Chapter 306 Misunderstanding
Lao Ma was still walking slowly in front, but compared with yesterday, his steps were obviously much steadier.
Song Dekui sat on his horse, a long sword slung over his waist, holding a sheepskin scroll in his hand. He pointed at a zigzag ink line on it and shouted, "Xiaoyun, this line is the mountain torrent path leading out of Shitanbao!"
Song Liyun was using a compass to determine the direction and said casually, "Yes, the Red Stone Man said that if we follow this mountain torrent path, we'll come to a muddy pond after a day and a night. It should be not far ahead. We have to pay attention to the ground under our feet. If it's not frozen, we must not sink into it."
She drew a map of the route she had taken and marked the directions with a compass, so that in the future she could find the way by the moon and stars as long as she had a map.
As the old horse walked, it began to walk around the dry grass.
Song Liyun and the other person no longer rode horses, but instead led their horses and followed the old horse closely.
Song Dekui was shocked and said, "Oh my god, why is there ice here?"
Beneath the clusters of dry grass was a frozen surface of ice. When the horses' hooves stepped on it, the ice surface crackled with a crackling sound.
In summer, this place should be a swamp with abundant water and grass, attracting many water birds and wild sheep and horses.
It is also a big dinner plate for carnivores such as wolves.
Song Liyun paid attention to her feet, making sure she walked out of the frozen ground.
While observing the surrounding situation through a telescope, this is the summer hunting ground of wolves, and you have to prevent being ambushed by the wolves.
Suddenly, she saw smoke rising from the sky, and in a moment the column of smoke grew bigger and bigger.
Song Liyun's brows furrowed suddenly, and she turned to look at Song Dekui: "Uncle Kui, if someone gets into trouble, do you think we should help them?"
Song Dekui poked his head out from behind, looking puzzled. "What? Who's in trouble? What kind of trouble?"
"I don't know, maybe the tribe we're going to... they're in trouble!"
When the red stone man was giving Song Liyun directions, he also told her about the human camps that she might encounter along the way.
Both people and livestock cannot live without water, because there is a waterway here. Although it only flows through mountain torrents in summer, it also allows herders to find several low-lying areas where water can be stored.
The tribes that now came out of the Mida Valley stayed by these waters.
Song Liyun exchanged for Lao Ma so that Lao Ma could find the water source and then find the tribe.
"Come on, Uncle Kui, let's go over and take a look!"
Song Liyun patted the horse's back, turned direction, and rushed towards the place where the smoke column rose.
Song Dekui said nothing more and followed closely behind.
When the old horse saw that the human who was originally following him suddenly ran away, he stood there for a moment, but then immediately followed.
But at this time Song Liyun no longer cared about the old horse. The chrysanthemum green horse and the chestnut horse ran faster and faster, and left it behind without a trace in the blink of an eye.
The column of smoke was still far away from them, and Song Dekui didn't see anything.
It was only after a cup of tea that he saw the faint dark gray.
"Xiao Yun, could they be bandits? It's dangerous for us to go there!" Song Dekui shouted loudly.
Song Liyun carefully controlled the horse: "Let's observe from a distance first, don't get close. If they are bandits, we will go to the military camp to report it."
"Okay, that's good, but don't be reckless!" Song Dekui said as he clenched his long sword.
Song Liyun had been observing the situation over there through a telescope. Suddenly, she called out, "Uncle Kui, the tribe seems to be fine. There are cavalry coming over there... They are sergeants from the Zhenbei Army."
Song Dekui also saw horses galloping back and forth in the distance and said anxiously, "Let's get out of the way first."
He was worried that there were bandits in the tribe and that these soldiers would misunderstand the two of them.
Song Liyun put away the telescope and said calmly, "We really shouldn't rush over now. We are a merchant caravan, so we should get the carts out."
In addition to the large cart placed in Shitan Fort, there is also a simple and sturdy cart in her space.
When she took it out from the space, she found a set of stacked board house materials, two sacks of food, pots and bowls, and wool mats for sleeping. These were the equipment for her caravan to wear.
Song Dekui had just secured the cart to the maroon saddle when the Zhenbei cavalry were ten feet away.
The people coming over were a team of five Zhenbei soldiers. They were very easy to identify because of their red-tasseled felt hats and brown uniforms with white edges.
Five horses surrounded Song Liyun and his nephew, shouting, "Get off! Get off!"
Song Dekui got off the car in an orderly manner and shouted, "We are the Wu Dynasty merchant caravan, brothers, please don't misunderstand us."
"Shut up!" He just opened his mouth to speak and was shouted at.
Someone had already climbed onto the cart and started to check the things on it. Who knew that as soon as he put his hands on it, he saw the half-folded Zhenbei Army flag.
"Hey, here are the military flags. They stole them."
One person started shouting and unfolded the flag.
The others gathered around to see. They had been patrolling the grassland and had never seen outsiders carrying military flags.
Song Dekui shouted, "Hey! Brother, please don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by stealing? This was originally given to us by the garrison because they were worried that we would encounter those blind people who would do something wrong."
"You dare to talk back, are you looking for death?"
The person standing next to Song Dekui became angry when he saw him yelling again. He kicked Song Dekui on the waist, cursing at him and wanted to attack him, but was stopped by Song Liyun.
"My lord, you have misunderstood. It is better to listen to our explanation before you take action."
At this time, Song Liyun was wearing a rabbit fur snow hat that covered half of her face, and a fur coat with a khaki cotton outer cover. She was wrapped so tightly that it was impossible to tell whether she was a man or a woman.
Hearing her clear female voice, the soldier suddenly realized what was going on. He raised his hand and grabbed the snow cap on her head, saying something incoherent: "Oh! There's a female here. You two are not a pair of eloped mandarin ducks, are you? Let me see what you look like."
Without waiting for any reaction from Song Dekui, Song Liyun's eyes turned cold, and just as the soldier's hand reached out, she had already flashed and stood behind the man.
At the same time, he placed a large knife on the soldier's neck and said in a cold voice: "Zhenbei Army Military Discipline: Anyone who molests a civilian girl will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and expelled from the army. Anyone who rapes a civilian girl will be put to death!"
I suspect you are not from the Zhenbei Army, but spies disguised as bandits."
Her movements were so fast that the soldiers on the other side didn't react in time.
Hearing the voice at this time, he clanged and drew out his sword, pointing at Song Liyun: "How dare you rebel! Let me go!"
Song Dekui's eyes almost popped out of his head: Spy! Pretending!
He shuddered and ran to Song Liyun, took out his long sword and placed it on the soldier's waist: "Step back, if you say anything more, I will cut him into pieces."
With two long swords pressed against his throat and waist, the soldier who had been talking too much and causing trouble just now turned pale and gritted his teeth, not daring to say a word.
The scene was a bit weird. The uncle and nephew of the Song family each held a long military sword and held the soldiers hostage.
Outside, four soldiers with knives blocked the four directions.
Suddenly you looked at me and I looked at you, and we were in a stalemate.
After a few moments, everyone realized that something was wrong.
(End of this chapter)
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