Chapter 546: The etiquette of the Yue family (2)
The only messenger on Bai Yue's journey down the mountain was He Lu, showing Liu Yu the sincerity of Bai Yue's people inviting them to go up the mountain. Liu Yu first asked Duolin what he meant, and then agreed to escort Huang Yue's people up the mountain, and then make an agreement next day. In fact, Liu Yu's main purpose was to discuss with He Lu about forming an alliance to fight against the land kui.
But Liu Yu felt in his heart that He Lu might not have the courage to fight Di Kui again. When he talked about Di Kui, He Lu still had a look of fear on his face.
On the way up the mountain, He Lu was also inquiring about Liu Yu's origin.
"Oh, are you guys in the caravan? They don't look like each other, they don't look like each other at all."
He Lu's eyes scanned Liu Yu and his soldiers, their eyes filled with brilliance. This was a scheming look.
Liu Yu said: "We went south to do business and spy on the intelligence for the army..."
"oh?"
He Lu looked at Liu Yu again, but did not question it, but seemed to be saying, I think you are like people in the army.
Bai Yue's village had just experienced the baptism of war, and it was devastated. Before the group of people climbed the mountain, they saw burnt grass marks and some mottled blood on the ground. In recent days, the attacks of Xu Yuanfang's army on Yetou Mountain caused Bai Yue's village to suffer an unprecedented crisis. In the original thousands of people, more than half of the males were killed or injured, and even ordinary innocent women and children were killed or injured due to this war.
Liu Yu led the way to the periphery of the village. When he saw the man holding weapons in the Baiyue tribe, he could still feel the anger of the group of people towards the Han people. Every Baiyue tribe looked at him with an indescribable hostility. This hostility has nothing to do with individuals, only with racial prejudice.
He Lu seemed to feel the hostility of his tribe to these foreign guests. He gave a few instructions in Yue Family dialect. Duolin also translated the meaning. It roughly means that Liu Yu and others were guests and allies who helped the Bai Yue people defeat Di Kui.
There were many people going up the mountain, and they were dragging it down like a refugee team. While Liu Yu kept people in order in the team so that they would not let people fall behind, he talked to He Lu without saying a word. The more he walked into the mountain village, the better the situation of the mountain village was. Although Xu Yuanfang's army had attacked Baiyue Village many times before, it did not cause much damage inside the village, and the inside of Baiyue Village also became the last safe haven for these Baiyue people. In addition to the low wooden or bamboo buildings, Baiyue people were still coming out to clean up their homes in scattered ways, and many families who had lost their relatives were also doing some simple prayer ceremonies for their dead relatives.
Bai Yue people also believe in gods in their hearts.
"Heludaqiu, there are some medicinal materials in our caravan, which may be of some help to your department." Liu Yu saw that Baiyue Village had many injuries, and the sanitation and medical conditions here were very bad, so he took the initiative to express his support to Helu.
He Lu said with a little joy on his face: "Thank you for your kindness, the Bai Yue tribe members will thank you for your merits."
He Lu said it nicely, but it made Liu Yu feel the old guy's cunning. Because it was already sunset and dusk after his party went up the mountain, the accommodation that night made Liu Yu understand the neglect of these Bai Yue people towards their guests.
He Lu placed the group outside an abandoned house. He also said he was taking good care of it, but the fact was that He Lu put Liu Yu and others around the abandoned house on the excuse of something, and did not show up again until the evening.
Liu Yuben was not demanding on these accommodation conditions. It was much better for people to cover the roof than sleeping in the wild. Huang Yue's women and children were also very satisfied with having a house to live in. On the surface, everyone had no dissatisfaction. But Liu Yu felt a little angry. Liu Yu even felt that if he didn't take out the medicinal materials, they would not even get the conditions for reception. At this time, Liu Yu even felt a little regretful to help the Bai Yue people fight back the attack of Xu Yuanfang's army. You must know that this cost a lot of money. Huo Bing led the cavalry's attack, and I don't know how much food and materials would be wasted.
Liu Yu, who was far away in Baiyue Village, was even calculating how many days the army could last. If he didn't take the lead, he didn't know how expensive the firewood and rice were. After becoming a family, he would calculate these things every day. After Liu Yu became the head of the family, he felt a lot of helplessness.
When several abandoned houses were lit, Liu Yu's soldiers would still be divided into two shifts to watch and patrol to prevent unknown dangers, because Liu Yu was not at ease when he met Bai Yueren, and Liu Yu had to prepare for some emergencies at any time, such as the sudden counterattack of Bai Yueren.
At this time, Huang Yue's women and children were very at ease and were cooking. However, Huang Yue's women seemed to be looking at Liu Yu's soldiers intentionally or unintentionally, constantly making excuses to get help from these soldiers. They might know that Liu Yu was about to take people away, which was their last chance to "seduce men". Because there were many inconveniences in getting water from the mountain, Huang Yue's women asked Liu Yu's soldiers to carry water for them again and again, and the soldiers were so happy that they didn't seem to care.
