Zhi Xuan

When Zhixuan arrived, the field row was full of people.The torches lined up like a dragon, illuminating the surrounded wheat fields like daylight.

"The son is here!"

A Chinese saw the car driving, and the gathered crowd quickly separated to the two sides, making way for a road that could accommodate the ox cart.

Zhi Xuan stood on the car and looked up. Surrounded by the flames, more than 20 men were pressed to the ground.

"Young Master, these people sneaked into the wheat field at night to steal wheat, my daughter found out!" An older Chinese man stepped forward to salute, and explained the incident to Zhixuan.

"Stealing wheat?"

The Chinese nodded, grabbed the two of them with his own hands, and opened their mouths forcefully, with unbreakable wheat husks stuffed between the teeth.Two parcels were grabbed from them, both ears of wheat wrapped in leaves.

"This field is full of wheat, and it hasn't been long since it hangs, so they ruined it all!" The Chinese said angrily, and even raised their fists and smashed hard at a man who was baring his teeth at him, "My daughter found something wrong, and they still want to Kill my daughter!"

The voice of the Chinese was full of anger, and the woman in the conversation was comforting at the side. Facing Zhi Xuan's sweeping gaze, she did not show any timidity at all, and when she was asked, she answered gracefully.

"My lord, when I heard the noise, I thought it was a herd of wild boars, so I called my fellow villagers to help. I didn't expect it to be a group of wild boars destroying the crops!"

There are many kinds of millet in Zhidi, and there are not many kinds of wheat, so the price is naturally high.These savages ruined a full two or three acres of land, even eating and pulling, and deliberately trampled on it. When they were discovered, they aroused public outrage.If it wasn't for Zhi Xuan's quick arrival, these people would probably have been beaten to death.

The world is like this.

In the years when most people can't eat enough, it is an unforgivable act to waste food no matter which vassal state they are in.

The woman's voice fell, and the people around began to talk about the story one by one, which made Zhi Xuan understand the whole thing more thoroughly.

"Has this kind of thing happened before?" Zhi Xuan asked.

Everyone recalled carefully, and a few people suddenly remembered that a caravan passed by a few years ago, and escaped slaves also appeared.It's just that the team was relatively large, and the team leader was from Nanyou Country. The fugitive slaves were quickly captured and returned, and they didn't stay in Zhidi for long.

"Nanyou country caravan?" Zhi Xuan pondered for a moment, the savages on the ground roared suddenly, and while the people of the country were not paying attention, they struggled to jump up and bumped into Zhi Xuan.

His attack was too sudden, and the Chinese had not had time to react.The soldier guarding Zhixuan immediately stepped forward, blocked the wild man with his arm, and punched the opponent's abdomen and chest with his fist.

Unexpectedly, the savage was extremely ferocious, his arms were twisted backwards, and he opened his mouth to bite the arm of the soldier.Fortunately, the sackcloth was strong enough, otherwise there would be blood on the spot.Even so, when the soldier rolled up his sleeves, he could still see two rows of purple teeth marks.

"Young master, he is a fugitive!"

During the Savage's struggle, the tattered jacket was torn apart, and the messy hair covering his forehead was thrown back, revealing the marks on his shoulders and forehead.

The soldier moved a torch to illuminate him, and immediately confirmed his identity as a fugitive, and a repeat offender, from Bei'an Kingdom.

Bei'an country?

Zhixuan suddenly remembered that he had passed by a deserted village on the road to Jiufeng, and there were fugitives hiding in the village, who also came from Bei'an Kingdom.

Is there a connection between the two?

Just when he was about to be questioned, several savages who were also caught suddenly shouted: "My lord, my lord, spare me! They are indeed fugitives, wait a minute!"

"Bring people here." Zhi Xuan felt more and more strange.

The yelling savage was caught and pressed to the ground, Zhi Xuan could hear the sound of the opponent's legs hitting the stone.

The few people on the ground didn't care, they seized the only possible chance to survive, and explained their origins clearly.It turned out that they were all born in Bei'an, not savages, let alone slaves, but ordinary people who farmed in the frontier.

"A few months ago, Di people disturbed the border, and the county doctor summoned servants and others to serve as soldiers. He also released the prisoners in the prison, and issued weapons in public, allowing them to kill Hu to pay for their crimes.

There were too many Di people who didn't want to invade, they directly overwhelmed the defense and started burning, killing and looting in the county.

The county doctor was nowhere to be seen in the chaos. When I got out of the county seat, I wanted to deliver a letter, but I was unlucky. I was tricked and arrested by a caravan on the way. I was engraved on my face and reduced to a slave! "

The more they talked, the angrier they became, and there was incomparable resentment in their words.

