Chapter 265

As for Zhang Xun and Zhang Liao...

In the eyes of both, no one would choose this kind of exchange.

But Duan Yu's choice exceeded everyone's imagination.

Exchange.

Duan Yu's tone was firm, and there was not the slightest hesitation.

Tie Shitou picked up Kuitou.

Duan Yu reached out and took him directly: "I will go."

"Big Brother Duan, let me go."

"Big Brother, let me go."

"You protect Big Brother Duan, let me go."

Tie Shitou, Wang Hunu, and Chen Qing'an all spoke up to compete.

Duan Yu shook his head: "No need to compete."

"Clear out one hundred cavalrymen; after bringing these children back later, each person will take one and retreat quickly."

After Duan Yu left this sentence, he vaulted onto his horse and charged into the Shuochou River again.

At this moment, when Duan Yu vaulted onto his horse and carried Kuitou toward the Shuochou River, the more than one thousand cavalrymen behind him looked at Duan Yu with admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

Before, because of Duan Yu's formidable martial strength, and because Duan Yu was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.

The more than one thousand Liangzhou soldiers dared not show any disrespect to Duan Yu.

But from this moment on, this admiration came from the heart.

An admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

Behind Zhang Xun, the more than one hundred commandery soldiers also watched this scene, gripping the weapons in their hands excitedly.

"Big Brother Duan's heroism and bravery are unparalleled in the world, and he is also so benevolent and peerless; in the future, he will surely achieve great things." Zhang Liao looked at Duan Yu's back with starlight flickering in his eyes.

Zhang Xun turned his head to look at Zhang Liao.

"Wenyuan... do you have any intention of following Big Brother Duan?" Zhang Xun asked.

Zhang Liao inhaled: "I'm afraid my talent is shallow and my strength is weak, and Big Brother Duan won't look favorably upon me."

Zhang Liao turned his head to look at Gao Shun and Chen Qing'an and the others.

At this moment, Chen Qing'an also spurred his horse to Zhang Liao's side, and after hearing Zhang Liao's words, he said with a smile: "Why does Wenyuan belittle yourself?"

"Think of us, who were just mountain villagers at the beginning, and Big Brother Duan never looked down on us."

"Now, the skills we have also come mostly from Big Brother Duan's teaching."

"Wenyuan, at such an age, has such achievements; how can you say your talent is shallow and your strength is weak?"

Chen Qing'an looked at Duan Yu's back, his eyes full of worship and admiration as he said: "Big Brother Duan's benevolence is the best I have ever seen in my life."

"Before Big Brother Duan made his mark, he hunted in the mountains and forests, and never forgot the old and weak of his fellow villagers."

"Even after gaining power, he never changed, and often still thought of the fellow villagers in the village."

"Having gained the favor of the daughter of the Regional Inspector, he never forgot his wife at home."

Zhang Liao nodded while listening.

Through Chen Qing'an, he knew a lot about Duan Yu's affairs.

To say that Duan Yu is brave and resourceful, and both virtuous and talented, is not an exaggeration at all.

"Qing'an, I will seriously consider it after I go back," Zhang Liao said: "It's just that I have been away from home for more than a year, and now that I have just resigned from my official position, I want to fulfill my filial piety by my parents' side for a period of time."

Chen Qing'an did not force him.

Zhang Liao's family is not like them, these mountain villagers.

But a genuine powerful family of Mayi.

His Big Brother Duan, no matter how good he is now, is only a County Lieutenant.

Even if Zhang Liao followed him, he could only serve as a family general.

Previously, Zhang Liao was a pass-guarding Captain; he couldn't go to the county to serve as a Thief-Catching Pavilion Chief.

Even Zhang Liao's family would not agree.

So Chen Qing'an was not in a hurry.

And...

Chen Qing'an looked at Duan Yu, who was carrying Kuitou and facing the Xianbei alone, yet seemed to have the momentum of a thousand armies.

He believed that it wouldn't be long before his Big Brother Duan would definitely make a name for himself and shock the Nine Provinces!

On the north bank of the Shuochou River.

When he saw Duan Yu coming with Kuitou in his hand.

For a moment, Budugen was also stunned.

"He... he really came?" Budugen looked at Duan Yu with some disbelief.

It was clearly just a desperate attempt, but he didn't expect that he had really gambled correctly.

"Tell him, send the people over, don't play any tricks, otherwise..." Duan Yu glanced at Kuitou, whom he was holding in his hand.

Kuitou, who weighed over a hundred jin, was held in Duan Yu's hand as if he were a little chick.

In his other hand, Duan Yu was still holding the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd.

Seeing the hope of survival, Kuitou shouted loudly in the Xianbei language at Budugen.

In a short while, Budugen had already commanded the Xianbei soldiers to drive all the hundred or so Han boys and girls into the Shuochou River.

Being closer, Duan Yu also saw those children clearly.

They were indeed descendants of the Han people.

"Release the ropes on their bodies and let them cross the river!" Duan Yu said coldly.

Budugen was far away and responded loudly in the Xianbei language.

"What is he saying?" Duan Yu looked down at Kuitou in his hand.

"He... he said to let you release me first," Kuitou said with a panicked and timid look in his eyes.

Duan Yu's eyes narrowed, and one hand directly pinched Kuitou's neck; instantly, Kuitou's face turned red, and he began to kick his legs constantly.

Duan Yu turned his head to look at Budugen and said loudly: "No need to negotiate conditions with me, unless you want him to die right now."

"I know you can understand Han language!"

"Now!"

"Immediately!"

"Release the people!"

Budugen in the distance saw Kuitou's purple and white face and hurriedly waved his hand.

Those Xianbei soldiers cut the ropes on the bodies of those boys and girls.

Only then did Duan Yu release Kuitou's neck.

"Go, get on the bank, they are waiting for you there."

"You are safe."

"I will take you home."

Looking at the children who had walked up close, Duan Yu lowered his head, and his gaze suddenly became soft.

This group of children numbered over a hundred, both boys and girls.

The oldest looked to be only thirteen or fourteen, and the youngest only seven or eight.

And every one of them was as thin as a skeleton.

Every one of them was covered in traces of whipping.

Duan Yu didn't know what Kuitou was keeping these children for.

But one thing was certain: the suffering these children had endured and the treatment they had received in the Xianbei lands over these years must have been extremely cruel.

When Duan Yu said the word "home," those eyes that seemed numb and somewhat timid were instantly filled with light.

On the shallow beach of the Shuochou River.

Duan Yu held Kuitou in one hand, and between his legs was the Ink Jade Qilin Beast.

More than a hundred children in rags and as thin as skeletons walked from both sides of Duan Yu toward the south bank.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu had already led their personal guard cavalry to jump off the riverbed to prepare for the reception.

Heaven and Earth have spirits; the Ink Jade Qilin Beast seemed to feel the softness radiating from Duan Yu, and no longer dug the river water with its front hooves, for fear of frightening these children who had suffered so much and endured so much torture. ===== CHAPTER 267 =====