C5

From that day on, the family of four lived a nomadic hunting life in the Western Regions. Chen Min no longer mentioned the curses, and the healthy child was named Chen Yu, while the one with the severed finger was named Chen Shuang.

Chen Yu was extremely intelligent. No matter if she was a scholar or a fighter, she had a photographic memory after teaching her child once. On the contrary, Chen Shuang was like a blemish on the jade. He had the same good skin as Chen Yu, but was extremely blunt, and could not speak even when he was three years old. The couple did not know how much effort they put into him, how much energy they expended, but they never got any better. By the time he could speak, he was so mischievous that he refused to read or read and spent all his time thinking about hunting and playing with his father. Chen Mu was capable of literature and martial arts, but his own son was unable to inherit even the tiniest part of it. He was unwilling to accept this.

Although the two children looked almost identical, there was always a sense of kinship between them. Perhaps it was because Chen Shuang had broken his little finger, and because he was a stupid child, the parents loved him even more. If he wanted to hunt with his father, they would let him. Chen Yu didn't need to be taught much as she practiced a whole set of powerful martial arts. Chen Shuang, on the other hand, only practiced a good archery skill. Other than that, he had no other advantages.

Many years had passed, and everything had been peaceful. Chunyu Yan no longer received any news, and in the end, Chen Mu had also let it go. Although he was fine for the time being, he could never return to Luoyang. After learning how to use divine arrows, Yu'er would be able to rely on hunting to live without worry. However, such a good talent like Yu'er would have to be buried for the rest of her life, which was too much of a pity.

The days were already passed like this, so it was not bad for the family to be safe and sound like this. Chen Mu had a faint feeling that the curse of the monk Sheriko was still there. The heavens were destined for this family to have a disastrous fate, and even if they wanted to calm down, it would be impossible.

Because of Wang Mang's usurpation of power, the people of the world were not living well, and there were also Green Forest Red Eyebrow rebellion, which led to the destruction of life, until the unification of the Central Plains by Emperor Liu Xiu and the transfer of the capital to Luoyang, known as the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the countries of the Western Regions lost contact with the Central Dynasty for various reasons and were controlled by the Northern Huns.

After acquiring the manpower and material resources of the Western Regions, the Huns had greatly increased their strength, repeatedly invading the counties of the river, and the people on the border could not bear their suffering.

After Emperor Guang Wu, Emperor Ming, Liu Zhuang ascended to the throne.

The Ming Emperor immediately issued an edict, ordering the commander-in-chief Dou Gu to lead troops to attack the Huns, and Ban Chao, the younger brother of Ban Gu, to set off with the army to take up the post of Sima.

When Ban Chao fought with the Huns, he had done so many meritorious deeds that Dou Gu had recognized him and had sent him to the Western Regions with thirty-five of Guo Xian's men.

This year was already 16 years old, Chen Yu and Chen Shuang were 7 years old.

The first stop for Banchao and Guo Fei was sure to be Shanshan, a thousand miles from Yangguan, and the convoys would not be able to arrive for a while with their supplies and gifts.

It was a severe winter, and the heavens did not want to make a beauty out of it. The wind and snow mixed together, making it impossible for them to continue forward.

Guo Shan suggested that they find a place to camp out from the wind and wait for the storm to pass before heading to Shan Shan. Looking ahead, he saw a small slope not too high, with a circumference of no more than a hundred feet. Although it was not very high, the wind and snow were blowing from the north, making it easy to set up camp just south of here. Seeing this, Guo Xun rejoiced and urged her horse to go down the slope first, hoping to avoid the wind and snow so that she could stop to rub her ears and rub her hands.

Ban Chao had to take care of the team, so seeing him like this, he could only sigh helplessly. He turned around and said to his attendants, "Master Guo, you guys take a look first. Don't let the wind blow away the silk!"

When Guo Jing arrived at the hillside, she found that there was already a felt tent there. A beautiful woman in furs had set up a dry firewood in front of the tent, and there was a lamb leg on the wooden shelf, ready to start a fire. On one side of the tent stood two tall horses, their red hair curled like fire charcoal, their legs short and their hooves fat. They were very different from the horses of the Central Plains.

Guo Yi thought it strange that the wind and snow, the two horses, could stand up straight and not be afraid of losing them. But what struck Guo as odd was that the woman did not panic when she saw the stranger. She looked back at him and ignored him.

