Chapter 8 prison Break

Talihutai often holds banquets of small size. Since the arrival of the prisoner Temujin, one of the indispensable programs at the banquet is the exhibition of Temujin.Whenever the banquet reaches its climax, Talihutai will ask the owner of Temujin’s yurt to take Temujin to the center of the banquet. His opening remarks every time are like this: "Look, this dirty and sluggish Man is Yesugai's eldest son, to his disgusting appearance, cheers!" Temujin stood straight, looked at the carnival enemy coldly, his eyes were on fire.He gritted his teeth and vowed silently: This revenge will be avenged, and I will return it to you ten times in the future!

Of course Tari Kutai didn't know that Temujin hated him to the bone, and every time he humiliated him like a prank, Temujin's hatred for him became worse.However, there is one thing that makes him admire Temujin, that is, after half a year of torture and humiliation, Temujin has never been depressed, has always maintained a resolute personality, and maintained a calmness that no one else has. A terrible force.But Tali is not afraid of sudden appearance. Who would be afraid of the tough meat on the chopping board? Character allows him to survive the misfortune, and luck gives him the key to open the prison.

One day in midsummer, Temujin was guarded by Suoerhan Shiba's family according to regulations.Suoerhan Shila's family had a heart of Buddha. After the dead of night, Suoerhan Shila and his two sons, Shen Bai and Chilaowen, helped Temujin remove the shackles from his neck. Once slept comfortably. When he woke up the next day, Temujin thanked Suoerhan Shira, and Suoerhan Shira took the wooden shackle and told Temujin: "Don't talk nonsense about taking down the wooden shackle for you. If Talihutai knows, I will definitely suffer." Shen Bai and Chi Laowen looked at Temujin with sympathetic eyes.Temujin suddenly realized that this should be an opportunity to get out of captivity.He had planned to escape from prison several times, but was vetoed by himself.The territory of Taichiwubu is very large, even if he escapes from the prison, it is impossible to escape from the territory of Taichiwubu.There is only one way, and that is to escape from prison and hide in a certain camp in Taichiwu.But who dares to take him in?Now, he saw a potential safe haven, and that was the Suo'erhan Shila family.

It is wisdom to be able to accurately find allies and nobles when the situation is unclear. With this foundation, Temujin began to look for opportunities to escape.Opportunities always open doors for those who are prepared.A few days later, the night happened to be full moon, and Tali suddenly ordered a big feast.Dozens of yurts are surrounded by smoke, which looks ethereal and unreal under the moonlight.Temujin was guarded by a thin boy after the performance. He made up his mind, quietly touched the boy's back, raised the shackle in his hand, and smashed it on the boy's head with all his strength.The boy fell to the ground with an "Ouch", and Temujin saw that he had got his hand, and ran away.

Because of the shackles on his body, he ran very slowly, and within a short distance, he heard the boy screaming like a cat whose tail was caught by the door: "The prisoner has escaped!" Temujin was not panicked when he was found fleeing. He thought calmly, and there were two escape routes before him, one was to enter the dense forest, and the other was to jump into the Onon River.But he immediately dispelled these two thoughts. The Taichiwu tribe has a large number of people, and he will definitely be searched if he enters the dense forest.Temujin had a quick wit, looked at a row of reeds in the river next to him, and jumped into it.

All the Taichiwu people who attended the banquet had already taken up their weapons. Some entered the dense forest with torches, and some yelled and searched by the Onon River, and shot arrows at suspicious places in the river from time to time. In fact, hiding in the reeds is not foolproof, but compared with the other two roads, it is relatively safer.But that night, the moon was full, and the vast field was as bright as day, and the Taichiwu people quickly found the reeds. luck! The god of luck descended on Temujin, and the person who came to hunt him down was none other than the Bodhisattva-hearted Suoerhan Shila.Seeing Temujin's pale face floating on the water, Shuerhan Shira was first horrified—as Temujin had expected, he was a potential helper—and then pity.He looked around and found no one, so he squatted down and whispered to Temujin, "It is said that you are so smart and brave that you were captured and imprisoned by Tali Kutai. Now it seems that this is true. Don't move, I won't tell you. anyone."

Temujin seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and of course hoped that the straw would be stronger. He said, "You must help me." Just as Suo Erhan Shila was about to say something, a group of people came from behind. He hurriedly stood up and greeted the group as if nothing had happened, and said, "I've already searched this place, but there isn't one. You should go to each yurt to search." The group of people looked at Suo Erhan's piercing and honest expression, turned around and left. Seeing that there was no one around, Suo'erhan squatted down again: "You must not move, they will return their carbine."

Sure enough, after a while, the group of people came back brandishing their knives and guns. Suoerhan took a deep breath, went up to them, and discouraged them in a very cautious and calm tone: "This place has been searched, you should go to those places that have not been searched. They are all ours for dozens of miles. Man, he is only a half-grown child, and he is wearing chains, how far can he go? You just need to search all the places, and you will be able to find him." These people thought his words made sense, and turned around and went elsewhere.Seeing them go far away, Suoerhan squatted down for the third time and said to Temujin, "They won't come here to search, you should run away and find your mother. Don't tell anyone about this. Remember, remember."

