Chapter 29: The Tatars
This scene was so deceptive. If it were a younger girl, she would at least let down her guard, if not be deceived.
Chu Ci simply stretched out his hands and said calmly, "Come on! Tie it up tightly this time."
The other party was annoyed by Chu Ci's sarcasm, but he didn't get angry. His face flushed instantly, and he looked a bit like a silly wolfhound. Could it be that wealthy women in ancient times also had a habit of raising wolfhounds?
Besides kidnapping people, do these people have other side jobs? Chu Ci couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
So her mouth was not idle, she kept talking. If she had not been tied up, the people in Heiyun Mountain would probably have thought she was here for tourism!
It's human nature to watch the fun. Just a moment later, Chu Ci was greeted eight times. Then, another little boy, about eleven or twelve, ran over and said, "Brother Haishan, Brother Tiemu."
"Haishan? Tiemu? Although these names are similar to those of people in the Central Plains, they are not commonly used by people in the Central Plains." It seems that her previous guess was correct. The people that the Liu family can mobilize now are Tatars.
Chu Ci immediately pretended to be curious and asked, "You are not from the Central Plains. Let me guess. You should be a Tatar."
"You intend to invade the Central Plains. This must be your base. Tell me where this place is and how you evaded the local authorities?"
"Black Cloud Mountain. Our external identity is bandits. Are you going to tip off the girl?" Along with a low and deep voice, a man with blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and a figure that was obviously different from that of the Central Plains people walked over.
"Chief" "Chief, An."
Is this the leader of this group of Tatars? He revealed his cards so directly, convinced that he couldn't escape.
Chu Ci sneered and mercilessly counterattacked: "If it is possible. Well, with so many of you, it should be enough to free my husband's family from their status as exiles, right?"
The implication is that this credit that comes right to your door should not be missed.
The other party was not angry when he heard this. Instead, he said, "A weak and incompetent husband? He is not worthy of the girl's hard work."
Such brazen talk! Chu Ci, instead of getting angry, laughed. "If my husband isn't worthy of her, then who is? You, a sly bastard."
"This isn't hiding, it's just a temporary hibernation. Only we, the brave Tatars, are worthy of the fertile land of the Central Plains. As the heir to a hidden sect, I believe Miss Chu will make the decision that's best for herself."
This person presented the Tatars' ambitions to Chu Ci without any concealment. It was unclear whether he was arrogant or overconfident.
He might feel that he is confident, otherwise he would not have specifically mentioned her identity as the heir of the "hidden sect". He is just showing off here.
Unfortunately, for Chu Ci, this was not a boast. Instead, it was a reminder that the death of her eldest sister Fan Qianxi in the original book was not an accident.
Since I had come here by chance, I couldn't have come in vain. I had to take revenge. Furthermore, the original book recorded that the Black Cloud Mountain bandits had burned, killed, looted, and robbed a large amount of treasure. But when the Fifth Prince led his troops to suppress them later in life, they disappeared without a trace.
I'm afraid they were all shipped to Tatar! The money of the Great Zhou was ultimately used to harm the people of the Great Zhou. How can this be tolerated? Also, are the local officials just there to eat and do nothing?
She didn't dare to think about it too much. As soon as she thought about it, Chu Ci felt a pain in her heart. "I'm tired. The leader won't let a weak woman like me rest, right?"
"Of course, Miss Chu is Sauron's distinguished guest. Haishan, go and tidy up the Zhulou. Also, ask Mingzhu to allocate two people to serve Miss Chu." Although the words sounded nice, Chu Ci knew whether it was service or surveillance.
Chu Ci didn't bother to argue. After all, she understood the principle of bowing one's head under someone's roof. "Haishan, lead the way."
Haishan did not dare to act rashly. After Soran nodded, he imitated the etiquette of the Central Plains people and said, "Sir, please come this way."
Zhulou, how special does Chuci think it is?
It was just a bamboo building in the middle of the Black Cloud Mountain valley. It was just because of its special location that it was assumed to be the chief's house!
In fact, it is just a dusty, uninhabited house.
That's it? The two people assigned to serve were completely indifferent to Chu Ci. Chu Ci didn't want to tolerate them and went to find Soran without saying anything. "Did you send me two maids or two ancestors?"
The leader, the one in charge of spies, knew immediately that the two men he had sent were bad. Without a word, Soran ordered Haishan, "Haishan, send them to receive twenty lashes."
After dealing with the two troublemakers, Soran said to Chu Ci slowly, "I will send two more people to you. Don't worry, there will be no problems this time."
Chu Ci nodded: "As long as I don't get angry, I'm easy to talk to. Oh, and there must be meat in the meal. I can't stand bitterness."
Chu Ci perfectly portrayed what it meant to push things too far. Thus, she, who had been kidnapped, ended up living the life of a young lady in the enemy's base camp.
"These days are really degrading." After a good afternoon of sleep, when I woke up, the two people sent to serve me walked in quickly with warm minced meat soup.
Chu Ci took a sip and said, "The temperature is just right and the taste is good. You guys put a lot of effort into it."
The two dared not take credit for it, and Chu Ci didn't care. After a bowl of meat soup, he felt a little full. "Come with me for a walk!" He took a quick look at the topography of Black Cloud Mountain. Of course, Chu Ci didn't say this foolishly.
The other two people did not think that Chu Ci was just taking a walk, and they diligently observed Chu Ci's every move. Unfortunately, the whole night passed and Chu Ci was really just taking a walk.
It was as if they had already accepted their fate of living solely in Black Cloud Mountain. However, whether it was Chu Ci, Soran, or even everyone else in Black Cloud Mountain, they all understood that this was only a superficial phenomenon.
Soran even tripled the defenses of Black Cloud Mountain and tripled the number of patrols outside the area. But so far, no suspicious person has been found outside Black Cloud Mountain. No, it should be said that no one—anyone—has been found.
"If there's no one, then where does her confidence come from?" Soran listened to his subordinates' reports, tapping the table lightly, thoughtfully. "Haishan, Tiemu, can you confirm that Chuci has no internal energy?"
"Sure," Haishan and Tiemu replied firmly. This was something they had verified repeatedly before going up the mountain. However, there was one thing they were unsure of.
Haishan continued, "But she seems to understand medicine and can easily tell you the medicinal properties of wild fruits. Doctors in the Central Plains always have some strange and unique self-defense skills."
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