The caravan who deceived them pretended to be from Bei'an, but they were actually from Nanyou, and they acted viciously and recklessly.

All countries have laws, and common people who have not committed crimes cannot be enslaved, otherwise they will be severely punished.This caravan had no scruples, and after they revealed their identities, they still carved marks on their faces.However, they also had fears. They heard that Young Master Hao had returned to Zhao, set off camp overnight, and soon left the border of Bei'an and entered the country of Xiyuan.

"This caravan is dedicated to selling slaves?" Zhi Xuan asked.

A few people thought for a while, but they were not sure: "Master Hui, after the servant was arrested, he was kept in a cage all day without seeing the light of day. I only know that the caravan has hundreds of carts, all of which are made of straw mats and animal skins. Covered, you can still hear strange calls, like human voices, as well as wild beasts and birds."

"How did you escape?" Zhi Xuan asked again.

Several people looked at each other, recalled again, and said: "When we entered Xiyuan Country, two beasts suddenly broke the cage. The caravan killed a small one and ran away with a big one. Many people died in the team, and the cage was also damaged. .We took advantage of that time to escape. There were a few people who escaped together, and they got lost on the way.”

Several people also said that after escaping from the caravan, they wanted to return to Bei'an, but they were held hostage by these fugitives and tied them with ropes to prevent them from escaping.

Before entering Zhidi, they had been hiding in Tibet, eating raw small animals and wild fruits to satisfy their hunger.This time I was so hungry that I ventured into the fields to steal some wheat.

"My lord, let me tell you the truth, my lord, please spare me!" Several people lay on the ground and kept begging, only begging Zhi Xuan to spare their lives.

"Have you ever seen what a running beast looks like?" Zhi Xuan asked suddenly.

Several people were a little confused, and replied after a while: "I didn't see it too clearly, the body is extremely huge, and there are two horns in front of the nose, it is very scary!"

Several people recalled vigorously, giving all the details they could think of.

After listening to their narration, Zhi Xuan was [-]% sure that the ones who died and fled were all rhinoceros, maybe a pair of mother and child.There is a high possibility that the rhino he hunted was the one that escaped.This also explains why the legendary rhinoceros suddenly appeared in Zhidi and attacked anyone it saw.

"Before you escaped, did you hear where this caravan was going?"

Several people shook their heads at the same time, vaguely remembering that the caravan seemed to pass through several vassal states. As for the final destination, they really didn't know.

Seeing that several people couldn't say anything, Zhixuan ordered people to take them down separately.As for the remaining savages, all of them were identified. The fugitives were imprisoned in the prisons in the city, and the ordinary people were also temporarily imprisoned.

Naturally, these people cannot compensate for the loss of the wheat fields, and Zhi Xuan plans to use sheep to compensate the people of the country for the lost wheat.

"My lord, how can this be done?" The owner of the wheat field hastily declined.

"You don't need to refuse, this is what you deserve." Zhi Xuan said, "It stands to reason that these people damaged your wheat fields and should have been handed over to you. But it is still useful for me to keep them, and the only way is to exchange them with sheep."

The fields belong to the Chinese, and so does the growing wheat.

These people damaged the wheat. According to the usual practice of Xiyuan Country, the owner of the wheat field had the priority to dispose of them.If Zhixuan wants to keep them, he must compensate the landlord, even if he is the master of Zhidi.

The people of the country saw that they couldn't refuse, so they had to accept the compensation, and repeatedly praised Zhi Xuan for his kindness and love for the people.

After dealing with this matter, Zhi Xuan asked the crowd to disperse, took the captured more than 20 people, and returned to the city with a torch.

That night, 20 people were questioned again and again. Besides the ordinary people, several prisoners also spoke one after another, giving Zhi Xuan more useful information.

In addition, among them were not only ordinary fugitives, but also slaves from a caravan.He knows the caravan situation better than anyone else.

"Specially searching for rare birds and animals for Nan Youhou?" Zhi Xuan was very surprised when he saw the slave's confession.

According to the information he has, isn't that person a puppet? How can he still pretend like this?

Only after the explanation of the government order did I know that the puppet belongs to the puppet, and the status of the monarch is there, and no one can shake it.In addition, he is related to Bei'an Kingdom by marriage, so even if he is ostracized by the domestic clan, Nan Youhou can still enjoy what he should enjoy.Or maybe it's because he doesn't hold the power of the country, has a broad mind and a fat body, and has no scruples in acting, and no one can control the repeated absurd acts.