After saying this, Suo'erhan stood up and left.Temujin didn't dare to call him loudly, he could only watch helplessly as his benefactor's back disappeared into the moonlight. Of course Temujin had something to say to Suoerhan Shila, and the content was roughly: save people to the end, and send Buddha to the west.Now that I am in shackles, I can't escape from the territory of the Taichiwu people. You might as well take me to your house to hide, and I will leave once the wind dies down. Although these words were not conveyed to Suoerhan Shira face to face, Temujin had already made up his mind before he fled, and he had to let Suoerhan Shira send the Buddha to the west.His method is: as long as he runs into the home of Suoerhan Shishi, the family will have no reason not to save him!

Because this is what he summed up from Suo Erhan's performance in the past few days and today. In the second half of the night, when the sound of people was silent, Temujin cautiously crawled out from the reeds, roughly identified the direction of Xiasuoerhan Shisasa's house, and ran staggeringly. The battalions of the Taichiwu tribe were sparsely distributed on the grassland, and Temujin had already made up his mind on which one was the home of Suo Erhan.That day when he was staying at Suoerhan Shira's house, he found out that his house made mare's milk, and making mare's milk required a churn, just like the garlic pounder used by northerners today before eating dumplings, so he listened while walking, Finally, let him hear this voice.Following the sound, he touched the yurt of Suo Erhan.

He knocked on the felt door, Suoerhan opened the door without a hitch, and saw Temujin who was haunted.Suo'erhan was surprised and angry: "Why did you come here? Didn't I let you go home?" Temujin remained silent. Shen Bai and Chilaowen, the two sons of Suoerhan Shita, hurriedly invited Temujin in and said to his father, "The sparrow has escaped from its cage and is hiding in the jungle. The jungle will cover it and save it." , now that the panicked Temujin has come, are we not even as good as the jungle?" Without waiting for his father to answer, Shen Bai and Chilaowen pulled Temujin into the yurt, removed the shackles on him, and threw the shackles into the stove to burn, destroying the traces. With a sullen face, Suo Erhan Shila said to Temujin and his two sons: "Tomorrow Tali Kutai will definitely conduct a comprehensive search, and every battalion will not let it go. See if there is any place for Tibetans in this yurt." .” Shen Bai said: "It's better to give Temujin a horse and let him escape at night." Suo'erhan glanced at this idiot son and said: "They are on full alert now, as long as they hear the sound of horseshoes, they will follow the footprints of the horseshoes and chase after them. Can Temujin run past them?" Chi Laowen's thoughts were very mature: "We can only leave after a few days when they relax. I have a way. When they come to search, I can hide Temujin in the wool cart." It's a good idea, and actually the only way.Temujin's bet was successful for the time being. Two days later, the search team from Talihutai arrived. They searched the entire yurt and finally prepared to search for the wool cart.Suo'erhan put on a sneer and said, "In such a hot day, who would be stupid enough to hide here, and will be suffocated to death if he doesn't die from the heat." The search team looked at the woolen cart like a hill, and thought that what Suo Erhan said was very reasonable, so they just stabbed the woolen cart with a spear a few times symbolically, and then left. After the sound of the hooves of the search team disappeared, Temujin, who was in a desperate situation, climbed out of the woolen cart, flushed and sweating, and thanked Suoerhan Shira's family. Suoerhan also broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't want to be so frightened anymore, so he quickly sent Temujin away.He prepared a horse, a burnt lamb, two jugs of kumiss, a bow, and two arrows for Temujin.Mongolians do not eat raw meat. "Secret History of Mongolia" says that Suoerhan Shiba did not give Temujin a fire scythe (a fire tool made of steel, shaped like a sickle). His intention was that Temujin did not have a scythe. In order to ensure that the food can last until the end, it is necessary to rush on the road without stopping.When Temujin disappeared into the horizon, Suoerhan breathed a sigh of relief.In the past few days, his heart has been hanging in his throat, and it may pop out at any time; his head is hanging on the waistband of his trousers, and it may be taken away at any time.Now, at last, he could put his heart in his belly and his head on his neck. The god of luck once again favored Temujin, and along the way, he did not encounter the search party of Tali Kutai.When he successfully arrived at the place where the family camped, it was already empty.But this did not trouble him, he knew that his mother and younger brothers had left this place, and he could find his family only by following the traces left by people and animals on the grass. After days of searching, he was finally reunited with his family at the foot of Mount Kent.Everyone wept with joy, and Hoelun stroked Temujin's messy hair and bony face pityingly.But Temujin said nonchalantly: "I survived only because of the blessing of Changshengtian. Although I suffered a lot, it was only for a while, and the accumulated experience will benefit my whole life." The prison break exercised Temujin's ability to act. Since then, he knew when to act and acted decisively.At the same time, this incident made his willpower even more powerful. "Willpower is worth more than gold," he said years later.