Chapter 0849 plague-ridden (tenth)
Dong Dong Dong Before Guan Heng and the others could react, the barbarian knelt on the ground and kowtowed seven or eight times: Thank you, my benefactor, thank you, my benefactor.
Brother, please get up.
Guan Heng saw that the other person's forehead was bruised and bleeding, and he knew that the other person was sincerely apologizing. He quickly helped the person up and said: We only helped this person by chance, but don't be so reckless in the future.
I didn’t even know who I was waiting for before I started taking action. What if I hurt an innocent person?
Yes, what the benefactor said makes sense. My name is Min Cheng. This deceased is my brother. I don’t know what the benefactors call him.
After hearing Mincheng introducing himself, Guan Heng and others also reported their names one by one. At this time, a barbarian next to him said with a bit of embarrassment: Guys, I'm really sorry, originally our Xuangu tribe wasn't that good.
I'm a bloodthirsty guy, but I've been a little anxious recently by those guys from the Guiheng tribe, so I didn't have time to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so I took action. I'm sorry.
Hearing this, Shang Tianlin asked with some curiosity: Excuse me, who are the people in the Guiheng tribe who have formed a grudge against you?
Then Min Cheng scratched his head and said: Well, I can't explain this in a few words. If you don't mind it, please go sit down in the tribe's settlement. I'll let the chief of the tribe who is familiar with the situation explain it to everyone.
Well, we also have some things to ask the chief of the Xuangu Clan. Guan Heng and the other three actually want to investigate the matter of the Xuangu Barbarians abducting children. Since the other party invites them, it's just a good idea to go there and ask for details.
The surrounding area of Xuangu Island stretches for dozens of miles, with mountains, springs, waterfalls, and even a large forest. The group of Xuangu barbarians lived in a community settlement at the end of the forest. After a short while, they passed through the gray area.
In the foggy woods, Mincheng and the others led Guan Heng and others to their own territory.
He asked the other four people to carry the remains of his brother Min Xiao to the nearby tribe's cemetery for burial. Min Chengcheng led the guests to the wooden house where the clan leader Qin Pi lived.
After the introduction, Qin Pi, an old patriarch who was over sixty years old, immediately expressed his gratitude to Guan Heng and others, and invited everyone to sit together.
Qin Pi asked at this time: Little brother, I heard from Min Cheng that if you want to know something, just ask, but if I know anything, I will definitely tell you guests.
Ahem, clan leader.
After clearing his throat first, Guan Heng then asked: It sounds a little presumptuous to say it, but I would like to know that in recent times, the Xuangu tribe went to nearby fishing villages to kidnap children. I wonder if you can explain it. Don’t worry.
, we are just passers-by, and the residents of those fishing villages have nothing to do with them. We are just curious and asking.
Oh. If this is what the little brother wants to inquire about, I am ashamed to say that this kind of thing did happen recently. However, the villagers in the nearby fishing villages all misunderstood. The people of the Xuangu tribe went to find
Those children didn't want to rob, they just wanted to take something from them.
Hearing this, Guan Heng and others were a little surprised. Even Min Cheng, who was accompanying him next to him, blushed and looked embarrassed. Seeing this scene, Guan Heng asked curiously: Patriarch, I don't know what you are talking about, children.
What's on my body is
Qin Pi muttered in a low voice: Ahem, it's just child urine.
In an instant, everyone present's faces became extremely excited after hearing these two words, especially the girl Shang Tianlin, whose cheeks suddenly turned red. She stood up hurriedly and said: "That Ghost Swallowing Tiger seemed a little depressed just now. I
Let's take it for a walk in the nearby woods. Let's go.
After saying this, Tian Lin fled out of the bark house like flying.
After the only girl left, everyone's embarrassment subsided slightly, and the Qinpi clan leader also told all the reasons.
It turns out that people of the Xuangu tribe have been covered with strange ringworm on their upper bodies since birth. This genetic disease cannot be completely cured. It is usually not dangerous, but it will occur at some point in adulthood.
During this period, there is a crisis of sudden death.
At that time, the ringworm on the upper body of the Xuangu tribe will suddenly crack open and open countless horrific wounds day and night, causing the blood to drain out of the body. This is definitely a time of impending disaster for an adult Xuangu tribe member.
The period of the outbreak of tinea pedis is not fixed, so people within the Xuangu tribe call it the tinea pedis epidemic.
In order to prevent the tribe from being wiped out due to the epidemic, the ancestors of the Xuangu tribe tried their best. They made various attempts and finally found a folk remedy, which was to let each tribe member use children's urine at the change of autumn and winter every year.
By growing something and bathing in the hot springs in the mountains, you can barely suppress the outbreak of the green poison epidemic and save a small life.
However, the urine of the children of our own race does not work. That is because they are related by blood, and the roots of the epidemic disease are also lurking in their bodies, so only the urine of ordinary children can be used.
The Xuangu tribe has always had little contact with the outside world, so it is very difficult to collect bathing materials.
It was not until a few decades ago that the then chief of the Xuangu tribe met an elder of the tribe, and the two parties reached an agreement to provide the Xuangu Island's special products as a condition for the other party to provide the urine that the Xuangu tribe needs every year for bathing.
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At the beginning of this agreement, both parties were very satisfied. After all, Xuangu Island was rich in products, including animal skins and medicinal materials. This was also something that the other party urgently needed.
However, as time passed, greed and excessive demands gradually overshadowed the past friendship.
In recent years, the Kuiheng tribe that exchanges items with the Xuangu tribe has become more and more exaggerated. Not only does it increase the types and quantities of items it needs every year, but it even makes more exorbitant demands.
The cause of the matter was just half a year ago. A Xuangu tribesman who was hunting in the mountains and forests suddenly fell into a canyon on the island that no one had ever been to, and unexpectedly ran back alive. Not only that, this man also brought
Big good news: there are actually several rich copper mines in the uninhabited canyon
Speaking of which, copper ore is a good thing. It can be used to forge utensils and weapons. As long as there are good craftsmen around, copper ore can be turned into treasure.
At that time, the Xuangu tribe really thought that they were about to turn over, and the tribe leader Qin Pi also considered not only doing business with the Guiheng tribe.
After all, if you have copper ore in your hand, you can cast copper shells at the lowest level. This kind of thing is common among the three ancient countries. You can exchange it for any materials, not to mention the unusable ones like child urine.
Something eye-catching.
Just when the leader of the Qinpi tribe met with the envoy from the Guiheng tribe who came to ask for the items and expressed his intention to terminate the cooperation, the other party actually claimed that he must make everyone in the Xuangu tribe regret it, and finally walked away angrily.
Chapter completed!