"It is rumored that the Marquis of Nanyou likes to collect rare birds and animals, and he has set up a beast garden in the monarch's mansion. It is also heard that he does not control the three armies of the Nanyou Kingdom, but has the slaves left by the previous two generations of monarchs in his hands, pretending to be a caravan Traveling all over the country is not what a king should do!"

The government order is obviously extremely shameless to Nan Youhou's behavior.

In fact, this is also what most people think of Nan Youhou.As one of the four great lords, to live in such a state is simply a disgrace to the ancestors of all generations!

Zhi Xuan didn't think about these things.

I learned from the caravan slaves that not only rhinoceros escaped from the caravan, but also more than a dozen rare birds and animals.If Nanyouhou finds out, they will all be severely punished.If you don't want to be punished, you must find a way to catch him back.It can be inferred from this that this caravan probably has not left Xiyuan Kingdom, and it may be near Zhidi.

In that case, should he make a move?

Thinking of the information sent back from Bei'an Kingdom, and thinking about what this caravan did in the border area, Zhi Xuan felt more and more that something was wrong.The only thing that made him undecided was whether to send a letter to Zhao Hao.

It is a serious crime for a caravan to capture ordinary people as slaves, but this caravan came from Nanyou Kingdom, and the arrested people came from Bei'an Kingdom, which was still Zhao Hao's fiefdom, and the two countries were relatives by marriage.

As the son of the Xiyuan Kingdom, if he sent out the news rashly, would it bring unexpected troubles?

After careful consideration for a long time, Zhi Xuan decided to notify the other party.

After making a decision, Zhi Xuan didn't think about it anymore, and dispatched soldiers from Jiashi, who were good at tracking, to search around Zhidi, and asked people to notify the county doctors of Liang and Feng, and immediately detained any suspicious-looking teams.

The letter to Zhao Hao was also sent out quickly.

Regardless of whether or not this group of people can be caught in the end, this letter is to remind Zhao Hao that Nan Youhou allowed his subordinates to act like this. Once the news spreads, there will be no guarantee that no one will doubt whether their behavior has been tacitly approved.If it is used by someone with a heart, it will deal a blow to Zhao Hao's reputation to a certain extent.

Zhi Xuan did it out of good intentions, but also for future considerations.

The two were destined to meet, how to explain Shenniaopei's misunderstanding, he has no idea yet.If you don't want to be pierced, you can only increase your chips for yourself.Naturally, the more the better, such as favors.

Not long after the messenger left, the witch doctor took the initiative to come to the door and told Zhi Xuan that the domestication of wolves had been achieved.

"So fast?" Zhi Xuan asked in surprise.

"My lord, please see it with your own eyes." The witch doctor smiled and invited Zhi Xuan to the place where the wolves were tamed.

Standing in front of a two-meter-high fence, the witch doctor took out a piece of dried meat, and immediately blew his wooden whistle.

As the whistle sounded, eight wild wolves jumped over the fence one after another and appeared in front of the two of them.

After the wild wolf appeared, the witch doctor tore the jerky into several pieces and threw them out separately.The wolves ate food according to their clan ranks, and then they lay obediently at the feet of the witch doctor, tame unbelievably.

There were whimpering and scratching sounds from behind the fence, it was the older wolf cubs who were anxious.However, for them, the height of two meters is like a moat, and no matter how hard they try, they cannot cross it.

"My lord, give it a try." The witch doctor handed over dried meat and another newly made wooden whistle, and told Zhi Xuan how to give orders.

According to what he said, Zhi Xuan blew different sounds, and the wolves also cooperated honestly.It can be seen that they are still wild and untamed, but they seem to be afraid of something, and there is no intention of attacking at all.

Such a result cannot be said to be 100% satisfactory, but it is far beyond Zhi Xuan's expectations.Just trying to use them to help with the search is not enough.Maybe the pups can try it when they grow up.For now, only the witch doctor and Zhi Xuan can command the wolves, and if they are replaced by other people, they will be attacked if they don't grasp the tricks.

When Zhixuan felt new about the tamed wolves, the search team also got news.

The team found clues at the border between Zhidi and Fengdi. Just as Zhixuan guessed, the caravan has not left and is probably still nearby.In addition, common people witnessed that this caravan hunted migrating deer.

Catch the deer on his territory without even saying hello?

How is this different from breaking in and grabbing other people's rations?

Zhi Xuan was determined not to bear it!

He was not rich, and the poaching of these guys made his difficult life even worse.He is not related to Nan Youhou. With the behavior of this team, he is justified in bringing the lawsuit to Zhongdu.

Ever since, Zhixuan ordered to mobilize [-] soldiers, [-] Chinese and ordinary people, plus a group of slaves, to carry out a carpet search along the clues, and no matter what, this caravan must be caught, and no one will be spared!