Liu Yu also knew that these soldiers had been away from home for a long time and had hopes for the opposite sex, so Liu Yu did not demand much in this regard.
"Big boss, what do you mean by these Bai Yue people? I threw us here and didn't even have a host of hospitality. Do you plan to cross the river and destroy the bridge and make things difficult for us?" Lian Husheng seemed very worried. Seeing that Liu Yu seemed to be barbecuing the meat there indifferently, he came over as both a reminder and an inquiry.
"Be careful to stare at them and see if there is any movement. As long as they don't have any polite behavior, we should not provoke them." Liu Yuhao Ci ordered casually, and finally he added, "Race prejudices cannot be resolved overnight."
The group, with Liu Yu as the leader, had almost been placed. The women of Huang Yue tribe had moved the gifts of all sizes into the house, but because there were few houses and many people were crowded together, hygiene was a big problem. Liu Yu asked someone to prepare for it again, and asked the soldiers to camp outside the house for the night for the time being, and then arranged horses and animals to wait before they were ready to come back and have a nap.
At this time, the master Helu finally appeared again. He brought several tribe members to bring some cloth and food, saying that it was a treat to the visitors.
Liu Yu came forward and looked at He Lu's "sincerity". He immediately felt that Bai Yue people had no sincerity. They only had three pieces of cloth, and the food added up to make Liu Yu's No. 60 or 70 people have a meal. Liu Yu felt very grateful on the surface, but he had already thought in his heart that he did not intend to form an alliance with these down-and-out Bai Yue people. As for the joint dispatch of troops, Liu Yu felt that it was important to go to Yizhou to contact Liu Liniang first.
Liu Liniang is a Miao people. The Miao people have a great status among the ethnic minorities in Lingnan, and the Miao people themselves are the largest among the alien population in Lingnan. What Liu Yu hopes to get help from a whole nation, rather than surrendering from these scattered small tribes. This requires contact with each small tribe, and it will not be achieved in a few years.
Therefore, Liu Yu was also ready to leave in the future. However, before, Liu Yu was also responsible for relocating Huang Yue people, especially Duolin's two sisters.
Liu Yu invited Helu to the fire and discussed this issue in detail. Helu's face was very embarrassed. Liu Yu said something, and Helu was silent, as if he seemed helpless in the placement of Huang Yue people.
"He Lu Daqiu, is there any difficulty? If so, just say it." Liu Yu checked his words and looked at him and asked.
"Fu Dangjia, I really don't dare to hide it. We Bai Yue people... are about to move away from Yetou Mountain. So there is probably nothing we can do about relocating Huang Yue people or something."
Although Liu Yu had already thought that He Lu would make excuses, he did not expect that he would find absurd excuses like migrating tribes. The Bai Yue people repelled the attack of Di Kui, and it was already in vain. Could it be that they were willing to abandon their territory that had lived for decades and migrate to be refugees? Liu Yu thought it was incredible.
"Daqiu. You..." Liu Yu thought about the words, "Want to migrate?"
He Lu nodded helplessly and said meaningfully: "It's true. Yetou Mountain is too close to Dikui's territory. In the past few years, even when we fall asleep, we will worry that Dikui will come to plunder and set fire to the village. We can't hold on to such a frightened life. Therefore, I have already discussed with the people in the village that the village will be in danger this time, and it is time to move to another place and start our lives again. So, Fu Dang, we may not be able to help."
Liu Yu smiled faintly, as if he had agreed, but he cursed in his heart, "Go to your uncle."
He Lu knew that they would not stay on the mountain for a long time and might leave the next day, so he said something about migration. The fact is that Liu Yu left, only ghosts know whether they were migrating, but Liu Yu wanted to take away all the women and children of Huang Yue, because outsiders are not welcome here at all.
Liu Yu didn't want to force others to do anything, so he said a few more words to He Lu and sent the old fox away.
Lian Husheng had been by Liu Yu's side just now and heard He Lu's words. When He Lu left, Lian Husheng immediately asked Liu Yu what he meant. After all, most of the remaining Huang Yue tribes were women and children, and it was inconvenient to take them on the road, but it seemed unethical to keep them. If the Bai Yue tribe members did not take them in, Liu Yu would not care about them, and they would not survive in such a difficult environment.
Liu Yu was also a little difficult to deal with at this time. It was just that he had too many troubles this time and could not get rid of the trouble.
"Let's talk about going down the mountain tomorrow." Liu Yu shirked his word, but he already had an idea in his mind. If it really didn't work, he planned the direction for these women and children and asked them to go north to Meiguan. Although it would change their living habits, they could finally have a way out. It depends on whether these Huang Yue people would agree.
Liu Yu entered the tent. He thought Duolin would come to accompany him tonight, but Duolin seemed to think that her sister was about to stay in Baiyue Village and had been accompanying her two sisters at night. Liu Yu was a little upset because of these Huang Yue people, so he suddenly came to report that there was a guest.
"Guest?" Liu Yu frowned, "What guest?"
Chapter completed!