaves ask for help, help them if you can."
That's why last night, when Uji went to the female slave's tent, he was let into the tent by the Xuanjia soldiers guarding the door.
As agreed upon by Li Shiyue and She'er, the population, pastures, and 40% of the wealth would belong to She'er, while the remaining 60% of the wealth, warhorses, cattle, and sheep would be the spoils of war for Li Shiyue and his group.
Therefore, if these Han women didn't take the initiative to approach Li Shiyue, she wouldn't say anything more.
It's all about timing, fate, and destiny.
If you don't actively resist and just wait for others to save you, you're doomed.
Therefore, Li Shiyue stared at Gu Lanzhi for a few moments, feeling that Gu Lanzhi must have something to say to her.
To everyone's surprise, Gu Lanzhi stood there motionless and didn't call out. Li Shiyue assumed that Gu Lanzhi didn't want to ask for help, so he decided to ride his horse with Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu to look elsewhere.
but!
Just as Li Shiyue tightened his grip on the horse's flanks, pulled on the reins, and turned the dock to leave the outer perimeter of the sheepfold, a woman's voice, shouting in Mandarin, rang out behind him.
"General!"
General, wait! Wait!
Seeing that Li Shiyue was about to leave, Gu Lanzhi became anxious, let go of the milk bucket she was carrying, and ran towards Li Shiyue.
She ran while shouting.
She trotted over and, seeing Li Shiyue sitting on his horse looking down at her, Gu Lanzhi immediately knelt down before him.
"This woman is from Songcheng, Songzhou, Henan Province. Her surname is Gu and her given name is Lanzhi."
In the third year of the Ningtai era, when my father, brothers, mother, and I followed a caravan north to find my grandfather, we encountered barbarian soldiers...
Father and brother were killed on the spot, and mother... committed suicide by hitting her head against a rock!
In the fourth year of Ningtai, I was sold to this Mohe tribe, and it has been thirteen years since then!
Gu Lanzhi's words were filled with anguish, and these few dozen words encapsulated the tumultuous first half of her life.
Li Shiyue listened in silence, while Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu were even more at a loss for words.
Therefore, the four of them fell silent for a moment.
Three or four breaths later, Gu Lanzhi looked up at Li Shiyue on horseback. She should have cried all her tears by now. Even though Li Shiyue didn't say a word, the pity in his eyes as he looked at Gu Lanzhi filled her eyes with tears.
A gust of wind blew by, and Gu Lanzhi could no longer hold back; tears silently streamed down her face.
Li Shiyue, who couldn't bear to see a woman cry, couldn't help but sigh as she looked at Gu Lanzhi.
"Oh, Gu Lanzhi, get up and speak."
Gu Lanzhi let her tears flow. She heard Li Shiyue's words, but she did not actually get up. Instead, she crawled forward two steps on her knees.
After getting closer to Li Shiyue, she looked up at him and continued, "Although the general killed the nobles of this barbarian tribe, there is actually another Mohe tribe in a pasture less than a hundred miles away!"
The information in Gu Lanzhi's words truly surprised and delighted Li Shiyue!
After hearing Gu Lanzhi's words, Li Shiyue finally had an idea. She dismounted and personally went forward to help Gu Lanzhi up.
"Come here, tell me in detail."
Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu exchanged a glance, then dismounted and followed. They watched as Li Shiyue pulled Gu Lanzhi to the side, and then sat down on the haystack.
"...This is the grassland where the chief's younger brother lives; that tribe is not this big."
I was once driven there with other female slaves to help shear sheep, I remember the way!
I don't know the exact number of barbarians, but there should be at least four or five hundred!
The news provided by Gu Lanzhi made Li Shiyue very happy!
On the spot, Li Shiyue instructed Sun Xiaoliu to turn around and distribute food to Gu Lanzhi separately, as a small token of gratitude for the information Gu Lanzhi had provided.
As Gu Lanzhi listened to Li Shiyue's words, she knew in her heart that her chance had come!
"General, I am willing to lead the way for you!"
And my son, Uji, can lead the way too!
He never gets lost on the grasslands!
"We will definitely lead the general to that tribe!"
After hearing Gu Lanzhi mention the name "Wuji," Li Shiyue knew from the name alone that the child's biological father must be a barbarian.
Having already made up her mind, Li Shiyue raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Lanzhi: "What do you want?"
With a "plop," Gu Lanzhi knelt down before Li Shiyue again.
"General, I don't want anything, I just want to take my son back to Dalong!"
Before Li Shiyue could respond, she turned her head and looked in the southwest direction.
Seeing her move, Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and Gu Lanzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, quickly looked in the direction Li Shiyue was looking.
Then a boy, or rather a boy, came running from a distance carrying a stick.
Li Shiyue had sharp eyesight. When the person in the distance got closer, she could tell that although he was not short, he was still a boy with a childlike face.
As they drew closer, they could hear the boy calling out "Mother."
Li Shiyue withdrew her gaze, turned to look at Gu Lanzhi who looked anxious, and asked, "Wuji? Your son?"
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