Guo Yi furrowed her brows. She had expected the women of the Western Regions to have so much courage. Even if they met a stranger, wouldn't they be afraid? "Ignorant stupid woman, what do you do? "Give way here, haven't you seen the envoys from the heavens arriving here?"

The woman didn't even look at him as she continued to beat the flint in her hand, intending to start a fire. Unfortunately, the wind and snow were so heavy that she couldn't light the firewood no matter what.

After a while, the woman asked, "So what if you are an emissary? "It's not like this is the imperial court."

"How preposterous!" Although Guo Jing was a civil servant, she was arrogant and unruly. Since San Shan was a barbarian land, Guo Fei looked down on the people here from the bottom of her heart. She immediately lashed out with her horsewhip, and without knowing how to show mercy to the fairer sex, she whipped it towards the face of that woman, who had long since turned around gracefully, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, and lashed out with her whip into the air, causing a "Pa" sound in the snow. "Brother Mutsuki, I don't know where this fool came from, but he said that the fire couldn't be ignited."

A man's voice came from inside the tent, "I told you to count first, why did you have to go out? just to see who it was? "

As he spoke, the curtain lifted, and a burly man walked out. It was Chen Min, nine feet tall, a burly man with a thick beard, a leather cap, and a leather jacket. He had a long bow on his back, and a sword hung at an angle from his waist. The woman was tall and slender, her eyes were deep, her nose was raised, and her face was fair. She looked like a person from the Western Regions, but although the man wore the clothes of a Hu, his appearance was similar to that of a Chinese.

Seeing that this person looked so ferocious and seemed to be a martial artist, Guo Shan could not help but feel a little frightened. She brought the horse a few steps back and looked back at the caravan, but it was still far away.

He complained about Ban Chao, but never thought that he was the one who urged his horse to run away first.

At first, Chen Mi was a little taken aback by Guo Xun's Chinese dress, but then he smiled and asked, "Sir, are you from Middle-earth?"

Guo Yu said expressionlessly: "Then how could it be fake? I am from Luoyang, and have been sent by the Emperor to command all of you small and borderlands to reward the king of Shanshan and to restore the good relations between the states. You barbarians should be grateful for your kindness. Leave quickly and let us take over this place. "

Even though he was somewhat afraid of this burly man, he could not lose his dignity as a kingdom's ruler, not to mention the fact that the class was extremely well-trained, the thirty-five warriors were all carefully selected experts. Although this man was tall and sturdy, he was also just a barbarian nomadic hunting, Guo Qian did not put him in her eyes at all, she only wanted him to whip him again, but for the time being, she did not have the courage to do so.

Chen Mu smiled. "So it's a high official from Luoyang. I apologize for my disrespect. Since it's like this …" "Then let's just let it go."

A sullen look appeared on Yin Ping's face. "We arrived first. The tents have been set up, why should we let them?"

Chen Nu laughed, "They have traveled thousands of miles to come here for the sake of protecting the countries of the Western Regions from the Northern Hunters. We are just a grassy people, it is only right for us to give it up."

Yin Ping said, "Aren't the Chinese bullying others as well? "It's been like this since ancient times."

Chen Mu pinched her chin and laughed. "But you just have to bully a Chinese."

The woman turned anger into shame and giggled. "You're the only one who's the worst." Although Yin Ping was dissatisfied, she still decided to listen to the man and give way.

Ban Chao had already arrived with his team. The man lowered his head and walked past him into the tent.

Seeing that the man had given in and that a large group of people had arrived, Guo Qing was not afraid at all. Seeing that the woman was once again packing up the lamb legs and the dried firewood, she said, "Don't pack up any more. Consider it as a gift to the Emperor's ambassador!"

Yinping hesitated for a moment, then threw the lamb leg into the snow and kicked over the pile of firewood. Without saying a word, she entered the tent, and not long after, the couple brought out two little boys about seven or eight years old and helped them clean up the tent. Only then did Guo Qing realize that they were a family of four who had come out to hunt.

The two children wore the same clothes, shoes and hats, and even their appearances were the same. Even though the man was mighty, the two children looked more like their mother. Their fair and clean faces made them look like a pair of porcelain dolls.

The youngest son, Chen Ying, said, "Father, we were just about to sleep, why are we leaving now?"

Chen Mu opened the tent and did not answer. "Because the bandits have come," the woman said. "We have to leave."